Russ McBee

Here are snippets of an ongoing conversation thread that happened on Twitter today; it involves five different people. These updates were interspersed with other ''tweets'' from me and the 62 people I follow, so the meandering, cloudy nature of Twitter is masked by my selective edits. (A name preceded by an @ symbol indicates that the person ...

I know I haven't blogged much in the last couple of days, and I probably won't for a few days more. At the moment, I'm preoccupied by a personal matter that supersedes everything else. My baby sister is very sick, and the doctors don't know what's wrong with her. I don't want to be too specific with details, because a) it's nobody's business, ...

I probably won't be blogging much over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend; instead, I'll be busy eating and visiting with family and friends, and generally having a good time. This is, of course, the time of year we're supposed to give thanks for things in our lives; I want to do that, but I'm afraid my list will come across as maudlin and ...

I have a new story posted at the Psychozilla Tribune, in which the world is introduced to Ogg the Caveman. After lying frozen in a glacier for 50,000 years, he woke up when global warming started melting the ice. He's now taking the world by storm. Read about Ogg here.

Here's a recent Twitter from Newscoma, which I've been laughing about for the last couple of hours: I just sneezed on my dog. It was unexpected for both of us. I've had several Quotes Of The Day from her. Maybe I should create a Newscoma tag.

I've been playing around with Twitter for the last day or so. I'm not yet sure what it represents, or how I'll use it, but I can already see how it can become addictive. I've added a feed for my most recent Twitter updates in the right-hand sidebar, just for giggles. I don't really buy the argument that Twitter is a publication (via Jack Lail), ...

I'm pumped about seeing the premiere of ''Sicko'' tonight. I'm even more pumped that I scored a free ticket from R. Neal. He rocks. I'm still wondering what prompted this. This comes as absolutely no surprise. This could be good news, or it could turn out to be really, really bad news. So could this. TGIF.

I've been tagged again, this time by the venerable Archcrone. Here goes: 1. All right, here are the rules. 2. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts. 3. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves. 4. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules. 5. At ...