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billmason

  1. Opposing inequality = too political. Great 'idea worth spreading' there, TED. "Too Hot for TED: Income Inequality" nationaljournal.com/features/resto… about 6 hours ago via Tweet Button
  2. Flub of the day: the local library is posting Facebook tips on seeing the eclipse on Monday. Except the eclipse is on Sunday, not Monday. about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck
  3. @rahrahmaybe Just put the TV remote down and back away and you won't get hurt. ;) about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to rahrahmaybe
  4. Fiction? SF? RT @TPEconomy George W. Bush would like you to buy his book on "strategies for economic growth" thkpr.gs/JJdKX8 #seriously 2:50 PM May 16th via TweetDeck
  5. Geek humor moment as I was searching a spreadsheet for occurrences of "404" and hoping it would come up Not Found. But I found some, alas. 1:39 PM May 16th via TweetDeck
  6. Across from the bus stop before 7am, a neighbor was cleaning the outside of his rain gutters. No, really, he was. 8:24 AM May 15th via TweetDeck
  7. Portrayed like this, it looks like nothing... @APOD: 2012 May 15 - All the Water on Planet Earth apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120515.… twitter.com/billmason/stat… 12:20 AM May 15th via web
  8. Love it when a TV person says political endorsements aren't important just before devoting the next 5 minutes to the latest endorsement. 11:15 PM May 14th via TweetDeck
  9. E is simultaneously using a desktop PC, laptop, and iPad. How he can process all that at the same time is beyond my understanding. 8:22 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
  10. For #MothersDay I got @MimAbbyMason 2 big boxes of dirt. Not a traditional gift perhaps, but I think she is happy. ;) #garden 7:20 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
  11. Tempted to delete them all & never use again. "On Facebook, deleting an app doesn’t delete your data from their system" arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/0… 1:04 PM May 13th via Tweet Button
  12. I have a weird air-bicycling dog. 12:19 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
  13. If "Feliz Navidad" can be trending, it's a good thing "Happy Mother's Day" is too. Otherwise ooo, would your moms be pissed at you or what? 12:01 AM May 13th via TweetDeck
  14. Happy Mother's Day @MimAbbyMason :* 12:00 AM May 13th via TweetDeck
  15. @Mina18aban Good morning there. Loving your morning sky. 10:58 PM May 12th via TweetDeck in reply to Mina18aban
  16. 20 years to build the Enterprise. It probably won't happen. But I still say "Yes. This." buildtheenterprise.org #StarTrek twitter.com/billmason/stat… 10:28 PM May 12th via web
  17. Meanwhile here, we shoot 90 at a time at 1 suspect. RT @MSNBC_world German police fired just 85 bullets total in 2011 on.msnbc.com/JnQFJp 8:06 PM May 12th via TweetDeck
  18. Very strange to walk into a state liquor store and see an "application for liquor license" sign in its window. 2:46 PM May 12th via TweetDeck
  19. @IsMeToo Too late. In those few days the night temperatures are up 20 degrees, and today the high should be in the 80s. Go figure. 11:31 AM May 12th via TweetDeck in reply to IsMeToo
  20. And then comes "Planet of the Apes". "Zoo Chimp Makes Elaborate Plots to Attack Humans" via @Discovery_News news.discovery.com/animals/zoo-ch… 8:05 PM May 11th via Tweet Button