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@abulsme tweets from 2012-12-30 (UTC)

Alex sings Alphabet Train

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Alex sings along to one of his favorite videos: Alphabet Train.

(Video taken December 2nd)

 

@abulsme tweets from 2012-12-29 (UTC)

  • RT @RamCNN: RT @tomgara: More ways to feel old: The first Gulf war is as long ago today as the Vietnam war was when the first Gulf war b … 00:41:34
  • Reading – Two Cautionary Tales of Gun Control (Joyce Lee Malcolm) http://t.co/pOqKTrKf 05:05:33
  • RT @JosephDickerson: It wasn't the Mayan Apocalypse, but on Dec. 21st Disney officially bought LucasFilm and #StarWars. #GeekApocalypse? … 08:00:16
  • RT @BYUfan: Swing voters dying out. RT @dandrezner This seems like a pretty important chart, courtesy of @fivethirtyeight: http://t.co/16:54:16
  • .@BYUfan Not swing voters…. Swing STATES. Maybe voters too, but that chart is about electoral votes. in reply to BYUfan 16:58:39
  • .@BYUfan Actually, spoke too soon. Congressional Districts I think. Gotta go find actual article instead of just looking at graphic…. :-) in reply to BYUfan 17:00:35
  • Reading – As Swing Districts Dwindle, Can a Divided House Stand? (Nate Silver) http://t.co/jkMs6oWj 17:10:22
  • .@BYUfan So, revised comment…. Not swing voters, swing house districts! There might be a swing voter decline too, but not shown here. in reply to BYUfan 17:11:37
  • .@BYUfan This more about geographic distribution of votes, including redistributing and gerrymandering. in reply to BYUfan 17:12:30
  • .@BYUfan Uh, redistricting…. Autocorrect. :-) in reply to BYUfan 17:14:46
  • Reading – Graph of the day: Americans are drinking less and less milk (Brad Plumer) http://t.co/Dp4to92K 17:23:24
  • RT @BYUfan: .@abulsme voters also concentrating themselves. People moving to red and blue neighborhoods. Free State Project on steroids. 17:26:41
  • .@BYUfan Yup, that was an interesting part of the article. Unhealthy I think. Better to have ideologically mixed areas. in reply to BYUfan 17:29:12
  • .@BYUfan Having ideologically sorted geographically is dangerous I think. Feedback loop of polarization. in reply to BYUfan 17:31:31
  • .@BYUfan Much easier to consider the other side “evil” and “other” if you don’t have them as neighbors and friends. in reply to BYUfan 17:31:47
  • .@BYUfan Autocorrect galore. That should have been “Having ideology sorted geographically…”. :-) 19:07:36
  • RT @LSPollack: That is awful RT @reddit A show about a detective w/ OCD, & this is how they design the box cover for the last season … 22:58:11

@abulsme tweets from 2012-12-28 (UTC)

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Navigating off the Cliff

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:

  • Busy Times / Fiscal Cliff
  • iPhone Navigation Apps / Touch to Share

Recorded on 24 Dec 2012

Length this week – 52:33

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@abulsme tweets from 2012-12-27 (UTC)

Alex Finds His Tree

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Recorded right after Alex woke up Christmas morning.

@abulsme tweets from 2012-12-26 (UTC)

@abulsme tweets from 2012-12-25 (UTC)

Happy Santa Day Everyone!

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