The Tentacled Monkey

• @ryan_guest no #masseffect the first one. #masseffect2 is not out yet. in reply to ryan_guest #
• @ajmayes yes dude she is. it is quite funny in reply to ajmayes #
• i have been up all night with an apocryphal stomach virus. Going to be out of work. Did I mention #TurnCoat by #JimButcher is out today! #
• so I’m tired as ass since i finished #TurnCoat last night. Some good things got wrapped up in it, but I was disappointed by some of it. #
• is finished with Twilight Falling by Paul S. Kemp #
• is finished with Turn Coat by Jim Butcher #
• @JINX 6/6/44 in reply to JINX #
• @JINX did i miss it because i did not pad with zeros? DOH! in reply to JINX #
• @ the vet with maggie, waiting on doc to finish with a monkey. #
• At mom’s house, laid 3 pallets of grass today. Very tired. Looking through cigar catalog, dreaming… #
• Sitting in my house with crazy aunt here… I hate holidays… #

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• @melanie_moo Shane the sales guy from Promiles in reply to melanie_moo #
• @Veronica @levarburton was the reason I stopped smoking… again. Hopefully this time it will last! in reply to Veronica #
• @JINX Star Trek in reply to JINX #
• is on page 290 of 320 of Midnight’s Mask by Paul S. Kemp #
• Sitting on conf call with TxDOT. #
• is on page 250 of 320 of Twilight Falling by Paul S. Kemp #
• @melanie_moo why u looking for a new job? #
• @ryan_guest u get digsby installed? in reply to ryan_guest #
• going through a plethora of TxDOT Bugs… at some point this gets redundant and I start playing XBox. I wonder how far away that is… #
• Shopping with wife… I’d rather be gaming… #
• At the opening ceremony for jill’s softball games. #
• Watching jill “practise” b4 game. She wouldn’t go. On field without her mom! LOL #
• Softball moms are nucking futts #
• Jill’s team lost 14-3 but she scored a run! #
• Now buying a matress b4 2nd game today. #
• Second game over, kids soo tired. Jillian refused to play last half inning. On way to house to load up and goto grammy’s house. #
• @melanie_moo did u find another job? #

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• is finished with Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross #
• Sitting at t-ball practise with Jill, no coach…. #
• is on page 10 of 320 of Midnight’s Mask by Paul S. Kemp #
• Erevis Cale stats in D&D 3.5 from Paul S. Kemp himself! Prolly been around for ever but I just found it! http://is.gd/oEp7 #
• im losing sleep from job stress now… all thanks to TxDOT. I have never wanted to quit a job so much before. #
• Today marks 4 weeks without a cigarette! yay me! i seem to be my own peanut gallery most days! #
• @crallen so how are we going to become our own bosses? in reply to crallen #
• @crallen im good friends with a guy who has a small tech firm, if he needs something I’ll throw you his contact info… all .NET stuff in reply to crallen #
• @crallen good for you we have them up here in Lufkin, it sure makes you be careful! in reply to crallen #
• @punkforpez my kid made a pillow fort on couch yesterday, it was very impressive, had several rooms and a mote. I was proud in reply to punkforpez #
• @warrenellis we were starting to get worried! Usually you curse us long before now! in reply to warrenellis #
• @warrenellis oooohh “goatfelchers” how original! shoudl we scream “Armageddon!”? in reply to warrenellis #
• Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #geek #scifi #books #
• @feliciaday OMFG THANK YOU FOR THIS! http://is.gd/oVAE in reply to feliciaday #
• Wife rearranging living room, cuttimg into my reading time! #
• Sitting at Chicken Express waiting for my chicken. Got a power strip and RG6 for wife’s rearranging project. #
• @ryan_guest I have to admit that I really like Linux Mint. I would go with that. It has a couple quirks, but ti is a great OS altogether in reply to ryan_guest #
• watching Dollhouse: Man On The Street (s1 | e6) on Boxee. check it out at http://bit.ly/gIA3r #
• @melanie_moo well I am sorry to hear that. #
• My @wilw shirt should be in tomorrow from @wootshirt! I can’t WAIT! Everyone should have one! http://is.gd/konR #
• @ryan_guest with Linux Mint? Only time i had an issue with WiFi in Mint was with an unsecured network, it refused to connect. in reply to ryan_guest #
• @melanie_moo LOL! Don’t go postal or anything or start going after people with a rouge pair of clippers! in reply to melanie_moo #
• Watching the dog bounce around the backyard. #
• About to read some b4 going to friend’s wedding #
• Leaving wedding now, long drive home with sugar crazed kids! YAAAHHH! #

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• watching Twilight on Boxee. check it out at http://bit.ly/YJKTJ #
• watching Dollhouse: True Believer (s1 | e5) on Boxee. check it out at http://bit.ly/lXkF3 #
• watching Twilight on Boxee. check it out at http://bit.ly/YJKTJ #
• @punkforpez NOOOOOO!!!!! It had better have been for a damn good reason!! in reply to punkforpez #
• watching Punisher: War Zone on Boxee. check it out at http://bit.ly/O6hB6 #
• fucking conference call finally ended, i was so zoned out through the last hour that I didn’t know it ended until Skype hung up on me #
• @ryan_guest link it damnit!!! in reply to ryan_guest #
• @ryan_guest “If money were no money” egads what are you talking about! in reply to ryan_guest #
• @ryan_guest what is this class thing about? in reply to ryan_guest #
• @ryan_guest r u serious?? in reply to ryan_guest #
• so yesterday was 3 weeks with no cigarettes! YEAH! Granted I am still having the occasional cigar, but fuck ‘em I have to have one vice! #
• @neilhimself gratz to maddy! in reply to neilhimself #
• @neilhimself Congrats to her! They look GREAT! wife just got her braces off last week, eating will be a chore for a few days but oh well! in reply to neilhimself #
• @ryan_guest your support letter? in reply to ryan_guest #
• RT@Veronica: With SCI FI changing their name to SyFy (barf) here are some other proposed network name changes http://bit.ly/Q1L6P #
• validating fucking txdot road properties…. really tedious and boring shit… #
• @wilw bought another shirt for the hell of it…. in reply to wilw #
• still validating those damn txdot points. Hoping to be done soon, like in 5 hours #
• @melanie_moo especially since i started it on Wednesday and had to start it over this morning. in reply to melanie_moo #
• @melanie_moo and now i get to start over again….. in reply to melanie_moo #
• Wishing I was elsewhere… #
• @ryan_guest haha I liked that movie! #

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• @ryan_guest ummm good test in reply to ryan_guest #
• @ryan_guest lol me too then man! in reply to ryan_guest #
• im actually working today. feeling better than last week, but still not 100%, hell not 80% #
• @ryan_guest you’re such a trooper! in reply to ryan_guest #
• can’t wait for this to actually launch! http://is.gd/mowT #
• just a hilarious video about Melinda Gates! http://is.gd/mivh #
• @ryan_guest should have went to sleep b4 5am on saturday man in reply to ryan_guest #
• @crallen what happened to that little learning app you were going to make? in reply to crallen #
• @crallen man its cool. i just thought I missed an email or something. in reply to crallen #
• @crallen not a biggie man in reply to crallen #
• @ryan_guest who’s Tiffany? in reply to ryan_guest #
• More info about WolframAlpha http://is.gd/lZqD #
• @ryan_guest gotta let me know how this works out man in reply to ryan_guest #
• last day of anti-flu meds, hopefully I don’t get sick again. Oh and a conf call today, yippee! #
• Starting to feel bad again, hopefully it will pass. Oh and I’m farking bored!! #
• I have been 1 week without a cigarette! Hooray for me! #
• @crallen damn thats alot of pallets in reply to crallen #
• Retweeting @Veronica: Wow. @dlprager, you handled that break-in much better than I would have! http://bit.ly/oaRWD Damn!! #
• gave 4 stars to Psychoshop by Alfred Bester – http://tinyurl.com/bkqul6 #
• i want a fucking cigarette….. very badly…. #
• @SeanGailey yeah right gimme a discount when you hit 30 then! in reply to SeanGailey #
• @ryan_guest 1 week in reply to ryan_guest #
• WOOT! I get to partake in alpha testing of #boxee on Windows! #
• watching Dollhouse: Gray Hour (s1 | e4) on Boxee. check it out at http://tinyurl.com/asfrms #
• watching QI: Series 6: Film on Boxee. check it out at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00j093t/?src=a_syn30&bx-jsactions=http:/ … #
• watching QI: Series 6: Film on Boxee. check it out at http://tinyurl.com/dgxrtd//dir.boxee.tv/apps/iplayer/player.js #
• watching Traffic Cops: Joy-Riding on Boxee. check it out at http://tinyurl.com/blcdeb//dir.boxee.tv/apps/iplayer/player.js #
• watching GADGET SHOW-SEASON 3 – Wheelsurf on Boxee. check it out at http://www.joost.com/01900er #
• watching Wired Science: Health: Blood Simple on Boxee. check it out at http://www.joost.com/237d3i3 #
• @melanie_moo so what’s changing? in reply to melanie_moo #
• @ryan_guest melanie_moo wont reply to me! in reply to ryan_guest #
• @ryan_guest she, what? doesn’t know who I am?!? is that a joke? I am like a god or something. in reply to ryan_guest #
• @melanie_moo well… how dare she! does she think she has freewill of some shit?!? Not thinking of you first, the gaul of some people!! in reply to melanie_moo #
• Boxee Alpha going good so far… #
• Retweeting @warrenellis: Oh god it’s back – Todd Diamond’s FINANSENSE: http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=7091 Freaking hilarious! #
• escaped to parents house at the lake after finding out ALOT of wife’s family coming into town tomorrow. Bossman is very pissed I’m gone. #
• warhammeronline patcher is failing to validate…. so now im pissed… #
• Retweeting @warrenellis: Good night. http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=7094 ummm damn? #
• watching NOVA: Secrets of Lost Empires II: Roman Bath (s27 | e16) on Boxee. check it out at http://tinyurl.com/bfckz6 #
• Smoked a Padilla Habano, very nice oily cocoa hint of leather and spice but still sweet. Similar to a Romeo Julieta Reserva Real, very nice #
• @punkforpez freaking insanity? in reply to punkforpez #
• @punkforpez fucking sick isn’t it? in reply to punkforpez #
• @punkforpez i agree man, they are robbing their own kids of free thought from the get go! It should be illegal in reply to punkforpez #
• @punkforpez see it’s all good since fundies are enemies of Harry! LOL in reply to punkforpez #
• @punkforpez Now there is a thought, What if Voldemort was the good guy? in reply to punkforpez #
• @crallen u playing WAR again? in reply to crallen #
• @crallen what server? im getting back on to it now myself in reply to crallen #
• @levarburton BLASPHEMER!! in reply to levarburton #
• @crallen can u email me you warpatch.exe?? mine is hosed and i can’t login for some reason. in reply to crallen #
• is on page 113 of 336 of Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross. reading the ebook version of it. #
• @SeanGailey im late im sure but it is Nite Owl in reply to SeanGailey #
• @crallen hell it is still not working, patcher fails saying it cant get file patcher.prog.sig from the patch server in reply to crallen #
• watching South By Southwest on Boxee. check it out at http://tinyurl.com/dfe3ql #
• watching Daily Show: Jim Cramer Unedited Interview Pt. 1 on Boxee. check it out at http://tinyurl.com/b2b3k3 #

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• been playing Fable 2 #
• oh and wife bought a beagle… its coming home today #
• fucking tired as hell… have conf cal and trip to home office this afternoon, and puppy is driving me nucking futts! #
• simply classic. http://is.gd/ls5M #
• i feel like i am dying today…. so sick #
• I have the flu. Yippeeee!!! #
• Waiting for my fever to break. This is insane everything hurts so bad. The medicine they gave me actually makes me feel worse. Yippeee #
• so god damned boring sitting here head pounding joints aching. I am starting to feel better though. and this is my second day without a cig #
• awesome jazz pianist Eric Lewis http://is.gd/mcCc #
• is on page 836 of The Reality Dysfunction #
• Reading Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross – http://tinyurl.com/9n5pqa #
• Retweeting @WilliamShatner: Yes, I admit it; I’m a motorcycle thief. http://tinyurl.com/7b2pto hilarious #

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• browsing the web… not doing much… #
• watching Battleship Yamato… #
• @jfmaniac jesus man sorry to hear that in reply to jfmaniac #
• sitting on damn txdot conference call… god i hate tuesdays #
• no man i am talking scifi with a buddy on chat #
• is on page 631 of The Reality Dysfunction #
• Want to read: Anathem by Neal Stephenson – http://tinyurl.com/cbfon7 #
• Want to read: Turn Coat by Jim Butcher – http://tinyurl.com/db6b8b #
• Watching #Dexter and LOVING it! #
• trying to post while actually posting on forums in ThinkAtheist.com #
• trying to work… still… having a really hard time getting shit done though #
• Had 397 pageviews yesterday on my blog! Woot! Nothing like riding on the coattails of porn. http://www.tentacled-monkey.com #
• Watching #NCIS, man I love this show #
• Retweeting @Veronica: My idol, Mike “Dirty Jobs” Rowe, is on Twitter. Show the man some love! @mikeroweworks #
• trying like hell to wake up while the coffee is making. #
• reviewing a the manual that my replacement has written… mine was more accurate.. #
• RT@wilw Me:You’re supposed to be playing Floyd albums in order of release. iTunes: So you *really* want MLoR instead of Animals? Me: Touche. #
• @punkforpez sry man nething we can do to help? in reply to punkforpez #
• Eating some pizza, just bought $150 of cigars… I love cigars #
• gave 4 stars to Gaunt’s Ghosts: The Founding by Dan Abnett – http://tinyurl.com/ck8cpf #
• gave 4 stars to At the Mountains of Madness: And Other Tales of Te… by H.P. Lovecraft – http://tinyurl.com/ar436a #
• gave 5 stars to Dreams of Terror and Death: The Dream Cycle of H. … by H.P. Lovecraft – http://tinyurl.com/cl87xc #
• gave 5 stars to The Black Stranger: And Other American Tales by Robert E. Howard – http://tinyurl.com/dgry2y #
• is on page 730 of The Reality Dysfunction #
• watching old read or die anime #

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• woke up made bf for kiddo, now trying to actually work…. damn where did the weekend go? #
• @levarburton HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! in reply to levarburton #
• @warrenellis happy birthday Warren! in reply to warrenellis #
• finished going through bugs for TxDOT. eating some dirty rice frozen diner from #Zatarains #
• OMFG! this is hilarious! Chip Zdarsky’s essay for i (heart) comics thanks @warrenelis http://is.gd/jJfL #
• damn we need a Dr. Sketchy’s here! http://is.gd/jJrv #
• This is cool… gonna be watching the night sky a little closer now http://is.gd/jrNj #
• Good article from Bruce Schneier http://is.gd/jIUW #
• watching TED talks http://is.gd/3g3N and running mem test on old T23… #
• @Veronica makes a good point… http://is.gd/jKLh in reply to Veronica #
• trying to wake up… have a long call in an hour… i hate Tuesdays… #
• @crallen about what? in reply to crallen #
• @crallen u and sam still together? in reply to crallen #
• @crallen awesome!! congratulations man! I want an invite! in reply to crallen #
• woohooo! damn conf call is over early! life can continue as normal now! #
• @warrenellis good thing your twitter is going good! in reply to warrenellis #
• Good story by Ken Scholes http://is.gd/jQI7 #
• MS Corley did some cover redesigns in style of the old penguin books. they look awesome. http://is.gd/jS8i #
• @wilw SWEEET! definitely getting one! Do you get a cut? in reply to wilw #
• watching #niptuck with the wifey #
• @Veronica have you ever had a chance to meet him? Just Curious. in reply to Veronica #
• installed update to #LinuxMint on SB last night for it to tell me that I had run out of room, even though 2gb were left free on drive… #
• Roofer stopped by to measure, guess landlord finally decided to fix roof. #
• Just trying to get through the day…. #
• @jfmaniac no lie there man in reply to jfmaniac #
• Shopping for clothes with the family. #
• Still fucking shopping… #
• Lounging around after4 hours of shopping with wife. Only thing got was a pair of slacks and Backup by Jim Butcher. Still need shirt + shoes. #

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• Sat night I set up a router box running PFSense for a friend. really easy. rock solid, a definite get. http://is.gd/3Fv3 #
• i now get to call my replacement for txdot tech writing and set him up and bring him up to speed. sux… hopefully i can learn something:P #
• sitting on a conf call. digging throguh friend’s firewall log to see if everything is going ok #
• @neilhimself sorry to hear that, what does it mean for u in near future? #
• cant stand fedora mainly because of RPM.. i always stick with Debian derivative for apt #
• just installed ubuntu 8.10 on old T23.. looks like everything worked right out of the bag #
• trying to wake up… was happy that ubuntu 8.10 now supports the wusb54gc linksys usb wireless device, dont have to use ndiswrapper #
• Actually got twitter to update from CLI using perl. #
• @Veronica u hung up that was awesome! in reply to Veronica #
• watched another episode of fringe man i love that show! #fringe #
• found out that wusb54gc does not like linux works sporadically. guess i will have to get new crappy USB wifi adapter #
• really hurting this morning… @massive_dynamic where did you guys put that implant? #
• wishing it was 5 o’clock already…. damn it’s going to be a long day #
• @crallen holy shit it is! #Epoch is here!!! in reply to crallen #
• @jfmaniac damn neck driving me nutty in reply to jfmaniac #
• Only 1 hour, 42 minutes and 45 seconds till the unix epoch time reaches 1234567890 http://coolepochcountdown.com #
• woohooo 1234567890!!! #
• Going to dinner here soon. Not sure where yet. #
• Ended up at Cafe del Rio. It was goood. #
• Watching #Dollhousen its awesome so far. #
• Meant #Dollhouse …. Damn #
• #Dollhouse was awesome, but it deserved a 2 hour premier! #
• @kwidrick dollhouse rocked! #
• @crallen how goes it with Win in a VMWare session? in reply to crallen #
• Going to install linux mint on my Tosh with vmware running vista from its partition #
• Stuck in walmart hell. #
• Linux mint partitioner failed and tried to take ntfs part with it. Installed 2 usb drive and will run from there. Starting to bbq w/ neigbor #

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• Wa-ting for sis in laws to leave so I can clean and play Halo3 #
• Cleaning the house. What a mess!!!!! #
• @jfmaniac yeah i played it last night on hard. took me like 2 hours to get through the first level, lol #
• @jfmaniac i dont know if i would buy an XBox for Halo3 alone. #
• @crallen hope ya feel better #
• fighting emails this morning, evidently the work email server has decided to ignore all of my messages. so no inter-office emails are workin #
• Just finished a steak at Outback, waitress trying to rush us so we took our time and deducted from the tip. #
• sitting on a boring conference call with TxDOT #
• @crallen it is… far more so than i can put into 140 chars… #
• found out from txdot that i may not be the tech writer for them any longer, that my job will have to hire someone to do that. now i am q … #
• ioning my job in general with this company. But my skillset is dated now and I need to get back up to speed for a possible shift… #
• @crallen yeah i suppose i am going to have to. i need to learn ASP.NET ASAP i suppose. any pointers? #
• we have to report all of hours for each day now so i will have to try and play with it tonight some. #
• If work and hurricanes hadn’t eaten so much free time I might be able to keep up on php5 and the transission to ASP wouldn’t be so damn bad #
• About to goto lunch with friend #
• @crallen welcome to my world man. Btw commenting on your blog failed #
• a tech writer has been hired at job that makes fuck loads more than me… i just lost that responsibility i suppose. #
• no doubt. i did get something of a handle on ASP C# but I have a ways to go before I’m worthy at it. #

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