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Tales from the Tweet for 2011-12-25

  • Still time to give the gift of crossplay! Oh My! http://t.co/tWAEFsVH #kindle #crossdressing #cosplay #ebook #
  • Oh My! A thinking man's guide to crossplay is also available on the #Nook http://t.co/zsD39XLS #cosplay #howto #ebook #
  • Merry Christmas everyone! It's been quite a year for me which began in the dumps and ends in the clouds! ^_^ #
  • @jlist Any chance of Idolmaster making it to the US Xbox 360? I'd love to play this game! #idolmaster in reply to jlist #
  • My wife's playing Christmas songs on the piano, yay! She loves to play, I love to listen. ^_^ #
  • Six years ago, manga in the US was booming! Oh how times have changed. http://t.co/ca231JhL A blast from the past. #
  • Who wouldn't want a bride with wings? http://t.co/rHjfBJOG #clamp #ccs #
  • Youngest son is making stop motion lego videos with his 3DS. Cute! XD #nintendo #
  • Ok, time to update my iOS dev tools. I feel some ideas coming on! #
  • Oops! iTunesconnect is closed for the holidays. Maybe I'll tinker with some Android stuff instead for now. #
  • LOL, upgrading Eclipse on Xmas Eve! #yeahimageek #
  • Woo hoo! Eclipse Indigo is in da house! #yeahimageek #

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Tales from the Tweet for 2011-12-24

  • Wanna feel Ike a kid again? Try something new! #
  • Yes, taking video with an iPad looks really dorky! #

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Tales from the Tweet for 2011-12-23

  • Girl Scouts' Inclusion Of Bobby Montoya, 7-Year-Old Transgender Child, Prompts Troops To Disband http://t.co/Q7PGlS2j via @huffingtonpost #
  • Just being themselves! Yay! 🙂 http://t.co/2ZhYln1T #
  • Don't cha just love how the GOP sticks up for the starving billionaires, but the working people can't get a break? #merryxmas #

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Tales from the Tweet for 2011-12-22

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Tales from the Tweet for 2011-12-21

  • Just found a site with some awesome pics of black cosplayers. ^_^ candycoatedcuties.tumblr.com #cosplay #

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Tales from the Tweet for 2011-12-20

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Tales from the Tweet for 2011-12-18

  • Woo hoo! Hello weekend! Hope to get some writing and gaming in today! Those aren't contradictory I hope! #
  • Been rapidly leveling up my Java skills at the day job. ^_^ #greatgig #
  • @emperorj I tend to agree with you that the end of Madoka is not a happy one. But I rather like that actually. #anime in reply to emperorj #
  • It's cold outside! So give the gift of mtf cosplay with A thinking man's guide to crossplay! Oh my! http://t.co/tWAEFsVH #kindle #ebook #
  • A thinking man's guide to crossplay is down with the Nook too! Oh my! http://t.co/kC9N5aTi #
  • *sigh* I really need to be at a con this weekend… #

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Tales from the Tweet for 2011-12-17

  • My wife doesn't have ridges on her forehead, but she probably should! And have songs sung of her exploits! #KlingonXmas #
  • Ugh! I am so done with brick and mortar retail for XMas gifts. So much disappointment this year… *smh* #

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Tales from the Tweet for 2011-12-16

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Tales from the Tweet for 2011-12-15

  • Just got back from A Klingon Christmas Carol. Compelling story and well acted! Great show! #KlingonXmas #
  • After the show, The Great Luke Ski performed Gowron Said Knock You Out as a Klingon with the cast! Awesome! #KlingonXmas #
  • Turned out that the Vulcan narrator was an old friend of my wife's. Her Vulcan was spot on, and great makeup! 🙂 #KlingonXmas #

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Tales from the Tweet for 2011-12-14

  • Whoa! The Higgs boson may finally be making an appearance, and without destroying the Earth, LOL! #cern #physics #lexx #scifi #
  • Lots of fun with Java and Maven today, thank God for great coworkers! #
  • MVC web apps are a lot harder to do in Java and Spring than Ruby on Rails, but I'm getting it bit by bit. ^_^ #
  • Yup, definitely adds 2 cup sizes! Oh Andrej! XD http://t.co/XK30uOyD #

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Text Among Strangers

I just don’t get it. Everywhere I go in downtown Chicago I see people texting while walking. Head down, both hands on a smartphone with thumbs busily peck peck pecking away at a keyboard. These public text maniacs are totally oblivious to oncoming traffic and pedestrians. It’s truly a wonder I haven’t seen any of these textomaniacs killed yet.

Just a couple of days ago I was descending a metal staircase from upper Wacker Drive to the Columbus bridge below while a textually active woman was ascending said staircase and never once lifted her head from her smartphone screen. One slip and she could have easily plummeted to her death.

I cannot help but wonder what is so important or engaging to risk so much? I guess people just don’t think about this at all. Maybe the fear of being alone is so great that any risk to avoid such a fate, even for a few minutes, is worth it. Ironically, I often hit the streets to get out and away from people for a bit.

It’s interesting to note that a number of the panhandlers I encounter now have computer printed signs beseeching passersby for aid. So many people are talking on cell phones, listening to iPods, and texting, that verbal cries for help fall on deaf ears. Though I find myself wondering a bit about where these guys are getting their signs printed. It’s as if hash tags suddenly popped up in real life in a nice Sans Serif font.

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Tales from the Tweet for 2011-12-13

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Tales from the Tweet for 2011-12-12

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Tales from the Tweet for 2011-12-11

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