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• @chrisbrogan – does having the machine code (genome) help? Also conflicting user’s manuals… #
• Whoa! Just realized that I started reading email before going downstairs to bring back a mocha latté — technical foul! Time out! #
• CNN: Air France jet went straight down very fast; I want to see a flight profile – http://bit.ly/ZoKjG – what turns an Airbus into a brick? #

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• Anybody else seeing sluggish Net response? I’m seeing huge delay thru dc-lax-peer1–lax-core2-ge.cenic.net (137.164.46.118) #
• Gallup: more brown in those green economic shoots as investor optimisim tumbles 21% in May, http://bit.ly/bqQvB #
• Seeing Net sluggish response again at cenic & transitrail #
• CA lawmakers failed to pass a budget – state controller readies IOUs #
• @ismurray – tnx for the retweet! #

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• @GrayRinehart – good luck on the final buff & polish – hope all goes according to plan! #
• time for mocha latté, email & RSS feeds! #
• SiliconValley.com: recession so bad even cyberporn feels the heat, http://bit.ly/1FWTm #
• Rasmussen: Republicans & independents think Cap’n Trade will hurt the economy, http://bit.ly/ZKHPq – gap wide between ppl & pols #

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• Gallup: no change in American drinking habits during down economy, http://bit.ly/xLIdg #
• short inbox stack this morning: still plenty of mocha latté to suck down while I work on local school recaps #
• @AnnaTarkov – no, no: world’s biggest loser isn’t there to see the chin ups! #
• @PatrickRuffini – Ras poll nice, but are there any objective measurable standards to gauge success or failure of MA health care? #
• SCOTUS reverses Sotomayor ruling, http://bit.ly/n9lJq #
• @AnnaTarkov – freelance journalist & copywriter; new project is “On the Line” news, see http://www.otlnews.com #
• @theglamlife – check the contact page at cehwiedel.com #
• @NetworkMoney – tnx for the retweet! #

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• @scsuscholars – FDIC’s count is 44 #
• @cheeky_geeky – my bad: got waylaid by life on the Left Coast. Hope that bidding went well. #
• @ypfpdateauction – my bad: got waylaid by life on the Left Coast. Hope that bidding went well. #
• @jclarkson – oh, puh-leeze. You gotta do better than accuse me by implication of being a Flat Earther. #
• @scsuscholars – See http://bit.ly/BATVo – posted the FDIC news release #
• @Lileks – love Hedy Lamarr the drop-dead gorgeous egghead #
• @clairecmc – Can’n Trade isn’t fixable except by throwing it overboard #
• RT @RedState: #TCOT House Democrats Getting Worried About the Deficit http://tinyurl.com/o2rhsk – yet they voted for Cap’n Trade! #
• @clairecmc – talk of “fixing” Cap’n Trade leads to patronage boondoggle and money for lobbyists #
• @bluedevilmsn – good morning! #
• @cdrsalamander – not to discourage reading “Brideshead” – it’s great – but after the book you might watch the miniseries with Jeremy Irons #
• @chucklehman – will definitely kill off anyof those “green shoots” #
• @chucklehman – but not immediately for the politocos – immediately for non-greens #
• @hieronymus – that is tragic on soooo many levels! (I’m on my way downstairs for a mocha latté right now) #
• As a stock photographer, I am sick of stock photos of smiling people, their heads cocked just so, against a blown out or too-busy backgrnd #
• @bluedevilmsn – gotta beat back the dust bunnies and pile monsters in my office today before attending church fiesta – how abt you? #
• @basestationzero – not #Fail on $PALM if you bought below $14.15 – just a partial victory #
• now a mocha latté, email & RSS feeds! #
• @bluedevilmsn – stay cool if you can! #

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• @HowardKurtz – the busy rest-of-the-day is your fault, I see. At least Mark Sanford should be relieved as attention moves on #
• @swoodruff – too funny! I can j-u-s-t remember seeing a test pattern on our B&W TV when I was a kid #
• @Tastelikecrazy – hey, the “science experiment” was self-contained in the sippy cup – consider yourself a lucky parent! #
• Cap&Trade, Micheal Jackon and IranElection must wait till after mocha latté, email & RSS feeds! #
• @Lileks – why are you being punished by needing to get past security? #
• RT @TheAnchoress: Are you kidding me? Congress mournes MJ while they ready a pillow to put over the face of America? me: posturing is all #
• @TheAnchoress – repairing the press requires repairing so much more than just the press… #
• @TheAnchoress – it’s iterative b/c curriculum of public education set by politicians (sigh) #
• #followfriday – @KSablan lists OCers to follow, http://bit.ly/Fl9EM #
• RT @SteveGillShow: #tcot #sgrs Test vote 4 Cap&Trade passes by 12 votes! NO GOP YES VOTES! 30 Dems defected! http://bit.ly/rJNdi #
• @MackCollier – at least the Twitter name didn’t include ‘czar’ #
• Wow – finally finished email – mocha latté long gone – will need something else to go with reading RSS feeds! #
• @Tastelikecrazy – after all our kids got past abt 8, we junked the couch b/c of wildlife from lost food – family life not for sissies! #
• @StockJockey – green shoots poisoned at the roots and brown at the tips w/o consumer spending #
• RT @newtgingrich: call Congress to demand a no vote on the unread energy tax using this link: http://bit.ly/vfZa9 #
• @TheAnchoress – comes from no early frustrations or failures to teach life lessons in discipline and consequences #
• @jclarkson – He’s not in the clouds. He’s right next to you. #
• @cheeky_geeky – are call-in bids accepted? #
• @jclarkson – what would you accept as raw data? Western civilization is largely a result of faith in God. #
• BusinessInsider: 5 business-plan bullet pts important 2 start-ups seeking funding —or ops wanting to stay afloat, http://bit.ly/1a6Fkn #
• I have to disagree/w Barry Ritholtz’s labeling TARP side effects as unbelievable — more like inevitable; for 1 ex, see http://bit.ly/124afB #
• Hurried crammed-down legislation like TARP — and now Cap’n Trade — inevitably have regrettable side effects #

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• @BearTwinsMom – great so far! Daughter’s friend due later; we’re helping to set up parish fiesta tonight #
• @michaelpleahy – what abt the lt gov? I have read ungenerous descriptions of him #
• @clairecmc – do you think hunger doesn’t work as a motivator, or that it shouldn’t be used as a motivator? #
• Gallup: extramarital affair tops poll of moral wrongs, worse than abortion & embryonic stem cell research, http://bit.ly/1rBPUq #
• Larry Sabato: Unless O’s popularity plummets, Dems will keep control of Senate after 2010 mid-term elections, http://bit.ly/NELsM #
• RT @cnnbrk: Farrah Fawcett, star of “Charlie’s Angels,” has died from cancer at 62. Wonder if she & Ryan got married before she died… #
• @Lileks – and she isn’t yet a teen – gosh the possibilities appear boundless! #
• 10 low-to-no-cost tools for measuring website usability, http://bit.ly/803E9 #
• CA Assembly robs schools & local govts to provide temp cash flow – IOUs too embarrassing! http://bit.ly/14YQxG #
• CA Governator promises veto of Assembly’s temp cash flow robbery of schools & local govts, http://bit.ly/14YQxG #
• Fox News: pop singer Michael Jackons, RIP, http://bit.ly/PDJ7W http://bit.ly/PDJ7W #

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• Time for mocah latté, email & RSS feeds #
• American pilot Kenneth Arnold is the 1st to report seeing UFOs, birthing the term “flying saucer” on this date in 1947, http://bit.ly/EA1m4 #
• Peeve: newspaper websites that don’t prominently announce their location on their homepage #
• I’ve been busy the last week or so setting up “On the Line,” a local news podcast for OC & LAC – see http://www.otlnews.com #
• New twitter pic promoting http://www.otlnews.com, local news podcast for OC & LAC #
• SacBee: without a budget solution, California will start paying with IOUs next week, http://bit.ly/aQgXC #

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• Just sent this link to my out-of-work daughter: http://bit.ly/XzohS #
• @Lileks – how about “zestful” instead of “restful” ?? #
• @GregoryLemon – tnx for the retweet! #
• @P_B_J – ask a friend if you can stroke his 3GS…. #
• @instapundit – this is STUPID – he should find himself a cigarette holder like FDR’s and just tell the natterers to stuff it #
• time for mocha latté, email & RSS feeds! #
• @rightcommentary – have you seen the latest JibJab? Same theme of SuperO #
• RT @BreakingNews: NBC News has learned that television personality Ed McMahon has died. He was 86-years-old. #
• @Timaay – tnx for the retweet! #
• RT @gspowart: Truly Dreadful Websites – Part 1 : http://bit.ly/Fb2c2 – love the rainbow bg of the 1st website #
• @drjjoyner – I knew; puts the schtick on being Carson’s flunky in an odd light, eh? #
• @PatrickRuffini – email is like that expanding foam insulation – fills whatever space is available #
• @AnnaTarkov – I know only b/c I’ve spent time in orthodontist waiting rm recently – you’re a better person for not knowing! #
• WSJ: Netflix shifting from DVD to online streaming, http://bit.ly/MMcrb – but no on-demand for PowerPCs #
• 1868 – patent issued on this date to Christopher Latham Sholes for his type-writer — leading to early 21st C rash of carpal tunnel syndrome! #
• WH pays back UAW with creation of “White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers” by exec order #
• Fred Thompson on Iran, http://bit.ly/W9aUR (audio) #
• RT @DAMIANHANSEN: Michiganders pls help me. Trying 2 find people attending St Ignace car show this weekend. @ reply if you are. And pls rt #
• slow-cooked small white beans/w molasses & tomato sauce: oh, yum! #
• @AnnaTarkov – I use books. My husband uses TV. My kids use WoW. #
• Upgrading shop.cehwiedel.com — dang ioncube encoder doesn’t work — grr #
• @AnnaTarkov – World of Warcraft #

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• @Lileks – God bless him! My father would be 84 were he still alive. #
• @dmataconis – watching each drip from the filter? or waiting for water to boil? #
• @ValerieStevens – send some of the rain to Southern California! #
• @JRGriggs – me too! #
• @zappos – also should offer wifi so that ppl can watch their software update… #
• @pitchengine – @tjkeenan is a principal of Creative Media Recording & has a group of voice-over actors he uses regularly – check with him! #
• Rasmussen: 39% blame bad economy on Obama, http://bit.ly/vIMhT – this will grow as jobless rate increases #
• @Lileks – seen “Up” yet? Snipes make an appearance… #
• @ozsultan @CathyBrooks – TWO earthquakes in Alaska according to USGS, http://bit.ly/eCwyn (Anchorage) & http://bit.ly/corFc (Aleutians) #
• Anchorage quake followed by 4.2, http://bit.ly/17q9uD #
• @ValerieStevens – and give your phone number s-l-o-w-l-y ! #

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• Bloomberg: Dad means le$$ to retailers than Moms, http://bit.ly/3D38q #
• RT @steverubel: He’s Barack Obama – the best JibJab yet! http://ff.im/-4cuhs #

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• @hieronymus – “Voice Actor’s GT Recording at Home… and On the Road” by Hogan & Fisher #
• @ErickaAndersen – guessing it was YOU on the way back from Starbucks – unless the albino squirrel was carrying a grande latte? #
• Time for email, RSS feeds & mocha latté! #
• @Tastelikecrazy – @Lileks should be sympathetic, with multiple incontinent coffee makers #
• @michelfortin – “wracking” ~= “cudgling”, “racking” ~= “aligning” – depends on image you want #
• @excogitate – tnx for the #followfriday! back atcha! #
• say it ain’t so: Nestle USA recalls Toll House cookie dough! http://bit.ly/18Z1ht #
• Off to legislative committee meeting – keep the world safe while I’m off the grid! #

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• @ColorMeRed – you’re welcome #
• @chrisfaulkner – I am one of the few who LOATHE cola; enjoy your frosty foam this morning #
• Gallup poll: NorK greater threat to US than Iran, http://bit.ly/D8Spk #
• Trying out hunch online decision aid, http://bit.ly/23JLC – answering a slew of questions as first step #
• Time waster: answering questions to teach Hunch; kinda hypnotic. Peeve: response categories usually don’t include “I don’t care” #
• Hunch: Which humor website would I enjoy? Suggestion: The Editing Room, http://bit.ly/9pgcN #
• Denny Hatch REALLY likes Amazon’s Kindle, http://bit.ly/YTsoc http://bit.ly/YTsoc #

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• @velvethammer – not a coup b/c Ahmadi ain’t the real power; Mousavi wouldn’t be the real power: the mullahs are the real power #
• now taking Nyquil for late-spring cold & putting myself to bed – everybody keep yer powder dry & yer head down #
• Wow: apps to buy or refinance a house dropped 16% week-to-week due to higher borrowing costs, http://bit.ly/KgRW #
• RT @ColorMeRed: *BEWARE* List of Fake Iran election Tweeters – http://twitspam.org/?p=1403 #iranelection #IranElection #gr88 Please Retweet! #

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• Remember : GWB had planned to focus on domestic policy before 9/11; so far, O is weak-kneed when not paying off political cronies like UAW #
• @thewritinglife – maturity can be so disillusioning! LOL #
• @DavidGuenthner – but he’ll stick with the health plan rather than stand up strongly to support Iran dissidents #
• “…confrontation makes the president flinch.” – Totten abt O & Iran. This guy is gonna talk for US? http://bit.ly/8KMWE http://bit.ly/3EKIQc #
• @DavidGuenthner – yes indeed – no time for anything that doesn’t increase his own power #
• @thewritinglife – did you burn them? not all book-burning is bad! #
• @thewritinglife – I tossed a bunch of my early writing, too; if I still had ‘em, I’d barbecue ‘em! #
• @Divapalooza – copy already released by CBS; Letterman is now a SORRY creepy jerk #
• @sanuzis – Gipper’s List kinda sparse on listings, and business transactions shouldn’t be politicized #
• @MelissaTweets – it’s popular unrest until the security forces switch sides – THEN it’s a revolution! #
• @freedom4USA – anybody who still believes O’s promises hasn’t been reading Jim Geraghty… #
• @BearTwinsMom – crumple the sad&lonely in a ball and toss it in the waste basket (or give it to God) – smile, and look for tiny blessings! #
• “GM sells Saab” reminds me that GM sold Saturn to Penske 06/05 but nothing since MOU signed, expected close 09Q3, http://bit.ly/BYsfk #
• @RegularRon – huge population of Iranians educated in US – for instance, many engineers before fall of shah attended USC #
• @freedomist – it’s human nature; that’s why centralized power is a Bad Idea #
• Steyn on Iran: successful revolution unlikely, http://bit.ly/YE6dV #
• @lisagilpin – ah: very good! I want Saturn to thrive. #
• RT @lisagilpin: team is working thru all of the Saturn details. We’re posting all the latest news on http://saturncares.com & imsaturn.com #
• RT @BreakingNews: BULLETIN — IRAN BANS ALL FOREIGN JOURNALISTS FROM REPORTING ON THE STREETS. #
• Time for mocha latté , email & RSS feeds! Keep on tweating, folks. #
• @DiaperDiaries – I vote for the aquarium… #
• RT @foxnews: SCITECH: Internet Cutting Down on Family Time, Study Shows. http://tinyurl.com/mowcea – family dinner anyone? #
• 2 news articles & a company newsletter to write after plowing thru email & RSS feeds – bring on the mocah latté! #
• WJS: Obama voting “present” on Iran, http://bit.ly/hDe8z – must be above his pay grade #
• @lisagilpin – work hard at fixing Saturn is all I ask #
• RT @stackiii: RT @DutchReaganite: RT From Iran: CONFIRMED!! Army moving into Tehran against protestors! PLEASE RT! URGENT! #IranElection #fb #
• finiished 1st draft of news article – setting it aside to eat lunch – will copyedit after lunch #
• I have seen a rumor that CinC requires military officers to disarm in his presence – anybody heard anything *reliable* about this? #

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• Time for mocha latté to suck down while rewriting a couple of audio scripts #
• @TimNoonan – working on podcast scripts right now #
• @lesliecarbone – you go, girl! #
• @wandafay – (except the idots who rioted) #
• David Letterman is now a SORRY creepy jerk: http://bit.ly/13fN24 #

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• Just back from Cypress Pops Orchestra concert featuring Michelle Phillips; great family venue, Concerts on the Green #
• @CassandraTroy – agreed; but do stand up to tyrants you must judge them, & that’s imposing your own standards – hard for multicultis #

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• @DontQuitU – tnx for the follow recommendation! #
• @CassandraTroy – I think Obama had little to do with outcome of Iraqi elections #
• @CassandraTroy – make that Iran’s election #
• Time for my mocha latté with email & RSS feeds… #

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• @copyblogger – meh: reading English with the vowels replaced by numbers is not so hard #
• #followfriday – all you podcasters looking for voice-over tips should check out @tjkeenan #
• @brooksbayne – joomla cuz I know it; not drupal because it sounds like an exotic fruit with side effects #
• @seagullmike – trade-off! they have to be balanced for the target audience #
• @JonHenke – as dictator, can I close the border before raising taxes to balance the budget? #

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• @TerenceSmelser – wow! That was a fast retweet! Tnx! #
• @problogger – nice list of WP optimizations; sunk an hour applying them – now I’m behind in other stuff! #
• RT @SusanHW: RT @ihatethemedia: in favor of Todd Palin kicking Letterman’s ass, raise your hand http://tr.im/o9Hr #tcot #palin #

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