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  • Legality, morality and community aside, the guy who makes Thesis is an total egomaniacal douchebag.
    http://is.gd/dtoYu #
  • "I have been arguably one of the top three most important figures in the history of WordPress."

    – Ayn Rand, author of Thesis #

  • @communicatrix Dude, it gets better. Thesis uses GPL code from the WordPress core. Ooops!
    http://is.gd/dtwtZ in reply to communicatrix #
  • I'm the man who takes your man's open source code, and then sells it back to your man. Chest flex. http://is.gd/dtzvL #wpthesis #
  • @communicatrix Aren't you mostly grid focus? Shouldn't be too bad (or just jack the code like Thesis did). Leme know if i can advise/help. in reply to communicatrix #
  • Texas weather. #losangeles #
  • Oh yeah. That is some fucking sky right there. #
  • @theHapacalypse That's the thing about Hollywood and Highland. There's not a good English word for "Luscious Abomination" in reply to theHapacalypse #
  • Instead of a hangover, I have a beta version of a slash fiction bot. One of *those* weekends. #
  • Bot fluffer #
  • The ghostly shell corporation's name: Vertigo Holding LLC. I blame @GreatDismal
    http://is.gd/dzGVh #
  • Now this is the kind of meaningful, hard-hitting investigative journalism the gawker franchise is good at.
    http://is.gd/dzKTO #
  • La Cita smells like Disneyland #
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  • Turning a lemon into lemonade… isn't that actually a euphemism for abortion?
    http://is.gd/dkony #
  • Coyote loping across road towards Dodger stadium as I drive up, greeted by orgy of cop sirens and dusk overcast. Hello to you to, LA. #
  • Nice weather. Sucks about the jury pool. #
  • Shorty Supreme is raw amicus up in this bitch.
    http://is.gd/dl4C3 #
  • Loud-ass mopeds desperately winding out their lawnmower engine as they struggle to climb small hills are apparently now a "thing." #
  • Dino in the back, mojo on the top.
    http://is.gd/dmTqZ #
  • Morning margaritas #
  • Spain vs stoners in orange prison jumpsuits. LA wins either way. #
  • Paul called it. Touched by his noodly apendage. #
  • @theHapacalypse "Drgz Hous Witch Noise 4 Brainz" = $$$$$$ in reply to theHapacalypse #
  • Gizmodo pays $5000 for stolen Apple panties. Then rants about attention paid to Apple's panties.
    http://j.mp/cstlBb
    #pantysniffers #
  • @colindickey @amarravva Fuckin' pizzas. How do they work? #tues #wantpizza in reply to colindickey #
  • Creatures in the branches near my head, just outside the light. This situation ends in madcap hijinx, right? Or is this the other kind? #
  • A bot idea just came to me in a hypnagogic dream. #
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  • When your own proofreading marks are snide remarks and cries for help, that's good, right?
    #haha #no #selfloathing #
  • This machine kills fascists!

    If by "fascists" you mean orcs, and by "kill" you mean, poke with a pool noodle.
    http://is.gd/dcW1Z #

  • Meatloaf put the Chinese lady to sleep. #betalevel #swapmeet #
  • Time publishes white supremacist article on Congo. FAIR blogs mild critique. Grrr! Reporter Angry! Troll Comments!
    http://is.gd/dhO2f #
  • I'm so tired of people in New York bragging about their always-sunny weather. Never any sympathy for rainy, overcast LA. #
  • Frickin' epicenter. #
  • Nowhere near the epicenter. Take that, middle of nowhere. #
  • Half an hour after twitter dies down, I get the "emergency alert." A useless alert system, but a tip of my hat to their sales team. #
  • EARTHQUAKE!!!

    Oh, fuck. No. Sorry. It was just beer. #

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  • Time to make more macaroni paintings. #
  • Average convenience store sells $438,00 of drugs a year. Yet they never get robbed at gunpoint. Weird.
    http://is.gd/d40iT #
  • Oh hell. The Yankees are coming. #
  • @theHapacalypse where da art things at? in reply to theHapacalypse #
  • Tumblr is fussy twee and "rumblr" is broken
    http://rumblr.org/start/pair.php

    Does that mean I win? Hell yes it does!

    VICTORY!!! #

  • Middle age: meh. #
  • Thank you for birthday tidings, everyone. You are the anti-meh. #
  • Birthday bar #1 achievement unlocked!
    [ Verdugo ] #
  • Los Angeles. Many
    faces – some are good, some are
    not so good. Mushrooms!

    ( a haiku by @heather_parlato ) #

  • The giggle of coyotes. #
  • Barrister Stephen Furniss with the obscured Chinese email address, we shall indeed "do business." #
  • @fraying If you love the collective eyeballs of humanity, please do not let the squatters get ahold toiletsandwich. in reply to fraying #
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  • Let me join the apology to BP's CEO. I assumed you were just greedy, but clearly you are a supervillain. I'm sorry to have doubted you. #
  • @theHapacalypse Cinco de Mayo honors the Battle of Puebla, where Mexico kicked Frenchy ass. Respek. in reply to theHapacalypse #
  • I bruised my ankle while juggling a crystal ball on the lawn. Oh I'm sorry, is that too hard core fore you? #
  • @heather_parlato adjusting my vision of the future to include the nearby sports bar – baBap! in reply to heather_parlato #
  • infrastructure fail. should have driven straight home, but now there's not quite enough time… #
  • That Shaggy can shoot pretty good when he's hungover. #
  • Etiquette-wise, when driving home to LA, am I supposed to set my car on fire in advance? #
  • Livin' the Freedom Dream, y'all. #
  • Did not realize that the Keeping Up with the Kardashians is a sit-com version of American Psycho. #slapstick #torture #death #profit #
  • I think I might "go there" tonight. Brought an extra shirt just in case.
    http://betalevel.com/2010/06/19/resonance-7/ #
  • Went there. #
  • Every time you eat bacon, God cries tears of acid to burn that smug look off your face.
    http://is.gd/cYgR3 #
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  • After 2 hour delay, plane returning to gate, keeping doors locked, putting on a movie. I'm so fucked.

    The Denver airport truly is evil. #

  • I'm about to get Operatic at Machine Project… #
  • @lonelysandwich Radiolate partula in reply to lonelysandwich #
  • Thomas Kinkade went to Art Center?? (also: drunk)
    http://is.gd/cPtca #
  • If Halliburton is desperately warning you that your work is cut-rate and dangerous, you are in serious trouble.
    http://is.gd/cQuDj #
  • In People's Republic of Korea, vuvuzela blows you. #
  • You want bitcrushed reggaeton?? You can't handle the bitcrushed reggaeton!! #
  • Bitcrushed Reggaeton:
    http://files.superbunker.com/audio/bitcrushed-reggaeton/
    #worldcup #
  • @amarravva wanna check out the new local's bar in the 'hood? #gradingcup in reply to amarravva #
  • @amarravva how about tomorrow? there might be olde timey music. in reply to amarravva #
  • Dude. I totally documented myself.
    http://superbunker.com/2010/space-opera-at-machine-project/ #
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  • LA Opera's Siegfried – H.R Pufnstuf does Bollywood, as produced by Dieter from Sprokets, staring The Tick. #
  • Just in time for my arrival, the Denver airport installed a giant statue of Anubis, the Egyptian god of death. http://is.gd/cCDqX #
  • As @johl points out, Anubis was actually guardian of the afterlife death journey. So it makes total sense for an airport. in reply to johl #
  • Denver airport security now weighs your heart against a feather to see if you are worthy to pass. Much more efficient. #
  • Kerning type with a pair of tweezers, the way God intended! #
  • Denver airport bus fare to downtown is $2 more than LA. Does the evil of the Illuminati know no bounds?? #
  • Devil Horse faces approaching traffic – spooky. But Anubis faces a terminal building. Not for spectators – it's pure ceremonial ornament. #
  • Denver's beer and wifi access are ideal for Wagnerian space technology research.

    I hope that's still true when I read my notes sober. #

  • Drastically undercharged on bar tab, Denver beat AZ, new bar playing Op Ivy and DK, wifi still works great, hour till keynote.

    Sunday++ #

  • "Zeus" just rode His bike into the bar, wearing skin colored, skin tight shorts, whilst "Starman" played.

    I'm learning about design. #

  • I think it's actually Herekles. And he just high-fived Meatloaf.

    Apologies, but there may be some over frequent uptakes this week. #

  • "Need connectivity? $99 for one day"

    Denver convention center piledrives Denver wifi awesome into a steaming mound of stupid. #

  • "Like a Rainbow in the Dark!"

    Sudden longing for a stand-up Tempest and some checkerboard Vans. #

  • The universal Conference Space is not to human scale. It's not designed for "people" – it's designed for demographic flows. #
  • The Conference Space is brutally internal. Thousands of chairs, but you must sit on the floor in a puddle of wifi to speak to the Outside. #
  • Are the ceilings of the Conference Space so high to prevent panic and asphixiantion? Or to immobilize with awe and terror? #
  • The Conference Space is usually empty, filled only in cataclysmic waves – the carpeted storm drains of capital. #
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  • BP lied about the size of the spill. Arco is a BP brand.

    Just throwing that info out there, west coast gas buyers. #

  • "Look! We can watch two different Golden Girls at the same time." #friday #
  • At first I was like "two Golden Girls episodes at once, sheesh." But then I was like, "Fuck this commercial! Switch to episode 2!" #
  • Can I also point out – none of the Golden Girls fell off a goddamn camel while yapping on their goddamn cell phone. It's called class. #
  • Ah, now that's starting to look like the website of a 40 year old. #
  • When I mistake fireworks for gunfire, I duck my head as I run to the window to gawk. You may call me "urban ninja." #
  • Ooh, this is awkward… You ARE the mainstream media, @SarahPalinUSA.

    The fist step is acknowledging you have a problem. #

  • Beware rhetoric against hating BP since we live in oil-based society. Bullshit. Crucify BP so all companies price oil realistically. #
  • Middle High German epic poetry, You Got Served! #
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  • After watching the last episode of Lost, the TV turned into a Bible. Which is awesome, because now I can burn that shit. #
  • Los Angeles is the most population-dense American city. Ranked 90th in the world (NYC is 114).
    http://is.gd/coZbZ #
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  • Ill advised as usual. #
  • @theHapacalypse waiting in the fail line at the echoplex. Lemme know if a golden ticket drops. in reply to theHapacalypse #
  • That FlyLo is a charming young man. #
  • "venerial diseases are doing well tonight!" #
  • You guys! That was the best 5th of Saint Robot evar!! #
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