- @NicholasStenner don’t know how you feel about netbooks, but today http://woot.com has an Asus Eee PC 900. small. reviews: http://is.gd/SZ6g in reply to NicholasStenner #
- somebody found my site by searching: “too much alcohol in the blood surrogate.” (i’m fifth for that phrase in google. fluky, but wonderful.) #
- @hmapple the phrase is from aldous huxley’s “brave new world,” so it’s definitely a positive association. #
- RT @GreatDismal: RT @erlsn hammer time: http://bit.ly/MgZHn #
- @documentingme the accord has a cassette player. in reply to documentingme #
- @tofermoran, you’re name dropping like a mother of sextuplets. (this is my jealously speaking. curse my metal body, but ny sounds fantastic) in reply to tofermoran #
- @lizargall hooray! safe travels. in reply to lizargall #
- There’s a huge cumulus-ish cloud over my house spewing orange lightning. #
- good morning. http://bit.ly/sI4NE
(via mer) # - @mishellbaker cool! quite ready to be there already. (and i’m still thinking through my response to your previous post. important question.) in reply to mishellbaker #
- so. cool. a little scary. RT @GreatDismal: RT @ColinPeters @deadbutsmiling: http://tr.im/nUQz These guys + Linux AI = Skynet. The real one. #
- i just looked at a map and thought, “but it might be quicker if we go by sea–” quite seriously. i am insane. i have no boat & no sailing xp #
- @MaryRobinette congratulations on the sale! in reply to MaryRobinette #
- RT @MaryRobinette: Sale! My time-traveling grandmother story, “First Flight,” to @pnh @tordotcom Yay! http://bit.ly/yCQVD #
- reminds me of shel silverstein’s “picture puzzle piece”: http://is.gd/W2L7 RT @bethofalltrades: http://twitpic.com/706sa – For @dharma_punx #
- reading kim stanley robinson’s “red mars” in prep for #clarion #
- writing. #gunstreetnovelthon. #
- “you don’t argue with the police. you just don’t.” http://bit.ly/VdN14 #
- ok, the anvils at the end of scene 2 in das rheingold are amazing. needing wagner to make it through today. can’t wait for #clarion. argh. #
- RT @wilw: Great short short short story from @wordwill at Ficly: http://ficly.com/stories/935 #
- due for a late night of pizza, mountain dew, and programming. feels like college again. except this is #dayjob. #
- also: listening to die walküre. so good i’m riding a horse! i’m making a lot of the same mistakes over & again! pleasantly devoid of wisdom #
- @mishellbaker i just did a sneaky wotd. your word reminded me of this harlan ellison short story: http://is.gd/Ylvv (click “prince mishkin”) in reply to mishellbaker #
- @mishellbaker beats me. brain titration? it’s from a page of japanese mental health illustrations; struck me as neat. due for a pic change. in reply to mishellbaker #
- @mishellbaker aw. i love harlan ellison’s work. love it love it love it. his delivery especially. i’m working on reading aloud, but so far.. in reply to mishellbaker #
- @mishellbaker i heard he was very kind in person, to everyone except provocateurs. pretty sure he’d think my writing was crap too, though. in reply to mishellbaker #
- @NicholasStenner you probably have a healthier self-image. more confidence, or something. you could trade carnie stories with him. in reply to NicholasStenner #
- just realized i missed the ballerina tweet. you know, “tu-tu, tu-tu.” i’m on 2226 now. numerology failure. #
- First musical business of the day: continue Das Rheingold. Starting with Siegfried. Hooray Wagner. #
- @mishellbaker wotd: She lathed a pat of empty space until the striations of time & matter faded to a hollow half-sphere, a turned hyperbole. in reply to mishellbaker #
- http://bit.ly/10qHSB
writing advice article reservoir from agent @NathanBransford # - also, @nathanbransford’s revision checklist is helpful as well. http://bit.ly/pEWU9
#writing # - this morning’s soundtrack: wagner’s götterdammerung. #
- as if we needed another testament of delany’s coolness: http://www.whereiwrite.org/delany.php #
- delightful short story: “Story of Your Life,” by Ted Chiang. reminded me of “slaughterhouse-five.” http://heptapod.org/storylife.html #
- starting to pack at 3am for a 9:30am move? why yes, i suppose “procrastinator” might be an apt descriptor. also “sleep deprived idiot.” #
- Doing laundry, reading red mars. Eventually i’ll break down, but not yet. #
- more packing. #
- thumbing through my old #clarion anthologies (I, II, and III, from the 70s). realized a bit more fully: i’m going to this. i can go. #
- have procured juices of orange, donuts of fatness, and energy drinks of foul-tasting and energy-dealing. ready freddy. #
- @OMGDurham neither. have to move instead. in reply to OMGDurham #
- @OMGDurham eh. moving is teh suck. wish i could be running w/ you guys instead. good luck & give everyone my best. in reply to OMGDurham #
- @themattlondon will do. found them at a library book sale before i knew what clarion was & bought them on strength of harlan ellison’s name. in reply to themattlondon #
- #??3??>????%? ?? w???????;?>???p0!??y)h(^?Ao7??N???v0d???n?(? ?Awy?N/?A??8]v?? szLO???9=?f????z?:??????????<,????u%?????9=! #
- #\ #
- wörk. #
- ok, before i wørk for real (it is so kvlt, this wörk i do), enjoy this hot-captioned photo of @neilgaiman. http://twitpic.com/2e58o #
- duck-rabbit milk stout & programming. one of these things does not belong. #
- iran is smoldering, full of political/military tension. get updates via @persiankiwi, who’s on the ground. (via @joe_hill et al) #
- RT @persiankiwi: 4am and people still on streets and rooftops shouting ‘death to the dictator’. #Iranelection #
- so much injustice. another iran src RT @neilhimself: RT and this – Meserach: @change_for_iran has me in actual fucking tears #iranelections #
- @joe_hill @cnn has something, at least, on their main page. @nprnews has nothing. bbc has a video & article. everyone is focused on israel. in reply to joe_hill #
- interesting analysis of the current #iranelection : http://bit.ly/IaXLV
he’s right. this smells wrong. via @qikipedia in reply to qikipedia # - http://bit.ly/1oyXU
on-the-ground sources via the previous video. #iranelection # - @qikipedia well timed, and well said. in reply to qikipedia #
- @neilhimself @joe_hill washingtonpost.com ran an insightful article by journo @Thomas_Erdbrink, who is in iran. what injustice #iranelection in reply to neilhimself #
- just got home from work. muy #dayjob failure, but i have to finish these projects before thursday (when i depart). so it goes. #
- if i want to write tomorrow morning, i have to sleep now. so works this fragile brain of mine. #
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