When will those who Twitter come to their senses and realize
that a 140-word-limit is much too long? Fearguth is looking
forward to the day when the attention span of the American
people will be so short that a one-word caption to a photo
of Dean Esmay being nuzzled by Z, his pet ferret, will be
considered the height of verbosity.

Dean Esmay really knows how to multitask. Here we see him

defending the liberal tradition while, simultaneously, live-

blogging the over-the-shoulder feeding of Z, his pet ferret.

Sorry this picture of Dean Esmay is so small.

But if you read his response to Molly Ivins' death,

you will discover he is even smaller than his picture.