Archive for November, 2009

Weekly Compendium of Twitter Updates and Links 2009-11-29

Sunday, November 29th, 2009
  • It’s been a great weekend - and it’s not even over!! I just love Thanksgiving… #
  • #QOTD: When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win #
  • #QOTD: If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance #
  • #QOTD: On Thanksgiving Day all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment - halftime #
  • #QOTD: Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love #
  • Men Who Stare at Goats: Possibly the weirdest film I’ve ever watched… #
  • #QOTD: Instant gratification takes too long #
  • Am having a play with The Twit Cleaner, getting it to analyse who I’m following. It’s here http://thetwitcleaner.com #
  • #QOTD: If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? #
  • Apparently there’s some guy called David Beckham playing in the MLS cup today. Anyone know who he is? ;-) #
  • The owner of the LA Galaxy just bought us a pint before the MLS cup game… Go Galaxy!! #
  • Last game of the MLS soccer season today. We’re off to Qwest field in Seattle to watch the game & enjoy a fun packed evening… #

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Weekly Compendium of Twitter Updates and Links 2009-11-22

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
  • Having a ‘me’ day - catch you all tomorrow… #
  • #QOTD: When a thing is done, it’s done. Don’t look back. Look forward to your next objective #
  • Catching up on my weekly TV - Coronation St., House, Bones… the evening will be too short #
  • Dalek #QOTD: This is not war. This is pest control! (about the Cybermen) #
  • Tonight it is time to celebrate one last shift with Nigel at the #3LionsPub. Be there and raise a glass to the end of an era… #
  • A very happy bunny today as I reached another weight loss goal - 30lbs lost in total.. the end is in sight… #
  • Dalek #QOTD: All inferior creatures are to be considered the enemy of the Daleks, and destroyed! #
  • Reading: A sad day as The Equalizer is equalized… Edward Woodward RIP - http://bit.ly/2Yu4r4 #
  • Wondering why working out is so much hard work… No wonder not everyone does it…. Hmmm… #
  • Dalek #QOTD: They cannot escape! Our time machine will soon follow them! They will be exterminated! Exterminated! Exterminated! #
  • Watched “Pirate Radio” tonight - excellent movie - worth the $x - too many laugh moments & several oo-aah moments too. <- Watch it!!! #
  • Dalek #QOTD: You are an enemy of the Daleks, you must be destroyed! #
  • Having a moment… remembering when the kids were babies… #
  • It’s a wonderful day. The sun’s peeping out 2 say brief hello, the cats didn’t tear up the house, & there’s turkey & bubble & squeak 4 lunch #
  • #QOTD: Think of life as a terminal illness, because, if you do, you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived #

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Weekly Compendium of Twitter Updates and Links 2009-11-15

Sunday, November 15th, 2009
  • Turkey-fest done - fridge jammed pack full & so it’s time to settle down in front of the TV & let the meat do its work… #
  • RT @NukeRiches: If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? #
  • Don’t be the only one at the water cooler who doesn’t have a Brizzly account. Here’s an invitation, good for 10 people. http://bit.ly/1EWdXQ #
  • Today is ‘practice Thanksgiving day’. Time to put the huge turkey in the oven and enjoy the smell that will soon fill the house… #
  • #QOTD: If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life #
  • Incomprehensible headline of the day: “Children’s chief no patsy - Balls” - http://bit.ly/127Yp2 < with that it’s off out 4 evening… #
  • The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia - http://bit.ly/Sqqhb <- get at it ppl! #
  • #QOTD: A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world <- go on, get out there today… #
  • The good side of social networking shows how wonderful people all over the world really are… #
  • I just want to take a brief moment to say ‘hi’ to my 32,300 twitter friends. At 1 per second it would take 9hrs to greet you all! #
  • RT @paulvharris: It is always the right time to become who you were meant to be (via @patricia_hyland) #
  • spicy pork and red bean soup bubbling on the stove… #
  • Why does it always feel decadent when you’re eating smoked salmon for lunch? #
  • …then I put him on a train to Eastbourne; carried his bags; gave him a fag… #
  • #QOTD: A specification that will not fit on one page of 8.5×11 inch paper cannot be understood #
  • Reading: Encyclopaedia Britannica 1768: 10 weird facts - http://bit.ly/Qm5BV #
  • Reading: 6 Things Your Body Does Every Day That Science Can’t Explain - http://bit.ly/1XmQsT <- a must read for your evening… #
  • Reading: Female firefighters in Australia now being issued uniforms which turn see through when wet. That’s hot - http://bit.ly/18sJOI #
  • Reading: Man caught driving using 2 cell phones defends actions by saying he kept 1 finger on wheel at all time- http://bit.ly/4sKxoK #
  • Reading: Man arrested 4 shining flashlight at military helicopter 10ft above his home in night training exercise - http://bit.ly/cmUsS #
  • Reading: One flight attendant’s really cool idea to help pass the time during the flight - http://bit.ly/3Mjwwl #
  • And so to work my ether friends… #
  • #FunFact: More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes #
  • #FunFact: 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong bank accounts in the next hour #
  • #QOTD: In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends #
  • #FunFact: In the course of an average lifetime, while sleeping you might eat around 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders, or more #
  • A big shout-out to my son, Teddy who is 14 years old today. Happy Birthday Teddy!!! #
  • #QOTD: Girls are always running through my mind. They don’t dare walk #
  • #FunFact: The collecting of beer mats (coasters) is called tegestology #
  • #FunFact: Washington state produces more apples than any other state in the union #
  • #FunFact: Washington state has more glaciers than the other 47 contiguous states combined #
  • #QOTD: Meetings are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything #
  • End of #Sounders season. Loss to Houston but a wonderful 1st ever season in the MLS. GO SOUNDERS. Here’s to 2010 #
  • Reading: Stolen 1965 Volkswagen van recovered in pristine condition after 35 years - http://bit.ly/1aDRFc #
  • Reading: Man attends own funeral after mix-up over body’s ID - http://bit.ly/25q6tr <- wouldn’t that be cool?? #
  • Today it’s “Do or Die” day for #Sounders FC. Noon PST @ Houston. Need to win. GO SOUNDERS…. (If you’re in Seattle come watch @ #3LionsPub) #
  • Staring in disbelief: What rich ppl eat in restaurants - http://bit.ly/3NWYQ0 #
  • Douglas Adams #QOTD: The dew has fallen with a particularly sickening thud this morning #

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Weekly Compendium of Twitter Updates and Links 2009-11-08

Sunday, November 8th, 2009
  • #FunFact: In an average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator <- & with that it’s goodnight from me.. #
  • #FunFact: If U have 3 qtrs, 4 dimes & 4 pennies, U have $1.19. This is largest sum of money in coins w/out being able 2 make change for $1 #
  • Heard on a TV program: “She told me I had to get a vasectomy to get my car back” <- ouch! #
  • Watching: BYU Women’s Soccer Team is Scary - http://bit.ly/49ZYXL (YouTube) #
  • Reading: A collection of hilariously awkward family photos. Bonus: All before 1930 - http://bit.ly/3pIQmM <- way toooooo funny! #
  • Reading: Bacon soap?? Now it has gone too far - http://bit.ly/2MnfzD #
  • Reading: TSA Agents took my son… Blog (http://bit.ly/3PT0TB) & Reality (http://bit.ly/18cRQ6) - Interesting story w/video… #
  • RT @musicchio Benny Hill stamps too risque for the Royal Mail http://bit.ly/LuVjK #
  • #FunFact: A 3 minute song stored in a 128kbps MP3 file, if saved on punch cards, would require a stack of cards 5′ 9″ high. #
  • Douglas Adams #QOTD: Don’t believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose. #
  • #FunFact: One inch of rain over one square mile is 17,378,700 gallons of water #
  • #URT: 1st case of cancer identified by surgeon Percivall Pott in 1775, discovered cancer of the scrotum was common disease in chimney sweeps #
  • Douglas Adams #QOTD: Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news which obeys its own special laws #
  • Roast Pork nearly cooked… Huge pan of winter vegetable soup simmering away. Looks like we’ll be well stocked 4 the windy & rainy weekend #
  • Useless Random Trivia (#URT in future): On average, a child uses 730 crayons by their 10th birthday #
  • There are 11 ways to give 4 answers in binary (not 100)… #
  • Douglas Adams #QOTD: The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t #
  • Nite in is needed 2nite. Thurs was Sounders soccer, Fri was BR, Sat was Halloween, Sun was dinner party, Mon was BR, Tues was John Cleese… #
  • Douglas Adams #QOTD: Life… is like a grapefruit. It’s orange & squishy, & has a few pips in it, & some folks have half a one for breakfast #
  • And what was it with my T-Mobile service tonight? I leave the company & all of a sudden my phone doesn’t work at all. Is this a coincidence? #
  • John Cleese is probably safely tucked up in bed now… It was a great evening & in the words of the immortal: “we live in a f*cked up world” #
  • Only 12hrs til we see the master of comedy live: John Cleese. “Don’t mention the war. I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it” #
  • Douglas Adams #QOTD: Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner #
  • Tomorrow is the big night out - An evening with a ginormous legend of comedy that lives in a tiny world… John Cleese #
  • #QOTD: I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be (this week is Douglas Adams week) #
  • Excellent time had by one & all today as we hosted a fun dinner. Just the 7 bottles of wine drunk - not even close to the record :-D #
  • Sunday night reading: Super slo-mo Jesus lizard walking on water - http://bit.ly/38YMm4 #
  • Sunday night reading: Werewolf nuns scaring tourists away from Australia - http://bit.ly/3i41N6 #
  • #QOTD: He hoped & prayd there wasnt an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involvd & merely hoped there wasnt an afterlife #

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Weekly Compendium of Twitter Updates and Links 2009-11-01

Sunday, November 1st, 2009
  • Off 4 some Halloween bar hopping…. 1st the Black Raven & their new Scottish Ale. Followed by the 3 Lions Pub & some crazy costumed ppl #
  • #QOTD: The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read & write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn & relearn #
  • Reading: Too drunk to remember where you left your pants? Yeah, you’re going to jail - http://bit.ly/4fSDny #
  • Reading: “… chance to combine 2 favorite German pastimes of saving money & stepping out naked proved irresistible” - http://bit.ly/SouAB #
  • Reading: Silvio likes black panties & also overcharging tourists 4 food, but U already clicked link, didn’t U? http://bit.ly/10tld8 #
  • Reading: Man strangles pet rat after fight over last cigarette. Pet cat immediately quits smoking - http://bit.ly/JJZrJ #
  • Reading: At “Mystery Café” U get whatever person b4 U ordered. Your order goes 2 person after U. What could go wrong? http://bit.ly/16sQvE #
  • Reading: New York cuts off unemployment benefits 4 woman who reported $1.30 a day in advertising income from blog - http://bit.ly/Cis4n #
  • Reading: Man arrested for DUI after he drives his riding mower to Jack In The Box for a snack - http://bit.ly/sks2k #
  • #QOTD No2: It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes #
  • #QOTD: Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story #
  • Reading from African paper: Boy Drags Flashy Man Of God To Police For Terrorising His Buttocks With Monster Whopper- http://bit.ly/106Ams #
  • So, a 0-0 draw against Houston. #Sounders need a win next week. Hopefully they at least ship in a neutral referee… #
  • At the #Sounders game. Tonight’s the night. We’re in the playoffs… #
  • #QOTD: You talk to God, you’re religious. God talks to you, you’re psychotic #
  • Reading: Trigger-happy cop thinks woman playing with pit bull is being attacked & shoots dog. Bonus: shoots woman 2 - http://bit.ly/3vPPXO #
  • Reading: No matter how tempting it might be, pls don’t grab police officer’s ass while she’s trying 2 interrogate U - http://bit.ly/4Eld2q #
  • Reading: Carpenter ants upstage fire ants by actually setting house on fire (w/bonus animal hoarding) - http://bit.ly/A4HOZ #
  • Reading: Alligator seized in domestic dispute - http://bit.ly/3seXPz #
  • RIP David Shepherd - cricket umpire & all round good chap… http://bit.ly/sDru0 #
  • #QOTD: Now I know what a statesman is; he’s a dead politician. We need more statesmen #
  • Hunkered down for a night’s catch-up TV… Sanctuary, House, Dollhouse… #
  • Reading: Thugs attack two transvestites… who turn out to be cage fighters wearing fancy dress - http://bit.ly/Ia2at #
  • Reading: Man caught driving stolen car tells police he’s Canadian and a “terrorist threat” - http://bit.ly/2qwiti #
  • #QOTD: Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted #
  • Reading: Woman arrested, 4 placing 13yo daughter in cardboard box atop moving minivan secured 2 roof w/coat hangers: http://bit.ly/1LxuiR #
  • Reading: School bans teachers from smoking, but makes special smoking area available for students - http://bit.ly/rWsRj #
  • RT @MelissaMcCreery Did I miss something? What’s the point of the non-live feed on Facebook? #
  • Reading: It’s not every day you come home to find some strange police officer passed-out drunk in your bed - http://bit.ly/1a2ifo #
  • Reading: Sneeze fetishist in custody over double-pepper assault - http://bit.ly/4mukfZ #
  • Reading: 121 kids living nr battery plant hospitalized in China. Docs say half positive, half negative, 1 discharged: http://bit.ly/3n6RJR #
  • Reading: Nanny State states Nannies not Nannies because they’re not State-Approved Nannies - http://bit.ly/DIyUU #
  • #QOTD: Even he, to whom most things that most people would think were pretty smart were pretty dumb, thought it was pretty smart. #
  • #QOTD: Parents are never as bad as kids think they are #

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