I started Friday night with the idea that I was going to use Twitter.com to make comments on what was happening around me in Benton. I thought I’d talk about the teens at Hastings, and then the adults at Denton’s. Mike Shipp, his drummer Kenny Hall, and bass player Ish McCray were playing the stage at Denton’s covered deck, a private club, for the night.

To explain the fragments you are about to encounter: When I type a comment on Twitter, it's called a "tweet." My tweets also show on Facebook, so users replied to me from both sites. My username is Arkansite, but I shortened it here for space.

ME: I'll be people-tweeting tonight. If you respond to me, you might end up in my Sunday column.
NCHANTED: Oh noes!!
PSTRACK: To be included in your column would render me totally tweetless. But wait, is that a good thing?

ME: I'm going to Hastings to teen-watch, then Denton's deck to grown-people-watch. Comments to be mangled into my Sunday column.
PSTRACK: So you're doing a column about mangled teens and grown-ups? Weird.
NCHANTED: And oh, what a tangled tweet we weave.

ME: Sidetracked: These BK employees are hip. Tattoo’d and pierced drive-thru experience!
PSTRACK: Now you know why they have the Angry Whopper.
ME: Could more confusion ensue? BK drive-thru girl thwacked cook for getting it wrong. We're satisfied with that. Is that the "angry?"
PSTRACK: The Big headed King guy doesn't make me angry, he just frightens me.

ME: BK then Hastings, no seats & no teens to people-tweet. Next, foul order discovered. Back to BK & now Starbucks. Seats but no teens!
ME: Do teens actually go to football games now? It's not possible they're watching tv on a Friday.
PSTRACK: ESPNU is broadcasting a local LR high school game live tonight. So the answer could be yes to both.

ME: This crowd consists of folks who may actually read my column. 4 boomers, a mid-30s couple, 2 boys who look in their 1st year at college.
ME: One boomer says, "Let's go to Wal-mart." They all bail.
ME: Two cute blondes walk in. Not a joke setup. Just cute blondes at Starbucks. Then a guy who might blowdry his hair by riding a Harley.
ME: A 10-year-old walks out of the restroom. Where did he come from? Who does he belong to?
MELLIBEL: maybe that's his Harley outside... Don't judge!
ME: Gone now & other folks in.
MELLIBEL: Wow, mention Harley, get followed by bikers... That was fast!

ME: The only thing missing from 1st year college boys is a chess game.
ME: A rare find! A couple in Starbucks reading a book! And talking about it!
ME: One of us just scooted their chair and made "that" sound.

WES PRUITT: Well where did the blondes go?
ME: They were not your age bracket.
WES PRUITT: Not that I'm lookin just readin your feed made me feel like I was their then BAM!! Nothin. You changed locations.

ME: Holy socks! Denton's deck is BIG!
CHRIS PETERSON: Denton's has a Deck? Does it need to be rebuilt yet? We can make it the outdoor "place to be" in Saline Co. We've hooked up several restaurants and bars with custom outdoor awesomeness. :)
ME: Just built it, but the band is tearing it up tonight.

TWD3LR: Can you drink beer on it?
ME: Beer IN it. Can't vouch for ON it.
ME: Mike Shipp+ band here ‘til 11p. Come on over!
ME: Gratuitous solo, but righteous nonetheless.

ME: Private clubs in Benton are different. Two preschool girls dancing in a circle stagefront.

ME: The deck is like a garage with wood floors. Gives it a juke joint feel.
MELLIBEL: have you frequented many "juke joints?” I don't take you for the type.
ME: Isaw “The Color Purple” AND “Crossroads!”
MELLIBEL: that makes you an expert.

TWD3LR: Ahh, just saw your description of it as an enclosed area. :) Will have to check it out now that Dizzy's is gone. :(

ME: One guy wants a dance floor. I said "start dancin and they'll make room!"
MICHELLE BROADWAY: Sounds like the "Field of Dreams."

ME: Band break. Am I the only geek here on Twitter?
BRENTSTANDRIDGE: I'm here; we are watching La. Tech come up short
ME: Don't see you. But I didn't see gaping garage door when I first got here. Overdue for optometry.
BRENTSTANDRIDGE: I did not mean there literally; we are here on Twitterspace.
ME: That would make it hard to see you.

ME: Just realized there's a disco ball in here… over an oak deck.
ME: Hello to Mike. He's a star here. Told him I didn't expect him to sound this good.
ME: Sound guy just made an announcement. The band is returning. Noise ordinance? Meh.

JLRIII: Lunch sales for 4th day at Dizzy's in LR River Market, exceeds highest daily total during 13 years at previous location.
ME: Rub it in. Signed, Dizzy's previous location.

ME: Johnny Cash-approved cover: "I Still Miss Someone.” Tuneful, powerful and sweet. Like kids and daisies or something.
ME: It's like 50s prom with a blues chaser.

STEVENBLACKWOOD: Easy! Too much of a good thing is not good anymore.
ME: For you, Steven. Also, the show's over. Must go home & write column now.