(Community Matters) Given that consumer spending averages about 2/3 of the US Economy, June as a weak month for retail sales is definitely not a good sign.
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- (Welcome) rt @LIVESTRONGCEO: Thx to @eugeneaustin & @speelunk 4 hosting awesome dinner @franklinbbq - great to see old friends & new ones! 9 hours ago
- @statesman very brief flurry north university area 15 hours ago
- Well . . . that didn't last long #SnowInAusTx 15 hours ago
- It's snowing in AusTx 16 hours ago
- (AH: so that progressives not disarmed?) @ariannahuff: Pres O abandoned his prev denunciation of os money & joined the super PAC parade 16 hours ago
Steven’s recent tweets
- OH in SF: "Tea is the new 'coffee.'" "No, chocolate is the new 'coffee.' Tea is the new *'wine.'*" 1 month ago
- Dad's advice to "Twilight" heroine: "Anytime two boys are pursuing you simultaneously, it's not really about you." 2 months ago
- You get a reliable thin slice of any civilization by watching how its representatives negotiate the allocation of overhead space on a plane. 3 months ago
- Sometimes it actually *does* hurt to ask. 3 months ago
- Successful self-reinvention is almost always the product of thoughtful increments, not bold leaps. 3 months ago
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Eugene’s Tweets
- (Welcome) rt @LIVESTRONGCEO: Thx to @eugeneaustin & @speelunk 4 hosting awesome dinner @franklinbbq - great to see old friends & new ones! 9 hours ago
- @statesman very brief flurry north university area 15 hours ago
- Well . . . that didn't last long #SnowInAusTx 15 hours ago
- It's snowing in AusTx 16 hours ago
- (AH: so that progressives not disarmed?) @ariannahuff: Pres O abandoned his prev denunciation of os money & joined the super PAC parade 16 hours ago
- You are next @OhHilaryClaire - pick a friend and a weekend to come play w/ us in Austin. xxoo 17 hours ago
- (Agree) "@thomsinger: Thx to organizers!!! I had a GREAT experience at #TEDxAustin ystrday. My mind is alive w/ ideas. http://t.co/vpybMfes" 18 hours ago
- Wow, that was quick. Brent Huggins in town too briefly. He refers to us as his gads (gay dads) #GayChildren #Gads 18 hours ago
- HRC Visibility Award: Lynn Yedell & Alisa Weldon #HRCAustin 1 day ago
- HRC Bettie Naylor award: Randi Shade & Kayla Shell #HRCAustin 1 day ago
- Human Rights Campaign dinner @FSAustin. Our table Tish, Carrie, Brent, Tommie, Lynn, Corey, Jeff, Ron, Stefanie, Brooks & Steven 1 day ago
- Taryn Davis: "google moments: those times we're looking for the answer(s)." #TheAmericanWidowProject #TEDxAustin 1 day ago
- Austin treasure, Grammy Award Winner, Craig Hella Johnson onstage. @Speelunk & I enjoyed reconnecting w/ him & Phil last nite #TEDxAustin 1 day ago
- BetterBlock.org #TEDxAustin 1 day ago
- omg - Jason Roberts. When his video is up, you gotta watch. How to change the neighborhood, your city - just do it tomorrow #TEDxAustin 1 day ago
- Peggy de los Santos: "This is what I've learned about moments, they happen every day, every where." #TEDxAustin 1 day ago
- if you've never heard it, treat yourself. Here's Steven Tomlinson's TEDx presentation http://t.co/dGLP8AU4 #TEDxAustin 1 day ago
- Honored by the compli-slam: "doesn't he look just like an *older* Javier Barden" 2 days ago
- TEDxAustin launching. Presenter, sponsor, committee dinner at Music Hall #TEDxAustin 2 days ago
- Austin Philanthropy Leadership Awards luncheon, Dr Steven Robert Tomlinson our emcee (@speelunk) 3 days ago
Steven’s Tweets
- OH in SF: "Tea is the new 'coffee.'" "No, chocolate is the new 'coffee.' Tea is the new *'wine.'*" 1 month ago
- Dad's advice to "Twilight" heroine: "Anytime two boys are pursuing you simultaneously, it's not really about you." 2 months ago
- You get a reliable thin slice of any civilization by watching how its representatives negotiate the allocation of overhead space on a plane. 3 months ago
- Sometimes it actually *does* hurt to ask. 3 months ago
- Successful self-reinvention is almost always the product of thoughtful increments, not bold leaps. 3 months ago
- US & UN have designated 2012 "International Year of the Co-op." @wheatsville 3 months ago
- @G_WeberGale Thanks for the RT, G. Looking forward to continuing the conversation. Have a great weekend! 3 months ago
- Shopping @wheatsville Co-op is my way of occupying Wall Street everyday. 3 months ago
- Wearing wristband from acomplaintfreeworld.org, trying to go 21 days without complaining. Friend asks: So what's left to talk about? 5 months ago
- Mentor: "We teach people how to treat us." If you're not getting the results you want, consider what you may be unconsciously inviting. 5 months ago
- Bateau Mouche http://instagr.am/p/BGUtt/ 1 year ago
- @OhHilaryClaire Boredom: incipient adventure resisting itself for fear of manifesting power for which one must ever after be responsible. 1 year ago
- Rather than making heroic resolutions, alter your environment in simple ways that encourage new habits. #applesonmydesk 1 year ago
- "This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it." -- Emerson 1 year ago
- Awareness is curative. 1 year ago
- Mentor: As long as you can resist giving young people advice, no one will notice that you've gotten old. 1 year ago
- When religious faith is rendered as fuel for tribal fervor, it loses its power to reveal that which is truly Divine. 1 year ago
- The card catalogue has moved to cyberspace. The old 3x5's now paper the walls. http://yfrog.com/n7ey3kj 1 year ago
- Best desk. Spread out in a glass-cube study carrell on 5th floor. http://yfrog.com/20dnjcj 1 year ago
- My SF office. http://yfrog.com/f1jefxj 1 year ago
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