The #really? Club on Twitter

For the sake of my own sanity and to save myself from sleep deprivation, I’ll make this one short tonight.

I found myself on the front porch of my house last night at around 11:30, midnight yesterday – smoking a pipe and just listening to the rain, really.  Waiting for a car to pull up, some people to jump out, and Oh! to get whisked away for being crazy and outside & smoking a pipe at midnight.  Or to be mistaken for some sort of loitering cat-burglar, perhaps too inept to actually ever enter a house, but too persistent to give up.

Anyway.

The point of the story is that, a) I found myself thinking outside late last night, and b) I came up with a really good idea.  And out of that idea, the #really? club was born.  So what’s #really?

#really is a Twitter group/tag that allows you to express your disbelief, astonishment, bewildermint, or the sentiment of ridiculousoness or absurdity.  In other words, we amaze ourselves with how amazingly stupid we can all be.  I wouldn’t be starting this if I thought it were a fad.

So where do we go from here?  Well, I’m going to start by incorporating a widget in my sidebar to track #really? posts and conversations.  From there, I’ll begin compiling and editing conversations between #really? participators, and perhaps even begin hosting #really? jam sessions on Twitter for an hour or so one day per week.

Let me know what you think of this idea, or any suggestions you may have for its improvement.  My apologies for the short Friday post, but I promise extra content for the weekend involving a TOP SECRET weekend project.

Until then, I bid you adieu.

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