{"id":475,"date":"2010-02-07T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/07\/weekly-tweet-digest-2010-02-07\/"},"modified":"2010-02-07T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T01:00:00","slug":"weekly-tweet-digest-2010-02-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/07\/weekly-tweet-digest-2010-02-07\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Tweet Digest – 2010-02-07"},"content":{"rendered":"

dear cold weather: return my toes or i will blow hot air into your ear. i require them to balance myself. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@gralinnaea<\/a> so far, i like it. i’ll give the full verdict after, but it comes highly recommended, so i have hopes. in reply to gralinnaea<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
when it starts up, the heater in the hallway sounds like analog tv static. (that comparison will soon be meaningless to anyone living.) #<\/a><\/li>\n
<redacted puling. whining in public is poor form. stiff upper eyelash, and all such. pip-pip.> #<\/a><\/li>\n
“The Growing Season” should be a horror movie about beards. Instead it’s a jazz album. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nalohopkinson<\/a> gas station cashews for breakfast…. #foodisgood<\/a> #butimdoingitwro<\/a>ng in reply to nalohopkinson<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@hmapple<\/a> more than meets the eyyeeeeeeee in reply to hmapple<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> you have had some urbane stalkers. down here it’s all possum blood. and other possum bits, but it’s all possum, all the time in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> clearly you’ve never been to the buffets outside las vegas. they rival hell for taste & diversity (it’s always possum bits). in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@documentingme<\/a> i can smell your illness from here. it’s tinged with apples. in reply to documentingme<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
“Life is an endless cycle of song, \/ A medley of extemporanea\/ Nothing in love can ever go wrong\/ And I am Marie of Roumania” Gertrude Stein #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> waiting for my memoirs to tell it. i will write entire chapters of “buying new socks at the dollar store” & “reading a lot.” in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@chrislibey<\/a> “Pleasantly surprised by Moon Bastards.” Fix’d. (they’re from the moooooon) in reply to chrislibey<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
ok, this one is a cut above. #hilarity<\/a> RT @warrenellis: T-shirt Of The Week 011 is live: SCIENCE GANGSTER: http:\/\/bit.ly\/9LMtx3<\/a> #TOTW<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@documentingme<\/a> don’t fight book accumulation. fight whalemuderers. in reply to documentingme<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nalohopkinson<\/a> a deli near my work is infected with all kinds of bowelturning bugs & yet i’ve still had their reheated spindle hotdogs. why? in reply to nalohopkinson<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
And suddenly i’m a lot more interested in javascript. RT @johnwlong: Amazing – NES Emulator built in Javascript: http:\/\/bit.ly\/4YJggU<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Anki is the coolest free language learning tool I’ve found. It’s a spaced repetition system (smart flashcards). http:\/\/bit.ly\/4nYlCX<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
it’s not just a language learning tool, actually. you can use it for memorizing anything… good for retention. #anki<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nalohopkinson<\/a> dons aviator shades; jabs own cornea with sunglasses’ earpiece; sniffles. #dangerismynickn<\/a>ame in reply to nalohopkinson<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
“And I go on pursuing through the hours \/ Another tiger, the beast not found in verse.” — J.L. Borges, The Other Tiger #<\/a><\/li>\n
“En buscar por el tiempo de la tarde \/ El otro tigre, el que no est\u00c3\u00a1 en el verso.” — J.L. Borges, El Otro Tigre #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> what does the long jacket make you into? in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> also: one-upped conversation hearts (is that what they’re called?) : http:\/\/bit.ly\/cTlzEO<\/a> in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> at least you didn’t get one that said “check your attic” (it’s either from an overenthusiastic fan or a family of squirrels) in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @scalzi: While Amazon and Macmillan fight, authors are getting hurt. They could use some support: http:\/\/bit.ly\/9dQvki<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
haiti is off trending topics, replaced by: “nick jonas live” & “who i am,” the nick jonas solo album. humanity, take my gun & badge; i quit. #<\/a><\/li>\n
ok, now it’s back. #haiti<\/a> #whew<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
webster’s new world spanish grammar handbook is an interesting book. just rules & examples & exceptions, one after another. #nerd<\/a> #language<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
hey, it’s james joyce’s birthday today. and judith viorst’s. #<\/a><\/li>\n
http:\/\/bit.ly\/8YgD7u<\/a> arriana is cruel, but lovely. (in my head, arriana looks like this: http:\/\/bit.ly\/9YZaUr<\/a> ) (via jjjjound.com) #<\/a><\/li>\n
@shayrayunc<\/a> why not? in reply to shayrayunc<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
durham schools closed again. no o’dark-thirty tutoring. #broke<\/a> #fullyrested<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> @brittanyebaker<\/a> twitter doesnt make you feel better about yourself, it makes you feel worse about other people #welcomewagon<\/a> in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
“Not building a wall but making a brick.” — eno \/ schmidt #<\/a><\/li>\n
i really hope this liquid glass isn’t the asbestos of the future, because it looks so cooool http:\/\/bit.ly\/dpL5Zo<\/a> #SCIENCE<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
“If you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have some kind of kit for capturing ideas … you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing it wrong” @warrenellis<\/a> http:\/\/bit.ly\/cBvJY2<\/a> (if you write, read it) #<\/a><\/li>\n
@joe_hill<\/a> “Oh. Thought you were mom.” #5sadderwords<\/a> in reply to joe_hill<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@shayrayunc<\/a> i haven’t read portrait yet. sorry you didn’t like it, anyway. i like his short stories ok, and ulysses is pretty good so far. in reply to shayrayunc<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@shayrayunc<\/a> (congrats on getting married, by the way.) in reply to shayrayunc<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
2 hour delay tomorrow, durham county schools. the roads remain bone dry. #<\/a><\/li>\n
oh man. oh man. oh man. i just found audio of borges giving the charles eliot norton lectures, the series at harvard in 1967 and 1968. #YES<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
the lecture compilation is called “this craft of verse” and it’s borges talking for four hours about what books he likes & why #swoon<\/a> #swoon<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
(the transcripts are also available, but this is borges himself, speaking english, laughing and making jokes, recorded live at harvard.) #<\/a><\/li>\n
borges was blind by the time he gave these lectures so he gave them without notes. he died the year i was born & we share the same birthday. #<\/a><\/li>\n
i guess i’m what i’m saying is: BORGES BORGES BORGES BORGES BORGES BORGES BORGES BORGES BORGES BORGES BORGES BORGES BORGES BORGES BORGES. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@D_MacPherson<\/a> The Dark Knight Returns 2: When Batman Met Photoshop. #ohwait<\/a> #darkknightstrik<\/a>esagain in reply to D_MacPherson<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
i want my book covers to be designed to feel like this, with this level of skill and artistry http:\/\/bit.ly\/ccogN1<\/a> via @tofermoran<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
the more i think about it, the dumber it seems: why are so many book covers hackneyed, homely, & clich\u00c3\u00a9? #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @GLValentine: I will never have to write a response to anything again in my life: http:\/\/bit.ly\/8g3Rke<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
that, ladies & gents, is a writer RT @paolobacigalupi: 10,400 words today. 28,000 words in four days. Draft completed. I feel… content #<\/a><\/li>\n
i’m pretty sure the inner membranes of my ribcage aren’t supposed to be crawling over one another and vibrating. #science<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@dieffenderfer<\/a> yeah, often my notes are much more intelligent than my actual writing. unfortunately. in reply to dieffenderfer<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> i invented a drink i’m calling “heartattack beverage” made from an energy shot, an energy drink, & splashes of vodka. poor choices. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@tofermoran<\/a> a dolorous trombone backed by the saddest oboes in vienna. in reply to tofermoran<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mattfraction<\/a> Green Beret #1stDraftPrinceS<\/a>ongs in reply to mattfraction<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
“No, hardly, but seeing he had been born
\nIn a half-savage country, out of date;
\nBent resolutely on wringing lilies from the acorn” \u00e2\u20ac\u201d pound #<\/a><\/li>\n
@schy<\/a> i want one of these antelope so badly. no, i want a whole posse of them. in reply to schy<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> i would never offer that business to another human being unless i knew they were hunter s thompson reincarnated. or spider jerusalem in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
today was massive success. breakfast with @lehresman, donuts, bookstore, bought two fresh notebooks, & helped my parents move furniture. #<\/a><\/li>\n
and hm, now i taste blood. #<\/a><\/li>\n
cut the fluffiness out of the covers of this notebook (because, really, notebook covers do not need to be stuffed with foam). now writing. #<\/a><\/li>\n
even if this novel isn’t brilliant at least i can say my prose is better for the notebook than having its face cut up #standards<\/a> #theyarelow<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
i just signed up for goodreads, then lost motivation to input my stack of just-read books. they are within arms-length http:\/\/bit.ly\/bKCTEp<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
sleep and me: one of these things does not like the other. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@apopa<\/a> it’s sleep that don’t like me. unrequited & all that. in reply to apopa<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@apopa<\/a> yikes. i just wanted a employer\/employee relationship; i feel that sleep has overstepped proper workplace behaviour. in reply to apopa<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
reading the selected poems of ezra pound. it is, as they say, quite good, though a bit opaque to me at times. #<\/a><\/li>\n
also http:\/\/bit.ly\/8g3Rke<\/a> sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep #<\/a><\/li>\n
ezra pound reading “sestina: altaforte.” does he sound like scottie from lady & the tramp? http:\/\/bit.ly\/dB4icT<\/a> vs http:\/\/bit.ly\/clIlBb<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
saw a man holding a 5 gallon bucket arguing with a man pushing a wheelbarrow. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@nicoletaylor28<\/a> @gralinnaea<\/a> brown chicken; brown cow. in reply to nicoletaylor28<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Watching the super bowl. Startling number of commercials trying to address what attributes define masculinity. #<\/a><\/li>\n
Woo saints #<\/a><\/li>\n
Finished observing the superb owl. (borrowed joke, of course) lifting my glass to shauna. #<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
dear cold weather: return my toes or i will blow hot air into your ear. i require them to balance myself. # @gralinnaea so far, i like it. i’ll give the full verdict after, but it comes highly recommended, so i have hopes. in reply to gralinnaea # when it starts up, the heater in […]<\/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-475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475","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=475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}