In addition to using Twitter and Facebook to communicate, I use social media to procrastinate. And with all the stuff hanging over my head, I’ve been socializing like crazy.
One of the entities I follow on Twitter is the AP Stylebook, of course. The good folks who maintain the account are running a contest. They want people to tweet their reasons for using the stylebook. The “best” answers win a Stylebook Online subscription.
It was an offer I couldn’t refuse.
After considering many pithy responses, I decided on my go-to prop: the haiku. Here is my submission:
I use it daily
To torture writing students.
Cue evil laughter.
I didn’t know AP Stylebook retweeted my entry until I looked at my @ box and saw my post retweeted by a whole bunch of other people after the AP RT. That’s pretty cool. I hope I win …
My entry retweeted
and retweeted again
Observe and report 
That’s pretty exciting!
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You’re basically famous now.
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