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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-​10-​18

  • How’s this for the open­ing line of a novel: “The war was over.” Do open­ing lines really mat­ter that much any­more? #
  • @scot­bot­mosh So would that line grab your inter­est? #
  • @stir­wise Wow, at first I read that as “omelette-​equipped arm­chairs” in reply to stir­wise #
  • So today we remem­ber those stal­wart ves­sels: El Niño, Pinto and Santa Claus. #
  • RT @alyankovic: Hope every­body has a great day ana­lyz­ing and appre­ci­at­ing the oeu­vre of “Home Alone” direc­tor Chris Columbus.//And Grem­lins! #
  • So glack Blackra1n gave me jail­break­ing back. Oh, Uni­ver­sal Search, how I’ve missed you… #
  • RT @hroot: Dat­ing tra­vails & life w/​bipolar (your own or loved one’s). Prob­a­bly #1 &2 most queried mem­oir topics.//chucks mem­oir… #
  • @JNGold It took me sev­eral tries to get Blackra1n to work, had to reboot my net­book. #
  • Still work­ing on today’s arti­cle for JeffKirvin.net, com­par­ing out­lin­ing to mak­ing it up as you go along, between bouts of nar­colep­syzzzzzzz #
  • @jkendrick I’ve gone from detailed out­line to stepsheet to just wing­ing it and back. But I think I know what works best for me now. in reply to jkendrick #
  • RT @mightymur: Inter­view­ing @NaNoW­riMo founder Chris Baty today! Please @ me your ques­tions and I’ll try to get them on the show! #nanow­rimo #
  • @NotZura @crimsonsky76 No, that car would pretty much get blown up in my neigh­bor­hood. in reply to NotZura #
  • RT @robkroese: For “rea­son you left your pre­vi­ous job” on an appli­ca­tion, I once wrote “RABIES.” Got the job too. #
  • @mlove0723 @crimsonsky76 I hate to say it, but the HP 300 “net­book” has me rethink­ing my need for a 13″ Mac­Book Pro. in reply to mlove0723 #
  • @NotZura Let’s put it this way. One of the min­i­marts I used to work with was a gray con­crete bunker with steel plate over the win­dows. in reply to NotZura #
  • @NotZura Yes. You are the only one. in reply to NotZura #
  • @NotZura Sorta. Aurora : Den­ver :: Oak­land : San Fran­cisco in reply to NotZura #
  • @NotZura @crimsonsky76 @mlove0723 If even Walt Moss­berg says Win­dows 7 is just as nice to use as OS/​X, that’s say­ing some­thing. in reply to NotZura #
  • @NotZura And yet, either San Anto­nio or Austin are prefer­able to my home­town of Hous­ton. in reply to NotZura #
  • @crimsonsky76 I grew up in Hous­ton, so I just thought that’s how big cities were until I moved at 15 to Nazareth, PA, pop. 4,000. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @NotZura There were ben­e­fits to grow­ing up in Hous­ton. For instance, I didn’t expe­ri­ence racism until I was old enough to know bet­ter. in reply to NotZura #
  • @crimsonsky76 Apple wonks I’ve talked to would say Apple’s PIM apps aren’t lame, just delib­er­ately sin­gle pur­pose and unclut­tered. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • RT @ColleenLindsay: (Embar­rassed by how much I love Come Sail Away by Styx…just sayin’.)//(Ditto!) #
  • @BaronessHeather That sounds fair! in reply to BaronessHeather #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane Yes, there are Amer­i­can accents that even we Amer­i­cans find incom­pre­hen­si­ble. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @DRSPod­cast That’ in reply to DRSPod­cast #
  • @DRSPod­cast That’s okay, I’m only up to episode 30 on the reposted feed. You’ll be back on sched­ule before I catch up… in reply to DRSPod­cast #
  • @crimsonsky76 I love liv­ing in Den­ver (okay, Den­ver Metro). Weather’s amaz­ing and it’s big enough to be inter­est­ing. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @crimsonsky76 My the­ory is that devel­op­ers at Apple don’t actu­ally use task apps. Either it’s on their cal­en­dar or they do whatever’s next. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @DRSPod­cast There is some good info in every DRS pod­cast I’ve lis­tened to yet, and even the ones short on advice are long on enter­tain­ment. in reply to DRSPod­cast #
  • RT @chrisharrop: Two semis crashed on south­bound I-​225 at 6th Ave. SB I-​225 backed up to I-​70; NB I-​225 slow­ing to see acci­dent. #
  • @Gram­mar­Girl Boul­der now but no Den­ver? in reply to Gram­mar­Girl #
  • @lilith­saint­crow Knead before Zod? in reply to lilith­saint­crow #
  • @crimsonsky76 Don’t under­stand what pro­tect­ing tweets does. I don’t care how many bots fol­low me. Can’t DM me if I don’t fol­low them back. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • RT @rstevens: Since we all have X chro­mo­somes, every kiss is a les­bian kiss on the genetic level. #
  • @crimsonsky76 I admit to a cer­tain amount of retrench­ing with cloud com­put­ing. Doing more on flash dri­ves. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @NotZura I always want bacon. in reply to NotZura #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane Wait, I’d get to have sex AND a book deal? (Maybe this ques­tion wasn’t directed at guys) in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @lilith­saint­crow It’d have to be, wouldn’t it? Oth­er­wise you’d never squeeze it out of that lit­tle hole. (peo­ple scram­ble to see ori. msg.) in reply to lilith­saint­crow #
  • @NotZura Sonic has an awe­some BLT combo for $2.99. Just sayin. in reply to NotZura #
  • @Cynical_​Woman @Philip­pa­Jane I’ll be in my bunk. in reply to Cynical_​Woman #
  • Nice job, Rock­ies! If we play the whole sea­son the way we played the back half this year, we’ll be back in the play­offs next year! #
  • @chrishar­rop If you’re going to get knocked out of the play­offs, being beaten by the defend­ing champs is an hon­or­able way to leave. in reply to chrishar­rop #
  • @NotZura As many as it takes, duh. in reply to NotZura #
  • Ah. Three, if I recall cor­rectly. It didn’t last long, but that’s hardly the BLT’s fault. #
  • @chrishar­rop I’m not talk­ing about Elway. This sys­tem doesn’t need a gun­slinger. Orton reminds me more of a young Joe Mon­tana. in reply to chrishar­rop #
  • @ban­tam­spec­tra Wow, gotta get that. As far as the #fan­fight goes, I’m going with Vader just because he’s got the bet­ter out­fit. in reply to ban­tam­spec­tra #
  • @Christoph­Golden BTW, are the Shadow Saga books ever going to be avail­able as ebooks? Still wait­ing, wal­let at the ready… in reply to Christoph­Golden #
  • @Christoph­Golden At the risk of sound­ing unmanly, SQUEE. That’s my favorite take on vam­pires, and my paper­backs are in stor­age. in reply to Christoph­Golden #
  • Is it just me or does @ScottSigler’s avatar look like Garibaldi from Baby­lon 5? #
  • @Tere­saKopec @jonkarl His­tory once sent me a smoke sig­nal. I thought it was just being ironic. in reply to Tere­saKopec #
  • @Garten­berg Great, now stuck with theme from “Great­est Amer­i­can Hero.” Not strictly your fault, but damn #free­as­so­ci­a­tionear­worms any­way… in reply to Garten­berg #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane That guy really can play any­thing. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @Garten­berg You, sir, are an evil man… in reply to Garten­berg #
  • Totally dig­ging @writemonkey. Test­ing it out for NaNoW­riMo this year, and daily word count is awe­some. 670 words today on nxt wk’s arti­cle. #
  • RT @RedheadWriting: Yuh, really? RT @TweetDenver: AT&T says Den­ver capac­ity boost should help with smart­phone woes http://ff.im/-9KvUI #
  • RT @GrammarGirl: RT @Ooh_​Books Alt + 8253 in Word gives the inter­robang. Now we know. [Thanks!] #
  • @Garten­berg Young Franken­stein def­i­nitely Brooks’s best work. Not sure about fun­ni­est ever, tho. in reply to Garten­berg #
  • @Garten­berg It’s good to be the king? in reply to Garten­berg #
  • @Garten­berg The prob­lem with HotWP1 is that most of the best jokes were reac­tion lines, so they’re not that quotable. (DuMonet! DuMonet!) in reply to Garten­berg #
  • Most quotable movies: 1 Princess Bride 2 Ghost­busters 3 Young Franken­stein #
  • @write­mon­key Seg­ment focus, you say? Intrigu­ing. in reply to write­mon­key #
  • @jeanet­temarsh There’s noth­ing quite as soporific as a cat sleep­ing on you. in reply to jeanet­temarsh #
  • RT @TheBigKlosowski: All radio voices should have to be that of Christo­pher Walken. #IfI­WasPres­i­dent #
  • RT @robkroese: When­ever peo­ple com­plain about the wind, I say, “Yeah, but we could really use the air.” #
  • @hownot­towrite In writ­ing, I’m over my 10k hours by now. Not all of it fic­tion, though. in reply to hownot­towrite #
  • RT @denverbroncos: Hey Bron­cos fans, every­one wish Brian Dawkins a happy 36th birth­day … even though he’s been play­ing like he’s 26. #
  • @scalzi Snack syn­ergy FTW in reply to scalzi #
  • @CRA1G Twit­ter users are also bet­ter look­ing and we smell bet­ter. in reply to CRA1G #
  • RT @sween: EVERY TIME YOU PUT RAISIN COOKIES IN THE BOX LABELED “CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES” I WILL CROTCHPUNCH A KITTEN. DON’T TEST ME. #
  • @feli­ci­a­day Whew. For a sec­ond there I thought you said the chicken on your salad was eat­ing the bread­sticks. in reply to feli­ci­a­day #
  • @jkendrick I’m scared of that app. I was attacked by a tiger and a moun­tain lion at the Hous­ton zoo once. Once. in reply to jkendrick #
  • RT @jchutchins: 7th Son: Descent. Episode 1. Now. http://bit.ly/2A2NDr #
  • RT @delrayser: Liz Cheney launches @KeepAmericaSafe: http://bit.ly/VFT3d What, was @KeepAmericaScaredShitlessByLying taken? #
  • @jkendrick I cer­tainly didn’t wait until no one was look­ing, hop the fence and run right up to the bars. Twice. in reply to jkendrick #
  • RT @writemonkey: I don’t know how I man­aged to write with­out “seg­ment focus” fea­ture till now. Will pub­lish wm096 pre­re­lease 1 tomor­row #
  • @jkendrick The Siber­ian tiger male may or may not have had the biggest paw I’ve ever seen inches from my face. The cougar was just a punk. in reply to jkendrick #
  • @Garten­berg The prob­lem is that the bur­den of health­care shouldn’t be on employ­ers. It makes us uncom­pet­i­tive with the rest of the world. in reply to Garten­berg #
  • RT @sunilsebastian: No Sur­ren­der! No Retreat! No Quar­ter! No Sur­vivors! No Anchovies! And go easy on the gar­lic! #
  • @robotech_​master Yay, stress! in reply to robotech_​master #
  • Seri­ously con­sid­er­ing writ­ing a short story set in the Uni­fi­ca­tion Chron­i­cles uni­verse before NaNo, just so I have some­thing to write. #
  • @crimsonsky76 That would go really well with your invis­i­ble jet… in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @Garten­berg (horses neigh­ing) in reply to Garten­berg #
  • @robotech_​master How in the heck did you do that? in reply to robotech_​master #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane Kiwis are just a like­able bunch. And you have more swords per capita than any­where else on Earth, so we’ll keep lik­ing you. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @robotech_​master KEEL. YOU. in reply to robotech_​master #
  • @Jug­ger­Grim­rod I typ­i­cally don’t do short sto­ries and I’m hav­ing trou­ble com­ing up with an idea, but I’m really champ­ing at the bit here. in reply to Jug­ger­Grim­rod #
  • In the immor­tal words of Brenda Carlisle: “We got the beat. We got the, we got the beat.” #thati­sall #
  • @DRSPod­cast NOOOOOOOOOOOOO… Oh, wait, I knew that. Carry on. in reply to DRSPod­cast #
  • RT @nicole: Remind you of any­thing? http://bit.ly/yV5UI
    #copy­cat #
  • @nicole Slider. (see­ing if you’re bluff­ing about pitches in your pro­file…) in reply to nicole #
  • @crimsonsky76 My expe­ri­ence with Win­dows 7 has remained crud-​free. Still runs well on my HP 2133. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane If you end up pass­ing through Den­ver, let me know. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • Spoke the prophet Peter Gabriel, “Don’t you know you got to. Shock. The Mon­key.” #
  • @Alli_​Flowers I’m right there with him. I have zero con­fi­dence in Microsoft’s abil­ity to turn around Win­dows Mobile. They blew it. in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • @Alli_​Flowers I get around that by using Ever­note for tasks/​GTD. Only stuff that goes on the cal­en­dar is stuff that HAS to be done then. in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • @sunilse­bas­t­ian No one said fol­low­ing the prophet was easy. in reply to sunilse­bas­t­ian #
  • @Alli_​Flowers As do I, but tasks don’t belong on the cal­en­dar unless they really have to be done at a spe­cific time or not at all. in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • @Alli_​Flowers You and I clearly have dif­fer­ent def­i­n­i­tions of “tasks” in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • @Alli_​Flowers If it’s timed, it’s in my cal­en­dar as an appoint­ment, so I’d have an event called Pick Up Cat sched­uled for 3:30. in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • @lizz­win­stead #schock­the­mon­key in reply to lizz­win­stead #
  • @Alli_​Flowers An appoint­ment by any other name… The only stuff on my cal­en­dar is time-​specific. iPhone does this fine. in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • @Alli_​Flowers I’d note that I’m using Intel­liS­creen so my iPhone shows me upcom­ing appoint­ments on the lock screen. Makes a big dif­fer­ence. in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • Write­mon­key 0960 pre­view 1 is avail­able. Seg­ment focus fea­ture. Release notes: http://bit.ly/1kZOJg, dl: http://writemonkey.com Feed­back! #
  • @Alli_​Flowers I guess I still don’t see the dis­tinc­tion you’re mak­ing between an alarmed task and an appoint­ment. Both are events to me. in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • @Alli_​Flowers I don’t use tasks in Out­look either. Time-​sensitive = Cal­en­dar, else, Ever­note. in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • Elated, he ran back to his friends and showed them a hand­ful of sev­ered fin­gers. “She gave me her dig­its!” #
  • RT @caitkitt: Some days I wake up and I think, “Tony Stark doesn’t have to deal with this shit.” #
  • @jeanet­temarsh Chang­ing gears isn’t a prob­lem. Stay­ing in one gear long enough to accom­plish any­thing is a prob­lem. #wasAD­Dbe­fore­ADDexisted in reply to jeanet­temarsh #
  • RT @Cynical_Woman: Be alert! The world needs more lerts. #
  • RT @ChristophGolden: Olivia Wilde…sort of like Megan Fox, if Megan Fox could act. #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane I know the feel­ing. Still have morn­ings at Old Job tomor­row and Fri­day before start­ing full days at New Job next week. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane It’s amaz­ing how many dif­fer­ent ways a cat can find to stay out of a car­ry­ing crate. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @jkendrick Unless it’s a con­vert­ible. Then in tablet mode a touch screen is just about required. in reply to jkendrick #
  • @jkendrick That does sound like a win­ner. ThinkPad key­board or mul­ti­touch tablet in one device. in reply to jkendrick #
  • @jkendrick I’m cheap, so I’m look­ing more at the HP mini 311 as my next PC. in reply to jkendrick #
  • @Tere­saKopec Rush can’t take a long, hard look at him­self. He’d turn to stone. #cheap­shot­bu­tienjoyedit in reply to Tere­saKopec #
  • @philip­pa­jane Hmm… RT @dictionarycom: Weird Word Wednes­day — bar­dola­try: the idol­iza­tion of William Shake­speare. http://bit.ly/3Y0pqE #
  • Burlap is my bag. #
  • @LAG­ilman Some­thing in your med­i­cine cab­i­net could be try­ing to KILL you! Tune in tonight to find out what! #hate­lo­caltvnews in reply to LAG­ilman #
  • I have tons of awe­some to do but my brain is com­pletely dis­com­bob­u­lated about the order in which to do it. #redliningin­neutral #
  • @Red­head­Writ­ing And that’s pretty much why I fol­low you. #fuck­i­nAr­ight in reply to Red­head­Writ­ing #
  • @Writ­ing­Dad I’m going exactly the oppo­site way, out­lin­ing my NaNo project as lit­tle as pos­si­ble in reply to Writ­ing­Dad #
  • RT @delrayser: I could be wrong, but I think the finan­cial term for the Dow top­ping 10000 is the “half Cham­ber­lain.” #
  • RT @txvoodoo: @McCain­Blo­gette Come on, don’t let haters win. I mean, I’m just a middle-​aged lib­eral here, & I think you’re ok! /​/​Ditto! #
  • RT @delrayser: So tonight’s Twit­ter Teapot Tem­pest is that @McCain­Blo­gette has breasts? And that peo­ple can be ass­holes? Fas­ci­nat­ing. #
  • RT @BstiNatosi: new sit­com idea: San­ford Ensign. Polit­i­cal wife-​cheaters team up to run the garbage dump that is the GOP.//(say it out loud) #
  • RT @jchutchins: It’s the RETURN of the BETA CLONE SHIRTS! Lim­ited run. Beta is the new black, exclu­sively at http://GeekLabel.com !!! #
  • @Dar­ren­Humphries Peo­ple switch devices? in reply to Dar­ren­Humphries #
  • RT @jennybeanses: Where do we go? Where do we go now? We go to 1988, where the grass is green and the guns & roses is all cranked like. #
  • RT @DDog You know those white suprema­cists who use Norse pagan­ism to jus­tify their racism? Came up with a name for them yes­ter­day: Ass­ha­tru. #
  • Next to last day at Old Job. Con­sid­er­ing answer­ing each call in a dif­fer­ent accent. #
  • For tweet 4200, rest in peace, Dou­glas. So long and thanks. #
  • @aslap­inthe­face Actu­ally, my boss at New Job answers the phone like that. in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @Colleen­Lind­say I will never under­stand how some peo­ple think. It would never even occur to me to do that. in reply to Colleen­Lind­say #
  • @aslap­inthe­face One of the few perks of work­ing in IT. Peo­ple expect us to be eccen­tric. in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • King’s On Writ­ing is the sec­ond best book on writ­ing EVER. (Best book on writ­ing is Ele­ments of Style by Strunk and White) #
  • @TeeMon­ster FYI, real Wash­in­to­ni­ans know how to drive in rain. It’s all the gor­ram out­siders (lob­by­ists, politi­cians) that make us look bad. in reply to TeeMon­ster #
  • Ten things not to say (or write) to an agent http://bit.ly/V3NkZ #
  • @robotech_​master Con­stant esca­la­tion is the way of the uni­verse. in reply to robotech_​master #
  • @jkendrick I’m con­sis­tently amazed at how much advice I see about the pub­lish­ing biz that I thought was just com­mon sense or good man­ners. in reply to jkendrick #
  • @TeeMon­ster I’m wait­ing for the really dis­count fares where they just strap me to the wing. in reply to TeeMon­ster #
  • @TeeMon­ster Seen that in Col­orado, too. Zathrus explain, every vehi­cle is 4-​wheel-​stop, but no, no one lis­ten to poor Zathrus, no… in reply to TeeMon­ster #
  • @jkendrick The older I get, the more I’m thank­ful for a good upbring­ing. Oy veh, these kids today… in reply to jkendrick #
  • @jkendrick My gen­er­a­tion (X) has an advan­tage in that we were the last to be taught crit­i­cal think­ing. in reply to jkendrick #
  • I’m over­whelmed with the demand from my fans for more of my writ­ing, espe­cially UC. I may have inter­est­ing announce­ments after NaNoW­riMo. #
  • @jkendrick Dif­fer­ence being that while I thought I knew bet­ter than my par­ents, I even­tu­ally learned oth­er­wise. Peo­ple no longer do that. in reply to jkendrick #
  • GET OFF MY LAWN! #feelin­gold­erthaniamthis­morn­ing #
  • @jkendrick :-| in reply to jkendrick #
  • @jef­fkirvin “THROW ME THE BOOK!” “THROW ME THE IDOL!” in reply to jef­fkirvin #
  • Oops, last tweet was to @djohngo. I’m off my game this morn­ing. Actu­ally, I’m pretty sure I’m on a com­pletely dif­fer­ent game. #
  • @write­mon­key + It’s All Text + SimpleText.ws + Write­Room iPhone = pretty darn good writ­ing sys­tem, actu­ally #
  • @JNGold Wasn’t ashamed of WM myself until I saw the iPhone and real­ized what a mobile expe­ri­ence should be. in reply to JNGold #
  • SHOW ME THE MONKEY! #first­draft­movielines #
  • RT @warrenellis: The Mor­ri­gan was ter­ri­fy­ing: a woman who could moan at you about fail­ure to com­plete three house­hold chores simul­ta­ne­ously. #
  • Hmm, I’ve pol­ished off an entire 1.5 liter bot­tle (of water) in an hour. I may be a wee bit dehy­drated. #
  • RT @Borow­itzRe­port Fun game: When you go to the phar­macy for your flu shot, say to the nurse, “I’d like it in the ass, please.” #
  • RT @Randazzoj: My Child Was Molested By A For­mer Honor Stu­dent At Lin­coln High School #bleak­bumper­stickers #
  • @Dar­ren­Humphries Thought about that myself, but it def­i­nitely wouldn’t work for me unless the pod­cast was “Wind Noise Weekly” in reply to Dar­ren­Humphries #
  • That’s the way, uh huh uh huh. I like it. Uh huh uh huh. #
  • @aslap­inthe­face Things do hap­pen for a rea­son, but never the rea­son you think. The rea­son often involves Wil­ford Brim­ley. in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @natal­idel­conte Typhod Natali? in reply to natal­idel­conte #
  • Long Duk Dong was tired of peo­ple laugh­ing at his name, so he changed it to Dick John­son. #
  • Think I may have found a way to pre­serve the noir feel I want for my NaNo story with­out depend­ing on my doomed pro­tag­o­nist. #
  • If my pro­tag is a fan of noir detec­tive nov­els, and she teaches the aliens Eng­lish, would it be jar­ring if they talked like noir char­ac­ters? #
  • @tib­bar­erew No, these would be aliens that look like a cross between a turkey and a veloci­rap­tor talk­ing like Humphrey Bog­art. in reply to tib­bar­erew #
  • @tib­bar­erew I have a valid story rea­son for why they talk that way. I think this is win­ning. in reply to tib­bar­erew #
  • @sunilse­bas­t­ian And frankly, my only-​human-​on-​an-​alien-​world-​where-​everyone-​wants-​to-​kill-​her pro­tag­o­nist need every bright spot she can get in reply to sunilse­bas­t­ian #
  • @sunilse­bas­t­ian A lit­tle of both. She’s def­i­nitely try­ing to lib­er­ate them while sav­ing her own life in the process. #
  • @crimsonsky76 TMI! TMI! in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @jkendrick That is pretty good! in reply to jkendrick #
  • RT @djohngo: I, for one, wel­come our new snake over­lords: http://tinyurl.com/yjt3dzl #
  • RT @dsawyer: “Stephen Hawk­ing is the Evel Knievel of physics” –Leonard Susskind #
  • @aslap­inthe­face Less Quaker Oats, more evil shapeshift­ing alien in Carpenter’s “The Thing” in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • Hop­ing they res­cue the 6-​yr-​old in the bal­loon over CO, but I doubt he’s ter­ri­fied. When I was 6 this would have been the MOST AWESOME EVER. #
  • @MaxGeek But what sort of geeky thing could we do? in reply to MaxGeek #
  • @Tere­saKopec Keep in mind I was the one mak­ing “Walk­ing On Sun­shine” jokes before Kat­rina (and the waves) hit New Orleans. I’m inap­pro­pri­ate in reply to Tere­saKopec #
  • @Dar­ren­Humphries Already in Ever­note! in reply to Dar­ren­Humphries #
  • @Dar­ren­Humphries Reminds me of Caribbean zom­bies in reply to Dar­ren­Humphries #
  • @Dana­J­Gould You still use cash? in reply to Dana­J­Gould #
  • RT @delrayser: Michael Steele names his GOP blog “What up?”, and 2 days later we have #bal­loon­boy. COINCIDENCE? #
  • @Dar­ren­Humphries Same con­cept, right? A meta­bolic poi­son that slows every­thing down to some­thing that looks like death? in reply to Dar­ren­Humphries #
  • RT @webis_mobile: Apple just allowed us to do in-​app pur­chase in free apps. So PI becomes free and is Lite. Then do in-​app pur­chase to full. #
  • @JNGold My only ques­tion there is whether in app pur­chases are “remem­bered” by the App Store when you rein­stall in reply to JNGold #
  • @JNGold Also allow­ing in-​app pur­chase from free apps will be great for things like eReader and Kin­dle. in reply to JNGold #
  • RT @lizzwinstead: Break­ing: Bal­loon Boy found reg­is­ter­ing vot­ers for ACORN #
  • RT @caitkitt: I would like to offer the world in gen­eral a pip­ing hot cup of shut the hell up. #
  • @BaronessHeather I don’t fear that I’ve just said exactly the wrong thing, I KNOW I just did. in reply to BaronessHeather #
  • After read­ing that Peter Criss is a breast can­cer sur­vivor, “Beth” is now stuck in my head. #odd­ly­topi­calearworms #
  • RT @dceiver: “No one wants to see an eight-​year old boy fall from 8,500 feet.” Which explains why MSNBC was point­ing cam­eras at it. #
  • Did any­one else do the math and deter­mine that a bal­loon that size wouldn’t have had the lift to get a 6-​yr-​old off the ground? Hours ago? #
  • @mighty­mur Because you’re good enough, you’re smart enough, and dog gone it, peo­ple like you? in reply to mighty­mur #
  • @Boston­Book­Girl Some­times I wish that were true, though. in reply to Boston­Book­Girl #
  • RT @lizzwinstead: BREAKING NEWS: Bal­loon Boy refuses to leave box until Olympia Snowe says its OK #
  • My mind is per­verse. Just as I make some seri­ous head­way on short story/​NaNo, it thinks now is the time to dive into audio edit­ing. #
  • @Boston­Book­Girl Can we bash Dan Brown just because he’s a ter­ri­ble writer? in reply to Boston­Book­Girl #
  • @NotZura Pocket Infor­mant, the best PIM on the iPhone. For folks who need that sort of thing. #smug­lyusingEvernote­forGTD in reply to NotZura #
  • The Twit­ter, it is slow today. #
  • @NotZura @crimsonsky76 No, frankly I thought we talked about it too much. It’s pretty well known. in reply to NotZura #
  • @NotZura Depends on if you need the task/​contact inte­gra­tion into your cal­en­dar. It syncs with Google/​Toodledo. in reply to NotZura #
  • @NotZura Is that Span­ish for 12 Mon­keys? Because Brad Pitt would be hilar­i­ous in Span­ish over­dub. in reply to NotZura #
  • @NotZura Exactly. Tasks go in Ever­note, and thing time-​sensitive goes in Cal­en­dar, just as the prophet David Allen decreed. #well­no­tex­actly in reply to NotZura #
  • @Daph­neUn Peo­ple still seri­ously believe that? #shocke­dathowignorantsomepeo­plestil­lare in reply to Daph­neUn #
  • RT @delrayser: Also found in #Bal­loon­Boy’s attic box: Obama’s Kenyan birth cer­tifi­cate; Ark of the Covenant; George Bluth. #
  • @lilith­saint­crow Pretty sure they’ll win that on appeal, but yeah, I can haz civ­i­lized coun­try nao? in reply to lilith­saint­crow #
  • @mr_​gadget I love the irony on com­ple­ment­ing the speed of Twit­ter on today of all days. in reply to mr_​gadget #
  • @den­ver­bron­cos Of course Jordan’s absence isn’t injury related. He’s stuck in a bal­loon! in reply to den­ver­bron­cos #
  • @stir­wise About three orders of mag­ni­tude dif­fer­ence, if my math doesn’t fail me. in reply to stir­wise #
  • @tib­bar­erew I heard last week they claimed Fal­con was lost at sea, but this being Col­orado… in reply to tib­bar­erew #
  • @Boston­Book­Girl How­ever, a lot of writ­ers actu­ally are angry, failed nov­el­ists. in reply to Boston­Book­Girl #
  • @suzzzanna Please tell us you weren’t top­less while wear­ing two pairs of pants, because that’s just atro­cious atten­tion to detail. in reply to suzzzanna #
  • RT @wilw: RT *snort* @mat­tfrac­tion he was in the attic in a box? what, was he the *mal­tese* fal­con? #
  • @lilith­saint­crow Instru­men­tals (or lyrics in a lan­guage I don’t speak) are the only things I can lis­ten to while writ­ing. in reply to lilith­saint­crow #
  • @NotZura @crimsonsky76 Ah, the uni­ver­sal lan­guage of tatas in reply to NotZura #
  • @crimsonsky76 Good Lord, man, I pimped it enough! in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @NotZura @crimsonsky76 Cue the cheesy 70s era gui­tar… wakkachikawakkachika… in reply to NotZura #
  • Am I the only one still tempted to pick up “10,000 BC” just for the shots of smilodon fatalis and titanus wal­leri? #
  • @del­rayser Yeah, it was called the laws of physics. in reply to del­rayser #
  • @crimsonsky76 Actu­ally, my Ever­note imple­men­ta­tion is about as low main­te­nance as GTD gets. It’s really not bad at all. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • RT @TeeMonster: Every time I watch Seren­ity, the mr I believe this some of the finest writ­ing and char­ac­ter devel­op­ment. Period. #brown­coat #
  • @TeeMon­ster The fact that Joss was able to tie up all the threads from the series so well in one 2 hour movie is… super­hu­man. #brown­coat in reply to TeeMon­ster #
  • @paper­tyger It comes down to the enter­tain­ing vs wtf ratio in the ran­dom tweets in reply to paper­tyger #
  • @lilith­saint­crow http://bit.ly/xOUpn Gen­er­ates ran­dom Greek/​Hebrew sound com­bos. Good for demons. in reply to lilith­saint­crow #
  • @del­rayser WONDERTWIN IMMUNE SYSTEM, ACTIVATE! in reply to del­rayser #
  • 1092 words on UC short story tonight at Chipo­tle. Found the one spot where I can plug in my lap­top in new Chipo­tle. WIN #
  • @rstevens I’d pay to see that, espe­cially Anita Blake style in reply to rstevens #
  • @lilith­saint­crow W00t, that sounds good even with­out killing the hell­breed first. in reply to lilith­saint­crow #
  • RT @robkroese: Sorry I haven’t been around much today… been hid­ing in a box in the attic. Did I miss any­thing? #
  • @Alli_​Flowers But, then you’d have a Kin­dle. in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • @Alli_​Flowers DRM makes me sneeze in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • RT @Nofrendo: Coolest tweet ever! How’d you do that Jay? RT @Com­put­er­Jay  killed the  ✰ #
  • In case I wasn’t clear, tweeple, I WROTE OVER A THOUSAND WORDS OF FICTION TONIGHT! I have been rebounced! #
  • @kimidreams They are awe­some… in reply to kimidreams #
  • @lilith­saint­crow There was a third Mis­sion Impos­si­ble movie? #nosuchthin­gasHighlander2either in reply to lilith­saint­crow #
  • @mpmore­head The short story I’m writ­ing is set in the same venue as my NaNo project, but very dif­fer­ent tone, nar­ra­tion, etc. #notcheat­ing in reply to mpmore­head #
  • @Dar­ren­Humphries Cool ideas. Will have to file that away for future use. Might come in handy for Ghost Ronin. in reply to Dar­ren­Humphries #
  • @hroot While I under­stand this myth, how far do you think authors ought to go to stay pub­lished? What can we really do? in reply to hroot #
  • Peo­ple, just a reminder for next time. When some­one claims a bal­loon car­ried away their kid, do the math. #knowingishalfthebat­tle #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane I do believe the Chair­man of the Board is tak­ing a dirt nap. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @Tere­saKopec It’s true, though. You’re a hub of Twit­ter Awe­some. Meet so many cool peo­ple through you. #FF in reply to Tere­saKopec #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane Glad you had a nice flight. Being stuck in a tin can for 12 hours is always dicey. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • RT @LGBT_Friends: RT @GaySoFla 30 GOP Sen­a­tors say cover up crimes like rape to save cap­i­tal­ism. I’m not kid­ding. http://bit.ly/1eEBOR #
  • @hroot Okay, seri­ously, who believes these myths in the first place? in reply to hroot #
  • And if I die before I learn to speak, will money pay for all the days I’ve lived awake but half asleep? #prim­i­tivera­diogods #
  • @webis_​mobile I think to make it fair all the icons should over­lay each other. in reply to webis_​mobile #
  • Okay, fine, I’ll ask. Do any of my excel­lent fol­low­ers have a Google Wave invite to spare? #
  • RT @ColleenLindsay: If you’re still mad about Bob Sal­va­tore killing of Chew­bacca, you can tell him your­self at 7:00 PM at Suvudu.com. #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane The Maori gods clearly don’t like it when you’re gone. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @crimsonsky76 @sim­plytweet has a lot of trou­ble gain­ing mind­share, which is a shame because it’s arguably the best iPhone Twit­ter client. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • AT&T says they never promised teth­er­ing on the iPhone this year. For­tu­nately, MyWi updated yes­ter­day to sup­port 3.1, so I have teth­er­ing now #
  • HONK IF YOU LOVE PEACE AND QUIET #failed­bumper­stickers #
  • @JNGold MyWi rocks. I like some of my jb apps like Music Con­trols and Intel­lis­creen, but MyWi and Uni­ver­sal Search are WHY I jail­broke. in reply to JNGold #
  • @Ran­daz­zoj “We’re going to check every farm­house, whore­house, out­house, dog­house and hen­house until we find that bal­loon!” in reply to Ran­daz­zoj #
  • @BaronessHeather That’s when you say, “Oh, you’re not the per­son I remem­ber after all. She wasn’t a bitch.” in reply to BaronessHeather #
  • @CRA1G @saschasegan Some­times it’s not about cost of stor­age, it’s about you can’t sub­poena what they no longer have. in reply to CRA1G #
  • RT @CRA1G: If Obama crit­i­ciz­ing Fox = attack­ing Fox view­ers, then crit­i­ciz­ing the Pres­i­dent = attack­ing all Amer­i­cans. http://is.gd/4mHnC #
  • I was depressed and sur­rounded by pup­pets. There was no mis­tak­ing it. I was down at Frag­gle Rock. #
  • @suzzzanna Have you con­sid­ered the pos­si­bil­i­ties of plaid? in reply to suzzzanna #
  • @jeanet­temarsh Baby’s name wouldn’t be Kal-​El, would it? #
  • RT @Cynical_Woman: A quick look at forth­com­ing B&N e-​reader — http://is.gd/4mIK2 (still pre­fer net­book, since I can also use it to WRITE!)+1 #
  • If the new B&N reader is fully com­pat­i­ble with B&N-owned Fic­tion­wise and eReader.com, I may just have to buy one any­way. #
  • RT @DanaJGould: “DON’T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE /​WITH ANYONE ELSE BUT ME…” he shrieked tear­fully, his knuck­les white on the gun. #
  • @mws­me­dia I know, I barely get by on my dual 20″ widescreens at the office… in reply to mws­me­dia #
  • @kimidreams Before or after he pulls it off? in reply to kimidreams #
  • @jen­ny­beanses But in a good way, right? in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • @Ran­daz­zoj Totally down with that. #
  • @tib­bar­erew Why did you never tell me Fables was writ­ten by Bill Will­ing­ham, the cre­ator of the Ele­men­tals? Hmm? in reply to tib­bar­erew #
  • @tib­bar­erew Hmm, good point there. But that sort of thing should have come up on Max­i­mum Geek. in reply to tib­bar­erew #
  • RT @maddow: If no Con­ser­va­dem breaks ranks to fil­i­buster with Repub­li­cans, thresh­old for pass­ing health reform is 50 votes (& Biden), not 60 #
  • @Garten­berg Me too. Turn­ing on 850mhz here in Den­ver helped my iPhone enor­mously. in reply to Garten­berg #
  • @LAG­ilman Every arti­cle of cloth­ing I own seems to be made of that kind of felt. #price­of­bein­gacatser­vant in reply to LAG­ilman #
  • @JNGold http://bit.ly/1FbuTA in reply to JNGold #
  • @JNGold You’re never “fin­ished” installing apps, jail­break or oth­er­wise. in reply to JNGold #
  • Okay, finally wind­ing down after the Fri­day After­noon of DOOM. Slightly queasy from eye­strain. #
  • Must say, build­ing a @Pan­dora sta­tion on Hans Zimmer/​James New­ton Howard from Bat­man Begins has been the best idea I had all week. #
  • Only 46 threads queued up to read in the forums of @drspodcast. Oh, and I have to actu­ally write tonight too. And Bill Maher. And food. #
  • @mom­my­wantsvodka Pump­kin Spice was the roadie no one ever saw. in reply to mom­my­wantsvodka #
  • Ah, that awk­ward stage where my hair is too long to be a maintenance-​free buz­z­cut but to short to style. http://yfrog.com/0ihh8pj #
  • RT @lizzwinstead: #beat­cancer #beat­cancer #beat­cancer #beat­cancer #beat­cancer #beat­cancer #beat­cancer #beat­cancer #beat­cancer #beat­cancer #
  • Blog columns sched­uled and in the can for the rest of the month. Can focus on short story now until #NaNoW­riMo. Insan­ity to fol­low. #
  • @rstevens Sexy in reply to rstevens #
  • @rcartwright Dig­ging the new avatar, Rick in reply to rcartwright #
  • @robkroese Pro­jec­tile cof­fee FTW in reply to robkroese #
  • On any given day, I can write 2000 words. The ques­tion is whether or not I can do it on EVERY given day. #
  • @crimsonsky76 I’m tempted to start jour­nalling again, buy as you’ll soon see, not sure I’ll have the time. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @lilith­saint­crow Does he secretly work for Sony? in reply to lilith­saint­crow #

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