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  1. @shannatrenholm ORLY? There are many Twitters and each have their own rulesets. Chop-chop.about 14 hours ago from web in reply to shannatrenholm
  2. Watching the world look through books I have left on the street for it to take freely makes me happy.8:38 AM Jul 4th from Ping.fm
  3. The escape artist is born: our toddler can now open doorknobs without fail.10:02 AM Jul 3rd from Ping.fm
  4. Call of nature http://bit.ly/13QSsQ8:33 PM Jul 1st from twitterfeed
  5. @greyaenigma Yeah, but @6eyes spent two years of college in a book preservation lab saving priceless treasures. http://tr.im/qy5O6:27 PM Jul 1st from Nambu in reply to greyaenigma
  6. Firefox 3.5 Mac doesn't load links clicked in outside apps like Mail, Netnewswire, etc. Just sits there, though app comes forward. Help?8:56 AM Jul 1st from Nambu
  7. Big news: My family and I move to the Bay Area 7/24. After my 16 years in NYC, excitement and sadness battle. Car culture, here I come.7:45 PM Jun 30th from Ping.fm
  8. @mattandmeagen The app "Where" includes Yelp lookups. Not perfect but usable. Nice balance to "Places." #androidapps1:37 PM Jun 22nd from Nambu in reply to mattandmeagen
  9. I will be completely offline in Missouri June 23-30 for a family reunion. Call the mobile if desperate. http://ping.fm/VDleG9:47 AM Jun 22nd from Ping.fm
  10. RT @jessesheidlower: Small batch of additions to the OED Science Fiction quotations site! http://tinyurl.com/mnm2en7:39 AM Jun 18th from Nambu
  11. @onWords Well, sign me up and ship me out! That's very generous of Michael Adams.6:54 AM Jun 18th from Nambu in reply to onWords
  12. Feedburner URLs that have huge accidental traffic http://bit.ly/j7n1w9:08 PM Jun 16th from twitterfeed
  13. My first "Among the New Words" is in the latest issue of the academic journal "American Speech." Yay! (Pay link, alas) http://tr.im/oG868:56 AM Jun 16th from Ping.fm
  14. Most people who object to political correctness resent that they've lost the chance to be coarse and offensive in public. http://tr.im/ouBa7:14 PM Jun 14th from Ping.fm
  15. @webhill Nobody who knows anything about language attributes "newbie" to gamers. It dates to at least 1970 in military usage.6:09 PM Jun 14th from Nambu in reply to webhill
  16. I was serious when I said “It’s a sham. It’s a hoax. It’s fake. It’s not real.” http://tr.im/oujF5:52 PM Jun 14th from Ping.fm
  17. Sitting on the runway waiting for someone in charge to pull their head out of their ass. #nwa3:49 PM Jun 13th from Ping.fm
  18. #FollowFriday @wordnik @wayword @fritinancy9:11 AM Jun 12th from Nambu
  19. I held Samuel Johnson’s 1755 dictionary in my hands http://bit.ly/j8BuJ9:06 AM Jun 9th from twitterfeed
  20. I'm not a book fetishist, but I was pleased to hold an original 1755 edition of Johnson's Dictionary in my hands. http://tr.im/nU4w7:01 AM Jun 9th from Ping.fm
  • Name Grant Barrett
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