Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-11

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Bill
  • That's a wrap on the vacation. Bring on Fall, football, and hockey! Aggies kick it off in less than an hour. Hell, yeah! #
  • @NewbergReport On the new newbergreport.com, need to set up a classifieds system for tix & other stuff. Friendly community, so makes sense. in reply to NewbergReport #
  • Whoa, Team Radioshack + the Schlecks et al?! @lancearmstrong Exciting news!! Looking forward to winning some races! http://t.co/xQNLQqW #
  • @lancearmstrong The good news is I'm in Maui. Bad news is it's only for a day. #firstworldpains #
  • Why do insurance rates go up? Because of unethical roofers like ours who want to file a supplemental claim to pay for their mistakes. #
  • /cc @CarltonCuse Press the button! @NewbergReport I wish CJ had finished after 8 innings and 108 pitches. #Lost #donttellmewhaticantdo #108 #
  • If there's one thing I learned in Cabo, its that you don't challenge Suzanne to the "Penis Game'. Lost every time. http://t.co/KIZJtrK #
  • Two nights ago I dreamed I piloted the Space Shuttle — but from a jump seat. I think this is my subconscious judging my mediocre career. #
  • Hated hearing about this Russian plane crash that's claimed so many lives associated with the NHL and hockey in general. #
  • Doesn't @NewbergReport have to be absolutely terrible at his day-job? #
  • All the Big XII schools intend to sue A&M over their move to the SEC, but didn't do so with Nebraska and Colorado! And tu is one of 'em?! #
  • Its not like Texas is the most loyal to the Big XII either. C'mon OU, let's haul ass outta the Big XII posthaste. This is ridiculous. #gigem #
  • Someone please explain to me why Asian Indians walk on the street, sometimes pushing strollers, when there's a sidewalk a few feet from 'em. #
  • Call me the PowerBuilder gig matchmaker. Man, do I need to create a site for this? Anyway, hooked up a tweep to that gig that came my way. #
  • Sometimes its good to feel emotion even if the emotion is not good. Local aftermath story from the Russian crash: http://t.co/CGy7X7K #
  • Remember the days after 9/11. We all stood together. Not so tonight at the presidential speech. Hate watching one side of the room stand. #
  • Who wouldn't stand for putting teachers back to work?! Hope we can figure out how to reign in the politics and do right by our people. #
  • Amazing to listen again to The Ticket's original coverage of 9/11. I was listening that day and felt the comfort of being among friends. #
  • @brandonaaron I dig it. Keeps everyone on their toes. Next Friday, wear clown suit. in reply to brandonaaron #
  • So one dude caused this power outage that affected millions of people?! Here's to single points of failure. http://t.co/PHZzIk4 #
  • The awkwardness of the Facebook unfriending process. Its really nothing personal. We cool? #
  • Well, that was fun. Had a certain Jeff Probst kinda feel to it. I feel so much better now. What shall we all do now? #
  • An open letter to Baylor (not from me) which nails it: http://t.co/hGGLdFu Then the irony of this story too: http://t.co/nDXkfQo #gigem #
  • @jetbrains Do you guys check and answer your us sales email address? Amazed to not get a reply after several days? #dontyouwantmymoney #
  • Anyone out there have managed investments? Or a recommended financial planner? Advice welcome. #
  • Just back from a few miles on the bike. My endurance is still out there somewhere finding it's way home (hopefully soon). #
  • This Rangers pennant race is killing me. All these one-run games may come back to haunt. Is this supposed to be fun? I'm worn out. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-04

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Bill
  • Fun to catch up on the Rangers via @NewbergReport and @theoldgreywolf on Twitter from Cabo. Exciting game from the look of it. #
  • It just sucks that I won't be in for work tomorrow. What a dead spot it'll be without me. #
  • These grapes have seeds in them. #firstworldpains #
  • Listening to a Michael Jackson medley. Say what you will about the man but the music was never in question. Takes me back to 83; feels good. #
  • Who would wear a 'Deuce Club' shirt?! We're all in the club, ain't we? Well anyway, I just saw one…I shit you not. #
  • The concussion from huge beachside waves rattled our sliding door all night. Huge sets rolling in this morning too. Wow! #
  • The secret to Tim Duncan's success: http://t.co/66MF5Aa #
  • Got my first game of volleyball in yesterday. Dominated. It's going to be a while before this game passes me by. :) #
  • Finished 'Outsmarting Google' on the beach today. I wonder how smart it is for me to admit that. #
  • 'bout to do that ole Cabo Wabo… #
  • The resort is now crowded with fully-clothed ministry weirdos that don't seem to be able to partake of anything good and fun. #
  • Beach vendors are selling parasailing kites, but so far I haven't seen any Parasailing Jesuses. They can't be far behind can they?! #
  • Man, have we already had the best college football game of the year? Hope not, all we got here was f'in futbol tonight. #
  • One last day on the beach. On another note, my physique closely resembles a beach ball. #
  • Suzanne saved a butterfly yesterday. We'd now like to apologize to somewhere in Asia for the upcoming monsoon that this has caused. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-28

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Bill
  • Reading 'Little Bets' (http://t.co/QiOtYZh) about making big discoveries thru smaller leading tests. So, throw stuff out there, basically. #
  • Funny to hear the dance mix version of the Foo Fighters' 'Rope' on the NBC broadcast tonight. #
  • 'Mobile First' by Luke Wroblewski is going to be worth a read when it arrives. Definitely applicable at the day job. http://t.co/7eSsBOi #
  • @DavidHainlin I hope you can carry off a few SRV tunes with that paint scheme. I dig it. in reply to DavidHainlin #
  • Thanks to the power of social media, we are now locked and loaded for next conversation with our roofers. Bring it on. #playingfieldleveled #
  • Looking at some WordPress plugin code and thinking that someone who knew how to code well could make some hay in this space. #hobbyists #
  • I've decided I'm going to talk like Nolan Ryan the rest of the night. How awesome is it to listen to him in-inning? #rangers #
  • @markmcspadden At what point do we just quit playing around and go ahead and call you a 'Rockstar'? in reply to markmcspadden #
  • @markmcspadden Next week then…rock on! in reply to markmcspadden #
  • Just watched 'Take Me Home Tonight', funny, silly movie, but now I just want to listen to a bunch of '80s songs and drink. So maybe I will. #
  • Man, missed the opportunity to see 'The Who' right around 1983 or so. We all had their posters hanging in our dorms. What was I thinking? #
  • You see Roger Daltrey with a sweater around his neck and then see Jack Blades in denim with bandanas and you go see Night Ranger instead. #
  • You know it was a strange night when you wake up to find a Wikipedia page still up for 'Jon Butcher'. Saw him in '85 with Rush, I think. #
  • @gordonkeith I guess we know which way you go on the freeze vs. death issue: http://t.co/p4ml9my #
  • We may or may not be going on vacation thanks to my stomach bug. Glad I made myself get to the doctor to give this a chance to go away. #
  • How healthy would we all be if we didn't have to wake up with an alarm clock and got the sleep we needed? Hard to get the recommended 8 hrs. #
  • Got somewhere close to 10 hours of sleep last night. That's hard to do. Feel like I could sleep some more. Will repeat tonight. #
  • Was approached to do a quick PowerBuilder project. PowerBuilder?! Does anyone even say they do that anymore? Last time for me was in '95. #
  • Here lately, the Miller High-Life Guy trumps the Old Spice Guy. But I use the deodorant, but don't drink the beer. So… #
  • Unless you're Ben Afleck or Boston Rob, this Boston series really blows. /cc @NewbergReport #
  • Flipping through the book, 'Gamification by Design' and seeing that its code examples are in Ruby on Rails. Code formatting sucks, though. #
  • @jeffgibson Good to hear, shall I send you this lead for the project?! in reply to jeffgibson #
  • An online customer support person suggested that I had "extremely limited computer knowledge" after I asked for my within 60 days refund. #
  • Now if they had said PowerBuilder knowledge, I would agree. I just forwarded that project lead from two days ago off to a Twitter contact. #
  • We discovered tonight that 'Sledge Hammer' from 'The Pacific' was the little boy on 'Jurassic Park'. #littleknownfact #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-21

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Bill
  • Every time I watch the life sequence in the movie 'Up', I get choked up. Never fails. Then makes me reconsider a few things. #
  • The sound of reverse lights, large engines, a generator, and rhythmless banging and pounding…before 7am. Getting a new roof this week. #
  • @ByronCampbell @SportsSturm Happened to me too. You missed a flyer from Gus' chicken restaurant with some writing on it — crucial link! in reply to ByronCampbell #
  • Strange day. Could not be more disinterested in work right now. Tired of/bored with just about everything that comes my way. #
  • There is something really wrong with targeted online advertising when I am seeing ads for the Longhorn Network. #asofnowibetyougotmewrong #
  • Getting a new roof is miserable for owners and the workers. 11 straight hours of banging on the roof yesterday. Started again today at 7am. #
  • @mkw1342 How did the @ATTCustomerCare situation turn out? We're good over here, but it was a rocky start; due to scheduling. #
  • @mkw1342 Did they respond via/because of Twitter? Just curious. FWIW, its been relatively smooth since inception. in reply to mkw1342 #
  • @DavidHainlin You okay over there? Check in with me…okay buddy? #
  • @mkw1342 Gotcha. So…Rangers via radio or tv? in reply to mkw1342 #
  • People who don't add spacing in their source code annoy me. Try reading a sentence with no spaces between words. Hard to learn and maintain. #
  • Rec'd a couple of 'thank you' notes for the insight to ask potential contractors about the treatment of trees in a roofing job. #verycool #
  • Moving from working with Javascript exclusively to doing an enterprise integration project. Tis really forcing some soul-searching. Dang. #
  • Would like publicly thank Alpine Tree Service (http://t.co/o19u4Vo) for examining and fixing our tree for free. That's customer service! #
  • @sammyhagar Making our first visit to the Cantina between 8/29 and 9/3. What day is best and what time does it start jumping? #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-14

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Bill
  • If you are a P-1 (fan of The Ticket), perhaps you'll like my latest website: http://t.co/IcxfAhD. Still adding content, but its out there. #
  • Yes, its true. I have coded more PHP/Wordpress in the past few months than Ruby/Rails. So I got that going for me… #
  • I am mesmerized by the chick who's singing on the Heineken commercial. #
  • Playing a little 'Alice in Chains' to warm up for this weekend's unplugged concert at the WinStar. Can't wait. #
  • Bush, 'The Sound of Winter'. Me likey and reminds me of 1995; a very good year for me (everything was zen, i guess). #
  • The threat of rain has stopped us down at work temporarily. #raindayissameasasnowday #
  • Going to see Weezer in early October. Looking forward to hearing my fav song of theirs: 'She's only 17'. #
  • In a month, I'll be able to tell you about the Cabo Wabo Cantina. What's up… #
  • @markmcspadden Say "hello" to the Ruby community that I used to belong to. 10 months and counting now. :( in reply to markmcspadden #
  • @TicketRadio @Neoharp72 Check the 2011 Director's Cup standings. A&M has the better athletic standing; plus beat 'em in football. So… in reply to TicketRadio #
  • @Neoharp72 Fair enough. I was just begging to differ with @TicketRadio. 2011 was a good sports year for A&M and its not all about football. in reply to Neoharp72 #
  • @Neoharp72 Loved the old SWC; that's what it was when I went to A&M back in the day. SEC will be no picnic for A&M. in reply to Neoharp72 #
  • @sportssturm Remind people that A&M was #8 in the Director's Cup. Only Florida was better at #4 Academic opportunity too. A&M is no slouch. #
  • Digging 'The Lost Room' a mini-series we missed out on from 2006. Intriguing like LOST. http://t.co/2udNfLm #
  • Lots of anti-A&M talk over this SEC rumor. Reminder, we won Men's and Women's Track, Ladies BB, and we beat tu in FB. #8 in Director's Cup. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-07

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Bill
  • Dave Campbell's Texas Football Magazine has A&M picked to lose only to OU and go to the Fiesta Bowl. I'll take that. #gigem #
  • Nearly every day now I waste 15 mins to as much as 1 hr resetting my password/proxy to work in Corporate America. #dailybeatdown #
  • Last weekend, watched '127 Hours' and 'Source Code', both highly recommended. Checking out 'Into the Arms of Strangers' tonight. #
  • @junior_miller Same bike that rode the 2010 Col du Tourmalet? #
  • Why does my generation even bother with the stock market? Wondering if I have any hope of ever retiring at the rate things are going. #
  • If you hit a dead spot, visit my new website and cast a vote or two: http://t.co/KWxfBYK. Not promising much as usual… #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-31

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Bill
  • @PhilLiggett @PaulSherwen Enjoyed your commentating once again in this year's TdF. Thanks for your work over the past 3+ weeks. in reply to PhilLiggett #
  • @ryanmarc Well, how are the Bahamas? #
  • Celebrating my 1 yr anniversary at Sabre by spending the first hr trying to regain access to the network. 10th time in 3 months. #whining #
  • Is it me or is @OldSpice guy now suddenly an over-tweeter? #
  • Full-blown work burnout and malaise has set in. Will this pass or will it be a precursor for something? Hmmm. Maybe its just the heat… #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-24

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Bill
  • Was invited to Google+ last night, joined, then my Google Apps transitioned overnight. I now have no Google Profile and no Google+ again. #
  • Wishing I could stay home to watch today's stage of the TdF live. This is one to watch end-to-end. #
  • @DamonLindelof @CarltonCuse Interesting that this faux argument is happening during Comic-Con. Is there a surprise panel or something? in reply to DamonLindelof #
  • @SportsSturm Tour de France individual time trial decided the race this morning following 2 days of drama in the Alps. That does not suck. in reply to SportsSturm #
  • The Tour de France delivered this year. The drama in the Alps followed by the individual time trial to decide the race was amazing. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-17

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Bill
  • Hard to watch the TdF crash which sent a breakaway rider into barbed wire. Crazy week. Will anyone be left by Paris? #
  • @DavidHainlin What the heck is going on?! This is now a several-days-old crisis? in reply to DavidHainlin #
  • @DavidHainlin Maybe you just need to listen to an old Saga song?! in reply to DavidHainlin #
  • @Troy_Aikman You have to Use Facebook as Page, then Edit Page, then Manage Permissions. Allow users to do post to wall, etc. in reply to Troy_Aikman #
  • Those News 8 Daybreak commercials make me want to DVR the 4:30-7am shows. Or is it just an excuse to check out Alexa Conomos? :) #
  • One more reason to like Dave Grohl: http://t.co/q06gvmy #
  • I more or less bought the Apple TV to stream Netflix. Today we just cancelled Netflix streaming. We never found much to watch anyway. #
  • Doing my best not to find out how today's TdF mountain stage went. For any normal American, this would be easy. Hard for me, though. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-10

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Bill
  • 2 straight days without wi-fi is challenging for me these days. #
  • Recent events reminded me of this quote, "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining". Gotta queue up 'The Outlaw Josey Wales' soon. #
  • Okay, it's 4am. Done partying. Happy 4th everyone!! #
  • @cnnbrk Man killed by grizzly bear at #Yellowstone National Park http://t.co/http://t.co/0r6TG > @clarkware Mike?! in reply to cnnbrk #
  • I just wrote a long email and didn't send it. That would be okay if this weren't the 3rd or 4th time recently. Its hard to bite your tongue. #
  • Testing TripCase publishing. #
  • I'm evaluating which team I may have to pull for with @teamradioshack's run of bad luck. Apparently another bad day for them with crashes. #
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