{"product_id":"my-shorts-r-bunching-thoughts-the-tweets-of-roland-hedley-volume-30-doonesbury-9780740791093","title":"My Shorts R Bunching. Thoughts?: The Tweets of Roland Hedley (Volume 30) (Doonesbury)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMy Shorts R Bunching. Thoughts?: The Tweets of Roland Hedley (Volume 30) (Doonesbury)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Trudeau, G. B.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780740791093.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Hilarious!\" -- Jake Tapper, ABC News\n\n\"Hilarious!\" -- Karen Tumulty, TIME\n\n\"Hilarious!\" -- Erin Moriarity, CBS News\n\nIn March of 2009, Doonesburys intrepid journalist Roland Burton Hedley, III, opened a Twitter account and began to tweet. A lot. Four weeks later, a sampling of his 140-character missives was published in The New Yorker to great acclaim, and his posts were featured in a one-on-one \"tweet-off\" in the Columbia Journalism Review. Rushed into print, this groundbreaking volume is the first book-length Twitter collection by a single author. With dozens of Doonesbury strips and over 500 tweets, it presents the best of Hedleys work -- frontline micro-blogging from the self-anointed dean of Washington journotwits.\n\nEight months into this project, author G.B. Trudeau can confirm that Twitter is a colossal sinkhole of time, but is gratified that he has found a way to monetize Rolands inane postings. (Follow Roland_Hedley.) When not writing comedy haiku on Twitter, Trudeau writes and draws the Pulitzer-prize-winning comic strip Doonesbury for 1100 newspapers worldwide, and lovingly curates his web presence at Doonesbury.com. He also hosts a milblog called The Sandbox.\n\nFrom the book:\n\n\"Just spotted colleague Terry Moran in hall. Could wave, but easier to tweet. Hey, dude.\" 10:49 AM Mar 18th from Tweetdeck\n\n\"Bumped into an old stalker of mine at Borders. Shed lost some weight and looked terrific, but I tweeted 911 anyway. Cops arrived from 3 states.\" 1:43 PM Mar7th from Blackberry\n\n\"I refuse to apologize for making time for my kids ball games, so I usually end up not going.\" 9:13 AM May 4th from web\n\n\"Had close call watching MJ memorial service. They ended We are the World before I could jimmy open my gun closet and blow my brains out.\" 12:33 PM Jul 7th from web\n\n\"While speaking last night, someone threw panties on stage. Or boxers. Whatever. Times like that, always ask myself: What would The Boss do?\" 5:13 PM Mar 12th from web\n\n\"Kabul. Awakened by huge blast in hotel lobby. Suicide bomber blew up complimentary breakfast buffet. Off to find bagel.\" 3:14 PM Apr 8th from Tweetdeck\n\n\"Accompanying HMMV patrol, used on-board computer to order Ab Rocket. And because I acted when I did, receiving second one absolutely free.\" 8:01 PM Apr 13th from Blackberry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44989935681589,"sku":"ByrdShop_0740791095","price":28.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780740791093_62d003bf-3143-4395-b07c-cc67663a09a6.jpg?v=1778884669","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/my-shorts-r-bunching-thoughts-the-tweets-of-roland-hedley-volume-30-doonesbury-9780740791093","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}