A Week’s Worth of Twitter Updates

Posted By on October 30, 2011 at 4:27 am

  • Ugh. Another night spent on the phone. At least it's over… until tomorrow. #
  • I hate my sister – she saw @Pomplamoose live in concert tonight at SoHo in Santa Barbara. I burn with jealousy. @natalydawn @jackconte #
  • Oh… AND she had the audacity to send me pictures. #
  • ICYMI: Marco Rubio, Birthers, Citizenship, and Presidential Eligibility – emersons.net/?p=3290#
  • Busiest work week I've had in quite a while… but it's over. And I even learned a thing or two. (Cisco Embedded Event Manager, FTW.) #geek #
  • It's never, ever a good thing when the first thing you feel and hear in the morning is a >pop< in your lower back. #shootmenow #
  • Back >pop< update: feels like a herniated disk. Legs are useless. It took me an hour to get down the stairs this afternoon. #shootmenow #
  • I really wish I had some codeine right about now. Or a powered exoskeleton. Or both, really. #
  • Every minute of every day. // RT @laurenmarie10: Don't all men? RT @AgStateSense Can you imagine Guilfoyle in a cheerleader outfit? #TheFive #
  • Hillary looks like she stole Florence Henderson's hair, circa 1973. #redeye #
  • My 20-foot commute from bedroom to desk took 2.5 hours. I think this might be a new record. I'm a wreck. #BadBack #sux2Bme #
  • Tear gas? Rubber bullets? You mean that the decisions you make might have adverse consequences? Say it isn't so! #OWS #OccupyOakland #tcot #
  • I'm writing a "hip-hop" "song" about the history of rural irrigation. Working title: "Ditches and Hose." #
  • As a character-building mechanism, pain is waaay overrated. #
  • I can tell my back is already improving. I only took an hour to get to the bathroom and back just now, instead of the 4 hours this morning. #
  • The part where the T.Rex showed up. Duh. // MT @Judgenap: What was the most dangerous moment of the Michael Jackson trial? bit.ly/vBQXPc #
  • When the Showtime listings call a Margaret Cho concert "hilarious," I am forced to question their judgment about other programs. #
  • Bill Whittle: How to Steal Power http://t.co/GowmibDv #
  • Does U.S. Economic Inequality Have a Good Side? http://t.co/6kXyT97j – "You don't make the poor rich by making the rich poor." #
  • That's a mighty big "also." // RT @iowahawkblog: The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup! And also, not being dead. #
  • Back injury update: I haven't slept more than an hour at a time since Monday. I hope to remedy that today. #
  • Still awake. I dread trying to use my legs, for fear that they aren't as working as they ought to be at this point in the disk episode. #
  • The Well-Adjusted Blues #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Spandau Dub-Step #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Volvo Halen #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • The Pursuit of Meh. #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Mediocretramp #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • REO Stationwagon #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • They Might Be Slightly Taller Than Average #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Leonard Skynyrd #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Paul Revere and the Oakland Raiders #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • BUBBA #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • The Donkees #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Three Doug Night #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Papier-Mache Temple Pilots #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Crash Test Results #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Sha-Na-Meh #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Misplacedprophets #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Win // MT @KenPatton1: ZZ Average #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • The Dimness #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • George Thorogood and the Scratch-n-Denters #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • The Spin PAs #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Third Eye Blurry #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Deep Blue Nothing #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Carving Pumpkins #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Woodrow Wilson Phillips #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Wheezer #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Jane's Annoying Habit #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Frankie Goes To Reseda #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Husky Doo #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Alan's Parson Project #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • B-47s #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Gary "Municipal" Bonds #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Sam the Sham-Wow and the Pharaohs #lessexcitingbandnames #
  • Well, my legs still aren't working as usual, but at least now I don't feel the urge to scream out loud whenever I try to stand up. #winning #
  • Finally made it down and back up the stairs for the first time since Monday. Legs still weak as a kitten, but it's progress. #
  • Well, heck, let's cancel the primaries. MT @Drudge_Report: GOP Insiders Near-Unanimous Predicting Romney Nomination… http://t.co/OPPAPBPp #
  • Watching the Soviet classic "Alexandr Nevsky." Major *Russian* nationalism. Plain to see they could tell war with Germany was coming. #
  • The Battle on the Ice in "Alexander Nevsky" is the most ludicrous excuse for combat ever seen in the history of cinematic swordplay. #
  • Kismet is running around and meowing like an idiot for no apparent reason. It must be a day that ends with "y." #cats #
  • This new show "Grimm" looks interesting. Rather novel premise. #

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2 Responses to “A Week’s Worth of Twitter Updates”

  1. Jay Tea says:

    In Tom Clancy’s “Red Storm Rising,” a character makes the same observation about “Alexander Nevsky,” then does some research — and it’s actually historical:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ice

    J.

    • Russ says:

      I’d never heard of the movie until I read RSR. As a film, I thought it was only so-so… but as propaganda, wow, it’s potent.