Deepak Chopra has written over 60 books, mostly about the importance of connecting one's spirit to the body and mind, and he often speaks about how ridding oneself of negative emotions can lead to better health and wellbeing.
And on Tuesday, Chopra used his Twitter account to blow off a little of that negative steam when one of his 613,000 followers, @Expatina, rebutted a couple of his many daily nuggets of wisdom.
Hurricane Irene has apparently been busy. Not only is the storm barreling toward the East Coast, she's joined Twitter in the form of a parody account, reminiscent of the Bronx Zoo Cobra. The storm has also been inspiring comedians, w
While news outlets are still scrambling to get the facts on the earthquake that shook a large portion of the US, civilians took to Twitter to swap jokes about the 5.8 'quake (or just confirm that it wasn't isolated to their street/couch/bathroom). Some of our favorites below:
Peter Shankman "had visions of steak in my head" when he waited for an airplane that was going to bring him from Tampa, Florida to Newark, New Jersey. So the investment guru sent out a sarcastic Tweet requesting the steak house chain Morton's meet him in the Newark airport in two hours with a porterhouse -- and to his surprise, they obliged!
Twitter user Allison Hiromi wasn’t impressed with the bartender at the Down House restaurant in Houston. So, while she was still in the establishment, she sent out a Tweet calling him a “twerp” and also used the hashtag #jackoff in her message.
Goldie Hawn and 50 Cent were unlikely lunch companions on Thursday, and took to Twitter later in the day to proclaim it The Greatest Lunch of Our Time.
Jonnie Marbles, the man who allegedly hit News Corp mogul Rupert Murdoch with a face full of shaving cream at his parliamentary hearing, posted a cryptic tweet moments before, saying, "It is a far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before #splat"
Last weekend on NPR's comedic quiz show 'Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!' Twitter co-founder Biz Stone was invited on to play a game called 'I Can Hardly Clear My Throat in 140 Characters.' Before his win (the prize was getting co-host Carl Kasell's distinguished voice on a lucky listener's home answering machine), Stone recounted an awkward but hilarious encounter he had with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg when they met to discuss the potential sale of Stone's then-fledgling microblogging service:
Lady Gaga made her fair share of enemies last week when she performed in a wheelchair during a concert in Sydney, Australia.
Now she appears to have ticked off Bette Midler as well. Over the weekend, the Divine Miss M sent a number of hostile tweets at Gaga, accusing the 'Born This Way' singer of stealing her act.
Twitter skills are going to score one student a full ride to The University of Iowa’s Henry B. Tippie School of Management.
To win the $37,200-a-year scholarship, applicants have to answer one of their essay questions within Twitter's 140 character limit. The Trippie School's website does encourage that links to other social media "such as blogs, video, Facebook, or a web page" be included in the Tweet, to show the applicants' creativity.