Here is the latest edition of my comic strip The Little Things, titled “Sympathetic President”.
June 29, 2009
The Little Things – “Sympathetic President”
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June 28, 2009
Weekly Social Feed Digest for June 28th
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Apparently I’m not the only one (by a long shot) who’s having the hashtags.org problem: http://bit.ly/BqVY2 [#]
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#nctweetup #TFTFT: @WeatherGuru, @mistyolen, @billolen, @GreenSmith, @addisports, @BrendaHorton :: Thanks for the follows folks! [#]
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Note to self: Make sure people are following you before thanking them for following you. (@GreenSmith got a freebie, I think. ;-)) [#]
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Libertarian/#tlot Thanks for the Follows to: @ShamelessShamus, @libertariangirl, @stonerjesus420, and @jackiesil. [#]
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(corrected) Libertarian/#tlot Thanks for the Follows to: @libertariangirl, @stonerjesus420, and @jackiesil.@grivno, and@elocio #TFTFT [#]
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Libertarian/#tlot Thanks for the Follows to: @libertariangirl, @stonerjesus420, and @jackiesil.@grivno, and @elocio #TFTFT [#]
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I need sleep. In case you hadn’t picked up on that. [#]
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Aeropoindexter #coolbandsmadeuncool [#]
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Ben Harper and the Alleged Criminals #coolbandsmadeuncool [#]
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Pink Stuart #coolbandsmadeuncool [#]
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I feel like my twitterverse is asleep. I’ll wait until morning to share the good stuff. Late-night posting seems to have limited impact. [#]
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I may need to adjust my sleeping habits to fit with the rest of the world after all. Or develop my Euro/Asian following. ;-) [#]
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@richardbranson Congratulations! [#]
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<–developing my European following. (hehe.) [#]
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@richardbranson BTW Sir Richard, I worked for Gene Dunning, an original Pacific Clipper steward/PanAm exec who wrote to you a few times. [#]
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@richardbranson He sent you his books about his time at PanAm and the round-the-world Clipper journey from WWII. Don’t know if you got them. [#]
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Some very cool pics of @LanceArmstrong and the other racers at the Nevada City Classic http://bit.ly/ADx4q (Courtesy of the other Lance.) [#]
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The followers count on the #Twittercounter badge on my site hasn’t budged in like two weeks. Goodbye, Twittercounter badge! [#]
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RT @jeffreyjones “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” – Margaret Mead [#]
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As promised, here are some great collections of WordPress plugins. The amount and variety of WP plugins can make for tough sorting through. [#]
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9 Way to Make Your #Wordpress Blog “Smart” (as in, intuitively reacting to each visitor uniquely): http://bit.ly/FvGAH [#]
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“Some Powerful #Wordpress Plugins” (an intense collection of 60 incredibly handy #WP plugins): http://bit.ly/hA6Ww [#]
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@ikepigott ::Depends, do the gay anti-terrorism military translators count? [#]
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@ikepigott Sure, it’s not layoffs, but it does seem like trimming. How about when they shut down the fed Medical Marijuana program then? ;- [#]
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More #Wordpress plugin fun later. I’ll talk about some specific #plugins that folks can install and use themselves to increase site potency. [#]
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@StephenAtHome You put fire on a bad back; you put heat on a bad front. [#]
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BTW, working with #Wordpress sites is one of the things I do most with my time, so if anyone has any questions or whatever, fire away. :-) [#]
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Published Weekly Social Feed Digest for June 24th
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@allisonzayne 95.3 WRSI (“The River”) is a nice independent radio station out there (If you like mellow, world, folkie, indie/alt.) [#]
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RT @addisports: I like working from home … up until the point I have to start working … ::I knew I was forgetting to do something. doh! [#]
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Kinda really LOVES that Gov. Mark Sanford is falling from grace. (Any other Repubs you want to pin your hopes on, libertarians? I’ll wait.) [#]
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RT @TheOnion: Twitter Creator On Iran: ‘I Never Intended For Twitter To Be Useful’ http://bit.ly/IaR6D #iranelection [#]
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@angelobell Posted your film where? Sorry if I missed it. [#]
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Could @TheOnion be any better? “Congressman Offers Preemptive Apology for Extramarital Affair” http://bit.ly/2wWTX [#]
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The caps-aware among you will notice that I modified my Twitter name slightly. Slight issue in that that is my biz. name, and this is… [#]
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..not an official business tweetstream. But oh well…Freelance Lance is increasingly who I am, biz or not. This seems better. [#]
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Also the capitalization tends to obscure the core wordplay from which the name was born (“free Lance”). But it’s easier to read, which wins. [#]
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Suggestion: why don’t we all change our time settings to Argentina or S.C., to help Mark Sanford avoid detection? ;-0 [#]
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#TweetStats says ~20% of my tweets are 140 chars long. (I refuse to call those “twooshes”. I submit “hundred-fourtwees”. ) http://tr.im/pFMY [#]
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Resource-hog comparison, #TweetDeck vs #SeesmicDesktop: Seesmic loses hard. Version .30 seems to have made it even worse. Back to TweetDeck. [#]
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RT @VeronicaMonet: Free Event this Friday! The Truth About Men and the Mind of a Woman at Behind Closed Doors in Grass Valley, 7PM to 9PM. [#]
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…being closely watched by something(s) in the woods. [#]
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Lance …being closely watched by something(s) in the woods.
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@VeronicaMonet Is this event meant for men, or women, or couples, or…? [#]
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The one-two punch of #Firefox and Tweet-clients has been driving my poor old cpu bonkers. Will #Twitterfox de-bonkerize things? Stay tuned. [#]
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@NickHexum Thanks for keeping everyone in the loop Nick. Your fan-communication level is awesome! [#]
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RT @mattbacak: “When you’re through changing, you’re through.” -Bruce Barton [#]
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…wondering how long it’s been since I actually read the user agreement or license before checking off the “I accept the terms…” box. [#]
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RT @GreenSmith Color Me Katie, she’s so durn creative. Check out these thought bubbles she put up at her party http://bit.ly/sKpbi :awesome! [#]
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USA Today’s chilling look at #eugenics in the past; food for thought re: eugenics in the future. http://tr.im/pH3U (Please RT!) [#]
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Published Submissions : Poetry Magazine
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Probably won’t be tweeting much today. I’m exhausted. Thanks to my new followers as of today; I’ll try to be more interesting tomorrow. [#]
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RT @kirkflorida: All progress , all success springs from thinking. – Thomas Edison #quote {Edison museum:} http://tinyurl.com/nomediga1 [#]
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@McCainBlogette That’s crazy. If you lost the 20 lbs, then what would you use to talk to reporters’ recorders with? ;-) [#]
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Sad-funny: There doesn’t seem to be any verification that Michael Jackson has died yet, and the Twitterverse is already in mourning mode. [#]
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And that was 3 minutes late… RT @LanceUlanoff: RT @ClaytonMorris: Michael Jackson has died according to TMZ… http://tinyurl.com/mfogxp [#]
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So is there a way to automatically ignore tweets with the words “michael jackson” in them for the next 3 days? I’m using #Tweetdeck. Real ?. [#]
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Not to be insensitive. (Or to try and whitewash my insensitivity, at least.) I mourn all lost celebrities, briefly. [#]
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@EconomicMayhem Thanks for the retweet! </surprised someone’s actually listening> [#]
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Twitterverse IQ test: Will “Michael” or “Micheal” dominate tweetsream? [#]
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True story: I once won 20 dollars in a bet over whether that name was spelled Michael or Micheal. I practically insisted she not bet me… [#]
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…yes, that’s right, I took 20 dollars from a woman with bad spelling. But I swear, she was soooo insistent, I couldn’t say no. [#]
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@angelobell I definitely have a “human” reaction to their deaths, and (sadly) will mourn them much more than the millions of unkown folks… [#]
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@angelobell …who have died during my life. I was with their loved ones, I would be v. respectful. But they are still pop figures as well. [#]
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*If* I was with their loved ones, I meant. But if I let myself go into full mourning for every stranger that dies, I would die myself. [#]
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The truth is, I don’t have personal feelings toward Ed, Farrah, or MJ. I didn’t know the real them, nor they me. They’re famous strangers. [#]
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@angelobell That is precisely what I would do if I was talking to anyone who was close to someone who died, celebrity or not. [#]
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It’s worth noting that I don’t see death as inherently sad. Death just is. It’s not the death that gets ya, it’s the sadness. [#]
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Let’s not forget that all three of the icons who passed this week lived amazingly full lives, and reached 100s of millions of people. [#]
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…seriously pondering the accepted social mores for mourning celebrity (and stranger) deaths. [#]
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RT @CHRISVOSS: “The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.” ~ Arthur C. Clarke [#]
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I got a grade of 95/100 on @grader. http://twitter.grader.com/freelancelance :: Finally scored good in the ‘t-verse. :-) [#]
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…finding a whole new slew of local tweeters at @twittergrader : http://twitter.grader.com/location/ [#]
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(fixed) …finding a whole new slew of local tweeters at #twittergrader : http://twitter.grader.com/location/ [#]
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Wow, upon early examination the #powertwitter Firefox addon seems pretty damn cool. Adds sweet new features right into the Twitter.com site! [#]
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Liked Twitter Karma
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“There is one thing I will say on life: We are living. Let it flow, ‘cuz it won’t stop.” -311, “Inner Light Spectrum” [#]
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“And when the kind consciousness come unto you, you will know, and it won’t stop.” -#311, “Inner Light Spectrum” http://tr.im/pOKh [#]
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I’m looking at the man in the mirror. I’m asking him to change his ways. [#]
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@shockozulu What is the main project you’re working on now, if any? (Besides War, Inc.) [#]
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@jimmysmithtrain Hehe, when I first read “twolves” in your post, I thought it was some sort of twitter slang. ;-) [#]
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Wondering why #Tweetdeck is only showing tweets from noon on. They should go back to 5 or 6 AM. On the plus side, I’ll prolly save an hour. [#]
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#followfriday: @antonstrout, old-hometown-schoolmate-turned-urban-fantasy-author (of Dead to Me, Deader Still, …). He used to be “Tony”. [#]
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#followfriday: @MrTeller: Not that he needs my help to get followers, but come on…a chance to hear Teller speak finally? [#]
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Here’s my #followfriday SASE to make it easy for you all: #followfriday: @FreelanceLance – “Writer, editor, web site guy, revolutionary.” [#]
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Feel free to add “funny”, “weird”, and/or “maybe someday he will post something worthwhile”. ;-) [#]
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@Alyssa_Milano It’s basic Freedom of Info. principles. Gov’t business is public business; once you interact with them, you become part of it [#]
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RT @LanceUlanoff: The last two weeks have felt like one very long week. I’m happy it’s the weekend. :: Hear, hear! [#]
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I’m (still) looking at the man in the mirror. I’m (still) asking him to change his ways. [#]
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RT @robertlahue RT @appealdemocrat: Poll at appeal-democrat.com: Pick your favorite MJ song. :: Cheesy me, but Man in the Mirror got my vote [#]
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@greggrunberg He looks like Don Imus! [#]
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RT @greggrunberg: This is Al at his just plain genius. http://bit.ly/3K0exk :: Great new Weird Al Video – “Craigslist” [#]
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@christinahills If you mean adding stuff to it, then Register Plus seems strongest. If you mean theme-izing the page, try Theme My Login. [#]
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@FreelanceLance is ranked 105,898 on Twitterholic.com, and 3 in Grass Valley, CA! http://twitterholic.com/freelancelance/ :: #1: Eh. #2: Hmm [#]
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I’m kinda boggled by the concept of following thousands of people, even though it seems semi-requisite to Twitterverse growth. [#]
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Just want to let all my followees/friends know that I am actually following you all for real, so far at least. Thanks for all your tweets! [#]
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I’m sure I can grow my following eventually just through the power of my wonderfulness, but world domination and patience don’t mix well. ;) [#]
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I can’t believe I just resorted to making a smiley face emoticon without a nose. I really need to get more sleep. My standards are slipping. [#]
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Off for a long walk in the woods. #FFThought via #MJ: If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change. [#]
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See, I’m all kinds of humanity-y. Not thinking of noseless emoticon jokes at all. #didisaythatoutloud [#]
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Step 1: Shutting mouth. Step 2: Long walk. Step 3: Sweet, sweet sleep (8 hours from now). [#]
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@torchstar I’m thinking both. :-) Plus, even if only 1/10th of 1% of twitterfolk are quality, that’s still 1700 people. And that’s a low %. [#]
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RT @PFTompkins RT @Veronica: Nice work @donttrythis! MythBuster Adam Savage Leads Twitter Revolt Against AT&T http://bit.ly/3QgVB [#]
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Thanks for the retweets, @torchstar! I think I just want to train my brain to intake 5000 times what it’s used to. :-\ [#]
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RT @Twitter_Tips How do people who follow 1,000s use Twitter differently? http://cli.gs/ZQaA6Z :Timely! Ask and the t-verse will answer. [#]
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@StephenGordon This is why I keep pushing for Thanks for the Follow Tuesday #TFTFT. A chance to release some pressure, and give due props. [#]
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Speaking of which, launching a new tradition is lonely work: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=TFTFT But I don’t give up easily. Or at all. [#]
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Special beginner #followfriday: @robinmallery of HeartMatters.pro. Lifestyle expert & coach, RN, and great lady. Follow now, be glad later! [#]
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BTW @robinmallery, I should clarify: capital RT means “retweet” as mentioned, but lower-case rt means “reply to”. Just FYI. (Which means…) [#]
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@christinahills I haven’t needed to fully try Register Plus yet, but I’ve scoped it out more than once, and it seems to fit the bill well. [#]
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Off for another walk; before I go, a random Lance poem for the curious: “It’s…” http://bit.ly/hBMpc [#]
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My Secret System will show you how buying my POEMS will bring you 1000s of FOLLOWERS a day!!!! [#]
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Just kidding…quiet evening walk in the woods behind Cedar Ridge commencing. [#]
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Requesting an invite for Tweetboard Alpha (http://tweetboard.com) by @140ware, for my site: http://lancebrown.org [#]
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@robinmallery The walk was excellent as always. From dusk into dark, with an after-hours dip into the park. And it’s finally cool… [#]
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@markdavidson Frankly, unless you’re also offering 1000s of FOLLOWERS a DAY!!!!!, I’m not enticed. [#]
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…psyched to see that #Klout-haver @markdavidson is unknowingly emulating my faux-hype tweet from 3 hours ago. </ahead of the curve> [#]
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Now that Twitterverse trendsetters like @markdavidson are losing DOZENS of FOLLOWERS an HOUR using my Secret System, I’ll repeat my offer… [#]
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OK, I have to stop. I’m too much of a newbie to risk being taken seriously. I am not seriously selling poems folks. Is that even a thing? [#]
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Poyms here! Get ‘yer red hot poyms, only 2-dolla! Ya got yer “It’s…”, ya got yer “Hello…My Name Is Poym!” Two dollars, any one you want! [#]
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Years from now you can be like: “I know a famous poet.” People will go: “Maya Angelou?” You’ll go: “No.” ‘N they’ll go: “Then no you don’t.” [#]
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Sometimes I have to fix tweets, especially if a typo might affect meaning. And that’s a pretty funny poet joke, I wanted to get it right. [#]
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It’s funny, the writer in me really bristles at the twitter limitation; that’s what kept me off here so long. But the editor in me loves it. [#]
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@markdavidson We should be careful, all those bots and fake accounts could become super-intelligent and take us over. Like in The Matrix. [#]
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@140ware: I never got my “instant” reply to this message: http://twitter.com/FreelanceLance/status/2355429027 [#]
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8 Ways/Sites To Find Relevant Followers On Twitter – http://shar.es/7ha7 :: Favorite new one here? #Twubble [#]
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@christinahills No problem, Christina. Glad it seems to be working out. Please let me know if it doesn’t for some reason; I’m curious. [#]
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@McCainBlogette is (obviously) a hack for the GOP, but I have to say, she’s funny and smart and I like her attitude. “Red til I’m dead” tho? [#]
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…sketching out a new cartoon, tentatively titled “President Hippie”. [#]
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“We only enter in one contest / That we made up ourselves / That’s to be the ThreeElevenest.” -311 (A lesson for us all.) [#]
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Off for the “morning” walk by my little private fork of Wolf Creek. [#]
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RT @Dakshinamurti: 19 Twitter Desktop Apps Compared http://ow.ly/15Gia0 :: It’s nice to see a better range of choices. :-) [#]
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…psyched (and surprised) to see my little cactus busting out a flower. Looks like more are on the way. [#]
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Lance …psyched (and surprised) to see my little cactus busting out a flower. Looks like more are on the way.
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@markdavidson Was it by using Proven Techniques from a FREE REPORT!!!! ? [#]
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@EdEntrepreneur Startups. Experienced businesses have the money and resources to survive on their own more readily. Plus, startups are good! [#]
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It’s worth re-mentioning Power Twitter, a v. cool Firefox addon that adds features right into Twitter.com. IA few days into it, and happy. [#]
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It’s worth re-mentioning Power Twitter, a v. cool Firefox addon that adds features right into Twitter.com. I’m a few days into it and happy. [#]
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@ThinkCignal Is that really your Twitter plan? Are you not paying any attention to the culture here? Why would someone want to follow you? [#]
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@markdavidson You must be soaking into my head via osmosis then, because I just started to see my twittering plan that way last night. :-) [#]
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@markdavidson Are you willing to say how many of your cajillion “following”s you are truly able to read in a given day? I’m boggled by this. [#]
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F F F F F F F F F F the FlipShare software! That is all. [#]
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After such a miserable time trying to do the pot leaf, I am not even going to try and draw the little going-out dot in the middle of the TV. [#]
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Almost done with #2 of my two new cartoons. I’ll have to do #1 later, after documenting #GrassValley for a possible newcomer. [#]
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So am I first with “twystem” instead of “system”? </dusting off resume> [#]
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OK, off to bother GV streetdwellers with dogs and a camera. Fair warning, Grass Valleyites! Grass Valleyans? Grass Valleyers? Yeah that one. [#]
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Street dwellers? I didn’t mean residents of the streets. Just everyone. </this has been a test of the political correctness radar system> [#]
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@markdavidson Well you must be a good teacher, because I picked up that “treat it like a show” thing off you without you saying it outright. [#]
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Published 2 posts.
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@robinmallery I went all over – from the bowling alley to Maria’s then behind town and all through town. Then ultimately to Brunswick & home [#]
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I know driving and phoning/texting is illegal, but I don’t recall videography being on the list of banned acts. Of course, I didn’t read it. [#]
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@robinmallery A DM is a Direct Message. It should be called a PM (Private Message). Someone must be following you for you to send them one. [#]
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@addisports re: researching a 501c3 :: Sounds like a rocking Saturday night to me. :-) [#]
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I registered a new Twitter account: @freeWPadvice. WP = WordPress website software. You can probably figure the rest out on your own. [#]
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@shawntuttle It’s free Wet Poodle advice. Too many people are charging, with the people left to suffer their wet poodles alone. No longer! [#]
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Do you love Wacky Panties, but have trouble making smart decisions about them? Try @freeWPadvice! [#]
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Is your usual advice just too safe for you lately? Looking for a little danger? Get free Wicked Perilous advice @freeWPadvice! [#]
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As you can see, I’m quite the Renaissance man. No advice is too big or small. [#]
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Funny how everyone’s posting “19 Twitter Desktop Apps”, but not ReTweeting it. Where are they all getting it from? </feeling superior> [#]
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I really like how http://Toondoo.com‘s browser icon blinks at you every so often. Being like, “Weren’t you working on a comic, Lance?” [#]
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Does it make any sense to post tweets of substance during the late night, or is it better to save them for later? Opinions? [#]
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@AndyMilder Given the structure you outlined, seems the key is to make it one where the answer will be uncertain all the way ’til the end. [#]
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@AndyMilder Since it’s going to be the 33rd person, it would be best if folks can’t just learn the answer from someone else. So questions… [#]
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@AndyMilder …that are hard to know for certain quickly would be the best. Or ones with multiple correct answers. [#]
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@GuyKawasaki I know this isn’t your job, but any idea why I don’t see that count in my TweetDeck? Checked Settings and didn’t see anything. [#]
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@FreelanceLance Hmmm…must be a different version of #Tweetdeck. My Settings panel has fewer tabs in it. And that option’s not there. [#]
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…downloading a #Tweetdeck upgrade based on a tip I got from @GuyKawasaki (It shows follower counts for people right in the tweetsream!) [#]
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One of those @’s back there was supposed to be @ Guy Kawasaki, but since I figured it out myself, probably better it went to me anyway. [#]
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June 28th
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Posted in Social Feeds
June 27, 2009
Lifehacker – Top 10 Productivity Basics Explained
Lifehacker – Top 10 Productivity Basics Explained
Saving this so I can check it out some time when I’m being more productive.
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Posted in Simplifying
Connect with Film and TV industry folks at Mandy.com
Mandy’s Film and TV Production Directory – television – video – broadcast.
Cool site where you can connect with film distributors, among many other things. Hat tip to Angelo Bell for telling me about it.
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Posted in Places to submit, Screenwriting Resources
June 25, 2009
Submissions : Poetry Magazine
Poetry Magazine pays $10 per line for poems, with a $150 minimum.
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June 24, 2009
Weekly Social Feed Digest for June 24th
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@ingridmusic :: Well there’s always Alice Cooper’s Cold Ethyl, who, if you believe Alice, was also way hotter than Fred (albeit coldly). [#]
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Published Weekly Social Feed Digest for June 17th
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Lance "Come try my helmet on, nothing will do you wrong!"
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You see a crowd swelling in the distance. They’re massing around something; gawking, pointing, jostling for position. You hear screams as a [#]
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woman faints. "My God!" a man exclaims. "This just isn’t right! Turn away everyone; avert your eyes!" But it’s no use-the crowd surges in… [#]
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You can’t stand it any longer. Curiosity may have killed the cat, but that won’t stop you. You simply have to know; what is it that clutches [#]
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their hearts with such fascination and revulsion? What could drive such fury and dismay? You claw your way in through the crowd, and gasp: [#]
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"Oh wow, Lance totally updated his Twitter profile description. Cool! Maybe I’ll check it out." [#]
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Lance …watching the the ladybug slipstream outside my windows.
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RT: If we can get so much attention against the actions of the Iran gov. Why can’t we get that attention against the U.S. gov for Liberty? [#]
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That awesomely relevant ReTweet (http://bit.ly/Zja3T) was from @PunkJohnnyCash; couldn’t fit the attribution in in the message itself. [#]
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Have 49 tabs open in FF, and just opened "69 Twitter Web Services You Should Know" (http://bit.ly/c5jW0) Pop quiz: a) bodes well, b) oh shit [#]
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Back from the #nctweetup. Hosted by @SeeJaneDo, The Union, and Broad St. Bistro. Very impressive turnout; looking forward to the followup. [#]
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@FINALLEVEL is my main M.F. Ice-T, for those not in the M.F.in’ know. Still being censored after all these years. [#]
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Censoring my M.F.in’ self because some local tweeps will probably drop in after the #nctweetup. Sorry, #Ice-T brings out the M.F. in me! ;-) [#]
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RT:@christinahills The peeps at the #nctweetup tonight. http://yfrog.com/5kmyqj ::That’s me standing in right-center, in sloppy grey shirts. [#]
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@MarshaLanier :: Yes, we didn’t get into whether one should emulate one’s rap heroes while tweeting or not, so I decided on a 1/2way pt. :-) [#]
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RT:@marshalanier http://yfrog.com/0544lj #NCTweetUp at Broad St. Cafe ::I’m in the mid-ground left in this one, in much neater grey shirts. [#]
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3 questions & answers: 1. Am I egotistical? Apparently. 2. Am I humble? Surprisingly. 3. How does that work? Confusingly easily. [#]
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RT @Lance_Blackburn: I discovered the Secret to accomplishing anything in Life Today: What is it? "Just make 150-200 Good Choices everyday!" [#]
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…finding/following folks who have "revolutionary" in their bios (not referring to a product), using http://tweepsearch.com bio search tool [#]
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musical revolutionary @ELEWW, revolutionary filmmaker @JBMovies, Wellness Revolutionary @JohnnyWall, & passionate revolutionary @RossStokes [#]
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plus @genporoshi, "a revolutionary in the tradition of the old Zen Masters", and Libertarian rEvolutionary @lshanecarlson. And @RonKhare. [#]
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@JohnCleese Happy Birthday sir! Hope you have a good one. [#]
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@JohnCleese Ah I see. The old two-part quoted tweet trick, it gets me every time. Touché. [#]
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@JohnCleese : Mr. Cheese, it occurs to me that I may not see you on your birthday, so feel free to save my well-wish for use at a later date [#]
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BTW, "who" vs "whom" has always been one of my weakest links in the chain of the English language. I simply never cared to figure out "whom" [#]
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What if I want to show support for freedom, rather than democracy , in Iran? What color should I tint my pic for that? [#]
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@JohnnyWall :: Happy to be shouting; nice Schweitzer quote! [#]
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@CoachVanessa :: Keep in mind that a blog at wordpress.com is very limited compared to a WordPress blog installed on your own site. [#]
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@CoachVanessa :: And Typepad ultimately is for-fee and (I believe) closed software; WordPress is open source and free of charge. [#]
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FYI: I wasn’t dissing WordPress vs Typepad a couple tweets back, I was dissing WordPress.com hosted blog vs WordPress installed on your site [#]
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If you have a business blog, having it hosted at WordPress.com must be considered just a stepping stone to a full WordPress install, IMO. [#]
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…unintentionally disrupting the ladybug slipstream with my sprinkler. Sprinkling will have to wait. [#]
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Lance …unintentionally disrupting the ladybug slipstream with my sprinkler. Sprinkling will have to wait.
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@moonfrye : I don’t do top spots like that with music; but the first song that came to mind was "Can’t Fade Me" by 311. http://bit.ly/6U8LG [#]
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@StephenGordon re: mandatory health insurance = slavery ::Actually, the slavery occurs before the fact, no matter what the booty is spent on [#]
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@StephenGordon :: Meaning, all "proactive" gov. programs = slavery just as much as gov. health care does. Gov schooling, gov subsidies, etc. [#]
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@StephenGordon ::Not defending national health care mind you, just saying I don’t see it as unique. Just more (much more) of the same. [#]
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@StephenGordon :: Yup; since there are no Twitter rules, my protocol is: if I want to spread something across 100 tweets, then so be it. :-) [#]
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@StephenGordon :: OK, wake me when you and the rest of a critical mass finally give up on waiting for the Republicans to save the world. [#]
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@CoachVanessa :: Basic setup your host probably has a "one-click" installer for; design customization takes some techiness, but there are… [#]
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@CoachVanessa …hundreds of free "themes" that can be used. Main benny over Typepad I’m guessing is plugins/features. WordPress rules that. [#]
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@tpholmes :: I never really went the distance in trying Backpack or Basecamp out, but they definitely seem nice: http://www.backpackit.com/ [#]
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@StephenGordon re: Which senior GOP official do you dislike the most? #tlot :: Whichever one has the most authority. [#]
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I am now following snark and boobs. It’s OK for me to say that, because literally, I am now following @snarkandboobs. @StephenGordon‘s #FF [#]
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It seems wrong to go to bed with 61 tabs open in Firefox. "What kind of Friday am I setting myself up for?" thinks I. Must. Close. Tabs. [#]
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I know everyone’s been wondering; sorry to have kept you waiting. Here it is: I don’t think Obama should have killed that fly. Seriously. [#]
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Lance "There’s a spaceship behind the comet, and it’s heading our way / There’s a spaceship behind the comet, let it take you away."
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RT @StephenAtHome: 2nd place only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and my new game "secondies!" :: Finally a new twist on that classic! [#]
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@markdavidson :: the CA gov’t can’t even run itself, never mind find jobs for >500K people. Shouldn’t companies "correct this"? [#]
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@SubZeroLA :: Pledging to never say "twugs" or "twisses" unless to show derision for those terms. Who else is with me? [#]
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…finished clearing my morning pile of tweets. OK, I’m ready, bring ‘em on folks. </late to the friday twitscape> [#]
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(ironically, after dissing the ridiculous terms "twugs" and "twisses") Just joined a twibe. Visit http://twibes.com/libertarian?v=0 to join [#]
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Twitter makes it really easy for me to be amused by myself, which is one of my favorite things to do. Not a benefit you hear a lot about. [#]
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Now playing: The Bobs nearly-full catalog, random play. (At this moment: "Sign My Snarling Doggie" of off Shut Up and Sing!) A sure pick-up. [#]
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..and now "Golly, Ollie!", a classic satire song about the Oliver North trial. [#]
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Obvi-local #FollowFriday: @KVMR (great radio streaming online), @Yubanet (best people-based local news outlet?) & @TheUnion (THE newspaper) [#]
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@markdavidson Then tap your heels together 3 times and think good thoughts, because those folks have bankrupted us. I’d look to the wealthy. [#]
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@markdavidson :: At least the wealthy (& business owners) actually have the means to provide gainful employment. CA can’t pay its own bills. [#]
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@markdavidson :: You should quit your addiction to gov’t-thinking. I just mean that people with money are the ones who can fix the economy. [#]
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@markdavidson :: Like, directly. No Schwarzenegger or ridiculous CA legislature necessary. (Except to get out of the way, perhaps.) [#]
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Weird how the Twitter profile setup makes your most recent tweet look like it’s shouting. I wasn’t shouting. [#]
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@markdavidson :: Largely because people are looking to the gov’t to solve the ills of the economy, and they do not inspire confidence, which [#]
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@markdavidson :: is the number one thing that makes an illing economy get healthy. When the people with cmoney have confidence and spend it. [#]
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@markdavidson :: I’m not sure why my "look to" became your "re-allocate". I have not suggested taking of any sort. Just looking to diff. ppl [#]
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(Feeling conflicted about leaving a typo in my tweetstream. …..Let it go, Lance. People know you didn’t mean "cmoney".) [#]
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@markdavidson :: Right on; didn’t mean to launch into you. I tend to not take the 140 chars as a real limit. ;-) [#]
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@ShamelessShamus My vet says poison isn’t released til the tick’s been in 24 hrs ; if it was only in a few mins or hrs, should be no prob. [#]
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So much for my resolution to not rely on abbreviated word forms; damn you, Twitter! [#]
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Lance …helping a tweep feel better about a tick bite on Twitter.
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Me, speaking to faulty USB extension cable as I unplug it: "I got your ‘ding-dum’ right here." [#]
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RT @TheOnion: [video] US To Trade Gold Reserves For Cash Through Cash4Gold.com http://bit.ly/BnJAE :: Ha! [#]
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HILARIOUS video of Joe Cocker at Woodstock (with captions) if you haven’t seen it yet: http://bit.ly/B5O53 I don’t do all caps often, so… [#]
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Food for thought: how many of these url-shortening services plan to introduce interstitial ads down the road? And won’t that be fun? (Not!) [#]
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Thought I had a brilliant futurist insight about how Twitter would be used by burglars to find target homes; turns out it’s been thought of [#]
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Walking in the woods, looking at the star-filled sky, I saw two plane-lights cross paths, like distant star-commuters. It was very Jetson-y. [#]
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RT @LibEverywhere: http://ow.ly/f9pD [text snipped]:: Early release of new JibJab vid with Obama as superhero; pretty funny… [#]
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Me (to me): "Hmmm…why isn’t this DVD playing?" Me (in reply): "Hmmm…because it’s not in the DVD player." Me (in unison): "Hmmm…" [#]
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Lance Me (to me): "Hmmm…why isn’t this DVD playing?" Me (in reply): "Hmmm…because it’s not in the DVD player." Me (in unison): "Hmmm…"
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http://twitter.com/dofindependence <– the Declaration of Independence in tweets [#]
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Lance …settling in for a late-night GalaxyQuest viewing and some website work. (GalaxyQuest = unfairly not recognized as best sci-fi comedy of all time.)
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…activating the Omega 13. [#]
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Just started a Twibe. Visit http://twibes.com/GreenLiberty to join. [#]
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@robcorddry :: I believe you Rob. [#]
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Lance "Nobody makes me bleed my own blood. Nobody!"
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Funny… @lancearmstrong is coming to NC today for the big bike race, and at 10 min after midnight, he appeared on my screen in ‘Dodgeball’ [#]
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#lancewatch Funny – Lance is coming to NC today for the big race, and at 10 min after midnight, he appeared on my screen in ‘Dodgeball’ [#]
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@shockozulu Just post whatever you want until you get a feel for it; don’t sweat it. And follow some folks; you’ll get the idea. [#]
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@shockozulu And if you see someone else’s post you like or whatever, you can pass it on via an "RT" (retweet, ie forward), or reply via "rt" [#]
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@shockozulu As long as their @name is in the post, they’ll know that you retweeted their tweet or see your reply. As you presumably are now. [#]
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@shockozulu Last lesson: #hashtags are keywords preceded by #. Example: #iranelection. They help people follow certain topics. That’s it! [#]
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@shockozulu Loved you in Roadside Prophets BTW. Among other things. [#]
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and: http://bit.ly/PF89w [#]
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and: http://bit.ly/mqOUG [#]
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Those were tweets of bad form. I generally resent blind linkage. But it’s 4:15 AM, so hopefully I can be forgiven. Those two vids are funny. [#]
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…giving myself a mental/emotional enema, courtesy of Anthrax’s "State of Euphoria" [#]
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Lance …giving myself a mental/emotional enema, courtesy of Anthrax’s "State of Euphoria."
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@lancearmstrong Congrats! Now go and let me be the top Lance in Nevada County again. ;-) (Just kidding…you’re always welcome here. ) [#]
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Lance I’m also probably not the best candidate for top Lance in Nevada County, either. Though I can’t think of another one…
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I’m also probably not the best candidate for top Lance in Nevada County, either. Though I can’t think of another one… [#]
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@CatoInstitute I disagree. Good thing Reagan didn’t take the same point of view re: Eastern Europe. [#]
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Just broke 200 followers. Small-time in the big Twitterverse, but in this 201 are my future longest-time followers! Many thanks to you all. [#]
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OK…small hitch. #’s 200 and 201 (who I was going to give random thanks to) are spammers. So forget it – I’ll just celebrate at 500. :-) [#]
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Lance My #1 beef with the Internet? The proliferation of fake people. People who create fake Internet people for a living are sabotaging humanity.
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Lance Speaking of sabotage, I’m petard-hoisting on a regular basis re: Twitter, by using all 140 characters in most tweets. Un-retweetable – argh!
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Lance Hello to a batch of new followees from #tlot and my followers list. Looking forward to your pearls, folks. :-) And goodbye to several fakes!
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Lance I still have followers that I should probably be following; still sifting through my list, folks – sorry. I will get caught up shortly.
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Lance Part of the problem is that my browser is capital-O Overloaded with open tabs already, and Firefox + Tweetdeck are kicking my old cpu’s ass.
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Lance Avid tweeps will recall my broken resolution to not rely on abbreviated word forms. New line in the sand: I will not use numbers 4 words.
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Lance Doh!
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Lance Question for senior Twits out there: Is there a way to see someone’s tweetstream in reverse order? From first to most recent?
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Ooooooh….Just realized that I have been sending a slew of intended tweets to Facebook instead. Curses! Tweetdeck, you foul temptress… [#]
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Speaking of sabotage, I’m petard-hoisting on a regular basis re: Twitter, by using all 140 characters in most tweets. Un-retweetable – argh! [#]
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I still have followers that I should probably be following; still sifting through my list, folks – sorry. I will get caught up shortly. [#]
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Part of the problem is that my browser is capital-O Overloaded with open tabs already, and Firefox + Tweetdeck are kicking my old cpu’s ass [#]
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Lance …unintentionally posted a mad batch of tweets to my FB profile, probably unnerving a few night owls. Apologies all around.
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@addisports :: Hey Zuri, we almost-kinda met at the #nctweetup. Thought I started following you that night, actually. Guess not – my bad! [#]
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{Chhthcck!} <— sound of 2:20 AM Coke being opened [#]
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Question for senior Twits out there: Is there a way to see someone’s tweetstream in reverse order? From first to most recent? [#]
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Semi-related question: Is there a way to see the entire stream at once, without clicking Twitter’s "more" ad infinitum? [#]
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I’ve been withholding support for Mousavi, an establishment repressor in his own right, but kudos to him for his defiance Sun. #iranelection [#]
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RT @libertariangirl im chairman of the bored-room :: Nice! (now following @libertariangirl, "Happy , kind , bad-ass soldier for Liberty:)") [#]
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Avid tweeps will recall my broken resolution to not rely on abbreviated word forms. New line in the sand: I will not use numbers 4 words. [#]
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Doh! [#]
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I never cease to get a kick out of the fact that this poem of mine looks like a profile pic of a Mad Magazine character. http://bit.ly/IT2wC [#]
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I also never cease to be amused for some strange reason by my poem "Granny Film Recently": http://bit.ly/1De3C (Maybe it’s just the title) [#]
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I guess it’s also got a life lesson, about making the best of what you’ve got in any moment. Never realized that. Huh. [#]
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Last poem pimping for the day: "Hello! My Name Is…Poem" http://bit.ly/1GfzC2 [#]
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That’s the most recent public poem I’ve written, 5 years ago. Could end up being the last one period, for all I know. I’d be cool with that. [#]
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@PunkJohnnyCash Didn’t see you on my followers list, I’m taking you up on your "just @ me" offer. I don’t think I’m undesirable. YMMV :-) [#]
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RT @BrendaHorton: RT @daledupre2: Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. :: Huzzah! [#]
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@StephenGordon re: industry the Dems will try to take over next #tlot :: The Campaign Finance industry. (i.e., publicly-funded campaigns.) [#]
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Lance …struggling to refrain from endlessly quoting from Season 1 of "Arrested Development" as I watch it for the umpteenth time. (Feel free to share your favorites in the comments.)
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RT @PeterSantilliThis is a great political cartoon depicting the power of social media #iranelection http://ff.im/-4j6or [#]
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RT @311: Here’s the new 311 ringtones page -> http://bit.ly/t8wU1 :: If I had a cell phone I’d be all over this. [#]
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RT @PeterSantilli This is a great political cartoon depicting the power of social media #iranelection http://ff.im/-4j6or (fixed @linking) [#]
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Very strange–and cool–to see @MrTeller "speaking" after all these years. (Who is @MrTeller? Hint: @pennjillette told me about him.) [#]
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@coffeemaverick I see it as less about Obama and more about the world’s perception of him. (It’s negative toward that.) [#]
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@angelobell I haven’t tried that, but I’m wondering why someone would want to go back to WordPress.com from a self-hosted WP setup. ?? [#]
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It seems wrong that eventually there are no more spoons or forks in my silverware drawer. Dear Future: auto-refilling drawers, please! [#]
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The beauty of having a built-in following: @MrTeller has gained ~12,000 followers since @pennjillette twit-outed him 6 hours ago. [#]
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Creating columns in Seesmic Desktop: http://help.seesmic.com/forums/48412/entries/38263 Turns out it’s easy; this is a good simple overview. [#]
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@askseesmic No, no, thank you. :-) I found just what I needed quickly and easily, and the tutorial was simple and solid. [#]
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"One never knows what one may be missin’ if you talk to the flowers but you never listen." -Timbuk3 [#]
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…watching a #bee and a #hummingbird duel over the hummingbird feeder. Bee wins, surprisingly enough. [#]
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Lance …watching a bee and a hummingbird duel over the hummingbird feeder. Bee wins, surprisingly enough.
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Lance …picking maggots up off the floor (and wishing I meant that metaphorically).
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RT @rainnwilson: This is sooooo cool! Frozen in time in Grand central Station! http://bit.ly/uWYce :: Very cool social experiment on video. [#]
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@thomasjkeeley re: the drug test results seeming unusally low :: Seems unusually sick and invasive to me. [#]
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RT @JamesMcMurtry: TEXAS THIS WEEKEND: Friday – Bryan – Lakeside Icehouse; Saturday – San Antonio – Sam’s Burger Joint ::(McMurtry = great) [#]
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RT @angelobell: writing. I love writing. i should do only this. it makes me happy ;) :: Seconded…it’s odd that I don’t do it more, really. [#]
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@angelobell I assume you’d do that to expand reach. (?) If so, I’d spend that energy/time amping up your current WP install, w/plugins, etc. [#]
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@angelobell Not judging your site, just in general. There are some pretty amazing add-ons available these days, to get more out of a WP site [#]
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@angelobell (last reply) Since attending to a WP.com site will take time, that time might get a better ROI if spent increasing potency on #1 [#]
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@angelobell Not so much re-do, but go out and make sure you’re using all the best goodies that are out there. Plugins are easy to install. [#]
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I just realized everyone else is looking out at the viewer in their pic here; I’m looking at my own words. <unintentionally shows true self> [#]
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So as not to be a big tease, I’ll post some great lists of #WordPress plugins when I get back from my walk. (<–reason to follow me) [#]
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Lance …hunting for my FB friends on Twitter. (Feel free to make my job easier by posting your twitter URL as a comment.)
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Whap! #coolbandsmadeuncool [#]
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The Presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran #coolbandsmadeuncool [#]
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INXL #coolbandsmadeuncool [#]
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Swine Flu (née Anthrax) #coolbandsmadeuncool [#]
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REO Station Wagon #coolbandsmadeuncool (crap, I could do this all night) [#]
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…wondering why only my first entry into coolbandsmadeuncool seems to be showing on the hashtag page for that. Pardon me while I test… [#]
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The Presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran #coolbandsmadeuncool [#]
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Whap! #coolbandsmadeuncool [#]
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411 #coolbandsmadeuncool [#]
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So just those two coolbandsmadeuncoolentries seem to be missing from the stream at http://bit.ly/YEn0e – both times I posted them. [#]
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That’s too bad – I thought the Iran Presidents one was pretty sweet. Just wanted to share with my other wordplay silly-folk… :-( {pouting} [#]
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One more test…I figured out a twist that makes trying it once more worthwhile. (Still very dabbly when it comes to hashtags.) Here goes: [#]
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OK, enough of that. (At least until some of you go to sleep.) I’ll rock those promised WordPress plugins lists shortly… [#]
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Just FYI: the third attempt did not make it to hashtags.org either. Wonder why some would and some wouldn’t? http://bit.ly/WU9b9 Anyone? [#]
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Lance …getting dissed by Twitter and Hashtag.org (The Presidents of The Islamic Republic of Iran #coolbandsmadeuncool, dammit!)
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Dexy’s Morning Joggers #coolbandsmadeuncool [#]
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June 24th
1 Comment
Posted in Social Feeds
June 22, 2009
Todd’s Film Blog: 10 Tips For Independent Filmmakers Seeking Distribution
Todd’s Film Blog: 10 Tips For Independent Filmmakers Seeking Distribution
by Todd Bartoo (http://twitter.com/Todfilm)
1 Comment
Posted in Screenwriting Resources
June 17, 2009
Weekly Social Feed Digest for June 17th
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Not sure why I even looked for a "revolutionaries" category on http://Twellow.com . I guess by definition there wouldn’t be too many of us. [#]
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Man…they don’t even have "screenwriting". (And "writing" is filed under "Hobbies". Nice. So hobbyists fill all those books and magazines?) [#]
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OK, this is cool: http://www.twellow.com/twellowhood/ Find local Tweeters near you. [#]
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Published 2 posts.
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Just listed myself at http://localtweeps.com in ZIP/Postal District 95945. List yourself to find (and get found by) tweeps near you! [#]
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Lance …violently repressing hard-to-handle social networking activists. (Blackberries and poison oak.)
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Lance have a great night, wonder woman.
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Just added a Google profile http://www.google.com/profiles/lancemarshallbrown [#]
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Fellow (Freedom) Travelers #TFTFT : @PunkJohnnyCash, Paul Holmes @tpholmes, @ToddWelch, Laney Maxwell @pandamop, Charlie Norris @cjnorris1 [#]
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Easy vertical garden trellis ideas (video): http://bit.ly/2qi3GJ [#]
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Now that it’s officially Thanks For The Follow Tuesday… Gold Country #TFTFT Round 1: @lenkaland, @catswebweave, Kelly La Sha @FearDoctor [#]
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Gold Country Celebrity #TFTFT #1 – @catherinescholz, award-winning Indie singer-songwriter (free mp3 tuneage at http://catherinesmusic.com/) [#]
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Gold Country Celebrity #TFTFT #2 – Elisa Parker & @SeeJaneDo http://seejanedo.com "Everyday Women Doing Extraordinary Things for the Planet" [#]
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P.S. @SeeJaneDo – near-impossible to find your show hours at your blog/site (?). FYI everyone: 1st Weds. of the month, at Noon PT @ kvmr.org [ |