Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-27
- "Using". Please, for the love of Pete, "using", not "utilizing". #useless #
- UoT and "Western": What the hell? http://t.co/pjJrNrKs #
- Hey, crested $3M net-worth on #EAv Still not enough to buy a house in Vancouver. #
- "The OECTA WiFi study … is a disturbing mix of fear-mongering, false assumptions and twisted logic." http://t.co/FVl0FIaq cc: @buzzbishop #
- Sled dogs fall under the purview of the Minister of Agriculture!? #
- Wow, the SSX demo weighs in at 1.24 GB. Grab it now! #
- RT @BLAH_CITY: Philippe Starck designs a chic, user-friendly ‘bike of the future’ http://t.co/EgQp6pVv #bikeyvr #
- And a hand for *you* and a hand for *you* and a hand for *you* and A HAND FOR EVERYBODY! http://t.co/UdwxCM6J #
- DNTO was talking about death. And now the Finance Minister rises in BC's Parliament to present the budget. Correlation != causation. #
- *Legislature. Whatever. #
- Nice thing for families in #bcbudget Children's Fitness Credit and Children's Arts Credit. Up to $500/kid each per year. #bcpoli #
- The $10k rebate for 1st time home-owners? Mostly useless. Only for new builds. How many 1st time home-owners can afford to buy new? #bcpoli #
- Agreed. ~$60/yr MSP increase offsets arts/rec credit. RT @shaunmclean: @AnthonyFloyd Somewhat offset another MSP increase? #bcpoli #
- Pancakes: Eaten. Didn't even come close to getting rid of all the fattening stuff from our larder. /shrug #
- Sony claims proprietary memory cards prevent piracy on new handheld video-game system. In other news, Sony's new handheld sys fails to sell. #
- Blue sky, sunshine outside. Hourly forecast says rain, rain, rain. What cycling gear to wear today!? #bikeyvr #
- Pretty good odds at winning RT @GwenFloyd: The Cat Came Back is coming to @vanplayhouse win tickets on the blog! http://t.co/6vfrxPjf #
- Great time at the @smuttysteff's-hauling-ass-to-Victoria thing tonight. Lots of friendly people. Finally met @kempedmonds live and in-person #
- It's been _months_ since I've blindly stepped in cat puke while struggling upstairs in the morning. Thanks for fixing that, cat. #eww #
- 6 hours at work, 4 very different meetings, just getting to sit down at my desk now. #notsofun #
- Loud meeting at adjacent cube instead of meeting room. Feeling stabby. Open concept sucks. #
- Argh, missed the obvious: Tobin's Testt. #otc #
- So "giving media interviews" is something teachers CAN do, but field trips aren't? Yeah, that's keeping kids' best interests. #bced #bctf #
- .@symphily I'm looking out for needs of my kids, and other kids in my kids' school. To accuse me of "thinking only of myself"? Constructive. #
- .@symphily That's the biggest load of bullshit I've heard today. Nothing like sacrificing kids for "the greater good", huh!? #
- I will not respond to the personal attacks being directed at me for being a concerned parent. #respectislonggone #
- CBC Music's 80's channel's tag is "One-hit wonders and new wave. This is the 80s". Wait. Wasn't there more? #
- Driving sleet. #ubcwx #
- Butterfly-sized snowflakes flying through the air now, disappearing into the ground when they land. #ubcwx #
- Butterfly-sized snow // Whirling outside my window // Lands, melts, disappears #twaiku #yvrwx cc: @_Cuddlefish_ #
- #snomg at UBC. Very distracting. @ TEFIII http://t.co/Qe2QllYv #
- Recalling how the revised lyrics to "Think Of Me" completely mangled the song. #pto (thx @tjrossignol for the RAH 25th BD!) #
- Wind is steadily tearing apart construction site behind us. Large tent blew into alley at 5:45, crashing down, breaking something. #yvrwx #
- This tent blew off the construction site behind us this morning. Still hasn't been moved, is blocking our ga http://t.co/BwEn3Niz #
- Currently, the 6 yr old is leading 36 to 19 to 8 in our family Carcassonne game. #
- Anyone care to speculate how much longer this will stay in place? http://t.co/y66A0jfY #
- The boy smoked us 107 to 73 to 72. #carcassonne #
- "Good morning!" said Alphonso wickedly. "Am I in time for breakfast?" #lastlinebeforebed #
- Kid wakes at 5:30 am. Proceeds to come into our room every 5 minutes after that "Is it time to get up now?" GTFTS #
- The False Creek fishing fleet @ Fisherman's Wharf http://t.co/f01ykEni #
- Uh, @aidanfloyd has developed a leak. @ Fisherman's Wharf http://t.co/7d5XREus #
- She says … she loves loves me (1) @ Granville Island http://t.co/FNBmVM4G #
- She says … she loves loves me (2) @ Granville Island http://t.co/joVe7ZuZ #
- The playground at False Creek Community Centre is finally reopened. @ False Creek Community Centre http://t.co/FH75sdMK #
- It's springtime in Vancouver! http://t.co/QPPgFKZe #
- 2TF with @vnm747 on a cache in @_Cuddlefish_'s neighbourhood. Twitter is great, found out she was in Poco and FTF was in play! #
- And now the inevitable post-caching playground experience @ Almond Park http://t.co/uM23sD0c #
- Wow, who replaced Meryl Streep with Lyle Lovett in that film? #oscars #
- And by Meryl Streep I mean Glenn Close. #snarkfail #oscars h/t @findchico #
- Huh. Apparently mustaches are "in" this year. Pity. #beardcore #
- Phone calls from the Maritimes after the sun has gone down on the west coast always fill us with dread. Tonight no bad news. #
- Leelo Dallas multi-pass. #oscars #pvr #laggingbehind #
- Wow, that's two clips from The Princess Bride tonight. #asyouwish #oscars #
- Went from being 30 minutes behind on the #oscar broadcast to being caught up. If not for Twitter, I think we'd pause again. #
- Colin Firth wins for most charming creepy statement of the night. "We'll overlook the fact that you were 12 and I was 35." #oscars #
- And … our Shaw Gateway/Portal system just collapsed. Again. For the second time in 4 hours. @shawhelp what's going on? #
- A silent, black and white movie wins Best Picture. Does this spell the end of 3D movies? Please? #