thoughts from an empty head

Polluting the intrawebz, one tweet at a time.

• 03:12 mouth full of tweets ff.im/oV3B #
• 06:40 Good morning, intrawebz. Who else has to go to work this morning? ff.im/oYSs #
• 07:54 xkcd – A Webcomic – Google Trends ff.im/p0uU #
• 08:10 dis hao u make « Loldogs, Dogs ‘n’ Puppy Dog Pictures – I Has A Hotdog! ff.im/p0Ts #
• 08:10 LET IT SNOW « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? ff.im/p0TC #
• 08:11 Sinfest | 2008-12-26: Socialist Scourge ff.im/p0Uf #
• 08:41 Gallifreyan Embassy – Doctor Who: Podshock – 136 ff.im/p1F0 #
• 09:58 FREE!!!!!!!! ff.im/p3x1 #
• 10:19 Gallifreyan Embassy – Doctor Who: Podshock – 136 ff.im/p41M #
• 10:33 QUIET DIPLOMACY « Pundit Kitchen: Lol News and Lol Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden and more ff.im/p4o4 #
• 10:33 new online hacker protection « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? ff.im/p4og #
• 10:42 Doctor Who Recap: A New Look Inside The Doctor’s Broken Hearts ff.im/p4DH #
• 10:44 bread & honey : a food blog.: gingerbread cake. ff.im/p4Eu #
• 10:44 roast chicken with garlic, lemon and thyme | NoobCook.com ff.im/p4Fb #
• 10:44 The Hedge Fund Implode-O-Meter – All Ailing/Watch List Funds ff.im/p4G3 #
• 10:51 YouTube – Kathie Lee’s Hip Hop Christmas ff.im/p4OE #
• 10:52 Chris Christensen – 161AmateurTraveler ff.im/p4Qx #
• 10:54 I no liek « Loldogs, Dogs ‘n’ Puppy Dog Pictures – I Has A Hotdog! ff.im/p4Vy #
• 11:00 Mmmmmm … Turkish latte. I would never have thought to combine coffee with cardamom and honey. ff.im/p54R #
• 11:29 YAY! THE SNOW GODZ HAVE HEARD MY PLEAS!!! ff.im/p5Q0 #
• 13:03 The Fresh Ubuntu Podcast Ogg Vorbis Feed – Season 3 Episode 2 Ogg ff.im/p857 #
• 13:03 Anji Bee – Chillcast #144: Last of 2008 ff.im/p858 #
• 13:03 Kevin Smith & Scott Mosier – SModcast 70: SMod Bless Us, Everyone! ff.im/p859 #
• 13:35 Annie Lennox – Pavement Cracks ff.im/p8ME #
• 13:35 Sam Cooke – Cupid ff.im/p8MC #
• 13:35 Sleepthief – You Did a Good Thing (ft. Nicola Hitchcock) ff.im/p8MD #
• 13:41 Moby – Temptation ff.im/p8Vf #
• 13:41 Eagles – Desperado ff.im/p8Vg #
• 13:44 Out to do a bit of shopping. I need a scarf. ff.im/p8Yy #
• 13:47 Federico Aubele – La Mar ff.im/p92Z #
• 14:09 Renee Olstead – What A Difference A Day Makes ff.im/p9zK #
• 14:09 Nikka Costa – Corners of My Mind ff.im/p9zL #
• 14:09 billie holiday + lester young – I’ll Never Be The Same ff.im/p9zM #
• 14:09 Lisa Stansfield – You Can’t Deny It ff.im/p9zN #
• 14:41 Thievery Corporation – Originality feat. Sister Nancy ff.im/pajm #
• 14:40 Disturbed – Pain Redefined ff.im/pajk #
• 14:40 Maxwell – Luxury: Cococure ff.im/pajg #
• 14:45 Freddie Jackson – You Are My Lady (2007 Digital Remaster) ff.im/pajl #
• 15:14 Annie Lennox – The Hurting Time ff.im/pb0i #
• 15:14 Otis Redding – My Lover’s Prayer ff.im/pb0h #
• 15:14 Sleepthief – Kiss to Savor (ft. Jody Quine) ff.im/pb0d #
• 15:14 Pink Martini – Tempo Perdido ff.im/pb0c #
• 15:14 Hybrid – Opening Credits ff.im/pb0f #
• 15:14 Halou – Alaska ff.im/pb0g #
• 15:14 Rinôçérôse – Music Kills Me ff.im/pb0j #
• 15:14 Carmen Rizzo – Fantastique ff.im/pb0e #
• 15:37 Dinner at Mom’s ff.im/pbwA #
• 15:45 Diana Krall – Departure Bay ff.im/pbGK #
• 15:45 Poe – Could’ve Gone Mad ff.im/pbGJ #
• 15:45 Alanis Morissette – Giggling Again for No Reason ff.im/pbGH #
• 15:45 Shakira – Ready For The Good Times ff.im/pbGM #
• 15:45 Eagles – The Long Run ff.im/pbGI #
• 15:45 Eagles – Heartache Tonight ff.im/pbGL #
• 15:45 Blue Six – Come Inside ff.im/pbGN #
• 16:17 The Crystal Method – Keep Hope Alive ff.im/pcn9 #
• 16:17 Dido – Don’t Believe in Love ff.im/pcna #
• 16:17 Eagles – Hotel California ff.im/pcn7 #
• 16:17 Amethystium – La pluie ff.im/pcn8 #
• 16:49 Maria del Barros – Amor Luz ff.im/pcZE #
• 16:49 Eagles – Tequila Sunrise ff.im/pcZF #
• 16:49 Carmen Rizzo – As The Day Breaks (Featuring Grant Lee Phillips) ff.im/pcZA #
• 16:49 Velvet Chain – Strong (original version) ff.im/pcZH #
• 16:49 Björk – Human Behaviour ff.im/pcZB #
• 16:49 The Donnas – Let’s Go Mano ff.im/pcZz #
• 16:49 Jane Monheit – Embraceable You ff.im/pcZC #
• 16:49 Sarah McLachlan – Silence (DJ Tiësto’s in Search of Sunrise remix) ff.im/pcZD #
• 16:49 Diana Krall – Almost Blue ff.im/pcZG #
• 17:21 Everything but the Girl – Wrong (Todd Terry Unreleased Freeze mix) ff.im/pdBu #
• 17:21 The Legendary K.O. – George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People ff.im/pdBt #
• 17:21 Zero 7 – Likufanele ff.im/pdBq #
• 17:21 Al Green – You Ought to Be With Me ff.im/pdBr #
• 17:21 Ben Neill – Bugfunk ff.im/pdBp #
• 17:21 Bebel Gilberto – Next To You [Steve Hilier Version] ff.im/pdBv #
• 17:26 The Black Crowes – Hard to Handle ff.im/pdBs #
• 17:52 Eagles – Peaceful, Easy Feeling ff.im/pefp #
• 17:52 Lovespirals – I Can’t See You ff.im/pefq #
• 17:52 Bebel Gilberto – Cadê Você ff.im/peft #
• 17:53 Tori Amos – Glory of the 80′s ff.im/pefs #
• 17:53 Evanescence – Like You ff.im/pefu #
• 18:25 Bombay Dub Orchestra – Get Carter Theme (Get Dancing ff.im/peSN #
• 18:25 Keren Ann – Lay Your Head Down ff.im/peSS #
• 18:25 Disturbed – Forgiven ff.im/peSO #
• 18:25 Carmen McRae – how long has this been going on? (mj cole remix) ff.im/peSR #
• 18:25 Sade – Love Is Stronger Than Pride ff.im/peSP #
• 18:25 Sarah McLachlan – Dirty Little Secret ff.im/peSM #
• 18:30 Paul McCartney – That Was Me ff.im/peSQ #
• 18:38 John Coltrane – Blue Train ff.im/pfa1 #
• 18:38 Frost – Follow ff.im/pfa0 #
• 18:43 That cheesy Kathie Lee video put me in the mood for some really bad music. TIme to post some horrible videos on… ff.im/pfgW #
• 18:43 YouTube – Europe – The Final Countdown ff.im/pfhz #
• 18:49 YouTube – Donna Summer – MacArthur Park ff.im/pfny #
• 18:54 YouTube – Creed – Higher ff.im/pfu1 #
• 18:56 YouTube – Color Me Badd – I Wanna Sex You Up ff.im/pfvE #
• 18:59 YouTube – ROD STEWART – LIVE IN CHILE 1989 – DA YA THINK I’M SEXY ? ff.im/pfAS #
• 21:05 LOL Jocks: Brian Westbrook is concerned ff.im/phVV #
• 21:05 yeh yeh rait der bit to da left « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? ff.im/phW3 #
• 21:06 my radar is « Loldogs, Dogs ‘n’ Puppy Dog Pictures – I Has A Hotdog! ff.im/phWy #
• 21:06 meow mix « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? ff.im/phWV #
• 21:06 i’m under yer cubbers « Loldogs, Dogs ‘n’ Puppy Dog Pictures – I Has A Hotdog! ff.im/phXd #
• 21:06 LOL Jocks: Celtics vs. Lakers: an LOL Jocks gallery ff.im/phXv #
• 21:07 Poll: 75% glad Bush is done – CNN.com ff.im/phXQ #
• 21:07 Itteh Bitteh Kitteh Commiteh « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? ff.im/phYg #
• 21:08 Thanks for all that coal, Santa! « Pundit Kitchen: Lol News and Lol Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden… ff.im/phYD #
• 21:10 Dear BRAVO: if you don’t start lowering the sound on the commercials, I’m going to switch you off and pop in the HEAT… ff.im/pi0V #
• 21:23 Librophiliac Love Letter: A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries | Curious Expeditions ff.im/piiF #
• 21:25 YouTube – Poison – Nothin’ But A Good Time (2004 Digital Remaster) ff.im/piky #
• 21:27 YouTube – Motley Crue – Girls, Girls, Girls: Dolby Stereo – MTV Version ff.im/pilx #
• 21:28 YouTube – Warrant-Cherry Pie ff.im/pio7 #
• 22:07 Dear Media Flacks: could you please stop using the term "where there’s smoke, there’s fire"? It shows how foolish you… ff.im/pj2D #
• 22:52 LEAKED: Bush’s Xmas Wish List » Town Called Dobson ff.im/pjZ4 #
• 22:53 Dollhouse: Fox Execs Explain Why Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse Is Built On Sand ff.im/pjZu #
• 23:29 YouTube – New Kids On The Block – Step by step ff.im/pkKk #
• 23:30 In and Out of Love of the Four-Color Worlds ff.im/pkKR #
• 23:31 Tired I am. Rest I must. Night, night, intrawebz. ff.im/pkMC #
• 23:37 YouTube – New Kids On The Block – This One’s For The Children ff.im/pkTn #

The chaps at LoudTwitter did this. Obviously, the poor dears need psychological assistance.

Maybe I just got too old.

That has to be it. I just outgrew them. Had to happen sometime; everyone I know who isn’t a fan says that it happens eventually. We all fall out of love with things we once found thrilling or exciting.

So when did I fall out of love with comic books?

Looking at the collection taking up residence on the bottom shelf of my bookcase, I see plenty of comics there. SCOTT PILGRIM and CONCRETE and FAX FROM SARAJEVO and ASTRO CITY and TRANSMETROPOLITAN and DMZ and Y: THE LAST MAN and … and …

Huh. Not too many Marvel or DC books there on my bookshelf, are there?

I have exactly two DC books here on the shelf: WATCHMAN and THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, both of which were written in 1986. Not exactly a ringing endorsement of DC, is it? I think the last series that I truly enjoyed from DC was JSA, and the last JSA trade paperback I picked up was PRINCES OF DARKNESS. So, you’ll forgive me if I say nothing more about the Distinguished Competition until later.

I also have two Marvel books on the shelf, and they, at least, were both written in this century. The newer of the two, J. Michael Straczynski’s THOR, is a treasure, and proof positive that, given the right material, JMS can write a fine comic book.

And then there’s the other book. Hardcover edition, and a bit of a large beast, really.

PLANET HULK.

I say this with no exaggeration: PLANET HULK is one of the finest stories that Marvel has ever done. It is arguably the finest Hulk storyline ever written. The ideas are not new, but done in such a way that, by the time the story ends, you can’t help but feels Bruce Banner’s rage at the unfairness of the universe around him. You want him to smash all those that, once again, set him up for tragedy. You want him to succeed.

So why does this book bring out the beast in me towards the House of Ideas?

In short, PLANET HULK, the self-contained, multi-part, all-in-one-book story, led right into what I feel is the biggest problem with comics today, and the sole reason that I haven’t spent nearly the amount of money that I would have in any other situation.

A crossover.

Another freaking crossover. Another slapped-together, five-issue, poorly-drawn, shoddily-written, let’s-have-the-heroes-wail-on-each-other wankfest. In the case of the Hulk, PLANET HULK bled into the abysmal WORLD WAR HULK, which was five issues of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, attached to 5,000,000,000 other associated issues that really had nothing to do with the story. WWH was supposed to be the epic denouement, the final battle between a man fully enveloped by rage and the people who cannot bear to deal with him anymore, a proper ending for an epic tragedy. This was supposed to be the War to End All Wars.

And, just as regular as the tides, Marvel pulled stupidity from the jaws of a good story and gave the readers the bird once more. 14-issue excellent-story-that-we-are-going-to-use-as-a-wetnap, meet half-assed 5(+5,000,000,000)-issue yes-we-are-money-grubbing-fools crossover.

Sidenote: do you really think that the whole Marvel Zombies line of stories is an accident? Hell’s bells, if ever there was a idea that perfectly encapsulated the malaise that is draped over the House of Ideas and its Distinguished Competition, there it is: the good old heroes, zombified and hunting anything with a brain, so that said grey matter can be ripped apart, digested and shat out, and the carcass can repeat the cycle, hunting for the odd cerebral cortex as well. No brains needed here, kids!

DC is no better, really. How many storylines can they slap the name CRISIS on, anyway? FINAL CRISIS, COUNTDOWN TO CRISIS, INFINITE CRISIS, CRISIS IN MY COLON, CRISIS THIS, CRISIS THAT – all in an effort to correct a minor oversight way back in 1985 and milk that CRISIS cow for all its worth. End sidenote.

One can be forgiven in mistakenly thinking that time had moved backwards to 1992. (Wait, did they just kill Batman? Well, let’s start taking bets on how long it will be until (a) four mysterious new Batmen rise to take his place and (b) how long it takes DC to jam the real Bruce Wayne back into his cowl.) Maybe we can also bring back gold-foil, die-cut, pencil-variant, super-duper-five-foot-long-gatefold covered, only-one-million-printed issue #1s back as well. And then Wizard can tell us how much our collections will grow if we take our special books and jam them into specially made condoms bags and boards to protect our “investments”.

Yeah. Good times.

So, with all the whinging I’ve done on this subject, what do I want from comics?

I WANT A GOOD STORY.

Yeah, I know, comic books are a visual medium. You know what else is a visual medium? Magazines. Do you know what happens to most magazines? Sometimes you cut out an article or essay or photo, and then said magazine ends up in the recycling bin. In other words, garbage. Which is exactly what comic books that rely more on art (or artifice) than a proper tale are – brightly-colored trash, to be taken out with the empty bottles and plastic tubs.

But proper stories, on the other hand, are a delight. You save those magazines, because you always want to remember the great story you read or the awesome photo essay. You even look up the author or photographer to see what other work they’ve done, and maybe you even buy a book or two with their name on it.

And that’s what I want: proper stories. Tragedies, comedies, and every tale in-between. I want stories that challenge my thought processes, stories that make me laugh out loud or tear up with remembrance. Something I can treasure and learn from, even if it is in a format that most people believe is a child’s plaything.

It would be easy to blame the writers, of course, for the dearth of proper stories. They do have the responsibility of churning out decent stories, and with few exceptions, the last two decades of Marvel and DC have been a giant pile of MEH punctuated by moments of fleeting wonder. But churn them out they do, so I can’t totally fault the writers, as they at least made the effort.

Who is to blame for the current miasma in comics?

I blame the editors, frankly. Whose job is it to make sure that Writer X’s extra-special Wolverine-dies-again story doesn’t come a-cropper to Writer A’s team-up of Wolverine and Spider-Man in the same month? The editors. Whose job is it to ensure that someone tells Writer Q, “No, you can’t write a story where Marvel Boy fellates a pony”? The editors. Whose job is it to tell Writer M that they need to pitch a different story because the one they submitted sucked, no matter who is doing the pencils? The editors.

Basically, whose job is it to be the adults and say NO? The editors.

And what have the editors done for us lately?

They killed Captain America. (What’s the pool on when Steve Rogers is coming back, anyway?)

They had Spider-Man’s marriage annulled via a deal with the devil. (Good luck shoe-horning THAT into the next movie.)

They turned the Marvel heroes into either (a) the new brownshirts or (b) the new underground radicals. Which promptly got reset because, hey, wasn’t Tony Stark right all along? FREEDOM WINS, BEE-YOTCHEZ!!!

Until it all gets reset in the next crossover, which WILL BE OUT NEXT SUMMER AND IT’S GONNA BE AWESOME IT WILL TOTALLY CHANGE THE MARVEL UNIVERSE JUST YOU WAIT!!!

Uh huh. Right.

And so, I’ve more or less given up on my love affair with DC and Marvel. It was nice while it lasted, and you never forget your first love, but I’m more or less done with them.

Which is why I’m glad I discovered that I still love indie comics. What would I do with QUEEN AND COUNTRY and LOVE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE and PLANATES and SOULWIND and CHANNEL ZERO and DOKTOR SLEEPLESS and PERSEPOLIS?

Probably write my own.

…

Hmmmmm …

(And just for the record: that THOR TPB? I bought it primarily because Thor finally kicks Tony Stark’s smarmy brownshirted ass all over New Orleans for what happened in CIVIL WAR. Hey, that porn-stached SOB had it coming.)

Polluting the intrawebz, one tweet at a time.

• 03:12 mouth full of tweets ff.im/otT2 #
• 08:25 Good morning, intrawebz. ff.im/ozOq #
• 16:14 Watching THE NEXT DOCTOR. ff.im/oJcb #
• 17:24 The Doctor vs. Cybermecha = TOTAL WIN. ff.im/oKos #
• 17:31 So, looking for a new mp3 player. Any suggestions? I’m using Ubuntu, so don’t bleat IPODIPODIPODIPOD. ff.im/oKwK #
• 17:34 grinding.be » Blog Archive » Chinese Girl Has Basketball for a Body ff.im/oKzs #
• 17:36 A good day today. Spread godly cheer this morning, transferred all of my podcasts to the G1, watched the new DOCTOR… ff.im/oKBN #
• 18:11 THE NEXT DOCTOR is full on WIN. ff.im/oLfS #

The chaps at LoudTwitter did this. Obviously, the poor dears need psychological assistance.

Polluting the intrawebz, one tweet at a time.

• 03:21 mouth full of tweets ff.im/nXck #
• 07:05 Good morning, intrawebz. I hear that there is some kind of holiday tomorrow. Strange – it didn’t show up on my calendar. ff.im/o2Et #
• 07:08 How do I know a major holiday is in the offing? My rank on ffholic just jumped up ten points. ff.im/o2LM #
• 07:58 Nearly the End of the Line for S.U.V.’s – NYTimes.com ff.im/o49g #
• 08:11 Sinfest | 2008-12-24: Icy Cold 3 ff.im/o4xU #
• 08:11 Truthdig – Reports – The Road Out of Iraq Begins In Vietnam ff.im/o4yR #
• 08:12 i ates ur x-mas lights « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? ff.im/o4zs #
• 08:12 Abstruse Goose » Holiday Tradition ff.im/o4zf #
• 08:12 Day 14: « Loldogs, Dogs ‘n’ Puppy Dog Pictures – I Has A Hotdog! ff.im/o4zF #
• 08:12 U decurates teh tree. « Loldogs, Dogs ‘n’ Puppy Dog Pictures – I Has A Hotdog! ff.im/o4zL #
• 08:19 The Dark Knight: Why So Serious, China? We May Never Know ff.im/o4Lw #
• 08:20 Media Matters – Little Green Footballs whines about the unraveling Memogate saga ff.im/o4LJ #
• 08:24 60-Second Science – 60-Second Science: December 24, 2008 ff.im/o4Tp #
• 08:37 LOL Jocks: Carmelo Anthony would like LeBron to be vewwy vewwy quiet ff.im/o5hW #
• 08:37 LOL Jocks: Punch-Out! Fan Fiction: Mike Tyson takes out Glass Joe ff.im/o5ib #
• 08:38 LOL Jocks: Stephen Curry is auditioning ff.im/o5ik #
• 08:46 LOL Jocks: Plaxico Burress has an important phone call ff.im/o5B7 #
• 08:47 LOL Jocks: Vince Young makes a sweeping generalization ff.im/o5Bb #
• 08:58 NewsPod – NewsPod: 22 Dec 08 ff.im/o5Vn #
• 09:25 Planet Japan Podcast – Ep 150: BamGoos and Podcars ff.im/o6JX #
• 09:31 Stephen Chow: The Green Hornet Movie Is Officially Dead To Us ff.im/o6Ul #
• 09:31 WHILE IN THE MIDDLE EAST « Pundit Kitchen: Lol News and Lol Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden and more ff.im/o6Uu #
• 09:32 MORTALLY SHAMED… « Pundit Kitchen: Lol News and Lol Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden and more ff.im/o6UE #
• 09:32 Media Matters – ABC’s The Note embarrasses itself on behalf of Beltway journalism ff.im/o6V9 #
• 09:32 Tron 2.0: Bruce Boxleitner Unitards Up For Tron Reunion ff.im/o6Vy #
• 10:03 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rise to 26-Year High ff.im/o7Ra #
• 10:04 A Rising Tide of Youth Suicide – Psychiatric Times ff.im/o7RD #
• 10:25 if yew listenz ril close yew can heer dee interwebz « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? ff.im/o8uY #
• 10:25 i kno im 2 big « Loldogs, Dogs ‘n’ Puppy Dog Pictures – I Has A Hotdog! ff.im/o8v4 #
• 10:38 Mondo Movie – Mondo Movie – Show #81 – Godfather Christmas ff.im/o8OO #
• 10:52 Rockers to Press Obama on Music Torture | Danger Room from Wired.com ff.im/o9fH #
• 11:10 (Cool) Shite on the Tube – All the News and Reviews Podcasts – (Cool) Shite Podcast 220 – Hamlet 2 ff.im/o9NM #
• 11:19 Aussie government’s own report trashes ‘Net filtering ff.im/oa26 #
• 11:22 HO HO HOLY CRAP did you guys screw this country. « Pundit Kitchen: Lol News and Lol Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, John… ff.im/oa7G #
• 11:29 @boxercab Now I’m sleepy, and I have another 4.5 hours to go. #
• 11:30 @CinemaslaveJoe Yeah, those kinda snuck up on me, too. Now most of Twitter think I’m either a snob or technically incompetent. #
• 11:43 ffundercats – Episode 9 ff.im/oaHq #
• 11:43 ffundercats – Episode 9 ff.im/oaHr #
• 11:43 ffundercats – Episode 9 ff.im/oaHs #
• 11:54 Itteh bitteh kitteh naiborhud watsh committeh « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? ff.im/ob14 #
• 11:55 Dear Ffundercats: You guys just had to find the audio of the ET video game, didn’t you? BASTARDS. Love, Me. ff.im/ob1K #
• 11:56 @silas216 The FFundercats are keeping me awake now, thank God. Of course, now my coworkers are wondering why I am laughing like a loon. #
• 12:23 ffundercats – Episode 9 ff.im/obNs #
• 12:25 Getting unpaid vacationed is the new getting laid off – 236.com – News ff.im/obPZ #
• 14:04 FREE! Manager just kicked everyone out for the holidays. WOO-HOO!!! ff.im/oe8E #
• 16:21 Rewatching the interrogation scene in DARK KNIGHT. Is it my imagination, or does the Joker know who Batman really is? ff.im/ohac #
• 17:46 Proof Positive That I Am Crazy ff.im/oiTF #
• 17:49 The Insanity of Holiday Shopping ff.im/oiXm #
• 20:56 @askrocco Had to pick up some screw bits and foam for a window I was helping Pop install. Everything else was closed. #
• 21:19 Disaster: Massive Flood of Toxic Ash Swallows Tennessee Area, Heads to Mississippi River ff.im/oncX #
• 21:32 i’m the gift that keeps on giving…. « Loldogs, Dogs ‘n’ Puppy Dog Pictures – I Has A Hotdog! ff.im/onuU #
• 21:33 Disney jumps ship on next ‘Narnia’ ff.im/onv9 #
• 21:49 Honey? Honey, you forgot your sunglasses… « Pundit Kitchen: Lol News and Lol Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, John McCain,… ff.im/onOV #
• 21:49 Neks tiem u paints teh flor « Loldogs, Dogs ‘n’ Puppy Dog Pictures – I Has A Hotdog! ff.im/onPe #
• 21:50 You know, most « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? ff.im/onPJ #
• 21:50 i preetee shur santa not gonna « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? ff.im/onQb #
• 21:51 Oh, hai. « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? ff.im/onR0 #
• 21:56 YouTube – Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene ff.im/onZS #
• 22:00 YouTube – Björk – It’s Oh So Quiet ff.im/oo3X #

The chaps at LoudTwitter did this. Obviously, the poor dears need psychological assistance.

Polluting the intrawebz, one tweet at a time.

• 03:18 mouth full of tweets ff.im/nksS #
• 06:37 Good morning, intrawebz. ff.im/npoc #
• 06:40 The weather says snow today. Which means, of course, that it will be cloudy and we might get a little rain. Mother… ff.im/nps6 #
• 06:48 Uh oh. My sister-in-law’s contractions are five minutes apart. YELLOW ALERT!!! ff.im/npEN #
• 06:49 BBC NEWS | Americas | NY Times admits to fake letter ff.im/npIy #
• 06:54 Few Industries Immune From Widespread Layoffs – washingtonpost.com ff.im/npSg #
• 06:55 Guantánamo prisoner’s lawyers accuse US defence secretary | World news | The Guardian ff.im/npSv #
• 06:55 US property developers call for government aid | Business | guardian.co.uk ff.im/npSY #
• 06:55 US property developers call for government aid | Business | guardian.co.uk ff.im/npTk #
• 06:56 As Economy Dips, Arrests for Shoplifting Soar – NYTimes.com ff.im/npTW #
• 06:56 As Economy Dips, Arrests for Shoplifting Soar – NYTimes.com ff.im/npUS #
• 06:56 Regulator Let IndyMac Bank Falsify Report – washingtonpost.com ff.im/npVp #
• 06:57 U.S. environmental groups sue over mining rule – International Herald Tribune ff.im/npVQ #
• 06:58 Mark Shuttleworth » Blog Archive » Notifications, indicators and alerts ff.im/nq2M #
• 06:59 Can you see me « Loldogs, Dogs ‘n’ Puppy Dog Pictures – I Has A Hotdog! ff.im/nq44 #
• 06:59 The Second Night of Hanukkah: Celeriac Potato Pancakes with Apple Crème Fraîche | Serious Eats : Recipes ff.im/nq3p #
• 06:59 Pope seeks to save humanity from gender theory | Blog | Futurismic ff.im/nq4E #
• 06:59 I dare you to ask ‘im if he knows “The Lady is a Tramp.” « Pundit Kitchen: Lol News and Lol Sarah Palin, Barack… ff.im/nq56 #
• 07:00 Housing crisis worsens as economy weakens | U.S. | Reuters ff.im/nq5R #
• 07:44 60-Second Science – 60-Second Science: December 22, 2008 ff.im/nrtm #
• 08:18 NPR: Foreign Dispatch Podcast – December 22, 2008 — Dispatches from Chelyabinsk, Russia. ff.im/nsCi #
• 08:32 Batman: Exclusive First Look At Neil Gaiman’s Batman ff.im/nt9n #
• 08:32 Man, Nike will endorse ANY sport! « Pundit Kitchen: Lol News and Lol Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe… ff.im/nta1 #
• 08:32 Ohhh… « Loldogs, Dogs ‘n’ Puppy Dog Pictures – I Has A Hotdog! ff.im/ntas #
• 08:32 Mother-in- « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? ff.im/ntaB #
• 09:04 I have determined, after much deliberation, that FriendFeed is a Festivus miracle! ff.im/nuas #
• 09:13 For his stupid commentary on FriendFeed, Michael Arrington should be condemned to using Slackware for three months…. ff.im/nuux #
• 09:26 NPR: Car Talk Podcast – Car Talk 0851 December 20, 2008 ff.im/nuS8 #
• 09:34 Think Progress » Shuster Pushes Inhofe On Global Warming Skepticism: ‘If There Is A Hoax, Isn’t It This Report Of Yours?’ ff.im/nvaZ #
• 09:35 Cameron Make Director “Forbidden Planet” : Slice of SciFi ff.im/nvbf #
• 09:35 Most levee repairs lagging – USATODAY.com ff.im/nvcO #
• 09:53 What the … What’s the sun doing out?!? Where’s the snow?!? ARGH!!! DIE GLOBAL WARMING DIE! ff.im/nvNr #
• 09:58 GeekFit Podcast – A health and fitness podcast focused on geeks – GeekFit.com Podcast #31 – (360) 450-5026 ff.im/nvXH #
• 10:07 Brother says that sister-in-law’s contractions were false alarm. Secure from yellow alert. ff.im/nwhu #
• 10:08 RHRealityCheck.org – Podcast – End Of The Year Wrap-Up ff.im/nwhL #
• 10:32 NPR: Foreign Dispatch Podcast – December 19, 2008 — Dispatches from Gaza, Paris and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. ff.im/nx3k #
• 10:42 Mega Anthropology: Ancient Mayan Tooth Bling Stolen – and Returned by Mystery Benefactor ff.im/nxnt #
• 10:43 Think Progress » Cheney biographer: VP’s view of presidential power is ‘more radical’ than Nixon’s. ff.im/nxog #
• 10:43 ONLY YOU CAN MAKE HIS DREAM COME TRUE « Loldogs, Dogs ‘n’ Puppy Dog Pictures – I Has A Hotdog! ff.im/nxp4 #
• 10:43 Iz dreemin of a wite krismaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaass « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? ff.im/nxpy #
• 10:44 New and existing home sales fall again in November – USATODAY.com ff.im/nxqr #
• 11:11 Scary Bailout Money Info Graphic | VOLTAGEblog ff.im/nykc #
• 11:39 Linux Outlaws – Linux Outlaws 69 – The Porn Tash ff.im/nzbl #
• 11:50 Snowballs chance in hell? Improving drastically « Pundit Kitchen: Lol News and Lol Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, John… ff.im/nzux #
• 11:50 Head of Fund Invested in Madoff Said to Commit Suicide – Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds –… ff.im/nzvq #
• 11:55 The next person who says that global warming doesn’t exist because the weather is freakishly cold in some places is… ff.im/nzEW #
• 12:00 Lunch beckons, and I heed the call. Fish sounds good. ff.im/nzOY #
• 12:13 NPR: Planet Money Podcast – Planet Money: Scenes from a Recession ff.im/nAbO #
• 13:21 SModcast – Quick Stop Entertainment – SModcast 69: The Talking Cure, Pt. 2 ff.im/nCgh #
• 13:29 first u says play sumwher els « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? ff.im/nCuE #
• 13:29 Think Progress » Maryland Water Main Break Highlights Need For Infrastructure Spending In Federal Stimulus ff.im/nCv1 #
• 13:31 Lunch ended up being at Sweet Tomatoes. Rabbit food and potato soup was good. The brownie sundae was even better. ff.im/nCwS #
• 13:37 I need to buy a spare battery for the G1 if I’m going to use it as a primary mp3 player for the foreseeable future. ff.im/nCKj #
• 14:16 Wolverine ESP 80 GB Portable Multimedia Storage Player ff.im/nDUJ #
• 14:28 SModcast – Quick Stop Entertainment – SModcast 69: The Talking Cure, Pt. 2 ff.im/nEeY #
• 15:02 Michael, Brian, Sam & Summer – SoSF_192 – After Judgement ff.im/nFd7 #
• 15:49 Can we plz turn teh heet up? « Loldogs, Dogs ‘n’ Puppy Dog Pictures – I Has A Hotdog! ff.im/nGyj #
• 15:50 Media Matters – CNN, please define "Secret" ff.im/nGAE #
• 15:53 Hit & Run > Dymond Milburn Update – Reason Magazine ff.im/nGEs #
• 16:27 Michael, Brian, Sam & Summer – SoSF_192 – After Judgement ff.im/nH2m #
• 16:55 NPR: Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! Podcast – NPR: 12-21-2008 Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! ff.im/nIgu #
• 16:59 Ur nobody till uv « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? ff.im/nIln #
• 17:00 A Reporter at Large: Atomic John: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker ff.im/nIoh #
• 17:24 ARRINGTON!!! GET AWAY FROM THE FRIENDFEED SERVERS ***RIGHT FREAKING NOW***!!! ff.im/nIWS #
• 18:10 Wal-Mart Will Pay Up to $640 Million in Settlement ff.im/nK24 #
• 22:41 NASA – NASA Awards Space Station Commercial Resupply Services Contracts ff.im/nQyh #
• 22:42 Red and Green Recipe: White Chocolate Bark with Fresh Mint, Almonds, and Dried Berries | Serious Eats : Recipes ff.im/nQyG #
• 22:42 Dinner Tonight: Poblano Stuffed with Chorizo, Shrimp and Rice | Serious Eats : Recipes ff.im/nQz7 #
• 22:48 dun wory « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger? ff.im/nQKT #
• 22:48 U gonna sits down & snuggles with us ? « Loldogs, Dogs ‘n’ Puppy Dog Pictures – I Has A Hotdog! ff.im/nQKZ #
• 22:48 Casino Industry News, Gaming, Gambling News You Can Bet On – Story – U.S. casino revenues falling like dominoes -… ff.im/nQLk #
• 22:55 OK, I’ll be the bastard: is there going to be a Ffundercats podcast this week, or did we the live audience screw it… ff.im/nQTv #
• 22:59 Dear Local ABQ News Teams: given how the majority of drivers in this city drive like they’ve just taken hit from the… ff.im/nQZB #
• 23:09 Inquiring minds want to know: how does Mona reconcile her long-term relationship with bacon and her newfound torrid… ff.im/nReo #
• 23:21 Hey, Mona! I made you a snack! ff.im/nRzB #
• 23:25 For Mona ff.im/nRGb #
• 23:35 Great. Now I have the Spam Song stuck in my head. Serves me right for being mean to Our Lady of the Divine Porcine… ff.im/nRTG #
• 23:42 Good night, intrawebz. Be good. And Mona: lay off the spam, girl. You’ll end up with oily skin like mine. ff.im/nS2q #

The chaps at LoudTwitter did this. Obviously, the poor dears need psychological assistance.