Tweets on 2009-03-13

Rats – late for committee because I can’t get the idea that O&S is at 2.30 out of my head. It’s at 2. Grr. #
Listening to another delightful selection of hits from Trax to Irritate Bus Passengers vol 2. #
Brain: don’t have sweet and sour, you always have that. Mouth: sweet and sour pls. With token beansprouts. #
@edfordham I’ve still not written about my trip to Dachau last year. Still processing some of the info. #
Watching moving giant ferris wheel whilst moving yourself creates worrying optical illusions. #

Tweets on 2009-03-12

Heartened to read Mortimer on suits, after two days wearing jeans in a room full of 400 suits. http://tr.im/hg3M #
Bridge demolitions with an opera soundtrack. Funnier than it sounds. http://tr.im/hg8o #
Oooh, ooh, ooh, did I mention? we overtook the Google Car on the M4 out of Bristol this afternoon at roughly 2pm. #

Good lord, they keep feeding us. Lots of fruit and veg, tho. #
Equality/Diversity session. Not sure about the phrase “people of difference”. #
Lib Dems cllrs on Fire Authorities agree that being too nice in public life can be counterproductive. #
Combined Fire Authorities are pointing out the flaws in the floors. #
“Three people in the world understand the funding formula – one went mad, one died, and I’ve forgotten.” #
Labour members disappointed that the Audit Commission think that red flags are bad. #
Just passed a cute young man in a tshirt that says “Camp Leader”. Not sure whether to ask how camp, or which camp? #
removing the commercial, technical and cultural barriers to achieve seamless multi-agency interoperability. #
@mitchbenn Slum Dogpoo ? #
Reading twitter covertly from a meeting, and really struggling not to laugh out loud at @mitchbenn #
Colleagues talking about web-footed dogs that rescue drowning people. Surely they’re winding me up? #

@having oj, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, fruit salad #5aday #
Not @having cheese, or custard or apple pie or cheesecake. Feeling abstemious. #
Goodness, I’m tired. The long bones in my legs are acheing. Hoping for an early night. #
On’t bus home. Council just agreed £1.001bn budget. #
@artesea Bugger! I forgot Law & Order! #
Listening to presentation in which expert experts are considering unknown unknowns. #
Minister not predicting large scale civil unrest as a result of economy. But still thought it worth mentioning. #

Good grief, now people are spamming the #ldconf hashtag in German?! #
In depth critique of Clegg’s conference speech makeup. Great improvement over no makeup, but needs more lip definition. #ldconf #
Candlewick to Larks a mussy again?! Will the horror never end? #
A brief calculation suggests there are over 990 tweets using the hashtag #ldconf. 991, now. #
Feeling v tired but cheering myself up by catching up with funny picture blogs in Google Reader. #
I’ve been at #ldconf too long. Just read @iaindale’s reference to Elaine Page as Elaine Bagshawe and wondered why she was taking encores. #
@jamesgraham (on behalf of @libdemvoice) Thanks muchly. I have been using my Larkrise window of opportunity, but it won’t last forever. #
@theChristophe I’m not counting all the #ldconf tweets twice! I just went back to the 66th page and multiplied by 15. #
Soooo. Anyone else got #ldconf flu / tummy bug / cough / sore throat / voicelessness? #
Toast. Toast changes everything. #

OMG Howard Dean “The internet is a community” yes, yes , exactly! #ldconf #
@h_elsom #ldconf was trending before Howard Dean took to the stage. in reply to h_elsom #
@rfenwick hope you’re now reassured about LD use of hashtagging. #ldconf #
RT @trioptimum Apparently they’re supposed to be ‘yo mama’ jokes? I’ve been wondering why my ‘Yo-Yo Ma’ jokes were falling flat. #
Wrestling with libsyn to get recording of last night’s #ldconf fringe online. Not sure if website dodgy, computer dodgy, or if working slow #
What’s a spangle? #Ldconf #

Phew, finally arrived at #ldconf. Lots of fun with peak traffic and parking. #
Wow amazing, @libdemvoice has secured a whole 12 seconds of Nick Clegg’s diary at #ldconf http://tiny12.tv/A6E6P #
@rfenwick you didn’t look too much like you might wanna photograph a drain or something? #
Paul Holmes at #ldconf fringe: “Sorry, Vince, but everything you’ve just said is wrong” #
Quite impressed at the number of Lib Dems of faith arguing against faith schools. #Ldconf #
Nick Barlow is pointing out the irony of having more than one compromise amendment. #
@having 6 of my #5aday in my cooked breakfast after 4 days of fail: grapefruit, apple, grape, beans, mushrooms, tomato. #
Well, that’s breakfast sorted, now, why am I in Harrogate again? Oh, yes, the small matter of #ldconf #
@jamesgraham will your event be full of people talking to themselves? #ldconf #

@having orange juice, apple, tomato slice in sandwich – #5aday fail #
@alixmortimer isn’t that what all the “motivational” emails from @markpack were about? “Write a blog post, slaves! fx whipcrack” #
@markpack Yes Dr Pack, sorry Dr Pack. <scurries off> #
@markpack – actually, is the pattern technology fail of some sort? #
@richardbooth I didn’t notice, so the hit squad won’t be calling tonight. My “@Replies” button is presently not working 😦 #
@austinrathe have you seen massive legal battle PirateBay is in at mo? I’ve been reading about it on Gizmodo, but not recently. #
@helenduffett another use, you say? http://tr.im/gZif #