You all know I’m a huge Twitter nerd. I love the rapid-fire info stream and the conversations with friends near and far. And I’m not sure there’s anything more fun than the challenge of writing something entertaining, useful, or profound in 140 characters or less. But there are some things I won’t tweet about:

1. My weight. This one I learned the hard way. When a woman tweets about her weight in what she thinks is a funny and self-deprecating manner, she will not get funny replies. She will get replies like, “YOU ARE NOT FAT!” or worse, “Aw, sorry sweetie. Want to come work out with me?” Other self-deprecating humor does not cause such reactions, but for some reason, weight does, so I’m staying far away, even though I had a really good tweet on deck the other day about how fat I looked in the dress I was wearing.

2. Pictures of other people’s kids. This one is hard, especially if they are freaking adorable, but it’s a hard and fast rule and will not be broken.

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Ok, well, less gossipy than most months, let’s say. Because I certainly didn’t stop gossiping in May, like I’d planned. Oh, I tried. But I failed. I said a lot of things I wouldn’t say straight to someone’s face. But I was more careful about it, and I noticed when I was doing it.

And, you know what? Sometimes you have to say stuff behind someone’s back. It’s not always malicious. I’m still thinking on this, but I propose that the maliciousness is what makes it really gossip. Tell me if I’m wrong, though… Like I said, still working on that one.

In any case, some lessons learned:

1. Without gossip, I don’t have anything to say to some people. This is sad. Must become better conversationalist.

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