• 07:32 up at 6:30: bad. Up at 6:30 with snow on the ground: pure deep-fried evil on a stick. #
• 12:06 wondering why Rose and Valerie wanted Maxwell Edison to go free? The guy was obviously a psycho. #

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• 08:13 It has been brought to my attention that "balled" is apparently NOT universal slang for "cried". Thanks for that new mental scar, parents. #
• 12:04 the word, of course, is "bawled." I shall go curl into a fetal position now while clutching a thesaurus to my chest. #
• 18:55 waiting to go on the radio in Seattle (from Ithaca! it's a technological miracle) and talk Top Blogs. I may be live at 7PM ET/4PM PT. #

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• 14:56 Near 60 degrees out means only one thing... Time for second mud-soaked dog walk of the day. Later: baths. #

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• 09:08 Nephew quote, Xmas eve, Chris (age 6), upon receiving underwear: "those are not fun." #
• 09:10 Nephew quote, Xmas, Josh (age 4): "I love everyone. Except ugly girls. I am allergic to them. They make me puke." #
• 10:55 Look, I kinda, sorta wrote something for www.IndianPCmag.com/?p=64 ! (it was a lot longer in the U.S.) #
• 18:33 alone and have been reminded of my age. While being carded, no less. (quote: " You're as old as my mommy!") #

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• 05:03 Awake at 5AM on Xmas Day. What to do? (that question was much easier to answer at age 5) #
• 10:15 Did you just get a brand new PC from Santa? Sorry it ain't perfect...yet. The lead story at www.pcmag.com will help. #
• 19:49 balled [correction: BAWLED] like a baby at the end of Marley & Me, even tho I read the book and knew it was coming. #
• 21:20 Allon-zy! My Xmas gift to myself. twitpic.com/wlah #
• 21:22 Not that I've kidnapped David Tennant. Just his image. #

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• 09:16 Six Decrees of Kevin Bacon really works!: Me> Andy Secunda (see is.gd/diJl 6min in)> Flight of the Concords> Kristen Schaal> Jon Stewart> Steven Colbert> KEVIN BACON. #
• 09:53 Xmas eve day may be an involuntary personal day... Cable modem is dead. #
• 10:14 called TimeWarner, cable modem is back... not sure if I should be happy or disappointed. #
• 14:51 time to wrap this puppy up. (puppy=work day). and then, i will go do this "holiday" thing that everyone seems so keen upon. #
• 20:12 finding it hard to hold my tongue when my brother-in-law calls Yoda a "goblin" #

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... you just watch this.

• 12:54 12seconds - [iPhone] Testing 12seconds on iPhone tiny12.tv/GPWT8 #

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• 09:37 Picking new med/dental benefits for the coming year is big ass fun. #
• 16:52 ShAZaM! Just finished a story [for work] I should have finished days if not weeks ago... now, to read it and make sure it is in the English language. #
• 17:59 closing Firefox tonight with absolutely no tabs still open in anticipation of needing them the next day. It's an Xmas miracle. #

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• 15:27 Cleaning the various house junk drawers. Every six years, whether they need it or not. #
• 18:23 cool: college room mate Andy is in the season premiere of the Flight of the Concords! (for about 5 seconds, but still). is.gd/cJoi #
• 20:09 thrilling accomplishment of the day: fixed bathtub faucet that has had hot/cold reversed for entire time I've lived in this house. #

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• 15:27 Cleaning the various house junk drawers. Every six years, whether they need it or not. #
• 18:23 cool: college room mate Andy is in the season premiere of the Flight of the Concords! (for about 5 seconds, but still). is.gd/cJoi #
• 20:09 thrilling accomplishment of the day: fixed bathtub faucet that has had hot/cold reversed for entire time I've lived in this house. #

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• 09:33 so far, today's winter storm warning is a yawner. #
• 13:32 you call this a winter storm? 5 inches in 3 hours? Bah! My fridge ice maker can do worse! #
• 16:51 winter storm... remember how I doubted you earlier? Sorry. You win. (Except for the part you put on my driveway.) #
• 21:07 finally finally FINALLY doing some plotting. And it's not even revenge. #
• 22:19 I'm using vlingo on my iPhone to update twitter #
• 22:21 if nothing else it makes me enunciate and practice good diction #

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• 09:47 RSS, tweets, facebook, email: read. spam: deleted. toast: eaten. what the hell else did I have to do? Oh, that's right... work. #
• 13:51 just ate a "Fine French Chocolate Truffle"...with a scoop of crunchy peanut butter. Am I heathen... or genius? #

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Why my job rocks: I got to play video games and get paid for them. Okay, just a couple of games. It's not like I'm Electro-Dan or something. But I got to play  then write quick, fun reviews of two games I enjoy thoroughly for our PCMag Game Guide: Force Unleashed and Gears of War 2. So go read my reviews, and all the rest, and then remember you've got six shopping days left to Xmas and then panic.

Wow, I really gotta get Bioshock.

• 07:27 Up and showered by 7:30...just in time to shovel the drive. #
• 15:45 just ate last piece of salt water taffy from a box neighbors gave me 18 months ago. #
• 16:50 how adorable is my dad? He can't accept that the Nintendo Wii is pronounced "wee." He calls it the "W-2." #

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• 09:11 i'm adamant that the next big Hollywood blockbuster superhero revival be Atom Ant. I like the helmet. Secret Squirrel, however, can suck it. #
• 13:30 last week it snowed at home while i was in NYC. today, snow in NYC while i'm home. I WIN. #
• 13:32 love iGor (my phone), but electromagnetic intererence buzz is bad. Any solution outside of the tinfoil hat equivalent? is.gd/bZCr #
• 14:48 I have not sent a twitter from my iPhone yet and that's something i need to rectify by making this phone call. tinyurl.com/5kyyr9 #
• 16:51 nice... I just got timeWarner to drop my cable modem bill from $41.95/mon to $29.95/mon for a year. Thanks for the help, Earthlink. #
• 17:28 Isn't Apple pulling out of MacWorld is like every electronics maker pulling out of CES. January '10 may be boring. Fingers crossed! #

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• 08:50 There's going to be a 3rd Stargate series with the guy from Trainspotting? Aren't there already five of these shows with McGuyver in them? #
• 08:54 (I am unreasonable proud of saving hours of my life having never seen an episode of any Stargate. Ever.) #
• 21:44 Sgt. Al Powell from DIE HARD was on CHUCK tonight. I hope I wasn't the only geek on earth to notice. #

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• 17:31 12seconds - iphone ownership tiny12.tv/3XVF8 #
• 20:04 Is it wrong to want Skype on the iPhone? Then I don't wanna be right. #

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• 11:52 insult my injury: the $8.17 shipping fee I paid on frickin' bandaids? They came out of Syracuse. A 45 minute drive away. #
• 21:08 the eagle has landed. in Jersey. (eagle=me. I know, it's a stretch.) #

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• 09:21 Forbes and Zillow.com say Ithaca NY has the strongest middle class housing market nationwide! w00t! Time to unload this dump! #
• 09:23 just told my friend Josh: "kids love the [General] Grevious. He's like the Jar Jar of evil." #
• 09:49 The top 5 words I've tweeted: day, new, today, time, ping. tinyurl.com/5jtae2 #
• 09:51 i'm suprised the top five words I tweeted aren't: pants, pudding, ewok, snow, and grrr. #
• 11:18 why you never buy from Amazon "Partners"... $6.04 worth of specialty Bandaids: good. $8.17 SHIPPING for said Bandaids: urine-soaked evil. #
• 17:16 What the Frak has Happened: tinyurl.com/62u6te #

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• 09:20 feeling almost human despite the temperature, the snow, and the fact that my neighbors fence fell into my driveway last night. ALMOST. #
• 10:42 almost asked twitter/facebook today to give me the name of the main Ewok in RofJ. But found it by myself. Internet search cred: restored! #
• 10:45 that would be Wicket Wysrti Warrick, by the way. Played by Warwick (pronounced Warrick, what a coincidence!) Davis. #
• 16:18 took just a few short hours for CES to somehow take over my life. I don't anticipate it getting any different between now and 1/8. #

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• 11:15 how has there never been a biopic about Spike Jones? Suggested director: Spike Jonze. #
• 19:56 worried this morning when I put on thermal underwear AND flannel lined jeans that it was overkill. it was underkill. #

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I only recently learned to love Robot Chicken. This scene from the new season opener (tomorrow at 11:30pm on Cartoon Network, or watch the entire episode online) is a good example of why.

The Byrne Dairy chain is exiting my old hometown of Hornell, NY, without warning. They have two locations, one a drive through right next to the high school. I'd say it's sad, but of course, the stores are a shadow of their former selves from my childhood.

Back then, the local stores were part of the Elmhurst Dairy chain, before Byrne bought them out. There was a third location not far from my house, where my mom would always send my brother to buy a gallon of milk when we ran out. She'd give us a $20 bill, we'd by milk, then give her the change of around $10. Because milk is expensive when you buy a humdinger or two along with it.

The humdinger: a giant paper cup filled to the hilt with ice cream, chocolate syrup, nuts, and a few other things I'm forgetting. It wasn't about the ingredients, it was the size: these were at least 32 ounce cups. And they cost all of a dollar, if that. Probably more like a quarter. I remember knowing the universe was against the little man when the price went up and the cup got smaller (20 ounces! bah!).

When Byrne finally took over, the Humdinger was officially worthless. Around three bucks for a dixie cup sized ice cream. If they still have it today, it's probably $5 for a sample scoop.

Still, sad to see a couple of more businesses go. (Their excuse to the city: no place for us to put a gas station. Waah.)

• 09:59 Last night watched original "The Day The Earth Stood Still." Sooo boring. Hard to believe, even Keanu can spice that up. #
• 11:36 It's always best to have a new job before resigning from the old one. is.gd/amDn #

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io9 snarks it accurately in story "[Bryan] Fuller to Finish Heroes' Season in Style":

"...fans of Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies have another critically-acclaimed, low-rated show to look forward to, for the season or so before it gets cancelled."