Hidden City Curiosities

It appears that women can no more see SATC alone than they can visit the restroom alone. More than...

May 31st

I’m finally going to go see Iron Man. All my friends have seen it, but what the hell....

May 31st

Okay, time to shut down, rewire, and get started writing. I don’t want to disappoint @hunee...

May 31st

Good morning, Twitterverse.

May 31st

Talking, talking. Spinning a web of words, pale walls of dreams, between myself and all I see....

May 31st

Hello again, Twitterverse. Would it reflect poorly on me to tell you I am visiting my favorite...

May 31st

I feel as though I am walking between the worlds today. I wonder if I appear as a wraith on both...

May 30th

“And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin’ with his frozen zone to remind him of the...

May 30th

My morning is inexplicably filled with sad silences.

May 30th

Oh my stars and garters! I go to bed early with a monstrous headache, and wake to find bunches of...

May 30th

I want to be Valentine Michael Smith when I grow up.

May 30th

Wait, that wasn’t a DM!

May 29th

One of the regular girls at the coffee counter has clearly been crying. I wish I could say...

May 29th

NoKite Update: Drinking rum out of a coconut on a tropical isle with @AnnOhio and @DearYvette in a...

May 29th

“It ain’t no trick to get rich quick / If you dig dig dig with a shovel or a...

May 29th

Listening to the Dexter Soundtrack and trying not to let it inspire me.

May 29th

Just dropped the travellers off at the airport. They are good guys - I’m glad I could help...

May 29th

It looks like @jacklhasa and @scarab are still sleeping. I hope that they were just tired, and not...

May 29th

Oh no. Now the cats are making noise.

May 29th

The http://twittertravels.com team of @jacklhasa and @scarab are crashing on the sofas as I write...

May 29th

Poor Ingaard. Some semi-drunk self-important boor has her cornered. I am forced to defend her by...

May 28th

I’m off to see Ingaard. I shall return soon.

May 28th

Considering my social networking options.

May 28th

Looking for the heart of Saturday night.

May 28th

Running off to a meeting. Stay out of trouble, children! Don’t break Twitter — you know...

May 28th

Running this morning. Not quite literally, but close to it. The cats are confused.

May 28th

<— is always suspicious when certain people are in a good mood in the morning

May 28th

You know, I can’t recall the last time I had a 4h20m phone conversation.

May 28th

Unplugging the jack from my skull and moving off-line for a bit. Those in the know (and you know)...

May 28th

I need a new purpose in life. I believe I shall aspire to being Twitter’s Oscar Wilde, only...

May 27th

Wow, death, divorce, termination, serious illness… What the hell happened this weekend to...

May 27th

I just found out someone the marriage of someone I love very much is ending. This makes me very,...

May 27th

Glorious. My primary computer’s video card has gone to its eternal rest. Sadly I am just not...

May 26th

The house is starting to get uncomfortably warm. I hope last night’s ice melts off the AC...

May 26th

It’s a slow morning, I feel as though I’m swimming through treacle.

May 26th

This is a poor weekend to have the AC freeze up.

May 26th

Stuck in my second traffic jam of the morning. Sweet dreams are *not* made of these.

May 25th

My, will you look at the time! I must be running along. I have some consensus reality to disrupt...

May 25th

http://twitpic.com/1gsq - Breakfast of champions. What a drag it is, getting old.

May 25th

Hello, global friends.

May 25th

Listening to rainfall on spanish tile, worn tires skidding on wet pavement, sirens in the darkness -...

May 25th

I hate my brain for doing this to me: “But the stars we could reach were just starfish on the...

May 25th

Hey, look! Replies are back!

May 25th

This is kind of like Retro Weekend on Twitter, like back before there were replies at all.

May 25th

Listening to the rain, thinking about fate.

May 25th

I spent 20 minutes setting up a new custom background for Twitter, but how many people look at the...

May 24th

I think I will wander away from this screen for a while and sit in front of another. I should finish...

May 24th

I signed up for SecondBrain.com yesterday, and it hasn’t worked since. I broke it, it seems.

May 24th

Good heavens. @akaMonty is playing Afternoon Delight for me. Not ~with me~, mind you, but ~for me~.

May 24th

[lol] Goodbye, follower 351, whover you were. Sorry I didn’t live up to your expectations!

May 23rd

Today: Good day? Not so much.

May 23rd

Hello to follower 351, whoever you are.

May 23rd

My therapist: “You need to start being more of an asshole! ” Me: “But why?”...

May 23rd

Hello to follower 350, whoever you may be!

May 23rd

I have a sudden craving for mint leaves…

May 23rd

Listening to Ian Dury: Reasons to be Cheerful, Part Three

May 23rd

Maybe I should switch from web to phone. There are too many distracting avatars today (@tatty,...

May 23rd

I think this weekend I will do some Twitter housekeeping. There are a lot of “people”...

May 23rd

Passing Miami City Cemetery. It holds a lot of fond memories for me, oddly enough.

May 23rd

Why does it feel like Monday?

May 23rd

I’m going to give sleep another shot. I will assuredly be seeing @laurak and @HotFish in my...

May 23rd

Good night, my children. ‘Til we meet again…

May 23rd

It seems a shame to let all these pent-up romantic inclinations go to waste. Do modern women really...

May 23rd

When given lined paper, write the other way.

May 23rd

Is Twitter hosed, or am I the only one of my crew on it?

May 23rd

I must say, it is an unusual but good feeling to be so warmly greeted in a bar. I feel like it is a...

May 22nd

Listening to Dengue Fever: Ethanopium.

May 22nd

I just scarfed down a chorizo and queso blanco sandwich, and am now looking for my Red Bull.

May 22nd

I think I have reassembled enough bits of my shattered psyche to start my day. Stay out of trouble,...

May 22nd

“He has no friends / But he gets a lot of mail / I’ll bet he spent a little / Time in...

May 22nd

I miss the old, reliable Twitter. Wait, when was that again?

May 22nd

Good night, Gracies. Enjoy your various nocturnal activities, whatever they may be.

May 22nd

NoKite Update: Waking up on @DearYvette’s sofa, with drool on my knee and a vague memory of...

May 22nd

NoKite Update: napping on @DearYvette’s sofa.

May 22nd

Listening to Depeche Mode: Route 66

May 21st

“And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? / Hot ashes for trees? / Hot air for a...

May 21st

“Well you wore out your welcome with random precision / rode on the steel breeze”

May 21st

I want to move to a universe with an active passenger dirigible service.

May 21st

I’ve never been jealous of Mr. Spock before.

May 21st

Incidentally, if you’ve recently started following me, I haven’t been receiving all my...

May 21st

Of course if I just want weird and cold I could go for Minnesota, I guess.

May 21st

I think I should move to Iceland.

May 21st

Okay, friends, It’s time for me to go rummage around in other people’s e-mail for a...

May 21st

On my way home after a lovely if brief evening in Coconut Grove.

May 21st

At Senor Frog’s awaiting @DearYvette’s arrival.

May 20th

I’m wondering what @AnnOhio knows about @gloriabell that I *should* know…

May 20th

For the record, if my subconscious doesn’t get over this alpha sleep wanderlust soon I am...

May 20th

Watching Dexter on DVD. I have a lot of empathy for the title character. Maybe I’m just having...

May 20th

Flatbread for dinner. Too lazy for anything else.

May 20th

All the dream-walking in the world can’t cure sadness.

May 19th

I am technically wrong.

May 19th

Ground Control to Major Tom: Your circuit’s dead. Is something wrong?

May 19th

Anyone know of any gestalts offering frequent-dreamer programs?

May 19th

Oh my. I have 333 followers. I think it’s time for an Ascension or something.

May 19th

Maybe that’s the problem in my brain today — my subconscious is busy immanentizing the...

May 19th

Having a 16oz cafe con leche with an extra shot and extra sugar, in a valiant but doomed attempt at...

May 19th

My mind went wandering far afield in dreams last night. It has been tough to get it back in my skull...

May 19th

It was a long, strange weekend, but not too bad. And as a bonus I am going to sleep with a smile....

May 19th

I seem to have gone from 8 cats (6 inside, 2 outside strays) to 12 cats (6 inside, 2 strays, 4...

May 18th

And I’m home again, back to the suburban sprawl of North Miami/Miami Shores.

May 18th

NoKite Update: in an octopus’s garden, with you.

May 18th

Fixing a hole in the ocean

May 18th

NoKite Update: lounging under marmalade trees and marshmallow skies

May 18th

Looking for an old school greasy spoon type breakfast in Lakeland? I can give a solid thumbs-up to...

May 18th

But at least she got off the couch. :-)

May 18th

“We’re living in a den of thieves / and it’s contagious” - Regina Spektor...

May 18th

“So break me to small parts / Let go in small doses / But spare some for spare parts / There...

May 18th

NoKite Update: Drinking mimosas with @ThePreppyDude on @DearYvette’s back porch waiting for...

May 18th

I’m not looking forward to another four hours in the car. I seem to lack the proper patience...

May 18th

I am hanging out with an amazingly cute blonde girl with a dazzling smile and amazing energy.

May 18th

This girl is going to be a heart-breaker when she gets into her teens.

May 18th

I am now in beautiful downtown Lakeland, Florida. If I had any stalkers this would be their official...

May 17th

NoKite Update: Making breakfast for @DearYvette.

May 17th

Good morning again, friends.

May 17th

Not that it is actually early, but it is too early for me to be on the move on a Saturday....

May 17th

[inside joke]I can never remember my history. Was it one if by text, and two if by tweet? [/inside...

May 17th

Avenue Q was a lot of fun. The woman seated beside me was horrified by the profanity, though. What...

May 17th

Made it to the theater to see Avenue Q, and even made it there early. Truly these must be the end...

May 16th

[considering investing in some big sacks of cornmeal]

May 16th

So why does Facebook discriminate against polyamory? Their “relationship” system only...

May 16th

ABBA is the anthrax of earworms.

May 16th

Just took possession of a Creative Vado [http://tinyurl.com/6qvm7c]. I would say to expect video...

May 16th

I’m going to go see Avenue Q tonight. I’ll let you all know if it is true that the...

May 16th

Doctor was an hour late for my appointment. I should probably have left, as now my schedule is...

May 16th

And good morning to the rest of you lot, while I am at it.

May 16th

Woo! Major transformer just blew up somewhere in my neighborhood!

May 16th

Hi, Twitter. I understand that you are stressing out. Would you like a handful of digital Xanax?

May 15th

Um, okay, Twitter.

May 15th

Bah. Twitter made the lines too long. I shall try again.

May 15th

Locals looking for something literary to do next week might consider this:...

May 15th

Perhaps I spoke too soon about surrealism overtaking stress.

May 15th

I suspect that for the next few days my surrealism meters are going to redline the way my stress...

May 15th

The difference between standing behind a mic in the back of a darkened theater and standing on stage...

May 15th

I just got confirmation that I’m doing the announcing for the televised event in July I...

May 15th

As if my day wasn’t weird enough already, my Russian developer just brought me crepes and...

May 15th

I could go for a thunderstorm right about now.

May 15th

“Suppose,” that is. Bloody predictive text.

May 15th

Bah. Sleep is only teasing me, and my muse seems to have the week off so I can’t even write...

May 15th

And with this, my Twitterverse, we end another broadcast day. We will return with more pointless and...

May 15th

Tonight’s writing is teh suxxors. I shall have to get up early and try again.

May 15th

Nokite update #23175: With @DearYvette

May 15th

“Don’t worry about trying to develop a style. Style is what you can’t help doing.”...

May 14th

I have been offered a one-night stand announcing another awards show, but this time it will be...

May 14th

She: You do weird things with emoticons. / me: I read that as “emotions” and thought...

May 14th

Why I am losing weight, example #17. I went out to get some lunch and to pick up a prescription....

May 14th

I’m listening to the Lullaby Baxter Trio…. always a good way to weird-up my brain a...

May 14th

Ever have a morning where you are in an inexplicably good mood, and you are afraid to look too...

May 14th

And a good {appropriate time of day}, of course, to the rest of the Twitterverse.

May 14th

Okay, Twitterati, off to do a bit of writing. Stay out of trouble!

May 14th

I have some really wonderful friends.

May 14th

Getting ready to leave work (quasi-early) to have dinner with a beautiful and brilliant woman and...

May 13th

“I hear in my mind all of these voices, I hear in my mind all of these words, I hear in my...

May 13th

Good morning again. I dozed back off and traveled to Cebu. @Hunee’s fault, no doubt. At least...

May 13th

“And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.” Good...

May 13th

Thank heavens! “Ziggy Stardust.” Even with a sad ending that’s better…

May 13th

With apologies n advance: “…well-hung, snow-white tan…” is such a great...

May 13th

Oh, for pity’s sake! Now the shuffle is playing my wedding song! Gah!

May 13th

“Nothing really matters, anyone can see.”

May 13th

Hmm, “Paint It Black” just came on. I think I need to change that. My tunes are trying...

May 13th

“Easy come, easy, will you let me go?”

May 13th

Good morning, beautiful @Hunee.

May 12th

I think I am slowly adapting to “bar culture.”

May 12th

Through Twitter I have found as many people I would like to meet in person as I have in 8 years of...

May 12th

Trying to exorcise an earworm via generous application of the ROlling Stones.

May 12th

I love the variety I get from Twitter. Right beside each other I see a beautifully poetic phrase,...

May 12th

I should also point out that it was only a coincidence of timing. I did not visit the doctor with...

May 12th

As a delayed follow-up, (a) the weight loss was unplanned, but is welcome, and (b) a recheck of my...

May 12th

At the doctor’s office I just got confirmation of my weight loss - down 18 lbs in 3 weeks....

May 12th

And so begins another day. A warm welcome to my new followers @mousewords and @adpuma - I guess...

May 12th

The wired world’s a funny place. I leave for the night as a note from @hunee comes in, and sit...

May 12th

I think I shall. Good night, my many friends.

May 12th

I want to thank @alexdc, @dearyvette, @vicequeenmaria, and the late, lamented @ipanemic for a great...

May 12th

Before Mothers’ Day comes to a close here in Miami, I want to offer up my support to the other...

May 12th

I would like to recommend that people avoid The Raleigh, in spite of their good drinks. They have an...

May 11th

At The Raleigh having a cocktail with some friends. (Only a couple of drinks, @devbear.)

May 11th

Happy Mothers’ Day to all the nurturing souls out there in the Twitterverse!

May 11th

Looking forward to my mojito date this afternoon.

May 11th

Wow. Am I unable to sleep for more than three hours now?

May 11th

Why do all of my offline friends drink so much? I am going to become an alcoholic at this rate i.

May 11th

Google maps has completely failed me.

May 10th

Good heavens, I’m up to almost 300 followers. I bet at least 100 of them are spammers.

May 10th

How can I be up so late and still wake up so early in the morning? It isn’t fair. The cats, on...

May 10th

Ingaard is a lovely young woman, but she is only 27

May 10th

So is it a good thing or a bad thing when the bartender knows your name and drink on your third...

May 10th

This is insane. My new friend was a trombone player!

May 10th

Chemical Brothers: Setting Sun. Still at work. Only fragments. No idea why.

May 9th

Listening to The Future Sound of London: Moscow (Remix)

May 9th

Not financially appreciate, mind you, but I freely admit I need ego-stroking more than cash. We all...

May 9th

Back from lunch hob-nobbing with my company’s top executives. Normally it would be dull, but...

May 9th

Listening to Soulwax’s remix of You Can’t Always Get What You Want, which is...

May 9th

Twitter seems to be destabilizing, so I’ll wish everyone a lovely day and get out while the...

May 9th

Good morning to @AnnOhio @BlueTeddy @WickedStepmom, and anyone else I’m too lazy to scroll...

May 9th

First mug of coffee done, second begun. Need to move faster, pussycat… nah.

May 9th

I seem to have picked up a net gain of five followers, but haven’t received any notifications....

May 9th

Hola, friends.

May 9th

If you were curious, starting your day by having blood drawn, electrodes taped to your body, and...

May 8th

Ah, well, I guess I should try to sleep for a bit. I have to be up in a few hours.

May 8th

I just nuked Tweets for the first time. I did so because I was told I had hurt someone terribly...

May 8th

Without love, everything else is simple math. Who wants their life to be based on mathematics?

May 8th

Nothing trumps love, not friendship, not reason, not practical matters. Without love, nothing else...

May 8th

Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat, I don’t remember the time I was last this drunk.

May 8th

Is there any use for SocalURL other than come-ons from prostitutes? Because that’s all I get,...

May 8th

And that’s a wrap!

May 7th

Showtime!

May 7th

Why oh why did they ask me to show up two hours before the event? I only needed 15 minutes for a...

May 7th

Getting ready to do some announcing work for someone else’s awards show. it’s fun in a...

May 7th

G’night, children. I have some reading to do before my night is through, and it must be done...

May 7th

How can my social life be so complicated when I don’t even *have* a social life?

May 7th

Does a cherry Italian ice count as dinner?

May 6th

I’ll be spending this entire day at work sifting through e-mail that arrived during my...

May 6th

Oh, and that was officially a vacation, because it looks as though I lost my damned sunglasses on...

May 6th

I’m finally back in the bunker where I belong.

May 6th

I’m back in South Florida, if still in the plane in Fort Lauderdale.

May 6th

Plane will be leaving Houston soon.

May 6th

In the Houston airport, where weather has everything jacked up. Wonder if I’ll make it home?

May 5th

Flight boarded. See you in Houston (I hope).

May 5th

I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the concept of “home” this week. I...

May 5th

Ironically, I’m having my first *Bucks of the trip it the airport on my way home.

May 5th

Does anyone know if the Houston airport has free wi-fi?

May 5th

Packing up to leave Seattle in the morning. I’ll be sad to leave my friends.

May 5th

Good heavens. One should always be cautious when someone asks to borrow your phone for a moment.

May 5th

mary t sez the lesbians like me.

May 5th

… 44

May 5th

pretending to b kevin. this was the best day ever

May 5th

Preparing to enter mortal combat in a Superfund site. If you do not hear from of again, know that I...

May 5th

I am now in the Center of the Universe: Fremont.

May 4th

So is Twitter no longer sending follower notifications? If you’ve recently started following...

May 4th

My following/followers numbers are in constant flux. I wonder if I’m doing something right, or...

May 4th

I’m hearing church bells. Must be time for more drugs. Wait, no… it’s a church.

May 4th

Good morning, friends far and wide.

May 4th

Now at the Museum of the Mysteries!

May 4th

Just visited the grave of Jimi Hendrix. Are you experienced?

May 3rd

Now *This* is what Seattle should be like: gloomy & rainy. Good stay at home and snuggle...

May 3rd

After only two days of attempts, Flickr Uploadr has finished with my pics. I still need to play with...

May 3rd

Good morning, twitterati.

May 3rd

In a bar called Chapel. i’m not sure where I am but I don’t guess it matters.

May 3rd

This happy hour = fail. The food is good, though.

May 3rd

Just bought another purse, because I only have about a dozen of them.

May 2nd

Flickr Uploadr? You suck.

May 2nd

Just went out for a while, accidentally leaving my phone behind. It felt weird being disconnected,...

May 2nd

Good morning, friends.

May 2nd

Rum and ginger beer is a nice combination.

May 2nd

Also, and surprisingly, a hamburger with bacon and peanut butter is very tasty.

May 2nd

Curses! The deceptively cool air tricked me into forgetting my solar limits. Getting a sunburn in...

May 2nd

Sitting in the backyard getting some afternoon sun. The irony of coming from Miami to Seattle to do...

May 1st

“Hey remember that time when I would only read the backs of cereal boxes?”

May 1st

“I hear in my mind all of this music…”

May 1st

Having a Mexican Mocha Latte in West Seattle at http://www.hotwirecoffee.com/. Nice place!

May 1st

Listening to the crow outside.

May 1st