Things We Learned on Twitter Today- England to Compete in Water Polo

According to a tweet from OlympicNews2012, Great Britain will compete in both men's and women's water polo at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. The country has not fielded an Olympic team in the sport since 1956.

For an image to go with this entry, we were hoping to post a photo of a very attractive Katie Zakula, a sophomore from San Mateo, Calif., who is a member of the University of Cal State Santa Barbara women's water polo team, but that proved to be very complicated.

Along with her teammates Kristin Kulakowski and Michelle Beaudrau, both seniors, Zakula and the Gauchos (love that nickname) have two matches in Los Angeles tomorrow, including a day game with rival Loyola (Calif.).

In other tweeterville news, WTJU (91.1-FM, Charlottesville, Va.), the student run college radio station for the University of Virginia said that the bluegrass band Bearfoot, which performed in Roanoke last night, will be playing at Mockingbird in Staunton tonight.

On the band's web site (www.bearfootband.com), the group describes themselves as 'string band music for the 21st century.' I was also quite surprised to learn that the band is not from Virginia, North Carolina or Tennessee, but Alaska!

Remembering Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)

Today, we remember the life of Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) who was the longest serving member in U.S. Congress history. Before becoming a U.S. Senator, Byrd was also a member of the House of Representatives.

County Records in Charlottesville, Va., announced today that it was going to rerelase Byrd's bluegrass recording "Mountain Fiddler" (1978). Byrd was also an avid fiddler, and my friends in the Buchanan, Va. (near Roanoke), bluegrass band The Craig County Boys once performed with him in West Virginia.

Dave Freeman who owns the label told various media outlets that the rerecordings were already well underway.

Sen. Byrd died on Monday morning circa 3 a.m.

"Fresh Air" with Terry Gross (an NPR interview show) reaired a segment taped with Byrd at the outset of the Iraq War which the senior West Virginia sentor vehemently opposed.

The record also featured contributions from The Country Gentleman including Doyle Lawson (guitar), James Bailey (banjo) and Spider Gilliam (bass).

Sen. Byrd will most certainly be missed.