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Entries from December 2009

2009-12-31: Tweets and Twitters

December 31st, 2009 · No Comments

  • #NYE: Fire going. BBC's Planet Earth (Blu-Ray) on the TV. Scanning old photos. Emma's playing with her Leapster2. Life's good. #
  • And @eatthislens FTW! ;-) #10yearsago #
  • #10yearsago Finished early Y2K shift with Husch & Eppenberger in St. Louis & headed to C'ville IN to watch world end with my family. #
  • RT @givingcity: Please thank the nonprofit pros, volunteers, donors and advocates in your life – they make Austin better for everyone. #
  • So. When I purchase a film on DVD, am I getting in essence a "license" to watch the movie whenever I want, or the actual movie? #
  • So what rights do humans have? How can we have the right to "life liberty and the pursuit of happiness" without food? Via @lisa_goddard #
  • “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ~J.R.R. Tolkien (via @eatthislens @foodista) #
  • In 10 Yrs: began as DINKS in St. Louis. Moved to Austin. Found Jobs. Bought house. Had child. I lost job, got degree, became VISTA. #
  • Image quality. Fast glass. Low cost. Pick two. #photog #

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2009-12-30: Tweets and Twitters

December 30th, 2009 · No Comments

  • RT @nprnews: AIG Exec, Leaving Due To Pay Caps, To Get $3.8 Mill Severance http://su.pr/1ZGFm2 / I'm sure he deserved it. #
  • We're @Chez_Zee_Austin for 14th anniversary with Emma & 5 My Little Ponies. Appreciating noise baffles on ceiling. Al fredo's good, too! #
  • Just received my "Welcome Aboard" e-mail from Capital Area Food Bank HR folks. Excited to have a chance to serve as a member of CAFB team. #
  • RT @ScottBourne: Traveling [with camera gear]? Better get a UPS account – http://bit.ly/7AEeam – #photog / Welcome to crazy world. *Sigh* #

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2009-12-29: Tweets and Twitters

December 29th, 2009 · No Comments

  • Ahhh. Tuesday evening with PBS' Nova. Scientific breakthroughs link mystery of origins to development of the embryo. #Evolution #
  • Dinner with the Chapmans at CPK. YAY! #
  • RT @Ddavenport: Capital Area Food Bank distributed > 23 million lbs of food (18MM meals) to those in need in '09 valued @ over $35 million. #

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2009-12-28: Tweets and Twitters

December 28th, 2009 · No Comments

  • "Men of a Certain Age" ad suggests 50 is the new "mid-life." Crap. My crisis pushed back another 5 years. Again. Dang baby boomers. #
  • Now scanning some family photos from the 1940s – 1970s. #
  • Scanning project continues. Photos from St. Louis, Bloomington, NYC (incl WTC), Germany and Austin on deck or in the bin. #
  • New TSA security guidelines means no iPods [or books!?!] one hour before landing. via Cult of Mac: http://bit.ly/6zqyYm / #obfuscurity #
  • RT @CWS_CROP: RT @nourishamerica: Research on persistent #child #poverty in nonmetropolitan America: http://short.to/11t3w #
  • Scanning 20+ year old photos taken in Spain, Italy and Crawfordsville with my trusty Canon AE-1 Program. Some are truly awful. #
  • Drama Queen + Leapster 2 = Lots of running and flailing and tears and yelling. Yay. #

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2009-12-27: Tweets and Twitters

December 27th, 2009 · No Comments

  • RT @myerman: actually, I'm surprised somebody doesn't produce a modest proposal for airline travel that involves sedating us all in flight #

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2009-12-26: Tweets and Twitters

December 26th, 2009 · No Comments

  • Emma: "Why did God make the world?" Margaret: "He wanted you in it." Emma: "Why did God want me in the world?" Uhhh…burrito? #
  • Watching YouTube videos made with Canon #7D on our big TV via our new Blu-Ray DVD player. What a crazy world I live in. #
  • "It's a high class problem when your life is so busy with cool stuff that it's hard to find time to do other cool stuff." — Jeff Rice #
  • Not sure I'm up for another #Project365 next year… Maybe another #Project52 though. #

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2009-12-25: Tweets and Twitters

December 25th, 2009 · No Comments

  • If it feels like 37 outside, we def. need a warm fire: http://tweetphoto.com/7264976 #
  • Pumpkin pie, hot chocolate, and a roaring (propane) fire. Ahhhhh… It's Christmastime in Texas…. #
  • OK, @OfficialMLP, here's the deal. My daughter loves ur ponies. But I detest extricating them fm packaging. Knock. It. Off. Srsly. #
  • Coal in place. Letter written. Gifts under tree. Cookies nibbled. Let's hope we get to sleep past 7:00 tomorrow. #AsIf #

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2009-12-24: Tweets and Twitters

December 24th, 2009 · No Comments

  • According to @JohnPrine, "Everything is cool, everything is OK." Sounds about right. Especially that "cool" part. Brrr! #
  • RT @TreyRatcliff: I like to space out and look at my Christmas tree with my eyes in bokeh mode. // Another glass of eggnog & I'm there too! #
  • Lump of coal from Grandma Nancy has been unwrapped, and is awaiting its place in the top of the stocking. #
  • Meal finished, the girls begin tracking the Claus. http://tweetphoto.com/7149637 #
  • Dinner @Carrabbas, where Emma is eating calamari and observing the tentacles look like crowns. #
  • "Plains" does not equal "Mid-west." #
  • Dear Santa; how about helping us change hearts and end hunger this year? http://j.mp/ppchstms #
  • Perusing images fm Robert Frank's The Americans http://bit.ly/aqt2e – nowdays he'd be criticized for noise, softness & contrast. #
  • The Year Without a Santa Claus! w00t! #stuff_from_my_childhood #
  • Emma's still watching a DVD of the Nutcracker ballet. I wouldn't have thought she'd hang in there this long. #
  • O, coffee, with your cardamom and cinnamon, you will be so delicious… #
  • Say what you will about them, the Obamas seem supremely at ease in their relationship. #

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2009-12-23: Tweets and Twitters

December 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

  • To those for which it matters: only used 28mm once, only used the 100mm on safari ride. All other shots used 17-35mm. Ring flash desired. #
  • O, Radio Lab. How I lurv ur show! #

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2009-12-22: Tweets and Twitters

December 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

  • Dear Texas Campaign for the Environment: Appreciate your work, but our no soliciting sign? Yeah. That means you too. #
  • Dear Jack: Did you find out it would be harder than you thought? Or that it would cost more than you thought? #
  • Srsly. How many times do I have to hide Farmville? Shouldn't once be enough? #
  • Win a new Canon 5DMKII or $2700 of photo printing/product from @WHCCPro & Scott Bourne. Pls RT. Info: http://bit.ly/6Mtx9I #
  • "Frosty Returns" – some of the worst. Animation. Evar. #
  • I suspect that if our legislators were required to send their children to public schools, our schools would be much better funded. #
  • Perusing Disney photos. Very clear I need to learn more about my #7D's autofocus system. Purchased this, http://bit.ly/6WroYk, to do that. #

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