@arthurwyatt GOGGLE – 12:49 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt /weeps – 12:49 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt Viv will never forgive any of us – 12:49 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt I think they may have stashed some other easter eggs out and about too. Density is a Cuaron thing, mind. – 01:10 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt it was a reference to the supposed lost cosmonauts, too. – 01:11 AM GMT
mother and father in law just called asking how to put ipad to sleep. background soundtrack: Pavarotti, super loud, singing Pagliaccit. – 02:08 AM GMT
Apparently they got the device playing music successfully but cannot figure out how to get it to stop. Neither is a native English speaker. – 02:10 AM GMT
crying with laughter. I cannot figure out how to explain it to them, since the device has no fixed orientation. PAGLIACCI VEST LA GIUBBA – 02:13 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt there were other little references to Alien, Major Tom, and (weirdly) Elvis Costello’s “Red Shoes”. – 02:14 AM GMT
they are fully traumatized by this experience, I can hear it in their voices – 02:17 AM GMT
tomorrow, they will give it away – 02:17 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt pours one out for STS-157 – 02:20 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt the rentry over/under shots were a callback to Atlantis, but you know – 02:21 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt retrocurrent – 02:21 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt Atlantis? better doublecheck – 02:22 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt Columbia. duh. I blame CO hallucinations. – 02:23 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt PAGLIACCI I VESTA LA GIUBBIA – 02:28 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt ryan stone, that is. but yes. – 02:31 AM GMT
@manwhoyells both yelling into speaker phone and contradicting each other over opera singing – 02:32 AM GMT
@manwhoyells MIL can’t remember stuff well. She kept leaving the room with the shouty iPad, getting instructions, and coming back to it. – 02:34 AM GMT
@manwhoyells but she couldn’t remember them! FIL was cooking and the shouty iPad made him have a hard time concentrating on the stove. – 02:35 AM GMT
RT: @xuhulk: A sad update to everyone’s favorite School House Rock bit: gocomics.com/tomthedancingb… – 02:39 AM GMT
RT: @Astro_Mike: My favorite space movie documentary is still IMAX Hubble 3D, I am so proud that my Hubble crew mates and I contributed to that film – 04:54 AM GMT
aaargh new yorker app that loses pagestate in article when flipping to other app I LOATHE YOUR ILLUSORY HEGEMONY – 05:20 AM GMT
maybe also the real one, it’s complicated – 05:21 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt this is all we will be able to think about for a week innit – 06:00 AM GMT
Thunder! – 05:37 PM GMT

… And while we ended up going separately, we saw them awaiting the next show as we left: pic.twitter.com/nN3n4yTOyU – 03:28 AM GMT
I’m wearing a ground-crew tee for STS-120. My dad scored it for me, I think via one of his students. – 03:29 AM GMT
Why do I keep thinking there is a Ballard-adaptation Vermilion Sands movie? – 03:43 AM GMT
@madamjujujive NO THANK YOU – 03:43 AM GMT
@madamjujujive with air kisses, all love – 03:44 AM GMT
@kcfennessy as a Mad Magazine reader, I too thought this, but likened it to “sounds” as representing swearing not appropriate for kids. – 03:46 AM GMT
@kcfennessy and thus it shall remain. ZOUNDS, woman! – 03:46 AM GMT
@kcfennessy (although in point of fact I have never even thought my etymology was fictitious, when on reflection it must needs be. TYVM!) – 03:49 AM GMT
@madamjujujive oh lordy – 03:49 AM GMT
@kcfennessy so sweet. all three films are fantastic. Watching GoT this month, It looks to me like GoT was cribbing. Which is awesome. – 03:51 AM GMT
@kcfennessy wait, Simon Beale? Falstaff. Gotta be. I didn’t read the notes, just watched. In the 70s, Moorcock wanted Beale as Elric. – 03:52 AM GMT
between TV series. considering loading up on Hammer horror for the rest of the month. – 05:40 AM GMT
Viv seems unfamiliar with the genre. This idea holds promise. – 05:41 AM GMT
@tracicle someone there has explained Krampus to them, I think. good work. – 05:42 AM GMT
quick overview and analysis of GRAVITY mission emblem design: collectspace.com/news/news-0930… – 08:26 AM GMT
@brownpau the whole movie is Cuaron’s homage – 05:50 PM GMT

@arthurwyatt pretty and showing filial piety but can they eat it? spiritwrestler.com/catalog/index.… – 12:17 AM GMT
@JMDeMatteis @mcgee_gorgo great story, been running thru my head for weeks now – 12:18 AM GMT
RT: @GreatDismal: RT @somebadideas Unbelievably detailed hi res reconstructed maps of Victorian London. mappinglondon.co.uk/2013/victorian… via @VictorianLondon – 09:38 PM GMT
attn @sumit via @greatdismal mappinglondon.co.uk/2013/victorian… (cf. prev RT) – 09:41 PM GMT
RT: @ytregaws: New book about the Runaways looks good nytimes.com/2013/10/06/boo… – 09:43 PM GMT
@ytregaws @matthetube fuck yes – 09:43 PM GMT
pic.twitter.com/es7MZFCDBw – 11:05 PM GMT

RT: @baconmeteor: Least comforting use of word ‘most’ award: “The Tu-119 completed 34 research flights. Most of these were made with the reactor shut down” – 02:20 AM GMT
attn @arthurwyatt to last tweet, rummage up his feed aprés – 02:20 AM GMT
@hell0jed work it! – 02:23 AM GMT
so, just wrapped GoT s01-03. – 05:23 AM GMT
Takeaway: GoT theme song is “Safety Dance,” Men Without Hats, 1980s, slowed down and slightly key shifted. – 05:25 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt are we holding out for the zero-gee screenings then? – 06:23 PM GMT
@BitterOldPunk @JoeTheDough i grillt a 1.5 lb ribeye last night and it was like meat dessert, sweet and soft with hickory woodsmoke – 09:39 PM GMT
@BitterOldPunk @JoeTheDough giant hunks remain. I fear to subject them to any form of heat. – 09:40 PM GMT
@JoeTheDough @BitterOldPunk works out to 88 pence. – 09:44 PM GMT
@JoeTheDough @BitterOldPunk …and now i am hongry. – 09:46 PM GMT
@gjcharlet haven’t seen it yet, but in casting my mind back to first sight of “Children of Men,” it’s within the realm of the possible. – 10:21 PM GMT
@JoeTheDough @BitterOldPunk … or 211 pence in the old old money. 240 pence to the pound, yikes! – 10:25 PM GMT
from a New Yorker review of ‘Masters of Sex’: “…in the actual experiments, anonymous couples mated with paper bags over their heads.” – 11:20 PM GMT
@arthurwyatt have you arranged for feeding? – 11:55 PM GMT

@tclancy @SparklingBlue @madamjujujive @BitterOldPunk @indik @suchatreat easy for you, revenant – 02:17 AM GMT
@madamjujujive @tclancy @SparklingBlue @BitterOldPunk @indik @suchatreat what is that bump bump bump at the window – 02:17 AM GMT
@poupou they hired? – 02:22 AM GMT
RT: @lizhenry: OH: “I just want to be a Culture ship. The perfect mix of godlike powers, and, like, loneliness.” – 02:30 AM GMT
@mcgee_gorgo plus, like, a non-science-fiction baseball team! I think about it at least once a year. But Harvey’s still dead. – 02:33 AM GMT
@poupou writeoff. biz expense. I should get my tax lawyer certification. because I’m neither an accountant nor an attorney. So my advice, um – 04:16 AM GMT
@hell0jed NOICE – 04:21 AM GMT
@theBees can that really be characterized as a “jam”? or “new”? Despite this, I will subscribe to your “jam” channel – 04:24 AM GMT
@theBees oh, delightful. don’t think we’ve ever met, but my reason for following you is all truehearts bton diaspora. – 05:48 AM GMT

rare recumbent .@mubay sighting? no flourescent skinsuit. pic.twitter.com/0TYhXP93WE – 12:24 AM GMT
RT: @dmatthams: Google web designer is amazing I did this in just 10 minutes: bit.ly/Gzw3Sa – 12:36 AM GMT
@BitterOldPunk @madamjujujive whatever we do, we shouldn’t run. I’m backing away slowly. – 06:15 AM GMT
@poupou what’s that password again? – 06:19 AM GMT
@indik @madamjujujive @BitterOldPunk @tclancy @SparklingBlue the only way to find out is to send some Asias of hornet to Oz. – 08:21 PM GMT
@KUOW @kcfennessy good timing, what with the FCC on furlough and all – 08:26 PM GMT
@indik @madamjujujive @BitterOldPunk @tclancy @SparklingBlue we should build a wall around Illinois just to be on the safe side. – 08:30 PM GMT
RT: @jonronson: By the way I’ve got a really nice, mysterious This American Life story this weekend – 11:45 PM GMT

@sugarfreak @ElysianBrewing @atomicbooks that is some amazing distro reach – 12:59 AM GMT
RT: @JoanArkham: Thanks to everyone who helped me overthink my plate of beans! I think it came out pretty well. pic.twitter.com/gRZw8zFwIf – 01:05 AM GMT
@phirephoenix burn a half day writing a spec and submit it to your employer’s agency for bids. if it works, you get to manage the project. – 01:10 AM GMT
@phirephoenix ah, non-technical management. you need to say “no,” I think. i meant a technical temp agency, fwiw. – 01:36 AM GMT
A TNG wall color: puce. – 03:30 AM GMT
@DanaPerino loathsome person – 03:33 AM GMT
@madamjujujive yuck! Get that ick outta my feed! – 03:34 AM GMT
RT: @phirephoenix: Depression linked to evolutionary advantage in fighting infections: medicalnewstoday.com/releases/24242… ht @anarchival – 03:38 AM GMT
That depression/autoimmune overdrive thing is plenty interesting. – 03:38 AM GMT
attn @praguepainter gq.com/news-politics/… – 06:08 AM GMT
@poupou in the larger sense, as in taking one for the team, yes – 06:08 AM GMT

@JoanArkham this would be the canonical overthinking a plate of beans, yes? (12h should be fine) – 12:12 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt hm. noticed some rendering issues in chrome on a project recently. a way of reigniting browser wars for a subset of sites? – 12:15 AM GMT
Also: hello Twitter. I spent the weekend meeting my birth mother for the first time. Recommended! – 12:48 AM GMT
@JoanArkham you can do that later when you accidentally leave to cooked beans unrefrigerated for N hours. 😉 – 12:49 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt some baseline alignment issues that go away on reload. – 12:58 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt also i am spamming you with a bunch of pix off-twitter, apologies – 12:59 AM GMT
@gjcharlet @JoanArkham soak time? how long can you leave them out on the counter? – 01:00 AM GMT
@gjcharlet @JoanArkham ah, darn twitter reverse sort. I will eat your beans, coldchef. – 01:01 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt lordy – 01:45 AM GMT
@tracicle it did! there are some intra-US pink persons cultural differences to explore but I’m game. I grew up Yankeeish, them, not so much. – 06:19 AM GMT
@arthurwyatt I do this to viv, GoT & BE for set or costume design. not that i can recall for dialog. When i write i write about stuff i see. – 06:23 AM GMT
@christy_ms will call or something. you should prolly be seated when I do, and plan for an hour or more. love to all there. xoxo. – 06:31 AM GMT
@christy_ms not tonight tho, it’s late. – 06:31 AM GMT
@christy_ms some pix shared to your phone. I hope. – 06:42 AM GMT
@christy_ms swapping to txt – 06:53 AM GMT
@hell0jed Laundry / Veggie Tales fanfic, I approve cc @gjcharlet @cstross – 07:36 AM GMT

RT: @hell0jed: @mathowie Babylon 5 reboot. – 06:32 AM GMT
RT: @Sherman_Alexie: Now Available! All my fiction in E-book format! Yes, all of it! To learn more: tinyurl.com/jw9oqvb – 02:28 PM GMT

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