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Birdsite refugee. I'm an amateur vocabulationist. That means I make up words.

Your follow-backs are appreciated, but no pressure.

My follow-backs are not automatic. You gotta show me something first.

The avi is a right-facing profile in silhouette, colored as a gradient from dark blue to pale pink. Header is a photo taken from under the Lamar Street bridge over Ladybird Lake in Austin, TX, looking northward, April, 2011.

LocationOver here!
WorkRetired .Net developer
InterestsSee #introduction toot(s)
ReligionUnaffiliated, non-participating

What's on my mind? Well, I keep thinking of the phrase, "A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite for democracy," and how true it was.

#grieving

We may have stumbled on the fatal flaw in American democracy: the ability to vote for its demise.

#grieving

I may have been full of shit, but I was a much more interesting, engaging and entertaining person before I realized I was full of shit.

#humor #SelfReflection

Oh sure, the pioneers of the old West had it rough, but I'll bet they didn't spend nearly as much time as I do opening and closing resealable plastic packaging.

#humor

Notice: The Annual Convention of the Association of Hermits, Recluses and Voluntary Shut-Ins has been canceled again this year for obvious reasons.

#humor

I'd love to see Stacy Abrams as US president one day, but she has three major things working against her. She's too female, too black, and too smart.

Public address announcement in an Albuquerque Walmart: "Attention, shoppers, there's a black dog running around the parking lot, and it's probably your dog. So please take a look because it's running behind the cars and might get hurt or run over. Thanks."

I love this town!

#humor #NewMexico #ABQ

This week I'm staying in Albuquerque, as I do from time to time. Once again struck by the wisdom of situating the city just where Interstate 40 and Interstate 25 intersect.

#humor #NewMexico #albuquerque

Who says commercials can't be thought provoking? Imagine, if you can, the concept of a "transferrable lifetime guarantee."

I kind of like the term Xitter for the old bird site, in part because it represents one of the few examples of the letter "x" being pronounced with the "sh" phoneme.

#humor #birdSite #linguistics