I always thought that, by the time I got around to getting a Facebook page, Facebook would be over. Twitter, I understand, is not over. I now have a Twitter account — handle? — and my first tweet is a limerick.

This is my first tweet.
Till now I’ve had cold feet.
Will this short verse
Be properly terse?
140 characters is fleet.

I know, I know, Keats can rest easy. Anyway, my Twitter account/handle is @jaynordlinger. Someone else has taken @jnordlinger. Don’t know who it is, but I am simultaneously irked and curious.

P.S. Do you know what Shaw said about limericks (allegedly)? There are two kinds: dirty and bad. It’s not entirely true, but almost . . .