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Twitter Week in Review

  • Cazy full flight to Chicago. Luckily I think I have a middle seat. #
  • Up early; RIC > ORD. #FB #
  • I accidentally booked a 7am flight tomorrow morning. Anyone in Chicago want to grab breakfast or lunch? #fb #
  • Ryan Homes guy spinning a sign on 29 North from the Holly Memorial graveyard for their neighborhood across the road. Stay classy #
  • @lightx I'm aiming to do a music cd from purchased aac files. Think I need to convert to mp3 first in reply to lightx #
  • @tcar $42 a day to park? Good Lord. Wouldn't it be cheaper to rent a car and have it towed? in reply to tcar #
  • Haven't burned a cd in years. Just now discovering that I need to find a workaround to burn purchased AAC files in iTunes. #
  • @kdrewien if you need a 120 page, $80 book to figure out how to act/engage online, you've already lost. in reply to kdrewien #
  • Off to look at a potential new listing. Long drive, but it'll be a beautiful one. #
  • I'll go ahead and say it. Most Realtors wouldn't do this. https://post.ly/4i0T #
  • @DaniloB Big old house – got to crawl in tunnel dug after the house was built, as originally no bathrooms http://jimduncan.posterous.com/i-just-crawled-out-of-this-hole (no longer available) in reply to DaniloB #
  • Exhausted after a 5 hour home inspection. #
  • I just crawled out of this hole. https://post.ly/4hKl #
  • @SarahStelmok breaking down isn't worse than getting lost while showing clients around in reply to SarahStelmok #
  • Yep, those are bees' nests https://post.ly/4gN7 #
  • Batesville Store is hopping today https://post.ly/4gBr #
  • Batesville Store is hopping today https://post.ly/4gB5 #
  • Misspellings when describing million dollar+ listings – should be criminal. Or any listing for that matter. #
  • Whew. Politics are good fun. Now to actually do some real estate. #
  • In candidate interviews at CAAR; listening to Cynthia Neff. Rob Bell is next. Who will get the Realtors' money? #
  • 8 years ago today, I was at my first home inspection. Today I'll be at another one with clients. #fb #
  • Buyer agent's 'incentive' – via @tboard – comments make me speechless https://post.ly/4c3b #
  • If anyone wants to write a story for RealCrozetVa.com about tonight's Crozet Community Assoc mtg, I'll buy you a cup of coffee #
  • RT @RealEstateZebra: http://mashable.com/2009/09/10/facebook-mentions/ Facebook adding @ mentions to status updates?! That rocks pretty hard. (what a dork I am) #
  • Just got told that to renew my real estate license, I cannot download the credit card PDF from Virginia's site b/c I have a mac. WTH? #
  • Still not accustomed to the difference b/t bike time and drive time around Charlottesville. Bike time's usually much faster #
  • Off to do an interview #
  • RT @Noras_Mom: ooohhh baby sale at target! [How much do they cost? Can you pick ones that don't cry?] #
  • New HUD form https://post.ly/4Yln #
  • @kaigroner I go to Anytime Fitness in Crozet. Open 24 Hours! in reply to kaigroner #
  • It never ceases to amaze how I'm not the only one #atthegym in Crozet at 11pm #
  • RT @JonathanK: Prepping for a couple of very interesting meetings tomorrow. Things are hopping @nestrealty. #
  • I like Congress being a little bit rowdy #healthcare #
  • Congress is sounding like Parliament. I kinda like it. #
  • When was the last time Americans got together to do *anything*? #
  • Zinger. #healthcare #
  • Just turned on Obama's speech. My first thought: Nancy Pelosi looks smug. #
  • Doing a bit of blog work tonight #
  • Photowalking between Crozet Elementary and home https://post.ly/4UKd #
  • To renew my real estate license I need to go online, print out a credit card form & FAX it to DPOR. Efficiency #fail #
  • RT @calculatedrisk: Treasury: Millions More Foreclosures Coming https://bit.ly/3iCf7y (no longer available) [but isn't the recession over? OR who trusts them?] #
  • Learning/being exposed to something new today; related to a bank failure. So much yet to discover. #
  • RT @BHGRealEstate: @Cyberhomes.com -Calculate theCost of Buying a Foreclosure http://www.cyberhomes.com/content/blog/09-09-09/foreclosure-calculator.aspx [charlottesville's seeing more foreclosures] #
  • I'd really like to watch England v Croatia today, but I don't think I'll be paying $25 to watch it #
  • @TomRoyce not sure about the need for Myspace, but the "don't need Twitter acct to use @tweetdeck" could be huge in reply to TomRoyce #
  • RT @seanhackbarth: RT @SenJohnMcCain: Surprise – the U.S. taxpayer won't get their money back from the auto bailout. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/08/AR2009090804072.html #
  • At a new listing in Crozet having a video shot. I'm going to be experimenting with this a bit. #
  • RT @WCNRTheCorner: Today at 8:45 find out abt the 3rd annual Crozet Music Festival, in early Oct w/ about 35 local bands at Misty Mtn Ca … #
  • RT @TheGoogleWave: Integrating SAP & Google Wave, &The Context-Based Future of Business User Applications https://bit.ly/156n51 (no longer available) [want invite] #
  • RT @Clozing: RT @BHGRealEstate There is More to Website Content Than Property Listings http://bhgrealestateblog.com/2009/09/08/there-is-more-to-website-content-than-property-listings/ #
  • @drewlawrence Questions for seller to ask a Realtor- https://www.realcentralva.com/2006/09/01/great-questions-for-a-seller-to-ask/ https://www.realcentralva.com/2007/02/03/questions-to-ask-your-agent-in-charlottesville/ https://www.realcentralva.com/2008/07/08/a-cautionary-tale-yet-another-due-diligence-question-for-buyers-sellers-and-realtors/ – you can cite me 🙂 in reply to drewlawrence #
  • Another night on the Downtown Mall https://post.ly/4PKn #
  • Listening to Brian Wheeler and Coy Barefoot on 1070/WINA talk about @cvillepiefest #
  • I can't support increasing/extending the home buyer credit; why not give everyone $8k to spend as they wish? Why housing?Or cars? #
  • @drewlawrence re: no pics w/ listings: How about a $3 million + listing w/ *3* pics only? 3! #
  • @rduplain @juphoff @superninjarobot my bad. I was looking at search.twitter.com; which is still broken IMHO. But I'm a moron still. in reply to rduplain #
  • Is anyone surprised by how bored the kids listening to Obama look? #
  • RT @hanchettjim: Local school systems banning our cameras during Obama speech. We'll keep trying but mighty secretive[seems wrong to me] #
  • First 5 Blackberry Apps I install https://post.ly/4MYV #
  • @cvillain is back http://cvillain.com/2009/09/08/say-hello-to-your-new-benevolent-overlord/ (no longer available) #
  • RT @davos: Reading: 'WEF ranks US among most economically unstable nations'- AFP https://tr.im/y9qz ^ml #
  • Really liking the rain this morning #
  • Looking for @'s to me from a few days ago – @twitter keeps only the past 12 days? Meh. I need to start subscribing to my Twitter feeds #
  • Just upgraded to the @1password beta 3 – an absolute *must* have tool/utility/program for my mac #
  • A new addition to the Duncan family https://post.ly/4Hnf #
  • I'm no mold expert https://post.ly/4Gej #
  • @juphoff I'm actually surprised at the number of businesses closed today. I'd think they'd be open to take advantage of folks who are off in reply to juphoff #
  • RT @jeffgunther: It's been interesting to observe how employees operate in a #ROWE on labor day. [I'm working!] #
  • Nice. Looking for an REO that's on the market in Charlottesville w/ a *way* out of the area "Realtor" – no info available #
  • You know how long it takes to back up 200 gigs of data off-site? A long, LONG time. #backblaze #
  • RT @ARDELLd: Fair Market Value = the price at which neither party is exceedingly happy. I learned that in the last recession…and it's … #
  • I suppose I could be doing something else https://post.ly/4DCj #
  • Just saw an ad for NetZero *dial-up* – huh? #
  • At the Cheesecake Factory in Short Pump; I really like their (new to me) small plates menu. #
  • Blue Ridge Cohousing on WVTF https://post.ly/49lX #

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