"I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less."
11 May 2008A text message to the universeA few days ago Lynn put out a list of Things She'd Like To Say to a million visitors to her site, and it's a very good list, worth the multiple paragraphs. But suppose you don't have the time or the space to come up with multiple paragraphs. What's left is this meme from Broadcasting Brain:
The name of this meme is "the one thing that I MUST say to the entire world."
It's very simple: you have up to 150 characters to say a message to the world. In other words, you have to boil down a whole lot of philosophy to the size of a text message. For those of us for whom text bloat is an ongoing reality, this could prove to be exceedingly difficult. Besides which, I'm assuming spaces between words count against the total. Still: The mind begins to perish at the exact moment its owner becomes incurious: no matter how much you think you know, you will always have more to learn. I got this from Writer Chick. Feel free to pass it on. Posted at 11:12 AM to Screaming MemesTrackBack: 10:03 PM, 12 May 2008 » Message to the World Meme from Careful Thought You have 150 characters to send a message to the world. Punctuation doesn't count. Here's mine: Love God, love man. That's about it. Anything else? Um ... Nope, that's all. And brush your teeth every day. Twice. Root for the Rockies - they need......[read more] TrackBack: 10:07 PM, 12 May 2008 » Here's an interesting meme. from Fillyjonk's progress C.G. Hill is passing on a little challenge: you have up to 150 characters to say a message to the world. I like his - not only because he used precisely 150 characters, but also because I agree with the sentiment......[read more] Hey CG, I may have made it more difficult for myself by going for exactly 150, even though the meme demands only "up to 150." Posted by: CGHill at 11:43 AM on 11 May 2008This is basically how I'm using Twitter, then feeding it into my page. Posted by: Terry at 12:29 PM on 11 May 2008Well, since I've been on a haiku kick lately... Posted by: sya at 1:06 PM on 11 May 2008I haven't come up with my 150-character message yet, but my evil twin says, "Play rough, fight dirty, and leave no witnesses." Posted by: McGehee at 2:27 PM on 11 May 2008If I thought for one minute one million unfortunate people would read my blog I'd go back to pen and paper. Posted by: Lynne at 4:18 PM on 11 May 2008I like your response. Thanks for spreading the meme a bit further! Mark Posted by: Mark Dykeman at 7:54 PM on 11 May 2008"Pull my finger" Posted by: Bigwig at 10:27 AM on 12 May 2008Because I'm indecisive, I did three on my blog - one expressing a single thought, one in cram-it-all-in mode, and one in Christian Zen Master mode. Posted by: fillyjonk at 12:06 PM on 12 May 2008 |