Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Collected Thoughts of the Day

  • 08:20 The Walrus was John. The Hippo was Paul. cds045.da1.hwcdn.net/g5a9r2d3/cds/media/2ca/f5cec96e878f5/view.jpg #
  • 11:47 I think I'm too old to die young. #
  • 13:43 The trip from Clark St to Wall St on the 2 is precisely long enough to initiate feelings of claustrophobia in the susceptible. HI! #
  • 14:44 Just saw my first 3DHDTV. Remind me again why this technology is in any way relevant? #
  • 16:42 DAMN! I lost my copy of Stephen King's "On Writing". Musta left it on the G train. #
  • 16:51 A troubled rich man doesn't know whether to commit suicide or keep working. Can you help? bit.ly/9CF6uv #
  • 17:15 Breathe! Breathe! now PUSH! RT @madfoot: Ow ow ow ow ow ow OW. #
  • 20:06 Order more business cards now #
  • 23:21 BEST B-MOVIE EVER: Gun Crazy! #

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Collected Thoughts of the Day

  • 05:00 The Batman of Alcatraz #movieswithbatman #
  • 10:14 You have allies. Find them. #
  • 11:17 Thank you, but I think I would make the world's ugliest drag queen. #
  • 13:19 I'm Through Being Cool. Actually, it can be argued that I never started. #
  • 13:33 Apparently, this machine says I write like Isaac Asimov iwl.me/s/726f1bdc #
  • 15:54 If this is true, discussions with USArmy mental health professionals are not confidential. www.ep.tc/problems/38/cvr.html #
  • 22:13 11 minutes into "Covert Affairs" on USA. It's been sucking for 10. #
  • 22:25 Covert Affairs = "Gray's Anatomy" in the CIA #

Monday, July 12, 2010

Collected Thoughts of the Day

  • 09:41 Harris-Moore, Harris-Moore, flying through the night, Harris-Moore, Harris-Moore, Bahamas in his sight.... #
  • 10:37 What if Twitter were some massive Turing test? Would you pass? #
  • 13:14 I have every intention of hiding under my desk for the rest of the day. #
  • 14:17 Note to self: always turn _away_ from the fan before sneezing. #
  • 16:40 Check out my @cafepress shop! www.cafepress.com/wevegotdata wevegotdata #

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Collected Thoughts of the Day

  • 08:55 Better looking too, if you go for under-eye circles. RT @DerrenBrown: Night Owls Are Smarter Than Other People bit.ly/cR9p1l #
  • 14:06 Hundreds of 000s of Europeans, in the same color shirt, jammed into city squares -- it would be frightening if they weren't face-painted. #
  • 15:29 After a month of #worldcup action, this soccer newbie finds himself shouting "Schweinsteiger!" at exciting moments. #
  • 15:31 Favorite part of any #worldcup match: the "I'M DYING!" routine every player makes when he goes down. #soccernewbie #
  • 15:42 In what language do #ned or #esp players curse out the #eng ref? #worldcup #
  • 15:49 RT @warrenellis: oh god would one of you just kick the fucking ball at a fucking goal I don't even care if it's your own fucking goal #
  • 16:03 Universal #WorldCup Gesture: bit.ly/cg3hVr #
  • 16:53 Am I just projecting my own feelings, or is there now a strong sense of "Let's get this shit over with" on everyone's part? #worldcup #
  • 16:55 RT @tigoe: Looks like the English found a way to win the #worldcup #
  • 17:08 As a New Yorker, I have legitimate reasons to support both/either #ned and #esp. I'm just glad it's over. #worldcup #
  • 17:37 I trust that #FIFA has pre-emptively banned the Vuvuzela (Afrikaans, "Satan's trumpet") from all further matches. #

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Collected Thoughts of the Day

  • 04:24 giant noisy car or truck roaring down the street woke me up at around 4 AM. that never happens. this was *loud*. #
  • 09:46 Serious Q: as a Christian, when you hear about someone being killed or hurt in police custody, do you ever think "That could have been me"? #
  • 19:15 Winnebago Man at Landmark Sunshine NYC. Surprisingly touching film about an internet curmudgeon. #
  • 19:56 How could this horse be worth a million dollars? www.milliondollarhorse.com/ #

Friday, July 9, 2010

Collected Thoughts of the Day

  • 13:38 No. RT: @ejgertz: Wondering if anyone realizes just how dimwitted they sound when they use "#Obamacare" in a sentence. #
  • 13:41 Well, you're your own boss. RT: @mat: How much do professional anarchists get paid? It seems like a fun career #
  • 13:57 #FF @ejgertz, @fsquared, @eldre17, @madfoot, @emmaspan, @rachelswaby, @ninapaley, @docbrite, @racheline_m, @faraichideya #
  • 14:01 #FF @smithhurd, @peephole, @janelleb, @lilyburana, @lynncorinne, @tinadupuy, @dcgrrl, @waterslicer, @jopearl, @jennydeluxe, @lisaiannucci #
  • 14:03 #FF @aprilwinchell, @sarahrich, @franceMercantiA, @embeedub, @lemay #
  • 15:16 New? This was me in the 1990s! RT: @brendankoerner @jackshafer: Bogus drug trend from CNN:"Robotripping." No evidence. bit.ly/cOKTs3 #
  • 19:27 I would always hate to be Clarence Thomas, but I'd especially hate to be him now: bit.ly/9Vbh5W #

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Collected Thoughts of the Day

  • 08:50 Try watching the attack scene in Star Wars. RT: @stephenfry: Working on a screenplay at the mome. Signally lacking in inspiration. #
  • 09:16 Guess: GOP stops unemployment benefits until autumn-ish. Many people sign up; making huge spike to unemployment nums just before election. #
  • 15:47 When I was a kid I actually thought the name of the house was "Stately Wayne Manor". #
  • 19:26 First time its been cool enough to walk into the Slope since Sunday. Total of three miles. #
  • 19:41 Officer #Mehserle, which part was involuntary pulling out the gun or squeezing the trigger? #mehserle #
  • 19:45 Officer #Mehserle, which part of the manslaughter was involuntary; pulling out the gun or squeezing the trigger? #

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Collected Thoughts of the Day

  • 08:44 Blood Popsicles to keep carnivores cool in the heat! Genius! bit.ly/dcfvHq #
  • 09:04 NPR head sticks up for the intelligence of the American public, gets booed. RT @alexismadrigal: linkyy.com/Sd #
  • 10:07 Sometimes? RT @DougCoupland: Sometimes it just feels really really wonderful to be alive. #
  • 10:49 Con Ed reduces voltage to Vinegar, Boerum and Cobble Hills, Ft Greene, Bk Hts, DT Brooklyn, Red Hook, Carroll Gdns, bit.ly/cBs4Ve #
  • 10:51 Are my eyes burning because of the excess ozone, or because I know they should bu rn because of the excess ozone? #
  • 10:54 Isn't the past tense of forecast "forecast", and not "forecasted"? #
  • 13:12 Devo - Fresh [Official Music Video] youtu.be/yyGpBRALBNc #
  • 14:51 Is #ger even in this game? #worldcup #
  • 19:20 Whats better to watch during a heat wave: "The Day After Tomorrow" (runaway ice age) or "The Day The Earth Caught Fire" (runaway heat wave)? #

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Collected Thoughts of the Day

  • 09:19 Top level athletes have a way of closing off lines of thought not to their advantage that makes me insane with envy. #
  • 10:04 Cover foamcore in aluminum foil shiny side out, and stick it up in the windowframe. We had a 6 degree drop in temperature in 45 minutes! #
  • 10:47 Conservative cognitive dissonance, AF : www.salon.com/entertainment/comics/this_modern_world/2010/07/06/this_modern_world/index.html #
  • 11:52 NYC forecast to use 13.5 gigawatts of electrical power today. nyti.ms/dcgjrb #
  • 12:45 NYC 102 degrees at 12:30! #hottownsummerinthecity twitpic.com/22yxez #
  • 14:44 Linux box digitizes cable signal, saves it as ASF file on the networked hard drive, I watch ASF file on netbook in airconditioned bedroom. #
  • 15:05 best use of the term "pantomime villains" EVER #worldcup #
  • 16:50 ...its the hottest temperature in NYC since just before 9/11... #
  • 21:43 Con Ed just called, asked us to power down. Time to read books. #
  • 21:46 power fluctuating. next block over lost power. shutting down. #

Monday, July 5, 2010

Collected Thoughts of the Day

  • 11:36 I used to hate hate hate hate "All That Jazz". It's gotten better in the past 30 years. #
  • 12:39 So many of my friends are taking the train to and from their July 4 weekend. Thank you! #

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Collected Thoughts of the Day

  • 15:59 Lenin, Mao, Castro, et al led revolution, then made themselves dictator. Washington et al led revolution, then went home. #
  • 22:13 WTF happened to Wikipedia? Are all my settings off, or does it really look different? #
  • 23:10 Hellooooooo #

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Collected Thoughts of the Day

  • 10:11 Are any #arg players the descendants of escaped WWII-era #ger s? #worldcup #
  • 20:04 I. Ate. Too. Many. Meatballs. #

Friday, July 2, 2010

Collected Thoughts of the Day

  • 07:27 I hate when I have this dream, even without the Korean subtitles: youtu.be/Z4TOMHkBtRg #
  • 09:56 I don't care if it rains or freezes, long as I got my Tea Party Jesus: teapartyjesus.tumblr.com/ #
  • 10:14 #ned are really playing up the whole "William of Orange" thing, aren't they. #worldcup #
  • 10:19 #Futurama was more than a bit cruel to Susan Boyle, though. #
  • 10:34 spending the morning googling the foreign brands that appear on the animated wall #worldcup #
  • 10:40 What is the official language for cursing out the ref? #worldcup #
  • 11:07 Has a goalkeeper ever scored a goal from across the field? Some of these kicks travel almost to the opposing net. #worldcup #
  • 23:50 Was the Cowardly Lion the first "Friend of Dorothy"? #
  • 23:52 Who was Glinda's doppelganger in Kansas? #
  • 00:24 Wicked Witch was killed in Oz and Miss Gulch doesn't re-appear when Dorothy returns to Kansas. Was she killed in the tornado? #
  • 00:41 They're remaking "Arthur". Saving grace: Helen Mirren as wisecracking servant. bit.ly/9LYi7r #

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Collected Thoughts of the Day

  • 09:21 Time Warner Cable Brooklyn: They took away Fox Movie Channel!!!! NOoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! #
  • 09:49 The new Cuban teen heartthrob: Elian Gonzalez bit.ly/a9D2xH #
  • 13:29 Dear Jesus, there is a woman on 9th Ave photographing dog poop with her phone. Please call her home. kthxbye! #
  • 16:10 No one believed me when I said the subway used to carry freight!! RT @NYCTSubwayScoop: The subway once carried freight in Bklyn... #
  • 16:12 Bless you!!!! RT @charliejane: i checked with the BBC and there's no truth to the Johnny Depp/Doctor Who rumor bit.ly/aNGFoI #
  • 18:15 Never count on something you don't control. RT @erikmal: Frustrating -- counting on embedding a video, and it says "Embedding disabled." #
  • 18:16 What would you do if you had them back? RT @DougCoupland: suddenly sucked into a YouTube baby animal warp. Fifteen minutes gone forever. #
  • 22:19 TONIGHT'S FUTURAMA IS BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #
  • 23:17 Olivia Munn on the Daily Show: FAIL #