“Man, I freaking love you, Big Red gum. You taste like burning.” ~ Interllectual.com“@hadashigirl @strangegrace My friend @andrea suggested that a were-penguin wo…” ~ Interllectual.com“If every Adobe employee that bashes Apple actually fixes a bug in CS4, I woul…” ~ Interllectual.comAndrea marked as to-read: Introducing HTML5 (Voices That Matter) ~ Interllectual.comAndrea is currently reading: HTML5 For Web Designers (Paperback) ~ Interllectual.comLess Framework 2 ~ Interllectual.com“Generalized pronouncements about design grow more boring with each retweet.” ~ Interllectual.com“whatever comes let it come, whatever goes, let it go” ~ Interllectual.com“When logging into My AT&T, the progress bar marches right to left. I fin…” ~ Interllectual.comAndrea is currently reading: Moon Called (Mercedes Thompson, #1) ~ Interllectual.comhttp://thewildernessdowntown.com/ would have been really cool if there was en… ~ Interllectual.complaying around with Wordpress for the first time. Pretty impressed with the a… ~ Interllectual.comtaking preemptive sick day. thought it was finally cool enough to sit outside… ~ Interllectual.comCSS gradient generator ~ Interllectual.comjust counted 26 dog toys on the family room floor. how many more before we be… ~ Interllectual.comAndrea marked as to-read: Dreams of a Dark Warrior (Immortals After Dark, #11) ~ Interllectual.comAndrea marked as to-read: Demon from the Dark (Immortals After Dark, #10) ~ Interllectual.comKresley Cole: The Warlord Wants Forever ★★★ ~ Interllectual.comAndrea is currently reading: Moon Sworn (Riley Jenson Guardian, #9) ~ Interllectual.comKeri Arthur: Bound to Shadows ★★★ ~ Interllectual.comKeri Arthur: Deadly Desire ★★★ ~ Interllectual.comKeri Arthur: The Darkest Kiss ★★★ ~ Interllectual.comanother morning spent cleaning up dog crap. sadly, this is not a metaphor. ~ Interllectual.com“Startups in 137 chars: Make something someone specific needs, launch fast, le…” ~ Interllectual.comsurprise call from @goodwitch. Day made. :) ~ Interllectual.comAm I the only one that doesn’t like the idea of having our money look like th… ~ Interllectual.combanana nut muffin, i think i love you ~ Interllectual.comabout to jump through the many hoops required to get my car registered in NC…. ~ Interllectual.com“My daughter’s theory of evolution: “God had Jesus, and Jesus had some toys, a…” ~ Interllectual.comserenity now. ~ Interllectual.com“The other excitement, testing this! o/ http://yfrog.com/msmrxlj /cc @s1mn” ~ Interllectual.com“Just gave dog a piece of cheese. He was so happy! I should be so happy. I hav…” ~ Interllectual.combeach trip yesterday was a success: 3 exhausted puppies and not nearly as muc… ~ Interllectual.comhttp://hungoverowls.tumblr.com is my new favorite site. Thanks, @pixeldiva! ~ Interllectual.comtrying to get up the gumption to take the dogs to the beach. will the 50-poun… ~ Interllectual.comlong, hot, sweaty walk with the dogs only succeeded in tiring out the humans…. ~ Interllectual.comfinally giving up and just turning Twitter into my feed reader. Even though i… ~ Interllectual.com“Let the putting of the coffee in the face commence.” ~ Interllectual.com“I still like to pretend I’m a giant when I eat broccoli.” ~ Interllectual.comwow, fell into a multi-day rabbit hole at work . Luckily, I was able to tunne… ~ Interllectual.com“But I’ll leave it at this: if content is 100% under marketing, it’s a disserv…” ~ Interllectual.comrelaxing with some games after agility class. Lola was headstrong but did wel… ~ Interllectual.comExhausted after class. I swear the new dog is smarter than I am. http://falle… ~ Interllectual.comthat was an epic mayonnaise explosion. my office looks quite obscene right now. ~ Interllectual.comcraziness with wine and dogs tonight seems to have erased the benefits of thi… ~ Interllectual.combuilding a gigantic framework and hoping it doesn’t all come crashing down ar… ~ Interllectual.comjamming through some code this morning, so I can get to the fun stuff this af… ~ Interllectual.com#ebz Death is not always permanent in Fallen London. This gives rise to a pe… ~ Interllectual.comThe only way to stay sane was to create a cunningly disguised mushroom-based … ~ Interllectual.comI seem to have fallen into Fallen London. May have to set up an new Twitter a… ~ Interllectual.com#ebz They say it’s the key that opens Mr Stones’ vaults. They say it’s concea… ~ Interllectual.com“I’m not a ‘rockstar programmer’. I’m a donkey programmer: strong headed, sure…” ~ Interllectual.comtomorrow’s division retreat is causing more stress than it’s likely to reliev… ~ Interllectual.comkayaked with the folks all afternoon yesterday. this afternoon I will be sitt… ~ Interllectual.comOne of Inception’s best qualities: no sex or exploitation of body parts in th… ~ Interllectual.com“Upcoming IACC Services Subcommittee Conference Call – August 10, 2010: …” ~ Interllectual.comgoing to see Inception with my folks, and then have a big gourmet Italian din… ~ Interllectual.commy parents are in town for the weekend, and Sylvie barks at then every time t… ~ Interllectual.com“the squirrels’ attempt at deception increased in direct proportion to the pe… ~ Interllectual.com“Everyone just posted the same joke about Google Wave. If we were all on Googl…” ~ Interllectual.comreally enjoying coding with HTML5’s new elements. (and I really mean HTML5 he… ~ Interllectual.com“If you’ve come to the conclusion “SharePoint is the answer” you’re probably s…” ~ Interllectual.com“Starting to suspect that @wordridden’s Wii Fit trainer is flirting with her. …” ~ Interllectual.comday 1 of boot camp for Sylvie: learn about the Invisible Fence. About to cond… ~ Interllectual.comthinking about information hierarchies and watching the dogs wrestle. their h… ~ Interllectual.comThe Man, apparently, can tell that I’m a girl. ~ Interllectual.comfundamentally, my computer may not be able to tell that I’m a girl. But I don… ~ Interllectual.com“Two strong coffees for breakfast…. bunghole… tee-pee for!” ~ Interllectual.comright now, my life is summed up nicely by this: xkcd.com/… ~ Interllectual.comtwitterverse: is there a bug in webkit where bullets of list items disappear … ~ Interllectual.com“If you think CSS3 is sexy, maybe you need to go have sex.” ~ Interllectual.com“for @andrea :) RT @cssquirrel: Don’t mess w/squirrels - they r smarter than u…” ~ Interllectual.combrother-in-law visiting with his 12 week old puppy this week. So there are no… ~ Interllectual.comcreating templates for the site redesign. setting up the new web cms. we have… ~ Interllectual.comdog #3 has tipped the balance: my life is now fully scheduled. haven’t had 5 … ~ Interllectual.comwow. worst headache ever. ~ Interllectual.comit’s amazing to me that we got to the moon 41 years ago, but we can still bar… ~ Interllectual.comwaiting for hubby’s delayed flight to get here so that I can talk to a human … ~ Interllectual.comAndrea marked as to-read: Mona Lisa Eclipsing (Monère: Children of the Moon, #7) ~ Interllectual.comAndrea marked as to-read: Mona Lisa Darkening (Monère: Children of the Moon, #6) ~ Interllectual.comAndrea marked as to-read: Mona Lisa Craving (Monère: Children of the Moon, #5) ~ Interllectual.comAndrea marked as to-read: On the Prowl (Monère: Children of the Moon, #4) (Br… ~ Interllectual.comSunny: Mona Lisa Blossoming ★★★ ~ Interllectual.comSunny: Mona Lisa Awakening ★★★ ~ Interllectual.com“I don’t know about Jesus, but I do know that back ups save. They save your ass.” ~ Interllectual.com“Be passionate about life and about what makes you happy. Just don’t force you…” ~ Interllectual.comgreat. @zeldman and @happycog have just made it MORE fun to browse Zappos. I … ~ Interllectual.comKeep it classy, Fox News: www.foxnews.com/…. #fb ~ Interllectual.com“@KuraFire Doctor, heal thyself. Do something instead of complaining. Do you a…” ~ Interllectual.comenjoying 2 weeks of bachlorettehood, but combined w/ teleworking I’m afraid t… ~ Interllectual.comMen without hats - Safety Dance literal version (via HystericTV) ~ Interllectual.com“is enjoying the use of a ball winder. For yarn, not balls.” ~ Interllectual.comfour meetings today, and then class tonight. This is the not the right way to… ~ Interllectual.comfeeling secretly smug that I have no idea who Bob Probert is/was. #detroiterb… ~ Interllectual.comBack from dog park. Beautiful weather. Deciding whether to work on personal p… ~ Interllectual.comwatching 2 herding dogs try to herd each other. there’s a metaphor in there s… ~ Interllectual.comregistered 2 of the 3 dogs in the AKC Canine Partners program so we can compe… ~ Interllectual.comjust won epic work battle. when will they learn that I always win and quit ma… ~ Interllectual.com“"Dad, is this {movie set in} the olden days?” “No, it’s now.” “Then where’s t…” ~ Interllectual.comFinger Painting on the Apple iPad ~ Interllectual.com

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