The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: twitter

  • A Glaring Omission?

    It feels to me like this story comes with a hefty dose of laughing gas.

  • Say It With Me: Birds Aren’t Real

    It kind of makes sense if you think about it hard enough.

  • The Great Airline Seat Debate

    Surely there are civilized ways of dealing with this issue.

  • Twitter me a Precious Memory!

    Help me out, Drawbridge Nation!

  • I’m Tweeting

    I have been Twitter-resistant for years. I just didn’t see the point. Between this blog and Facebook and e-mail and Second Life, I already felt as if my social media world was rich and nuanced. I also worried that if I added one more thing, my introverted little self would be crushed under the sheer…

  • The Lost Art of Communication

    I got three Christmas cards this year. I miss them. We used to get so many that we’d string them up and hang them on our bannister. They became part of the holiday decorations. It was a great way to catch up with friends and relatives far removed. Granted, in this digital age it’s much…

  • A Pop Culture Deficit

    “What are these Hunger Games of which you speak?” When I have to ask for pop culture clarification, I always sound like English isn’t my first language. And as time goes on, I find myself having to ask more and more frequently. Thank God for Google, because it often allows me to answer my own…

  • Gravity, with all the Bells and Whistles

    The other day I went to see the movie Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, in IMAX 3D. To say that this was not the movie experience of my childhood is putting it mildly. Back then, you went to a shabby little two screen theater, the kind with sticky floors, gum under the seats,…

  • Twenty Seconds for Runan Wan: You Could Change Lives

    Update: The voting has closed. Thanks to all of you who participated! I’ll let you know if we won as soon as I know. We don’t want your money. We just want 20 seconds. Deep in the foothills of rural Yunnan Province, along the southern border of China, is the Runan Wan Primary School. The…