Best Tweets: Lesser Books Edition

Alex Eichler May 21, 2010
The American Prospect tips us to a new bit of slang. Do you know about the holograms?

"Sure I've heard Sleigh Bells -- I know about the holograms." http://bit.ly/aqczH4less than a minute ago via Brizzly



Occasioned by a very important anniversary, Lizzie O'Leary of Bloomberg TV has a dizzying revelation.

OH MY GOD. I am older than Pac-Man.less than a minute ago via web



Mother Jones's David Corn engages in a little libertarian speculative fiction.

"Free people should be able to buy an exploding Pinto if they want to." #whatrandmighthavesaid #randpaulless than a minute ago via web



There was some kind of rodent in the Rose Garden yesterday. In the rush to identify it, Slate's John Dickerson chimes in with what may be our favorite sentence of the week:

@PressSec when identifying a rodent, the vole's molars are a dead giveaway to anyone mildly schooled in rodent dentistry http://bit.ly/uhwk8less than a minute ago via TweetDeck



Brian Beutler shares a theory that Rush Limbaugh might be interested to hear.

THEORY: The BP spill is intentional British payback for that time we dumped all their tea into Boston Harbor. #teapartyless than a minute ago via TweetDeck



A new hashtag rises in the land, and we spotlight some of our favorite examples:

Where The Wild Things Might Be #lesserbooksless than a minute ago via TweetDeck


A Series of Everyday Events #lesserbooksless than a minute ago via web



Pride and Institutional Racism #lesserbooksless than a minute ago via TweetDeck





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