Twitter

You will all be pleased to know that Twitter has proved a valuable source of intelligence about what is going on out there.  Through Twitter, I have learned of such weighty matters as the Gasp fashion affair in Melbourne, where apparently someone slapped a shop assistant.  'The Slap' was the cause of a vast number of tweets, letters, emails and indeed blogs such as this. 

Speaking of 'The Slap', I've been told that I should read this book so as to offer informed commentary.  I'm not sure that being informed, or indeed offering commentary, is a great idea.  Thinking about it, on this blog I do both so I may be forced to read 'The Slap'.  I wonder if there is a Readers Digest Condensed Book version I can read (any readers know of one?).  This would ideally be a one page summary, thus: 'At a barbecue.  Person runs amok, someone slaps person, poo hits the fan, no-one is friends anymore.'  The condensed TV show would depict a person flinging rotten vegetables at themselves while laughing hysterically (why not, I ask).  Probably makes as much sense as the actual show, but would be more interesting.