Tag: Twitter

• Completed #ME2, somewhat by accident. Now, #amwriting some more: time to knit some sweaters and write some roadtrip. #
• (Oh, and #ME2 was/is amazing. Even the cheesy parts were amazing. What a great game. What a good story.) #
• Thanks my lovely wife, @DaphneUn, there's juuust enough soda stashed in the 'gaming fridge' to keep me from a run to the store tonight. #
• Yes, we have a gaming fridge down in the comfy basement. A largish (waist high) dorm fridge, equidistant between console and gaming table. #
• Onomatopoeia or it didn't happen! (http://goo.gl/4NDL) – This… actually sounds pretty awesome. #
• Oh boy, I get to go to the dentist EARLY today. #goodygoodygumdrops #
• RT @ChuckWendig Ten Rules For Writing Fiction: My (Erm, Current) List. Come. Read. Add your own! http://tinyurl.com/yl7dwkn – Good stuff. #
• Dentist done; I am temporarily crowned. #stillnotking #
• Soon, my mouth will be framed by a crown on either side – like the Anduin passing through the Argonath, just before Amon Hen. #nerdentistry #
• Unless you're a spy, "the drugs are wearing off" is never a good thing. #iamnotaspy #ow #
• shitmydadsays: "A parent's only as good as their dumbest kid. If one wins a Nobel Prize but the other gets robbed by a hooker, you failed." #
• Revisions done. Can I get an Amen? Can I get a Hell yeah? #
• Finished revisions yesterday, then again today (shut up). Sent em off to the superlative Agent S. As @saucy_dryad would say, "WHO'S NEXT?" #
• Balancing The Stone (http://goo.gl/NIn4) – Wow. Weird coincidence here, as Tim and I were just talking last night about a situation where he #
• Bugger. Used to be that sharing something in GReader with a long comment meant it wouldn't bounce to Twitter. Now it does. #donotwant #
• You know what's kind of sad and hilarious? Playing Bioware games makes me want to get back into actual roleplaying in MMOs. #
• Really nice wallpapers (that's right, wallpapers) http://is.gd/91qeS #
• Random Average: Mass Effect 2 (spoileriffic) http://bit.ly/9ulSdE #
• Oh, morning: I wish I could quit you. No, seriously. #
• Hunting the elusive stand-alone freezer. Price varies wildly for no reason I can fathom. (I know, my life is FASCINATING.) #
• The most recently read email in my inbox is titled "Your Connecting Point for Meat!" It's from my mom. #
• RT @BarackObama: Watch highlights from today's #HCR meeting: http://bit.ly/b1nA7w; http://bit.ly/cFnJVS; http://bit.ly/bP01bn #
• If You Think You Need Some Lovin http://youtu.be/z9KMgg7T_sg (I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'.) #
• I really, really, like what @chuckwendig is saying in his latest post. Read http://is.gd/9g2wz #
• The good: weekend starting early. The bad: this is due to child throwing up at school. #
• ME: I think you're the best kid, but I'm biased. KAYLEE: Does biased mean you think someone is best? Cuz I think I'm biased on you too. #
• Kaylee is pleased to be at a McD play area, but THRILLED that my 'distraction book' is (630+ page) Burning Empires. #
• Mass Effect 2 on Insanity-difficulty makes babies cry. Because I'm punching them. #
• I wish everyone I knew made cookies as 'good' as the ones I just made; I'd lose SO MUCH weight. Even the dogs are rejecting them. #

• I just earned two "paragon" points in Mass Effect by proposing a threesome. #SpacePaladinsHaveDifferentRules #
• Also, my 4 year ild got me Mass Effect 2 for my birthday, "so you have something to play when I'm not around." #
• When it was time to end my lunch hour nap and head back to work, I *dreamt* I did so… and slept another 25 minutes. #stupidbraintrickedme #
• I like it when I put a little cream in my coffee and doesn't change color, because it's too black to be AFFECTED. #concentratedjitters #
• Adrift: I look at the vid lens and tell the station it either needs us – all of us – to help, or should shoot us. … http://bit.ly/a5zr2E #
• Dead at 90 – Fredrick Morrison, Frisbee Inventor (http://goo.gl/uC36) – You know… for kids! #
• Dead at 90 – Fredrick Morrison, Frisbee Inventor (http://goo.gl/Sx41) – You know… for kids! #
• Crazy Goats (http://goo.gl/1j3f) – My mind, it is blown. #
• A new Buzz start-up experience (http://goo.gl/70FP) – I love that Google addressed this so quickly, even if I think the 'concerns' were… #
• Random Average: Being Immortal in Fate (Diaspora) http://bit.ly/dhbbIE #
• Wondering what the Recovery Act has accomplished? Check this out: http://bit.ly/9ekLbu #
• Too much to say about the end of ME1 and the start of ME2 to fit here, so I put it over there: http://bit.ly/cSnVAE – come geek with me. #
• Random Average: Thoughts/questions about the end of Mass Effect 1 http://bit.ly/9K5dRa #
• Twitter For Dipshits (http://goo.gl/aUHJ) – This: "I'm always adjusting, trying to tune the knobs to get more signal, less noise." #
• 5 Google Buzz Tips for the Advanced User (http://goo.gl/TwpC) – Chrome Extension! Yay! #
• Interesting. @Pyr_Books now accepts UNagented manuscripts in epic fantasy, sword & sorcery, and contemporary fantasy: http://bit.ly/ar7J8y #
• New blog post coming, after I go get a tooth drilled. Here's taste, it's got Porkins in it. http://brizzly.com/pic/1HGU #
• After we send in taxes, sure. #
• By bouth id numb. #dentistchair #
• DORK TOWER, Wednesday, February 17, 2010 (http://goo.gl/9iLp) – HA! #
• children on the playground (http://goo.gl/T4Yy) – I watch Kaylee to remember how the world should be. #
• Random Average: Diaspora, Session 1: Teacup on The Tempest http://bit.ly/aOBlAh #
• This is what I mean when I say DRM encourages piracy, people: http://is.gd/8GF81 #
• Man, eight hours of sleep, all in a row. http://bit.ly/diBiW7 #
• Oh dear. @maureenjohnson is stealing @DaphneUn away for Two Whole Week(end)s!. Prepare the button. http://bit.ly/8g3Rke #
• I might, perhaps, have inflicted a Mass Effect-related RSI on myself. Maybe. I'm not saying. #soundslikeagoodweekendforwriting #
• Kind of staggering from a gut-punch today; the kind that promises a harder punch in the future. #
• You know what? Everyone needs to hear this song. It's Olympic! (Also, a fine way to cheer up.) http://bit.ly/9tDWXj #
• Awesome, whole-house "mousetrap" contraption (http://goo.gl/zZEQ) – Simply great. #
• Adrift: It is a long, long walk to the first corner. Every step feels like the one where the PPC powers back up an… http://bit.ly/ddueVt #
• Obama explains climate science (http://goo.gl/Ypl8) – Thank you, Mr. President. It's "Zip Code" warming. #

• Google Super Bowl Ad – PSFK (http://goo.gl/gL6Z) – Brilliant ad. And so true. (Thanks, @ChuckWendig and @MsInformation.) #
• I'm a grown man still uncomfortable with 6-month-out appointments. #
• No idea what to get my Dad for his birthday. #
• Dental visit and cleaning this morning. My teeth feel like they've been to the gym. (Next week one will feel like it's been to a biker bar.) #
• Just found out that Google voice hasn't sent me my voicemails since 1/31. I have missed a super important call since then. #angry #
• Writers Be Crazy (http://goo.gl/5zC4) – "… while you’re supporting us, do not support our nonsense." Sooth. #
• Enter button doormat (http://goo.gl/Ahzj) – WANT. #
• RT @DaphneUn: The innocent victims of flame wars are the saddest. RT @Epidiah: Beaker's Ballad: http://tiny.cc/JljjF #
• Guys, I just got excellent news back on my latest WIP revision. Seriously, I'm fucking giddy. And relieved. 140 characters cannot convey. #
• … mostly relieved, actually. An epoch of "Whew". #
• Adrift: “Nominal” means that Deirdre meets all the Scourge-positive scan criteria… except for the pesky “is not Sc… http://bit.ly/bENnQW #
• I almost admire the evil cunning of the "Retweet me to get a chance at one of my 20 Google Buzz invites" people. Almost. #
• The short film “Logorama” gets an Oscar nomination. (http://goo.gl/MFZ8) – Awesome. #
• This week's revision-fest heads for the big cancer-goblin showdown. Vayland Rd. [7] — The Fight – http://bit.ly/cDBk6z #
• Heading home. Another surprisingly good class. Awesome. #
• Okay, in all seriousness, Buzz is… pretty good. Especially if you use GMail/GReader already. Easier to follow than Twitter, at times. #
• I have (re)discovered the mute button in Brizzly, and lo, it is glorious. #
• The Life Aquatic with Clumsy Pete — http://is.gd/8bcDl — most excellent. #
• Lunch is sitting in my stomach like a stone. A stone made out of sick. #
• Lining up some visual aids to help Kaylee understand V-Day nuances. http://brizzly.com/pic/1FBM #
• Adrift: I don’t know what that scan might mean, but I know Deirdre isn’t Scourge. The Scourge. A scourge. Scourgey… http://bit.ly/cMDY1M #
• Got the complete Farscapre DVD collection from @daphneun… And a box of crackers. Cuz she's AWESOME with the in-jokes. #
• The World’s 50 Freakiest Animals (http://goo.gl/Roxs) – Making note of things to evolve sentients from in Diaspora. #
• Random House rejects "agency" price-model: http://ow.ly/16G0J – "What if I train consumers the best scenario is: get it free?” – YES. THIS. #
• Got the complete Farscape DVD collection from @daphneun… And a box of crackers. Cuz she's AWESOME with the in-jokes. #
• The picture from my birth-day return to skiing. Auspicious. http://flic.kr/p/7CvTEq #
• Re: My previous Random House tweet. Am informed the quote I pulled was speaker's opinion, not RH's official stance. So… [1] #
• [2] When I said, on buzz, "one of them actually gets it", I guess I just meant "one person in publishing". #
• You know… 'The Peacekeeper Wars' is a really ironic name… except to someone IN the Farscape setting. #
• Annnnd I for got my effing ski hat. #birthdaysenilityFtL #
• Pleased to note @daphneun has had her first spill of the day. Let the learning begin! It is, in fact, all about Falling Down. #
• Kate's off to lessons, and I'm off yhe starter slopes. Just had my first real run in 15 years. FELT SO GOOD. #
• Fun b-day fact: when Dad (same bday) was the age I am today, I was a HS senior, heading to college. Kaylee is 4.5, heading to kindergarten. #
• Protect your privacy from Google (http://goo.gl/Mfxf) – … PERMANENTLY. #
• The Daddening Of Video Games (http://goo.gl/Fz3K) – Rob mentioned this, and I found it through PA, and it's good. #
• Carrie Fisher (http://goo.gl/phzT) – Wisdom. #
• Part of the reason you're so angry… http://bit.ly/7Npr2a #

• 24 hrs after it went out, Macmillan imprint sites finally post Sargent's letter publicly. Elegant illo of how/where e-consumers rate. #
• My thoughts on the Macmillan-Amazon thing, now with 65% less apoplectic swears. http://is.gd/7qwK8 #
• What’s been gnawing at me lately (http://goo.gl/AHJ7) – Read the postscript for good thoughts on current dust-up. (Thanks @glecharles.) #
• It's mildly depressing not getting along/agreeing with people I admire. I realize it breeds healthy debate; doesn't mean it's fun. :/ #
• RT @indieauthor: Why aren't authors irked @ Macmillan instead of Amazon? Higher #ebook price doesn't = better royalty, just fewer purchases. #
• RT [Best summary I've read, including my own.] @DaphneUn RT @NathanBransford: The Kindle Missile Crisis explained: http://bit.ly/ba9sEA #
• It's exhausting, caring about whether or not publishing improves its structure. Also unrewarding. Resuming other activities. #
• Adrift: Deirdre says that if the station was banning me or Jon because it thought we were Scourge-infected, I woul… http://bit.ly/bkF3So #
• Digital Perception (http://goo.gl/Xpyi) – "… the way to fight piracy is with cost and convenience." #
• Did I just… yeah. I just rickrolled myself while dreaming. #canteventrustmyownbrain #
• RT @glecharles: Libraries are being strangled to death, given no chance (or funding) to transition into digital age. Criminally negligent. #
• RT @glecharles: RT @DigiBookWorld: "President budget freezes libraries; omits school libs from ed increase" @ala_wo http://bit.ly/aFlLhT #
• RT @crredwards: Hitler responds to the iPad – http://bit.ly/92K9Dt #
• RT @ChuckWendig: Sometimes, you creative-types need an ass-smacking. http://tinyurl.com/yftf25e ("Writers Don't Do That" #terribleminds) #
• Who will save us? (http://goo.gl/jM2Z) – "If you mean, 'what will keep things as they are?' the answer is 'nothing will'." #
• Thought-food: http://bit.ly/9ZeSxV 80% valid, but WHAT is 'competitive and diversified' about Big 6 dictating e-retailer pricing? #
• A Call For Author Support (http://goo.gl/krLx) – "When Elephants fight, it's the grass that gets trampled." #
• Avatar Review (http://goo.gl/qmgs) – From the guy that brought you the 7-part breakdown of Phantom Menace. #
• Late start to the day. Going to be a late end to the day, also, so I figure my karma is good. #
• Adrift: The station, still eavesdropping, corrects Deirdre: she isn’t Scourge-infected – it’s not a disease. By it… http://bit.ly/cVmCL4 #
• I shout the shouting out: @ChuckWendig paints with shotguns http://tinyurl.com/yjoecq9 #terribleminds #
• Fun with punctuation (http://goo.gl/Skfm) – I'm doing revisions this week, so this is a good reminder. #
• Working on short story edits/rewrite. Goal is to improve it (duh) and cut 10%. Dunno if it's any better, but Twitter does really help me wi #
• People: "Problematic" means indefinite, unsettled, uncertain, questionable, doubtful… NOT "a problem". #newpetpeeve #
• Put another way: ""That's problematic." != "That's a problem." Quit effing using it that way. #
• Adrift: Station says that “The Scourge” isn’t something you catch, but something you are. It scanned Deirdre and g… http://bit.ly/aHVBdf #
• RT @brennanrtaylor: "She's a witch–burn her!" = "He's a terrorist–kill him!" What country do I live in, again? http://bit.ly/cFdg4C #
• MY daddy eats super-faster than _anything_. Like, a *100* fast: dinner's already gone! #thingskayleesays #braggingdadupatschool #
• Adrift: Sorry, but what the glittering hell does getting a ‘nominal match’ mean? A theoretical match? A match that… http://bit.ly/97V3dl #
• Al Franken Makes Comcast's CEO Look Like A Tool (http://goo.gl/DDO6) – I'm am so impressed with this junior senator from Minnesota. #
• *Banghead* ow *Banghead* ow *Banghead* ow *Banghead* ow *Banghead* ow. Good parts of the evening are Good. Less good parts? *Banghead* ow. #
• Wasn't there an energy-sucking sponge in an old Monster Manual? Did Erol Otis' line drawing look at all like the new CIA guy in Chuck? #
• RT @jchutchins: WHY AKIRA MATTERS — Great 2:15 video about the art/animation of AKIRA, and why you should care: http://bit.ly/bOBIQk #
• RT @Danisidhe: You know what? Until other people stop fucking things up, I'm taking 'control freak' as a compliment. #thisshouldbeatshirt #
• RT @saucy_dryad: Preparing dinner is considerably more exciting when you snarl, "WHO'S NEXT?" at every step. #
• RT @ebertchicago: Teabaggers: By all means, a civics and literary test before voting. That would wreck the Right. #

• Children's Fantasy (http://goo.gl/HuYS) – Not the first time I've thought this. #
• RT @Judd_of_Kryos: Spartacus on Starz: the worst parts of 300, Gladiator and a Nu-Metal video on 90's Cinemax. (Such was my impression.) #
• Random Average: Farscape as gaming group http://bit.ly/6mLLSm #
• Adrift: This works fine for everyone except Deirdre, who is fed up with being left on the ship. The current reason… http://bit.ly/5i7r5o #
• Heading in to a full day class I somehow got talked into teaching. 6 hours of pretty much non-stop talking. I'll just pretend I'm at a Con. #
• Random Average: Diaspora: Cluster and Character generation (ridiculously TL;DR) http://bit.ly/aGZLa0 #
• Me: So… which do you think is faster: ponies, horses, or unicorns? Kaylee: Pegasus. #thingskayleesays #
• Charging headlong into the monstrous squall. (For 'charging headlong' read 'driving', and 'monstrous squall' read 'snow-dusted mountains'.) #
• Note: not driving at the moment. I don't tweet and drive. #
• Booty Call (http://goo.gl/fkNE) – More insight into ebook publishing. #
• Another "speaking with confidence and clarity" class wrapped up. My guys (they're "my guys", now) did a great job. *teacher pride* #
• Spirit (http://goo.gl/PYEd) – Dammit, I hate when xkcd makes me tear up. #
• I've never owned an i-anything, and I actively dislike iTunes, so I'm clearly not Mac's target audience. Don't get iPad nerdrage, though. #
• A field guide to talking beasts (http://goo.gl/K9W4) – Useful during the creation of Princess stories. #
• Adrift: I try reason: the station is just paranoid/insane. Deidre points out I’m letting it make the rules. The st… http://bit.ly/9oGJeu #
• Which iteration of Blade Runner added the voiceover from Decker? Which version do I need to go back to avoid it? #
• So your belief is Amazon (or any retailer) can be forced carry Vendor X, at dictated prices, because otherwise AMAZON has monopoly? Really? #
• Also: digital costs as much as paper books? Really? Explain the e-quivalent of shipping, stocking, and return costs, please. Jesus, *think*. #

• Nice to have been pretty much offline yesterday, though the catch-up phase this morning feels like opening up an overfull sitcom closet. #
• In Internet speed, the USA is 18th (http://bit.ly/6OJkco) – I wouldn't mind living in Ireland… or Prague. #
• Kaylee has acquired her first teenybopper earworm, and sings the chorus nigh-continually. http://bit.ly/73EAOs #
• Adrift: The station proposes an alliance — access to some resources it has available, in exchange for ’some help w… http://bit.ly/6Gioe7 #
• Pondering a virtual writer's group, managed via blogging software, weekly updates per author, feedback via comments. Good/bad idea? #vwg #
• Watching @daphneun dance the chaleston. While seated. To scandinavian hiphop swing. #
• Exactly. #
• Dayjob promises/threatens to be breathtakingly busy for the next couple weeks. Already affecting my critical afternoon newsreader refreshes. #
• Adrift: Deirdre, “of course”, will not be allowed further into the station and, if we will not allow her to be sho… http://bit.ly/8KtRmW #
• Checking out a charter school for next year. Fingers crossed. The students we met were so impressive. Wow. #
• Obama: Daddy of the United States of America (http://goo.gl/NLql) – "… the political party for people who want to hit their kids." #
• Dear Subway marketing crew: "taste-tacular" deal sounds like something else. #
• Via Judd — Ani DiFranco – If You're Not: http://youtu.be/3maav6s2iYo #
• Incredibly productive day-jobbing this week. Not so for all other activities. Not sure how/what (if anything) I feel about that. #
• Store name of the day: Ptereodactyl Ptoys. Sweet! #

• I begin my morning with a flurry of @ replies to tweets from 7+ hours ago. #pretendingitssundaynight #
• Spending the morning sifting through pictures of electrical burn victims. #youwishyouwereme #
• "The author and illustrator did a really good job on today." #thingskayleesays #
• I had @herzwesten & @maureenjohnson speak at my wedding. @PaulaSimone is marrying @herzwesten, OFFICIATED by @maureenjohnson. She wins.* #
• * – (except that I totally win, due to who I married) #
• Having drilled her several more times, I've found Carla to be much more agreeable. #bowlingsoundslikepornsometimes #
• Adrift: It gets better. Some of the personalities decided they didn’t like each other – they don&#.. http://bit.ly/8M6FvC #
• *snork* *hack* *spit* *cough* *honk* *sneeze* *sniffle* *snnrrrk* *gasp* G'morning. I hab a sinus thing. *sniiiiiiff* Sowwy. #
• RT @wilw: Beware of Hatian relief scammers. Give DIRECTLY to known orgs, like Red Cross, Doctors W/O Borders. Be compassionate, but careful. #
• Random Average: What not-game am I not-playing, here? http://bit.ly/4YmeL0 #
• Ring Worlds (http://j.mp/4Uiw3B) – This is a wild alternate history for Middle Earth, proposed by none other than Tolkein himself. #
• Adrift: So, yes; Kaetlyn docked here. Relief. But she entered areas controlled by other systems and hasn’t been se… http://bit.ly/8T6UhF #
• Casual-grazing post Christmas party. Good times. Pass the guac. Nom nom nom. #

• After two weeks of exhausting all-day-every-day with my daughter I can honestly say, after dropping her off this morning: miss her already. #
• Several seasons of Farscape can be streamed on Netflix. This makes me happy. It's actually shocking how easy the show is to watch/enjoy. #
• Eccleston was my 'first Doctor'. I didn't initially like Tennant. The ending of the 10th Doctor's reign fair broke my heart. #alltruethings #
• Adrift: I give the space station a stern scolding. If I get shot, I get shot, but it’s time this p.. http://bit.ly/7hQyXb #
• New ball drilled, just in time for league start. Different grip. Different weight. Should be a REAL interesting night. Hooyah. #
• I love my new bowling ball. My new bowling ball hates me and is filing for a restraining order. I think I'll name her 'Carla'. #
• Man. Wave's gotten considerably faster. More servers, better software, or fewer users? Hmm. #
• Google Nexus One | Wired.com Product Reviews (http://j.mp/8aCKuz) – Very compelling. #
• Nexus One – time to start saving my pennies. http://is.gd/5N324 #
• The bar has been set for Best game quote of 2010. Shotgun Diaries: "Don’t waste rolls on shooting
  zombies. You are always shooting zombies." #
• Random Average: 2009: The Year In Gaming http://bit.ly/6QBPMH #
• Adrift: The station takes a deep breath. Yes, over the comm, but the ventilation heaves in the same patt.. http://bit.ly/57dEK4 #
• Dear Denver: Do me a favor and just have a blizzard, okay? A big one. Kthxbai. #
• Adrift: “Perhaps we got off on the wrong foot” it says. On one hand, it sounds like it&#8217.. http://bit.ly/6Gzxyb #
• Wowsers it's cold out. And… car's low on gas. Lovely. Which commute shall I make worse, tonight's or tomorrow morning's? #
• From @daphneun: "The laundry's divided into 'Me and Kaylee' and 'You and Towels'." #IseehowIrate #
• Lots of audio to record today. Lots. Hopefully some writing also, but for now, audio. *clears throat* #
• Did a little bowling with the new ball. One game too many, probably, and not on 'my' lanes, but it helped. #
• So, if you got a Google Voice invite, would you stick with your current number (fewer features) or get a new number (more features)? #