Twitter Tombstones

I joined twitter. When I created my account, I was encouraged to start following 10 people immediately, so that I would begin to have the ultimate Twitter experience. I tried to think of all of my favorite authors, speakers, anyone that might have something interesting or meaningful to say other than, "my socks are blue" or "I just wiped a booger on my sister". As I was searching,  I got distracted by all of the options twitter gave me for people I might want to follow based on the two people I had already begun following.  What I noticed was the personal description of each person or "tweeter", if you will. When you sign up, you write a blurb about who you are and that becomes the summary of you and your twitter existence. As I kept reading these mini bios, they started sounding like epitaphs on a tombstone. Once that point of view set in, that was the only way I could read each person's account of themselves. I began to size of each person's life based on their twitter mini bio.  A lot of them were tombstone worthy (much better than 2 dates separated by a dash); any family member of the said deceased person would have felt a joy and thankfulness for knowing their loved one. Some however, were just depressing. One guy's read "bored all the time". I will not be following him; he needs to get a life.

Below are some of my twitter mini bio finds. There are friends, strangers, and famous people. As I share, I'm going to be thinking about what I want my twitter bio and my tombstone to read.  Would your mini bio be an accurate representation of your life?



Max Lucado: Minister. Author. Husband. Dad. Counting on heaven to make sense of this earth.

Derek Webb: singer/songwriter/producer/remixer/agitator

Jeff Probst: Survivor, Live For The Moment

Josh Melton: Entrepeneur with a daydreaming problem. I own an office cleaning co. & insurance agency; My wife & I have a really cute baby boy. I love my family & community.

Erwin Mcmanus: L A is home. Mosaic my tribe. Temple Bags our fashion Co. Boy and Rocket our Production Co. Awaken Humanity our gift. Kim, Aaron, Mariah, Patti- my family

Andrew Peterson: Singer/Songwriter/Author/Maker of Fine Soups

David Baddiel: Jew

Jenny McCarthy: Mommy warrior and cellulite killer.


Tiffany Forrester: Graphic Designer, Student, Jesus follower, Music Lover. Generally crafty.

Jenny S: i'm a lovely young lady with a flare for the retarded side of life. i can promise to almost never hurt your feelings. i like to go swimming!


Lindsey G: Clay in the Potter’s hands. RN. Southeastern University Grad Student. Wife. Sister. Daughter. Granddaughter. Longleaf's Groups Director & Sable's Best Friend.

Dan Harmon: Low ranking dealer of mass opiate for West Coast Peacocks. Distribution rating: 1.9. Weakness: unbelievable back acne

Shane Sullards: I dream big

Bobbi Newman: Professionally passionate about the digital divide, transliteracy, libraries & tech issues. Personally on a never-ending quest for the perfect pair of shoes.