rik panganiban @rikomatic:
I’m at North Market (Columbus, OH) w/ 5 others 4sq.com/WcSMXn

@rikomatic Is that where you can get apple fritters rotated 90 degrees?

Have been debating Virgin 4G HTC no-contract vs. Verizon iPhone 5. LTE coverage map just tilted me heavily in favor of iPhone.

VZW Support @VZWSupport:
@jeffporten Our 4G LTE network is unmatched by the competition! We would love to have you as a customer! vzw.com/iphone5 ^YK

Darby Lines @Angry_Drunk:
One day I’m going to hack into The Loop. Oh the “yeps” we shall have then.

@Angry_Drunk Hack? Much easier to just slip @flargh a Mickey.

Darby Lines @Angry_Drunk:
@jeffporten @flargh Shut-ins are hard to roofy. Trust me.

Peter Cohen @flargh:
@Angry_Drunk @jeffporten We’re all opiate-addicted, so our tolerances run very high.

@flargh Okay, so now I’m picturing an armless @Angry_Drunk hanging upside down and shooting you with a kryptonite arrow with his teeth.

“@nytimes: Partisans on Both Sides Seize on Biden’s Performance nyti.ms/RmrEEm” // On Romney staff, with actual seizures.

erika owens @erika_owens:
@mkramer A pigeon flew into my head in a park in London. #bestthingallweek

@erika_owens @mkramer That’s supposed to be good luck, according to British people whom do not have bird dents in their skulls.

erika owens @erika_owens:
@jeffporten @mkramer ha, good to know. It was also entertaining to the British people who witnessed it.

@erika_owens @mkramer You can always tell when the British are overcome with laughter by the way they crack a smile in public.

Ralf Bendrath @bendrath:
#EU getting #Nobel Peace Prize good sign against nationalism, bad considering current repressive policies. #frontex #esrif #dataretention

@bendrath Hey, if your Peace Prize doesn’t lead you to targeting your own citizens with drones, consider yourself ahead.

Ralf Bendrath @bendrath:
@jeffporten They are working on it.

“@dmoren: So, can I put my passport in Passbook?” THIS. Can’t believe in 2012 I need to keep a piece of paper for 10 years.

Kirk McElhearn @mcelhearn:
@jeffporten @dmoren Sure, and imagine if your iPhone crashes or your battery is dead when you want to cross a border…

@mcelhearn @dmoren I’ve already had to make two emergency runs to an embassy when my paper passport died mid-trip. I can recharge an iPhone.

Jeff Carlson @jeffcarlson:
Okay brain, here’s the deal: we finish this article, and then we get to have sushi for lunch. Deal?

@jeffcarlson You might be misunderstanding: brain food is not actually applied directly to the brain.

Jeff Carlson @jeffcarlson:
@jeffporten That would explain my recurring case of Wasabi-ear.

@jeffcarlson Would also explain random strangers approaching you on Shinkansen to lick you.

“@LabSpaces: HPV vaccination doesn’t lead to an increase in sex – is.gd/4dVlNd” // Vaccinations in middle-aged men expected to drop

rik panganiban @rikomatic:
Wasn’t interested in “Seven Psychopaths” until found out Harry Dean Stanton plays a “vengeful Quaker.” Hmmm. #fb

@rikomatic AFAIK, there are at least *two* marching bands called the Oxymoronic Fighting Quakers.

Kelly Guimont @verso:
I wonder if people still say “I’ll buy THAT for a dollar!” Or if it changed to “I’ll buy that for 99 cents!” #hmm

@verso Meme was discarded after people realized it could lead to RoboCop shooting their balls off.

“@GlennF: When my kids ask, “Where were you when SpaceX launched its first commercial flight?” // “Stuck at the bottom of a gravity well.”

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@jeffcarlson Did I ever tell you about how I never met Penn Jilette, but almost did several times?

@GlennF @jeffcarlson Just go to his Vegas show. Met him afterwards, he sticks around as long as it takes to meet anyone who wants to.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@jeffporten @jeffcarlson That would require attending his show, though.

@GlennF @jeffcarlson One of the best live shows I’ve ever seen. Been twice, will go again.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@jeffporten @jeffcarlson Really! I find him so profoundly insufferable.

@GlennF @jeffcarlson Really? I’m a fan of his on-stage persona and podcasts. But he’s quite different on-stage, show is apolitical.

Jeff Carlson @jeffcarlson:
@jeffporten @GlennF I saw P&T here once, and it was great. Respect P, but don’t pay much attention to his non-show views.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
My name is not on the list of things people are disappointed with about BoingBoing. Disappointing. #peoplewhoaredisappointedinBoingBoing

@GlennF It’s not you, it’s that Lenn Leishman guy who isn’t allowed into the Economist.

Ted Landau @tedlandau:
Flash! Republicans on House Science, Space and Technology Committee cite themselves as proof that humans have not evolved.

@tedlandau Making up for the lack of opposable thumbs by opposing everything else.

Melody Kramer @mkramer:
What is the most serendipitous thing that’s happened to you in your life?

@mkramer Met @DanielEllsberg at a conference in Hiroshima. Discovered we were neighbors in DC. (McGovern lives two blocks away.)

Just accidentally tuned in for 180 seconds of @DonLemonCNN. …and that will be the last CNN of the year if I can help it.