• RT @Twitter_Tips: MSNBC makes deal to control the 1.4M follower @BreakingNews Twitter feed: http://j.mp/7Dzawa [Well, crap.] #
• sharing 10 private invites to threadsy! a fresh new email + facebook + twitter experience http://bit.ly/5roL4G #
• I can't find good info. Does the Storkcraft crib recall include *all* their cribs with a drop rail? Anyone? Bueller? #
• The Storkcraft web server is, of course, currently a blob of melted plastic and metal. #
• I haz bacn! #
• RT @LeftCoastMama: Blogging on Imaginative Play: Old Toy Trains http://bit.ly/5c6sqe For @ParentbyNature's #Blog2inspire contest #
• Q has woken 3 times in the past hour. This bodes poorly for the rest of the night. G's trying to feed him back into unconsciousness. #
• And he's awake again. A finger probe indicates perhaps he's got more teeth coming in. Odd, we're not going on vacation; his timing is off… #
• RT @LeftCoastMama: Blogging on Imaginative Play: Old Toy Trains http://bit.ly/5c6sqe For @ParentbyNature's #Blog2inspire contest #
• Did you hear the awful story about the guy thought to be in a coma for 20+ yrs but wasn't? Probably a fraud: http://bit.ly/5l8dww #
• The clouds lifted enough to reveal a beautiful blanket of snow on the mountains. The Sunshine Coast looks incredible. #
• Sigg. Melissa + Doug. Storkcraft. @peechie asks a good q: How can consumers protect themselves better. #
• Wow, seeing quite a bit of over-reaction by parents re: crib recall. If your crib isn't broken + the rail is installed properly: SAFE! #
• And, if you're REALLY worried about it, use some zip-straps to "lock" the rail in an "up" position. #
• RT @brendonjwilson Fear is the default state of our society these days. People are too overloaded to engage in careful analysis of real risk #
• RT @NanaLorraine: @AnthonyFloyd I don't know how you survived in unsafe beds, walkers etc. And your toys!! Well you all should be dead. #
• Well, crap. Seems like my Sansa Clip up and died on me this morning. Completely bricked. #
• The dark streets suck light // water pools hiding slick leaves // riding home at night #twaiku #
• There is not enough chocolate in this house. #
• Ozzy's in the audience watching DWTS. I wonder if they have someone explaining it to him during the break. #
• Free-form jazz courtesy the 4 yr old this morning on the piano: "Three Fun Things to Do In the House" #
• Starting my day in the middle (due to wife's Dr appt) means a tough time getting focused. Oh … shiny! #
• How did I not know about the WMTC blog? Great writing (on politics, Canada, from US expat) See http://bit.ly/5x57pE for example. #
• Did you catch the interview with David Suzuki and Al Gore on CBC's Q this morning? Listen here: http://bit.ly/8pG7JB #
• Stop! … Sugar time! #
• RT @MBels "More chocolate is better" [Truer words have never been spoken] #
• Just watched @IcePilotsNWT with my 4 yr old son. He was absolutely riveted by the show. The things that capture his attention astonish me. #
• Damn, forgot. DON'T feed the trolls. Oh well. #
• To combat the chocolate deficit in this abode, I'm making chocolate fudge pudding. 140 char recipe to follow #
• 1tbsp marg 3/4c sugar. + .5c milk. + 1c flr, 1/4t salt, 1t b.pow, 1.5tb cocoa. Spr over: .5c sug, .5c br s, 1/4c cocoa, 5/4c H2O @350, 40min #
• Holy crap. 4 yr old up out of bed, silently standing beside me. Didn't notice until I turned and looked. Lost 5 yrs right there and then. #
• RT @LeftCoastMama: I need comments on this post: http://bit.ly/5c6sqe Help me be a finalist for #blog2inspire from @parentbynature #
• zOMG, they've turned Sherlock Holmes into an explosion-filled action piece. RD Jr cannot possibly save this film. #
• I too have Google Wave invites. If anyone still doesn't have one and wants one, DM me. #
• US journalist indignant that she was required visa, has exit req'mnts conveniently overlooks this happens at the US border all the time. #
• She was questioned, searched, + photographed at Canadian border. Many Canadians go thru same thing except also fingerprinted to get to US! #
• It stuck me as being nothing more than whining from an "entitled" USian. No sympathy whatsoever here. #
• Epic pricing mistake or epic deal? French Mac Mini (Intel) for $67 at Amazon.ca http://bit.ly/4oIIwL #
• French Mac Minis no longer available on Amazon.ca. Now let's see if they honour the price. #
• Rarely do I agree with @Stephen_Taylor but I found his post about Amy Goodman's border problems very interesting http://bit.ly/72Xlf9 #
• Heading downtown via Canada Line to do XMas shopping with the boys #
• Back from multicultural chaos that is a Real Canadian Superstore on a rainy Vancouver Saturday afternoon. Grateful for beer in our fridge. #
• Apparently I fail at basic lolspeak grammar. The plural of "lol" is "lulz" !? Somehow, I'm not too upset about it. #
• Looking forward to Boy's Night Home tonight as @LeftCoastMama is going to the @vancouveropera tonight. Hopefully we'll have lulz. #
• Vindication! Teh google shows my lolz handily beats the lame lulz http://bit.ly/6h62yS @colleencoplick @bradinator @rott1058 #
• RT @iheartthatdance: Mythbusters is not only edu + funny, its reassuring. "Look! They put people as quirky + geeky as me on TV! As experts!" #
• Q has failed the transfer from cuddling with me to his crib twice in the past 30 minutes. More than a little frustrating. Crib's too cold? #
• Going on an hour and a half of repeated wakings. I didn't really want to do anything with my Saturday night anyway. #
• 2 1/2 hrs fighting me and 10 mins on the boob puts him down. /shrug #
• Thanks for support last night @Nicole013 @AmberStrocel @AlexisHinde @rott1058 @SeanFunk @SlvrLambStudios @JonJennings. Pity the single dads! #
• Ouch! "Daddy you're not silly, you're just sometimes forgettable" <– he meant "forgetful" #
• Dear lazy-web: When's the Grey Cup kickoff? #
• A very compelling blog abt day-to-day policing in Vancouver is celebrating its one-year ann. Drop by and check it out! http://bit.ly/4PuuzS #
• After half, who would have thought that the Roughriders would be up by two touchdowns? #GreyCup #
• Wow I've seen an awful number of DM fails in the past few days. Is Twitter letting them through or are ppl just making mistakes? #
• Unbelievable ending to the #GreyCup Montreal wins by 1 pt on the last play (field goal) with no time on the clock. #
• Created a Twitter landing page ( http://www.leftcoastfloyds.net/twitter/ ) in advance of pruning out my stream. #
• Just culled 15% of my "following" list. Thought there'd be more to purge, but most of you are pretty interesting! :) #
• Looking at my tweetcloud w/ http://tweetstats.com/ instead of selling my soul (+ passwd), it is apparent that I have no particular agenda. #

• Today's ride was surprisingly less wet than it could have been. Doesn't make up for boys' room being surprisingly more wet than it should be #
• You know it's bad when even the parody cringes: RT @FakeSteveHarper: (My god. I was kidding http://bit.ly/3vWGL4 ) re: http://bit.ly/3vWGL4 #
• You know it's bad when even the parody cringes: RT @FakeSteveHarper: (My god. I was kidding http://bit.ly/3vWGL4 ) re: http://bit.ly/PILjr #
• Hey Monday? What the heck? Apparently fraudulent withdrawals on our back account now. AWESOME. #
• RT @curiousdad: Cough syrup is no better than placebo. But if you've got a sweet tooth try dark chocolate: http://bit.ly/3ggnOp [Duly noted] #
• RT @feliciaday: Guess who finally joined Twitter? @ActuallyNPH Yes, that's the real NPH. He's new here so be gentle. #
• This Jigsaw Jones Mystery book I'm reading to Aidan just totally quoted Airplane. #
• "The nurse's office? What is it?" "It's a small room with a cot and little sink, but never mind that. This boy doesn't feel well." #airplane #
• Friggin' laundry still hasn't learned to fold itself. Man, I heard training cats was tough, but this laundry just isn't getting it. #
• Dear Grad Student: No, I will not interrupt my busy day to spoon-feed you information that is available if you'd just read the references. #
• Oh jeez, now Buzz is playing for the other team. RT @buzzbishop: Canucks bandwagon makes a blockbuster trade. http://bit.ly/45gGwD #
• WP experts: I've uploaded pics via FTP to my wp.org install. How do I get them to appear in the Media Library? #
• RT @jianghomeshi: Serious, u had never sung b4? Cory Monteith (Glee): "No. Nothing. You'd invite me to karaoke & I'd say no. Too nervous." #
• It's like parkour with a bike. And it never gets old. http://bit.ly/2W3NoK (vid, runs 5:37) #
• How did I not know about @grooveshark? Started with DCFC + nothing but good songs for 6 in a row now. Better than Pandora used to be! #
• Setting out on my ride home. Looks like I'll need the storm jib and a survival suit just in case. #
• The ability to add descriptions to Twitter lists has finally allowed me to bring context to a few of my lists… #
• Well, *I* thought "How It's Made" was a better choice than watching "Melrose Place" but even I was getting bored learning about sandpaper #
• Wow. Heading to Victoria today? The 1 PM is almost full already! Hope you've got reservations. #
• Some cyclists' sense of entitlement and disregard for others' safety disgusts me. #dumbass #
• Fortunately I had the chance to discuss the diminished mental activity of one such this morning, for several blocks. #dumbass #
• Although I suspect he was more put out that an older, heavier guy on a mtn bike caught up to him after yielding to peds & cars #dumbass #
• Wow, Wordperfect still exists? Why would someone use that over Openoffice, KOffice, Abiword, Google Docs, or any other free offering? #
• RT @dadventure: Hey YouTube, your new parenting channel is cool and useful, but why call it "for Mom"? why not "For Parents"? #
• An awesome post by @stv on teaching kids it's ok to make mistakes ends with the truism: Parenting is hard. http://tannock.net/?p=1934 #
• Although, I think I like "Parenting is challenging" better than hard. #
• Coming up soon on @cbcvancouver Radio 1: @policemuseum. I wonder what's in his basement now? #
• Ugh the baby's sleep problems are having wide ranging effects. Fell asleep around 8:30 last night. #
• RT @shanenickerson: 6:09am and I'm watching Dora the Explorer. I hope this is the one where she gets murdered in the spooky forest. #
• Pet peeve of the day: Web apps that resize my browser window. Do NOT mess with my careful window arrangement. #
• Ack! Everyone's changing their Twitter avatar. Well, ok, not everyone, but still, it's making scanning my stream much more challenging. #
• RT @Stv: Vancouver Foodbank Tweetup Fundraiser – Dec 2 @ the Alibi Room http://bit.ly/8eU9in #
• Great Big Sea concert recorded in St. John's NFLD coming up on @cbcvancouver Radio 1. Or listen here: http://bit.ly/6IQRLf #
• Some pretty wicked lightning happening right now. So rare for Vancouver. #
• Well, crap. My Karmic install corrupted again. ext4 and my SD card just aren't playing well together. #
• For the past few weeks we've been putting Aidan to bed with audiobooks instead of music. He likes it but it keeps him up too long I think… #
• On Saturdays at our house we sleep in! 6:45 today w00t! #LifeWithKids #
• Hey @ColleenCoplick remember we were talking about a tool that compared Twitter lists? @bdeter has an awesome one at http://tweepdiff.com #
• OH: "It's like a street sweeper on a mushy road!" <- Aidan referring to hand blender in proto-gingerbread #
• At home alone for the first time since Gwen and Aidan spent an extra week in NS while I came back to BC some 4 yrs ago. Weird. Quiet. #
• There's no denying it now. Q is officially "walking" #
• Trying to broaden my 4 yr old's music education. Tonight: MC Hammer. Win: Hammer dance. Fail: Chipmunks version !? #
• DC-3s? Are you kidding me? #IcePilotsNWT #
• So the football game is on now, 10 am. It seems a little early for beer and nachos. #BCLions #CFL #EasternFinal #
• Mind you the way the #BCLions are playing, I'm not sure beer is going to be enough. #CFL #EasternFinal #
• Dear #Huggies: Your EnjoyTheRewards website is broken. Won't let me in w/ Chrome, tells me to use FF. FF tells me SSL cert is borked 1/2 #
• Then the site won't let me in w/ FF. This has been a negative experience on your dime. #Huggies #Fail 2/2 #
• When I finally make it to the #Huggies site, I discover I can enjoy the rewards of being a Huggies MOM. You really know how to piss me off. #
• Attention all marketers following me. If you continue to refer to me as a Mom, you continue to alienate me. Why not say "PARENT"?! #
• Thank god that's finally over. #BCLions #CFL #EasternFinal #
• http://twitpic.com/ql4mb – Taking Christmas pictures in front of the fire (A + Q) #
• AMA's are on in the background while we tidy the living room. ABC is compressing the HD signal so much it looks WORSE than SD. #
• How come MJ didn't pick up his AMA tonight? #tasteless #zombieMJ #
• Well jeez. Whitney Houston came back from the dead to get an AMA, why didn't Michael Jackson? #tasteless #zombieWH #
• .@raincoaster That was easy. Lots of classic radio drama at http://bit.ly/5OEUlv Time to load up my MP3 player… #
• And when did Adam Lambert turn into Frankenfurter? #AMA #
• The *Shadow* knows … I'm off to bed to listen to 70 yr old (!!!) radio dramas from http://bit.ly/8qkl8m #

We took some “Christmas”-y pictures this afternoon in front of our fireplace. Given that this year is (like you don’t know) the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, we thought we’d all get our Olympic kit on.

However, between the mindful 4 yr old and the wriggly 1 yr old and the poor lighting (I gotta get some Alien Bees!) we didn’t get a lot of good pics. Some of the cuter ones, though are below:

• Good deal: Dell Canada is selling Flip MinoHD's for $170 today only http://bit.ly/4br66k #
• Do any of the local mountains have a kid+parents "learn to snowboard" program? #
• You say you want a revolution // Well, you know // We all want to change the world #
• Too bad Aidan doesn't like Crispy Crunch. Nom, nom, nom. #StealingCandyFromABaby #
• RT @DadGoneMad: My son is the boy I always wanted to be when I was a kid. If I was nine, I'd want to be his friend. #dadcamp #
• An awesome use of Twitter lists: http://www.conversationlist.com #
• Owl.ly is refusing to hide that god damn bar again. Once more I will refuse to click owl.ly links. #StopHijackingMyBrowser #
• The smooth jazz of the toddler playing the piano is actually kinda relaxing… #
• My 4 yr old and I just finished making a batch of the best chocolate chip cookies you've never had. Awesome. #dadcamp #
• Cream 2/3c short 2/3c marg 1c br sgr 1c sgr. Add 2 egg+orang extr+mint extr. Add 1c flour 1tsp salt 1tsp b soda. Add choc chips. 12min @ 325 #
• Oops, error in recipe! Reposting…. #
• Cream 2/3c short 2/3c marg 1c br sgr 1c sgr. Add 2 egg+orang extr+mint extr. Add 3c flour 1tsp salt 1tsp b soda. Add choc chips. 12min @ 325 #
• All that sugar requires 3 cups of flour, not 1, lol #
• v,gzl; <'lg; #
• v,gzl; <'l #
• The last two tweets brought to you by my 1 yr old, Q. Loves typing, but his error rate is excessive. #
• While making cookies Aidan (4 yrs old, recall) and I watched 2 DVR'd episodes of the RMR. He loves the stuff @RickMercer does, good CDN fun! #
• Took a look at Google's "GO" programming language. Neat, but why? We need *another* c-style language? Solves a problem that doesn't exist. #
• Damnit, FOX kills another awesome scifi show: Dollhouse is dead. http://bit.ly/4KSk2 Why do they even bother? #
• Rocking out with the family on Rock Band 2. Aidan's on lead guitar, Quinlan on drums. I don't think we'll be getting Grammys anytime soon. #
• RT @hummingbird604: NEW BLOG POST, Win tickets to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (theatre) – http://tinyurl.com/y9gah6p #
• Deleting 6 months of AMC from our Mythbox. Sometimes PVRs can be terrible things. #
• I've been finding out all sorts of interesting things from my wife's blog. Apparently she's abandoning me on Nov 20th for a while. #NewMoon #
• The rising sun reveals that the North Shore mountains got a huge dumping of snow yesterday. It's beginning to feel like Olympics. #
• RT @buzzbishop: DadCAMP 3 is on Sunday at the Giants game. you coming? http://bit.ly/1zTG3U #dadcamp #
• RT @Anna_Cook: I am ON FIRE today. Probably b/c I'm working in Mt Pleasant [Heh. There're some arson investigators looking to talk to you.] #
• Really? #Glee portrays everyone (except cheerleaders) in such a pos light esp. GLBT + disabled yet still ppl complain http://bit.ly/2VBcjr #
• Just upgraded my workstation to Karmic. Flash broke again. Went to Adobe's site, no 64 bit Ubuntu d/l. Seriously? #Fail #
• .@kabutar Well, that's a pretty misleading. They restricted use of one vaccine, but deemed the other safe. http://bit.ly/4kITLr #
• .@kabutar The thing about vaccines is that they're only effective when herd immunity is achieved. Every unvax'd person threatens my kids. in reply to kabutar #
• So the Governor-General wore a Navy uniform yesterday. What rank did she wear? Is there a specific GG rank? #cdnpoli #
• So the Governor-General wore a Army uniform yesterday. What rank did she wear? Is there a specific GG rank? #cdnpoli [Now w correct service] #
• Re G-G uniform: Turns out the G&M has a good explanation: http://bit.ly/2B9nuy #
• Lol, so I'm on @VanCourierNews's "Moms" list. At least one of us is confused. #DadsGetNoRespect #
• Hmmm, what to have for supper. Other than chocolate chip cookies, of course. #ChocolateIsAFoodGroup #
• Who knew? There's a bunch of us in YVR who … get this … don't drink coffee! http://bit.ly/4vnGb4 #
• I know no one else cares about #Survivor, but tonight's episode was one of the best in recent memory. #EasilyAmused #
• Wow, you hear about bad mailing lists but rarely have I seen one as poisonous as VanLUG. #
• Massive headwind this morning. 10:1 odds of a massive headwind heading home too. Vancouver weather is magical. #
• Want a cheap XBox 360? If you're not going to play it online, it seems eBay suddenly has lots: http://bit.ly/1HOvMo #
• RT @asawyer: CTV, Global ask CRTC for "program deletion regime." Blackout US stn when Cdn bcaster airs show at diff time. #
• As CTV, Global swing wildly trying to preserve their broken business model, more ppl are finding their entertainment online. #DyingMedia #
• Following @olympicreporter's tweeting of the women's ski jumping case. Don't understand how an org in Canada can operate outside the Charter #
• .@northernpenguin Exactly. The more you tighten your grip, Global, the more viewers will slip through your fingers. Or something like that. in reply to northernpenguin #
• This will be awesome! The data from purposefully crashing a 300-person jet will be incredibly useful: http://bit.ly/NFkXW [via @AvWeekBenet] #
• Thanks for all the #FF shoutouts. I don't do #FF myself but you can look at my conversationlist http://bit.ly/1YLLeh to see some cool tweeps #
• And while you're at it, how about creating your own conversationlist? It's actually pretty easy: http://www.conversationlist.com #
• RT @twitcouver Witness a bike/vehicle accident? Leave biz card/contact info even if ambulance is checking them out & cyclist says they're ok #
• RT @twitcouver: Cyclist is shaky, won't think to ask 4 witness info. Karma act: gather witnesses contact info & hand to cyclist b4 going. #
• Apparently my workstation's UPS battery needs to be replaced. At least that's what it's beeping about now. AFTER THE POWER BUMP. Goin' home. #
• Once again in the 2010 Olympics "Virtual Waiting Room" for tix. Let's hope it goes better than last week. #
• 10am has come. How many other tweeps are with me in this 2010 waiting room? #
• I feel like I'm at a bingo hall … I've got 3 laptops sitting in front of me all counting backwards from 30 slightly out of sync. #
• Right. Now they're telling us how many "sessions" are available for each sport, but what's a SESSION? #
• These 3 computers have widely varying ideas about how long 30 seconds is. Amazingly diifferent. #
• One computer has now completely lapped the other two. #
• RT @gnb: @AnthonyFloyd Is there virtual muzak in the virtual waiting room? How about really old virtual magazines? #vancouver2010 #
• RT @eastcoastgranpa: @AnthonyFloyd Don't forget the virtual yelling and running children! [Nah, I've got *actual* children doing that] #
• Short-track speed skating is the first event to be completely sold out. #
• Wow, while waiting in the Virtual Waiting Room, I'm witnessing the most cut-throat game of Frustration that this family has ever seen. #
• Boy, I'm going to feel pretty awful if @kirklapointe gets into the ticket site before I do… #
• Threshold for being able to make it to Hope by 1pm is passing. I guess I won't be at the BCGA AGM. #
• In other news, Aidan is now 3-1 lifetime vs parents in Frustration. #
• On the other hand, we've been all over him in "Snakes and Ladders" #
• Back of the envelope calculation shows I've seen the 30 second countdown on the VANOC Virtual Waiting Room just about 1000 times now. Ugh. #
• So 2010 ticketing site shows only hockey, curling and ceremonies left. Too long to hold 5 yr old's attn I think. Will look at Paralympic tix #
• Three hours in the 2010 waiting room. Beginning to feel like I'm waiting at the Vancouver General Hospital. #
• RT @dadcamp: DadCAMP 3 is tomorrow to see the Giants game. We're meeting at the rink at 430, 5p puck drop. RSVP if you're in. #dadcamp #
• We have two kids: No one knows the evil that lurks … under the couch. Ewww. #
• And, 6 3/4 hrs in, it seems like one machine got into the 2010 tickets site … but then it timed out on loading the page. #fail #
• So I'm finally into the 2010 ticketing and it's already told me to "try again, unable to process due to high volume" #EpicFail #
• "We're sorry, we were unable to process your request due to high transaction volumes. Please try to submit your request again." #FAIL #
• There's a 12 minute limit, and each click is taking > 1 min. This is 7.5 hours after starting. What a joke. #
• In the end, we ended up getting opening ceremonies, sledge hockey and ski slalom for the Paralympics today. It'll be nice for Aidan #dadcamp #
• Wow Quinlan sure can shriek. Is a trumpet mute an appropriate parenting tool? #
• Complete #dadcamp day today. Paradise City in the morning, BC Model Trains exhibit in the afternoon, Vancouver Giants game in evening. Rawk. #
• Unbelievable. Ti-cats tie up the game w/ a 2 pt conversion with ~:20 left on the clock #
• Confusingly, BC now heading to the CFL Eastern Conference final. #
• http://twitpic.com/posz4 – At the model train show #
• http://twitpic.com/poszf – Some of these layouts are quite complex! #
• http://twitpic.com/pouhc – This set is all LEGO. Aidan is in heaven. #
• http://twitpic.com/ppr1u – Aidan at the end of his first hockey game! Giants blown away 5-0 #
• Back from a most excellent day out with Aidan. Train show followed by Giants game. Careful out there, some huge puddles on the roads! #
• Aidan and I making a big screen appearance at #dadcamp tonight http://bit.ly/38Wj4t [via @dadcamp] #