Flick My Flickr and Twitter Redux

Hey, here is a really nice shot of the Greatest Cootess of All Time, Kanye West, performing at the Democratic National Convention. I got this pic from Flickr and it comes from a set tagged "Democratic Convention". It doesn't say which Democratic Convention, so I'm guessing this is the Democratic Convention Kanye put on in his rec room because the DNC refused to put his name ahead of Barack Obama on the guest list.

The Cootess is a fan of Flickr. Having lately been privy to an onslaught of weddings and births, having a central place to post and view pix is quite nice. Also, one could do things like follow Kanye West's adjuct Democratic Convention if one so desired. It would almost be like being there.



Speaking of which, this weekend I actually had some teachers ask me what Twitter is, and after I explained, the conversation went a little something like this:

Teacher: "I just don't get it. Why are people so wild about this?"

Cootess: "Look, I'm not here to sell anybody on Twitter. I'm just an information professional. I don't provide judgement, just information, so get out of my chilli.

Teacher: "But it's so shallow. I understand why 8th graders would be into it, but functioning adults? It's just such shallow communication and who has the time?"

Cootess: "I believe the immediacy and forced brevity are the attraction. I have an article furnished by the Web 2.0 committee you might want to read. Just go on my blog ..."

Teacher: "But I'm right here! This is the problem with this technology culture. I don't want to go to your blog, I don't want you to text me or tweet about it. Let's have an actual face-to-face conversation."

Cootess: "How is any of this relavent to Kanye West?"

Speaking of Overcompensation

I was noticing that, fresh and young as this blog is, The Cootess has already mentioned Kanye West twice. So I started pondering The Divine Mr. West's relevance to library services (or "webrary 2.0" as the kids say) and blogs in general, and that's when it hit me: Kanye West is the Greatest Cootess of Them All. Years of waiting and searching and consulting the prophecies and he was right under our noses all along. Ah, such are the mysterious ways of the Cootiverse. If you look closely, you can make out ex-stripper and handmaiden to the Greatest Cootess of Them All, Amber Rose, in the passenger's seat above.

A Mere Sampling of a Big Pot o' Quotable Quotes:

“If y'all fresh to death, then I'm deceased.”

“George Bush doesn't care about black people."

"This is some Benjamin Button [nonsense]!"

P.S. Until I get back from vacay I will continue to overcompensate with huge pictures.