So, I took a little break from working on the business to play hockey with my son. At three and a half, he has quite the slapshot. When he is accurate, that thing is pretty hard to stop. Especially when you consider that he is shooting with a plastic golf club (he doesn't care... so let's not make it an issue).
So I, with blown knee from walking 35 miles in Las Vegas, knelt down in the kitchen to block the goal/door... using a plastic putter... no pads. With his pitching wedge, he is pretty good at getting the "puck" off the floor a few inches. If he is aimed in the right area, and doesn't hit me, he has about a 40% success rate. He can slap that thing at me for hours... and with a my knee unblown, I can be targeted for about 30 minutes before I get bored.
Of course, I get to shoot back. He is quite good at defending his goal/door. He's figured out that the putter I use does not lend itself to lofting the "puck" to get it off the floor... so, when he sees that I will have a shot, he splays out on the floor, just like Kari Lehtonen (Goalie for the Thrashers). I can beat him back about 25% of the time, but my shots are pretty accurate, so I can usually beat him.
"Hello... Lane... We see the three year old, and the hockey portion of the post is evident... What about Twitter?"
So, let me tie Twitter in to this... What am I supposed to do with this little gadget? I have a Twitter account, and I spent a little while updating it, but I didn't see the point. Do people really want to sit around and vicariously live my life? Is it a target acquisition system for stalkers? Is someone going to track me down at the McDonald's Playplace to have me list their home because they saw my update my Twitter? Do I need to keep the score from the Big L/Little G hockey series on my Twitter?
The question is... is there a point?
I "get" MySpace and FaceBook and blogging and ActiveRain and Craigslist and so many other sites... but I don't "get" Twitter...
Help me?!?
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Cute Kid. Enjoy it while you can. Mine is 22 and just now has figured out that he doesn't know eveything. He's taking a break from college installing sprinkler systems in buildings. Hopefully he will get some insite on why a college eduaction is important, other than me saying so.
Larry - Heck, mine started thinking he knew everything around 22... months. I am enjoying the little monster, though.
Twitter?
I used twitter while we were at NAR Vegas, but I don't see too much point in it if you aren't trying to keep track of people. So I really haven't used it much recently. I will admit that over the weekend, while in the hospital, I was bored and was quite amused by it then.....
My three year old likes to drive. No, seriously..... He has discovered Nascar, which does not make my husband and I terribly happy, but my father in law from Nebraska is THRILLED! Son Adam was Ricky Bobby for Halloween.
Nancy - I'm there with you, although Marlene (between our posts) found an actual use where I think it would have been interesting.
Marlene - IIRC, NASCAR is looking at a new venue near you. My three year old asked me today why he can't drive. Then he asked how soon he could have a race car. I told him that I might be able to get him into something when he's around 6. He wants to race a Jeep... a blue one.
Mommy isn't happy.