Wow, all I had to say was "no thanks," and that telemarketer just completely gave up. I actually felt kinda bad.
At the Ignatieff Theatre for Paul Steiger of @propublica. This room is a walking journo who's who.
At the dentist. Mouth frozen. Twitter only means of communication remaining.
@AlisonGJ How far inland are you?
@hyfen Geez, can't even get the provincial lottery corp to follow the rules.
Hey, have you noticed Google's creeptastic "Social Circle" list? http://www.google.com/s2/search/social#socialcircle
@kattancock Fantastic news. Also: Latin America— Olé!
Am doing final reads for @ryersonreview, just finished first batch of writer meetings. Quality is high—so @timfalconer thinks I'm a slacker!
Yesterday @Gawker's RSS feeds were truncated (cruelly forcing clickthrus). Today full-text again. What gives?
By which I mean: http://twitpic.com/1571p4
Two @ivortossell's — BUT WHICH ONE IS REAL?
@tinyalligator Not everyone gets a press release when they change jobs. You're one of those people now! http://bit.ly/bAgvQW
I feel vaguely unpopular if I don't get the latest viral phishing DM on Twitter. What, the bots are too good for the likes of me?
@MegSez These books were pretty hefty. I feel like there must be some middle ground between "Eastern Promises" and "3-volume encyclopedia."
@kelkord If they'd have me. (They won't.) (I'm pretty sure.)
@kelkord Yeah, I think I'm going to give up my humdrum life to join the Solntsevskaya Bratva.
Discovered this afternoon at Swipe Books: The Encyclopedia of Russian Criminal Tattoos — three volumes!
Upcoming concerts of interest: Plants & Animals, Joanna Newsom, The National. Thoughts, tweet-friends?
@lisanjutras Allow me to compliment you on coining the superb adverb "crotchetily" today.
Ice dancing: a nonstop hideous atrocity of poorly considered cultural misapproriations.
Watching the big game. Wait, what?
Off to #changecamp. I'm in charge of liveblogging Table 17's wisdom.
@mikeminer Yeah, there's a whole playlist of them. Marianne Faithfull's "As Tears Go By" is also pretty amazing.
@lisanjutras @ivortossell @mikeminer ...and Snowbird, properly restored to its melancholy roots: http://gfscott.com/sb.mp3
@lisanjutras re swoony 60s—A friend of mine makes mp3s of 45s, played at 33rpm. EG: The Angels' "My Boyfriend's Back": http://bit.ly/ceiHNU
RT @joyce_byrne: Mag intern opportunity: RT @TaddleCreek needs a protégé. Could it be you? http://bit.ly/96T39r
Woman at next table is recounting, in full, the entire plot of ST:TNG episode "Memory Alpha" as a parable on the nature of regret.
My brief impression so far, from a quick scan of Olympic feedback, is that Twitter Says No.
@chantalbraganza @nestruck @mhousley @ivortossell Maple + Bac'n Bits seems to be the crowd favourite idea.
@TaddleCreek Touché.
@ivortossell Nope. TWO weeks.
The "Canada Donut." Because what Tim Hortons needed were *more* cheap appeals to patriotism. http://twitpic.com/12sqw5
Do you know anything about Henrietta Lacks? You should: Wired story: http://bit.ly/dmF8zE // Book: http://bit.ly/bniFHr
@briandstdenis My thoughts exactly. From hell's heart I stab at thee, Cineplex Odeon.
...Except it's sold out. Shoulda known!
Since I am done work in time, and must literally walk past it to get home, I will go see Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan at the Paramount.
@kattancock In my case, I try not to say anything I wouldn't be OK seeing in 240-pt type on the cover of the Sun.
@MissStaceyMay I take comfort in knowing I'm WAY less interesting than you.
@mhousley Luckily, 99% of my online communication is crashingly dull. But I have self-censored. Emails get forwarded. Chats get screen-shot.
[2/2] BUT: am I crazy/paranoid for having always assumed that EVERYTHING I text/FB/email/type is a hairs-breadth away from public anyway?
[1/2] Confluence: Giambrone sunk by txts; Google Buzz surprise-auto-publicizes everything you say. Know "ZOMG internet privacy" is old hat;
@mgifford "Twefuseniks," perhaps?
I see Twitter refuseniks popping up in Google Buzz. You will be assimilated, one way or another.
Off to the Magnetic Fields concert with @ivortossell and @emmamwoolley and some nobody who's not on Twitter.
@MissStaceyMay I didn't imagine it was just me. I assumed I wasone in a mob...
@MissStaceyMay I feel like I see the phrase "sneak peak" tweeted roughly 1,435 times a day, after all.
@MissStaceyMay Oh c'mon! I pointed out that typo in the nicest way possible. And want credit for 1000s of typos I RESIST being a dick about.
@geistmagazine Safe to say the world could use more heroines.
Sad to see Asian-American pop culture mag Giant Robot in money trouble: http://giantrobot.com/donate (rt @boyreporter)
@boyreporter I know how to have a good time, amirite?
@ACCheng So true, that would be way better than family day. Someone start a facebook lobby group or something!
'Tinis and 'toons night! Tonight: Hendricks gin and the Triplets of Belleville.
Off to a committee meeting to, I dunno, commit something.
@MissStaceyMay What are you apologizing for? I had a great time.
@coachhousebooks Electro-cardio-Graham, obviously.
@typeter Haven't heard it, actually.
@typeter Website venn-diagrams cities' musical taste with Last.fm data: http://bit.ly/dmCVOA (YHZ was closest to YSJ; note Vamp. Wknd rank!)
@lastplaceman Interesting. Well, for 8 bucks I figured it's worth a try. It'll be tested first on something expendable...
@TaddleCreek I have a decade old acrylic sweater I am willing to sacrifice in the name of science. Will report results. Watch this space.
Fine if producers call it "Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire," but why is press playing along? Talk like people, not PR-bots.
@typeter I purchased a Sweater Stone yesterday. I like the idea of Canada Post delivering a rock to my door.
@TaddleCreek I'm going to stop the madness and declare both you and @maisonneuvemag joint winners. Well played.
@TaddleCreek Look: I judge magazines based on the quality and quantity of their fabric care advice. Deal with it.
This is why it's my favourite magazine (that I don't work for) RT @maisonneuvemag: try the sweater stone http://j.mp/9Hld8c
Have I reached the stage in my life where I need to own a sweater shaver?
@nealjennings No way — I feel strongly that order of precedence must prevail. Urban anarchy otherwise!
For the record, throwing your coat over a chair and *then* going to order in a crowded coffee shop is cheating.
Team phony.
Token robot broken, so I ask collector same $10 for 4. "We only sell 5 at a time." Why employ humans if you won't allow them off-script?
@MissStaceyMay I think they should find a way to include Radio 3, but whatevs. Put me down for 1!
Yes. RT @sarahbarmak: Screw the iPad. RT @mondoville: the Radio Canada radio: http://j.mp/bVJOmz
Had a crazy dream that also included a terrible customer experience with Air Canada. Now *that* is a branding problem.
@MissStaceyMay As titles go, that's pretty dire. Still. Mr Magazine!
@MissStaceyMay Where and when is he talking?
Werner Herzog reads "Curious George" http://bit.ly/5T9DCi (Sadly this appears to be an imposter, but still! )
@economicwoman The pun is the crack-cocaine of the headline writer, and often abused. But sometimes nothing else will do...
@economicwoman @thementalward Shouldn't it be "The Times, they are a-chargin'"?
.@tinyalligator in Chief Caitlin Smith petitions Sheila Heti for use of a short story in a piece of new music: http://bit.ly/52w7XX
@bborzyko Those polling services sound like the nuclear doomsday-machine of prank-call-making.
@MissStaceyMay Patriarchy sucks.
"Extraordinary Measures" is almost sublimely generic: title, actors, photo, slogan—all totally content-free: http://bit.ly/71cNaQ
Watched "The September Issue." It seems like Anna Wintour just needs a hug or something.
@thementalward Hey, congrats on the new Maclean's gig. Woot, etc.
@remarkk I use and like this open-source time tracker, but it's Mac-only: http://time-tracker.avh4.net/
.@navp I know, right? And what about Do The Right Thing, which, shockingly, came out *20 years ago*!
@clevack Start a Tumblr blog that's nothing but tilt-shift photos of drycleaning receipts. I smell book deal!
So, Lee Daniels is the 1st African-American nominated for a Directors Guild Award. a) Seriously? It's 2010; and b) is Spike Lee *pissed*?
@shawnmicallef You're printing it on vellum?
@typeter God only knows what they'll do without you.
@emmamwoolley @scrawledinwax Funny, I think of Twitter links as recommendations & Tumblr links as "sure, click if you want, I guess."
@typeter I thought my Järpen senses were tingling.
This calls for a "Baby Beluga" mashup. RT @TheCurrentCBC: Guest host Shania Twain talks w/ Raffi & Cadence Weapon [...]
@lisanjutras @ivortossell YouTube party, obvs.
@lisanjutras Thank you! I, similarly, detest the word "opine." Thought I was the only one. Touching souls.
@lisanjutras I wouldn't go so far as to call that an "opine." Observation, at most...
The Darwin Awards aren't funny. Just sad and cruel.
@Canadianmags @canice It's possible Transcon didn't even post this to Craigslist. It's just a link to the official job post, after all.
RT @scrawledinwax: Words students have made up on this batch of exams: exhuberate; menovolence; equify. (all of which I love.)
Oooo my McSweeney's newspaper arrived: http://twitpic.com/utqc4
Van fire at Yonge & Bloor: http://twitpic.com/utbbo