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@AliceDuncanson I know. In the store it looked perfect, subtle. On the wall it looks like I'm looking directly in2 the sun #yellowsaretricky 29 minutes ago via web in reply to AliceDuncanson
...And now I'm realizing that this shade of yellow is just a bit too bright for my tastes, so I have start over. Ugh! #cocktailtime 31 minutes ago via web
For some reason I always trick myself into believing that painting a room will be quick. It takes FOREVER... #Hiringsomeonenexttime 39 minutes ago via web
RT @Quotes4Writers fuelyourwriting.com/this-is-exactl … This is EXACTLY how books are published. Well, perhaps not quite: twitter.com/Quotes4Writers… < Ha! about 11 hours ago via web
Morning Twitter rant over. Time up. See you later... 6:42 AM May 26th via web
Private institutions are not charge with promoting the public good. They prioritize profits over people. That's just a fact. 6:40 AM May 26th via web
Every week my mom calls from Louisiana to say "so-and-so" someone from our town, got locked up. Now I see why. #feedthebeast 6:39 AM May 26th via web
And they say Romney is considering La. gov Bobby Jindal for a running mate. Serious?! #Louisianaprisonsforprofit 6:34 AM May 26th via web
Morning twitter. Can't get the term "honey holes" for prison beds out of my mind. Failed farmers now farming humans for profit. Still upset. 6:30 AM May 26th via web
Ok, my Twitter time for today is done. See you tomorrow folks... 6:56 PM May 25th via web
@psychochic88 I had to crunch an 8-part series with a dozen stories, thousand of word and multiple charts down to 800 words. Left a lot out. 6:56 PM May 25th via web in reply to psychochic88
RT @sbcmortgageman and if you got released you can't vote with a felony anyways #idiot < The uninformed are sad ppl felonvoting.procon.org/view.resource.… 6:43 PM May 25th via web
I'm from Louisiana, but I was so shocked by the Times-Picayune's series that it left me speechless and outraged... 6:23 PM May 25th via web
Louisiana leads the nation in the percentage of its prisoners serving life without parole. When you're in prison you can't vote. Get it?... 6:21 PM May 25th via web
It takes more than $1 million to care for a young lifer over the course of his incarceration. Now, how else could La. spend that money? 6:18 PM May 25th via web
@KiwiJae nytimes.com/2012/05/26/opi… 6:17 PM May 25th via web in reply to KiwiJae
Read tomorrow's column, "Plantations, Prisons and Profits," tonight and let me know what you think. nytimes.com/2012/05/26/opi… 6:12 PM May 25th via web
Column done! 5:04 PM May 25th via web
Bought it from a vintage store on the next block when kids played. Cost more to deliver than buy. Don't want to pay to get rid of it. 4:27 PM May 25th via web
Been trying for a week to donate the piano in my living room to charity. Can't get the pick-up people on the phone. So frustrating. 4:25 PM May 25th via web

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Bio Charles M. Blow is The New York Times's visual Op-Ed columnist. His column appears every Saturday.