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2009-09-30

Tuesday's Tweets

09:13 @Starsong Not wrong at all. I squeeed out loud when it happened to me!
09:21 I got 33 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
11:51 Looks like somebody needs a spel checker. http://bit.ly/d267p
12:01 Thanks, FedEx guy! My bottle of bacon vodka just arrived! Now how do I keep it from leaking out of my BVLT?
12:24 RT @DearRedhead: I sure hope there aren't any Sarah Palin fans following me. If there are...well, you can #suckit. [Yeah, what she said.]
13:16 Who turned on the AC? Suddenly autumn has come to the Bay Area. Now where did I put that sweater?
14:42 Who is Dave Hill and why is his review of Hitchcock's The Birds so totally awesome? http://bit.ly/C3hxM
16:20 I just have to ask: in what way does Roman Polanski's success as a director compensate for his once being a total failure as a human being?
18:39 @JustaSunGod I guess I do too. You mean I've been on borrowed time since mid-2006?
20:06 Starting to watch part 3 of The National Parks. Makes me want to get back out on the road. So many places to see...
22:28 @elkit I just want to see all the ones I haven't seen yet. And revisit Yellowstone. And maybe Zion. And I guess Grand Canyon if I must.
22:36 @MsCaliLogan Too much lingerie? Is that even possible? (Let me contemplate the question. For an hour. Or a week.)

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2009-09-29

Monday's Tweets

07:15 @JustaSunGod Time to upgrade, I'd say. I got a Lexar Media reader (CF & SD) a while back and wish I'd done it a lot sooner. Serious speed.
09:21 I got 26 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
13:16 Ambulance parked in front of In-N-Out. Oh good; they're getting lunch, not a victim.
15:12 @lomara I *love* Real Genius. The computer Laszlo uses is a Symbolics 3600. I was the one the film people called to get access to one.
15:13 Costco failed me. Had a craving for their potato salad, but there was none to be found. They may have had some, but no one could find it.
15:23 @lomara Even better, at our party at the AI conference that year, we had Laszlo, Mitch and the director in attendence. It was nerdvana!
15:36 Wisconsin Tourism Federation rearranges its name. Why? I mean, WTF? http://bit.ly/olkVE
16:34 @lomara "Cuz I'm standin' all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self-service pumps..." Gotta love @alyankovic.
17:51 @richcirminello @renatojr_rj Did someone say something about a drink?
22:28 Just designed new business cards. Can't wait to see how they turned out. Hit me, moo.com!
23:24 Remember how I just tweeted about my new business cards? Guess what moron forgot about his phone number. Thanks for taking changes, moo.

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2009-09-28

Sunday's Tweets

09:39 Arrived at a poolside shoot. Beautiful day, beautiful location. Now all we need is a model.
17:02 Today's shoot was hot, both literally and figuratively. Going through the pictures now, which is almost as much fun as the shoot itself.
17:25 @renatojr_rj @kobeatl Does this mean we go to Texas de Brazil when we're in Vegas in November. They have wonderful lobster bisque.
20:33 I know a Repug who opposes paying for nat'l parks because the govt won't pay for his church. Heck, nat'l parks *are* my church.

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2009-09-27

Saturday's Tweets

09:22 Male enhancement drug Extenze warns, "Do not use if pregnant or nursing." Well, duh! http://bit.ly/3WtFhd via Consumerist
09:26 Off to a photo shoot in Alameda. But no pictures for me; today I'm just assisting. I'll be back behind the camera tomorrow.
18:45 @onedancesunday Nicky, your registration on Barry Eisler's site failed. Something wrong with your email address on Hotmail.
19:10 I'd call the shoot I was at today controlled chaos, only that would imply a level of control. Glad I was just there to assist.
19:45 @richcirminello I'm still using CS3, although I have CS4 installed. Does that mean I'm 2 ahead? 6 ahead? 2.5? I used to be good at math.
20:03 Playing with a Photoshop plugin called Topaz ReMask for isolating objects in images. So far I'm very impressed.

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2009-09-26

Friday's Tweets

09:19 I got 2 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
10:51 Driving along Cuyama Highway on the (long) way back from Sabra Barbara.
12:36 @VictoriaDahl Ma belle?
17:33 Back from Santa Barbara. Drive back seemed tougher than drive down. Lack of sleep, and twisty route through the hills no doubt at fault.
19:54 Just plotted a route. From next year's RT in Columbus, I can hit four new states in a week's driving. That'll leave just three out of fifty!

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2009-09-25

Thursday's Tweets

07:48 @VictoriaDahl Agree completely re: Shakespeare. Though I did have a HS teacher who explained every dirty joke as he had us perform it. Fun.
08:18 @StephyC_ When you said the right one was going, I thought you were talking about something else entirely. Glad those are okay...
09:55 @jakonrath You? I thought they weren't having it with me! Boy, is that a relief!
10:01 Out the door. Next stop: Santa Barbara and Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
15:31 Forgot how cute Santa Barbara is. So quaint it makes me want to thwow up.
15:32 @renatojr_rj And I could use a little work in mine. A very little...
16:29 RT @reduced: Good advice from @alyankovic: "It helps to dress appropriately when playing Beatles Rock Band." http://twitpic.com/izjnc
16:30 There's an Argentinean restaurant across the street from the theatre. Guess I know what I'm doing for dinner tonight.
22:53 As with most things, Wait Wait seems a lot more organized from the outside than from within. Still a lot of fun either way.
23:02 @Fawnnee Whatever do you mean? I hold nothing back.

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2009-09-24

Wednesday's Tweets

08:00 More consolidation in the microstock photo space. Shutterstock (my #1) buys BigStockPhoto (my #7). And Albumo goes missing. No loss there.
09:29 I got 15 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
10:42 RT @wilw: Sitting at a table with the whole Big Bang cast & hearing them read the script from start to finish? AWESOME. [Can only imagine.]
12:11 Just stopped at the cleaners to drop off my shirts and the place is gutted! A lot can change in two weeks.
13:10 @MsCaliLogan Anything I can do to help? I could tell you about my life; that's bound to make you feel better about yours.
13:42 Now you know: from any place in the continental US, a McDonald's is max 145 miles away by car, 107 as the crow flies. http://bit.ly/3Hqx74
19:41 RT @billprady: Thinking about telling Wil Wheaton @wilw that the Thursday run-thru at #bigbangtheory is clothing optional
19:42 @VictoriaDahl You'll have to forgive @_Rayna, Victoria. She's never been to the South.
20:03 @JackieKessler Albacon? Is that for tuna?
21:30 RT @reduced: Our U.S. Tour starts this weekend. Are we coming to a theatre near you? http://www.reducedshakespeare.com/tours.php
21:33 Reduced Shakespeare Company in Walnut Creek on November 12th. Any of my twoops wanna go?
21:42 @devans00 Thanks, Deb. It was a pleasure meeting you too. #SVTweetup
22:02 "The GOP: We'll Stick a Firecracker up a Frog's Ass!" I love The Daily Show...

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2009-09-23

Tuesday's Tweets

07:42 Booked my hotel in Santa Barbara for Thursday night. Off to see and hear Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me taping.
08:38 Updated my avatar with the latest pic from my model portfolio. More at http://www.modelmayhem.com/nothisdayjob (mostly safe for work).
08:55 RT @DearRedhead: Morning hilarity for my minions...via @rockinwriter http://bit.ly/BjyvD *giggle* [Damn! Life is unfair!]
09:18 Just ordered a bottle of Bacon Vodka. Planning to sample it at the Arizona Shootout if it arrives in time.
09:19 I got 155 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
11:01 RT @ScaperSuse: @disorderly I love that you have a model portfolio! :) [Could there be a better reason to have one? I think not.]
13:37 Excel for the Mac isn't entirely sucky. Just mostly. I think it's a plot to make Windows seem less awful. Not that it's working.
14:00 @melking_ I've met some Dell service people who are almost as smart as labradors. Does that help?
15:40 Protect the real victims of health care reform before it's too late! http://bit.ly/3fccJy
22:16 Catching up on two weeks of TV. Just finished the NCIS season opener. Damn.

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2009-09-22

Monday's Tweets

08:26 AT&T says $20 a month femtocell price to fix their lousy cell coverage is a trial. So maybe I overreacted in saying they suck. Maybe.
08:41 Even nutjob birther Orly Taitz's nutjob client thinks she's a nutjob. Guess it's unanimous now. http://bit.ly/1qNycs
09:11 This weekend reminds me of why I spend so much time alone, both by choice and not.
09:17 I got 20 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
13:07 At the gate at LAS, waiting for my flight home. Been a long two weeks. Good, but long.
14:47 Full flight to San José. Let's get the butts in seats and get outa here!
16:09 Back in San José. Now I get to wait for my bag.
16:32 Mine was the third bag off. Finally lucky as something.

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2009-09-21

Sunday's Tweets

09:21 Up, dressed and waiting for Fearless Leader to make contact so we can find breakfast.
11:22 RJ's playing connect the dots with Valerie's dots.
16:15 Watching Jason put extensions into Kristy's hair. Fascinating what women go through.
18:58 A quick dinner & a Vegas show, if we can keep Valerie out of the damn bed.
19:03 Valerie's next dress needs Velcro closures. Easy off, easy on; just like a freeway.

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2009-09-20

Saturday's Tweets

07:43 I'm awake after a much too short night. But it's Vegas, so what can I expect? (More of the same, that's what I can expect.)
09:21 I got an image accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
11:48 Very late breakfast done. Now some hotel room shooting, followed by some time among the red rocks.
20:56 Valerie is playing with Mikey's balls. Although they may be communal balls. We're not sure.
22:58 Great day shooting with Valerie and Kristy, followed by mammoth sandwiches at Carnegie Deli. Now for an attempt at sleep.

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2009-09-19

Friday's Tweets

07:23 A few more hours in the wilderness. Then it's Vegas, baby! (Its own kind of wilderness.)
09:18 I got 21 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
10:21 Sitting at the gate at Boise Airport, way too early as usual. Final tally: 3160 miles, 8 hotels, 7 states, 10 days.
10:22 BTW, Homer the GPS was (mostly) accurate and only somewhat annoying. But I think I'll change voices before my next trip.
10:31 @Emeraldcity3 I'm in Idaho. Of course I'm bored!
10:49 @renatojr_rj @MsCaliLogan Yeah, what he said!
11:01 Yeah, so the security threat level is orange. When was the last time it wasn't?
11:20 @Emeraldcity3 True. But there's interesting countryside, and then there's this part of Idaho. I left interesting around Idaho Falls.
11:34 In case you doubt the existence of death panels, I suggest you read this: http://pol.moveon.org/dawnsmith/. I just signed; will you?
11:51 @Emeraldcity3 A family secret: my parents almost moved to Hinesville, GA before I was born. Pop 30,000 now, but a lot smaller then.
12:49 On the plane. Next stop, Vegas. Wonder if I have a place to stay when I get there.
15:22 Only 93 in Vegas. That's not hot!

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2009-09-18

Thursday's Tweets

05:58 Yesterday was 11 hours of driving to and through Yellowstone, with lots of construction stops and the occasional bison. Today'll be easier.
08:46 If I lived around here, I'd buy a squashed-bug colored car. Yechh!
14:20 Back in Boise, 3000 miles after my adventure began.
16:33 Forgot to tweet this: 50s versions of trailers for Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ghostbusters & Forrest Gump. Brilliant! http://bit.ly/WHc1h
17:41 In the mood for pizza. Pier 49 has good reviews. But an SF themed pizza place? In Idaho? We shall see...
17:44 BTW, my verdict on Yellowstone: I wanna go back! For a couple of days next time. But sad I didn't see a single bear in a necktie. *snif*
17:46 Oh, and by SF I meant San Francisco. Not Science Fiction. Just so we're clear.
17:51 Did I mention how good it feels to be back in the land of 3G? Cause it does...
18:38 If you're ever in Meridian, Idaho (and why would you be?) and need pizza, give Pier 49 a try. For thick crust it's very good.

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2009-09-17

Wednesday's Tweets

06:09 Today I drive through Jellystone Park on my way to Pocatello, Idaho. Anybody know where I can find a couple o' pic-a-nic baskets?
09:23 I got 7 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
14:11 Waiting for Old Faithful to do its thing.

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2009-09-16

Tuesday's Tweets

06:04 Packed and ready to leave Bismarck. Next stop, Montana!
07:58 That hour I lost a couple of days ago? Found it in Dickinson, ND. It's always the last place you look.
09:22 I got 3 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
09:28 So this is Montana. Looks a lot like North Dakota.
15:12 Amazing candy shop in Billings, MT. Got bacon band-aids & bacon flavor gumballs, lollypops, mints & dental floss!
15:18 With Montana, I've now visited 43 states. Still missing AK, AR, IN, ME, MS, VT & WV. That would be one hell of a road trip.
15:25 @MinistryOfBacon Candy Town USA. They're on Facebook: http://bit.ly/3AEBib
19:05 Lucked into a promising steak place for dinner. What else would I have in Montana? I'll go back to behaving when I get home.
19:18 My brother once told me that MN has two seasons: winter & construction. I've learned that applies to NE, SD, ND & MT as well. *grrr*

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2009-09-15

Monday's Tweets

05:53 Taking a break in the road trip action. Think I'll explore Greater Bismarck today. Long drive west tomorrow.
08:37 Visiting Fort Abraham Lincoln, Gen. Custer's last post before things went south. Rebuilt during the New Deal as part of Civ Conservatn Corps
12:36 To the list of people I wish I'd met, add Larry Gelbart. A brilliantly funny man & by all accounts (and how often is that true?) a mensch.
16:57 Waitresses here are entirely too cheerful. Don't they know they're in North Dakota?
16:59 Finished all the podcast eps in my iPod. Now on to The Slippery Slope. That Count Olaf is one evil dude.
17:46 @VictoriaDahl I'd love you if you'd make me banana bread. At least I'd love the banana bread.
17:48 I owe Harley Jane Kozak an apology. Complained when she said heroine's lover was bad: married, criminal & short. Short? Harsh. (Cont.)
17:50 (Cont.) What I didn't know then was that heroine is nuts. Insane. Certifiable. On behalf of short men, I'm grateful she's not interested.
17:58 RT @VictoriaDahl: @disorderly I'll let you know if I start spiraling. [Words I long to hear...]

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2009-09-14

Sunday's Tweets

06:17 Heading out of Rapid City, SD. Tonight: Bismarck, ND. But first, the high point of the trip: http://www.walldrug.com/. Such a tourist...
14:26 There's an appalling lack of cell service between Rapid City and Bismarck. So here's what you missed:
14:26 There's way too much prairie out on the prairie. Seen one, you've seen it all.
14:27 Field after field of black eyed susans or something similar. Creepy looking, like imprisoned souls clutching each other for comfort.
14:29 Hwy between Pierre & Bismarck (two state capitals) dug down to dirt through one town. Why didn't they detour? No other paved roads in town.
14:31 Oh, Wall Drug was disappointing. But got good breakfast at café across the street, so not a total loss.
14:32 Has anybody seen an hour lying around? I seem to have lost one on my way into Pierre.
17:29 Am I wrong to distrust Mexican restaurants in North Dakota? Conversely, I'm fine with Texas Roadhouse after a positive experience in Iowa.
17:41 That other Roadhouse saved my sanity and possibly my life. Together we calmed down a crazed coworker.
17:48 @lomara Funny, I always imagine my tweets more in Wolowitz's voice.
18:29 New rule: next vacation I plan with AT&T coverage map in hand.
18:46 Tonight I discovered Bismarck has a Boulevard Avenue. Redundant much? Then again, do we really need *two* Dakotas?
19:00 Geomet'r GPS is the road tripping photographer's friend. A pity it's only for Nikon cameras. Then again, do we really care about Canons?
19:33 Forgot to mention it, but today I drove within 2 miles of Lawrence Welk's birthplace and didn't even slow down. Shocked, aren't you?

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2009-09-13

Saturday's Tweets

07:53 Wet and windy in Rapid City. Not ideal for touristy stuff, but them's the breaks.
09:21 I got 5 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
12:24 I can't recommend visiting Mount Rushmore in the rain. But how much worse to be on a bicycle. Those poor bastards...
12:25 After being unimpressed by Count Rushmore (Friends joke), I drove over to Deadwood. Kind of cool if you like endless slot machines.
12:25 Driving back to Rapid City was like driving through the world's longest car wash, except at high speed. Fun.
12:26 AT&T, your cell service sucks around here. No way I'm moving to South Dakota unless you fix it. (Okay, no way even if you do.)
15:45 An email in my spambox has the subject: Please Read Careful. Why should I read careful when you can't seem to learn to write careful?
17:04 @VictoriaDahl The Donner Party might have tried Mongolian BBQ, but they forgot to bring any Mongolians with them.
18:46 RT @drhorrible: Emmy. Yes. We won an Emmy. You are the reason. [Proof there's at least a little justice in the Universe.]
19:22 Watching an old Perry Mason on DVD. Funny how modern a 707 looks, while the cars are positively antique! Form over function, or something.

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2009-09-12

Friday's Tweets

06:35 Leaving Laramie. Breakfast in Cheyenne in about an hour, then the long drive to Rapid City, South Dakota. Still adapting to the altitude.
07:51 Cheyenne has a cool downtown. Wish I had time to explore. But after breakfast the road calls.
08:28 Changed my mind. Back to downtown for a few pictures. Now back on the Interstate.
09:21 First time in Nebraska. I'll be out of here in a couple of hours.
12:19 Highway construction. Sitting and looking at a Nebraska cornfield.
13:46 Made it to South Dakota. Pretty. And pretty empty.
15:01 @gotmine I'm from the San Francisco Bay Area. This road trip began three days ago in Boise. Happy to be here!
15:04 Just arrived in Rapid City. Homer (my GPS) overestimated travel time by more than an hour. The highway was 65 & 70, Homer, not 30. D'oh!
16:34 No idea why @GaylandAnderson decided to follow me. But I know why I'm following him: he's funny!
16:36 @VictoriaDahl You needed proof? Not just dirtier but more twisted, as I learned from Faye Kellerman & Patricia Cornwell.
17:53 It's raining on my parade. Okay, not even a drizzle. And not enough to dampen my spirits. Yet, anyway. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

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2009-09-11

Thursday's Tweets

07:56 Howdy, Wyoming.
08:27 Is there anything sadder than a windless windmill?
13:24 Just crossed the Continental Divide.
13:32 Tweetie is finally behaving. Just arrived in Laramie. Time fir a late lunch.
13:33 AT&T lies. Claims it's an hour later than it is.
15:11 @_Rayna I believe the phrase is "when hell freezes over". There are plenty of people in the South who deny it's happened now.
15:17 @_Rayna You'd be surprised what people can deny when the will takes them. They might say "he's not *my* president", whatever that means.
15:40 I'm liking my TomTom. Good navigation, good handsfree for my iPhone, and the Homer voice is only occasionally annoying.
17:29 @JackieKessler Really? Is that what they call Tweeter's Block?
17:31 First impressions of Laramie weren't good. Fortunately, it gets better.
18:07 @richcirminello Hmmm... Don't think I can get there in time.
18:28 Had a little schmutz on my camera's sensor all day and didn't know it. Thank you, Adobe, for the healing brush and clone tool.
18:58 Testing out the local microbrewery. Beer's good; we'll see about the food.
18:59 @renatojr_rj I guess it depends on whether you need to be awake tomorrow.
19:40 What's the Statute of Limitations on birthdays? Three days after, and I'm having cheesecake.
19:41 @kobeatl Bastards! You want me to kill them for you?

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2009-09-10

Wednesday's Tweets

14:31 Tried to tweet when I left Idaho for Utah, but the gods of wireless had other ideas. Now at my hotel in Coalville. Nice peaceful place.
19:18 Had dinner in a diner that was shown at the 1939 Worlds Fair. Cost a fortune to truck from Rhode Island to Utah in 2007. Totally worth it.
19:21 RT @barryeisler: Hilarious cartoon: What the Birthers Believe. http://bit.ly/OhEfN [For the humor impaired: this is a joke. Really.]
19:38 Eat Here & Get Gas: http://yfrog.com/0my1zqj (For the record, I did neither.)
20:26 Glenn Beck is furious that somebody Glenn Becked Glenn Beck. Only he can make up vicious lies, dammit! http://bit.ly/WR7sN
20:54 RT @counternotions: The 5 best arguments for creationism ever! http://bit.ly/DE2xS [No surprise: they all suck. More than gravity sucks.]

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2009-09-09

Tuesday's Tweets

08:42 RT @JustaSunGod: This is sweet: Animator vs. Animation http://bit.ly/1a8zW [I'm impressed!]
08:51 @VictoriaDahl "Two houses"? Doesn't anybody close their drapes any more? (Not that I'm complaining.)
09:33 @chrismarquardt My thought is it's wrong. People contract "should have" as "should've" and I suspect some folks turn that to "should of".
10:06 Starting to see an upswing in stock photo sales. Guess summer vacations are really coming to a close...
12:23 Packed & ready to go. Now I wait for the taxi.
14:12 @renatojr_rj Road trip. Did you forget already? {:-O
14:19 Through Security at SJC. It's all changed! And they renumbered everything; it's big endian instead of little endian now! (High bit to left.)
15:58 Pretty empty on the way to Reno. The A group ended around A45.
16:54 Just touched down in Reno. Let some folks off and then we're off for Boise.
18:22 Hello, Idaho.
19:11 @VictoriaDahl Not too well. Maybe tomorrow night, when I'm actually in Urah...
20:18 Got some good news and some not so good news. Good: the BBQ the desk clerk suggested. Not good: hotel WiFi. Good think I have my iPhone.
20:38 RT @barryeisler: Wallace Shawn - @disorderly, esp for you. :) http://bit.ly/b60cc [He's short, bald & funny looking. My kind of guy.]

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2009-09-08

Monday's Tweets

08:02 RT @JackieKessler: #5 - If you are dressed as the Grim Reaper, do not enter a door scythe first. [Words to live by.]
09:21 I got 33 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
10:27 RT @alwayscoffee: RT @lilithsaintcrow Neil Gaiman, literary Chuck Norris: http://bit.ly/578ji (just don't tell @neilhimself ) [Awesome.]
13:27 Packing. T-minus 24 hours and counting...
17:18 Okay. Packed. Boarding pass printed. What else?
17:49 @jfikephoto Good thought. I think they're all charged, but it can't hurt to verify.
18:06 Robot Chicken just gave to meaning to "Come with me, if you want to live." Oh, Summer...
18:08 @jfikephoto Memory cards? Who could possibly forget to bring memory cards?
19:35 @jfikephoto Yeah, I know. That was one o' them rhetorical questions. And I always put my cards back in my camera bag right after uploading.
19:56 @renatojr_rj Good to have you back! So tell me: were they all like Shelby?
20:58 A little ice cream sundae from Baskin-Robbins to mark my double nickel birthday. How did this happen?

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2009-09-07

Sunday's Tweets

09:15 I got 20 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
12:12 Fun shoot with a pretty young Persian model. Now to look at the results.
12:28 RT @donttrythis: RT @jseadub: "Hey, self-flushing toilet, when you flush as soon as I sit down, you're being a douche." Brilliant!! [Yeah!]
14:17 @lomara That sound you hear? It's your credibility dribbling out of your ears.
20:27 Labor Day BBQ. Eating tritip and ribs that are as good as Jim's. (Sorry, Jim.)

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2009-09-06

Saturday's Tweets

07:41 Chivalry isn't dead, but it's suffering from an extreme lack of sleep.
12:49 @DearRedhead Would you outlaw nudity too, on the grounds that so many people are bad at it? For shame...
16:15 @renatojr_rj Wish I could see that. You working hard looks remarkably like me having the best time ever.
17:01 Rumor has it the ScapeCast won our 2nd Parsec Award at Dragon*Con for Best Fan Podcast. Which I'm sure impresses the hezmana out of you.
17:01 @MsCaliLogan Wanna see your FU boots. Although I have to say you'd look good in nothing at all.
17:05 Watching The Soup recap a giant shark eating the Golden Gate Bridge on some awful @SyFy movie. A dozen careers cried out & were silenced.
20:10 Just watching the Hitchhiker's Guide movie. WGN sliced it to ribbons. But I'm sad; the world's so much less interesting without Douglas.

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2009-09-05

In which I do a nice thing, and pay a price

Last night I was at a group photo shoot, an event that was postponed from a couple of nights earlier. One of the models was from out of town, and relying on our public transit and the kindness of strangers to get around town. When one of the organizers asked about a ride back to Fremont for her after the shoot, I volunteered. It was out of my way, but I didn't have anything else going on, I can use the karma points, and she was awfully cute. Okay, maybe I should should have put that first on the list.

Anyway, we're finishing up and doing paperwork. That's about model releases, and, depending on the shoot, getting photos of driver's licenses. Except... the model couldn't find hers. And she starts to stress over it, and about where she might have left it. Which, when we can start being logical, is likely the shoot she had earlier in the day. She's thinking about calling the photographer the next day (today), but I, being the kind of person who doesn't like to delay getting answers, get her to call and verify that yep, he really does still have it. And then, since I'm being such a take charge kind of guy, that he'll be around and awake by the time we can get from San Jose to San Francisco to pick it up.

Which, to make a long story short, is why we ended up driving for a couple of hours through increasingly quiet streets, first to San Francisco and then to Fremont, before I finally dragged myself home a little after two in the morning. And, once I relaxed enough to do it, settled in at three for a luxurious four and a half hours of sleep. Which, I hope, explains my first tweet of the holiday weekend. Gonna be a long day.

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Friday's Tweets

07:24 RT @rantyeditor: Literally means something happened as said. If sex was literally explosive, the room has exploded & characters are dead.
08:13 Lack of foresight on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on mine. Hear that, would-be @barryeisler forum chat participants?
08:23 @alwayscoffee None cooler, Ali! Yeah, there's a bunch this morning. If they don't get in on time, well, I guess they miss out!
11:20 Just finished the @BarryEisler chat and I already have a transcript up on the forum. Am I good or what! http://bit.ly/L6Yb2
11:26 Amazon offers to undisappear disappeared copies of Orwell. Guess they're learning not to be evil. http://bit.ly/11l1ii
11:36 RT @barryeisler: People of Walmart. It's a blog. Really. http://bit.ly/1hXZZu [I'm frightened. Really.]
18:41 At the studio, waiting for the models to arrive.

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2009-09-04

Thursday's Tweets

09:38 Pat Buchanan thinks Hitler is misunderstood. Not a problem we've ever had with Mr. Buchanan. http://bit.ly/4xtvit
10:03 No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick. If you agree, please RT.
12:30 A beautiful blue sky day at Fort Point. http://bit.ly/mI392 http://yfrog.com/0yqagwj
15:11 Silicon Valley Tweetup III: The Revenge is on the calendar! Be there or be... somewhere else! http://bit.ly/BaGOP
15:30 Lowering the iRiver: Walkman outselling iPod in Japan, but only if you don't count iPhones as iPods. http://bit.ly/18wpTb
15:54 RJ was right; CostCo does an amazing job of photo printing. (Yeah, I know; RJ is always right, at least where photography is concerned.)
18:12 @donttrythis Coverville podcasted a whole bunch of Seasons in the Sun covers, starting with the Jacques Brel original.
18:23 @donttrythis @lomara Oops! Here's the Seasons in the Sun ep of Coverville: http://bit.ly/Lvoys

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2009-09-03

Wednesday's Tweets

08:30 Dropped the car off for service. Now for some breakfast while I wait.
08:54 That was quick. Car's good for another 5000 miles.
09:59 @alwayscoffee Had to look that one up, Ali. Surprising, since I used to love that show.
11:28 Oops! Back at the car dealer. They forgot to reset the maintenance reminder.
12:33 Damn! w00tstock in SF (http://bit.ly/vJiXN), but I'll be in Arizona shooting hot models (http://bit.ly/UxCAL NSFW).
12:34 MA legislator votes to raise taxes on booze, sneaks over to NH to avoid paying them. http://bit.ly/ZHWza
17:04 @alwayscoffee Not definitive, but it agrees with your author. An ethnic slur, like gypping someone or Scotch tape. http://bit.ly/13ODC7
18:36 Tonight's shoot was postponed until Friday. *sigh*

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2009-09-02

Tuesday's Tweets

08:25 @JustaSunGod No, I'd have to say I'm more fuzzy than Boolean.
10:35 Medical diagnoses of the dimensionally challenged (AKA cartoon characters). Cool and disturbing. http://bit.ly/WEjiL
11:48 Got an email offering "Free Enlargement Sample Offer". Thought it was a photo lab. Then I read it. Not a photo lab.
13:51 Just got an email from my first ever manager, back at Data General in NYC. Yes, they had computers back then. Yes, more than one.
14:18 RT @RickWebb: I'm on page 14 of the Ars Technica Snow Leopard report. It is the BEST PAGE YET. http://bit.ly/14QAOf [CS geek nirvana!]
21:33 A low key blogger meeting tonight. But fun; Elke and I enthused about iPhones and Mike looked on with envy. Oh, we talked cameras too.
22:47 MenuMeters beta for Snow Leopard works great so far. Welcome back, MM; I missed you!

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2009-09-01

Monday's Tweets

08:26 The truth about Twitter: http://bit.ly/29qY7u If I had friends, they'd have warned me not to start...
08:39 Two great things that are even greater together: beef jerky with a caffeine kick! http://www.perkyjerky.com/
09:20 I got 20 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
09:56 So Disney's buying Marvel. Good thing or bad? They managed not to screw up Pixar. Or did Pixar acquire Disney? Sure seems that way.
10:13 @JustaSunGod Of course I'm behaving. Bad behavior is still behavior, right?
10:27 Astroturfing firm keeps lying about its lying lies. Love how it waited until after the vote to tell Congress. http://bit.ly/2pF336
12:26 Sanity prevails: judge rules violating MySpace TOS not legal equivalent of hacking. http://bit.ly/1umwn8
13:31 Application developer on the state of the Android app market. In brief, it isn't good. http://bit.ly/af1ML
15:25 CostCo has Christmas lights on sale! It's still August, people!
15:28 Also bats with LED eyes & 8 foot wingspans! Creepy...
17:26 Hey! Did you know that Snow Leopard™ does text substitutions? It's twoo, it's twoo! It'll correct spelling mistakes too!
19:20 For sale: the Internet's very first domain name, one careful owner. And to think that I was there back in the day. http://bit.ly/15zmjv
19:47 SC Repugs can't win. Board of Ed Chair, big on abstinence & creationism, secretly writes erotica. Shock! Horror! http://bit.ly/qRB9A

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