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Archive for November, 2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-28

  • So wrong, yet so funny: http://twitpic.com/qjcyq – Andrew Jeffery Wright sent me a letter. On the back was this… (via @ericwareheim) #
  • Just saw, for the first time, some 20 years later, the final episode of Newhart. And it was great. #
  • Back at 2666 . . . #
  • I just made a donation to #Movember, pls support the fight against prostate & testicular cancer – http://us.movember.com/donate #fb #
  • This Thai restaurant in Chicago has a shrine with, among other things, a black plastic bust of Abraham Lincoln. http://twitpic.com/rc3vi #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-22

  • @LairdHunt !!!!!!! in reply to LairdHunt #
  • Very pretty snow and feeling quite domestic: cheesy eggs for me, and fried banana, peanut butter, and nutella sandwich for J. #
  • Dear @achewood, I want to tweet the whole of yesterday's comic, but will limit myself (oh so hesitantly) to this: #
  • "In his estimation, the summons to heaven will feel more or less like a charley horse of the heart." #
  • go here now: http://bit.ly/4yRXRa #
  • I didn't mean "hesitantly," I meant I didn't want to limit myself. #
  • @FakeAPStylebook The only vowel in "cemetery" is E (and sometimes Y). in reply to FakeAPStylebook #
  • ATM machine – Machine that makes ATMs. (via @FakeAPStylebook) #
  • @simonpegg May I bring cheap beer and awkward silences to the #peggparty ? in reply to simonpegg #
  • What do playing cards have to do with audio production? Would it be easier to write a straightforward paper? Maybe, but also less fun. #
  • @ericwareheim A very special fish. in reply to ericwareheim #
  • I'm standing on a street corner waiting for my wife. Why are people looking at me as though I've committed a crime? #fb #
  • Dear AT&T, I really did want to talk to my wife. Why were you against it? #fb #
  • "Originally we were nowhere; and now, again, we are having the pleasure of being slowly nowhere. If anybody is sleepy, let him go to sleep." #
  • Oh my goodness, just four more "pages" in this "paper," which may have been more work to make than a paper. #fb #
  • I would love to turn this "paper" in, but the prof. is not here, and his mailbox is behind a locked door. #fb #
  • http://thedailyswarm.com/headlines/watch-christian-rappers-warm-dangers-full-frontal-hugging/ (via @ericwareheim) #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-15

  • @Colter_Burkey and you didn't call? Enjoy your new Mac! in reply to Colter_Burkey #
  • Seriously, I'm supposed to score a film using software I barely understand? A little more guidance please. #
  • Well, hello 5:30 a.m.; so nice to see you after 45 minutes of tossing and turning! #
  • If planning on seeing/reading Precious/Push, may I recommend reading Erasure by Percival Everett first. #
  • @jimfinn Congratulations! in reply to jimfinn #
  • @Colter_Burkey I used to feel the same way. I dare you to try Paul's Boutique or Red-Headed Stranger. in reply to Colter_Burkey #
  • Just. One. More. Week. errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg. #
  • I never know what to do with myself when she's out of town. #
  • Why can't I take supper at the club & then sit in one of the club's deep leather chairs while reading and sipping bourbon? #
  • @Colter_Burkey Albums: PB–Beastie Boys; RHS–Willie Nelson. in reply to Colter_Burkey #
  • Nearly asleep on the couch. Once in bed, wide awake. #fb #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-08

  • What would architecture be like if dinosaurs still existed? #fb #
  • The dryer works, all of it, except for the start button. #
  • Deleting Melville (again): Possessed of arms, a tiger first feels the coming of its claws. #
  • @LairdHunt share? in reply to LairdHunt #
  • FYI: A shave and a haircut no longer cost anywhere near two bits. #fb #
  • After leaving the house, nothing fit together correctly today. #fb #
  • What are we doing here? Is anyone really paying attention to this? #
  • All the green-tinted profile pics are gone, and yet . . . #
  • Just heard the phrase: "The Commander's Guide to Money as a Weapon System." #
  • Catholic church was well organized in ME to defeat gay marriage. Imagine if all that energy went to health care reform. (via @jimfinn) #
  • @timheidecker I think I have some Kümmellikör in my liquor cabinet . . . in reply to timheidecker #
  • If the pizza cooks faster, I can get on my bike sooner. And then . . . #
  • Still singing the song I sing while cycling: It's not a race! It's not a race! You are not – in a race! #
  • Just made and ate breakfast entirely post meridian. #
  • I wish I could explain to myself what it is exactly about the whole thing that upsets me so. #
  • Dammit! My brain just got rickrolled! #
  • @hodgman Wir sprechen über Herbst. in reply to hodgman #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-01

  • Reading Barthes' The Pleasure of the Text while getting a pedicure. #RidiculouslySunday #fb #
  • Best thing about Twitter is that you can . . . without leaving your desk. (via @cornelln & edited) #
  • "love your stuff: material possessions are not evil" http://bit.ly/2rz8b1 (via @Dk_Watson) #
  • Because of the snow, I conducted student meetings virtually today. Skyping with students is bizarre. #fb #
  • Yesterday, new snow pants & a sledding hill. Today, an hour-long wait at Snooze. Thru it all: wearing a bright red union suit. #fb #
  • @do_or_diy I think you might really like bebot, a powerful touch synthesizer with cute animation. in reply to do_or_diy #

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