Twitter

Twits du Jour (Sep 12)

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My aimless tweets for September 12, 2011

I liked a @YouTube video t.co/cB7iaW3 Batman - Year One trailer…
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Humour

Fallen Angels

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Two prostitutes were riding around town with a sign on top of their car which said: Two Prostitutes — $50.00 A policeman, seeing the sign, stopped them and t…

One of…
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Humour

In the Beginning

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In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. And Dot Com was a comely w…

In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com. And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel so far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever leaving thy tent?" And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?" And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply telling you who hath the best price. And the sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)." Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. And the drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever having to move from his tent. To prevent neighboring countries from overhearing what the drums were saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew. It was known as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures — Hebrew To The People (HTTP). And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites[1], or NERDS. And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed…
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Humour

A Fairy Tale

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I met a magic fairy today who offered to grant me one wish. "I want to live forever," I said. "Sorry" said the fairy, "I'm not allowed to grant wishes like t…

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Twitter

Twits du Jour (Jul 28)

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My gallivant tweets for July 28, 2011

"America is the only country in the world that that has the luxury of creating an economic crisis when there isn't one."…
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Android

Galaxy Tab 10.1 & Staples

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I wanted to share my experience with purchasing a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 from Staples using a coupon for $100-off on tablets. I received the in-store only c…

Later that afternoon, my wife and I headed to the closest store with my coupon in hand. In the store, I quickly scanned through the available tablets on display but the Galaxy Tab was nowhere to be found. I asked one of…
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Movies

In Time

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In the late 21st century time has replaced money as the unit of currency. At 25 years old, aging stops and each person is given one more year to live. Unless…

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