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September 30, 2009
Book=FINISHED. Mostly.
  • 00:37 This place fairly reeks of epilogue! #
  • 01:28 As of 1:22am, I have a completed 1st draft of my 3rd novel. 93,000 words and change. #
  • 01:28 It only took 16.5 months to write. About one year too long. But who's counting? #
  • 01:31 Oh yeah, I'm counting. 93,413 words. 37 chapters. 341 manuscript pages. And I need a new title. And to go to bed. #
  • 15:17 RT @doctorow: It's easier to write a novel every year than one every decade. Daily practice makes all the difference. #
  • 18:42 Had to type the word "windows" referring to the glass, see through kind. My fingers automatically capitalized the W three times. #
  • 18:45 Hey, NaNoWriMo is coming up! Maybe I'll...aw, who am I kidding. No way. #fb #

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September 29, 2009
Close to the End
  • 09:09 RT @wigu: ...the Univ of Quebec's "I Got a Feelin" video gives you +10 Faith in Humanity twurl.nl/342iha #
  • 09:44 Latest high tech advertiser on PCMag.com: Welch's Grape Juice? Probably because I spilled some on a keyboard once. #fb #
  • 22:41 So close to typing "the end" I can practically taste it. ("The end," interestingly, tastes like French fries.) #

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September 28, 2009
AP Stylebook on the "cheap"
  • 16:47 The AP Stylebook for iPhone App is $10 more than the paper version? $16 more than price for paper at Amazon?! Yeah. Ridiculous. #

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September 27, 2009
Having Written
  • 21:22 Ah, having written. I <3 you. Especially having written 3,015 words in one day. So, so, so close to typing "the end"... #
  • 21:32 Survivor+Running Man+1984+Lord of the Flies+Uglies= The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Srsly. I'm blown away. is.gd/3JAQe #
  • 21:39 if The Hunger Games is not the highest of high concept ideas at the perfect time (even past Survivor's heyday), I dunno what is. #

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September 26, 2009
Nappin'. Eatin'. Writin'.
  • 22:21 Napped on futon with dog. Wrote 1,259 words. Had free dinner that I won on 'teh Twitter.' Not a bad day. #

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September 25, 2009
Tied to the Whippin' Post
  • 11:03 Sometimes I feel like I been tied to the whippin' post. #
  • 13:08 RT @PCMag: Hands-On With T-Mobile's Super-3G HSPA+ Network bit.ly/19r0UT [ME: sweet to see 3G as fast as 802.11b! Suck it, WiMax.] #

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September 24, 2009
My Darling Clementine
  • 09:05 if I had a photographic memory, i wonder how much of its storage would be taken up by Microsoft product keys I have entered. #
  • 09:28 Clementine up and running. Thought it had 11n; apparently I was looking at the European specs page from Samsung. Oh, well. #
  • 09:42 Read @iptib story "Why does my iPhone keep shutting off?" su.pr/1bJiKx - it's a pretty big problem. Happens to me 2x a day, min. #
  • 23:11 First writing outing with Clementine the netbook: complete success. Been a while since I worked sans power cable; most batteries suck.  #

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September 23, 2009
Where Is My Netbook, UPS??
  • 08:51 According to CBS is.gd/3B4Jq, sitcom One Day At a Time ran from 1975-2003! 18 Years? (& Mackenzie Phillips' life...that's effed up) #
  • 09:25 my new Samsung netbook arrives within hours. I got it in "Sunset Orange" tho I'm told it'll look red. Planned name for device: 'Clementine.' #
  • 09:32 So Huckleberry Hound liked to sing about the dead daughter of a miner? #
  • 10:56 Tracking UPS packages online is great and all, but "out for delivery" means nothing. I want times. I want GPS and maps! #
  • 11:07 My UPS "gripe" got a UPS customer service guy to tweet at me, so I did a survey saying I want guaranteed delivery-time windows. Nice. #
  • 11:29 RT @LanceUlanoff: LIFE magazine now available on Google Books bit.ly/wVfIm Me:Worth it for the old ads alone. Very Mad Men. #
  • 11:31 I just won a Jazz Dinner for Two at @CarriageHouseNY -- on Twitter. Because I re-tweeted. Social media FTW. #fb #
  • 17:29 GAH! Clementine the netbook has arrived... but I gotta get out of here and go write. Curses! Blast! Nertz! #
  • 17:31 "...mistress Rosie..." bit.ly/hQqQ3 #

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September 22, 2009
Who the Hell Makes Toughbooks?
  • 09:11 Hey, you know who makes Toughbooks? PANASONIC. Yeah. Not Toshiba. it's PANA-FRAKIN'-SONIC. Sigh. (Do you sense a faux pas in my past?) #
  • 09:54 RT @dancosta: @PCMag's Halo: ODST Review. There goes the weekend. bit.ly/C7iTG [Me:bought mine last night; picking it up today] #
  • 10:17 The guy from District 9 (the human) is going to play Murdock. Howling Mad Murdock. In the A-Team. An A-TEAM MOVIE. #fb #
  • 10:19 There is officially nothing left for Hollywood to remake. #
  • 14:00 squee with glee: Glee has been picked up for a full season by Fox. Dollhouse needs to do a musical episode, fast. #
  • 20:13 It annoys the $#!+ out of me when the Pandora "70's Rock" station plays Guns N' Roses. But the occasional Beatles creeping in doesn't... #

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September 19, 2009
Dumpster Toss, Tonight on ESPN
  • 10:45 If I've mastered any skill in the last few months, it is the tossing of bags of dog feces into a dumpster from a distance. Calling ESPN... #
  • 21:43 Hey! I think I will drive somewhere and see how many of my brain cells I can damage, if not out-right kill! #

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September 18, 2009
So Full... of GLEE
  • 09:48 RT @Southworth: Listening to songs from Glee on Grooveshark. I was heterosexual this time yesterday, i swear! tinyurl.com/ll6axl #
  • 21:33 still so full from lunch that I can't even bare to eat a clementine 9.5 hours later. Didn't stop me from writing 1,059 words tonight, tho... #

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September 17, 2009
mmmmm... Potatoes.
  • 21:03 Fasting before a cholesterol check always sucks. But better now than after Five Guys opens and my blood is made of potatoes. #

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September 16, 2009
Me and My Johnnie Gown
  • 07:53 PCMag Readers pick their favorite products and vendors! is.gd/3kYsG #
  • 12:10 BEWARE: food/lunch related tweet imminent! Avert your eyes! Unfollow if you must! You have been warned! #
  • 12:13 I'm, like, so not kidding. I can't help myself. Composing the 140 characters about this meal in my head RIGHT NOW... #
  • 12:14 okay, here goes #
  • 12:16 My mouth is absolutely filled with joy-saliva for the crappy frozen French bread pizza I'm about to eat. Say good-bye, roof-of-my-mouth! #
  • 15:07 Still waiting for that oth er shoe. To not drop, so much as squash me flat. #
  • 16:15 Is there any outfit better fitted to strip us of our humanity than the thread-bare cotton hospital gown? #
  • 16:17 Tetanus shot done. I'll step on all the rusty nails I want until 2019. #
  • 22:07 Caper Sleeps... and smiles flic.kr/p/6Z28Qz #

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September 15, 2009
Real People
  • 10:54 a real person followed me today--hi, @csmonson! Congrats on the baby! Now I feel pressure to NOT write only ipod/pr0n jokes for bots. #
  • 12:52 RT @mylai: ...some days have to suck in order for other days to be awesome. that's the way things go. #
  • 14:53 RT @bheater: livestreaming Kyle's [@kmonson] last episode of @pcmagafterhours at 3PM ET today! Watch live: bit.ly/N5fFo #
  • 19:35 Bad enough my Gmail is given out by people with similar initials... now my Google Docs is getting shared files. French syllabus, anyone? #
  • 19:40 Pandora just played an ad that said the debut Leno show last ni ght was 'great.' Everything I read said it sucked ass. WHO TO BELIEVE?? #fb #

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September 14, 2009
Hey, NORM!
  • 20:30 Starting to recognize the evening regulars at Barnes & Noble cafe. Which means I'm turning into one. How soon before I'm Norm? Or Morn? #

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September 13, 2009
Long Hair Drain
  • 23:42 Is Halo 3:ODST a full-on Firefly reunion? Or just Mal and Jayne? I hope Wash does a voice... #
  • 12:14 Amazing what you can find out about previous tenants in apt after dog bath and pulling hair from drain. Like, she/he had LONG HAIR. &lt;vomits&gt; #
  • 15:55 Mushy face flic.kr/p/6Y4Frr #

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September 12, 2009
At the Romance Writer's Conference. Where are the Heaving Bosoms?
  • 09:05 Can tell I'm at a conference filled with mostly romance writers--I've been assured three time I'm 'not the only guy here.' #
  • 10:15 Got to chat already with author Josh Palmatier. Mission for day pretty much accomplished. #

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September 11, 2009
Greeding Cards and Sinking Ships Afire
  • 10:01 Note to spammer trying to mimic a Hallmark E-Card - try spelling the world "greeting" correctly in the subject line. It might help. #
  • 13:31 RT @StevenGould: Massachusetts divorce rate dropped when same sex marriage became legal...gays marrying protects the sanctity of marriage. #
  • 13:36 Have scheduled my 1st ever flu shot for one month from tomorrow. I now expect to get Flyin' Pig SARS long before that. #
  • 13:42 sez @bheater: Tech and publishing together: "it's like the sinking ship is on fire. Maybe the ocean water flooding in will put it out." #
  • 19:00 Perfect endings: Buffy. 6' Under. The Wire. T he Shield. Not bad: Dead Like Me--until follow-up direct-to-DVD movie. Shoulda left it dead. #
  • 20:05 awesome: RT @todgoldberg I will not read your fucking script: bit.ly/XolPo #
  • 20:53 1,729 NEW WERDS tonite for #wip Favorite line: ""Stay positive," Mariel said. I gave her a look I hoped might kill her all over again." #

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September 07, 2009
Bodies Found
  • 11:04 Someone is following me that only tweets headlines/links/news about "bodies found." Should I be uncomfortable? #

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September 06, 2009
Labor Day Pig Roast Time...
  • 12:00 Hornell NY--'home of Bill Pullman'!--finally has a Lowes AND Applebees. It's almost like a real town! #
  • 12:49 Finally finally finally on the way to eat Zuckerman's (actually Clark's) famous pig. #
  • 20:29 Watching criminal justice at work-- spending a couple hours with my bro at the Alfred PD & AUniversity security. #

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September 05, 2009
Re-Writing Day
  • 14:12 Writing writing writing. Okay, actually re-writing. One chapter to go until NEW WERDS. #
  • 14:13 Also, may have sunburned half of my face this morning. Which is always a good look for the end of summer. #

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September 04, 2009
Mapping Out Cinderella
  • 12:38 My dog wants to meet the meter reader guy SO BAD and shower him with kisses. But not enough to skip her lunch. #
  • 17:13 RT @thatwhichmatter: Vonnegut on why lives are not like fairy tales: bit.ly/XG9k6 See also: bit.ly/4wjKIx Via: @austinkleon #
  • 21:07 I didn't check Google Reader all day. Maybe RSS really is dead. #

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September 03, 2009
Floss and Boxes
  • 09:42 Little boxes, little boxes, little boxes made of Excel pixels; little boxes, on my monitor, and they all look just the same. #
  • 12:24 wait. so....icanhazcheezburger and failblog are an actual business? is.gd/2Q98T Or, in other words, where did I go wrong in life? #
  • 14:30 Is it coincidence this comes the same day as announced break-up of the @pcmagafterhours team of @bheater and @kmonson ? is.gd/2Qmpd #
  • 16:03 Is it rude to floss during a vendor meeting? That's the kind thing I'd miss if I was in the office... #
  • 19:27 My normally quiet and writerly B&am p;N trip is being ruined by LOUD humans. Who TALK. #

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September 02, 2009
BOXES!
  • 14:42 Spreadsheets spreadsheets spreadsheets. As far as the eye can see. On this monitor, at least. #

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September 01, 2009
Gmail Outage Destroys the Universe
  • 10:04 It never rains but it pours, and sometimes you get salt in your eye. #
  • 10:11 Skype PR sez: eBay Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell Skype in Deal Valuing Communications Business at $2.75 Billion - bit.ly/VYnOA #
  • 12:47 I'm afraid to pass my mouse over our own pages at PCmag.com sometimes. The pop-up videos are not the kind VH1 raised me on. #
  • 17:26 Gmail is back. The World is saved. #
  • 17:54 RT @longshotauthor: 45 MINUTES OF DOWNTIME? Gmail, I demand you give back EVERY PENNY I PAID YOU! #
  • 18:58 Bad news does indeed come in threes. #

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