From Twitter 05-11-2011

  • 00:06:10: RT @WCwriters: Some damn fine looking people, no? http://yfrog.com/h78sajxj //I thought it was going to be a photo of the WC writers’ room.
  • 00:15:47: @gypsyjr No kidding. I make TV commercials 10 hours a day. I don’t want to watch more of them when I get home!
  • 00:23:27: RT @fredhicks: Too Much to Do? Take on More http://j.mp/iUZ0iG
  • 00:24:49: Mkay, bedtime! Maybe a little booktime, too. Only a few stories left in “Machine of Death”!
  • 08:02:58: @lookupwards NOOOOO, that sucks! I never realized it was on the bubble! I’m going to miss that show.
  • 08:20:39: Boo, Chicago Code was canceled as well! It wasn’t on my “must see as it airs!” list, but it was good stuff.
  • 08:36:55: 5 of 5 stars to Machine of Death by Ryan North http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/157630983
  • 10:15:02: RT @hoover_dam: I just unlocked the Ark of the Covenant on FourSq-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH …
  • 10:20:44: On Jim’s forum, some folks are playing a fusion of Magic: The Gathering and Calvinball. One member produced this: http://bit.ly/igr4ta
  • 10:24:13: More welding outside my building. Out of the corner of my eye, shadows cast on the wall opposite looked like dinosaur fangs. #killerrobot
  • 10:41:08: Neil Gaiman’s Doctor Who story might help convert all your friends to Who fandom (via @io9) http://t.co/JT8XDnZ
  • 11:02:29: Via @MickeydotFinn, The White Council Special Edition Rubik’s Cube: http://www.thinkgeek.com/clearance/on-sale/bcff/
  • 11:17:12: ARG FREAKING PEOPLE ON CRAIGSLIST.
  • 11:17:29: When a roommate arrangement is practically a done deal and you decide to take a different offer, TELL THE OTHER PERSON.
  • 11:28:56: via @io9, Cheering up rats genetically engineered to be depressed http://t.co/mrShhXW // This sounds like Douglas Adams wrote it.
  • 11:53:45: RT @denofgeek: Steven Moffat on the people who spoil #DoctorWho http://bit.ly/lSmAti
  • 12:44:03: @contraducktory @SheckyX Bad idea. I might end up with Harry as a roommate, and I value my tech! Also, I have a strict no-zombie policy.
  • 12:53:48: Clarification of the TwitPic thing I just tweeted: http://blog.twitpic.com/2011/05/your-content-your-copyrights/
  • 12:57:26: @fredhicks I was a latecomer to the show, but I really enjoyed it. It definitely didn’t deserve to be canceled.
  • 13:11:24: RT @cleolinda: RT @GeekWingNet: @cleolinda Online petition against Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill actually makes a difference: http://me.lt/500W
  • 13:11:43: RT @Pres_Bartlet: We’re missing the point on the waterboarding debate. The question isn’t “does it work”, the question is “should the US …
  • 13:25:37: TruBlood Is Real Now (via @Gizmodo) http://t.co/6bzjwdf
  • 15:09:15: RT @neilio: Today’s Google logo honouring dancer Martha Graham is amazing & NOT flash – it’s a PNG animated with jQuery. See? http://t.c
  • 15:09:44: RT @mental_floss: The milliHelen is the quantity of beauty required to launch just one ship.
  • 15:21:48: @Julie_Butcher Wave in the general direction of my parents, who live near SMU!
  • 15:22:08: RT @minkhollow42: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has this to say about Twitter: [redacted to fit character limit] #dontpanic #doug …
  • 15:22:29: RT @frobisher: Have finished Whedonistas published by @madnorwegian – excellent, as always. Maybe this will get a Hugo nom next year, fo …
  • 15:33:09: RT @catvalente: My Tor.com post about why I keep harping on this fairy tale thing: http://dld.bz/ZwNn
  • 15:55:13: via @peoplefor: Stand up to the GOP’s war on women! Tell the Sen. to say NO to #HR3: http://bit.ly/lcdYuk
  • 16:04:16: RT @maddow: Digitizing 10,000 78s for the Library of Congress National Jukebox: http://is.gd/qOf3rF #NextLifeIWantToBeALibrarian
  • 16:05:04: RT @BreakingNews: Images from Lorca, Spain, damaged by quake, via breakingnews.com http://bit.ly/ltfWX7
  • 16:16:03: RT @thinkgeek: Man flies over Grand Canyon in jetpack: http://j.mp/koETWy Still no hoverboards.
  • 16:18:49: RT @donttrythis: 2 words. Octopus Ballet. ‘Nuff said.
    http://www.boingboing.net/2011/05/11/the-octopus-ballet.html
    (via the awesome Boi …
  • 16:37:26: RT @BreakingNews Osama bin Laden’s hand-written journal was seized in US raid //”Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy…”
  • 16:44:21: @travelingheidi “Still the terroristiest!”
  • 18:07:34: Plannin’ plans, schemin’ schemes!
  • 19:12:50: First image from Aardman Animation’s Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (via @io9) http://t.co/RKuIFxR
  • 20:10:49: @Esperacchius Hey, it’s an art gallery! If the bathrooms were separated by gender, you could’ve walked in on two dudes.
  • 20:32:07: @mkcho73 The Glee version sounds better than Rebecca Black’s, but that’s like saying “urine smells better than a pile of decaying skunks.”
  • 20:32:36: RT @TheAuthorGuy: Good News! Navy Seals didn’t find more than 4oz of shampoo in Bin Laden’s lair/hideout/high-rise spider hole. Whew! #O …
  • 20:51:33: Pro Tip: When cooking dinner, many chefs find it beneficial to turn the oven on.
  • 20:53:12: @kierabot @RobJDurand I don’t trust microwaves.
  • 20:56:41: @DorogasCousin Um.
  • 20:58:04: @DorogasCousin Yeah, I played the Sorceress when my high school put on the opera. What made you post that?
  • 21:10:53: @DorogasCousin No, I was just a little taken aback at the seemingly random comment. It sounds kind of misogynistic, don’t you think?
  • 21:13:51: @DorogasCousin ‘S cool. Just try to be aware of it in the future. :D
  • 22:05:51: Shouldn’t this “intelligent ad” system know I already have an Audible account?
  • 22:15:22: RT @wilw: http://shitmystudentswrite.tumblr.com/ You’re welcome. (via geekosystem)
  • 23:13:42: The second story from @longshotauthor’s Bigfoot trio will appear in Kevin J. Anderson’s BLOOD LITE 3: AFTERTASTE! http://bit.ly/jWbwtj
  • 23:14:28: @fourteenacross Canton counts as Team Eleventy. #teamtardis
  • 23:16:03: RT @Pres_Bartlet: Republicans are proposing an amendment to the Constitution that would give states the power to veto federal law.
  • 23:23:57: OMG, “The Beastly Bride” antho, featuring my AWESOME COLLEGE ROOMMATE’s short story “Coyote and Valorosa”, is nominated in the Locus Awards!
  • 23:28:27: @SunshineDuk I’ll have to ask. I assumed all three were going to be exclusive to Son of Side Jobs (not the actual title). I was wrong. :D
  • 23:41:02: Matt Bomer and Willie Garson are too adorkable for words! I shall require animated gifs! http://twitpic.com/4vklq5 (thanks, @jeffeastin!)
  • 23:48:45: Man. KRAKEN keeps getting nominated for awards. I feel like I should give it a second shot, even though I was still cold halfway in.
  • 23:52:53: @LiamBouquet A novel by China Mieville.
  • 23:53:12: RT @RobJDurand: http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/05/a-heavy-cover-of-the-qgame-of-thronesq-theme
    you’re welcome

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