Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-09
- RT @eastcoastgranpa: 1st. morning ride. 10k. faster than woman with dogs. wait! she was walking!! LOL. 2nd time on bike in 15 years. #
- Attempts to switch the kids' time zone an abject failure. Instead of sleeping in, they're now overtired and it's not even 6 am #
- Ride in today was AWESOME. Weather is perfect and not a soul on the bike route – bike or motorist. #bikeYVR #WorkingOnAHoliday #
- Back to the grind #
- Upgraded my work computer to Lucid. Window controls on the left!? Ugh. #
- Just put boys to bed. Boy 1 has been up since 5:30 this am, no nap. Boy 2 has been up since 3:30am, with a 1.5 hr nap. #JetLagSucks #tired #
- Reminder: Coronal mass ejection hitting tomorrow/Wed. Good for Northern Lights at low latitudes, bad for comms/GPS http://bit.ly/aQiGkc #
- I feel dirty every time someone asks me to recommend an antivirus and I whole heartedly recommend Microsoft Security Essentials. #
- Waiting for a phone call from tomorrow. International business across the date line is weird, yo. #
- OMG. According to @grantlcbcr3 (guest hosting today's On The Coast) adult Canada Geese leave behind 1.5 kg of droppings. A day. #Pests #
- However, my very careful online research http://bit.ly/bDeE4Q suggests it's only 150 g wet, 1.2 g dry weight. Sorry @Kimli for the poop talk #
- What happens on days I go to work early? Something always comes up to keep me late. *yawn* Homeward bound. Motorists, don't piss me off. #
- An illustrated guide to facial hair from LaughingSquid http://bit.ly/cJY96D (via @pzmyers) #
- I must admit to being particularly amused by #Treehouse #039;s "Big and Small". Right amount of snark and not-talking-down-to-kids dialogue. #
- RT @SAlbrecht: For those looking, #YVR Apple store has 32GB #Iphone in stock. Line has about 100 people. #
- Fun doing biz int'l. Q on a form for us: Do you employ child labour? Boss' kid put together Lego model airplane for us, does that count? #
- You know, I don't think I've *ever* had a Purolator tracking number work with their web site. #
- Another reason for never flying Air Canada: RT @herbadmother: They dismantled it. $15k chair designed to accommodate his weak spine. #tanner #
- I mean, seriously Air Canada? RT @herbadmother So @aircanada killed Tanner's wheelchair. We're now stuck at La Guardia. #tutusfortanner #
- Discovered the source of the wet floor that met us when we returned home this week: exterior wall is leaking into the boys' bedroom :( #
- RT @bonstewart: so @aircanada_com is leaving Tanner immobile w/100s of moms in tutus showing up by @TheTodayShow tomorrow?for HIM?#PRsuicide #
- Red sun burns the sky // Scent of smoke fills the night air // 400 fires burn #twaiku #
- RT @smuttysteff: NYC: Does someone have access to an emerg wheelchair for @herbadmother & Tanner for BlogHER tonite/1st thing in morning? #
- I think @LeftCoastMama is looking forward to a few days in NYC because of the expected IMPROVEMENT in air quality! #
- Dropped @LeftCoastMama off at the airport. I'm a single parent of 2 boys under 6 for the next *4 days*! #BlogHerWidower #
- RT @ALL_CAPS: At AIr Canada HQ the heavily-thumbed 'How To Not Give A Fuck' manual is being consulted: Section 213.12a 'Crushing Dreams'. #
- Context for last tweet: AC destroyed $15k wheelchair 4 @herbadmother's nephew Tanner, leaving him stranded in NYC airport. Offered no help. #
- RT @unmarketing: Globe & Mail article! RT @patricenatalie: Air Canada, #tanner and his wheelchair – http://tgam.ca/pSy #tutusfortanner #
- RT @HiltonNewYork: Good morning! #Blogher10 attendees get 15% discount @ Marketplace. Breakfast daily 6-11a. Lunch 12-2p. Just show badge. #
- Thunder echoing off in the distance. The Valley must be in the thick of things. #
- I don't understand why big companies don't have PR "fire suppression teams". Whither Air Canada while it's getting pummeled? #
- RT @unmarketing: Air Canada made statement and lied twice. They didn't send replacement last night or a better one soon #TutusForTanner #
- Both boys down for a "nap". Well as long as they're not bothering each other nor making too big a mess, I call it a win. #BlogHer10 #widower #
- So, when the kids start gnawing off limbs, that's a sign they're hungry, right? #SingleDadFor4Days #
- RT @kempedmonds: Sweet! Just discovered my first geocache! It's freaking cool! Can't wait to find more + add my own. [Welcome to the club!] #
- Both boys are in bed and asleep. I guess it's a good thing I didn't drag them to the SMCYVR Digital Scavenger Hunt #SingleDadFor4Days #
- jj@Seanfunk Ha! Backyard? #ConcreteJungle #ShoeboxLiving #CityFrownsOnTentsInParks #
- Q slept through the night, 7pm-6:30am (with a brief waking at 5:30). Sign that he missed nursing: at 6:45 he was telling me "Eat, eat!" #
- The BH Photo/Video acct is overly-helpful. It's like having a little imp sitting on your shoulder whispering all manner of evils into ear #
- I'm enjoying this episode of Sesame Street waaay too much. Even the Jack Johnson cameo is great! #dadcamp #
- A-ha! I feel both better and worse. It wasn't Jack Johnson I was digging on Sesame Street. It was Jason Mraz. http://youtu.be/ZrqF7yD10Bo #
- After all these years, you'd think Elmo would have gotten some therapy for his speech impediment. #
- .@DaveCarroll, from Sons of Maxwell, and of "United Breaks Guitars" fame weighs in on the Air Canada/Tanner issue http://bit.ly/9FQdtL #
- Rather unbelievably, son #1 is _still_ in bed, at 8:30am. I guess he _did_ need that nap yesterday that he refused to take. #
- RT @bobmackin: Terry Fox arch going, but Vancouver plaza to retain Canadian hero's name. http://bit.ly/anQ7PK [Boo!] #
- Jesusphone is on its way. Apparently. According to Purolator, went into T.O. sorting centre on Wed, has yet to emerge. Tracking==useless. #
- .@smuttysteff 5 yr old is coming up on 14 hrs sleep. Portends Bad Things for rest of day. #
- Oops. I may have just spammed @LeftCoastMama with 7000 emails by changing a gmail filter. Uh-oh. #
- Whew. Google was smart enough not to reforward 7k emails when I changed a filter. Doghouse avoided. #
- RT @eastcoastgranpa: Hmmm, you know, its really not all that hard to use 4 puters at the same time. [That's my dad! #AppleNotFarFromTree #
- Pretty serious avalanche north of Pemberton, affecting the Lillooet River, camping, highway, etc. Yikes. Sounds like a glacier collapsed! #
- Here's CBC's developing report on the avalanche north of Whistler http://bit.ly/aBI5G0 (for @eastcoastgranpa) #
- Back from the YVR Blogher Pity Party. It was just like being there, I'm sure. Thx to @CrunchyCarpets and @AmberStrocel for organizing! #
- Had to scrape the dirt off the boys for second day in a row. Sign of a good day is my take. Maybe they'll both sleep 14 hrs tonight! Hahaha #
- Wow, followed by a real person not trying to sell me something today. Thx @castlemischief #
- RT @SudsyMaggie: Canadian, Please (h/t @topfermented) http://bit.ly/aS2keA [Hmmm, somehow missed this 1st time it went around the tubes!] #
- Wow. Province orders evacuation of the Lillooet River Valley due to today's mountain collapse! (via @News1130radio) #
- Success! 7:30 and both boys are *still* asleep! Q had another brief wake at 2-ish, but settled down quick. Now, how to repeat on a rain day? #
- 8:30. First sounds of stirring from boys' room. FTMFW! #
- Note to self: You don't need a iPhone (yet) to download Apps/Games. Related: Free Civilization Revolution for iPhone/iPad today only! #
- RT @SlvrLambStudios: Spot the kid!! We're going camping.In a tent. In the rain.1st time w/ kids. May be our last. http://twitpic.com/2cirqs #
- Man, I don't get kids sometimes. 2 yr old who got up at 9 am just went down for a requested nap at 11 am. #UhOhHesGrowingAgain #
- Hey @dropbox users: Click the "Getting Started" tab on Dropbox web for a free (and likely instant) 250MB! Need Dropbox? http://bit.ly/5F6pdA #
- OK YVR Tweeps: Where's the best place to buy a few pounds of blueberries today? #
- Coming up on 1pm now, and Q has been awake for all of 2 hrs today. I've got a bad feeling about this. #
- Multiple iOs households: Do you have to buy iApps for each device, or do you just use a single iTunes to put app on multiple devices? #
- Watching the PBS Video Games Live special. Do all modern orchestra members wear in-ear monitors now? #
- Wow, tweep about iPhone and apps then spend the next hour playing wack-a-mole with the spammers :( #
- Huh, lost two long-time followers yesterday. A Twitter SNAFU or was I particularly boring/irritating yesterday? #ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmm #
- Song on Galaxy Kids: "Everybody Loves Saturday Night". Aidan immediately pipes up "Not everybody!" Ah, my little literalist. #
- Ugh. Too much syrup on Galaxy Kids. Time for *good* kids music: @thekerplunks, TMBG, and Mother Goose Rocks #
- Finished putting young parasitic roommates in their sleeping accoutrements, now to clean up before the international life partner returns #
- It occurs to me that the appropriate reaction to a kid in full hysterics "I'm *not* tired" is not uncontrolled laughter. Whatever. Bygones. #
- RT @CanuckMackem: Any Canadian Rockband2 players who don't own The Tragically Hip's "Blow at High Dough" should be ashamed of themselves. #
- Aw man, The Hip should get much more than one song from their catalogue on RockBand. Where is New Orleans is Sinking? #Epic #