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Perhaps you're familiar with Twitter, the microblogging service popular with internet celebrities, brevity fans, and Barack Obama. It's a quick and easy thing to get into, and it's catching on; Shaq's doing it (and doing it well, too), Britney's doing it, even the guy from My Chemical Romance, apparently.

One of the more popular celeb Twitters was the one that everybody thought belonged to rapper-turned-"pop-artist" Kanye West. West was never the most prolific Twitterer (he prefers to express himself on his blog), but he chimed in occasionally about the election and offered the occasional update on the progress of 808s and Heartbreaks before it dropped a few weeks ago. Or so we thought.

Oh, and he also apparently proclaimed his ignorance of one Stephen Colbert, host of the "Colbert Report" and instigator of a very serious beef with Mr. West.

Too bad that Twitter account wasn't actually Kanye's, it turns out. Posting on his blog this weekend, Kanye wrote, "I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS... THIS IS NOT ME!!!!!" above an image of the Twitter page as it stood in the wake of the Colbert tweet. And as of this morning, http://twitter.com/kanyewest/ has been deleted.

In hindsight, I suppose it was foolish to think that Kanye could ever keep it to just 140 characters.

In other news from the weird world of West, People's Style Watch is reporting that he's seeking a high-profile fashion internship (for himself!) in advance of the launch of his Past Tell clothing line next year. And last week, he posted on his blog a piece of what looks like a rough sketch of the plans for his next big-ass stage show. Better get your doodling right before you step to Donatella, Ye.