A series of tweets based upon the trials and tribulations of life at Downton Abbey.

Isn't it wonderful how we're friends! Save that you're the friend who fetches tea, empties my chamber pot & bathes me. #DowntonAbbeyProblems

First cousins make for excellent bedfellows! (So long as...

We're so happy you've decided to spend Thanksgiving dinner with us! In order to ensure the dinner proceeds as smoothly as possible, we ask that you please take a moment to complete the following questionnaire. Mark your answers clearly with a Number 2 pencil, and return this form to your...

Late last night, and based on my Twitter feed alone, I suddenly realized that while there sure are a lot of former New Yorkers down in Florida -- mostly the old and infirm, driving along our highways in tank-like cars, at speeds that barely approach those attained while riding a...

Coverage of crises can burnish reputations, as the networks attract worried viewers who sample news and stock-picking shows for the first time -- or at least for the first time in a long while.
--Brian Stelter, The New York Times.

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1               Twitter is everything that is the case.
1.1           Twitter consists of tweets, which are general statuses of states...

In our family, to think of Roger Federer as anything but the greatest player in the history of the game of tennis is nothing short of heresy; to extol his virtues would be like trying to fit one more angel on the head of a pin. And this was it,...

Sometimes, there is news too cruel to accept, too confusing for our fragile minds to comprehend, too painful for our psyches to accommodate. We see reports of blood on the streets. Europe is bankrupt. The stock market goes up. The stock market goes down. Congressmen flash their hoo-hah all over...

An Open Letter from Colonel Gaddafi to the American People.

To the Good Citizens of the United States,

Over the past several days, I've taken time out of what has proven to be an increasingly hectic, NATO-warplane-filled schedule to address my people as to the geo-political benefits of...

Back when I lived in Baltimore, there was a man named Mike, a nice enough guy save that when he went off his meds, he'd turn into Crazy Mike, an alter ego that liked to wander around Charles Village screaming at the top of his lungs about how flying monkeys...

Several days ago, as the Twittersphere burgeoned with news of the situation in Egypt, an apocryphal piece of trivia from my undergraduate years -- that I had double majored in Near Eastern Studies with a focus on Egyptology -- came into play. For those expecting any tweets pertinent to these...

Lauren Conrad catches up with the sometimes devilish, sometimes divine Joan of Arc.

After a six season run, MTV's The Hills sadly came to a close last night. We can't believe it's only been two short years since the star - perhaps you've heard of her? - Lauren Conrad stepped...

On Friday, the Wall Street Journal's Anthony Paletta, in his article "George W. Bush Is Out of the Picture," made note of the fact that very few critics had latched onto the newly released film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road for any references to the policies of...

For me, New York Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week used to be that magical time of year when I'd remind my more modish friends that invitation was the nominal form of the verb to invite (as in: "I received the invitation," not: "I got your invite"). Back then, all my grammatically hyper-attuned...