#BoycottBudweiser and #TrumpBookReport

I had some fun with the trending hashtags #BoycottBudweiser and #TrumpBookReport on Twitter over the past few days. Here are my posts, ordered from the most popular to the least popular (all my tweets can be seen here - https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki):

1) Trumpsters: "Liberals are such bigly snowflakes! By the way, let's #BoycottBudweiser, Starbucks, 'Hamilton,' Pepsi, Oreos, Netflix & facts!"
1,484 Likes, 613 Retweets

2) How'd your families get here?
Trumpsters: "Immigration"
Hear about Budweiser's immigrant-themed ad?
Trumpsters: "Yeah, #BoycottBudweiser!"
384 Likes, 145 Retweets

3) "Jesus rose in 3 days. I would have rose in 2, tops, believe me!"
#TrumpBookReport
184 Likes, 50 Retweets

4) "I don't want to brag, but my wife wrote this book: 'Michelle Obama: Speeches on Life, Love, and American Values'."
#TrumpBookReport
126 Likes, 21 Retweets

5) "This book has too many words! Stupid picture books!"
#TrumpBookReport
98 Likes, 33 Retweets

6) "I know books; I have the best books. Have I read any of them? No, but still..."
#TrumpBookReport
77 Likes, 22 Retweets

7) "Guns don't kill mockingbirds; people kill mockingbirds! Period!"
#TrumpBookReport
78 Likes, 20 Retweets

8) "What a stupid title! 'Dreams From My Father'? If it were me, I'd title it, 'Millions From My Father'!"
#TrumpBookReport
78 Likes, 15 Retweets

9) "I don't read books. They're stupid and against my religion - Ignoranceism."
#TrumpBookReport
45 Likes, 13 Retweets

10) "I used to like ham omelettes, like bigly, but then I read parts of 'Hamlet,' and it ruined them for me. Never again."
#TrumpBookReport
46 Likes, 11 Retweets

11) "There were some very bad and illegal words. We need to extreme spell-check these words & make books great again!"
#TrumpBookReport
38 Likes, 10 Retweets

12) "I got as far as the Table of Contents and fell asleep. Stupid, boring book, big league!"
#TrumpBookReport
32 Likes, 8 Retweets

12) "Throughout this report, I'm going to refer to the book as 'The Pussy In the Hat'."
#TrumpBookReport
35 Likes, 5 Retweets

14) "Just watch the movie! It's far more better than the book, which lacks the details of the movie! Fact!"
#TrumpBookReport
33 Likes, 5 Retweets

15) "This 'War & Peace' is so yuge, it's biglier than my hands, if you can believe that!"
#TrumpBookReport
30 Likes, 4 Retweets

15) "The dictionary may have a lot of words, but I have the best words, no question."
#TrumpBookReport
32 Likes, 2 Retweets

17) "This Cliff always writes the best notes, like, seriously!"
#TrumpBookReport
24 Likes, 7 Retweets

18) "'To be or not to be?' I say both: To be an a*shole and not to be well edumacated."
#TrumpBookReport
22 Likes, 8 Retweets

19) "This counts as a book, right? If so, it's the longest book I ever read. What's it called again, a high-coo?"
#TrumpBookReport
17 Likes, 3 Retweets

20) "So, about Dr. Seuss & books... I do not like them here or there, or anywhere. I do not like wordy books &, like, yeah."
#TrumpBookReport
15 Likes, 4 Retweets

21) "I couldn't get through it, for I built a yuge wall between my ears and am gonna make the world pay!"
#TrumpBookReport
15 Likes, 3 Retweets

21) "I walked on water once. Not too tough actually. That's what bathtubs were made for."
#TrumpBookReport
16 Likes, 2 Retweets

21) "Romeo & Juliet. Love. Dead. The end."
#TrumpBookReport
16 Likes, 2 Retweets

24) "This reminds me of a book I'm thinking about writing, called, 'Fifty Shades of Pussy-Grabbing'."
#TrumpBookReport
14 Likes, 3 Retweets

25) "So, 'Lord of the Flies'? Jeff Goldblum, right?"
#TrumpBookReport
12 Likes, 1 Retweet

Totals: 2,951 Likes, 1,009 Retweets (Averages of 118.0 Likes, 40.4 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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