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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-​11-​08

  • RT @BadAstronomer: Holy crap, the pole-​shift peo­ple were right! The Sun set a *full hour early* tonight! Clearly the Earth’s axis… oh. Wait. #
  • #NaNoW­riMo day one: 3307 words. Will add more in about 9 hours. #
  • 724 words this morn­ing, will make up the other 1276 later today. #NaNaW­riMo #MGUWC #
  • @CRA1G Because it gave me an extra hour to write for #NaNoW­riMo and #MGUWC in reply to CRA1G #
  • The Mad­ness http://bit.ly/3ve7Cl #
  • @robkroese I’ve been pretty bro­ken hearted about that myself. Joel Grey was amaz­ing as Chiun. in reply to robkroese #
  • RT @paulapoundstone: Oh, no, oh, no, Abdu­lah Abdu­lah got out of the race. What now? What now? #
  • @CRA1G Ever­note pre­mium. Sup­ports file attach­ments to notes, you can edit them in place. Syncs to every­thing. in reply to CRA1G #
  • @robkroese I have the same prob­lem try­ing to record Do Over. And I’ve been pod­cast­ing for years. God only knows why I have lis­ten­ers. in reply to robkroese #
  • @tib­bar­erew I’m still mega­sore from push­ing my car out of the snow. Will work out when I quit being old and busted. in reply to tib­bar­erew #
  • RT @warrenellis: i wish to ride into bat­tle upon a school of Mon­go­lian Ter­ror Trout #
  • RT @warrenellis: and by “ride into bat­tle” i mean “go to the pub” #
  • @niassa I’m try­ing to decide between word count or Chipo­tle. Those who know me well already know how this is going to turn out. in reply to niassa #
  • @aslap­inthe­face Book 1 is sit­ting at 4031 right now as I decide if I can get a bur­rito and then write after work. in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @Ras­plundjr If you could cre­ate thin tarts out of sweet air, would that suf­fice? in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • @dmc­duck Right there with ya. Under 800 words of NaNo so far, though I did write a 1000 word blog post. in reply to dmc­duck #
  • @niassa I could try, but will prob­a­bly only get 500 or so. Wor­thy exper­i­ment. in reply to niassa #
  • @niassa And I got 600 words at Chipo­tle. Steak bur­rito and word count. Can’t go wrong there. in reply to niassa #
  • RT @RachelleGardner: I believe the road to helll is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops. ~Stephen King #
  • @Justin­Macum­ber Good call. Some­how I got a sim­i­lar effect by adding David Arnold to my Hans Zim­mer /​James New­ton Howard sta­tion on Pan­dora. in reply to Justin­Macum­ber #
  • @jkendrick Snark all you want, but King is right. Adverbs are teh debil. in reply to jkendrick #
  • Rev­e­la­tion sit­ting at 4633. Need 567 words by bed­time for daily 2k quota. #NaNoW­riMo #MGUWC #
  • @kazoochica Wow, rockin’ the word count. in reply to kazoochica #
  • @Ras­plundjr Depends on the neigh­bor­hood and what they’re charg­ing. in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • I should be writ­ing (apolo­gies to Mur) and yet, I’m look­ing at pic­tures of rac­coons com­mut­ing. http://bit.ly/whPXh #
  • RT @Randazzoj: Atten­tion dog fol­low­ers: Arf arf arf. Arf arf arf arf. Arf arf Tom Size­more arf. Arf bow wow? 22.5 arf bark arf. #
  • @robkroese I’m tempted to run my audio through fil­ters until it sounds like demons read­ing it. in reply to robkroese #
  • RT @webis_mobile: PI Lite was rejected because of the app descrip­tion “Does not use iPhone Cal­en­dar due to Apple Restric­tions”. Resub­mit­ting #
  • Trans­form­ers: Some Assem­bly Required #unseen­pre­quels #
  • @crimsonsky76 Just 140 words short of 2k for the day. I’ll have it posted shortly. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • 2004 words for today putting the Rev­e­la­tion man­u­script at 5204. Now I can watch SG1 on Hulu with impunity when I get home. #NaNoW­riMo #MGUWC #
  • RT @Randazzoj: There’s an old proverb among psy­chics: #
  • RT @FakeAPStylebook: It is poor news­room eti­quette to throw your­self out of the win­dow to prove that your co-​worker is Super­man. #
  • @Nofrendo You rode your bike to Chipo­tle? That’s ded­i­ca­tion, man. in reply to Nofrendo #
  • @caitkitt Mon­day will stop suck­ing at 11:59:59 in reply to caitkitt #
  • @BaronessHeather You real­ize, of course, that mari­achis you meet on the road are heav­ily armed. in reply to BaronessHeather #
  • @crimsonsky76 Story’s on! in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @tib­bar­erew Go Josh Go! Just a lit­tle slower than me! in reply to tib­bar­erew #
  • @dmc­duck I got my 2000 for the day. And 4 more. in reply to dmc­duck #
  • @robkroese Are you doing effects and voices and what­not, or an Audible-​style straight read? in reply to robkroese #
  • RT @scottsigler: Half of me is sad that NFL sea­son is half over. The other half of me is a Lions fan, so just kill me now. #
  • @NotZura Just remem­ber that some of those things you haven’t lis­tened to for a rea­son. in reply to NotZura #
  • RT @WildeAboutOscar: Lawrence of Aberdeen #unseen­pre­quels #
  • Just over an hour behind real­time on the Twit­ter, but I had writ­ing and work stuff to do. And can’t go home because IPHONE IS STILL SYNCING. #
  • @Steph­TheWriter My first day’s NaNo work described a six year old in a car crash as a “bag of meat”, so I think I started a bit dark. in reply to Steph­TheWriter #
  • @NotZura w00t I HAZ A FRIEND in reply to NotZura #
  • @jen­ny­beanses Because she was such a pain in the ass in Sneak­ers? in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • @Alli_​Flowers Okay, smarty pants, what’s another word for the­saurus? in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • @The­BigK­losowski Orig­i­nal or remake? Or is that a moot ques­tion? in reply to The­BigK­losowski #
  • @Garten­berg I heard Apple will let you stream stuff that hasn’t even been filmed yet with their sub­scrip­tion ser­vice on the new tablet! in reply to Garten­berg #
  • @Garten­berg See, that’s the power of Apple. Even their imag­i­nary prod­ucts crush the com­pe­ti­tion. in reply to Garten­berg #
  • @robkroese http://bit.ly/2xBkMa in reply to robkroese #
  • @robkroese I tried to be a screen­writer before real­iz­ing that nov­els are more my speed. in reply to robkroese #
  • At this point, I don’t think my iPhone is actu­ally sync­ing at all, and is just tor­tur­ing me for the fun of it. Stu­pid phone. #
  • @Dar­ren­Humphries I just need to find a way to lib­er­ate the iPhone from iTunes. That’s really the bloated pig here. in reply to Dar­ren­Humphries #
  • Okay, word­count achieved, actual work done, caught up to real­time on Twit­ter, iPhone still sync­ing. Time to pull the plug. #
  • @Dar­ren­Humphries I’m sure it doesn’t help that I’m run­ning iTunes on a HP Mini 2133 (CPU by Via, not Intel), but still. in reply to Dar­ren­Humphries #
  • @joekeg Hey, why aren’t you and @dgawlik324 doing #Nanow­rimo? I damn well you’ve got the cre­ativ­ity! in reply to joekeg #
  • @michelle­jnor­ton I have to say that @jupiter_​star is mak­ing me feel woe­fully inad­e­quate. Y’know, as a writer. in reply to michelle­jnor­ton #
  • Relaxed and enjoy­ing Big Bang The­ory and Cas­tle with the clear con­science of some­one who met his word­count quota. #nanow­rimo #mguwc #
  • Yay! Iz time for @WriteRCastle! #
  • @tib­bar­erew Yay clue! (or lack thereof) #MGUWC #NaNoW­riMo in reply to tib­bar­erew #
  • I never appre­ci­ated the nuances of the word “skeevy” until just now. — @WriteR­Cas­tle #
  • @tib­bar­erew 3k? W00t! #MGUWC in reply to tib­bar­erew #
  • @spleeni­cal Why is present tense caus­ing you so much trou­ble? in reply to spleeni­cal #
  • @Blaque­Saber Over the past 15 years? Includ­ing pre­vi­ous inca­na­tions? 200,000 words, maybe. in reply to Blaque­Saber #
  • @spleeni­cal Try think­ing of it as a screen­play. Those are all present tense. in reply to spleeni­cal #
  • RT @OTOOLEFAN: Sean Han­nity would have called our Found­ing Fathers “Rad­i­cals” & informed on them. #
  • @NotZura The 5th den­tist caved and now they’re all rec­om­mend­ing Tri­dent! in reply to NotZura #
  • Writ­ing music on Pan­dora, a nice mix of scores and elec­tron­ica. http://bit.ly/2BFDo0 #
  • 796 words this morn­ing at Chick-​fil-​a, where they have AC and wifi. Must decide before lunch if Daniel resists arrest. #nanow­rimo #mguwc #
  • Who else is doing the Max­i­mum Geek Ulti­mate Writ­ing Chal­lenge? Com­mit to writ­ing some­thing 300 days in a row and make it a habit! #mguwc #
  • @aslap­inthe­face o_​0 in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @joekeg You say that like it’s a bad thing. in reply to joekeg #
  • RT @FakeAPStylebook: “Buggy jockey” is an insult­ing term to the Amish and should only be used in the online edi­tion. #
  • @Ras­plundjr Any­thing you want! I’m writ­ing a seven book series, but my writ­ing part­ner @tib­bar­erew is doing mul­ti­ple projects. #mguwc in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • @Ras­plundjr Look at how many peo­ple ONLY write dur­ing #NaNoW­riMo. Writ­ing should be an every day obses­sion. #mguwc in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • @jkendrick So, for the Amish, then? in reply to jkendrick #
  • Not watch­ing V tonight but will add it to my Hulu queue if it’s avail­able. I watch very few things live any­more. #whatisthistvyouspeakof #
  • RT @OTOOLEFAN: Dick Cheney said he had “other pri­or­i­ties” besides Viet­nam. Yea, like sav­ing his fat ass. #
  • @West­ern­wiz­ard Yeah, the edit­ing part is going to be tough for me to weave in after a full year of first draft. in reply to West­ern­wiz­ard #
  • RT @kdaleauthor: It’s a pretty good exer­cise to twit­ter your #wip sen­tences. It makes you cut out words, and you learn what’s nonessen­tial. #
  • @robkroese But if you don’t vote for a lizard, the wrong lizard might get in. #V #HHGTTG in reply to robkroese #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane A friend of mine used to have a .22 Brown­ing that I just loved. That pis­tol was tele­pathic. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • So, when I save a link to Instapa­per, that’s as good as actu­ally read­ing it, right? #
  • @aslap­inthe­face I work in tech sup­port. That’s pretty much every day. in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @jkendrick I still fol­low Mac Ton­nies. Haven’t had the heart to remove him. in reply to jkendrick #
  • RT @Caped­Jack­ass Sad: Cre­ation­ist under­stand­ing of evo­lu­tion. Funny: Cre­ation­ist explain­ing aquar­i­ums on the Ark to save fresh­wa­ter fish. #
  • @scot­bot­mosh I’m not mock­ing God. I’m retweet­ing some­one mock­ing the cre­ation­ists for not accept­ing the uni­verse God has given them. in reply to scot­bot­mosh #
  • @ana­mariecox Two words. Ah. Choo. in reply to ana­mariecox #
  • @MaxGeek Can I hula it? in reply to MaxGeek #
  • @robkroese If you’ve never done a script, they’ll prob­a­bly let you do a first draft and then have some­one rewrite it. in reply to robkroese #
  • @Ste­fer­s­the­Great “I’m sorry, Inigo. I did not mean to jog him so hard.” in reply to Ste­fer­s­the­Great #
  • Chérie Has A Spe­cial Form Let­ter For You To Send Your Friends and Fam­ily http://bit.ly/lAPN0 #
  • RT @robkroese: It’s nano wrimo! The time of year to write a novel that is too small to be seen by the naked eye! #
  • 789 words at Chipo­tle over lunch. #nanow­rimo #mguwc #
  • Rev­e­la­tion word­count sit­ting at an oddly sequen­tial 6789. #nanow­rimo #mguwc #
  • @Ras­plundjr Keep going! Write through the phlegm! in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • Atten­tion @mike­cane ! Fun, enter­tain­ing and pub­lish­able books can be writ­ten quickly! http://bit.ly/4n3adw #
  • @sci­fir­ules Heroes may as well be in the Mar­vel U. No one stays dead for long. in reply to sci­fir­ules #
  • RT @jchutchins: I’m sell­ing books to save boobs. YOU can help. Check http://bit.ly/fpzlS and read my addi­tion to the com­ments for clar­ity. #
  • I love me some Chipo­tle, but I also love munch­ing on lemon slices for the rest of the after­noon. #cheap #vit­a­m­inC #
  • @ange­la­james Never been but can’t imag­ine those cruise­lin­ers would sway much in any­thing short of a hur­ri­cane. in reply to ange­la­james #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane You real­ize what talk like that does to Amer­i­can men, right? in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @jen­ny­beanses I voted once, but I’m pulling for the Squeenager! in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • @Ras­plundjr Con­scious­ness is highly over­rated for authors. Ken Kesey wrote when not tech­ni­cally con­scious, so you can too! in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • @Ras­plundjr Don’t think there’s much “might” about it. in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • @Ras­plundjr Here, have some of my lemon slices. in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • @jkendrick I’m sit­ting at 1584 for the day, total man­u­script is 6789. Not only will I get my 2k of fic­tion, I might post to the blog again. in reply to jkendrick #
  • Start­ing to think my recent fas­ci­na­tion with eat­ing lemon slices from Chipo­tle might have some­thing to do with my recent tooth sen­si­tiv­ity. #
  • @jkendrick I had some lovely bar­ba­coa tacos today before writ­ing. Iz effi­cient. in reply to jkendrick #
  • @jen­ny­beanses That describes pretty much every episode of @MaxGeek actu­ally. in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • @mom­my­wantsvodka Sit under a light bulb for a while. in reply to mom­my­wantsvodka #
  • @CRA1G The Watusi. in reply to CRA1G #
  • @Ste­fer­s­the­Great I tried it yes­ter­day. There are vary­ing lev­els of pun­ish­ment if you stop writ­ing, but I opted to stick with Word any­way. in reply to Ste­fer­s­the­Great #
  • @suzzzanna I’m done spend­ing money on Hope. Worst strip­per name EVER. in reply to suzzzanna #
  • @jkendrick If I stick to 2k words a day, plus blogging/​tweeting, I’m gonna be pretty darn happy with my out­put. Bur­ri­tos FTW. in reply to jkendrick #
  • @jupiter_​star Seri­ously, you’re killing me. I was just start­ing to feel good about my writ­ing out­put! *sniff* in reply to jupiter_​star #
  • @mighty­mur I hate it when my fin­gers mis­hear what my brain is telling them to write. in reply to mighty­mur #
  • @jkendrick I used to get a bol every day, but now I mix it up depend­ing on mood. #Chipo­tle in reply to jkendrick #
  • @jkendrick That’s what Audible/​podcasts are for. in reply to jkendrick #
  • @crimsonsky76 I’m telling you, the Apple App Store approval process was writ­ten by Franz Kafka. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • Weird. Fol­low­ing a third of a thou­sand and fol­lowed by half a thou­sand. I like frac­tions. #
  • @crimsonsky76 Hey! You and I are ex-​government work­ers! in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • RT @CRA1G: I’m totally going to start refer­ring to H1N1 as “hamthrax”. (h/​t @michael­w­dor­ris) #
  • @robkroese Yeah, good luck with that. in reply to robkroese #
  • And then my brain came to a screech­ing halt. #
  • While the Max­i­mum Geek Ulti­mate Writ­ing Chal­lenge is meant to instill a life­long writ­ing habit, pls stop short of this. http://bit.ly/2XYbWX #
  • @OTOOLEFAN Friendly fire bul­lets are made of uni­corn tears. in reply to OTOOLEFAN #
  • @kimidreams <singing>GET OUT DA FUNK! GET OUT DA FUNK!<guitar_solo style=70s/></singing> (did that work?) in reply to kimidreams #
  • @Capri­c­a­S­even Can the birds be going to the dogs? in reply to Capri­c­a­S­even #
  • RT @robkroese: Just watched the 1st 8 min­utes of “V” online. Turns out the aliens are giant lizard-​eating ham­sters. #irony #
  • @caitkitt Out­lines evil. And not in a good way. in reply to caitkitt #
  • RT @DBsilverdragon: When­ever you delete a sen­tence in your novel, a #NaNo angel loses its wings and plum­mets scream­ing to the ground. #
  • RT @doctorow: Text of secret copy­right treaty leaks. http://tinyurl.com/yhkkg73 It is really, really bad. #
  • @dmc­duck Over the past few days, I’ve been get­ting all my words in ~800 word bursts through­out the day, not the 3k sin­gle chunk I expected. in reply to dmc­duck #
  • @crimsonsky76 w00t! Writ­ing is writ­ing, Don, and remem­ber what Thoreau said about unex­am­ined lives. Jour­nal­ing FTW #MGUWC in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • RT @cnnbrk: A Louisiana jus­tice of the peace who refused to issue mar­riages license to an inter­ra­cial cou­ples has resigned http://cnn.com #
  • RT @Randazzoj: Wow, busy day today. I had no idea it would take so long to kill&dress a deer & build a dio­rama of Wash­ing­ton, DC inside it. #
  • @robkroese You know if you ever fin­ished build­ing your house of fail­ure the irony police would just tear it down. in reply to robkroese #
  • @YouInThe­Blue You could always but the banana in your ear. #char­li­ethe­unicornisthe­bananaking in reply to YouInThe­Blue #
  • @eliyan­nakaiser This phrase, “too com­pet­i­tive”, I don’t under­stand this. in reply to eliyan­nakaiser #
  • @Wee­Laura Well, there is, but it’s seg­re­gated from the other fonts. in reply to Wee­Laura #
  • #Nano day1 3200. Day2 2004 + 934 blog = 2938 total. Day3 1585 + 841 blog for tomor­row, 2426. Need 574 more for 3K. I can do this. #
  • RT @wilw: Turns out that mis­read­ing the head­line “Blow­ing Jobs to China” gives me a ter­rific fit of the gig­gles. #
  • RT @robkroese: Now I’ve got Europe’s “Final Count­down” stuck in my head, but with the words “House of Fail­ure.” “It’s the HOUSE OF FAILURE!” #
  • RT @JeremyCShipp: Feel­ing sick, work­ing on my NaNo book, eat­ing the rub­ber chicken noo­dle soup the attic clowns made for me. #
  • @extral­ife Wow, heck­uva cast on that thing. in reply to extral­ife #
  • Final Day 3 #NaNoW­riMo #MGUWC count: 2001 words, Rev­e­la­tion sit­ting at 7205. Also did 1573 for the blog, com­bined 3574 for the day. w00t! #
  • @MaxGeek Con­sid­er­ing I got no pre-​office writ­ing done, maybe. in reply to MaxGeek #
  • @scottsigler Hocus Pocus in reply to scottsigler #
  • It’s morn­ings like this I really miss the taste of human flesh roasted over an open pit. #
  • @robkroese Also “Godzilla” by BOC in reply to robkroese #
  • @scottsigler Tremors in reply to scottsigler #
  • 45 grudg­ing words today. Not unlike wad­ing in wet con­crete. #nanow­rimo #mguwc #
  • Up to 352 words today. I’ve even resorted to my Blink 182 sta­tion on Pan­dora for energy. Must make brain do bring things. #nanow­rimo #mguwc #
  • 653 words so far today. One of my beta read­ers told me the dia­logue reads like “Gilmore Girls” which I’m tak­ing as a huge com­pli­ment. #mguwc #
  • @aslap­inthe­face I’m manly enough to admit I have all 7 sea­sons of Gilmore on DVD. Some of the best dia­logue on TV (and Lau­ren Gra­ham is hot) in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @crimsonsky76 No that blank is just the expres­sion on my face. :-| in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @aslap­inthe­face What, it’s not like hand san­i­tizer has alco­hol in it or… oh. in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @YouInThe­Blue I grew up in Hous­ton in the 70s. I’m fairly cer­tain I’m at least 30% Tang. in reply to YouInThe­Blue #
  • @aslap­inthe­face Well, they had to. It’s not like they were just going to end it in a diner with Jour­ney play­ing… No one does that… in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @aslap­inthe­face Me? Never! Jour­ney was a vital part of my mid­dle school career! in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • Coworker, pro­gram­ming: No, I don’t want tem­po­rary val­ues! Me: Well, if you have val­ues, those are the kind to have. #
  • @aslap­inthe­face Can’t say I’ve ever tried being a six foot tall girl. in reply to aslap­inthe­face #
  • @kimidreams Yeah, you’re a lot bet­ter than you think, Kimi. in reply to kimidreams #
  • @amber_​benson Truth no longer exists in pol­i­tics. Didn’t you get the memo? in reply to amber_​benson #
  • “I’m’a let you fin­ish, V’s, but Inde­pen­dence Day had one of the best alien inva­sions of ALL TIME.” — @robkroese #
  • @NotZura Don’t blame me, blame Rob. And hey, at least it wasn’t another #cow­film like “From Ear to Udder­nity.” in reply to NotZura #
  • @NaNoW­riMo My novel’s a Word attach­ment in @Evernote, so it’s automag­i­cally synced to cloud, PC, net­book, iPhone, etc. in reply to NaNoW­riMo #
  • @gina­tra­pani That’s because women are essen­tially inef­fa­ble, right? in reply to gina­tra­pani #
  • @joekeg I knew some­one would knock down that set up. in reply to joekeg #
  • 1160 words so far today, mostly half-​witty ban­ter. Slow and steady wins the race… #nanow­rimo #mguwc #
  • @MariKurisato I have, but can’t do kamikaze mode at the office where I’m guar­an­teed to be inter­rupted. in reply to MariKurisato #
  • Must… push through… to 2k… for the day… Only… 684 words… to go… (thud) #nanow­rimo #mguwc #
  • Not to men­tion that the dia­logue in today’s work sounds sus­pi­ciously like Dante and Ran­dall from “Clerks”… #
  • I’m not say­ing this is a way to cheat at #nanow­rimo, but http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212251 #
  • Sus­pi­cious that no mat­ter how many times I come over to check Twit­ter, more words do not appear in my man­u­script… #nanow­rimo #mguwc #
  • @niassa That is, with­out a doubt, the best Rob Schnei­der impres­sion I’ve seen all day. in reply to niassa #
  • Pan­dora is frig­gin tele­pathic. As soon as I get to a scene where my char­ac­ter has to be sneaky, it starts play­ing the James Bond theme. #
  • @jen­ny­beanses I hated Spike at first but by the end of Buffy sea­son seven, he was one of my favorites. Les­son for writ­ers, there. in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • @NotZura *crosses arms and snaps fin­gers* in reply to NotZura #
  • @dmc­duck I was hop­ing to get to 10k today, but I was lucky to get the 2008 words I got. Skip­ping morn­ing writ­ing ses­sion not an option. in reply to dmc­duck #
  • @ela­naroth 15 min­utes, no more. in reply to ela­naroth #
  • @robkroese So he has 2… broth­ers? Actu­ally, for a monk that would work… in reply to robkroese #
  • @jen­ny­beanses “That bench… We drained a home­less guy right there, me and Dru…” in reply to jen­ny­beanses #
  • @jchutchins Good ques­tion. What are the ben­e­fits? in reply to jchutchins #
  • Con­sid­er­ing try­ing to get another 787 words to reach 10k for the book, but also record­ing a new @MaxGeek pod­cast tonight. #
  • @suzzzanna 5th base is actu­ally ille­gal in 43 states. in reply to suzzzanna #
  • @Bsti­Natosi We’re not sup­posed to talk about that. in reply to Bsti­Natosi #
  • @crimsonsky76 No way Apple drops the Mac Pro. Too many graph­ics pros need the expand­abilty. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @mighty­mur I think I might have to start avoid­ing Twit­ter until I get my daily word count quota. Car­rot and stick thing. in reply to mighty­mur #
  • @Ras­plundjr Right there with you. The urge to go back to bed when the alarm went off was over­whelm­ing. in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • PTSD is a real con­se­quence of war. Let’s pre­vent another Fort Hood by get­ting our ser­vice men and women the treat­ment they need. #
  • In #nanow­rimo #mguwc news, man­aged 586 words at Chipo­tle over lunch. If I can get 2,201 more tonight I can hit 12k today. #
  • @samill1 I’ve done most of my writ­ing at Chipo­tle for the last decade or so. It’s just a good envi­ron­ment for me. in reply to samill1 #
  • @kimidreams So write instead. in reply to kimidreams #
  • @crimsonsky76 I’d been intrigued by the idea of writ­ing an all dia­logue scene, and sud­denly there was a legit­i­mate use for one. in reply to crimsonsky76 #
  • @caitkitt HELLS YEAH in reply to caitkitt #
  • Got some­where north of 600 words today, still aver­ag­ing more than 2k/​day, & thus I declare vic­tory and go the heck to bed. #mguwc #nanow­rimo #
  • RT @jennybeanses: Hop on board the train Char­lie… It’s the Choo Choo Shoe Char­lie… *chugga chugga chugga CHOO CHOO* #
  • I MOSTLY SAVED THE POD MOSTLY #
  • Finally squeeked over 10k. Writ­ing momen­tum is cool, but some­times I just have to pound keys until it gets rolling. #
  • @kimidreams Maybe they’re only the best sort of sheep. We’d prob­a­bly need a rul­ing from @jeanet­temarsh or @Philip­pa­Jane to be sure in reply to kimidreams #
  • 856 words so far today, man­u­script at 10679 total. #mguwc #nanow­rimo #
  • @jkendrick Chipo­tle agrees! My bur­rito was on the house today (no, I didn’t wow them with my writ­ing hero­ics). in reply to jkendrick #
  • Nearly 1000 words at Chipo­tle, need just 617 more to fin­ish the day at 12K. #mguwc #nanow­rimo #
  • @djohngo Okay, back at the office where I can do the math, that’s 704 words divided by 768 calo­ries, or 0.917 words per calo­rie. in reply to djohngo #
  • @mom­my­wantsvodka There’s no rea­son you can’t get wasted and make an ass of your­self at home. #
  • RT @Jere­myC­Shipp Some­times an obtuse tri­an­gle is a cute tri­an­gle. #
  • RT @FakeAPStylebook: Use “The Incred­i­ble Hulk” the first time in piece, then just “Hulk.” See also Mes­mer­iz­ing Janet Reno. #
  • Please RT & sign: Join @alfranken — add your name for #hcr with a #pub­li­cop­tion here: http://bit.ly/T9cLS #
  • @scot­bot­mosh I think we’re going to need the con­text of that con­ver­sa­tion. in reply to scot­bot­mosh #
  • @Ras­plundjr Don’t give them any ideas. A sharp pen­cil is more dan­ger­ous that half the things on that gor­ram sign as it is. in reply to Ras­plundjr #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane My 2010 is going to as hec­tic as yours, but my #oper­a­tionhealthy mostly involves bur­ri­tos. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane That’s what she said? in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane A. You clearly didn’t go to Chipo­tle while you were here. B. No meat with­out a spine. It’s one of my rules. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @Philip­pa­Jane Chipo­tle almost makes up for us not hav­ing real health­care. Or a func­tion­ing gov­ern­ment. in reply to Philip­pa­Jane #
  • @extral­ife Alec Bald­win has become a giant since he started eat­ing the extras on 30 Rock. in reply to extral­ife #
  • SERENITY NOW #
  • @Alli_​Flowers That’ll work too. in reply to Alli_​Flowers #
  • RT @FakeAPStylebook: automaker — Spell as one word, as the U.S. auto indus­try can no longer afford spaces. #
  • @NotZura You just made Mar­cel Marceau very sad. in reply to NotZura #
  • @kimidreams My dad used to call that horse­play, which was weird, because we never had a horse. in reply to kimidreams #
  • @lilith­saint­crow The ques­tion is whether cab­bies in hell are more or less inter­est­ing than cab­bies in New York. in reply to lilith­saint­crow #
  • @Tere­saKopec Sadly, Tan­credo is from my state. We’ve been try­ing to get rid of him. in reply to Tere­saKopec #
  • @Tere­saKopec He’s not, but he still lives here. We did finally get him to stop “rep­re­sent­ing” us. I want to deport him to Mex­ico. in reply to Tere­saKopec #
  • @gabrielle_​h I blame my generation’s comma addic­tion on William Shat­ner and Christo­pher Walken. in reply to gabrielle_​h #
  • Writ­ing Can Save Your Life http://bit.ly/4oRXxo #
  • Okay, as riv­et­ing as my tweet­stream is, I need 687 words in the next hour to be able to watch Hulu tonight! #glam­orouswriterlifestyle #
  • @gabrielle_​h I think a lot of us have been yelled at for comma splices so many times that we got comma-​shy. Maybe just my crit group. in reply to gabrielle_​h #
  • @kimidreams Go Kimi Go! in reply to kimidreams #
  • @arwen­south If only I could write fic­tion in quick bursts like that! in reply to arwen­south #
  • Got 895 words in 36 min­utes. 2385 for today, book at 12208. Will watch Hulu with a clear con­science tonight. #mguwc #nanow­rimo #
  • Just used http://twilk.com to cre­ate a cool Twit­ter back­ground. Check it out! #
  • @kimidreams There are some advan­tages to work­ing the help desk on a Fri­day. Lots of spare time. in reply to kimidreams #
  • @kimidreams All words are good words in a first draft. in reply to kimidreams #
  • RT @splatnuk: The Matrix Reloaded #oneword­toomany #
  • RT @JhonenV: I should tell you I uri­nated in your tea, so don’t drink it. Here’s some new tea. Don’t drink that either. #
  • RT @mommywantsvodka: If I were a vowel, I’d be “some­times y.” #
  • RT @robkroese: http://twitpic.com/ojwr8 — Hey, they’re bet­ter than McNuggets. #
  • At the first of two #NaNoW­riMo write-​ins today. Hop­ing to get 6k today, push­ing the book up over 20k total not out of the ques­tion. #mguwc #
  • 1066 words already today. #nanow­rimo #mguwc #
  • 2014 words at the first write in, 14222 total. #nanow­rimo #mguwc #
  • RT @mommywantsvodka: My life would be sub­stan­tially bet­ter if I were a ninja. #
  • RT @OTOOLEFAN: Times are tough. Unem­ploy­ment hasn’t been this bad since Rea­gan was Pres­i­dent. #
  • @kazoochica YOU GO GIRL! (I can’t pull that off, can I?) in reply to kazoochica #
  • RT @nataliewhipple: Watch­ing Brave­heart for the first time. So far I’ve learned that Scot­tish peo­ple have mul­lets. #
  • RT @jchutchins: Mean­while me and my iPhone and I are march­ing in single-​file, to hide our num­bers. Step off. We’ve got gaffi sticks, bitches #
  • RT @Girl_Detective:House passed health care bill just in time to save John Boehner from what­ever dis­ease is turn­ing him into a human Cheeto. #
  • @Bsti­Natosi it’s really get­ting to the post where don’t have to come up with actual jokes in reply to Bsti­Natosi #
  • @lilith­saint­crow w00t last scene! in reply to lilith­saint­crow #
  • 1020 words today after opti­cal emer­gency that required $300 new glasses (eep). Man­u­script over 15k. #nanow­rimo #mguwc #
  • Writ­ing tomorrow’s blog post now. Yay, more writ­ing. #
  • @Bsti­Natosi Was he actu­ally an authen­tic hobo or just a home­less guy? There are impor­tant cul­tural dif­fer­ences. in reply to Bsti­Natosi #
  • @lilith­saint­crow We’re proud of you! Hope­fully the writ­ing helps get past the other stuff. I know it does for me. in reply to lilith­saint­crow #
  • Do these new glasses make me look like @donttrythis? Him or Greg Proops. http://yfrog.com/15bveoj #

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