Although I’ve been a member of Twitter since 2008 (at least that’s what Twitter tells me), I’ve not used it other than to redirect posts from here and SciFi Chicks.  However, my preoccupation with Dancing with the Stars prodded me to visit it more frequently.  (And increase my “following” tweeps to a whopping 27.  (I had 29 but gave up two, one after DWTS ended; the other, @midnight, because its “hashtag wars” created too much Twitter noise.)

Even with only 27 followings, though, Twitter has been abuzz lately.

1.  Goldilocks Has Left the Building

Charlie White cut his hair!  His trademark tresses!  Apparently it caused quite a Twitterstorm Sunday evening, after he mentioned it but before he revealed it.  And then, the pictures came.

😮

Charlie White’s Hair (@CharlieWsHair—yes, it’s a real Twitter account!) consoles us by saying the “lucious locks will be back with a vengeance,” adding, appropriately, the hashtag #timehealsallwounds.

I understand why he did it.  He just finished an arduous six months, achieving his goal of an Olympic gold medal, and surviving the crazy schedule of simultaneously participating in Dancing with the Stars and the Stars on Ice tour.  It’s time to rest, recouperate, and begin the next phase of his life.  What better way than to shed the old Charlie and come up with a new image.

Surprisingly, in a 30-minute interview with the Huffington Post, the new haircut wasn’t mentioned once.   Yeah, it was probably an agreed-upon condition.  I still hope the curls will return when the skates do.

2.  In News of Another Passion:

I can’t wait!  Despite what I said before, I may have to see the movie before my birthday.