• 12:27:06: Very many happy returns of the day to @tutordennis, my little cabbage!
  • 12:29:30: RT @james_gunn: I looked out of my eyes and saw a thing.
  • 12:38:13: Birthday lingonberry crepes at Copenhagen with @tutordennis, @karenbynight, and @Xenarthra.
  • 12:41:17: With bonus @princeofwands!
  • 19:30:25: Entranced by miniature food.
  • 19:58:26: Bubble tea and browsing on Valencia (http://ow.ly/h3H6) w/ family. Seeing the world one small bee and one small poem at a time.
  • 21:22:45: @metaphorge: Intriguing concept RE: sperm banks. Do you need to make a withdrawal or a deposit?
  • 22:10:23: Shakin' it like the proverbial Poloroid picture.

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  • 14:18:00: My tentacular Octo-shirt arrived yesterday! Thankies to @kimvermillion. http://kimboekbinder.com/store.html
  • 15:18:05: Baking booberry muffins with vanilla buttercream frosting, topped by red and blue sprinkles.
  • 16:23:23: Good Earth sun tea is brewing in the yard, Gili is basking nearby in his outdoor area, and there are various visitors to our bird feeder.
  • 20:09:24: At @rombarella's b-day/4th of July BBQ. Festivities abound.

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  • 14:28 We have discount @makerfaire tix. Will leave tix @ will-call for 1st 6 peeps to PayPal $11/full name to @nullalux at Gmail ow.ly/9sTr #
  • 14:43 Those @makerfaire tix went quickly! For those who didn't catch it, here's regular ticket info: makerfaire.com/bayarea/2009/tickets/ #
  • 15:01 The Professor finds it amusing that I sprint through sunny patches and jog through shade. But I have delicate, shell-pink skins! #
  • 15:17 Any yo-yoers planning on attending @makerfaire this weekend? If so, please contact @DocPop (yoyogenius a-with-a-circle-around-it gmail). #
  • 15:29 @shoutingboy: Parasols and canopies too! We'll also have a stripy circus tent, to protect our dainty complexions. Still, I predict freckles. #
  • 15:30 Webphemera: Insects In Flagrante ow.ly/9tvo #
  • 15:34 RT @FarmSanctuary: Your gift doubled now to fund urgent repairs to the animals' home: tinyurl.com/pk4zyg #
  • 15:56 RT @coilhouse: Secret Hobbies And Sorrowful Dolls bit.ly/15EsKg #
  • 16:06 RT @rickcastello: The replacement for the raver belt purse? The latest in sexy tactical wear? The hot new Tactical Corset: tr.im/mwv2 #
  • 16:12 RT @birdchick: At least 1 chick has hatched on Live Loon Cam - www.mnbound.com/live-loon-cam/ #
  • 16:14 @nerdist: At @makerfaire, stop by the Carnivale Mechanique-Steam Team (@steamteam) area and say hello! #
  • 21:13 Tapas at Iberia for @princeofwands's birthday celebration. OMG. I die. #
  • 22:47 @slurketta: Tactical corset FTW! I can't wait to see one in person and to meet @lxpk at @makerfaire. ♥ #
  • 22:55 Ecstatic Days - The Chamblin Bookmine: A Bibliophile's Fevre Dream... ow.ly/9yy7 #
  • 01:17 The average person has a deep prejudice against the bat...never caring for the injustice he does or the pleasure he loses. ow.ly/9Ak5 #
  • 01:50 Forgetomori: Extraordinary claims. Ordinary investigations. forgetomori.com/ #
  • 01:57 The E-L-I-S-E blog: Anatomy, circus, vintage, etc: e-l-i-s-e.blogspot.com/ #

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  • 00:37 The StrangeCycle in for tune-up @ Talbot's; ready 3 June. Whee! And housewarmings, brunch, walkies, lovely drinks, good company, shiny toys! #
  • 00:47 Many hippos and birdies to @ammyhill! #

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  • 09:20 RT @CurioCabinet: Spark Museum - Early Radio and Scientific Apparatus, Highlights of the Collection ow.ly/6pvR (via @sirkeystone) #
  • 09:56 Rather creepy Agricultural Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Est. 1930: bit.ly/9fTJ1 (via @TeenAngster) [Photos: tinyurl.com/AgMusPics] #
  • 12:44 Sexy (Awkward) People: a celebration of the perfect portrait (@SexyPeople) www.sexypeople-blog.com/ #
  • 13:11 A Fond Farewell: Funeral sex may be death's best antidote. bit.ly/1N5lS #
  • 13:28 Alan Cumming is hosting MASTERPIECE Mystery! on PBS: bit.ly/gsGZi
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  • 15:00 Meet our late friend Phil, otherwise known as @Xenarthra's birthday cake: bit.ly/1akZr8 #
  • 17:00 The Cars just came on the stereo. Of course, I turned it all the way up. #
  • 17:25 Had my final ortho appt before brackets come off in a few weeks. Jaw aches now, but I don't care. My teeth will soon be free. Free, I say! #
  • 17:47 Cephalopod Tea Party fan art is now up on cephalopodteaparty.blogspot.com/ #
  • 19:26 Thai food and Star Trek with @tutordennis. #
  • 23:25 I wish Dad were here, so that we could've seen Star Trek together. He was a fan, and I would've loved to hear what he thought of the movie. #

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  • 11:02 Heading downtown on this fabulous sunny day for a smoothie and Jamba oatmeal. #
  • 12:34 Fun outing last night w/ Rabbit and his esteem'd papa (tinyurl.com/RobSol), including browsing at Kepler's Books and dinner at Max's. #
  • 13:12 To Keep Your Brain Nimble As You Age, Stretch It (via @npr): bit.ly/Jt2B7 #
  • 15:11 Via @make: Marc and @garethb2 saw the Grey Walter Tortoise at the Smithsonian (autonomous robot from 1949). tinyurl.com/osytge #
  • 15:21 Hundred-year mechanical clock counts up to a hundred years and then falls apart: tinyurl.com/psb4vd (via @BoingBoing) #
  • 15:28 RT @CurioCabinet @TeenAngster: Antique Japanese pregnancy doll on Morbid Anatomy blog bit.ly/9XgAO #
  • 15:31 Typoretum: A blog about Typography, Letterpress and Printing History blog.typoretum.co.uk/ (via @thehermitage) #
  • 15:49 Happy birthday to the painfully-hilarious @cakewrecks! tinyurl.com/q2yk9m #
  • 16:06 The Hypnodrome in SF hosts free "Burlesque and Books" night, Thurs, 14 May, 7P tinyurl.com/burlesquebooks (via @Thrillpeddlers) #
  • 16:18 Parasitic flies turn fire ants into zombies: bit.ly/FM1m (via @Noadi) #
  • 18:19 Crack the Cruelty: Take the 30-day egg-free pledge. www.eggindustry.com/pledge/ #
  • 18:44 @mactavish @cortneyofeden: Happy chickens are lovely, but egg intake is also linked to plenty of health issues: tinyurl.com/EggHealth #

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  • 12:05 Had to taste the blueberry compote and lemon buttercream at length. For science. #

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  • 14:53 Happy First of May, my dears! tinyurl.com/ckht3m #
  • 15:17 RT @CurioCabinet: The 3/50 project to save small businesses tinyurl.com/chfrkc #350proj #
  • 15:49 Many happy returns of the day to @the_end_is_nigh, @Dark_Garden, and @zhaneel! #
  • 15:54 @karenbynight: I use 'via @reply' if I'm not directly quoting the orig Tweet. I use 'RT @reply' otherwise. Does position in Tweet matter? #
  • 17:49 Our box turtle Gilgamesh is humping his driftwood. Again. Seriously dude, *what* is your childhood trauma? #
  • 01:11 Wonderful dinner and Buffy-viewing w/ Rabbit. And there's Blueberry Lemon Creme filled cupcakes ready to go for @Xenarthra's birthday tmw. ♡ #

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  • 11:40 Via @TeenAngster: Snapshots from the Days of Bare-Hands Anatomy bit.ly/HE06d #
  • 13:00 Pondering going back to school for my M.Ed. in @HumaneEducation from IIHE: tinyurl.com/d6hkpa #
  • 14:14 Cephalopod Tea Party is hosting a sweet contest featuring some tentacular prizes. Visit tinyurl.com/CTPcontest before 2 May to enter! #
  • 14:51 Egypt orders slaughter of all pigs over swine flu even though no cases have been reported there: tinyurl.com/BooEgypt #
  • 20:44 Dinner w/ @tutordennis and a super sekrit outing for Hoi Didymoi's birthday tmw. Now kung-fu and ice cream. #
  • 23:38 Once again, we fine bastions of @sftweed bicivility will gather to show the city how to really ride in style (30 Apr): sftweed.com #
  • 00:03 Many happy returns of the day to @amandapalmer. tinyurl.com/c3f3rb #

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  • 13:52 A most splendid stroll and picnic in the park with Rabbit and Hoi Didymoi. My hovercraft is filled with eels. #
  • 18:25 Automata artist Keith Newstead’s record of his 1st steampunk automata: tinyurl.com/NewsteadAutomata (view preview, it's worth it) #
  • 18:30 So far today, @nullalux has been recommended for #followfriday six times. Thanks, guys! #
  • 18:40 Many happy returns of the day to @mactavish, @tyrsalvia, and @reichmarshall! #
  • 21:00 Off to toga party at QuinnCon. I am toga-less, but I wield a mighty thyrsus. #

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  • 09:36 Happy Birthday to the exquisite Steampunk Home blog! thesteampunkhome.blogspot.com/ #
  • 09:49 Dark Roasted Blend's "Vintage" category has some lovely finds: tinyurl.com/2lx7uu #
  • 10:06 Expired yogurt is the bane of my existence. #
  • 11:54 Oh noes, my fav massage therapist has left the facility, and my alternate fella is a bit dotty. #
  • 14:48 Excellent ortho appt. And the brackets come out of my mouth on 10 June! Huzzah! #
  • 14:54 @shoutingboy: It's a date. ;) #
  • 18:36 In Borderlands Books on Valencia, under a vigorously purring Ripley. Also, I have an ice-bat in my purse. #
  • 22:00 Ethiopian foods with @tutordennis and hang outs with a friend in the Mission. #
  • 23:33 Roasting marshmallows. #
  • 23:40 @carnivillain (RE: Pants status: Fancy.): Chances are your pants are not as fancy as the pair of very fancy pants Mr. Fancypants will wear. #
  • 23:58 How could I have forgotten that Dudley Do-Right's nemesis on "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show" is named Snidely Whiplash? #

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  • 09:11 All owl, all the time. Livestreaming baby owl cam: www.ustream.tv/channel/scgtv-owlcam #
  • 09:15 @hobbinator: I'm so so sorry to hear about Smokey. Small consolation, but you've done right by him, and I'm sure he knows it. #
  • 09:19 RT @bust_magazine: the world will be saved by the EPIC CUTENESS OF THIS HEDGEHOG: pixdaus.com/single.php?id=135192 #
  • 14:01 Speechless. In a good way. #
  • 14:28 The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle. ~Anais Nin #
  • 14:37 Many many hippos and birdies and questionable massage devices to @spaghettisquash on her birthday! ♥ #
  • 14:58 Twibes picks, kinky theme: @KinkySalon, @Thrillpeddlers, @violetblue, @zivity, @MoBHQ, @pollysuperstar, @profviolet, @nerdgirlpinups... #
  • 14:58 ...@BlowfishTwitter, @HubbaHubbaReview, and @Bondageagogo. More at www.twibes.com/. #
  • 15:02 Attn Artisans & Purveyors of Fine Goods! Registration for both the Steamcon Art Show and the Vendor’s Room is now open: www.steam-con.com #
  • 18:16 Next year in Twitter: A Facebook Haggadah (only slightly-weirded Passover story as told via FB) tinyurl.com/PesachFB #
  • 18:23 The wind-chimes are going wild today. Love it. #
  • 18:37 Twittersheep generates a tag cloud of the interests of your followers. Check out my flock at: twittersheep.com/?nullalux #
  • 18:56 RT @skydiver: @realgeeksride is 2 geeks biking across the USA to get geeks to bike to work. Buy them lunch! bit.ly/JhHZs #
  • 20:01 Lethally poisonous snakes are nice and cute and all, but [...] the interesting action really is: cephalopods. tinyurl.com/cephveno #
  • 20:23 Craftastrophe (@craftastrophe): Because Handmade Isn't Always Pretty craftastrophe.net/ [The Peekaru is giving me a John Hurt moment] #
  • 22:44 Mojitos and that one episode of South Park. #
  • 22:56 Just this once, it wasn't the octopus: tinyurl.com/worm-ish #

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  • 09:09 Sipping green tea. Wishing for a bit of roasted rice or barley to add to it; I ought to bring some to work with me next week. #
  • 09:25 Trying to decide btwn tinyurl.com/TMcuffs and tinyurl.com/TMchoker (Which do you think would suit me best?) #
  • 09:30 @bookwoman84: Oooh, now I want a parietal eye. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29776134/ #
  • 09:34 Many happy returns of the day to delightful @marcet! #
  • 09:49 RT @FarmSanctuary: Eat your veggies! Today is the Great American Meatout www.meatout.org/home.htm #veg #
  • 09:52 I would like to un-know that there can be more ice-worms in a single glacier than there are humans on Earth. tinyurl.com/dlu7ro #
  • 09:56 RT @cephalopodcast: A smack of jellyfish; a gam of whales; a collection of collective nouns www.rinkworks.com/words/collective.shtml #
  • 09:58 RT @nerdist: Patrick Stewart on Sesame Street for your last day 'o the work week: bit.ly/iJNTj [ETA: Doing Hamlet, no less!] #
  • 11:38 Last night was wicked fun, but feeling sleepy today. Out and about with Hoi Didymoi to ward off sleepies. #
  • 22:38 1st 45m massage was deep tissue, v. similar to being topped in a long scene. 2nd 45m was light head/neck sweeps, during which I fell asleep! #
  • 22:41 Then BSG party w/ the Scoobies. Saw the last ten min of the show, which is the most BSG I've ever seen. And the kumquat cake was not a lie. #

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  • 08:56 Happiest of birthdays to my dearest @teawiththecheat! ♥ ♥ ♥ #
  • 09:34 Scrogglings: small, worthless apples which are left hanging on the trees after the crop has been gathered; Worcestershire. #
  • 12:26 The Philosopher has taken ill with a fever, poor dear. A room-temp bath, fluids and cool compresses are being administered. #
  • 17:39 @paynesgrey: Mazel tov on the house offer! #
  • 18:03 @misscedar: I'll see your Labyrinth nerdity and raise you David Bowie's "Magic Dance" on my Blip.fm station: blip.fm/~2yoi4 #
  • 18:06 @djdigit: Yay lease! Where's the new pad? #
  • 22:48 RT @slurketta: I have no idea where your pants are, I say. Pants status: unknown [Pants status, FTW.] #

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  • 09:32 @mactavish: Bugs/brains/&c are the way to my heart (e.g. @zem42 asks if @katster wants eyes on her resume; proofreading not my 1st thought). #
  • 09:46 Happiest of birthdays to @choklit, @paulandstorm [P], and @palecur! Also thinking good thoughts for @amywithani today. #
  • 16:14 My colleague @TotusMel is hosting an anniversary giveaway on her blog: tinyurl.com/ceh52x (You simply must see her tatted lovelies!) #
  • 17:28 Walking to *$$ on my way home for something yummy in my tummy. Tried going to locally-owned coffee, but they're out of soymilk. Ah well. #
  • 19:22 Very pleasant stroll home after work. Interlude with cheeky squirrel on porch. We eyed one another suspiciously. #
  • 20:37 Plotting for this year's Maker Faire: makerfaire.com/ #
  • 21:14 RT @Musique174: So it's decided, best way to fight off zombies--a fort full of hot girls in corsets w/ guns. [ETA: That's a no-brainer. Ha!] #
  • 22:06 @ljellis: Indubitably. But be aware that, if you turn, I'll destroy your brain with no compunctions whatsoever. And if I turn, I'll eat you. #
  • 22:27 @tenacious_snail: That is an extraordinary corset design. I wonder if it comes in pleather... tinyurl.com/batcorset #

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  • 08:37 Keeping the lighthouse in sight. #
  • 09:05 Many hippos and birdies to @caseyzero! #
  • 09:32 FU, Penguin takes the cake again: "You'll be hearing from my attorney, Viscacha." fuckyoupenguin.blogspot.com/ #
  • 13:11 OMG, just won one of the stunning rings from @SteampunkRings! Which should I choose? CatherinetteRings.etsy.com/ #
  • 13:17 Recently found out a friend we thought had been beaten to death is alive and in hospital. So very relieved. Think good thinks for him, pls. #
  • 14:55 Can hardly wait for MAKE mag, vol 17: Lost Knowledge (10 Mar). Mazel tov to @vonslatt, as well as @mollyfried, @garethb2, @doctorow, et al! #
  • 19:38 @blakespot: Dear hero imprisoned with all the new crimes that you are perfecting... #
  • 20:01 RT @make: Maker Faire 2009 auditions reminder (this Sunday, 8 March) tinyurl.com/cfzehm #
  • 20:25 The Ministry Of Burlesque (Your Burlesque World Online) is @MoBHQ. Together, we can-can! #
  • 21:59 The world of Steampunk academia is heating up quickly. "Finding Nemo: Verne’s Antihero as Original Steam-Punk": tinyurl.com/SPschol #

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  • 15:05 Do be a lamb and comment and click on a new "Explorations" Etsy treasury: tinyurl.com/aor29k #
  • 15:17 1 in 3 pets will get lost in their lifetime. Together Tag helps, and gives $5 to American Red Cross for each tag: www.togethertag.com #
  • 15:17 @paynesgrey: Many happy returns of the day! #
  • 15:40 Went into work for a few hrs this morn—Oh, how I'd missed everyone!—and it was lovely, but now, I think, I must cuddle kitties and dream. #

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  • 14:40 Wm. Shakespeare's Five and Twenty Random Things Abovt Me meme: tinyurl.com/cuwbr4 #
  • 14:53 @TotusMel: What vexes you RE: custom orders? Also, you rock so hard (again) for sending me your tatted Mogen David! TotusMel.etsy.com #
  • 15:32 Casey and Phoenix's 2nd B-day (tinyurl.com/2calves) reminds me of the sudden loss of my friend Billy: tinyurl.com/millybilly #
  • 15:44 RT @make: Maker Birthdays, 8 Jan: Jules Verne inspired generations of engineers, scientists, and garage makers tinyurl.com/c2f689 #
  • 16:40 @mactavish: *pictures you in worm makeup* *is disturbed* #
  • 16:42 RT @cephalopodcast: Flapjack octopus (w/video) tinyurl.com/cad3cz #
  • 23:44 @veevi: Sending strength and light for a smooth transition to your new home. I have no doubt it will feel just right sooner than not. #
  • 02:26 A different teen pic of me (not the one posted on LJ) that likely also destroys any babybat cred I had going: tinyurl.com/in-backyard #

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  • 12:39 I just received the most glorious flower arrangement from Hoi Didymoi! (Unless I'm hallucinating it, seemingly common w/ these drugs.) :D #
  • 12:46 @TotusMel: Brilliant job on your hair! That's my absolute fav color but it tends to fade so quickly: twitpic.com/14p5i #
  • 17:50 Most dreary and tormented of natal anniversaries to Edgar Allan Poe! #

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