Here are some tweets that caught my eye today...
Mary Dixon @MaryLDixon
Note to Doomsday watchers: Mayan calendar ends this Friday, 12/21 at 5:11a Chicago time. Winter solstice begins same day at 5:12a. We hope.
DRUDGE REPORT @DRUDGE_REPORT
CHINA DETAINS MORE THAN 500 FOR DOOMSDAY RUMORS... http://drudge.tw/TuG9VG
WBEZ @WBEZ
Drought could lead the #Chicago River to reverse course (again) and flow into Lake Michigan: http://bit.ly/T3d7fZ
HowardKurtz @HowardKurtz
Watch: Richard Engel and his NBC crew describe 5-day kidnapping ordeal in Syria, and escape, after mock executions http://bit.ly/U9V21V
Anna Davlantes @AnnaDavlantes
Sesame Street show goes viral 30 years later http://ti.me/1nE6CX parents using it to teach kids about death. Watch it & you'll see why.
New York Daily News @nydailynews
CHANGE OF HEART: Conservative Joe Scarborough STUNS with passionate call for gun control on his MSNBC show http://nydn.us/RBJYvy
Rob Hart @RobHart1980
From the Rob Report: The outpouring of tributes to Milt Rosenberg is a testament to the power of local radio: http://robhartradio.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/radio-radio
bill adee @Bill80
Nielsen to buy Arbitron for about $1.26B http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-nielsen-to-buy-arbitron-for-about-126b-20121218,0,2404867.story …
Robin Baumgarten @WGNRobin
"Howdy, Guv-nor!" Is there such a thing as a cockney cowboy accent? Nailed it!
Dave Wischnowsky @wischlist
It's truly incredible how often this girl on the Red Line is using the word "like" while talking to her friend. Like, really.