• It's pi day! #
• The EQ preparedness guidelines tell us to keep 12 l of water per person, plus water for pets. Where am I supposed to put 50+ litres of H2O!? #
• Aidan got a kick out of watching the video of his Imagination Station's class performance from last nt. Link available for friends & family. #
• .@alexishinde It was 4 litres per day per person for 3 days as recommended by the BC emerg prep program. http://is.gd/lOaOTp 4x4x3=48 litres #
• Did @WCBADoctorBrian just quote Spiderman!? @CBCStephenQuinn #otc "With great power comes great responsibility" #
• Curious about the Japanese reactor situation and want to avoid the WOO-factor from MSM? Check it out: http://bit.ly/eU3t32 #
• And @BadAstronomer also has a great easy-to-read look at the nuclear reactor situation in Japan. @raincoaster @IanAMartin @reneestephen #
• Ppl have same irrational fear of nuclear reactors as about dying in airplane crashes. In both cases, they are much safer than alternatives! #
• Spent the evening editing Aidan's video review of Munscha Mia. 3.5 hours' effort for 6 minutes of video. Now rendering, rendering… #
• Aidan's at it again. This time, he reviews @CarouselTheatre's Munscha Mia: http://youtu.be/Vj53m9MlnDk (it was a busy theatre weekend!) #
• Less scare-mongering, more educated perspective on the Japanese nuclear reactors: http://www.anengineerindc.com/ #dontpanic #
• The situation at the nuclear reactors in Japan is serious, for sure, but MSM is contributing to developing panic + hysteria. Irresponsible!! #
• In a further ex of poor media skills, BC's Chief Med Officer on #cbc says nice calm, reassuring things then ruins it w/ 1 in M possiblities #
• .@smuttysteff This blog: http://www.anengineerindc.com/ is really quite calm, rational, and clear (I think) for non-nuclear engineer types #
• The coolest thing you'll see today, perhaps this week, maybe this month: http://1.usa.gov/dZcr8u #apod #space #saturn #video #
• RT @bobmackin: Just interviewed B.C.'s top doc Kendall. No [nuke contam] risk or likely risk. Better to build a 72hr EQ emergency kit. #
• The Union of Concerned Scientists has been used a lot as "expert authority" on Japanese nuke problem. Credibility? Low: http://bit.ly/hVpF7a #
• In particular, CBC has been giving them a lot of airtime. What happened to a balanced approach to reporting? Why give voices to the fringe? #
• I've collected some of the links I've Tweeted about the Japanese nuclear reactor situation into a blog post: http://bit.ly/gzGws0 #
• Some of the links I've Tweeted about the Japanese nuclear reactor situation collected into a blog post: http://bit.ly/gzGws0 #
• Mea culpa: there is clear + non-alarmist MSM local coverage of Japanese nuke situation http://j.mp/g7twc8 http://j.mp/fkQ4Tr (via @lisasj) #
• I updated my nuclear reactor post to include links to @lisasj's TV spots and an MIT article http://bit.ly/gzGws0 #
• Someone has left a baby in a car parked in front of the Sbux here. 3 construction workers passing by are MAD. RCMP called. #
• Guy comes out of Sbux, gets told off by construction worker. Kid looks about 18 months. 2 RCMP cruisers show up, giving guy talking to. #
• The power of Twitter: rather than watch Survivor DVR'd, we're going to watch live b/c @JeffProbst is live tweeting it. #
• Stay Calm, Be Brave, Wait for the Signs #
• Changed two more clocks tonight. This DST transition is not occurring smoothly. #
• What's it like being a Canadian uni student in Kyoto right now? Read Sarah Marchildon: http://bit.ly/eLNKVa #
• Some clever being has stenciled "A Hill With A Bike On It Stands A Little Taller" on the University Blvd bike lane, near the crest of a hill #
• It wasn't particularly motivational. #BikeLaneGraffiti #
• Please welcome Vancouver YA author (and Canadian TV phenom) @susinnielsen to the Twitterverse! #
• Who insures the insurance companies? #ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmm #
• Wow. @WINDmobile bought by Russian company VimpelCom http://bit.ly/dWEsw1 I wonder what @TonyClement_MP will have to say about this… #
• When did Stephen Hawking join the Black Eyed Peas? #DeathToAutotune And what did they do to Fergie? #idol #
• The ongoing misinformation, exaggeration, and fear-mongering even gets to those who try to provide clarity http://bit.ly/fEo9gp #
• Punk-ass hipster riding bike down 10th Ave, left arm fully extended, business end of u-lock aimed at oncoming. Didn't look like @gregeh #yvr #
• Acoustic Irish punk song about #geocaching Yes please: http://bit.ly/fGbV6A (via @kjwx and the http://www.notaboutthenumbers.com blog) #
• Acoustic Irish punk (@strtrs) song about #geocaching Yes please: http://bit.ly/fGbV6A (via @kjwx + http://www.notaboutthenumbers.com blog) #
• Both kids up, dressed, and fed by 7:30! #winning #
• Youtube is promoting the "1st Major Motion Picture Made for the Internet On Youtube". Only, it's geo-locked + N/A to Canada. Internet=USA!? #
• RT @APStylebook: Language evolves. Today we change AP style from e-mail to email, no hyphen. #
• Really people? "Supermoon"? NO. The moon is 2% closer. You won't notice. http://bit.ly/hVO1hc #MisinformationSociety #
• Due to intense pressure, I feel compelled to say that you should visit Sutton Place Wine Merchants tmrrw to taste @Blackcloudwine 4:30-6:30 #
• The internet makes everything better. That awful Friday video? Matt Mulholland makes it better http://youtu.be/hxleH60hDJY #
• The internet makes everything better. That awful Friday video? @matt_mulholland makes it better http://youtu.be/hxleH60hDJY #
• Gun-shy: 2 phone msgs within 30 mins fr 2 diff numbers of family on East Coast. All is ok, just a coincidence, but got heart pounding a bit. #
• I need some libraries from MS Visual Studio *2005*. Yes, that version specifically. Anybody have a copy they want to sell? #longshot #
• I'm making a note here. Huge success. #
• Cons now attacking Ignatieff by attacking his great grandpa. Tell me that these personal attacks aren't causing division in #CPC #cdnpoli #
• Seriously. We need an agreed-upon non-royalty encumbered sarcmark. #
• It seems like the #CPC just keeps looking for more exotic ways to piss off the left … then laugh when their poll numbers bounce #cdnpoli #
• Q required emergency raspberry infusion this morning. He's almost human now. #WokeTooEarly #
• Video of Sendai earthquake in Tokyo Central Park, several hundred km's away: http://youtu.be/b2f2Nw3j2fE Note that's it's _not_ liquefaction #
• French warplanes destroyed 4 Libyan tanks today. We they *flying* tanks? I thought it was a no FLY zone!? #
• Glad I didn't take Q sledding today at the bday party Aidan's at right now. Q's rounding hour 3 of an epic nap. #dontwakesleepingbabies #
• Oh noes! RADIATION http://xkcd.com/radiation/ #
• Q: Why's it so quiet upstairs? (checks) A: Apparently we left a bag full of Wine Gums out #WiredStartToTheDay #
• Tweet-a-friend: 5 kids. 5 adults. Can't find @_CanadianBacon_'s Burnaby Lake Blue Sky cache. Help? #geocaching #
• Success! Found after encouragement from @geodug. Thanks Doug! http://campl.us/JGa #
• Kids ran out of energy, had to call it a day. #geocaching Thanks for the company @VickiWoodward @SlvrLambStudios @Seanfunk @LeftCoastMama #
• Poor, poor armadillo. The moral of the story seems to be someone *always* gets left out. #ButNotTheHippopotamus #
• M-O-O-N spells bed. #

On the weekend, Aidan and I went to see Carousel Theatre’s musical “Munscha Mia”. Aidan has started doing video reviews of the plays he sees, so here’s his review of “Munscha Mia” for you to enjoy.

You can also see his review of Bird Brain.

• Disorienting radio morning today. Listening to @JohnBiehler talking to @CBCStephenQuinn on @CBCEarlyEdition right now about his #ehteam trip #
• The #LPC doesn't make much sense with respect to copyright either. http://bit.ly/h8OTrq "Do as I say, not as I do" #cdnpoli #
• I don't usually retweet celebs, but @CraigyFerg is a smart, entertaining guy, + was a particularly poetic + truthful tweet @BadAstronomer #
• Phew. It's after 10am. I can break into my chocolate stash now. #
• I don't understand Youtube. A video I posted of the Vancouver Zoo train has over 11k views. Why? It was posted there just for a blog post! #
• So I guess it's One and a Half men now, huh? Maybe they'll bring in Rob Lowe as Charlie's cousin from New England? #notwinning #
• This in-and-out scheme that the Cons are saying they did nothing wrong: I'm no criminal but it's MONEY LAUNDERING, right? #cdnpoli #
• .@craig_f Ok, so money laundering is concealing illegally obtained money. So more correctly, this is *just* fraud? #cdnpoli #
• Casa Mia in Southlands is for sale again, $10.5M. Seems less impressive w/ avg detached house prices > $1M #yvr #
• Sane iPhone notifications? Yes please: http://tcrn.ch/giHjnB #
• OK, the Baz Luhrmann-esque number at the end of House was pretty cool. Also? Hugh Laurie would make a great Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret. #
• So it looks like I'm going to be in Seattle on the 11th for work … with some free time perhaps. Hmmm. #iPad2Launch #
• Today I assembled a 12-core/24 GB computer from parts. Without losing any of the magic smoke. #NotMyJobDescription #SmallCompany #
• Whisper-quiet (almost) cooling for 12 Xeon cores. http://instagr.am/p/CGcZd/ #
• In addition to rebranding the Canadian gov't "The Harper Gov't", apparently the Cons are giving Ministerial awards too! http://bit.ly/hcMGhe #
• Of course, no one else is stepping up to the plate, are they? #whowilllead #cdnpoli #
• Sigh. Really? "The Canadians"? #140CharShorteningGoneWrong #
• The arrogance + pure contempt the Cons have for Canadians has ensured I'll not vote for them in the foreseeable future. #cdnpoli #
• Ok Tweeps, gotta go pack. LOS #
• She don't like Firefly and now she's gone, gone, gone. http://youtu.be/x-yHSaP0Dyg #
• Argh. Biz trip which hinges on another company being ready to have us has been pending since Wednesday last week. Now pushed to Fri. #
• I *hate* loose plans. #TypeA #
• RT @CBCStephenQuinn: This looks very good: http://bit.ly/ejiLqa I think I will watch it. #
• So envious of @JohnBiehler andthe rest of the #ehteam as they drive to #sxsw Looks like an awesome time, despite the LEO involvement. #
• Reach out and touch faith. DM on RB3? Check. cc: @LeftCoastMama #
• Dear Steve: Upgrade iTunes, Quicktime. Backup to PC. Download upgrade. Install. Spread chicken entrails. Seriously? 30 mins and counting… #
• W00t. Personal hotspot works great on @virginmobilecan #
• Oh hai Seattle. Why so blustery? #
• RT @chicgeek: looking for web design & development job in Vancouver, able to start mid-Apr. Know of any openings? #
• Crossing the border tonight, beater car with Cali plates, oozing blue smoke, packed to the gills with pillows and sundry got "special" attn #
• No idea what guy was thinking but they shutdown all lanes but his as he got near. My lane closed right after we went thru. Easiest xing ever #
• Seeing the devastation in Japan, particularly w/ the tsunami, I think about how screwed Richmond could be. Flat, sea level, exposed. #
• And back in the 778. Hellllll-o rainy Vancouver. #
• At Waterfront Theatre with Aidan waiting for @carouseltheatre's Munscha Mia to start http://ow.ly/i/95Ss #
• Heading home on the AquaBus after the play http://campl.us/G3l #
• Oy. The stream of green mucous from Q this morning is as gross as it is unending. #GlamourParenting #
• Aidan learning to use the sewing machine with @leftcoastmama http://campl.us/HoL #

• I bet this bus driver won't make *this* mistake again http://i.imgur.com/owB0c.jpg (via @smuttysteff and #failblog #
• Holy crap, we're going to have lots of trees down tomorrow: 70-100 kph sustained winds, 100-140 kph peak winds forecast for Vancouver! #
• Things I learned today: Malta is a member of the Commonwealth. #huh #
• Latest Ipsos poll puts Cons at 43%. Does Harper throw the budget to force an election? #cdnpoli #
• Long shot, but anyone else going to the BME Grand Rounds/IEEE Aerospace/EM seminar this afternoon at #UBC #
• Candles? Headlamps + flashlight apps FTW! MT @TheresaLalonde: Now they're using the word hurricane. Where are yr candles? http://ow.ly/45YFT #
• It seems I do not in fact have my rain pants with me. Going to be a wet ride home. #bikeyvr #
• Tonight's commute brickbat: cyclist w/ helmet + light who went 5 kph wrong way through round-a-bout, while I was going through correctly. #
• Tonight's commute bouquets to B-way Running Room Sun Run training class running correct way along bike rte, with lights, on sidewalk! #
• Later tonight I expect to see pigs flying, cows jumping, dogs laughing, and spoons and dishes running away to Vegas. #
• Wow, are they using Howitzers in place of the 9 o'clock gun now? #BANG #yvr #
• Interesting. Usher without autotune. #idol #
• ET phone home: the ET Highway is archived http://bit.ly/gmol6J (post by @firennice) #geocaching #
• There's no way that Casey Abrams isn't going to win Idol this year. @LeftCoastMama doesn't agree with me but he's unbelievable. Unbelievable #
• So far #blOMG is a bust in Vancouver. Where's the wind? They promised us wind! #
• Uneventful ride to work. Barely a whisper of a breeze on campus. #blOMG #yvr #
• From the HuffPo, RFK Jr's damning assessment of Stephen Harper http://huff.to/fafz1T "… false patriotism, bigotry, fear, selfishness …" #
• Every time I hear The Zalm on @cbcvancouver I wonder "Why!?" How is it that anyone listens to this guy? And … what happened to the BCNDP? #
• Wondering how far ranging the impact of ordering the arrest of all the opposition senators in WI will be. #shocking http://bit.ly/fSwsRc #
• Folks, the "twitter views" thing is bad news. Please don't keep clicking it. Don't even click it once. #herewegoagain #
• Signalfest. *Signal*. Oh. I was hearing Singlefest all yesterday. Thought it was the next level of speed dating. #otc #
• Today's Quinn's Quiz contestant sounds like she's got a serious case of the munchies. #otc #
• Well frak me, I'm following @_Reinette. Mostly because I like snark, but also to prove I'm not a toaster. #
• What does 1.6 GB of roaming data cost Telus customers when they visit Egypt? $37k apparently. http://bit.ly/fdgGMZ (h/t @buzzbishop) #
• Caught the tail end of Jeopardy for the first time in ages. Alex is getting pretty passive-aggressive in his old age! #
• The transmogrifier is down at UBC. http://bit.ly/g1UqhE No, seriously: http://bit.ly/fMSGlt #UBCIT #CalvinAndHobbes #cardboardboxes #
• DE@TheBadCop Yes. In fact, of our 760+ finds, I'd say 500-600 of those have been with at least 1 kid in a stroller #GQotD #Geocaching #
• DE? I have no idea what that was about. Weird. @thebadcop #
• For the two of us that care, next week's Rock Band DLC is a Depeche Mode pack! http://aol.it/fpvLEp #
• "Unable to find keyboard. Press F1 to continue" :headdesk: #
• Our main coding project is pushing 230k+ SLoC. Trying to get release prepped, finding bugs in code that not "mine". Other guy's on vacay :( #
• Yeah, it's a fun Friday. #
• Note to self: avoid drinking with frustrated @IanAMartin. It's all fun and games until the bullet goes off. #
• Oh where is my hairbrush? #damnpeach #
• RT @natnewswatch: RT @AntoniaZ Breaking: Con news management descends into near-thuggery – @DrDawg http://bit.ly/eoxZ5z #Cdnpoli #cdnmedia #
• Just to spite all you goody two shoes having pancakes today b/c of National Pancake Week, we're having *waffles* #maplesyrupnation #
• Shoutout Saturday: @Ambient_Skater @DrRaymondMc @TriingAli @Asifa604 Thanks for the #FF yesterday. #SS #
• RT @raincoaster: #Vancouver @davemkane died in his sleep last night in St Paul's Hospital. He was cracking wry jokes up till the end. #
• Geocaching on Sea Island later this afternoon (again). Anyone want to join us? #
• Aidan doing an @actuallynph impression while geocaching on Sea Island http://campl.us/EQl #
• Not bad, 9 caches today before the kids tapped out. #geocaching #
• Oops, make that 10 #justonemorecache #geocaching #
• People who drive with a dog in their lap should be charged under the distracted driving law. What the hell are they thinking!? #
• Q is on his third set of PJs tonight and it's not midnight yet. This should not be interpreted as being glamourous in any way, shape or form #
• Cache series in NS includes "only reasonably be accessed via ice in the winter or by boat" in desc. Rated at 1.5/1.5. Say what!? #geocaching #
• People don't realize that cachers with kids or mobility problems rely on accurate terrain ratings. Wildly inaccurate (low) in NS #geocaching #
• Fortunately we topped out at 3 diiferent pairs of PJs for Q last night. Having a sick kid does not make for a restful night. #
• Spring is here, the rhododendrons have bloomed. http://campl.us/FcC #
• .@reneestephen UBC's own @rosieredfield has something to say about the #fibromyalien paper too http://bit.ly/hjvqpl #
• Lookout Phil Collins! Q rocking the Rock Band 3 pro drums http://instagr.am/p/CDuOZ/ #