2013 12 01 tweets
Replying to @captain_primate
I know, right? I’m still trying to figure out where October went.
This is apparently the year my warranty ran out. In the last 2 wks I’ve had 2 moles biopsied, 3 teeth rebonded & a 10-min glaucoma scare.
The moles came back “weird-looking” \(the official diagnosis\), the teeth are fine, and I do not actually have glaucoma. But enough already.
Replying to @briancroxall
Will they let me keep my unlimited data plan?
Replying to @briancroxall
Classy!
Replying to @jcmeloni
Dude. Am trying!
RT @MLACommons: Wondering how to use Twitter effectively at #mla14? Guest contributor @roopikarisam shares her tips: http://convention.commons.mla.org/2013/12/03/virtual-mla-a-quick-guide-to-using-twitter-at-the-mla-convention/
Replying to @nancybaym
I was excited when I found mine, too. There’s something great in someone valuing your work enough to make a copy of it available.
Crucial new report from CLIR & National Film Preservation Board, LOC: The Survival of American Silent Feature Films. http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub158
Coming to #MLA14? Join the 2014 MLA Convention group on @MLACommons for announcements, recommendations, and more. http://commons.mla.org/groups/2014-mla-convention-620574474/
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Replying to @the_blochian and @MLACommons
Exactly why we created the group! It’s important to have a human-sized point of entry.
Replying to @ncecire
Horrible loss.
Devastated to hear of the passing of José Muñoz. Horrible, horrible loss.
Replying to @rgfeal
My age.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Those are some gorgeous kittehs!
Replying to @annehelen
Watched the last three episodes over the last couple of nights and thought exactly the same thing. \(“Everybody’s happy\!”\)
My last few weeks have been one non-stop medical complaint. Today’s whine is about the flu shot I got yesterday. Snif.
Replying to @jwolman
That article, man. Anybody who thinks Brooklyn is “dripping with authenticity” needs to be sent to a farm town for a year.
Replying to @jwolman
Oh definitely. I’m just picturing the reporter’s fists clenching when that guy started talking about the values of “my generation.”
Replying to @jwolman
I have been trying not to focus on that.
Replying to @shannonmattern
What? Shannon, that’s awful! I really hope today can behave better than that.
Replying to @shannonmattern
Seriously. I’m getting a bit misanthropic just hearing about it!
Replying to @mkgold and @shannonmattern
No kidding. People are effing nuts, have I mentioned that before?
Replying to @jvinopal and @lettersfromvani
Jargonesque: it’s from blackjack; if you get dealt a pair, you can split the cards into 2 hands & double your bet
Replying to @derivativedos
Thanks for the correction. Will try to remember next time I’m in Vegas.
Replying to @pmhswe
You might look at Airmail; it’s still in active development and it learned a lot from Sparrow.
Replying to @pmhswe
You’re welcome! I’m glad you like it; I’ve found it quite powerful. Like Sparrow, it gets Gmail labels, which no one else does.
Replying to @surlyF
I’m in DC already & it’s a mess here too. They’ve closed the NoVa schools tomorrow already. I’ll hope the flying is ok!
Replying to @surlyF
Oh wait. You mean you’re already here too. Duh. And welcome.
Replying to @surlyF
No kidding! We came down to spend the weekend in G’town; not terribly looking forward to the taxi-based hotel switch tomorrow.
Replying to @sleonchnm and @dancohen
Fairfax schools are also closed. It’s pretty sloppy out there.
Replying to @sleonchnm and @dancohen
I’ve got to get from Rosslyn/Georgetown to the Capital Hilton about that time. Not looking forward to the ride.
Replying to @sleonchnm
Possibly, though there’s still getting from the hotel to the metro on this end. I’m sure we’ll sort it out.
Replying to @sleonchnm
We walked the Key Bridge in for lunch today. It was… bracing, I think is the word.
Replying to @sleonchnm
We have to move tomorrow, though, because I’ve apparently wiped the hotel out of Irish & have had to move on to bourbon.
Replying to @sleonchnm and @iceskatingbears
I think that’s a fair assessment. #scholcomm
Replying to @dancohen and @iceskatingbears
CNI, of course! We will converge, weather permitting.
Replying to @epistemographer and @dancohen
Hey, excellent. I'll look forward to it.
Replying to @seth_denbo
NEW would be a big detour \(it’s the lakefront airport in New Orleans\)! I hope they got you closer than that…
Replying to @seth_denbo
Ugh. It was a nasty day to be traveling; glad you’re safely on.
RT @veek: Did you commit to reviewing #DH2014 proposals? PLEASE submit them before deadline this Sunday! Please RT, too.
Replying to @JenHoward
*waves from the front of the room*
Replying to @JenHoward
Yes! I was wondering why Cliff had wind chimes on stage with him.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
*totally ded of cute*
Replying to @surlyF
What’s a carbon copy?
Dear everyone who’s debating the casting of DFW in the forthcoming biopic: Can we start with a huge OH MY GOD PLEASE DON’T MAKE THAT MOVIE?
The very thought is painful.
Seriously. I just want to sit down and cry.
Replying to @ayjay
It is the better course, without question.
Replying to @ayjay
In my case, it’s less my physical heart that is at risk, but the basic principle still holds.
Replying to @briancroxall
Familiar-looking, eh? Very nice early Christmas present!
Replying to @samplereality
Woo hoo! Congratulations.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Big hugs to you, today and on the 3rd.
Replying to @jmittell
Thanks for the redaction. For better or for worse, I’m watching it tonight.
Replying to @jmittell
Will do!
RT @samplereality: I have turned
off your retweets
that were in
my faceand which
you probably thought
were so goodBlock me
I subtweet
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Replying to @JenHoward
That is cold comfort, Jen. I’m so sorry this happened to you and your family!
Replying to @jcmeloni
Tocqueville is one of our faves: http://tocquevillerestaurant.com
I weep for our once-great system of universal education.
Replying to @jmittell and @nowviskie
Actually, now that you say that, I have to acknowledge the possibility that the message was spoken rather than typed.
Replying to @nowviskie and @jmittell
It would certainly be less awful. A failure to correct poor transcription seems less awful.
Replying to @nowviskie and @jmittell
Indeed.
Replying to @amandafrench, @nowviskie and @jmittell
It’s possible, though the name I pixeled out did not encourage that conclusion.
RT @katinalynn: My fave tip from @nmhouston’s #mla14 post: Speaking up in awkward situations “can be an act of social generosity.” http://t…
Replying to @jcmeloni and @nmhouston
You should! Are you logged in?
Replying to @rgfeal, @jcmeloni and @nmhouston
I believe one is!
Replying to @jcmeloni
Srsly, log in, and tell me if you still don’t have commenting privs. If so, something is wrong.
Replying to @jcmeloni
ARGH. Thanks for letting me know. We’ll try to see if we can reproduce. Were you logging in from @nmhouston’s post?
Replying to @jcmeloni
Oh dude, I know that problem. It was trying to take you to the dashboard, which you don’t have privs on. A bit of WP stupidity.
Replying to @jcmeloni
We’re trying to work on a fix for that.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Yeah, it’s a login redirect problem in multisite WP. Wants to take you to the dashboard of any blog, whether it’s yours or not.
I moved in at the end of May. Today, nearly 7 months later, I hung the last of the pictures and dropped off a bunch of stuff for donation.
Replying to @boone
Five days after I moved I left the country and did not return until the nesting impulse had relented.
Replying to @BendProf
Yes! Can't speak for the hotel, but the neighborhood is fab. Good proximity to lots of great stuff. Quite safe at all hours.
Replying to @captain_primate
I'm so sorry to hear! I hope power is back way sooner than it sounds. :(
New post at Planned Obsolescence: Tools and Values. http://wp.me/p2w8Sh-FD
Replying to @jwolman
Those sound... vaguely... familiar...
The whole trick to the Christmas Eve gumbo is getting the roux dark enough before the effects of the prosecco kick in.
New post at Planned Obsolescence: The Tree. http://wp.me/p2w8Sh-FH
Replying to @dancohen
Thanks! It’s my favorite.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Thanks, and to you too!
Replying to @shermandorn
Thanks so much, and happy holidays!
Replying to @rrkennison
And to you!
Replying to @shanakimball
And to you!
An utterly random request: I recently explored a service that gathers citation info about your work & displays it with Altmetric data. +
It was not ORCID, but it was not unrelated. And I’m drawing a complete blank on what it was. Any ideas?
Replying to @copystar and @ImpactStory
That would make sense, though I have a memory of the little pinwheels…
Replying to @jenniferwaller
Possibly Impact Story, but the site used the Altmetric donuts.
Replying to @rogerwhitson
It wasn’t them, but that’s a neat project.
Replying to @jenniferwaller and @papershipapp
Yes! That’s it. Thanks!
Phew. It was @papershipapp. Thanks, @jenniferwaller!
RT @MLACommons: We’ve created a guide to using #mla14 resources. Info about the mobile program, web annotations, groups, & more! http://t.c…
New post at Planned Obsolescence: Being Wrong. http://wp.me/p2w8Sh-FK
Replying to @Ted_Underwood
Indeed. Of course, I could be wrong.
Replying to @Ted_Underwood
Not \(just\) being funny there; it could represent a failure of my own experience rather than of grad school itself.
Some very smart questions & thoughts from @brettbobley @elotroalex @jmittell & @cplong on my recent peer review post: http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/blog/tools-and-values/#comments
Replying to @RohanMaitzen and @Ted_Underwood
Absolutely! Developing an open enough voice as a blogger requires being prepared for your inevitable wrongness.
Replying to @cplong and @PubPhilJ
Fantastic! I’ll look forward to hearing more.
Replying to @Ted_Underwood, @ayjay and @nowviskie
I completely agree, but would suggest that there is a quite charged politics around the notion of humility.
Replying to @Ted_Underwood, @ayjay and @nowviskie
I also regret that this conversation isn’t being captured in the comments on the post itself…
Replying to @ayjay
Interesting! I really long to drag the conversations back the other direction, where they can play out more ruminatively.
Replying to @KLeuner, @Ted_Underwood, @ayjay and @nowviskie
Exactly what I’m working on. I don’t want to let this slip away.
Replying to @ayjay
Thank you! I do appreciate it.
Replying to @karikraus
Thanks, Kari!
RT @MLACommons: Want to build something from #mla14 program data \(XML/JSON\)? Grab the source code for http://mla14.org at https://t.c…
Replying to @warnick and @briancroxall
Looks cool - like it could handle 95% of what I’m using Evernote for, w/o locking my stuff in a proprietary format.
Replying to @warnick and @briancroxall
I’ve sort of adjusted to it, mostly by simplifying \(shutting off the sidebar, going to snippet view\).
Replying to @warnick and @briancroxall
Hmm. But I assume they’re all exportable \(or drag and droppable\) to plain text?
Replying to @warnick and @briancroxall
Which is exactly what I hate about Evernote. Export? Sure! To ENEX. Or crap HTML. Useful, that.
Replying to @warnick and @briancroxall
Nice. I’ll have to test out the demo.
Replying to @briancroxall
You have no idea how much I envy you that first reading.
RT @MLAconvention: What are your favorite Chicago restaurants? Post your recommendations to the #mla14 convention attendees group! http://t…
The only thing I wanted to finish and failed in 2013 is Bleeding Edge. \(About 25% to go\.\) I feel pretty good about that.
\(Okay, there are huge lists of things I didn’t manage to do, but that’s the only thing I swore I’d complete and didn’t\. See?\)
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Totally!
Replying to @ricksva
Pynchon’s latest.
Replying to @eetempleton
Oh no. I hope you feel better quickly!
Replying to @eetempleton
Truly. **knocks wood**
Ah, we've hit the point at which having a really great dinner and being home in front of the tv by 7.45 is the best possible New Year's Eve.