Brief Episode

• bus on morning commute just popped a curb while cutting a corner too tightly. Sensation half roller coaster, half earthquake-like. #
• Hot soldiers in Iraq making fools of themselves. Get thee to The Glee Club! http://bit.ly/18dJPJ #
• reading a great article about seven iPhone-friendly streaming radio stations and which rocks hardest. http://bit.ly/yFli #
• New, high-tech way to get out of jury duty: write about it on Facebook. http://bit.ly/12wjY #
• found that the ex-juror who whined on FaceBook killed his profile. But the cache is still there… http://bit.ly/3qAc #
• asking do you wanna read all the presidential innauguration addresses in one sitting online for free? http://bit.ly/jqcl #
• favorite server gave me a crazy fun compliment, “I thought you were ten years young. You must use amazing products!” Yep! I don’t smoke. #
• after contacted by a classmate from 7th grade in Canada, I tried finding college Japanese exchange student friends. Names must be common! #
• reading how LDS Church Leaders Have Inappropriate Government Role In Utah | scarey!
  http://tinyurl.com/c7s4sl #
• inappropriate-government-role-in-utah/ #
• can’t believe Michael Phelps might have to pay a $500 fine and spend 30 days in jail for the bong photo http://bit.ly/n2Krr #
• California Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments about Proposition 8 on March 5 & rule by June 3 http://bit.ly/ipP9 #
• swore not to proselytize my religion, but in a bar after half a drink I can’t help myself! All BlackBerry kids should use auto-text entries. #
• discovered a new way to be passive aggressive. I wrote an email to my Exican. In English. And didn’t check whether BabelFish translates well #
• learning about a St Louis delicacy – Gooey butter cake – http://tinyurl.com/yytpc4 #
• lookat a great pic of Lenticular Clouds Above Seattle Washington
  http://tinyurl.com/d6ou7k #
• inane TV commentary on Bale’s baleful behavior. “He has no right to treat someone like that!” Sorry, people DO have the right to be wrong. #
• sad that it’s official — the Courtyard Cafe & Benvenuto on Santa Monica Blvd. are both closed. Hoping the Courtyard space rises again. #
• with my shoulder bag hanging from my neck, suspended over my belly, my legs spread to make room, I realize how pregnancy must really suck. #
• OMG!!! Just received an email from American Outfitters with the line “Jeans under $30 make fit happen” — fit happen? Love their writer! #
• realized that what’s playing on the screen without sound is Grand Hotel in B&W. Reminds me of hanging out with Jane Krakowski & Portia DR. #
• rueing my going out last night until late when I knew I had to wake up early. Ouch! Thank goodness for the work day ending early too! #
• when Obama says “Change” he means “me” : “the American people.. went to the polls in November and voted.. for change.” http://bit.ly/O3xp #
• great post on how the government can become like a jerky butt-in-ski saying “You’re ruining your child” http://bit.ly/aq7I #
• Hillary criticizes results of DOMA but not DOMA or Bill “we cannot legally change by a decision in the State Department.” http://bit.ly/WPTU #
• smiling at all the #nerdpickuplines on Twitter. http://bit.ly/2iExze #
• finding it ironic that when blocking a person on FaceBook, the blocking page has the language “Can’t find them? Try the FRIEND finder.” #
• amazed that, when purchasing Amazon’s Kindle, the “customers also bought” page prominently displayed the Sony e-reader, the competition! #
• reading how Twitter has its own dedicated spam app
  http://tinyurl.com/ceycxd #
• those websites that send Valentine’s greetings about ideas get the axe. When I’m single, the ideas are annoying. When not, they’re lethal. #
• always hated ING after working there on contract, but “There’s no such thing as saver’s remorse,” on a billboard these days is a weak lie. #
• required reading for FaceBook fans and reluctant pilgrims: How To Use FaceBook Friend Lists http://bit.ly/4kRMAI #
• No relationship status on your Facebook? You’re available. Stating it? You’re desperate! Break up in news feed? Priceless http://bit.ly/zF3R #
• trying out Google Latitude on the BlackBerry. I’m at home but it thinks I’m two blocks away on Santa Monica Blvd. My Gmail has no friends. #
• minutes after tweeting I have no one to share location with on Google Latitude, one friend texted me for my Gmail & another found me somehow #
• eating Brazillian pasta for brunchfast & a 50s woman in a smock & towel on her head ran past. Set the alarm! She’s escaping from the salon! #
• there’s a place on Fairfax Ave called “Vintage Filth Mart” — established 1987. Gotta love local color! #
• really not appreciating classic B&W film’s merits when the soldier crawls on his belly in trenches & you think his butt looks good for 1950. #
• Saturday night makes me realize BlackBerry & iPhone are not equal. Can you order & enjoy iPhone vodka with soda? No! BlackBerry beats iPhone #
• Obama just emailed me about the bail out plan. Dude! You’re in! The plan sucks! Leave me alone on Saturday night unless we’re doing shots! #
• looks like Famima!!! laid off a few exclamation points. The West Hollywood location has been closed. Another vacancy on Santa Monica Blvd. #
• http://twitpic.com/1e8r6 – Old Doors recording studio makes tacos #
• oddly finding Sci-Fi network a little creepy for including ads directing viewers to their web site to bid on Battlestar Galactica props. #
• finished watching two great Battlestar Galactica episodes. Andf yet the clips of next week with the return of Ellen blow the mind even more. #
• on Legend of the Seeker a cartographer makes a magic map showing where the Seeker is.. Even magic television shows understand GPS & privacy! #
• wondering how the advent of the DVR affects ratings when people such as I watch 4 episodes of great shows like Big Love all at once. #
• looking at high resolution images of the Kindle 2.0 http://tinyurl.com/cl7ph2 #
• reading the Live Blogging of the Kindle 2.0 release on the morning commute. http://bit.ly/lfv5 #
• reading Amazon’s official press release about the Kindle 2.0
  http://tinyurl.com/d8zw58 #
• Hollywood & Highland is already becoming a nightmare for foot traffic for the Oscars outside the Kodak Theatre. #
• head spinning from reading about phone network speeds. Kindle is faster than iPhone but not phone calls. http://bit.ly/24i35u #
• In politics, genes help us understand fundamental attitudes—that is, whether we are liberal or conservative—but do not explain what part … #
• enjoyed reading Why the Kindle Won’t Save the L.A. Times — or most other news papers http://bit.ly/ACe #
• Hillary’s candidacy’s legacy? Bombshell porn star adopts Clinton’s tactics with a “listening tour” around Louisiana http://bit.ly/a5Ux #
• finding the list of 30 Benefits of Ebooks to be pretty smart and interesting. http://bit.ly/jTq5 #
• Towering Inferno — not just a movie anymore. Bejing hotel explodes. Amazingly scary photo. http://bit.ly/3YxpuX #
• feeling like a major freak for going to Amazon’s free public domain classics for the Kindle & ordering a bunch of favorites before Kindle. #
• on Melrose in West Hollywood there’s a mural of Obama as Superman. The mural is starting to fade & — like the media’s image has recently. #
• how is welfare stimulus? “unemployment benefits & food stamps .. most-effective forms of stimulus” http://bit.ly/QfGE #
• had a scare with my Dad’s health today. Things are ok but not great. Looks like I’ll be taking time away from work for a little bit. #
• in awe at how classic movies have a transportive effect during times of stress. Example A: Auntie Mame. Example B: Aliens. #
• even though some of my favorite people don’t like or evening tolerate texting, not sure how I’d emotionally survice without kind texts. #
• although not the first fan of telephonic contact, really kinda digging how certain friends call when there’s a little personal drama. #
• relaxing into a chill Los Angeles evening after a day of Dad. #
• hanging with a buddy I met through Twitter. He’s so cool, not sure how he found my updates but very glad. #
• amused because a friend is logged into Google Latitude & we’re hanging out & yet we look like we’re 5 blocks apart! His GPS is bad on Storm. #
• love how Sci Fi network texts me every Thursday with quizes about last week’s episode. I could play text quiz all day. Nerd, that’s me! #
• deciding right now whether to keep subscribed to CNN & New York Times text message alerts. Bad news to my phone isn’t fun at all! #
• deciding to found a support group for first time Kindle orderers waiting with baited breath for February 25th. Nah. #
• ruminating for a month on the iPhone versus BlackBerry. One’s the best palm held web & internet application, the other best email/texter. #
• realizing part of the reason I love meeting people is (1) I live to hear & tell stories & (2) I love love esoterica. #
• watching last night’s Battlestar Galactica. Again. What a great episode! As good as Downloaded from season three. #
• saw possibly most offensive dating ad ever for OnlineBootyCall.com. Offended & shocked! How do I set up an account? #
• just found out something is very wrong with my BlackBerry Curve. It rebooted with a new battery in less than two minutes. It never does that #
• saw He’s Just Not That Into You with joe after Bassa Noca & now we’re bar hopping. Great way to spend a day! #
• Missing Person & Unidentified Body resource Namus goes online this month. #
• seeing Anderson Cooper at Basix in West Hollywood with a very studly Gold’s Gym personal trainer & fitness model & married father Johnny. #
• listening to forensice anthropologist Dr. Emily Craig: “You can go from a living person to a skeleton in two weeks.” Really? Hungry worms! #
• seeing the fantastic Wilson Cruz at Staples makes a second celeb sighting in a handful of hours. Saw him in “He’s Just Not That Into You.” #
• coined a new term. Vexting, the act of texting while vexed. #
• grabbing a quick bite between phone calls & errands for Dad. Next trick: finding an electric razor that’s elderly friendly (big buttons). #
• tv chimp brutally attacks woman, is shot dead. Why wasn’t Christian Bale shot for his attack? #
• at Bank of America, traded a ripped $10 bill in for two $5s. Asked for two twenties to share in the BofA bail out but they demurred. #
• reaching the sad point of the 24 hour cycle where the battery life of my BlackBerry is exceeded by my expected time for this set of tasks. #
• learned today that Medicare numbers append letters to your Social Security number while Medicaid (Medi-Cal here) are totally different. #
• also learned today that Best Buy sells razors ranging from $40 to $225 & the $40 razor is for men but not for men’s faces. #
• loathes to admit that sometimes the best errands to run are the ones done by phone & not by foot, by car or by plane. #
• remembering BlackBerry (smart phone) Secret #129.5 — being on hold isn’t so bad when your handset also surfs & texts! #
• learned a new term today for bones: stress fracture. Amazing, isn’t it, that just by being stressed, your bones can break! #
• Learned today that people with pace makers sometimes are turned away by MRI facilities. #
• 16 Examples of Huge Brands Using Twitter for Business
  http://tinyurl.com/52hem9 #
• checking out the Twitter Brand Index by Fluent Simplicity
  http://tinyurl.com/5hplk8 #
• thinks that whatever else you might say about your job, you don’t have to be tasered like all cops who carry one in Riley county. Ouch! #
• looking at Customer Service Via Twitter in BusinessWeek
  http://tinyurl.com/5duho8 #
• watching my 69 year old go to the Griddle Cafe’s chocolate jar — for the second time in three minutes. #
• nominating Axe for scariest-funny advert image: squeling pig leaps from three levels up onto a twenty-something boy with greasey hair. Suey! #
• t-have-apps-for-your.html%3f #
• considering 10 Must-Have Apps for Your BlackBerry
  http://tinyurl.com/asp7t9/news/2009/021809-10-mus #
• Thank you so much for the note! Could you please check this link for me before I reTweet? http://tinyurl.com/c6ejl4 #
• feeling like a rock star because of that free two hour parking spot in Beverly Hills adjacent to my Dad’s doctor’s office. I’m $15 richer! #
• new thesis from dr’s offices: daytime television is depressing so DVRs aren’t just time shifters but health shifters. Would stats hold up? #
• thinking about just paying for push email on my BlackBerry? (no web) for $10 a month
  http://tinyurl.com/broosq #
• h-email-on-my-blackberry-882087/ #
• Medical tech told me to wait outside during Dad’s heart ultrasound (he’s expecting cardio-octuplets) so I’m answering questions from hallway #
• considering 10 Must-Have Apps for Your BlackBerry (fixed link) http://tinyurl.com/d5f8×3 #
• have decided that sliced bread isn’t so great, scissors constitute a truer epitome of the great inventive human mind. #
• The Princess Bride plays tonight at midnight at the Beverly Fairfax Cinemas. Wondering if it’s still great without saying the lines out loud #
• a new moniker: Domain Diva ™ is when one considers blogs without their own domains to be equivalent to an AOL email address (uncool). #
• sort of amazed that despite my Dad’s cognitive limitations, he can instantly find the free candies, cookies & cup of coffee in waiting rooms #
• the considerate receptionist at the medical imaging place gave me the remote while we wait. Beyonce’s big solo in Dreamgirls makes it all ok #
• Holy synching ships, Batman! My BlackBerry has a note for a training announcement I sent out… In Spring 2002! #
• discovered, by accident, a new odious task to assign a salesperson: ask for a mobile phone with big buttons for the elderly. There are none. #
• a guy next to me at O-Bar just bought his BlackBerry Curve. So, of course, I proselytized for my religion: trained him on auto-text entries. #
• at O-Bar, they’re taking a long time to close me out because they’re using old school, non-digital method. Carbons! OMG!!! It’s so 1965! #
• met a new person & mentioned to him that the Ring around the Rosy rhyme was about plague
  http://tinyurl.com/co7zt #
• looking at a better explanation of Ring Around the Rosie & the Bubonic Plague
  http://tinyurl.com/c2mfqf #
• _about_the.html #
• have officially decided that Mint.com is the most annoying Web 2.0 application — they send me account balances for last Sunday on Friday. #
• the graduate on mute when you’re drunk is all the more tragic.. & Dustin Hoffman looks hotter than ever. #
• outside the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood trumpeter is doing sound check as the crew assembles pavillion for Elton John’s Oscar do #
• jist received my first phishing email in French. Either the grammar of French language phishing is better than English or my proofing sucks. #
• Meet the Press clip from January 22nd, 2006 when Obama said he was running for Senator & wouldn’t run for President in 2008. He ran in 2007! #
• If Warren Buffet’s right that “This is the Pearl Harbor of the economy,” then why are we giving money to the people who bombed us? #
• amazed at how bad a public speaker Robert Gibbs is. Why couldn’t Obama hire Alison Janney? #
• wondering if it’s intentionally ironic that
  Microsoft offers internet training for free — on the internet. http://blog.seattlepi.nwsour … #
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• om-the-pack/ #
• reading how Facebook’s new look made it the web’s number #1 online portal for photos.
  http://tinyurl.com/bonkex #
• during the Oscars, I couldn’t help wondering if the entire Ledger family was on meds or drunk or if they somehow made it on strength & grace #
• looks like my Kindle 2.0 is out for delivery & I’m in a doctor’s office. #
• bless FedEx! They just dropped off my Kindle 2.0 at my apartment door without a signature & I have it right now between doctor appointments. #
• loving how the Kindle had enough battery juice to start without charging & started downloading my public domain books from two weeks ago. #
• OH: 30something mom to 9 year old: “Did you fall right in the mud? Man, that sucks.” GenX parenting is almost cool enough for me to join in! #
• party behind me at breakfast talked about how they can’t iPhone, BlackBerry is it. Then guy started his pitch for developing an iPhone app! #
• each year it’s the same. Wednesday people with soot on their forehead & I wonder if it’s national don’t wash day. It is. Happy Ash Wednesday #
• want a free iPhone? Move to Japan!
  http://tinyurl.com/a9sh5n #
• reading Techdirt: Canadian Court Apparently Decides That Private Facebook Profiles Aren’t Actually Private
  http://techdirt.com/articles/ … #
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• reading new ways of not getting paid by technology: Amazon’s Kindle 2
  http://mobile.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/opinion/25blount.xml #
• amused — my Dad is 70 years old today & after taking him to breakfast & a movie he said he wants “one of those things” — a Kindle 2.0 ! #
• watching Dollhouse on DVR. Kind of impressed with Eliza Dushku so far & wondering if the singing vocals in this episode were hers or dubbed. #
• appreciating how on March 1st West Hollywood smells like flowers blooming at night. No one outside Los Angeles believes it smells great! #
• remembering how 8 years ago all subject lines with “Hey” had rulres to trash. The 2009 verion is “hello dear” #
• reading how netbooks are killing Windows OS sales
  http://tinyurl.com/ap3ba7 #
• reading Amazon launches Kindle application for the iPhone
  http://tinyurl.com/azl8lk #
• reading “Tethering your Kindle 2″
  http://tinyurl.com/d87upf #
• a new, incredibly joyous but long-term project of delightfulness: watch everything available with Carole Burnette. So much to see or re-see! #
• finding myself updates Facebook status & Twitter less & less as I make progress with my Dad’s health & the other stuff going on. #
• surprised how many birthdays of dear friends are this week. Always thought of myself as the only Pisces but Pisces & Cancer friends rock! #
• noting that last Friday the Benjaman Button make up man brought his Oscar to one bar. Bringing it out tonight to a second bar seems pushy! #
• keeps me up at night: wondering if John Stewart will still be ?ber-sexy if he were dumb & not funny & not wearing a tie. I’m suspecting yes. #
• you’re entitled to feel like an adult when…. you pay your father’s rent because he ran out of checks. #
• amazed the bartender actually apologized for not being able to give me the usual discount because the owner was behind the bar! Wow! #
• just discovered how yummy ranch flavored peanuts can be! #
• reading how having tons of Twtitter & Facebook friends is the new job security. We are all Scoble now!
  http://tinyurl.com/2hpbf4 #
• reading on Facebook the only members who ever change a privacy setting total 20 percent.
  http://nytimes.com/2009/03/08/business/08digi.xml #
• 2009/03/scobleized.html #
• reading How Amazon’s Kindle brought technology to book
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/08/amazon #
• can’t believe Senator Graham on Meet the Press said Obama’s budget begins to show us “who he is.” After 12 years he’s an unknown to Repubs. #
• amazed at how the media talks about “the political will” to heap more bail out money. Don’t they really mean the balls to piss off voters? #
• another great Kindle special: downloading a free chapter of a $105 book which sells in eBook format for $80. Wouldn’t think of it otherwise! #
• knows you’re old when you remember the has been media for music being brand new. Compact disc turns 30
  http://tinyurl.com/dcfzg8 #
• compact-disc #
• Happy 30th Birthday, Compact Disc!
  http://tinyurl.com/cmhd5d #
• it might be very corny to say, but my Dad sounds happier whenever I see him & talk to him & that makes everything else very worthwhile! #
• reason 5,972 to love John Stewart: he goes after the dumb NBC money network guy with Comedy Central & Nick at night & shakes his Jew booty. #
• really loving the Cheetos “blah blah blah” & “Papa Chester’s proud of you” ad & yet scared & appalled at the same time. Is it the stain? #
• reading “Nokia fights to hold on to smartphone dominance.” They make smart phones?
  http://tinyurl.com/cftfhq #
• reading about blogging for reputation management & career promotion. http://tinyurl.com/cxrw74? #
• read Can Media Take Tips from Twitter?
  http://tinyurl.com/b8mwds #
• got a BSG text trivia answer right: How many named Number Sixes have we met? — it’s six. But can’t remember all their names! #
• reading Happy 20th Birthday, World Wide Web
  http://tinyurl.com/cwaa3f #
• appreciating once again how a slight chill in the air & a great night’s sleep makes the bed a comfy, cozy womb with in a room. #
• reading how the world whines about 3G — & EDGE ius even worse!
  http://mobile.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/technology/14phone.xml #
• feeling like a jazz nerd because Tuck & Patti are playing Los Angeles next week & the thought of that makes me happy! #
• watching Jim Cramer’s discomfitting misadventures on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show. Ouch! #
• too many iPhones in Austin!
  http://tinyurl.com/c8gvlz #
• looking forward to buying myself a new green shirt for my birthday & seeing everyone else wearing green today! #
• Watching CNET’s live blogging for the iPhone 3.0 OS starting at 10am. http://bit.ly/iphone30 #
• Amused & excited: copy & paste on an iPhone near you! http://www.bit.ly/iphone30 #
• still happy for all sweet birthday Facebook messages, Tweets, texts, voice mail, email & phone calls! It’s like a chorus of kindness. #
• thinking Mercy’s corned beef smells incredible & her company & the other birthday boy’s & guests’ is amazing! Oh happy day! #
• reading Palm Pre vs iPhone 3.0 http://tinyurl.com/ctjp32 #
• RIP Natasha Richardson! #
• survived rush hour traffic in Century City for Obama’s motorcade. I usually resent Presidential traffic, but Obama’s extension of UI is AOK. #
• Noting that Google will have 5 Android phones available this year for Christmas.
  http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090319PD211.html #
• news “our audience” will “stroke out,”
  http://tinyurl.com/ckvaa7 #
• Spring is sprung & the grass is riz.I wunna where da boidies is? Dey is on the wing? Dat’s absoid! From what I hoid, the wing is on da boid! #
• Hookers make Craigslist Top Search Term Last Week
  http://tinyurl.com/cc8nc3 #
• Marylin in the 7 Year Itch makes an entrance with her dress straps undone. Hands full, her neighbor has to finish dressing her. Sexy! Yowza! #
• watching the last Battlestar Galactica episode. Caprica ad was for a DVD release date & digital download date, not an air date. Very weird! #
• How to Win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism — and never be mentioned on the air by any of the US television networks. http://bit.ly/fJUVg #
• Ironic how women spend so much time turning men into wusses they find unattractive. It’s not like men go around making models eat ice cream. #
• Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go. – Oscar Wilde (via @DrJeffersnBoggs) #
• With the iPhone, it’s something personal.
  http://tinyurl.com/dc4ehv #
• at the WGA theatre in Beverly Hills waiting for the premiere of @amythewriter ’s comedy feature film!!! Go Amy! #
• Noticing that last season on Heroes, the President was a white guy who authorized a pogromme against people & now it’s a black bald guy. Huh #
• Asking people to be careful about suspicious email from FaceBook that’s really phishing for your personal information. http://bit.ly/YmZMk #
• Saw Leah Salonga at Upright Cabaret Sunday singing this song, a UK # 1 when I lived in London & saw Miss Saigon. http://bit.ly/2mei2u #
• Thinking that cough syrup doesn’t taste great, but when it has codeine in it, it’s like having three martinis shrunk into two teaspoons. #
• “Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.” ~François de la Rochefoucauld (via @copyblogger) #
• Watching the Simpsons theme – a cappella. http://bit.ly/109ZGh #
• Watching American Idol results show. Loved the judges’ reactions to Hicks advice to contestants: they have to prove they have the best voice #
• Mexico suspending non-essential government activity the first week of may. That coincides with Cinco de Mayo. Coincidence or binge drinking? #
• If airlines published books they’d use a microscopic font & charge a “readability upgrade fee” for using a larger, normal font. via @jwikert #
• checking out 31 Power Tools For Twitter Lovers To Make Lives Easier @SmashingApps http://bit.ly/5i3o6 #
• wanna starve your cat? Beat up a celebrity? Poo in someone’s face? There’s an app for that! (Or there could be soon!) http://bit.ly/6A8Kh #
• Ever get the syncing feeling that you’ve done it all before? & your BlackBerry or iPhone shows old calendar items like ghosts? Task from 02! #
• 65 Very Creative and Funny Photoshopped Images http://bit.ly/13uA5M via @1stwebdesigner) #
• One the the greatest things about blogs — if you ever doubt your friends are crazy, you can read and share the proof! http://bit.ly/Nqfgg #
• Do campaign finance laws prohibit political writing delivered to your Kindle electronic reader? At 4:00 http://bit.ly/8rpb6 (@lenedgerly) #

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