Hidden City Curiosities

I recently learned this helpful tip for men: When a woman says “You’re spoiling...

Jan 31st

What the hell, I can’t start a tweet with the word “tips”?

Jan 31st

sad: When you have five computers all working at once around you, and you are on vacation.

Jan 31st

Just saw “There Will Be Blood.” I thought it was wonderful, but I can see why not...

Jan 31st

“When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide / Where I stop and I turn and I go...

Jan 30th

Oops, I meant @dalechumbley, sorry.

Jan 29th

A sign that social networks have become real to me is when they encourage my misanthropy as much as...

Jan 29th

Voting is simple when you lack a party affiliation.

Jan 29th

Two more people just came in. They said to us “Are you Persian, too?” No, not so much.

Jan 29th

@Tiffany The book is amazing. I am looking forward to seeing it once the commercials end.

Jan 29th

Seeing Persepolis - We are the only two people in the theater. Eerie.

Jan 29th

Tiny review: Persepolis is not perfect, but is brilliant and well worth a tri to the theater. Both...

Jan 29th

Off for my second birthday dinner. Have fun, kids!

Jan 29th

I am surprised to hear that @AnnOhio occasionally makes appropriate responses. ;-)

Jan 28th

I’m proud to be part of @AnnOhio’s noise. ;-)

Jan 28th

@alexdc Thank you, sir!

Jan 28th

Miami locals: the Lost and Found Saloon in the design district has great food! The gazpacho Is very...

Jan 28th

Watching a documentary about A Clockwork Orange [http://tinyurl.com/2oekh6] and — oddly...

Jan 28th

@film_girl It’s a PC program called DVD Profiler which includes the upload function and...

Jan 28th

@film_girl Thanks! :-)

Jan 28th

@film_girl And for what it is worth, here’s the collection [http://tinyurl.com/2w7xes].

Jan 28th

Okay, @film_girl, I’ll show you mine. Forgive the mess, but I’m reorganizing this week....

Jan 28th

@film_girl Okay, now I need to take photos of my own DVD wall. The shame…

Jan 28th

Thank you, @dearyvette! (And a tardy thank you to the delightful Miss @Balou!)

Jan 28th

The weather is delightfully brisk this morning, a few degrees cooler than t-shirts, maybe. But...

Jan 28th

@AnnOhio The only reason I am glad I missed that party was that mere exposure to Skittles Vodka...

Jan 28th

@dearyvette But I also say “In the kingdom of the nerds, the half-hip man is king.”

Jan 28th

@dearyvette Well, attribute it to me, too, then, because I say that all the time. ;-)

Jan 28th

@tiffany *Everyone* at Websense is on crack.

Jan 28th

@dearyvette Darling, you didn’t really just attribute the quote from Erasmus to Ross Perot,...

Jan 28th

@balou Pobrecita! That is very frustrating.

Jan 28th

Having dinner at Oshi Thai with @balou. Yum! The food’s good, too.

Jan 28th

I know that in the grand scheme of the universe I am not old, but I sure as hell feel old right now.

Jan 27th

I am highly amused that a comment of mine reached “highest ranked” status on Engadget....

Jan 27th

@trula I agree with your kids. Enya at the gym? That’s pretty funny.

Jan 27th

Hmm, I think I had better get cracking. I have friends who watch Lost, so I need to watch Season 3...

Jan 27th

@AnnOhio I find it difficult to believe that you spared a thought for a middle-aged geek in the...

Jan 27th

I suppose I have been up long enough and had enough coffee to be social. Good morning, multiverse....

Jan 27th

Dear Internet: I apologize for my lack of faith in your ability to provide to those in need.

Jan 26th

I wish someone would release the final Don Ellis albums on CD. I really want to listen to...

Jan 26th

Listening to a new CD and reading about the Hubbard/Crowley connection while exorcising another...

Jan 26th

Rising and shining. Okay, perhaps less “rise and shine” and more “slouching toward...

Jan 26th

I’m letting Twitter go for a while, while it sorts out its personal issues. I’ll check...

Jan 25th

@fanless Cool, it least it’s just a very old problem they haven’t fixed, and not a new...

Jan 25th

Hello, @uberdev. Glad to see you are back in your own skin again.

Jan 25th

I clicked the “sign out” link, and instead of signing out it put me back into my own...

Jan 25th

This is so strange. I refreshed Twitter and found myself looking at another user’s profile,...

Jan 25th

@annohio Hello to you from me, @balou, and @dearyvette.

Jan 24th

@wpcandy Go to bed or I’ll tell @balou.

Jan 24th

How unusual! I an having drinks with two remarkably beautiful and sexy women. Must be my lucky day...

Jan 24th

@akaMonty What about bald geeks (He said selfishly)?

Jan 24th

Listening to the Spam All-Stars

Jan 24th

And now a routine conference call has ended up with some surprising (but still dull) news to...

Jan 24th

@wpcandy I told @balou that’s what you would say, too.

Jan 24th

@wpcandy Son, we’re going to have words about those grades when I get home.

Jan 24th

@dearyvette Ask @balou to pet the lizards (not a euphemism) with you!

Jan 24th

@fanless Nice to meet you, Khalid. I am Kerry Hairston and I can tell you that Your New Schlong Will...

Jan 24th

@annohio I can’t wait to hear about @preppydude’s experience with you! ;-)

Jan 24th

@balou I’m pretty old, so I don’t know that my candles will all fit on one cake. Perhaps...

Jan 24th

The meeting concluded before the heat-death of the universe, which is a bit of a surprise. But my...

Jan 24th

If I made @balou LOL and @akaMonty smile then my work here is done.

Jan 24th

@akaMonty And easily deluded, too . :-)

Jan 24th

I am sad that there is another Marc Kevin Hall out there, and sadder that he’s more loved than...

Jan 24th

@darkgracie I’m getting some and not others. Of course, you may not see this.

Jan 24th

@mklopez Define “appropriate.” Many of these people are a little hazy on that word.

Jan 24th

Anyone have any experience in dealing with relatives who constantly send you offensive chain letters...

Jan 24th

Those must be the 12 biggest and most impressively active brain cells on earth, @dearyvette and...

Jan 24th

This whole meeting could be electronic, anyway, if this company did not have a certain fear of tech...

Jan 24th

A lot of people scheduled to be at this meeting are fogged in. That’s unusual for Miami.

Jan 24th

Trying very hard to stay focused in this meeting, but the lack of AC and a mic that keeps cutting...

Jan 24th

Settling in to a monthly corporate meeting. Can I handle the excitement? Signs point to yes.

Jan 24th

@fanless Beer? http://tinyurl.com/yq3do3

Jan 23rd

@mklopez No, because the speaker has never hesitated to directly reference my weight before.

Jan 23rd

Someone just told me I have a “larger than life” personality, and appeared to be...

Jan 23rd

Big meeting at 1:30. Met a participant in the elevator - it looks to be both ugly and...

Jan 23rd

@balou You can just call me “Doc”.

Jan 23rd

@annohio No, that would be “Hey, ho!”

Jan 23rd

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho…

Jan 23rd

Yeah, @fanless, that’s what I was thinking.

Jan 22nd

Is the news about Heath Ledger being dead one of those Twitter moments I keep hearing about?

Jan 22nd

@darkgracie I can’t either, nothing picked up on Google News yet.

Jan 22nd

@balou My friends like my house because they don’t have to live in it. You have a cool,...

Jan 22nd

Funny, I don’t remember putting on my VooDoo Drums playlist. Oh, wait, that’s the...

Jan 22nd

@trula I’m hoping for some karmic redressing of old grievances, myself. But I’m not...

Jan 22nd

Is there a Law of Conservation of Happiness? Because every time something comes along to make me...

Jan 22nd

My employer just stealth published their blogging policy: do it on your own time, but even then...

Jan 21st

Working sans whistling. “Dig, dig, dig, with a shovel and a pick…”

Jan 21st

For those interested in exemplary suspense film, I wholeheartedly endorse The Orphanage. It’s...

Jan 21st

Screwed up the timing to see There Will Be Blood, seeing The Orphanage instead. Busy shifting mental...

Jan 21st

@balou And if you can’t trust Billy Ray, who can you trust?

Jan 20th

@balou It’s the #1 cash crop in Kentucky!

Jan 20th

“When was your last visit to Miami?” “A nanosecond ago.” “Was your...

Jan 20th

I hate ignorant and illogical polling questionnaires. I said I lived in Miami, and then I was asked...

Jan 20th

It is so gray and quiet outside that it looks as though I’ve slipped into a silent film. I...

Jan 20th

In spite of sleep deprivation, here I am, about to go out into the world. Go *yawn* me.

Jan 19th

That point where you are so tired you can’t sleep? I think I passed it an hour ago.

Jan 19th

Getting ready to watch Cloverfield. Hoping it is worth while. I am a bit dubious.

Jan 19th

Sadly my low expectations were met.

Jan 18th

Checking out the caskets At Costco. The selection is poor.

Jan 17th

@mklopez I am still laughing at that video.

Jan 17th

Listening to: the voices in my head.

Jan 17th

In my draft essay files I have a note titled “context”. It is an empty note.

Jan 17th

Bah, 80 degrees outside. What kind of winter is this, anyway?

Jan 17th

For @Balou: the Hello Kitty AR-15 Assault Rifle [http://tinyurl.com/2jbe4y]

Jan 17th

I always look forward to seeing you, darling @AnnOhio, but my pipes aren’t a problem at the...

Jan 17th

Vacations can be nice, even if you never leave the house. Dealing with plumbing issues during...

Jan 17th

I’m off to do a little walking to and fro in the earth.

Jan 16th

@davidmichaels I’m not a Mac user, sorry.

Jan 16th

I guess there won’t be an Apple e-book [http://tinyurl.com/2ce3kw]. Wordie’s comment is...

Jan 16th

Is @mollydotcom a January baby, too?

Jan 15th

@dearyvette Oh, stiletto *shoes*! I was worried…

Jan 15th

Discussing post-holocaust barter systems with @balou.

Jan 15th

@fanless AH, so you are IT have different twitches, in additional to different brains?

Jan 15th

@balou I thought @fanless already twitched when walking past a porn shop.

Jan 15th

Not me, my @dearyvette. Might I suggest @balou? Not because she’d give out your address, but...

Jan 15th

Swedish apple cake is the bee’s knees.

Jan 14th

@douge No, really, I showered this morning and everything.

Jan 14th

@douge That’s the one.

Jan 14th

After significant trials and tribulations, I have found Mecca (aka Ikea).

Jan 14th

@davidmichaels That Pachebel rant is the funniest thing I’ve heard in a while. Maybe...

Jan 14th

I should remember my zen and control my violent nature.

Jan 13th

My headache’s sufficiently receded to allow some mobility, so time to get cracking! Enjoy your...

Jan 12th

I suspect @dearyvette has scared Harry away, though.

Jan 12th

I now have Pee Wee Herman singing “Connect the dots, la la la!” running through my head....

Jan 12th

Twitter has spoken, @dearyvette. Public nakedness is in your future. Prepare to ungird your loins.

Jan 12th

@AnnOhio *hugs* G’morning, kid.

Jan 12th

@dearyvette Even if I’m not allowed to look. ;-)

Jan 12th

@dearyvette I have heard this from you before. I say you take a shot and show the men of the world...

Jan 12th

I can see my DVDs, @dearyvette. Oh, and my reflection, if the light’s right.

Jan 12th

@dearyvette Yes, but if you weren’t one of those naked women on the beach, how good could it...

Jan 12th

I’m now part of the Neilsen ratings for Feb sweeps. No cable or satellite, no DVR, and limited...

Jan 12th

@dearyvette I am shopping today so I will look for a Skype phone. I don’t like being tethered,...

Jan 12th

@dearyvette I asked you not to use my real name in public! I already said I’d Skype you.

Jan 12th

@DearYvette No, but I probably should, just for the weather.

Jan 12th

I looked around my house last night and realized I live in Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe. Only less...

Jan 12th

@dearyvette I should contact you on Skype, so I can figure out how to make it work.

Jan 12th

@jeffpulver My New Year’s ritual is to go to Haulover for the sunrise, then to Rascal House...

Jan 12th

@jeffpulver and @vicequeenmaria I have heard there were permitting problems there, too. But, they...

Jan 12th

Good morning, fine and friendly twitterers.

Jan 12th

Coming back

Jan 12th

@balou The fun is in folding laundry, not in putting it away, right?

Jan 12th

I wonder if the staff at Mount Sinai Medical Center would raise eyebrows if I went back to take...

Jan 12th

Twitter’s being snippy today. I’m getting the @s of some people, but not others. Plus,...

Jan 11th

@preppydude Every little thing [@balou] does is magic, or so the story goes.

Jan 11th

Just had a Rockstar and a bag of macadamia nuts for lunch. If I was Photoshopping models I’d...

Jan 11th

Happy birthday, @devBear, wherever you are!

Jan 11th

I will be scarce for another day or two. I’m playing caregiver to another friend in the...

Jan 11th

I think @balou is a pretty great boyfriend, too!

Jan 10th

I’m at the hospital helping another friend. I’m seriously tired of this - too much...

Jan 10th

Walking between light and shadow at the moment.

Jan 9th

At the Gusman Theater netting the manager about my next production. I love this theater.

Jan 9th

Hello, @gregorlove!

Jan 8th

With an off-the-cuff e-mail message I made someone laugh until they started a coughing fit. I...

Jan 8th

@misc Congratulations!

Jan 8th

Hmm, it looks like the trusted source wasn’t on the up-and-up. I got auditing of the missing...

Jan 8th

When what you are told is true by a trusted source conflicts with the obvious evidence, which do you...

Jan 8th

@theRQ Agreed, but it is still unnerving to a recovering infoholic like me.

Jan 8th

The impermanence of Twitter is frustrating when I’m forced off-line for a while and miss...

Jan 8th

Omnivore

Jan 8th

“Just nod if you can hear me…” Sorry, having a bit of a moment.

Jan 8th

Seeing @dearyvette’s name appear makes me smile.

Jan 7th

Removal of the tattered remains of my gall bladder and a handball sized stone, @andrewbadera. Worst...

Jan 7th

Google calendar also reminds me that four years ago today surgeons at Mount Sinai were gutting me...

Jan 7th

Monday mornings are rough, even when they follow delightful Sunday evenings. Being at the dentist...

Jan 7th

Anyone speak Korean and willing to translate the pages for this iRiver press release?...

Jan 6th

As a person disinclined toward impulse tech purchases, I really, really hate format wars. Having...

Jan 6th

@AnnOhio …and good morning to you, too. :-)

Jan 6th

@AnnOhio Sorry, I can’t talk — I’m on the phone with Dr Freud right now.

Jan 6th

Oh, bother. Last tweet for @AnnOhio. Typist needs coffee, badly.

Jan 6th

@AhhOhio It isn’t about submitting a resume, just about submission.

Jan 6th

Squared off

Jan 6th

@shveckle I like your definition of “cute”. I don’t know if you should apply for...

Jan 6th

Attend the tale

Jan 6th

Hmm, I seem to be sharing an affliction with @brendajos.

Jan 6th

Great, now my hallucinations are boo-ing me.

Jan 6th

I must be hallucinating. I thought I saw @Tere_Tere!

Jan 6th

@vicequeenmaria In the immortal words of the wisest of gurus, “Oh, bother.”

Jan 6th

@vicequeenmaria The port was nice but run would have been better.

Jan 6th

I was just called upon to explain tribulation theology to my friends in a crowded restaurant. Some...

Jan 6th

Good heavens. I’m having a glass of port. I feel as though I should be smoking a cigar and...

Jan 6th

@ccheney I just picked up that film today on a whim, and am waiting to watch it with my special...

Jan 6th

@akamonty Your Firefly Reference made me laugh.

Jan 6th

@ThomasHan Hello, nice to meet you!

Jan 6th

Oh, no! There goes Tokyo. Go go Godzilla!

Jan 6th

Sweeney Todd (film) was as good the second time. This opinion is rare for me.

Jan 5th

@devbear That well and truly sucks.

Jan 5th

“If you can’t be with the one you love, honey…”. Well, actually, no. Wait...

Jan 5th

Also L: Personal dreams

Jan 5th

Interesting. The phone pretends to ask for confirmation, but after it executes.

Jan 5th

L: 21 Toppings, North Miami

Jan 5th

L: 21 Burgers, North Miami

Jan 5th

Six AM and I’m still awake. This is the price one pays for one’s emotions, I suppose....

Jan 5th

What happens next, well that’s the play, and he wouldn,t want us to give it away…

Jan 5th

On my way to the theatre to see live Sweeney Todd, headache in full effect. Should be interesting.

Jan 5th

@montgomery I don’t think Twitter knows what it is yet. I follow some people who us it as an...

Jan 4th

Yes, @AndrewBadera, six foundlings running my life. Running, not ruining, although one of them...

Jan 4th

…presents. Thanks for the Twin Peaks, @balou!

Jan 4th

For those who don’t know this yet, @balou is a wonderful woman, an amazing friend, and cute as...

Jan 4th

Headache, Sweeney, and perversity gave this memo a new meaning: “A hung agent was recycled to...

Jan 4th

“City on fire! Rats in the streets and the lunatics yelling at the moon! It’s the end of...

Jan 4th

What has it gots in its pocketses?

Jan 4th

@balou This isn’t yours, it doesn’t have a pearl handle.

Jan 4th

Would the owner of the ice pick lodged in my left eye please claim it? Thanks!

Jan 4th

“Santeria priests mum on Castro, warn on climate”. Thought some of you would like to...

Jan 4th

Not those neighbors, @balou! Those people are nice. I’m going to miss them, particularly the...

Jan 4th

@balou I can make a doll from the hexes left on my car by my neighbors. Besides, I already know the...

Jan 4th

In other news, it is looking like an all-Sweeney Todd weekend - seeing a theater performance...

Jan 4th

Listening to: The steam shooting out of my ears. (I’m at work, obviously.)

Jan 4th

Damn, The temp is going back up. winter’s over.

Jan 4th

Name that tune

Jan 3rd

It is so sad to see the homeless huddled under their rags in the parking garage.

Jan 2nd

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Jan 2nd

I opened the windows this morning to let some of this lovely weather in. My furry roommates are...

Jan 2nd

@dalecruse Unconscionably late reply, but I agree re Don Ellis. I’ve been a fan of his since...

Jan 2nd

New skies

Jan 2nd

My surviving New Year’s sunrise photos are up here: http://tinyurl.com/2rluve

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Jan 2nd

Hello, @florianseroussi!

Jan 2nd

@tindle A problem with our view of the multiverse is that it we try to visualize it with the false...

Jan 1st

@trula I would offer you some of mine, but I would hate to see you break a resolution on day one.

Jan 1st

@susanreynolds, @misc, and @tindle: Just for the record, I don’t exist at all. I am a...

Jan 1st

Hello and happy new year, @tindle!

Jan 1st

@susanreynolds I hope I am able to keep that going, too. I’ll be 50 soon, but most of my...

Jan 1st

@balou Just keep the polish away from the brownie mix.

Jan 1st

@dalecruse I love the score for French Connection! I was listening to it the other day.

Jan 1st

Wow, @susanreynolds. I had you figured for late 40s at most.

Jan 1st

Anyone have problems with Kingston CF cards? About half my sunrise photos are corrupt from using a...

Jan 1st

@trula If you are getting hubby the TZ DVDs, make sure it is this set: http://tinyurl.com/2qh538....

Jan 1st

Oh, bother. The brand new Kingston CF card I used with my camera is giving me trouble. I hope I...

Jan 1st

@devbear Yes I did. It was nice, even if not as restorative as usual.

Jan 1st

Waiting for Rascal House to open.

Jan 1st

Although I can’t dismiss 2007 entirely. It did bring some amazing new people into my life, and...

Jan 1st

And that’s it for another year. Hello, 2008! Here’s hoping that I get along with you...

Jan 1st

@fanless When did you start sleeping?

Jan 1st

At Haulover Beach waiting for the sunrise.

Jan 1st

Still sleepless, and getting up to head to the beach in a couple of hours.

Jan 1st

From the gunfire outside I assume that it’s time to say Happy New Year to all my friends! May...

Jan 1st