ElementalMom

• New blog post: The Cove Wins! http://theexcellentadventure.com/ea/2010/03/08/the-cove-wins/ #
• I'm going to have a debut video to show at my TrustBirth Conference talk that's gonna rock the house! Be there! http://bit.ly/cyeeE5 #
• RT @Preparing4Birth: It is starting.. Follow her for great NIH VBAC conference tweets! #
• GO DESIREE! #NIHVBAC #
• Thank goodness for the tweets, cause the vidcast bites! http://videocast.nih.gov/ #nihvbac #
• Great. Getting a socket error for the vidcast. No VBAC ethics joy for me. #nihvbac #
• @ShannonMitchell WOOT! Go Shan! More tweets, since the NIH's stream is wonky. #nihvbac in reply to ShannonMitchell #
• @BirthCut Yeah. It's showing a socket error? Technology fail. I hope this tells NIH how much this mattered to those of us not there #nihvbac in reply to BirthCut #
• @RobinPregnancy THANK YOU! Working now here too. #nihvbac in reply to RobinPregnancy #
• I am SO looking forward to the day when ACOG actually follows science rather than expedience and personal narrative. #nihvbac #
• You bet they're not all women, Rita! Birth affects fathers too! #nihvbac #
• Hubby just brought me tea, so I didn't have to leave the vidcast for a moment. He's listening too. #nihvbac #
• Loving hearing about @feministbreeder's story! Stories *matter* #NIHVBAC #
• Only 1000 HBACs in 2006? Probably only that many *recorded*, but I think the stats are off. #nihvbac #
• Unassisted birth! The elephant in the room just got bigger! #nihvbac #
• Thank you, Rita. Reclaiming women's voices. #nihvbac #
• OMG! Malpractice most important factor??? At least he's honest. But now I wanna scream. #nihvbac #
• The transcription service is translating this speaker's VBAC as "feed bag". Funny, or sad? #nihvbac #
• @midwifeamy He's asking them how many deliveries *they* performed. All the bias alert you need, right there. #nihvbac in reply to midwifeamy #
• His survey indicates 90+% Dallas/FtWorth hospitals have no vbac ban, but the ICAN database says otherwise. #nihvbac #
• What this says is that there is no *evidence based* reason to deny VBAC. It is all about OB opinion/comfort/perception. #nihvbac #
• RT @midwifeamy: So sad that newer doctors have "grown up" in the VBAC ban era and now don't do them. #nihvbac #
• He's right. We need to focus on the providers. Midwifery model of care! #nihvbac #
• RT @BirthBabiesBlog: YAY I see Jen from VBACFacts.com in line to ask questions! #NIHVBAC // Waiting for JEN! YEAH! #
• The playback skipped over Jen! GAH! What did she say? #nihvbac #
• GO Farah! #NIHVBAC #
• @RWV4HealthCare It wasn't Lynn, it was Farah Diaz-Tello, IPIF in reply to RWV4HealthCare #
• GO JEN! GO GO GO! @vbacfacts #nihvbac #
• Speaker is assuming that physicians are honest about their opinions. #nihvbac #
• Speaker is now going to have to justify physician dishonesty. Neat. #nihvbac #
• Gene Declerc! GO GO GO! Very cool! #nihvbac #
• Declerc: It's not about evidence, it's about practice culture" #nihvbac #
• @RobinPregnancy Good question. Maybe it's because they don't care as much as activists do? How many ACOG nonspeaker attendees? #nihvbac #
• Hope the NIH realizes that the numbers of women following this consensus should be considered in their report. This *matters* to us #nihvbac #
• @Chicago_Places soooooo Jealous! Wanna be there! in reply to Chicago_Places #
• @PregnancyMyths Heck no! Go with someone who isn't a fear- and liability-based creature. I had my two HBACs with a DEM. in reply to PregnancyMyths #
• @soozenw I can't believe I'm up this early listening, and reading the prelim report. #nihvbac in reply to soozenw #
• Reading the report. Breech, multiples, big babies… all under the bus. Frustrating. #nihvbac #
• YEAH! Acknowledging the limitations of the data. You can't get data if you don't examine *all* of it. That's hopeful. #nihvbac #
• Cesarean for arrest of labor associated with high degree of successful VBAC. Take that, FTP/CPD!!!! #nihvbac #
• I know we need to keep it scientific, but it's chilling to hear "maternal mortality" being discussed like this. #nihvbac #
• Oh… fat chicks stay in the hospital as long with cesarean as with VBAC. ::sigh:: Really? #nihvbac #
• No higher risk of rupture with pitocin induction? Are you freaking kidding me??? #nihvbac #
• I wish I understood more about how they're grading the evidence. That could be very useful in assessing future studies. #nihvbac #
• sorry, augmentation, not induction, my bad. #nihvbac #
• Essentially no comparative data exist on breastfeeding practices among women undergoing ERCD or TOL. That should be pretty easy… #NIHVBAC #
• Their liability, our bodily integrity. Which one should be valued more highly? #nihvbac #
• Just scrolled down to the conclusions of the report. I am pleasantly surprised, and hopeful. #nihvbac #
• @nihconsensus @DeepSouthDoula Downloaded, opened in Adobe Reader, Save a Copy. Maybe it's a mac thing? in reply to nihconsensus #
• @swainlori http://consensus-nih.org/omar-public/PublicComments/VBAC/PublicComments.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 in reply to swainlori #
• @RobinPregnancy Considering I was expecting to be thrown under the bus again, it really wasn't bad. #nihvbac in reply to RobinPregnancy #
• Yeah Michelle Lyons! It should be reworded as "requiring surgery" rather than "restricting access to TOL" #nihvbac #
• Practicioner bias dictates outcome! GO @shannonmitchell! #
• Practicioner bias dictates outcome! GO @shannonmitchell! #nihvbac #
• OB is saying "Term means different things to different people and needs to be defined." Really? ::headdesk:: #nihvbac #
• @RobinPregnancy Call me a luddite; term is when labor begins on its own. Anything else is a procedure, and not term. #nihvbac in reply to RobinPregnancy #
• @anderzoid Would be tricky… can you even compare, say, homebirth, to purple pushing in stirrups? #nihvbac in reply to anderzoid #
• Prenatal care! For *sure* is a factor and needs to be included! Great point! Who's the speaker? #nihvbac #
• @ShannonMitchell neonatal mortality; it's a question. Are we preventing these deaths by cesarean? #nihvbac #
• Lack of information on mental impacts of lack of access to VBAC is a critical issue. #nihvbac #
• YES! Must understand risks of *both* TOL AND ERCS!!! #nihvbac #
• @swainlori Yeah. Me too. It's like a dog, it smells fear and attacks. Or something. in reply to swainlori #
• RT @BirthBabiesBlog: YOU GO @SHANNONMITCHELL !!! #NIHVBAC #
• The OB says she's hurt by comments about "OBs". You lie down with dogs… ::shrug:: #nihvbac #
• Go Barb Stratton! Include VBAmC! "ultimately the decision for informed refusal to surgery rests with the WOMAN!" YES!!! #nihvbac #
• RT @PushforMidwives: #NIHVBAC Panelist just said pregnant women aren't people.//Yes he did. Terrifying, cause he said it cold. #
• A father asks for risk stratification of VBAC. Wow. #nihvbac #
• OK, so I was optimistic, until the Q&A. I am not autonomous? Really? Time to pony up a donation to @NAPW. #nihvbac #
• @soozenw BStratton asked for explicit statement that a woman can refuse surgery without penalty. He denied that, saying that it's unsettled. in reply to soozenw #
• I'll be talking about this at my panel @ TrustBirth Conference this weekend. Trust birth, but we aren't legally people? How? #nihvbac #
• @alecmuffett You ain't seen acronyms until you've been neck-deep in medico-legal jargon. in reply to alecmuffett #
• RT @ShannonMitchell: i am appalled that when the choice is given, an ob thinks it defaults to him. It is my baby. #nihvbac #
• RT @DeepSouthDoula: What kind of influence will this report have? #nihvbac //Could potentially be huge: be sure you COMMENT #
• @RobinPregnancy I freaking HATE that! It is PITOCIN, which is a DRUG, not *oxytocin*, which is something your body produces!!!!! #nihvbac in reply to RobinPregnancy #
• @RobinPregnancy I freaking HATE that! PITOCIN is a DRUG, not *oxytocin*, which your body produces!!!!!@RobinPregnancy #nihvbac in reply to RobinPregnancy #
• @RobinPregnancy I know a doula who keeps a judge on speed dial on her phone, just in case. It's served as a great threat. #NIHVBAC in reply to RobinPregnancy #
• Loving Oakland Airport's free wifi. Yet another great reason to fly out of OAK instead of SFO. #
• @PushforMidwives Defend against. She says she can also block doctors from getting to the judge for orders, by tying up the line. Just sayin' in reply to PushforMidwives #
• Finally caved to the hotel's usurious $10/day wifi charge. Couldn't not check in…. #
• RT @rachel_w: #nihvbac day 3 video is up, for those who were waiting to hear what was said about autonomy/rights http://bit.ly/bExcmv #
• Just got back from the Trust Birth awards banquet. What an amazing group of folks. And the food was great too! #
• Amnesty International says US maternal care is "shameful" & "disgraceful". Old news, but nice to hear it out there http://bit.ly/bHQcr2 #
• Hoping the wifi is OK in the room I'm speaking in. Showing the last 5 minutes of day 3 NIH @ my VBAC talk at TrustBirth #nihvbac #trustbirth #
• Sitting at a panel discussion, "Don't Push Me!" @GloriaLemay, Laura Shanley, Karen Strange, Heather Brock. #trustbirth #
• Karen Strange: Pushing is also about the baby's experience. #trustbirth #
• Midwives haven't been around forever. Babies and women's bodies know what to do or we wouldn't have survived. #trustbirth #
• Laura Shanley: being told to push pushes my buttons. What's with the obsession with 10 cms? #trustbirth #
• There are legal guidelines for how long a woman's allowed to push. http://bit.ly/dv3MHO #trustbirth #
• Gloria Lemay: Midwives need to learn to be aware we're putting our own experience template on women. #trustbirth #
• Gloria Lemay: In midwifery, having a question is far better than having an answer. #trustbirth #
• Gloria Lemay: Your job is to explain that baby isn't stuck, it's shaping, and to be patient. #trustbirth #
• Heather Brock: Being told you can push creates pressure to perform. #trustbirth #
• Heather Brock: It doesn't matter how dilated you are. If the baby hasn't dived, it hasn't dived. #trustbirth #
• Heather Brock "If someone was trying to pull you off the toilet while you were going, it'd be the most alarming thing…" #trustbirth #
• Heather Brock: If there is a problem with birth… the mother is the first to know. She needs to trust the inside source. #trustbirth #
• @PushforMidwives Will keep that message intact, thanks. Women need to know that that opinion exists, though. #nihvbac in reply to PushforMidwives #
• Kristi Zittle, Gloria Lemay, and (swoon!) Marilyn Milos on Intactivism. Amazing what I don't know. #trustbirth #
• @ICANtweets There's never enough caffeine at any conference or gather, ever. #TrustBirth #ICAN in reply to ICANtweets #
• Still, most circumcisions are performed without any form of anesthesia. An everyday barbarism. #trustbirth #
• OK, wait. Did I say amazing what I didn't know? *Horrifying* what I didn't know. Get informed about intactivism #trustbirth #
• @purpleanvil doing a sesh on Trusting Birth thru variations of normal. #trustbirth #
• @purpleanvil says midwifery is about interacting, not waiting til the end to ask questions. #trustbirth #
• A variation is not a complication. @purpleanvil #trustbirth #
• Assess variations carefully. They're not all complications. Prepare, don't freak. @purpleanvil #trustbirth #
• Once you've seen the power of a woman's body to get her baby out, why would you worry? @purpleanvil #trustbirth #
• RT @feministbirther: #homebirth #feminism This is a #revolution not a public relations movement. #GloriaSteinem #
• Confidence in birthing comes from telling your kids, over and over, that birth is normal, and that it all works. @purpleanvil #trustbirth #
• Loving, birthing your babies, raising your children. Everything else is superfluous. @purpleanvil #trustbirth #
• Only ten minutes left in @purpleanvil session, and we're still talking breech! Wheeee! #trustbirth #
• knowing the basic physiology of the babys skull and the mother's pelvis, it helps the way you think about birth. @purpleanvil #trustbirth #
• Last day of Trust Birth 2010. Two sessions, and I get to meet Jen of VBACfacts! #trustbirth #
• First session: Reducing cesareans 20% by 2020. Doesn't sound like nearly enough, but I'm keen to hear what he has to say. #trustbirth #
• @Preparing4Birth Yeah. That's what I said. Including question marks. I will tweet the session, though, so stay tuned. #trustbirth in reply to Preparing4Birth #
• Sooooooooo tired. Between late sessions, chatting with roomies, and getting up superearly to get packed…. ugh. #
• Thanks to my panel peeps, Tiffany Fernandez and Pamela Hines-Powell, mod Kristi Zittle. You guys are the BEST! #trustbirth #
• Getting ready for the "Reducing cesareans 20% by 2020" talk by Elliott Berlin DC #trustbirth #
• OH! Not by 20%!!! *Under* 20%! ahhhh. Much better. #trustbirth #
• Opening slide… nothing we didn't already know. Talking about evolution of the procedure itself. #trustbirth #
• Asclepius, who was cut out of his dead mother's womb (Apollo killed Coronas for being unfaithful). First cesarean? Ew. #trustbirth #
• Unlikely that Caesar was actually born that way, because back then, the procedure was ONLY done on dead women due to burial laws #trustbirth #
• Laws on the books from 500 A.D. for trying everything else possible before trying a cesarean, because moms always died. #trustbirth #
• Cesarean section == no relation to the salad, created in 1924. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA #trustbirth #
• Jacob Nufer, performed the first c/s where the mother lived. Not a surgeon, but a pig gelder trying to save his wife. #trustbirth #
• Frau Neufer went on to have four more births, one set of twins. So, first c/s AND first VBAC, in 1500. #trustbirth #
• 1794, first cesarean in US where mom lived. Surgeon also removed both ovaries, so as to not have to endure this again. #trustbirth #
• 1937 cesarean rate in the US, c/s rate 3%, and 70% hosp birth rate. #trustbirth #
• What we need is a standard informed consent form written by someone with no conflict of interest. — Elliott Berlin DC #trustbirth #
• RCTs in 1968 show little benefit to EFM, but substantial increase in c/s rate. #trustbirth #
• "If you mess around with a process that works well 98% of the time, there is much potential for harm" Dr. Edward Hon, 1985 #trustbirth #
• false positive rate for diagnosing cerebral palsy with EFM is 99% #trustbirth #
• OK, first fail of the talk. Practically, no, you can't refuse EFM in a hospital setting, despite guidelines and legal right. #trustbirth #
• 1970, 15% breech c/s. By 1986, 80% Then in 2000, the Hannah Disaster. #trustbirth #
• "There should be an ICOG that would issue evidence-based statements every time ACOG issues ones that aren't." Dr. Berlin #trustbirth #
• Have I mentioned lately how much I wish Dr. Robert Gagnon was head of ACOG instead of SOGC? #trustbirth #
• First RCT on epidurals had to be discontinued because c/s rate was so high, they thought it would be unethical to continue. #trustbirth #
• "Once a c/s, always a c/s" coined by E. B. Cragin in 1916. It was a warning statement of how much c/s were to be avoided. #trustbirth #
• "If they can't handle emergencies in 30 minutes, why the hell are we at the hospital?" Dr. Berlin #trustbirth #

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• RT @ldraxx: Republicans, Democrats, doctors and the AMA, everyone's pissed off at Jim Bunning. What a tool. http://j.mp/d7vZeE #
• RT @ldraxx: Would someone please vote this idiot out of office…now please? … http://tinyurl.com/yz64woo #
• RT @MissAdventuring: My self-publishing column on PBS MediaShift http://to.pbs.org/9p4wVz #publishing #
• RT @SeaShepherd: Japanese Whalers Are Clear Cutting the “Forests” of the Southern Ocean – http://bit.ly/ahDrxF #
• RT @ldraxx: No. 2 Senate Republican: Unemployment Benefits Make People Not Want To Get A Job http://bit.ly/d6cfSa. WTF ?! What an ass. #
• RT @valuemom: Unemployment Comp delayed? Call Sen Bunning 202-224-4343 (KY800-283-8983) or Sen Kyl 202-224-4521 (AZ602-840-1891) #p2 #tcot #
• Aurora just looked at her own photo on my laptop, considered it, and declared, "Pretty!". My work here is done. #
• RT @ldraxx: Jim Bunning and the End of Outrage http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/03/jim-bunning-and-end-outrage #
• Two different gluten-free banana bread experiments now baking happily in the oven. Stay tuned… #
• @nessareed No clue, but it really wouldn't surprise me. in reply to nessareed #
• Tomorrow, appointment at the Italian Consulate. Kids and Jason are kitted out, paperwork is gorgeous… I have no idea what I'm gonna wear #
• Tweet about baking, get followed by @candh_sugar. What's the world coming to? #
• @ldraxx WOOT! Congrats, that's fabulous!!!! in reply to ldraxx #
• Working on my talk for TrustBirth 2010; Trusting Birth After Cesarean. Makes me so angry that we even have to talk about this. #
• RT @livetorque: Courage is looking fear right in the eye and #saying ? "Get the hell out of my way, I've got things to do." ? #
• RT @adriana872: At POLIS event: Social Media Reality check at LSE. Big mistake. All agency & PR people – it's all over, do u hear?! #
• One glass of artisanal Piedmontese red wine should not exact this level of penance. Freaking sulfites. #
• Really gorgeous sunrise this morning. Beautiful to watch, even if it meant I was up stupid early. #
• RT @lynnpaltrow: Utah Anti-Abortion Bill Citing ‘Reckless Act’ Is Withdrawn http://nyti.ms/bzNGuh #relief #
• RT @adriana872: Social Media is dead: http://bit.ly/alkuYy #
• @j0ni Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh yea. in reply to j0ni #
• Lord save me from the Political Corectness Police. #
• RT @mybestbirth: New Moms at Risk http://bit.ly/aNgtmm Women are *DYING*. This has got to stop! #
• @jcatsexton http://bit.ly/aNgtmm in reply to jcatsexton #
• Some days are like swimming in the ocean; it doesn't feel like you're going anywhere, but at the end you look up, and find you've made it. #

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• RT @SeaShepherd: Three Cheers for Captain Peter Bethune – http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/editorial-100215-1.html #
• Watch Louie Psihoyos' interview on The Tavis Smiley Show: http://is.gd/8ry4C Even Spielberg can be wrong about some films. #
• Oh, make up your minds already! It's a problem, it's not, it is, it's not… http://bit.ly/cR8mdg #
• Yesterday, massive declutter and organization of the salon. Today, the kids are home. We call it "destructive field testing." #unclutter #
• RT @surfing_news: NOAA SF Buoy Back Online (Station 46026) http://bit.ly/bojKvw #
• Some mornings, the tea water can't boil fast enough. #
• New blog post: What Price, the Bay? http://theexcellentadventure.com/ea/2010/02/17/what-price-the-bay/ #
• Wondering how many days I can put off doing the laundry… #
• Waiting by the phone, *again*. Some days, relaxed and groovy is an effort of will and thus a contradiction in terms. #
• @MissAdventuring I am always up for company, and often up for an impromptu sail! Let's play! in reply to MissAdventuring #
• So cool. Help help, I'm being repressed! http://bit.ly/bKw1ev #
• New blog post: Writing Contest at Stand and Deliver http://bit.ly/9qWWE7 #
• The to-do list of doom had me out of bed at 5 AM. Today, will be progress. #
• Pounding on the Italian citizenship documents. Thank goodness I'm a details-based girl. But still, freaking out. Less than 2 weeks to go! #
• Skipped the morning paddle; fog so thick it's giving me Cosco Busan flashbacks. #oilspill #kayak #
• Just needed to install the Italian dictionaries to OpenOffice. Viva la bella lingua! #bellalingua #Italian #
• Can't find Rowan's passport, and can't remember if we ever got it back when we renewed it last. #
• I gave in. The laundry is done. #
• RT @350: Trying to persuade a #Climate skeptic? There's an app for that. http://ow.ly/18lg4/ #
• New blog post: I'm Not Gonna! http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2010/02/18/im-not-gonna/ #
• New blog post: Because It Does http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2010/02/19/because-it-does/ #
• @SeaShepherd: Japan Cites Sea Shepherd as Reason for Killing Whales – http://bit.ly/a48I2w Really? Japan can't possibly be serious! in reply to SeaShepherd #
• New blog post: http://theexcellentadventure.com/ea/2010/02/20/498/ #
• New blog post: Science for Profit II — The Letter Campaign http://bit.ly/bwl022 #
• New blog post: Love from Minnesota http://theexcellentadventure.com/ea/2010/02/20/love-from-minnesota/ #
• New blog post: Inching Upwards http://theexcellentadventure.com/ea/2010/02/20/inching-upwards/ #
• @OmarTodd Right here, Omar. =) in reply to OmarTodd #
• It's raining on my birthday! WAHOOO!!!! #
• RT @OceanChampions: Australia threatens Japan w legal action over whaling: http://bit.ly/cppTeh Yet another reason to love Australia! #
• Appeals equally to opera geeks and geeky geeks: Brilliant! Don Giovanni "Catalogue Aria" – Berkeley Opera 2010 http://youtu.be/g6saKjs_12M #
• RT @sufficiency: I know in my guts that Thomas Friedman is right. Here come the lean years. A charge to call 911. http://j.mp/bwS0sI #
• There is something so gorgeous about sunshine when you know it's transitory and you're gonna get deluged the rest of the week. #
• RT @Unnecesarean The fact is that the CS rate for 1st time mothers for docs fresh out of residency is often > 75%. #
• New blog post: What Does Two Meters Really Mean? http://theexcellentadventure.com/ea/2010/02/22/what-does-two-meters-really-mean/ #
• Holding Mom in the light… #
• @mslaura Oh, babe. Have you never done the 36 folder system? It's sooooo nice. in reply to mslaura #
• RT @TheCoveMovie: Fisher Stevens, http://bit.ly/bzAwo4, Its About More Than Just Dolphins. He's right. If we can't fix this… #
• Paperwork besides the translations is complete, and assembled. I can fall over now. Except, y'know, for the twitching. #becomingitalian #
• Big, big, really big day today. One of a series. This is me, whipping out the Big Positive Attitude. #
• RT @SailingUpdates: California's Coastal Marina Permit: public information session scheduled: http://bit.ly/9hxq43 Could be bad… #
• STOKE! Mission (for today) accomplished, and I am giddy with relief. Now, to tackle the Next Big Thing… #
• Please, tell Congress to extend unemployment insurance benefits until the end of 2010! http://bit.ly/9PE3PH #
• Our Italian translator, Flavia Ida, has done half the docs we sent her. Now that is service! And very much a relief. #becomingitalian #
• Today's gone from triumphant to devastating. I hate it when the emotional drop and the atmospheric pressure coincide. #
• RT @joe_roy: RT @socialmediamind: Bizarre Ruling in Italy Threatens Social Media http://bit.ly/aOCCv3 #
• Staying relaxed and groovy, channeling the universal source, and in all other ways, making sure I don't spontaneously combust. #justbreathe #
• RT @ldraxx: Health Care Reform NOW WellPoint Raising Premium Rates By Double Digits In At Least 11 States http://tinyurl.com/ykrz739 #
• Hey my S. F. Peeps! Big show with Big Jay McNeely! Jazz legend, in his last show! http://bit.ly/9bTXar #
• Falling down with relief, giddy with reprieve, and blown away by the goodness and possibilities of the world. #
• RT @ebertchicago: The Party's Over. My new blog entry. http://j.mp/b7F38j More on the "charging for 911 calls" thing. Los Angeles, you too! #
• @Preparing4Birth prepping Italian citizenship docs, discovered that all but the last two generations of J's family were homebirthed. Cool! in reply to Preparing4Birth #
• New blog post: A Few Thoughts on Tilikum http://theexcellentadventure.com/ea/2010/02/25/a-few-thoughts-on-tilikum/ #
• RT @TheCoveMovie: Missed Louie Psihoyos on NPR's Talk of the Nation yesterday? Listen here: http://is.gd/9am1r #thecove #dolphinslaughter #
• RT @cephalopodcast: "Have We Reached Peak Tuna?" http://bit.ly/dyPQqm #fisheries #
• Digging for deals, and wondering why the heck flying from Oakland to LA is soooooooo much more expensive than flying from SFO to LAX. #
• Just joined http://www.collectiveshout.org #
• Read Across America: http://www.nea.org/readacross Celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday with reading aloud; these things are fun, and fun is good. #
• RT @quennessa: Read this. Right now. http://bit.ly/bgBPpX ::thinking of the Bear, and choking up:: #
• Our documents for the Consulate are done. Every i dotted, every t crossed, everything translated and in order. ::whew:: #becomingitalian #
• New blog post: New Thoughts on CPR http://theexcellentadventure.com/ea/2010/02/26/new-thoughts-on-cpr/ #
• I'm going to be interviewed on BBC World Have Your Say about my blog on Tilikum! 1800 GMT http://bit.ly/avRruS #activism #
• RT @ldraxx: Republican Senators block extension of unemployment benefits http://tinyurl.com/yc5km6b Drop Dead Unemployed People of the US. #
• @NewsBaron No worries, James. I was stoked to have my blog found in the first place! Great show, albeit a lot of things to rant about. =) in reply to NewsBaron #
• RT @adriana872: How Ning made me a chump and how you can avoid it http://bit.ly/dCGqsG #
• Coincidence, or serendipity? World Birth Conference in Italy, a few miles from Jason's family's ancestral village. http://bit.ly/cIkqbg #
• New blog post: Active Captain X http://theexcellentadventure.com/ea/2010/02/28/active-captain-x/ #
• Working on a full-on SEO analysis for Hunt Press. Fun stuff, when it's a labor of love. #small press #micropress #huntpress #
• @jonaiello Amen. Gorgeous, isn't it? YAY SUNSHINE! in reply to jonaiello #
• RT @TheCoveMovie: Poll: Should Tilikum, the orca that killed his trainer Wednesday, remain at SeaWorld Orlando? http://bit.ly/aoCl0E #

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• Brilliant! 69 Signs You Live On a Boat http://bit.ly/7hRQlz @sailtotrail #
• RT @SeaShepherd: Watson to whalers: We will never surrender | The Japan Times Online: http://bit.ly/cqmYyt #seashepherd #
• SFO air traffic routed over Bay due to easterly winds, which made it like paddling on the runway instead of water, and super-bumpy. #kayak #
• Explain to me why paying online nets you a $2 "service fee" but mailing in a paper check that must be touched by more people, is free? #
• Studying for the interview I've got tomorrow morning. Talk about out of the blue. #
• And now, "I Wear No Pants" is stuck in my head. Over. And over. And over. Damn you, Poxy Boggards! http://bit.ly/6xJvH6 #
• …and even better, when your 7 and 4-year-old sons start trying to work out the harmonies. "I weeeeeeeear no pants!". #
• RT @SeaShepherd: Hey Japanese Whaler Dudes, Stop Your Pathetic Whining – http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/editorial-100210-1.html #
• Beautiful morning for a paddle. Too bad I have an interview. And natch, it's gonna rain tomorrow. #notkayaking #
• Interview went, I think, pretty well. Always fun to find out you'd be working with folks you #
• …encountered before, and really liked #
• Rowan: "Aquaman is King of Atlantis, and protects the world's oceans. Does that mean that Paul Watson is Aquaman?" #seashepherd #
• Almost wimped out on the morning paddle, cause it's raining. So glad I didn't; it's beautiful out on the Bay today. #kayak #
• @OmarTodd thanks for the follow! I'm honored! #
• Unbelievably cool!!! Go Syzygy! http://bit.ly/9hOGjL #
• Nothing like helping an old friend move to instill in one a sense of virtue. Especially when it involves rousting toddlers before dawn. #

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• Just had to boot up my old HP laptop to retrieve some FTP paths. Wish there was a way to resurrect it. #
• Still sick, but it hasn't stopped me from glancing at the phone every 15 minutes. Come ON Uberjob! You know you want me!!!! #
• The cool thing about editing for Hunt Press is that I get to read the coolness first. Zenschooling rocks! http://bit.ly/abLEHV #
• The Cove nominated for an Oscar! Go sign the petition to end the slaughter, here: http://bit.ly/4kim7 #Cove #
• RT @SeaShepherd: Aiding whaling could soon be a crime – http://bit.ly/cr3bGf YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #
• UberJob has decided I'm not their girl. Moping in my near future. Time to start hitting the grapevine: Hey folks, I'm looking for work! #
• Wow. Wind just *really* picked up. Boat's bouncing, and there are whitecaps in the marina with a southerly. Wheee! #
• Gorgeous morning of a dayful of possibility. #
• Checking out MacENC Marine Navigation Software. HT Syzygy. http://bit.ly/diWPIE #navigation #
• RT @ScottBourne: Story in the Times showing what happens when folks expect creatives to give it up for free – http://bit.ly/cCLCIg #

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• Waiting by the phone like a lovesick teenager, for the UberJob to call back for the Round 2 interview. #
• Today's version of Chicken Soup for the Entire Family (all of whom are still sick) turned out darned fine, if I do say so myself! #
• RT @EFF: Why EFF's icon is dark today: http://www.internetblackout.com.au/ #nocleanfeed – thanks @OzNetBlackout #
• Off to get my hair done. Y'know, should the UberJob decide to call me back. #
• Just finished giving an *awesome* shiatsu session for an awesome friend. I love love loves me some shiatsu! #
• OK, so lunch made, boat straightened… must be time to resume pacing, waiting to hear from the UberJob. #
• Happy birthday Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart! Thank you especially for the 41st in C Maj! #
• Oh, beautiful, the sun is shining! YEAH! #
• aaaaaand there goes the sun, behind a cloud again. Sigh. Well it was great while it lasted. #
• RT @quennessa: Kickstarter – Between Heaven & Hell Exhibition: http://bit.ly/69zSHk *smooch* #
• Very cool! WTG Ted and crew, at Urban Hunter Gatherer! http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/learning-to-love-roadkill/Content?oid=1564598 #
• So much for this morning's glorious sunshine. It's all overcast and crappy again. Sigh. #
• Got the winch for the main sheet and traveller reinstalled yesterday. Now, just eight more winches to go! ::sigh:: #sailing #
• Purging some great sailing and home/unschooling books. You know you want them. Go join PaperbackSwap! http://bit.ly/aVgwUU #
• @sufficiency OK, so for your next challenge… ever found a good, gluten-free challah? in reply to sufficiency #
• Still waiting on the UberJob. I am considering it to be an exercise in faith and perseverance. #
• @jonaiello "Asking a writer to edit their own stuff is a lot like asking an engineer to do their own QA. Both are doomed ventures." #editing #

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• RT @huntpress: New post – Love Your Authors – http://bit.ly/8jGfbo Thank you Dianne Hales! #bellalingua #
• Huge thunder, lightning, and hail, plus whitecaps inside the marina. Awesome!!!! #
• the sky is black, the sun is shining, and there's a double rainbow over us! #
• Barometric pressure is dropping so fast my watch can't keep up. Down around 980 or so. Wind is howling, and the boat is being tossed around #
• OMG Uber-cool job opp just asked for a prelim phone interview. SQUEEE!!! Keep yer everthings crossed for me! #
• @purpleanvil YEAH! Let's go make some (electronic) noise!!! Can't wait! in reply to purpleanvil #
• Had prelim interview, and I'm more excited about this job opp than I was before! Possible 2nd interview next week… keep pulling for me! #
• In a twist of irony, Jason's passport expires the day before our appt at the Italian Consulate. Fate much? #
• @jonaiello That's a silly question. *Martians*, of course! #mars in reply to jonaiello #
• When life gives you smooshy bananas in the lunchbox… make banana bread. Mmmm. And it keeps the boat warm and smelling good! #
• RT @jonaiello: Whoa. Tornado Warning in the Bay Area. Specifically Discovery Bay area. http://tinyurl.com/ye77vu4 #
• HA! Just say no. http://bit.ly/55DBsa HT:@Webmink #
• A boat just drove by. The skipper was texting. I think I need to scream now. #

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• Lovely paddle out in the Bay this morning. No baby harbor seals jumping on the boat today, though. #kayak #
• Vaguely freaking out about running down all the fiddly bits of documentation for our Italian citizenship. Bureaucracy intimidates me. #
• @jonaiello oh, it absolutely is. You have to really be serious about some things. in reply to jonaiello #
• RT @quennessa: Kickstarter – Between Heaven & Hell Exhibition: http://bit.ly/69zSHk still could use help and love! #
• Just finished the mother of all resume reworkings. Wish me luck; this is an *awesome* job opp. #
• Nothing cooler than lunch with @MissAdventuring #
• Beautiful pre-storm paddle this morning; really nice weather-watching and some fun swells n waves! #kayak #
• Quite possibly the best blog about the finance disaster, ever. http://bit.ly/4AvUCs Go Squid! #
• Help Haiti by Knitting: http://bit.ly/6g40Po #
• Skipped the morning paddle; still no wind, but it's dirty weather out there. #kayak #

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• Brilliant! Just say no thank you to privacy invasion for your children. http://tinyurl.com/ychxhnw #

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• Nav table is CLEAN! I could actually, y'know, navigate on it! Photo proof here: http://bit.ly/4QJ15E #
• RT @bubbva: actually, totally believable… would changing my name have boosted my freelance writing earnigs? http://bit.ly/8cpFHX #
• screaming mad. Mom's bank doesn't want to deposit the check from her home insurance to pay for her roof repair. #
• Gorgeous misty wet rainy morning, hot tea, cuddly babies. Life is beyond good. #
• How really cool… An open letter to homeschool moms – http://tinyurl.com/ygdltzx #
• Holy crow, Aurora cut another tooth overnight! That's eight whole teeth now! #
• Maybe I can talk Santa into getting one of these for the boat. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091210_holidaygift.html #
• COP15 T-1: Weeping for the World – http://rozsavage.com/2009/12/17/cop15-t-1-weeping-for-the-world/ #
• George Monbiot; Scramble for the Atmosphere: http://bit.ly/8oFC36 #cop15 #wearescrewed #

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• If you ever plan to get on a plane again, you should read this brilliant piece on TSA security measures: http://bit.ly/1YMiOK #
• There was ice on the docks this morning. Not just frost; ICE. On docks. BRRR. #
• Wow, Canada. Monbiot says it's all up to you. http://bit.ly/6h1ygF #cop15 #
• @coffeegirl2000 Oh, ew. in reply to coffeegirl2000 #
• Decluttering the garbage-catcher that is our navigation table. How can 4 square feet be so intimidating? #
• @toastfloats What are you downloading? And why? in reply to toastfloats #

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• Today, I focus on self-care, camaraderie, right livelihood, and wellness. Sounds almost like a New Year's Resolution, doesn't it? #
• If they hadn't done anything wrong, they wouldn't need to fear us. I'm knitting rosettes a la Madame Defarge. http://bit.ly/5ceGHc #
• Oh. So *this* is why I've started knitting obsessively. http://www.purselipsquarejaw.org/2006/08/knitting-and-public-politics.php #knitting #
• KBO, my friends, KBO. HT: #rozsavage http://bit.ly/5xBIV8 #
• This looks ubercool. "The People Speak" on the History Channel, December 13th at 8p/7c http://bit.ly/6STmcr #
• Cold fog, hot tea, sleeping family. Ahhhhhhh. Now *that's* a good morning. #
• Just entered to win a $200 gift card. It's free to enter with no strings. Wish me luck! http://mcs.tw/ii #
• Here comes the rain… from nothing to pouring in seconds, supposed to last for a solid week. Good thing I've got plenty of hot cocoa! #
• …and less than five minutes into the rain… a rainbow! YEAH! #

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• If I'm gonna win NaNo, I have to crank out 20K words in the next 24 hours. I'm gonna have to pull out the whole bag of tricks. #nanowrimo #

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• @coffeegirl2000 Happy Birthday Emily!!!!!!!!!! in reply to coffeegirl2000 #
• Big, big thanks to everyone out in Silver Springs & Carson City, NV, who are pitching in to help Mom out. So so so grateful. #
• RT @changedotorg Vulnerable Nations Make 'Global Survival Pact' | Stop Global Warming | Change.org http://bit.ly/2l7Zf7 #
• Hit 13,050. Only 4K to go to get back on track. Wish me luck! #amwriting #nanowrimo. #
• I just wrote to the end of my battery power! Time to make dinner while the (mental and computer) battery charges. #nanowrimo #
• Another 1500 words and I can fall over. Y'know, until tomorrow. #nanowrimo #amwriting #
• Classic Week 2 NaNo pain. Just not feeling the wordcount love. #amwriting #NaNoWriMo #
• @rozsavage If a woman who has rowed through oceans feels strongly about them, I'd call that testimony, not propaganda. in reply to rozsavage #
• Ohmygosh, my hero, John Vigor, has a blog!!! http://www.johnvigor.com/Blog.html YEAH! #johnvigor #sailing #
• Quit… hitting…wordcount… function…. aaaaaaaaaargh! #amwriting #nanowrimo #
• @coffeegirl2000 YAY KENNETH! We have *no* idea what you did, but we are fer sure proud of you!!! in reply to coffeegirl2000 #
• Heading to NV to say goodbye. #

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• Staying up late, banking some more wordcount against whatever may come tomorrow #NaNoWriMo #
• 1,725 on top of my 1,690 from earlier. Not a bad wordcount for starting #NaNoWriMo G'night! #
• Incredibly spiffy diagram of biological scale. Zoom in! http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/ #
• Holding good thoughts for all my Sun peeps getting cut today. RIF does NOT equal RIP!!!!!! #
• Ohmygosh, @350.org is following me!!! I feel all celeb! Guess it's time to tweet what I think about climate change. #climatechange #350.org #
• Remember, remember, the 5th of November… #
• @truthrisinguk Your point? http://bit.ly/33fPI8 is one response. @MiningFan @Garden27 @delayoscillator in reply to truthrisinguk #
• The hospital just called my mother to bring a roll of paper tape from home to use on The Bear… because the Hospital doesn't have any. #

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