{"id":443,"date":"2009-12-06T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/06\/weekly-tweet-digest-2009-12-06\/"},"modified":"2009-12-06T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T01:00:00","slug":"weekly-tweet-digest-2009-12-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/06\/weekly-tweet-digest-2009-12-06\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Tweet Digest – 2009-12-06"},"content":{"rendered":"

time lapse video of heaps of sea-stars eating a seal pup. http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HG17TsgV_qI<\/a> like \u00c5\u00a0vankmajer doing animal planet. #<\/a><\/li>\n
the clarion workshop is accepting applications today thru march 1. if you write short stories, apply. http:\/\/clarion.ucsd.edu\/workshop.html<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
you there, citizen: buy this book when it comes out. RT @hollyblack: Whoa – my White Cat cover is up on amazon: http:\/\/bit.ly\/6L1vms<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@themattlondon<\/a> hours later, woo! congrats. in reply to themattlondon<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
tiny businesses: swipe payment cards on your smartphone. http:\/\/squareup.com\/<\/a> and @square<\/a> (via @gralinnaea<\/a>) (would person-to-person work?) in reply to gralinnaea<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@MaryRobinette<\/a> i read a bit, then stopped. i wonder if mr goodkind still feels unkindness to readers is acceptable? clue: he likes ayn rand. in reply to MaryRobinette<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @NMEmagazine: Shane MacGowan to grow own vegetables on reality TV http:\/\/bit.ly\/4u67WL<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Dain’s. Why is there a video game called “chug monkey?” #<\/a><\/li>\n
The question is of vision and then revision. The continuous dream. #writing<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
mussorgsky morning. pictures at an exhibition followed by night on bald mountain. #<\/a><\/li>\n
Transcript of President Obama’s West Point speech: http:\/\/is.gd\/5a4Qz<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @doctorow: Publicists from a company that is *suing me* for making fun of its products have pitched me those products REPEATEDLY #<\/a><\/li>\n
@MaryRobinette<\/a> one of your neighbors is flushing witches like grouse. check the sky; you might be able to snag one. in reply to MaryRobinette<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@D_MacPherson<\/a> maybe start hitting the ATM before “going out for lunch by yourself.” amass cash, then buy a prepaid debit card (for web buys) in reply to D_MacPherson<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@D_MacPherson<\/a> (belatedly realizing, yes, that is a fairly complex scheme for christmas. holidays should not require money laundering.) in reply to D_MacPherson<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
halfway through the third book of paul park’s roumania series: “the white tyger.” #<\/a><\/li>\n
“Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.” — Marcel Proust #<\/a><\/li>\n
sad moment of the day: watching an illiterate second grader pretend to read. #<\/a><\/li>\n
Science reports: lychee jello tastes like brain stem. #<\/a><\/li>\n
where i live it is no sleep o’clock. that is the hour contractions go out of style. or if one is pregnant, they begin like a kettledrum solo #<\/a><\/li>\n
@Templesmith<\/a> or wine in a soda can. in reply to Templesmith<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
mystic truth of the morning: if you have a mustache, all the world smells of mustache. #<\/a><\/li>\n
#wotd: desuetude. soed says “The action of discontinuing something.” via this article. RT @GreatDismal: Goodbye Borders http:\/\/bit.ly\/8CyFyv<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
finished reading\/typing james joyce’s “the dead.” beautiful. the last three paragraphs transcend. #<\/a><\/li>\n
when i see this http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2009\/12\/04\/glamourpuss-the-ench.html<\/a> i see @documentingme’s future. #<\/a><\/li>\n
so @Templesmith<\/a> and others have illustrated some sf legends. beautiful artwork. http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ykswr4z<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Simple lesson for the feebleminded: it’s december; wear a coat. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@ken_schneyer<\/a> but how can i show off my ta-tas if i wear a coat over them? dilemmas: i have them. in reply to ken_schneyer<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
now the proud owner of a 1973 mustache. #<\/a><\/li>\n
just read the first two chapters of “twilight” aloud, alternating sentences with a friend. not worst book i’ve ever read, i’ll give it that. #<\/a><\/li>\n
also we laughed nearly the entire time. what a worthless protagonist. #twilight<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@smoonen<\/a> nah, i’m sure if @lehresman<\/a> wanted to sport a ‘stache, he could muster one up. but he’s married, so it won’t happen. out of respect in reply to smoonen<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@ken_schneyer<\/a> you are exactly correct. in reply to ken_schneyer<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
just accidentally pushed my pinkie through the armpit of a shirt. in any decent world this would be the moment i discover i have superpowers #<\/a><\/li>\n
@ken_schneyer<\/a> oh, forgot to say: congratulations on the sale! #<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
time lapse video of heaps of sea-stars eating a seal pup. http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HG17TsgV_qI like \u00c5\u00a0vankmajer doing animal planet. # the clarion workshop is accepting applications today thru march 1. if you write short stories, apply. http:\/\/clarion.ucsd.edu\/workshop.html # you there, citizen: buy this book when it comes out. RT @hollyblack: Whoa – my White Cat cover is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}