Altaira

My gamer tag is Altaira, in case anyone wants to friend me on xbox (I'm only adding people I actually know)

Hey @Zipcar, are you not doing Scvngr challenges anymore? Rewards not showing up and all my points went away.

Pile o' ants on my front walk. http://t.co/o1ix1lv

"You can't crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them. By refusing to think, refusing to change"@ursulaleguin

'Yeti hand' replica to be returned to Nepal monastery http://bbc.in/lM9pyC //Not original, just resin sculpt. Nothing being "returned."

Joined 2005 and bought an Xbox 360. Feeling conflicted.

Wow. Old school. I didn't think my bank even *had* online services when Navigator was a working browser. http://t.co/l5bO4Qz

CSS3: It's gone to plaid! (and other cool stuff) 'Powerful New CSS Techniques and Tools' http://tinyurl.com/3v87rzk @smashingmag

My new job has seriously cut into my screwing around on the internet time. Way behind on reading everything.

Always interesting to see how the British see America: giant cars and six-shooters. #DoctorWho (also, hate the Amy V.O. at the beginning)

"48 hours earlier (and 150 years later)" #Supernatural, you continue to be awesome.

Writers' group http://t.co/tWbfMuo

Headache of insanity-inducing proportions. Four Advil, Black Tea, and Chocolate Croissant, can you fix it?

Also today, received a DM from @GeorgeTakei thanking me for following. OhMyyy, indeed.

With this whole Skynet thing, I'm thinking of baking a cake for Roland, our roomba. Maybe drop a bunch of crumbs on the floor for him?

Equal parts hilarious, sad, and maddening: racist jerk complains about OKCupid being too inclusive http://goo.gl/DWSzh

I hear the sons of the city and the dispossessed. http://t.co/KHZEvhI @ursulaleguin and @_sistersofmercy: that's how my brain works.

Tomorrow: first day of new job. In Copley. On Marathon day.

If I had to guess, the confusion comes from reading "A Farewell to Arms" and "The Sound and the Fury" in close succession in HS English.

Went to @catvalente's reading and picked up Deathless, @Richard_Kadrey's Kill the Dead, and Kelly Link's Pretty Monsters. #stuffToRead

Excited and nervous for my first day at Compete.com on Monday.

Oops. Spelled Logan's name wrong in the last tweet. @Kluczkiewicz makes sure I get the kids' names right :-)

Wow. Speak for yourself, Ginia. "Boy fiction?" The women I know read Sci-fi, fantasy, and horror: NYT 'Game of Thrones' http://goo.gl/GAA2I

16:07 min/mi all walking, 49ft climb, 125steps/min. Finally becoming routine. #notBeingASloth

Unnamed Summer Punch: 1part Rothman & Winter Apricot Liqueur, 2part lemonade, 4part unsweetened iced tea, 4part hard cider