{"id":453,"date":"2009-12-20T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/20\/weekly-tweet-digest-2009-12-20\/"},"modified":"2009-12-20T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T01:00:00","slug":"weekly-tweet-digest-2009-12-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/20\/weekly-tweet-digest-2009-12-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Tweet Digest – 2009-12-20"},"content":{"rendered":"

wodka. the W is for “wow!” or “wolfmonger.” #<\/a><\/li>\n
@glorioushubris<\/a> i can’t draw well, but i will buy that book and read it, and how. please to write it now. in reply to glorioushubris<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
using tea and drugs to fight illness. i feel british. #<\/a><\/li>\n
(can i say british? is that a racial slur? is the correct term “yoo-kay-ians?”) #<\/a><\/li>\n
@gralinnaea<\/a> @damiengwalter<\/a> maybe not the best fire vision test case: that particular volume is shielded by the universe’s mysterious loyalty in reply to gralinnaea<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> Hm. Cosmo is all about pleasing him, which makes me think he’s a deity or force of some kind. Cosmo is an occult grimoire. in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> showing a little ankle, are we? (Cosmo headline: “100 tips on invoking The Great Sulfurous Lamprey, Midge-swarms-for-eyes.”) in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> Is his ancillary sub-being’s chrysalis pulsing with the harvested tears of a thousand reanimated god-kings? if so, it’s on. in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@damiengwalter<\/a> either wasted, or you’re an omega class mutant. #yourpowersarein<\/a>ternationallyrespected in reply to damiengwalter<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
i shake you warmly by the hand. tremendous things are in store for you. #<\/a><\/li>\n
“You tell a story because a statement would be inadequate.” — Flannery O’Connor #<\/a><\/li>\n
anybody else compulsively use this site? http:\/\/bit.ly\/5m2unj<\/a>
\n the joys of food and words combined! #<\/a><\/li>\n
word of the day: “verruca.” it means “contagious plantar wart.” go roald dahl. #wotd<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
“anybody know a cute girl with some pom poms? \/
\n’cause everybody needs someone to spell out their name \/
\nin a little song” \u00e2\u20ac\u201d scout niblett #<\/a><\/li>\n
who is playing “don’t stop believing” in this office? who? #terriblemusic<\/a> #nojurycouldconv<\/a>ictme #<\/a><\/li>\n
@apopa<\/a> you’re right, but i have no boombox. i have suffering. in reply to apopa<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
i’m inscrutable, like the fish of \u00c3\u017ej\u00c3\u00b3\u00c3\u00b0vitnir #norsejokes<\/a> #translation<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
dains! #<\/a><\/li>\n
Words that rhyme with salad: ballad, phallic. Er. #<\/a><\/li>\n
resolved: to steel my soul to record the vivid and continuous dream. #<\/a><\/li>\n
That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is (That that is, is. That that is not, is not. Is that it? It is.) #punctuation<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
yeah. yeah. http:\/\/www.bigfeetpjs.com\/<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
i guess what i really wanted was an australian. maybe you guys know some? #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> i get the feeling they have some unresolved animosity toward those handy and heady folks. in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
astor piazzolla morning. tango zero hour. #<\/a><\/li>\n
i hate cats so much. so much. specifically albus severus. #<\/a><\/li>\n
word of the day: “sinecure.” an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns. #wotd<\/a> #yesplease<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
huh. that pistachio tasted like pickles. #scintillatingin<\/a>formation #breakingnews<\/a> #braintumor<\/a> #notquitesynesth<\/a>esia #<\/a><\/li>\n
@gralinnaea<\/a> thanks! #itry<\/a> in reply to gralinnaea<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
the most offensive part of candace sams’ Enraged Authorial Response is her misuse of apostrophes. http:\/\/bit.ly\/5Q4xVp<\/a> #comeon<\/a> #ohseriously<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
surely sleep is not necessary for health and sanity. surely not. #<\/a><\/li>\n
if one grinds one’s teeth with enough speed, one’s face catches fire. #science<\/a> #fire<\/a> #aaaaaahhhhhhh<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> it is for science i do these things, these things i do; i do them for science. science. in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
in other news, why am i reading the screenplay of “no country for old men” when i could be sleeping? poor decisions: here they are forged. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> young lady, i’ve known science a long time. i belong in that dining room, with those important discoveries. i am on the list in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> i am wearing two: one on each eye, lashed together with plastic. and on that note, i’m off to sleep. hope you do the same. in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
i strode to fetch my bagel. strode! #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @MaryRobinette: My column at @SciFiScanner<\/a> this week is The Many Fantastic Flicks of Mr Roald Dahl http:\/\/bit.ly\/7vbVLu<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Prisencolinensinainciusol: what english sounds like to everyone else. http:\/\/bit.ly\/8AxQgu<\/a> (via @doctorow<\/a>) #<\/a><\/li>\n
yes, i will go look at the snow. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> oh yikes. glad your sister is all right. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
old newspapers! RT @acarvin: @derekwillis: @dchud: new NDNP just released: “1,729,826 pages live and searchable” at http:\/\/bit.ly\/7nU6Hl<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
on first listen, i’m unimpressed by animal collective’s “Merriweather Post Pavilion.” #apparentlyiknow<\/a>nothingaboutmusic #<\/a><\/li>\n
@tofermoran<\/a> it’s not bad, just didn’t match the hype. good writing music, maybe, though. in reply to tofermoran<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@tofermoran<\/a> your zing doesn’t match the hype. BURN! in reply to tofermoran<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
good-night, good-night, i am away. (plus the happiest story in the world!) http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZRnyR21sK-Y<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
UNOBTAINIUM. #<\/a><\/li>\n
re: seed monopolies: it’s easy to imagine a corp named MONSANTO as an evil entity. but LAND O’ LAKES doesn’t have quite the malfeasant ring. #<\/a><\/li>\n
not to say LAND O’ LAKES isn’t evil. but, you know, that O’ makes it hard to take their evil seriously. also in that category: LIMAGRAIN. #<\/a><\/li>\n
dreamed i shot a robber who looked like daniel johnston wearing a tweed coat using a gold filigreed pistol in flannery o’connor’s house\u00e2\u20ac\u201dyes. #<\/a><\/li>\n
the question is not “can you forgive?” it is “will you?” #<\/a><\/li>\n
son of rambow: what a lovely movie. buddy film with british, film-making, juvenile delinquents. #<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
wodka. the W is for “wow!” or “wolfmonger.” # @glorioushubris i can’t draw well, but i will buy that book and read it, and how. please to write it now. in reply to glorioushubris # using tea and drugs to fight illness. i feel british. # (can i say british? is that a racial slur? […]<\/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-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453","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=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}