- 01:15:46 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 01:03:02 .@abulsme Psh, who needs that? in reply to abulsme
- 01:34:30 Retweeted @JohnRidgeway 01:33:46 @ScottNY71 @abulsme @jcorriero are pioneers. :-) #MLOL #MLOD #MLGIN #ASKMERRILL #MLOLTODAY #FCHOMEPAGES in reply to ScottNY71
- 02:14:01 Retweeted @MikeIsaac 02:12:49 welp guess im dead http://t.co/wiJLb4rPnv
- 02:19:45 Retweeted @brundlefly 02:09:04 I totally misinterpreted this notification at first. http://t.co/kyc9rD3WGu
- 02:25:00 Retweeted @pourmecoffee 02:03:17 You cannot catch Ebola from someone on Twitter unless you *directly* follow them. Use a list or search for their name and you'll be fine.
- 02:28:51 Glad to see that right now my Twitter feed is full of people joking about freaking out about Ebola rather than people ACTUALLY freaking out.
- 02:43:26 Retweeted @MaggieJordanACN 02:43:11 Will try my hardest. “@joshuatopolsky: Anchor on NY1 definitely just said "don't eat" feces you find out and about” in reply to joshuatopolsky
- 02:45:20 Retweeted @monkbent 02:42:40 It's sad that many don't care about thousands of dead Africans.
It's stupid that many don't appreciate that's the only line of defense. in reply to monkbent
- 02:48:12 Retweeted @monkbent 02:38:55 Telling people Ebola isn't an issue is wrong.
It is an issue in Africa, and the key to stopping it in the US is stopping it there.
- 02:50:19 .@monkbent Problem from start has been people exaggerating problem in US, while ignoring it in places where it really is a big issue. in reply to monkbent
- 03:14:17 Reading – The Physics Behind “Intellstellar’s” Visual Effects Was So Good it Led to a Scientific Discovery (Williams) http://t.co/BwRWu5TnHX
- 03:41:03 Reading from February – 8 Surprising Historical Facts That Will Change Your Concept Of Time Forever (Todd Van Luling) http://t.co/XsY92l386F
- 03:57:25 Retweeted @ScottNY71 03:57:15 @JohnRidgeway @abulsme @jcorriero Those were good times for the most part. It felt like we were a team. Wish I wasn't so young & stupid <symbol><symbol><symbol> in reply to JohnRidgeway
- 04:05:45 Retweeted @ScottNY71 04:05:12 @abulsme In my view, people joking about freaking out are actually freaking out & using humor to hide it & gauge freak out levels of others. in reply to abulsme
- 04:07:55 .@ScottNY71 Perhaps. Hopefully that is a minority though. Danger in US and NYC specifically is incredibly low compared to other risks. in reply to ScottNY71
- 04:10:07 Retweeted @ScottNY71 04:09:41 @abulsme I think people want to freak out or feel like they could but know there's no reason yet to panic so they stifle it or joke about it in reply to abulsme
- 05:48:47 Reading – Senate Update: There’s A 47 Percent Chance The 2014 Midterms Will Go To Overtime (@ForecasterEnten) http://t.co/5ok1niAk14
- 08:30:30 No comparison graphs yet, but finally some progress, however small, on a candidate combo comparison page: http://t.co/r85eXRJiph
- 17:27:55 [Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: Subdued with Prejudice http://t.co/BA0adPSrJl
- 17:59:32 Retweeted @realtimwilliams 17:57:44 #BREAKING: Reported school shooting in Marysville, WA – Pilchuck High School. Marysville PD confirms active shooter. — KOMO TV
- 21:22:47 Retweeted @pauljmcgann 21:21:55 http://t.co/CCf0ZWfmdc
- 23:43:46 New polls for 2016 from @GravisMarketing in IA, KS and NC added today. See @ElecCollPolls and http://t.co/484fZNqor5 for details.
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In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:
Length this week – 1:40:50
1076 pictures for the month. First pass narrowed to 70. These are the 30 that best represent September.
2014-09-01 06:39 UTC (Picture by Amy) – An Amy Selfie to start the month. (Yeah, yeah, I already used this one on her birthday post.)
2014-09-01 21:44 UTC – Alex chases after Amy at Bumbershoot
2014-09-02 02:19 UTC – Alex and me joining the family after a quick romp through the fountain at Bumbershoot
2014-09-02 04:36 UTC – Amy comforts Alex after he tripped and took a bad spill while running after her to get into the EDM venue at Bumbershoot. After this he was done for the night.
2014-09-03 16:58 UTC – First day of school for Alex
2014-09-05 01:19 UTC – We didn’t even know we had an apple tree, but one day we noticed this hanging off a tree in our front yard. We think it is the tree’s very first apple. Awww…
2014-09-07 19:44 UTC – Brandy accidentally made a sculpture out of frosting.
2014-09-11 21:53 UTC – Alex plays in a balloon room at a local mall. (Posted before as part of Alex through the Years.)
2014-09-11 22:13 UTC – Alex and I built a robot! He knocked it over seconds later of course.
2014-09-12 20:28 UTC – Alex’s class at school prepares for his birthday ceremony, where the birthday kid circles a candle representing the sun once for each year of their lives, while the parents show pictures of them from each year and say something brief about what the kid was like each year. Brandy and I were participating, so no pictures of the actual event.
2014-09-12 22:21 UTC – Once we were home, it was time for our own birthday celebrations, and Roscoe got to wear the birthday hat from school.
2014-09-12 22:22 UTC – Grandma Ruth got to wear the hat too.
2014-09-12 22:48 UTC – Brandy made a train cake for Alex.
2014-09-12 23:11 UTC – Alex with a present from Grandma Ruth.
2014-09-12 23:14 UTC – Alex opening a present from Amy.
2014-09-14 05:27 UTC – One of Alex’s presents was a lego set from Papa Bill and Grandma Cathy. Alex has been getting more into Lego lately. Here he diligently follows the instructions to assemble this set.
2014-09-14 05:45 UTC – And here is the final product. Alex assembled it almost entirely himself, following the instructions in the booklet. He only asked for help on one or two of the many steps in the process. In the following days, he did several other lego sets too.
2014-09-16 23:48 UTC – A few days later, it was time for my birthday. Alex wanted Brandy to make me a train cake too, but Brandy was sick at the time, so instead Amy and Alex went to the store. Alex picked this hamburger and fries cake for me instead.
2014-09-17 00:19 UTC – Amy presents me with my biggest present, from her and Brandy. Can you guess what it is? (It was a much needed new chair for my home office.)
2014-09-20 22:31 UTC – Grandma Ruth took Alex, Roscoe and me on an adventure in a nearby park. This was the start of our hike.
2014-09-20 23:22 UTC – The destination of the hike was a little area on the shore of Lake Washington. Roscoe and Alex spent a few minutes playing in the water!
2014-09-20 23:34 UTC – After the hike and playing a bit, Roscoe was ready for a bit of a rest. We had a picnic. Roscoe patiently waited to share.
2014-09-21 00:02 UTC – Alex and I climb up on a large tree that had fallen over and leaned over the lake
2014-09-21 00:04 UTC – Alex does not seem impressed as he dismounts from the fallen tree.
2014-09-21 00:07 UTC – After the tree, there is some time for some more splashing at the edge of the lake.
2014-09-21 00:18 UTC – Then it was time for the hike back to the car. Everybody was a little tired by this point. But we had to keep going.
2014-09-21 01:50 to 01:56 UTC – Once back in the car, a certain someone couldn’t quite manage to stay awake.
2014-09-23 01:11 UTC – Uh, he is not supposed to climb up there.
2014-09-26 00:31 UTC – My mom and Sara. A good team.
2014-09-27 22:24 UTC – Alex told Brandy that he wanted some fresh paper and markers and such. Brandy got him this new art desk thing. Since then Alex has been “art-ing” every chance he gets, producing many many pages of drawings and paintings and other things. He uses that desk almost every day now! And that wraps up September… For a while whenever I did a blog post, I was making sure I also posted a notice of the post on Google+. Unlike the methods I had for posting such notices to Twitter and Facebook, for Google+ I had to do this by hand. Eventually I tired of the manual effort this entailed and stopped. Recently I did some updates to my website, and while I was at it noticed a new way to automatically do the notifications to Google+ again, so I turned that on. There is one difference from the posts to Facebook and Twitter though. Those exclude the daily summaries of my Twitter posts. If you follow me on Twitter, well, you see my tweets already. And I figured that even the Facebook folks if they really wanted to see that, they could go to Twitter. The method I’m using for posting on Google+ doesn’t exclude anything, so the daily Tweet summaries get posted too. And they generally happen more often than “real” posts by me. Apologies for anybody “circling” me on Google+ who does not appreciate that. Feel free to let me know your thoughts on that. If enough people don’t like it, I may simply turn the Google+ posts back off. Having said that, I’ve had a few responses to posts via Google+ already, including one of the Tweet summaries, so at least some folks seem to appreciate it. Anyway, if these posts on Google+ bother you, or if you appreciate them, let me know!
According to my calculations, at this exact moment (19:55 UTC, 12:55 PM Pacific, 3:55 PM Eastern), Amy just turned 19 years old. Happy birthday Amy! (Picture taken by Amy in September I think.) |
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