function showTweets(data) {
		
		/** USER SETTINGS ***********/
		var targetId = "tweets";								// Id of element where twitters will be inserted
		var showUsername = false;						// Set to true to show username
		var showTime = false;								// Set to true to show time
		var showFollowMe = false;						// Set to true to show "follow me on Twitter" link
		/*****************************/

		var tweets = data;
		var targetObj = document.getElementById(targetId);

		// check to see if Twitter is down [not yet successfully tested]
		if (tweets['error']) {
			var errTxtNd = tweets['error'];
			var newP = document.createElement('p');
			newP.appendChild(errTxtNd);
			newP.className = "twitterError";
			targetObj.appendChild(newP);
			return;
		}

		var newUl = document.createElement('ul');
		newUl.className = "tweetList";

		for (var i=0; i<tweets.length; i++) {
			var username = tweets[i]['user']['screen_name'];
			var tweetId = tweets[i]['id'];
			var userUrl = "http://www.twitter.com/" + username + "/";
			var tweetUrl = "http://www.twitter.com/" + username + "/status/" + tweetId;

			var text = tweets[i]['text'];

			// parse text - add links to URLs and @usernames
			var arr = [];

			// find URLs, put in array to replace later
			var urlRgx = /\b(http|ftp|www)\S+\b/gi;
			while ((urlArray = urlRgx.exec(text)) != null) {
				var url = urlArray[0];
				var urlLink = url;

				var wwwRgx = /^www/gi;
				if (wwwRgx.test(urlLink)) {
					urlLink = "http://" + url;
				}
				var replacement = '<a href="'+urlLink+'">'+url+'</a>';

				var obj = new Object();
				obj.find = urlArray[0];
				obj.repl = replacement;
				arr.push(obj);
			}

			// find @ usernames, put in array to replace later
			var unRgx = /(^|\s)(@\S+)\b/gi;
			while ((unArray = unRgx.exec(text)) != null) {
				var atUsr = unArray[2];
				var usr = unArray[2].slice(1);
				var urlLink = "http://www.twitter.com/" + usr + "/";
				var replacement =  '<a href="'+urlLink+'" title="'+usr+' on Twitter">'+atUsr+'</a>';
				var obj = new Object();
				obj.find = atUsr;
				obj.repl = replacement;
				arr.push(obj);
			}

			// do the replacing
			for (var j=0; j<arr.length; j++) {
				var text = text.replace(arr[j].find, arr[j].repl);
			}

			// parse time - based on code from http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js
			var time = "";
			var createdAt = tweets[i]['created_at'];
			var B=createdAt.split(" ");
			var C=B[1]+" "+B[2]+", "+B[5]+" "+B[3];
			var A=Date.parse(C);
			var D=(arguments.length>1)?arguments[1]:new Date();
			var E=parseInt((D.getTime()-A)/1000);
			E=E+(D.getTimezoneOffset()*60);
			if (E<60) {
				time = "less than a minute ago";
			} else if (E<120) {
				time = "about a minute ago";
			} else if (E<(60*60)) {
				time = (parseInt(E/60)).toString() + " minutes ago";
			} else if (E<(120*60)) {
				time = "about an hour ago";
			} else if (E<(24*60*60)) {
				time = "about " + (parseInt(E/3600)).toString() + " hours ago";
			} else if (E<(48*60*60)) {
				time = "1 day ago";
			} else {
				time = (parseInt(E/86400)).toString() +" days ago";
			}

			var newLi = document.createElement('li');

			if (showUsername) {
				var newStrong = document.createElement('strong');
				var newTxtNd = document.createTextNode(username + " ");
				newStrong.appendChild(newTxtNd);
				newLi.appendChild(newStrong);
			}

			var newSpan = document.createElement('span');
			//var newTxtNd2 = document.createTextNode(text + " ");
			//newSpan.appendChild(newTxtNd2);
			newLi.appendChild(newSpan);
			/* special adjustment for CMD site:
			    add spaces so last word doesn't overlap bird in bg */
			//newSpan.innerHTML = text + " ";
			newSpan.innerHTML = text + "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;";
			

			if (showTime) {
				var newSmall = document.createElement('small');
				var newA = document.createElement('a');
				newA.href = tweetUrl;
				newA.title = username + " Twitter status " + tweetId;
				var newTxtNd3 = document.createTextNode(time);
				newA.appendChild(newTxtNd3);
				newSmall.appendChild(newA);
				newLi.appendChild(newSmall);
			}

			newUl.appendChild(newLi);
		}

		targetObj.appendChild(newUl);

		if (showFollowMe) {
			var newA2 = document.createElement('a');
			newA2.className = "twitterLink";
			newA2.title = "follow " + username + " on Twitter";
			newA2.href = userUrl;

			var newTxtNd4 = document.createTextNode("follow me on Twitter");
			newA2.appendChild(newTxtNd4);

			targetObj.appendChild(newA2);
		}
	}