Tweet Digest for 2008-09-13

  • Yikes, David Foster Wallace done hung himself:http://tinyurl.com/6cubas ‘Infinite Jest’ indeed. #
  • OK, this whole #LHC love has gone too far: http://tinyurl.com/4uz8u7 #
  • Apparently I am as a good a Billy Corgan as Billy Corgan is. Who would have thought? #
  • Regarding RB2. Yeah, I missed my calling as a rock star. Consistent 90 % and above… #

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Tweet Digest for 2008-09-07

  • Yup, Spore lived up to the hype. It’s great, highly recommended. #
  • @marcet You’re welcome to come visit, but my apartment isn’t quite ready for guests. in reply to marcet #
  • http://twitpic.com/amzk – Celebrating life. Thanks Will Wright. #
  • @perfectporridge You punched an old lady? You evil bastard! j/k in reply to perfectporridge #
  • OR, there’s always this up the street. I direct your attention to the lower-right corner: http://tinyurl.com/5bn689 #
  • I think Post Secret has jumped the shark and run its course. People are just trying to be shocking/witty/clever now, and fail. #
  • Thinking of checking out Brit’s Pub today and try my hand at lawn bowling. Anyone want to join? #
  • Reading: Scientists get death threats over Large Hadron Collider – Engadget http://is.gd/2jNl #
  • According to ‘Can You RUN it?’ my laptop can handle Spore. Wondering whether or not to trust it and go to Best Buy. #
  • Playing cornhole. It’s not what you think. #

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Tweet Digest for 2008-09-06

  • http://twitpic.com/a8gq – Just for good measure, it’s 12th & John Ireland, not Kellogg. #
  • Hmm, wondering if I did actually just get a personal message from @HenryRollins for complimenting his ‘Meet the Bloggers’ episode. #
  • @etanowitz http://twitpic.com/aj2k – WE BARE ALL! + STEAK!!!1!1!! in reply to etanowitz #
  • @etanowitz WTF!? Was he driving a tank? in reply to etanowitz #
  • Debating on whether or not to buy furniture, a bike or Nikon D90 next week: http://tinyurl.com/5vnncw, Grrr, decisions decisions. #
  • Reading: Henry Rollins and Paul Waldman Spurn the Media’s Love for McCain | Video | AlterNet http://is.gd/2ixt #
  • Henry Rollins in Minneapolis on Oct. 24th. Who wants to buy me a birthday gift? http://tinyurl.com/6xtp6g #
  • Someone in St. Paul/Mpls give me an event to take pictures of today/tomorrow. I need to wash my Flickr of protesters. #
  • @swirlspice I think that is it. Did you have some success? Advice for the first-timer? in reply to swirlspice #
  • Today’s awesome – Found out there’s a ‘Home Brewers Supply Store’ up the street and that I have extra closet space. Weekend project!! #
  • I missed this one. Oof, almost spit my drink all over the laptop: http://tinyurl.com/6hoehg #
  • Buying a couple of these before winter, you know, just in case: http://tinyurl.com/5m7zdd #
  • Just got back from about a 5-mile walk through the neighborhood to shake off the mound of hash browns, eggs and toast from Uptowner Cafe. #
  • @OSPhoto Psst, it’s usually in Roger’s office. in reply to OSPhoto #
  • Checking out the Uptowner Cafe on Grand. Seems decent enough on a gorgeous day. #

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Tweet Digest for 2008-09-05

  • Not to beat a dead and hilarious horse, but The Daily Show was on its A-game this week: http://tinyurl.com/6eqrmv #
  • As if I couldn’t love my place any more, I just found out there was a Chipotle a few blocks up the road (that doesn’t close @ 4pm). Sweet!! #
  • @paulglester Nice. Good job making it through the conventions, now all that’s left is election night. in reply to paulglester #
  • Best TDS moment of their time in St. Paul: http://tinyurl.com/5crdjz #
  • @tomelko … that would be one less arrest they had to process. It seems brutal, but that girl was being an idiot. in reply to tomelko #
  • @tomelko re: why didn’t they arrest? Honestly, I think the police were giving her every opportunity to just leave and avoid legal action…. in reply to tomelko #
  • I love discovering a clothes washing doesn’t work AFTER piling your clothes in it and dumping detergent all over them. #
  • Texas delegate gave his signed (by Republican bigwigs I assume), Stetson cowboy hat to Mickey’s server as a memento. Classic. #
  • Sitting next to a guy in Mickey’s with a delegate badge signed by Rove and Gingrich. What a way to end the RNC. #
  • These overnights have my clock all screwy. But after a nap there will definitely be some good eats and a post-RNC brew in store later. #
  • Wondering if the 15% of my direct deposit I put in my savings is lost to the ether because the lady gave me the wrong routing # #
  • Wonderful RNC soundslide put together by one of our producers: http://tinyurl.com/6x4mm8 #
  • One more overnight shift then it is off until Monday. Wee! #

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Tweet Digest for 2008-09-04

  • Leaving scene. Cops respected press credentials and let us break the line. #
  • Police backing up paddy wagon toward protesters. #
  • Some diehards still in the intersection of 12th & Cedar. #
  • I actually commend the police from using very little force so far. They’re waiting the crowd out the bet they can. #
  • Pretty much everyone on this block is a journalist. #
  • Crowd heading back toward capitol. Situation is getting ridiculous. #
  • Cops just made a big push. Crowd (including me) scattered. Peope still in streets. #
  • Kind of at a standstill. Cops making some chess moves. #
  • Crowd just won a small victory with chant of ‘whose parking lot? Our parking lot!f #
  • Whole MPR team is amassed in the capitol parking lot. #
  • Cops moving in tighter. Circling part of crowd. I’m planning an escape route. #
  • Possible pepper spray, crowd made some moves. Back to the intersection. #
  • Check out theUptake, just saw Olsen. He is probably live streaming. #
  • Now mass of people at 12th & Cedar. #
  • Group is rerouting through capitol and making way toward cedar again. Crap. #
  • People dispersing, cops moved in. Me and your son are kind of in the middle of it. #
  • Police just made the order to clear the streets. Here it comes. #
  • Give you a hint, first word starts with an ‘F’, second word is police. #
  • People are now doing impromptu street art with chalk. Phrases too colorful to repeat in mixed company. #
  • About a dozen kids are riding bikes and skateboards in a circle in the intersection. #
  • http://twitpic.com/a8ib – Police of all stripes. #
  • Just a mass of protesters, journalists and rubberneckers on the bridge. Police on both sides. #
  • Cops on capitol side of JI, protesters on cathedral side. Chanting loudly, cops not amused. #
  • The cathedral is making a lovely backdrop for this standoff. #
  • http://twitpic.com/a8gq – John ireland & Kellog #
  • Rubber bullets locked and loaded. #
  • Situation heavy at John Ireland and Kellog. #
  • Oof, they called in the snow plows. #
  • Uh oh, masks on. #
  • I think this going to get messy. People marching toward Xcel. #
  • Police are telling people they cannot march. Permit expires @ 5pm. #
  • Just saw a reporter with a helmet and a day-glo orange vest on. I think he’s little nervous. #
  • Police arrested someone. Ninja turtles and cavalry leaving. #
  • Horses, bikes and riot cops all just swarmed in #
  • First incident with police #
  • Peope slowly gathering at Capitol again. A lot of kids though. #
  • You would think it would benefit the Lawyers Guild if their observers were a little less noticeable. #
  • Despite a rather quiet day there are a lot of cops along 7th and Cedar. #
  • Me thinks the RNC Welcoming Committee presser was full of B.S. Oh wait, they already had that tucked away in little bags… #
  • @N614EF That’s laughable, I’m sure about 100 million black people would beg to differ. in reply to N614EF #
  • From Spicoli to Willie Stark and now Harvey Milk. Sean Penn sure does know how to impress: http://tinyurl.com/5dyn2z #
  • Reading: Why Buyouts Suck | Newspaper Death Watch http://is.gd/2d3C #
  • There’s the sun. Yay, one overnighter down, one to go. Tonight is going to be mayhem in St. Paul for final day of RNC. #
  • Wow, overnight shift is going by surprisingly fast. Who thought midnight to 8am at a radio station would be so busy and productive. #
  • Word is coming in that police have fired tear gas in Minneapolis outside of RATM show. #

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Tweet Digest for 2008-09-03

  • @NewsHour Blame it on Bob Collins. Apparently you or TDS didn’t want them. Mmmm, they were delicious. in reply to NewsHour #
  • Knowing that the ‘Daily Show’ crew and Brian Williams are in town really make me want to go celeb hunting. #
  • @NewsHour Thanks for the sandwiches! in reply to NewsHour #
  • Today’s kind of quiet in St. Paul. Anti-torture protest turnout:5 people; 9/11 Truth protest turnout: maybe 25 people #
  • @N614EF Chuck Olsen of the Uptake is hanging around our building. You should go and talk to him for NewsCut. in reply to N614EF #

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Tweet Digest for 2008-09-02

  • Made it out of the building and squeezed my car past the wall of police cars to make it home. A ton of cops out at every exit 94/35 #
  • Cops are fanning out from Xcel Center to chase down groups of protesters…while the GWB is about to speak. #
  • Multiple streets blocked in downtown St. Paul. #
  • police just moved dump trucks in to block roads #
  • Cops all over the street. I’m not leaving work for a while. #
  • Police getting ready to unleash some fury outside the Xcel. #
  • Check out some of yesterday’s happenings in 360 degrees: http://tinyurl.com/5lb6b8 #
  • Great audio from yesterday’s altercation on Shepard Rd. captured by Michael Caputo: http://tinyurl.com/6e3tvb #
  • I think I just pulled a muscle opening a jar of salsa. Apparently Enrico’s vacuum seals their jars in space. #
  • If Bush speaks at #rnc08 tonight, I imagine protests and demonstrations will get be even more wild: http://tinyurl.com/5lb3ly #
  • Just had a chance to watch the horrible phone video I was sending up on Flickr. Yikes, why didn’t someone stop me? #

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Tweet Digest for 2008-09-01

  • Tons of great photos from today’s activities at MPR.org: http://tinyurl.com/5ljzgf #
  • Arrests near 100 in St. Paul: http://tinyurl.com/6yv6g2 #
  • Some photos up. More when I have more time tonight: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smullis/ #
  • I’m done. I’m cashing in my chips and heading in to work. I’ll have to read about what happens back at the Capitol. #
  • http://twitpic.com/9×10#
  • Correction: march still extends up 7th near Xcel. Just getting less concentrated #
  • Tail end of march going down Minnesota. Looks like things are proceeding peacefully. Have yet to see contact between cops and protest group. #
  • http://twitpic.com/9wyi – Cedar & 7th #
  • Just saw a Hummersine headed up Minnesota. Delegates? #
  • March has made its turn at the Xcel. Front is moving back up 7th. #
  • Just heard a bang and saw smoke. Journalists scrambling toward disturbance. #
  • March is breaking from assigned route, continuing up cedar #
  • Full march leaving Capitol now. #
  • Contingent of police getting in unmarked cars on cedar & 11th #
  • Looks like actual, full battle march from Capitol is about to begin #
  • Huge line of buses stopped on cedar #
  • Some cops on top of cars in full battle stances. #
  • Group headed away from Xcel. Stopped at 7th & cedar #
  • March just turned into dance party against the war. #
  • They’re looping the same RATM track. Come on folks, expand your catalog. #
  • http://twitpic.com/9wm4 – This is the smaller march. #
  • Police just ordered ‘masks down!’ on cedar and 7th #
  • Group turning right on 7th, heading toward Xcel #
  • Sds heading up Minnesota #
  • http://twitpic.com/9wjg#
  • Group marching down 12th st #
  • Gee they’re playing RATM. How original. #
  • Groups breaking off on their own, starting march early. #
  • Haven’t seen a lot of police. They may be on the fringes just in case things get wild. #
  • http://twitpic.com/9wdy – Could be getting close to the estimate #
  • A lot of feedback and spikes in sound from the stage. Are there no liberal sound engineers? #
  • For groups that are anti-capitalist, they sure are selling a lot of merchandise. #
  • Seems to me like this is a pretty unorganized organized march. Bad sound, too many simultaneous fringe speakers. BUT, they’ve got toilets! #
  • http://twitpic.com/9w73 – Wedding day #
  • http://twitpic.com/9w45 – An anarchist privacy circle. Seems kind of counter intuitive. #
  • http://twitpic.com/9w3f – Ninjas against war? #
  • http://twitpic.com/9w27 – Crowd is getting larger though nowhere near 50K #
  • Definitely have some camera envy with all of the heavy hitters and me with my lowly XT. #
  • Oddly, the music playing right now is the very happy, non-protesty ‘Celebration’ #
  • There a ton of drinks and refreshments for sale. Wonder whose pocket it is going in to? #
  • Heading out to the Capitol. Just spotted cops checking alleys and dumpsters for contraband. #
  • Home. Bed. Tomorrow is going to be a very nutty and active day. Eat your Wheaties journos, you’re going to need it. #

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