• I will note that "minus 40 below zero" is nonsensical. What is "minus 40 above zero"? #NWTForADay #cdnpoli #
• The Cons and Harper fear-mongering over Quebec separation is insulting. It reeks of desperation. #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• Adrian Dix on HST on CBC Radio: In favour of returning to PST. Rick Cluff: What about the costs of returning? AD: Don't care, need PST. #
• At no time does Adrian Dix say why a return to the PST makes sense. Do you know why? Because it makes NO SENSE. #bcpoli #
• Now we're subjected to #LPC attack ads. Time for Canadians to rise up + show we will not be terrorized by our politicians! #cdpoli #elxn41 #
• Raffi (@Raffi_RC) wants youth to VOTE http://bit.ly/evjmwk #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• Decided to see what all the #suntv fuss was all about. 1st I had to enter our TV's "kid filter" PIN. Then subjected to CLR commercial. Bleh. #
• This was a triumph. I'm making a note here, huge success. #
• The kids are currently watching "Shalom Sesame: It's Passover, Grover!". Will it be followed by "How to Survive a Zombie Uprising"? #
• Anyone notice how the solid … uh … cocoa lapine confections … are 20% lighter now? 350g instead of 454g! #
• It's that weird transition time of year when I need to bring full rain gear, cool weather gear, + shorts to deal w/ weather on my commute. #
• Server which wouldn't come to life yesterday at all started today first try. This, kids, is why you should never turn off your servers. #
• Pamela Wallin whines that @M_Ignatieff is getting more press. If it's true, perhaps her guy should, I dunno, answer questions? #cdnpoli #
• Are the #LPC getting more media coverage? You be the judge: http://bit.ly/iaFu0G (Hint, not even close) #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• If Harper continues to insist that the party with the most votes *is* the gov't, w/o a majority, let's have a country-wide runoff! #cdnpoli #
• Little boy pee on a hotel duvet cannot be cleaned? That's what @alexishinde was told: http://bit.ly/dQ2eh2 #parenting #worsethingsthanpee #
• Stand back, I'm doing science! Aperature Science, that is. #
• Portal 2 does many things well. Great writing, great game mechanics, and that "one more turn"ness that the Civ games have. #
• Epic meeting was epic. #
• Listening to Vancity Councilor Anton on #OTC I … uh … can't quite follow her logic. @CBCStephenQuinn #
• Waiting in breathless anticipation of the new, trendy, "Quinn" haircut. Look out Bieber! @CBCStephenQuinn #OTC #
• Good job @JeffProbst in diffusing an explosive, emotional situation at Tribal Council tonight. Wow. #
• Yet another #CPC candidate (Ronald Leung) doesn't show up to all-candidates (Burnaby-Douglas) meeting: On CBC Radio 1 this morning. #cdnpoli #
• Aggravating when a "big" company makes an its/it's error in its product literature. Even worse when it's co fr an English-speaking country. #
• Cloud apps vs desktop apps: what happens when the cloud crashes? #TeamDesktopApps #EC2 #hootsuite #
• Sometimes … your heart breaks for strangers @penmachine http://bit.ly/fkqeIR #
• Not sure where we'd put a 70" TV in our shoebox condo, let alone have a reasonable viewing dist. Wouldn't be able to get it up the stairs! #
• I don't understand what everyone's fretting about. We're only down by a field goal, right? #canucks #
• All kidding aside, if the #Canucks can recover in game 6, or game 7 even, this will be an excellent "learning" experience for them. #
• Of course, if they don't it's going to be a huge monkey on their back for the next decade. Or two. #
• My vet friend currently living in KC is terrified of cougars but ok with tornadoes. Go figure. Cougar near Victoria, BC http://bit.ly/eIzt4B #
• Are you kidding me!? RT @kitsilano: Kitsilano house goes for $655,000 over asking price http://bit.ly/gYK3Dq #
• Looking forward to a nice, quiet, PRODUCTIVE day at work. #
• Yowza, lots of caches getting published this morning! Wizard of Ooze is busy. #geocaching #
• Related: has mtn-man retired? Haven't seen any caches published by him for quite some time. #geocaching #
• One of the Seattle Zoo's "homeless" Orangutans from last weekend http://instagr.am/p/DdRO0/ #
• Operation "Big Boy Bed Transition" has begun. I think Q has been taking lessons from The Imp cc: @alexishinde #GonnaBeALongNight #
• First night in big boy bed wasn't too awful. 2+ hrs to get him to sleep. Turns out he spent some time trying to read to his sleeping brother #
• The kids ALWAYS know when we've had a late night. Q got up out of bed at 3, slept in our bed around 4ish. Aidan up at 6:30. Ugh. #zombiedad #
• Are. You. Kidding. Me!? #Canucks #StupidRefs #
• After keeping the #Canucks in the period, Schneider makes a rookie mistake and now we're tied at 2. #
• Nevermind chocolate, today was all about a late bday present for this guy! http://instagr.am/p/Dhaeb/ #
• Are. You. Kidding. Me!? #StupidRefs #Canucks That wasn't tripping. #DIVE #
• Argh. #
• So, stick to the face ISN'T a penalty!? What the hell, refs? This is why people complain about the officiating. #canucks #
• Why the hell aren't visors MANDATORY yet? #NHL #canucks #preventable #
• At one point in the last 30 s, there were more bodies on the ice than on skates. #canucks #endof3rdscramble #
• So, heads are in play now, then? Sticks and hits to the head are allowed today? #nhl #canucks #
• Sigh #

• For today's example of How Real People Should Not Use Twitter, I present to you: @lamarche #
• Can't wait for the @InfoAlerteBot notice about how @M_Ignatieff doesn't support the Navy (re: "drunken sailors" quote) #cdnpoli #
• Sigh. Debug cycle period on this particular problem is about 5 minutes. I utterly lose focus between each iteration. #
• Apparently the last person to use this mouse decided it needed a sugary coating. Very hard to clean a scroll wheel, didja know? #
• Just finished editing Aidan's video review of @CarouselTheatre's Pharaoh Serket. Will be available in the am. Must sleep now. #
• Frightening video: Air France A380 clips Comair CRJ 700 while taxiing at JFK Airport last night http://bit.ly/gyik0s #
• Look for cheap Flip video cameras soon: Cisco Kills Flip Video, iPhone 4 is Likely Murder Weapon http://bit.ly/fIi3k9 #
• Frankly, I think that the Flip is much better suited for home video than an iPhone. Replaceable batteries, tripod mount, dedicated storage. #
• Aidan's video review of @CarouselTheatre's "Pharaoh Serket and the Lost Stone of Fire" is up! http://youtu.be/QYOvAp6WH3Y #
• Boo! The Museum of Flight didn't get one of the Space Shuttles. #
• Discovery goes to Smithsonian in DC, Endeavour goes to Cali Sci Center in LA, Atlantis stays at Cape Canaveral. Enterprise goes to NYC. Boo! #
• As a consolation prize, the Museum of Flight gets the full-size space shuttle trainer currently at JSC. #
• Shouldn't press coverage of the gov't be completely independent of the gov't? Not according to Harper: http://bit.ly/ffMe7V (via @gmarkham) #
• Hey, that was @andrea_coutu on #OTC Good job! #
• Oh @GillesDuceppe, how about fronting a national (and nationalist) party? Please? #db8 #cdnpoli #
• I'm listening to the #cdnpoli #db8 on CBC Radio. Can someone describe the cave that they're debating in, please? #TheresAnEchoEchoEcho #
• .@jacklayton Sounds like he genuinely misses the "old" Steven Harper. Awww. #db8 #cdnpoli #
• Gave up on the radio feed. The CBC video feed is pretty good. Also, given up on pretense of working. Off the clock for now. #
• The confused brows and smirk on Ignatieff are not very … appealing … as he argues with Layton. #db8 #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• Ack! CBC page auto-refreshed. Lost the #db8 video feed, had to sit through another ad. Not cool, CBC, not cool. #cdnpoli #
• Or me! RT @loxyisme: These "Canadians" that Harper keeps talking about…. are not me. #db8 #elxn41 #
• Hearing Harper say he's a defender of democracy, freedom of information, human rights is sickening. Why aren't his eyes glowing red? #db8 #
• And Ignatieff stumbles on his response. Surprising. Not on his game, not focused. This is not the #db8 he needed. #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• Harper: "Contempt motion? That wasn't contempt! The opposition just doesn't like us!" #db8 #cdnelxn #contempt #
• Dear CBC: The auto-refresh of your debate page kills the video. So goddamn frustrating. Just so we must watch ad!? #cdnpoli #db8 #
• Harper defends "contempt" by saying "We did everything you asked, you moved the goal posts!" He doesn't get it, does he? #db8 #cdnpoli #
• .@M_Ignatieff scores good points on Harper's contempt for Parliament and contempt for Canadian democracy. #db8 #cdnpoli #
• Jack and Gilles hammering Harper on the coalition letter of 2008. Scoring big points. Harper looks foolish. #db8 #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• Dear Harper: You are fundamentally wrong. If the House has no confidence in you, they legally and MORALLY have the RIGHT to form gov't. #db8 #
• Harper's out right lying about the fundamentals of how the Canadian democracy works is embarrassing. It is angering. #db8 #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• And another CBC page auto-refresh. GOD DAMNIT. #
• Ha! @jacklayton just introduced "hashtag fail" into the parlance of Canadian politics. #db8 #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• Harper now telling @GillesDuceppe that he knows Quebecers better than he does. HASHTAG FAIL. #db8 #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• Harper's focus on the opinions of one person astounds me. One Con candidate, former cop, against gun registry, yet all police chiefs support #
• It's taken 1h45 for someone to point out that Harper's platform isn't for NOW, but 5 yrs in the future!? #db8 #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• .@jacklayton Claims 13 yrs of Liberal failures followed by 5 yrs of Con failures. Then goes into car salesman mode. Ugh. #db8 #cdnpoli #
• Harper: Like to thank Cdns for being *their* Prime Minister. How very inclusive, eh? #db8 #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• Time to ride home. You had better believe that I'm going to keep an eye out for unregistered ducks. #db8 #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• Canada is such a diverse country. Look at our election debate! 7 Qs asked by Caucasian "average" folks to 4 Caucasian old guys #db8 #cdnpoli #
• For the night time crowd: Aidan's video review of Pharaoh Serket http://youtu.be/QYOvAp6WH3Y In short: exciting, scary, funny. #
• Sounds like pundits are saying @jacklayton scored with the #db8 Good news for the NDP … and the Cons. Argh. #cdnpoli #leftsplit #
• Want a succinct summary of last night's debate and the election to date? See @acoyne's piece: http://bit.ly/dS7wHJ #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• Enjoyed @steveler's post (http://bit.ly/fJ9bLA ) about taking his 5 yo to Paris. Must remember to build-in playtime for our summer roadtrip! #
• Vcr-Point Grey provincial by-election on May 11th, 9 days after federal election. Will voters get angry about overlapping campaigns? #bcpoli #
• Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes today! The rain held off for my rides, and my sons and wife sang me Happy Birthday. Ahhhhh. #
• The playoffs always confuse me. Should I progressively trim my beard in a reverse playoff beard? Or just let it get bushier? #
• Chilly, but expectedly-awesome ride in this morning. Sunshine when rain was predicted! YVR weather continues to elude the forecasters. #
• Noted on my commute this morning: #CPC candidate Deborah Meredith's prominent, large sign utterly destroyed. Childishness. #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• Only the Cons would believe that voting is detrimental to their cause. Interfering w/ voting should be punished swiftly and harshly #cdnpoli #
• Riddle me this: why do all the #cdnpoli Twitter trolls support the Cons? I never get "abuse" from #LPC #NDP #BQ #PPC supporters #exln41 #
• It amuses me when ppl make estimates to 6 significant digits. VPD "estimate" $648,271 to police Stanley Cup playoffs. Really? Not $650,000? #
• OK, how about we try this "sleep" thing again, huh? #
• This, *THIS*, is why we never gave the kids any more than a few minutes' warning when heading east. The excitement is almost UNBEARABLE. #
• The idea of students voting is absolutely TERRIFYING to the Cons. Good. Have your say! Stop the madness. #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• RT @joshlavoie: Elections Canada to CPC: Cry all you want, the votes COUNT. http://bit.ly/g7IuM1 #elxn41 #cdnpoli #
• I love the Elections Canada tag line: "Vote. Shape your world." #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• There should be a "Cars with antsy kids" line at the border. Good times. #
• Endless daffodils in Mt Vernon http://instagr.am/p/DL68V/ #
• Electric flowers in Mt Vernon http://instagr.am/p/DL7L_/ #
• First time Q has been in a bed he can get up from at will. He's exercising that option. A lot. 8 times in 10 min so far. #
• Ok, I think at least the 6 yr old is asleep. #
• Thanks @joshlavoie and @erinlouise for the aquarium Groupon, we all had a blast! http://campl.us/Veb #
• The Children's Museum in Seattle is fun! http://campl.us/Vj9 #
• The Children's Museum even has a play theatre where the kids can change the backdrops and control the lights! http://campl.us/VkK #
• Lesson being learned the hard way: Don't mess with the toddler's routine. Also? Many new things are exciting, but over-stimulating #truth #
• These are lessons already learned but easily forgotten. Le sigh. #
• 10:30. Both boys finally asleep. Now to reheat the food from the Cheesecake Factory that we didn't get to touch yet. At all. #
• The Seattle Zoo is home of a population of homeless orangutans, all huddled under burlap bags. Uh, weird. http://campl.us/VQM #
• Truck crossing backed up to the lights. At least it won't be a many-hours wait. #
• Also, within 3G range, so it's not all bad. Kids are awake, hungry, tired. It's *a little* bad. #
• 1 hr in border line up and the GPS just advised: "Traffic ahead.". Uh, do you think!? #
• Home. I don't think getting home was *quite* the happiest part of the trip for the boys, but they were pretty darned happy. #
• Catching up on news. Some one please explain to me why Stephen Harper wants to buy stealth fighters without engines!? #cdnpoli #
• I mean, they're certainly much quieter without engines, but considerably less effective. #flylikerocks #

In our house Anthony is the video editor. He puts in an incredible amount of work to make Aidan’s videos look and sound good. Thank you for staying up way too late Anthony, Aidan and I really appreciate it.

• .@JamesMoore_org Claimed on CBC Radio this morning that the Liberals "selected" the F35 program. #WTF #
• .@JamesMoore_org Claimed on CBC Radio this morning that the Liberals "selected" the F35 program #WTF #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• .@JamesMoore_org Also got really hot over the idea that #elxn41 was about Contempt of Parliament. "Nonsense!" #wtf #cdnpoli #theydontgetit #
• .@JamesMoore_org ALSO claimed that @pmharper IS making himself accessible to the media. #WTF #cdnpoli #5questions #elxn41 #theyjustdontgetit #
• Today's ride: cold, dark, wet. Felt like I was riding through Ridley Scott's version of Vancouver. Now, to avoid the replicants. #
• Harper says the long gun registry treats gun owners like criminals. Hum. I have a driver's license, a marriage license. I feel so badass. #
• Bruce Carson, convicted criminal was PM's trusted advisor while Helena Guergis, exonerated MP, was kicked out of caucus. Huh? #wtf #cdnpoli #
• This fucker went the wrong way thru a roundabout, stopped w me on his bumper and proceeded to fucking PUSH me w van! http://campl.us/PlL #
• He then had the balls to complain about me yelling, swearing and pounding on his van. Jeez, do you think!? What the fuck is wrong with ppl? #
• .@findchico VPD only responds to these incidents if there's an additional witness. One did stop but drove off when apparent I was OK #
• .@juicybath No he knew. We had a discussion after that slowly became civil. He admitted fault, was contrite. Doesn't change facts. #
• Don't be an asshat. I blogged about being hit by a driver who went the wrong way through a traffic circle: http://bit.ly/gCBtu3 #bike #yvr #
• Don't be an asshat. I blogged about being hit by a driver who went the wrong way through a traffic circle: http://bit.ly/gCBtu3 #bike #yvr #
• An all-candidates interview with the Vancouver-Centre candidates is coming up on CBC Radio 1 (@CBCEarlyEdition) just after the 7am news #
• Epic discussion of state of traffic control devices + how cyclists & motorists deal with them w/ the 3 bike commuters in the office this AM. #
• We've got some concrete opinions about what's wrong & how to fix it. What are chances CoV Traffic Engineering would listen? Ha, thought so. #
• Thanks to everyone who @'d and/or RT'd my run-in with the van last night and this morning. I appreciate the support. Twitter rocks. #
• .@thepeak Playing @danmanganmusic's Robots. My 6 yr old sings this song to himself often enough that I now associate the song with him. #
• Argh. Just found out that we're expecting a 600 lb box this afternoon. Last time this involved crowbars and a circular saw. #
• Dear ${GRADSTUDENT}. I might take your request for an academic license a bit more seriously if you weren't sending me email with Hotmail. #
• Awesome April birthday week! Today? @tjrossignol Tomorrow? @CityofVancouver Thursday? @LeftCoastMama Friday? @IanAMartin. Whoa! #
• Of course, the better birthday week is *next* week … #ARTW #
• Really? "Tough on Human Smuggling" is one of the #CPC campaign cornerstones? Really? That's a top-3 issue in Canada? #OutOfTouch #cdnpoli #
• I see why they keep running attack ads. They don't really have a platform to promote, do they? #cpc #cdnpoli #wtf #
• #CPC John Reynolds on @CBCEarlyEdition dismisses the FB-checking expulsion as "one of those things that happens during campaigns" #cdnelxn #
• You know, it seems that the only thing the #CPC takes seriously is playing politics. They dismiss so many concerns of "the people" #
• Oops, wrong John. John Cummings. #cdnpoli #
• Ack, right the first time. John Reynolds. Not Cummings. I'm going back to bed. #cdnpoli #
• A cold one. http://campl.us/QcZ #
• Had great fun with some dry ice I brought home from work. The boys LOVED doing "experiments" with it; pure wonder + excitement. #
• Of course, after an hour and a half Quinlan said "No more science, bed!" :p I love being able to show my kids cool SCIENCE! stuff. #
• It's @LeftCoastMama's birthday today! Happy Birthday Gwen! #
• On a somewhat related note, we now have a Crumpler bag in the house. I'm on the lookout for Keds, skinny jeans, and fixies. #hipsternation #
• Days where both my kids sleep in freak me out. I guess we did too much science last night. #
• This is 10m from the boys' room. 8 am, they're still asleep and this has been going for 1/2 hr! http://instagr.am/p/C6oOq/ #
• Got our 2011 batch of Team LCF #geocaching buttons yesterday from @sixcentpress. They look awesome and came /fast/. W00t! #buylocal #
• Sigh. RT @findchico: Yah, probly not a great camo idea for a geocache: http://twitpic.com/4i0jr4 #
• Based on input from thousands of Canadians, @leadnowca has issued its Declaration for Change http://bit.ly/eZeunP #cdnpoli #elxn41 #
• And although @leadnowca indicates that it's non-partisan, it's interesting to see how leftist the DoC ended up being. #elxn41 #cdnpoli #
• Our 2011 crop of geocaching signature pins from @sixcentpress cc: @goliphant http://instagr.am/p/C7Zs5/ #
• Pinot Noir! #marcmad cc: @Blackcloudwine #
• Last chance to get your tickets to @policemuseum's #BootleggersBall Ticket tap gets turned off at noon: http://www.bootleggersball.ca #
• How did we go fr $300M deficit in '14/15 2 weeks ago to a $4B surplus in '14/15 today? Does anyone trust the Cons' budget numbers? #cdnpoli #
• .@davemacdonald Finally had a chance to listen to the Shera Kelly CD. Awesome! It'll go on heavy rotation at home, I'm sure. Thanks! #
• The only logical conclusion about the Cons' new-found money for deficit cutting was they were lying two weeks ago, or lying now. #cdnpoli #
• Cool tweeps with birthdays today: @boardchic and @IanAMartin. The number of April birthdays in my stream is crazy! #
• Good thing kids are (mostly) rubber because it's going down the steepest, windiest trail that they'll forget to put their feet on the pedals #
• While @eastcoastgranpa might have his "Super Q" but we have a new "Mini Q" http://instagr.am/p/C_887/ #
• VanCtr #CPC candidate Jennifer Clarke came door knocking today. Took reject'n better than Lorne Mayencourt did last time viz @LeftCoastMama #
• Funny, though. The #CPC candidates come door knocking. We never seen any of the other parties' candidates for some reason. #cdnpoli #vanctr #
• Q went to bed quickly. Wasn't put off my his mother's absence, but sure didn't like the fact his brother wasn't here. #
• It's nice that the two boys are so close. Wonder how long *that* will last. #
• Just booked tickets to @pennjillette & @MrTeller's show in Vegas on our summer road trip. Front-row, seats 1,2,3. Yikes! But, exciting! #
• Apple's "Find My iPhone" app is great. I just wish it had a vocabulary that included "living room", "bedroom", "pocket", etc. #
• The truck in the Superstore parking lot with the radio turned up and 2 screaming kids in it? That's us. Sorry. #dayslikethese #
• Dear @twitter: Are any of the accounts that end in a number legit? So tired of the ${NAME}${NUMBER} spammers. So tired. #
• Ok, ok. Not *all* NAME+NUMBER accounts are spam. @lazarus7 @Nicole013 @5and1 @bluefinch604. But you're in the minority. #BlockAndReportSpam #