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2009-12-16T06:10:50Z

21:46 back from the Austin Native Plant Society potluck/party. Scott got 2 small rescued cherry trees from the silent auction. #

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2009-09-19T05:00:13Z

10:44 entered dmv @ 10 am. #51. now serving a038 at counter 7 #
10:45 lotsa "no"signs here. #
10:45 no wifi so kindletweeting. #
10:47 no cell phones no credit/debit cards no food/drink. #

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The Daily Tweets

2009-09-18T05:00:09Z

21:04 Weeding out some sham followers. If your only tweets have been to sell something, "buh-bye!" #

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atxcats @ 2009-09-03T16:53:00

2009-09-03T21:54:38Z

No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick.

If you agree, please post this as your status for the rest of the day.

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2009-06-19T05:08:18Z

12:22 Show support for democracy in Iran add green overlay to your Twitter avatar with 1-click - helpiranelection.com/ #

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2009-06-18T05:07:41Z

14:53 at a freshman orientation #
14:54 tweeting on the kindle2 #

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2009-06-17T05:07:04Z

10:37 changing my profile picture. #

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The Daily Tweets

2009-05-12T05:09:48Z

13:01 In the courtroom, waiting for jury duty to start. Municipal Court! #
13:44 @gretchin--did it in 2007, got called again in 2008 but lost form & didn't respond. They've caught up with me! #
14:01 I had too much metal in my bag so they looked through it. Coins & kindle2, I think. #
14:05 @renegade500 -- 5 times since 1992! No trials. #
14:17 @renegade500 they jail you for 83 days in TX for not showing up -- some poor guy just got out. Well, he had a warrant for ignoring it-still #
14:18 Gotta stop tweeting, 'cause here come da judge! #
14:22 I think the "Proof of incarceration -- $1.25" sign was intriguing. "I couldn't meet my obligation 'cause I was in jail!" WTF??!! #
14:22 And here's a letter that proves it! #

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The Daily Tweets

2009-04-06T05:06:45Z

00:07 tweeting from my kindle to see if it can be done. #
00:08 looks like it works! #
09:35 Just added myself to the wefollow.com twitter directory under: #kindle #science #humanist #

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INTP

2009-04-01T01:54:00Z

Almost every time I take one of these, INTP comes up. Hmmmm.

INTP - "Architect". Greatest precision in thought and language. Can readily discern contradictions and inconsistencies. The world exists primarily to be understood. 3.3% of total population.

Free Jung Personality Test (similar to Myers-Briggs/MBTI)

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2009-03-29T05:05:21Z

12:30 A student in my office pushed up all his Chapstick™ and couldn't get it back in the tube. "I just wanted to see how much was left." #
12:31 I gave him a straightened paper clip and he was able to get it back in. It looked like it was a full tube. This is a physics major! #
12:33 Actually, it wasn't Chapstick™, it was some Neutrogena lip balm in a tube. #

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2009-03-19T05:05:00Z

19:44 Kindle arrived today, and the replacement should be here day after tomorrow. #
19:48 When you type an "x", "xz" appears, a "t", "ty", etc. Troubleshooting restarts & resets failed. But it's still an amazing device! #
19:51 Cooking arroz con pollo & a pot of black beans. #

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2009-03-18T05:05:46Z

22:31 Came home early in anticipation of Kindle2 arrival, but it didn't come today. Tomorrow is a vacation day, so perhaps!? #

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2009-03-13T05:07:11Z

21:19 Gift certificate + unexpected windfall = Kindle 2 has shipped! #

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2009-03-12T05:05:33Z

22:18 Hiroyuki & Murasaki have new cat names today -- Muddiyuki & Murasoggy. (Purrasoggy?) Other than that, nice rainy day. #

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2009-03-09T05:04:27Z

10:24 Thinking about cleaning out the roll-top desk so Scott's cousin can pick it up next Saturday. It's been sitting in the foyer for 18 months. #
10:28 @buffyburnett best. haiku. ever. (well, funniest!) #
10:32 @gretchin roomba? funny old roomba story: tinyurl.com/bx8mbu #

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2009-02-23T06:04:01Z

09:49 Getting ready to do laundry, cook, sort stuff, yadda yadda. Perhaps do something in the yard first, since it's sunny. #

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2009-02-21T06:03:22Z

14:59 I'm only answering to "SBro" this week. #
15:18 @gretchin inspired by the new GOP hip hop outreachtinyurl.com/dgrq2o #

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2009-02-19T06:03:33Z

13:41 worst. pun. evah. tinyurl.com/cjdlml #

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2009-02-17T06:03:14Z

14:42 Smelling the grape kool-aid smell of the blooming mountain laurel. #

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Shopping Excursion at Newflower Farmers Market

2009-02-14T21:43:20Z

This new store opened in South Austin earlier this week. I'd read that they were packed then, so I thought that 9:30 on a Saturday morning wouldn't be too bad. Wrong. There were two parking spaces empty when I got there -- far from the door, but then, I normally park far from the door anyway.

Despite the "Farmers Market" name, according to a statesman.com article, they don't currently carry that much local produce, but they are working on it. They had a nice produce section -- small pineapples for 88 cents, and the kale I got was quite a bit less than what I'd pay at Central Market or HEB. Got some small pink grapefruit, too. I peel them like oranges. On the other hand, (bulk) pecans were considerably more than CMs, as I realized when I compared my purchase to the nuts we already had at home.

It's not a super large store -- it sort of reminds me of a Sun Harvest in size and scope of products. The staff was helpful -- I couldn't seem to find corn tortillas, and a stocker told me that they hadn't anticipated how busy they were going to be and actually ran out -- they have inquiries out to their producers about getting more soon. I'll just make a trek to CM or Randalls later.

My purchases were 1/3 and 1/2 the amount of what I spent the last 2 weeks at CM & HEB. To be fair, I did do a lot of staple buying recently, and today I went with a list and pretty much stuck to it, except for the nuts & some pecan/rice crackers.

This is what is on the menu for this week:

Twice baked potatoes with Kale -- I'm making several to freeze and use in the next couple of weeks.

Chicken & asparagus stir fry with either brown rice or rice stick. We'll have that tonight, and with any luck have some leftovers.

King Ranch Chicken/tortilla casserole -- made without canned soup mixes, so I can better control salt & fat content. I'll sneak in more veggies than the traditional recipe, too.

Pastitsio -- sort of like a Greek lasagna, only made with a pasta that is sort of like ziti instead of lasagna noodles. (again, I'll modify the recipe somewhat.)

Asian slaw (cole slaw, but the dressing is lemon or lime juice, rice vinegar, olive oil, soy sauce)

Stuff for salads.

I'll also make either French bread or a whole wheat/cornmeal bread and maybe hermit bars w/whole wheat flour.

So, plenty for leftovers and lunches and plenty to freeze for next week or the week after.

This past Sunday I made beef/barley/vegetable soup, spinach/mushroom lasagna, and the whole wheat/cornmeal bread (which makes great sandwiches for lunches.) We did go out one night (fish tacos, me & a grilled shrimp salad, Scott. It really seems to work for us to have a couple of hours of intensive cooking on one weekend day instead of cooking every night. We usually have a few seafood/fish meals a week, but I'll buy that the day we consume it, and it cooks pretty quickly.

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2009-02-14T06:04:47Z

21:56 Genius, sheer pink genius! tinyurl.com/cggzlp #

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2009-02-11T06:03:53Z

11:57 Looking at a flyer that came in our Uni's paper today: "The Incredible O Girl - a Play Vibrations Ring is her Secret Weapon." OMFSM! #

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2009-02-07T06:04:08Z

20:58 mourning the loss of Follett's Intellectual Property bookstore on the Drag. 50% off sale, though. #
21:08 @_ndub Did you see this one? tinyurl.com/cx68h9 Bale takes David to the Dentist. #

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2009-02-06T06:03:02Z

06:45 Just poured buttermilk into my coffee. It was right next to the carton of milk. I can't do anything right before I have my coffee. :/ #

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