Word: shaqness
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That's what Phoenix software engineers Jesse Bearden and Sean Neden thought - until they used THE_REAL_SHAQ's Tweets to find out. (See the top 10 celebrity Twitter feeds...
...wasn't really Shaq. He couldn't have been. The person known on Twitter as THE_REAL_SHAQ sometimes posted more than 50 Tweets - 140-character dispatches - daily, broadcasting his thoughts, actions and feelings to some 327,000 subscribers to his Twitter feed. Surely the four-time NBA champion had better things to do than tell random people what he was up to more than twice an hour...
When THE_REAL_SHAQ wrote that he was eating at 5 & Diner - a chain of 1950s-themed restaurants throughout the Southwest - Bearden and Neden drove over to the downtown Phoenix location to see if it was really him. They found the 7 ft. 1 in., 320-lb. Phoenix Suns center seated alone in a corner booth, futzing with his cell phone. "He looked just like a random guy at a diner," says Neden. "Except, you know, he was Shaq." (Read 10 Questions with O'Neal...
...table, where they proceeded to argue about whether they should approach him. "We tried to act cool," says Bearden, "but I guess he could hear us arguing." Suddenly Neden's phone vibrated with a Twitter message. "R there any twitterers in 5 n diner wit me?" asked THE_REAL_SHAQ. "Say something." So they slid into the booth next to their idol, talked about Twitter and cell phones, and got their photo taken with the man whose hands, they say, "were like bear claws." (See the 25 best blogs...
...Shaq Rookie Card Group: As all Harvard College athletes go on to the big leagues to make the big bucks, they should only associate with other athletes who they can be sure aren’t parasites gaming to one day be their agent, lawyer, accountant, or Kabbala guru. Living with other athletes would be a paradise for you. You could have a Matt Christopher book club—solely with your roommates! Think of the new insights you’ll glean for your Gov thesis on “The Kid Who Only Hit Homers...