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If you don’t follow me on Twitter, you missed this trio of Tweets on Friday:

wilw @ 09:06 AM May 09, 2008
Kenny Loggins was at the ticket counter near me. The girl checking me in was early 20s and had no idea why her cow orkers were so excited.

wilw @ 09:12 AM May 09, 2008
I was unable to see if his destination was the danger zone, but it was clear that he was alright, so there was no need to worry about him.

wilw @ 09:25 AM May 09, 2008
I heard that the TSA made him kick off his Sunday shoes, right in front of everybody, but he was cool with it and just cut loose.

I am easily amused, and so totally hands-on-hips proud of my stupid self.

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13 May, 2008 Wil

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41 thoughts on “even more fun with twitter”

  1. zizban says:
    13 May, 2008 at 7:06 pm

    And after he got through security he yelled “I’m free!”.

  2. The Director says:
    13 May, 2008 at 7:10 pm

    I hope there wasn’t a preacher nearby to lecture him on the shoes kicking-off.

  3. ZB says:
    13 May, 2008 at 7:18 pm

    I don’t think I ever understood a single word that guy sang.
    “Hey yurl! So whut! Don tell me whdabout!”

  4. Mike says:
    13 May, 2008 at 7:22 pm

    Was he going to see Christopher Robin at Pooh Corner?

  5. ShannonNelson says:
    13 May, 2008 at 7:24 pm

    I started following you last week and I have to say I had no idea you were such a comedian. I actually just tweeted that I think your FAQ page is humorous.
    @ShannonNelson on Twitter

  6. Blinkie says:
    13 May, 2008 at 7:28 pm

    I gotta say, following y’all on Twitter is … an interesting experience. I have IM notifications turned on, so it’s like “Eeee, Wil IMs me whenever he updates his blog! Plus random details about how his day is going!”
    Okay, so that kinda sounds fangirly creepy. But it’s kind of like voluntary, controlled stalking. Fans get to see the kind of random details that are always interesting about famous people — even details that have nothing to do with being famous — but ultimately it’s the celebrity that gets to be in control of what the fans see. So I get cool observations regarding Kenny Loggins, and I don’t get “zomg Wil walks up to an ATM with wonky bed hair and his finger up his nose.”
    Does that make Twitter the anti-TMZ?

  7. Victoria Marinelli says:
    13 May, 2008 at 7:33 pm

    What’s disturbing to me is that I was also going to issue a specific Kenny Loggins-related tweet, after the stupendous hilarity & simultaneous sadness that was reading the blog of the Strong City cult (cults! they have blogs now!) – strongcity DOT info if you can’t help yourself – and there, after their, erm, ‘messiah’ had been hauled off on charges of criminal sexual contact with minors (I KNOW, you’re waiting for the Kenny Loggins part… I swear I’m getting there!) one of his followers posted a comment in which she said (brace yourself, high Ick Factor here):
    “You have given all for me, even to allow yourself to look like a pedophile, just to heal me. Oh my Michael, I give you everything I am and have, take my heart, my life and my soul. My love, I am here for You.”
    AND THEN she goes on to quote all the lyrics (with special passages highlighted) to Kenny Loggins’ “Baby Mine.”
    …But I restrained myself from subjecting Twitter to all of that (how could I have possibly compressed it into 140 characters?) and limited myself to the ‘ohmigawd cults have blogs now’ bit and just… shook my head.
    And repressed the traumatic memory until your post referencing both Twitter and Kenny Loggins brought it all back to me.
    So thanks a lot, Wil, thanks a lot.
    😛

  8. caitlen315 says:
    13 May, 2008 at 7:45 pm

    So, does it make us awesome or just old if we got every reference that you made in those tweets?
    …and had each of those cassette tapes.

  9. merindab says:
    13 May, 2008 at 7:47 pm

    wil if you’re gonna repost any twitters, you should do the one about the Heart of Gold. And damnit now y ou’ve got that song in my head. Again.

  10. jadeddo says:
    13 May, 2008 at 7:52 pm

    Heh… pun for your life! 🙂

  11. The Domestic Goddess says:
    13 May, 2008 at 7:56 pm

    I totally caught that and laughed heartily. For the first time (see what I did there?).

  12. mjohnson0664 says:
    13 May, 2008 at 8:08 pm

    I caught all 3 of those tweets the other day. I even had to tell my wife about it, and she thought it was funny too!

  13. terrymr says:
    13 May, 2008 at 8:21 pm

    Kenny Loggins was in Spokane, WA Friday night.
    I figured that out when I decided to head to the local casino and found it packed with Loggins fans (There’s also a concert hall in the building).
    That’s about the closest I’ve come to meeting you 🙂

  14. LinksMonkey says:
    13 May, 2008 at 9:02 pm

    @wilw: TSA tases Loggins. McCoy examines him, turns to Messina & says, “He’s dead, Jim.” – 12:54 PM May 09, 2008 from web in reply to wilw.
    Twitter probably reminds you, as it does me, of my days of sitting in a room w/friends, riffing off each other & writing sketch comedy.
    Good times.

  15. KCFlatlander says:
    13 May, 2008 at 9:08 pm

    When it comes to Kenny tweets, don’t fight it…it will do you heart so good.

  16. cinnarose says:
    13 May, 2008 at 9:21 pm

    I got so much crap from people at work when I told them what I was laughing about after reading your tweets. I thoroughly enjoyed them and you should be proud!

  17. FEJ says:
    13 May, 2008 at 9:22 pm

    I was highly amused by that,ad the comments Shane and I made to you. I almost dropped some Doobie Brothers into the mix but didn’t want to go too obscure

  18. Mogsie says:
    13 May, 2008 at 9:49 pm

    by the by, a “Cow Orker” sounds slightly obscene…
    **smort**

  19. whatupdog says:
    13 May, 2008 at 10:17 pm

    The million dollar question was…. did he recognize you?
    Don’t celebrities hang out with each other in the United Lounge?

  20. Bx says:
    13 May, 2008 at 10:20 pm

    OK here’s the deal. I’ve been reading your blog ALMOST since its inception. Rilly! I’ve NEVER commented but this post FINALLY f’in BROKE ME.
    I was at Lucky Baldwin’s drinking a White Sage RIGHT AFTER YOU WERE, a few weeks ago. Scary.
    Here’s to running into you one day in Pasadena, AKA “The Danger Zone.”

  21. VT says:
    13 May, 2008 at 10:53 pm

    After I saw the first one on Friday, I couldn’t resist twittering you to ask if he was headed into the danger zone. And then I laughed my ass off when I caught the next two tweets. Man, I’ve never felt so old on one of my birthdays before, as I calculated how old I was when Footloose and Top Gun came out. Oof!

  22. Lachwen says:
    14 May, 2008 at 3:13 am

    OK, I wasn’t even born until 1985 and I still get all those jokes. What does that say about me?

  23. John says:
    14 May, 2008 at 5:27 am

    Lachwen: It says that your parents raised you right.

  24. Althea says:
    14 May, 2008 at 6:28 am

    I do follow you on Twitter, and those tweets made me laugh out loud, and read them to my housemate, who also laughed out loud. 🙂

  25. giromide says:
    14 May, 2008 at 6:55 am

    It’s good to see that Mr. Loggins plays it so cool, obeying every rule.

  26. starshine_diva says:
    14 May, 2008 at 7:10 am

    Your tweets make my days a little funnier! 😀

  27. Shannon says:
    14 May, 2008 at 7:36 am

    I, too, thought your tweets were awesome. So awesome, I mentioned them on my blog.

  28. hotmama says:
    14 May, 2008 at 8:12 am

    LOL!! Thanks for making me feel old(and for making me laugh!):)

  29. Court says:
    14 May, 2008 at 8:31 am

    Answering caitlen315: It makes us awesome, of course, of course. What’s “old” mean? ;o)
    And, like Mogsie, I am a bit perplexed and disturbed by the cow orkers. There’s something within me that has trouble fucosing on that.
    Whee!

  30. lioness823 says:
    14 May, 2008 at 9:44 am

    OMG. The puns in this thread. They’re painful! Very punny everyone.

  31. The Laughing Vulcan says:
    14 May, 2008 at 9:59 am

    You aren’t the only person to do this.
    Just last week there was a radio interview with Kenny Loggins and his son Crosby about the MTV Series “Rock The Cradle”.
    Just prior to the interview one the DJ’s said that he was going to try to sneak in references to 10 songs into various questions or comments.
    The idea was to see how many could be made before Kenny or Crosby caught on.
    Each time a reference was made, a bell (which only the audience could hear) was rung.
    The DJ got to about 8 songs before Kenny let on he had figured out what was going on.
    Kenny didn’t mind at all and said he enjoyed the interview.

  32. jarek91 says:
    14 May, 2008 at 10:12 am

    When I read those tweets I had to look around and make sure I wasn’t at Callahan’s while I was laughing…
    because…you know there’s Sunday, then there’s Monday…then there’s Punday

  33. dealer says:
    14 May, 2008 at 11:59 am

    Kenny Loggins doesn’t need a ticket to the danger zone; everyone knows you just take the highway.

  34. catnip says:
    14 May, 2008 at 12:14 pm

    I saw those! But the best one of your tweets last week was the one that was only supposed to be for your wife. Soooo cute!

  35. zeelv says:
    14 May, 2008 at 12:18 pm

    I agree with catnip…”I love you the most.” Awwww.
    Hey, Wil-not-Will, did you see this: http://www.lvrj.com/news/18924724.html
    ZOMG…NOOOOOOO!!!!!

  36. Lachwen says:
    14 May, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    What? No, no fair! I haven’t been yet! D:

  37. Gilder says:
    14 May, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    LOL…and was “Annie’s Song” playing in the background?

  38. lilyharlequin says:
    14 May, 2008 at 9:22 pm

    It’s great to see such humor in your writing. I get a little embarrassed when I laugh a bit too loud at my laptop, though, and have to explain myself. All my friends know how big of a fan of yours I am. Not that it is a bad thing. Anyway, I love your Tweets!

  39. Mike Schwab says:
    14 May, 2008 at 10:23 pm

    I saw in some news articles that the USGS was alerted to the earthquake by twitter postings before the seismographs started reacting. I found http://eqseis.geosc.psu.edu/~cammon/HTML/Classes/IntroQuakes/notes/waves_and_interior.html posted a earthquake wave speed of 1-12 KM / sec. A seismograph 120KM away might start getting getting waves in 10 seconds, one across the pacific would not get a wave for 10 minutes.

  40. Thane9 says:
    19 May, 2008 at 11:31 am

    Wil,
    I’m curious. Is there an unspoken level of celeb-etiquete that dictates talking to, approaching, or otherwise acknowledging the existance of other celebs?
    I’m trying to picture the scene…did you nod with one of those “‘sup?” head bobs? Did you (aside from twittering cleverly) pretend to not even notice his presense? Did you say, “Hey, I love your work, have a great trip.”
    I know I’d fall into category 2, but I’m just some guy. Are there perks to being Wil? 😉

  41. Sue R says:
    23 May, 2008 at 7:45 pm

    Been following you on Twitter since I signed up myself. I missed those twits though because I don’t have a portable internet device. Stay too busy to catch up on all of them when I do go online. Thanks for posting them here! http://twitter.com/mycatranch

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