Twitter Tracks: Football, the Election and the End of the World

Twitter tracks from September, 2010:

• 2010 09 01 - Big Ten division split to be announced at 6pm, but most details already leaked. Biggest question remaining? Where will LeBron land?
• 2010 09 01 - Conan debuts Nov 8, that is, *after* the election. Conan misuses his talents by failing to satirize politics.
• 2010 09 01 - Let's see... combat mission in Iraq is over, MidEast peace talks have resumed, ..., I know, let's talk home decorating tastes.
• 2010 09 02 - It's a short step from thinking that mental illness has biological causes to thinking that faith, hope and charity do, too.
• 2010 09 02 - My favorite retort to Stephen Hawking: "Hawking, if God does not exist, how did he curse you? You bitter little wanker." Unassailable logic.
• 2010 09 02 - 2012: The end-of-the-world disaster movie, not the Palin election disaster, although just as catastrophic and even more absurd, if possible.
• 2010 09 02 - Somehow, I doubt Rod Dreher is going to agree. Headline: "Stephen Hawking Settles the God Question Once and For All" http://goo.gl/Uf8q
• 2010 09 03 - Maggie May USA gives lukewarm endorsement to Bill White over Rick Perry: "The dime seems run out." http://goo.gl/6pQ2
• 2010 09 03 - Best quote from 2012, spoken by a woman as California is destroyed by earthquake: "Merrill, I told you. We have to move back to Wisconsin."
• 2010 09 03 - Final. Richardson Pearce 31, Irving Nimitz 35. #hsgt
• 2010 09 03 - Headline: "Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings." I don't which is more embarrassing, when she's tongue-tied or when she talks

After the jump, more Twitter tracks.

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• 2010 09 04 - He'll Google everything he can find on the subject. Headline: "Texas atty general to investigate complaints about Google" http://goo.gl/qtEh
• 2010 09 04 - A Single Man: Great character study of a man whose lover dies and he can't deal with grief. "Living in the past is my future." See it.
• 2010 09 05 - Mark's Stylebook: Write operas in foreign languages. Else, audiences laugh at lines like, "Trample on my corpse, but save the troubadour."
• 2010 09 06 - Here's why: China spends 7% of GDP on infrastructure. India 5%. US < 2% Headline: "America's Crumbling Roads and Bridges" http://goo.gl/jt3p
• 2010 09 07 - Mark's Stylebook: Self-contradictory sentences are awesome in an ironic kind of way: "Labor Day holiday was prefect."
• 2010 09 07 - Will 2010 be a repeat of 1994? It looks like it. But it's 1938 that we should look to for a better parallel to today. http://goo.gl/kxOX
• 2010 09 07 - War Dance: documentary of orphans in war-ravaged north Uganda who dream of winning national musical competition. Music transcendent. See it.
• 2010 09 07 - Headline: "US Powerless to Stop Quran Burning." Well, yeah. The First Amendment is worthless if it doesn't protect unpopular speech.
• 2010 09 08 - Should I feel guilty about looking forward to hurricane season because it brings much-needed rain to north Texas?
• 2010 09 08 - You mean due to the storm? Headline: "Tornados throughout Dallas County. Any damage in Garland?" http://goo.gl/SFIL
• 2010 09 08 - War Dance: Watched it two nights in a row. I've never done that before. If you have Netflix "Watch Instantly", watch it now. Thank me later.
• 2010 09 08 - War Dance: "In my heart, I am more than a child of war. I am talented. I am a musician. I am Acholi. I am the future of our tribe."
• 2010 09 09 - Headline: "Pastor says Quran-burning suspended, not canceled." Changing his mind already? Who does he think he is, Brett Favre?
• 2010 09 09 - Headline: "NY mosque investor declines Trump's buyout offer." What's worse, Trump's play for publicity or his belief that money solves all?
• 2010 09 09 - I spent the night switching channels between the NFL and a Nova special on Neanderthals. ... I know, it *was* hard keeping them straight.
• 2010 09 09 - Headline: "Islamic charity co-founder convicted on tax charge." Any chance we could get the IRS to investigate Osama bin Laden?
• 2010 09 10 - Are Pete Sessions' distractions working on you? John Jay Myers says "Stop Stealing My Stuff" http://goo.gl/2a3g (H/T to Maggie May USA)
• 2010 09 10 - "Can municipal leaders really produce prosperity by spending?" It can help, sure. "Do artificial stimulants last forever?" No. That was easy
• 2010 09 10 - Final. Richardson Pearce 42, Richardson HS 44. #hsgt
• 2010 09 10 - Final. Southlake Carroll 31, Richardson Berkner 24, overtime. Rams stand tall! #hsgt
• 2010 09 11 - After Lent, Christians celebrate Easter. After Ramadan, Muslims celebrate ... the end of Ramadan. Am I missing something?
• 2010 09 11 - She: "I don't like the bunny. He cusses too much." Quiz: What show is she watching?
• 2010 09 12 - Saturday was a great day for college football around the house. Wisconsin won. Rice won. Northwestern won. And Indiana ... didn't play.
• 2010 09 12 - Sita Sings the Blues: animated retelling of ancient Indian epic with narration by modern shadow puppets & music from the 1920s. Very quirky.
• 2010 09 12 - I know I should have been watching the Cowboys, but in retrospect, I have to say doing anything else with those 3 hours was a better choice.
• 2010 09 14 - Aside to Richardson City Council members: at least one member of the public thinks tweeting during meetings should be an ethics violation.
• 2010 09 14 - ... winking, too. ;-)
• 2010 09 14 - "A council member is: Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, ..." Now we have an ethics code, too. Easy
• 2010 09 15 - So much for Richardson's hollow show of banning K2. Headline: "Bans on fake pot do little to deter business." http://goo.gl/dlxx
• 2010 09 15 - Lots of heat, no light. Headline: "Stefani Carter, Carol Kent supporters continue to spar in Texas House race." http://goo.gl/58gy
• 2010 09 15 - France's banning of the burqa causes American Islamophobes' heads to explode. France, boo. No wait, France hooray. No wait. Kaboom.
• 2010 09 16 - Maggie May USA makes good point about online "convenience" fees. Shouldn't the DMV set prices to get ppl to drive *less*? http://goo.gl/XXsy
• 2010 09 16 - Ouch! "People want to know: just who is Counterfeit Stefani Carter?" http://www.counterfeitcarter.com/
• 2010 09 16 - First it was terrorist babies. Now it's terrorist textbooks. Paul Burka's judgment? "Still crazy after all these years." http://goo.gl/t4eg
• 2010 09 21 - Headline: "Ahmadinejad says capitalism faces defeat." I say threat to capitalism isn't socialism or Islam, but state capitalism.
• 2010 09 22 - Maggie May USA asks a good question: "So, who is pushing for the 'confidentiality' clause in the Code of Ethics?" http://goo.gl/0Byk
• 2010 09 22 - If not the public, then who? Whose fingerprints are on the "confidentiality" clause? Keffler? Smith? Slagel? Someone else?
• 2010 09 23 - Headline: "Blockbuster files for bankruptcy protection." By number of store closings, I thought they had entered witness protection program.
• 2010 09 23 - Read up on "rare earths" as we're going to hear a *lot* more about them. Headline: "China denies banning rare earths exports to Japan"
• 2010 09 23 - The Texas SBOE is taking a break at 1960 and will resume with agenda items from the 1800s.
• 2010 09 23 - The Ghosts of Cannae, by R. O'Connell: Hannibal invades Italy without an exit plan, wins every battle but loses the war. Sound familiar?
• 2010 09 23 - It's appropriate that GOP is making pledge. Another famous pledge is made by alcoholics admitting that one cannot control one's addiction.
• 2010 09 23 - Scientists often live to regret saying this: "The Laws Underlying The Physics of Everyday Life Are Completely Understood" http://goo.gl/Ho7h
• 2010 09 24 - Final. Richardson Berkner 14, Dallas Skyline 27. #hsgt
• 2010 09 25 - A Prairie Home Companion: The movie, screenplay by Keillor, directed by Altman. If you like the radio show or the movie Nashville, see it.
• 2010 09 26 - Stefani Carter releases her first TV ad, claiming that Obama has raised taxes, which is factually incorrect. There's a word for that.
• 2010 09 26 - Cottonwood Heights NA and the City of Richardson are holding a public meeting about the future of Spring Valley. 9/28 7pm http://goo.gl/6z7h
• 2010 09 27 - Richardson City Council public hearing on code of ethics 9/27 but no vote until October. Second thoughts about that confidentiality clause?
• 2010 09 27 - Even at 83, even dead, he could probably make the Cowboys' roster. Headline: "Oakland Raiders Hall of Famer George Blanda dies at age 83"
• 2010 09 29 - China knows how to stimulate its economy. Headline: "Speed test of Huhang high-speed rail sets record of 416 km/h." http://goo.gl/eIMS
• 2010 09 29 - Meanwhile, in the US, politicians want to cut taxes so we can buy more cheap crap from China.
• 2010 09 29 - Mark's Stylebook: Internetitude: tendency by commenters to not read the article, set up straw men, and miss the point. http://goo.gl/Luu7
• 2010 09 30 - Final. Richardson Berkner 29, Dallas Jesuit 52. Ouch. #hsgt #txhsfb