Meatballs, Iceballs

One awesome thing was just overshadowed by another awesome thing. Here goes.

Awesome thing: I just finished reading a borrowed copy of Seth Godin's Meatball Sundae. And it was fantastic. Full of brilliant ideas and the kinds of thinking that make Jeff and I bond so well (not that either of us are as ingenious or as articulate as Seth Godin, but we can aspire).

So I climb out of my bed and I'm formulating what I want to say from under the oppressive weight of such brilliant thinking, and while I'm mentally organizing I casually check my Twitter.


Mars Phoenix is the actual, official Twitter feed of the Phoenix lander. This not only marks a day so historic that I want to pee myself a little, but it also marks the first serious, important, world-changing event that I've learned about through Twitter. AND, in another credit to Twitter's instantaneousness (when it works, of course), may I add that I learned about this turn of events before my brother, who is an aspiring astronaut?

me: THEY FOUND ICE ON MARS!

Ryan: LKJ!L@J

Ryan: link me? something not a Rickroll or a picture of a glass of water atop a Mars Bar?

P.S. Follow the Twitter feed... updates keep comin'!
P.P.S. Here's the Phoenix story.
P.P.P.S. Seth Godin, I love you.