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  1. @sunshineoctopus Are you asking my personal preference? I'd place bets on nevertheless, but that's cause rolls off the tongue better.4:12 PM Nov 6th from web in reply to sunshineoctopus
  2. Makes you feel you have a certain consistency of message when your BGF apologizes for sending a greeting card that uses Comic Sans #font.4:10 PM Nov 6th from web
  3. "Memo to #grammar cops: Back off!' : http://bit.ly/2dhS17 #books10:26 AM Nov 6th from web
  4. Boston mourns passing of storyteller Brother Blue, "He believed in storytelling because it brought people together." http://bit.ly/1RWa2y7:11 AM Nov 6th from web
  5. As it turns out, you CAN judge a book by its cover: judgeabook.blogspot.com (via @fritinancy @stancarey)6:09 AM Nov 6th from web
  6. RT @andybechtel Q&A with Ken Lowery, co-founder of @FakeAPStylebook. http://bit.ly/4E4aA36:04 AM Nov 6th from web
  7. About "Fiddler": "(If you can listen to “Sunrise, Sunset’’ without getting choked up, check your pulse, because you are apparently dead.)"6:02 AM Nov 6th from web
  8. Artist Gareth Hinds has created graphic novels of King Lear, Merchant of Venice, & Beowulf. To come is The Odyssey. http://bit.ly/2IIPLm11:57 AM Nov 5th from web
  9. "Maybe I'm a genius" -- Shatner reads Levi Johnston's tweets: http://bit.ly/3jNLiq8:55 AM Nov 5th from web
  10. Using Facebook as a verb driving some over the edge: http://wp.me/p1QSE-Et6:17 AM Nov 2nd from web
  11. Boston mayoral challenger just called the incumbent "a good egg." This expression I could live without, especially in such a context.5:54 AM Nov 2nd from web
  12. Jon Gosselin has "mantrums" says girlfriend: http://bit.ly/2B0CVB5:31 AM Oct 30th from web
  13. Arnold Schwarzenegger accused of using acrostics to send secret F You message to state assemblyman: http://wp.me/p1QSE-Er5:10 AM Oct 30th from web
  14. You were wondering what to do if you run into a zombie over Halloween? Wonder no more: http://bit.ly/2b55jW4:52 AM Oct 30th from web
  15. What word nerd doesn't like a hot cup of tea? Novel Teas by Bag Ladies Tea feature literary quotations on tags: http://wp.me/p1QSE-El3:52 PM Oct 28th from web
  16. Saved up my allowance and just got my Garner's Modern American Usage! Read @johnemcintyre's review: http://bit.ly/hdGmR3:47 PM Oct 28th from web
  17. Have "Yah Mo B There" stuck in my head again. Must be time for NaNoWriMo. You try it.10:32 AM Oct 28th from web
  18. You had me at "faux fly." It's a yoga pant that thinks it's a pair of jeans. Or the other way around: http://bit.ly/31UXpH5:00 AM Oct 28th from web
  19. RT @FakeAPStylebook Boring literary works can be improved by adding -izzle to their titles: Ulyssizzle, Moby Dizzle, Hizzle of Darknizzle.4:57 AM Oct 28th from web
  20. Comic Sans makes @gizmodo list "Eight Regrettable Tech Inventions, Regretted": http://gizmodo.com/53817238:56 AM Oct 26th from web
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