{"id":3425,"date":"2012-06-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/tweets-for-the-week-of-2012-06-03\/"},"modified":"2012-06-03T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T14:00:00","slug":"tweets-for-the-week-of-2012-06-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/tweets-for-the-week-of-2012-06-03\/","title":{"rendered":"Tweets for the week of 2012-06-03"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"aktt_tweet_digest\">\n<li>As promised, I will be live tweeting a wedding, today. Please note: Do not expect mockery of a West Point wedding on Memorial Day. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206796857593171969\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8230; Actually, you CAN expect mockery, but not of the institution, or the men and women in the service. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206797606628757505\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>West Point mood setting, via @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/clovis69\" class=\"aktt_username\">clovis69<\/a>: McArthur farewell speech &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/EQXVgdQK\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/EQXVgdQK<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206799074823897088\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>West Point security understandably high. Comparable to airport security&#8230; If you&#039;re in the mood to insult West Point or embarrass the TSA. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206800099840491521\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hey: non-wedding related question for a lazy Sunday &#8211; any librarians or pro-readers who can tell me if Hidden Things is up on netgalley? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206804174065766400\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Random thoughts from driving through the Palisades: what childhood book series used to mention Peekskill? Trixie Belden? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206805321585405952\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Followup question: who&#039;s about to out themselves as a Trixie Belden reader? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206805663333089281\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I don&#039;t know how long the wedding ceremony will run, but unless it&#039;s a full mass, it&#039;ll take less time than we&#039;ve spent on finding parking. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206812056681328641\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nice church. Pity about the view.  <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/lPAa6Ecz\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/lPAa6Ecz<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206814229372747777\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Trixie Belden&#039;s big selling point for me as a kid? Numbers. Didn&#039;t care what they were about; only that our county library had 34 of them. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206818390772420608\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The church itself, despite its age, boasts fabulous air conditioning&#8230; Which is more than can be said of my mother-in-law&#039;s. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206820710457417729\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>So&#8230;  @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DaphneUn\" class=\"aktt_username\">DaphneUn<\/a>: &quot;How&#039;s my hair? &quot; Me: &quot;Fabulous.&quot; Her: &quot;I know,  right?&quot; #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23fishingforyetmorecompliments\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">fishingforyetmorecompliments<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206821783792394240\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>West Point weddings begin PRECISELY on time. #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23youwillbeleftbehind\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">youwillbeleftbehind<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206822418461892609\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cheek-kiss greetings. Ubiquitous on the east coast? I need more data, but signs point to yes. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206823928432304128\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The priest, crewcut,  directs the processional with sharp handsigns. Pretty sure I heard him say &#039;deploy bride.&#039; <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206826409551872000\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Father Crewcut makes serious use of dramatic <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206827529661718528\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>pauses. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206827756368035841\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The family has used this priest before. He has a &#039;bit&#039; for his sermons: analyzing the hidden meaning in the readings the couple selected. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206829033734946818\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>If that sounds potentially horrifying and embarrassing, then I think my job is done. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206829389764231169\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Okay, that&#039;s probably the best &#039;you may kiss the bride&#039; kiss I&#039;ve witnessed, thanks to the bride.  Groom looks happily stunned, and should. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206831961178775553\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Battery dying.  More later. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206832085527298048\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>One more note: it is a full mass,  and the parking did NOT take longer. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206836417157017602\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bride and Groom exit the church through an archway of drawn sabers. I don&#039;t care who you are, that&#039;s cool. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206840403087982592\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Highpoint of the reception; someone with Garth and Wayne likenesses tattooed across the bridge of their feet. #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23timeless\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">timeless<\/a> #partyon <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206876710128459776\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A bit surreal. Father-of-the-bride&#039;s advice to the couple: Don&#039;t blink. #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23theangelshavethephonebox\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">theangelshavethephonebox<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206880178255831041\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yeah. Totally. RT @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckWendig\" class=\"aktt_username\">ChuckWendig<\/a>: Kids are basically dogs. I mean, they&#039;re not? But sometimes, they are. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/206947542515191808\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Back in Denver! A few hours left to like\/retweet\/tumbl #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23hiddenthings\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">hiddenthings<\/a> before I finish kissing the ground and figure out who won a galley. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/207239747205201920\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I wish I could give a copy of #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23hiddenthings\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">hiddenthings<\/a> to everyone entered, but I don&#039;t have *nearly* enough. The first galley goes to @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/juliaakarr\" class=\"aktt_username\">juliaakarr<\/a>! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/207273485750378496\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Another (or is it first?) happy customer! RT @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wilsonsteve\" class=\"aktt_username\">wilsonsteve<\/a>: Read advance copy of #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23hiddenthings\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">hiddenthings<\/a> and @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\" class=\"aktt_username\">doycet<\/a> rocked it. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/207479552396627970\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RT @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/writemonkey\" class=\"aktt_username\">writemonkey<\/a>: The closest I get to multitasking is ignoring more than one thing at a time. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/207599518810779649\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How would one go about spaying\/neutering their plants? I feel like the eyeliner-smeared &#039;star&#039; of a two-month-long cottonwood money shot. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/207630426385297408\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Oh,  and hello to new followers! Visit for the #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23hiddenthings\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">hiddenthings<\/a> news, stay for the deciduous bukake jokes. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/207630902472347650\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Going to San Diego Comic Con? &#8211; Me too! I\u2019ll be doing some other stuff at the Con as well (when I\u2019m not busy&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/y1VVrZ6m\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/y1VVrZ6m<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/207954910094950400\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I meant to mention this in my review, but @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/chuckwendig\" class=\"aktt_username\">chuckwendig<\/a>&#039;s Blackbirds pretty much&#8230; ruined red mylar birthday balloons for me. *shudders* <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/208171771898245120\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Don&#039;t take the balloon thing as a ding against Blackbirds, by the way; for the right reader, it should be considered a ringing endorsement. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/208172306009309186\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Aww&#8230; RT @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/sekimori\" class=\"aktt_username\">sekimori<\/a>: I remember reading this story when he was doing it for a #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23NaNoWriMo\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">NaNoWriMo<\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/TWeFx6TO\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/TWeFx6TO<\/a> Congrats, D! #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23hiddenthings\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">hiddenthings<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/208174875909689348\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>And yes: one reason I think #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23nanowrimo\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">nanowrimo<\/a> &quot;works&quot; is because #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23hiddenthings\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">hiddenthings<\/a> started life as a NNWM project. I work well with tight deadlines. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/208176225007583232\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Canadian thistle and sweet clover. Two weeds that flower in my wedding colors. Not sure how I feel about that. #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23noxiouslove\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">noxiouslove<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/208200318259953664\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Replaced ten year old home office chair Something Fancy. Butt approves. Daytime standing desk doesn&#039;t care. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/cYpKvfbu\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/cYpKvfbu<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/208321408550449152\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I would not normally retweet a picture of me that is THAT bad, but the Liefeld mockery makes it a price I&#039;m willing to pay. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/208327057866891264\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TRON: Uprising &#8211; First episode, up on Youtube: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/78RkfC38\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/78RkfC38<\/a> &#8212; and it&#039;s pretty damned good. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/208400318596263937\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Random Average \u00bb My Outsider, ex-player Impression of WoW\u2019s Mists of Pandaren expansion <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/6tza2iS6\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/6tza2iS6<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/208575282980995073\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>HIVEMIND: I&#039;m trying to find a FAQ answer to &quot;ZOMG WUT IF AN AGENT STEALZ MAH STORY IDEA&quot; &#8212; thought I had one somewhere, but can&#039;t locate. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/208584484830969858\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Workspace &#8211; I posted a picture of a new chair to Twitter yesterday. Alongside the picture, I said: \u203a&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/vQpjBqmS\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/vQpjBqmS<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/208635975956570112\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/aiwn5NFJ\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/aiwn5NFJ<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/208638753433059329\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I&#039;ve got 99 problems: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/czNkQtp9\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/czNkQtp9<\/a> (just that kind of day). <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/208661627527102464\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&quot;The POLITE thing to do would be to disagree&#8230;&quot; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/V7KWS8mu\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/V7KWS8mu<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/208911700957724673\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As promised, I will be live tweeting a wedding, today. Please note: Do not expect mockery of a West Point wedding on Memorial Day. # &#8230; Actually, you CAN expect mockery, but not of the institution, or the men and women in the service. # West Point mood setting, via @clovis69: McArthur farewell speech &#8211; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/tweets-for-the-week-of-2012-06-03\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tweets for the week of 2012-06-03&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-3425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-untidy-heap","tag-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}