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Distracted cabbie scares journo

“I am officially terrified: my cab driver has an iPad streaming video that he is intensely focused on.” — AP‘s Phil Elliott in a Tuesday tweet.

Bugged by back

“This sucks: the only time my back *doesn’t* hurt is when I’m at the gym.” — Sean Bugg, publisher of Metro Weekly, the longest serving LGBT pub in the region, in a Tuesday tweet.

Chris Hayes’s ‘absurdeon’ TV appearance

“I think it’s resonating because it’s sort of the reductio ad absurdeon of the entirety of the kind of tea party Jon Gall you’re on your own agenda … that every last thing is a matter of individuals.”