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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-14

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on March 14, 2010
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  • Wow, Alice in Wonderland with a $116 million opening weekend! #
  • What an odd combination of break-dancing and contemporary dancing with the soundtrack music. #
  • This Avatar movie doesn’t look too bad…didn’t know they had Mechs in it, otherwise I might have seen it earlier. #
  • Oh great, Sandra Bullock winning an Oscar and a Razzie on the same day! #
  • The Hurt Locker is apparently the best movie that I have never heard of until today. #
  • I’m liking accuweather’s description for tomorrow’s weather. “Delightful with plenty of sun.” #
  • Congrats to Maryland’s Gary Williams and Greivis Vasquez, ACC coach and player of the year! Go Terps! http://easyuri.com/86d2a #
  • Decided that I’m going to watch Up before either Avatar or The Hurt Locker. Looks more fun and still won an Oscar for Best Original Score. #
  • Don’t think I’m ready for daylight saving time yet. I like waking up to lots of sunlight. #
  • Found some leftover Halloween candy to fuel my late night sugar-rush. #
  • The good thing about a slow day at work is that you get to watch the college basketball on TV instead of CNBC. #
  • Just finished watching 2012 since my parents were watching it downstairs. Could chop off an hour and it would be the same ridiculous movie. #
  • “Good afternoon. My name is Russell. I am a wilderness explorer in tribe 54, sweat lodge 12. Are you in need of any assistance today, sir?” #
  • Just finished watching Up! Excellent movie, gets two thumbs up from me! Who else caught the Star Wars reference in it? #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

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on March 7, 2010
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  • Heading back up to NYC to look at apartments for my aunt. Plenty of pictures to come. #
  • This is one of the worst closing ceremonies ever. #
  • Where is the rest of the closing ceremony? They cut Michael Bublé off with the Marriage Ref! I know it’s bad, but I’m sure there’s more. #
  • Suffering from Olympic withdrawal. Oh wait 24 is on now, nevermind. #
  • Maybe I should get to sleep earlier. My internal clock is slipping toward 1AM now. #
  • Yay! Great start for Maryland on Senior night! Take it to Duke, Greivis! #
  • M-A-R-Y-L-A-N-D! Huge win over Duke 79-72! Great way to end Senior Night for Vasquez, Hayes, and Milbourne! http://bit.ly/csBqyc #
  • Made the mistake of having a hot chocolate coffee and a some chocolate munchkins this morning. #
  • Just finished watching The Karate Kid again with commentary…such a classic movie. #
  • Going to the Honda dealership to get the oil in my car changed…also to get a couple cups of coffee. #
  • Wow, Maryland winning over UVA all because UVA’s coach threw down his suit jacket and getting a technical foul. #
  • Done with my taxes! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

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on February 28, 2010
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  • First (and only) Jamaican of the Olympics spotted in ski cross. #
  • Eating some Pomegranate Blueberry Italian Ice for dessert. #
  • Finally broke $1 billion on the Hollywood Stock Exchange! Only took me…5 years. #
  • Yay snow! #
  • This snowstorm is a big disappointment. It’s just rain and it’s melting all the old snow. T_T #
  • Scott Hamilton is getting a little too excited about the triple axel-double toe loop combination. #
  • Excellent, they’re predicting 6-12 inches of snow tomorrow! #
  • I feel bad for Mr. Toyoda, he’s really getting grilled on Capitol Hill right now. #
  • Maybe I should have brought a shovel to work today… #
  • Kim Yu-Na was so dominant tonight that Mao Asada couldn’t come close. Maybe she’ll also get her silver upgraded to platinum like Plushenko. #
  • Just saw a snowplow stuck in the snow while driving to work. #
  • Going to miss curling since it’s over. Guess I’m going to have to turn into a hockey fan now. #

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Olympic Curling

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Russell
on February 24, 2010
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Maybe I should have put up some Olympic clips earlier because so many have piled up over the last week, but I’ll start with a bit of curling.  Since this is the first Winter Olympics where I can actually watch and record curling, I’ve found that it’s a very interesting game.  Except for the fact that Team USA (both men’s and women’s) stinks and are out of medal contention, it’s been a lot of fun eating dinner while watching the day’s recorded curling matches.  However the standouts have been the curling commentators, Don Dugrid and Colleen Jones.  Their insight has been simply exquisite.  They make you want to go out to your “local” curling club and start playing.  I’ve also found that there is quite a bit of yelling involved as seen in the clip below.

There are more intricacies to the game as well, but I’ll let Michael Scott explain.

One thing that I have to complain about with NBC’s coverage is that the streaming video is much much worse than the coverage for the 2008 Summer Olympics.  It’s practically non-existent unless you have premium NBC channels.  Even then you can only watch curling and hockey live.  I’m sure someone would like to see their favorite Indian skier finish 57.09 seconds off the pace in the Men’s Giant Slalom.  The other problem is NBC’s habit of tape delaying the popular sports to show in primetime. At least the upcoming short-track and ladies’ figure skating is mostly live (without tape delay, not live streaming).  Great job by Kim Yu-Na tonight though, that 007 James Bond music medley was much more exciting than the typical classical music everyone else picks.  The Pirates of the Caribbean music Mirai Nagasu picked was probably a close second.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21

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on February 21, 2010
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  • Doing an unexpectedly high amount of work on a holiday. I’m supposed to be celebrating a couple of presidents today, right? #
  • Eating a coffee sponge cake with a whipped cream topping and cherries that someone brought into the office for Chinese New Year. #
  • Finally getting to watch a full match of Olympic Curling off my DVR. Still not sure why this isn’t a more popular sport… #
  • Very excited that the Starcraft II beta has begun…except that I didn’t get an invite yet. #
  • Going at it again with the hot chocolate coffee…this time with mini marshmallows. #
  • Watching curling, eating gummi bears, and drinking tea before going to sleep. #
  • Ow, I think I strained my shoulder grabbing for my bookmark after it fell behind my bed last night. #
  • Saw a co-worker putting fruit snacks on his salad today…interesting idea. #
  • Very pleased that honorary captain Vernon Davis (University of Maryland / SF 49ers) is supporting curling. USA men/women got wins today! #
  • Clutch wins today for the USA curling teams! There isn’t another sport in the Olympics close to the strategy and drama that curling has. #
  • The #1 moment is going to be tough to beat. RT: @MasterRen: Wackiest moments of the Games | NBC Olympics http://j.mp/9BumSX #

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