07/02/09THE DAY IN TWEETS:

  • “parang” can be a verb, right? like, ‘i’m going to parang the shit out of you with my parang.’ #
  • @PFTompkins so what we rubes here in america refer to as a dagwood bumstead triple-decker is called a Sando Sando? MUST MOVE TO JAPAN in reply to PFTompkins #
  • “Yeah let me get 4 Triple Bumsteads.” “Oh we call those the SandoSando now.” “Great. Make it 4 Sando-Sandos.” IT’S LIKE TWEETING FROM HEAVEN #
  • “My webbing dissolves even faster when it comes in contact with human tears.” #
  • Pretty sure if any part of your tattoo reads “classy,” it probably isn’t. #
  • GAY BAR is a great song to sing to yr toddler if you replace the words “gay bar” with ‘book store’ & “nuclear” with ‘book reading’ #
  • The thing I have to u #
  • The thing I have to put in you at the bookstore? Knowledge. #
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07/01/09THE DAY IN TWEETS:

  • @BrianReed what are you, trying to muscle in on my action? in reply to BrianReed #
  • wow, drudge is going with an “obama eveil eye” lede? must mean there’s a Senator Al Franken in the world now. Hurrah! #
  • i might have dreamed about a SCHINDLER’S LIST alternate ending last night, yes. without meaning to sound disrespectful: it was felliniesque. #
  • man i’m gonna be super-pissed if these target-trainable pooping pigeons turn out to be a rip-off. #
  • @J9Schaefer “Don’t date Wacker.” in reply to J9Schaefer #
  • am starting my second IRON MAN notebook today. Issue 18 and on. Have just started my THIRD X-Men notebook. V2? All crossover. #
  • RT @StopAhmadi Ppl asking if it’s true that persiankiwi is OK. @oxfordgirl,@iranbaan & I have bn contacted & confirm it. #iranelection #
  • “We are Miracle Whip. And we will not tone it down.” I have never been more glad to not have anything to do with advertising than right now #
  • YOU BROS KNOW WHAT WOULD MAKE THIS SANDO EFFIN’ EXTREME?!? SOME EFFIN’ MIRO-WHIP, YO!! #
  • good guys win, ladies and gents, every tuesday night on THE BEST SHOW from 7-10 CST listen live at http://www.wfmu.org #
  • @PFTompkins true genius is never acknowledged in its own lifetime. you are my Sando Salieri. My Sandolieri. in reply to PFTompkins #
  • There’s an app for THAT?!? #
  • Very happy to get THE BLACK CASEBOOK in the midtown box today. Very confused as to why the original covers weren’t included. #
  • @TomBrevoort man, I gotta disagree. As someone with very little background in the pre-New Look era I find tremendous value in all that stuff in reply to TomBrevoort #
  • @MarkWaid @TomBrevoort OH SNAP, TOM BREVOORT! OH! S N A P ! in reply to MarkWaid #
  • hey tweeps that voted for max to meet aerosmith tomorrow night: he won by three votes. thanks, gang. #
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06/30/09THE DAY IN TWEETS:

  • this budd boetticher documentary is making me want to blow off working and just watch old budd boetticher movies. #
  • Hi, I’m Cary Grant and this is my roommate Randolph Scott. Up for some tennis? Have our pool boy Peter Bogdanovich fetch you a fresh ascot. #
  • Fresh ascot? Fresh ascot? Round of fresh ascots. #
  • in my pictures, randy has a problem, and you care about randy, and it’s very important that he solves that problem before the picture ends. #
  • that scoop of vanilla ice cream in HD looks like the most delicious goddamn thing ever #
  • @pulphope Mojitzkrieg in reply to pulphope #
  • @CBCebulski CHESTERFESTINGTON BESTINGHAM CEBULSKI i don’t even know what to say in reply to CBCebulski #
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06/29/09THE DAY IN TWEETS:

  • “All they can do is fire you or shoot you– and that happens to everybody.” Budd Boetticher #
  • vince has slapchopped his way into the totem phase #
  • Look at the screen. That is Ron Popiel’s “Showtime Rotisserie”. Do you see? Do you see? #
  • you think this piece of shit is stupid NOW? wait ’til they remake the goddamn thing in thirty years. #
  • @theisb surely that’s 4th of July material. in reply to theisb #
  • @theisb there’s only one other date it’d be appropriate for but that would guarantee you that middle-seat on the direct flight to hell in reply to theisb #
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06/28/09THE DAY IN TWEETS:

  • I want the news about her to be untrue #
  • “And Suzuki, on those delicate feet, scores…” God bless you and keep you safe, Vin Scully #
  • @hanqduong are you in the all-you-care-to-eat pavilion? in reply to hanqduong #
  • i have only seen five minutes of some a random MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. episode. well before my time and only recently available on DVD. #
  • my dad once told me he delayed his entrance into the Army so he could catch the end of a two-part MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. episode. #
  • so for his bday i got him the U.N.C.L.E. box set in a goofy silver case. he opened it; i asked him if he remembered when his hitch started. #
  • he laughed for a sec then realized he did: 2-12-66. the day after The Bridge of Lions Affair Pt 2 aired. you see where this is going, right? #
  • That two parter was what I wanted to see most. Truth be told, probably the whole reason I got him the set. Just to see, just to know. #
  • turns out the only minutes of THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. I’d ever seen was from the episode that kept my old man in-country for another week. #
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06/27/09THE DAY IN TWEETS:

  • GET OUT OF MY HEAD THE TING TINGS I HAVE TO SLEEP #
  • @PFTompkins sometimes my lenses stay just above graphite; this makes one look like the sort of chap that has a crown royal bag full of dice. in reply to PFTompkins #
  • oh strange man from another place. you’re the only tiny dancer i’ll ever need. #
  • how’s annie? how’s annie? HOW’S ANNIE? #
  • remember when there was talk of XFILES wrapping up TWIN PEAKS? That Mulder would go looking for legendary lost FBI Agent Dale Cooper…? #
  • in tribute, let’s all listen to PURPLE RAIN #
  • hey folks: can you give my pal Max a hand? go give the lad a quick thumb’s up. Aerosmith was my first show too… http://tinyurl.com/msnmrc #
  • who are you, jerry spanbauer, and why did you send me a box of old 45s? #
  • #iranelection #iranelection #iranelection #iranelection #iranelection #iranelection #iranelection #iranelection #
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06/26/09THE DAY IN TWEETS:

  • you know what? fuck it, hollywood. You’re ALL nominees! #
  • i love ending calls with editors “oh, goddammit, you son of a bitch” and hanging up #
  • oh, hey, this has been my fulltime job for three years now. wow. #
  • girl, when i throw this magazine in the front yard, you best be ready– because that means my doctor said my heart is healthy enough for sex #
  • @cyberpilate And happy birthday to you my good woman. may this year be as dull, quiet, and uneventful as you desire. in reply to cyberpilate #
  • PLATOON meets FREAKY FRIDAY #worstpitchesever #
  • MICHAEL CLAYTON meets PORKY’S #worstpitchesever #
  • RENT #worstpitchesever #
  • KIDS meets BIG #worstpitchesever #
  • MILLION DOLLAR BABY ON THE PLANET OF THE APES #worstpitchesever #
  • THE PERFECT STORM meets THE LITTLE MERMAID #worstpitchesever #
  • NEWSIES meets DEATH IN VENICE #worstpitchesever #prettysuresammendesorbillcondonisactuallymakingthisone #
  • @wilw we also would’ve accepted “Hideo Nomo any time during 2004″ in reply to wilw #
  • SOUL MAN meets BLACULA #worstpitchesever #
  • BUGSY meets BUGSY MALONE #worstpitchesever #
  • i swear to god i don’t mean to be picking on musicals here… #
  • it’s an old joke, but HOTEL RWANDA meets HOTEL FOR DOGS #worstpitchesever #
  • VIVA ZAPATA! meets VIVA KNIEVEL! #worstpitchesever #fuckyoumichaeljacksoniwasonaroll #
  • @ivanbrandon it’s been a tough day for you, little man, i know. in reply to ivanbrandon #
  • someone let art alexakis know. now HE is the king. #
  • inevitable, i suppose, in the TMZ-era: michael jackson post-mortem photo http://tinyurl.com/m372oc #
  • to the porch with me #
  • I know I’m not the most lucid of tweet0rz but I really think someone needs to stage an intervention for @GeoffJohns0 #
  • @GeoffJohns0 hey man, i LOVE it, i just wanted to make sure you were, yknow, okay. in reply to GeoffJohns0 #
  • @GeoffJohns0 are Eric and Jason real? in reply to GeoffJohns0 #
  • @MarkWaid WAIT WHAT in reply to MarkWaid #
  • waitasec. are we all in Wilco now? #
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06/25/09THE DAY IN TWEETS:

  • via booksteveslibrary: when stan met tezuka
    http://tinyurl.com/lj8txp #
  • really, computers? really? TODAY is the day you conspire to launch your robot uprising against me? #
  • Sanford is to Ensign what Sharks were to Gary Condit. Holy cats. #
  • wow, THAT lost me a follower? who’d i offend? someone pro-Gary Condit, or pro-shark? #
  • 10 best picture noms now? I can’t even think of 10 films from last year i’d want to watch twice. #
  • @dustinharbin no, i just happened to notice the number drop. in reply to dustinharbin #
  • “you should say ‘booty’ and ‘turd’. There. You should Twitter that.” amber @ the darling room #
  • The GodFOURther #unnecessarysequels #
  • CRANK #
  • #unnecessaryprequels #
  • @PFTomkins hey, now, you had that great bit about that Turtle guy from that show. I never wouldve gone there on my own. (hi. big fan.) #
  • 2002: Bowman’s bitchin’ Summer Camp Jam (in IMAX 3D) #unnecessarysequels #
  • Oh godda #
  • Oh goddammit. Im the worst thumbtypist in the universe #
  • Hah. And THAT should prove my point. #
  • AND my genius bar appointment is TOMORROW, not tonight. #youknowwhattoday?youcanjustgorightaheadandfuckyourselfokaybuddy? #
  • shammeh #unnecessarysequels #
  • hey remember that time that arnold drake wrote X-MEN and steranko drew it? yeah. #
  • @theisb Drake came on at 47; Steranko did the cover of 49 then interiors of 50 & 51. It was a hell of a run…! in reply to theisb #
  • @theisb no. good, but not, yknow, DOOM PATROL. in reply to theisb #
  • FRANK’S MILD YEARS #unnecessarysequels #
  • CRYPTOOMNOMNOM # unnecessarysequels #starringcookiemonster #
  • Staff Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band #unnecessarysequels #
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06/24/09THE DAY IN TWEETS:

  • those giant publisher’s clearing house checks came straight out of ed mcmahon’s own personal giant check book. he was just that classy. #
  • @McKelvie do you mean hard as in ‘difficult,’ or hard as in “in the chip way”? in reply to McKelvie #
  • @Alejandrobot get him to tell you about the kneaded eraser the size of a human heart, who pushed it across the studio floor, and with what #
  • fire-retardant lips #coolbandsmadeuncool #
  • Jonathan Rent-to-Own #coolbandsmadeuncool #humormeandassumejohnnycashisinfactaband #
  • The When #coolbandsmadeuncool #
  • Foo #coolbandsmadeuncool #
  • Boy did I blow that. Sorry TBSOWFMU. SORRY LAURIE. SORRY EARTH. #
  • it’s 400,000 degrees out here. it’s like august has travelled back in time to mess with us. #
  • i have lost the whole night to a perpetually crashing machine. great. great great great. #
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06/23/09THE DAY IN TWEETS:

  • To make sure we understood HL wanted a hot dog, he said it again LOUDER and slooooower. Then asked for a cup of coffee. #
  • My god this boy might be a competative eater #
  • SUPERMAN VS. MUHAMMAD ALI, you have to wait. i have a date with the porch, the oppressive crime addled hellscape i live in, and a notebook. #
  • @ivanbrandon SINGLE JON MEGAIMPREGNATOR in reply to ivanbrandon #
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