Annotated Twitter: At Some Point The Original Owners Of All This "Reclaimed" Wood Are Going To Want It Back; What Happens Then?
January 2, 2015
More useful to know: how many answer these questions honestly A) at the hospital and B) just after giving birth: http://t.co/XGtOcJRLG3
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 2, 2015
You're in the hospital. With a bunch of health professionals. And you're going to admit you smoked and drank during your pregnancy? Is it any wonder statistics relating to this stuff are probably bullshit?
"Losing" is not really in my vocabulary, to be honest with you.
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 2, 2015
That was Jameis Winston after, uh, losing to Oregon. Thankfully he's never been on a diet.
Will the Sixers score more than 90 points? If so, then 50% off Papa John's awaits.
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 3, 2015
The Sixers are so bad that their sponsors give away stuff when they score 90 lousy points, which is basically like the entire rest of the league, every night.
January 3, 2015
THE GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING HESS TRUCK IS HERE!
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 3, 2015
Something not totally apparent on the commercials is HOW GODDAMN LOUD THESE THINGS ARE.
January 4, 2015
Dark and lean vs. fairer and more cherubic-looking than vocals would suggest.
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 4, 2015
That would be New York Times music writer Jon Pareles perseverating on the physical attributes of middle-aged women.
January 5, 2015
New Year's Resolution #1: Try to go to bed before 2 a.m.
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 5, 2015
Stupid, facile, meaningless words.
What do you think Laura Linney's fascination is with Downton?
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 6, 2015
It's like she's been waiting in a poorly lit PBS studio all fall waiting to tell us about Lady Mary and shit.
January 6, 2015
No pictures! No pictures! (Queens Botanical Garden, 4/5/14) http://t.co/rfB57sRNhi
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 6, 2015
I always fantasized about getting punched by Sean Penn.
January 10, 2015
It finally occurred to me: Just how did they get a bus into an old subway station? (NY Transit Museum, 5/16/14) http://t.co/3bHGB2nmnW
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 11, 2015
It's true — that's a bus in a subway station. It's unnatural.
January 13, 2015
What happens on top of the refrigerator stays on top of the refrigerator.
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 13, 2015
We had people over and I saw a friend absent-mindedly lean on the top of the fridge, only to wipe his hand off on the napkin he was holding. Shit, I can't remember the last time I cleaned the top of the fridge. It took me two more weeks to finally get up there.
January 14, 2015
On the other hand, a mostly unsuccessful attempt to determine the etymology of the phrase "last-minute Larry."
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 14, 2015
True: a seemingly straightforward phrase with no readily apparent origin, except for the obvious: alliteration.
Hunters Point South Park, May 30, 2014, 8:17 p.m. http://t.co/T7J8xtuGq5
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 15, 2015
Some children grow up with panoramic skylines; fuck them.
January 15, 2015
To whom it may concern: I want my fucking wood back (East Village, Manhattan, 6/13/14) http://t.co/q6ED8Cyhwn
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 15, 2015
At some point the original owners of all this "reclaimed" wood are going to want it back; what happens then?
January 16, 2015
Vivero! (20th Avenue, Astoria, Queens, 6/19/14) http://t.co/2qequllR1X
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 16, 2015
Just invites a slapstick comedy treatment.
Super pleased with myself for remembering to spell "programme" for UK-related writing assignment.
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 16, 2015
So far out of my league, so way outside my comfort zone and so way above my pay grade.
January 18, 2015
Warm welcome to the neighborhood, fellas! (21st Street, Astoria, Queens, 8/26/14) http://t.co/CF12rEZ6Pu
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 18, 2015
Sometimes you get super jazzed about the latest establishments that open in your neighborhood. Then there are the other times.
January 19, 2015
Bloomsburg Fair, Bloomsburg, PA, 9/27/14 http://t.co/px0TcyekE5
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 19, 2015
Bumper stickers: They're saying what you're thinking.
January 20, 2015
Scottsdale AZ, 12/20/14: http://t.co/lkA9P73IXz
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 20, 2015
May juvenile laughs never, ever cease to amuse.
Just a reminder that solicitating money in the subways is not allowed.
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 20, 2015
Which is why you really, really don't want the entire subway system to default to pre-recorded announcements.
January 26, 2015
Daddy, me snow me I'll go blame.
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 26, 2015
Just the most versatile single of 1992, is all.
January 29, 2015
I don't think the "middle class" in "middle-class economics" should be hyphenated.
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 29, 2015
It took many years and many, many poorly executed freelance assignments to come to this conclusion, but eventually I realized that as a poorly trained, completely unseasoned writer I totally overused hyphens, especially when it came to compound modifiers. In this case, "middle class" is a noun, and a very common one, almost as common as the subject itself. YOU DON'T NEED A FUCKING HYPHEN. The weaker argument for hyphenation — "clarification" — doesn't apply here either: there's no such thing as "class economics," so notating that it's not the middle form of "class economics" is no reason to hyphenate. That the president puts this out there makes me distrust his interest in actual "middle class economics." Besides which, the middle class doesn't have endless hyphens to spare — quit trying to hog them all.
January 30, 2015
ONE STAR ON YELP!!! http://t.co/kLT6mUvbou
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 30, 2015
I was just looking up an address — came across this steady stream of one star Yelp reviews. There's something brilliant and inspired about all one-star reviews (there's that hyphen again).
January 31, 2015
Win on three. Win on three. One, two, three.
— Bridge + Tunnel Club (@batclub) January 31, 2015
Ray Lewis doing some pre-Super Bowl shit with kids, if memory serves. At 1:39 in the morning, I'm sure it was that.