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  • 08:09 Today’s word of the day is "sobriquet." Man, have I been pronouncing it wrong! SOH-brih-kay, not soh-BRY-uh-kette. #
  • 14:02 Lunch: Pita w/ grilled zucchini, peppers, sweet onion, eggplant, mesclun greens, feta, sun dried cranberries, & red pepper vinaigrette. YUM. #
  • 14:04 @MickeydotFinn Let me know if you remember! You know, in an early draft of "Serenity," Joss had a major character named "Dresden"? :D #
  • 15:22 Where gmail go? Gmail go bye-bye? Cellie love the gmail. Cellie want the gmail. Please come back, gmail! Please come back! #
  • 22:05 Nathan Fillion does the most amazing faces! Good grief, I love this show! #
  • 22:53 "Kittens on fire"? That is the WORST NEWS TEASE EVER. *mentally substitutes "Kittens on parade".* #

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*chortles* Oh, man. Apparently I’m in the minority opinion on this, but I enjoyed the heck out of Red Dwarf: Back to Earth. It was like crackfic made canon, and I applaud the sheer balls of it.

I took particular glee in the opening of part 3, in which the crew uses overblown sci-fi lingo to describe the basic operation of a car. Dude, that was my driver’s test. My driving instructor, a guy named Ron, was the person who introduced me to Red Dwarf. One day, we jokingly set up my driving session with gratuitous sci-fi terms, announcing stuff like:

“Ignition sequence initiated!”

“Life support systems on.”

“Scan for possible collisions,” and

“Activate reverse thrusters!”, when turning on the car and the A/C and checking for pedestrians and whatnot. The other people in the car just kind of stared.

You were a good person to be, 16-year-old me. Rock on, you magnificent nerd. *exchanges a fist pound with former self*

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  • 09:39 Holy shamoley! The Jim-Butcher.com forum is down, and the host felt it appropriate to email us about the outage *2028 TIMES* in 2 1/2 hours. #
  • 10:02 @fredhicks True. Though "forum software" is a lot more characters than "host," and I was already at 140. :D #
  • 10:03 All hail @fredhicks, restorer of forums! #
  • 10:04 @spygrl You weren’t in danger of getting spammed, just people linked to the J-B.com feedback list: Fred, me, Jim, and Shannon. Good morning! #
  • 10:07 @jimmyaquino Sounds good! If you manage to swing anything, count me in on your plans! #
  • 10:14 @Uilos Come on, we’re in New York! It’s Mecca of everything! The fact that the Harry and Murphy Show is set here is icing on the cake. #
  • 11:41 @spygrl Get reading, girl! There’s never been a better time to catch up. #
  • 14:05 RT @AnnLarimer From the author of P&P&Zombies: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter: tinyurl.com/ct9vlj #
  • 14:16 "This has got me beflunkered. I have no idea what this is." –@redone17 #
  • 14:57 Man, what’s up with me today? I eat, and 2 hours later, I feel starved? I didn’t have *that* much blood drawn at my check-up this morning… #
  • 16:32 You know what I need? A milkshake. You know what I just went across the street and got? A milkshake. My world is at peace. #
  • 20:07 Opening band, Paper Raincoat, was awesome–as was my vantage point! I was standing next to @viennateng. :D #
  • 20:22 Ben Sollee is doing beautiful things to that cello. One more cd to buy tonight! #
  • 21:23 @viennateng is playing "Antebellum.". @mkcho73 and I are geeking out! #
  • 22:36 @viennateng‘s show was fantastic! Love seeing her live. And it was awesome getting to share the experience with @mkcho73. Fabulous night! #
  • 22:38 Gracgh!!! Just realized I left the z-pack I got from the doctor this morning at work. Wonder if anyone’s going in tomorrow… #

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  • 00:19 @eddieizzard Great show! Hope you enjoyed the cupcake and death I left you! #
  • 11:12 Just got my ticket to see Vienna Teng tomorrow. Anyone want to come with? @mkcho73? tinyurl.com/clj45s #
  • 12:29 News headline on the TV in the lounge: "FBI Negotiating With Pirates." Yeah, my morning is made! #
  • 20:39 @terioncalling Soon, child! Soon! #
  • 20:54 The Dollhouse situation makes my brain hurt. tinyurl.com/d2t8ar If it’s already paid for, just air the thing! #
  • 20:55 @sinspired Absolutely! Dresden Week >>>>>>> Shark Week. #
  • 21:04 @ironicsegue In Grand Central, I once saw a bunch of guys break dancing to the "Angel" extended opening theme. Nerds are all around us! #
  • 22:56 @epicFlail You just blew my mind. #
  • 23:06 @ABCPieHole Curses! I don’t meet their criteria. I wonder what magic combination of age and employment field you have to be? #
  • 23:13 RT @JHOCHE @jimmyaquino hey man Kristin Chenoweth is gonna be at the lincoln center B&N 4/15 at 7:30 FYI [Sweet-tastic, say I!] #

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  • 15:08 The Za Lord has returned to us! #
  • 15:28 @vampirecowboys Neither can we! I’m so thrilled to get the opportunity to treat new friends to the geektastic spectacle of "Fight Girl!" #
  • 16:24 @MickeydotFinn My boss is the Za Lord. He orders pizza for us like twice a week. He was in Europe the past 2 weeks, but now he has returned! #
  • 16:25 @MickeydotFinn Fortunately, I have learned to resist the pizza’s siren call. My box knife reads "Healthy Salad or Death!" #
  • 21:51 At Izzard venue with @uilos and @epicflail, sitting 10 feet from Kevin Spacey. Your envy tastes like a chocolate cupcake. #

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Spam of the Day:

Subject: How To Get A Girl To Do AAnything And Everything In Bed – Be Absolutely Mind Blowing

Don’t adjourn. I’ve broken up my business for hermitage.
that hermitage was overgrown with madhuka anger. And with
eyes inflamed and eyebrows bent.

There is a poetry in this.

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  • 00:51 @billharting *takes a bow* Just doing my job. #
  • 01:46 RT @spodalicious Sketch Cards for Breast Cancer auctions start wrapping up at noon! www.lisawalks.com/sketch.htm #
  • 07:54 *dies laughing* I’M ON BORDERSMEDIA.COM! Or specifically, Ch1 of TC on the Butcher Block, with my end note, is. tinyurl.com/d2ggpy #
  • 07:57 Tickled they just grabbed it and chopped off my intro, heedless of our "Attribution, No Derivative Works" license. Still, good advertising! #
  • 11:25 @MickeydotFinn You mean there are other places in the US other than NYC and CA? Surely you jest, sir! #
  • 21:20 @fredhicks …Ye gods. I hope it’s recovered! #
  • 21:56 @fredhicks What an extraordinary relief! #

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  • 12:27 Just listed myself in the localtweeps.com local Twitter directory in ZIP 10009 #
  • 12:59 @Esperacchius Lucky! You already saw the 50 mins at NYCC, right? #
  • 19:53 @mkcho73 I seem to recall a tasty Mexican place a few doors down from the Prospect Park subway exit… #
  • 23:40 The "Turn Coat" release party is starting now in Chicago! Can’t wait to see the forum folks’ heads explode tomorrow. #
  • 23:42 I wonder if Jim is spilling the beans about the opening of bk 12 tonight. I’ve been sitting on that agonizing knowledge for a year now… #
  • 23:43 BOOYEAH! Goin’ to see Eddie Izzard on Wednesday with @Uilos and @epicFlail! #
  • 23:56 RT @fredhicks – New Butcher Block podcast: butcherblock.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=451769 #

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