Favorite TweetStuff (week ending 08/13/10)

It’s Friday! Each week I rescue from my Tweet stream items that are funny, ironic, inspiring, quirky, and beautiful. And because I’m celebrating my blogiversary, I offer my bonus post from this morning, It’s Easy to Forget Milestones. Oh happy day! Enjoy!

@MetaVisions “The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract thinking.” ~ Albert Einstein

@2morrowknight Positive Graffiti: The Most Uplifting Vandalism Ever (via @HuffingtonPost)

@DalaiLama “The most compassionate form of giving is done with no thought or expectation of reward, and grounded in genuine concern for others.”

@DesignerDepot Incredible macro photos of the human eye (via @iamFinch @ilovetypography)
[SEO: If you didn't already know it was an eye, some of these you'd be amazed to learn it. Up extremely close, they look like intricately woven tapestries.]

@DrCesa “Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.” ~ Jonathan Swift

@Derek_Haines When to use i.e. in a sentence ~ (via The Oatmeal blog)

@willbaumlcsw FDA Approves Depressant Drug For The Annoyingly Cheerful (Video: via The Onion)

@Tamavista “Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

@2morrowknight The Most Bizarre Landscape Photos on Earth (via @dh00 @brasonja @cindyvriend)
[SEO: So this is where they get the alien planet sites for Stargate Universe!]

@dontcallmesybil “What no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he’s staring out of the window.” ~ Burton Rascoe
[SEO: Or hubby! ]