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May 20, 2012 - 4:48 am No Comments
  • Does anyone else see what I see? http://t.co/8pLPIprp #
  • We had this washer and dryer (in Harvest Gold!), but I'm pretty sure a scene like this never played out at my house: http://t.co/06OrT2jl #
  • I was out in the yard pulling poison ivy earlier and I'm pretty sure a spider bit the back of my neck. Happy Mother's Day! #
  • Is "If you dislike Obama, you're a racist!" a form of Godwining, or no? #
  • Hmm, the doctor from ST:TNG's "Frame of Mind" really reminds me of Michael Palin's character in Brazil: http://t.co/J159KAv5 #
  • Protip: If something "literally rocked your world," we'd ALL BE DEAD. #
  • My clever nephew @tankmonkey has been monkeying around, true to his name, and produced a Monkey Masterpiece: http://t.co/E4bHj0lo #
  • You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan. #
  • Love this XKCD! (I only just read it.) http://t.co/AxF8OCay #
  • A postcard from Back to the Future's Tom Wilson (Biff): http://t.co/9NuZIhOL /via @lettersofnote #
  • I tried a teeny dab of perfume on my wrist and hated it. Scrubbed with soap, alcohol, and oil to no avail. It is a zombie fragrance. #
  • How they're promoting The Ring 3D in Japan: http://t.co/LnSm4bM4 (eek) #
  • Think your job stinks? Wait until you get a taste of this one: http://t.co/VWasI8YV #
  • ‘The Killing’: How AMC’s Adaptation of ‘Forbrydelsen’ Went Wrong http://t.co/2JE8CBTL via @thedailybeast #
  • Fabulous short film – View from the Closet: http://t.co/XXpb9GUN #
  • Anyone want to meet at Ten Forward in an hour? #
  • I'm pretty sure Asiana puts crack in their chicken tikka masala. #
  • I admit that I check out Klout semi-regularly. Because I like free crap. Don't judge. #
  • Some face cream I used recently gave me the skin of a 16 year old – by which I mean, zits everywhere. The price of "beauty." #
  • Uh oh. I had a needle a minute ago. Where did I put it? O.O #
  • Putting my hand-knit item into the washing machine is TERRIFYING. #
  • Knitting project is on the wires blocking. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! #
  • I've knit 1/3 of this fabulous sweater & think I have to frog – lost so much weight it's too big now! http://t.co/SaDdfLxW #
  • Remember kids, you can't spell "loathe" without "hate." #
  • One of the kids at the piano recital played the Lost Woods theme from Ocarina of Time. :) #
  • Chopping broccoli! http://t.co/XsLVKKKk #
  • I bet this was an interesting subway ride: http://t.co/vpgcfOkI #
  • Beachcomber picks up rocks that spontaneously combust in her pocket: http://t.co/tmLbFDKw #
  • First harvest from the garden! Amazing how a cage around it lets the veggies escape the ravages of squirrels. http://t.co/PNhG5vu0 #
  • Guinness QR pint glass has code only visible when beer is poured into it: http://t.co/6Qc366ik /cc @vpisteve #
  • I think @mikemonello needs these tiki lamps in his office: http://t.co/u7I7iaPT #
  • I got some lotion that smells like lemon meringue pie and it's all I can do to keep from gnawing on my hands. #

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Weekly Tweets

May 13, 2012 - 4:48 am No Comments
  • I always count the stairs when I go up or down them to make sure my house isn't growing. #
  • Reading about the Senate's Candy Desk. Our lawmakers at work! http://t.co/MShnlRxT #
  • Go to hell, Murphy. #
  • I honestly had no idea that was Giancarlo Esposito in Taps: http://t.co/CQN444TH #
  • That was exciting. The elevator I was in just broke down. Luckily it was on a floor with the doors open. #
  • It was somewhere in the middle of the graveyard that I caught the unmistakeable scent of bread baking. #
  • Who puts cinnamon in cherry cobbler?? What a world, what a world. #
  • Ugh, I'm in the middle of the city and I can't get a good 3G or a good WiFi connection. #
  • That meal set the record for least flavorful thing I've ever had, including the bacon. Ironic: a girl passed by wearing a Nickleback shirt. #
  • Conference calls, a graphical explanation: http://t.co/pgafVdiH #
  • The chocolate sundae was so bad, I warned the lady at the next table about it. #
  • Mmm poppa mau mau. #
  • The burger I just had was 4x the flavor and half the price of last night's. Plus, it was a beanburger. Win! #
  • Even though my room claimed it was on the 14th floor, we all know the truth, don't we? #
  • The cat found the first brown recluse of the season in the living room. GOOD kitty. #
  • Got everything looking all spiffy. Then looked at it in MSIE. Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh. #

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Weekly Tweets

May 6, 2012 - 4:48 am No Comments
  • Black widow in the garage. http://t.co/0d7mPIOZ #
  • Horny toad on cow turd. http://t.co/loBq0qYU #
  • Me: "That all used to be nothing but pasture when I was a kid… wait, I sound like my mother." #
  • Extreme utilitarianism: http://t.co/VlVDwRn4 #
  • My dad missed the world record for living with a bullet lodged in his head by a good 20 years. Who knew? http://t.co/JOsvzq6H #
  • How does Det. Britten set his alarm clock in "Awake"? This is going to bother me all night until I wake up in my alternate reality. #
  • This is a cool tool for clothes shopping pre-screening! What Size Am I? http://t.co/y257XqIS #
  • My incredibly talented nephew is seeking a video game job in Austin or San Antonio. Pls let me know if you have a lead! http://t.co/XQCj99LR #
  • I think my OS needs a high colonic. #
  • I have often said that doorways are thought-suckers, and today found that it's a SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN FACT! http://t.co/eXpQExbL #
  • Blizzard's customer service is pretty awesome – go go Game Masters! http://t.co/dwy43YCH /via @reddit #
  • Had a Breaking Bad geek-out moment while watching @4thwallstudios brand new series, Dirty Work. #
  • New neighbors slipped a Starbucks gift card into our mailbox with a note apologizing for all the construction noise. I like them. #
  • I keep seeing trucks loaded with porta-potties going down my dead-end street. How many people have to pee down there? #
  • My mistake. It was the same truck executing a 27-point backup maneuver. Cul-de-sacs are for wussies. #
  • Found my great-great-grandfather's last letter ever written, reminiscing about the night Lincoln was shot. Wow. #
  • I just fit into a dress I wore my senior year of high school. #smug #
  • TSA violating your rights? There's an app for that: http://t.co/yuzfwhY3 #
  • I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate. #
  • Roger Freaking Waters. #
  • Kept getting goosebumps watching Roger Waters perform The Wall. I lost count at 6 times. Good show. $50 shirts! #
  • I totally geeked out over the fact that Roger Waters used Battlestar Galactica (new series) music during show intermission. #
  • Ugh, Starbucks blonde roast is just watered down coffee. Light roast doesn't mean weak, folks. It just means not burnt to a crisp. #
  • To be precise, Roger Waters played "Caprica City, Before the Fall" from the Season 4 Battlestar Galactica soundtrack. #nerrrrrrrrrrd #
  • Oh boy. I am really looking forward to "The Pitch." NOT. #

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Weekly Tweets

April 29, 2012 - 4:48 am No Comments
  • Kid decided to try playing Skyrim. I am sitting on my hands and trying not to "OH JUST GIVE ME THE CONTROLLER" at her. #
  • This kid-playing-Skyrim thing is giving me high blood pressure. #
  • The hospital's hold music is from Gattaca. Wrong on so many levels. #
  • Do you have your 27B – 6? #
  • Neil Gaiman interviews Stephen King: http://t.co/4RQS4oo2 #
  • Stephen King's The Eyes of the Dragon is coming to SyFy: http://t.co/odoHvAd2 #
  • Roasted some Ecuadorian coffee a little lighter than I normally do for the notes of "spiced apple" that are supposed to emerge there. #
  • Parenting done right: kids singing and dancing to Nine Inch Nails on the way home from dinner. #
  • One of our big oak trees died from the drought, and it's being dismembered and shredded right now. :( #
  • Ugh ugh, looks like maybe some more of our oaks are terminally ill as well. Stupid drought. #
  • My ex-tree. :( http://t.co/EihWSCpV #
  • The best link you'll click on all day. http://t.co/AmUDw7IK #
  • Sadako from Ringu throws out the… first pitch…? What is this I don't even http://t.co/VUQ69zeS #
  • World's creepiest Woody: http://t.co/E8zv892P #
  • Chilaquiles: The precursor to King Ranch Casserole. Bonus: They're gluten free! #
  • A warm welcome from Texas! http://t.co/ITZO3EDO #
  • Paisley or scorpion? http://t.co/2btocIDJ #

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Weekly Tweets

April 22, 2012 - 4:48 am No Comments
  • Do you do things BY accident or ON accident? Well, that depends on how old you are: http://t.co/EjT6xowd #
  • Ugh, so much misinformation in one place in those lists of interesting "facts." #
  • I just got a political call from a candidate reminding me that my taxes are due today. #
  • Tilda Swinton? David Bowie? Same person. http://t.co/n4RkIGlA #
  • Beanburgers have nothing to do with BLACK BEANS, amirite, my San Antonian brethren? #
  • …stop the mosquitoes I want to get off… #
  • Ooh that's a bad sunburn already. Owie owie ow. :( #
  • Is it just me, or does Expensify really suck these days? Anyone have an alternative they like? #
  • Dear Daughter: (a.k.a how to kick ass like a girl) http://t.co/HSF2LApX #
  • I am eating carrot cake in bed. #
  • Kudos to @expensify for a prompt response – apparently I was running the old and busted app. *blush* Sorry! #
  • I love the moment when the expansion joints in the road ka-thump in perfect rhythm to the song on the radio. #
  • A little boy just stopped me to tell me his favorite letter is W. #
  • Have spent the last 8 hours walking and driving, but mostly walking. #
  • It's OUR shady spot, Precious. Yes, it is. #
  • I am still sunburned and bug-bitten, but I no longer smell like Courtney Love. Yay for clean! #
  • That moment when you realize that all of you can now be wrapped up by a normal-sized towel. #
  • Ugh, there's something in this hotel room that wants to kill me. *wheeze* #
  • I am apparently unable to listen to "Puff, the Magic Dragon" without turning into a quivering mess. #
  • Puzzle: Fixing a candle to the wall – http://t.co/eFVeRxeT #
  • "Got a new colon flavor today": http://t.co/bKIfI94n #
  • Happy Independence Day, y'all! #
  • I am done wore out. #

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Weekly Tweets

April 15, 2012 - 4:48 am No Comments
  • They're always after me lucky charms. #
  • I want THIS cereal!! http://t.co/2Nfnbnaf #fallout #traderjoes #
  • Four days of no school and there's about to be a massacre up in here. Can't WAIT for summer break. #
  • Kid 1 ripped up Kid 2's drawing, so Kid 2 slugged Kid 1 in the kisser. I wonder, if I had boys, if it would have been calmer. #
  • Now they are downstairs giggling together. Kids, man. Kids. #
  • Dark Score Stories has been named a 2012 Webby Honoree in the Television category! http://t.co/DeHE43l7 #
  • Holy Twitter follower spambomb… 38 and counting in the last 10 minutes. #
  • Orcs! And so far from Orcland! http://t.co/4wmOk2k #
  • Officially down 50 pounds as of this morning. 10 of those were this year. #
  • Now hear this: In matters of The Killing, I win the angry. #
  • This is why you shouldn't text and walk. Because: BEARS. http://t.co/jIXRHSn #
  • If you can't handle a big car, don't drive a big car. THIS INCLUDES PARKING. #
  • Interesting #transmedia crossover – @Birchbox is including clues to Gossip Girl's finale in its May sample package. http://t.co/hhgZ7Jx7 #
  • Dark Score Stories wins IAC award for Outstanding Achievement in Internet Advertising – proud to have worked on this! http://t.co/y6azBHg5 #
  • Was quite dismayed to find out the song I've been obsessed with lately came from a Twilight movie. :( http://t.co/gMxH3ebJ #
  • I bought four kinds of chai yesterday to see which I liked best. Luckily there was a clear winner. Yum. #
  • Thinking about reading The Hobbit to the kids. Or should we just wait for the movie? #
  • how do you like your blueeyed boy / Mister Death #
  • Amazon keeps rejecting my review of a counterfeit product. Because I mention it's counterfeit. #
  • Dear Dave Grohl: Quit reminding me of my mortality. #
  • K: "How did you do your hair for your first dance?" M: "I don't remember; that was 800 years ago." K: "Don't be ridiculous. It was 700 yrs." #
  • I guess because I haven't opened Photoshop in a couple of months, it randomly decided my copy is no longer registered. Sigh. #
  • Got a sample of lotion b/c I thought cinnamon/clove/amber/cognac would smell nice. Missed "Twilight" in the description. Yep. It sparkles. #

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Weekly Tweets

April 8, 2012 - 4:48 am No Comments
  • The Killing premiere on April Fool's Day. Ha ha, fools, we will NEVER tell you who killed Rosie Larson! #
  • Goodbye, dingy off-white living room; hello, sexy red living room! Can't wait for the new couch. #
  • I let myself watch the opening credits. We need to put the kids to bed early tonight, by golly. #
  • Drawception looks like a lot of fun. http://t.co/IFVPn6N3 #
  • Man, did that ruby at her throat glint dimly, or what? #
  • My kind of FarmVille! http://t.co/J4sGGNAr #
  • "Those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers, 'Please will you do my job for me.'"C.S.Lewis #
  • Borg Cube vs. Death Star: http://t.co/MkvZhIDS #
  • This lamp weighs about 40 pounds and is a nightmare to dust, but I love it just the same. http://t.co/ipFQCWN8 #
  • Goodbye pee-yellow dining room; hello elegant blue dining room! This concludes our painting frenzy (save baseboards/cutting in). WHEW! #
  • Woo, new couch! Bonus: it doesn't smell like wet dog! http://t.co/Y9m41XR4 #

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Weekly Tweets

April 1, 2012 - 4:48 am No Comments
  • Amazing how happy children can be on a Sunday afternoon until they realize they forgot to do some homework. #
  • Thanks for switching off tonight of all nights, TiVo. I thought we were friends. #
  • I am so frustrated with Google Earth that I'm about to throw my computer throw a window. #
  • A professor I had 5 years ago got his email hacked and sent me spam. How the hell do people manage to get their accounts hacked?? #
  • Sometimes I miss my old sheets. http://t.co/ezKGEluU #vintagemuppets #
  • Slammed into the car with my arm as I tried to get into it tonight. Between that and the leg/ladder incident, I look beat up. #
  • XKCD on buying things in the era of online reviews. http://t.co/j6Mxq3wW #

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