Daily Archives: January 24, 2010

First Tweet From Space

Houston, TX - NASA reported today that the first use of Twitter from the space occurred inadvertantly when an email from a first-time shuttle astronaut to a  technician in Atlanta got tweeted by mistake. The first space tweet, from astronaut Paul Cantwell said, “how do I get the adhesive from the toilet bag off of my ass?”

Today’s Epigram

“Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.”

–Frank Zappa

Today’s Modern Words From A Dying Language

The Nixyaawi  language is spoken by fewer than sixty tribal elders, mostly on the Umatilla indian reservation, in northeastern Oregon. Here are a few of the more recent words in this ancient language:

Sapa’ayayaswit - “tool to cause stupidity” — television

Taymusiya – “tattle tale” – cell phone, because it’s always ringing and you can never hide from it.