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Weekly Tweet Digest – 2010-01-31

  • starting a new daily notes notebook today, number 14 since my english teacher in high school encouraged me to start writing things down. #
  • http://bit.ly/4ABIp6 #mockingtrombone #fonts #ithinkweveallseenthisbeforebutjustincase #
  • it’s burns day, so read some robert burns: http://bit.ly/7W0oIB #
  • playing a shell game with three novel concepts. except the shells are the novels and my brain is the pea. (i am not improving at analogies.) #
  • @mynameis_shoe if i may quote one of them, “n yu best did dem notes moe’!” well said, sir. in reply to mynameis_shoe #
  • @mynameis_shoe it’s a direct quote, but i don’t know what it means. in reply to mynameis_shoe #
  • @rquat the trombone is the most emotionally nuanced of all the brass instruments with slides. in reply to rquat #
  • @lizargall even more interesting to me: two of the concepts aren’t spec & they’re all 3 doing weird things with form #happyanyhow #suchadork in reply to lizargall #
  • @gralinnaea cast eyes on the mind’s legumeish habitation! wrapped in meningeal husk! what proteinaceous dreams within! zombies desire fiber! in reply to gralinnaea #
  • RT @documentingme: so every year, australia day has these great commercials that I watch because i love this man: http://bit.ly/8yfx9K #
  • lunch: half a rosemary bagel, half what appears to be a cornflakes bagel, fake butter, and diet 7up. free > taste, indeed, @tofermoran. #
  • people i like running @sfwa? yes, please. @scalzi for president http://bit.ly/4PgZl9 and @MaryRobinette for vp http://bit.ly/6IbdTQ #
  • neat. can’t wait for the quality to improve RT @tofermoran: The possible uses for this kind of technology are exciting: http://bit.ly/5ogtay #
  • still another reason to love borges: http://bit.ly/7OjvsB (please note which book he dedicates to her) #
  • A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter (2009) – Caleb Larsen (object which perpetually sells itself on ebay) http://bit.ly/7jkCyx via @tofermoran #
  • conecat is a pitiful sight. #
  • this morning’s oblique strategy: “Ask people to work against their better judgement.” #nocomment #
  • it is probably a problem that my first & enduring thought was “i want to make a headcone for myself” http://bit.ly/61TS7r (via boing boing) #
  • (this is probably insensitive to the cat, who had her junk stolen by veterinarians yesterday & now has to wear a cone. sorry albus severus.) #
  • also: RELAAAYTHONTHIPTH. relaaaaaaaaaythonthipth. #
  • @mikejoosse i thought you were taking a leaf out of cameron’s storytelling manual. the one that talks about plot or coherence. in reply to mikejoosse #
  • @astonestreetnow and even jello tastes better mixed. in reply to astonestreetnow #
  • Dain’s. The guy behind me is drunkenly defending airport security. They don’t need probable cause, he says. #
  • @mkazoo #envy in reply to mkazoo #
  • with the magic of exchange rates, i can have millions of some world currency. #
  • @vyemoran no, i’m still here. at work, actually. friend win! in reply to vyemoran #
  • @nicoletaylor28 my dream self is a bit miffed, but i forgive you on his behalf. i’m his agent, i guess. be careful of awarding agency. in reply to nicoletaylor28 #
  • @tiffaniangus working on it right now woooo. have to go find a bunch of fonts, &c, because my computer ate them as it died. in reply to tiffaniangus #
  • today i am thankful for being artiodactyl, and for learning new words. #words #newones #balancedappendages #
  • a dumb, dumb name. looks neat, though. #shrug RT @mcclure: iPad? Really?? No possibility of confusion with iPod there… #seriously #
  • @tofermoran @schy i don’t mind iSlate too much. feels very tom sawyer-ish in reply to tofermoran #
  • @tofermoran more like isolate am i right? (i am right.) #theinternethaskneecappedmysocialskills in reply to tofermoran #
  • @elleeffect ow. worth it, i trust? in reply to elleeffect #
  • listening to the magnetic fields’s new album, realism. #
  • AP reporting JD Salinger’s death. (RT @acarvin & @treygraham) #
  • reading salinger’s “nine stories” in tribute. #
  • Three cop cars. Two, possibly three, guys just got arrested two streets over from me. #
  • RT @D_MacPherson & @funniness: Axe Cop. A comic written by a 5 year old boy and illustrated by his 29 year old brother. http://bit.ly/dA2xVA #
  • reading @paolobacigalupi’s novel, The Windup Girl. i’ve been waiting to read this book for some time now. i’m 20 pages in & it delivers. in reply to paolobacigalupi #
  • Somebody in this restaurant is reading jg ballard–his best short story collection is propped beside the cash register. #
  • meta-screeds regarding news: http://bit.ly/9aU4vT and online vitriol: http://bit.ly/7Ux9lK via @GreatDismal & boing boing, each to each. #
  • @nicoletaylor28 wait, did you just direct my attention to an a cappella group’s performance of anything? (it is funny, but man, a cappella?) in reply to nicoletaylor28 #
  • @nicoletaylor28 [less harsh response clarifying that yes i did find that amusing & listened to all 4:27 of it #sorry #jerkyelling #redacted] in reply to nicoletaylor28 #
  • i keep reading that trending topic as #imthetypo #irony #readingskills #basicliteracy #
  • @nicoletaylor28 WHEN YER A JET YER A JET ALL THE WAY FROM YOUR FIRST CIGARETTE TO YOUR LAST DYING DAY SNAP SNAP SNAP DANCE FIGHT SNAP. #snap in reply to nicoletaylor28 #
  • @nicoletaylor28 an interesting short story would put an an our-universe gang member into the west side story universe. or vice versa. in reply to nicoletaylor28 #
  • confronted by the threat of snow, people swarm stores for milk and bread because human flesh tastes best with milk and bread #themoreyouknow #
  • actually that last milk/bread advice was false: human flesh tastes best in any recipe in which you’d use pork. #
  • i guess what i’m saying is, human flesh and pork are mutually replaceable. so if you have any cannibal recipes, that works too. #blt #
  • @pelargir are those zombies made of snow, or zombies who fall like snow, or zombies who live in snow? special zombies with good self-esteem? in reply to pelargir #
  • The sky is charcoal gray. #
  • yes! RT @paolobacigalupi: And the news *is* good. Just signed a deal with Night Shade Books for two more novels. W00t! #
  • (“Lost in useless territory” — eno/schmidt) #
  • DEAR WALKING DISTANCE TACO PLACE: WHY DO YOU NOT ANSWER MY PHONECALLS? IT IS ONLY FIVE INCHES OF SNOW. #hunger #burritodearth #
  • @hollyblack hooray! in reply to hollyblack #
  • just finished @paolobacigalupi’s novel “The Windup Girl.” #
  • so macmillan wants to charge obscene $ for ebooks & amazon responds by one-upping their idiocy? why are these people in charge of my books? #
  • & i just finished reading a gripping account of battle, so all this THEY DUMPED THE HARD COPIES talk feels ++epic #amazonfail #macmillanfail #
  • AMAZON HAS TAKEN THE BRIDGE. WE ARE UNDONE MILORD. #amazonfail #
  • Started “little, big.” #
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