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alanbenson

Wasting time this Saturday listening to cartoon voice actors re-imagine Star Wars scenes thru new voices: bit.ly/LQxRan about 11 hours ago via YoruFukurou
Best D3 treat so far: James Hong as Covetous Shen's voice. about 20 hours ago via YoruFukurou
@themalarkeybin Oh most definitely! I'll be here until July, so we can even have more than one coffee date :) 3:29 PM May 25th via YoruFukurou in reply to themalarkeybin
Hrm. Apparently the U's social media strategy is tweeting fairly common inspirational quotes. 3:18 PM May 25th via YoruFukurou
@mamikgibar "25 May 12 via Buffer." Looks like you are :) It's overkill for what I need (I just use Hootsuite). But it looks well-designed 10:11 AM May 25th via YoruFukurou in reply to mamikgibar
@briancroxall Happy birthday Brian! 8:58 AM May 25th via YoruFukurou in reply to briancroxall
The story about the little boy who wanted to touch Obama's hair totally sweetened a bad day: nyti.ms/JzYUWY 8:35 AM May 24th via YoruFukurou
Sleazy security company (sstigroup) thinks vandalizing a wiki counts as advertising. No--it makes you spamming scumbags 8:30 AM May 24th via YoruFukurou
Tweeps, "R.U. a Cyberpunk?" bit.ly/KciMx3 The cutting edge of 1993 10:00 PM May 23rd via YoruFukurou
@aristotlejulep Michele Eodice and Kami Day explored collaborating on their disses, but were shot down. They talk abt it in "First Person" 9:44 PM May 23rd via YoruFukurou in reply to aristotlejulep
So to get Yahoo Axis (bit.ly/KcgJZS) I have to agree to these terms: twitpic.com/9oknoy . #agreementgoeshere 9:41 PM May 23rd via YoruFukurou
I did most of my applications individually, but the new MLA-Interfolio dealie is handy for recs and transcript 2:43 PM May 23rd via YoruFukurou
@sisypheantask Yeah, I started looking earlier because of the pups. Hoping that a bunch of places open up June 1 11:30 AM May 23rd via YoruFukurou in reply to sisypheantask
@nwhyluckysgirl Eau Claire, WI. Got a job up there :) 11:11 AM May 23rd via YoruFukurou in reply to nwhyluckysgirl
Long-distance searching for a house/apt that allows dogs is just the most delightful experience ever. Grrr. 11:06 AM May 23rd via YoruFukurou
@barrywellman Could it be a paraphrase from this letter? bit.ly/KTWOwj "I write one page of masterpiece to 91 pages of shit." 9:07 AM May 23rd via YoruFukurou in reply to barrywellman
Just saw the Gatsby trailer. Autotune and 3D? Oof. 10:35 PM May 22nd via YoruFukurou
@sisypheantask That's true. And with ILL, you don't have other grad students howling for your blood post-recall :) 5:02 PM May 22nd via YoruFukurou in reply to sisypheantask
@sisypheantask UNCG has actually stopped recalling books & has us ILL add'l copies. Not sure if it's a better solution. 4:36 PM May 22nd via YoruFukurou in reply to sisypheantask
Hmm. "Depressed People Surf the Web Differently" (via @slashdot): bit.ly/JABdHr . PDF: bit.ly/JPdJog 4:35 PM May 22nd via YoruFukurou

Name Alan Benson
Location Greensboro, North Carolina
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Bio Coming soon: Director of the Center for Writing Excellence at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire