{"product_id":"9780740797811","title":"My Shorts R Bunching. Thoughts?: The Tweets of Roland Hedley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Hilarious!\" -- Jake Tapper, ABC News\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hilarious!\" -- Karen Tumulty, TIME\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hilarious!\" -- Erin Moriarity, CBS News \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn March of 2009, \u003ci\u003eDoonesbury\u003c\/i\u003e's intrepid journalist Roland Burton Hedley, III, opened a Twitter account and began to tweet. A lot. Four weeks later, a sampling of his 140-character missives was published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e to great acclaim, and his posts were featured in a one-on-one \"tweet-off\" in the \u003ci\u003eColumbia Journalism Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Rushed into print, this groundbreaking volume is the first book-length Twitter collection by a single author. With dozens of \u003ci\u003eDoonesbury\u003c\/i\u003e strips and over 500 tweets, it presents the best of Hedley's work -- frontline micro-blogging from the self-anointed dean of Washington journotwits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight months into this project, author G.B. Trudeau can confirm that Twitter is a colossal sinkhole of time, but is gratified that he has found a way to monetize Roland's inane postings. (Follow Roland_Hedley.) When not writing comedy haiku on Twitter, Trudeau writes and draws the Pulitzer-prize-winning comic strip \u003ci\u003eDoonesbury\u003c\/i\u003e for 1100 newspapers worldwide, and lovingly curates his web presence at Doonesbury.com. He also hosts a milblog called The Sandbox.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the book:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Just spotted colleague Terry Moran in hall. Could wave, but easier to tweet. Hey, dude.\" 10:49 AM Mar 18th from Tweetdeck\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bumped into an old stalker of mine at Borders. She'd lost some weight and looked terrific, but I tweeted 911 anyway. Cops arrived from 3 states.\" 1:43 PM Mar7th from Blackberry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I refuse to apologize for making time for my kid's ball games, so I usually end up not going.\" 9:13 AM May 4th from web\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Had close call watching MJ memorial service. They ended 'We are the World' before I could jimmy open my gun closet and blow my brains out.\" 12:33 PM Jul 7th from web\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"While speaking last night, someone threw panties on stage. Or boxers. Whatever. Times like that, always ask myself: What would The Boss do?\" 5:13 PM Mar 12th from web\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kabul. Awakened by huge blast in hotel lobby. Suicide bomber blew up complimentary breakfast buffet. Off to find bagel.\" 3:14 PM Apr 8th from Tweetdeck\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Accompanying HMMV patrol, used on-board computer to order Ab Rocket. And because I acted when I did, receiving second one absolutely free.\" 8:01 PM Apr 13th from Blackberry\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121707794672,"sku":"9780740797811","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780740797811_p0.jpg?v=1763627487","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780740797811","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}