Twitter Nation

There's a little known--but not so private--tidbit about my arrival to the blogosphere that often raises eyebrows when I give talks. I started because I lost a bet. Really. You see, when I left grad school for DC, some of the undergrads I worked with implored me to blog. We regularly discussed science and politics in our seminar and they were eager to continue the conversation online. 'Me blog?! No way!' Admittedly, I didn't quite understand what a blog was back then. It seemed like the kind of activity for people with too much time on their hands... a hobby for those with the strange desire to report the hum-drum nuances of their day. Most of which involved complaining. 'This morning I brushed my teeth,' and that sort of thing. I was not about to foray into the blogosphere, but I finally agreed to 'when the Dems take back the ...