Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-25

  • It's a smaller world than you thought — Disney says Muslim woman can't work among public while wearing a headscarf, LAT reports #
  • Same here! RT @Lefsetz: Michael Been of the Call died?? I loved that song: "The Walls Came Down"… #
  • Always loved this video of Walls Came Down, too. It played too rarely on MTV http://ow.ly/2sczM #
  • Santa Claus has 2 more chances to bring me a Nespresso coffee machine. Or, in 2012, I''ll go buy a generic http://ow.ly/2sGNp #
  • #Wyclef Jean rejected as candidate for #Haiti presidential election, reports Reuters #
  • Forecast for final summer vacation: clouds/rain. Time for family to discover our inner Seattleite & have fun regardless. #
  • Heavy weather forecast kept crowds away Sun from @funatdw, but only 2 lil cloudbursts. Yay, positive thinking! #finalvacation #
  • Just did tour at Julius Sturgis, America's oldest pretzel factory, and set up my latest #journalismplanb Pretzel twister. #finalvacation #
  • One more pretzel note: Tour included bag of Tom Sturgis "Little Ones." Not avail in DC, they're saltier than Snyder's; would b great w/ beer #
  • So Stephen Hunter will be making a guest appearance? RT @geneweingarten: Don't miss The Greatest Copy Editing Challenge Ever #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-11

  • TBD's game plan for DC: cluelessness abt the Post? RT @jeffsonderman: I love that WaPo insists on putting @TBD stories in "Style" section #
  • Ah, I see now that Wemple is already on the case re. Sonderman-Farhi. Hackles standing down. #
  • Congrats, Doris!! RT @DorisTruong: Thank you, #AAJA I look forward to serving as your president and following @sharonpianchan#
  • Powerful read, with this great line: A state that once wanted him dead and now just wanted him gone http://ow.ly/2nSC0 #
  • With 2 stories & graphic, Ted Stevens' death dominates WaPo's front page Wed. NYT handles the story with a photo key. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-04

  • I'm really giving @instapaper a workout this afternoon. So many stories online that I want to read; so little time. #
  • Squeezing in a round of golf before work was a great idea. Deciding to walk 18 holes, rather than drive, was not so smart. #soretootsies #
  • When your team becomes a group of strangers you've never personally cheered for, is it still really *your team*? #berkman #
  • Muzak made interesting: Mall I'm at is playing Pat Metheny as the ambient music. #
  • Met new relation (by marriage) today. 1st question to me: So is the newspaper industry really doing as bad as they say? #mediumisthemessage #
  • The topic is a downer; so is the length. But this is the most important story you'll click this yr http://bit.ly/dbdwbn #