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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-​11-​01

  • @stir­wise The lack of inte­gra­tion between BN.com and eReader is puz­zling and the pri­mary rea­son I’m not get­ting a nook yet. in reply to stir­wise #
  • @robkroese Any chance of get­ting Mer­cury Falls on BN.com/eReader/Fictionwise? in reply to robkroese #
  • @robkroese Sorta. Works with Stanza on my iPhone, but would be for­ever sep­a­rate from the rest of my library. Don’t want it to get lonely. in reply to robkroese #
  • @robkroese Could down­load the Palm­Doc for­mat to my PC then add it as “per­sonal con­tent” to my eReader.com library, but I’m an ebook pro. in reply to robkroese #
  • @Human­Race­horses <singing>How do solve a prob­lem like Scalia…</singing> in reply to Human­Race­horses #
  • @CRA1G nVidia in Nir­vana, duh. in reply to CRA1G #
  • RT @gadgetmanBrian: True story: NBC, recap of the Dol­phins game, said ‘Ricky Williams, smokin, lights it up for 80 yards’ WTF??!?? #
  • RT @nutzareus: PdaNet upgrade to 1.60 in Cydia, allows Mac teth­er­ing via USB woohoo! /​/​attn @Nofrendo #
  • RT @mightymur: Just said “The End” to the Heaven pod­cast series. Drained and slightly melan­choly. #
  • .@robkroese Am I the only one who asso­ciates Catch-22’s Yos­sar­ian with the glid­ing mon­key peo­ple from Star Fron­tiers? in reply to robkroese #
  • @Nofrendo Yes, but jail­break­ing a 3GS is totally safe and takes all of 30 sec­onds. in reply to Nofrendo #
  • @robkroese My mom made me an awe­some Yazar­ian cos­tume for Hal­loween one year. Nobody got it. in reply to robkroese #
  • @robkroese No, a Dral­a­site is what I look like *now*. in reply to robkroese #
  • RT @FakeAPStylebook: Always remem­ber to close all paren­the­ses. We’re not pay­ing to air con­di­tion the entire para­graph. #
  • RT @FakeAPStylebook: Use “Asian” for peo­ple, “Ori­en­tal” for objects and “Bad-​Ass” for Bruce Lee. #
  • #sodont­wan­nago­towork #coldand­snowyoutside #sucks­bein­ga­grownup #thati­sall #
  • RT @Orrin_​Woodward ‘Do you have the tal­ent?’, is rarely the ques­tion. ‘Do you have the guts to fin­ish?’, is the real ques­tion. #
  • @jchutchins I sud­denly feel the urge to grow a Doug Hen­ning mous­tache. in reply to jchutchins #
  • @Dar­ren­Humphries I’m so sorry to hear that. in reply to Dar­ren­Humphries #
  • @sunilse­bas­t­ian Inter­est­ing how quickly Win­dows 7 spoils you for older OSes, isn’t it? I have to run XP at work and it’s… uncom­fort­able. in reply to sunilse­bas­t­ian #
  • @Ras­plundjr No, a lot of peo­ple have the guts to start a novel, few have the courage to see where it leads all the way to the end. in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • @Ras­plundjr There’s a dif­fer­ence? in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • @brettq GPS is the only thing keep­ing me using the iPhone vs MiFi + iPod touch + Skype in reply to brettq #
  • @Ras­plundjr My prob­lem his­tor­i­cally has been stop­ping part­way through and com­menc­ing rewrites. That’s why I’m forc­ing myself to do all 7 now in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • RT @scalzi: Updat­ing cell phone soft­ware. ZOMG MY LIFE IS UNCEASING EXCITEMENT. in reply to scalzi #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane Never been actu­ally run *over* but I have bounced off more than a dozen motor vehi­cles in my time. Not all of them on pur­pose. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • RT @jef­fkirvin Mak­ing writ­ing a pri­or­ity http://retwt.me/1udMM #
  • @Melzer To tell sto­ries. in reply to Melzer #
  • @Whit­leyStrieber I know it was long ago and you’ve done great work since, but I still think about The Wolfen when in a park­ing lot at night. in reply to Whit­leyStrieber #
  • @crimsonsky76 I don’t want to be real­is­tic. It’s not a goal if you don’t have to reach for it. & I haven’t told you the hard core part yet. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @crimsonsky76 Yeah, I never thought I’d reach a point in life where I had some­thing I HAVE TO DO, but here it is. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • For those who haven’t seen the announce­ment, I’m writ­ing 7 books in 10 months. Come along for the ride. http://bit.ly/O7R6S #
  • @paula­pound­stone Mel­loing the cel­los? in reply to paula­pound­stone #
  • RT @HumanRacehorses: Palm Pixi over­priced at $99. The Pre is avail­able some loca­tions for as lit­tle as $79 and isn’t dumbed down. #
  • @jkendrick Orig­i­nally the Sendeni civil war was sup­posed to be part of the last book, but some­how it got spun into its own vol­ume. Me=dumb #
  • Delay­ing ebook of King’s new book until 6 wks after hard­cover release is only going to ignite more piracy. #
  • RT @suzzzanna: There are happy chil­dren play­ing out­side my win­dow. Some­body needs to go and explain to them that this is not okay. #
  • @Veron­ica Tranq darts from a blow gun work pretty well. … Or so I’ve heard. in reply to Veron­ica #
  • @crimsonsky76 Most recent releases have been simul­ta­ne­ous. Dan Brown’s new tripe was avail­able as an ebook the same day as hard­cover. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @Benzzo Pixie really needs to be in the 49 – 79 dol­lar range. Would be a killer for that mar­ket. in reply to Benzzo #
  • @Garten­berg I always sus­pected you of Vul­can ances­try. in reply to Garten­berg #
  • @Tere­saKopec Who says you have to be dat­ing to get mar­ried? in reply to Tere­saKopec #
  • @Nofrendo Hmm, rea­son­ably quiet over here. in reply to Nofrendo #
  • @Tere­saKopec And we’re talk­ing about enter­tain­ers, no? Everywhere’s Vegas for them. in reply to Tere­saKopec #
  • @MaxGeek You say­ing I’m behind on tech news? So when’s Win­dows 7 com­ing out, any­way? in reply to MaxGeek #
  • @MaxGeek Maybe I’m part squid. in reply to MaxGeek #
  • RT @Gartenberg: All of Baby­lon 5 is now on Slash­Con­trol. Excel­lent. #shad­owsvsvor­lonsany­one #notadeep­spacefranchise #
  • RT @acedtect: Best video on Galaxy Col­li­sions ever http://bit.ly/3fkoMT cc: @tib­bar­erew #
  • @Garten­berg @blam Or just wait until after the sin­gu­lar­ity when it no longer mat­ters. in reply to Garten­berg #
  • RT @delrayser: I don’t “get” foursquare, but that’s prob­a­bly b/​c there aren’t check­ins for “work” & “putting the kids to bed.” #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane That is crazy high tech. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @Ali_​Davis The meteor that hits the stu­dio? in reply to Ali_​Davis #
  • @robkroese Way cool if it is! in reply to robkroese #
  • .@tib­bar­erew has pledged to join me in writ­ing 500,000 words in 300 days. Are you next? #
  • @NotZura Novem­ber 1st until Labor Day 2010, kick­ing off with NaNoW­riMo. in reply to NotZura #
  • @NotZura I’m writ­ing 7 books in one series, but @tib­bar­erew is string­ing stuff together. It’s about com­mit­ting to writ­ing every day. in reply to NotZura #
  • @NotZura I’ll be post­ing my work on a Google Group as I write it, but we’re pretty much on the honor sys­tem. in reply to NotZura #
  • Cap’n Reynolds on Cas­tle! At the risk of seem­ing unmanly, SQUEEEEEE! #brown­coat #
  • RT @AnnCurry: “You, your­self, as much as any­body in the entire uni­verse, deserve your love and affection.”-Buddha #
  • RT @rstevens: Three’s com­pany but 666 is an exor­cism #
  • @mpmore­head Same here, and con­grats on the sale! in reply to mpmore­head #
  • NYT Story on Major Cell­phone Mak­ers Switch­ing From Win­dows Mobile to Android http://bit.ly/cbtxy #
  • RT @jef­fkirvin KILROY 2.0 IS EVERYWHERE http://retwt.me/1yOBw #
  • @MaxGeek And IN PUBLIC yet. I’m so ashamed… in reply to MaxGeek #
  • RT @ginatrapani: While writ­ing a post about all the ways a phone call is bet­ter than an email, my phone rang and I ignored it. #
  • @jkendrick OMG I hope he’s okay in reply to jkendrick #
  • @scalzi What’s an album, grandpa? in reply to scalzi #
  • So in Between Heaven and Hell, the angels are really[ :: ERROR :: YOU ARE NOT UNIQUE. YOU ARE REPLACEABLE. KILROY2.0 IS HERE #7thSon ] #
  • RT @BadAstronomer: Nuts. USB Geiger coun­ters are pricey. And no, you prob­a­bly don’t want to know. #
  • The real JC Hutchins was assas­si­nated by a 4 year old. #hutchin­sru­mors #7thson #
  • The only rea­son @jchutchins pro­duces so much is that there are 7 of him. #Hutchin­sRu­mors #7thSon #
  • I heard that @JCHutchins is the only pod­caster who can do a full voice cast by him­self. #Hutchin­sRu­mors #7thSon #
  • @jen­ny­beanses The big vul­ture mup­pets or the small elf mup­pets? in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • @Ras­plundjr OMG My thoughts are with you and your fam­ily. in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • @jen­ny­beanses Okay, would have been both dis­turbed and intrigued if it was oth­er­wise. in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • Kosh: They are a dying peo­ple. We should let them pass. Sin­clair: Win­dows Mobile or Sym­bian? Kosh: Yes… #
  • RT @JeremyCShipp: A pygmy dragon is danc­ing on my com­puter, wear­ing a top hat and mon­o­cle, singing the theme song from Charles in Charge. #
  • @crimsonsky76 So basi­cally, they made a chair out of Sponge­Bob. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @robkroese I heard Bill Clin­ton harassed the heck of out some Fruit Loops. Oh, wait, you said *ser­ial* harasser… in reply to robkroese #
  • RT @jchutchins: Per­sonal Effects hit 280 over­all back in June. Will we crush that rank with #7thSon? http://bit.ly/2Oqq0R #
  • 75% rewards sale on eReader.com + nearly com­plete Stephen King col­lec­tion = Kirvin’s shrink­ing bank account #
  • @BadAs­tronomer Our air­port has bow­els? Cool! in reply to BadAs­tronomer #
  • @BetaClone076 Knives or shoes? in reply to BetaClone076 #
  • @tib­bar­erew IS THERE WRITIN’ IN THE HOLE? in reply to tib­bar­erew #
  • I’m pretty sure iTunes syncs with the iPhone via sem­a­phore. Or some­thing else that TAKES GORRAM FOREVER. #sync­fail #
  • A Writ­ing Chal­lenge http://bit.ly/3aTppU #
  • @NotZura Fea­ture film? w0000000t! in reply to NotZura #
  • @NotZura If only I were still a screen­writer, I finally know some­one on the busi­ness… Remem­ber us lit­tle peo­ple when you win your Oscar. in reply to NotZura #
  • @brettq Try Blu or Shared Minds Desk­top. #good­na­tivewindowst­wit­ter­clients in reply to brettq #
  • @joe_​hill DC orig­i­nally pub­lished Watch­men, which turned into a damn fine movie. I think V for Vendetta was theirs too, at least in the US. in reply to joe_​hill #
  • @brettq It’s Sil­verlight now? Used to be pure WPF code. in reply to brettq #
  • @NotZura You’re just try­ing to com­mit to more cre­ative fool­ish­ness than I have; admit it! in reply to NotZura #
  • @Blaque­Saber I’m enjoy­ing the calm while it lasts. After Hal­loween, the gloves are OFF. in reply to Blaque­Saber #
  • @brettq WPF : Win32 :: Cocoa : Car­bon in reply to brettq #
  • @Blaque­Saber Yes. The map is not the ter­ri­tory. in reply to Blaque­Saber #
  • @Blaque­Saber My “out­line” for the first book is about 20 bul­let points. Other 6 books plot­ted in less detail. in reply to Blaque­Saber #
  • @Nofrendo Until some­one steals the fridge. in reply to Nofrendo #
  • RT @extralife: Today’s uncom­fort­able word of the day: Cock­pit. #
  • @Blaque­Saber Thank good­ness there’s only one of me. Yeah, genre’s gonna be tricky in the 1st tril­ogy. in reply to Blaque­Saber #
  • Should be sleep­ing, 6am unsnooz­able wakeup tomor­row, but still have over 200 tweets to read #twit­ter­ad­dict #
  • @mpmore­head And yet me and my dum­b­ass Neon will be out in the snow bright and early… in reply to mpmore­head #
  • @kimidreams “can they” no. “would they” all the time. in reply to kimidreams #
  • @crimsonsky76 Mutants sab­o­taged yer xbox in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @suzzzanna I’ve gone veg­e­tar­ian twice, but my love of charred chicken and cow flesh — to say noth­ing of bacon — always brings me back. in reply to suzzzanna #
  • @eliyan­nakaiser w00t! in reply to eliyan­nakaiser #
  • @MikeTem­po­rale http://bsix12.com/smd/ in reply to MikeTem­po­rale #
  • @aslap­inthe­face Try­ing to rec­on­cile swim­ming in jello and your impli­ca­tion that this is not a good thing. in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @Ras­plundjr Just hang in there, man. in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • RT @FakeAPStylebook: Use “ver­bal” to com­pare words with other form of com­mu­ni­ca­tion (“poor ver­bal skills”), Use “oral” to be more pop­u­lar. #
  • @NotZura OMG that’s genius. in reply to NotZura #
  • O. M. G. I look away to do some actual work and you loqua­cious SOBs run away with the Twit­ter! #
  • @aslap­inthe­face Know­ing they were stu­pid would mean hav­ing knowl­edge, which stu­pid peo­ple, by def­i­n­i­tion, lack. Can’t argue with logic. in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • RT @bigepaz: On the bright side, we get to “fall back” this week­end and gain an hour of sleep! /​/​Extra hour for #NaNoW­riMo writ­ing! #
  • @JNGold iPhone : BSG Cylon Cen­turian :: Droid : C-​3PO from Phan­tom Men­ace in reply to JNGold #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane Sounds nice. In Den­ver all our leaves fell because they were weighted down by 3 inches of snow. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • RT @Randazzoj: Here we go, Yan­kees, here we go! CLAP CLAP Here we go, entropy and the inevitable decay of all things, here we go! CLAP CLAP #
  • RT @acedtect: Here. Let me blow away all pro­duc­tiv­ity in your day. Play “Cheese or Font?” http://cheeseorfont.mogrify.org/play #
  • RT @angelajames: Deep edit­ing thought of the day: It’s bated breath. Not baited. Because baited breath would prob­a­bly stink. #
  • @Garten­berg Huh, I would have thought it’d be in binary. Or at least hex. in reply to Garten­berg #
  • @Colleen­Lind­say Well, it seems like my “head down, just write first drafts for now” atti­tude is well-​timed. in reply to Colleen­Lind­say #
  • @NotZura Sure, the bar isn’t all that high for that these days. in reply to NotZura #
  • @Ali_​Davis It’s only money. Shiny, pretty money. in reply to Ali_​Davis #
  • @Garten­berg In how many par­secs can #droid to the Kessel Run? in reply to Garten­berg #
  • @jchutchins Not wear­ing those Bespin head­phones, though. in reply to jchutchins #
  • @ana­mariecox Why be nor­mal? in reply to ana­mariecox #
  • @Nofrendo DOH in reply to Nofrendo #
  • @jchutchins I loved the TIE pilot out­fits. #
  • @tib­bar­erew Want some of our snow? Or all of it? in reply to tib­bar­erew #
  • @Tere­saKopec To quote Steve Mar­tin in “Sgt Bilko”, “All I’ve ever wanted was an hon­est week’s pay for an hon­est day’s work.” in reply to Tere­saKopec #
  • @aslap­inthe­face Aware­ness is a funny th… #theresno­gracefulway­out­ofthis in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @tib­bar­erew “DO YOU REALIZE WHAT THE STREET VALUE OF THIS MOUNTAIN IS?” in reply to tib­bar­erew #
  • @robkroese And yet, if I like some­thing I’ll pay to sup­port it even if I can get it for free. Some peo­ple respect cre­ativ­ity, oth­ers don’t. in reply to robkroese #
  • @Ras­plundjr In their defense, peo­ple kept clos­ing the blast doors. in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • @Colleen­Lind­say What are the actual pro­duc­tions costs (after edit­ing, mar­ket­ing, etc) for ebooks com­pared to mass mar­ket paper­backs? in reply to Colleen­Lind­say #
  • @Nofrendo Some­thing tells me tow trucks are busy today. I’m debat­ing my need for a bur­rito vs brav­ing the snow in my Neon. in reply to Nofrendo #
  • @lilith­saint­crow I love/​hate that moment. in reply to lilith­saint­crow #
  • @Ras­plundjr So good to hear! Bypasses are noth­ing to sneeze at, but at least he’ll be okay. in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • @aslap­inthe­face I invoke whichever amend­ment pro­tects me from dig­ging myself any fur­ther into a hole. (Most guys don’t know about this.) in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @mom­my­wantsvodka I think so. I have a lot of female friends I haven’t slept with yet. in reply to mom­my­wantsvodka #
  • @sci­fir­ules Morena aside, I fear V will be an epic fail. As with the 80s weekly series, the suits just don’t grok the con­cept. in reply to sci­fir­ules #
  • @Ras­plundjr And yet, peo­ple over here totally get it when I say “Yeah, your PC is bjorked. You’re gonna need a new one.” in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • RT @djohngo: Sci­en­tist devel­ops intel­li­gent swarm of hun­gry robots. Note to time trav­ellers: here’s your tar­get. http://tinyurl.com/yfqhrwe #
  • @ana­mariecox The hat and the ear­rings really sell the whole look. in reply to ana­mariecox #
  • @amber_​benson But in a good way, right? in reply to amber_​benson #
  • @robkroese Good, I was hop­ing to avoid the Kin­dle ver­sion, and now I can with a clear con­science. in reply to robkroese #
  • @crimsonsky76 LIKE I SAID in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @dsawyer YAY! EDITS ARE DONE! NOW WE DO THE DANCE OF JOY! in reply to dsawyer #
  • @michael­spence Link plz? in reply to michael­spence #
  • @robkroese I’d do the dance of joy, but I burned that one for the day on @dsawyer. in reply to robkroese #
  • @robkroese Oh, you said NOT get­ting screwed. nm. in reply to robkroese #
  • @robkroese Sadly, my only movie expe­ri­ences as a writer have been with VERY indie film­mak­ers. We’re talk­ing a guy with a cam­corder. in reply to robkroese #
  • @JNGold Seri­ously think­ing about get­ting that in blue. Looks sharp. in reply to JNGold #
  • @JNGold It’s pretty darn close. in reply to JNGold #
  • @nick­o­laswriter 20% of peo­ple are com­pletely out of their minds, so that really leaves only 9% with really ques­tion­able judge­ment. in reply to nick­o­laswriter #
  • RT @wilw: Me: I need to write this story. Brain: 404. Me: Please? Brain: Sorry. The resource “CREATIVE FOCUS” is unavail­able. Me: FML. #
  • @michael­spence Danke! in reply to michael­spence #
  • @crimsonsky76 And their evil mas­ter plan is com­plete. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @michael­spence @Phillip­pa­Jane I know, sad, innit? We mid­west­ern­ers get no Pip. in reply to michael­spence #
  • @Cynical_​Woman Explain the con­cept of “land sharks” to them. in reply to Cynical_​Woman #
  • @Ali_​Davis Most of us accept dona­tions in reply to Ali_​Davis #
  • @shel­don­cooper I had that argu­ment today about “judge­ment” and “judg­ment”. in reply to shel­don­cooper #
  • @del­rayser We shoot peo­ple for puns like that where I come from. Lucky for you I’m not where I come from. in reply to del­rayser #
  • @PhilRossi Bet­ter that than the Boxer Rebel­lion. in reply to PhilRossi #
  • RT WriteR­Cas­tle 2 muffins are in an oven. One turns to the other and says “Boy it’s hot in here!” The other screams “Ahh! a talk­ing muf­fin!” #
  • @lilith­saint­crow It really is amaz­ing how often a big story prob­lem can be solved by blow­ing up a char­ac­ter or sev­eral (The Stand, etc.) in reply to lilith­saint­crow #
  • @Human­Race­horses For luck, play ten­nis with a base­ball bat. in reply to Human­Race­horses #
  • @BaronessHeather In a dig­i­tal world it’s kind of amaz­ing how lit­tle “stuff” you actu­ally have to own and schlep around. in reply to BaronessHeather #
  • @Human­Race­horses *POOM* … “Yeah, I think that’s out.” in reply to Human­Race­horses #
  • @Alli_​Flowers Won’t be in TiPB Live tonight. Because I’m RECORDING A NEW MAXIMUM GEEK. in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • RT @Melzer: This Sat­ur­day, the INVASION begins! http://is.gd/4GsYR #
  • @Alli_​Flowers @tib­bar­erew has a fiancé and daugh­ters to answer to, the sched­ul­ing is out of my hands. in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • RT @Gartenberg: This droid keeps act­ing up it’s going to end up at Jawa flea mar­ket for some farm boy to buy. #droid #
  • RT @scalzi: Down­load­ing video dri­vers. BECAUSE I AM EXCITING LIKE THAT /​/​ZOMG REALLY? #
  • RT @Gartenberg: Just sayin’ I’m not get­ting into my x-​wing with this #droid. #ineedanewastromech #
  • @crimsonsky76 DING DING DING DING in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @crimsonsky76 Ahem. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • RT @Randazzoj: And here’s Johnny Damon: America’s Sweet­hob­bit #
  • RT @NotZura: The only down­fall of Vista on my Mac­Book is the fact that Vista sucks bat­tery juice like $8 Swedish hooker. #
  • RT @MaxGeek: 1 hour 21 min­utes long. Or as I like to call it 1.21 gigawatts of Max­i­mum Geek. #
  • RT @daj42 –Farscape Sea­sons 1 – 3 com­ing soon to Net­flix Stream­ing! http://tinyurl.com/yk4wo9a http://tinyurl.com.. http://bit.ly/3i81x9 #
  • RT @MaxGeek Max­i­mum Geek Vol. 3 Ep. 1 is up. I even fixed the wonky pod­cast RSS feed. Here’s the new feed. http://bit.ly/3zrT0V #
  • @war­renel­lis We for one thing, you never show up when we turn on this bloody search­light. in reply to war­renel­lis #
  • @jchutchins Best book I’ve read on sales is Sales Dogs in the Rich Dads series. in reply to jchutchins #
  • @Ras­plundjr OY THESE KIDS TODAY in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • And yes, I finally put a real hon­est to dog photo of me as my avatar. No more sketches. #
  • @maceyr Danke in reply to maceyr #
  • @robkroese I refuse to com­ment on the grounds that it would be hilar­i­ous. in reply to robkroese #
  • @JNGold WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE CIVILIZATION LIKE THAT in reply to JNGold #
  • @JNGold Drop­ping down to Edge, or worse, GPRS. in reply to JNGold #
  • @JNGold Gah. Although I’ve found the cur­rent Google Maps app on the iPhone does okay with the infre­quent Edge zones here in Den­ver. Still. in reply to JNGold #
  • @joekeg I’m going to go out on a limb and say a sil­i­con golem reset all your pass­words. in reply to joekeg #
  • @JNGold You’re a glass-​is-​half-​empty kind of guy, Jerry. in reply to JNGold #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane There’s only one way to make the choco­lates stop whis­per­ing, you real­ize… in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • I just bought Mer­cury Falls by @robkroese from https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/5038 Highly rec­om­mended if you need a laugh. in reply to robkroese #
  • RT @jchutchins: This is the power of love and com­mu­nity, peeps: http://twitpic.com/nebhn (from @BetaClone076) RT if feel­ing gen­er­ous. #
  • RT @MaxGeek: The Max­i­mum Geek Ulti­mate Writ­ing Chal­lenge. Check it out http://bit.ly/kFklW #
  • @MaxGeek I pro­pose hash­tag #MGUWC for the Max­i­mum Geek Ulti­mate Writ­ing Chal­lenge in reply to MaxGeek #
  • @Ras­plundjr That’s going to be my real test today. Can I brave two feet of snow for Chipo­tle? in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane And yet, they get worse. You still haven’t seen “Mega Shark vs Giant Octo­pus”, have you? in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane The ques­tion is, does it invoke Godwin’s Law if you quote the Nazis with­out actu­ally ref­er­enc­ing them specif­i­cally? in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane @PhilRossi Now if keys, under­wear AND choco­lates are miss­ing… in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @Nofrendo BTW, how’s your car? in reply to Nofrendo #
  • @suzzzanna What if you love G-​d, but aren’t speak­ing to Him because He still owes you $20? in reply to suzzzanna #
  • RT @FakeAPStylebook: The cor­rect spelling is “Rock­to­ber,” not “Roc­to­ber,” which is the month of giant birds. #
  • @MaxGeek Either our fol­low­ers are a bunch of cow­ards, or we’re dumber than we thought. in reply to MaxGeek #
  • Sup­port #NaNoW­riMo, add a #twib­bon to your avatar now! — http://bit.ly/3DdbZo #
  • Sup­port #NaNoW­riMo, add a #twib­bon to your avatar now! — http://bit.ly/1cJlBT #
  • I’VE HAD IT WITH THIS MOTHER****ING SNOW ON THIS MOTHER****ING CAR! #
  • Here come old flat­top #
  • @Alli_​Flowers I still haven’t rein­stalled qTweeter. I prob­a­bly should. in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • @crimsonsky76 Thing is, every­thing in my head is already a car­toon (warped by Far Side at early age), so car­toon avatars seemed to fit. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @crimsonsky76 I’ve become addicted to a Pan­dora sta­tion I built to play movie scores http://bit.ly/sndtrks in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @crimsonsky76 I spend most of my time lis­ten­ing to that sta­tion lis­ten­ing to it on my net­book via Pandora|One at the office. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @jen­ny­beanses Heck, I loved Lit­tle Brother, and I’m 38. in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • I finally have Twit­ter Lists. Do I really feel like pop­u­lat­ing lists today? Hmmm. #
  • RT @Gartenberg: Levitt is a frackin genius. #smart­peo­ple #moste­con­o­mistsmakeas­trologer­slook­good #
  • @extral­ife Ghost­busters, duh. in reply to extral­ife #
  • @Dar­ren­Humphries Seri­ously. Dou­ble the tax, peo­ple. This ain’t hard. in reply to Dar­ren­Humphries #
  • Okay, I take it back. Dig­ging the Twit­ter Lists fea­ture. Want can haz in @sim­plytweet or in Tweetie 2 from @atebits #
  • Wow. Over 100 of the peo­ple I fol­low on Twit­ter are writ­ers. #
  • @NotZura I go naked all the time #talkingabout­myiphonepervs in reply to NotZura #
  • @ChrisLeck­ness Authors, peo­ple who write the books and what­not. in reply to ChrisLeck­ness #
  • @NotZura Not hard enough to break it. The glass screen is pretty tough. in reply to NotZura #
  • @NotZura No scratches that I can see with­out a mag­ni­fier. I do keep it in a belt pouch when I’m not using it, but no case. in reply to NotZura #
  • @crimsonsky76 @NotZura I like how slim and light the iPhone is case­less and think screen pro­tec­tors are use­less on a finger-​based device. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @crimsonsky76 Not worth it IMO. Glare + smooth glass > matte fin­ish plas­tic in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • RT @extralife: I’m in the mood to call Ghost­busters the per­fect movie for nearly any sit­u­a­tion. #
  • @MaxGeek I sud­denly feel very old and very geeky. in reply to MaxGeek #
  • @Justin­Macum­ber Bet­ter than Cas­tle? in reply to Justin­Macum­ber #
  • @AfrimKa­caj Can I pick which one? in reply to AfrimKa­caj #
  • View out my car win­shield this morn­ing. http://yfrog.com/j7ig2j #
  • RT @CRA1G: I won­der what the FOX News staffers used to remove their “Amer­ica: Love It or Leave It” bumper stick­ers. #
  • @crimsonsky76 Oddly, by Decem­ber we’ll have days clear and sunny in the 50s. We get a lot of snow in Octo­ber and March for some dumb rea­son. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • RT @FakeAPStylebook: Always cap­i­tal­ize Satan. You don’t want to get dead goats from those peo­ple. #
  • @jen­ny­beanses It’s got to be a con­ver­sa­tion or Twit­ter doesn’t work. in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • @girvo Yay? in reply to girvo #
  • Pan­elFly + iPhone + Mar­vel comics for a buck a piece = SQUEE #
  • I rec­om­mend “Aston­ish­ing X Men #01: Gifted (1 of 6)” in @Pan­elfly on #iPhone #
  • @ban­tam­spec­tra Tin Man vs Iron Man? in reply to ban­tam­spec­tra #
  • @ban­tam­spec­tra Iron Man vs the Man of Steel in reply to ban­tam­spec­tra #
  • @BadAs­tronomer AVALANCHE! in reply to BadAs­tronomer #
  • @BadAs­tronomer I can’t believe those peo­ple are still out there. It’s been 40 years, peo­ple. It hap­pened. Get used to it. in reply to BadAs­tronomer #
  • @aslap­inthe­face See, I can surk the web from my iPhone, so there’s really no escape. The surk, like the rhythm, is going to get you. in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @PhilRossi You mean peo­ple some­times use Twit­ter to pro­mote them­selves? #shocked­todis­covergam­blinginthis­es­tab­lish­ment in reply to PhilRossi #
  • @Melzer I’ve worked Black Fri­day at Com­pUSA. Some­times, late at night, I can still hear the scream­ing… in reply to Melzer #
  • The more unpleas­ant and tedious the work task, the more cap­ti­vat­ing I find the Twit­ter. Funny, that. #
  • @aslap­inthe­face For­tu­nately I’m long enough removed from the sov­er­eign nation of Texas that I don’t remem­ber how “Cot­ton Eyed” Joe goes. Ha! in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @ban­tam­spec­tra Depends on if the Tin Man could divert Iron Man into the fly­ing mon­keys and gum up his intakes. in reply to ban­tam­spec­tra #
  • @aslap­inthe­face That’s depress­ingly opti­mistic. Or opti­misti­cally depress­ing. Or hey, where’s my Aleve? in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @aslap­inthe­face Darn, if only YouTube weren’t blocked at the office. in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @Wee­Laura Just drive around for a while, and the tires will rotate all by them­selves. in reply to Wee­Laura #
  • @aslap­inthe­face I’m still try­ing to get to five min­utes of work. Pac­ing myself. Don’t want to overdo it. in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane Odd though how we writ­ers get lots of soli­tude or whirl­wind crowds but lit­tle in between. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @Wee­Laura I got a mil­lion of ‘em. Mostly because peo­ple keep giv­ing them back. in reply to Wee­Laura #
  • @aslap­inthe­face Hal­loween, hell, I’m stor­ing up energy for NaNoW­riMo. in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @robkroese I got this hippo to keep the buf­falo away. Don’t see any buf­falo in the yard? It’s because of the hippo. in reply to robkroese #
  • @aslap­inthe­face NaNoW­riMo itself isn’t so bad. It’s my lunatic inten­tion to do it 10 months in a row that has me ques­tion­ing my san­ity. in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @mws­me­dia GnR orig­i­nal or Sheryl Crow cover? Both are good. in reply to mws­me­dia #
  • @aslap­inthe­face http://bit.ly/oe8Lv in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @mws­me­dia Yeah, I guess that would have been the 90s/​00s #ihaveno­con­ceptoftime in reply to mws­me­dia #
  • @crimsonsky76 Points are much eas­ier to spend because they’re “not real money.” See also: poker chips in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • RT @RachelleGardner: A writer must not shift your point of view. #writ­ingtip #
  • RT @RachelleGardner: Prepo­si­tions are not words to end sen­tences with. #writ­ingtip #
  • We actu­ally have some­one at this com­pany named “Aster­isk”. Peo­ple do that now? I could name a kid, say, “Amper­sand” and that’s okay? #
  • @aslap­inthe­face But please, peo­ple, do not name a child “pound sign” or “colon”. You’re just ask­ing for trou­ble in the school­yard. in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @aslap­inthe­face You could get away with nam­ing a lit­tle girl “Em Dash” as long as peo­ple thought she was named “Emily”. in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @jeanet­temarsh That would have been less con­fus­ing, actu­ally. in reply to jeanet­temarsh #
  • @mighty­mur Imhotep is clearly try­ing to lull peo­ple into a false sense of secu­rity. And get candy. in reply to mighty­mur #
  • @aslap­inthe­face *facepalm* in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • RT @RachelleGardner: Take the bull by the hand and avoid mix­ing metaphors. #writ­ingtip #
  • RT @scifirules: What really hap­pened to Sanctuary’s Ash­ley #scifi http://bit.ly/3kNICs /​/​FTR, I’m okay with this & the com­ments depress me. #
  • @michael­spence Yeah, Castle’s quickly becom­ing my one can’t-miss show of the week, and not just because I’m a Brown­coat. in reply to michael­spence #
  • Inter­est­ing. You don’t have to fol­low some­one on Twit­ter to put them in one of your lists. Lots of poten­tial there. #
  • @Jere­myC­Shipp Frankly I was hop­ing for more gall blad­der. And maybe a lit­tle thy­roid. in reply to Jere­myC­Shipp #
  • RT @RachelleGardner: Par­en­thet­i­cal remarks (how­ever rel­e­vant) are (usu­ally) unnec­es­sary. #writ­ingtip /​/​(I do this far too much myself.) #
  • RT @RachelleGardner: If any word is improper at the end of a sen­tence, a link­ing verb is. #writ­ingtip /​/​Unless Yoda, you are. #
  • @Jere­myC­Shipp Where’s the fun in a purely evil char­ac­ter? I’d much rather have the antag­o­nist dri­ven by what he thinks is right. in reply to Jere­myC­Shipp #
  • @AfrimKa­caj MC Escher’s world. in reply to AfrimKa­caj #
  • @robkroese Danke, sir! in reply to robkroese #
  • @ChrisLeck­ness Totally worth it at that price. I pre­fer it over Tap Tap because I can focus on spe­cific instru­ments in reply to ChrisLeck­ness #
  • Wow, my nearly 5000 tweets, assum­ing an aver­age of 100 char­ac­ters, aver­age of four char­ac­ters per word, comes out to nearly 100,000 words. #
  • @jkendrick Yeah, I’m talk­ing about my own work. But is it pos­i­tive or neg­a­tive for me to pod­cast a novel I wrote 13 years ago? in reply to jkendrick #
  • Big Fri­day night ahead con­sist­ing of buy­ing cat food and lasagna, going home and watch­ing a lit­tle TV before bed. #writ­er­shaveallthefun #
  • @The­BigK­losowski Fate still owes me $20. Dead­beat. in reply to The­BigK­losowski #
  • @crimsonsky76 Not sure the lit­er­ary world is ready for a stream of my con­scious­ness. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @crimsonsky76 And tomor­row, the last day I get to sleep in until after Labor Day 2010. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • Will prob­a­bly hit tweet 5000 some time this week­end. Feel like I should use it to say some­thing pro­found, but why start now? #
  • @nlow­ell I knew he was right when I heard that on the panel, but didn’t want to admit it. Grr. in reply to nlow­ell #
  • @robkroese XSive Sui­cide? in reply to robkroese #
  • @robkroese Because really, one is too many. in reply to robkroese #
  • @Alli_​Flowers owowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowow… in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • @Alli_​Flowers Infi­nite recur­sion makes me sneeze. in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • @dgawlik324 I was so try­ing to cut the don­key scene from my mem­ory… in reply to dgawlik324 #
  • @Bsti­Natosi I’m glad I bought one of Mac’s books while he was still around. Was just get­ting to know him. in reply to Bsti­Natosi #
  • @BadAs­tronomer And pre­sum­ably, more uni­ver­sal, not tied to any par­tic­u­lar client. in reply to BadAs­tronomer #
  • @tib­bar­erew I’m watch­ing the Crim­i­nal Minds @wilw is allegedly in, but haven’t seen him yet. in reply to tib­bar­erew #
  • @wilw Okay you were hella creepy in Crim­i­nal Minds. <shudder/​> in reply to wilw #
  • RT @wilw: Time for another episode of tru FACTS w/​WIL WHEATON: Young Franken­stein is 1 of the great­est movies of all time. Absolute genius. #
  • @mpmore­head It’s a cliché for a rea­son: each rejec­tion is one step closer to a sale. in reply to mpmore­head #
  • RT @CRA1G: RT @AtheistHitSquad: The more I think about it.… the more I real­ize that Jesus was a social­ist. /​/​And a hard­core one at that. #
  • @Colleen­Lind­say @Rachel­le­Gard­ner And now I’ve just eaten two fun sized But­terfin­gers. in reply to Colleen­Lind­say #
  • @CRA1G BRAINBLEACH in reply to CRA1G #
  • @RobinIn­Seoul Bet­ter ques­tion is who will be able to tell. Given prop­erty val­ues in Detroit, there could be lit­er­ally $1000s in dam­age. in reply to RobinIn­Seoul #
  • @CRA1G empa­thy in reply to CRA1G #
  • @PGHoly­field Your inter­nal clock is look­ing for cheap nylons? in reply to PGHoly­field #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane wack­achick­awack­achika… in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @RobT43 jail­break and install just Music Con­trols. Pan­dora in the back­ground with the flak­i­ness of Back­grounder. in reply to RobT43 #
  • @kimidreams ( … ) in reply to kimidreams #
  • I have not been this ner­vous in… I’m not sure I’ve ever been this ner­vous. #
  • My mind is lit­er­ally bounc­ing around like a Bing com­mer­cial. #
  • @Alli_​Flowers http://bit.ly/nHoz2 I’m going to write 7 nov­els in 10 months, start­ing in 4 hours. in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • And the crowd here in Chipo­tle is get­ting lively. Amaz­ing what peo­ple with tiny bot­tles of vodka will tell a guy with a lap­top. #
  • @crimsonsky76 I keep telling myself, this is doable, I’m not really crazy… in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @Garten­berg Levitt really is a genius. in reply to Garten­berg #
  • I think I was this ner­vous get­ting on the bus to Basic Train­ing. Maybe. #
  • Lis­ten­ing to Stephen King — On Writ­ing (Unabridged) http://qtwt.us/fod #
  • @Melzer Well, yeah, obvi­ously I’ll just sit down and write. Every day. Until Drag­onCon. in reply to Melzer #
  • RT @wilw: Me: Are you Anakin? 5 year-​old: No, I’m Obi-​Wan. Me: What­ever, kid, you’re from the pre­quels. Anne: Don’t you start. Me: Sorry. in reply to wilw #
  • @crimsonsky76 It’s just like roller coast­ers for me. As soon as I crest that first hill, I’ll relax and enjoy the ride. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @wilw Wow, your mar­riage is made of awe­some. in reply to wilw #
  • @MaxGeek MUST HAVE WRITINGSES! in reply to MaxGeek #
  • @NotZura My life is becom­ing defined by hol­i­days. Might fin­ish Rev­e­la­tion by Thanks­giv­ing, Cru­sade by xmas, Jihad by President’s Day… in reply to NotZura #
  • @MaxGeek Out­lines are for paint by num­bers types! I have a hand­ful of bul­let points and might not use that. Bring it! in reply to MaxGeek #
  • @MaxGeek #MGUWC Write every day for 300 days, rain or shine, happy or sad. BRING. IT. in reply to MaxGeek #
  • @Blaque­Saber What would you con­sider a pantser who knows how it ends? in reply to Blaque­Saber #
  • @Blaque­Saber I know how all seven books begin and end, but I’m wing­ing the mid­dle bits. in reply to Blaque­Saber #
  • @Blaque­Saber I’m writ­ing 7 books in 10 months, from NaNo to Drag­onCon. NaNo 2010 will be Ghost Ronin, a com­pletely dif­fer­ent book. in reply to Blaque­Saber #
  • @Blaque­Saber Excel­lent ques­tion. I have no idea yet. Con­ven­tional wis­dom is that a 7 book series by a debut author is unsellable. in reply to Blaque­Saber #
  • @Blaque­Saber Ah, you see my plan. in reply to Blaque­Saber #
  • @robkroese I’m blown away by a Base­ment Cat named Carl Sagan. in reply to robkroese #
  • @Nobilis Best of luck to you! in reply to Nobilis #
  • @Dar­ren­Humphries Because NaNoW­riMo stops for no one. in reply to Dar­ren­Humphries #
  • @Ali_​Davis With or with­out boom­box? in reply to Ali_​Davis #
  • @Nobilis w00t! Keep going! in reply to Nobilis #
  • Decou­pling from the Twit­ter machine. T-​17 min­utes to NaNoW­riMo and #MGUWC #
  • 2165 words in my first hour. More writ­ing at 6am, after about 4 hours of sleep. #NaNoW­riMo #MGUWC #
  • Ooh, five hours of sleep! Thank you Day­light Sav­ings Time! #
  • @Nobilis I’m at 2165 from last night’s kick­off, hop­ing I can squeeze in enough dur­ing the Bron­cos game to crest 3k. Writein later #nanow­rimo in reply to Nobilis #
  • Watch­ing Bron­cos pregame. The sun is over the yardarm some­where, right? #
  • @rcartwright I give up noth­ing, is just get the day’s writ­ing done first. in reply to rcartwright #
  • @rcartwright If only I had a pc capa­ble of playig LOTRO. Maybe when I replace my 2133 with a HP Mini 311 and yummy nVidia Ion graph­ics… in reply to rcartwright #
  • @rcartwright We both can tweet from the @MaxGeek account, but it’s usu­ally Josh in reply to rcartwright #
  • @aslap­inthe­face Of course Palin’s going to run. When has ratio­nal­ity stopped her before? in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane I know the feel­ing! in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane Come on over! We might even have ade­quate health care some­day! in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @jen­ny­beanses Vamp Wil­low = hot; Witch Wil­low = sweet. Depends on what I’m in the mood for. in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • Unsure if I should feel guilty for goof­ing around on Twit­ter instead of writ­ing, con­sid­er­ing I’m sit­ting at 3200 words for today. #
  • @Garten­berg Best sea­son of the five, by far in reply to Garten­berg #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane Just no drink before. Trust me, bad idea. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @Ali_​Davis Elec­tions: So easy a cave­man can win them. in reply to Ali_​Davis #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane Yay for NaNo! What are you writ­ing? in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @Blaque­Saber I’m at 3006. Think I’m done for the day. in reply to Blaque­Saber #

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