• @hc Sorry, but I’m not understanding the use of “icy sidewalks” and “enjoying” in the same sentence. in reply to hc #
• Awww. 🙂 Retweeting @coreyr: @cwhittle nothing quite says love like cheese grits waiting for you. thanks #
• Am once again demoralized by how impressed otherwise-intelligent people are with Flash on web sites. #
• Shock. Rtwt @rosevines: Unsurprisingly, A.G.s’ report finds online bullying much bigger problem than sexual predators. http://bit.ly/qq9h #
• @madhatters Well I have been bullied online myself – by so-called adults! It’s a real problem, but only good community management can help. in reply to madhatters #
• @lintqueen What, you don’t like loud pink wallpaper? Hurting eyeballs is a totally different matter than useless Flash. 😉 in reply to lintqueen #
• CNN: Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes leave until end of June; Jobs says health issues “more complex than I originally thought.” #
• Retweeting @FORpeace: How will you observe this momentous MLK Day? We are “Rebirthing King, Rebirthing America.” http://tinyurl.com/7ryjjv #
• Just realized that this will be 1st time I have not attended the 1st term inauguration since Bush I. Was in DC for ’93 and ’01. #
• @pearlbear Well it’s easier when you can drive up to DC and back in a day. 😉 in reply to pearlbear #

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• @blogdiva Yes, I did. And I noted the attached letter which said I was invited to all “public” events surrounding the inauguration. No duh. in reply to blogdiva #
• It’s too freaking cold outside! I might just walk up and down our (indoor) stairs a few times for my daily exercise. #
• So… where are the fun web-2.0-y glucose tracking tools? #diabetes #health #
• @mistersugar I took dissociated shift key and laptop to the Apple Sto’, and the Genius popped it right back on for me. No charge. in reply to mistersugar #
• Agree w/ the call for political blogs to try Drupal as per http://is.gd/fGXz (via @jayrosen_nyu). It already has all those features. #
• @pink_plaid Yes, I seem to have a touch of the GD. (Thx for giving me an opp to say that.) Eating well & exercising were hard enough before! in reply to pink_plaid #
• @pattychasevan This GD: http://tinyurl.com/3havfo in reply to pattychasevan #
• Hey locals, care to recommend a mechanic (preferably in north Durham) for a buyer’s inpection? I’ve used Guess Rd Amoco‎, but many yrs ago. #
• Hey, me too! Retweeting @MyNC: Maya Angelou Will Watch Obama Inauguration, On TV In NC http://tinyurl.com/7tfyaa #
• Retweeting @BrianR: Wonderful article by @ryan_thornburg! READ this folks if you care about eDemocracy in NC http://is.gd/fL0J #

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• @tbeckett She is The Woman! And the UNC women’s basketbal team is still undefeated this year… in reply to tbeckett #
• Can someone please tell my colleagues that you’re supposed to send *less* e-mail on the weekends? Oy. #
• Rtwt @xarker: That press conference was jaw-dropping. Historians are going to have a field day. W purely, finally, just doesn’t get it. #
• Colleague just cancelled a meeting b/c they couldn’t get a conference call line. *DOES NOT COMPUTE* #
• It’s amazing how focused I can be when I turn off Thunderbird and Twhirl… 😉 almost #gsd #
• Just test drove a Matrix with *6* gears. Very strange. Kind of like an amp that goes to 11. #

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• Nixon much? Retweeting @craignewmark: “White House illegally deleted Secret Service computer records”: http://bit.ly/2SmL #
• Today is the first televised UNC women’s basketball game of the year! Against N.C. State (w/o Kay Yow, for now). I’m excited!!! #
• @smalljones Both are on Fox Sports (ch 50 in Chapel Hill). IMO the best place to watch most games is my living room. Many disagree. in reply to smalljones #
• Switching from the fabulous Jan Boxhill on WCHL to the TV audio, as she’s a few seconds ahead of the visuals. #unc #women #basketball #
• @tuckcomatus NCSU 2 – UNC 2. I’ll tell you when it gets interesting. 😉 in reply to tuckcomatus #
• UNC 34 – NC State 28 @ halftime. State is pulling out their best, but I think UNC will stay in control. #women #basketball #
• @ayse Yes, everyone has been talking about Coach Yow the entire time. Both teams came together in a prayer circle for her before the game. in reply to ayse #
• Damn. UNC & NCSU tied at 36, 16:30 to go! #women #basketball #
• UNC 38 – NCSU 42. Jessica Breland badly twisted her ankle, but took time to pass the ball before falling down in agony. Get well soon, Jess! #
• @msfour D’oh, my bad. Sorry, Boxills. I <3 Jan & Deb. 🙂 in reply to msfour #
• Tied with :19 sec left! The problem here is that NC State is playing really, really, well. Could go into OT. #unc #women #basketball #
• Overtime. #
• UNC on a 9-0 run so far in OT. #
• Whew! Final score: UNC 75 – NCState 66. Cetera Degraffenreid is the bomb. Congrats on 800th win to Sylvia Hatchell. #
• @ayse Awww, get better @davidb! in reply to ayse #
• Guests @tuckomatus & @smalljones indahouse. Woody’s ahead of the TV again. 🙁 #
• UNC 44 – Wake 44 at halftime. Absolutely miserable oficiating. (Go to sleep, @msfour.) #
• I can’t even understand what game these refs are watching. Disgusted. UNC 58 – Wake 63, 12 min remaining. #basketball #
• @sergiotovar Agreed. in reply to sergiotovar #
• Really sick of having to watch this tight game without Woody. 🙁 #unc #basketball #
• These TV ppl pretending fouls are legit remind me of the press rolling over for Bush. #unc #acc #basketball #
• Thanks to Danny Greene, who did a great job tonight. Sadly, it wasn’t enough to make up for INSANE refs. Final: UNC 89 – Wake 92. #
• @nathanhewitt @sergiotovar Seriously. Wake played well, but not amazingA lot of fumbling all around. Ppl just wanna beat UNC. #basketball in reply to nathanhewitt #

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• Note to all the MLK days of service that have been proliferating: King’s legacy is ACTION and the power of fierce LOVE, not volunteerism. #
• Most volunteerism these days is like a band-aid instead of a tourniquet. It doesn’t challenge. I don’t consider that action a la King. #
• @abenamer Sure, and volunteering is a great thing to do. I just don’t think it’s what Dr. King would be doing with his life today. in reply to abenamer #
• Note to Twitter “friends”: direct messages are for personal messages TO ME, not your generic self-promotional updates. Unfollowed.</whine> #
• @shauenv I’m sure that was good training for… something! Never seen footwork quite like that before, thanks for the awesome videos. in reply to shauenv #
• <whining more>World, can’t you see I’m undercaffeinated today? Why must you persist in asking me complicated questions? </whining> #
• CNN sez Blago has officially (finally) been impeached by the Illinois House. #
• Retweeting @orangepolitics: It’s official! Thorp calls off the proposed Orange County Airport: http://is.gd/f0LA Best UNC chancellor evar? #
• Retweeting @newsobserver: Illinois House impeaches Gov. Rod Blagojevich: http://tinyurl.com/8zwkw2 #
• @tarheelcoxn How about Margaret’s (my fave) or Carrburritos? Also, Tandoor (fast) or Lime & Basil (slooow)… in reply to tarheelcoxn #
• Retweeting @FORpeace: Impunity in Oakland: We don’t have to go all the way to Colombia or Gaza to see executio… http://tinyurl.com/76v2t5 #
• This looks soooo good. Retweeting @indyweekly: Preview of Paperhand Puppet Intervention’s first adult-oriented show: http://is.gd/f2cp #
• @ayse Definitely. in reply to ayse #
• With a few exceptions (hi @mistersugar & @orangepolitics) this has been a crappy and unproductive week. I want to go back to the beach. #
• @noneck Eww, you flushed a live mouse down the toilet? Way to tranfer your problems to someone else and generate bad karma… in reply to noneck #
• Ewwwww. Retweeting @redwhiteandnews: KARL ROVE DOES IT IN THE FACEBOOK: @KarlRoveChannel #

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• Note to all the MLK days of service that have been proliferating: King’s legacy is ACTION and the power of fierce LOVE, not volunteerism. #
• Most volunteerism these days is like a band-aid instead of a tourniquet. It doesn’t challenge. I don’t consider that action a la King. #
• @abenamer Sure, and volunteering is a great thing to do. I just don’t think it’s what Dr. King would be doing with his life today. in reply to abenamer #
• Note to Twitter “friends”: direct messages are for personal messages TO ME, not your generic self-promotional updates. Unfollowed.</whine> #
• @shauenv I’m sure that was good training for… something! Never seen footwork quite like that before, thanks for the awesome videos. in reply to shauenv #
• <whining more>World, can’t you see I’m undercaffeinated today? Why must you persist in asking me complicated questions? </whining> #
• CNN sez Blago has officially (finally) been impeached by the Illinois House. #
• Retweeting @orangepolitics: It’s official! Thorp calls off the proposed Orange County Airport: http://is.gd/f0LA Best UNC chancellor evar? #
• Retweeting @newsobserver: Illinois House impeaches Gov. Rod Blagojevich: http://tinyurl.com/8zwkw2 #
• @tarheelcoxn How about Margaret’s (my fave) or Carrburritos? Also, Tandoor (fast) or Lime & Basil (slooow)… in reply to tarheelcoxn #
• Retweeting @FORpeace: Impunity in Oakland: We don’t have to go all the way to Colombia or Gaza to see executio… http://tinyurl.com/76v2t5 #
• This looks soooo good. Retweeting @indyweekly: Preview of Paperhand Puppet Intervention’s first adult-oriented show: http://is.gd/f2cp #
• @ayse Definitely. in reply to ayse #
• With a few exceptions (hi @mistersugar & @orangepolitics) this has been a crappy and unproductive week. I want to go back to the beach. #
• @noneck Eww, you flushed a live mouse down the toilet? Way to tranfer your problems to someone else and generate bad karma… in reply to noneck #
• Ewwwww. Retweeting @redwhiteandnews: KARL ROVE DOES IT IN THE FACEBOOK: @KarlRoveChannel #

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• Glucose tolerance test now underway. Hungry & thirsty & all sugared up. #
• Reading in AlterNet about Rick Warren’s oft-lauded AIDS work in Africa: burning condoms, abstinence only, arresting gays. Real effective. #
• Finally home. Eating, drinking, and nursing my trackmarks. #
• @benstock What are you talking about? in reply to benstock #
• Pretty awesome. Thanks. Retweeting @HoboZero: http://www.cutethingsfallingasleep.org/ That is all. #
• Retweeting @MandianaJones: a study that found when whites witness racism, they may be more racist than they thought. http://ping.fm/XRDBr #
• NPR: a study shows that it’s not good for babies to be removed by C-section before their due dates. No shit! Why do so many Dr’s do it? #
• @busymommaval Not when they know the due date, but elect to do it early b/c it’s more convenient. @RobertP Not less risk to baby! in reply to busymommaval #
• I get so mad when I think of the unneccesary C-sections in this country. We have gone from something like 5% to almost 30% getting them now. #
• Not that some C-sections aren’t medically necessary, but MOST are not! http://tinyurl.com/yosh6p #
• @Catchatorie Thanks, I just heard about it (http://thebusinessofbeingborn.com) at childbithing class this week and wanted to check it out! in reply to Catchatorie #
• I just tried to sign up for notification of a PRODUCT I want to BUY on two different websites, and was foiled by malfunctioning flash forms. #
• Pardon the consumerist moment, but this is the phone I’ve been waiting on: http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/pre #
• Although… all I really want is a faster Treo 680 with wifi. Don’t want a faux iPhone. #

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• Retweeting @kanter: social networking analysis primer http://tinyurl.com/5bylub others? #
• @kanter BTW, here are my bookmarks on social network analysis if you’re looking for more: http://delicious.com/rubyji/sna in reply to kanter #
• I feel like I am always explaining to my colleagues why they can’t or shouldn’t do certain things. I don’t want to be all negative nelly… #
• @tarheelcoxn Aren’t state salaries public information? in reply to tarheelcoxn #
• @tbeckett I try to point out the need for *strategy* rather than simply being reactionary, but I work w/ a bunch of dreamers. (Who I love.) in reply to tbeckett #
• @shauenv I figured you would understand what I was talking about. 😉 in reply to shauenv #
• @davidb Suddenly, I *really* want to see Tin Tin… in reply to davidb #
• @ryan_thornburg Drupal can be pretty moody sometimes. #
• @katuah Hmm, a different but similar principle, I think. in reply to katuah #
• @Katrinskaya If you love your body, put on some Danskos like smart woman. 🙂 in reply to Katrinskaya #
• That sucks! Way to screw users. Retweeting @Pam_Spaulding: – Soapblox is dead; status of data is unknown right now. http://soapblox.net/blog #
• What a total party foul. SoapBlox hosts tons of political blog communities, now they just go down and say tough shit to thousands of users? #
• I hope SoapBlox users will strongly consider moving to open source platforms like drupal & wordpress for better longevity in the future. #
• @randomdeanna The real is key is developers writing some tools to import SoapBlox content into open source platforms. Anyone on the case? in reply to randomdeanna #
• Big rainbow right outside my window! Looking northeast in central Chapel Hill. #
• I might not be tweeting the UNC basketball game as much tonight b/c I will *be there* thanks to @mistersugar. w00t! Hope I can stay awake. ; #
• It’s funny being here at the Dean Dome where I can *see* Woody Durham (who I usually listen to during games), but now I can’t *hear* him. #
• UNC should be leading by way more than 3 points, 10 minutes into 1st half. #
• UNC 53, College of Charleston 41 at halftime. Things are starting to gel… #
• Funniest foul ever! #
• Carolina’s ahead 92-56 with 7:34 to go… And the loyal fans are heading for the exits. I’m wondering if my ticket will = a biscuit tomo … #
• Biscuits! #
• UNC beats College of Charleston 108-70. Whew. 😉 #

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• UNC’s women’s basketball team now outranks the men’s team (#2 v. #3), and yet has had NO televised games. Where’s the love? #
• After watching 3 healthy deliveries in childbirth prep class, I had my 1st pregnancy anxiety dream last night. Not feeling bothered tho. #
• @msfour I now have RTM on both sides in Gmail. Trying to decide which I prefer. (left=compact Google gadget, right=fuller Firefox plugin) in reply to msfour #
• @Katrinskaya Try reinstalling the gadget or plug-in? Mine never went anywhere. See: http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/gmail/ in reply to Katrinskaya #
• Retweeting @davidb: watching some of the real Frost Nixon interview clips on youtube http://tinyurl.com/77kwyd #
• Retweeting @MomsRising: I Love Seeing Babies at Work!: Envisioning and embracing culture change that enables… http://tinyurl.com/7fkpev #
• I have very mixed feelings about trying to blend working & parenting (simultaneously). But will probably experiment with it this Spring… #
• @JasonBarnett Cool. But being self-employed is a bit different from working a full-time job (whether at home or office). in reply to JasonBarnett #
• Note to relative (who sometimes reads Twitter): Yes we got yr package. No we didn’t stop everything to tell you. Thx for the 3 msgs this AM! #
• Retweeting @blogdiva: mark your calendars peeps : FEMINISM 2.0 on February 2nd http://fem2pt0.com #
• @Mlsif I wonder how long Stoller will last in Congress before he pisses off too many of the wrong people. in reply to Mlsif #
• Anyone have suggestions for how to tell a professional designer that their work for you, um, makes your eyes hurt? #
• Oh shit. Get well, Kay! Retweeting @sergiotovar: I hate N.C. State, but I really feel for Kay Yow… God bless! http://tinyurl.com/7x88l4 #
• Ug, I narrowly failed the screening for gestational diabetes so now I have to do the horrible fasting & 3-hr version of the test 😛 #
• TV doctor for surgeon general? Clearly Obama is testing us with crappier & crappier apointments. http://tinyurl.com/9wwl7b Via @wonkette #
• As @wonkete said about Obama appointments last week: “No Clinton left behind.” Dr. Gupta worked for HRC in the late 90’s. #
• Handy links on theming from today’s NC #drupal meetup http://delicious.com/catchatorie/drupalpresentation #

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• @msfour I have to admit: the Honda Fit is my dream car. Just wish there were more *used* ones available… in reply to msfour #
• Turning off my vacation autresponder is the saddest thing. Sigh. #
• @UNC_Chapel_Hill My friends and I watched all but the last 15 minutes of the game on New Year’s Eve. in reply to UNC_Chapel_Hill #
• Kid busted with over 20 lbs of pot & hash 3 doors down from me! http://is.gd/eBdX Clearly I am not getting invited to the right parties. #
• Funny – just realizing that I wouldn’t have batted an eye at a big drug bust in my old neighborhood. Don’t expect it in sleepy townhouses. #
• @MeEloise & @Katrinskaya, you may not know each other but you just made a funny together: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubyji/3170241223/ in reply to MeEloise #
• Turning off e-mail notification of new followers (which I never read anyway). I do read all messages @ me, though. #
• @suzboop I think Twitter spam has really increased in recent weeks, so no you’re not paranoid. in reply to suzboop #
• @swirlspice Hey, Erica. 🙂 in reply to swirlspice #
• Whoops almost forgot to drink the glucose stuff before prenatal appt. This is a test I *really* don’t want to fail. #
• @brianr and I are headed to our first birthing class tonight! in reply to BrianR #

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