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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29

• I had a dream that I went to a bar & had a $3400 tab and left a $900 tip. I think that's happened to me twice IRL & I was having flashbacks #
• I'm at IHOP (44030 Pipeline Plaza, Ashburn). http://4sq.com/6S5Ou9 #
• I'm at Giant Food – Ashburn Village (44110 Ashburn Shopping Plaza, Ashburn). http://4sq.com/86HsQ6 #
• Holy crap! They're already pimping Halloween candy! The children of our future will be toothless diabetics. #
• @spencerwiggins I thought Blockbuster was going bankrupt. That might help you make your decision. in reply to spencerwiggins #
• I'm half awake and I was trying to put my contacts in and wondering why it was so difficult. Oh. I have to take off my glasses first… #
• Looking for people to help me out with a limted 'usability test' on a website. email me – http://scr.im/mned – for the site & Word form #
• Oh, Turkey Hill Party Cake ice cream, I love you. #
• Sad. They closed the food court upstairs :/ I guess it's been a while, too. (@ Rosslyn Metro Station w/ 2 others) http://4sq.com/4Gm82L #
• I just unlocked the "Superstar" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/c0UWFo #
• I'm at The Pentagon. http://4sq.com/a08POV #
• Visiting Dad. (@ Arlington National Cemetery Visitors Center w/ 2 others) http://4sq.com/duLMIZ #
• Whoa. Signs the strawberries in the fridge might be bad: they have more facial hair than I do. #
• Dear Diary: Today I witnessed the worst comb-over I've ever seen. It went from the man's left ear across his forehead. He had no other hair. #
• @kellyaquinn YOU CAVED AND GOT AN iPAD! I thought you were waiting for the Adam? in reply to kellyaquinn #
• Dropping off more of Cleo's left over food. There's no way I could walk in and look at the available animals. http://4sq.com/dA80m6 #
• I need a drink. #
• @shaluthebalu Ooh, la la! Lucky you! I'm taking Angela out there sometime this Fall. I have 1.5 more hours until cocktails in reply to shaluthebalu #
• Oh. Dear. God. #
• Questioning the wisdom of going to karaoke night here with Andrew (@ Uno Chicago Grill) http://4sq.com/6RuNm9 #
• Signs that it was a good night: my throat feels like I was drinking gravel, not scotch and beer. Work will be lucky that I can't talk. #
• My hair hurts. #
• Surprisingly, Vietnam tastes like grilled pork. (@ Tastes Of Vietnam) http://4sq.com/dA07lC #
• Everyone should have their very own Tim Gunn to follow them around and give them advice. #
• Nice night for a drunken steak. (@ Sweetwater Tavern – Sterling) http://4sq.com/43MtmQ #
• Yoinks. Lots of Redskins at Sweetwater tonight. #
• Hanging out on the front porch drinking a McAllen 18, eating chocolate & smoking an Ashton Cabinet #7 w/Angela #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-22

• Bath time! For the dogs, silly… (@ Bark 'N Bubbles Dog Wash) http://4sq.com/cnKWv2 #
• In retrospect, I shouldn't have clicked on the link that said 'trichobezoar removal' #
• I'm at Mason Inn and Conference Center (4400 University Drive, Ox Road, Fairfax). http://4sq.com/9oWtjC #
• New post at the Woof Cleo’s Ninth Life: I would like to introduce you to someone very dear to me. Her name is Cleo… http://bit.ly/9bN8cG #
• Headed the animal shelter tomorrow during lunch to drop off cat food… #
• Coffee! (@ Johnson Center – George Mason University) http://4sq.com/6bazfG #
• HA! The wife is gone on her girl's beach trip & I'm home alone until Sunday! You know what that means, right? I'm home alone until Sunday #
• Having a wonderful time wrestling with Twitter's switch to OAuth and several of my clients apps #
• If you're sleepy and you know it clap your hands – *clap-clap* – #
• I'm at Sweetwater Tavern – Sterling (45980 Waterview Plaza, Sterling). http://4sq.com/43MtmQ #
• New post at the Woof Oh, poop!: I was watching one of those shows one either Animal Planet or National Geographic … http://bit.ly/dhzDi4 #
• Signs that Bunsen wants me to wake up and let him out: he gets up on the bed & makes sure I'm asleep. Then he sits on my head. #
• My wife bought her dad a few boxes of Devil Dogs that she was going to send to NC. She's at the beach. I'm tempted to eat them all. #
• This is AWESOME! "F**K YOU" by Ceelo Green http://t.co/YXtjJUP @AddThis (the lyrics are a tad questionable. chalk it up 2 artistic license) #
• Finished playing Resident Evil with Clare & Travis. They kicked my ass. Way to go, guys. Way to pick on your elders #
• Nothing says "Welcome home!" quite like a huge, gelatinous glop of dog vomit on the carpet and 3 pooches trying to look innocent. #
• I have no idea why I'm happy to have bought a huge crowbar. #

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Two Months With Nothing To Say

Wow. It’s been about two months since I’ve posted to my own blog. I always thought of myself as a chatty Cathy but for a while i’ve been…what’s the word I’m looking for?…oh, yeah! I’ve been lazy. Not just lazy but also a tad empty headed.

I have the utmost respect for my friends who write professionally. I have absolutely no idea how they do it, especially the ones who write for REAL publications on a regular basis. Me? My light bulb goes dim every few months and I forget what I want to say, I get distracted by a shiny new toy or I think that nobody is going to give a rat’s patoot what I have to say anyways. Which is why I feel sorry for you poor saps on Facebook and Twitter. You guys have to listen to me! Unless you unfollow me or defriend me.

Please don’t unfollow me or defriend me. I’m sorry for mocking you. Come back over here and sit next to me. I’ll share my Nilla wafers and milk with you.

Which brings me to this post. I’ve started and stopped at lease a dozen other posts on this site. They ranged from my experience with the government’s use of Twitter at the OEI Symposium (in May!!) to the BP oil Spill (sad, but really no longer topical) and also the effects of the prescription drugs I’m taking, my job hunt, bad television, horrendous boob jobs, cartoons and ice cream. I’ve come to the realization that if I’m going to keep up with this then, dag-gummit, I’m going to have to get onto a writing schedule. I remember that I used to try to post three times a week. Man, am I slack.

I’m going to go over here now and sit in this comfy chair and ponder what to write next or what to complete. You go ahead and keep yourself busy while I do this. Oh, and if you look over here and my eyes are shut I’m not sleeping. I’m resting my eyes and concentrating, focusing all my energy towards finishing something. Anything. And that’s not snoring. I’m Tibetan throat singing.

I leave you with this parable from a great, great philosopher:

One time I hired a monkey to take notes for me in class. I would just sit there with my mind a complete blank while the monkey scribbled on little pieces of paper.

At the end of the week, the teacher said, “Class, I want you to write a paper using your notes.”

So I wrote a paper that said, “Hello, my name is Bingo. I like to climb on things. Can I have a banana? Eek-Eek!”

I got an F.

When I told my mom about it, She said, “I told you, never trust a monkey!”
The end

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-15

• I don't think my cat, Cleo, is going to be with me much longer. I'm waiting for Angela to come home so we can make some hard decisions. #
• I just said my final goodbye to my little cat, Cleo. #
• Well, that went well… (@ U.S. Department of Commerce) http://4sq.com/7uoxZG #
• Lunch with some friends (@ The National Press Club w/ 2 others) http://4sq.com/79ttud #
• If it didn't rain my truck would never get washed. #
• Here's hoping all this rain washes away the urine smell from downtown DC. #
• Out helping the economy again. Yay! Shopping! (@ Coach) http://4sq.com/9ZaThz #
• Gap Offers 25% Discount for Foursquare Checkins: http://mashable.com/2010/08/14/foursquare-gap/ #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-08

• For some reason Newport News smells like rotting cantaloupes. #
• My distaste for SQL statements grows on a daily basis. #
• Using the double doors helps keep the temperature consistent inside the entrance. (@ Innovation Hall – George Mason University) #
• Going out for drinks with Mike Hendricks. This can only end badly. #
• Scotch? Check. Beer? Check. Liver donor? Still looking. (@ American Tap Room Restaurant) http://4sq.com/cRgMaZ #
• Someone told me to apply for a job in DC & forwarded me the position. Turns out it was as a designer at my old job on 4th St. Uh, yeah. #
• You know what kind of day it is going to be when you wake up with a dog's foot up your nose #
• Ugh. I'm reskinning an application that looks like poop and, go figure, the code behind it looks like poop, too. Someone should be smacked. #
• I don't know which I want to see more – Sharktopus or Swamp Shark. #
• Dogs are all passed out, cat is upstairs & I'm in my home office working until the early morning & feeling guilty for buying a $50 iPad app. #
• @kellyaquinn Yes. Omnigraffle for the iPad. I don't know if I should be ashamed or giddy. in reply to kellyaquinn #
• Holy moly. I don't know if my dental hygienist was cleaning my teeth or stabbing my face. #
• So friggin' awesome: http://journalstar.com/app/celebrate/index.php?fid=AN4c4763b3e26b3 #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01

• I just unlocked the "Local" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/c3VcF7 #
• Still here with no power. Hooray for Summer Term madness. >.< (@ Innovation Hall – George Mason University) http://4sq.com/csVHvE #
• It's weird going here to buy pirate boots for Angela. (@ DSW) http://4sq.com/5mI7AO #
• I love how people bitch that revenues are down and then they don't want to raise taxes. Morons. #
• I know someone who deserves some scotch… (@ O'Faolain's Irish Pub w/ 4 others) http://4sq.com/8d1BCJ #
• We own 3 dogs and one cat. Why am I the one who has to put his foot down and tell my wife that, no, we are not going to buy a sugar glider?! #
• @Inkblot if she gets one then I want a Komodo dragon. in reply to Inkblot #
• @Inkblot I'm considering taping wings to one of the hairballs in our house and passing that off as a sugar glider. in reply to Inkblot #
• @Inkblot The hairball shall look like Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein. in reply to Inkblot #
• 88 degrees outside; 68 degrees in my office. Brrr… (@ Innovation Hall – George Mason University) http://4sq.com/csVHvE #
• I just unlocked the "Animal House" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/d3GivX #
• It drives me batty that all the food places aren't open during the summer. (@ Johnson Center – George Mason University) #
• Headed home to build a ramp for my disabled cat's litter box :/ #
• @Inkblot No, the Mrs. bought a new litterbox contraption called the Breeze – http://www.breezeforcats.com/?D=1941709&T=5559457 in reply to Inkblot #
• @kellyaquinn We believe complications due to multiple cancers in reply to kellyaquinn #
• Two more days until Angela & I take the pooches home to Va. Beach. #
• Bring a sweater. (@ Innovation Hall – George Mason University) http://4sq.com/csVHvE #
• I'm not sure if this was a compliment: This morning there were 4 Japanese girls outside my office. One said I was shaped like a man. #
• I'm considering buying the new Kindle to use as a coaster for my iPad. #
• When falling asleep at your desk 1) make sure you don't snore and 2) make sure you don't drool. Or so I've heard. #
• Ask for Meagan! (@ Zoe salon and Spa) http://4sq.com/ahe5s9 #
• Just saw the trailer for 'Thor'. Natalie Portman is the hotness. #
• So true: http://xkcd.com/773/ #
• Nomz. Time to hunt down some doughnuts. (@ Farm Fresh) http://4sq.com/6rN0Ra #
• I feel like a bronzed hood ornament. #
• Bring sunscreen and show up early (@ 66th Street Beach) http://4sq.com/a8UlmW #
• Good place to buy sun burn treatment. You know, for when your wife burns after not listening to you. (@ Farm Fresh) http://4sq.com/8oCQgE #
• I just unlocked the "Super User" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/cKl1Hm #
• Woo! Woo! Woo! Should totay try a jousting tournament on this (@ Lynnhaven Carousel) http://4sq.com/9pS6wy #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

• Someone had the bright idea to take bikram yoga class. I thought it was only an hour. It was two. I think I'm going to die. #
• Bringing Cleo to the Hope Center for further investigation. She hobbles around the house these days and she falls over everything #
• Still here. (@ The Hope Center For Advanced Vet Care) http://4sq.com/9kRORj #
• Sitting at work and catching up with things I missed yesterday. Top Gear, Season 15, playing on my iPad next to me. Later: 30 Rock. #
• I love the fact that my friend on vacation is texting me pictures of 'inappropriate swimwear' she encounters: old women wearing upholstery. #
• While at work be wary of the smell of mulch/compost in the summer. Pretty strong. And look for the geese on the roof when they migrate #
• I'm at The Hope Center For Advanced Vet Care (140 Park St SE, Maple ave, Vienna). http://4sq.com/9kRORj #
• Ow. I bit my cheek. #
• I'm at 1750 Pennsylvania Ave, NW (1750 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington). http://4sq.com/bMLc06 #
• Well, wish me luck… #
• …I have absolutely no idea how that went. #
• I'm at The White House (1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, http://www.whitehouse.gov/, Washington). http://4sq.com/316GgA #
• For all meme followers out there, this is pretty awesome: http://guivbip.codeplex.com/ – GUI interface using VB to track an IP Address #
• @jinxOZ Those boots were made for walkin', and that's just what they'll do… in reply to jinxOZ #
• Forsooth, I need coffee. #
• Crap. OneManga is shutting down. #
• It's going to be a scorcher today. I winder if anyone would say anything if I walked to my truck in my boxer shorts after work. #
• Sometimes I think my clients give me material just to see how far they can drive me insane and make me twitch. #
• @LaVarArrington Are you kidding me? Married life is infinitely better. All my single friends tell how depressing their dating lives are. in reply to LaVarArrington #
• #OnOfMyFears is going to a urinal and getting assassinated while I'm "busy". #
• I am not a happy camper. Heat makes me a grouchy bear. http://yfrog.com/nbjecj #
• Mmmm. Breakfast pizza… #
• Bam! Japanese steak house relieved in Sterling as an Otani (@ Otani) http://4sq.com/dhHzZG #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18

• I checked in at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (10801 Battleview Pkwy) on #Yelp http://bit.ly/bVEM1H #
• I opened the door to truck and hit my head, causing me to bite my tongue & drop my laptop on my foot #
• Headed to work until 2 then headed downtown #
• I bet you can't guess who got lost finding this place. In a suit. In 91 degree heat. (@ Bar Dupont) http://4sq.com/41ROL0 #
• I just unlocked the "Explorer" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/98XHZN #
• Called to get my dog into rehab. When they asked what he was coming in I said he had a major alcohol & drug addiction. They were not amused. #
• I just brought my cat to the vet to see why she's having problems jumping. It was like trying to stuff the Tazmanian Devil in her carrier. #
• My cat has cancer. #
• Huzzah! They have MAGNERS!! (@ Mason Inn and Conference Center) http://4sq.com/9oWtjC #
• I miss having people around me who could drink as much and ad long as I can :/ #
• Knowing that my cat doesn't have long to live I went to the grocer & bought her lots of food she's never had before. You only live once. #
• What goes 'chomp-chomp-crunch'? That would be me chewing gum and breaking a molar /(>_<)\ #
• @Tweekerchick I think it looks good on you. I love the sweater, too. http://www.collectibletoyshop.com/images/TrollDollPinkHairSweater.jpg in reply to Tweekerchick #
• At the dentist getting an onlay :/ #
• I'm at On The Potomac (44050 Woodridge Parkway, Lansdowne). http://4sq.com/9FAOfU #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11

• In honor of Independence Day I'm about to watch new episodes of the BBC's 'The IT Crowd' and 'Top Gear'. #
• How is it my wife is the only person I know who can have a cooked shrimp explode in her face and all over me? #
• 100 degrees outside. 68 degrees in my office. Theoretically it should be raining somewhere near the elevators in my building. #
• 102 degrees. This blows. I almost miss the blizzard. #
• One day I want to see someone in a World Cup match either wind up their fist and clock somebody or give 'em an American football tackle. #
• Huzzah. 103 degrees. #
• With all the crappy hoopla about this NBA free agency is it wrong that I hope LeBron never wins a ring? #
• How sad is it that for the past two days I've had to double check to make sure I was wearing matching shoes? #
• Burrrrrrrrrrrrito!!!! (@ Chipotle w/ 2 others) http://4sq.com/cZIQjL #
• On hot days like today I really hate pants. #
• @Inkblot I know that I don't need pants. Especially on sweltering, hot days. I'm going to start coming to work in either chaps or a barrel. in reply to Inkblot #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

• Hooray for hot weather and slow, crowded trains. (@ Metro Center Metro Station w/ 2 others) http://4sq.com/45ULSQ #
• Dang. Hot! (@ Union Station w/ 14 others) http://4sq.com/2Y0Sxw #
• AAAAGH! Kawashima was telegraphing where he was going to block! Sorry Japan/Nippon. It would have been cool if you moved on. #worldcup #
• @KathyHR I do believe the appropriate breakfast alternative would be 'ice cream'. in reply to KathyHR #
• Hell, I would have married Tiger Woods for $750M. #
• I'm going to Hell: I couldn't stop laughing while listening to an OnStar commercial on the radio when the girl says 'I was hit by a bus'. #
• I stepped on the scale this morning and I swear I heard it whimper. #
• I beat Angela checking in here. Ha! (@ The Red Fox Inn) http://4sq.com/cV89Xv #
• Nom nom nomz! (@ Scruffy's Ice Cream Parlor) http://4sq.com/aPrzKg #

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