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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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