Just in time for July 4th, it’s a collection of my tweeted links and retweets, for those of you too lazy to get on Twitter and follow me @groth18!
First up, the retweets!
RT @MoCCAnyc (MoCCA): Kirby vs Marvel in the NY Times
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RT @KenTremendous (Ken Tremendous): Wow. RT (@parksandrecnbc) The Ron Swanson Mosaic. Be sure to grab our free hi-res poster! #ParksandRec
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RT @tnyCloseRead (Amy Davidson): David Remnick on the Big Man: Bloodbrother: Clarence Clemons, 1942-2011
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RT @kylevanblerk (Kyle Van Blerk): Need. This. Bookcase.
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RT @simonpegg (Simon Pegg): Memorable ink from the US book tour: 1 and 2
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RT @kylevanblerk (Kyle van Blerk): animalsbeingdicks.com That is all. Have a good weekend.
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RT @MarylandMudflap (Scotty L.): Etch-a-Sketch was really onto something. I wish I could shake the shit out of everything in my life when I need a fresh start.
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RT @scottmccloud (Scott McCloud): OMG OMG OMG http://llamafont.com
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RT @normmacdonald (Norm Macdonald): I’d have to be pretty hammered to see “Thor”.
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RT @DwightGarner (Dwight Garner): Daniel Okrent (I think) said it in Esquire (I think) in the 80s: “John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman” = best LP ever recorded. I’m a believer.
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Anyone know where #ProfessorZoom got his doctorate? #justwondering
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Cover story: #magouflage
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Nazis tend not to design great synagogues? I prefer #BattlestarJudaica! #FrankLloydWrong 26 Jun
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Is #Cars a vehicle (ha-ha) for Intelligent Design?
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Blind drunk: #notreally
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Neat #PhilipRoth interview: #idontreadcontempofictioneither
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If I ever have to move again, I have no idea what I’ll do with all the books. #unpackingtheshelves
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Long-ass @BobMould conversation on wrestling, Catholicism, breakups and more: #seealittlelight
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@SimonDoonan: wildly pro-Jew. #yay!
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I am SO glad I didn’t watch the last six episodes of @TheKilling_AMC: http://bit.ly/mEhcSL #stillsevenhoursiwillnevergetback
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I wish it hadn’t taken me so long to think of #WeAllKilledRosieLarsen. Still, glad I didn’t watch the last 7 episodes of @TheKilling_AMC
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First, only time #AnnaNicoleSmith will be compared to #BleakHouse.
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#SalmanRushdie offers up seven wonders (those Goya paintings the Prado are creepy as all get-out)
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The Girl with the Caffeine Addiction? #TMCM
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NYT sez: Life could be better if we blow off property rights, the environment, consumer safety, etc.: #highspeedrail
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Introvert Myth #11: they don’t get Twitter.
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“Time-Traveling Male Sea Monkeys Make Bad Mates“
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Great moments in terrible casting, via @fuggirls (No #JessicaAlba as geneticist and/or blonde in #FantasticFour?)
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Accidental Chinese hipsters: #umm
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Bust 2.0? “If you squint just right, our business is actually booming!”
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Do we expect too much of books? #iknowido #ralphwaldoemerson
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Krypto’s got quite a pedigree: #superdog #legionofsuperpets
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Rockin’ the GTH turban: #sikhandyoushallfind
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No Mexican in Paris? WTF? I can’t even call this #firstworldproblems
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Why I never took up smoking: #cheapjew
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The Enhancer: “Yeah, but have you ever Disneyed . . . HIGH?” #weed
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#Masa loses one star for F-U (by @samsifton)
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“Not only is it okay to hate #LeBron, but it’s a fucking character flaw on your part if you do not.” #nbafinals
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Anybody know what this is? #snakeonahike #herpetology
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My hometown: a toxic mess that CAN’T be cleaned up, after multiple Superfund attempts: #ringwoodnj #eatlead
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#JoeJackson & #TheRoots do #SteppinOut on @latenightjimmy
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Apparently, I need to alternate my annual Toronto trip with some Montreal action.
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i found my thrill on N***** Hill? #plaqueremoval
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Never trust your parents, especially when you’re home for the holidays: #drugdeal
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#Seth’s lovely eulogy for his father: #nosethdoesnothaveatwitteraccount
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Every mall should have a bomb shelter: #shoptillthebombdrops
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Puyehue makes an ash of itself: #underthevolcano #alsooverthevolcano
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I’ll get to these right after I finish #ADancetotheMusicofTime. #johnswartzelder #simpsons
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Sunfart: #justsunfart
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Greatest pwnage ever? #nadal #federer #toughcall
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“To prize integrity is to fear disintegration” (via @asymmetricinfo)
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It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: Greatest. Cast. Ever.
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@comicsreporter on his hoped-for DC relaunches. #bwahhaha
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Kirby. Gods. Watercolor. #nuffsaid
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@michaelbierut on comedic design (sorta): #talkingfunny
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#GeneHackman: “He tried”
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#UmbertoEco on reading and not reading: http://bit.ly/jFXAQZ
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“You cook?” “I’m French.” #MelanieLaurent #aurevoirshoshana!
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No one said, “I wish I kept up on Twitter more”? #regretsofthedying
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