Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-21
- Today, it's the upcoming civic election and cycling on @kitsilano http://t.co/3EanjdU6 #vanpoli #vanelxn #
- What he said: RT @Stv: Holy wind! That was a hard ride this morning. #
- Whoa. It's a school day! Between a weeks' worth of sickness, Remembrance Day, and a PD day, the morning routine is completely shot. #
- Upside of being a bike commuter? Don't have to scrape a windshield on days like this. Downside? Feeling will return to toes by the ride home #
- Very apropos as we try to separate Q fr his "my" RT @curiousdad: Is it wrong for a child to use a pacifier after age 3? http://t.co/bPkXJ1oX #
- .@AidanFloyd interviews @CarouselTheatre's Head of Wardrobe for the upcoming production of The Wizard of Oz: http://t.co/p30M2vIV #
- RT @Stv: New post: Traffic Circles: A commuter's rant – http://t.co/gVqT8VOJ #bikeyvr #
- To add to the weather-induced hysteria, it's now SNOWING AT UBC! #snowmaggedon11 #
- Wow, was just sent some code. In VB6. Huh. #
- Tell you why? I don't know what was going through my head. #OTC #
- Black drops, liquid cold // half-decomposed leaf slurry // winter rides sure suck #twaiku #bikeyvr #
- Defiance, thy name is "three year old" #
- Even @CityCaucus can't come up with a full slate of school board recommendations for Saturday's civic elxn http://t.co/531pvUh8 #vanpoli #
- Unsurprisingly my #vanelxn picks that agree with @CityCaucus: 4/13 city council, 4/7 parks board, 5/7 school board. #vanpoli #
- Fire drill. At least it wasn't raining. #sobusy #
- Sitting in an honest-to-goodness train, about to head to Seattle. Nifty. We should have more of these. #
- .@suzanneanton just said that separated bike lanes were a failure in leadership. Strange, they are the result of progressive leadership #otc #
- I can't believe how big an issue bikes are in this election. Aren't there bigger problems? #vanpoli #vanelxn @CBCStephenQuinn @suzanneanton #
- And I say that as an avid cyclist. Bike issues should not be such a big deal. Social issues much more important. #vanelxn #vanpoli #
- I'm on a m-f train! Yay! In Surrey. Uh… #
- And it's freaking snowing here. In Surrey. #
- White Rock. This isn't Surrey, right? The train's going awfully slowly. #
- Yes, yes it is. http://t.co/pZyZHrqN #
- And just like that we cleared the border. Much less time than waiting in the car line-up! #trainsrock #cascades #
- Must admit to being a bit disappointed that we don't get to stop and have a brew at the Skagit River Brewery #mtvernon #cascades #
- Seattle, I am in you! How you will be able to handle the awesomeness of me and @wilw in the same city, I don't know. #
- Hahaha RT @CBCEarlyEdition: "It's odious. It's evil. Don't see it."- film reviewer Eli Glasner on the latest "twilight" flick. #
- On my commute this morning. Lovely day for a walk. http://t.co/962usq8o #
- The number of people giving presentations on Apple laptops at this workshop is startling. Very few iOS machines in my industry. #sc11 #
- … While a small crowd of Seattle's finest bike cops look on. @ Westlake Center http://t.co/05hqJ53j #
- A small crowd gathers for Hip Hop Occupy Seattle #occupyseattle … @ Westlake Center http://t.co/WnxycgZN #
- Finally made it to the one car in the train that has wifi. Fortunately it's not the one with the teenage dance troupe #cascades #
- The #occupyseattle site was interesting. More cops than protestors. But they were all on bikes & a block away from action in all directions #
- At the SciFi museum. Don't frackin touch! @ Experience Music Project http://t.co/sMUq68vZ #
- Only toasters need worry #BSG @ Experience Music Project Museum (EMP) | Sky Church http://t.co/owIwQK3x #
- Back in Canada! No longer have to rely on Amtrak's broken wifi. What's happening folks? #
- Listening to the chatter of the dance team. Horrified to discover they're actually undergrads and not the high schoolers that I thought. #
- They're singing to country music now. We're passing through Surrey. Surely these two things aren't related, right!? #
- "Long Jacket" by Cake. Every time I hear this song, I hear Aidan singing "I want a woman with a short skirt and a loooong …. scarf" #
- Oh god, now they're painting each other's nails. Is the point in the movie where train stops, lights go out, & masked murderer arrives? #
- Please? #
- If @MayorGregor loses #vanelxn tomorrow, does he have the moral authority to act against #occupyvancouver #vanpoli #
- 10 minutes from the station, and almost an hour since it happened, the train steward reprimanded the dancing girls. Ugh. #
- And some one else comes and reprimands the girls. Who giggle. This is what's wrong with our society. #
- 8 am in BC. You now have 12 hours to go vote for your municipal officials. Go! Vote! #bcpoli #vanpoli #
- Lots of talk in #vanelxn about the politicians, but what about the budget questions? Anyone have info on those? #vanpoli #
- If @suzanneanton and the NPA win today's #vanelxn will @KQ_VanCity take over @citycaucus to become the voice of opposition? #vanpoli #
- Voted! Have you? #vanelxn (really? We don't have a better word than "place"?) @ The Masonic Hall http://t.co/XZ2SFe16 #
- Two calls from VV in the past half hour. It's going to be an interesting result tonight. #vanelxn #vanpoli #
- Not content with merely harassing us by phone, VV sent someone to ring our bell to get us to go vote. #vanelxn #alreadyvoted #vanpoli #
- Robocalls from both the NPA and Vision in last 5 minutes. Guys? We voted 6 hours ago. Lay off. #vanelxn #
- Speaking of which, you *too* can still vote in the BC municipal election. Polls (erm, "voting places") close at 8pm. #vanelxn #bcpoli #
- Dear non-Vancouver Tweeps: Brace yourself, this stream turns very Vancouver-centric political in abt 3 minutes for a few hours. #fairwarning #
- I'll try to keep the #vanelxn hashtag if you want to filter it out. :) #
- Anyone have any predictions about turnout? I'm willing to bet we're still ~35% #vanelxn #cbccivic #
- Diane Watts being announced as winning Surrey mayoralty race. Least surprising election result, ever. #bcpoli #cbccivic #
- .@CBCStephenQuinn , @fabulavancouver, and @pricetags. Best civic election panel, ever. #vanelxn #cbccivic #
- Initial results have @MayorGregor leading @suzanneanton 3800 to 2400 #vanelxn #cbccivic #
- 2/135 polls reporting, both eastside, heavily skewing results to @visionvancouver #vanelxn #
- Results see-sawing back and forth between @MayorGregor and @suzanneanton. It's going to be a long night for both of them. #vanelxn #cbccivic #
- Was hoping for some outside voices on Vancouver council, but neither Adriane Carr or @Garossino are on track for seats #vanelxn #cbccivic #
- 40/135 polls reporting, and @visionvancouver is pulling away from the NPA. COPE shutout. #vanelxn #cbccivic #
- The NPA's gains aren't coming at the expensive of Vision, it's at the expense of COPE. Surprising. Is VV that different from COPE? #vanelxn #
- .@adrianecarr is less than 500 votes out of a council seat at the moment, 62/135 polls reporting. The battle for 10 is tight. #vanelxn #
- Also interesting: @adrianecarr (Green Party) leads all COPE candidates, handily. #vanelxn #cbccivic #
- .@adrianecarr pulls it out in the very last poll to report, winning her seat by about 90 votes. #vanelxn #greenparty #
- Upstairs from election results coverage to the land of chocolate fondue and a Buffy marathon. But all the watchers have their phones out! #
- Swinging with style @ Granville Island http://t.co/p8zDwVT8 #
- Q was being utterly destructive, utterly awful. Put him to bed, lied beside him, pinning him w/ my arm. Asleep in 10 mins, thank god. #3sux #
- What I like about the CFL: after 3 quarters, down 33-6, the Eskies still had a shot. #