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One-liners from the Twittersphere: funny tweets I couldn’t let die

January 29, 2013

Those of you that have been kicking around this place for awhile know that I also waste my time over on Twitter. Twitter started as a way to tell the world what you had for breakfast or what coffee shop you’re sitting in, and other really important stuff like that. Some people still use […]

Getting the most out of the time you waste on Twitter: this month’s funny tweets

October 29, 2012

Regular time is finite, but wasted time is infinite and renewable. It’s highly transferable. Contagious, even. Case in point: Twitter. I put considerable effort into wasting time on Twitter. The time I waste on Twitter is then available to be re-wasted by anyone that wishes to follow my tweets. But, if you use Twitter, then […]

How social media will save your relationship with your children

October 17, 2012

Welcome to this week’s instalment of WTF Wednesday, where both presidential candidates get all their parenting advice, but only one gets his debating advice. I thought we’d mix it up a bit this week here at Advice Central. As pretty much the only parenting expert on the Internet, I’ve never really thought about visiting other […]

A fresh batch of favorite funny tweets

September 16, 2012

If you do the Twitter thing, you know that any given tweet lasts about 10 seconds before it disappears into the ether like a Jennifer Lopez movie. Every once in a while I gather up a bunch of tweets and give them a second life here on the blog because I just can’t bear to […]

Parenting advice: 18 things Google thinks I know

August 8, 2012

Welcome to this week’s instalment of WTF Wednesday, where we treat others as we wish to be treated ourselves: we never ask others what they were doing last night between 11:00 p.m. and roughly 2:00 a.m. I’m still travelling in a land far, far away this week. My Internet access consists of a rock on […]

Why your son doesn’t care if he has clean clothes

June 27, 2012

Welcome to this week’s installment of WTF Wednesday, where we won’t rest until we get tired. Today’s question comes via the magic of Twitter and is from Cindy Dwyer (@CindyDwyerWords), owner of the blog A Reason to Write. Cindy writes: Dear IBMP, If my son never puts his socks in the hamper, am I responsible […]