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• ALOHA FROM HELL by @Richard_Kadrey: I'll keep reading these, as long as he keeps writing 'em! Thanks for the good time, RK! #
• @HillaryJacques It's a quick read… Or perhaps I'm a quick reader. Either way, fun stuff! in reply to HillaryJacques #
• Words Max has written this morning (so far): GREAT, GHOST, GOO, GRAPE, GREEN, GOBLIN… Sensing a theme. #SMAtuS #
• Alice: Bye Sweet Max! See you later! #SMAtuS #
• Alice woke up this morning at 4am and demanded…. wait for it…. A PICKLE. Which she then ate. #SMAtuS #
• According to Max, I don't have bloodshot eyes, I have a lot of "red thunder in my eyes". #SMAtuS #
• Max: We must have a lot of water, because we live in WASHington! #SMAtuS #
• Sometimes Alice wants to be alone. She went into her room to read. Max went in to see her, and she yelled: Hey! I reading! #SMAtuS #
• Three cheers for the Trivial Convivialists! Who carried the night again with a monstrous first place! (Thanks Carol!) #SMAtuS #
• @shadalicious Yeah, these are pretty much for the people who know them. :) in reply to shadalicious #
• Just finished Richard Morgan's THE COLD COMMANDS. Starting on Chuck Pahlahniuk's DAMNED next. #fridayreads #
• Max: During the day the moon likes a banana, because you can't see that much of it. #SMAtuS #
• I appreciated this thoughtful piece by Matt Taibbi on the OWS … movement (?) http://t.co/JOKQJfPx #
• WHAT. THE. FUCK. AMERICA? http://t.co/FMQk4kCA #
• Alice: Mama, I only [wear] pirate dresses, you know! (Asked about another dress) That yucky! No way! I only pirate dress! #SMAtuS #
• This morning, Max is packing to go on a trip to visit Brian and Jamilah! (First we've heard of it. :) #SMAtuS #

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• I think Max is teaching himself how to read. With very little encouragement from us. Apart from the constant reading, that is. #SMAtuS #
• I suspect, in time, ALL the cool kids will be doing Alice's "pirate dance". #SMAtuS #
• Sarah's a real mensch for trying to explain acronyms to Max before 8am this morning. That's an afternoon activity! #SMAtuS #
• In less than two weeks, Max's new school has had a profoundly positive effect on his self-esteem and confidence. I'm so happy! #SMAtuS #
• @beatitudes It really really really is! :) in reply to beatitudes #
• @HillaryJacques Pre-school. We had him in another one that wasn't doing it for him. With the new one, night and day! in reply to HillaryJacques #
• ALL ART IS PROPAGANDA by George Orwell: He's a breath of fresh air. Also, an essay on Dickens! #fridayreads #
• What a delightful poem: "As If" by J. Allyn Rosser … – The Atlantic http://t.co/0BSPR7pk #

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• @HillaryJacques Awww shucks in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @instapaper Running iOS 4.2.1 on an old 3G. Can't keep Instapaper from crashing. Get the sense I'm out of luck. True? #
• @bvanderveen Well, for me, the margins are broken with Firefox + vertical tabs…. So sad. Have to put together some kind of hack to fix. in reply to bvanderveen #
• HABIBI by Craig Thompson: Wow. He's come a long way since BLANKETS… #
• THE TWELFTH ENCHANTMENT by David Liss: That giant tortoise is TOTALLY the rifle on the mantelpiece! #
• Send positive thoughts Max's way on his first day at a new school! #SMAtuS #
• Don't play air hockey with Alice. She will CRUSH you. Fair warning. #SMAtuS #
• Alice: Penguins! I want to snuggle them! #SMAtuS #
• Note to self: Treasure this moment! Alice would rather hang out with me than with her friends! Hotcha! #SMAtuS #
• In one way, the Google Reader redesign is a good thing. I'm far more productive now that I've stopped using it… #
• @HillaryJacques It's pretty bad… Just aesthetically displeasing. So much so that I don't really want to use it. in reply to HillaryJacques #
• MISTBORN: THE FINAL EMPIRE by B Sanderson: A woman as fantasy novel protagonist? Well, bless my stars! The love interest is hapless to boot! #
• Oh yeah, forgot to tag that last as #fridayreads (Mistborn v1 by Brandon Sanderson) #
• Had a dream/nightmare last night about economic catastrophe consuming the world, woke up relieved it was just a dream… oh wait. #SMAtuS #
• Turntable.fm == the best way to discover new music since the early days of eMusic. Check it out! #
• Alice: "I like to kick in my purple pirate boots! Ha ha!" And then she probably bit some poor kid. #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques Um. Methinks I don't want to know? in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @QuanLy212 Yeah… The dream was kind of redundant. Which I thought even as I was dreaming it. in reply to QuanLy212 #
• @HillaryJacques Crazy people? Moose? Flaming hobos? (Is that why they're flaming? or is the glitter?) (Been a long week, if you can't tell) in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques Oh goodie! in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques Fictional cannon-fodder inspiration? in reply to HillaryJacques #

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• ANYA'S GHOST by Vera Brosgol: A charming little comic about a teenage girl's ghost… problem? opportunity? hallucination? #
• Ah, pneumonia, what would we do without you? … EVERYTHING. Without coughing uncontrollably + asthma. #SMAtuS #
• GOLIATH by Scott Westerfeld: The third and final volume. Satisfying conclusion. As always, I love the artwork. (Except for the cover.) #
• Two or three nights in a row now, Alice has sung Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to herself at bedtime after I left the room. #SMAtuS #
• It's official. Max is now registered for kindergarten! #SMAtuS #
• @thebookmaven What's the word? (Also, you probably have access through your local public library!) in reply to thebookmaven #
• REAMDE by Neal Stephenson: I'm pretty sure that Linsel and Mason, among others, would quite enjoy this book! #fridayreads #
• Occupy Wigan Pier: an Op-Ed on the State of Occupy Seattle http://t.co/JSTbAfGh via @seattlest AKA Read George Orwell! #
• Me: Alice, why did you wake up so early this morning? Alice, almost laughing: Because, Daddy-dats! #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques Maybe you're being haunted by the Ghost of Mondays Past? Or perhaps of Future Mondays Yet to Come? in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques Enjoy! in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques Excellent. (Familiarity with London did help a bit. I've been to some of those neighborhoods…) in reply to HillaryJacques #
• Another first for Alice: Hot cocoa! Verdict: Awesome! #SMAtuS #
• Kilburn family outdid itself this year with Darth Vader, Harriet the Spy, pirate, ad Arthur Dent costumes! Go Babelfish! #SMAtuS #

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• Alice likes swinging on ropes. Apparently. Also, jumping on trampolines. #SMAtuS #
• Is tonight the night for the kids to watch Star Wars for the first time? Maybe. Maybe…. #SMAtuS #
• Parenting totally rocks! Except when it doesn't. And, boy, doesn't it ever, sometimes! (EG, biting babies, sullen non-participation) #SMAtuS #
• VICIOUS CIRCLE by Mike Carey: I always imagine Felix as being scrawny, until he headbutts some guy. @HillaryJacques: A series you'd like? #
• @HillaryJacques No, you'd be wanting THE DEVIL YOU KNOW. in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques Once I read the second one, though, it made me think that you'd probably like the first. (and second) in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @waxpancake Oh, I really really do. So misguided. Methinks Google doesn't want people searching like that. Hence, the change. in reply to waxpancake #
• @legaleagle ….or almost ANY other issue… in reply to legaleagle #
• BECOMING ATTACHED by Robert Karen: An overview of the science of "attachment". Because parenting is freaking hard. I need help! #fridayreads #
• Max: Alice, do you remember when Amelia watched us? Alice: Yes! M: What do you remember? A: Amelia a girl! #SMAtuS #

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• Alice to the waves: Here it comes again! #SMAtuS #
• @shadalicious Sarah wanted to make you dinner. Any dietary restrictions? in reply to shadalicious #
• @shadalicious Sarah's dinner plan: marinara sauce with turkey meatballs, pasta, veg. and fruit. in reply to shadalicious #
• Alice has finally outgrown her Snowman and Elephant sleepers after 1+ years of wearing them. Bittersweet! (Also, Airplane PJs) #SMAtuS #
• Max: No nap drive, Mom. Alice and I can keep it together. #SMAtuS #
• UNSEEN ACADEMICALS by Terry Pratchett: He's in top form in this one. Lovely, funny stuff. #fridayreads #
• @nfarina Since you're my iPhone-a-friend: I have a choice of carriers, what's your recommendation? (I'm on AT&T now: that's out.) #
• I'm going to jump ship from AT&T soon. I've done Verizon before, but anyone used Sprint? If so, what do you think of them? #
• @FlamingCow Since my last reset (Never) I have used a total of 988 MBs. Unlimited data is not relevant to me. :) Voice quality is key for me in reply to FlamingCow #
• @shadalicious Good to know. That pretty much sends me screaming away from them. :) in reply to shadalicious #
• @FlamingCow Oh yeah, I realize that. But I think it's at least several months worth of Never. :) in reply to FlamingCow #
• @FlamingCow Makes sense. It helps that I'm pretty much always on a WIFI network… in reply to FlamingCow #
• Max found a Darth Vader costume. Halloween costume: CHOSEN! (He has been told that DV is a bad guy and he's cool with that.) #SMAtuS #
• @shadalicious Sarah decided to go the easy route, picked up a couple pizzas to bake. Didn't think you'd mind. :) in reply to shadalicious #

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• Max and I went to the library. Four hours later I realized I'd lost track of time. Still not sure how that happened. #SMAtuS #
• Alice got so so very mad at me because I chose to eat breakfast instead of reading to her. Later, I drew pictures of our family. #SMAtuS #
• STORIES FOR NIGHTTIME AND SOME FOR THE DAY by Ben Loory: Read some at night, and some at day. Thanks @aarondietzwrite and @L_Hoff! #
• When Sarah and Alice dropped Max off at school, Alice hugged him and said, "I love you, Max. Good day!" #SMAtuS #
• @kellysue The Inn at Northrup Station in NW Portland. in reply to kellysue #
• @shadalicious Me tooooo. Only I never got an iPhone 4. Been living in digital molasses for, oh, decades now. in reply to shadalicious #
• @kellysue You're welcome. You get free streetcar tickets with your stay. And the continental breakfast is very kid friendly. in reply to kellysue #
• @asymco What about original iPhone 3G buyers? Wait for iPhone 6? in reply to asymco #
• Max: Alice, did you paint today? Alice: Yes, I did, Max. #SMAtuS #
• Max's remembery: I remember being born. One of my ears was all squishy. And in your body I reached out and touched blood mobiles. #SMAtuS #
• Max: I remember being in your body. It was cool in there. I was little we rode the bus & you carried me all around in a black thing. #SMAtuS #
• Max: (picking up a Lego seal) Alice took this from playgroup. [in December 2009!] #SMAtuS #
• Max: Mom, I love you as much as 89 years on the moon! #SMAtuS #
• @zahgurim You'll do fine. Remember: when you travel with a small child, you get to cut to the front of the security line! in reply to zahgurim #
• @L_Hoff @aarondietzwrite There's nothing different about MINE. in reply to L_Hoff #
• @L_Hoff @aarondietzwrite If I had COATS on my chair, they'd probably be covering up something different, though… in reply to L_Hoff #
• Wow. I had no idea there was an Occupy Seattle going on. http://t.co/3QvFYoCu #
• It's a shame. I loved DRIVE. And I loved the soundtrack. Just not in the movie. Go see it if you can, anyway. The soundtrack's polarizing. #
• Max, drinking smoothie: I wonder if Linsel is having a snack. Alice: I want to sleep in Linsel's bed. I read a book in Linsel's bed. #SMAtuS #
• I may poke fun at the slowness of my old iPhone sometimes, but it's one of the most delightful things I've ever owned. RIP Steve Jobs. #
• Took Alice with me to get some coffee beans this morning. She, in socks and with pirate puppet. What a nice way to start the day. #SMAtuS #
• I just finished writing my eighth online course for Giant Campus. This calls for a drink! ….Sometime. #SMAtuS #
• Instead of watching cartoons this morning, Max decided to hang out with me while I took a shower. Have I got the best kids or what! #SMAtuS #
• I've got this personal writing project. In it, a girl character. Yet unnamed. You can help me by sending me your favorite girl names! #
• @ryukochan @librainiac @lauramac95 Oh, brilliant! I'm always game to meet some new librarians! in reply to ryukochan #
• @ryukochan Ha! It's already on my Possibles list. :) in reply to ryukochan #
• @shadalicious What happens next Friday? in reply to shadalicious #
• @shadalicious Ah, nevermind! I remembered! (Or was reminded…) :D in reply to shadalicious #
• Max: Mom, Alice is the best friend to me. She is the tops. Alice: Yes!!!! #SMAtuS #
• @ryukochan @librainiac @lauramac95 Library Lad makes it sound like I'm 12. And a superhero's sidekick. But I'll take it! in reply to ryukochan #

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• Somehow managed to take an afternoon nap. When I woke, I felt I'd been run over by several small children. So I went back to sleep. #SMAtuS #
• Max: Mom, if we lost Alice, we'd have to call everyone in the world to help find her. #SMAtuS #
• @FilmCritHULK What a great game! in reply to FilmCritHULK #
• I can think of at least four people off-hand who would enjoy this Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: http://t.co/egZsnUOk #
• Today I confirmed my long-held suspicion that I am tops at acrostics! #SMAtuS #
• Alice said "I love you" to me for the first time. Is it any wonder I'm a space cadet heading to the moon this morning? #SMAtuS #
• At naptime, Alice got up and roamed around her bedroom, rummaging around in the dark. Then: "I books in bed." Sounds familiar… #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques At least the sandwich didn't stand you up… They're very reliable–sandwiches. in reply to HillaryJacques #
• Alice is killing me today: "I love daddy-dats. Swim with daddy today?" Later running into apt: "Daddy! Where you? Daddy, swim me?" #SMAtuS #
• Max to Alice: You're the best friend to me. Alice: Oooh hoo hoooo!*

  *Alice says that when she's happy about something. #SMAtuS #

• It took me a while, but I finally closed my Bank of America accounts. After 15+ years. Now I'm with a local credit union. Hotcha! #
• Alice to Max: I wear that. Max, taking off his new plaid sweater and handing it to her: Whatever you need Alice. #SMAtuS #BestBigBrotherEver #
• Alice: Get up. Want Max. Sarah: Max, Alice is going to sit and watch tv with you. Max: Oh good. I want Alice to keep me company. #SMAtuS #
• @cruickshank It's almost like they don't want people to hold accounts with them… in reply to cruickshank #
• @cruickshank It's funny. I switched to BECU months ago, but only got around to closing my mostly empty BoA accounts last week. Good timing! in reply to cruickshank #
• Max: When you go to the moon and then come back that makes you an alien. So I don't want to go there. #SMAtuS #
• Max: Whoah. That made my heart look like a pretzel stick. Or a volcano! #SMAtuS #

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• I may be tipsy, but I'm thinking this green eye shadow is a good look for me… #SMAtuS #
• Alice, while drawing with chalk "Mamma, I draw you a rocket!" #SMAtuS #
• Alice is skipping happily back and forth between Playdoh and chalk saying "Yay! Art!" #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques Is the robot named Hashtag? Because, if not, that's its problem! in reply to HillaryJacques #
• When Alice doesn't want to change out of her red sleeper pajamas, she says, "Stay cozy! Stay cozy!" (Thanks Auntie Ruth!) #SMAtuS #
• Alice naptime monologue: Aww. Oh. I. Hi there Lacklees! Shelby? A present for me? goldfish crackers and bandaids. eggie. #SMAtuS #
• After today, I feel the need for a stiff drink. #itsalongstory #youdontwantdetails #anytakers #

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• Max and I made yucky soup for the zombies in rockets. Alice ran pell-mell. Just another weekend. #SMAtuS #
• Max, on entering the dance studio: "Yes! This is the place for me!" Alice, on leaving: "Alice and Momma go do Stuff!" #SMAtuS #
• This is almost the best thing ever: http://t.co/NhKRdg4 #
• Alice got out some pens and paper for herself. She: "I draw dots." And she was. #SMAtuS #
• A kid kicked Alice in the nose as she came up a play structure. She said "Hey! No do that! Going to get you" and he ran off. #SMAtuS #
• Alice's new yes is "I think so!" Example: "Alice, would you like an egg?" "I think so!" "Alice, is your shirt purple?" "I think so!" #SMAtuS #
• Max is reading to Alice! (My work here is done. Right?) #SMAtuS #
• Last night, Alice had her first swim class with me. We had a great time. A memory I will treasure always. All that Kick'Em paid off! #SMAtuS #

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