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17May
2010

good things came in the mail today

maura @ 6:21 pm

Ack, such a bummer round here the past few days! Sorry about that. Won’t reading some twitter cheer us all up?

@What_Went_Wrong 104 pages in and I can heartily recommend it, tho it’s definitely sad to be this close to the end.
about 20 hours ago via web

Should probly be working but a neighbor lent me a British copy of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest & I cannot resist its Swedish charms
about 21 hours ago via web

@edrabinski I would lie right down in them if I didn’t know that the guards would yell at me. And still some lilacs, too. Yay BBG!
3:44 PM May 16th via Echofon in reply to edrabinski

We didn’t miss the bluebells! http://twitpic.com/1oebux
2:18 PM May 16th via Echofon

Frankly, I’m surprised you don’t hear more Cardigans songs in Ikea.
3:56 PM May 15th via Echofon

Even the crabbiest kid can’t resist the joy of flying side kicks.
12:12 PM May 15th via Echofon

@puckupdate Yeah, when I was an archaeologist this used to happen to me at the end of a dig, too. The older I get, the older it gets…
10:18 AM May 15th via Echofon in reply to puckupdate

It’s 4 days before finals start, please welcome my traditional end o’ semester illness. This semester it’s a head cold. Yay.
9:44 AM May 15th via Echofon

@edrabinski gah, I know, B71 is the only good way to my kid’s school. *was,* I mean. stupid budget.
10:58 PM May 14th via Echofon in reply to edrabinski

Sing it! RT @edrabinski: Totally won over by arguments for data transparency. #opensciny
6:12 PM May 14th via Echofon

after a brief window of heat last week, my part of the library is freezing again today. i’m dressed like a jawa in my long hooded sweater.
11:13 AM May 14th via web

almost afraid to say this out loud: i only have 1 thing on my calendar today. ONE! will this be the day i finally catch up? stay tuned!
8:51 AM May 14th via web

RT @TheRepoRat: Elsevier gross: $10B. Margin on sci-tech articles: 30%. INSANE. #cli10 (me: picks up jaw off floor)
7:20 PM May 13th via Echofon

RT @cunynewswire: CUNY Newswire: One-Day Furlough for Employees on the New York State Payroll http://bit.ly/d2380O
10:26 PM May 11th via Echofon

checked the Merge site re: new @tracey_thorn record: “Preorders will ship to arrive on or around the May 18, 2010 release date.” squee!
9:36 PM May 10th via web

This just in: I’ve been cold all day. The cats are acting crazy. Soon it will be dinnertime. And that’s the news from here.
5:16 PM May 10th via web

The suboptimal weather on a weekend conundrum is in effect: kid is spazzy + needs activity, parents want a quiet reading/media day.
3:01 PM May 9th via web

RT @maura new tracey thorn album streaming in its entirety at npr (i was lucky to write the copy): http://n.pr/bdDjPV [yay, maura!]
10:42 AM May 9th via web

@edrabinski You too! Such a great day, my brain is full.
7:35 PM May 8th via Echofon in reply to edrabinski

@cpellegr I thought the same thing this morning! Who do we petition to move it to June?
5:34 PM May 8th via Echofon in reply to cpellegr

@PunkRockKarl Too true, that is definitely more radical!
5:26 PM May 8th via Echofon in reply to PunkRockKarl

Nothing is more radical than a baby at a lecture. :)
2:17 PM May 8th via Echofon

@mkgold Wow, go you! I feel chained to fb by family pressures, but flirt w/leaving practically daily.
9:01 AM May 8th via Echofon in reply to mkgold

3rd + Final Stop: Back in the BK. Sometimes it’s nice to tour the city where you live. Happy Friday!
8:23 PM May 7th via web

Stop 2: Manhattan. Graduate Center. Academic Commons/CAT meeting. Tasty cafeteria lunch. Beets FTW!
1:44 PM May 7th via Echofon

Great talk on assessing information literacy by Megan Oakleaf. We have a lot of work to do!
12:01 PM May 7th via Echofon

Stop 1 on my three-boro tour today: Megan Oakleaf’s talk @ LaGCC in Queens.
9:59 AM May 7th via Echofon

Bouncy castle on campus today. File under surreal: http://twitpic.com/1ln2x1
9:09 PM May 6th via Echofon

@lwaltzer One of the few things I don’t like about apt livin’ = no grill. Bon appetit!
9:06 PM May 6th via Echofon in reply to lwaltzer

@paigecasey With cookies!
6:26 PM May 6th via Echofon in reply to paigecasey

At the Honors Scholars Poster Session. #CityTech students FTW!
1:07 PM May 6th via Echofon

dear google, once again you are screwing up my precious morning writing time. i may have to break up with you!
8:35 AM May 6th via web

getting ready to create the last rubric of the semester. rather tired of rubrics, really.
9:04 PM May 5th via web

man, google docs, what is your damage today?
10:14 AM May 5th via web

dear internets, please send bubble of quiet focused concentration. kthxbai!
8:32 AM May 5th via web

my sweet kid is a softie: he’s gone to sleep very sad that he’s nearly finished reading “mrs frisby & the rats of nimh”
9:03 PM May 4th via web

musical ep of Fringe < musical ep of Buffy OR musical ep of Xena
11:31 AM May 1st via Echofon

@mikhailg @lwaltzer @jrrnyc @jugoretz @boonebgorges @mkgold Have fun today at #blsci. Wish I could be there. Tweet lots!
9:26 AM Apr 30th via web in reply to mikhailg

considering the research assignment as a game: overly reductive or potentially useful? discuss.
8:38 AM Apr 30th via web

@alevtina the hidden down side of sharing! but snickerdoodles are so tasty, i’m sure everyone was happy you shared.
8:44 PM Apr 29th via web in reply to alevtina

list longer now than on monday morning. home inbox 19. work inbox 50. tired. sigh. solution? watch house, drink a beer, sleep.
8:41 PM Apr 29th via web

@mkgold happy birthday matt! glad you were able to do something non-worky today.
8:39 PM Apr 29th via web in reply to mkgold

Student performances at #CityTech #LitFest
5:51 PM Apr 29th via Echofon

This week has just evaporated.
7:02 PM Apr 28th via Echofon

RT @CityTechLitFest #CityTech #LiteraryArtsFestival #writing #fiction #poetry #drama #essays #WilliePerdomo #free #brooklyn #DoNotMissIt http://bit.ly/bKFKGu
1:09 PM Apr 28th via web Retweeted by you and 2 others

@listentomyvoice Yes! I still have slides from an archaeology paper I presented in ’96. Photos of charts & graphs FTW! (and woah I am old)
12:12 PM Apr 27th via Echofon in reply to listentomyvoice

RT @librarianmer Love it! RT @nengard: Free as in Library http://flic.kr/p/75TqsC
8:33 PM Apr 26th via TweetDeck Retweeted by you and 1 other

RT @berkmancenter: @eszter’s new paper: “Trust Online: Young Adults’ Evaluation of Web Content” http://bit.ly/afBb0P
2:08 PM Apr 26th via Echofon

RT @kerim How to Draw Time – http://nyti.ms/aXOHap
9:51 AM Apr 25th via TimesPeople Retweeted by you and 10 others

@divanoir hey, can you pass on a bluebells & lilacs status report?
2:55 PM Apr 24th via Echofon in reply to divanoir

@lwaltzer happy birthday Kaya! 6 is awesome.
3:23 PM Apr 23rd via Echofon in reply to lwaltzer

Just heard an awesome talk on eBook Readers Bill of Rights by Alycia Sellie & Matthew Goins: http://bit.ly/9JdON5
3:02 PM Apr 23rd via Echofon

@mikhailg “I drive a Mister Softee truck. It’s not boring.”
8:22 PM Apr 22nd via Echofon in reply to mikhailg

I just told Gus to go back to playing his Mtv videogames, to which he replied “what’s Mtv?”
8:19 PM Apr 22nd via Echofon

RT @ChrysalisArch: Happy Earth Day … we could learn a few things about being green from the past. (archaeology FTW!)
12:50 PM Apr 22nd via Echofon

@alevtina bacon, you say? Intriguing…
7:21 AM Apr 22nd via Echofon in reply to alevtina

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