Twitter Stand
02.May.09
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Happened to stumble over a new & different use of Twitter this past week. It seems that a bunch of folks have taken on character names and personalities of Stephen King’s “The Stand
How’s that for a novel use of social media (hey, how’s that for a great pun?)
Here are the characters I’ve located so far:
- Mother Abigail – http://twitter.com/motherabigail
- Randall Flag – http://twitter.com/VegasWalkinDude
- Nick Andros – http://twitter.com/Nick_Andros
- Tom Cullen – http://twitter.com/m_o_o_n
- Glen Bateman – http://twitter.com/glenbateman
- Nadine Cross – http://twitter.com/Nadine_Cross
- Larry Underwood – http://twitter.com/larry_underwood
- Fran Goldsmith – http://twitter.com/frangoldsmith and/or http://twitter.com/fran_goldsmith
- Stu Redman – http://twitter.com/Stu_Redman
- Harold Lauder – http://twitter.com/haroldlauder
- Ralph Brentner – http://twitter.com/RalphBrentner
- Sue Stern – http://twitter.com/Sue_Stern
- Dayna Jurgens – http://twitter.com/DaynaJurgens
- Lloyd Henreid – http://twitter.com/RatSnacker
- Donald “Trashcan Man” Elbert – http://twitter.com/mylifeforyou
- Judge Farris – http://twitter.com/JudgeFarris
Got more? Add a comment with them please.
I may have to create a separate Twitter account just to follow this. Adding them all to my regular account is a bit noisy… but I’m sure curious to see it all play out.
The Stand has always been one of my all time favorite books and this is definitely a new way to experience it!
Talent
12.Dec.08
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A neighbor sent over this video and I’d like to share it. Don’t roll your eyes — just sit back and enjoy a truly talented and funny choral group.
Straight No Chaser – 12 Days
Toto, Where Are You?
24.Aug.08
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We’ve been living near Denver for almost 8 years. Having grown up in the mid-west the wife and I have definitely seen our share of tornados – but we sure never thought we’d see any here in Colorado.
Oh sure, there are frequent tornados around the Denver airport. But heck, that’s way outside of town out on the prairie. Nothing ever seems to be affected by them.
Tonight, however, we had a very rare opportunity to see a funnel work it’s way down to the ground. It stayed down for quite a while too – at least a good 10 minutes.
Not a huge one, but I managed to get a few pictures and they’re uploaded at my flickr account. Here are a couple samples.
Just getting started:
Getting Larger:
Cool, huh? See the rest.
This particular funnel didn’t really get all that large or cause any apparent damage. Lots of dust, but it was out in a new construction / unpopulated area. Heck, we didn’t even see livestock in the air (“cow”).
Sounds like a larger one touched down just a few miles south of us (and a few miles east of the one we saw) and did some damage. That’s a bummer and just not something you expect to hear about near Denver!
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