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Tweets posted during the week of November 23, 2008.

• It’s sad when a teacher speaks of, “interpreting an instrument” in place of “grading a test.” Makes me think, oops there goes another one.
• Early a.m. smell of things a cookin’ means the Manna family Thanksgiving do is at my house this year.
• My place is full of folks in a wonderful, warm, tryptophan induced mood. Thanksgiving is my idea of a genuinely delightful time.

Why must I endure the low brass reverberations coming from my brothers room? If you grow up with a disciplined brother who plays tuba you will ask this question – often.

The answer seems to be that twenty-three years later, you can surprise your brother by posting a long forgotten video.

Congratulations Mike! You have bested me in this deal.

Tweets posted during the week of November 16, 2008.

• Tribe: (Noun) Marketing term for a collection of people who subscribe their personality to a common materialism.
• Listen to Journey by yourself, get embarrassed by suddenly remembered high school moments, remember you’re alone. It’s a natural progression.
• Like cell phones, school officials should come with a home button. A button press, and presto, their brain jumps back to education.

Tweets posted during the week of November 9, 2008.

• It should be no surprise that a few of the 6 to 7 billion living people on the planet like opera. But, to me, it always is.
• Tandoori Mushrooms, ouch … talk about your live streaming!
• Hands down the best Christmas music ever! (http://tinyurl.com/5pmwzd)
• Every time I see someone buy a frozen bag of mixed peas & carrots I think, “that marketing thingy – it’s strong stuff.”
• If I had to choose between a migraine or a sledgehammer to the mid-section, I’d choose the hammer. Today it seems I don’t have a choice.
• What I know about credit: Don’t borrow money to buy something that will, in the end, be worth less than you paid for it.
• Upon consideration I believe it is possible to hate in degrees. Maximum hate is for web sites that require registration & resize windows.
• That vs. Which is an incertitude I may never clear. And no, that “restrictive clause” thing doesn’t help!

Tweets posted during the week of November 2, 2008.

• If you don’t know arugula is a veg-e-ta-ble then what good are ya?
• Political life ≠ real life.
• Last evening I met a surprisingly square person. It is almost beyond belief how all four of his sides are approximately the same size.
• It was Michael Crichton’s novel, The Andromeda Strain, that, as a boy, nourished my interest in leisure reading. Sad to hear of his death.
• My new favorite name: Sextus Empiricus. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sextus_Empiricus)

Uncommon results are often the outcome of uncommon practices.

This picture was taken by my four year old niece, when, in an occasion of extreme trust, I gave Madeline the camera and the freedom to, as she put it, “take pictures of what I see.”

Canon EOS 5D
ISO: 200. Shutter: 1/2500. Aperture: f/3.5.
Focal Length: 195.0mm.
April 21, 2008 – Dallas, Tx.

Tweets posted during the week of October 26, 2008.

• My quest for the best pretzel is over. The winner is: (http://tinyurl.com/24j93v)
• I would be excited about the World Series if baseball were soccer.
• When I hear Nancy Wilson sing Angels We Have Heard on High everything is better. Even ice cream. (iTunes link – http://tinyurl.com/6hvyrr)
• On a scale of 1 to ten you get a 1. I’d give you a ten but I’m out of zero’s.
• Use the word “buttress” go to jail. Go directly to jail.
• In honor of Halloween, I’m going to the gym tomorrow in the caricature of an out of shape old person. It’ll be a pretty effortless exercise.