Twitterpated

• 09:54 "I've found that, no matter where I go, there's something I don't like." -My mother-in-law #
• 15:39 According to the book I'm reading, it's illegal in Nepal to kill or smuggle a yeti. #
• 15:40 @colleenanne Maybe "pussy" was directed at Anastasia. #
• 19:01 With all the stores closing, I'm surprised FYE is still open. There's a market for $18 CDs in this economy? #
• 19:02 @3x1minus1 I was reading something the other day that said how NYC residents consider everything north of Columbia U to be "upstate." #
• 19:04 I think I'd like to get a bunny someday. #
• 19:30 The Italian Greyhuahua and Doodleman Pinscher are actual breeds of dogs. #
• 19:52 Victoria's Secret has gotten too tacky. Lingerie is not a product that should be marketed to 14-year-olds. #
• 20:15 Chia Obama tinyurl.com/cg97vd #

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Writer's Block: Robotic

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I might have to go with my Oz love and say Tik-Tok. I wouldn't say he's actually the first robot in literature, whatever some critics have claimed (even L. Frank Baum himself had already written about the cast-iron man in The Magical Monarch of Mo), but he's still a very well-written robotic character from before the term "robot" was even coined. And nowadays, there's sort of an unintentional steampunk feel to the clockwork man. That said, I definitely also have to give props to the robots of Futurama. Bender, Beelzebot, Robot Santa, Roberto, Hedonism Bot...the list goes on.

By the way, happy birthday to zaph! It would also be my grandfather's eighty-ninth birthday, if he were still around.