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24 Dec, 5 tweets, 2 min read
How wild would it be if you did a live performance on YouTube expecting only a few friends and family...

...but then a crowd showed up.

Wanna go to a concert with me?

It’s on now. I’m heading in.

The link:
I love this.

From 7 to 100+ in minutes.
This is just brightening my night...

I miss live music. Sitting in a place listening to someone you don't know, just along for the ride on whatever they play.

I'm cracking a beer. Cheers, y'all in the crowd with me.
The comments scrolling by... Like being bellied up at the virtual bar.

I might be singing along a bit too loudly to the Billy Joel cover.

He is going to be like "WTF?! Where did all these people come from..."

Man, that was fun...

Thanks for joining me! We gotta meet like that more often.

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The Hoarse Whisperer Profile picture
25 Dec
I have an informal Christmas tradition.

It started seven years ago. I was not supposed to have my son for Christmas Eve that year but plans changed abruptly and suddenly I did.

Best gift I could get - but there went the time I had planned to spend prepping and wrapping.

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So, I spent the Eve with my son until he was fast asleep. And then I pulled an all-nighter wrapping gifts, doing a stocking, etc.

I finished just before 6 am and laid down next to him literally minutes before he opened his eyes with all the excitement of 6-YO on Christmas.

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Before I laid down though, the last thing I did was walk out to the street and just soak in the quiet of my house, dark but for the Christmas tree through the window.

I had pulled it off. Maybe my most memorable Christmas ever.

3/
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21 Dec
Found out today that my son's and my favorite deli has closed its doors.

I am sadder than it feels a person should be given all of the more terrible things going on.

It is sad as both the loss of a place we have a history with and as something larger though.

1/
The deli had been in business for 96 years.

It was no more than a simple storefront.

It had the look of a place that had been there a long time. Curled photos taped up above the register. Weathered signage on the walls. A couple of simple stools.

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The prior owners were two married couples. They worked together every day for 32 years save for a week or two each summer when they closed for vacation.

It was the kind of local place where you come to know the proprietors a bit over countless small fragments of conversation.
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20 Dec
If you are still on the hunt for the impossible-to-find PlayStation 5, your last good shot before Xmas may be Target.

They are rumored to be dropping some inventory in the wee hours Mon morn but possibly sooner.

If you’re trying to score one...

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May want to follow the list of accounts I have made public.

They are super quick on the draw in announcing when retailers have stock.

Here it is...

2/
twitter.com/i/lists/131674…
If you want to have your very best shot:

- follow each of the accounts on that list
- click on the bell icon on their bio pages to receive alerts when they post
- setup an acct on the Target site or app with payment method in advance
- keep an ear open between 5-7 am

3/
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15 Dec
It’s possible to both like Mayor Pete and question the fit as head of Transportation.

Can’t say that I see the logic there.
Folks, if your answer describes why this is good *for Pete* you are missing the point.

If your answer is “He’s smart. He’ll learn.” would you enjoy your new boss having no clue about your job, company and industry and still being in charge?
If you bashed Trump for putting unqualified people friendly to his campaign in charge, ya can’t suddenly say that’s fine now.

Buttigieg either is or isn’t qualified for that particular role.

I can’t see how he is.
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12 Dec
I know there are a lot of folks out there hunting for PlayStation 5’s.

Having exited the battlefield, thought I’d share what I learned and a tool I built for the task.

Hope this helps.

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Step 1: Follow accounts who keep an eye on when and where consoles go on sale.

I followed a private list of about 15 accounts.

I have now made it public. You can subscribe to it here if interested.

twitter.com/i/lists/131674…

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Step 2: Follow some or all of those accounts directly and turn on “alerts” by clicking on that bell button.

You will get notifications whenever they post. That’s the only way to hear consoles have dropped somewhere fast enough.

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12 Dec
If you’ve been following my maddening monthlong quest to find a PlayStation 5 for my son, an update...

Fresh off getting smacked down by Target at 6:15 am, I diversified my tactics and redoubled my efforts.

To defeat a bot, one must think like a bot.

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So, I set up five web instances using three browsers across two devices.

And then I crouched like a tiger in the tall grass to watch Playstation Direct for their next release.

Crouching is bad for my knees but one must crouch before one can pounce. That’s, like, Tiger 101.

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And then it happened. Sony opened up the queue for the next wave of consoles for sales.

POUNCE, HOARSE; POUNCE!

And so I did. Hit that queue like a bongo.

In line five separate times.

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