If you Tweet, you might want to start following Denim and Lace in Cary. The store is offering a $20 gift certificate to anyone who signs up to follow the store on Twitter. A great deal if you're gearing up to buy fall fashion!

Some people in the world are still trying figure out ‘What Is Twitter?’ All I know is it can be a helpful resource when it comes to health, news and today’s political topics. With the unemployment rate at 11 percent, I found it interesting that you can follow job openings and useful career tips on Twitter.

I’m very glad that Twitter can be used as a helpful resource, more than just a way to find out what the heck Ashton Kutcher is doing. So with that said, I put together a list of twitter pages that will help you with your job search.

Career Resources:
1. http://twitter.com/Job_Interview22
2. http://twitter.com/Triangle_Jobs
3. http://twitter.com/unemployment
4. http://twitter.com/ResumeHelp123
5. http://twitter.com/LinkedIn
6. http://twitter.com/jobwisdom
7. http://twitter.com/carolinajobs
8. http://twitter.com/jobsaccounting

With all the debate over healthcare reform, it seems like there are some things we can do to help ourselves. Here are 10 healthful Twitter pages I found this week while doing a random search:

1. Fitness & Exercise, http://twitter.com/FitnessExercise

2. Autism Research, http://twitter.com/autism_research

3. Cancer, http://twitter.com/know_cancer

4. Pure Genesis, http://twitter.com/puregenesispure

5. Breast Cancer Care, http://twitter.com/BCCare

6. Quit Smoking 123, http://twitter.com/QuitSmoking123

7. Diabetes, http://twitter.com/diabetescure

8. Kids Doctor, http://twitter.com/TheKidsDoctor

9. H1N1, http://twitter.com/H1N1Info

10. Healthy Heart, http://twitter.com/healthy_heart

Campus Notes, the N&O's higher education blog, is now on Twitter.

Check us out: twitter.com/campus_notes.

Friends - Campus Notes now has a presence on Twitter and would love for you to join as a follower.

I hope to use Twitter as one more way to let people know about news reported in the News & Observer and here on the Campus Notes blog.

So sign up and let me know what you think: twitter.com/campus_notes. 

The answers are in! In the June 10 edition of the Eastern Wake News, we asked the question “Why do you Twitter?” Here are some of the answers we received:

Donovan Parker, Zebulon: “Just saw it as a social trend and decided to try it for a while. Can't knock it until you try.”

Sade Dunston, Raleigh: “I tweet because it gives me an inviting avenue to express random thoughts and share entertaining things I encounter every day that I just wish everyone could be around to see. I talk a lot and it's like having 24-hour access to millions of people.”

Rachena Shamarr, Raleigh: “I was bored and wanted to see what all the hype was about. Also, I update my status on Facebook a lot and thought it would be a different way of expressing. I have been impressed with some of the people that I have met just because of seeing their personal views and seeing that they are just regular people.”

Shameka Harrington, Knightdale: “I guess the same thing that makes me want to Facebook. It's just curiosity about what's new and staying in touch with people. I like that a lot of celebs Twitter. It's kind of like you know them personally when they update their status about being hungry or something.”

Jay Spaan, Raleigh: “My stepmother tells me I should. I feel like it’s people knowing more about me than I want them to know.”

Rhonda Lunsford, Zebulon: “I like to see what celebrities are up to. Its interesting because the things that some of them say they wouldn’t say on TV.”

Melody DeJongh, Wendell: “Oh, because I wanted to do it but there is no one on twitter for me to follow.”

Kenley Newsome, Knightdale: “I do it because it’s something that is a trend like MySpace and FaceBook and now Twitter.

Courtney Renee, Wendell: “To see what all the hype is about. Everybody twitters. Once Beyoncé said she was on there I was up there.”

Lynn Hall, Zebulon: “It's a quick, convenient way to update friends who use it. Besides, I heard so much about it and wanted to see what all of the fuss was about.”

Be sure to visit the Eastern Wake News Twitter page at https://twitter.com/EasternWakeNews.

We never saw a bandwagon we didn't feel the need to jump on, so you can now follow Happiness is a Warm TV on Twitter.

Just go to https://twitter.com/WarmTV to get started.

You'll get quick updates and random observations on whatever crazy TV goings-on we're tracking at the moment.

We'll also alert you when we post new stories to the blog. 

Join us!

I must be getting the hang of doing these Condition podcasts, because I actually had a swell time during this edition.

Not to say my previous outings with other guests weren't fun. But I'm sure you could hear me trying to get an idea how to steer this crazy, audio ship, especially with that Eddie Deezen voice of mine. On today's installment, I pretty much threw caution to the wind (yeah, I said it!) and went on a free-form tear with my guest, Philip Tatler IV.

Formerly one of the many film geeks who voiced his opinions on Twitter, this Knoxville-based reality-TV editor (please don't hold that against him) knows his movies. And we spent nearly a half-hour riffing on everything from this year's Cannes selections to heist flicks to provocative movies to the lack of film critics in print.

If there is one thing to be learned from this episode, it's that if you go back-and-forth with me about a movie on my Facebook page, there's a good chance you'll be a guest on my show. Have fun! You can also download it here.

OK, I'm at Full Frame, and while I pledge to submit daily blog updates for the next few days, I will also give 140-character quick bites at my N & O-sanctioned Twitter page, formerly my N & O sanctioned Twitter Oscar page.

I would Tweet about the Frame on my own Twitter page, but the N & O doesn't want any part of that mess.

Some have long lamented that English has no gender-neutral pronoun to use in a construction such as this: Everyone needs his or her breakfast. In regular, everyday speech, we might say "their" instead of "his or her." But "everyone" is singular, so the pronoun following it should be singular."His or her" is rather clunky, though. Back in the olden days (my youth) we'd just use "his." But feminism helped us see the problem with that approach. 

This pronoun problem is arousing interest among Twitter users, according to this CNN story. Apparently, people are calling for a new gender-neutral pronoun. But, as the story notes, linguists know that language is very resistant to change in pronouns. When you go to the story, take particular note of the quotes from linguist Steven Pinker.

By the way, CNN.com has a collection of stories about language and linguistics.