Fresh, Hot Wastes of Time

2007. Mock-up from a Szulborski ARG that didn’t happen.

• The same absinthe that cost me $17 in the French Quarter costs $9 in Austin. Hmmm… #
• It's still 101 degrees outside. #
• Transmedia Talk episode 30 with @MJAnderson from ARGNet covering the half year in review, 2011: bit.ly/nGN5b2 #
• 404: When your site goes rogue. http://bit.ly/nLpVY7 #
• Mariachis serenade an admiring Beluga whale: http://youtu.be/ZS_6-IwMPjM #
• I guess if I saute this jimson weed long enough, nobody will ever know the difference. #tweetsfromahobowedding #
• Accordionist serenades an admiring herd of cattle: http://youtu.be/VvrHsaBm6MY #
• Pretty sure I'm never gonna get into Pottermore, not even when they open up registration in October. #
• Don't you wish ARGFest were in Austin this year? http://1.usa.gov/nOsG6P #
• "Harry Potter's English? I thought he was a wizard." *facepalm* #
• I can't listen to The Rainbow Connection without choking up. You? http://youtu.be/jSFLZ-MzIhM #
• I thought the damned dirty apes were pretty entertaining. #
• "I wasn't throwing a fit. I was throwing a Smurf." #

• The valet parker's feet from last night still stunk up the car this morning. Bleh. #
• How long can one stalk Khal Drogo before it starts to become troublesome? #
• Drinking absinthe. #
• Mr. Eko filming "Headshot." http://lockerz.com/s/124113789 #
• This one's for you, @vpisteve – http://lockerz.com/s/124526850 #
• All of this has happened before, and will happen again. #
• Who knew harvesting okra would be so much like harvesting stinging nettles? #

• Papercraft of Ian Rankins' books has been appearing all over Scotland's libraries, and nobody's sure why: http://bit.ly/pPdccA #transmedia #
• 50 minutes until Breaking Bad. Ohboy ohboy ohboy! #
• Giancarlo Esposito holy CRAP has presence! #breakingbad #
• Till this evening is this morning life is fine. #
• For a brief, fleeting moment, Minnesota was the hottest, most humid spot on the planet yesterday: http://bit.ly/nxR1n1 #
• Texas would like to welcome the rest of the nation to our sort of spring, summer, and fall weather. #
• American Express fraud department is on the ball! #
• Everyone KNOWS beer is a foodstuff! RT @baconator: WTF is wrong with Russia? http://bbc.in/ous1w6 #
• This is an EXCELLENT piece on community building and moderation by Anil Dash: http://bit.ly/ooGtSU #
• Colonial Williamsburg launches a SMS-heavy alternate reality game. Cognitive dissonance? http://mwne.ws/rkzvOK #transmedia #
• Best 5k ever! Zombie infested course called Run For Your Lives http://bit.ly/qsGDid (via @jennmannitis) #zombies #
• There's a restaurant in New Orleans that has a bacon sundae. Yes, please. #

• My coffee grinder broke. This is terrible. #
• Good news: the coffee grinder is okay, it was a circuit breaker. Bad news: found out too late for the grinder http://lockerz.com/s/119018540 #
• I don't care what those Oxford louts say, you will pry my serial comma from my cold, dead, and poorly punctuated hands. #
• SXSW presentation finalized and sent. *gulp* #
• In the battle of the food devil vs. the food angel on my shoulders, the food angel has been winning an awful lot lately. #
• Garbanzo beans can explode. Who knew? #
• I don't watch any of these shows. OMG, am I a man? http://bit.ly/nSk81S #
• India Business Blog talks ARGs and World Without Oil: http://bit.ly/olCeTm CC:@writerguygames #transmedia #
• Where is mah book??? #adwd #kindle #
• Music video, or shot for shot remake of The Prisoner's opening sequence? Both! http://bit.ly/oNpSMH #
• The swank doctor offices have Garden and Gun magazine. #
• Blood donation: accomplished. #
• I have a cat who likes taking pills so much that he comes running whenever he hears a pill bottle rattle. #
• Great, possible rolling blackouts- RT @statesman: Energy conservation urged for this afternoon: http://bit.ly/o5bbYQ #
• Adam Richman there is no ñ in "habanero" please learn this ASAP my head assplode gyaaaaaargh! #
• Putting chili pequins, jalapeños, habaneros, and serranos from the garden into the salsa. The ghost peppers aren't ripe yet. #
• Secret cat administrator mode: http://youtu.be/T9TmmF79Rw0 #
• Cracked names Blair Witch a "classic that seemed like a terrible idea at the time": http://bit.ly/mRQ6gu @mikemonello #
• Spent hours collecting, washing, and folding old kid clothes for resale. They took four items and offered me $13. #wasteoftime #
• Kitten vs. apples (the soundtrack is the real winner): http://youtu.be/8-1F-CokXNU #

• I haven't knit a stitch in 5 months. No idea why not. I want to want to knit again. Motivate me? #
• To whom it may inspire: PERSIST! http://bit.ly/j0HAgY #
• Hooray for Firefly marathons! #
• Basset Hounds running: http://bit.ly/lnezQi #
• Sure, I'm thrilled you were at my children's school all year taking their pictures without my knowledge and now you want to sell them to me. #
• Working with excellent clients is a special happiness. #
• RT @bapte: Twitter and Google breakup. Interesting move, Google. (via @vt_emontana) http://ow.ly/1um4uQ #
• Can you bring me a pickle? http://youtu.be/rxyc3Z548Jg #hoarders #
• What your favorite 80s band says about you: http://bit.ly/p1HEKu #
• Drinking too much? Gnaw some kudzu: http://hvrd.me/p0fnd9 #
• Tweaking the Casey Anthony verdict: http://bit.ly/oHWTc4 #
• I am tired of spiders crawling out of my chair and up my shorts. #
• If you do work for hire, you should watch this video: F*ck You, Pay Me (NSFW) http://bit.ly/nd5Z5Z #
• Black lights are old hat for ARG puzzles but breaking ground in comics: http://bit.ly/q73ETu #
• LinkedIn spam is like being a frog in water that's heating up. A little more at a time. #
• Walking Dead cake: (I HOPE it was red velvet): http://bit.ly/obTQm0 #
• Stacked, stuffed, and topped entrees? Kinky, Applebees. #
• A car outside just honked exactly like when you skip a day of work in The Sims. Wow, do I feel nerdy. #
• Apparently I have Google+ invites. Not sure how many. If you want one, message me. #
• Well, as soon as I said I had Google+ invites last night, they disappeared from my screen and haven't reappeared. Sorry. 🙁 #
• Just walked through a puddle of dried blood on Sixth Street. Ugh. #
• RT @Gupfee: A very handy update of where we left things in Westeros/The Free Cities at the of A Feast for Crows: http://bit.ly/qPa6ur #
• Operation clean and polish antique buffet: success! #
• The Truth Truth is not amusing or cute. The petite lap giraffe is both amusing and cute. Bad move, Direct TV. #
• Do dudes really stick 5" long, sharp scissors up their nose to keep their nasal hair in check? The commercial said they do. #
• Went 10 rounds with the buffet yesterday. Apparently it won with a knockout punch to the kidneys. Ow ow ow ow. #
• Been dealing all afternoon with my hacked WordPress portfolio site. Le sigh. #
• Threw punches for the first time today. It was fun. Thinking about making that my greeting from now on. "Hi there!" *POW* #
• First brown recluse of the season on the wall behind the TV. Hub's having a go at her with the stick lighter. #
• Spidery goodness: http://flic.kr/p/a1SDkv #

• Can't stop thinking about the tart frozen yogurt with mochi topping I had earlier. #
• Put the design doc down already. #
• Am I the only one who thinks that The Onion is just sort of annoying? #don #039;thateme #
• 10 myths about introverts (spookily accurate!): http://bit.ly/juKIPr #
• Did True Blood just jump the shark? #15minutesin #
• How can I go my whole life never knowing the word "demodex," and then seeing it twice in a week? #
• My fortune said that a very attractive person has a message for me. So, who is it? #
• I like signing contracts! #
• Apparently the W Atlanta isn't the only W that has issues with windows falling out. http://bit.ly/lITCFc O.O #
• Paramount sends a C&D to fan who created a 3D CAD file to make Super 8 cube: http://bit.ly/lpXovx #
• Adam Savage as Gollum serenades Neil Gaiman and Minnesota Public Radio with "I Will Survive": http://youtu.be/X9eriClHWLw #
• the bloody PRISONER? (if this is from a western, I'm jumping off a bridge) #
• Haha, I suck. #
• Here's the mail, it never fails… #
• Pretty sure that @SteveMartinToGo is juggling kittens in my brain. Ouch. #
• Canned responses for those special people in your internet stream. You know who they are: http://bit.ly/j78zjQ #
• The weight plateau started when I started working out. Maybe I need more calories? #
• How many people out there are lucky enough to be making a living doing something they love to do? #
• It's… raining? Called hubby to ask if he washed the car. He was in the drive through car wash when I called. Hee! #
• What is that peculiar funk that pervades Old Navy stores? It's like humanity doused in Windex. #
• Realizing I needed to follow back a lot of people on Twitter. Also realizing I have an alarming amount of fictional followers. #
• Oh, for those keeping score at home – Day 7 Poison Oak update: I got nothin;. #
• The theoretical maximum opening Scrabble move is 128 points for "Muzjiks." What does "muzjiks" mean, anyway? #
• When I was a kid, the school playground was full of kids making 6 Million Dollar Man sound effects. http://youtu.be/BAoH5E-5PeM #