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Tim on the bike with Leanne was the best moment of the whole season. I adore Tim. You're comments about PR this week were spot on, Kelly.

I meant to say "your" not "you're." I'm losing brain cells so fast it makes me... something or other, can't find the word.

Julie: I LOVE Tim too. The show would be lost without him.

Oh, I'm losing braincells too!

I am looking forward to seeing the final collection. I haven't looked ahead yet. I very happy Korto made it to the final three. But Leanne seems like the little designer that could. She started off slow but each week she got better. I first started paying attention to Leanne after the drag queen episode. Though I still think Korto will win

I so love Tim. And was sorry to see Jerrell go, too. And yeah - Korto's dresses were fuglier than Jerrell's, imo.

Kelly: Isn't Tim the absolute? He's the best of the best.

Doret: We'll see, won't we? Like you, I like Korto too. But, this might be because of my age and life experience. Her final collection is beautiful and has color. But, yes, Leanne is the little designer who could. It's really between the two of them.

I think we'll all be surprised and Kenley will win. If you have an American Express card the after show on bravotv.com is really fun. You can also watch it the next day.
SP

SP: I'm not sure I"d be happy with a Kenley win.

I Twitter (sporadically) and have found it useful in several different ways:

--when my husband and I were traveling, we set up a private Twitter acct to post updates for our children and parents. It was the fastest, easiest way to keep them apprised of our whereabouts.

--last year during the San Diego county wildfires, I found Twitter updates from other users to be the most up-to-the-minute reports on where exactly the fires were at any any given moment.

--less formally, I've used my public Twitter account (bonnyglen) to keep lists of what my kids are reading.

--I loved hearing about my friend Kristen's adventures in Japan during her recent trip, thanks to her frequent tweets. :)

--my husband has his own Twitter account, and it's fun to snark back and forth with him and some of our mutual friends.

For me the key to having Twitter be useful and fun, but not a time-suck, is not oversubscribing to people's updates. At first I followed a LOT of people, but I quickly realized I was having to wade through a hubbub of chatter to get to the stuff I really wanted. I have gradually pared down my "follow" list to a manageable size. I use the #hashtags and keyword tracking functions to check for topic-specific tweets as needed--during the recent hurricanes, for example.

If you do decide to Twitter, do let us know so we can follow you! :)

Oh, no, Melissa! These all sound like good reasons...

(Obviously I was kind of hoping that someone would say--total waste of time...)

I love Twitter, because:

a) It's a great way to keep track of my friends who are too lazy to blog (especially overseas friends)

b) It's a great way of publishing those pithy little thoughts that aren't quite big enough to justify a blog post.

c) i can do it from my phone.

d) there is something fun and challenging about condensing an idea into 140 characters.

Count me as another Twitter fan (and convert, because I had been maligning it for months before finally signing up).

Melissa and Lili both have great points, and I have some other thoughts, but it's going to have to wait until I'm not at work :-)

I see great uses for Twitter, too, even though I don't currently Tweet. If you go back to my poem, comment number 22 is from Denise Wakeman of The Blog Squad) about what Twitter's done for her. Interesting stuff.

And thanks for the linkola!

No matter how much fun it seems to be (same with iPod Touch), I don't have enough time in the day to add one. more. thing.

Think carefully before dive in!

I do not Twitter. This surely must be a sign that I am getting old. I also do not use a fancy cell phone, I use a three year old cheapie prepaid and most of the time it is not charged up.

I think this is part of being an introvert? Not sure. Still learning about blogging, and I don't feel I'm that interesting to need to broadcast a lot of updates.

I use Twitter, mostly because that's how many of my DC friends seem to communicate. I was always out of the loop, and seems I was reading twitter... I might as well use it, right?

Stella was funny, and seemed like a nice person. Leann is coming out of no where though I thought Korto should have won. Has anyone else ever won back back before

I don't think anyone has won after immunity before, Doret. I do think Daniel V. has won back to back, but without immunity.

Korto and Leann are definitely the top two!

I found your blog as part of a class assignment in my graduate program for library science. It's a great site plus it has Project Runway discussions. Let's see.... books and Project Runway, I'm hooked already.

Tina: :) Only a few readers post on the PR notes, but I just can't help myself! Thanks for stopping by.

So so funny! Thanks for sharing!

The author, Jen, is very, very funny.

Very Funny!

Once again, sent it off. My friends always ask, "Where do you get that stuff?"

Oh man, this is awesome. I love cake! I love the blog, thanks so much for sharing it.

Hee-larious! I needed a good sweet laugh today.

I just found this blog a couple of weeks ago and it felt GOOD to laugh that hard!

I will look at it tomorrow. In the meantime, I've completed my poetry Friday post. I'll come back to add it to the proper post, but as I may not do that until late tomorrow, here it is now: http://kellyrfineman.livejournal.com/324576.html

I've got a most excellent pantoum from a new collection by Peter Oresick.

Anna: Please tell your friends 'sorry'!

Karen: Cake + laughs--can't beat it :)

Sara: I needed a laugh too. At the right time! And, Jen W., I haven't laughed until I cried in ages.

Kelly: Do read it! And I got your link. Thanks!

I saw this via Mental Floss last night, too, and laughed harder than I have in a very long time. Hilarious.

Since this is the second time I have seen this blog mentioned somewhere, I now decided the cakes need a spot in my long Google Reader. I can't risk missing another great laugh.

I literally almost peed myself when I got to the one that had to be censored because it featured a naked fondant figure graphically giving birth.

Thanks so much for the link.

Oh, THANK YOU for that, Kelly. I've added it to my Bloglines. Now I'm going to go cake-spotting. I just KNOW there are some doozies around here.

No, my small numbers of hits a day is still counting :)
I've been liking modern art more and more the older I get. Any idea why?

If I've read no Boyce before, can I skip right to this one?

Absolutely, Tricia! Boyce hasn't written a series--all his books are stand alone. This one is FAN-tastic.

Hmmm...art question...I have to say, no, no theories there :) I'll keep thinking, though!

I ADORE Boyce, I really do, and am ecstatic to see a new one.

And after today? I think I'd like some idea that Order can exist. I will be looking to see if I can find some Mondrian clothing, bags, etc...

Wait, Tadmack: Your book came out today. That's order isn't it?

But I agree--the NEWS in the wide world is, simply, not good.

Boyce rocks.

Speaking of Stuart Little, I just finished reading that to my girls. I really couldn't stand that book. Didn't it win the Newbery, but folks were all down on Charlotte's Web? I just don't get it.

Oh, I love, love, love Boyce! Looking forward to this.

Oh, that is funny. Atticus and I are both incompetent ... we're perfect for each other but not so good for the house. :-)

Um, yeah, Karen. My husband and I are exactly the same. My husband has an excuse though. He grew up in a Soviet apartment in Moscow. We need to find some handy friends!!

Our handy friends moved away within a month of our first house purchase. We still haven't forgiven them. :-)

Some friends, Karen. Don't they know where their priorities are?

Kelly,

Thanks for the link to Almond's article. That was a really funny piece. There are few things I enjoy more than a good laugh.

My husband and I do work around our house in fits and starts. Whereas, the neighbors who live on one side of our domicile are like the Eneregizer bunny--always busying themselves with work around their house or in their yard.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Elaine. I love a good laugh too, so couldn't help but bring it up here.

I try not to watch the neighbors, 'cause it only makes me feel inadequate.