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Updates from my Twitter feed don't seem to be being crossposted here for some reason. I don't know why that could be yet.

As far as important updates blog readers may have missed, @cubicgarden is improving slowly and able to receive visitors.

also,

• I found out my brother can't touch-type. I feel a little dirty. Like he's a racist or something. Today on Trisha: "My 20WPM family shame!" #
• #vss Sam was born immune to HIV. He never entered a hospital and he died with the cure in his blood undiscovered. Sam was an Amazonian frog. #
• It's very sad when I glance at the breaking news feed and go "oh, another deadly mosque attack in Lahore". Get yourself together, world! #
• On the BBC in 1977: "What Right Have You Got? A 26-part course on rights and responsibilities of the citizen". Why no stuff like that now? #
• Say my name! http://bit.ly/dlFkvD Great mashup from DJ Earworm #
• #channelingbeyonc © Boy, the way you blowin' up my phone won't make me leave no faster, put my coat on faster, leave my desk no faster. #
• I wouldn't hate society so much if a ringing phone was considered "would you like to speak?" instead of "you must speak or you are rude!!!" #
• Thanks to @CustardCat for the #ff a chap who can make Arduinos do things you thought were illegal in your home state. And also play radio. #
• I can't be bothered to do a proper list, so just #ff whomever I seem to reply to a lot, especially if their avatars are animals. #
• Hmm. I could either catch up on the #Eurovision semis (songs only, CBA with the voting) or listen to Eurobeat CD again. http://bit.ly/amjK8D #
• Fave mp3s, all CC-BY-NC-ND 2.5 Aus: http://bit.ly/cXQcui http://bit.ly/a57iA1 http://bit.ly/9J88GW http://bit.ly/9EXHPR http://bit.ly/aZCfM4 #
• But half the comedy value comes from the performances. Imagine the Greek woman's dress coming off halfway and Germans parodying Kraftwerk… #
• Delicious short fiction, my delicious friends! RT @Anke: Down a wrong path http://bit.ly/aOpX38 #fridayflash #vss #mfic (580 words) #

• Does anyone else by default assume tinnitus is actually your brain receiving a software upgrade from your robot dog overlords? #
• Did I say overlords? I meant protectors. #

• Another brilliant parody of #TFTD from Platitude of the Day. http://bit.ly/92AVy9 #
• Is it me, or is it getting… dark in here? http://bit.ly/diE6J2 [mp3] http://bit.ly/94s9jt [lyrics] #zork #nerdcore #
• Is there a difference between "positive discrimination" and "affirmative action", or does it just depend on whether you're in that minority? #
• #vss She slapped my host's face: "What's got into you?!" I smiled inwardly. The answer, of course, was me. #

• #ebz Starveling Kitty! Starveling Kitty! Ruled the roofs of five stolen cities! http://fallenlondon.com/c/90685 #
• #ebz The Bazaar is spoken of as a single living thing. Women call it 'he'; men call it 'she'. The… http://fallenlondon.com/c/90691 #
• Right, that's it. For some reason #TowelDay wasn't in Google Calendar by default, but I'm adding it now. #
• Oh, 6MB email attachments sent to the entire department, who doth know how I have missed thee. #netiquette #bugbears #anditwasasoddingbitmap #
• Just been to another leaving lunch. It's not fair. Booo. #
• I'm reading a Radio Times from 1977. Anyone who says the BBC hasn't dumbed down, I laugh in your general direction. #bringbackopenuniversity #

(If you're wondering who this CPS is that I so obviously think is too stupid to recognise hyperbole, read about the Paul Chambers case courtesy of Jack of Kent.)

• Give me painkillers or I give you DEATH (note to CPS… probably a joke, maybe) #ill #bleh #
• LOL ninjas. #news #ninjas http://bit.ly/diU5En #
• OK, it is now officially a Wheatus day. Get your sunny punkish rock here: http://bit.ly/cf4rZt http://bit.ly/9fIaT8 http://bit.ly/9uNCT1 #
• Blog spammers: All links in my comments are nofollowed, I have Akismet and I'm damn good at spotting spam, so what's the sodding point? FAIL #
• I'm up to my usual evil mindvirus tricks, this time ensuring anyone looking at the Olympic mascots now sees giant penises. (Also, the game.) #
• (I am sad that quiz-happy bloggers have co-opted the nobler meaning of "meme", such that I have to say "mindviruses" to avoid ambiguity.) #
• This @charltonbrooker genetics piece has Sonic the Hedgehog pic, but doesn't mention the Sonic Hedgehog gene path. WTF? http://bit.ly/daWlgF #
• (Yes there is an actual gene called SHH, which stands for Sonic Hedgehog Homologue. http://bit.ly/ODlig ) @charltonbrooker #
• (The hundred-legged chimeras @charltonbrooker mentions would in fact be created USING the Sonic Hedgehog morphogen. But enough of this.) #
• My little bro just dropped by the office. He's got a proper job now, and it's close to mine. We might actually get to see each other! \m/ #
• &%£@ing Firefox, if I have to cut/copy every URL twice before it works, I can see you're going to embarrass me horribly sometime. $&!£ you. #

• #vss The beautiful Athenian prince peered into the maze. Then she saw him pull out a TomTom. Tossing her ball of thread, Ariadne crept away. #
• #vss Luke's ears pricked at a distant voice. "Turn right in for-ty paces and con-tinue to follow the path." Tail sinking, he lay down again. #
• #vss Cindy leaned forward to the driver. "It says if we take River Drive we'll save 15 minutes." It gave her time to retrieve her lost shoe. #
• #vss "She's had so many husbands and so much surgery, I can't even tell how old she is." "Let's cut her down and count the rings." #

• Subsequent to my printing out my two personal emblems, our printer has run out of black ink. #
• My whole generation thinks that all you need in life is self-belief. I've just taken that to its logical conclusion. Got a problem with Me? #
• RT @CharlieClose: She looked down at her neighbour's cat. "Why do you always eat here? Is it because I feed you better than she?"#vss //THIS #

• #vss "For someone who embraces dark, mysterious, unnatural powers," said Weft, "you sure don't seem to understand women." #
• #vss It wasn't that he enjoyed the beatings, fearing for his life, coming home bruised. It was just what he knew. And he needed familiarity. #
• I saw a golden Cocker and she was tied up flopped in front of the Co-op and she was adrbl and I might've maybe brought her some water maybe. #
• #vss If I were working in Photoshop, I could drag a guide wherever I liked, make a mathematically perfect job. But this is hairdressing. #
• FLUORESCENCE and FLUORINE give you the FLU – they don't FLO! #mnemonic #bugbears #psa #
• #vss How quickly heat can lower inhibitions! The boss and I looked very fine shirtless. His monk friend was distressed in short sleeves. #
• So, all these people watching that reality singing whatever programme, mind if I call you all Friends of #Dorothy #
• Note to self: "Oh yeah, I once saw an episode of My Little Pony where that happened" is never an OK thing to say. Never. #
• FUCHSIA is spelled with FUCHS (German for "fox"). Don't fuch this one up or I'll hunt you down. #bugbears #psa #
• Finnish humppa band: You Really Got Me http://bit.ly/chOle3 Macarena http://bit.ly/9bPUNl Ace of Spades http://bit.ly/blgz1B via @ravenbait #

• Dreamed we found a cat beside our house. A tabby from a "missing" poster. Ben said it had rigor mortis, but it stirred when I touched it. #
• #vss Weft eyed the girl suspiciously. "She your latest porcupine, sir?" "My what?" asked Suitov. "Porcupine!" "Do… you mean… concubine?" #
• I am too muzzy to be in work. Can't brain. Fear not! I shall ponder going home all afternoon then leave at 17:00 as is usual in these cases. #
• I'm not really workaholic (and not that productive in this state anyway!) – it's just that nobody else is in who can care for my poor sites. #
• Rundown of the coalition policies: http://bit.ly/9LQrY1 I'm very annoyed at more faith schools. They are divisive and threatening. #
• It's 16:47 my predictions are NEVAR WRONG. Nobody's here to tell I'm leaving because the heat's making me ill, but I hope it's fixed anyway. #

• Has lunched in da club with mah homie @isntit. There was much real talk and also jibba-jabba. Shawty. #
• Also, the secret is out: I blush like a dork when young ladies ask me "OMG, was it YOU who did that???" #
• And now I am DED from the journey to London and back and a bit of travel-sickness. But I did read Dzur cover to cover on t'train. BRILLIANT. #
• Also, my deerhound-in-the-headlights look when @isntit said "@Metaltax has told me about you…" would no doubt have amused some of you! :-p #
• #vss Upon meeting the anthropomorphic cat, Weft tore his self-esteem to shreds, ridiculing his claws in favour of knives and nimble fingers. #
• #vss He'd never courted fame, yet somehow, he always seemed to be dressed distinctively, waving his signature weapon, quipping and rescuing. #
• #vss Weft's victims were "targets" beforehand, "messages" afterwards. He felt no remorse. He'd been sent to kill them, so they must be evil. #
• #vss Suitov detested assassins, which caused no end of speculation as to why he let one follow him around like a vicious, grey-clad puppy. #
• #vss After constant nagging not to wear black ALL the time, Suitov sometimes wore very dark green. Not a victory, Weft thought, but a start. #
• #vss Weft had been instructed to smash the target's face until she was unrecognisable. Afterwards he returned to the monastery and threw up. #

• Has lunched in da club with mah homie @isntit. There was much real talk and also jibba-jabba. Shawty. #
• Also, the secret is out: I blush like a dork when young ladies ask me "OMG, was it YOU who did that???" #
• And now I am DED from the journey to London and back and a bit of travel-sickness. But I did read Dzur cover to cover on t'train. BRILLIANT. #
• Also, my deerhound-in-the-headlights look when @isntit said "@Metaltax has told me about you…" would no doubt have amused some of you! :-p #
• #vss Upon meeting the anthropomorphic cat, Weft tore his self-esteem to shreds, ridiculing his claws in favour of knives and nimble fingers. #
• #vss He'd never courted fame, yet somehow, he always seemed to be dressed distinctively, waving his signature weapon, quipping and rescuing. #
• #vss Weft's victims were "targets" beforehand, "messages" afterwards. He felt no remorse. He'd been sent to kill them, so they must be evil. #
• #vss Suitov detested assassins, which caused no end of speculation as to why he let one follow him around like a vicious, grey-clad puppy. #
• #vss After constant nagging not to wear black ALL the time, Suitov sometimes wore very dark green. Not a victory, Weft thought, but a start. #
• #vss Weft had been instructed to smash the target's face until she was unrecognisable. Afterwards he returned to the monastery and threw up. #

• First winner in the #kitty #poetry puzzle! Her answer has been verified. Her cat was not imprrressed. Any more guesses? http://bit.ly/9LkUGs #
• UnSmilin' Stan Lee passes sentence on GlaDOS's great-great-great-great grandmother: http://bit.ly/9iVlmy #
• Oh Falconer, Falconer. lolz. http://www.last.fm/music/Falconer/_/Under+the+Sword #powermetal #
• Big train journey to London tomorrow for a briefing on a Project Genome, aka "we're scanning in a lot of old magazines". Exciting, actually. #
• Is nipping out to buy a postcard to send @cubicgarden. The weirdest, corniest one I can find. For great justice. #getwellsoonian #
• Got a card shaped like a zebra. Don't tell Ian, but I'm sending him a dirty magazine! http://www.maplin.co.uk/images/300/CA31j_09.jpg #
• wtf retri pally tankin w pvp gear wondrin y he no getin aggro noob! RT @upsidedowndogs: http://bit.ly/a0F5cy //Doggies make me talk nonsense #
• Red Dead looks so good. And yet we never did play GTA 4. It's sitting right there in its box. What happened to us? Oh yeah, you took up WoW. #

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips/p007x2h0 testing out the new BBC Comedy website, made by @binhbui and @metaltax and others. It's shiny! #
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips/p005qg9h Bwahaha. Not very balanced, but oh so true. #ge2010 #leadersdebate #cassetteboy #
• FTW! RT @MediaCityUK: RT @mhemmaty: http://twitpic.com/1ouy2e – The bus drivers at salford are legends! #
• Niiiiice. http://dragginart.deviantart.com/art/Ice-Dragon-11688316 #dragons @Anke, s/he's done a series of seasonal #owls too. #

• RT @qwghlm: New London bus revealed – it looks like VW camper van on steroids http://bit.ly/doCMuC (cc @boriswatch) // ROUNDED CORNERS #
• While Cameron and Brown were wooing Nick Clegg, all I could hear in my head were Spin Doctors: http://bit.ly/d2Lv95 #ge2010 #
• Can anyone see the new Routemaster bus crashing on a desert planet? Really? With all that glass? Won't someone think of the space stingrays? #
• Privilege. Literally "private law": spelled PRIVI (note: not privy) plus LEGE (which means law, as in "legal"). Privilege. #bugbears #psa #
• Check your Facebook privacy settings: http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/ via @onpause, @benadida #

• That was brilliant. Even though I guessed from the outset. Love how it's both darker AND more child-friendly. Moffatt, ILU. #dw #doctorwho #

• My impression of The Ricky Gervais Show: professional comedians aren't funny 24/7, especially when jawing with mates. Basically utter shite. #
• I mean, yes, Avatar was pretty. But Silent Hill is still a BEAUTIFUL* film. And it has a plot! (*it is a horror, fyi. Don't have nightmares) #

• Thanks, Mona Siddiqui, for alerting me to this wonderful letter from 100 Jerusalem Jews to Elie Wiesel http://www.en.justjlm.org/?p=97 #tftd #
• Colleagues, I INSIST you visit the Courtyard in the next hour. You can pet palmate newts, batlings, a gorgeous slow-worm and a barn owl! <3 #
• Totally missing the point here, but aren't the twitter etc icons on this page fantastic?: http://www.stampoutstigma.co.uk/about/ #
• While out reversing entropy, I spied a little bird dead. I placed her on a low wall to frighten passing children. #vss #true #
• My dreams are interfering with my waking life. Not that they're bad, but I dream that I've done things I haven't. Like renew prescriptions. #