Abulsme.com: Monday, October 15th, 2012

Another Chaser!

A boy and his dog, taken Sep 2nd 2012.

Holy $&#@! – It had a big brother

I guess I wasn’t actually done after my previous post. I hope with all my heart I am now done.

Ouch. Ouch Ouch.

Uh, and yeah, I’ll find another chaser photo. Cause, yeah, ew. That is pretty gross. And yeah, it was still “fresh”. Sorry bout that!

Chaser!

Something cute for those who need to cleanse their brains of the picture in my last post. :-)

At last, I meet my stone

This thing had been causing me lots of pain and discomfort for almost exactly a month now.

It is out now. Hopefully this means I’m finally done with this kidney stone episode.

This one looks meaner and sharper and the episode lasted longer, but I think this one from 2004 was bigger. I stupidly did not photograph that one next to a ruler though, so it is hard to tell.

@abulsme tweets from 2012-10-14 (UTC)

Looks like that worked. One minor glitch. I guess normal tweeting will now resume. New thing lets me do real retweets instead of manual RT. 00:18:25
Reading – Ryan Solid, But One Major Mistake (David Frum) http://t.co/kIl6YFjh 00:27:48
Reading – Bring-Your-Own-Puppet Million Muppet March planned (Cory Doctorow) http://t.co/cBUIaq1Y 00:32:20
RT @jbarro: Lots of tweets attacking me for calling a draw when it’s obvious who won. Unfortunately they disagree on the obvious winner. 00:32:40
Reading – Giant Mysterious Eyeball Found on Florida Beach (Brian Clark Howard) http://t.co/0ChFCdy9 00:37:35
RT @SimonJackman: this might sound weird, but I’d really like a good poll or 2 from OR right now, just a gut checkвЂ¦ TN too, on the other … 00:38:30
Reading – You’re About to Get Some Money Back on Your Kindle Books (Eric Limer) http://t.co/0L9NPdTn 00:41:02
Reading – In Polls, Biden Gets a Hold (Nate Silver) http://t.co/gI8RPWoT 00:44:10
Reading – Obama’s Problems Didn’t Start With the Debate (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/A1akXUzs 00:48:56
Reading – FedEx: Founder Gambled His Last $5,000 at a Blackjack Table to Stave Off Bankruptcy (World’s Strangest) http://t.co/X9dmK2d2 00:52:42
Reading – Bill Clinton’s back in the campaign game big time (Andrew Miga) http://t.co/T7hRXzUZ 04:12:02
Reading – Whah? (Josh Marshall) http://t.co/BblknXiF 04:16:51
Reading – AT&T training document suggests ISPs are gearing up to beat piracy with internet restrictions (James Trew) http://t.co/g3CiIYRI 04:21:26
Reading – Apple’s Trying to Wean Itself Off of Samsung’s Chips (Eric Limer) http://t.co/uuahe0bv 04:23:17
Reading – The evolution of airfares, in one chart (Brad Plumer) http://t.co/tPfqP4cq 04:28:41
Reading – Oct. 12: Romney Debate Gains Show Staying Power (Nate Silver) http://t.co/GkJ2YEQC 04:42:03
EC Update for Sun Oct 14 done. Polls added in 2 states today, 5 states yesterday. No category changes either day. http://t.co/kF2iz3uE 05:44:40
Reading – TiVo opens up Developer Channel, lets third parties create apps for your DVR – Engadget (Richard Lawler) http://t.co/eijZEBSv 05:47:57
Reading – Is Libya terrorist attack ‘debacle’ hurting Obama? (Brad Knickerbocker) http://t.co/YzYFwE2V 05:51:42
Reading – The marshmallow test, revisited (Sarah Kliff) http://t.co/yqA0V59m 05:55:16
RT @nerdosyndical: I predict they just rename next year’s Nobel Peace Prize the Alfred Nobel TNT Prize for Imperialism and Blowing Shit Up 06:01:12
Reading – Amazon Acknowledges Uneven Lighting On The Kindle Paperwhite (Matt Burns) http://t.co/iI0bPlyB 06:04:08
RT @mgbales: It’s great that the EU won its peace prize before it died. 06:05:11
Reading – Bush v. Gore times five (Sam Wang) http://t.co/bCoJiTOA 06:10:27
Reading – Reader Reax (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/Hs6onW4V 06:19:33
Reading – Daily Breakdown: Romney’s Best Polling Day Yet (Nate Cohn) http://t.co/nKc5NKAW 06:22:51
RT @brendanloy: “The evening seem[ed] at times like a contest between Foghorn Leghorn and Doogie Howser, M.D.” http://t.co/igy5LRQF 06:25:50
Reading – Focus Was on Tripoli in Requests for Security in Libya (Eric Schmitt and Mark Landler) http://t.co/CMBxEIO0 06:34:01
Reading – Now It’s Obama’s Turn to Win the Debate at Hofstra University (Michael Tomasky) http://t.co/zro6OfrK 07:51:51
Reading – Could Obama Win Arizona? Here’s The Math. (Nate Cohn) http://t.co/mPUPmBER 12:12:08
Any Romney supporters out there who want to come on my podcast to talk about why they like Romney? Contact me! 17:10:53
Watching – Freefall from the edge of space (LIVE!) (redbull) http://t.co/eLkuCLHL 17:59:33
Jumped! 18:08:47
RT @TheJewishDream: Can’t understand a word #FelixBaumgartner said, so I’m gonna go ahead and assume it was вЂњOHHHH SHIIIIIT OH SHIT SHIT … 18:11:17
Touchdown. That was kind of cool. #spacejump 18:17:19
RT @mattyglesias: CNN pretending there’s important scientific value to this awesome stunt is lame. 18:18:11
RT @lizzieohreally: He landed near ROSWELL, you guys. 18:18:55
RT @kumailn: He survived that scary thing that was completely unnecessary to do! What a hero! #spacejump 18:19:33
RT @EdEspinoza: Just saw a dude jump from space and I watched it on my phone. Note to my 12-year-old self: you’re gonna love the future. … 18:20:45
Watching – Why is it Dark at Night? (minutephysics) http://t.co/emADtTBn 18:27:10
Reading – G.O.P. Senate Hopes Fade, Even as Romney’s Rise, Polls Show (Nate Silver) http://t.co/Qkt4hK6q 18:43:39
RT @BYUfan: @abulsme let me know when you need a Johnson supporter. 18:57:26
.@BYUfan We can do that too! I’ll email you later to work out details. :-) in reply to BYUfan 18:58:24
By the way, new Curmudgeon’s Corner in the can about 3 hours ago. I will try to get it out before this week’s debate. 20:30:28
Reading – Next campaign stop: Not New Jersey (Sam Wang) http://t.co/iPyiFRLZ 23:20:40