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• why aren't any of my tweeps following hockey? I'm stuck at a birthday party w/ Kane. Someone send me a score! #
• Why I love newspapers: @OHNewsroom Copy Editor: “The newspaper is everyone’s morning poop book."// It's good to be a part of people's lives. #
• We euthanize Loki Thursday morning. Support your local shelter, please, for him. (We got him from the New Orleans SPCA). http://ow.ly/1doik #
• I Am: http://xkcd.com/709/ #
• I favorited a YouTube video — Rachel Maddow: Repug Hypocrites Now "Against" Reconciliation http://youtu.be/MbPpcwtWvzY?a #
• Rachel Maddow: Repug Hypocrites Now "Against" Reconciliation: I favorited a YouTube video: More "convenient" princ… http://bit.ly/cNgrRz #
• Loki has less than a day to live, Kane wants to know why he can't be there, and I'm questioning my reasoning about the kids attendng or not. #
• Why the hell isn't there a Firefox or Chrome for Flash files? I know HTML5 is coming, but it's needed yesterday #flashcrash @mozlabs @google #
• Politicians Behaving Badly: Sen. Jim Bunning has ended his grandstanding, and President Obama has signed the joble… http://bit.ly/btTkqW #
• NCAA Vault continues anti-Arkansas discrimination by not hosting Scotty Thurman's 1996 3-pointer to win the Championship. http://ow.ly/1dV5s #
• Loki is gone. Kids were OK (we'll see if there's fallout later), I was a wreck. I'm trying to be glad he has no more pain; limited success. #

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• HOW TO: Block FarmVille on Facebook: The Facebook-platform game FarmVille has 80 million players. It’s been named… http://bit.ly/b4PkYW #
• RT @xenijardin: MIKE & IKEs ARE NOT A CRIME. PLZ RT. http://bit.ly/18isbG [They're not all that, but not a crime. Licorice is a crime.] #
• Answering the Call for Adult Conversation: http://wp.me/pvMmx-d #
• Listening to @MorgansWndrlnd at #BMPR Can't wait to tour this amazing place #
• It's easier to teach compliance than initiative: Compliance is simple to measure, simple to test for and simple to… http://bit.ly/9Y4DaK #
• Tomorrow's Law (After Godwin): any1 skeptical of 'net triumphalism will inevitably b compared 2 an old man ranting abt the kids on his lawn. #

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• Finally talked to my dad today (his cell was dead). He's doing good, sounds plenty strong and expects to be out of hosp in a few days. #
• Did you ever keep a friend request because you were hoping your memory would reveal who this person all your friends are friends with is? #
• RT @10000Words: Who said print was dead? THE DIGITAL JOURNALIST'S HANDBOOK. On sale now. http://bit.ly/6SCR3j [Mark's smart. Buy the book.] #
• You can be fair. You can be neutral. Sometimes they're even the same thing. #
• Live & Interactive with Clay Shirky (@cshirky) 3 PST/6 EST on Thursday http://ow.ly/18q2U [I'm reading your book, you magnificent bastard!] #
• I'm happy to say dad is at home, for how long I don't know, & he's doing fine. He's still determined to lead the clan to WDW in mid-March. #
• Staring at six weeks of recovery: Shared by Pierce

  If you realize that I can't read Dooce anymore without heari… http://bit.ly/c22RVj #

• J-school student working on same-day TV story: Don’t we even get a lunch break today? Prof: Eat your lunch at your desk like a real j'list. #

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• The Saints surprise me again. The team and the city (and the coast) deserve this. Now can we finish the reconstruction job? #
• RT @xenijardin: RT @johnmoe: So I guess now New Orleans will be full of loud drunken dancing partiers. That's gonna be weird. [Me: Ha!] #
• I feel sorry for the poor SOB on the Colts who got hit by the onside kick (Jeff Saturday? Looked like a 63.) He's got to feel like crap. #
• http://ow.ly/150Ik shows how shallow news coverage is now: http://ow.ly/150Ik Full body scans, a reporter's insecurities and editorializing. #
• RT @OHNewsroom Photographer about new camera: “Its 22 megapixels and shoots HD video. If it vibrated I wouldn’t need a boyfriend.” #
• My wife said "It's 9:30, come to bed." And I said "What am I going to do for 4 hours?" It's past her "deadline", and I can't sleep before 1. #
• Dwarf Dinosaurs Had Short Lives: These dinosaurs lived in a kind of prehistoric Neverland — a place where these c… http://bit.ly/91FlTj #
• One-upping taken too far: My dad, worried I'd have it done first, is at the hospital for a gallbladder removal. Hopefully he'll be OK. #
• AAAAGGHH!! Somebody tell me why I have an ELO song stuck in my head that I haven't heard in months! Please, Pandora, drive this earworm out! #
• Dad's out of surgery. Bad news: had to do it old-fashioned way. Good news: got gangrenous gallbladder out before bursting. 7-10 days in hosp #
• RT @writeontime: RT @nytimes: Doctors Haunted by Haitians They Couldn’t Help http://nyti.ms/aswP2e #

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• Public silence greets poor's powerlessness—Leonard Pitts Jr. http://ow.ly/12ser Yes, poor whites, Bauer's talking about YOU. Do something. #
• Poor, all colors, should unite in common cause—Leonard Pitts Jr. http://ow.ly/12sf9 Only man I know who made this leap: My dad. #
• RT @OHnewsroom: “We’re not procrastinating. We’re deadline-oriented.” [And we love the adrenaline we get from the fear of losing our jobs.] #
• RT @OHNewsroom Producer to slightly injured Photographer: “Awww, did you get Ben-Gay on your junk?" [Me: That's not funny!] #
• RT @StephenAtHome: you can't say the republicans haven't created any jobs. what about "michael steele damage controller?" #
• Copy editing apparently doesn't require math skills. http://ow.ly/i/rEA #

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• RT @OHNewsroom: After computer system crashes just before airtime: “Technology has made us her bitch.” [Me: been there, done that] #
• Woman Uses iPhone App to Get Pregnant: http://wp.me/pvMmx-c #
• Got the puppy spayed today (free, thanks to snapus.org). Had to get up at 5 am to do it. Neither of us has felt worth a crap since. #
• Damn. Cracked.com opted for "sportswriters" over "journalists" in list of 6 most full of crap professions. http://ow.ly/116kM We wuz robbed! #
• RT @OHnewsroom Editor 2 Reporters: “Nobody can write a story longer than they R tall without my express permission.” Me: Suck it, shorties! #
• My god, I miss New Orleans. Especially the byzantine politics. This: http://youtu.be/oRgCOXaiDjQ is absolutely wonderful. #
• Big news: My wife has been named Teacher of the Year at her school. Finally, the 12-hour days, the weekends, the summer days have paid off. #
• When even my smelling-challenged butt can get a whiff of the homemade pizza in the oven, I think it's going to be a good one! #

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• RT @FakeAPStylebook: Avoid accusations of political bias in your editorial pages by only running columns by idiots and lunatics. #
• Porn explained (I think he has something else in mind): Mirror neuron TED talk by VS Ramachandran. http://ow.ly/YOWQ On @GrrlScientist #
• I like the new puppy, but I'm getting really tired of having to get up every five mins to see what she's chewing that she's not supposed to. #
• Sex ed gets a bare mention at 4th grade in Texas standards, then nothing til 9th. Have they not noticed the kids having kids? 3rd in the US. #
• RT @GrammarGirl: RT @bryanagarner "Whether we call a phrase an idiom or a cliché depends on whether we like it or not." —G.L. Brook #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — TEST http://youtu.be/rTGRVy5pD_Q?a #
• TEST: I uploaded a YouTube video: Test http://bit.ly/8SYOHl #
• I'm thinking I need to dump the aggregator that sent this http://ow.ly/ZvU0 in my standard "journalism" search. Text matching is so 1980s. #
• Loki coughed up blood yesterday, and today he's wheezing almost nonstop. I'm afraid I can see the end of the road from here. #

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• Wow! After getting run the f over all game, Ariz defense wins the game. Don't care, but wow. #
• Yes, Virginia, you can put a title in your Wordpress.com blog post via HootSuite :: See that double colon? That's the trick. #
• My guest post at @markbriggs J'lism 2.0 is up http://ow.ly/VD0F Go, read, comment, retweet, repost, like, send to the ends of the earth. #
• My guest post at @markbriggs J'lism 2.0 is up http://ow.ly/VHGE Go, read, comment, retweet, repost, like, send to the ends of the earth. #
• RT @FakeAPStylebook: Fine. The use of the passive-aggressive voice is to be discouraged. Whatever, MAN. #
• The time to use new technology in journalism conferences is now: Editor’s Note: Today’s guest writer is Pierce .. http://bit.ly/7l7u4O #
• I'm seriously in love with Readability http://ow.ly/VTW2 It's worked with every site I've thrown at it, and it looks good printed. #
• Nintendo Wii Will Soon Stream Netflix [Streaming Video]: Shared by Pierce This may keep me from buying a Roku. .. http://bit.ly/8f6fad #
• This is a test http://pi.pe/-53ym20 #
• This is a test: http://wp.me/pvMmx-7 #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — This is a test http://youtu.be/Ue1AnGJ_AeE?a #
• This is a test: I uploaded a YouTube video: This is a test http://bit.ly/4p5ac2 #
• Laura and Estrella.: http://wp.me/pvMmx-8 #
• rt Copy Editor: ?You want me to make deadline or mistakes?? #
• Kane at First UUs Fiesta.: http://wp.me/pvMmx-9 #
• Laura & Kane at the First UU Fiesta http://pi.pe/-luvqcg #
• Laura & Kane at the First UU Fiesta: http://wp.me/pvMmx-a #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — Laura & Kane at the First UU Fiesta http://youtu.be/goslL3cycp0?a #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — Laura & Kane at the First UU Fiesta http://youtu.be/4LYmfkeIxMg?a #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — Laura & Kane at the First UU Fiesta http://youtu.be/g9u_RUKjenA?a #
• Laura & Kane at the First UU Fiesta: I uploaded a YouTube video: Laura & Kane at the First UU Fiesta http://bit.ly/87y6zp #
• Laura & Kane at the First UU Fiesta: I uploaded a YouTube video: Laura & Kane at the First UU Fiesta http://bit.ly/8Pqjmm #
• Laura & Kane at the First UU Fiesta: I uploaded a YouTube video: Laura & Kane at the First UU Fiesta http://bit.ly/6sjba6 #
• There is a special place in hell for this asshat: http://wp.me/pvMmx-b #
• Laura & Estrella http://pi.pe/-dr24mk #

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• My guest post at @markbriggs J'lism 2.0 is up http://ow.ly/VD0F Go, read, comment, retweet, repost, like, send to the ends of the earth. #
• My guest post at @markbriggs J'lism 2.0 is up http://ow.ly/VHGE Go, read, comment, retweet, repost, like, send to the ends of the earth. #
• RT @FakeAPStylebook: Fine. The use of the passive-aggressive voice is to be discouraged. Whatever, MAN. #
• The time to use new technology in journalism conferences is now: Editor’s Note: Today’s guest writer is Pierce .. http://bit.ly/7l7u4O #

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• Yes, Virginia, you can put a title in your Wordpress.com blog post via HootSuite :: See that double colon? That's the trick. #

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