The Lost Art of the Hashtag

Everyday I go onto Twitter, every 2 minutes actually and I see hashtags everywhere. Ladies and gentlemen, use the pound sign correctly for the love of god. I've seen things hashtagged that I can't even read. If it takes me more than 5 seconds to read the hash then clearly it shouldn't be tagged. I can't tell you the amount of time I have wasted trying to make out what a hashtag says. I feel one of the main rules of a hashtag should be that it should be limited to 1 or 2 words tops! It shouldn't be #wowthegirlisohotijustcanttakeitanymore. Those types of hashtags give me an absolute headache. I'm not a huge fan of getting trending topics going. I mean heres how I look at it, why should I hashtag something when I myself only have 103 followers? Nobody cares about my topics so a hashtag is used rarely in one of my tweets.

Fellow tweeters, let's not abuse or pound the daylights out of the meaning of the hashtag. (no pun intended)


EXHIBIT A:

#icantwaitforthese3weekstobeover

Give Houston a Chance

If it were up to me, the National Championship game would be between Houston and LSU, only if LSU beats Georgia. If LSU loses to Georgia, then 'Bama should play Houston. Let's face it, Houston will go undefeated pending they beat Southern Mississippi this weekend and will probably only end up in the Rose Bowl where they are projected to play Michigan. They'd trounce Michigan. Case Keenum may be the best quarterback to ever play college football and we don't pay attention to him because he plays for Houston and not the big time cheating schools like LSU and 'Bama (it'll come out). The kid throws for about 450 yards a game. If he played for Alabama, he'd win every game by 40 points with that defense 'Bama has. The BCS is a sick joke. It's not fun watching when an SEC team is guaranteed to be in the National Championship even though they could go .500. We got to stop worshipping the SEC. Yeah, good conference but it's time to start paying attention to the Houstons and the Boise States of the game. Time for a change BCS.

Seinfeldism of the Day: Urination in the Shower

It's probably one of the oldest questions in the history of mankind. Is peeing in the shower completely acceptable? Well George here runs into a little bit of an issue. Let him solve it for you. Truthfully, it's an absolute no when it comes to peeing in the shower. It's just not cool, it's nasty and really putting your feet in an interesting situation.

Twitter Makes Governor Cry

I love America and it is with a heavy heart that I say, we have lost our swagger and have lost our base. Recently all it took was an 18-year old from Kansas to Tweet about how her governor is horrific. She said that she actually made these statements to Governor Brownback's face, when really she didn't.

The tweet:
"Just made mean comments at gov. brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalot,"


First of all, phenomenal use of the hashtag. Straight to the point, doesn't try and incorporate a theme or tie the entire tweet together. That's the type of thing that can get trending. A girl could talk about an ex-boyfriend and somebody could talk about how Lebron chokes away games in the 4th quarter. Anyway, the stalkers in the governor's office searched the Tweets and responded demanding an apology from the girl. She said hell no. What are we 6 years old? What do you want your mommy? Are your feelings hurt governor? Clearly, this girl doesn't like you and you can't take it can you? To be a politician you have to be thick skinned and you my friend have wax paper for skin. Well now this 18-year old girl has over 9,000 followers so moral of the story, bash your governor on Twitter and you'll have more followers than all your friends combined. 

52 seconds, 18 year old > Governor

Kelly Clarkson is Hot...End o' Story

Everytime I say Kelly Clarkson is an absolute dime, I get looked at like I have 20 heads. Clarkson is a whole lotta woman and there is nothing wrong with that. Is she bigger? Yeah she is, but she's not Queen Latifah big. I've literally had the hots for this woman since she murked the competition on American Idol. She caught my eye and I don't care if I'm happily married in 10 years, if she comes knockin' you can bet your behind that I'm runnin' with her.

What a cast of characters, we got Kelly manning the wheel and Chris Berman co-piloting...great combination. 

Middle School Team Cleans House

I don't get what all the fuss is about. So what, a middle school team from Kentucky routed a neighboring middle school by 98 points in a recent basketball matchup. Final score: 100-2. As far as I'm concerned, if you can't drop more than 2 points in a game, just drop the basketball program. No child wants to go out there and lose by 98 points and then have to go to school the next day and explain why they suck horribly. Save the kids from humiliation. I blame the school for even letting those kids go out there and play. However, the super-independent for the power house winning school district wants to cancel the team's season because of "lack of sportsmanship." Lack of sportsmanship? If you have a lesser opponent, you have to kick them while their down. A lack of sportsmanship would have been to stop scoring, which would have completely disrespected the game of basketball. Beating a team by 98 points is how you do it. The team that scored 2 points, they should try and take their "talents" to chess club.





This is bad sportsmanship and on Thanksgiving of all holidays...

Does Anybody Miss the NBA?

I got to be honest, I don't miss the NBA all that much right now simply because the Celtics were going to absolutely be horrific. I don't miss Lebron putting up 40 points in the first 2 minutes of the game, then laying an egg the rest of the quarters. If the Celtics were favored to win it all then I'd absolutely be furious, but they would've finished as a 6, 7 or 8 seed played the Heat or Bulls and gotten thrashed just like they did last season. But the sport that is loving the whole no NBA thing is the NHL. People in America need to start following the NHL more and more. Hockey isn't only a Canadian sport. The only reason why people think that is because America has made it that way. In my area, there aren't enough hockey fans. Hey New York, the Rangers are looking good this year. I mean, the Bs are putting up 20 goals a game and will take the Cup again this year, but people should start jumping on team's bandwagons and following them. Yeah you have college basketball and that's awesome, but in January when the NCAA gets a little slow, why not turn on a little puck? It's the NHL baby.