one but well-known satirist Paul Krassner—who may have coined the

one but well-known satirist Paul Krassner—who may have coined the phrase ‘Twinkie defense’'—played up that angle. His trial stories appeared in the San Francisco Bay Guardian.” 6. Twitter is an interesting phenomenon. It’ s perfect for those folks with a short attention span, and it’ s scary for paranoids who don’ t want to be followed. It appeals to minimalists, such as, say, Bob Dylan. | once asked him, “How come you’ re taking Hebrew lessons?” He replied, “1 can’ t speak it.” And when | mentioned the Holocaust, he responded, “I resented it.” Tweets range from the trivial (David Gregory announcing that he was going to eat a bagel before moderating Meet the Press) to international conflicts (Iranian citizens reporting on the uprising against their repressive government). It occurred to me that there could be classic haiku tweets—three lines consisting of 5 syllables, 7 syllables and 5 syllables—adding up obviously to no more than 140 characters—and so | decided to embed the phrase | coined in the following (also) twaiku: What's worth sharing now? World War Three or stubbed my toe? | have Twitter’ s Block. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015425