The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @lopp ever

October 2009

oh borderlands trailer, you had me at “87 bazallion guns”

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pressure washing: hour ???. today’s setbacks too numerous to list. only making ~10% progress this afternoon.

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just won my 2nd @bronto halloween costume contest as Lt. Commander Data. (yes he had a beard at one point) http://idek.net/cSX

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My programming was not designed to process these sensations.

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if i stroke it thusly, do i not appear more intellectual?

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it is a fine, full, dignified beard… one which commands respect and projects thoughtfulness and dignity.

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It is fortunate that I am able to perform my duties without emotional distractions.

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pleased to see that Ubuntu responded to user feedback and changed the audio volume slider algorithm to be geometric rather than linear

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liking Karmic Koala thus far, except for Empathy. I don’t get it - why change default IM client to one with no features? Back to Pidgin…

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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala is here! http://www.ubuntu.com/ (fuck windows)

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No problem should ever have to be solved twice. RTFM or JFGI because PEBKAC.

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the roads around my house are dangerous at night. passed within 4 feet of a possum, then 10 feet of a doe, then 20 feet of a 6 point buck…

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@goddamndave all those blue lights ain’t gonna fly in the U.S. - and while the lines are hot, some of em are plain impractical

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dear @facebook - don’t tell me how to interact with my friends through your service. especially not the dead ones. kgr8thxbye.

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house of the dead: overkill - well worth $20. great wii arcade style shooter. only complaint is overly sensitive reload motion.

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congrats to my USPS route worker for managing to stuff a box into my mailbox that was larger than the mailbox itself

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epic fail: how is the baby going to defend itself when it can’t reach??? http://idek.net/bnE

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next generation phone features http://www.explosm.net/d…

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huxley was right

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Love the new Lendingtree commercial that’s narrated by Adam West. Here’s to hoping for a West comeback thanks to Family Guy!

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pressure washing: hour 18. the only consolation is that staining should be 10 times faster.

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@seanmcnichol that is commendable, sir. wish i had known - would have invited you down for a pressure washing weekend extravaganza

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pressure washing: hour 17. alcohol helped. 2.5 hours ‘til sunset. will be lucky to hit 75% completion today.

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pressure washing: hour 16. the forecast was 68 and sunny, damnit.sounds like a job forrrrrrrrrrr alcohol.

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i should play my steam games more often - just had to download over a gigabyte of updates for L4D & TF2…

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pressure washing: hour 13. mind numbing. wish the sun would come out.

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i wish remi wouldn’t pee on his front legs when he squats… then again, glad he doesn’t lift his leg and pee on my stuff…

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don’t downgrade to Windows 7 on October 29th - upgrade to Karmic Koala! http://www.ubuntu.com/

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almost choked on my dinner when i heard a ford commercial that said of the 2010 mustang: “the fuel-sipping V6”

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I Told You So has a brother; his name is Shut The Hell Up

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the joy of home ownership - 4 hours of fence pressure washing down, ~20 hours remaining. keeps overheating and shutting off…

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i know my dog is too smart because when told to go to his kennel, he dashes for the food bowl first. ever hear of a dog planning ahead?

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is the easy access to info making us collectively dumb? or is it good that we don’t need to ‘know’ as much now? http://i.imgur.com/p74Gx…

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RT @rands: Wharrragarbblrlblrrrrr: http://j.mp/aaUJX

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sometimes you can fix a ‘check engine’ light by simply ignoring it

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eaten @ncstatefair - apple cider, fried dough, DF cheesecake, red bull, DF oreos, alligator, french fries, ostrich, DF broccoli, ice cream

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duke energy is trying to sell me ‘home wiring insurance’ ? puh-leeeeeeeeeeze

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@jefft ever get the feeling that 127 people are following you?

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i was excited about world of goo having a debian installer, but it fucks up the display on my ubuntu machines… AND their forums are down

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buy world of goo! pay whatever you feel is fair! http://2dboy.com/games.p…

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just kicked my zombie invasion preparedness up a few notches http://pics.gunbroker.co…

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concrete only cures to its maximum strength if kept moist the entire time (preferably 180 days.) who knew?

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dear firearm gods, please allow me to win this auction: http://idek.net/ZKw

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@sweetlydrifting i use amica for everything - best customer service evar

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@colopy xerxes / xavier / xena / xylon

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does anyone reading this (near Durham) own a metal detector? I need to find the metal rods that indicate the corners of my house’s plot.

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created a google maps support case due to my street disappearing - the case # 0xed127afc76b7a0b4 is in hexidecimal. why am i not surprised?

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@lucas_weber: really? was he a well-spoken black man who said he operated a youth gang outreach program?

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at bojangles i had a ‘pastor’ ask for ride to tire shop. i accepted b/c i was bored & packing anyway. then he asked for $40 and i said GTFO.

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be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm

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measurements for the fence suggest my house was built several feet to the south of where it’s supposed to be… looks like i need a survey

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I’m nearly convinced that when you become president, there are insane secrets revealed to you that cause you to renege on promises. ALIENS?!

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i thought i would never see a more hilarious vomit scene than the ipecac scene in family guy, but i think the office just took the lead spot

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i think twitter is experiencing scalability difficulties of a different form - just received a tweet from @shitmydadsays that was 4 hrs old

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chalk up another home run for @bronto with today’s impromptu octoberfest lunch ‘n learn

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http://twitpic.com/kptl3 - this is why i advocate enabling apache persistent connections

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My cursing level on twitter is 100% clean! (doesn’t sound right but OK!) http://bit.ly/2DCnT

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just discovered that if you mouseover an audio file in jaunty jackalope, it automatically starts playing… nifty.

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breathe the pressure |
come play my game; I’ll test ya |
psychosomatic addict insane

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As fuzzy logic becomes obsolete, boolean values have come to rule all. Precision & accuracy are a product of infinitely many zeros and ones,

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http://twitpic.com/kl61x - I couldn’t reach through the monitor and bitch slap him over the Internet, so I did this instead

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the plot of stargate universe literally sounds like farscape… mashup FTW?

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Happy Birthday TO THE GROUND!

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Agree or disagree? “Capitalism requires scarcity which implies the requirement for poverty and inequality.”

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another epic masterpiece from The Lonely Island - http://bit.ly/3Hwm41

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to all my friends who have brought business ideas to me over the years; I should have explained it like this - http://idek.net/Y2U

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@sweetlydrifting i’ve sold two cars on craigslist - you can screen the murderers from their emails - but always meet in a public place

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when you say “it failed because people behaved other than expected” i hear “i fancy myself a behavioral psychologist”

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… the traffic congestion was not due to poor planning, but too many people trying to come to the concert all at once http://idek.net/Xyd

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what do you get for the dog who has (chewed through) everything?

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http://twitpic.com/k8phj - i eat craigslist scammers for breakfast

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bronto app release |
other devs nix easter eggs |
they should drink more joose

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@michaelbrooks: i could use the nunchuk and guitar

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another haiku |
peanut butter breath puppy |
that’s just the title

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t minus 10 hours until release of bronto application revision 25. i’m stocked up on energy shots.

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we have met the enemy and he is us

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i’ve been lazy and ignored my wii’s blue glowing the past few days - glad i did b/c the update is bricking legit wiis http://idek.net/XcB

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thirst quenching water |
slurped by the insolent pup |
the Night Man cometh

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yo kanye: i’mma let you finish cancelling your tour, but michael jackson had the best cancelled tour of all time

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justin from @shitmydadsays got a book deal and it should be out for father’s day 2010! http://idek.net/XVZ

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going to buy every cabela’s hunting game for wii because they’re so bad you can get them for a couple bucks on ebay

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