Open Thread

15 Comments

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   sjct on February 7, 2009 at 4:47 pm

   Yeah, with cell phones, who needs Twitter? Just talk to people already. But, I do chat and recently got a webcam so I can watch my new grand baby girl who lives on the Left Coast.

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     justadood on February 7, 2009 at 9:29 pm

     besides (for the paranoiacs out there), what we’re saying is going on as permanent a record as what we’re typing, so why worry?  

     Enjoy your conversation, and let the caller hear your voice.

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   eagleye on February 7, 2009 at 5:07 pm

   I don’t what is going on, but I’m get bombarded with Facebook friend invitations lately.  I haven’t changed my deodorant or toothpaste, so it’s a mystery.  Maybe the looming economic catastrophe is pushing people to reach out for community.

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   robertdsc on February 7, 2009 at 5:08 pm

   I IM less these days. In years past, I used to IM up a storm.

   I text more than I call on my phone. I don’t use Twitter at all.

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   dada on February 7, 2009 at 5:17 pm

   l’m very much a luddite…don’t even have a cell phone…and happily so.

   two laptops, an ipod touch, an intertube connection and lots of open wifi available, and a land line…leave a msg, l’ll get back to you…maybe.

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   on February 7, 2009 at 5:17 pm

   I just got a cell phone a month ago. For a decade I lived without one. But I’m getting old and creaky and I may fall and not be able to get up. So now I can text someone from where I’m stretched out.

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   maryb2004 on February 7, 2009 at 6:11 pm

   I refuse to Twitter

   That’s ok.  The world doesn’t care what you’re doing minute to minute anyway.  Unlike Atrios.  🙂  And me, of course. 😉

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   S2 on February 7, 2009 at 7:13 pm

   I don’t read blogs or comment on them.  

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   robertdsc on February 7, 2009 at 7:31 pm

   By the way, check out this series of pictures of the President boarding Marine One:

   http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/186471.html

   He shook the hand of the Marine saluting at the base of the stairs. Priceless.

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   Ed J on February 7, 2009 at 7:56 pm

   Pitchers and catchers report.

   Oh yeah, it’s Valentine’s Day too.

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    boran2 on February 7, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    I can’t do that, Dave.

11. 

    Connecticut Man1 on February 7, 2009 at 9:22 pm

    Just noting that I will respond to this diary in Twitter and IM.

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      Salunga on February 7, 2009 at 9:40 pm

      Habs suck! 🙂

      Whose your hero now Connman? Flyers 4 Bruins 3 in OT.

      Flyers a bit less repulsive today eh?  😉

      Peace and Hockey!

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    sjct on February 8, 2009 at 9:20 am

    Why are Congressional Bills bundled into massive documents that compile and confuse unrelated stuff? Why don’t they, say, throw up “Stimulus Aid to States, proportional to population, $80 Billion,” yeah or nay? If it’s voted down, come back with $70 Billion, yeah or nay? And so on until there’s a majority passage. Then, move on to “Highway Infrastructure Maintenance,$100 Billion” and “Supertrain Development and Deployment,” “Individual Tax Rebates,” etc.

    All this closed-door conferencing and dickering stirs the pot until Congress critters eventually don’t know what they’re finally voting for or against. And, of course, neither do we so I guess that’s the point of bundling. Can someone tell me when legislation stopped being straight-forward? Was it always this way?

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    Mac G on February 8, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    Is the 2009 technology equivalent to “Get off My Lawn?”