The Week’s Tweets (2010-07-04)

The church bells in this town are all five minutes fast. Although that may sound like a Tom Waits lyric, it's just an observation. #
So apparently they sell power recliners now. #
Idaho GOP plank: "Payments to [public] employees requested to be paid in silver and or gold, Will be complied with." http://bit.ly/docvd1 #
Fun as it is to crack on pro athletes' salaries, can football players ever be paid enough for sacrificing their brains? http://bit.ly/d31MUa #
“They couldn’t have been spies. Look what she did with the hydrangeas.” http://nyti.ms/dwhC3j #
If failure were ever really "an option," would it be called "failure"? #
Yes! "I have to think (and experiment) every single time I want to decipher one of these keyboard 'shortcuts.'" http://bit.ly/bBE1tI #
My latest Went West column continues to trace our experiences on the fringes of the mortgage crisis. http://bit.ly/bdSPhS #wtcomm #