One More Detour on the Writing Road

My tweets

: kristine_smith; January 9th, 12:00

Tue, 19:49: RT @Richard_Kadrey: Texas Dead Media: Fences as primitive phone networks http://t.co/o8dSPM1d (via @boingboing)
Tue, 20:20: Watching IRON MAN 2. In love with Robert Downey Jr all over again.
Wed, 00:11: RT @michaelpollan: Scientist responds to Mark Lynas' mea culpa on his campaigning against GMOs http://t.co/59cj9vBz
Wed, 10:07: The debt reduction that’s already happened http://t.co/xDniJjpb via @maddow
Wed, 11:31: RT @Chicago_Reader: Average U.S. temperature last year—55.3 degrees—was a full degree higher than the old record, set in 1998. http://t. ...
Wed, 11:40: Sunny. Lo 40s. No snow on the ground. Not your usual January day in NE Illinois.

Wasn't just out west that the barbed wire phone system existed-- as recently as the 90s they existed in western New York state. I remember being fascinated in my telecom class as a woman from the utility company explained them.