• Weekly Twitter Roundup 2010-03-09

    09Mar
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    • 10 days until we move to Phoenix. I still can't wrap my mind around it – or all the crap I have to do first! YIKES #
    • Needless to say, not much writing is getting done this week, but my social calendar is in overdrive. #
    • Visited Boston for 3rd time in as many weeks tonight. In other news, discovered I LOVE Indian food and hate driving in Boston. :) #
    • Have reached mid-point of weekend goodbye noshing-a-thon. No end in sight. #icantbelievei #039;mmovingacrossthecountryinoneweek #
    • Once we get to Phoenix, I'll have to work out for hours a day just to burn off all the delicious crap I've been eating! #
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  • Weekly Twitter Roundup 2010-03-02

    02Mar
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    • Dorothy Hamilton is making some seriously strange facial expressions. Does she need her glasses or Pepto? Hard to tell.. #olympics #
    • Wow this Japanese skater is ABSOLUTELY doing justice to Mozart's Requiem (in a good way!) Gorgeous! #olympics #
    • It's been raining and/or snowing since we announced we're moving to Phoenix, AZ. I think the New England weather gods are angry at us…. #
    • Nothing quite like the feeling of crossing stuff off a very long To-Do list. #
    • Editing my WIP…and loving it! #amwriting #
    • It cracks me up when the skate commentators say "oh! she just doesn't have the legs to land that jump!" #olympics #
    • I beg to differ, sir, she seems to have legs aplenty. Falling doesn't make her a defacto amputee #olympics #
    • "That's the best thing he's ever done on ski's" Really? That's almost sad. Can we get back to the skating now, please? #olympics #
    • Cable went out just before Kim Yu-Na took the ice! Nooooooo! #ihatenewengland #olympics #
    • I sat through hours of skiing! I paid my dues! Why did the cable have to go out THEN? So unfair! #
    • I might cry. #
    • I don't know what's going on outside, but I guess I should probably stop glaring out the windows. We do live in the woods… #epiccablefail #
    • Girls night in NH: hot tub in the hail. #noiamnotkidding #
    • Just finished outlining a new WIP. I can't wait to start writing it!! #
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  • Weekly Twitter Roundup 2010-02-23

    23Feb
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    • WOW. I understand why Plushenko has won all but one competition he’s entered since 2001. That was gorgeous! #olympics #
    • At airport and Getting antsy. Hubbys plane was set to arrive 1/2 hour ago and no sign of him. #
    • And now his flight number has disappeared from the arrivals board. o.0 #
    • Think they might object if I run screaming around the terminal? Yeah me too. #
    • Seriously, WHERE the heck did his flight number go? Is this what airport employees do for fun? #airportfail #
    • Happy Birthday to @Jconnolly1979!! #
    • Anyone else think it’s twisted that they’re interviewing Lysacek by reading all the unpleasant soundbytes from the Russian contingent? #
    • It seems unnecessarily mean. If NBC is so desperate for ratings they should show the parts of the Olympics people actually want #NBCfail #
    • Kudos to Evan Lysacek for being gracious and refusing to be drawn into a staged international incident! #
    • Hey, Olympics? How about a little LESS cowbell? #
    • At Jacob Wirths in Boston – weiner schnitzel abounds! #
    • Each beer glass is getting smaller and smaller. Thinking they want us to leave… #
    • I love how the Subway $5 footlong commercial now says “Any” but the fineprint just below the GIANT “any” say it excludes Premium subs. #
    • So really it’s any sub they choose to let you have, not necessarily the one you want. Tricky. #
    • I do NOT believe the woman skating right now had a baby 4 months ago. NO WAY. #olympics #
    • Ohmygodiwantthatfirebirdcostume! #olympics #

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  • Never Mess With Those Who Are Wittier and More Entertaining Than You.

    01Feb
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    Yes, I know this post is *ahem* late, but I still have to give my two cents. In my defense, I started it in the middle of the late night kerfuffle. :)

    I was so proud of my favorite late-night leprechaun when Conan O’Brien took over The Tonight Show.  His special brand of antics would be even earlier, making it possible for me to watch more often. Sweet, right?

    Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard all about the drama. NBC decided to give Jay Leno back his 11:35pm spot and bump Conan to 12:05 (AKA – The NEXT DAY!), Jimmy Fallon to 1:05, and the poor bastard son of late night (otherwise known as Carson Daly) to 2:05. Leno supported the move, but Conan – who dreamed of hosting The Tonight Show since he was a wee lad – posted a public letter denouncing it. Problem is, his contract guaranteed him the show, but not the time it would air.

    In a tiny nutshell, NBC pulled a bait and switch after realizing Leno’s 10pm show was not only bombing, but was affecting affiliate news ratings and pulling down the numbers for The Tonight Show.

    So . . . they gave it back to the dead weight dragging everyone else down.

    Huh?

    Frankly, their sly late night shuffle was the worst possible thing they could have done.

    Never, ever, give a funny man a reason to flame you. On TV. Every night. This was a serious lack of foresight, NBC.

    In fact, every late night show on every channel took pot-shots at NBC for weeks. I’m still laughing at Jimmy Kimmel’s episode long roast of Jay Leno. Ouch!

    Some gems from Conan’s last few monologues:

    • “Please, I may not have that much time. You’re using valuable time here!”
    • “Hello my name is Conan O’Brien and I may soon be available for children’s parties.”
    • “They spent more time building this studio, than using it!”
    • “You can do anything you want. . . unless Jay Leno wants to do it too.”
    • When I was a little boy, I remember watching ‘The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson’ and thinking, ‘Someday, I’m going to host that show for seven months.’”
    • “NBC says they are planning to have the late-night situation worked out before the Olympics start. And trust me, when NBC says something, you can take that to the bank.”

    Plus, he put the Tonight Show Studio up for sale on Craigslist. (tee hee!)

    The kicker is that Jay Leno is going back to The Tonight Show. I used to like him, but it really bothers me that he didn’t do the right thing. He should have walked away. He doesn’t need The Tonight Show. Conan has kids; Jay Leno has a garage full of cars.

    Throughout it all, despite the wisecracks (hey, it is his job to make people laugh), Conan was amazingly gracious and determined to have fun. He freely admitted he’s one of the luckiest people he knows and we shouldn’t feel sorry for him. Nonetheless, his pale pasty face will be missed. Jay Leno may be back in late night, but I for one will not be watching.

    Me? I’m with CoCo.

    Some of my favorite clips:

    My new mantra:

    “If you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.” -Conan O’Brien

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  • Weekly Twitter Roundup 1-26-2010

    26Jan
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    • Why can’t 24 be on every night? *sigh* #
    • Hmmm…Somehow, I don’t think U2 would be pleased with the news using their music to back discussion of the Mass senate vote. Just sayin. #
    • Not a single parking space available at the gym. Apparently people are sticking to their new years resolutions longer than usual this year! #
    • The Tonight Show just turned into a raunchy version of Riverdance. WOW. Gotta love Robin Williams! #
    • Beginning to feel as though all I’m doing today is MAILING, MAILING, and. . . more MAILINGS! #
    • Is that Beck and ZZ top playing with Will Ferrell and Conan O’Brien or is it just me? And by the way – MORE COWBELL!! #
    • Oh Jimmy Fallon. You’re sweet and saucy at the same time. Gotta love that. #
    • “If you work really hard and you’re kind, AMAZING things will happen.” -Conan O’Brien #imwithcoco #
    • Dear internet, farewell to my favorite late night leprechaun, Conan O’Brien. You’re a class act! #imwithcoco #

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