Man I am a blabber mouth. I got a twitter email the other day and went to reply with my usual waffle, only to find Twitter cut me off after 160 characters. I deleted half my rant then sent it on through. Same message, same outcome, in like a quarter as many words.

When humans are given any space to write, we LOVE to fill it. Email enables us to pretend we are famous novelists with prose that the world can’t wait to read. Twitter reminds us that we are every bit as boring as the guy sitting next to us and to keep it to a minimum thanks.

I wonder if someone could invent a thunderbird plugin that counts words and gives you a massive warning when you start to ramble? Is there one?