As promised, I will unveil one of the great mysteries of our time: why do people use the pound sign in tweets? If you're reading this and you don't know what a tweet is, stop by here first, and then join us again.
Hashtags are the formal term for a unit of characters that begin with the pound sign, ie #iphone or #tednugent.

A friend dropped these beautiful flowers off yesterday. She knew I had a rough day last week, and she wanted to tell me I was wonderful. What a great Monday!
My Dwight bobblehead followed me almost two years ago from Waco, Texas, to Denver, Colo. And I brought it home from work last week as I made the transition from employed to self-employed.
Christmas is over, but a few tardy Christmas cards will still float in over the next few days. Not for us -- as we received a total of 5 cards this year.
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