Tweets on 2009-04-02

  • @adamrio Probably for the best he broke up with Sam on ER then. #
  • Unhappy to hear that the latest Council glossy leaflet wrongly describes me as a Labour councillor. 😦 #
  • RHS Wisley is apparently playing extracts of “Day of the Triffids” to tomato plants. And this on the beeb long after midday… #bbcr4 #
  • @lornaspenceley They apologised and will print a correction in next one. Not gonna insist on them pulping and reprinting. #
  • Apparently the new US TV programme “Better off Ted” is funny. I can’t wait for it to be available in the UK. #

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Tweets on 2009-04-01

  • “Examples of tracts, which would not be appropriate, are extracts from the Bible, the Koran, the Torah, the Prophet, and Howard’s End.” #
  • Mood lighting. Candles. Incense. Right, that’s it, can’t faff about any more, I have to actually read that boring council report. #
  • @helenduffett mainline railway stations? #
  • Hmmm. Photoshop Disasters is a little ahead of the game: http://tr.im/i3IG #
  • @adambird http://twitpic.com/2noki – Wow, that’s amazing! #
  • I am definitely going to be in bed by midnight ^W 1am ^W 2am at the latest. #
  • Woke up to a text that said “corduroy pillows: they’re making headlines…” #
  • RT @willhowells RT @serafinowicz: Such a shame that April Fool’s Day has been cancelled this year. #
  • @rfenwick I was half expecting it to be the number for BERR. #

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Tweets on 2009-03-31

  • Hmm. Today’s afternoon play on R4 is about the Dewey Decimal system… #
  • @markpack There was a certain frisson in trying to remember Dewey codes before the plot revealed them… #
  • Hmm. Intrigued by podcast called “Kill him!” On closer inspection, it’s actually “Kim Hill”. #
  • Off to Birmingham to Be A Councillor. #
  • Wow, how long have you been able to get directly to platform 6 from the main concourse distribution bridge? #
  • Ooh. Burton on Trent is “a gateway to the National Forest.” Just “a” gateway? #
  • Leaving Birmingham New Street station. Don’t thing I’ve ever done that before. #
  • Avoiding Needless Alley. Hoping I’m on track. #
  • Roomful of councillors has made a list of 184 people who’d make good councillors. #
  • Boarding train for Nottingham. At least, train says Derby but guy on platform promises it really means Nottingham. #
  • Two of my three meals today have come from AMT kiosks. #
  • Apparently, today’s UK terror alert status is “Jazz hands”: http://tiny12.tv/MXVBM #
  • @toranika LDV’s 12seconds channel is here: http://12seconds.tv/channel/libdemvoice #
  • Scheduling loads of posts for tomorrow on LDV. Making up for two weeks’ silence. #

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Tweets on 2009-03-28

  • @FemmedeR what ‘appened with you story yesterday? #
  • @miketd can only see half your conversation, but le roux / la rousse is redhead; le/la russe = Russian; le roux also as in sauce. #
  • @miketd Larousse, however is a dictionary named after this guy… http://tr.im/hTh9 #
  • @miketd les roustons, however are… erm… things that come in pairs that only men have… is any of this helping? 🙂 #
  • Get excited and make things: http://tr.im/hTob #
  • @lfeatherstone pesky squirrels #
  • @madamemish Grey’s Anatomy here. This is living indeed. #
  • @madamemish Weird how George is back, no? Massive Chrichton homage? #

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Tweets on 2009-03-27

  • @femmeder Nottm City Council has renegotiated some 106 agreements to keep building and make more social provision. #
  • At a training session about commissioning for senior cllrs and management. Only Lib Dem. #
  • “Commissioning” is needlessly pompous local government speak for “doing stuff” #
  • Coffee break. Corridor full of people on mobiles proving their departments can’t run without them. #
  • @FemmedeR search Notm Eve Post for cllr Alan Clarke, there’s stories there about it for starters. #
  • @dr_nick 😦 how long ban? #
  • @FemmedeR or try Notm city council press office? #
  • What a weird avo. Wonder if anyone else in this room has twittered a story to the FT during the workshop. #
  • @jamesgraham don’t listen to her! Farron is much more bog-eyed than Simm. #
  • @iaindale Dan Hannon now on PM #
  • Hah! Caroline Quinn: “So, John Pugh MP, are you in the bonkers camp?” YMTTICPC. #
  • Hosting a meeting tonight. Trying to make house look like the post of place which is routinely cleaned. #
  • Wedding’s off! P just wandered into room as I was watching Derek Draper on Politics show and said “Is that you?” Grrrr! #
  • Typing up minutes the same evening as the meeting. A good habit to get into, but not making any promises! #
  • @having olives, mushrooms, onion, melon, grapes, banana #5aday #
  • JoeMyGod on the difference between Dubya and Obama: http://tr.im/hRpt #

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Tweets on 2009-03-26

  • @kayray Ya gets what ya pays for 🙂 #
  • Hearing that Notts Police have a presence on Facebook, mainly to talk to local students. #
  • @kayray heh – I meant twitter not gmail, but same applies! #
  • Wondering how reporting crime through Facebook works: “halp! Bein BRUGLED! Lol.” #
  • @austinrathe we have senior police in front of us at committee and they certainly sound impressive. #
  • Going out to dinner with my fiancé. #
  • Home to a rousing chorus of Feed us, Heavenly Father, Feed us, from the cats. #
  • Ooh, the goslings are hatching. http://tr.im/hO2e #
  • Spelling “surprisingly” correctly on the fourth attempt. After looking it up. #
  • 12seconds – Not leafleting in that! http://tiny12.tv/AQMPA #

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Tweets on 2009-03-25

  • @meryl_f ouch – it’s not like you missed years of checkups, though is it? #
  • @libdemvoice http://twitpic.com/2eh3y – Ooh. Nice wallpaper. #
  • Hmmm – a penis almost as big as @warrenellis’s http://tr.im/hK8i #
  • @alanfleming Nice new version of that poster we like http://tr.im/hKbc #
  • @iaindale http://twitpic.com/2es1d – Cluttered?? That’s not cluttered! #
  • Hmmm. Apparently elopement is out of the question. Very much want to *be* married, but not sure I want to *get* married. #
  • PS Anyone know any good free online project management tools? #
  • @richardbooth 91 Followers? pfff! Noob! #
  • @adamrio fingerless gloves are very helpful when leafleting. #
  • @richardbooth – @s used to be iwantsandy.com but she’s dead now. #
  • @richardbooth do you use a feed reader at all? if so, search @richardbooth and plug feed into reader. Voilà, replies function don’t matter #
  • Oh boy. Sorry for crazy things that TwitTools did whilst I was upgrading my blog 😦 #

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Tweets on 2009-03-24

  • Is it wrong that I read this and wanted to critique the kitchen décor and not the substantive issue? http://tr.im/hH43 #
  • Still fascinated by govt spending info thingie http://tr.im/hHtc, 24 hours after first starting playing with it. #
  • Things that cost roughly £30bn: Scotland. Local government and decent homes combined. The Defence budget. http://tr.im/hHtc #
  • @documentally you have a point about the hashtag. I shall attempt to start a meme to encourage its use. #
  • Things the #libdems have taught me: how to spell Donnachadh. What have you learned from the #libdems? #
  • 12seconds – I think someone’s trying to tell me something. http://tiny12.tv/4RHN8 #
  • Have got worryingly far through the day without getting round to fruit and veg yet. #
  • Popped onto Cix to ask for touristy advice about Quimper and found myself translating Flower of Scotland into French. #

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