I like to
think of myself as a witty and clever person. To be entirely honest though, it
comes in fits and spurts. I have moments when my mind explodes with puns equal
to O’Henry, witticisms that would make Dorothy Parker proud, and wordplay that
would make George Carlin smirk. I want everyone else to think I am as witty and
clever as I think I am, so I have to find ways to parse out my wit and wisdom
in digestible bites.
Why am I
telling this if I want to protect my secrets?
This week’s
Lenten scriptures are all about repentance and confession.
And the three
people who read this are not likely to blow my cover.
Because my
cleverness comes in such bursts, I have started using technology to preserve
the creativity until an appropriate time. I have to pace myself. While the
creativity comes in waves, the dispensation of that creative wisdom must be
measured and steady. I have discovered how to use the voice and notes program
on my phone to record exceptional thoughts. I have a half-dozen blog posts
sitting in draft form as I season them with just enough creativity to
(hopefully) not be a waste of bandwidth.
I have also
been perfecting my use of TweetDeck. It
lets me type the tweet and schedule it for a later time. That way my Twitter
feed does not get overwhelmed with my witticisms and my Facebook timeline does
not spam all my dear friends by filling up their timeline with an
incomprehensible volume of genius.
I am nice like
that.
On top of
being witty and clever.
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