From the monthly archives:

October 2008

Halloween Post: Poe’s The Raven… twitter version

October 31, 2008

Once upon a Tweetdeck dreary, while I Twittered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious snurl of meme-passed lore, While I groaned, nearly bailing, suddenly there came a failing, As of something poorly scaling, scaling on some maxed out cores. ”Tis some n00b,’ I muttered, ‘scaling on a single core – Only this, [...]

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Villa Borghese and the Creepy Crypt

October 4, 2008

Today we visited the Galleria Borghese. The gardens are four square acres of lush landscaping with statues and fountains dotting the pathways. The galleria houses what was once the private collection of the Borghese family including sculptures by Bernini and art by Caravaggio and Raphael. The sculptures were amazing. Jeff was most moved by The [...]

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A Day of Rest

October 4, 2008

Halfway through the trip, we had a day of rest. Nothing planned other than some much needed laundering. I don’t recall if we mentioned this, but we went the carry-on route for our luggage checking nothing. Ambitious, but completely worth it. Lucky for us, there was a laundromat very close to the hotel. We bundled [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-03

October 3, 2008

I’m at Philadelphia Airport (USA) – http://bkite.com/01JZu # SO beat. And comedian security guy was sending US and non-US citizens to wrong lines. That’s real funny after 10 hr flight. # Ha! Guessing I typofied Leonardo before we left given commentary from @msherr @timgiron and others. I was low on smart asses this trip! # [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-02

October 2, 2008

On way to Lepnardo Da Vinci airport. Coolest airport name ever. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-01

October 1, 2008

OH: "Hitler gave unifying everyone a good shot, not that I’m down with his ideas or anything" (Penn St student at bar in Rome) # No writing done this evening due to the dumbest person I’ve ever met at next table. Think Colosseum should be rebuilt as soccer stadium. # Last big sites today – [...]

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