A Week of Tweets

Posted By on April 29, 2013 at 10:00 am

  • New blog post – Thus Spake Russ: Gotcha Day – http://t.co/uTagiNaKyy ->
  • So, some in the Senate want to tax internet sales. Is there *anything* they look at without thinking about how to tax it? Greedy SOBs. ->
  • The government should update its motto: "Est, ergo tributum" – It exists, therefore, tax it. ->
  • RT @Heminator: When they catch the @AP hacker, I hope they argue his conduct was "undocumented" rather than "illegal." ->
  • True Fact: both Korean and Japanese use a word borrowed from German – "arbeit" – for the phrase "part time job." ->
  • Based on what's in the box I just got, Amazon must have a warehouse the size of Indiana, a team of psychics, or amazing predictive software. ->
  • Happy Birthday, #freemumia. I hope it's your last. How many birthdays did you take from Daniel Faulkner? ->
  • I don't like 100% of what he did in office (maybe 85%), but there's no denying that GWBush is a fundamentally and sincerely decent man. ->
  • RT @billhobbs: Really looking forward to President Ted Cruz speaking at the dedication of Barack Obama's library. ->
  • RT @AnthonyBialy: Obama was classy enough to praise Bush. And Bush was classy enough to not thank the incumbent for making him look better … ->
  • RT @AceofSpadesHQ: I'm pretty shocked to see the mother of a jihadi swearing he's innocent and framed by the Jews and otherwise stoking gri… ->
  • I spotted and diagnosed a problem FOUR HOURS AGO… and the conference call is still ongoing. I'm not allowed to fix it myself. Argghhh. ->
  • My DVR appears to have just shuffled off this mortal coil. Naturally this happens on a Saturday just as my work day begins. ->
  • Can you name the broadcast networks' nightly news anchors? The editor of your local newspaper? I can't. The legacy media is dying. #tcot ->

Gotcha Day

Posted By on April 22, 2013 at 12:11 pm

It’s hard to believe, but it was five years ago today that I brought the lads here to their forever home.

Kismet and Packet are such opposites in so many ways, and yet remain best buddies. I’m happy to have them.

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Sometimes I wonder if the purpose of my existence now is to be the life support system for these lads. If that’s so, I’m fine with it.