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• 08:16 Hey, NYC-area Butcher fans! Join me for bowling and shenanigans on 9/17! t.co/m7FovzA #
• 08:32 Fascinating article: Why some languages sound so fast: t.co/n8p2Kkb #
• 10:10 Coworker Alex found "The Girl Mechanic’s Manual" from 1944 in a yard sale. It’s the best thing ever. t.co/kyCxTWQ #
• 10:11 The misogyny is glorious! t.co/dre0zIi #
• 10:13 More chauvinism! t.co/dXoSCS8 #
• 10:19 @myyrdneopia I would SO not put it past Toot to kill Hitler. #
• 15:24 My #FridayReads are HAMMERED by @KevinHearne and OLD MAN’S WAR by @scalzi. #
• 15:47 @jeditigger Weird. Must’ve been a momentary hiccup. I assure you, I am following you. :D #
• 15:48 @fredhicks *lip trembles* *puppy dog eyes glisten with unshed tears* #
• 16:32 Just finished the audiobook of @scalzi’s OLD MAN’S WAR. I have tears in my eyes. BRILLIANT. brb, off to read everything he’s ever written. #
• 18:48 "We should make a cat fight a baby." –when animators are bored #
• 18:53 @Julie_Butcher Sweet Jesus preserve us. #
• 19:06 @byharryconnolly Can’t wait to read it! Will this be released on Amazon like the other shorts, or are you shopping it around? #
• 19:10 This makes me happy: t.co/0O3YqUp #mulan #
• 20:45 @byhar ryconnolly HUZZAH FOR THE SEKRIT PROJECT! #

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• 08:13 @Dark_Puck Kitty! Thank you! #
• 08:42 You are freaking kidding me! @longshotauthor t.co/LZvfSzk #
• 10:06 @misisipijones @longshotauthor …Twinkie box? #
• 10:16 @IrishOberon Cake, Eminem, Cranberries, Peaches, Cream, Vanilla Ice, Bowling for Soup, Black Eyed Peas, Sugarcube, Phish, …Salt n’ Peppa? #
• 10:31 .@scottlynch78 posts eloquently on language and dimension lost in OSC’s Hamlet rewrite: t.co/YWi3emW #
• 10:37 @xiehicks I’ve lived with curly hair for almost 27 years, and I’m still not really sure how to manage it. :D #
• 10:49 @xiehicks t.co/DKtBNJc – Aww, who’s mommy and daddy’s little man? Look at that precious nose! #
• 10:51 @xiehicks t.co/UPQXnsw – Evie’s ready to school all the other n00bs in cuteness! #
• 12:12 This is why I left Texas: t.co/9hXC1kv #
• 16:43 @nataliemorales At least you acknowledge the fact. #
• 17:03 @fredhicks @clarkvalentine @geeksdreamgirl Carrot and Angua in Discworld. LOTS of pairings in Sookie Stackhouse books/True Blood. #
• 17:56 @jbkuma Already? #
• 20:49 RT @terryandrob: New York – October 13th // I am THERE! #
• 20:50 BETA ALL THE THINGS! #
• 21:44 @hobbitwriter I miss blogging, but I just don’t have the time right now. Maybe someday! #

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• 09:35 @jbkuma I’m clinging tight to all my limbs. #
• 10:53 .@VampireCowboys are a vital part of NYC geek culture, and they deserve to be at NY Comic Con! Help them get there: t.co/4iL7iYt #
• 15:49 Badass Women From History: Juana Galan t.co/z4xZ3mD #
• 15:53 You know who is ridiculously awesome? Mika Kuloda. Here’s the latest reason why: t.co/BzJ2dUg #
• 16:49 @vampirecowboys I love you all right back! I’m going to miss you like crazy when I move to L.A. in December. #
• 18:29 @myyrdneopia Some folks don’t care about "standard" size. They just want inexpensive books. :D #

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• 06:56 @ee1013 *laughs* Yeah, I thought that might be a problem. #
• 06:56 @IrishOberon What if someone put gravy on a vegetable casserole? #
• 06:59 I dreamed it was the first day of school and my class was tasked w/ physics problems to test what we remembered. Also, I was Luna Lovegood. #
• 07:00 When my alarm went off, I wanted to go back to sleep, because I wanted to tackle the physics problems and see how well I’d do. #
• 07:01 BRILLIANCE // RT @sherlockbones: This website cracks me up: t.co/ktcIWj9 #
• 07:13 Update to @scottlynch78’s QUEEN OF THE IRON SANDS! EEE! t.co/mXMp1Ls I want to reread everything now… #
• 09:14 @MrsAWiggins05 I think that descriptor would be fitting. #
• 09:18 @fredhicks Day 1: I Love You. Day 2: Feed the Birds. Day 3: This. Baby sign language just got totally righteous! #
• 11:53 That is… a lot of my blood. t.co/jkVMxhp #
• 1 1:59 @ardentdelirium Yup! Just diagnosing some hormonal imbalances and food sensitivities. Stuff I’ve lived with for years, but want to kick. #
• 12:00 @Esperacchius Local vampires did me a favor. #
• 12:01 @RobJDurand You’re trying to one-up my exsanguination? Really? :D #
• 12:02 Vegetables: they’re super delicious, guys. #
• 12:27 Cute manager at organic buffet heard me sniffling and gave me a triple shot of immunity-boosting wheatgrass, ginger, and lemon. Yowza! #
• 12:28 I will be exhaling ginger for the next week. Anyone need any paint stripped? :D #
• 12:40 @byharryconnolly Yiiiiikes. Nice to be reminded of why I boycott Card’s work. #
• 13:11 @byharryconnolly How is there ANYONE left in publishing that believes fantasy is just for kids? The editor should be whacked with a cluebat. #
• 13:25 @byharryconnolly I’d read that! #
• 13:27 @byharryconnolly Try Qui Nguyen’s LIVING DEAD IN DENMARK: Ophelia, Juliet, and Lady Mac are brought back as super soldiers to kill zombies. #
• 13:28 @byharryconnolly It significantly predates the "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" trend. :D #
• 13:33 @ardentdelirium I was in a different city, alas! #
• 14:41 Low iron levels to begin with + Niagralike quantities of blood taken + light veggie lunch = I am feeling… not so great. Where is meat? #
• 14:45 @boymonster *latc hes jaw to coworker’s trapezius* #
• 15:15 Yay, @seananmcguire’s changeling mermaid Amy Pond book was waiting for me at the office! I woozily rejoice! #
• 15:23 @seananmcguire That’s what the cover looks like! Also, I just had a LOT of blood drawn: t.co/jkVMxhp All of that is from my veins. #
• 15:34 I’ma eat a bison. #
• 15:48 The bison is et. #
• 16:05 RT @fredhicks New blog post: New Free Casefile: Evil Acts! // Featuring @gillyperkygoth’s lovely art! #
• 16:07 Yay, @audible_com now allows users to rate books by Overall, Story, and Performance. Hopefully fewer 1-star reviews on GHOST STORY now. #
• 16:14 @bigredhusker77 Yup. Lots of folks angry at the change in narrator retaliating with one-star reviews. #
• 16:34 Pat Rothfuss was this week’s guest on Writing Excuses! I wish I could listen to Pat talk storycraft forever. @BrandSanderson @maryrobinette #
• 17:25 "You know, Texas is really nice, beyond the majority of people." –Coworker Pete #
• 18:16 @KevinConn I saw it Friday. It’s AWESOME. #
• 18:37 Yay, just when I was thinking of going again! $14 for One Admission to "Bodies…The Exhibition" – $29.94 Value. t.co/U1yQmwb #
• 18:40 @myyrdneopia I went in Philly, Dallas, and Houston… I may kind of like anatomy. #
• 20:06 @OandFPodcast @AntonStrout Sweet! Looking forward to it! #
• 20:07 I am going to sleep so well tonight. And early. Debating if I should just crash now. #
• 20:12 @myyrdneopia I’m in the middle of HAMMERED. Gonna finish that before starting OSS, as it was already pushed rudely aside by CoE. :D #
• 22:05 @fredhicks @xiehicks *squeakomgsocute* Also: A picture of Xander! Yay! #
• 22:06 Brilliant. And totally ungay. RT @scottlynch78: "Shakespeare’s" HENRY V, "after the taste of much correction." t.co/EYsvGDd #
• 22:08 @byharryconnolly Ro-mancer? :D #
• 23:01 Hey, Internet! Buy books w/ gay characters and tell the cashier Uncle Orson sent you. Here’s a list to start you off: t.co/uB1GItL #
• 23:11 Bedtime for me! Gotta regenerate a lot of blood. #

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• 09:33 @brainpicker Aww, no Weird Al? t.co/hKwbZlA #
• 10:50 @boymonster The weird old guy was not the only one thinking it. #
• 11:35 @myyrdneopia A similar feat of awesomeness, via Pat Rothfuss’ blog: t.co/PUKVW85 #
• 11:35 @myyrdneopia Also, if Molly is "Spanish guitar" in earlier books, is this her in Ghost Story? :D #
• 11:38 Roommate, on a girl who is no longer his friend: "Done. Canceled. Unsubscribed." #
• 11:58 @biggayicecream Will the store be open on Labor Day? #
• 12:03 I have planned a three-mile walk with @BigGayIceCream at 2.5. This is the best plan ever. Assuming the BGIC store is open today! #
• 12:10 @sherlockbones @RobJDurand @BigGayIceCream It IS. If you make it to NYC again before I leave in December, I will take you there! TASTEGASM. #
• 12:45 Compiling a list of my favorite NYC restaurants for @RobJDurand. I’m so tempted to make my fina l farewell to NYC a week-long food crawl. #
• 13:05 @myyrdneopia *curious headtilt* I was referring to Harry’s analogy for her magic, not your musical theme endeavors. :D #
• 13:06 Hilarious: @BigGayIceCream Shop opening ceremony and benediction t.co/ZLfcMxi #
• 13:15 @Julie_Butcher I’m moving to L.A., which has quite a bit of variety! Still, New York is New York. :D #
• 13:35 Roommate offered me samples of his Sprüngli chocolates–the very best Switzerland has to offer. Oh. My. God. #
• 13:36 (These are not to be confused with the bastardized American Sprüngli branch. American chocolate is pretty much terrible.) #
• 13:55 mkay, time to walk! Big Gay Ice Cream, you shall be mine. #
• 14:42 Tree destroyed by Irene still hasn’t been cleaned up. t.co/kagCIB4 #
• 15:05 Bagpiper on the East River! t.co/xDUlei0 #
• 15:05 Line outside @biggayicecream is not unlike the line that always accompanied the truck! t.co/pfLnfed #
• 15:49 Got a cone of American Globs and a hug from Doug! I love @BigGayIceCream! t.co/Id5RXoP #
• 16:05 The Writer Blocked: A note on publication dates — t.co/xb4dxEb #
• 17:10 @KevinHearne "Ouat deed yeou aixpaicht?" :D My recollection of high school French: t.co/8hmwvos #
• 17:18 OMG //RT @KevinConn: Google’s AMAZING animated/8-bit tribute 2 the LEGEND Freddie Mercury Happy 65th B-day, RIP: t.co/Cbsl9Zz #
• 17:21 Can’t sit for another minute. Time to do an hour’s worth of standing desk-age! #
• 18:06 @jeditigger *clings to you to tether you to the earth, so you are not blown away by the tornado* #
• 18:13 This is where I get my sense of humor. :D // RT @nelspen: @priscellie @BigGayIceCream Is Big Gay Ice Cream made with homo-genized milk? #
• 18:49 @myyrdneopia When I was but a wee Celliething, I thought "Annie Get Your Gun" was a sequel to "Annie." "Why does she need a gun?" I gaped. #
• 19:49 I am reminded of Tanja’s and my hilarious HP OCs, Procent Hydronium Väinämöinen and Bob the Pro-Gender-Equality Veela: t.co/oc94HWU #
• 20:48 As ANCIENT ALIENS goes on, Giorgio Tsoukalos’ hair and bronzer become progressively more epic. t.co/C4x1CWn t.co/Yl32cvM #
• 20:51 @jbkuma The face of the History Channel! #
• 20:53 @Julie_Butcher *nods* My mom is 25. She had me when she was negative 1 1/2. #
• 21:14 Roommate susp ects when future crackpots view photos of Tsoukalos, they will gasp, "Look at the hair on that creature! It must be an ALIEN!" #
• 22:03 @NobleEnd BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YES #
• 22:09 Roommate proposes an ANCIENT ALIENS drinking game. I propose bingo. #
• 22:20 I want to see a reality TV show where the ANCIENT ALIENS experts are forced to live with RELIGIOUS CULTISTS. #
• 22:21 @Dark_Puck Dringo? Binking? I like the way you think! #
• 22:25 Roomm ate: "This is like the Jersey Shore of science." #

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• 08:33 @fredhicks N00b One displays an excellent sense of taste and style! #
• 11:23 I 3D-scanned my face today for a demo at work. I want to print a bobble-head of myself. #
• 11:33 @j3nnee If you can convince Matt Bomer and Tim Dekay to spend an hour at my office to get their heads scanned & photographed, I’ll make ’em! #
• 13:54 @fredhicks I see whut u did thar. And I likes it verra, verra much. :D #
• 14:48 @teefury @Eliz abethThe I missed thus? Tragedy! #
• 18:10 t.co/JJaEvEp #
• 18:10 It is so ridiculously cold in this room. The thermometer reads 67, but the breeze from the A/C makes it feel colder. #
• 18:58 Awesome art and history lesson! t.co/8x734T4 #
• 18:58 I am going to see this movie tonight! t.co/WpSIbla #
• 18:59 Coworker just started blasting "The Final Countdown." One minute before the three-day weekend begins, suckahs! #

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• 00:09 @Theresa_Bane Decemberish! #
• 00:16 @slimgatsby SF takes place in 2000. Have FUN! #
• 00:53 When starting @KevinHearne books, I always take ten minutes to pronounce everything in the key. I love the taste of unfamiliar syllables. #
• 07:59 @slimgatsby Molly’s favorite game! #
• 08:07 @boymonster Bravo, man! #
• 09:30 Coworker told me I look like a superhero today. Not sure what he means, but I’ll take it! #
• 09:37 @MrsAWiggins05 He did not specify. #
• 09:41 Love Joss Whedon? So do we! WHEDONISTAS is now on Kindle! t.co/U4sfljn #
• 10:23 Huh. @longshotauthor’s GHOST STORY has disappeared from @audible_com. Investigating… #
• 10:26 @chichenpizza @longshotauthor @audible_com Oh, yeah! If I hold a tuning fork at the right angle… #
• 13: 12 A random woman in the bathroom asked me to sing to her to help her pee. I can’t even. Today is done. TEARS of laughter. #
• 13:18 @blazeorama I went with Brandi Carlile’s "Downpour." I considered "Old Man River," as well. #
• 13:23 Some awesome illustrations playing with body types and postures for superheroes and their secret identities: t.co/2HNozuO #
• 13:26 EEE! Front desk just messaged me to let me know my package containing @byharryconnolly’s CIRCLE OF ENEMIES arrived! I jump in it! #
• 14:19 @MatthewRasins Nope, sorry. I rarely take commissions, either. #
• 15:14 @MatthewRasins OH! I was checking from my phone, and I thought you were talking about art. Yes, I do take musical requests. :D #
• 15:15 14-MONTH OLD BABY IN THE OFFICE. She looks like a mini-Evie. So playful and cute! #
• 17:58 "I try to be funny, but then I end up hitting people." –a coworker #
• 23:34 @MrsAWiggins05 I don’t think my being a Harry/Murphy shipper helps our cause. Jim spent all GS torturing my favorite char acter. :D #
• 23:39 @seananmcguire *makes grabbyhands* #

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• 10:21 @Dark_Puck Can you lay off New York? With natural disasters, you have to prepare for the worst. We got LUCKY. It won’t always happen. #
• 10:32 @Dark_Puck *shrugs* I was watching a NYC-local channel, and they spent much more time on VA, NC, NJ, and LI than NYC. #
• 10:41 @myyrdneopia My most triumphant acquisition was a $150 physics text for $30. I got most physics/math texts like this. t.co/AEVfItu #
• 10:45 Kickass women of color throughout history: "Stagecoach" Mary Fields t.co/EwAkVQD #
• 11:18 Political cartoonist responds to brutal intimidation tactics with awesomeness: t.co/R3Pv4H8 #
• 11:31 @ruesal Not every person who mouths off to brutal authority figures is Harry Dresden. :D #
• 11:36 Holy cow. Via @maryrobinette on Writing Excuses, I learned that Discworld’s clacks towers were REAL: t.co/cG1JNGW #
• 12:32 An Open Letter to Spirit Airlines: t.co/yPigiHw #
• 1 5:59 @ENDvy Never what? #
• 18:54 I know @longshotauthor’s "tavar" is based on the fossa, but it’s kind of fun imagining it as a honey badger. #
• 18:56 Mostly b/c I get to imagine Tavi sneering at the vord queen, "Gaius Tavarus don’t care." (Breaking @longshotauthor’s characters since 2005!) #

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• 10:21 @Dark_Puck Can you lay off New York? With natural disasters, you have to prepare for the worst. We got LUCKY. It won’t always happen. #
• 10:32 @Dark_Puck *shrugs* I was watching a NYC-local channel, and they spent much more time on VA, NC, NJ, and LI than NYC. #
• 10:41 @myyrdneopia My most triumphant acquisition was a $150 physics text for $30. I got most physics/math texts like this. t.co/AEVfItu #
• 10:45 Kickass women of color throughout history: "Stagecoach" Mary Fields t.co/EwAkVQD #
• 11:18 Political cartoonist responds to brutal intimidation tactics with awesomeness: t.co/R3Pv4H8 #
• 11:31 @ruesal Not every person who mouths off to brutal authority figures is Harry Dresden. :D #
• 11:36 Holy cow. Via @maryrobinette on Writing Excuses, I learned that Discworld’s clacks towers were REAL: t.co/cG1JNGW #
• 12:32 An Open Letter to Spirit Airlines: t.co/yPigiHw #
• 1 5:59 @ENDvy Never what? #
• 18:54 I know @longshotauthor’s "tavar" is based on the fossa, but it’s kind of fun imagining it as a honey badger. #
• 18:56 Mostly b/c I get to imagine Tavi sneering at the vord queen, "Gaius Tavarus don’t care." (Breaking @longshotauthor’s characters since 2005!) #

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• 00:03 Watching over me tonight: plush Adipose, octopus, and influenza, and jade foo dog. #
• 08:00 RT @NYTMetro: 51,363 #NYC residents now without power, officials say. Nearly half in #queens.//Hope Lisa’s ok! All is fine in Alphabet City. #
• 09:35 The sun’s coming out! #irene #
• 10:32 At 8am, peak surge time, I ventured out into the rain to explore the East River Park around 6th Street. #irene #nyc t.co/qUgsxYU #
• 10:40 I am disappointed I never got to use my menorah. #irene #
• 10:57 @IrishOberon Filking songs that don’t rhyme is not as fun. :D #
• 11:02 @IrishOberon There’s a wolfhound who’s brave and so loyal and good / And he’s climbing a stairway to sausage… #
• 11:03 @byharryconnolly The lifestyle of the writer is a glamorous one! #
• 11:22 @HarriedWizard Can the bib be pink, with a happy cartoon tiger licking its lips embroidered on it? #
• 11:30 Roommate laughing at how he’s been woken up more by traff ic sounds than he was by the storm. Best night’s sleep in NYC ever! #irene #
• 11:37 Glad the hurricane’s over. I’m running out of disaster shirts. Saturday: Zombies, Sleeping: The Griff, Sunday: Harry Dresden is my Co-Pilot. #
• 11:41 @ardentdelirium SDCC! #
• 11:49 @ksmccarthy24 Fine and dandy! It’s shaping up to be a lovely day. #
• 11:52 @ksmccarthy24 I pet the kitty hello and give kitty’s mom mega-hugs! How was the storm where you are? #
• 12:19 @fourteenacross "I swear, the sandwich was THIS BIG…" #
• 12:22 Lunch: scrambled eggs and julienne veggies! #
• 13:41 Sent off my professional badge application for NYCC! #
• 13:53 @saladinahmed I have never wanted to clone myself more than this moment. #
• 13:54 *closes my irene-nyc list tab* #
• 14:28 @sinspired Nah, the changes in the weather did us a small favor. It was a fool moon. #
• 14:36 Found a NYC food bank near me via t.co/Q4O2l8s I’ll drop off my extra provisions later today! #
• 16:57 I have delicious peaches! Oh yeah, that’s how I roll. #
• 17:00 Haha, SeamlessWeb lists 33 restaurants open for delivery, instead of the conventional hundreds. Wonder how many there were yesterday. XD #
• 17:29 Woohoo, data entry! #
• 17:35 @kellhound Holy yeesh. They ok? #
• 17:36 Dear Priscilla, Tweeting about data entry was not meant to turn into procrastinating doing data entry. Back to work, slacker! Love, me #
• 18:33 @kellhound Good for your mom. What a nightmare for them to come home to! #
• 18:41 TONIGHT, WE DINE ON SUSHI! #
• 18:42 Wait… Because of the hurricane, it’s unlikely that their supply will be freshest. Best go someplace else. #
• 18:47 @HarriedWizard You know Burger King is pink slime. #
• 19:19 I tried to write "Chicks Dig Time Lords," but I accidentally wrote the first word as "Christ." I’m sure he digs them, too. #
• 19:22 @saladinahmed Why must the awesome con of awesomeness coincide with my first week of class? And why do I not have Multiple Man’s superpower? #
• 23:17 Wow! Irene did a brilliant job cleaning my windows. They practically sparkle! #

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