Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Twitterisms for all

I'm obsessed with Twitter. Check out my moment by moment Twitter ravings right side of this page.

Massive contributions coming here soon.

Commerce interruptus!

1 comment:

Ellen Kimball said...

Hi John,

Thanks so much for your message on Twitter. I'll be pleased to keep in touch with you until we are setting up our trip to Sydney, Australia in October. We will be staying at what my husband describes as "the only Hilton hotel in the city." Hopefully, you know where that is!

I've added to your blog to my links.

Just returned home from the movie "Earth" which opens in the USA on April 22. It was absolutely stunning!

Warm regards,

Ellen Kimball

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