Twitter – Doyce Testerman

Tweets for the week of 2013-05-26

Back to work. http://t.co/6oVM2lDvFx #
What we're reading. http://t.co/tIBVOguwEM #
RT @questingvole: Word of the day: "Feague: to put ginger up a horse's fundament, to make him lively and carry his tail well." (Grose, 1785) #
RT @johannthors: The single best thing about the last Game of Thrones episode was the lack of any scenes featuring Theon. #
Inbox: 0. *blows kazoo* #
RT @GregStolze: I hate to play favorites, but it's havarti. Sorry edam. You had skin in the game, but havarti just wanted it a little mor… #

Back to work. http://t.co/5QfO9P6Pha #
4 of 5 stars to The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks http://t.co/sdJJ141pLW #
Kaylee wrote a "Make the World Better" essay; didn't understand my horrified whimper when I read the end. http://t.co/6TvgfK8Nso #community #
"I'm gettin' too old for this shit." Jake watches the new puppy. http://t.co/bHNq0VeSAA #
She Said, He Said: A Prequel – Doctor Who: http://t.co/Ecwk9g0rtE – Creepiest bit: Clara's wearing my daughter's school uniform. #
Best moment from last night's Trek viewing: Hearing the words "tribble" and "necrotic flesh" in the same sentence. #
RT @jonnygeller: #publishingvocab "effervescent prose" – overwritten
"richly written prose" – overwritten
"sumptuous sentences" – overwritt… #
Realized, discussing new Trek movie, that for someone "SO not a Trek fan", I know a LOT of Trekstuff. Ditto Marvel. Honestly don't know how. #
Possible I absorbed Trek/Marvel via Nerd osmosis. More likely: non-specialized Knowledge skills are really cheap in this system. #minmax #
"In the future, gamers rules the universe. Thank you, Iain M. Banks." I review Player of Games — http://t.co/GeDFV7x50u #
Twipster: excellent chrome extension. (How sad I want/need an app that "strips down Twitter's cluttered interface.") http://t.co/EFOs52wbS2 #

Well, I think it's now clear I don't have a future as a lightrail operator. Also, if anyone official asks, I was with you ALL MORNING. #

RT @FirstWorldPains: Facebook makes you hate people you actually know. Twitter makes you love people you've never met. #
"… I'm Colorado." http://t.co/qViw3rkWXp #
Whoops. Email just exceeded petty snark threshold for the week. Time to unplug. #

Seriously, this new puppy has an unfair cuteness advantage. http://t.co/HnRnuqcUKM #

RT @grimgoroth: I have a new post up on @IdeologyMadness today. I review @doycet book, Hidden Things. Check it out. http://t.co/HVQWhO7VIe #
RT @grimgoroth: For the afternoon crowd. My review of @doycet Hidden Things is up on @IdeologyMadness. Give it a read. http://t.co/HVQWh … #
.@grimgoroth I *loved* the review – I don't always retweet mentions of Hidden Things -it feels a little weird – but this I want to share. in reply to grimgoroth #
I really don't think Max has been the same since Ruby killed their parents, but it's nice to see his spirit isn't broken. #
RT @michelledeidre: Can we please ask ourselves how a major American city is on total lockdown and our senate just killed a bill on back … #
RT @YesYoureRacist: ATTENTION, RACISTS: The Boston bombing suspects are from the actual Caucasus region, meaning they *literally could n … #

It would be interesting (read: fundamental sea-change) if libraries had the same social heft as art galleries; the same backer prestige. #
I'm imagining that libraries-as-galleries thing: bookstores thus become like commercial art-shops. Balance shifts. Art ? Product? Hmm. #
Reason I'm thinking about this: I know lots of people who paint just to enjoy painting; it's okay. Far fewer writers can do the same thing. #
Writers writing just to write are, today, often seen as failing, because writing SEEMS more about finding audience than creating a thing. #
I mean, you share a story and get "Okay: who's the audience for this?" No one asks that about the puppy painting you did last weekend. #
I think you can write things you enjoy, and if it's good, it'll find audience. But it's hard to SEE that in today's "industry" environment. #

OMG, they did it! RT @doycet: Dear Feedly: http://t.co/8WynElHKMl — I am unreasonably happy about this. #madwithpower #
Creative people make me incredibly frustrated. Yes, I'm a writer. Full of contradictions, me. #
April first is the internet's best attempt to get us to go outside and enjoy spring. #
I find myself desperately wanting to find a review of Ebert's which begins "This review doesn't matter…", but of course I can't right now. #