Twitterpated

• 11:43 You know what sucks? Checking your e-mail for the first time in the day, and finding that none of it is personal. #
• 11:43 I don't think it's an accident that the initials for "Dave Matthews Band" come very close to spelling "dumb." #
• 11:45 They found water on the Moon? I guess the next step is to tell tourists not to drink it. #
• 12:39 I'd like to open a chain of burger joints with a Viking apocalypse theme. I'd call it "Johnny Ragnarockets." #
• 12:55 It's weird how the Aesir are resigned to Ragnarok, even though they know they'll all die. They don't make gods like that these days. #
• 13:09 Photo: Today’s LiveJournal post is on Ragnarok, the end of the world in Norse mythology.  I’ve always found... tumblr.com/xpy415wwm #
• 13:16 @smallVshop Good luck! What will you be selling? #
• 13:17 I didn't even think about yesterday being Friday the 13th. I'd say that's why it was so dreary, but the few days before it were, too. #
• 13:56 @renlong twitpic.com/pau2s - Looks like you're very happy with your spoils! #
• 13:58 @willmatheson Hey, YOU'RE the one who lives in the Commonwealth. #
• 13:59 The new Hitchhiker's Guide sequel is out. I don't know whether it's any good, but I want to own it on principle. #
• 14:00 @PFTompkins It's okay. You're not SUPPOSED to know who the Lightning Thief is until near the end. #
• 14:00 I keep thinking of things I want to add to my wishlist, but I kind of don't want to mess with it until after my birthday. #
• 14:01 @JohnCleese Is there a surgery that will add six inches to my height? #
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  em>14:03 My wife was in bed for 19 hours. I'm not sure I could manage that even if I tried. #
• 15:20 @3x1minus1 One of the hazards of 24-hour news channels is that, when there ISN'T any news, they'll report anything. #
• 15:21 I feel like I only have friends through my wife. If she leaves me, will I have nobody left? #
• 16:05 @d_whiteplume Personally, I think I'd just feel like Cid from Final Fantasy VI. I guess we don't know whether he's a pervert. #
• 16:06 I made my car payment today. That's a good thing, since I'll probably end up living there someday. #
• 16:07 @jianghomeshi Well, is she lip-syncing to a recording of herself, or pulling a Milli Vanilli? #
• 16:09 @jianghomeshi If Britney didn't sing her own songs, you'd think she'd find someone with a better voice to lip-sync to. #
• 16:47 Photo: I have to suspect that Leatherface wouldn’t really get on too well with the supernatural horror icons,... tumblr.com/xpy419vmu #
• 17:07 @PFTompkins The Pizza Hut lunch buffet sometimes makes me feel like I'm on the verge of death. But it's the way I'd want to go! #
• 17:42 @OfficialKat There was a sign in the bathroom of my college dorm that called semen "spunk," and I can't hear the word w/o thinking of that. #
• 17:44 @bohemea You have your own kingdom? Then why don't you just get one of your subjects to bring you a Pepsi? #
• 18:42 @MarzGurlProd Maybe it depends on how revealing the underwear is. #
• 18:43 RT @letwits Dick Cheney on Chris Brown's treatment of Rihanna: "...enhanced dating procedures." #
• 18:45 @NowIsStrange Wait, why did we get married, then? #
• 19:21 Photo: The REAL reason is that Bert didn’t want to be married to someone who ate cookies in bed. tumblr.com/xpy41cs6e #

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Today was the birthday of my wife bethje, and therealtavie came to visit. We met her in Philadelphia, and went to eat at the Palace Diner in Berlin. (That's Berlin, New Jersey, with the dubious claim to fame of being the hometown of Kelly Ripa.) After dinner, we stopped by the Berlin Farmers' Market, which Tavie seemed to enjoy. Unfortunately, most of the stores were closing up, but we DID get to see some of the crappy bootleg T-shirts, like gangsta Spongebob and Tom and Jerry lighting cigars with dollar bills. I often have to wonder if the makers of such items even know who the characters they shamelessly rip off are. I wonder the same thing about the decals of Calvin peeing on things. Anyway, happy birthday to Beth, and thanks to Tavie for coming to see us! It's rare we actually get to hang out with anyone.

In my dream last night, I was in a city inhabited mostly by rabbits who hated humans. Actually, I don't think I ever SAW any of these bunnies, so maybe it was just an elaborate hoax, but the people only felt safe riding on a bus. I was there for some class or something, and they issued us weird guns during the time we were attending. I think there might have also been a section of town populated by dogs.

The Sunday night cartoon lineup was really kind of weak tonight. Both the Simpsons and Family Guy episodes gave me a real sense of nothing happening. I liked the idea of Carl becoming Homer's boss, but the plot was neither particularly funny nor dramatic. I assume the calendar subplot for Marge was intended to tie in with her recent Playboy appearance, but while some of the jokes about the calendar were pretty good, that plot was pretty much totally dropped when Homer's busy work schedule became the focus. And the bit with Marge and Ned Flanders was just tacked on. I didn't watch most of the Cleveland Show episode, but Family Guy was pretty lackluster. I know they tend to reset everything at the end, but it seems like there wasn't even any real conflict along the way in this one. Quagmire has a baby he can't take care of...so he puts her up for adoption. Stewie makes clones that don't turn out that well...and then they die. Granted, plot has never been FG's strong point, but unfortunately the jokes weren't very good either. American Dad was also not one of the better episodes, but at least Roger was amusing. But then, I've seen some reviewers mention that they don't like episodes heavy on Roger's invented personae, so maybe they wouldn't care for this one at all.