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• I'm at Garcia's Mexican Restaurant (3820 FM 3009 # 136, Schertz). http://4sq.com/chvUte #
• I'm at Panda Express (11220 Huebner Road, San Antonio). http://4sq.com/cMnWkW #
• Panda Express fortune: "Your most memorable dream will come." Translation: Prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse. #
• Good thing about packing: finding things you thought you'd lost or forgotten you had. #
• From the Soup (actually some soap opera): "No more wondering what's for breakfast… It's more like, 'What's for life?'" #

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• The Doctor playing football (soccer) = superbly brilliant. I love episodes where the Doctor has to be "normal" and totally fails at it. #

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• @ryan_connolly agree in reply to ryan_connolly #
• Best line from the Soup (from the show True Beauty) – "I'll accept bottom place, but I won't accept losing!" #
• I just ousted @jtyost2 as the mayor of The Park Apartments on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/694R3X #
• Pictures from a Russian edition of The Hobbit: http://ow.ly/1XEAz (from @geeknights) #
• I just found out that L.S. Underground's _The Grape Prophet_ is available for download at http://lsunderground.bandcamp.com for $9. #
• A CD copy of _The Grape Prophet_ on eBay goes for $50-100 last time I checked, by the way. #
• What do you do when a monument like Stonehenge misbehaves? Blow it up! #

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I’m going to do a proper article (or two) on our quick trip to Roswell and Carlsbad (June 7-8), with pictures and slideshows, but this will do for now (it’s well past sleepy time).

Roswell: UFO Museum is not the only reason (or the best reason): Art Museum much cooler; zoo (peacocks especially) is cool too (though small); wish we could have gone to more museums: historical and contemp. art.

Carlsbad: Caverns are well worth the trip; walk is long (and hard on knees, well on my right knee because I tend to put more weight on it) but a great experience. In town we ate at the No Whiner Diner, which was good. (We both had chicken fried steak). The whole place has a snarky attitude we appreciate.

65 speed limit in place where it should be 70 (why?)

New Mexicans are almost indistinguishable from Texans (apart from only needing one license plate).  We spotted our first authentic New Mexican in Tatum and I couldn’t even tell the difference.

We thought Texas was boring between Sweetwater and Lubbock; eastern New Mexico is generally worse (not even farmhouses or small, almost-dried-up towns every 10-15 miles) with occasional spots of brilliance (ie Carlsbad and the sand dunes on US Hwy 380).

Lubbock to Roswell: Beth Orton (Comfort of Stangers, Central Reseravation, and the Best Bit EP); Ben Folds Five (Whatever and Ever Amen)

Roswell to Carlsbad: The Decemberists (The Crane Wife and The Hazards of Love)

Carlsbad to Hobbs: The Beatles (White Album)

Hobbs to Lubbock: Metallica (Death Magnetic) and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster (II)

• RT @ryan_connolly: This really sucks! Guillermo Del Toro is no longer directing 'The Hobbit'! – http://bit.ly/bqTcmT #
• RT @RawRock: what the crazy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5RYCWgY7-o #
• I'm finding the tendency of documentaries to use the same footage over and over (especially stock footage with little relevance) annoying. #
• To all the veterans who read this: Thank you for your service; I'm glad this day is not specifically for you. #
• Those who blame others for their problems and look to others for solutions are easily manipulated. #
• @StarShipSofa We had a grapevine when we lived outside Memphis, TN, but we never had to do anything with it but make grape jelly. in reply to StarShipSofa #
• Bill Nighy + Doctor Who = Brilliant! #

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• RT @ryan_connolly: Someone who deserves to be remembered – http://bit.ly/amJYkz #
• It's Doctor Who time!! #

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• RT @edgarwright: An old lady just stopped me in the street to ask something. The question? "Could you estimate how wide this road is?" #
• I know I'm behind on this, but the Google logo is a playable game of Pac Man! #
• BBC America + Star Trek: TNG = what the heck?! #

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• So, the power's out at school; it couldn't have waited until after lunch started? #
• Power's back on; it was off for about 40 mins. I'm not looking forward to squirrely kids this afternoon. #
• "Just because you don't call it 'god' doesn't mean belief's not involved." from @livingsac #
• RT @FakeAPStylebook daylight saving time – not "savings," thanks to those tax-and-spend democrats, are we right? #
• Finally! I got a call to set up an interview with Marshall High School in Northside ISD. #
• Job interview set up for Monday! While it is just an interview, it helps to know someone's looking at all those apps I've filled out. #
• At the United Spirit Arena, waiting for Jen's graduation ceremony to start. http://twitpic.com/1nt7se #
• @alexlindsay With a goatee, you remind me of Robert Downey, Jr. In Iron Man with shorter hair. in reply to alexlindsay #
• Iron Man, Iron Man, Does whatever an iron can #

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• I uploaded a YouTube video — Metal in the Courtyard 2010 http://youtu.be/QOJFocmQbOo?a #
• RT @Heritage U.S. citizens apparently don't have the right to wear the flag in public in CA. What country is this? http://bit.ly/bQwzlc #
• RT @amandapalmer slut (the title of the picture, not a reference to the original poster ) twitpic.com/1lj3v8 #
• RT @Heritage More lawyers, lobbyists and government jobs. It's a recovery only Washington could love. #tcot #tlot http://bit.ly/9BqRYs #
• RT @Apreche via del.icio.us: Bag End Dollhouse bit.ly/9ZQoXM #

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• I have survived TAKS for another year. #
• Getting ready to see As I Lay Dying and Demon Hunter at the Cactus Courtyard! \m/ #
• Finally in after waiting 1 1/4 hrs. Was taking them a long time to check I'd. #
• Demon Hunter show was typically awesome; waiting for As I Lay Dying. #
• As I Lay Dying are great showmen; a wonderful concert all around, even though we missed the first band waiting in line. #
• Jen and I with Demon Hunter!!! – http://twitpic.com/1k7da9 #

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