The Adventures of Tobasco da Gama

• RT @Aesahaettr: IT'S THE TROOF: http://bit.ly/IJftX #
• Man, I coulda sworn I had a spare inner tube around here. Fucking flat tire. =| #
• Thanks, @serafinowicz. Therafinowicz. #
• Thanks, Guitar Wolf. Thuitar Wolf. #guitarwolf #
• Thanks, Theremin. The– Hm. Never mind. #
• RT @HarvardResearch: 2008 Census data: Housing is getting even less affordable http://ow.ly/qEZC #
• http://twitpic.com/jf657 – A hint about my crazy vacation scheme… #
• http://bit.ly/3PU8I9 — Sexism. #
• The subject line of a spam e-mail is attempting to convince me that rape is funny. #
• RT @angrytownhall: FACT: Socialism=Fascism=Marxism=Naziism=Communism=Stalinism. THESE ARE ALL THE SAME THING. #
• Ooh! I have a couple of VU meters around. The housings are square, not round, but they'll still be great for my project… #
• http://twitpic.com/jis4n – @rebeccawatson Moving is stressful but don't worry: your cock is safe with me. #
• http://twitpic.com/jiv4u — Another hint about my vacation project… #
• And now: the side of the second disc of the Shadows & Light LP that I DON'T like. #
• Wow, I had pretty much exactly as much Sculpey as I needed. #
• Think about it. It's probably true. RT @serafinowicz: The Japanese word for swan translates as 'ivory giraffe-duck' #
• Pumpkin season! http://maryvannote.com/blog/2009/09/20/pumpkin/ #
• Apparently, PMCs probably aren't worth it: http://bit.ly/18bBd9 #
• Another vacation project hint: If I could afford it, I'd try to stay at the Willard Hotel. #
• I'm feeling generous, so here's another hint. I've booked a hotel near Dupont Circle. #
• Think about it. It's probably true. RT @serafinowicz: The Japanese word for banana translates as 'delicious dildo-fruit' #
• Yo Glenn Beck I'm really happy for you and I'ma let you finish but Jon Swift was the greatest Poe's Law troll of all time. Of all time. #
• "Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." #
• Of course! Velcro! #
• "You know who else hosted an Olympics? Hitler." — http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=27656 #
• Ooh, my Halloween show is on the freakin' marquee at Somerville Theatre! #
• Another hint about the project: I'm trying to give this prop a vaguely green tint. #
• I'm not opposed to liberties taken in sci fi nor even mysticism per se, but I sympathise with this article anyway: http://is.gd/3O27z #
• RT @wigu: Public health care option denied today because of money but they found $50M for abstinence education. #
• You can't fabricate LOVE in an affordable open-source 3D printer. You could probably make a heart necklace, though, so there's that. #
• Ok, what? 12 people from the Netherlands just started following me on Twitter. H… hi? #
• Good morning, good morning, good morning. And what a lovely day it is. Rise and shine, rise and shine! #
• At Kinko's, this creepy guy handed me a flu advisory print-out and said, 'I really hope you're feeling well'. #
• Insurance companies won't cover the operation to extract Max Baucus' head from his ass because it's a preexisting condition. #
• I'm not sure I'm gangster enough to handle Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horrors. #
• White House bloggers pwning Glenn Beck. The Obama administration rules: http://is.gd/3P9LH #
• I've got my project almost ready to go, but there are some final snags I'm running into. Down to the wire, oy. #
• MOTHERFUCKING SUCCESS! It's not perfect, but the result is better than I had hoped. Took lots of pictures in case it falls apart before DC. #
• In 6.5 hours, I'll be on my way… #
• Off into the freezing cold Boston morning I go… #
• God, trains are such a civilised way to travel. NOBODY MADE ME TAKE MY SHOES OFF. #
• Man, I need to stop forgetting what a bad idea it is to have caffeine on an empty stomach. #
• RT @angrytownhall: Every time you dial 911 you are complicit in socialism, making call itself worse than reported crime. #
• The Metro station names are mostly familiar to me, even though I rarely used them when I was here before. #
• RT: @krelnik: HPV vaccine did not kill Natalie Morton. She had a "severe" malignant chest tumour. http://tr.im/Ajjm (via @EvidenceMatters) #
• GUYS. According to the random guest information thing in my room, I am near "one of the 10 best places in the US to buy a hat". Score! #
• http://twitpic.com/jv8ob – An ominous black squirrel a la @hodgman. #
• http://twitpic.com/jvcbh – I already dropped the Willard as a trip hint but maybe a pic will jog memories. #
• Overheard in DC: "You should change these colors. It's very garish– looks like a bordello." –Whitey McOldfuck on an Indian restaurant' … #
• More fact-correcting awesomeness from the White House blog: http://is.gd/3R99U #
• At long last, Halloween, have you left no sense of decency? RT @AmandaMarcotte: http://bit.ly/2n1Dtl "Sexy" Spongebob Squarepants? Really? #
• Note that she gets booked for battery, but he doesn't get charged with attempted rape: http://is.gd/3RnpR #
• Asshole commenter is an asshole. http://bit.ly/jxSfr >:| #
• RT @stopbeck: FANTASTIC: Muse contacts Glenn Beck during his show & demand he retract his endorsement of them: http://bit.ly/2CvXRW #
• The Natural History Museum is unashamedly full of evolution and the old earth. Refreshing, but Mooney and Nisbet must be pissed. #
• (Mooney and Nisbet would allow museums to mention evolution, but only if accompanied by lengthy apologies for possibly offending visitors.) #
• http://twitpic.com/jyz0u – Megashark! Aaaahhhh! #
• http://twitpic.com/jz1eb – I so love the 'I think'. #
• http://twitpic.com/jz5dv – Madness? This! Is! ANTHILL! #
• http://twitpic.com/jz5t6 – APC – Ant Personnel Carrier #
• http://twitpic.com/jz6bs – PWNED! #
• Now James Earl Jones is telling me about insect evolution. #
• The dinosaur area is depressingly out of date. Kind of sad, though Tyrannosaurus skeletons are always cool. #
• I'm noticing only now how the tiled roofs of the Metro stations match the interior of the neoclassical domes so many buildings here have. #
• Is it just me, or is Jasper Johns a hack? There's a lot of art I just don't get, but his stuff strikes me as hackish. #
• Found the hat place, but the selection wasn't that great and some of the hays had been mishandled by customers. #
• RT @wigu Yo dawg I'ma let you finish so I put a fail in ur trap so you can move zig while you accidentally the best cheezburger of all time. #
• RUSSIA CAN EITHER STOP SPAMMING MY BLOG OR CHOKE ON ITS COLLECTIVE DICK. #
• Soooo… Google Wave is just a really spiffed-up real-time wiki? #
• Bars that can't make Old Fashioneds should lose their liquor licenses. #
• Restaurant hint: if nobody shows up to take my order, you don't get any of my money. #
• I don't usually bitch about restaurant service, but holy fuck. #
• This strikes me as being a really good idea: http://is.gd/3Tvdf #
• Wait, Metro trains don't start running until 7 am on weekends? Really? #
• So this is what I've been hinting at for the past week: http://www.tobascodagama.com/?p=534 #
• http://twitpic.com/k3lon — The Lone Wanderer, ready to venture into the Capital Wasteland. #
• The best part of ths is the way everyone pointedly ignores me. #lonewanderer #
• I think I accidentally wound up in other folks' photos of the Lincoln Memorial. #lonewanderer #
• http://twitpic.com/k3u98 – Take It Back! I think Liberty Prime leads Lyons Pride across that. #lonewanderer #
• I'm now recreating the Take It Back! march to Project Purity. #Lonewanderer #
• http://twitpic.com/k3x60 – Looks different without the scaffolding. And Enclave. #lonewanderer #
• http://twitpic.com/k3ypv – Inside Project Purity! #lonewanderer #
• The Jefferson Memorial's statue really is quite imposing in person. #
• The DC cops and monument security have been cool about not harassing me. #lonewanderer #
• Finally ran into a Fallout fan! #lonewanderer #
• Boston PD could learn from the Capital cops. I was eventually approached, but they just asked what I was up to and let me go on my way. … #
• The folks I've asked for photos have all been really nice about it, too. #Lonewanderer #
• http://twitpic.com/k4cka – Relaxing with a smoothie after touring the Mall. Where to next? #lonewanderer #
• http://twitpic.com/k4n0n – Enjoying some Aqua Pura in Dupont Circle. #lonewanderer #
• It's not something I'd wear all day (except for a gag), but my Pip-Boy is less uncomfortable than I'd expected. #lonewanderer #
• http://twitpic.com/k4wys – Pip-Boy. There's a painted outer shell and padded brace w straps. #lonewanderer #
• Honestly, the velcro holds the outer shell way more securely than I expected, too. #lonewanderer #
• Hanging out at the Brickskeller, which has a cool retro jukebox. Pics in a sec? #Lonewanderer #
• http://twitpic.com/k5m8x – Does this thing get GNR? #lonewanderer #
• I'm back in my hotel room, un-arrested, after staging a photo where I paid for my beers at Brickskeller using bottlecaps. #lonewanderer #
• Holy shit. Today actually happened, didn't it? #
• Back to my regular twitting. Let's all laugh at Glenn Beck: http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=27803 #
• If these women are "plus-size", your sense of size is FUCKING BROKEN: http://is.gd/3Vw4s #
• http://twitpic.com/k74m9 – Does this thing get GNR? #lonewanderer #

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