Is A Part Of
My goals and resolutions for 2009? I’m glad I saved last year’s in a Word file so I can change one digit and reuse them. Oh well. One thing I will do is keep up on re-publishing my short pithy (or pissy) comments from Twitter over here. And even though I still have months of backlog, the Twittly Digest will provide those from the last couple-to-a-few days, mmmkay?
When somebody tells me “it tastes like chicken, but then everything does”, I reply “everything but McNuggets”.
So, @FranceToday is now following me. Like many others, I have no idea why, but I don’t know how to say “Why?” in French.
…and when several of my tweeps replied to tell me it was “porquoi”, I responded: But wasn’t Porquoi the stuttering pig in the older Looney Tunes (who was very big in France)?
When I saw this method for making rounded corners with sprites get noticed by Digg, Reddit and the other cool sites, I twittered: I’ve been using a ‘sprite’ to make my rounded corners for months, but I just didn’t write it up for the world to see because I had cross-browser issues that this method apparently avoids. Back to the Theme Editor!
When I saw this comic refer to “Deepthroat Chopra”, I twittered : I have punned Tupak Chopra, Sixpack Chopra and Ratpack Chopra, but had never thought of playing off the De(e)p.
@Arajay wrote: HA HA HA customer listed his location as “A Jason to West gate Mall”
I replied: I remember the movie “Adjacent to the Argonauts”.
OMG! My blood sugar spiked just looking at this. I just hope nobody’s been sitting on the unwrapped part
I had ideas for web-based projects in ’99 that I never completed. Maybe in 2009.
My philosophy on aging that I stole from somebody who stole it from somebody else: “I’m going to grow old disgracefully”.
@YatPundit wrote: remind me to tell you the story of being shanghaied into an amway meeting once.
I replied: Hasn’t everyone over 40 been shanghaied into an amway meeting at least once?
(replying to comments about doing manual backups in addition to automated backups)
Yes, I have been known to wear both belt and suspenders (and pants one size too small to ever fall down).
and @LMAshton
replied: o_O Lovely imagery there, by the way. 
Watching Times Square feed of New Years Eve. I prefer to see the ball @9PM Pacific instead of tape-delayed; I feel like everyone else test drives the New Year for us out West.
We just passed Midnight on the East Coast of South America and the Times Square webcam went all-Spanish-language. I’m still ashamed for never learning any Spanish that isn’t on an El Torito menu. In an elitist move in High School, I opted for Latin as my Foreign Language… bad move in L.A. (where there are few Romans).
…then @snipeyhead replied: repeat after me…. Donde esta la playa nudista? All you ever need to know 
…and I responded: I do my “playa nudista” at home (actually, I’m a few miles from the semi-famous Pirates Cove on the Central Cal Coast).
Okay, the Big Blue Nivea Hats in Times Square are starting to get on my nerves. Looks like the Cat in the Hat sold out.
A Pepsi commercial followed by John Lennon’s “Imagine”? Whoever’s running the Times Square PA system is already totally wasted
Counting down to when NYC drops the ball and Twitter drops the fail whale… will EVERYBODY tweet at once?
Did I mention that at 9PM Pacific Time on Dec. 31, it was 55 degrees (F) outside the Wendellair? Starting the New Year making everyone jealous!
@kmfpl wrote: Oooo look, it’s a Rose Bowl. Go Nittany Lions! What does Nittany mean, anyway?
I replied: I thought Nittany was Britany’s normal sister the family keeps hidden away. Well, anyway, Go Penn State. (postscript: they lost)
@lartist wrote: I love drawing dragons. I wouldn’t say no to a few griffins though.
I HAD TO reply: Merv Griffins or Kathy Griffins?
I thought the Uwe Bowl was a football game sponsored by Underwear Writers Enterprises (a competitor for Pajamas Media)
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Another twitter scorekeeper? My HappyTweet score is: 504. I am Pretty Happy. Which is odd because I don’t feel pretty.
Consumerist.com is in far better hands with Consumers Union than the insane Nick Denton. I prefer reading formerly-Gawker-network blogs.
My design philosophy is: Keep It Ridiculously Simple Because I’m Ridiculously Stupid (KIRSBIRS), and if it doesn’t work, don’t use it.
This is my 8000th Tweet. Did you know that if you get close to the 140 character maximum, that’s over 1,000,000 keystrokes? No wonder I’m tired.
@AmbrosiaVoyeur wrote: just fired some guns
I replied: I hope you gave them at least 2 weeks severance.
I have several pairs of old shoes worth throwing but no worthy targets within range. I may need to build a trebuchet.
@bitpakkit wrote: The last mile is the toughest on any journey…a lot of people just change paths instead. We should remove ‘too hard’ from our vocabulary.
I replied: Let’s replace with ‘physically impossible’, ‘extremely foolish’ & ‘you’ll put your eye out’.
Why does the dove image show up so much more often for Arab/Israeli conflicts than other wars? Are there no doves in Afghanistan?
@zeldman wrote: Leftovers crammed into office fridge after holiday party 17 days ago are still there, rotting and stinking. So as not to waste food.
I replied: But once it is no longer edible, it’s not really FOOD that you’re throwing out… perfectly logical.
This comic from Unshelved made me want a Service Parrot. (my only good impressions are Don Adams, Paul Lynde and Yogi Bear).
I had to cancel an account ‘in writing’, so I closed letter with “I wish I could say it was a pleasure doing business with you.” BURN.
