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Tuesday December 18, 2007 – 11:59 pm

Last night we watched “Knocked Up” due to the Freaks & Geeks connection… not my cuppa tea at all. Interminable. I’d rather see Booty Call. #
Amazon is showing me man-hands. :-( http://tinyurl.com/2fn4u3 #
Oh jeez. I opened an Amazon package thinking it was the book light I’d ordered. But it’s something I wasn’t supposed to see yet! Rewrapped. #
Official Google Blog: Better Flight Stats Results
Handmade Kindle case designed to look like a book
EVERY time I pick up food from our local Italian place there’s this Ned Flanders lookalike sitting alone at the bar. Smiling. Creeps me out. #

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Monday December 17, 2007 – 11:59 pm

Last night we watched “Me and You and Everyone We Know”. I like it, it was NICE. And ol’ acquaintance John Perkins (Hawkes) is a fine actor. #
Dangit, no editing on Twitter! I’d like that like with a “d”, like… “liked”. #
@tigerbeat: Thanks Steve! Will do. #
MIRANDA JULY » me and you blog
Daddy tried the Kindle trick and it worked! 12/31-1/14. So I’ll have a week or two to harrass him. If he doesn’t like it I’m in big trouble! #
Harper’s getting a Kindle too! And you better believe he’s gonna try to hack that fucker. Gonna help me with my wordpress plugin too. @nata2 #
@zeldman: once I heard “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” performed by volunteer @ assisted-living facility. WAY too sad, an inappropriate venue! #
Netflix has started sending me things that are waaaay down my queue list, not sending newer stuff. Am I being throttled? Paranoia sets in… #
Netflix has no instant watching for the Mac. Boooo!! http://tinyurl.com/2ahhae #
Getting SO confused about the interaction of contacts in Gmail vs. GChat vs. GReader. Harper had no idea what a demanding lil’ PITA I’d be. #
Answer: If a person uses one addy for GChat and another addy for GReader, you have to separate them into 2 contacts in Gmail. Then it works. #
Do any more of my friends use Google Reader? Share your links? Holla back. I’m “cowgal” at the g to the m to the a-i-l, what’s that spell? #

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Wednesday December 12, 2007 – 11:59 pm

Twitterrific is sending things without me hitting the fricken return key! I was SAYING I love Junior Mints but they give me a stomache-ache. #
@ijustine: Junior Mints are covered in bug juice y’know… http://tinyurl.com/nyton I like to nibble around the edges, then smoosh. #
Cortical Spreading Depression… a brain thing, related to migraine auras / scintillating scotoma. Google it… http://tinyurl.com/34cl4y #
From hot out herre – a rare meme: > 1) go to wikipedia and click random article. that is your band’s name. > 2) click random article again; that is your album name. > 3) click random article 15 more times (or however many times seems > appropriate for your band); those are the tracks on your album. I got the following: 1) Emiliano Moretti 2) Kevin O’Neill (rugby player) 3) Paul Schütze; Richard B. Hays; Euphemia Elphinstone; Nelson; Gennaker; Cynosarges; Shepton High School; Piura (disambiguation); Collie Power Station, Western Australia; Saga, Kōchi; Sugar crust; Cold Wars (gaming); Filmation’s Ghostbusters #
Overheard on Kindle Korner: “I am naming my kindle Safira, the blue dragon from the book Eragon.” #
“My Kindle is Bartimaeus, the 2000-year-old djinn from the Amulet of Samarkand.” #

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Sunday December 9, 2007 – 11:59 pm

When I can’t sleep, I get angry at the world. It’s all your fault. #
Kindlelust is messing up my life. Starting a list of books I want even though I have no Kindle. I’m not even in line for one! Need therapy. #
I’m freezing, wtf should I eat? Wish we had someplace like the Soupbox here. http://www.thesoupbox.com/ Yeah yeah, Chicago blah blah blah. #
Confessed to Wil that his present was here taunting me and I wanted to give it to him already. He’s all… “oh well, too bad for you!” Heh. #
Listening to Steve Albini on Sound of Young America. Mentions nothing about how I turned his career around with all the referrals! Hee. j/k #
(Well, I did find him those Jud Jud MP3s, which he really really wanted, so they’ll never take that away from me!) http://tinyurl.com/4lmjt #
Cambodian Rocks MP3s for free on WFMU! Good shit. http://tinyurl.com/2mvzqa #

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Saturday December 8, 2007 – 11:59 pm

Posted to Linus Gelber’s Flickr photo “Self-Portrait with Stroke Unit”: “Oh that sucks! Get well soon Linus.” #
My drummer Jason’s playing at the Warfield tonight w/ Handsome Family opening for Andrew Bird. Maybe I’ll go say hi @ soundcheck? Lazy lazy. #
No time to see Jason. Wil’s working tonight and I don’t like going to shows by myself. And no friends going, so I’ll just suck my thumb huh. #
I have the Fruity Pie apple-crunching song stuck in my head. katsu… katsu… katsu-katsu-katsu! #
Just finished “Spook Country”. NO! I want to keep going. #

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Friday December 7, 2007 – 11:59 pm

RetailMeNot.com — Coupon codes for thousands of online stores
Just took care of Wil’s Christmas present. EEEEE!! I can’t stand it. You know how I feel about boxes, and surprises too. They drive me mad!! #
Googling for a papercraft Kindle, as an email gag gift for Daddy. Seems so obvious, but I don’t think anyone’s made one yet. #
@jonathanboyett: Damn straight! I only wish Apple had come up with this first. #

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Tuesday December 4, 2007 – 11:59 pm

Got woken up way too early by a buzzsnort. Not my own but it very well could have been! I do that AND talk in my sleep so I’m the lucky one. #
Amazon Filler Item Finder (via Metafilter)
Bad Behavior antispam plugin for WordPress et al
Jesus, I just installed the Bad Behavior plugin for WP like five minutes ago and it’s already blocked 6 access attempts. :-o #
When I get the sleep-paralysis thing where I think I’m getting up, I can “stretch” my “leg” into the air and actually feel the burn. Freaky. #
The TV was on (IRL) and I could “see” it… but when I put my hand up to cover that view, IT WAS INVISIBLE. Everybody look at your hands! #
Earlier I’d caught a young woman who’d broken into the house. Shrank her down to 3 inches and held her squirming while I called the cops. #
@gruber was there!?! I told him I’d just shrunken the last intruder and he’s like “heh… in your dream!” and I’m all… “well, yeah!” #
Gotta very wily spammer trying to post pharmaceutical links in my Scintillating Scotoma group after I told him nicely to STFU. GRRRR!!! Ban. #
Louisiana Fried Chicken forgot to give me my dirty rice, so I walked back. They made it right AND gave me free 7-Up cake. Customer service! #
Wil and Happy last night at Armadillo Pizza

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Monday December 3, 2007 – 11:59 pm

On the iPhone, the terms “sleep”, “lock” and “standby” all mean exactly the same thing, correct? I gotta problem with that. #
Once again experiencing crushing guilt over my walled F’book garden of RLFs and family. @leolaporte has opened his up to everyone… waaah!! #
Doing a full erase and restore. If that doesn’t work I’m gonna set it up as a “new iphone” but I gotta grab my Notes first (lyric snippets). #
Wow, fancy label colors in Gmail #
Kitty Wigs! (via Laughing Squid)
No charges in the Megan Meier suicide case. It figures. http://tinyurl.com/2ect8k #
The Miniature Earth
It blows my mind that Stringer on The Wire is a British guy. McNutty’s Baltimore accent is so shitty it’s obvious, but Stringer? Whoah. #

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Sunday December 2, 2007 – 11:59 pm

@tigerbeat: after living in Chicago, I’m trained: the parka only gets put away in July/August. I know it looks stupid but I like to be WARM. #
Now a Craigslister is offering ***$800*** to anyone who’ll sell him a Kindle. The hysteria is crossing over into total pandemonium. #
Google Safe Browsing: Report a Malware Page
Adding an Amazon Associates link for every mention of the K-word on my site’s twitter-feed. I could get $40! Doubtful but you never know. #
Telling a funny story about a looney ex-boss. I got a million of ‘em, I’m a magnet for crazy bosses. (Ask me about the one w/ a shotgun!) #
Befuddled over a tracklist for a comp I didn’t even know I was on. Not saying it’s not legit but you’d think I’d remember giving permission! #
New iPhone’s acting weird. Home button won’t wake it after it’s been sleeping > 30 secs. Gotta press top button, then home, then slid … … #
AS I was saying before I was so RUDELY cut off… “…slide. WTF?” Is that normal for newer phones? Sure didn’t work that way w/ original. #

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Friday November 30, 2007 – 11:59 pm

Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (The whole book, for free online in one bigass text file)
DAMMIT! My iPhone’s volume rocker just lost its clickum. It thinks I’m pushing the up button and won’t stop. ARGH #
HA! I got my geeky dad all intrigued about the Kindle. I *knew* he’d be into it. :-) #
Met up with the wreck-a-stow lady. Status upgraded to “probably sometime”! FU if it seems an odd choice for a webcoder. I’d love it there. #
I love mystery packages even if they’re not for me. Wil got one and it’s driving me mad even though it’s prolly just boring ol’ boy stuff. #
For somebody who doesn’t even own a car anymore, I sure am indignant over that jalopy parked in our spot for the last 9 days. #
LOL!! In the Kindle video demo of the dictionary feature he looks up the word “profligate”: recklessly extravagant or wasteful of resources. #
The Amazon Kindle
My iPhone is now useless for podcasts, unless I want my ears blown out by the faulty rocker switch. Got an appt with the genius tomorrow. #

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Wednesday November 28, 2007 – 11:59 pm

Why is it that whenever I have a plane-crash dream, I’m always in the cockpit getting the worst possible view? #
If there’s no food or drink allowed on BART, how are you supposed to shop for groceries outside your home turf? I’m overthinking this, yes. #
I want a Kindle! Even though it’s way overpriced, and buglier than a Mattel electronic-football game from 1977… http://tinyurl.com/taxq7 #
452 characters per minute, with 87 correct words and no wrong words. Hot tamale! http://speedtest.10-fast-fi… #
The sock has been found. No thanks to you people! #
I soo wanna insinuate myself onto someone’s roundtable tech podcast, so I can bitch about Macs/gadgets/webstuff. Role model: @ambermacarthur #
So ashamed I could only name 35 HTML elements! Wasted a full minute not realizing the clock had already started. http://tinyurl.com/2492aa #
EMI to Cut RIAA Funding; Death of RIAA Near? (from Mashable’s lips to God’s ears!)

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Monday November 26, 2007 – 11:59 pm

Sliwinski Gets Off Too Easily (via Chicagoist)
Dammit it happened again! I thought I was awake, thought I was walking around. I opened my eyes and got really confused ‘cuz I was sideways. #
Wil and I had dinner at Barney’s; first time for me. Tastewise it was not unlike a ButterBurger from Culver’s. Or in other words… MMMMMM!! #

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Sunday November 25, 2007 – 11:59 pm

Is Twitter Down?
Blogger / Blogspot Help – Report a spam blog
Sleep paralysis! Nature’s way of saying “Heyyy what’s the rush? You love naps! You may think you’re getting up but check it out… pillow!” #
Our local franchise of Louisiana Fried Chicken is NO JOKE. They got the greens, dirty rice, hot-water cornbread and 7-Up Cake… ohh my god. #

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Wednesday November 21, 2007 – 11:59 pm

Our neighbor is throwing a tantrum again. Verbal abuse. I feel very sad for his poor family. :-( #
I’ve got eBay scammers all over me like white on rice. They’re coming from Gmail, but Gmail’s abuse-report links are all broken, wtf? #
Gmail: Report Abuse
So thankful I’m in a loving healthy relationship, thankful for the health and safety of my family, and for the antispam power of Akismet. #

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Thursday November 15, 2007 – 11:59 pm