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• @TopCow THE FUTURE IS NOW! in reply to TopCow #
• @deantrippe But he slept with so many women! in reply to deantrippe #
• Ultimate Comics Spiderman by @brianbendis @davidlafuente is probably my favorite superhero book on the stands right now. Go team, go! #
• @ramtower Steal one for me! in reply to ramtower #
• @BaldSteve Yee-haw! #
• I really want those Twilight Zone Mego's. They're the best thing ever, I think. #
• @kodychamberlain You should read the book. Totally up your alley. in reply to kodychamberlain #
• Lookit that Murder, Inc. is on the TV! That Peter Falk makes a helluva Jewish Gangster. #
• Will be at @LongBeach_CC tomorrow signing with @REkedal from 1 @topcow and the rest of the day with @TonyFleecs in Artist Alley. #
• I may have traumatized my wife by showing her Se7en for the first time while she's pregnant. Will lay off the "What's in the box?" jokes. #

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• This weekend you'll find me @LongBeach_CC with @tonyfleecs. I will be rocking, rolling, and such. Also signing @topcow. #
• And, by the by, I want this so badly it hurts. Not as much as food poisoning, but still... http://tinyurl.com/y9jm4ht #
• @REkedal oops. I meant to send that to @tonyfleecs. :) in reply to REkedal #
• @bclaymoore But don't give them your mailing address. in reply to bclaymoore #
• A Serious Man is like the movie version of being Jewish. It's the best thing the Coens have done since Lebowski methinks. #

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• @HeidiRyder eh, you'll find one just like we did. in reply to HeidiRyder #
• So nice to be home, watching Lost, and fighting off the end of the food poisoning. #
• @REkedal @philhester orjust an impression of what I look like after being there for two days. in reply to REkedal #
• Just finished reading Shutter Island. It's pretty terrific, although, the diagnoses contained therein seem silly. #
• After twenty four hours using my Kindle my paper loving, old fashioned wife said five words. "honey I want a kindle." #
• @mrtonylee you may want to rethink that. L.a. Public transit is great to get you to anywhere in the valley and Hwd but useless elsewhere. in reply to mrtonylee #
• @mrtonylee and cabs will cost you an absolute fortune. Feel free to IM or call to discuss. #
• Just got my copy of the Purple Tapes by @pixies on vinyl. It's rad. #

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• Spent the bulk of our last full day on Hawaii being cradled by my wonderful wife and waiting for the pain to stop. #
• @swierczy Grifter's Game may be my favorite crime novel of all time. Tell the world! in reply to swierczy #
• Almost fully recovered from food poisoning just in time to get on a plane and fly home from Paradise. Sigh. #
• @CampJim I went to college with her, yknow. in reply to CampJim #
• Goodbye Hawaii. Hello five hours trying not to be sick on a plane. #
• @philhester @rekedal and Iowans true tendency to go CRAZY. in reply to philhester #
• It's like Hawaii wants to make leaving so unpleasant that you stay here forever. Food poisoning aside, I wouldn't object. #
• Home sweet sweet home. #

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• @TopCow as @jameslucasjones explained to me, this is why its important that us non douchebaggy people have kids. We're fighting a war! in reply to TopCow #

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• If you're not following mu punks collaborator @kodychamberlain you better get on it. His new book is ficking amazing. http://j.mp/9vUzWr #
• In addition to the horrific social torture of tonights cruise, we're both extremely I'll from the food. Huzzah! #
• And by extremely sick I mean throwing up for the past half hour. Christina was a bit queseay but seems better now. #
• @bryanedwardhill sure feels like it. in reply to bryanedwardhill #
• Did I say thirty minutes? An hour and a half of puking. Make it stop. #
• Yeah. We're going to the hospital cause I'm no better. #
• Feeling like shit, but enjoying Hawaii's awesome socialized medicine. #
• Being released from the hospital. It's just a massively nasty bit of food poisoning. Get to spend remainder of trip in bed drinking broth. #
• I actually didn't know a person could be in this much pain and not be dying. Jesus Christ. #

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• @kodychamberlain where's mine? Jerk. in reply to kodychamberlain #
• @kodychamberlain pages of sweets. in reply to kodychamberlain #
• @falsemaria we're gonna hang out on it with the Golden Girls later. :) in reply to falsemaria #
• @kellysue we're prepping ours by playing Eye of the Toger on a constant loop on the Lulabelly. She's gonna beat the shit out of Mr. T. in reply to kellysue #
• @JonathanMaberry kickass! in reply to JonathanMaberry #
• @JonathanMaberry i'm downloading it on the @coasttocoastam app tight now. :) in reply to JonathanMaberry #
• The apocalypse has occurred. My wife is wearing Capri pants. She swore that only at the end of the world would she ever wear any short pants #
• We've made a grave miscalculation in our ordering. http://yfrog.com/32fbzqj #
• After picture. Both of us tried. Couldn't even get past the halfway mark. http://yfrog.com/9stvij #
• At the zoo, heading for the Monkeyhouse. #
• Hawaii Zoo: Meerkats frolic. #
• Hawaii Zoo: Meerkats frolic. http://yfrog.com/35mfdj #
• Heading off for a pre-Valentine dinner cruise. Tourists ho! #
• This dinner cruise may be my version of hell. Crowded. Sitting with strangers. Loud, and being forced to scream catch phrases. #
• According to the guy we booked it with, this is the less crappy one, too. #
• Went on deck to get away from the steerage packed tourists. Look at all this open space. Groan. http://yfrog.com/4avephmj #
• THEy'RE PLAYING THE MACARENA. We may require Coast Guard assistance. #
• @philhester as Sartre said, hell is being stuck on a boat with other tourists and forced to listen to the Macarena. in reply to philhester #
• The boat ride is over. Our love is much stronger for the suffering. As god as my witness I'll never take a touristy boat ride again! #
• @REkedal yeah? Do they get the head beatings right? :) in reply to REkedal #
• To always remember and make sure we never do it again. http://yfrog.com/aushvhj #
• The people on our shuttle don't approve of gay people, can't do simple math, and are drunk as fuck. This is truly the tour that won't end. #
• Those of foreign descent don't know which hotel they're at. Those of American descent are vocally racist against them. Awesome. #
• Apologized to unborn Baby V with punk rock onesie purchase. http://yfrog.com/32eifhj #

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• @Remender it's stops then and is a nerve free piece of cake for 20 years, though, right? I'm 5 months in & the anxiety may be killing me. in reply to Remender #
• @jerhaun don't we all? in reply to jerhaun #
• Alright folks. Last pages written, vacation will be in full effect, starting... NOW. #
• Ah, Smorgy's, your culinary delights are as moving as your name. #
• At a matinee of Percy Jackson surrounded by what looks like a school group. Maybe they're reading the Odyssey... #
• @TonyFleecs yeeeeeehaw! in reply to TonyFleecs #
• Percy Jackson was fun. They cut out virtually everything important for the sequels, though. #
• #ff for the crew on my two new Creator Owned books book 1: @TopCow @REkedal @warp_phil book 2: @TonyFleecs @jameslucasjones @onipress #
• Played ukelele on our sea front porch as did the guy in the next room. He played traditional. I played the Pixies. #
• @kodychamberlain The audience. in reply to kodychamberlain #

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• Hawaii truly is paradise. However, I'm unsure why everyone assumes we don't know how to use chopsticks. #
• Hawaiian Morning Rainbow. http://yfrog.com/3519oij #
• That baby loves coffee. Loves it loves it loves it. Decaf, but still. http://yfrog.com/4ibb3tj #
• Foolishly went to the Expedia "breakfast.". Pastries, fruit, and OJ and over priced tours. (@ Hard Rock) http://4sq.com/aWSvuw #
• They have all the important rock star instruments here. Keith Richards, Keith Moon, Elvis Presley... Nuno Buttencourt. Hurm. #
• @jameslucasjones I wanna write the jumble! That's really true of all comic book based jumbled, though. in reply to jameslucasjones #
• Write write write swim swim swim write write write. #
• @_irene_adler not in Hawaii I ain't. Acually it is. And rainy. Still though. :) in reply to _irene_adler #
• Trying authentic island cuisine. http://yfrog.com/1ew8wqj #
• @BrianReed you can only stay with me if you trick Marvel into publishing a comic in which Luke Cage says Sweet Christmas. in reply to BrianReed #
• Off for massages and maybe another dip in the ocean. Life is good. #
• Curry filled donut! http://yfrog.com/auga5yj #
• Rainbow Sherbert! http://yfrog.com/4ep6zfj #
• Somebody just bought a rockin' six string uke. (@ The Ukulele House 2) http://4sq.com/9rMk8G #

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• Goodbye Los Angeles. Back in a week. Try not to do anything I wouldn't do. #
• Celebrate awesome comics with the @philhester written The Anchor vol. 1 for only $10 from Boom! In stores today. #
• I hate flying. With a neck injury, a pregnant wife, and a hyperactive little kid sitting behind us, especially. We have striven. #
• The view from our hotel room. All cynicism is gone. http://yfrog.com/1dwrvij #
• Plus I got this badass cowboy hat. http://yfrog.com/3nty4oj #
• I swam in the ocean. I have not done this since I was a child. Vacation slowly starting to work. #
• See? It's not just me who can't unplug. http://yfrog.com/2ev2gj #
• Even fate is trying to get me to work tomorrow. http://yfrog.com/1dkl3yj #

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• New pai N medicine gave me four whole uninterupted hours of sleep for the first time in months. Huzzah! #
• @Rekedal is a fucking genius. I'm so incredibly lucky to be working with him before the Big Two gobble him up. #
• The new facebook is truly horrendous. Go team! #
• For the wife: Kelly Moore is giving away a bag! Go enter to win! http://kellymoorebagblog.com/ #
• Hey lookit Mac on Lost! #
• Have there always been this many commercials on Lost or is ABC just trying to get it's moneys worth? #

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• @WildStorm I still think if we shake @davidalapham by his ankles, a new issue of Stray Bullets may fall out of his pockets. in reply to WildStorm #
• "Just a quick one pager." 8 hours, 2 pages, Barely 2/3rds of the Plot. Damn me straight to hell. #
• Final neck diagnosis: bulging c5/c6 disc. I get to spend the next however long in physical therapy hoping for the best. #
• Y'know what works great? Making Facebook totally confusing and unusable. Hooray! #
• @BatGirlBabs as a man married to a librarian, trust me, it doesn't. in reply to BatGirlBabs #
• @philhester I found dvd's of the Third Man tv show starring Klaatu himself Michael Rennie. Which is kind of a great idea of a book... in reply to philhester #
• @philhester Nah, it's supposed to be a prequel. I wonder what Graham Greene thought about it though... in reply to philhester #
• @philhester Listen here, if Batman can still be in his 30's 60 years later, Harry Lime can time travel as much as he likes. :D in reply to philhester #
• Talking of Graham Greene, tomorrow night sees one of his other movies directed by Carol Reed at the Nuart Theater on Santa Monica. #
• Also, my 1930's movie loving wife has an uncontrollable obsession with Ninja Warrior and Ultimate Cake Off. #

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• Dizzy in the head and I'm feeling bad, the things you said have got me real mad. http://song.ly/2jc80 #todayssoundtrack #
• This new Best of The Who Live is really, really well done. Sounds like one continuous concert, despite it being ten different shows. #
• My cats keep trying to lick the bleach off my hands. They would not have survived in the wild. #
• Baby's room is painted. As are my hands, pieces of my beard, and most of my wife. Now to get all my artist pals to draw on the walls. #
• The baby's room, in honor of @chrisryder and The Hulk is green w/ purple trim. I'm expecting @tonyfleecs to rock a Li'l Hulk on the wall. #
• @WildStorm You guys get a big thumbs up for getting more Lapham in the world. #
• Hey @meltdowncomics! You aren't getting rid of any spinner racks are you? #
• Trying desperately to get my work done while fighting off my desire to just enjoy my vacation with the wife. #
• @dpowensj Except for paying rent. :D in reply to dpowensj #

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• Been offline all day as I work on my pitch for Watchmen 2: Electric Boogaloo. Thus far, the Watchmen need to save the youth center. #
• For those of the crime noir persuasion, the Nuart's got a festival of British Noir all week: http://www.british-weekly.com/?p=1138 #
• @deantrippe Only if they can break dance their way through that greedy developers evil schemes. I've started work on the music already. in reply to deantrippe #
• With a week's vacation in Hawaii a mere 4 days away, I have a ridiculous amount of writing to do, and a vacationing wife. Which will win? #
• @REkedal I got there a few days ago, I think. :D in reply to REkedal #
• Watching The Devil's Sleep, starring Mrs. Charlie Chaplin and teaching about the evil's of barbiturates for teens gone wild! #
• Interestingly, along with the teen's gone wild, it's also about overweight midle-aged women gone wild. This movie has everything. #
• Bunch of Criterions are going out of print. Considering spending my unborn child's college fund on them. http://tinyurl.com/ya4fve6 #

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• Really Aliens vs. Predator demo? You just had to be released today when I don't have time to play you, didn't you? #
• I suspect I'd enjoy Avatar more if I could see in 3-D. And didn't mind bad dialogue and cliched characters. #
• @TheBurnham nah. I have an eye deformity that's makes it nearly impossible. in reply to TheBurnham #
• @TheBurnham Oh, yeah, like you're not used to the taste by now. :D in reply to TheBurnham #
• @BRIANMBENDIS Did you comment that you were "nowhere near your neighborhood...." and then impregnate Kyra Sedgwick? in reply to BRIANMBENDIS #
• @TheBurnham Dude, I'm diabetic. Why you gotta rub it in? :D in reply to TheBurnham #
• @TheBurnham I am diabetic. I am not offended. I am an astronaut. Two are true. One only would be if I wasn't blind and diabetic. in reply to TheBurnham #

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• I missed you, Lost. Welcome back. #
• Taking a lesson from @deantrippe and protecting our baby girl from future internet embarrassment by referring to her as Little Baby V. #
• If you want to break in to comics go follow @roblevin for advice from one of the best editors I've ever worked with. #
• @ronmarz it always felt to me that the plenty of mainstream comics ever since has been one long, misguided sequel to Watchmen. in reply to ronmarz #
• Unbeatable Banzuke is no Ninja Warrior, but it's still awesome. #
• @dinocaruso ain't @roblevin a peach? in reply to dinocaruso #

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• @jameslucasjones @scottchantler @andeparks I staunchly believe that I'd you don't love UP you're a communist. So there. in reply to jameslucasjones #
• @jameslucasjones My whole thesis has fallen to pieces. That being said, I REFUSE to name names. Other than @andeparks. That dude's red! in reply to jameslucasjones #
• But seriously, if you don't love UP, you may have had your heart replaced with a dried up avocado. See your doctor immediately. #
• @ramtower Words speak louder than actions, dude. Clearly. in reply to ramtower #
• @REkedal and I get to see it on a matter of hours. Hooray! in reply to REkedal #
• Writing is 5% inspiration, 95% trying to convince a publisher to publish my ultra violent historical western noir. #
• Oh shit, Django comes to Blu-Ray! http://tinyurl.com/yd9zsft #
• Also... http://selleckwaterfallsandwich.tumblr.com/ #
• Have wisely planned a late afternoon away from the computer, so as to not fuck up my Lost-watching. Take that instant gratification! #

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• I think it's sort of nice that the kids today have Lady Gaga to introduce them to the terror of Performance Art. #
• Got to see Baby Gable slap at the doctor while he was trying to ultra sound her. She's clearly my kid as she doesn't take crap from anyone. #
• There are few formsof torture in modern society worse than the MRI machine for a neck injury. #
• There's a guy one How I Met Your Mother tonight who looks exactly like @theburnham. #
• @ChrisRyder Clearly you haven't seen me in my deep writing moods, where it's all in ones or nothing. in reply to ChrisRyder #

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• @JayRodriguez Those are the ones I wear. You can be as cool as me, finally! in reply to JayRodriguez #
• Why does he have a cork on his fork? To stop him from hurting himself... and others. #
• @MrAdamFreeman He'll love Tulsa. All the wide open spaces... in reply to MrAdamFreeman #

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• 21st Century Dust up - MacMillan wants to charge more for non-tangible goods, Amazon, their distributor won't let them. Broken System Ho! #
• What baffles me about Amazon/MacMillan is that Amazon seems to have started to set MSRP's. Shouldn't that be the Publisher's job? #
• Hell, when you self-publish using Amazon's Digital Text Platform you set the price yourself. Why should Publishing Houses be different? #
• Damn, The Losers trailer is kickass. #
• More on the MSRP issues at play on Amazon (via @brianreed) http://tinyurl.com/yg39ozr #
• It seems like I was wrong, the opposite of what I said is true. Amazon apparently is fine losing money on every sale. Sigh. #
• @Avatarpress Yeah, it doesn't ring true to me, either... Especially as something that Amazon is going to fight this hard about. in reply to Avatarpress #

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