Lex Friedman @lexfri:
The smell of singed hair
My arm now has a smooth patch
Chanukah haiku
@lexfri Menorahs designed
For seven year olds to light,
You Jewish doofus.
Lex Friedman @lexfri:
@jeffporten we had 18 candles burning!
@lexfri Lex Friedman’s abode:
Two open flames too many
For Molly Ringwald.
I am apparently the only passenger going to Atlantic City. This is a substantively creepy experience. Union Station
http://4sq.com/2Y0Sxw
Korshi Buffet
http://4sq.com/ds4PUA
CES will have a record high square footage in 2013. Because prior years weren’t already insane. #OhFuckMe
Welcoming @flargh to my level of aged decrepitude.
Peter Cohen @flargh:
@jeffporten Thanks. Pass the Metamucil. Where’s my heating pad?
@flargh I’ll check under my rapidly expanding ass.
@erika_owens @mkramer Heard about this tonight on an old On The Media podcast. FYI if it’s not on your radar yet. http://risctraining.org/
Despite the many plaudits today, I still can’t defend the Hustler v. Falwell SCOTUS ruling that established sitar as free speech.
I’m not sure what the possible legal justification is to claim that all conversations on public transport should be recorded, but apparently that’s no big deal.
Transit authorities in cities across the country are quietly installing microphone-enabled surveillance systems on public buses that would give them the ability to record and store private conversations…. The systems are being installed in San Francisco, Baltimore, and other cities with funding from the Department of Homeland Security.
Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
I’m still Jewish enough to say the brucha over candles and eat gelt. And then have a long discussion on what “king of the universe” means.
@GlennF Show kids the French scene from History of the World, Part 1. “It’s good to be the king!” Then debate who’s the piss boy.
“@GovChristie: Rabbi lights Hanukah Menorah at Drumthwacket. pic.twitter.com/5YBo2MPj” // Drumthwacket also 11th plague in uncut Old Testament.
Jim Dalrymple @jdalrymple:
@viticci I can’t lie. Except for about speeding.
Federico Viticci @viticci:
@jdalrymple Haha, the sad part is, I actually told my doctor that once.
Jim Dalrymple @jdalrymple:
@viticci People think I’m homeless, they’d never believe I’m a big deal on anything.
Philip Michaels @PhilipMichaels:
@jdalrymple @viticci People are so ignorant. Every schoolboy knows the Canadian government guarantees every citizen a furnished igloo.
Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@PhilipMichaels iGloo? Is that the new Apple television set? Why do Canadians get it first?
@GlennF @philipmichaels iGloo is the code name for the iBooks Author rev that will automatically write Horse Ebooks.
Jonathan Weisman @jonathanweisman:
House D cands won 51% of vote, took 46% of seats. In 40 yrs, only 1 other time, 96, did maj party get House minority http://nyti.ms/SShADz
“@jowyang: Since life expectancy for an American male is 75, “over the hill” is 37.5, not 40.” // Excellent news for my 43rd birthday.
Peter Cohen @flargh:
I loved bacon before it went mainstream.
@flargh There’s a stream of bacon? Where?
Kirk McElhearn @mcelhearn:
@jeffporten @flargh Can’t you stream it with Amazon Prime?
@mcelhearn @flargh Tried that. Accidentally started a Kindle GreaseFire HD.
“@IDoubtIt: Time to remind people about Portents of Doom again. http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/apocalyptic_january_and_the_portents_of_doom/ …” // Unsure whether this counts as a Twitter mention.
Geoffrey Nunberg @GeoffNunberg:
For an @nprfreshair piece, what’s your Word of the Year pick? Items with legs, not 9 days wonders like gangnam or fiscal cliff.
@GeoffNunberg @nprfreshair Obamacare, as this year it *finally* was owned by the Democrats. Will attach BO to health, like FDR to New Deal.
Melody Kramer @mkramer:
Lifted heavy things, organic chemistry final tomorrow, bio wed, physics Thursday.
@mkramer <Leslie Neilsen>Good luck, we’re all counting on you.</Neilsen>
Dan Benjamin @danbenjamin:
The Capsule wallet is far and away the best wallet I’ve ever owned.
@danbenjamin At least until someone sneaks a counterfeit bill in there. Then you’ll have to switch to Gelcap.
Peter Cohen @flargh:
Doctor prescribes med which insurance covers, but won’t cover the syringe needed to inject. How am I supposed to take it, then?
@flargh Cue Alex Baldwin. “Second place: this set of steak knives.”
Michele Catalano @inthefade:
@GlennF Marriage used to be about dowries. How come no one wants to preserve the sanctity of that part of it?
@inthefade @GlennF Republican party needs to keep all of their jackasses.