The Twidiots

So....I'm playing around with my blog the other day--checking my stats to see if anyone other than my family is reading.  Not so much, but that's okay.....

I found a 'referring source' that lead to a Twitter Account.....hummm....I don't tweet and know virtually nothing about it.  Lord, if I started 'tweeting', too....my family would only ever see the back of my head.  But, I follow the link and end up at 'someone's' twitter account.  That someone had tweeted a link to my blog.  (cool)

But who is the culprit? 
Again...hummmm.   Being the smart girl that I am, I start putting together the puzzle.  The 'tweeter's' ID included some initials that were familiar to me, the same as my father's.  And a link to my blog?   It's got to be my father.  My Dad is Tweeting?  For real?

Being a 'twidiot' (a twitter idiot, and I want credit when that catches on!), I begin exploring the site.  Off to one side I see the word "Following" and think to myself, "Who is following my father?"  OMG....Barrack Obama??   Britney Spears???  What?  Barrack following Dad I could reason out.  My father has been writing his own blog--He's none to happy with the social security system.  Maybe Barrack is interested in my father's opinions?  Ok--that's possible.  But why would Britney Spears follow my father?

I give the brain a little spin.  Uh....duh....my father is following them!  (Okay, I am blonde...the new smart).  I totally get Dad following Barrack Obama.  Makes sense.  But my father following Britney Spears?  Really?  OMG!  That just kinda weirds me out.  I mean he's my father!  She's a Pop Tart Princess!


(I wonder, does Barrack Obama really tweet?  The President of the United States has has time to tweet?~~I understand Twitter is a form of short, quick communication, but really--no way!  I guess he fulfilled one promise--he created a job--Tweeter for the President.  I bet he has a staff of "Tweeters".  Definitely a job I'm not qualified for--remember--Twidiot.)


Well....I decide to give my Dad a hard time; cuz that's just how I am. 
Out goes the e-mail:
So you're a tweeter now, huh?  And following Britney Spears....interesting.....  ;-)

He replies:

Well sota...

I got on this Twitter thing, but have no clue how it works. Guess I am getting too old for all this new networking technology. I did a couple "Tweets" but have no idea where they went or how I review them, etc, etc,

BTY.. how did you find out that I "Tweet"? Probably I punched in something by accident?

To which I reply:

I'm a very resourceful girl..I can find out all kinds of things...bwahahaha  >;-)

Dad has yet to answer why he is following Britney Spears.  I think it's one of those things I'm going to have to put out of my mind; like the thought of your parents having sex....GROSS!