#AlternativeFacts, #WomensMarchStatistics, and #NotMySuperBowl

I had some fun with the trending hashtags #AlternativeFacts, #WomensMarchStatistics, and #NotMySuperBowl over the past 24 hours. Here are my posts, ordered from the most popular to the least popular (all my tweets can be read here - https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki):

1) Trump: "37% of Americans approve of me. Round that up to 40, add 10, round again to 100 & everyone loves me, b/c math!"
#AlternativeFacts
669 Likes, 179 Retweets

2) Trump: "I'd say my favorite Commandment thingy is the one that says, 'Thou shalt not tweet fact-checks of me.'"
#AlternativeFacts
253 Likes, 76 Retweets

3) Trump: "I have like the bigliest hands this side of the Specific Ocean, okay?!?"
#AlternativeFacts
237 Likes, 80 Retweets

4) Trump:"The only way to improve healthcare is to take it away, like the only way to improve one's life is to kill 'em."
#AlternativeFacts
194 Likes, 81 Retweets

5) Whatever comes out of this guy's mouth...
#AlternativeFacts
201 Likes, 67 Retweets

6) Trump: "The First Amendment of the Constitution only applies to me, my voters, and nonvoters who think I have nice hair."
#AlternativeFacts
157 Likes, 53 Retweets

7) 3 times more people than at Trump's inauguration, 300 times more IQ points
#WomensMarchStatistics
150 Likes, 49 Retweets

8) Trump: "There is no 'i' in 'team,' but there is 'me' in 'team' and 'me' makes the best 'team,' without question!"
#AlternativeFacts
127 Likes, 29 Retweets

9) Trump: "A fake doctor with no experience is who everyone should want to do their brain surgery. Common sense, people!"
#AlternativeFacts
103 Likes, 32 Retweets

10) Trump: "'Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery.' So, if anything, Michelle Obama should thank Melania!"
#AlternativeFacts
100 Likes, 29 Retweets

11) Trump: "When I talked about grabbing women by the pussy, I meant cat. I absolutely love cats, except the black ones."
#AlternativeFacts
93 Likes, 24 Retweets

12) Trump: "Putin? As in Vladimir Putin? Naw, I've never heard of him..."
#AlternativeFacts
82 Likes, 22 Retweets

13) Trump: "I once won a spelling bee on the word 'bigly'."
#AlternativeFacts
77 Likes, 18 Retweets

14) Trump:"W/all the lies I've told, pussies I've grabbed, poor I've screwed over, I've put the 'Christ' back in 'Christmas'."
#AlternativeFacts
67 Likes, 19 Retweets

15) Trump: "Like it says in our Declaration of whatever, I deserve 'life, liberty, & the pursuit of making people miserable.'"
#AlternativeFacts
57 Likes, 26 Retweets

16) Trump: "I've got two words for you: Meryl Streep is so overrated & big name cover bands are like way underrated! Period!"
#AlternativeFacts
54 Likes, 21 Retweets

17) Trump: "Two Corinthians are always better than One Corinthian."
#AlternativeFacts
58 Likes, 15 Retweets

18) Trump: "When our taxpayers pay for the wall, it'll actually be the Mexicans, believe me!"
#AlternativeFacts
49 Likes, 12 Retweets

19) Trump: "I wrote the film 'Field of Dreams': 'If you build it (the wall) & make them pay for it, they'll stop coming.'"
#AlternativeFacts
44 Likes, 15 Retweets

20) Trump: "We won the popular vote, like big league! Popular vote scores are like golf scores. Fact!"
#AlternativeFacts
45 Likes, 10 Retweets

21) Trump: "Abraham Lincoln tweeted the Gettysburg Address in two tweets. Fact!"
#AlternativeFacts
34 Likes, 14 Retweets

21) Trump: "None of my clothes were made in Jina!"
#AlternativeFacts
40 Likes, 8 Retweets

23) Trump: "That Right Said Fred song, 'I'm Too Sexy,' was mainly inspired by me."
#AlternativeFacts
37 Likes, 9 Retweets

24) Trump: "My favorite quote from that Day Cart guy is, 'I retweet white supremacists, therefore I am.'"
#AlternativeFacts
30 Likes, 10 Retweets

25) Trump: "On February 14th, I've never ever ever asked Russia to be my Valentine!"
#AlternativeFacts
29 Likes, 5 Retweets

26) #NotMySuperBowl is false equivalence. The proper comparison would be #NotMyElection, not #NotMyPresident. Just sayin'...
22 Likes, 6 Retweets

Totals: 3,009 Likes, 909 Retweets (Averages of 115.7 Likes, 35.0 Retweets)

Another look at "The Nightly Show" with Larry Wilmore

After its first week, I gave The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore a B+ grade. While I didn't think the show appeared to be perfect by any stretch of the imagination, I also liked the Daily Show meets Politically Incorrect vibe I got from it, and thought, with the proper adjustments, the show would indeed provide a great fill-in for The Colbert Report . In the show's succeeding weeks, however, I've been less impressed by it and think that if it doesn't make certain adjustments, it could be in jeopardy of losing many long-time viewers of the show's time slot. One major issue I think the show's had to this point is a lack of direction. It's been unable to decide whether it wants to be a comedy show with serious conversation sprinkled in or a serious show with comedy sprinkled in. It's almost as if the show's writers want to give The Nightly Show a Real Time with Bill Maher feel. The problem with that idea or format is the fact Real Time is an hour lon...

My first book review of "Penetrating the Heart of Life: Ambiguous In Thought, Ambivalent In Feeling"

Well, I received my first book review on this poetry-compilation book I completed and published late last year, but have finally gotten around to marketing now. The reviewer gave it 5 out of 5 stars and said: "I enjoyed the poetic journey the writer has taken me on. From darkest days and hopeful optimism to the conclusion of hope realized. The visual images that the poem titled "Room Temperature" elicits, made me think of the song, "Horse With No Name" sung by the band America. In a similar manner, another poem – "Deafening Sigh-lence" reminded me a great deal of Simon & Garfunkel’s song, "The Sound of Silence". There are so many poems in this book that I related to, that I felt a connection to the author and felt that we were traveling on this journey together." http://www.lulu.com/shop/craig-rozniecki/penetrating-the-heart-of-life-ambiguous-in-thought-ambivalent-in-feeling/paperback/product-18677501.html

A closer look at the Scramble With Friends power-ups

I am unashamed to admit that I'm a nerd. My idea of a good time is playing a word game like Boggle or Scrabble. Thankfully, I (and many others) can play such games via Facebook and/or my (our) cell phone(s). While it seems that cheating has become more commonplace in these games (Words With Friends in particular) than San Diego has had nice weather, I've yet to give in to that craze. One element present with the game Scramble With Friends (Boggle) not present in Words With Friends (Scrabble) are legal boosts called "power-ups," which cost a number of tokens from the 15 available. I've now tried all five power-ups, including the latest one which costs money. So, in case anyone's curious about playing the game or giving these power-ups a gander, here's a rundown of them all: Freeze - I think this is probably my favorite of all the power-ups. With the freeze, time stands still for a matter of seconds, which allows you more time to find words and improve...

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