Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

7,000 Twitter followers

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Three months ago I posted about my 6,000th Twitter follower. Apparently I’m already up to 7,000. I’m not sure what to make of that rapid growth, but thank you, Mrs. Abbott (@teacherabbott) for being one of my tweeps!

Now I owe TWO people a CASTLE mug!

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