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gavinobrown

  1. The story is out: amazon.com/39-Clues-Rapid… barnesandnoble.com/w/invasion-cli… and most other retailers (see copyright page at end) 2:41 PM Dec 30th, 2011 via web
  2. nytimes.com/2011/12/20/boo… 3:44 PM Dec 20th, 2011 via web
  3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_l… 7:55 PM Dec 12th, 2011 via web
  4. At #pubappx. Pretty sure I'm ethically obligated to tweet it. 6:54 AM Dec 7th, 2011 via Mobile Web from New York, NY  
  5. Thesaurus.com has no entries for "booger." How am I supposed to get writing done if you don't have my back, Thesaurus.com? 9:39 PM Oct 4th, 2011 via web
  6. If I'm ever publicly executed, I'm want my last words to be a really awful/awesome pun. People would talk about that for years to come. 6:51 PM Sep 6th, 2011 via web
  7. Gandalf: And I come back to you now - at the turn of the tide. Gimli: *cough*Fair weather fan*cough 10:26 AM Aug 22nd, 2011 via web
  8. My new go-to insult: "With all due respect, I find you undeserving of anyone's respect." 3:51 PM Aug 13th, 2011 via web
  9. Service with a smile. We reserve the right to include condescension at no additional cost. 2:02 PM Jul 5th, 2011 via web
  10. Some days are good news and some days are bad news--but paperwork is eternal. 10:51 AM May 25th, 2011 via web
  11. "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, wrapped in bacon." - Churchill 8:50 AM Apr 20th, 2011 via web
  12. My new self-help book for aspiring spitting contest contestants: What to Expect When You're Expectorating. 3:17 PM Apr 12th, 2011 via web
  13. I'm an optimist. I like to see the zombie as half alive, not half dead. 8:22 AM Jul 28th, 2010 via web from Civic Center, New York
  14. It's amazing how good I am at bargaining when I have no desire to actually purchase the product. 5:00 PM May 27th, 2010 via web
  15. They're not editors, they're story arc welders. 12:15 PM Mar 17th, 2010 via web
  16. Silly people whose characters have lives of their own. Mine do what the heck I tell them to. If I say jump, they say "with what adverb?" 9:39 PM Mar 4th, 2010 via web
  17. Little lesson in snowmenclature: it's no longer cool to use the terms snowmageddon or the snowpocalypse. I'm not sure if it ever was. 1:55 PM Feb 25th, 2010 via web
  18. This is the most hyperbolic tweet that the world has ever seen! 7:25 AM Feb 10th, 2010 via web
  • Name Gavin Brown
  • Location NYC
  • Web http://gavinbrown...
  • Bio Freelance philosopher. All opinions are my own, not those of my employer or anyone else. They're probably not even mine.
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