• 21st C problems: RT @gregeh: @loxyisme I was a little apprehensive getting a roommate with more followers than me […] #
• I've got 214 on my YVR-Tweeps list – real ppl, or biz or orgs that interact. Got lists? Did I miss you? Send me an @ http://bit.ly/4iVhFC #
• 8-6-7-5-3-oh-niiii-eee-iiiinnne #earworms #DamnYouWineMaker! #
• Now all those online technical universities are getting pissy about me missing my appointments to talk to them. Letting them down gently. #
• Funnily, one of those online uni's that my homonymus applied to is now following me on Twitter. You'd think they'd realize their mistake. #
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• The last two tweets were brought to you by "I have no idea which window on my desktop has focus" #
• Yes! Opt out of receiving dead-tree phone indices: http://www.ypg.com/delivery/ [via @Miss604 @mojaveband] #
• Good lord. The Yellow Pages opt-out is only valid for the next 2 deliveries. WTF? I DON'T WANT THEM EVER AGAIN! #DyingBusinessModel #
• I don't understand the BC body armour prohibition. The GUNS are restricted and the gangs still have those! How will this change anything? #
• She Sells Sanctuary on CBC Radio 1. Didn't see that coming. Awesome. #
• But seriously? A DANCE version of She Sells Sanctuary?!? #FAIL #
• .@ProvidentMike It seems ppl are generally against a gun registry but for a body armour registry. That seems ass-backward to me. #
• RT @Anna_Cook: HAAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Crap cycle lanes http://bit.ly/2L9LMa [In the UK, via @chriswalts] #
• Tor is giving away some bumperstickers. To enter, tweet "Bela is a Darkfriend @torbooks" #
• Also "I want WoT @torbooks" for a nifty WoT logo sticker http://twitpic.com/md44q #
• .@torbooks I don't know who killed Asmodean, but I #blamedrewscancer #
• WTH? @BCGeocaching tweeting ads now? Twitter account compromised? #
• Twitter find of the day: @FakeAPStylebook #WordNerd #
• RT @vanmacguy: XP Users. If you have to reinstall and copy all your files back anyway, move to a #mac. [Or free yo'self and install Ubuntu!] #
• ROTFL: Former snowboarder Ross Rebagliati will run for federal Liberal nom'n in Okanagan-Coquihalla, currently held by CPC MP Stockwell Day. #
• I've got a new @dadcamp post up today: "They grow up so fast! Or do they?" http://bit.ly/4avvjF #
• Also today: @LeftCoastMama is interviewed by @sweetmamadotca http://bit.ly/3bsl4 #
• Epic knock-down company meetings should be prohibited from Friday afternoons. Especially ones centred at my cube. #
• Nifty! Tweeting my XBox! #
• For the evening crowd: RT @AnthonyFloyd: I've got a new @dadcamp post up today: "They grow up so fast! Or do they?" http://bit.ly/4avvjF #
• Thanks to @Dadcamp we're the new owners of an HP Photosmart A640. Thanks Buzz! I'll bring it to Dadcamp 3 http://bit.ly/299P2z R you coming? #
• Geez FOX. Dollhouse on haitus? Why do you always hurt the ones you love? #
• .@zenFish FOX always screws with the air schedules of their good shows http://bit.ly/2e2MPS #SerenityNow #
• So who's doing NaBloPoMo this year? #
• Happy Birthday @StacieBee! Tease your hair, put your leg-warmers on, and go crazy! #
• Out for our first full family bike ride along the Richmond Dykes! #
• http://twitpic.com/mt3bu – Quinlan's first bike ride – 12km along thr Richmond Dyke #
• http://twitpic.com/mt3v4 – End of our ride, Garry Point Park in Steveston. #
• Marmite gets it, Warner Bros doesn't. Old media circles the drain… http://bit.ly/4qJbTN [via @raincoaster] #
• .@OnlineStrategy @ColleenCoplick @Zoeyjane Twitter Lists are a neat idea, but I'd like to maintain an annotated "I don't follow" list … #
• Tonight I discovered that given a choice between The Shrieking Eels and The Shrieking Toddler, you should always choose the eels. Always. #
• New LCF post last night: http://bit.ly/3svLwv *and* new LCM post too: http://bit.ly/1M9HU2 #
• Today we celebrate our youngest's 1st birthday! Happy Birthday Quinlan! #
• Thanks @tjrossignol @SlvrLambStudios @alexishinde @buzzbishop @AmberStrocel for the birthday wishes for Q! #
• Ooops, missed @SeanFunk in the Happy B-Day wishes for Q. Poor guy, *his* kids grow too fast :D #
• And another oops: Birthday wishes from birthday-girl +1 @StacieBee. Tweetdeck is failing me today for some reason :( #
• RT @LeftCoastMama: Quinlan's first birthday. Cake! http://pic.gd/5f6265 #
• U2 will live-stream their concert from the Rose Bowl in Pasedna tonight at 8:30 PDT http://bit.ly/3khr9n #u2webcast They're here on Wed! #
• Apparently the U2 concert doesn't start until 9pm, they're just streaming promo stuff right now http://bit.ly/3khr9n #u2webcast #
• U2 in concert NOW. http://www.youtube.com/u2 #u2webcast #

I changed the comment system to use Disqus. It’s supposed to slurp in the previous comments, but at the moment it hasn’t. If your previous comments are missing, please note that I’m happy you left them and hopefully I can get them to appear shortly.

Today we all went out for a bike ride. This was Quinlan’s first time out on a bike (in the child carrier that Aidan used to ride in). We went down to ride the West Dyke Trail in Richmond — a nice scenic and FLAT trail on the western edge of Lulu Island. Return trip was about 12 km and we took it at a nice relaxed pace.

As you will be able to tell from the pics below, it was quite the fun ride for all involved.

Here are some shots of Gwen and Quinlan. The kid carrier fits Quinlan quite well, and after some time he got used to wearing the helmet.

A rare action shot of me on a bike and Aidan on the Trail-A-Bike. As you can see, Aidan likes the Trail-A-Bike. A lot.

After riding from Garry Point up to the northern edge of the island — and back — we took some family pictures:

Here’s a rare shot with all of us *together*!

And here are some awesome shots of Gwen and Quinlan:

Tomorrow, Quinlan turns 1!

• RT @RickMercer: When Harper said he wasn't running a deficit in 2009 he was already 6 billion in the red. Shocker. #
• Why do we allow our politicians, and indeed our highest office, to LIE to us? Where's the accountability? Where's the integrity? #cdnpoli #
• http://twitpic.com/la8g5 – Today's bike ride with Aidan is 30 km round trip to Stanley Park! #
• Back from awesome Thanksgiving ride to Stanley Park. 3 pm is too late for lunch, too early for supper. Solution? PIE! #
• In 3 days we've put about 55 km on the new bike and Trail-A-Bike. I guess the boy likes it … and shares his father's #wanderlust #
• Late to the party, but I want to be a member of the #LoyalOrderOfKnightsOfTheCurve (#LOKC) too! #KarLagerfeldIsAnAss http://bit.ly/7Zg8d #
• Rather than emaciated, @EmmeRogers reminds us that #CurvesAreSexy (and normal) http://bit.ly/i3oCx #
• RT @newfiehun @AnthonyFloyd Pie is the solution to many, many things. [Urp. At least 3 I can think of: Breakfast, lunch, supper] #
• RT @rhh: "Nova Scotia’s 3 CPC ridings getting more stimulus cash than the other 8 put together". *Totally* a coincidence http://bit.ly/X5cJw #
• RT @rhh: Peter MacKay's riding getting more than all 5 Liberal NS ridings combined. http://bit.ly/X5cJw #cdnpoli #
• RT @tararobinson: So thats what all that black smoke was from… http://tinyurl.com/yk5jybf #yvr #coalharbour #fire [Great shot!] #
• RT @krisjoseph: VANCOUVER TWEEPS: Check out Nick Di Gaetano's clown show, "Inclement Weather", this weekend at UBC: http://bit.ly/QwkTv #
• Increasingly frustrated with the Canadian public. It's becoming clear there's never been a gov't more corrupt than the Harper Gov't #cdnpoli #
• How the #CPC can maintain a 40% poll despite Harper gov't corruption is a sad commentary on public's view of the #LPC + Ignatieff #cdnpoli #
• RT @dadcamp: DadCAMP 2 is coming up on Saturday. Will be giving away an HP A646 portable printer. RSVP now! http://www.dad-camp.com #
• OH: "I'm *trying* to get the freakin' track cleaned up". Angst and a lack of self-censoring from our 4.5 yr old. #
• RT @TweetDeck: RT @mashable: TweetDeck Adds New Notification System and New Follower Column – http://bit.ly/1CA6V [Nirvana!] #
• About the only @Tweetdeck feature that is missing now is to have an "Ungrouped Friends" column instead of "All Friends"! #
• Oh, and the other @Tweetdeck feature that would be handy is a mute button to temporarily turn off all notifications #
• Since becoming a Dad almost 5 years ago, my emotional tolerance for "bad things happening to kids" has been acutely diminished #BoyInBalloon #
• That's it. Can't watch video, too much chatter on Twitter. Going dark for a while. #
• RT @dougsymington: Hope the wee balloon dude is ok. Meanwhile there are *many* 6 year-olds in your own communities in need of your support #
• In skimming through my Twitter stream, it's readily apparent who has kids and who doesn't. Some of you childless ppl seem pretty heartless. #
• RT @BreakingNews: BULLETIN — MISSING BALLOON BOY FOUND SAFELY. [Awesome. Whew. Now, what happened?] #
• And, of course, I'm sure @BreakingNews meant that #BalloonBoy was found safe. Well, I'm sure he was found safely too, but that's secondary. #
• RT @jaypiddy: If I was six and let that ufo sized balloon of my dad's fly off into the sunset. I would have hid too. #balloonboy #
• Twitter Lists! Now we need @Tweetdeck to synchonize its groups with Twitter lists! #
• RT @IanAMartin: @cognoscento I'm following you playing Quinn's Quiz. @CBCVancouver #
• Frackin' #Rogers. 2 months since I canceled my phone service and they're still billing me! On hold w/ billing 3 months running! #RogersSucks #
• I think at this point the #CRTC will be getting a letter. Un-freaking-believable. #RogersSucks #
• Watching @donttrrythis and the guy with the 'stache and beret on Craig Ferguson with a cranky toddler on my lap. #Mythbusters #
• Dark, slick leaves, and rain // Cycling to my work // Fall in Vancouver #twaiku #
• RT @timbray Tear down the Vancouver viaducts! http://bit.ly/3h5F3 [via @kaler] #
• Someone in USA who shares my name has been applying to universities. With wrong email accounts. Yes, plural. Hint: Uni might not be for you. #
• I mean, seriously. He's given wrong Gmail *and* Yahoo addresses to a number of universities. Either he hates me or is new to teh intertubes. #
• This person has looked at Kaplan University, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, ECPI College of Tech, and Colorado Tech U Online. #
• Really? Online technical universities? Getting your own email address wrong? A clear demonstration of natural selection. #
• The biggest problem with the @Twitter lists is going through hundreds of tweeps to categorize them. There needs to be a better way. #
• Ha! Stephen Harper's response to being challenged about spending only in Tory ridings: "So?" (paraphrased) #cdnpoli #arrogant #corrupt #
• Who's coming to the pumpkin patch with us tomorrow? http://bit.ly/4dc8PW #dadcamp #
• RT @gmarkham: Dear #LPC: I'm lifelong Lib voter who will abandon you if you back business over citizens in anti-spam bill http://is.gd/4n2MX #
• Let's raise a glass to @DixonTam on his last night as a wild bachelor! Slainte! #
• Oi. The #dadcamp'ers had better have gumboots. Oh great, now I have @TheKerplunks "Gumboots" song going round and round… #
• http://twitpic.com/lwbv9 – Pumpkin patch in the rain and mud #dadcamp #
• Thanks to @buzzbishop for organizing today's #dadcamp at the pumpkin patch! A bit wet and muddy, but — meh — that's Vancouver! #
• Great meeting @stv @karlwoll @_EricLowe @jaypiddy @buzzbishop @kylerstorm at today's #DadCamp. DadCamp 3: Giant's game 15 Nov 5pm. Join us? #
• Congrats Dixon and your bride! RT @DixonTam I do. #wedding #
• Now that we've returned from sloshing around the pumpkin patch … the sun has come out. Ah Vancouver, you're so fickle in the fall! #
• Didn't take many photos at #dadcamp but I like this one in the corn maze: http://bit.ly/1vRhFt #
• Freaking Windows driving me nuts this morning. We use Messenger to webcam btw grandparents, kids. Latest version unable to webcam. W.T.F? #
• Search Google, turns out many, many people have same issue. For months. No response, fixes from MS. Typical. iChat for Windows anyone? #
• Wow, overwhelming support for Skype. I'll push that option and see how we do. Thanks @gnb @buzzbishop @zenfish @kabutar #
• Witching hour and wife announced she's going down for a bath. Seems like payback, but for what? #dadcamp #
• Of course, it *could* be that I'm never home at witching hour (at work instead) so … you know … it's my turn … #
• Decided to put some music on to try to quell the witching hour behaviour. Let 4 yr old choose the music. The Weakerthans? Really? Weird kid. #
• I wonder what the correct technique for drinking wine out of a tumbler is… #
• Doesn't look like I'm making it to the photowalk. Nuts. #
• Going through my following list, putting tweeps into lists. What happened to @tofufighting? No tweets for months, no blog updates… #