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  • "Hello Brad, Thank you for making a purchase from Blizzard Entertainment. Diablo III: Digital Version (Pre-Purchase)" What have I done? #
  • The Trouble with Airport Profiling http://t.co/39he6UUa #
  • Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived http://t.co/6JQY2wFq #
  • Out mason bee has filled up one tube with eggs, so it's capped it off and is working on tube two. http://t.co/vJEEw4CV #
  • The 10 Nerdiest Easter Eggs in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic http://t.co/WFQXWcqG #
  • Why doesn't @translink get some better security cameras? Every time they release video of Bad Guys the video quality is shit. #
  • Case in point regarding Translink's shitty security cameras: http://t.co/u36HnZkG #
  • Diablo 3 is hella fun. #
  • http://t.co/AhCehwZ5

    http://t.co/fFb5t49a #

  • Free Sophos Anti-Virus app for your Android http://t.co/DJt3vAAJ (Disclosure: I worked on the back-end for this product!) #
  • Kesler won’t rush his recovery from major shoulder surgery http://t.co/BuIiFgaP #
  • It's all gone Pete Tong. #
  • It turns out deleting 10.5TB of data spread over 9500 directories in HDFS takes a long time. #
  • Hmmmm… To get a car for our camping trip in August, it's $400 with @modo_carcoop or $660 with Thrifty. Tough choice. #

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§1606 · May 20, 2012 · Tweets · Comments Off ·


  • Hooray! The sun has returned! #
  • Lunch! (@ Rogue Kitchen & Wetbar) http://t.co/yO6lbpsI #
  • Why can't Eddie Bauer employ more than one person who can run a cash register? Every time I wait ten minutes to pay. Horrible. #
  • Escaped Cow Visits McDonald's Drive-Thru, Ponders Circle Of Life http://t.co/nnVPWCT3 #
  • According to Elizabeth, skunk cabbage smells like corn, ice cream, strawberries, and bananas. #
  • Elizabeth just named the boat in Queen's Park "What Is Your Big Idea". I think she's been reading too many Iain M. Banks novels. #
  • Heartland Institute’s horrible anti-global warming billboards are costing them donors http://t.co/X1Yg38SF #
  • On this day in 1982: Gilles Villeneuve killed at Zolder http://t.co/ki5FUuo4 #
  • Hello. This is a retweet of a tweet. RT @crazybutable Hello. This is a tweet. #
  • Hive and Seek: Domestic Honeybees Keep Disappearing, but Are Their Wild Cousins in Trouble, Too? http://t.co/uheQjgqn #
  • Ferrari and Jacques Villeneuve come together in tribute to Gilles http://t.co/ng60z2Kf #
  • Thanks, bus, for driving right past my stop. I really wanted to get home even later than I already am. #
  • On the day Google updates its iPhone G+ app to make it pretty, I haven't been able to check Facebook because its app is horrible. #
  • NDP sets up roadblocks to budget bill http://t.co/rn5KnWbt #
  • Fish shawarma from @freshlocalwild is delicious! http://t.co/NzQLWJ7y #
  • Me: "He's a killer whale! Do you know what his name is?" Elizabeth: "No." Me: "It's Fin!" E: "Fin! I love Fin!" cc/@VanCanucks #
  • Adobe's fix for Photoshop CS5 security issue? Buy Photoshop CS6. http://t.co/7qeMSC8X #
  • Canada's working moms still earning less, doing more than dads http://t.co/uauI4Uki #
  • Why does anyone take Kevin Krueger seriously? http://t.co/oZ2mvNzx #bcpoli #
  • The Lego Lord of the Rings Videogame Is Really Happening http://t.co/LPpnECre FUCK and YES. #
  • Moose? What moose? http://t.co/cSeys7sY #
  • One of my favourite sounds is the first glass of wine being poured. #
  • Mason bee update: 90% of the cocoons hatched. One bee has returned to my bee house! #
  • Hatched and unhatched mason bee cocoons: http://t.co/Kw95tx1y #
  • Summer means sand between your toes and watermelon juice down your chin. #
  • It astounds me that a video game company has two-factor authentication but my bank doesn't. #

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§1605 · May 13, 2012 · Tweets · Comments Off ·


  • Jackets GM Scott Howson: “We need a different look in goal” http://t.co/wxhJsOJN Hmmm… Luongo for Nash? #
  • New Elizabeth pictures! Start with https://t.co/WDIl2AOY and go from there. #
  • If I turn into an alcoholic it's not my fault. Alice poured me a glass of wine. Elizabeth pointed to it and said "Drink!" #
  • And now I'm in time-out because Elizabeth said I didn't drink my wine fast enough. #
  • Kitty-corner Vancouver Starbucks to close down http://t.co/pdDqJUH2 #
  • I wonder if I can put some money down on the LA Kings winning the Stanley Cup this year. #
  • And now I have Wicked Little Town stuck in my head. #
  • Ayrton Senna died 18 years ago today, but never forget Roland Ratzenberger, who died the day before at qualifying. #
  • Senna always had a Brazilian flag in his cockpit for his victory laps. The day after Ratzenberger died, he swapped it for an Austrian one. #
  • F1 almost lost a third driver that weekend, as Rubens Barrichello had a heavy shunt. Swallowed his tongue and had an emergency tracheotomy. #
  • Imola 1994 was a dark dark weekend for Formula 1. #
  • Enough depressing F1 news. Here's some better news: no F1 driver has died in an F1 car since the 1994 San Marino GP. #
  • Person Man, Person Man, hit on the head with a frying pan. #
  • Building Better Kids: A Big Idea We Should Embrace http://t.co/d7KthYFq #
  • Counterfeiters' favourite, the $20 bill, to be replaced http://t.co/yxf2Svsh Yay! More plastic money! #
  • Android users targeted in drive-by download attacks http://t.co/JJeRuxhB #
  • Elizabeth May: A devastating first year of Conservative majority rule in Canada http://t.co/PJs9QRBd #
  • Federal budget debate limited by government http://t.co/lA2fSZNT #
  • Elizabeth's chalk portrait of Alice: http://t.co/bigi0qWx #
  • One good thing about being slammed at work today and not checking Twitter all day: no stupid "May the Fourth be with you" tweets. #
  • The 'Reply' comic in the Vancouver Sun is terrible. #

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§1604 · May 6, 2012 · Tweets · Comments Off ·


  • I can't wait until hockey season starts again. #
  • Back to work! (@ Sophos Inc) http://t.co/gJWQ9spU #
  • Slowest. Toaster. Ever. #
  • Inbox Zero! Just ignore the 885 unread emails that are automatically filtered to other folders… #
  • More thoughts on being denied the morning-after pill by a pharmacist http://t.co/tMVkRRz0 #
  • 4-Year-Old Gets TSA Pat-Down Following Hug From Grandma http://t.co/xqIsxIBK #
  • If there's any one author who can make me go "Jesus fuck that's disturbing" at least twice a chapter, it's China Miéville. #
  • Bully For You http://t.co/OVpOd897 #
  • I can't believe I started playing Diablo 2 again. #
  • I'm cheering for the New Jersey Devils because of the Florida Panthers COO's jackassery towards a fan: http://t.co/Uvdh6x1U #
  • It would be awesome if @modo_carcoop had a car or two at YVR for those late night arrivals after the SkyTrain stops running. #
  • New Westminster's urban revival http://t.co/WotPMa9Z #
  • Why judging a fan base based on the racists makes you no better than them http://t.co/vF0fuOGg #
  • And of course New Jersey scores in OT just as I step into the kitchen to get some ice cream. #
  • Not paying enough tax? Some Canadians do debt-reduction donations http://t.co/530wS0rq #
  • What a lovely commute: http://t.co/qTz911BD #
  • The humans consider vegetable life to be their most bitter enemy: http://t.co/MEWm153i #

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§1603 · April 29, 2012 · Tweets · Comments Off ·


  • It's good to see Bieska and Hamhuis together again. #Canucks #HamJuice4Ever #
  • 0-10 on the power play do far? The Canucks are due! #
  • Kesler on the half-wall and Henrik in front of the net means there's something wrong with your power play. #canucks #
  • Ten minutes in and the Kings have yet to get a shot on goal. This means they'll score on their first shot. #
  • Weak call on that Kings penalty. #
  • There's the even-up penalty. #
  • Oh hey. Another cheap shot on a Sedin. Nice of the Kings fans to cheer his injury too. #
  • If Rome on Horton was late then Brown on Sedin was late. #canucks #
  • The officiating in the Kings/Canucks game is really crappy. Inconsistent as hell. #
  • Rumour has it Kesler's trying out for the 2012 Olympics. #
  • Canucks really need their skates sharpened. Raymonditis is spreading. #
  • Shit. #
  • Alright Canucks, 13 minutes to tie it up. #
  • Shorthanded goal by Burrows to tie? Please? #
  • Haha oh god I love the over the glass delay of game penalty. #noidon #039;t #
  • Oh man. CBC goes from the Canucks losing to Stephen Harper being a douchebag? As if my blood pressure wasn't high enough. #
  • Terry Milewski's moustache is looking good.

    Hm. "Terry Milewski's Moustache" sounds like the next up-and-coming indie rock band. #

  • You know what would be better than seeing the Space Shuttle flying over DC? Seeing the Space Shuttle IN ORBIT WHERE IT BELONGS. #
  • Fracking causes earthquakes, studies confirm http://t.co/E2aVcqsl #
  • Denied access to the morning-after pill by an anti-choice pharmacist in Vancouver http://t.co/bsFyR5G8 #
  • It's weird having the SkyTrain tell you what the next station is when you're already at that station. #
  • It's go time! #Canucks #
  • Good job, Senators! #
  • Holy shit, Raymond. #
  • There. 5:25 and I'm on the bus. My travel day ends in about 12 hours. But when it ends I'll be in Cincinnati. Um, yay? #
  • Roberto Luongo and Mason Raymond for Rick Nash and a bag of pucks. #

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§1602 · April 22, 2012 · Tweets · Comments Off ·


  • Fire Peter MacKay. Fire Stephen Harper. They've lied to the Canadian people for long enough about the F-35 contract. http://t.co/kyQFTu9J #
  • Canada's Howard wins 4th world curling crown http://t.co/P88FQqvc #
  • Wisconsin women don't need equal pay because "money is more important for men", says the governor: http://t.co/5p6PDPwt #
  • Wisconsin women don't need equal pay because "money is more important for men", says state senator: http://t.co/5p6PDPwt #
  • Elizabeth: "Here daddy." Me: "What, what's that?" Elizabeth: "That was my eye booger." #
  • Can you build a spaceship out of history? http://t.co/PLtq2gip #
  • 20-30 minute SkyTrain delays are optimistic. 40 minutes and I've made it one station. #
  • Bandit wouldn't stop licking her incision so we had to use one of Elizabeth's shirts: http://t.co/bjkGWz0L #
  • Poor Bandit: http://t.co/Jv3PNfOW #
  • Sad news: Vancouver queer activist David Holtzman dies of heart attack http://t.co/wJf0LIKP #
  • Free Virus Removal Tool for download from Sophos http://t.co/XtrVkqv2 #
  • Given the hockey season starts tonight, there's a stunning lack of Canucks jerseys on the SkyTrain this morning. Me and just one other guy. #
  • This guy is overdoing the Canucks car flag thing: http://t.co/F9evJR7V That's nine flags. Geeze, tone it down a little. #
  • It's awesome when you skip taking one bus to catch a different one that'll get you closer to home, only to have that second one not show up. #
  • It's even awesomer when the text alerter texts you half an hour after the missing bus was scheduled to show up to say its not showing up. #
  • So I got to stand in the rain extra and I get to walk home in the rain extra. Thanks, Translink. #
  • At least the Canucks are going to win tonight. #
  • WOO IT'S GO TIME GO MARK DONNELLY GO #
  • And now I'm going to start off the Canucks' playoff season with "Jesus Christ why do the Canucks always run into a hot goalie?" #
  • Burrows! #
  • Yay, I caught up to live on the Canucks game. Now I can let loose a flurry of tweets. Well, when the game starts again. #
  • I'm thinking Kassian sees a minute, max, in the third. #canucks #
  • I don't understand. Nine minutes into the third and no penalties for the Canucks? #
  • Is that a vuvuzela I hear at Rogers Arena? #canucks #
  • Ugh. #
  • Welp. #
  • It's nice knowing Canada still supports #CanadasTeam the Vancouver Canucks, even after they lost last night. #
  • Would you like a little Hepatitis A with those berries? http://t.co/pltGCm2P #
  • The last team to repeat as NHL Presidents' Trophy winner and not win the Stanley Cup in either year was Detroit in 1996. #
  • Presidents' Trophy repeat has happened four previous times since 1986, when it was introduced. The winner has won the Cup three times. #
  • You can tell it's game day in Vancouver. The liquor store lines are huge. #
  • Wild! Just had a @VanIsleBrewery beer bottle blow its top as I took others out of the case: http://t.co/NX9kueAa #
  • 10 minutes left to #WinDaTurd Come on #Canucks #
  • Hey yeah, Luongo's been the best Canuck in the playoffs, so let's bench him. Craig Simpson, it's a wonder you're not a coach. #
  • Well, Canucks, at least you didn't lose 8-5 like the Penguins did.

    Oh god they're going to lose 8-5 in game three now. #

  • Surely I'm not the only one yelling "TURN BACK TURN BACK OH GOD TURN BACK" at @TitanicRealTime. #
  • Maybe it's because I have a sense of humour, but I thought the 'controversial' @LAKings tweets were pretty funny. #
  • Bee cocoons are soaking up the sun. Hopefully it's warm enough for the bees to emerge today! http://t.co/DdhlOFtg #
  • Who's got two thumbs and just won a silent auction for $150 worth of paint for $85? This guy! #

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§1601 · April 15, 2012 · Tweets · Comments Off ·


  • New food carts approved for Vancouver http://t.co/Ah7s6HHF #
  • Mac malware exploits unpatched Java vulnerability http://t.co/RFwugrCK #
  • I am really liking Gragnani. He's the dark horse in the Kassian/Hodgson trade. #canucks #
  • Why the Vancouver Canucks may actually be NHL’s most sportsmanlike team http://t.co/cacp73MC #
  • What. The. Fuck. They're doing a Three Stooges movie? Stop the universe, I want to get off. #
  • I think I figured it out. Daniel is out, so Henrik is playing with 200% Sedin wizardry. #
  • Burr! Noooooooo! #
  • Phew. Looks like Burrows only missed one shift. #Canucks #
  • I've been programming with Perl for 15 years. When will I finally learn that Perl doesn't do "else if", it's "elsif"? #
  • A nice day to be sitting on the Vancouver Art Gallery steps eating lunch: http://t.co/wtwCbEXy #
  • The Importance of Being Earnest! (@ Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage) http://t.co/KnbqRmLt #
  • Drunken trio scrubbed clean at carwash http://t.co/dt0SMMTF #
  • I love living in a society where zombie worship gets you a day or two off work. #
  • OH: "I've never had scotch behind my eyeballs before!" #
  • Spotlight intensifies on Bahrain GP http://t.co/Flne4XCM #
  • A Garbage Pail Kids Card for $4,250? http://t.co/xXeL171q #
  • Why Jonathan Quick should overthrow King Henrik Lundqvist from the Vezina Trophy throne http://t.co/cz2teYtI #
  • Tax returns are finally in the mail. They'll cover Bandit's vet bill and half of Clove's. Cats need to not get sick for another ten years. #
  • Alex Burrows gets a breakaway, fakes shot and goes backhand. SHOCKING. #canucks #
  • How to check for—and get rid of—a Mac Flashback infection http://t.co/8YqsIHBw #
  • Killing time before going to Judy's! (@ Clayton Park) http://t.co/3H84ta3E #
  • 3-0 shutout to win the President's Trophy? OH HELL YES! Bring on the playoffs! #canucks #

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§1598 · April 1, 2012 · Tweets · Comments Off ·


  • Oil sands and loss of carbon-trapping bogs and fens http://t.co/oFhJPM8U #
  • Hoo boy. You haven't lived until you've zappered yourself with 110V. #
  • If you ever paint interior walls, don't do this: http://t.co/2pL9A7rj It makes replacing switches really annoying. #
  • Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and _why: http://t.co/OjEDDRoy #
  • She’s a Sens fan, her girlfriend’s a Leafs fan and their marriage proposal during NHL game was adorable http://t.co/siVk3wv5 #
  • Well, this snow was unexpected. #
  • It's like paradise spread out with a butter knife. #
  • Kings goalie Jonathan Bernier must say goodbye to Hollywood mask or pay up, says report http://t.co/uPa3hiYj #
  • "Well… the physicist has a natural life cycle." http://t.co/jC6Sc2Jr #
  • People shouldn't have to be told to give up their seats on the SkyTrain to the elderly. #
  • The only good thing about Alice having a dentist appointment at 4:40 is I get to get home in time for the Canucks game. #
  • You're an old man who can barely walk. SIT AT THE FRONT OF THE BUS SO THE DRIVER DOESN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR YOU TO SIT DOWN ARGH. #
  • RYE RUV ROO RANNIK! #
  • I hate the Chicago Blackhawks. Duncan Keith is a thug and a menace. #
  • I'm guessing Bieksa is going to beat the shit out of Duncan Keith before the end of the second period. #
  • Elizabeth: "I'm building a puzzle with Alex Burrows!" #
  • I'm not American, but if I were, I'd like Obamacare. http://t.co/jIGa40So #
  • Jannik Honey Badger Hansen with a hell of a forecheck hit to set up the winning goal by Higgins. #canucks #

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§1596 · March 25, 2012 · Tweets · Comments Off ·


  • Is there anybody who actually likes Daylight Saving Time? Because seriously, screw it. #
  • I don't know how we'll top this year's birthday cake: http://t.co/nc2R5gKW #
  • Last curling match of the season! (@ Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex) http://t.co/rbmV2Vwo #
  • Weird. Just got two new followers on @starlinksoft. I haven't tweeted on that account since jan 2010. #
  • Woah, they closed Stanley Park due to high winds and falling trees. #
  • I don't understand why a business wouldn't have voicemail. Phone calls should never be left to ring! #
  • According to this poster at work, blindness causes smoking: http://t.co/FOJY45J7 #
  • Math insults are the best insults: http://t.co/yCHNaxLP #SMBC #
  • The Fraser runs through it http://t.co/HOjU4vkv #
  • 2011 taxes are finished! Now to print off all 36 pages (!) and mail them in. #
  • If you're not following @TitanicRealTime, you should be. Tweets from the Titanic as she prepares to leave on her maiden voyage. #
  • I like how the emergency window on this bus is propped open with a paper towel. @translink, community shuttle S321 could use some work. #
  • I still think it's inspired how Deep Dish mixed Culture Club and Morel back-to-back on Yoshiesque. #
  • Do you know what time it is? That's right, it's JavaScript time! #
  • Hooray for wasting half an hour because bDisplay isn't the parameter, it's bVisible! #
  • Ender's Game is pornographic? Since when? http://t.co/FLI1mvFB #
  • Sourdough/cheddar/bacon. Yum! (@ Mom's Grilled Cheese Truck) http://t.co/crqs8HQz #
  • What's that? A patch to minified JavaScript? #
  • Going to the @VanCanucks game on Saturday, first F1 race this season (go @JensonButton!)… It's a sport-filled weekend! #
  • Misleading calls followed ID as non-Tories, voters say: http://t.co/vvjXh6Rb #
  • I wonder how many nerds are lined up at the Apple Store downtown. #
  • The iPad nerd line is only about half as long as the iPhone nerd lines have been. Clearly Apple is slipping. #
  • Nothing says weekend like a semi-emergency trip to the vet. Clove is lethargic, has an eye that doesn't fully open & different-sized pupils. #
  • And to top it off, to fit that last tweet in under the limit I had to drop the Oxford comma! #
  • Ah, St. Patrick's Day. When all the fake Irish come out of the woodwork and pretend they're Irish. You're not Irish, you're a drunk. #
  • That said, I'm wearing my Ireland national football jersey, which was bought in Ireland my my half-Irish aunt. :-P #
  • Why do I have the "We Are Santa's Elves" song from Rudolph stuck in my head? #
  • In Skyward Sword, reactions to Fi flip between "thank you, Fi", "you don't say?" and "no shit, Fi". #
  • This makes me happy: http://t.co/2xRjKdrO #
  • These seats aren't too bad… http://t.co/Ys3FjfFH #canucks #
  • Who put Luongo in Schneider's jersey? #canucks #
  • Interested in living in #NewWest Our coop has two units opening up: a 2br and a 3br. Contact me for more info! #

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§1594 · March 18, 2012 · Tweets · Comments Off ·