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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-22

Sunday, January 22, 2012

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-15

Sunday, January 15, 2012
  • Max says that he wants me to have a birthday party even though "I'm as big as I'm going to get". I'm convinced! #SMAtuS #
  • Max overheard RKC talk about gypsies. Today, crying, "If you send me to the gypsies, will our family only be 3?" My literal curse! #SMAtuS #
  • Tonight, Alice screamed and shouted because she couldn't go to bed on a pillow of books. That's my girl! #SMAtuS #
  • Alice is becoming an air hockey LEGEND. #SMAtuS #
  • Now that Alice has mastered "reading" and chess she's devoted her prodigious mind toward increasing her reservoir of unbridled rage. #SMAtuS #
  • @KnightGlaucon Welcome to The Twitter! #
  • Alice can now recite her ABCs! Hotcha! #SMAtuS #
  • @KnightGlaucon Right on. Takin' it to the source! in reply to KnightGlaucon #
  • @scottblanc You have a strangely selfless dentist… in reply to scottblanc #
  • @scottblanc I jest in bitterness after some truly terrible dental experiences. Love my dentist now. :) in reply to scottblanc #
  • Max wanted to make a Wild Kratts powersuit for his friend at school. So he and Sarah did. Huge hit! It pays to be friendly to Max! #SMAtuS #
  • THE MAP OF TIME by Felix Palma: Talk about your aggressive omniscient narrator! Oddly compelling. #fridayreads #
  • My friend Aaron Dietz's novel SUPER is now on Kindle. If you like 'em that way, go grab yourself a copy! It's great! http://t.co/5yiQFYfQ #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-08

Sunday, January 8, 2012
  • If Max were a drug, I hella mainlined him over the long weekend. Oh yeah, I've been watching a lot of BREAKING BAD. Bitch. #SMAtuS #
  • Oh, also, Alice now knows the names and positions of all the chess pieces. Oh yeah, and she's only two! #SMAtuS #
  • I just got a letter in the mail from Max. Awesome! Made my day. Perfect way to start a new year. #SMAtuS #
  • Last month, Mason gave Max a car. Today: "This is my Mason car, and I named it Mason." #SMAtuS #
  • Max: Let's move to California, mom. The sun doesn't ever come out here and I want to take my grapefruit seeds and grow fruit trees! #SMAtuS #
  • It's just as likely that Alice will want to read to you as be read to. Sometimes, we read aloud from two books at the same time. #SMAtuS #
  • @dloitz I feel pretty lucky that I get to pretty much every day! :) in reply to dloitz #
  • Mama's getting a new pair of shoes! http://t.co/q4rhP8WC #
  • @HillaryJacques ! in reply to HillaryJacques #
  • @L_Hoff *TWO* Umbridges!?!!? Horrors! in reply to L_Hoff #
  • Max and I played our first sort of game of chess tonight. (No Stress Chess) #SMAtuS #
  • Alice still talks about her "pirate party at the beach!" And how I was "Cake Pirate". So happy I did that! #SMAtuS #
  • @L_Hoff Whuuut. Who's #3 in reply to L_Hoff #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-01

Sunday, January 1, 2012
  • At our library, the librarian said that Max's book-finding map (he drew it) was the best thing she'd seen in a long time. #SMAtuS #
  • @HillaryJacques Nah, those you "see" over email…. in reply to HillaryJacques #
  • Word of advice: don't let your car break down in the Science Center parking garage. You'll be there for hours. #SMAtuS #
  • Also, super big thanks to Carol for rescuing Sarah and the kids and not taking no for an answer! Also, tacos! #SMAtuS #
  • Also learned that there are lots of friendly helpful people out there. Esp. the lovely bro & sis who kept me company for a time. #SMAtuS #
  • THE GREAT NIGHT by Chris Adrian: A modern retelling of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, perhaps my favorite Shakespeare play. Fun! #fridayreads #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-25

Sunday, December 25, 2011
  • Max finally got Alice back for that hair-pulling incident in the library. On an unrelated note, they are now dancing with puppets. #SMAtuS #
  • Max drew a great picture of himself smiling in the middle of a tornado. #SMAtuS #
  • @mikecane The takeaway is: if you're commenting on weblog, make sure your comment is relevant. Not sure what the fuss is all about. in reply to mikecane #
  • Max, about Linsel's dog Oliver: At first when I met Oliver I was really nervous, but he turned out to be OK. #SMAtuSOL #
  • Last night I told the kids the story of Canta Slaus. He lives at the South Pole and delivers presents to all south of the equator. #SMAtuS #
  • If you want to stay on Alice's good side, don't call her a baby. Little Girl, I'm lookin' at you: "I Alice! I feisty! Watch out!" #SMAtuS #
  • THE CHILDREN OF THE SKY by Vernor Vinge: Leisurely and charming for a science fiction novel. #fridayreads #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-18

Sunday, December 18, 2011
  • Survived yet another cookie party and lived (so far) to tell the tale! #
  • @HillaryJacques Soooo…. you magicked up this Twitter post? in reply to HillaryJacques #
  • @HillaryJacques Oh totally. I see, I see. So your Tweet O' Anguish was pro forma for all us non-magical digital plebeians? Kind of you. in reply to HillaryJacques #
  • Alice: But I wanted a meat stick like in pirate book. You know, pirate chicken. #SMAtuS #
  • @homebtwnpages @BookRiot Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco. in reply to homebtwnpages #
  • So proud of Max. He comforted a crying two year old who was missing his mama. Soon, the student will surpass the master. #SMAtuS #
  • Nothing's burned down yet. I consider that a success! Only scores of hours to go of temporary single parenthood! #SMAtuS #
  • Walking down the beach just talking about pirates with Alice. #SMAtuS #
  • The mornings are the hardest. Brain takes too long to boot up. Breakfast: the meal everyone hates here. Kids crazy goofy. #SMAtuS #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-11

Sunday, December 11, 2011
  • @Bookish_Bitch http://t.co/vguE7tXN For what it's worth. in reply to Bookish_Bitch #
  • Max to Sarah and Alice: Have a good burrito you guys! They are yucky to me but I know you like them! #SMAtuS #
  • Wonderful essay on the long-neglected Tom Bombadil (who I've always had a soft spot for…) I mean, Evil TB!?! http://t.co/zHnzMosO #
  • Before reading books, Alice likes to put on her "reading clothes". (Reading clothes = pajamas) #SMAtuS #
  • Alice: "I no want to go with Alicia. Want go with daddy for hot tub." Awwwww. #SMAtuS #
  • Max, not wanting to stop hugging Sarah: "My arms are a circle!" #SMAtuS #
  • Alice: "I write my name with colored pencils." And then she made a different color for each of the five letters in her name. #SMAtuS #
  • @acornsandnuts http://t.co/AG8dJr9S Seriously. (Even though it neglects the guybrarians among us.) in reply to acornsandnuts #
  • @acornsandnuts Oh, I totally do! in reply to acornsandnuts #
  • Alice: Mommy all mine. Max at school. Ha ha ha! #SMAtuS #
  • Alice, of a frilly sweater: No way! I no wear that! It's not cool. I cool, mama. I a pirate you know. Max wear dat. Ha ha! #SMAtuS #
  • @shadalicious Mine too. in reply to shadalicious #
  • Alice, of her pirate toy: "I only share with pirate boy. His name ARRR. He need nap, mama. I lay down wiff him." Then read to him. #SMAtuS #
  • Max's friend at school was sick, so Max wrote him a very sweet get well card. #SMAtuS #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-04

Sunday, December 4, 2011
  • Alice's three favorite bands: Emphatical Piratical (pirate song), Cat Stevens (do do do song), and Pizzicato 5 (go go dancer). #SMAtuS #
  • Alice: "Bye! I go back to my books!" and then she went back to her room. #SMAtuS #
  • Max wore a disguise. He thought it was so funny when I called him a strange little man, he spent the whole night not being Max. #SMAtuS #
  • I can't remember who I was telling about Werner Herzog reading Go the Fuck to Sleep, so I hope that person sees this! http://t.co/bZ3HqUgW #
  • Alice: Max! Draw me a snowman? Max: Yes, Alice, because I love you. Alice: With a pirate hat? Max: Okay. Alice: Thank you, Max! #SMAtuS #
  • THE QUANTUM THIEF by Hannu Rajaniemi: I love LOVE that there are such things as "gogol pirates" in this novel. #
  • If you're in the neighborhood, the Phinney Community Center is doing its annual Giving Tree. Help make someone's Christmas so much better! #
  • AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS by Flann O'Brien: I read this to Alice when she was 4-5 months old. Evokes STRONG memories reading it now. #fridayreads #
  • Max decided to write a book. 3 DAYS: NO DADDY! I'll be in Portland tonight and through the weekend, if anyone wants to hang out. #
  • @nfarina Congrats! And I got to read it when it was FREE! (I guess it still is… on your website?) in reply to nfarina #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-27

Sunday, November 27, 2011
  • Max: If I had a robot dress, I would want to wear it all the time. #SMAtuS #
  • READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline: The whole thing's a love letter to the geeky 80s. Without reservation, my 30yo male friends will love it. #
  • DAMNED by Chuck Palahniuk: A 13-year old in Hell. I only hope my kids are this funny when they're 13. #
  • THE COLD COMMANDS by Richard K. Morgan: Was fine with blood & gore until the eye thing. Blurgh! Loved the barbarian-in-city angle, though. #
  • Apparently, Max has all the kids in his class making his dot-to-dot style treasure maps. Max the Trendsetter! #SMAtuS #
  • @beatitudes Hell, they're everything I don't want my children to be NOW. And they're 2 and 4. in reply to beatitudes #
  • Tonight Alice wanted nothing at dinner except articoke! (marinated artichoke) and crackers! Oh yeah, she was covered in beet juice, #SMAtuS #
  • Sarah: Alice you're kind of stinky. You need a bath. Alice: I no need a baff. I stinky pirate! Hee hee! #SMAtuS #
  • @HillaryJacques Say it isn't so! …… Well, at least I heard it first from a friend. in reply to HillaryJacques #
  • @HillaryJacques I feel sad. I haven't read her books in years, but I had about a three year Anne McCaffrey reading period in my life. in reply to HillaryJacques #
  • We've discovered Alice loves pulling out pumpkin guts. #SMAtuS #
  • I'm thankful for so much I can't even list it all in 140 characters. Hyperbole? I think not! Esp. thankful 2011's almost done. What a year! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-20

Sunday, November 20, 2011
  • ALOHA FROM HELL by @Richard_Kadrey: I'll keep reading these, as long as he keeps writing 'em! Thanks for the good time, RK! #
  • @HillaryJacques It's a quick read… Or perhaps I'm a quick reader. Either way, fun stuff! in reply to HillaryJacques #
  • Words Max has written this morning (so far): GREAT, GHOST, GOO, GRAPE, GREEN, GOBLIN… Sensing a theme. #SMAtuS #
  • Alice: Bye Sweet Max! See you later! #SMAtuS #
  • Alice woke up this morning at 4am and demanded…. wait for it…. A PICKLE. Which she then ate. #SMAtuS #
  • According to Max, I don't have bloodshot eyes, I have a lot of "red thunder in my eyes". #SMAtuS #
  • Max: We must have a lot of water, because we live in WASHington! #SMAtuS #
  • Sometimes Alice wants to be alone. She went into her room to read. Max went in to see her, and she yelled: Hey! I reading! #SMAtuS #
  • Three cheers for the Trivial Convivialists! Who carried the night again with a monstrous first place! (Thanks Carol!) #SMAtuS #
  • @shadalicious Yeah, these are pretty much for the people who know them. :) in reply to shadalicious #
  • Just finished Richard Morgan's THE COLD COMMANDS. Starting on Chuck Pahlahniuk's DAMNED next. #fridayreads #
  • Max: During the day the moon likes a banana, because you can't see that much of it. #SMAtuS #
  • I appreciated this thoughtful piece by Matt Taibbi on the OWS … movement (?) http://t.co/JOKQJfPx #
  • WHAT. THE. FUCK. AMERICA? http://t.co/FMQk4kCA #
  • Alice: Mama, I only [wear] pirate dresses, you know! (Asked about another dress) That yucky! No way! I only pirate dress! #SMAtuS #
  • This morning, Max is packing to go on a trip to visit Brian and Jamilah! (First we've heard of it. :) #SMAtuS #

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