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A new phone, coupled with emotional stress from the theft of my mug at work means one thing: I was distracted from writing a decent post for today. So I’m going to cheat.

 ”What’s the deal with Twitter?” I have been asked/overheard at work but didn’t want to get involved in the discussion. The actual question, which people mean but are too polite to phrase this way, is “Why the fuck do I need to care about something that sounds, to me, stupid?”

 Twitter, for those of you who actively resist having to sign up for YET ANOTHER DAMN ACCOUNT, is a ‘microblog’ site  - say whatever you want, in 140 characters or less. It’s useful to let people know what you’re doing, pass along links, or express short bursts of violent outrage (the site gets a lot of play during elections and football games). For aspiring writers, it’s the blog-equivalent to short-short fiction (writing a full story in 55 words or less), and a good lesson in economical writing.

 Threat Quality maintains a constant Twitter presence. I’m at twitter.com/jkholland, Chris is at twitter.com/braak.

 So, taken out of context (though honestly, there’s not much context in the first place), some posts from the last month or so:

- Was it any of you people who told me the joke about why it’s so hard to borrow money from a lobster?

- @thechicgeek. Because they’re shellfish. (Say it out loud.)

- (Watching ’24′ from season1, looking out for patterns, and I’m pretty sure the series has to end w/Jack taking over a small country.)

- Blur is getting back together. Damon Albarn’s cartoon alter egos are trying not to worry they’ll be neglected.

- Agh! My leg! MY LEG! How can I pull a muscle while sleeping?!

- Ebert quote of the day: “He is so solemn, detached and uninvolved he makes Mr. Spock look like Hunter S. Thompson at closing time.”

- Quotes from last weekend #1: “Can I join your sex lab, Brent?” – Tad

- Both ‘Return to Oz’ and ‘Tin Man’ are on cable tonight. Is it “Revisionist-’Oz’ Monday” and nobody told me?

- Zunes everywhere failing! DOOOOOOOM!!!!

- 2009: new job, loving girlfriend, romance and success for many of my friends, Robert Downey Jr in two great summer films…pretty good year.

- Sorry, that should’ve read “Pretty good year, considering we continue hurtling towards the apocalypse at breakneck speed.”

- The Awesome Mojo HD Network is dissolved, and yet here’s UNIVERSAL HD NETWORK, with its ALL-DAY “BECKER” marathon. Where’s the justice?

- In the boardgame Life, having a child is both arbitrary and mandatory. But buying a house is optional. Does that weird anyone else out?

- @eightK The entire internet agrees on one thing: The New Doctor Who Needs a Haircut.

- Cramming new phone with new ringers. Not sure who to assign “Lawyers, Guns and Money” to, but it should probably be for emergencies, yeah?

- @brentwit: I believe droids are just more effeminate versions of robots. Search your feelings. You know it to be true.

- Irony of the day: The Mummers Museum website is not very fancy at all.

- I’m reading an article on British vs. American teeth, and it’s quoting a dental expert named “Professor Jimmy Steele.” What world is this?

Threat Quality maintains a constant Twitter presence. I’m at twitter.com/jkholland, Chris is at twitter.com/braak. Come join us, won’t you? The internet needs more incoherent crabbing.

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