Dear Apple: fix this stupid thing request. Safari should not remember URLs I have typed that resulted in 401s or 403s. #
No, Safari, I do not want to go to darinfireball.com, so stop making that the autocomplete option until I’ve typed "daring"... #

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Maple The Honkey Tonk Girl

Originally uploaded by scottpartee

Halane and I were busily unpacking when I went to the hallway to put some stuff away. I spotted Maple standing there with a makeshift pretend microphone stand and emotively singing along to “I Fall To Pieces” off of the Coal Miner’s Daughter soundtrack.

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@lotd The conduit is cracked but at least it’s for sale. I’m sorry, Steve, I had to say it. We’ve had you since high school. #
AP Poll shows Clinton leading McCain and Obama. I called it long ago! Hillary just has more of what it takes to be elected than the others. #
Just to be [...]

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@textism That shot of "Harry Lime" you’re using as your avatar is one of the all time greats! I walk by that very doorway occasionally. #
@tonx I have a good buddy with a hangout/studio/film production party pad in Venice. PM me for details if you’re interested & I’ll hook U up #
Any week with May [...]

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I like this Clay Shirkey piece about the time sink that is television:
Looking for the mouse
My wife and I gave up television shortly after the birth of our first daughter. We weren’t making any grand pronouncements or stating a preceived moral or intellectual superiority to the boob tube; we simply didn’t have time to watch.
When [...]

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my dream last night: acting alongside Ted Knight. My line: "We pledge the knob’s direction" #
@bump Yes, I guess Signs of Danger went away. It never really caught on, and there exist numerous overlapping Flickr groups. #

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@lotd so I gave it my red, red rage, my yellow streak, the greenest parts of me, and my blues. Smog "The Well" #
@lotd "below the apes, above the angels" swervedriver – "sci-flyer" #
it is official: swervedriver’s "raise" just nudged into the top 5 albums of my life. #

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OMG! Stefan Strohe just wrote to me and said that Strohe’s Meats, makers of fine boudin in SW Louisiana, is out of business after 82 years! #
I’ve spent the afternoon reading about server virtualization. What is this, 2003? #
congratulations, Hillary! You go, grrrrl! #
my shiny new Mac is en route, sort of. It made it [...]

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puzzling over what on Earth the tour groups here at UN Vienna do and see. How interesting could it possibly be? #
I have zero motivation left for the day, and it’s only 3:30. I think I might bail early and go get mail from the old apartment. #
Why can’t Flickr seem to handle my video [...]

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Salzstangerl, originally uploaded by scottpartee.

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@nathanmisner how long r u in singapore? #
What a glorious Vienna Sunday. Too bad we’re unpacking. But good news: there’s a good typisch cafe with a nice waitress just around the way! #
I’m showing my wife the two thumbs of fury technique on the iPhone. Once you surrender to automatic correction, it is on #
@skylabops [...]

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@SchlaflosInWien I haven’t snapped a photo of a Krocha in the wild yet, but YouTube has a treasure trove of Krocha vids. Search: oida krocha #
watching the Viennese hang their duvets out of their windows and drinking Meinl coffee prepared with a verdict Melita. #
@skylabops wow. Tell your friends to work on getting Swervedriver here, [...]

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@lotd well, I’ve seen saints, but remember that I forgot to flag them down when they passed. Pavement "shoot the singer" #
@extraspecial. The iMac is in Reno! #
no. L #
looks like a nice weekend here in Vienna – and I’ll be unpacking! #
ordering another disappointing "Asian" delivery meal. Why can’t central Europe graduate past all [...]

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how did it get to be half past three already? #

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@lotd Oh, do I feel like the mother of the world with two children fighting – Smog #
My new commute: emerge from the U-Bahn info an Open Air foods märket FTW! #

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