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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-07-30

Anthony on , 30 Jul 2012 08:15 am
  • I don't get other cyclists who blow by me at stop signs. Hey moron, if I'm stopped there's probably a good reason for it. #bikeyvr #
  • Today's ride: long-sleeve jersey and flashing front light. #WinterIsComing #BikeYVR #
  • .@lazarus7 Guy today: helmet, full bright riding gear, seemed concerned for his own safety. Other than nearly killing himself at 4-way stop. #
  • Poor old Johnny Ray, sounded sad upon the radio, he moved a million hearts in mono. #
  • Time to ride home, and maybe take the lane too. http://t.co/gTRELurt #bikeyvr #
  • 15C/59F and heavy mist. July 23rd. Vancouver, you’re aspiring to be San Francisco, huh? #
  • Some smartass in the neighbourhood has their wood fireplace on. Checking the calendar for the umpteenth time today. #
  • Why are antivaxxers dangerous? Because preventable diseases like whooping cough are killing MORE children now http://t.co/RXrmh6aj #
  • Well, crap. RT @CarmenMills: trail-a-bike maufacturer just went bankrupt, no new parts coming for months – if you want one buy it now! #
  • Coming to a stop in the middle of a traffic circle to pick up pedestrian. Congratulations BC 212SKD, you are #Asshat Motorist of the Day! #
  • New big-wheel, shifting Trai-A-Bike shakedown ride. #inthevillage @ Creekside Community Recreation Centre http://t.co/4HULwzZl #
  • Yup, works great! 8.5 km, 35 min #bikeyvr @ Vancouver Convention Centre West http://t.co/p3OfJmN9 #
  • 20 km ride tonight with @AidanFloyd. New Trail-A-Bike works great. Can't wait to do some long rides with him! #bikeYVR #
  • Your morning WTF MT @smuttysteff: Biking to school is NOT ALLOWED? http://t.co/er0fHwuW (via @geekboydotca) #
  • Light-rail terminal in False Creek? Oh, #continuum your world, even with CGI LRT is better than ours. #yvr #
  • Go grab this #HumbleBundle NOW: http://t.co/U17crBJK #joco #tmbg #okgo #mcfrontalot #wow #
  • I made this half-pony, half-monkey monster to please you … maybe I used too many monkeys #jocointheafternoon #
  • Turning the tables, the BC RCMP issues a rather public calling out: RT @SgtRobVermeulen: Dear Whistler News Editor http://t.co/9p3TD1Up #
  • When is an open API not so open? When there's big bucks involved. Twitter limits Instagram's access: http://t.co/aIpTAm8g #
  • There are Happy Little Clouds over the Garden of Your Mind. http://t.co/gq1uS7aV #pbsremix #
  • Mr I and the Rainbow Singers. Plus Aidan on the balloon guitar. @ Douglas Park http://t.co/I8dggr3J #
  • Performance in the Park. @ Douglas Park http://t.co/8FYaXqAG #
  • The kids love these performers, but this is PAINFUL. #
  • They've just brought out a vuvuzela and given it to a kid. #
  • . @hfancott "enjoying" the concert. @ Douglas Park http://t.co/3MRqLsBK #
  • .@gwenfloyd "enjoying" the concert @ Douglas Park http://t.co/QYkacPCm #
  • . @coffeefilter seems a bit more into it. Or, he's lost his phone. @ Douglas Park http://t.co/YmVopNvq #
  • The balloon guitar has … changed somewhat. @ Douglas Park http://t.co/Qupiryl7 #
  • Vancouver Sun article on the theft of 5200 bottles of wine from an Aldergrove winery doesn’t bother giving the name of the winery. #fail #
  • It did give the breakdown of the kinds of wine stolen, and asked for tips. You’d think the name of the winery would have been an imp detail. #
  • Pro tip: When applying for a job, and referring to "attached C.V.", ensure that you have in fact attached said C.V. #
  • Also, it helps to know difference btw a C.V. and a resume. If it's only 2 pages long either it's not a C.V. or we don't want you anyway. #
  • I'd like to see Ottawa try to force the Northern Gateway Pipeline on BC. It'd purge us of all the CPC MPs at next elxn! #bcpoli #cdnpoli #
  • The worst thing for Christy Clark right now would be for AB to give in and cede some royalties to BC. Voters completely oppose #NGP #bcpoli #
  • Toque, shorts, and CBC shirt. That's my boy. RT @GwenFloyd: Heading on our transit adventure. Bus, train and boat. http://t.co/8mmk8aO1 #
  • Man, my only regret about PVR'ing the Opening Ceremonies is that I won't be able to have the accompanying Twitter commentary. #
  • .@warrenellis is providing the best Opening Ceremonies backchannel commentary. #london2012 #
  • All the Canadian Olympic athletes are engineers? #businesscasual #khakis #ties #huh #
  • Thought my @CBCVancouver radio stream had been hijacked: London Calling started playing. Nope, it's the primetime #london2012 update. #otc #
  • Good: PVR'd Opening Ceremonies. Bad: Forgot they always run long. Good: US is getting them tape-delayed. Bad: Can't FFWD now. #
  • The voice major in the house noted that it was clear they are athletes and not singers. #nanananah #
  • Another @United failure http://t.co/ZmsahVSH #storify #
  • Happy Birthday Theo! @harrietglynn @coffeefilter #
  • Watching Netflix, waiting for fireworks. #yvr @ Vanier Park http://t.co/DyTtnB2K #
  • Perfect night for fireworks. Not too warm, a little bit of a breeze, and a well behaved crowd of 300,000. #yvr #celebrationoflight #
  • Bike ride home got a bit hairy when #asshat SUV driver illegally passed line of slow moving cars behind us as we were turning left. #bikeyvr #
  • Perfect night for fireworks! @ Vanier Park http://t.co/Bd8NB6SU #
  • When you get 300,000 people together on a beach? The Bell/Telus 3G network doesn't hold up so well. #LOS #
  • Haven't checked if I'm still on several "Mommy Blogger" twitter lists but was just followed by a "social network for women" #beardedlady #
  • Half the household are morning people. The morning people might go out and do something soon. #
  • Bike geocaching the Seymour Valley Trailway @ Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve http://t.co/nVSATJAv #
  • Math is hard and unnecessary, so stop teaching it (NYT): http://t.co/WijxYUnF #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-07-23

Anthony on , 23 Jul 2012 08:15 am
  • Damnit, missed this! “@karlwoll: Wowza! Vancouver Aurora Borealis (with Video) – http://t.co/DES9XLi2” #
  • Today’s #asshat index in Vancouver is EXTREME. Citizens are advised that extreme asshattry has been observed and is ongoing. #bikeyvr #
  • In other news, sticky-road syndrome is upon us again as the chestnut (?) trees bleed on to the road. #bikeyvr #trimblepark #
  • Related: bike jocks on the west side will be griping about rolling resistance. See previous #asshat advisory. #bikeyvr #
  • MT @Garossino: OH: Opposition to bike lanes would decrease if cyclists could stifle the sanctimony. Agree or disagree? #vanpoli #bikeyvr #
  • After getting today’s SITREP from @GwenFloyd, I’m recommending another stripe AND a Meritorious Service Decoration. #threeishard #
  • That game of Mastermind with my 7 yr old was somewhat less than a draw in his favour. :o #
  • This looks like an updated "Lunar Lander": NASA’s Next Mars Rover “Lands” on Xbox Kinect http://t.co/2Zk4neYo #
  • Awesome ride in today. Great weather, lots of bikes. For every crazy day, there are at least 10 good ones. #GlaresAtMonday #bikeyvr #
  • I don't know the problem with @theprovince's editorial board, but they continue to spew out the least informed anti-bike drivel #bikeyvr #
  • This: http://t.co/a32BQGFI is what I'm referring to. Hey @Garossino, I think the sanctimony isn't confined to cyclists #bikeyvr #
  • And, SERIOUSLY @theprovince? Running a web poll "Should cyclists be banned from city streets?" What an embarrassment. #bikeyvr #
  • Of course, the real embarrassment is that 43% of respondents to that web poll say bikes *should* be banned from Vancouver streets #bikeyvr #
  • .@stepc It's essentially anonymous trolling, but with a big soapbox. #
  • Today's Vancouver Sun: No bikes on sidewalks http://t.co/Fb5JKMfo + today's Province: No bikes on roads http://t.co/rDiflZSm #bikeyvr #
  • The no-bikes-on-sidewalks I agree with but I guess it's clear that Postmedia doesn't think bikes have any place in the city at all. #bikeyvr #
  • Remind me again why newspapers are dying? Oh, right. #
  • Kate MacNamara, telling it like it is: "We've had enough with public apologies! They're stupid!" #otc #
  • The reddit thread is more interesting than the Mashable overview, though: http://t.co/DVA70zJF (h/t @ProvidentMike) #
  • Interesting. The Province changed their web poll to be somewhat less anti-bike: http://t.co/klXy21sf #bikeyvr #
  • Asshat drivers like BC 091 SKT are why cyclists feel threatened riding even on the bike routes in Vancouver http://t.co/RikjDRdQ #bikeyvr #
  • .@buzzbishop I was driving where it was safe. 1) Parked cars, 2) Rough road/seams, 3) Upcoming left turn #
  • .@buzzbishop In particular, I had just pulled out to go around a parked car and was not going to dip back in before the next one. #
  • .@findchico Notice that I pulled around parked car? Also, after subsequent ridge, I ride left to avoid big concrete seam + allow left turn. #
  • .@findchico In short, yes. That's the safest way to handle that stretch of road. Notice asshat passed me just *after* I avoided parked car? #
  • Whoa. Apparently there was a Dr Who marathon on Space. The PVR has suddenly recorded two seasons’ worth! #rosetyler #badwolf #
  • And then, a guy rode up on a scooter in a bath robe and sisal rope sandals #vancouver http://t.co/w8Xout4j #
  • Latex: Needlessly complicated for four decades. :headdesk: #
  • Found out why the bike room at work has been so empty recently: the major tenant, Cardiome Pharma reduced their work force from 100 to 8! #
  • Wow, after a year MIA, Magazine Man posts something Somewhere on the Masthead. A sudden surprise in my feed reader! http://t.co/9ufEqiJr #
  • “Northwest Passage” on World Report this morning. Nice. #stanrogers #
  • OH: No one wants the blanket of doom! #
  • With the Reyat appeal dismissed, one of the most embarrassing episodes in Canadian legal history is brought to a close. #airindia #
  • For some reason this made me think of @andrewctenor and @gpsforthebrain: Tonal-calibrated wine glasses http://t.co/stmKQbgd (via @Ng_Dave) #
  • Performance in the Park with GoGo Bonkers @ Douglas Park http://t.co/FfkPeKA8 #
  • OH: You can get lime disease from kissing rocks. #
  • Headline of the day: RT @CBCNS: Tall ship sails into Halifax 9 years after sinking http://t.co/7EUQrDZ0 #
  • Instagram. So many cats. #
  • For the second time this week, reddit has a better summary than any other news source http://t.co/7y2b77tQ (via @July_Sv) #theatershooting #
  • So I guess this means metal detectors and TSA-like searches coming soon to a theater near you? #Theatershooting #securitytheatre #
  • Warm, but periodic heavy downpours. Hmmm, what to wear for today's ride to work? #bikeyvr #
  • Decided wet < hot, went with minimal rain gear. Wet, but not suffering heatstroke. #winning #bikeyvr #
  • RT @IsCool: In one year, GUNS murdered
    35 in Australia,
    39 in England and Wales,
    200 in Canada, and
    9,484 in the United States. #
  • <wince> RT @Lazin_Ryder: So here’s the next episode of “Dear Brand, You’re Now Done on the Internet” http://t.co/LDn9nIku #
  • Serious q: do we need this? RT @keithbaldrey: We (Global BC) have just got CRTC approval for a 24/7 news station. On the air in January. #
  • I mean with endless, repetitive national "24/7" "news" programming, what on earth will a regional 24/7 news channel bring us? #
  • I don't know if this is real or not, but it paints a heart-wrenching picture of health care in the US: http://t.co/vviCb5Te #
  • Watching planes take off while waiting for Sean @ Flight Path Park http://t.co/0aQENr0v #
  • Sigh. Pukey kid is sure hard on car seats. Made his uncle Sean's stopover visit memorable. #
  • And now we enter the stuck-at-home portion of the day while Q naps. #
  • Heading to check out @khatsalano but first, water break http://t.co/1jVU0PVB #
  • .@khatsalano festival in @kitsilano #yvr http://t.co/ZbAR2Ib7 #
  • Both boys just had cotton candy for the very first time. There’s no going back now. #
  • You don't seem this everyday. I hope. @ Khatsalano Street Festival http://t.co/10dmOsec #
  • Taking the kids to the night market tonight because I’m suffering sunstroke or something. Anyone else going? #yvr #richmond #nightmarket #
  • The bass and drum duo have been playing the Transformers theme for 5 mins now @ Richmond Night Market http://t.co/skVi3XBo #
  • Maybe not quite as pretty as the Fairmont Whistler, but good all the same! http://t.co/7ijuD79D #
  • .@vancitychic It’s funny how people stopped in no stopping zones never think it applies to them. I wonder who they *do* apply to? #bikeyvr #
  • They call it The Drive because there’s nowhere to park… #
  • Blue Imp @ Victoria Park http://t.co/RJt5YtFT #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-07-16

Anthony on , 16 Jul 2012 08:15 am
  • Safely deposited @eastcoastgranpa at YYT. St John’s is another one of those “no fog in city, airport socked-in” places. #
  • On the one hand, I’m obscenely early for my flight. On the other hand, RELAX. #
  • Time to ride the aluminum chariot back to the other side of the continent. So long St John’s, thanks for a good time. #
  • Don’t typically get airsickness but today’s landing at YYZ sure pushed the envelope. #bumpy #
  • Boarding again. Next stop, beautiful BC. Be excellent to each other, Tweeps. #
  • Wheels down YVR! Back for … just under 24 hrs. #
  • Bobbing and weaving around T-Storms over the Okanagan. . http://t.co/sh0GHLhH #
  • Woke up in Vancouver today, sunny, 13C. Nice. Heading to Winnipeg tonight -> check forecast -> Sunny, 35C tomorrow!? UGH. #
  • “Guideway Intrusion detected” at SW Marine station. Glad it was NB and not my way. #yvr #
  • Lather, rinse, repeat. YWG bound. @ Gate 3 http://t.co/0M5Gh5Tf #
  • And wheels down in Winnipeg. Where it’s 27C at 11pm. #
  • It's pretty here. Pretty flat. #ywg @ Radisson Hotel Winnipeg Downtown http://t.co/mWQlwcUZ #
  • Sun beats down on "The Forks" http://t.co/xqABvWcb #
  • Protest calling for a missing aboriginal women enquiry … in Winnipeg @ Portage & Main http://t.co/RDB0WQi6 #
  • If You Give a Mouse A Cookie !? @ Manitoba Theatre for Young People http://t.co/KZ8mudVY #
  • Red River meets the Assiniboine @ The Forks http://t.co/jrQGk2XR #
  • Geocaching in a National Park, *sponsored* by Parks Canada! @ The Forks http://t.co/vnq233xe #
  • Portage & Main. Hype > reality. #winnipeg @ Portage & Main http://t.co/5eMVAOsQ #
  • Continuing my trend of being super early for flights, sitting at YWG nursing a brew. Severe thunderstorm watch in effect. Yay! #
  • Fort Garry Pale Ale. Ok, but the dark ale is better. #winnipeg @ Winnipeg International Airport (YWG) http://t.co/nKLHdwtp #
  • If you’re boarding the plane in the company of two CBSA agents, does that mean you’re being deported? #
  • Hopefully my last winglet for a while. #E190 #ywg #homewardbound @ Gate 11 http://t.co/xnOLGw4M #
  • Wheels down Vancouver. What’s shaking Tweeps? #
  • Uh, it's pouring rain in Fairview right now. #yvrwx @cbcearlyedition #
  • Happy wedding to the soon-to-be betrothed @cogno and his German masseuse! Wishing you years of joy, happiness, and adventure! #
  • The GPS loves being turned on 5000 km away from where it last was. #NotReally #
  • Family bike ride along the seawall. #bikeyvr #inthevillage @ Olympic Village http://t.co/HBGJ1F7l #
  • Three. I can’t wait for three to be done. #
  • Of course, a bright, sunny, all-the-windows-open afternoon, nothing better to do than powerwash, right? #CityNoises #PumpUpTheVolume #
  • Seriously. If you don't already have it, grab it. Diptic is great for arranging multiple pics into one. #iphone #
  • Instead of receiving telegrams, wedding receptions should have a screen set up with Twitterfall! #cognoswedding @cogno #
  • Right now, the wedding party is taking turns shooting pop cans off the fence with BB guns … to the 1812 Overture. #cognoswedding #
  • It's been a slow year for #geocaching this year, but I'm amused our cache centroid is 40 km north of Swift Current, SK. http://t.co/L2ppUqKB #
  • And, somehow we need to find a whack of caches in … the middle … http://t.co/wB6ZPV0V #geocaching #
  • There are two Sasquatch dancing in the field and no one’s sure if they’re brides-family or grooms-family. #cognoswedding #
  • Remind me again: we’re only allowed to sell them if they’re younger than two? #ThreeIsPushingButtons #
  • Nobody batted an eye when it came time to remove the garter and @cogno sat in the chair #cognoswedding #
  • Although, it was a little unusual for the best man to be the one to remove the garter. With his teeth. #cognoswedding #
  • Thousands of single ladies across the Lower Mainland, nay, the world weep. RT @cogno: I'm married, and tipsy. #cognoswedding #
  • The nap makes bedtime long and hellish. No nap makes supper-thru-bedtime hellish. #cantwin #threeishard #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-07-09

Anthony on , 09 Jul 2012 08:15 am

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