Archive for the ‘Twitterpated’ Category
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- Storm has passed. Best now? Baked nachos. Time to finally fill my belly. #
- One man, one saw, one less tree. #
- Looks like I'll be needing to replace my cheap cordless drill. I'm thinking I'll save my pennies for a Li-Ion 18v DeWalt. Thoughts? #
- If the best and most memorable part of a movie is the end credits, that is a fail. #
- (Stifling. My. Laughter.) RT @leannrose: I made callbacks for Cinderella up in Georgetown! I'm up for a Step-sister. (Still very cool!) #
- Trees leaving tomorrow afternoon. Gonna be a pile of firewood leftover for the goodness. #
- There's a part of me that really hates doing business on craigslist. #
- I'm not okay speculating on the 2012 Presidential election yet. It makes my stomach turn thinking of two years of it. #
- Eggs and toast. Best easy meal there is, I say. #
- Tonight's experiment will be oven-baked carnitas tostadas with nacho cheese sauce. #
- Toots McGee is in town tonight, apparently. #
- "Leave my cup alone! I'm just playing!" #
- What should I do, eat or sleep? #
- There goes another little slice of hope. Now what? #
- Time to track down the funny. Can anyone think of anything funny I may have written on my blog in the past couple of years? #
- This was the longest shopping trip I have ever taken. #
- Also on my "Things to Replace" list: The toaster. #
- Anyone on Tmobile or ATT have a leftover Sony Ericsson phone I could pick up off them? #
- Still need tree. I left a couple of messages; haven't heard back yet. I'm sure people are busy, but it needs to happen. #
- "Daddy, dance!" #
- Star Craft II or Civilization V? Decisions, decisions… #
- Two more emailed job applications sent off. Crossing fingers on these ones, for sure. #
- RT @AlyssaRosenberg: Mahler Time. #
- I love watching my kids play on their own. What they do is random, yet completely sensible. #
- I love to make it to Comic-Con one of these days. Don't know if I'd dress up, though. Maybe as Henry Jones Sr when I'm a little more gray? #
- My daughter feels the need to tap each dish and utensil before putting them back into the drawers. #
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- That does it. I'm joining a polka band out here. Anyone need a clarinet player? http://bit.ly/bFJeSH #
- Finally starting to listen to this week's @podmination. Been having trouble downloading and finding time to listen. #
- I'm trying out Instapaper, but I haven't had much of a chance to use it yet. #
- $5 Pizza! #
- So many projects taken on and completed, yet they still managed to open a world of other projects to do. My kids better like shovels. #
- My whole house will be doing nap time today, no exceptions. #
- My Internet is going wonky on me this day. Don't know why. #
- If that black stuff was what I think it was, it's time to go… #
- And the girl just whacked the boy right in the face with a Wii controller. #
- I kicked my garage's ass this afternoon. It looks like I can actually do stuff AND park cars in there again! #
- Nothing like making student loan payments when you haven't actually accomplished anything. #
- It's a rainy day and the kids are cooped up together and going at each other. I hate to reward the bad behavior with a movie to sedate them. #
- My toddler just burst into tears because I yelled at her to not play with the oven. The tragedy of it all… #
- I miss keeping up with the blogosphere. I still want to be a bigger participant in it, but my kids and my backlog of housework slow me down. #
- I need a top hat. #
- Oy. Racking my brain to find a software bug. #
- Oy, the lad is already banking on times to play with the rude neighbor kid. My motivation to find a better gig and better digs. #
- My daughter can no longer hear my voice. #
- Since 10:55, my children have asked about and for lunch no less than 10 separate times. It is now 11:08. The service here is terrible. #
- Whenever an eatery is out of a condiment, you should complain as @DarthVader would. Ex: "I find your lack of sauerkraut disturbing." #
- I went through six slices of bread to feed a toddler and a six year old. Taking bets on how fast they ask for seconds. #
- RT @JollyAndy: Getting 10 hours of sleep on a Thursday night is awesome. But why didn't the cleaning faerie finish up while I was snoozing? #
- Proud moment: My daughter stacked her sandwiches in a pyramid and proclaimed them a triangle. #
- This may be the first day my toddler dodges a nap. Guess she's getting ready for school a good month early. Damn. #
- I eat more salami each day than any person should. Nay; could. #
- Seth MacFarlane was in Tooth Fairy? I don't know if I could watch Family Guy ever again. #
- I think more than anything else, I need silence. Pure, simple silence. My brain should be able to repair itself such an environment. #
- Huge storms possibly on the way. Kinda worried about my precious redbud… #
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- Here's a last-minute Happy Independence Day tweet! The big moment that started us on the path to where we are today. All the best, everyone! #
- Daughter yawns and proclaims, "I'm not tired!" "No honey, we're both just a little bit groggy." "I'M NOT ROGGY!" #
- What the heck? Is anyone else having issues with Tweetie on the Mac? #
- Still have yet to solve the wifi issue with my 3G on ios4. Can't downgrade either. So still bricked and continually out more and more money. #
- Yikes, I have stuff flagged to read and comment on from back in June. Time to burn it all and start fresh? #
- I keep waiting for it to rain so I don't need to bother with sprinklers for another week. #
- Even Steph/ven on the Colbert Report last night made me happy. #
- Picture post is up folks, enjoy! http://www.thefryside.com #
- Oy, if I'm going to make carnitas, I'd better get some pork shoulder stat. The goodness needs to start cooking by 10am! #
- New Hampshire Passes Law Forcing Old People To Watch Gays Marry http://onion.com/bWC8zg (via @TheOnion) #
- Up way too late baking cookies. So it's a worth cause. #
- I need to try harder to not snicker when my son suddenly bursts into tears when I win a game. Not being smug, just laughing at his reaction! #
- So there was something to do with LeBron James today? Don't actually tell me; I couldn't care less. #
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- (Three frozen chicken breasts + enchilada sauce) / Slow cooker = Dinner shall be served tonight! #
- Just heard I missed the Palin appearance at my Alma Mater. Part of me really really wishes I was a part of the protest. #
- Mac and cheese from scratch was a complete success! Holy cow good. #
- I love Minnesota summers. High today: 73º! #
- Okay, only downside to my mac and cheese: slows you down like walking through a lake of molasses. Everybody gets nap time now! #
- Aaaand… he's nearly done with training wheels. Then he scraped up his arm a bit. Good day for being a tough kid. #
- Hi, I'm actor Troy McClure! You may remember me from… http://bit.ly/9MFcA6 (via @dailysimpsons) – YES! #
- I want to own an ice cream shop called Citizen Cone. #
- How many times can I step on a rubber ball before finally rolling it out of the room? Five. #
- Part of me really wants to make nacho sauce. Another part of me doesn't want to do a goddamn thing. #
- I have the house to myself (mostly) tonight and I'm makin' nachos. C'mon down to party town if you want. #
- I make some damn fine slop. #
- And on to Futurama movies. "I'm sciencing as fast as I can!" #
- Rather than be Cinderella's Prince Charming, I'm happier married to Belle of Beauty and the Beast. #
- Or similarly, Tarzan and Jane. #
- "Its some sort of Dutch wine thats a combination of chocolate and merlot." "That sounds either disgusting or decadent, I don't know which." #
- John Oliver on the Daily Show makes me so happy. Maybe it's because I've lived in Reading, but the Britain/America humor duet is beautiful. #
- When is "anarchist thanksgiving"? I'm curious, because I want in. #
- Still kicking butt at work. 3 Labs expanded and done. #
- I. Am. Done. #
- Trying some Charlie Brown on the kids. I just can't take any more Barbie movies… #
- Three different browsers and I'm still getting the echo effect on the Daily Show. Highly disappointed. #
- Still failing to get Wifi up and running on this jailbroken 3G. #
- My oak tree is alive!? #
- Aw dangit, it's 5. What do I feed my children? #
- Leftover enchiladas FTW, my friends. #
- My daughter is bullshitting me, telling me to back away from her eaten food because it's "very hot". [And no, I didn't eat it, she did.] #
- What would it take to get to a point in my life where I can move to Germany for six months and become completely fluent? #
- My cooking skills would have made me an awesome bachelor. #
- One kid spills cereal because of "pushing too hard" to fill the spoon, the other likes eating with the bowl as far away as possible. #
- I seriously can't remember how we finally got the first kid potty trained. I don't know if I can argue with a toddler about this all summer. #
- Wow. Ever wake up from a nap as though you could have kept on sleeping for hours? That's twice now in two days for me. #
- If I'm going to live in my kitchen, can it at least not be annoying to work in? #
- I think I'm going to buy 10 rubber thimbles for my son to help him stop picking his nails. #
- So does Adblock no longer work on Daily Show or Colbert Report anymore? #
- Dear Google: Please update your goddamn pictures of Minneapolis. There's this giant ballpark that has been built and stuff… #
- For this holiday, I think I need to wrap something in bacon. I'm considering turkey. On a stick perhaps? Suggestions? #
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- Well, I'm ready to pack up and head out, I tell you what. #
- I need to stop daydreaming. It's been weird this weekend. Very weird. #
- My daughter is on fire with the snottiness this morning… #
- Possible Summer project: rain barrels with spigots for running hoses. Of course, I'd have to install some gutters as well… #
- Dang. #
- It's 4 already? What am I supposed to feed my kids in an hour? #
- Not only does my daughter suddenly say 'backwards', but also knows that it is the opposite as 'forward'. #
- Now she's shouting, "ELEVENTEEN!" I don't know if she's a genius or just two years old. #
- Who's house can I crash to see the Futurama return show? #
- I know it's cheap and kinda weak, but for me, Rolling Rock holds a special place in my heart and tastes mighty fine after a long, hard day. #
- Star Wars Gentlemen http://tinyurl.com/27axw6r (via @TeamHate) – Very cool! Gotta dig Chewie, I say! #
- Hella! More Star Wars! http://bit.ly/bJY8wd #
- Dear Facebook: Fuck you. Quit judging me. http://twitpic.com/1zpsd1 #
- I'm tired. I'm going to bed. After I switch the laundry over, of course.
Damn chores. #
- Working on redsn0w to get all of iOS4 running on this phone. Looks good so far. #
- Jailbroken but cannot connect to WiFi. So no software unlock for a bit. #
- I wish we had a projector and screen at home. What a proper way to enjoy a movie! #
- "I used to be a stuck-up white boy fakin' the funk. Bump that!" #
- Tornado warning siren. Time to go out on the porch. (via @kwmurphy) – This right here is one of the big reasons I moved to the midwest! #
- Did you know the government pays to keep soap prices low? It's a federal sudsidy. #pun #
- Absolute best thing ever: Big brother reading to little sister. He pleaded to read to her, even! #
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- Can't resist liking this at least a little: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epUk3T2Kfno& #
- Coping with reality is hard. If you can avoid it, do. Then, of course, get hired by Fox News. #digress #
- I got a bad heart. / Homer, if I could give you my heart, I would. / Shut up, Flanders. (via @dailysimpsons) #
- What do I do with semi-sick kids on a rainy day? #
- Which sounds more appealing: "A Meatball" or "A Meat Ball"? #
- About time to head out for part deux of crazy day. #
- So many blogs and podcasts to catch up on, and I'm just going to sit with a beer in as much quiet as I can get. #
- Good and proper stereo sound can't be beat. #
- Why can't I work like this just once a week? #
- Never saw this coming: chatting over Instant Messenger with my niece. Quite surreal, I must say. #
- Totally back to working the way I wanna. I earned this Friday! #
- Anybody out there able to bring me a cold beer? I'll pay for it. #
- I say 'graham cracker' like Peter Griffin says 'butt scratcher.' #
- Unknown fact about parenthood: you will regret feeding your children. #
- I'm blogging and I'm referring to teenagers as kids. Guess I really am a grown-up now. Never saw it coming. #
- Writing is easy for me. Why don't I do it more often? #
- My week is ending by watching Weird Al videos. I'm okay with that. #
- Yup, the Fat music video is still so awesome. Nevermind the song was so well done in the first place. #
- My sweet, giant cat needs a home with no other cats or accessible wiring. Today. (sigh) #
- Enter to win a $100 gift card from @OfficeMax and @OfficeSupplyGee http://bit.ly/bMPStZ #SupplyJackers #giveaway #
- I am so stoked that Fraise has taken over the Smultron project! #
- "You really should carry a banner with you all the time in battle. That's just standards." (via @JollyAndy) #
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- Just downloaded a World Cup app. Now I can be bored wherever I go. (via @badbanana) #
- "Dad, is it lunchtime?" Clock says 8:59. Then 9:41. Then 10:15. Lunch is served at 10:32. #
- win the ultimate $10,000 canon 5d mark ii camera setup for the launch of camera+ for iphone at wwdc http://tinyurl.com/camplus #
- I think all went well, except for running around like crazy this afternoon. Now to take the boy to soccer practice. #
- My creative side is always in such a conflict with my rational side that says I need a full night's rest to function for work and kids. #
- It's Tuesday. Why is my brain thinking it is Thursday? I must have a hell of a week ahead of me. #
- New one on me: "Applesauce?" No honey. "Yogurt?" No, no yogurt honey. [pause] "Pizza?" #
- My white cheddar nacho sauce kicks ass. Just sayin'. #
- Oy, Target needs to get a certain key item back in stock. #
- Since everyone else is jumping ship, may I be in charge now please? #
- I need more beer and taco truck. And quiet. Just let me huddle up inside my own head. #
- Catching up on Monday's Daily Show. Stewart was on fire! #
- I can't help but be proud that my daughter thinks that everything I make is "Tacos?" #
- Oy, making arrangements to have my son monitored for 90 minutes tomorrow morning is a pain. #
- I don't know why I ever get a muffin. I never finish the stupid thing. #
- Yes, I'm done for the week, even though I get to spend the weekend trying to organize how I'm going to work this month. #
- Egg and cheese sandwiches are a victory. Why have I never thought of them before? #
- Just started watching 30 Rock and I'm now in love with Tina Fey. Great. #
- In my defense, I'm a sucker for a cute brunette. #
- Oh, and I want to be a comedy writer. Anyone need some funny? I can hook you up. #
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- I AM DONE GOING TO MENARDS! Sheesh, 3 times in two days for 20 bucks worth of stuff? #
- I cannot believe I'm going to spend my entire goddamn day replacing a broken, expensive sprinkler. About to take a sledge to it. #
- Four trips to Menards. Today. And most of the day is shot now. Thanks, previous owner of my house. I blame you. #
- How on Earth am I still awake? #
- Charred hot dogs: greatest food? Yea or Nay? #
- Well, I filled an entire giant disk wallet for our burned movies, just grown-up movies. The kids movies and TV shows each have their own. #
- Lego printer video: http://youtu.be/zX09WnGU6ZY (via @ade3) – Ridiculously cool. #
- Could my cats stop growling at each other and my directions to my kids stop falling on deaf ears? It'd make my afternoon much better. #
- I don't think I can take any more critiques about the consistency of my macaroni and cheese. #
- Oh, music nerds, nerd out on this with me. — http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1731941 (via @VirginiaCorbett) #
- I really should never move around. I am now sweaty for the last hours of work. #
- Why do I feel like watching the original Planet of the Apes right now? #
- Ich habe Kopfschmerzen. Glücklich mich. #
- My adorable little daughter needs to stop pronouncing 'deck' with an 'i' sound. #
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- Wow, I have been out of it for days. Makes me wish I worked from home at least part of the week to catch up on that stuff as well as work. #
- Student quote: "Why is my life so weird?" #
- Wow, something small but nice just happened. What a change of pace. #
- I need to stop clicking favorite on tweets I just mean to follow up on later. I forget that it's a communal thing. #
- Some people need a blog so they don't feel compelled to talk. #
- Dear world: stop typing 'grrr' at things that are irritating. Or saying 'grrr'. Even typing for 'grrl'. End this sad madness now. #
- I'd like to work in my yard, but I think someone needs to loan me some energy to do so. #
- My to-do list for tonight: eat leftover Italian food, drink red wine from a new glass, and finally view the new Star Trek movie. #
- I love where I am and I miss where I'm not. (via @ChelseaLeeCosta) – Ain't that the truth? #
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- Wrangling two kids with selective hearing loss while feeling nauseous isn't fun. I'll be honest. #
- Somehow, someway, I need to get my friends together to watch MST3K's Manos the Hands of Fate. I think I'll make M watch it too. #
- Head going to explode in 3… 2… #
- Mow lawn, yes/no? I have about 90 minutes before needing to head back out and get childrens. #
- Just finished the 3rd season of Mad Men, and for shit's sake, I have to wait how long to see what happens!? #
- Not a good way to start work. #
- If you want good tech support, don't wait for them in their room in the dark. #
- Stop using "word process" as a verb, people. Just say "type". The former makes it sound like you're using a stenograph in a sausage grinder. #
- I'm in the recording studio and liking what I'm doing. Definitely having a better half to my day. #
- Tonight, I am going to get my mum hooked on Community. What episode shall I start her with? #
- Want to save the newspaper industry? Buy every men's room in America its own subscription. #
- The worst part of my job? When the favorite part of my job blows up in my face. Good morning to you too, Friday. #
- I admit to being in love with Røde microphones. I really want to try out their video mic sometime. #
- Sometimes, Facebook games make me snicker a little bit: http://twitpic.com/1pviyp #
- Facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything that's remotely true. (via @dailysimpsons) #
- My children need to try this day over. #