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Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

Pretty happy to see our 90% chance of snow drop to 30% #
Oh no, there goes Tokyo http://bit.ly/5WwxYg #
Going to see Avatar this afternoon in Hadley. First 3D movie I've seen since "Treasure of the 4 Crowns" in 1982ish #
Avatar… meh #
@PeckBobb Pretty sure I liked Treasure of the Four Crowns better #
Hi, my name is James Cameron. I spent $320m on blue supermodels & a "white man saves the savages" storyline #

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

Damn it, what happened to "little to no accumulation"? Stupid national weather service! #
"bald, miserable little homunculus" is undoubtedly the best description of Ziggy I've ever seen http://bit.ly/5V2aVw #
@tunstetb @PeckBobb Yes, but can Bob's processor handle the Rochefort 10? #
Grr. Audio components w/hard-wired connectors are a pain in the ass. #
It's difficult to communicate the true horror of Gary, IN to anyone who hasn't been there http://bit.ly/4Hh7WX #
@vijayv Let me know how it is. Thinking about going to see it tomorrow, maybe #
Reading Jonathem Lethem's "Chronic City". Not sure yet whether or not I like it. #
There should be a special level of hell for people who fold over the page-corners of library books. #
Fending off the winter weather with some "analog warmth". #
Opened a bottle of the imperial stout tonight. Stuff is damn good. #

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

Great–my knee now makes a regular & distinct clicking sound when I walk down steps. #
Hey, stupid intranet site: How about when I hit Tab, you go to the next text box, not directly to the Submit button? #
Yes, exactly! It's the same as all the Democrats who bought into the "Karl Rove is an unstoppable genius" nonsense http://bit.ly/6ZL2cS #
Today's productivity-enhancement tip: Sunn 0)))'s Monoliths & Dimensions #
Caesar's palace, morning glory, silly human race #
Law of the Universe: No matter where I live, there will always be one cabinet in the kitchen that I can't stand going into. #

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

Listened to Baroness's "The Blue Record" on the walk to office. Good stuff. #
Seems like productivity around this office is rapidly grinding to a halt #
The HCR bill we end up with may not be great, but the idea of killing it & starting over from scratch is just nuts #

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

@sleepjunky banana! in reply to sleepjunky #
The Skype UI on Windows is just god-awfully bad #
How anyone watches more than 15 seconds of this "Scrubs" show w/out stabbing themselves in the head is beyond me. #
There's an angry old man rambling incoherently on the TV. Oh, it's John McCain. #

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

First Venture Bros, now Avatar. ROGER FRICKIN' DEAN, baby! http://bit.ly/5o7gcd #
If we keep bombing N. Vietnam, they'll eventually surrender. Oh wait, wrong war… http://bit.ly/7FABaq #
You know what I don't miss? Dr. Watson errors. #
I am somewhat disturbed by the number of crows outside. #
The "He was for it before he was against it" joke just never gets old http://bit.ly/7cw9ok #
Heading to Boston tonight to avoid "wintry mix" good times tomorrow morning #
Has arrived in Boston #
HOLY CRAP. That was some season finale for Dexter #

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

Ugh. Why the hell am I awake? #
Wow. "water poured from the Atlantic into the Mediterranean basin at a rate one thousand times the flow of the Amazon" http://bit.ly/5cH4Fb #
@Paper_Chaser I hear he has £10,000 per year, & Pemberley is most impressive #
I agree w/Kevin Drum about that Matt Taibbi piece on Obama. Basically, Taibbi is right, but isn't saying anything new http://bit.ly/6uX2v3 #
Everyone really should go read @joshtpm on 1994 v. 2010 http://bit.ly/7GhCI2 #
@jayrosen_nyu I like the idea, but how do you weed out the crazies (Truthers, Birchers, etc.)? #
Oh good, this debate again. If you can still buy your 180g vinyl & your $5k turntable, what the hell is the problem? http://bit.ly/4P6P0q #
Well, at least they kept the "Releas the kraken" line http://bit.ly/85N1qH #
The snow is pretty, I'll give it that much #
Clearly, I am not going to see the ground until April http://flic.kr/p/7nABuJ #
This wins the Internet for connecting Emperor Palpatine, Immanuel Kant, & the EU all in one post http://bit.ly/8hQx0g #
Reading Green Lantern: Rebirth, liking it so far #

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

A low of 10F tonight? Sheesh. #
Morning has been vastly improved by the addition of coffee #
I think the "has become a fan of something ironic" thing on FB has just about run its course #
Uhhhhh…. http://bit.ly/4TB86i #
At some point today, I need to motivate to bottle some beer #
"The virus causes Santa to develop both a large, tooth-bearing orifice in his belly & a lustful hunger for human flesh" http://bit.ly/5kGoVc #
@snackish The kid w/the scalpel from the Pet Sematery movie deserves his own entry #
The English ale has been bottled #

Twitter — Pete @ 4:46 am

@Paper_Chaser "I think we have identified quite a few opportunities for you to improve." #
I need to figure out a scheme to make a nickel every time some conservative claims Ayn Rand saw the future http://bit.ly/5yTcdv #
Another asinine publicity stunt from the Yes Men. Why anyone thinks these idiots are cool is beyond me http://bit.ly/7wlHVc #
@dangillmor Not to mention OS X… in reply to dangillmor #
Interesting article on ownership and control of university classroom content http://bit.ly/5BanRY #
I like that this week's Fringe had characters named "Stuart Gordon" & "Crampton", & a mental hospital in Dunwich #
@Johngcole Please never repeat that phrase. It's giving me nightmares #