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StatusI raced my son tonight. We did 1.1 miles but I won in the end. He didn't think dads could run for a whole mile. How did I teach this?

Status@clover I have still yet to do it yet. But I *will*.

StatusMatt is workin.'

StatusLast night I *actually* said: "We have a duty to videotape our cat and put it on Youtube." Cat was playing fetch and I was drinking wine.

StatusMatt recommends Zero Punctuation's review of Fallout 3.

Status#gwj Zero Punctuation covers Fallout 3 this week: http://snipr.com/5xwl5

StatusIf you haven't seen the "Bike Hero" video, it is a painstakingly crafted parody of Guitar Hero - a MUST view: http://snipr.com/5xfqy

StatusOn the bus. Listening to some Erasure and the GwJ podcast. Hearing more love for World of CrackCraft.

StatusHad some wine. @nnschiller has encouraged me to fire up Portal again.

StatusI have had a *very* productive day. Soon it is time to go home, pick up my son, and enter homework quality-control mode.

StatusThe Onion shirt I have to have: "Are your cats old enough to learn about Jesus?"

Status@nnschiller Thanks for giving me some busride reading this afternoon.

StatusBy the way, THIS is why I can't play WoW anymore: http://tinyurl.com/6lly6s

StatusThere may yet be some usefulness in graphics that invite exploration as opposed to so-dumbed-down that you get the jist in a quarter second.

StatusPerhaps good infovis design does *not* always mean: So clear that a retarded, one-eyed monkey with a game leg can understand it...

StatusEarly-ish lunch today, much needed. Soothing feelings that our forthcoming intranet site won't suck. Interested stakeholders are the key.

StatusParenthood is a maze with sharp turns and killer ghosts. I just wish it also included more cherries and keys.

StatusThe sun is shining bright on this beautiful Seattle afternoon.

StatusMatt is Jorel - master of scheduling.

StatusI am Jorel, master of scheduling.

StatusSince my surgery two years ago, I have had a -/+ 10Db improvement in my hearing.

StatusReflecting on my weekend of Mama Mia followed by Rocky Horror Picture Show. But were brand-new to me.

Status@shytrblemaker Denny's is great, provided you don't eat their food.

StatusThis is the laziest Sunday of the year. Punctuated by two naps and what will end up being a fantastic meal prepared by my loving wife.

StatusOh, and also transvestite aliens.

StatusApparently, the movie is about sex, transvestites, and aliens.

StatusLast night I watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show with my wife. I'm 35 and it was my first time viewing it.

StatusWe are going to see Mama Mia tonight at the Crest theater.

StatusEver have one of those FPS-sessions where you fire just to the left or right of your intended target most of the time? Yeah, time for bed.

StatusZach - Zach - he's a Lego maniac!

StatusPDF Portfolios are *fantastic* additions to Acrobat 9 Functionality. Ever needed to create a virtual portfolio of many file types? You can.

StatusTonight's agenda: Hang with the family and play some Combat Arms with my clan.

StatusSimpsons quote that has new meaning after L4D: "It was like a cluster bomb wiping out a graveyard full of zombies."

StatusBecoming bleary-eyed while balancing belabored bank-statements, buttressed by blustery, bellicose behind-schedule tasks.

Status@Demiurge I think *that's* been long gone...

StatusI should have had some water to go along with that wine, though....

StatusIt's a cold morning. The L4D demo was very fun, had a full group of buddies to play it with yesterday.

StatusT minus 5-to-10 minutes to L4D demo.

StatusI hope you're following @loresjoberg because he's apparently reporting from Azeroth.

Status@mysticviolet You ain't kidding, there. I have learned my lesson; lots of other translators also got it wrong.

StatusExplain yourself Babel Fish: My son's Spanish book isn't *this* off... - "Happens itself to you some animal that has east type of armor?"

StatusT minus 1 hour and 10 minutes from playing the Left 4 Dead demo with my buddies.

Status@clover I was JUST thinking the same thing...

StatusObservation: When peoples' expectations reach zero then the only place they can go is up... I hope.

StatusWhy is it the most productive meetings are simultaneously heated, painful and hilarious?

StatusThere it goes.

StatusI am suspecting that Twitters is not updating for me....

StatusThis is *painfully* funny. See why cats are no good at printer troubleshooting - http://snipr.com/5f015

StatusMayonnaise is never "correct". http://snipr.com/5exx5

StatusMy below-spec-PC *can* run the Left 4 Dead demo - I can't wait to play it tonight!

StatusGoing to start a 15 day trial with Safari Books online.

Status#gwj Remember kids, the Left 4 Dead demo is now available for download via Steam.

StatusThere's a guy on the bus in a fishing hat, plugged into his iPod, sinking down, sleepily, batching himself, sitting upright, sinking again.

StatusI think we urbaniter have all been there..

StatusThere's a guy on the bus in a fishing hat, plugged into his iPod, sinking down, sleepily, then catching himself, sitting upright, then s ...

StatusA dark bus ride home. At least the bus is less crowded. What did we do before iPods and laptops? Oh yeah - we read..

StatusAdobe Acrobat 9 Pro is up and running. I am in form-generator bliss.

StatusThe metric system is the tool of the devil. Oh wait, that's picas.

Status@Demiurge Excel *can* be your friend, you know.

StatusGreat Chatterbox discussion this week re: the tipping point that caused us to assume that license tie-in games suck now.

StatusListening to Chatterbox - again being reminded that I need to play LittleBigPlanet...

Status#gwj Crossing my fingers, hoping that my PC is powerful enough to run the L4D demo...

StatusScott Bennett, 48, lost an eye in a fight at "Mavericks" in Sioux City IA (July). In Oct lost his other eye in a barfight, also at Mavericks

StatusAnother great ZP (Fable 2): http://snipr.com/5d51q It makes me wish some developer would dare to make Sim-Mail-Clerk.

Status@loresjoberg has provided this handy Twitter-inbedder. Give it a look see: http://inbedder.com/

StatusIt's a dreary, though quiet, morning. Happy hump-day people, I hope you get things done.

StatusLoading iPod. Rain falls. Bills suck. Commute to work shortly. Talk like caveman.

StatusAdobe Acrobat PRO is very sweet. Online, fillable PDF's are a stone's throw away.

Status@clover I'm an admin at a research institute. Always around students & scientists all day - it's pretty sweet. You workin' round here?

StatusMatt needs Acrobat *Pro* for form bliss.

StatusStatement of the morning: "Bart, don’t make fun of grad students. They’ve just made a terrible life choice."

Status@clover That's one of my peeves too - busses that *arrive* before their allotted time don't really serve a purpose...

StatusA good evening. Did Spanish flash cards with Adam and Angela. Got to play some Combat Arms. Time for bed.

StatusMatt thinks Adobe Acrobat could be more user friendly...

StatusKnow how to create protected docs (with fields) that allow embedded, editable Excel documents within? Methinks I'm getting too fancy.

StatusThe Seattle sun glares against the skyscrapers. My migrane has blessedly passed. Work is nearly at an end.

StatusSpotted at the supermarket: Wild Salmon Pale Ale. Probably just the name but it sounds nasty.

StatusThe day is productive and movin' along at a quick click.

StatusMatt is enjoying a productive Monday.

Status@headcrab I agree completely.

StatusHad a great day at the memorial (all things considered). It's a long way to Bellingham. Glad to be home; looking forward to bed soon.

StatusAlmost time to go to the memorial. All this prep reminds me of getting ready, as a child, for special church services.

StatusMorning is gearing up. The family must trek to Bellingham for a memorial service today.

StatusMy wife is nice.

StatusThe wine worked. I am happy. We watched Journey to the Center of the Earth. Then finished with some Futurama.

StatusIn a grumpy mood this evening. My wife is going to feed me wine.

StatusIt is gorgeous out. Have to run Costco & Safeway errands and will need some sunglasses. Thank you twitter for immortalizing pointless info.

StatusThe family is cleaning the house and planning the rest of our busy weekend. Productacular stuff...

Status#gwj Eets and Audiosurf are $2.50 on Steam this weekend. That's 75% off the normal cost. Gettin' me some Eets.

StatusMy boy's team got trounced tonight. He did great. Got no support from the girl swinging her arms like a windmill and staring at the ceiling.

StatusThe pumpkin situation is secure. Ucky dual-pumpkin mess contained in double kitchen-bag combos. +10 Halloween Hazmat Cleanup

StatusOur two pumpkins. We forgot about them. One has collapsed. Cleanup is dreaded at this very moment (belch).

StatusRT @laughingsquid: Best. Halloween Costume. Ever. http://tr.im/armyman

StatusLaunching lunch languishes luridy, loping loosly toward lucid, ludicrious lummoxes.

StatusReviewing a manuscript draft for Clinical Gastroenterology & Hepatology - of course, I have no idea what it says.

Status"Is there anything sadder? Only drowning puppies. And there'd have to be a lot of them."

StatusHappy Friday morning twitterverse. The dreary Seattle weather has me remembering a classic line from Futurama:

StatusIt is raining turtles and ponies right now. The bus is packed with tired folks who crave home.

StatusThe performance had lots of schmaltzy music sung by cute kids. It was adorable.

StatusDinner with my boy at Top Foods before the performance. Very classy, no?

StatusMatt is going to watch my boy's veteran's day choir-performance.

StatusObama and the presidential security challenge: http://snipr.com/56or6

StatusSo much style without substance. So much stuff without style. It's hard to recognize a real thing. It comes along once in a while.

StatusHooray Data Entry!

StatusSo do I have to pre-order L4D to get access to the demo? I don't know if I can even *run* the thing so don't want to put down the cash yet.

StatusI am looking forward to an evening of watching my son perform in his class' veterans performance followed by some Combat Arms with Section 8

StatusMedvedev times his speech to coincide with knowledge of who's the next U.S. president: http://snipr.com/56d6a

StatusReading Unequal Childhoods on the bus. Very rainy this morning.

StatusTonight's Simpsons line: "Please refrain from tasting the knob".

StatusGoddamn Hamster on a Piano is catchy. Make it stop, please...

StatusNo matter who you voted for, this link is a great primer on the complexities of a president's course http://snipr.com/55f78

StatusJust got out of a really cool web-conference about the Cayuse grant submission software. VERY cool stuff.

Status@TheRealEdwin Nah, I'm at the Virginia Mason Medical Center in downtown Seattle.

Status(Almost) everyone at the Virginia Mason campus has a bounce in their step today. I'm playing it pretty diplomatic, all things considered.

StatusMatt is prepping for a productive day.

StatusThe skewed perspectives we have as winners and losers come to color our perception quite a bit too much.

StatusWe all wrap our hopes around the candidate we support and our fears around the candidate we don't.

Status#gwj I agree. Peggle IS a life changing experience.

StatusOn the bus. Eager to speculate on the stylistic makeup of an Obama administration.

StatusMatt is impressed at the very magnanimous and kind concession from Mr. McCain.

StatusA very magnanimous and kind concession from Mr. McCain.

StatusMatt Is being unfair. I actually don't dislike McCain. But Palin is from Mars.

StatusMatt is happy that Captain Tardo and Empress What's-her-name aren't in charge.

StatusThings are looking good for Obama. The margin (thus far) is much higher than I would have imagined in some staunchly Republican areas.

StatusCNN's 3D-interview-holograms promise to revolutionize how we interpret by-the-numbers political coverage. http://snipr.com/54efu

StatusSports is to war what pornography is to sex: http://snipr.com/54cyz An interesting look at our 'moral matrix'.

StatusMatt is a human male, aged 35, and decidedly *not* an alien.

StatusThe universe is so vast that there must be life elsewhere. The universe is so old that the average alien need not be carded.

StatusJohn Hodgman on Hobo Matters: http://tinyurl.com/6nr8uq

StatusNobody at the office can concentrate. It's like a snow day or something.

Statushttp://snipr.com/53qvl

StatusThe single largest influence on important dates I am aware of: The Google Start Page

StatusVote for the very varied villain versus the vellum variant. Or just, you know, *vote*.

StatusBuses are running late today.

StatusLittle known 'facts': Warren Harding liked shadow-plays. FDR ate lightbulbs. Bill Clinton was a little known character actor named "Toby".

StatusDid you know?: During the Hussite - or Bohemian - Wars, Jan Hus was known to dance the Charleston fully 500 years prior to "Runnin' Wild".

Status@Demiurge I found the bit on the Mall of America most fascinating, though I am sad to say I did not perceive it while in MN.

StatusRemember May 5, 2000: http://snipr.com/5071m

Status@nerdtastic Hah! I'm sorry I didn't get to run into you. I was at the library grabbing a held-book.

StatusTwitter tweets taste of twice-twisted twine 'tween turkey toasted tons of table talking tummy tucks.

StatusRemember the first rule of down-to-the-wire politics: The candidate opposed to my candidate always eats babies or nukes whales.

StatusDeveloping a student planner for my son which features (on the front) a battle between Pikachu and Spongebob.

StatusMatt is eagerly awaiting the results of tomorrow's election.

StatusI am not alone: Vote Freeman/Kleiner in 2008. We *can* defeat the Combine. http://snipr.com/4zbzc

StatusHey, he'll heal his heel on the hay as he'd heed the hairier harrier.

StatusCheck out the Onion interview from a recent Charlie Rose show: http://bit.ly/4e1M2O

StatusOne day before Super Tuesday. Everybody get out there and vote. And remember: when you *must* write-in, make it for Gordon Freeman.

StatusPrepping for work. Mornings are still annoyingly dark.

StatusHad great soup. Cleaned the bathroom. Sitting with my wife. Enjoying peace.

StatusLo, a lone licker loned me some low liquor.

StatusTaking down Halloween decorations. Putting up Thanksgiving decorations. Having veggie-yam-burritos for breakfast.

StatusHad an awesome time at the S&T last night. Thanks to all that showed up! Now to install my new video card.

StatusStanding in line is such joy.

StatusIn line at the post office to pick up my hand of down videocard from Creature Parade!

StatusAlmost time for the GwJ slap and tickle.

StatusMr. Mister missed her.

StatusFruit flies are not pets.

StatusAfter, we had loads of fun with the basketball, played a little food, and now it's time to talk the bank about all my stupid debt...

StatusWe watched the boy's soccer game this morning. They were a little off. Lost by two, but Adam gave his all.

StatusA great evening trick or treating with my son. He got quite a haul. Now sleep is beckoning....

StatusAlmost time to take the boy to a friends to beg for candy.

StatusScience Friday: 10 Things you don't know about black holes @ http://snipr.com/4vy81

StatusGoing trick or treating with my boy tonight. Am hoping the Seattle rain lightens up enough to not catch cold in the process.

StatusThe roc rocks. crude food rued the rude rows before routing a rose to the route.

StatusThe candidate, a real, well-read ranker, dismissed the rancor on the red reel that I read.

StatusThe aunt's ascending assistants need assistance ascenting to the ants.

StatusAccept adherence to the new edition except at the addition of adherents who knew.

StatusThey're going over there to throw their axes along the axis they look through.

StatusIn keeping with the Halloween spirit, I am considering hurling explosive candy corn at Mario - as a change of pace.

StatusA productive day lies ahead. More NIH grant preparations, plus I'm going to lob Spiny Eggs at Mario. It's all good.

StatusHappy Halloween twitterverse! Has Halloween become overcommercialized: http://snipr.com/4vkzr

Status#gwj Okay, Combat Arms is pretty fun. A decent FPS that is SO EASY to link up with friends within.

StatusYou're through with your thorough throw that you threw, though.

StatusThe eminent loser may lose his imminent position, which would faze him at this phase.

StatusWho compliments the conscience of the conscientious woman whom complements my conscience?

StatusGot to discuss the different levels/functions of a functional research lab. Very interesting to see the varying perspectives of scientists.

StatusMy wife and I had to be 'parents' this morning. Hopefully, a smooth day of productivity will take the edge off that.

StatusLearning why you can't take a "hands' off" approach with teaching a nine year old... ugly family, schooly stuff.

StatusCompletely forgot about the new ZP this week: http://snipr.com/4tsek

StatusAnyone know how to get Word '07 to allow me to take text and create a "pop-up note" ala the Excel cell notation functions?

StatusHalloween brings memories of slightly stale, sugary, orange circus peanuts.

Status@gwj Eagerly awaiting a hand-me-down nVidia 9600 video card from Creatureparade.

StatusThe humane phase of the illicit affair was elicited by the unfazed human.

StatusFor Obama Supporters: http://snipr.com/4thvt

StatusFor McCain supporters: http://snipr.com/4thv6

StatusBesides, I choose to compliment you on the complementary cat-carrier you chose to place beside me.

StatusThe predominant persecuted principal was prosecuted predominately on principle.

StatusMatt dissents that you can't make a decent descent to the lowlands to eat a dessert in the desert.

StatusBesides, an immoral allusion is sometimes found beside an amoral illusion.

StatusAlso, I would advise you to affect some changed advice for greater effect.

StatusI dissent that you can't make a decent descent to the lowlands to eat a dessert in the desert.

StatusAlso, you can go to the store, talk too much, and take two stakes in a vampire.

StatusYou can stake a steak, but you can't steak a stake.

StatusAlmost time for the boy's race to begin. The whole district has kids in this thing.

StatusEveryone's raving about Fallout 3. I'm hoping that Santa will be kind to me.

Status#gwj Finished up another rocking GwJ podcast. Two scientists at my job left at lunch to go buy Fallout 3.

StatusWife says my vocabulary is too large to be saying things like "cool" and "awesome" when she can only hear one side of a phone conversation.

StatusGoing to work now. Envious of the Fallout 3 discussions. Hope to play it at some point in the near future.

StatusTonight, we carved Jack O' Lanterns: http://flickr.com/photos/do...

StatusBoots of escaping! Boots of escaping! http://snipr.com/4raej

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