The Scoop

  • In fourth grade someone got the bright idea of cutting lunch to an outrageous 15 minutes (as if going to a year-round school without a cafeteria wasn't enough--we ate at our desks and were served by mobile carts in the hall). To get the slow eaters (me) up to speed, our teachers implemented a charming little policy called "Shovel Time."

    The first nine minutes would pass normally. Then as the tenth approached, Miss Stauffer (a feathered-haired gal who drove a Camaro, loved Little River Band...and apparently still teaches at Hollydale Elementary) would yell, "Do you know what time it is?!" The class would manically shriek back, "SHOVEL TIME!!!" Talking was absolutely forbidden the final five minutes—it was a deathly silent scarf fest.

    I don't know if I've ever been the same since. But as a nod to this classy ritual, I've adopted the humble scooping implement as my rating system's icon. Shovel on!
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    1 Shovel=Passing Fancy
    2 Shovels=Puppy Love
    3 Shovels=Crippling Crush
    4 Shovels=Serious Stalking

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All Atwitter

I totally don’t get the point of Twitter, but then, I didn’t immediately get what the big deal was with Flickr or YouTube either. Maybe it’s because succinct-ness isn’t my forte. Yes, the old windbag theory must be it.

So, look, here are some homegrown attempts at Twittering:

Watching Damages in awe as Dillahunt makes brief appearance. Indeterminate time a few minutes ago

Well, you can’t use HTML so that was already a bust.

Wondering if I’m going to get enough use out of my light jackets since fall isn’t cold enough to wear them yet and next thing you know it’ll be full on wool weather. On the way home from work

Phew, got that within nine characters of the 140 limit, but I actually had a lot of pointless stuff to add to that deep thought.

Angry that I saved my breakfast until 12:30pm to conserve on food and my yogurt I just bought yesterday with a Halloween expiration date had already gone moldy. 12:30pm

Angrier that I left my camera at home this morning. Using a phone for photos doesn’t feel natural. 12:32pm

Fage

Ok, that’s my entire day in a nutshell and now I’m exhausted with all that rehashing—Twittering takes a lot out of you.

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Garret Dillahunt is supposed to appear in 4 episodes of "Damages" (including last night's episode), I believe. I read that when there was an announcement recently about Dillahunt being cast in the new Terminator tv series.

Yay, more Garret Dillahunt. Actually, I think I just like typing the word Dillahunt...

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