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twitter recap 2011-07-13

good morning, my friends the internet. #positityweek #
good morning, my friends the internet. #positivityweek #
thank you, script for finally breaking. just in time. #
congrats to @dEnny_UK for his hometown making it into men's health magazine http://t.co/t1kLgzU #
i will miss @TheJohnBarber being local, but congrats on the new job http://t.co/jzzVXS3 #
NYC: i have not tried it, but there is a cuban food truck http://t.co/7oCAjIs #
apropos of nothing: almost 20 degrees hotter today in NY than in LA. #
according to @chuckbb's AIM away message, he's been away for 6 weeks. #
NYC: i can't get to the @biggayicecream truck today, but if YOU can, in this heat: look at the flavors! http://t.co/MiJOTE1 via @editrix_rex #
hey so apparently the solicit for MEN OF WAR 2 is out. look at that amazing viktor kalvachev cover http://t.co/tsf9ZY2 #
there is nothing more positive than this image, courtesy of @chuckbb http://t.co/qBWeYCu #

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twitter recap 2011-07-12

POSITIVITY WEEK BEGINS. good morning, internet. #
FYI: i will continue to post links, but i will avoid personal negative commentary. #
i am headed to the eye testing folks, to get a new prescription and maybe finish out positivity week with some new glasses. #
should i keep a tally of how many posts come into my head and are self-rejected for #positivityweek ? #
i think acknowledging that negativity exists and is avoided is a pretty positive thing. #
there is a woman next to me in this waiting room who just casually let out a pretty spectacular belch #positivityweek #
on the way home, 2 strangers stopped and let me pass. let's hear it for being neighborly. #
my right eye has had the wrong prescription, overcorrected for several years. i am excited to be able to fix that this week. #
this trailer made my whole day http://t.co/9v6pPBq #
congrats to @HopelessDent & @juandoe on a really fun looking new marvel book tinyurl.com/6x2cykw #
SO EXCELLENT: @beckycloonan does a caricature of herself, @thejillthompson, @Gabriel_Ba & @fabiomoon for SDCC http://t.co/suhBioJ #
got invited to a great international show for next year. one i've wanted to get to. #mondaysaregreat #
my friend bill wray's got yet another amazing painting up http://t.co/NidJ3U0 #
california's XOORO does not yet have a NY location, but they do have 4 options in qatar. #
"in cuba, the religion is baseball." -@NoReservations #
whether or not you usually follow @NoReservations, tonight's the night to watch. in my parents' birthplace in havana, eating cuban beans. #
masitas de puerco! #
TWITTER: anyone on here know anything about operating big ships/tankers, that kinda thing? #

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twitter recap 2011-07-11

starting tomorrow: ALL POSITIVITY WEEK. also: teeth-grinding deadline. my neighbors will likely hear less positive words from me than you. #
i enjoy the "piñata full of mary lou retton". #
charlene, i'm right behind you. #

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twitter recap 2011-07-10

kristyn, listening to a mention of scott weiland on the radio: 'scott weiland is still alive?' #
i am headed to freehold NJ. yes, on purpose. #
passing CHEESEQUAKE, which is the greatest ever name for a service area. on the radio is FILTER, which is appropriate. #
iced cream #

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twitter recap 2011-07-09

is there a twitter app that blocks everyone's partisan political nonsense from my feed? both "sides", please. #
i may not be the norm, but so far i've spent about 30 secs on google +. it wasn't immediately obvious to me what to do or why so i closed it #
you know what's awesome is when you're on hold with the cable company and your call gets cut off by your cable going out. #
WHY DOES EVERY COMPANY SUCK"Apple's MobileMe email secretly blocks some outgoing messages based on content #
turns out i don't have to respond to every single thing people say that i disagree with. #theroadtobeingagrownup #
GOOD NEWS: you know the financial strife greece has seen that's lead to riots, selling off assets, etc? OUR debt is proportionally higher. #
http://t.co/mmmnN4K warren buffet: "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. " #
next week: ALL-POSITIVE. we're gonna try this out. no making fun of anything for a whole week. lay your bets. #
I AM NOT SUPERHUMAN BECKY CLOONAN "This is gonna be good. Why don't you try it at San Diego? :D heheh."-@beckycloonan #
if you'd like to be horrified by @samhumphries & @stevensanders (highly recommended!) OUR LOVE IS REAL 2nd ed avail HERE http://t.co/cTsVc4k #
"A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility."-Aristotle (via @TheWinterMen) #
that last clarification made to combat impending grief from @stuartimmonen #
"New TGI FRIDAYS slogan: "It's not supposed to taste good. Look at the license plates on the wall, asshole.""-@Pat_Healy #
it's a little weird that BUZZ is a separate tab on the google+ profile. do they really expect you to post it twice? #
i am maybe most of all curious to see how many of my posts still get interpreted as negative when i go out of my way not to be. #
"Political trend: #
"'Transformers' Blowing Up Worldwide Records" congrats, world! #
3 new artists came into my life this week. that is good news, but is a lot of new work relationships to navigate simultaneously. #
"the tacit agreement of the largely silent internet is my permission for doing everything I do" -@droob #
good thing we spend all that $ on upgrading machines & not agents: TSA agent steals over $50k in passenger belongings http://t.co/ojrTOJL #
was sent a youtube link, clicked a thing in the sidebar and found a narrator that sounds suspiciously like @J9Schaefer http://t.co/kxX1hOt #
possible a lot of the guys on deviantart just aren't looking for jobs, but for the ones that are: maybe a name or any kinda contact info? #
i am disproportionately paranoid that google plus, since my gmail address is private, is somehow giving out all my info to the world. #
right now i am leaning towards tune-yards being a really interesting band that is not my cup of tea. #
also: i am pretty sure i don't have any interest at all in listening to gag bands. #
i take back what i said earlier, this is still the greatest song of 2011 http://t.co/wmj8AAI #

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twitter recap 2011-07-08

seriously, internet. there is no way you regret all that more than i do. #
is there a version where 1 cat just hits itself in the head w/ the paddle? "I believe this sums up your day #
i realize i haven't posted about turkey yet. drowning in work. next week, i promise. #
the short of it: turkey's great. #
someone PLEASE explain these "right to reproduce/distribute" TOS wordings once & for all so people stop freaking out every time? #
here's my attempt, not being a lawyer: very little of what social media does happens on their own servers. you're granting them (cont) #
the right to allow all the other companies involved w/ the every day process of posting content the legal right to do what you've asked for #
so that you don't post a pic to twitter, for example, and then sue them for not expressly giving rights to twitpic. #
"also when you post your picture on twitter you lose part of your soul."-@Oeming #
"News Corp Shuts Down News of the World Amid Scandal – #
it is interesting (sorta) to me that (many) newer british singers still sing in american accents. #
sometimes you think a person has bad art on all their books cause it's hard to find good artists. sometimes that person just has bad taste. #
apparently the only thing i learned in europe is how to anger the internet. and the value of good olive oil. #
I AM KIDDING INTERNET I WAS GOOD AT ANGERING YOU THE WHOLE TIME #
anyone know how i get my iphone to automatically log in to my home wi-fi it's not a broadcast SSID? #
like me, @cliffchiang grew up in the 80s and nerded out over the same era of X-men comics. unlike me, he can draw: http://t.co/wlSkLcJ #
as negative as folks think i am, you're seeing the 10% that sneaks past my bitten tongue. #
"Little known fact, @IvanBrandon is actually a sentient ball of hate wrapped in a tiny cuban shell. Like an M&M but of hate."-@paulazaceta #
AMEN: "I hate writing. I love having written."-@evandorkin #
this is as succinctly as ever a person has voiced my intended timeline to get to cuba: "before there's a mcdonalds in havana." -@vanaman #
is any one of you an expert at getting kittens to come out of hiding? because i have discovered a kitten. #
i don't have any tuna but we do have a can of, uh… (non-dry?) cat food that's pretty smelly. it seems not to be sold. #
kitten was hiding in the spot between a wall and a fence. thought it might be stuck, tried to ply out a plank, scared it off. #kittenfail #
everybody's added me on google plus to 2 different email accounts. not sure what to do about that. #
as in joe johnston's last movie i can only hope that captain america features a topless anthony hopkins. #
kinda surprised how much i enjoyed JARHEAD relative to how much i've disliked every other mendes film. #
"clarifying: what's yours is yours… a TOS update – #
if you told your followers"@dropbox is trying to own your stuff", you should maybe think about telling them they aren't http://t.co/fDRANbE #
reviews that start with "if you go in expecting"… no, that's not how it works. the audience doesn't share the burden. #

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ladies and gentlepeople of the internet:in just under 2...

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ladies and gentlepeople of the internet:

in just under 2 weeks i will be in san diego california during the SAN DIEGO COMIC CON. however: if you're looking to buy a book/shirt/whatever from me, if you're looking to get something SIGNED, you will mostly not find me on the convention floor.

as of now, the majority of my appearances are planned across the street at TR!CKSTER. what is TR!CKSTER? well, i'm attaching a link, so you can read the list of amazing things it is. the short version is: there will be alcohol there. there will be MIKE MIGNOLA there.

i hope to see you there, too.

http://trickstertrickster.com/

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TR!CKSTER

ladies and gentlepeople of the internet:

in just under 2 weeks i will be in san diego california during the SAN DIEGO COMIC CON. however: if you're looking to buy a book/shirt/whatever from me, if you're looking to get something SIGNED, you will mostly not find me on the convention floor.

as of now, the majority of my appearances are planned across the street at TR!CKSTER. what is TR!CKSTER? well, i'm attaching a link, so you can read the list of amazing things it is. the short version is: there will be alcohol there. there will be MIKE MIGNOLA there.

i hope to see you there, too.

http://trickstertrickster.com/

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twitter recap 2011-07-07

"x-men: steerage" -kristyn #
yet another strike against the terrible blogger: it will now called "google blogs". #
excellent: @seanpphillips in the LA times http://t.co/38TBe64 #whyareyousogood #
is it me or has jack black basically become tim allen? how did that happen? i first saw him on mr. show, for fuck's sake. #
maybe selling your comic with comparisons to a comic that got cancelled 90 times is not the best way to entice an audience? #
anyone have about 300 thousand dollars i can borrow with no interest, indefinitely? #thanks #
dear beginners: speaking the words "dirty chai" and "latte" in the same sentence with "power" is generally inadvisable. #
military shovels seem almost exactly like digging without a shovel. #
i believe @HopelessDent and @jerhaun have driven @HaroldSipe from twitter. i hope you're proud of yourselves. #
also if (when) @choitotheworld the world is saying/asking something you can't understand, always reply with "yes". #
if i mention kids' show writers in relation to other pro writers & you take that as an insult, that may be more about your bias than mine. #
david hasselhoff is now following me on twitter. i feel like i can retire. #
"People are a bit sensitive about the Piggly Wiggly/Dora relationship." -@jerhaun #
TWITTER: why'd you fix my email setting? it was so much better when you couldn't send me email. i don't want to know when people reply to me #

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twitter recap 2011-07-06

are you in NY and not going to san diego? my sadness is your glory: http://t.co/rdgdy0D #
if you post on twitter that you're istanbul THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS will inadvertently cause you a lot of comedy sadness #
only downside to this @surferbloods cover of the pixies: finding out they're apparently a combined age of 20yrs #iamold http://t.co/CV0yTkS #
speaking of covers: the new CASANOVA cover by @Gabriel_Ba is the best cover ever with pandas on it t.co/lZv4qAF #casanova #pandaFODA #
hints for a a new project: "Yesterday I googled.. Siberian Desert, Black Vultures, Dead Rats, NYC Subway tunnels and Dragons."-@jasonlatour #
NYC food nerds: @EaterNY has updated their "essential" NY restaurant list. most surprising addition: 50+ yr old restaurant veselka. #
can't stress this enough: if you have a chance to see TREE OF LIFE in the theater & don't, later when you rent it you will kick yourself. #
if ever in your life there was a movie that was NOT "a rental", that benefited from a big glorious screen, it is THE TREE OF LIFE. #
i somehow had no idea who casey anthony was and now google has ruined my afternoon. thanks, twitter. #
when you all follow @andymacdeez, remember that i was his first follower and by maritime law i own him. you may only read each tweet once. #
read an advance of @jasonlatour & chris brunner's LOOSE ENDS #1 & it is really a unique & exceptional animal. #
my glasses would really help in this search for my glasses #
9 days before the 3,000-miles-away wedding, i get the invitation to the 3,000-miles-away wedding. #
it occurs to me the vast majority of artists draw cities full of lights that are magically powered without power lines of any kind. #
worked in sales for a while. my dealings lately with salespeople is mostly about embarrassing them in their sales-jargon gibberish. #
if that was first class they shouldn't have wasted their frequent flyer miles on the upgrade. #
if you wonder why magneto had an irish accent at the end, it's cause they only paid for 2hrs of german & the last 15min he was off the clock #

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