Twitter, Haiku and House

what does it say about me when I would rather watch Razzie-nominated films than those deemed Oscar-worthy? 5:31 AM Jan 24th from web

While at work yesterday with a few moments on hand, I found myself clicking around MSNBC.com looking for some news of interest. Nothing "hard-hitting," but just something to wile away a few minutes. Then I came across an article entitled Tidbits: Ding! Aniston ready for round 3 with Mayer, and began reading about (no, not Aniston and Mayer), but rather Hugh Laurie's thoughts about Twitter:

“As I look around my friends’ tweets I see banality on all sides,” Laurie said in a quote posted to StarPulse. The actor’s problem isn’t with the platform, just how the masses use it. “I think if people were able to take these 140 characters (allowed in each post) and develop a poetic Western form — a haiku of our own in which all human existence could be compressed into those 140 characters — that would be a satisfying thing, but that’s not what I see when I read them.”

Full disclosure--I have had have a Twitter account, the most recent comments to which I've also placed atop this post. Just like House said "banality on all sides." I first started "tweeting" on January 10 or so and it lasted only about fourteen comments as I just couldn't see the point.

As a reader and teacher the idea of compressing language fascinates me, but shouldn't it be something worth reading, especially if one feels it necessary to share it with the "e-world?" But, then again, not everything (action, word, idea) of value is necessarily grounded in "meaning."

But, Dr. House has given me an idea: what if I try to post something simple and meaningful every day or so for a week and see what transpires? It certainly couldn't be more transparent or annoying as following the stars of How I Met Your Mother on Twitter could it?