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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Twitter Digest – 2008-10-21

lovecraft writing for whitman’s candy. via holly black, i think. http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2008/8/15burns.html # they get extra points for using the phrase “hideously moist” # experiencing the gory glories of diminishing returns. listening to janis joplin scream out a lung makes it go down easier, though. # “The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a [...]

Twitter Digest – 2008-10-20

@smoonen sometimes starcraft *is* the greatest economy of language. the poetry of overwork is nostalgia. also frantic lulz. # Dear Dana Chamberlin: “secretary of state” != “head of state.” i know, they both have “of state” in them, but those are different jobs. # word of the day: crenulate. means, “finely scalloped or etched outline [...]

Twitter Digest – 2008-10-18

You must construct additional pylons. # Silos needed. # “… who are you, then?” “I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good.” — Mephistopheles # http://is.gd/4hVW reminds me very much of something @documentingme would do. especially the hand motions. via @cmpriest # @tofermoran i don’t like twidget’s tiny little [...]

Twitter Digest – 2008-10-17

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and banners bubble. # animated some slime. i’m inordinately proud of my slime. # pebkac. argh. # Dear boss: spawn more overlords. #

Twitter Digest – 2008-10-16

skipped the debate to write music. looks like i picked right. # for all who missed the debate (well, i wouldn’t say i’m “missing” it, bob….) — the transcript: http://is.gd/49SD # ah, good naturedly mocking william carlos williams… it never gets old. http://tinyurl.com/3vdf56 # they’re installing new hvac at work using clanking metal and a [...]

Because I’m not a good blogger

I haven’t posted anything recently, but I figure this will tide over the four people reading this until I post overly long critiques of relatively obscure literature. Nom nom, etc.  I, for one, welcome our zombie overlords.

Twitter Digest – 2008-10-15

@pelargir if only i had something that made crowbar sounds. like… a crowbar. # @tofermoran There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief. #

Twitter Digest – 2008-10-14

@tofermoran which book? also, this will cheer you. rather, it will shunt you down the road to despair: http://is.gd/3saN (via boing boing) # i will respond to revisions and other change requests like this: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/macbeth/macbeth.5.8.html # @vyemoran we should all go get some sushi some time. it is delicious. there’s a good place in cary, [...]

Twitter Digest – 2008-10-13

oh cat stevens, you make it all right, man. # chthonic — describing spirits of the earth or underworld, especially greek deities. pronounced k-thonic. # “the graveyard book,” by neil gaiman: just finished it. wonderful. # particularly enjoyed this: http://tinyurl.com/4mfhlm (they see me climbin’ / they hatin’ ) # Just heard: wells fargo-wachovha deal doesn’t [...]

Twitter Digest – 2008-10-12

I had a nightmare consisting entirely of my fountain pen running out of ink. Officially a cosmic nerd. # tomorrow, 9am sharp, i’m going to the library to pick up “the graveyard book.” game on, gentlemen, game on. # @tofermoran @vyemoran ok, who’s a nerd now? talking to each other over the internet… also, what [...]