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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-11: Another leak in my ceiling, more gnashing of teeth

By Mel Green | Published: Thu, 11 February 2010
Yet another leak making a big water-filled blister in my ceiling. [gnashing of teeth] Will this ever end?!!! A whinge by Mel Green.
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-01-11: Crazy like a Faux News correspondent

By Mel Green | Published: Mon, 11 January 2010
Game Change: McCain liked Palin’s “willingness to piss all over her party.” No kidding, John, she does do that! http://bit.ly/7r51tb #fb # RT: @celticdiva: Interesting–C4P website is down–did Steve Schmidt on 60 Minutes make the Palinista’s hive-mind explode? #p2 # Waiting for the bus this morning, C Street was like a wind tunnel. Beginning to [...]
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-01-07: The evils of wireless mice

By Mel Green | Published: Thu, 7 January 2010
I hate wireless mice. I hate hate hate hate them. Batteries always run down & needreplacement, give me a corded any day of the week. !!! #fb # @cadaverousapple: Organize books by type of subject matter, then author (if fiction/poetry/other lit.) or sub-subject (for nonfiction). # @jamielang I totally want that 75K job you tweeted [...]
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The Daily Tweets, 2009-12-16: Dealing with leaks

By Mel Green | Published: Wed, 16 December 2009
1 AM. Bookshelf moved, took my time so it’s not as chaotic as it could’ve been. A number of books damaged. Goodbye Gary Snyder. # @jansonjones Budweiser? ack! in reply to jansonjones # Deciding to get proactive with my apt. complexes dumpster prob – which I think is from illegal dumping. Doing research. #fb # [...]
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The Daily Tweets, 2009-12-15: Steger Mukluks Appreciation Day

By Mel Green | Published: Tue, 15 December 2009
I declare this Steger Mukluks Appreciation Day, http://mukluks.com/ : heavy snows, long cold bus stop wait — warm dry feet. # Per @adndotcom: Snow, snow & more snow in store for Anchorage. 2-4 inches today, more tonight, more Wed. http://bit.ly/6gAMUA #fb # _Another_ damn leak in my ceiling…in completely new area. No room to move [...]
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A real post, for once, because I need to rant

By Mel Green | Published: Tue, 15 December 2009
A "problems in my apartment and at my apartment complex" rant.
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Repetitive stress injuries

By Mel Green | Published: Tue, 30 June 2009
My Aussie friend Sian told me a few years back that the difference between the Aussie (& British, no doubt Commonwealth) usage whinge & the word more commonly used by Americans, whine, is that to whine is simply to complain, whereas to whinge is to complain about something that you are justified in complaining about.  [...]
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