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@Lizo18 I didn't do it on purpose! about 10 hours ago via Plume for Android in reply to Lizo18
(Yeah, I may have left the keys in the ignition w/the battery running overnight. I blame the book.) about 10 hours ago via Plume for Android
Books are dangerous, people. Because I was listening to an audiobook in my driveway yesterday, my car battery is unjumpably dead. about 10 hours ago via Plume for Android
@jclementwall Aaahh...feels like a warm fuzzy blanket out here today. What's not to love? @AdamsLisa @Hippiechick68 about 13 hours ago via Plume for Android in reply to jclementwall
I probably wasn't gonna do that, but good to know. twitpic.com/9q0psu 1:09 PM May 27th via Plume for Android
A message in the sand. twitpic.com/9q0our 1:06 PM May 27th via Plume for Android
@ArmaVirumque And THERE'S our Latin lesson, thanks. (I guess we both needed to brush up.) @Hippiechick68 6:38 AM May 27th via Plume for Android in reply to ArmaVirumque
@Hippiechick68 Clearly you need to brush up on your Latin. 8:43 PM May 26th via Plume for Android in reply to Hippiechick68
@Hippiechick68 fine, whatevs, you're the pope. 8:28 PM May 26th via Plume for Android in reply to Hippiechick68
@Hippiechick68 We HAVE a Pope (Habemus Papum) 8:19 PM May 26th via Plume for Android in reply to Hippiechick68
@Hippiechick68 You ducked into a starbucks? Me too. (Remember the "duck into starbucks" jinx?) 2:53 PM May 26th via Plume for Android in reply to Hippiechick68
On way to see @julieklam @67anddumped & @Hippiechick68 I bump into @emmastraub. #smalltwitterworld 2:51 PM May 26th via Plume for Android
@nyreader what are you, some kind of feline racist? 6:45 PM May 24th via Plume for Android in reply to nyreader
@Joe_Wallace Thanks, Joe. I knew it would grow on you. 6:28 PM May 24th via Plume for Android in reply to Joe_Wallace
@ClaudineMJ Too true. Besides, dinosaurs can't even read. 5:48 PM May 24th via Plume for Android in reply to ClaudineMJ
@ClaudineMJ My son, overthinking: If she's still alive, why did she wait so long to return the books? 5:39 PM May 24th via Plume for Android in reply to ClaudineMJ
@ClaudineMJ That's adorable. 5:38 PM May 24th via Plume for Android in reply to ClaudineMJ
@DeliaCabe He's now dive-bombing into the Trader Joe's shopping bags scattered around the kitchen floor. 5:37 PM May 24th via Plume for Android in reply to DeliaCabe
@ClaudineMJ Report back. 5:36 PM May 24th via Plume for Android in reply to ClaudineMJ
This joke is growing on me. Why was the T-Rex afraid to go to the library? (Wait for it.) BECAUSE HER BOOKS WERE 60 MILLION YEARS OVERDUE! 5:31 PM May 24th via Plume for Android

Name Lauren Gilbert
Location Long Island
Bio Bibliophile. Logophile. Italophile. Museophile. Librarian. Putting the antic back in pedantic. Programs Chair for @nysbookfestival.