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On The Twitter This Week: 2010-01-09

• All the kids are napping which means that I can finally listen to my newly-purchased "Monty Python Sings". #
• Man, I really hoping to see the fire truck take a run... http://ca.video.yahoo.com/watc.....?v=6681017 #
• Looks like Jon Bryant's Two Coasts for Comfort will be my first new album purchase of 2010. #
• http://twitpic.com/weu26 - The twins showing off their bibs from @sarahcasm at http://thequintessentialbaby.com #
• got the free download of @jonrbryant's single "Deaf" in iTunes - and bought the album 15 minutes later. Great stuff. http://bit.ly/6y0DMI #
• The first CD I ever bought was Pearl Jam's Ten. First concert was them opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers. Just re-bought Ten. Reminiscing. #
• watching the #GaltCoWork document evolve has been truly amazing. (http://colincarmichael.ca/galtcoworkdoc). Some very good work there. #
• So far today I've learned that Hannah, 4, knows most of the words to Love Shack (B52s), Africa (Toto) & I Ran (Flock of Seagulls). Awesome. #
• Got a chuckle when this popped up in a Google Alert: http://bit.ly/64CggG - I'd forgotten abt the story in #AdAge. Seems like a lifetime ago #
• RT @Ont_Ombudsman: Ethics 101: public officials shouldn't take sides in commercial disputes. Hello Waterloo Police Chief! #
• http://twitpic.com/wkoqg - They just keep getting bigger! (gratuitous baby pic) #
• RT @chrisabraham: After reading as many Family Christmas Letters as I could find, occurred to me that they are basically annual blog posts. #
• RT @courosa: "The Earl of Dufferin provides a lesson 2 Michaëlle Jean on how 2 deal w/ Afghan detainee affair" #cdnpoli http://is.gd/5LcA8 #
• Woah - that was terrible piece on socnet security on CBC's The National... #1 advice? "Don't click links." How incredibly helpful. #
• Up and at 'em for the first Monday of 2010... #
• 2010 is not off to great start... Has anyone seen my car keys? #
• RT @shey: Can't really blame @lrobertsglobal for cracking up on air: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGF-N3c1d6M LOL! #
• from Google Reader: Daniel Pink has two questions for you http://bit.ly/6QAbzl (via @markblevis) #
• RT @Engagingbrand: If only I had known for the last 10 years I had been living in the noughties...life would have been so different :) #
• Y'know what would be cool? A translation app that works the way Shazam does. #
• Listening to Spark podcast (@sparkcbc) at 2x speed to get caught up. 3 episodes behind! #
• yeah, what? RT @saffyre9: Uhm, what? RT @guelphmercury: OPP scanner suggests an airliner may have crashed between Rockwood and Highway 401. #
• RT @rhh: U of T emeritus political science prof: "Canadians don't realize that parliamentary democracy is in danger" http://bit.ly/4Pt1vL #
• Heading off to Alliston for a meeting and putting my faith in the GPS to get me there via back roads. Hwy 401->400 seems like a bad choice. #
• RT @ryantaylor: "...political action doesn’t begin and end with joining a FB group." Good post @joeboughner http://bit.ly/8URyoz #
• Holy crap... I'm watching #WJHC Can vs. USA on my iPod! Live... on my iPod! I love living in the future... #
• RT @modsuperstar: Wow, the iPhone streaming for the Can/US game is better then the stream on my computer // noticed that too #
• ok folks, I just bought noprorogue.ca - let's do something cool with it, shall we? Who wants to help? #
• still trying to decide what to do with noprorogue.ca - I don't want to duplicate efforts on the FB grp & am unclear what's needed... #
• I just became the mayor of The Presbyterian Church in Canada on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/6xl9z8 #
• I'm at The Presbyterian Church in Canada (50 Wynford Drive, Toronto). http://4sq.com/6xl9z8 #
• RT @WRPSToday: Police determine that a man who approached a boy on Dec 23 in Cambridge was a misunderstanding. No concerns for public safety #
• hey folks... is http://noprorogue.ca forwarding to the FB group for everyone? #
• Hi All... I just put a landing page up for http://noprorogue.ca - drop an email address in to get notified when it' live! #
• updates from noprorogue.ca will also be flowing to @noprorogue once it's live. Pls RT #noprorogue #cdnpoli #
• I want... no need... one of these: http://na.blackberry.com/eng/d.....presenter/ #
• RT @noprorogue Welcome to NoProrogue.ca! http://is.gd/5T3pd // It's LIVE!! #
• I'm at Tim Hortons (Franklin Blvd, Saginaw Blvd, Cambridge). http://4sq.com/6ZqaQu #
• RT @noprorogue: Update: Welcome to NoProrogue.ca! http://noprorogue.ca/welcome-to-noprorogue/ #cdnpoli #noprorogue Pls RT #
• thanks everyone for all the noprorogue.ca RTs! Cool things coming over the next day or so! Don't forget to register and submit a blog post! #
• TGIF! (@ The Presbyterian Church in Canada) http://4sq.com/6xl9z8 #
• RT @noprorogue: Update: Have Your Say! Record a Video Message to PM Harper! http://bit.ly/6WpMnr #
• RT @M_Ignatieff: Just spoke to press before the shuttered doors of the House of Commons. Told them Liberals will be back at work Jan25 #
• RT @noprorogue: Update: Adopt a City! // link: http://noprorogue.ca/adopt-a-city/ #
• Do you know how many times I've almost type perogie in the last 24 hours? Lots. #
• Lunch! (@ McDonald's) http://4sq.com/6vhBhi #
• Thanks! @acoyne was kind enough to link to noprorogue.ca from this post: http://bit.ly/8aoIzC #noprorogue #
• Our first video submission! RT @noprorogue: Update: Bad Monkey http://bit.ly/7I3Htz #cdnpoli #noprorogue #
• RT @sarahcasm: My son just sniffed the rear-end of a stuffed toy and said "Ewww! Yucky!" #
• ok folks, noprorogue.ca is going to have to survive without me for a couple hours while I head home... see u on the other side. ;) #
• 900 visits and 2000 pageviews at noprorogue.ca so far today... wow. #
• I'm at Tim Hortons (800 Bancroft Dr, @ Mavis & 401, Mississauga). http://4sq.com/92HpZH #
• RT @billdinTO: There is a new Harper prorogation 'Downfall' video up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eNESzuM78k #
• I think I'll make a pit stop at Grand River Brewery to celebrate the day. #localbeer #localisbetter #ocb #
• I'm at Grand River Brewing (99 Ainslie St, Cambridge). http://4sq.com/4tg50L #
• RT @noprorogue No Prorogue! » Waterloo Region Info & Events http://is.gd/5VpRV #
• Is the Quick Edit/Page Parent issue in WP 2.9.1 a known bug? #
• too much self-promotion? or the right thing to do? RT @noprorogue No Prorogue! » About http://is.gd/5VNkd #
• There's lots of smart folks who are frustrated about prorogation but haven't yet had their say at NoProrogue.ca... What are you waiting for? #
• HaHa! RT @modsuperstar: RT @ENBdavies: Dear // I thought you stopped eating meat #
• WP help... best solution for getting notified by email of articles submitted by contributors pending review? #wordpress #
• wow... after just 24 hrs of uptime, noprorogue.ca has 1800 visits and 3800 pageviews... #
• hey, remember Facebook Flyers? Those were the days... /smirk #
• trying to figure out what to do next... #
• And with that, she becomes incomprehensible... :) RT @quirkycori: Tphe njd guxs r here. #
• RT @CAPP2010: Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament moves beyond facebook http://noprorogue.ca/ #CAPP #cdnpoli #prorogue #

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