{"id":721,"date":"2011-09-25T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-25T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/25\/weekly-tweet-digest-2011-09-25\/"},"modified":"2011-09-25T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-25T11:00:00","slug":"weekly-tweet-digest-2011-09-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/25\/weekly-tweet-digest-2011-09-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Tweet Digest – 2011-09-25"},"content":{"rendered":"

@mkazoo<\/a> haha, love that. smooth beginning. then slowly start to tailspin. i'm usually all "not a problem, i can fix—" & then come weasels. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
the solution is nearly always: write another one. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@gralinnaea<\/a> had a little fist-bumpy moment of solidarity with you yesterday over first draft loathing. in reply to gralinnaea<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
my new favorite expression is "below the salt." via raymond chandler. #hugshugsraymondchandler<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
i'm unduly excited about this pelikan brown ink. writing with a waterman phil\u00c3\u00a9as fountain pen on cardstock. #nerd<\/a> #nerrrrrrd #<\/a><\/li>\n
maybe a little… RT @qikipedia<\/a>: There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either.
\nROBERT GRAVES (1895-1985) #<\/a><\/li>\n
The sting #<\/a><\/li>\n
The stingray, i meant to say, bearing my name is dead. Succumbed to lionfish stings. A dark hour for us all. #<\/a><\/li>\n
baa baa baa baa vaa vaa vaa vaa baa baa &c #mcgurk<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
also, this fairly detailed labeled pinna diagram: http:\/\/t.co\/sVLyYkQS<\/a> #nerrrrd<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> external ear parts. also called an "auricle," which i'm pretty sure means you know the future but you only communicate cryptically. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> certainly the sass, but i'm hazy on what "afras" means. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@danaROrana<\/a> "I don't know, man. I think people, like, attribute quotes kinda willy-nilly on the internet, you know?" — Abraham Lincoln in reply to danaROrana<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@danaROrana<\/a> "Yeah, I feel you, holmes." — Charlemagne in reply to danaROrana<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
"I was just thinking the other day that @danaROrana<\/a> is probably correct about all the information." — Sherlock Holmes in reply to danaROrana<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@danaROrana<\/a> just thought, "who is the most trustworthy person in history?" and my answer to myself was sherlock holmes. HWAELP TIME FOR BED. in reply to danaROrana<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> the oracle has spoken. her words are like all the gold dissolved in seawater. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> le sigh. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
"I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m afraid I just get [my material] by going to places and taking down copious notes because I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t remember anything." — ian fleming #<\/a><\/li>\n
i'm going to the beach tomorrow. for work. will listen to le petit prince audiobook & try to convince my car to run on winks & smiles. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@danaROrana<\/a> BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY. #birthday<\/a> in reply to danaROrana<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
well-hey-there, tuesday. http:\/\/t.co\/7aLd3eSf<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
je vais aller \u00c3\u00a0 la plage aujourd'hui, tout en \u00c3\u00a9coutant "le petit prince." #woo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@rquat<\/a> je comprends un petit peu de fran\u00c3\u00a7ais, mais je suis encore \u00c3\u00a0 apprendre in reply to rquat<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@rquat<\/a> (la solution \u00c3\u00a9vidente est d'aller dans un pays diff\u00c3\u00a9rent.) in reply to rquat<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@rquat<\/a> le sigh. moi aussi. in reply to rquat<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Saw a hearse with a sign in the back, name of sanders. So winnie the pooh is dead? #<\/a><\/li>\n
some people say, "when one door closes, another opens." other people, being all clever, have said, "when one door closes, open a window." #<\/a><\/li>\n
but really, a closed door merely poses the question: "are you willing to go out to the shed, grab an ax, & chop me down?" #heresjonathan<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
you \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and I drank \/
\nour fill \/
\nto speak insatiably \/
\non this long path \/
\nof nights \/
\nthat leads to friendship. http:\/\/t.co\/L1ckw0BQ<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
people tell me facebook is different now. isn't it still people sharing my personal data without my consent on le internet? how is this new? #<\/a><\/li>\n
if i could set my privacy settings to "erase everyone's everything everywhere," i would. #alas<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@Renaissance_Art<\/a> eh, whatever about facebook–i just went to your site & i love the notebooks. next time i need a 4×6 carry-along. in reply to Renaissance_Art<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@kateulinah<\/a> OH MAN THAT IS GREAT NEWS. i'll swing by lindsay, on. to pick up jimjams & meet you guys in k-town. in reply to kateulinah<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@kateulinah<\/a> one must fill the jimjams with carefully procured material. #jims<\/a> #jams in reply to kateulinah<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @McKelvie<\/a>: REM were still together? #<\/a><\/li>\n
today's typing up stories soundtrack: belle & sebastian – i don't love anyone http:\/\/t.co\/ZotlX3Fd<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@danaROranaa<\/a> soooo, ah, well, you knooowww… the thing is… #falsettotext<\/a> #yogapants #<\/a><\/li>\n
@Keffy<\/a> it's hardly "official" but @nytimes<\/a> says @kimseverson<\/a> is on the scene. in reply to Keffy<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
reasons to: play bass, wear tall socks, play rock, play roll. http:\/\/t.co\/zLt0V8Kj<\/a> (twin sister) #<\/a><\/li>\n
knowing is hard business, J.R.RT @qikipedia<\/a>: Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about. J.R.R. TOLKIEN #<\/a><\/li>\n
Und so wie eben, pre\u00c3\u0178t Du Deine Schulter mit einem Ruck gegen Deinen Boogie-Kopf. http:\/\/t.co\/CBiTnyfq<\/a> 1984 groove compilation via @McKelvie<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@plasticbrentley<\/a> adjusting life goals. #NothingToLose<\/a> #theTasteSublime #<\/a><\/li>\n
A slim jim stein full of strawberry smoothing http:\/\/t.co\/xYH9jhwn<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
–smoothie, you say? mais sure thing. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@kateulinah<\/a> i will send it to vancouver with my mind. in reply to kateulinah<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@kateulinah<\/a> i found a bag of frozen strawberries, so this one was: strawberries, a few blackberries, a banana, orange juice, some ice chips. in reply to kateulinah<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
i've had justice's "D.A.N.C.E." stuck in my head all day. what even. what. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@rquat<\/a> except i spent all day talking the Serious Talks About Education to involved parents. THE WAY YOU MOVE IS A MYYYYSTEREE-EE != kosher. in reply to rquat<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
"Je comprends, et ne sachant m'exprimer sans paroles pa\u00c3\u00afennes, je voudrais me taire." — Rimbaud #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> given my expertise performing the cabbagepatch, i can say with fair certainty: you are doing it wrong. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
all i want is to download my mind into a spider-like exoskeleton. come on, science; do your science thing. #doit<\/a> #science #thing<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
too elaborate jokes get the nay stamp. and now, since my brain is in elaborate joke mode, sleep. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> the cabbage patch: explained. http:\/\/t.co\/WFHyGR8U<\/a> in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@alliq<\/a> He was as tall as a 6' 2" tree. #analogies<\/a> in reply to alliq<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@rquat<\/a> @alliq "The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease." in reply to rquat<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@rquat<\/a> @alliq "The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while." #<\/a><\/li>\n
@rquat<\/a> there's one about somebody catching your eye like the hook on a slamming screen door, but i can't recall exactly. it was my favorite. in reply to rquat<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@rquat<\/a> wait, wait. number 5. all hail the power of sie googs. http:\/\/t.co\/0Pm5vOBH<\/a> in reply to rquat<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
i guess now would be an insensitive time to pitch #amc<\/a> my educational soap opera spin-off, "all my children left behind." #<\/a><\/li>\n
"s\u00c3\u00a9 que me acusan de soberbia, y tal vez de misantrop\u00c3\u00ada, y tal vez de locura." — jorge luis borges, la casa de asteri\u00c3\u00b3n #<\/a><\/li>\n
creaking around, sharpening the prongs of my walker on broken chunks of pavement. #allOldManChannel<\/a> #allOldManTime #<\/a><\/li>\n
the chang tzuna school of wisdom. sometimes its students catch taolphins by accident & hush it up. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@MrDannyNoel<\/a> the sidewalk ends in the projects. in reply to MrDannyNoel<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@MrDannyNoel<\/a> which is why i drink bourbon, my friend. whiskey doesn't end with the projects, it ends in the drainage ditch. in reply to MrDannyNoel<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> what, my horrible fishlosophy puns? in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
RT @qikipedia<\/a>: "It is better to be wrong than vague." — FREEMAN DYSON, theoretical physicist #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> THE CABBAGEPATCH IS FINE AND LOFTY ART. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@smoonen<\/a> i love that. also: must adjust my calendar to account for actual hg nights. in other news, brain failure. hung out with e&d, though in reply to smoonen<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
so a dimensionless constant is not an attribute of an object so much as a way to describe the relationship between objects or properties? #<\/a><\/li>\n
Don't just muse, produse. #<\/a><\/li>\n
@taylor_audrey<\/a> i'm just a humble w\u00c3\u00bcrtdsmythe in reply to taylor_audrey<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
universe in dipped wafflecone pls RT @smoonen<\/a>: @paulboccaccio<\/a> A dimensionless constant describes the shape, color, & taste of the universe #<\/a><\/li>\n
@smoonen<\/a> (also i totally oxford-comma'd that list in my rt) in reply to smoonen<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> consider it done. and my cabbagepatch is nearly lovecraftian, compared to that other guy's. prepare yourself. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> my dancing is faust, destilled. all learnin about stuff i shouldn't know, all floutin gods, and despairin, and whatnot. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> sure thing. also please to correct "distilled." my brain was focused on adding prefix "be-" to things. bestilled? becaned? bedined? in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> i am making a heart shape with my hands. do not judge me ill; it is a temporary lapse. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> http:\/\/t.co\/dE7d10tS<\/a> behold her mighty wings. just a suggestion. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
@mkazoo<\/a> eh, it's not great overall. nacho libre, by the same people, is better. in reply to mkazoo<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Tender fruit opening for mandolin orange' at the @catscradlenc<\/a> #<\/a><\/li>\n
Good show. Made the lead singer hobble out twice on his crutches of encores #<\/a><\/li>\n
'Crutches of encore' what? Stupid autocorrect. #<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
@mkazoo haha, love that. smooth beginning. then slowly start to tailspin. i'm usually all "not a problem, i can fix—" & then come weasels. in reply to mkazoo # the solution is nearly always: write another one. # @gralinnaea had a little fist-bumpy moment of solidarity with you yesterday over first draft loathing. in reply […]<\/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-721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721","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=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}