“I need to give big props to Flying Star on Silver in ABQ. I spend much of my life here and the staff/servers treat me like a king and the Wifi usually is reliable and fast. Thanks Flying Star!”

“Loving the coverage of #blogher08 on Twitter. Really appreciate the tweets from @pistachio and @gwenbell.”

“Wondering why it's not obvious that Loren Feldman is obviously looking for attention and people keep giving it to him over and over.”

“Realizing that I kind of regret never taking the opportunity to see a game at Yankee stadium. Should have done that.”

“Just learning of a book by a former boss of mine: Brave Partisan: The many lives of Edith Kurzweil http://ping.fm/IYpjG via www.diigo.com/~james3neal”

“This made me laugh from a new listener on identi.ca, 'lag' ... "so we tried the absinthe, entertaining process, semibitter. only hallucinations i had: green paper flying from wallets into cash register"”

“Realizing that I need to see Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup. Didn't realize the score was composed by Herbie Hancock.”

“On July 31 I will have lived in ABQ for 2 years. It's been quite a learning experience but I predict much success in my 3rd year. Finally pretty adjusted to the wild wild West.”

“Cell phone etiquette. Do you carry on a lengthy conversations in public places? I really am annoyed by people who do. I am sitting next to a guy right now who has been chatting for at 30 minutes. @pandora time!”

“Just discovering the work of the photographer Marcus Bleasdale. He's done incredible stuff in Africa. http://ping.fm/KuvDU”

“Been devouring Adam Hochschild's 'King Leopold's Ghost' re: colonial history of the Congo - very informative reading.”

“I've keep reading a lot of university press sites/blogs and I am continually impressed by the adoption of "Web 2.0" technologies. Yale UP podcasts in particular.”

“I hope I look as good as Mandela does when I am 90 years old. The old man has got it going on!”

“Just installed FF 3.0.1 and now it's time for a good night's sleep. Good night everyone.”

“About to download FF 3.0.1. Hope that it goes well.”

“Just watched a bit of a JFK speech about Robert Frost. It would be nice to have an articulate president again.”

“The pulled pork sandwich at Flying Star is pretty good. SC pulled pork it ain't. Far from it however.”

“About to have a pull pork sandwich with onion rings at Flying Star. We'll see if it passes my South Carolina palate test.”