Fri, 16:34: MT @_gmh_ We've decided that 'Windows Explorer' is actually a pretty good name for something that dies suddenly & without prior indication.
Wed, 12:47: RT @jkeyes: Looking for a job in a startup in Dublin? http://t.co/1NG9OvIH tomorrow night in 4 Dame Lane; s/w dev, graphic design, legal ...
Tue, 12:12: RT @ChribHibble: The best thing about alcohol hand gel in hospitals isn't the hygiene, but that everyone walks around like they're hatch ...
Tue, 13:24: I'm not terribly surprised they have trouble with blood reserves in Ireland, the list of exclusions is quite comprehensive...
Tue, 13:26: "Permanently deferred" if you've had a blood transfusion pretty much ever except in Ireland before 1980. Or if you spent time in the UK.
Tue, 13:29: Ok, so I *may* be able to give blood. Of course, I have Vampire blood which is the least useful, but hey... I'll call soon.
Tue, 13:30: (I'm on medication which *may* be acceptable or not. I'll need to talk directly to them. The rest seems safe.)
Wed, 10:18: RT @pickwick: I don't care how awesome someone's leftie credentials are: if they're accused of rape, it gets investigated. Properly. #as ...
Mon, 12:22: Yeah, I guess. You'll have to make do with the local offerings... How terrible... ;-)
Mon, 12:23: Er, the previous tweet was for @GodlessInItaly... "Yeah, I guess. You'll have to make do with the local offerings... How terrible... ;-)"
Mon, 12:45: "Ironically, it’s the lack of access to abortion care that often pushes women to have abortions later in pregnancy" http://t.co/rfCzIA3D
Mon, 12:47: "Starting with those women as the ones you’d cut off [...] they have the most compelling reasons to consider abortion" http://t.co/rfCzIA3D
Mon, 13:50: #Lunch is going to involve blackeye peas, rice, mustard greens, tomatoes and feta. Not sure in what order yet :)
Mon, 14:20: #Lunch was good. I just mixed it all together and added standard Mediterranean-type flavouring. Next: shop for TP, yogurt & drugs. #plan
Mon, 14:21: I realise that the shopping list might give the wrong idea. My intestine is actually fine, thank you :-D
Mon, 16:26: Lobelias weren't exactly on the Urgent shopping list, but I got them anyway because they're pretty. (And purple.)
Sun, 13:16: Great way to reuse slightly-overcooked white rice: make rice balls adding Korean riceball mix (or furikake) when cold. #lunch
Mon, 11:40: RT @Earwickr: Anemone activescent, the torporature is re-turning to mornal. Humid nature is feeling itself freely at ease with the all f ...
Mon, 11:40: Those of you who are accountants: HOW do you manage it??!? I need R&R after half a morning of it... :-D #differentvocations
Sun, 11:32: Now trying to decide which of these stationery oversupplies go into drawer 2 or 2, and which go in a labelled semi-accessible box #diryingup
Thu, 16:38: My inner 5-yr-old is just *ecstatic* at the way this purple metal-effect nail polish looks in the sun! :) (Also, Ikea mission accomplished)
Wed, 12:05: RT @JonathanLHoward: Daughter passed up seeing the torch relay yesterday. A classmate called her a "traitor." Love the way the #Olympics ...
Wed, 12:06: Ohhhhh RT @JulietEMcKenna And the musical son has just discovered today's Google doodle. So that's it for revision today.
Wed, 16:10: .@ickle_tayto @mollydot Well, many Italians are unaware of the meaning too. And it *is* the common informal greeting (friends, family, etc.)
Wed, 16:13: .@ickle_tayto @mollydot "Slave" is the original meaning, & not very close to modern Italian for "slave" ("schiavo", approx pr. "ski-AH-vou")
Wed, 17:01: RT @orzelc: RT @ThatGreekTweet Greece is collapsing, the Iranians are getting aggressive, and Rome is in disarray. Welcome to 430 BC.
Wed, 17:25: I really love puerh tea. Even if a Chinese acquaintance was quite shocked because "It's girl tea!" :-D
Thu, 06:41: Translating a document on tiered storage isn't easy when every time you see the word "tier" you think of an animal... #languagemush
Thu, 08:24: Job delivered. Now splat, then decide whether I want to go to IKEA today or wait until tomorrow.
Thu, 09:17: Ok, IKEA made my decision for me, as the server hosting my shopping list is down. Ah well. I'll check again later, but for now Plan B.
Tue, 15:07: MT @juliainfinland, @lenejohansen Norway changed its constitution 2day, no longr has a national religion. Welcome 2 the modern world Norway!
Wed, 09:54: Critical error: Brain Not Found. Insert espresso and reboot.
Wed, 10:42: Also, I wonder how many of the English speakers who have enthusiastically adopted "Ciao" know that it's from Venetian and it means "slave".
Sat, 12:10: RT @ickle_tayto: Does anyone know if there are dublin based charities looking for bed linen/towels etc? Am clearing out mine. They're in ...
Sat, 12:10: RT @mr_craig: Celebrity birthdays today include Pete Townshend, Joey Ramone, Victoria Wood and Malcolm X. An astrologer's nightmare.
Sat, 12:12: @ickle_tayto I would guess any of the charities that have shops, including Womens' Aid. But I don't know for sure, so I retweeted :)
Sat, 13:48: RT @WSMIreland: Posters advertising next Saturdays Dublin anarchist bookfair now all over Dublin. Doors open Liberty Hall 10am #dabf htt ...
Sat, 17:09: RT @andiosho: Told a tourist it's tradition to throw coronation chicken at the queen on a jubilee. Is this wrong?
Sat, 17:10: Whee! Congratulations! RT @johnreppion Twins James & Joseph Moore-Reppion have now arrived home safe and well. We are legion.
Sat, 17:12: Maybe some dal for dinner? Or maybe I could make some fruit jelly in my new molde pastelero (I just love the name!)? #decisionsdecisions
Sat, 19:31: #Dinner plan (daal) scuppered by lack of ginger. I will resort to Leftovers Refritos. Hmmm... Sobrados Refritos?
Sat, 19:52: RT @urchinette: Watching Titanic for 1st time since saw it in cinema when it came out and entire Ambassador cracked up whenever Irish ch ...
Sun, 09:49: RT @alydenisof: My daughter just asked "Mommy how does my skin stay on?" I knew I shoulda paid more attention in Health class.
Fri, 12:30: RT @kristinagill: When in Rome: never underestimate the possibility of being hit on the sidewalk by a car going the wrong way in reverse ...
Fri, 13:30: Basically no fresh food in the house. I think lunch will be an improvised version of frijoles refritos...
Fri, 17:05: RT @ChrisBrosnahan: @Paul_Cornell You had it easy. When I grew up, Dad got us up at the crack of dawn, all sixteen of us clones, and we' ...
Fri, 17:45: RT @Pundamentalism: The first rule of Thesaurus Club is you don't talk about, mention, speak of, discuss or chat about Thesaurus Club.
Fri, 17:48: RT @knittydotcom: Need a skilled logo designer for a small, urgent project. Deets to be discussed privately. Write asap. knittymagazine ...
Sat, 10:11: I hate it when it's so grey on market day. And I need veg, too...
Sat, 10:15: Shit! Bomb at a school in Brindisi http://t.co/8Gh9TosZ Some hints would link it to mafia, but nobody knows yet.
Sat, 10:18: "Hints" would be: (a) School named after mafia victim; (b) "Anti-mafia caravan" due to arrive in town today. (From It. sources) #Brindisi
Wed, 23:13: RT @RozKaveney: I see that the Radical Feminist conference in London in July is for biological women only. Which is tough on TERFs who a ...
Thu, 08:32: Off to the airport and to the Hibernian mists...
Mon, 16:09: RT @ce_murphy: Don't forget I'm teaching a course in writing fantasy fiction at the @IrishWritersCtr this weekend! Worldbuilding, magic ...
Mon, 19:18: Maybe @annafdd knows? RT @Nemone7 the website is confusing.So,I'm an EEU citizen,just moved to UK,need a Nat Insurance number?where do I go?
Mon, 19:23: @Nemone7 Don't believe @omegar24 -of course we're helpful in general, but we have teh evilest bureaucracy in the world (outside Czechia) :)
Mon, 19:25: RT @sguod Top tip: Tend to forget which gym locker you used? Always use # 404, and relish that "locker not found" moment as it reminds you.
Mon, 19:25: RT @cstross Exploding cats: just one of the perils of working from home.
Tue, 07:51: RT @KateElliottSFF: Doctor: Good blood work, you get a star. Me: 1 star for me is a bad review! Doctor: This isn't amazon, this is kinde ...
Fri, 12:02: RT @ohlookitsMatty: Saw this up on eBay: "Parachute for sale. Only used once. Never opened. Slight stain. $50/ono"
Fri, 12:03: RT @Paul_Cornell I heard this new Mayan calendar they've found has a chocolate behind every window.
Fri, 16:42: Current temperature here (Milan): 3 times as much as the current temperature in Dublin (centigrades natch)
Sat, 11:21: RT @richardarnatt: Just so we're all clear, "Traditional Marriage" is the exchange of livestock for unrestricted sexual access to a man' ...
Wed, 12:50: RT @UnaMullally: Christians who remain in the Catholic Church: you endorse an organisation that makes administrative excuses for rape. G ...
Wed, 13:03: The forecast for the next 10 days is between 12 and 24 �C (min/max), some rain but not a lot. Good. #nowtopack
Wed, 13:17: RT @bmagnanti: Julie Bindel disagrees with everything I have to say. Have added that ringing endorsement to the blog's list of reviews. ...
Wed, 13:34: RT @ickle_tayto: Hey all we are looking for traders for @octocon this year. Stall space is free: email dealers at octocon dot com...
Wed, 13:35: RT @ickle_tayto: Also we're introducing an official Artist's Alley to @Octocon.. if you are an artist and interested email dealers at oc ...
Tue, 12:39: "O frati," dissi, "che per cento milia perigli siete giunti a l'occidente,
Tue, 12:40: a questa tanto picciola vigilia d'i nostri sensi ch'� del rimanente non vogliate negar l'esper�enza, di retro al sol, del mondo sanza gente.
Tue, 12:40: Considerate la vostra semenza: fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza".
Tue, 13:19: RT @impworks: Next April 1 I'm thinking of hiring elite ninjas to paint out the circumlex ŷ on signs in Wales and paint them in on rando ...
Tue, 10:04: RT @MajorThrill: Groupon Ireland are hiring for PHP, Java and DBA roles. You'd be working with me but everyone else is really nice http: ...
Tue, 10:30: My 15000th tweet is approaching. I am rather impressed.
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