{"id":678,"date":"2009-06-11T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vyrdolak.com\/wordpress\/?p=678"},"modified":"2009-06-11T11:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T11:55:00","slug":"24-hours-of-tweets-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vyrdolak.com\/wordpress\/?p=678","title":{"rendered":"24 hours of Tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"loudtwitter\">\n<li><em>13:26<\/em> Salon: The man who created flash mobs explains why crazes like Susan Boyle ruin our ability to focus on the big picture. <a href=\"http:\/\/is.gd\/XwqA\">is.gd\/XwqA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Vyrdolak\/statuses\/2105786066\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>13:38<\/em> An &#8220;extended preview&#8221; (5+ minutes) for new TV show Vampire Diaries online: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/f7Jz3\">bit.ly\/f7Jz3<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Vyrdolak\/statuses\/2105937426\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>13:49<\/em> &#8220;Abortion is a blessing&#8221;: Pro-choice lesbian Katherine Ragsdale to be dean of Cambridge Episcopal Divinity School: <a href=\"http:\/\/is.gd\/XzFy\">is.gd\/XzFy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Vyrdolak\/statuses\/2106056368\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>14:06<\/em> Katherine Ragsdale will step down as vicar of St. David&#8217;s Church in Pepperell, my home town. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Vyrdolak\/statuses\/2106259003\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>20:48<\/em> I wonder if a character is really a Mary Sue if you have to wonder too much about it. Aren&#8217;t real M-S chars really obvious? #WNW <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Vyrdolak\/statuses\/2110773525\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>20:57<\/em> I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;d agree that villains can be Mary Sues. I think the definition has gotten way too broad &amp; all-emcompassing. JMHO #WNW <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Vyrdolak\/statuses\/2110872069\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>20:59<\/em> The original M-S characters were obvious stand-ins for writers&#8211;where the writer was basically doing a private Walter Mitty fantasy #WNW <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Vyrdolak\/statuses\/2110887095\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>21:01<\/em> Here&#8217;s a question: is Sherlock Holmes a &#8220;Gary Stu?&#8221; Doesn&#8217;t he have a lot of the same traits&#8211;knows everything\/everyone, does anything #WNW <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Vyrdolak\/statuses\/2110912790\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>21:02<\/em> Self-insertion per se is not a problem. Stephen King wrote himself into most of his early work #WNW <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Vyrdolak\/statuses\/2110920077\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>21:03<\/em> (Black haired, green-eyed, writer, teacher, or former teacher now a writer, in book after book. But never &#8220;perfect&#8221; or Gary Stuish) #WNW <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Vyrdolak\/statuses\/2110935154\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>21:07<\/em> I DO think Bella is a Mary Sue. Her &#8220;flaws&#8221; are all contrived, &amp; they just endear her more to everyone. 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