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  1. @TheBlakeFirm @hamishmckenzie @pat_ramsey Plebe is a freshman in a military academy, plebs are Romans, plebeian is one Roman.
  2. @BadAstronomer "If I were to lose 14 lbs, I'd have to part with both arms. And a foot." huffingtonpost.com/scarlett-johan…
  3. @TweenHobo I think you'll need to hang upside down in a damp cave for at least 500 years to get a stalactite like that on your head.
  4. @hamishmckenzie Midshipman Lee uses plebes. My dictionary says plebes are freshmen at a military academy and plebs are Romans.
  5. @TheBlakeFirm @hamishmckenzie @pat_ramsey I feel all smug because I read a book about the Naval Academy and know what plebs are.
  6. @mjrobbins According to Leviticus "Inside Nature's Giants" is a real abomination.
  7. @RojSmith Dude! William Shatner answered your tweet! Cooool!
  8. @RojSmith I made a fortune off the Olympics in Atlanta. Billed 120 hours the week of opening ceremonies. Technology Team FTW! So many radios
  9. Does anybody in the UK want my Olympic Pin collection? People trade them. It's a thing. Going to the Olympics? Anyone? picasaweb.google.com/11559894271951…
  10. @suzanneyankovic Not washing your jeans is just for people that never do any job of work, ever. I gotta get stuff done, and I get DIRTY!
  11. @NubianOR I get the job ads for those jobs. Need a Masters and be able to operate a chainsaw, pays $8.50/hr no benefits. Florida sucks.
  12. @NubianOR Good luck to him! I lost my job the week after I got my Masters in Oceanography in 2008 and only worked 11 days at that since! BP!
  13. @NubianOR People get gifts for graduating? Nobody got me anything! I guess you have to be married, huh?
  14. “@IEEESpectrum: Throwable Robot, Roomba-Riding Humanoid, and More from ICRA 2012: bit.ly/K7cXQe” Why do robots make me cry? Robonaut!
  15. @billamend Yes! I saved my handwritten notes, too. I can tell where I fell asleep because the writing gets really small. Brain filled up!
  16. @RojSmith I lost track of that snake. He wandered off while I was turning that second anchor in with that sledge hammer handle.
  17. @RojSmith Also looking sideways, so her head was pointing away from her gaze.