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• 07:38 I am so thankful the race is tomorrow. I've still got a day to recover from last night's fun in the French Quarter. Where are my sunglasses?
• 07:52 Leadership advice: Should you back down from a challenge? Know the odds. Know your team. Know yourself. bit.ly/a8IACC
• 09:01 RT @acarvin Of the 10 strongest quakes ever recorded, 3 were in Chile. Make that 4 now. Scroll down to see list: su.pr/94Eay0
• 10:01 Having a southern breakfast of eggs, grits and bacon. A beautiful day in New Orleans!
• 12:27 Race packets picked up. Strolling the French Quarter. Weather is gorgeous.
• 16:34 @RnRNOLA sorry I missed you today, Maya. (btw, I'm @iTsthomas with a T) see you at the finish line tomorrow? Will cross it in 1:45 or so
• 16:36 Great to s ee so many folks in the French Quarter today with their running shoes. Good luck tomorrow! #RnRNOLA
• 19:18 Having the best meal of my life at Boucherie in New Orleans. Highly recommend it if you come to the area.

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• 05:59 Interesting performance data on companies that have embraced social media to improve responsiveness to customer needs bit.ly/bhLGHp
• 08:59 Packing up for my trip to New Orleans this afternoon. Ready to set a personal best in the half marathon on Sunday!
• 09:43 RT @soulfoodfarm You are what you eat, and what you eat eats. Our fav. saying to guide food decisions.
• 12:50 Our puddle jumper just arrived at the gate. Should I be concerned there's chips in the paint on the nose cone? maybe it's just bird poop?
• 15:51 setting up my mobile office at LAX for the next three hours. Love being able to work wherever there's an internet connection and desk space.
• 16:37 @RnRNOLA I plan on getting to the expo at noon(ish) Saturday... where to look for you? (I'm bib 3465)
• 18:14 Safely on board. Next stop: New Orleans. Let the good times roll!
• 21:54 Back in New Orleans. So much has changed since I was last here 10 years ago.
• 23:37 At our second bar tonight. Trying to see how many shots of makers mark we can keep down.

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• 01:01 work work work (still)
• 08:33 The house around the corner finally took down their Christmas decorations. I thought they were waiting for Easter to come
• 09:09 Be suspicious of anyone who says "we've only got one chance to get this right." They're likely to be protecting an interest.
• 11:02 RT @alanlepo Do rating systems work? Read @alevin 's thoughts on web ratings systems bit.ly/9SeAm2 #e20 #ratings #reputation
• 12:24 just realized tomorrow's "quick" flight SJC-LAX (on way to New Orleans) makes a 20 min stopover in Santa Barbara along the way. joy
• 14:52 RT @tearsforfears Can you believe "Songs From The Big Chair" was released 25 years ago today?
• 17:46 Ran two loops at the Stanford Dish. Off to New Orleans tomorrow for Sunday's half marathon!

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• 18:21 All things being equal, I think I'd really love to have a fig tree and some goats.
• 18:48 wtg, Canada. We'll see you in the #hockey finals!
• 21:48 ROTFLing at the "look at me posing sexy for my web cam" pix on the Flickr most recent uploads page bit.ly/2z9qrl?
• 23:10 RT @InnerDelight Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

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• 07:31 one thing I miss most with the new low-sugar diet? my morning orange juice -- a single 8 oz. cup has 33g of sugar
• 07:46 "We are barefoot by default — OEM human." A good article on the barefoot running debate: bit.ly/bxI2tm
• 08:49 @cwolz I wear Vibram FiveFingers for some runs & they're wonderful; I've changed my footstrike & gotten faster thanks to wearing them #vff
• 09:00 Being a dad rocks. Just saying...
• 12:51 My busy-ness barometer: I can see how busy my life is based on how many unread items I have in the @boingboing RSS feed.
• 14:41 "Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it." Jane Wagner #quote

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• 09:31 Menstrual-controlled running shoes? Yup, the folks at ASICS think they've got the cure for you: bit.ly/d5TMN8
• 11:17 RT @lindare article re: responding to criticism on Twitter. Can be oppty to engage, but not always. Helpful checklist: ow.ly/1a0Tb
• 11:26 RT @dangillmor how much of Congress' fury over Toyota is about protecting GM, now that taxpayers own it, and bashing foreign competition?
• 14:45 "One of the biggest time sucks in our lives is saying 'yes' to something we should have declined." via @penelopetrunk bit.ly/9EOodR
• 19:53 @PingElizabeth tell Jelly the seat up challenge is one of the great mysteries in life that is best not to question.
• 20:55 @JakesJournal yes, but still can't do a firmware upgrade to the 310XT via Mac yet :(
• 22:19 RT @marciamarcia Age Distribution of Social Networking Sites > j.mp/SNbyage h/t @dahowlett @dhinchcliffe

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• 18:13 Taking the wee ones with me to the Silicon Valley Tri Club open house tonight.
• 20:52 Nice to see such a big turnout at the SVTC open house. I only wish the raffle drawing didn't conflict with bed time for the wee ones!
• 21:08 RT @cidewar Biathlon is awesome. Miss a shot ski 150m extra. Triathlon could learn from that. #stopdrafting

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• 06:08 up early, getting ready for a hill-filled bike ride this morning. Glad the weather's cooperating
• 10:55 Awesome ride this morning with Thom. Super pleased with my hill climbs
• 13:35 Extremely thankful for the kindness and generosity of friends today.

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• 07:08 busy, busy day today. see you on the other side of it.
• 10:38 Good point: "Don't get too greedy… pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered." more advice for entrepreneurs here: bit.ly/1PgNwf
• 12:38 @NurtureGirl the love's mutual, Jean!
• 13:15 amen, @umairh "Strategy is application of force. Wisdom is application of love. Strategy suppresses...Wisdom evokes." bit.ly/915cuE
• 18:05 A site I'm a big fan of is scraping my blog's feed for content (with attribution/link to me). Not sure how I feel about this.

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• 12:49 awesome! listen to Sigur Ros Vs. Mobb Deep - Shook (Emancipator Mash Up) at awe.sm/51awH @hypem
• 12:59 RT @InnerDelight Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule ~ Buddha
• 14:48 @RnRNOLA TweetUp in NOLA would be great next Sat! when/where?
• 15:18 @someonemight cripes, you went to yet another party after ours? I admire your stamina along with your yummy shepherd's pie
• 16:05 @DanAncona always great to find a fellow someone with good taste in tunes. Hope your next two launches are spectacularly successful!
• 16:11 @davemcnamee Congratulations!
• 16:18 Great to explore "the wisdom of the hoarder s" last night with @asaveri @danacona @someonemight @mgibsonsf look forward to our next topic
• 19:53 dart night. Hoping I can win my first singles match of the season. Is it wrong for the President of the league to suck so bad? Nah
• 22:07 Sophie B Hawkins on the juke box. Had the biggest crush on her back in '94
• 22:34 550 highlight points but no wins. Sigh

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• 09:06 RT @RohitBhargava "Fire Your Director of Social Media" - good thought provoking post from @PaulDunay bit.ly/9Dx6Qa
• 09:50 Wow, the Smiths' "Meat is Murder" came out 25 years ago this month. Had a huge impact on my teen years. bit.ly/da42fJ
• 10:00 @cascio exactly!
• 10:39 Um, if I don't know you and you send me a shortened URL, I'm not clicking it no matter how cool/funny/helpful you say it is.
• 11:18 Oh no, indeed RT @PamOmidyar Oh no RT @casinclair: 3 Tesla execs dead in Palo Alto plane crash - jalopnik.com/5473942/
• 11:40 @umairh works fine
• 13:51 Enjoying listening to 'Running Up That Hill' by Placebo (no room for Kate Bus h's voice today) bit.ly/aNKoZw
• 16:48 Great run at the Stanford Dish. Streets are full of cops so mind your speeds and U-turns

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• 06:43 Enduring is just another word for thriving in the midst of adversity in its many shapes and forms.
• 09:02 @PamOmidyar keep running, Pam! In a year you'll look back on these days of short runs with a smile at how much you've improved.
• 09:05 while I love tea, I don't love having to deal with spent tea leaves. small sacrifice, I guess.
• 13:36 RT @megfowler What can you do to pull others up with you? Do that thing. Do it today.
• 17:13 As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge. - Henry van Dyke #quote
• 17:18 yes, you can change your luck! RT @shiralazar the skill of being lucky! bit.ly/a7FsX5 (via @feliciaday @zadi @amoration)
• 20:37 Celebrating the fact I'm back into size 30 jeans for the first tim e in 20 years.
• 21:51 @dallant merci, Victor!

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• 08:19 RT @avinashkaushik "You don't blog to be known. You blog to be knowable." - @hughmcguire
• 08:30 wow, what kind of fan am I? was only thanks to an ad on Facebook that I found 'Heligoland' by Massive Attack bit.ly/dAsu6Y
• 10:33 Wishing my photographer @twinga lived closer than Augsburg... need to get a new set of professional pix done now that I'm 45lbs lighter
• 10:45 When did you last back up your online accts (gmail, flickr, FB)? Yes, you can. And yes, you should! bit.ly/3T4wqD
• 12:38 HIRING: Mid- and Sr-level social & digital media positions at top crisis commxns agency (WashDC-based). Contact me for details.
• 16:07 Great afternoon run at Sawyer Camp Trail. Tough to find parking, but totally worth the 5 miles of bliss in the warm sun.
• 17:16 .@nurturegirl just submitted my piece on Endurance for your Thrivable essay project. Thanks so much for including me!

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• 05:19 RT @jeanlucr If Twitter is micro-blogging, is Google Buzz micro-commentary? Very interesting article j.mp/cjm7Er
• 05:28 "Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose." - Tennessee Williams #quote
• 10:45 @NurtureGirl nice gentle nudge, Jean :)
• 10:53 (yawn) America's Cup, huh? Those weren't sailboats!

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• 07:37 Finally found my earplugs and thermal cap. Ready to swim in SF Bay to start today's practice sprint triathlon!
• 12:38 Fantastic sprint tri this morning. This year I'm going to be faster than ever before!
• 13:41 @Sundry I got mine via email sent yesterday afternoon. You should get yours soon? you might ping @RnRNOLA to inquire. See you there? :)
• 13:47 @sundry oops... I got my form via email to pick up my race packet in person (not the bib itself). Hope you get there on time!
• 13:50 Remember: whether it's a job, a relationship or a hobby: life's too short to simply phone it in. Commit yourself.
• 22:03 fantastic day today from the practice Treeathlon with Thom this morning thru to cooking a delicious meal for my girls for dinner.

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• 06:35 With the Olympics starting, I expect to see all kinds of spoilers appear on Twitter over the next weeks. Results via DVR is not an option.
• 07:08 why the kids always seem to wake up earlier when (and only when) there's no school is beyond me.
• 10:47 RT @marcandangel: Why You Need To Fail: bit.ly/7FwZDM ...good read. (via @mashenka)
• 12:54 Nice 1600m swim workout. Now having a sushi lunch with my girls. Great Friday so far
• 13:53 wow, Jody Shelley no longer a #Shark. Will miss seeing no. 45 put the beat down on chippy opponents bit.ly/cea0h1
• 17:51 Glad to have this week's deliverable posted 10 minutes before it's due. It's Miller time!

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• 04:00 wondering why 4am has suddenly become my "eyes open" time.
• 04:13 gmail interface is wacky this morning (missing functionality), must be getting ready to get "buzzed." Remember "c" = compose new msg
• 04:39 RT @solarafrica "If we really want to make a difference we must recapture spirit of day of Mandela's release," D.Tutu bit.ly/8XFdcq
• 05:19 i was right: have been g-buzzed. full gmail navigation functionality restored along with the buzz link.
• 06:57 wishes Google Buzz had a pre-emptive block feature. I shouldn't have to wait for someone to follow me to reactively block them
• 08:11 "What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are." - Epicetus #quote
• 08:46 loving listening to 'Morning Yearning' by Ben Harper th is AM -- achingly beautiful melody & lyrics bit.ly/cL9Us7
• 08:49 @nurturegirl @davidhodgson @eugen12 @fulfillddestiny thanks for the RT!
• 11:10 RT @Grundy I feel sorry for the dignitaries of the past who quoted in more than 140 characters. They're getting no play on Twitter. No play.
• 11:29 Psyched to be doing my first full (practice) triathlon of the season this Saturday morning (with brrr cold SF Bay swimming).
• 11:43 @rodot Thanks, Todor! Looking forward to getting back in the #tri groove after too many running races.
• 11:47 Just precious: All Songs Considered is featuring breakup songs as their Valentine's Day mix this year bit.ly/cqlJ75
• 17:06 Got my race packet for the Rock-n-Roll Mardi Gras Half Marathon today... can't WAIT to go to New Orleans in two weeks.
• 17:20 RT @hrheingold [snip] @kegill 's tracking down & debunking of Twitter Haiti American Airlines meme is important bit.ly/5yEzge
• 23:57 Rough night at the dart board, and even rougher night dealing with a rogue ex-webmaster.

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• 08:47 RT @mukilteo14: Who manages the telephone at ur company? Nobody, b/c it's stdrd biz communication tool. Social media should be same. #ocue10
• 11:55 "Hope is patience with the lamp lit." Tertullian #quote
• 16:53 Via @BlueOxenAssoc: Five collaboration mistakes leaders should avoid (from @HarvardBiz) j.mp/aPGcRM
• 21:08 thinks it's amazing what people will do for someone they don't know yet won't do it for someone they do. it's the power of the unknown other

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• 09:42 "Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes." Siddharta #quote
• 14:23 Does anyone know how to make the Facebook chat tab on the bottom of the page go away? Its pervasiveness is obnoxious
• 15:51 just had a good customer service experience with #ATT. Splitting a Family Talk plan into two separate accounts went smoothly.
• 17:45 Make informed decisions via the three A's of metrics: All metrics should be actionable, accessible, and auditable. bit.ly/91G7sp
• 17:53 enjoying 'Talking To You, Talking To Me' by The Watson Twins bit.ly/b4RLxK (has a nice EBTG vibe with a touch of early Portishead)

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• 06:09 I'm awake early today; this is a big week with lots to accomplish on all fronts.
• 06:37 RT @Markedia: Social Media Today: ROI calculations are a joke: bit.ly/cc4U9J not always, but almost always (via @rossdawson)
• 06:53 The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. -- Allan K. Chalmers #quote
• 12:49 my dream product marriage? Combine my @roadID info into my #Garmin Forerunner 301XT so I only have to wear GPS. Shouldn't be hard, right?
• 21:44 Great article: How to succeed in the age of going solo; what you need to know to thrive as a consultant bit.ly/d08w3e

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