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Tweets for the week of 2010-12-26

  • Child abuse down 26% from 1993-2006; child sex abuse down 38%, yet we're more afraid than ever. http://bit.ly/hNDhZY #thanksFOXinthemorning #
  • Are Virtual Worlds Part of the Cause of our Real-world Recessions? http://bit.ly/gvBWAg #
  • Listening to the latest Podgecast. Sweet mercy, the Worst Icebreaker Ever. My eyes are failing me. The pain. The wonderful pain. #
  • Clear skies tonight; very excited to watch the #lunareclipse while @DaphneUn snaps pictures. #
  • How the japanese multiply (http://j.mp/i9TD37) – I finally watched this. My mind = blown. #
  • This was one of our shots from last night. RT @DaphneUn: The moon in Earth's shadow: http://bit.ly/fTBsl9 #
  • One more shot from last night — probably my favorite of all the one's @DaphneUn took: http://bit.ly/e9uVqP #
  • RT @carriepatrick71: People say I'm always wanting what I haven't got. But what else is there to want? #
  • AOL acquires About.me – Holy Kaw! (http://j.mp/hWHXLl) – Well, crap. #
  • Calamities of Nature on the True Meaning of Christmas. (http://j.mp/eUIT59) – Sooth. #
  • *beats head on web server, passes out* #
  • MMO, Social Gaming Up; Console Gaming Down (http://j.mp/i4G5ed) – In other news, water is wet. #
  • Moffat’s Women: Amy Pond (http://j.mp/ho9ZAH) – I enjoy Matt Smith, but Karen Gillan made Season Five for me. #
  • Remember that Secret Santa who wouldn't 'accept' anything on my wish list? They finally approved a suggestion… then bought something else. #
  • Trying to find #lotro gift cards at GameStop stores in town (just checked the 5th). So far, they either don't carry em or can't find them. #
  • My gift wrapping really lends the holiday an authentic feel — the feeling of "a five-year-old wrapped this, after getting into the scotch." #
  • RT @cpat71: Merry Christmas to all you wonderful people who live inside my computer and make me happy. #
  • Finished standard Christmas Eve preparations: watering the lawn and trees to stave off drought conditions. #
  • I have a cunning hat (as does the bear cub): http://twitpic.com/3jkc8a #
  • Twitter seems to be staggering under the weight of people Tweeting "Twas the night before Christmas", line by line. So… you know. STOP IT. #
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Tweets for the week of 2010-12-19

  • The “first SUV” (http://j.mp/fAaIxW) – Want! #
  • Dropped in on @dknippling's Choose Your Doom book signing. At the mall. At Christmas shopping time. Totally worth it. Good book; go buy it. #
  • How to drive Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Lord of the Rings Fans Insane with Just One Pic (http://j.mp/e8NrzR) – HA! #
  • Getting laid off is not the same as getting fired (http://j.mp/fBuNbj) – This reality is pretty much life right now. #
  • So… that crazy-making Harry Potter/Star Wars/Lord of the Rings picture? We forgot Trekkies: http://brizzly.com/pic/3ZK7 #
  • International “Change Your Account Password” Day (http://j.mp/eReGVZ) – Me, on MMO Reporter. #
  • RT @rdonoghue: The unifying characteristic of people who would do it better is that they didn't do it. #
  • At the Kindergarten holiday pageant. Preparing to be jingle bell rocked. #
  • Republican Thinking on Recent Healthcare Developments (http://j.mp/gHo2rT) – Shocker. #
  • Everyone knows someone hard to shop for at Christmas. This is the first time I've encountered someone who's hard to be shopped BY. #weird #
  • TWITTER HIVE MIND: My "secret" santa rejected my entire Amazon wishlist; I need a single, $100 gift for them to buy. WHAT SHOULD I SUGGEST? #
  • HIVEMIND: The gift can TOTALLY be pointless/annoying, because at this point, I DON'T ACTUALLY WANT IT. #
  • HUMAN GOOGLE: Your gift suggestions are collated and forwarded. Now to see if they meet the MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. #
  • My personal favorites were a couple goats donated through WorldVision.org, or $100 bucks worth of fruitcake. We shall see… #
  • The more irritated I get, the more I sound like my dad. #
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Tweets for the week of 2010-12-12

  • Why look: Musicland is buying Sam Goody – http://www.yorkblog.com/books/2010/12/borders-barnes-noble-closer-to.html #
  • Man I hate people. Sometimes. Not *you* guys, of course. Definitely not you guys. But, you know… people. Everyone else. #
  • Cataclysms are tiny, compared to the Big Bang (http://j.mp/gjkJzG) – My first article for MMO Reporter. #
  • Comic: Teef (http://j.mp/iacSES) – Oh yeah; this is gonna be me. #
  • Weather Radar (http://j.mp/eZ5sDx) – This is pretty much what it's like to live in Denver. #
  • Can you be a Community Coordinator for the whole Universe? (http://j.mp/gMcdre) – Latest article for MMO Reporter. #
  • More than 1000 Wikileaks mirror sites spring up in a week (http://j.mp/gsqYTA) – Can't stop the signal, Mal. #
  • This sums up what the holidays are like around here: @daphneun – "I think I have glitter in my eye." #
  • The Play’s the Thing: A New Holiday Acting Event for LotRO Thespians (http://j.mp/fMAd1O) – Me on MMO Reporter again. #
  • The Road to Mordor: A conspiracy of hats (http://j.mp/hUcYEf) – Funny hats. Funnier commentary. #
  • Banana split for breakfast! Except the ice cream has been replaced with oatmeal and the whipped cream with brown sugar and milk. But STILL. #
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Tweets for the week of 2010-12-05

  • WIP: I recount how a bioengineered horror ended the great galactic republic – the truth filtered through a fairytale about a talking rabbit. #
  • I'm no longer allowed to read certain sections of Adrift to @daphneun since I started killing characters she likes. #amwriting #nanowrimo #
  • My 'little princess' WIP character's super-power seems to be that she's stubborn and argumentative. #writewhatyouknow #
  • Today's WIP: "That was how the princess brought the Spring Tree back to the kingdom and finally ended Winter. That was how the War began." #
  • My daughter is critiquing the lyric logic of old Springsteen songs. She is not impressed. #raisingemright #
  • 'But if there's only grown-ups there, you're just going to talk about husbands and be BORING.' #thingsKayleesays #
  • I enjoy any movie that employs cast iron skillets as the primary melee weapon. #tangled #skilletsrock #
  • RT @ChuckWendig: RT @EvilWylie: Carpenters Needed! Saw And Nail Cabinets, Doors, Even Whole Houses. No Pay, But You'll Get Great Exposure! #
  • A Bitter November (http://j.mp/ggDP9Y) – Heh. #
  • Two employees here have swung by to say 'I really like that N7 hoodie… sir.' Feeling simultaneously cool and OLD. #
  • I thought we could reconcile some things if we just talked and maybe spent some time together, but you know what, Monday? Fuck you. Cheater. #
  • SubZin (http://j.mp/hHfQJS) – Finally, the Internet is complete. #
  • Postcards from WoW, Part 7 (http://j.mp/egh9b0) – Yeah. Not much interest in heading back to WoW any time soon. #
  • You know how to keep me from working? Drag your feet about paying me. #themoreyouknow #
  • I don't want to come across as a WoW-hater, folks. I'm not. WoW-agnostic? Yeah. Lasped WoWtholic? Something like that. #
  • My favorite holiday song, two years running – Always in the Season http://t.co/u8JTlcJ via @youtube #
  • I love @jonathancoulton, but this "kinetic typography animation" makes ShopVac MORE awesome. WATCH. http://t.co/OCe8FLA (thanks, @scalzi!) #
  • Let the oatmeal cook a little long this morning, and got an inch-thick oatmeal & raisin pancake. Added syrup. BEST COOKING MISTAKE EVER. #
  • Thanks to this building project, I've learned *so much* about what's keeping our house standing. (The answer? MAGIC and BLISSFUL IGNORANCE.) #
  • Samuel Pepys and the POD Diary by James Bridle (http://j.mp/eU6Ty2) – The bit about publisher love is telling. #
  • When someone at my ex-dayjob (where I still do short contract work) says "I just can't see why you aren't still here," it kinda sucks. #
  • I know they mean well, and it's nice to hear how wonderful they find my work, but… yeah. Sucks. #
  • My daughter enjoyed Tangled so much she's asking when we get to go see our NEXT movie. This is a HUGE shift away from her theater-hatred. #
  • McDonald's with my daughter. Hellooo Transformer Happy Meal. Now to see what Kaylee wants to eat… #
  • Jeez, the McD Playground is a really suboptimal experience for someone my height. #wherearethefeedbacksurveys #
  • RT @EvilWylie: (waitress, telemarketer…) RT @IrisBlasi: In a world of shrinking advances, additional author revenue channels are a *must*. #
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Tweets for the week of 2010-11-28

  • If the contracting company that built my house back in '83 had a face, I would kick that face right in the balls. #
  • If you're struggling a bit with #nanowrimo I recommend this Really Mean Trick to keep you going: http://bit.ly/caYEYr #
  • (No writing post today, though I might vent my spleen about shoddy and shady home construction later.) #
  • Monetize It (http://j.mp/g4cP5o) – It is here, with the nuts-and-bolts of epublishing, that Konrath is at his best. #
  • Is anyone aware of unicorn pictures where the horn is… higher? Like up at the top of the head, extended right off the spinal stack? #
  • Yes, I just used "unicorn" and "spinal stack" in the same tweet. That may be the high point of my day. #
  • I tweet-failed earlier. I'm basically looking for unicorn pix where the horn's like this: http://bit.ly/gXpwft and not mid-forehead. #
  • No, I'm not writing a story where unicorns siphon the blood of children via spine-horns shaped like juicepack straws. Oversaturated market. #
  • Illustration of the current Whedon nerdrage: http://twitpic.com/39ciov #
  • A Young Mad Scientist's First Alphabet Blocks: http://bit.ly/6xmGxa #
  • One of the best things about my current WIP is that it's science fiction, not magic, which means I get to actually enjoy explaining things. #
  • See, science fiction has SCIENCE in it, which becomes exponentially more awesome as you find out how it works. Magic is the exact opposite. #
  • #nanowrimo people: Tomorrow is is Thanksgiving. Be a writing ninja: http://bit.ly/fWZAqE #
  • Best thing about my little rice cooker: making my morning oatmeal in my office, filling the space with the smell yum. Thanks, @ebertchicago. #
  • Smell OF yum. Whatever. I just woke up. GOOD MORNING. #
  • "The ship was silent around us, save the cries of the girl and the fall of water in a garden long abandoned, full of death." #amwriting #
  • RT @ebertchicago: It's late, you're broke. Pasta, chicken broth, can of turkey chunks, seasoning. Got some frozen veggies? All in The Pot. #
  • #nanowrimo Less than 10% of those who started are still going. Are you? How awesome does that feel, even if you're behind? Keep going. #
  • Where's that bookmark for the Esperanto-English dictionary? #research #thingsIneverthoughtIwouldsay #
  • RT @seananmcguire: So You Want To Be A Writer? Funniest video I've seen in a while: http://tinyurl.com/26bs974 #
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I’m an instinctive stoic. Let me tell you what I’m thankful for.

I’m thankful there’s a fifteen foot trench in the floor of my basement, because it means we’re truly committed to making Kaylee’s new bedroom a reality.

I’m thankful there are no proper supports for the wall that trench is next too, even though there should be, because it means that this bedroom project, once a simple frame-in, will also make our house (which I love) about fifty times more structurally sound… simply so we can cut a bigger window in the wall.

I’m thankful this revelation about the foundation support for our house is interrupting our bedroom project. We could be finding out about it due to some kind of serious structural failure, and nothing could be further from the truth.

I’m thankful my back hurts, because that usually only happens when I sleep a really long time, and I totally slept a really long time this morning.

I’m thankful I don’t have a regular job right now, because it’s given me time to work on more writing projects and most importantly be around Kate a whole lot more just before we hit a stretch where time (and sleep) will be in short supply.

I’m thankful my family lives too far away to visit easily, because it makes me realize how much I miss them, which makes me call them and appreciate my memories of them more (it’s all I have to work with right now).

I’m thankful my throat is sore and swollen, and my sinuses are full of crap, because it means I remembered to get my flu vaccination a couple days ago.

I’m thankful my dad is a cancer survivor, because his experience has made me take much better care of myself than I would have, otherwise. Also, you know, cancer survivor.

I’m thankful I’m at ninety thousand words on my current story, but still nowhere near the end. It’s exciting to be writing something so big. It’s already bigger than anything I’ve ever done before, and still seems to be holding together.

I’m thankful that my wife has no idea what she’s gotten herself in for with this ‘baby’ thing. The best part about going on a ride you love is taking someone who’s never been.

How about you? Anyone out there thankful for a ‘bad’ thing?

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Tweets for the week of 2010-11-21

  • So the guy postponed the repair project (last Wednesday) to today, due to snow. This, of course, guaranteed heavier snow today. #haha #
  • You'd think, given how much coke zero I drink, coffee wouldn't wire me up so much. You'd be wrong. I was. No more 9pm cuppa joe. #tired #
  • The smell of coffee and cigarettes were so inextricably interwoven during childhood I can't smell one without catching a ghost of the other. #
  • I love brizzly, but it's kind of … not showing me some of the @ replies pointed at me the last couple days. #
  • The team we're bowling tonight showed up with an average of 2.5 balls per player. Overcompensation, thy name is 'Team XXXtreme.' #
  • Meetings, more meetings, phone calls, and a head-on collision with a good book have eaten my day. Finally time to get some work done. #
  • Paul (http://j.mp/cGJm1F) – I'm going to need a babysitter on 2/14/11… #
  • RT @dknippling: Bloggers, book reviewers: let me know if you want to review Choose Your Doom: Zombie Apocalypse. http://www.doompress.com #
  • "We have to have our 3 year olds scream “stop touching me” to get what children understand: this policy is wrong." http://bit.ly/aV8FkZ #
  • When your to-dos are 'write' or 'respond to an email I really don't want to respond to', writing gets MUCH easier. #motivation #nanowrimo #
  • Oh… oh sweetie. That's adorable, but SO WRONG. :) RT @Nemone7: @doycet Hey! Thanks for today's nano post. How is it you know everything? #
  • Inexplicable earworm of the day: Nothing Compares 2 U. Seriously, what the hell. #
  • Have entered the 'gravy' portion of my nicely productive writing day. Hello, fruit: shall we celebrate together? #
  • Astonished the porn industry hasn't ginned up TSA-parodies already. Someone call Larry Flint and point out the mockery opportunities here. #
  • To be clear: I think the current TSA policies are a serious, serious problem. What better way than porn to highlight the inherent seediness? #
  • Hey Twitter, why are you texting my phone with every @-reply I get? #
  • Fiddling around with about.me. Not quite sure what to DO it with it, but hey, harmless fun. http://bit.ly/9kxhGg #
  • It's annoying how much crap's accumulated in 'storage' in this house simply because I couldn't be arsed to throw it out. #purge2010 #
  • There's a jackhammer pounding in my basement. That's not a euphemism: there's a pounding jackhammer, and it's in my basement. #demolition #
  • Love watching the HP midnighters. Potter is their Star Wars. It will never mean so much to me, but it does to them, and I respect that. #
  • RT @dknippling: The only thing that will bring this country together is our hatred of the TSA, apparently. #
  • Spent the morning mixing cheap kitty litter into half-empty cans of really ugly old paint. #glamorous #
  • Old Paint and Kitty Litter Wall Texture. Oh yeah. I'm waiting for my call, HGTV. #
  • Beloved around-the-house Inis Meain is developing holes in the same old places again. I need better sweater patching tricks. #
  • Nap or coffee? Nap or coffee? Nap…. or… snzzzzzzzk* #
  • In my previous tweet, I overlooked a third option, obvious in hindsight: Nap AND THEN coffee. #onebirdtwostones #
  • Wow. @daphneun decided to spend part of her day MASTERing a new dish. Short ribs. Some kind of wine sauce. Sweet Fancy Moses I'm stuffed. #
  • Got a scene half-done at the bowling alley today, but definitely still owe Sunday-me some solid wordcount tonight. Off we go! #
  • Oh my god, you guys: @daphneun has never seen Tremors. WHO DID I MARRY?!? WHAT KIND OF MOTHER WILL SHE BE? #
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Tweets for the week of 2010-11-14

  • Morning, #nanowrimo folken. It's day eight. Are you still in this thing? Awesome! Find out why: http://bit.ly/ccmmYM #
  • Listen, internet: I'm kinda tired, so can we just assume I ranted about the stupidity of Daylight Savings Time (again), and call it good? #
  • *looks at calendar* Day seven? Not day eight? *mutters* #
  • Reading a sekrit copy of Choose Your Doom: Zombie Apocalypse. Heh. heheheheheh. Heh. Review soon. http://bit.ly/9fOSue #
  • (Re)Blogged for #nanowrimo folks: Getting past the Dreaded Day Seven: http://bit.ly/ccmmYM #
  • RT @ChuckWendig: Come, novelists and writer-types. Murder unicorns with me. Get shut of writing myths: http://bit.ly/bEYK7P #NaNoWriMo #
  • The cunningly sophisticated @maureenjohnson is answering #nanowrimo questions today. Probably yours. Check it: http://bit.ly/b5UVdJ #
  • Unicorn City trailer: http://t.co/K9o4qtw @unicorncity — I'm in some kind of shameful nerd love with this thing. #
  • I'm unreasonably optimist that maybe, sometime today, Twitter's API will unclench enough for my new blog post links to actually show up. #
  • I'm unreasonably optimistic that maybe, sometime today, Twitter's API will unclench enough for my new blog post links to actually show up #
  • Alright, screw optimism; time to post links my hand. #primate #
  • RT @Three_Star_Dave: RT @pourmecoffee: Pressure building on GOP to cut deficit/create jobs. I sense an anti flag-burning amendment coming! #
  • Writers, gamers, Chuck speaks, and it's good: Solve for X – A Story Must be an Incomplete Equation: http://bit.ly/dBuQtN #nanowrimo #
  • The siding repair guy is FINALLY going to fix our house damage tomorrow. SO, DENVER PEOPLE: It *will* snow tonight. Thought you should know. #
  • Huh. A way to tweet right from the Chrome address bar. http://www.scottporad.com/2010/01/07/how-to-tweet-directly-from-chrome-or-firefox/ #
  • For the Burning Wheel game, @cyface has given his character the Instinct "Always be the Smarted Person in the Room." *rubs hands together* #
  • Gah. Yesterday, none of the twitterfeed stuff worked. Now it's all posting twice. Sorry for the spam, guys. #
  • Surreal: @daphneun had a dream where one of my characters (Vikous) was showering. Leathery wings, pale skin, clawed feet, and sudsy loofah. #
  • As I predicted this morning, frozen precipitation has begun outside my window. How long before the siding guy calls to postpone? #takingbets #
  • I think what might ultimately break my soda habit are afternoons like today, when a meager caffeine dose is INSUFFICIENT. #
  • Who (http://j.mp/cKMQYD) – Who. Pond. Mucha. Lovely. #
  • My new favorite Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ddkmiidlgnkhnfhigdpadkaamogngkin #
  • First Snow http://flic.kr/p/8SjRaT #
  • Burning Wheel prep and #writing all day today. Need a #nanowrimo post? I suggest this one: http://bit.ly/b18QRW #
  • Tonight's Burning Wheel game involves a murder investigation and a sport we've invented that combines nine-pins, lacrosse, and blood bowl. #
  • Fun first Burning Wheel session. Not the game I expected to run, but I love it. #
  • Should be a very productive morning; absolutely no distra– *email ping* "Your invitation to About.me" — Oh crap. #
  • Least I Could Do: 2010-11-11 (http://j.mp/dsAUup) – This is pretty much how Kate is with dentists. #
  • Someday I'm going to write in the morning when I'm all productive and save sleepy afternoons for crap like fixing web templates. #viceversa #
  • CANNOT. WAKE. UP. Prescription: cold weather and major caffeine hit. Tattered Cover, here I come. #
  • Biweekly veggie/fruit delivery has two pomegranates in it. POMEGRANATES. I don't have that kind of free time; no one does! #
  • Oh dear. It's actually four pomegranates. I'm going to have decide between fruit and finishing this story. #nanowrimo #NaPoEaMo #fight #
  • Hey, @ChuckWendig has some damn good, damn solid tips on avoiding distractions and focusing. Read em: http://bit.ly/d6MVbI #nanowrimo #
  • Least I Could Do: 2010-11-12 (http://j.mp/btTRkF) – Again, this is eerily familiar. #
  • Cunning plan to get some writing done this morning was a complete failure — except for the blog post, which I already do in the morning. #
  • Time to find out if the afternoon will be any better. Netbook says it's got 3 hours of battery left. LET'S FIND OUT. #
  • DAMN this renovation. Damn. it. Why can't anything be simple? #
  • Kaylee has approximately every shade of (or colorwheel neighbor to) "red" on this morning, simultaneously. *fumbles for sunglasses* #
  • The Man in the Frey Flannel Suit (http://j.mp/amLs9B) – Frey's an ass. Notoriously so. #
  • Holy crap. 70k into the WIP, and I just figured out WHY this one thing keeps happening in the story. So surprised. Happy. #lovemyjob #