For the Twilliterate: “RT Name” means that someone else wrote this, and I am retweeting it. Any tweets that aren’t preceded by that were written by me. “@Name” means that the tweet was written as a response to another person. If a post starts that way, I wrote it as a response. (I only include responses in this feed that make sense out of context.) Hashtags (#likethis) are used to help people search for trending topics or memes.

@darthtrina And that’s the answer you want to give if the real reason you’re dressed up is b/c of an interview.

RT darthtrina @robinabrahams Starting in college, 90% of the time the answer is only clean clothes that fit.

RT LouiseJJohnson @robinabrahams “If I am occasionally a little overdressed, I make up for it by being always immensely overeducated” – Oscar Wilde

#Etiquette tip: People who like to dress up don’t like to be asked, “Why are you so dressed up?” http://bit.ly/hhKAvo

RT fatemehf My cab driver was Yosemite Sam incarnate: long read beard, missing teeth, and a 1890s-outlook on “Orientals,” as he called them. O_O

@j_zimms I cringe to recall that my childhood poodle, a reasonable dog reasonably named Coco, was registered as “Robin’s Chocolate Mousse.”

RT ebertchicago When I hold a 1940s pulp magazine, I think of single men in furnished rooms smoking and drinking while reading it.

Makes sense that #JustinBieber supports Canadian healthcare. His success is argument against the infallible wisdom of the free market.

RT BorowitzReport The Midwest is the new Mideast. #wisconsin

Reactions to #LaraLogan are classic: Demonizing brown men in order to control white women. Let’s not fall for it this time, eh?

QoTD: “What can I do to you if you don’t believe in evolution? Tell you you’re going to the Galapagos Islands when you die?” (anon friend)

@j_zimms Now I am imagining Shriekback songs as performed by the Chipmunks. “Big black nemesis! Parthenogenesis!”

I want to be a self-fulfilling prophet.

RT rainnwilson America: “Economy goood, me likey president. Economy baaad me no likey him.”

RT lediva @robinabrahams If the Ivy League were the Breakfast Club, UPenn would be Judd Nelson and Brown would be Ally Sheedy.#regionalBreakfastClub

RT rainnwilson Rain in LA is actually the tears of former starlets who have commited suicide.

If New England were the Breakfast Club, Maine would be Judd Nelson & Rhode Island would be Ally Sheedy.#regionalBreakfastClub

RT AnummaBrooke Good writing, bad blogging, constipation, and science fiction [blog]:http://bit.ly/dJ9YTj

RT thisisFoxx @johannhari101 a friend of mine thought ‘lol’ meant ‘lots of love’ and wrote it in a sympathy card. “I’m so sorry for your loss. lol x”

RT romenesko NPR deletes many comments about the attack on Lara Logan, reminds users of its discussion rules. http://journ.us/hnbLu1

Beauty is not definite, it is relative. Beauty is not exclusive, it is infinite. …” http://bit.ly/gjGDjH

RT markmackinnon Yes, this really is a headline in China’s Global Times today: http://twitpic.com/40arf8

RT jakepentony
#iWonderIfICouldMakeUpAOneHundredFortyCharacterHashtagAndActuallyHaveIt
CatchOnAsAWorldwideTrendingTopicEspeciallyIfEveryoneCopiesAndPastesIt

#Etiquette tip: If you get a birthday invite from a friend with hoarding tendencies, and they say, “No gifts please,” DON’T BRING A GIFT.

@BostonBookGirl It’s called a “rimshot,” and you can if desired add the phrase, “I’ll be here all week–don’t forget to tip your server!”

People keep asking me if they’re going to hell. I don’t know when I got put in charge of that, but I’m pretty happy about it.

Satire of pop-neurology: http://bit.ly/elD5QE “…Oliver Sacks, best-selling author of The Man Who Mistook his Brain Scan for a News Story.”

RT KateHarding SD bill would make killing abortion providers justifiable homicidehttp://bit.ly/eRzWMk (via @seasonothebitch)

@MikeChorost Nice convergence; read McEwan’s SOLAR last night. Wonderful&also an academic satire. Title must be a joke on SOLARIS.

RT Margoandhow A funny spin on “nasty brutish, and short” was said about the late Dudley Moore: “He was natty, British, and short.”

Brilliant short post by Ta-Nehisi Coates on the equation of beauty with morality–and whiteness with both: http://bit.ly/f3Eu8l

RT dryfoo @robinabrahams The Two Gates to the Land of Meat Dreams: Gate of Bacon and Gate of Ribs #Sandman #MeatDreaming

RT BeerAndPie @robinabrahams I should have trademarked that phrase when I started using it years ago. Now it’s an NPR story! http://n.pr/hAHkWA

Bacon as a gateway meat. That rocks my world. I love the concept of gateway drugs: it’s so applicable to everything EXCEPT ACTUAL DRUGS.

RT BeerAndPie @robinabrahams Are you saying that cult followings are like the gateway drugs of attention? Sortof like bacon is a gateway meat.

@BeerAndPie Don’t. Because I have one now, and it’s not enough. You get a cult following, you start wanting mainstream acceptance.

RT BeerAndPie @robinabrahams I never asked for that, but now I know what I want for my birthday this year!

Think you hate #ValentinesDay? Not as much as St. Valentine does: http://onion.com/cnEX1W

Was I the only little kid who, when asked what I wanted for my birthday, said “a cult following”? I can’t be the only one, right?

Have gotten emails from two people so far claiming to know who rude editor in Sunday’s column was (http://bit.ly/ftr2ed).

RT rhiannonrevolts For Valentine’s Day, via @goorgoahead: How Larry and KC met at a Christian anti-gay camp…and ended up married: http://bit.ly/hUliUr

@j_zimms That’s human thinking. Dogs revere poop. You are the Carrier of the Sacred Poop Baggies. He’ll worship you.

This. RT @TheRotund “Attacking femaleness, deriding ?girly stuff? and rolling your eyes at ?women?s issues…”http://tumblr.com/xow1i4lp2l

It’s Darwin Day. Take a scientist to lunch.

Brilliant movie. RT @ebertchicago …restoration of “The Leopard” playing around the country. [V]ideo review: http://bit.ly/eaHSxs

@KateHarding That poor little girl. Good luck being your mother’s ENTIRE SOURCE OF EXISTENTIAL MEANING.

RT KateHarding THIS is what childless people are talking about when we rant about self/child-obsessed parents. Not you, nice person. http://bit.ly/eWUt2t

Broke&Beautiful (@lessthan4media) has a great photo summary of NY Fashion Week: http://brokeandbeautiful.com/

Miss Conduct approves of “boo” as a term for one’s sweetie. Short, sweet, discreet. Not cold (partner) or pretentious (lover).

RT pourmecoffee Perhaps what people of Egypt did will give courage to Katie Holmes.

RT maddow Anyone else thinking it’s inevitable that the Egyptian flag headband is coming to a hipster near you?

RT pourmecoffee Those were Muslims peacefully persevering for more democracy. Worth remembering before stereotyping as a group.

RT fatemehf RT @hermaeness: The Egyptian people changed history without guns and with honor, peace and integrity. Take note, world.

RT BostonBookGirl We aren’t really known for fashion, but Bostonians have just given up this winter. Who knew people other than writers had work sweatpants?

RT BreakingNews Live video: Tahrir Square erupts with cheers after news of Mubarak resigning. Watch: http://on.msnbc.com/gu3n1U

Wrote thank-U card yesterday. Gave to @MarcAbrahams to add note & sign. He wrote, “My name is Marc Abrahams and I approve this message.”

RT jhlinko Rumors swirling that Mubarek will resign. Can only assume that shirtless photos are about to emerge.

Brilliant definition of entitlement here: http://bit.ly/hsly7m

RT MotherJones House GOP Slashes Planned Parenthood, Family Planning Funding to Zero http://mojo.ly/hgEIdG

RT JamilSmith Read #HR358 all the way through, listen to a Republican wax poetic about “small gov’t”, and try not to laugh: http://is.gd/jyBH8N #abortion

Slice-of-life from a roofer’s wife, on the blue-collar/white-collar divide: http://bit.ly/h00fug

RT fatemehf My favorite, I think. RT @riazat_butt Quran Quran #muslimbands

RT fatemehf Meccadeth #muslimbands

RT billba This ouroboros isn’t going to eat itself.

WOW. RT @ebertchicago Meryl Streep *is* Maggie Thatcher. http://on.fb.me/fSqYbF

RT MarcAbrahams I mis-read this as “no pants”. MT @tvjrennie: ?@mims: Heartbreaking: Detroit mayor says no plans for RoboCop statue http://yhoo.it/gpJ8Rd?

Have adored Melissa Leo since her underappreciated work in “Homicide.” http://bit.ly/eFmwE3 . Hope she gets the Oscar.

Wonderful interview w/Lauren Hillebrand, author of “Seabiscuit,” about writing & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: http://nyti.ms/g5jROh

@rtraister Brilliant … except it isn’t just show business.

RT rtraister “…the definition of ‘crazy’ in show business is a woman who keeps talking even after no one wants to fuck her anymore.”#TinaFeyissmart

RT @Margoandhow @kellyoxford I wouldn’t want to be Roethlisberger’s date.>If you were, you wouldn’t be awake long. Likes ‘em passed out

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This Robin is tweeting out early, because Mr. Improbable and I are headed to New York to see “Nixon in China” at the Met. Whee! Have a good weekend, everyone –

RT pourmecoffee: It’s good I’m not the one negotiating with Mubarak, because I’d do a real sarcastic Dr. Evil, “How about … NO.”

RT MarcAbrahams: Ig Nobel Prize winner Don Featherstone’s #plastic pink #flamingo co-stars in new Disney movie http://bit.ly/dMt3wg #art #culture

60% off full season of “Deadwood,” greatest show of all time: http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=tsm_1_fb_dvd_WAB

Whoo! Third question in Prudie is a doozy. What a horrible mother! http://www.slate.com/id/2283596/pagenum/all/#p2

Oh my. What an unfortunate, er, headline! RT RichardWiseman Brilliant – simply brilliant. http://yfrog.com/hs1jncwj (via Tim C)

RT tpmmedia: House GOP drops plan to redefine rape http://tpm.ly/ewf0F7^

Apparently I’m not the only one with winter fashion challenges: http://bit.ly/hiPfVm

RT @MoveOn: Stop the GOP attempt to redefine rape and set women’s rights back by decades. Sign the petition: http://bit.ly/i1aZ04 #dearjohn

O plz. The fact that the education system is broken doesn’t mean grammar is racist: http://bit.ly/fRLQpU

Heh. I still want to see it. RT @ebertchicago If movie posters told the truth. http://bit.ly/fxHZzw

Brilliant “anti-rules” for finding love: http://bit.ly/elJvCc

RT iA: Conan O’Brian’s advice to Egypt: “If you want people to stay at home and do nothing, you should turn the internet back on.”

WANT! Would it eat Milo, tho? RT BostonBookGirl Um, this coyote (rescued from the frozen Charles) is kind of adorable.http://bit.ly/fz1TpX

RT mindykaling: There’s a delicious rumor that Betty White likes Creed

RT rainnwilson Now that Sarah Palin’s reality show was cancelled shed make an excellent candidate for new boss at Dunder-Mifflin/Sabre!#SarahPalinforBoss

RT ebertchicago: “Let Me In” comes out on DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow. “I’ve been 12 for a very long time.” 3.5 ★s. 50% off: http://amzn.to/eqEyDq

@MrDonaldGlover As an etiquette columnist for the Boston Globe, I can assure you that our town has a unique take on social mores.

RT MrDonaldGlover: Boston was dope. Ya’ll party too hard tho. Saw 2 girls w/ bloody noses high-5 last night like, “You got one too! Where? Mine was on sale.”

NOM. RT MelisaNutrition: Cooking With Catherine Katz: Mexican Stuffed Peppers: Can I just say how much I love?http://goo.gl/fb/hGR9e

RT pourmecoffee: Happy 70th birthday, Dick Cheney. We got you an attempted democratic revolution without foreign invasion.

Haven’t tried it, but this recipe for oatmeal & cardamom pancakes sounds super: http://nyti.ms/f1pvjx

Business, culture, #etiquette & upward mobility: http://nyti.ms/fesjYE

RT KateHarding: @robinabrahams We’ll make sure employees develop the sensitivity to deal with pathetic, disgusting old people!

FB ad: “Age discrimination prevention videos from TrainingVOD train employees to keep their negative comments to themselves.” Hmmm.

RT pourmecoffee: Maybe it’s best for Mubarak to quit, write a book, and post about things on Facebook. I hear this can be quite lucrative.

RT @MarcAbrahams: Natl Migraine Assn featured image: Looks like #Sarah #Palin banging her head against a wall 2X. http://bit.ly/gzNVQn

RT metaforth: Tip for Hosni Mubarak: If the protesters flee into the Red Sea don’t follow them.

Why Michelle Obama dresses so well, and why it matters: http://nyti.ms/gryTkS

Good advice for getting control of your schedule: http://lifehac.kr/gZUSLQ

RT researchdigest: David Brent finally comes face-to-face with Michael Scott (his US alter-ego): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRuaeK3R08k

Delightfully funny and informative: RT @danariely A short interview on spousonomics.com: http://bit.ly/h1DJNI

RT j_zimms: Drinking beer is just as good as going swimming, and anyone who says otherwise is being insensitive to my culture.

#Etiquette tip: If you are a Holocaust denier, be careful of automatic address entry on your email: http://nyti.ms/fMZ7sL

RT MarcAbrahams: counterclockwise puppy rotation [video] http://bit.ly/hy7rQ9 #spin #direction #puppies

RT colsonwhitehead: You were my emotional Tide To Go Pen. How am I supposed to get all these feeling-stains out now?

@hodgman Imagine if Electric Company’s “Letterman” took over intervention shows. Animal Hoarders become useful, sanitary Animal Boarders!

RT hodgman: NOT ANIMAL BOARDERS, autocorrect. ANIMAL HOARDERS. It’s like autocorrect just slept thru that 5 hour animal planet marathon on the plane.

@magiciansbook Great work, Laura. (FWIW, I think Hamlet is also misinterpreted b/c readers don’t understand his premodern morality.)

RT magiciansbook: In defense of Jane Eyre: Author claims she’s not a real “hero” but gets Bront?’s creation tragically wrong: http://bit.ly/e8npXJ

People hate flying, and are increasingly willing to make a federal case out of it: http://bit.ly/hyyD2R

RT mindykaling: My head’s like “Extricate! Extricate!” But heart’s like: “Embed!” #PentagonSongWritingClass

RT researchdigest: Other people may experience more misery than you realise. Just posted on the Digest blog: http://ht.ly/3IUXN

RT deborahblum: Agreed. RT @stevesilberman Social tips for people with Asperger’s (useful for everyone) http://bit.ly/fu02Nc

TEN baby African Wild Dogs born at Brookfield Zoo: http://bit.ly/hbOUSP

I’m not posting my Twitter feed from the previous week, because all I did was retweet analyses of the Tucson shootings, which I don’t so much want to think about right now.

Brilliant bit of casting, physically. RT @ebertchicago: Sacha Baron Cohen IS Saddam Hussein…May 2012. http://bit.ly/hSfmlb

Just began following @rainnwilson. Would be funny if Facebook had “Shun,” “Unshun,” & “Reshun” options. #theoffice

Smart girls may have more fun, Mr. Sorkin, but Snooki’s book gets on the bestseller list. #fortheloveofgodmontresor

Good pseudonym: Wayne Gibbous. Should write an astrology column, I think.

QotD: “Elite is not a bad word, it?s an aspirational word. …[S]mart girls have more fun and you?re one of them.” Aaron Sorkin

RT delrayser: Suggested icebreaker for Hu’s sure-to-be chilly Capitol Hill meetings today: “Ugh. Can you BELIEVE this Amy Chua woman?”

RT j_zimms: The more you read breaking science news, the more you realize 90% of science is abt testing serious “duh” propositions. http://bit.ly/efUPXL

Snooki’s book made The New York Times’ bestseller list, and mine did not.

RT Margoandhow: I give up, & the rest of you writers should, too. “OMG I’m a New York Times Best Selling Author!” @Sn00ki. Jay-sus, who’s buying that drek?

RT MarcAbrahams: Met em yrs ago. Friendly! @amandapalmer RT @neilhimself: Making new friends at Bonorong http://twitpic.com/3rllfc http://yfrog.com/h7vmyg

Every political argument on Facebook ever: http://bit.ly/d1Uvkr

@MikeChorost Miss Conduct says “Marrying 45-y.o. bachelors prevents inlaw troubles. Parents R 2 relieved he’s married 2 give you attitude.”

@MikeChorost Good advice, Mike. Miss Conduct approves! (And Mr. Improbable married at 45, as well.)

RT MikeChorost: In a different vein, here’s 10 things I learned from many, many dates before I met the woman I married: http://bit.ly/eqcueK

RT jhlinko: Oranges are juicy & sweet, but messy. Apples are also tasty, and much easier to eat. #HaHaIJustComparedApplesToOranges

LogicFAIL: RT @KerryHomeopath Your brain is 80% water, you remember stuff. Therefore water has a memory. Therefore homeopathy works.

RT danariely: Irrational Thinking: The Word ‘Natural’ Sells n.pr/em7L6v

Roast asparagus @ 450 for 10min. w/ 1 T sesame oil & a little kosher salt. AMAZING. Sesame oil is a game-changer.

From author: “Only self-kindness can help quiet the shame that traditional diets instill & establish a harmonious relationship with food.”

Will be attending a reading of “The Self-Compassion Diet” @ Porter Square Books tomorrow @ 7pm: http://bit.ly/gc585j

RT colsonwhitehead: Looking forward to this new Anthony Hopkins movie. Finally, realistic depiction of demonic possession. #goldenglobes

Some great deals on Michael Michaud botanic-inspired jewelry here: http://bit.ly/hGtMqm

RT Margoandhow: True. X’s microwave wouldn’t work on Saturdays. She had a service call. Installer had failed 2 ask if she wanted the Sabbath Setting Off.

RT KateHarding: RT @sesmithwrites: Harry Potter and the Half-Price Blintz #FridgeFilms

RT LaraEmilyFoley: The Texas Coleslaw Massacre #fridgefilms

RT stevenbjohnson: Nothing beats fractal humor RT @vbloke Did you know that the “B” in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stands for ‘Benoit B. Mandelbrot’?

Mktng idea: A line of men’s athletic cups called “Nutcases.” “For protection in a world gone mad.”

(Looking over documents, peering over top of glasses) Okay, look, 2011, I know you’ve only been on the job a week. Believe me, I intend to give you a chance to be successful here. But I can’t say I’ve been impressed with your work thus far. Almost everyone I know has been sick this week, including myself. Our downstairs toilet and several light fixtures have ceased to function. The Speaker of the House won’t stop crying, Naomi Wolf has officially lost her mind (yes, I’m sure you’d like to pin that one on 2006 when she claimed to see Jesus on her apartment stairwell, but that was a personal matter; now she’s attacking the anonymity of rape victims, and that one’s on you), and what’s with all the dead animals? Is this supposed to impress us?

Turn it around, 2011, and turn it around fast. You still can. Nobody expects much good to come of January anyway. Just ease up, think about what you’re doing, and start off cautiously.

Thank you, 2011. You may go now.

For the rest of you, the week’s Twitter feed:

If 2011 doesn’t improve fairly soon I’m going to start hoping the Mayans were right.

The history of giving money as gifts: http://nyti.ms/gvngnk

RT KateHarding RT barrydeutsch: “Pick Up Artist” shoots woman in face.http://tinyurl.com/28u3vot

Fashion inspiration from childhood icons: http://bit.ly/eYVEb8

HAIL SATAN! Okay, not really. But it’s my 666th tweet, I sort of had to.

RT Margoandhow: Colbert’s neatly swatting away Bill O’Reilly’s “proof of God” to an atheist: “There must be a God because I don’t know how things work.”

According to review play has lines like “Franz and Maria became lovers of the kind…by which all things rare & beautiful can be measured.”

“How wise is it to serve cabbage to a bunch of people who will be in a closed theater for hours?”

Friend of mine at American Rep Theater’s “Blue Flower” FB’s me: “They are serving wurst und sauerkraut in der lobby.” (cont’d)

Here’s the rest of my evening: a blog devoted to Star Trek: The Next Generation fashion: http://sttngfashion.tumblr.com/

RT scotthensley: Does it get any worse than this? I don’t think so. Study Linking MMR Vaccine To Autism Was Fraud http://n.pr/hhRsPT

RT simonpegg: “His britches alle with fundament depeint.” Seriously, that has got to be my favourite Chaucerian description of skid marks.

RT sassycurmudgeon: Did you know Woden, the god for whom Wednesday is named, means “possessed” and “rage”? I always thought it was “hump.”

“A Passage to Indiana.” #LessAmbitiousMovies

RT rebeccawatson: Actual homeopath saying an actual thing: “I think homeopathic remedies are just as powerful as a placebo.” http://bit.ly/dTPyCu

RT jhlinko: Paws. #LessAmbitiousMovies

RT lizzwinstead: Aliens VS Creditors #LessAmbitiousMovies

RT Margoandhow: This looks like fun. I’m game. “The Girl Who Played With Herself.”#lessambitiousfilms

RT deborahblum RT @bmossop: ‘Real, Live Practice Babies’ by @EmilyAnthes now featured on @plosblogs http://blogs.plos.org/#plogs

RT magiciansbook RT @LaurenWick: RT @wmacphail: Next edition of Huck Finn to replace “slave” with “unpaid intern”

WooT! I’ll be giving a talk on the evolutionary psychology of etiquette at the Eastern Psychological Association conf. in March!

Lazy writing is a gateway drug to stereotyping!

Still, the article points out a lot of lazy writing on the show, and lack of consistent character development.

I think Oscar is “othered,” but that’s a combination of other characters’ bigotry, and his (deserved) superiority complex.

Interesting, but I disagree: RT @fatemehf Oscar, The Office’s Gay Caricature, on @Splitsider : http://ow.ly/3y6gg

Clever way to re-use hole-y socks: http://bit.ly/eGKjw5

Seriously, check out that picture from Marc. I was reading “Sandman” last night and saw it–”Death” looks exactly like Amanda Palmer.

RT MarcAbrahams: dream gal: 1992 image from The Sandman foreshadows the face of she @amandapalmer whom @neilhimself would marryhttp://yfrog.com/h482cwpj

RT JZims: I like my men like I like my coffee: fictional, married, and dead.

@neilhimself & @amandapalmer now married! I want to stunt-cast them as the Perons in “Evita.”

RT MarcAbrahams: Congrats! RT @neilhimself: RT @amandapalmer: hey guess what we did last night (& this time it’s legal) http://twitpic.com/3mrv0q

RT Disalmanac: Today in 1920, Isaac Asimov was born. His 3 Laws of Robotics: 1) Do a little dance 2) Make a little love 3) Get down tonight.

Next-door neighbor training her puppy. My dog hears thru wall & obeys. Like David Berkowitz in reverse, dog getting orders from neighbor.

A conference on deliberately boring topics:http://on.wsj.com/ewfQ2R

I don’t know of any movie that will get people going quite as much as “Blazing Saddles.” Not even Python.

RT hodgman: At the bookmill, a very refined 50ish woman is describing various scenes from Blazing Saddles, in loving detail, w/extra loud swear words.

RT fatemehf: Geraldine Doyle, known as the iconic face of Rosie the Riveter, died today. May God give her peace. http://ow.ly/3wd4A #feminism

Only thing more astonishing than what people will take offense at is what they won’t.

Getting lots of questions lately about bad friends. Just that irritable time of year, or something going on?

The human capacity to miss the entire bleedin’ point should never be underestimated.

Pictures of beard hats, courtesy of Jorge Garcia and Etsy:http://bit.ly/fu42yB

RT AdamSerwer: question: how does one get in the shortlist of “greatest living fiction writers” without ever having written a prominent female character?

@jhlinko My mother uses “feeling puny” to describe feeling sick w/o specific symptoms. In other words … human. OMG Mom is an alien!

HIGHLY recommended! RT ebertchicago Video on Demand: AMC’s “Walking Dead.” The season is $10 to buy (not rent).http://amzn.to/dI0daf

RT jhlinko: Brilliant observation from my friend Indy: no one ever uses word “puny” except for aliens referring to humans.

What’s w/post-apocalyptic/dystopian trend in YA novels?http://nyti.ms/feAikn

RT pourmecoffee: Snow Tip: The other people out shoveling are called “neighbors.” They are like Facebook friends who live nearby.

RT RichardWiseman: Remember, a dog is not just for Christmas. If you carve it properly there will be some left over for the new year.

For the, um, “Twilliterate,” RT means that I have retweeted a Tweet by someone else. If I have an @YourName in the middle of my Tweet, it means I’m replying to that person. And Twitter goes in reverse chronological order (i.e., most recent first).

Dental surgery Weds; swollen jaw & pain on Thurs. Took drugs & listened to iPod. First song on shuffle: “Dentist!” from “Little Shop.”

Air your Grievances with Miss Conduct: http://bit.ly/fbmGL8#Festivus

Every Christmas party I’ve attended this year has devolved into a singalong. Should “Glee” be blamed for this?

RT pourmecoffee Palin’s TV show will reportedly get new season. Romney better learn to ice road truck or build choppers to stay in game.

@pourmecoffee Romney should do one of the tattoo shows. Full ink sleeves, both arms.

RT ebertchicago Julian Assange explains that, let’s see here, his private life is “nobody’s business.” http://ind.pn/fFPkOe

Vote on best student excuses for missing finals: http://bit.ly/fc99C7

Bristol. #rejectedreindeernames

Lipschitz @jhlinko Shitzen #rejectedreindeernames

RT RichardWiseman I have just come across best ever snowman http://yfrog.com/gyntaoj

I want her to play me in the movie of my life. RT @ebertchicago Rachel Griffiths’ birthday … http://bit.ly/ep9a7W

“Winter Wonderland” makes great Jewish carol; exchange “Parson Brown” for “Rabbi Baum.” #christmastimeforthejews

RT FeministSpock #DADT,like a Starfleet miniskirt, is impractical, unwieldy, and unworkable in the field. It is logical to end it.

RT FeministSpock It is imperative that soldiers shoot straight. It is irrelevant if they are straight. #DADT http://nyti.ms/eWi39l

“Bring the shame back on the one who deserves it”–self-defense advice from Nicola Briggs, subway avenger: http://bit.ly/hQAGwa

Apparently Michael Vick wants a dog. In other news, Catholic Church recruiting new altar boys.

RT MHarrisPerry: That’s right @JamilSmith I know what Christmas means: that poor children of color born to unwed mothers will save us all. Amen.

RT jaclynf @MMFlint Are women expected to just be collateral damage in service of men’s free speech? Is that really what you believe? #Mooreandme

Stop hocking teens about their college apps. I’ve said it a million times, here’s a student making same plea: http://bit.ly/eR5jIQ

Damn, Nixon hated Jews. I mean REALLY hated us: http://www.slate.com/id/2277720/pagenum/all/#p2

Sad celeb news: Michael C. Hall & Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter & Deb Morgan) are divorcing: http://bit.ly/fYjdty

Fascinating post on similarities of stereotypes of both Jewishness & Aspergers: http://bit.ly/fBdOvw

RT RichardWiseman: With a packed crowd waiting to hear Dan Dennett talk about free will. Man next to me said he was in two minds about coming. Bloody dualists.

RT sassycurmudgeon: Harry Belafonte should release a Christmas album called “In Excelsis Day-O.”

RT Margoandhow: Oprah will play a madam in HBO movie about brothels. In 1 scene the men will look under their seats to see if they get a free hooker.

RT colsonwhitehead: Tip: Don’t think of it as “writing pages.” Think of it as “making new friends who are made out of words.”

Point is, every home cook should have their go-to ingredients.

For me = sesame oil & crushed red pepper. RT @fatnutritionist Sherry, onions, and butter = the secret to making anything taste good.

100 hypnotically ugly party dresses. You won’t be able to stop clicking: http://bit.ly/bnfH4q about 1 hour ago

Good tips for fancy dressing in cold weather: http://bit.ly/f2aIDi about 1 hour ago

Which Christmas specials have good Jewish values: http://slate.me/gUzXeR about 5 hours ago

Research estimates that people driving rather than flying post-9/11 led to 6X more traffic deaths than # of air passengers killed on 9/11. about 23 hours ago

The D&D alignments of #MadMen characters:http://mightygodking.com/images/ac-madmen.jpg 3:24 PM Dec 9th

Awesome phrase in a psych journal article: “semi-ignorant people.” That would be, like, everyone. 3:16 PM Dec 9th

Can’t agree with all points, but a fascinating look at the politicization of food: http://bit.ly/hawSBq 1:09 PM Dec 9th

@darthtrina What a lousy teacher. @MarcAbrahams teachers’ guide says, “Kids are naturally good scientists. Help them stay that way.” 12:25 PM Dec 9th

RT darthtrina @robinabrahams In child dev class in 8th, I said I’d reply 2 kid “why is sky blue” w/ basics of scattered light. Teacher said I was wrong. 11:28 AM Dec 9th

Context: Friend asked if kids might decide parents are lying about God once they figure Santa out. So I put on my PhD hat & told her. 9:39 AM Dec 9th

FB #etiquette q: Is it buzzkillingly rude to respond to a random FB musing w/facts&figs, or endearingly geeky? 9:35 AM Dec 9th

The most frightening face in the world: http://bit.ly/gepnEy 9:22 AM Dec 9th

A Buddhist mime, no less. RT @MarcAbrahams NE science writers party 2nite broke up when a mime started performing. No joke. 9:00 PM Dec 8th

Happy Muslim New Year! Nice thing about being a religious minority in US: you get 2 chances to screw up your New Year’s resolutions. 1:10 PM Dec 7th

RT Margoandhow: Assange rape charges came from his stopping use of a condom. If he had merely punctured them, THAT would have given new meaning to WikiLeaks 11:27 AM Dec 7th

RT askpang: After new TSA searches, “Virgin Airlines had to change their name to ‘Technically Still a Virgin’ Airlines.” http://is.gd/iiN9t 2:37 PM Dec 6th

RT MarcAbrahams: JK Moreno’s tell-all how-to —The Psychologist as Novelist http://bit.ly/foYpbS 11:52 AM Dec 6th

R? Margoandhow: Try this! A man was yaking on his cell on a train. A woman stood up and said, “Let’s take a vote. How many are enjoying this conversation?” 12:38 PM Dec 6th

Saw this: http://bit.ly/e3l0xh & now have “Missus Obamakah / Celebrates Hanukkah” going through my head. 7:38 PM Dec 5th

Intriguing, yet unsuccessful, treatment for writer’s block: http://bit.ly/e3EJ2u 1:56 PM Dec 5th

RT Cocacy: “Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle” — Billie Holliday 10:55 AM Dec 5th

It is important to acknowledge good behavior on the part of our opponents and call out bad behavior on the part of “our own.” about 4 hours ago

Well done, Ms. Palin. RT @ebertchicago Sarah Palin has a surprising knowledge of Hanukkah traditions and..history. http://j.mp/gdKkMd about 4 hours ago

RT Margoandhow: It seems to me that given his troubels with women, the new movie title may be infelicitous: Release Date For Mel Gibson In ‘THE BEAVER’… about 15 hours ago

Unsolved murder in Disney’s planned community where “fake snow… blankets the town square every evening on the hour”: http://bit.ly/fIZO8M about 4 hours ago

Do fancy holiday parties really exist? Jezebel doubts it: http://bit.ly/ezvgYP about 21 hours ago

@MikeChorost There’s a thin line between disability and superpower, isn’t there? about 23 hours ago

RT magiciansbook RT @colsonwhitehead: I can’t believe Cthulhu & Yog-Sothoth are breaking up. If Old Ones can’t make it, what chance do the rest of us have? 1:02 PM Dec 2nd

RT MikeChorost: One great benefit of being deaf is being able to shut out the cellphone blabbermouth behind me. I just take off my processors. #Amtrak 10:40 AM Dec 2nd

Happy #Hannukah! If Georgia O’Keefe had been Jewish, would she have made a labia menorah? 9:50 AM Dec 1st

RT MelisaNutrition: Tip: Try non-fat plain Greek yogurt on your latkes instead of sour cream. @NuVal score of 94 instead of 24!! http://bit.ly/f45hwx #Hanukkah 9:42 AM Dec 1st

RT pourmecoffee: Hanukkah starts tomorrow, the most Republican of all Jewish holidays because it celebrates oil. 10:49 PM Nov 30th

RT ebertchicago: Urgent to Birthers: All of the Founding Fathers were British citizens. 9:15 AM Dec 1st

RT GreatestQuotes: “People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.” – Soren Kierkegaard 6:15 PM Nov 30th

RT fistfulofcaviar: Does sitcom-style camaraderie and repartee belong in the real-life workplace? Discuss. 5:20 PM Nov 30th

#lesserbooks is obviously going to be my happy meme of the day. 10:30 AM Nov 29th

RT jaclynf: Their Eyes Were Watching the Dog #lesserbooks 7:38 PM Nov 28th

RT jaclynf: Moderate Expectations #lesserbooks 7:40 PM Nov 28th

RT jaclynf: A Couple Days of Solitude #lesserbooks 7:41 PM Nov 28th

Damned good question, Mr. Ebert. 9:44 PM Nov 26th

RT ebertchicago: My Q for Tony Blair: Why should religious peoples need to be *asked* to practice peaceful co-existence? 9:14 PM Nov 26th

Friday’s Twitter roundup. It’s been a great weekend. Regular programming will resume with, to be hoped, renewed joy for life next week.

Trekkie ~40yrs & never realized LLAP = “Live Long & Prosper.” Always thought was some sort of mental health designation like LCSW. about 9 hours ago

Sign outside a liquor store on Rt 1: “Holidays are Family Time. / We Sell Liquor.” about 10 hours ago

RT TheRealNimoy: blessings to all. And hire someone if you can. LLAP 2:51 PM Nov 25th

RT RichardWiseman: Just asked gp of students to name songs involving objects found in a kitchen, and one said Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘I am a wok’. about 23 hours ago

That cast is outstanding. @MarcAbrahams, shall we rent? Thu Nov 25 02:58:47

RT ebertchicago: Jodie Foster directed the 3.5 ? “Home for the Holidays” with Robert Downey, Holly Hunter, Charles Durning, Anne Bancroft. http://j.mp/fVdDMu

RT pourmecoffee: The national turkey has been pardoned, and will thankfully not be gravyboarded. Wed Nov 24 10:52:38

RT spatch YES!! RT @betweenstations: Best thing ever: the WKRP Thanksgiving episode on Hulu: http://j.mp/idhmdy #fb Wed Nov 24 11:54:29

RT Margoandhow: Can’t see London/Can’t see France/Unless we see your underpants. Tue Nov 23 12:26:28

RT Margoandhow: We are now free to move about your pants. Tue Nov 23 12:28:06

Jorge Garcia cast as smart guy for a change in new JJAbrams pilot: http://bit.ly/amPAuX (Hurley = hi EQ, lo IQ) Tue Nov 23 08:29:02

#SarahPalin is the Marge Gunderson of the right (or Marge Gunderson is the Palin of the left). Tue Nov 23 08:19:23

Man’s obituary focuses on role as muse to satirists: http://bit.ly/eZYKzJ Tue Nov 23 08:18:12

From “Breakfast Club” Ally Sheedy in 85 to “A Fish Called Wanda” in 88. Social anxiety CAN be overcome, people. Tue Nov 23 06:24:45

Always liked Jamie Lee Curtis. Had short hair in late 80s-early 90s & oft told looked like her in “Fish Called Wanda.” Tue Nov 23 06:22:27

RT ebertchicago : Birthday of Jamie Lee Curtis. “In those horror films I was always representing the best that women were.” http://j.mp/gyBJxW Mon Nov 22 23:30:45

RT hodgman: False casting news: BRUCE CAMPBELL cast as grown up, present day Gene Draper for flash forward sequences in Mad Men season 5.

RT jhlinko: Movies based on Jane Austen novels, but… starring porn stars = finally, TV *both* genders can enjoy! Mon Nov 22 08:14:50

Sociopaths appear not to recognize social contracts: http://econ.st/9DdGQS Mon Nov 22 03:51:21

Quentin Crisp is also the subject of Sting’s “Englishman in New York.” Mon Nov 22 03:28:55 2010

RT ebertchicago: Quentin Crisp was “one of the stately old homos of England.” He died on this day in 1999. http://j.mp/8fonHm Sun Nov 21 15:04:44

RT Lediva: I am enjoying “Walking Dead”, but good gods does this show fail the Bechdel Test. 11:50 PM Nov 21st

“Help make the world a shame-free zone.” Beautiful. http://bit.ly/aUtqQz 5:08 PM Nov 21st

RTMarcAbrahams: Articles says “Reagan… embraced scientific understanding of… pollution” Huh? He blamed trees. RT @jayrosen_nyu: http://jr.ly/79b8 9:39 PM Nov 20th

RT _Ashbet_: DEAR KYLE: “TOM’S OF MAINE” IS *NOT* THE SAME THING AS “TOM OF FINLAND.” #psa 5:58 PM Nov 20th

Kashrut was most humane slaughter in its time; why not interpret #halachah as “cause as little pain as possible”? 7:37 PM Nov 20th

RT ebertchicago: Halal and kosher laws require animals to have their throats cut and bled to death while conscious. (rt) http://j.mp/97bwA7 6:40 PM Nov 20th

Judge Kimba Wood rocks: http://bit.ly/9na2lG. And no, #Judaism does not have to be that sexist.

RT feministhulk: HULK’S SENSE OF HULK WORTH NOT DEPENDENT ON BELITTLING OTHERS. HULK IMPRESSED BY EMPATHY, NOT COMPETITIVE COOLNESS. 4:25 PM Nov 20th

Falstaff is to the Fat Acceptance movement what Kate in “Shrew” is to feminism. #shakespeare 11:15 AM Nov 20th

RT TSAgov
Here’s the truth: We don’t enjoy patting you down, but it beats urinating on passengers to show our dominance. #tsa #tsagov 4:29 PM Nov 18th

RT BorowitzReport
OK, we can forgive Ireland’s $70 billion debt. But we must never forgive them for Riverdance. 9:12 AM Nov 18th

“Making high-pitched noises won’t solve your problem if your problem is a complete inability to cope with change.” http://bit.ly/b3yzHP 11:49 AM Nov 18th

RT MelisaNutrition
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is on tonight! Fun idea – re-enact the dinner with your kids – toast, popcorn, pretzels http://bit.ly/aAf69X 9:39 AM Nov 18th

Brilliant essay on depression/suicide among Asians, often @ risk b/c they don’t present same symptoms as other grps: http://bit.ly/bh4T2e 6:59 PM Nov 17th

A new Stephen King book AND a “Mad Men” style book? http://bit.ly/arWmPL Baby’s makin’ her Hanukkah list! 1:59 PM Nov 17th

@Margoandhow Margo, I’m so delighted to have found you on Twitter! You are hilarious. 1:12 PM Nov 17th

I admit it, this guy’s my stylist: RT @TheRealNimoy Fred Phillips. The genius behind the Spock makeup. LLAP http://twitpic.com/37ny36 1:09 PM Nov 17th

RT Margoandhow
The odd evolution of “junk.” For a long time it meant unwanted stuff, then hard drugs. Now, it signifies genitals. Next it will be – what? 12:49 AM Nov 17th

Best headline today: “Unemployed English Girl to Wed Soldier from Welfare Family”: http://tinyurl.com/2332zej 9:26 AM Nov 17th

RT feministhulk
HULK SMASH BINARY DIVISION BETWEEN LOGIC AND EMOTION! HULK JOURNAL TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH FEELINGS, THEY EMPOWER SMASH! 12:27 PM Nov 16th

RT Margoandhow
“TSA Now Putting Hands Down Fliers’ Pants” If this is factual, it is but a matter of time be4 there is TSA/passenger sex on the carousel. 3:35 PM Nov 16th

RT ebertchicago
Does the government know the long-term effects of full body scans on frequent fliers, like airline crew or George Clooney? 11:44 AM Nov 16th

RT jhlinko
If I want to play with my damned food, I can play with my damned food. #GreatThingAboutBeingAnAdult 6:37 PM Nov 14th

RT fistfulofcaviar
Just found an article from Applied Neuropsychology entitled ‘Why One Fakes a Head Injury Affects How One Fakes a Head Injury.’ Well, hmm! 11:05 AM Nov 14th

For the non-Twitterate, RT means that someone else (the person in bold) wrote this and I passed it on. Tweets without an “RT” were originally written by me. A tweet beginning with “@” is a reply to someone; I usually don’t include those in my roundup unless the information is of general interest.

One of the best dress guides ever: what decade are you? Boyish 20′s flapper, voluptuous ’50s type? http://bit.ly/9ylEYy

“Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad,” “Walking Dead”–does AMC = American Masculinity Crisis?

Like psychology? A list of psychologists on Twitter: http://bit.ly/bNCDbp about 6 hours ago

A local carwash is on Facebook. Oy. FB is to marketing what fMRI is to psychology-bogus answer to all question. about 6 hours ago

Do I have the nerve to try the turban look or not? http://nyti.ms/dz9dti about 23 hours ago

Thank a veteran today-and thank their families, who also sacrifice and are rarely recognized. 9:21 AM Nov 11th

Apparently @amandapalmer isn’t going to be one of those “always a bridal statue, never a bride” girls after all: http://twitpic.com/35nqx6 4:23 PM Nov 10th

20 great untranslatable words: http://bit.ly/c4ydgT. I am DEFINITELY an “ilunga”! 11:41 AM Nov 10th

“Is Your Washroom Breeding Bolsheviks?” The history: http://bit.ly/bWPcjW 10:27 AM Nov 10th

RT KateHarding
If I can see the bottom of your control top, it’s possible that your skirt is too short. 9:21 PM Nov 9th

RT mozaffar
Goodness gracious. Rep. Shimkus “refutes” climate change by saying God promises no more earth destruction in Bible. http://bit.ly/2piE 9:53 PM Nov 9th

@RichardWiseman Richard, find “Ripley’s Game” w/Malkovich in lead. NOT BORING. And never released in theaters for some reason. 9:50 AM Nov 10th

What fast food should be: http://bit.ly/ci3QEZ 5:28 PM Nov 8th

RT sarah_haskins
Grumpy Old Dude at CVS holding up the line, you are not doing your demographic any favors in the “fighting stereotypes” dept. 1:37 PM Nov 7th

RT danariely
A very difficult project – paintings of burn patients: http://www.dougauld.com/ 8:13 PM Nov 7th

Glory of IKEA shopping fades as one is outwitted by a table lamp named after a Strindberg character. 7:39 PM Nov 7th

This week’s Twitter feed:

My new favorite style blogger: http://styleunderdog.blogspot.com/. 40+ working mom w/great taste. about 8 hours ago

You look a lot better without all that black shit on your eyes. #tweetyour16yearoldself about 21 hours ago

RT BostonBookGirl
Your parents are right– you have terrible taste in boys. Also, you should ask for a raise at the grocery store. #tweetyour16yearoldself 3:05 PM Nov 4th

Don Draper says “What” a million times: http://bit.ly/9TVaWV 11:46 AM Nov 4th

@MelisaNutrition Firm tofu squished w/fresh green beans & sauteed w/teryaki. Serve leftovers cold over whole-wheat noodles. 11:28 AM Nov 4th

Love fishnets, but I never saw patterned tights yet that didn’t look like a skin condition. 9:47 AM Nov 4th

RT MelisaNutrition
A Working Mom’s Savior: Frozen Veggies! http://bit.ly/a8m0ED They get the same great @NuVal scores as fresh if no additives! 9:15 AM Nov 4th

RT electricpenguin
“I like Slurpees. They’re delicious drinks.” — Pres. Barack Obama #electionchangedeverything 1:49 PM Nov 3rd

Who is your power model, ladies? http://bigthink.com/ideas/24618. 9:37 AM Nov 3rd

RT DaveHolmes
Christine O’Donnell didn’t get the job. I’ll be darned. She really IS me. 8:02 PM Nov 2nd

Woman in hijab running the bake-sale booth at the school where I vote. Hope. (But no brownie. Didn’t have $$ w/me.) 12:18 PM Nov 2nd

Feminist or no, can’t possibly feel offended at what Muppety-looking gay Brit hypothesizes about my sex drive. 5:10 PM Nov 1st

RT veronicaeye
This never gets old. :) RT @MarcusduSautoy: What do you get when you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter? Pumpkin pi. 8:30 PM Oct 31st