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• Alice started off the day as a superhero. Really, where can you go from there? #SMAtuS #
• Max: Mom, I am making you a beautiful power belt because you are so beautiful to me. Mine is just red, but yours is beautiful. #SMAtuS #
• Two years ago today, the sweetest little baby girl was born. Add on toughness and hilarity and you've got our Alice. Happy birthday! #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques WHAT?!!?!!? What madness is this? Has everyone been taking crazy-pills!? in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques You have my permission to sic the flaming hobos on them. Cry havoc and let slip the tramps of war! in reply to HillaryJacques #
• In our family we do it right: four day birthday celebrations! (Also, I'm pretty sure Alice had the Best Day Ever yesterday.) #SMAtuS #
• Sarah overheard Max: "Every time my mom picks me up from playgroup she brings me a special lunch to eat outside. I am a lucky boy." #SMAtuS #
• RT: @slightlylate OH: "Seattle was good for me…I like my human interactions perfunctory and shallow" // Oh snap! #

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• @L_Hoff That was pretty harsh for him, but he was a pretty jaded fantasyland dweller. (As am I!) Found it quite satisfying, as endings go. in reply to L_Hoff #
• Alice's breakfast: 1 bottle milk, countless pieces of seaweed, 1 bowl yogurt with blackberries (picked yesterday), laughs. #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques The Trader Joe's brand, whatever that is. We haven't introduced her to other kinds. She'd eat a whole package if we let her. in reply to HillaryJacques #
• It occurred to me yesterday that Alice's profile looks just like that of a Peanuts character. #SMAtuS #
• No one expected the Cake Pirate to jump out of that Prize Cake and make off with it. Least of all Max. Here's to the Cake Pirate! #SMAtuS #
• @zahgurim That's crazy. Though not surprising. Silly parents. You have to fight the ParentFear, keep it from colonizing your brain. in reply to zahgurim #
• For your information, the Cake Pirate only steals cakes. He is not interested in plundering tarts, doughnuts, croissants, or other pastries. #
• Man, it's almost like these kids have no way to regulate their emotions or something! #SMAtuS #
• I unwittingly unleashed a swarm of fruit flies at the breakfast table. It's just like At the Mountains of Madness all over again! #SMAtuS #
• When told he could take a dance class, Max, whispering: "Do I get a top hat and cone?" Sarah: "You mean cane?" Max: "Yes!" #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques Jealous! in reply to HillaryJacques #

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• I'm pretty sure Max had the Best Day Ever. Also, I rode the Seattle Duck for the second (last?) time in my life. #SMAtuS #
• ….and Sarah wrote up a nice little summary of our day here: http://t.co/0XJUJ3G #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques A friend of Max's introduced him to the zombie concept. His parents didn't know where he got it from either… in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques Made the mistake last night of making a joke about vampires. Realized too late I really didn't want to go there… in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques PARANORMAL PITFALLS FOR PARENTS: Chapter 6 — "How Not to Feed Your Vampyrickal Two-Year Old" in reply to HillaryJacques #
• Both kids asleep by 7 on the button. Chin chin for the early dinner! #SMAtuS #
• Alice: "I big girl! I no baby." About her "think tank" crib: "Want climb in bed myself!" #SMAtuS #
• Alice to Sarah: "You go buy goldfish [crackers]!" Two minutes later: "You go buy goldfish?" #SMAtuS #
• The kids love the new bunk bed. Sarah was right. There's no way Alice is going back to the crib. Another milestone achieved! Hotcha! #SMAtuS #
• @mitdasein I'd say yes. in reply to mitdasein #
• @mitdasein If you've any customer service exp, you can even stretch email or IM into "tech support software". It's how you talk about it. in reply to mitdasein #
• @mitdasein I see. I have more of a library background, but I think you could stretch that to fit. It all depends on the job, though, right? in reply to mitdasein #
• @mitdasein Like, do they want you to have managed the MUD? Or just used it? in reply to mitdasein #
• @mitdasein Oh yeah. No sweat. I'd talk about the tech support system as a multi-user database then. Gotta love the magic lingo. in reply to mitdasein #
• @mitdasein How about Facebook? Geeze…. in reply to mitdasein #
• @HillaryJacques So glad you didn't actually name your kid "Kiddo". Like some people I have heard about… in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques Friends of a friend. Horrifying. in reply to HillaryJacques #
• Alice loves her new bed so much she stays in after she wakes up. This morning, she to herself: "Lacklee Girl and Alice in Big Bed!" #SMAtuS #
• Last night, Max had a dance-off with Alicia. He even staged his own entrances. That kid is a born performer! #SMAtuS #
• Okay, this is FUNNY. Some ubernerds rage about non-existent comics: http://t.co/RiSD6QH Kid Centipede, Nantucketeer, Zapper Hotpants, etc. #
• Following up Bullington's ENTERPRISE OF DEATH with Edgwood's THIRTY YEARS WAR: I can't get enough of the 17th century! #fridayreads #
• @leverus Kid bedtime foils another literary event attendance! Would be there, otherwise. TMK was delightful! I hope you get a packed house. in reply to leverus #
• The lifeguard at the wading pool asks what grade Max is in
  . Shocked that he has another year until kindergarten, says he: "He big!" #SMAtuS #

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• At bedtime, Max said he was going to tell himself a story. He did. Whispered, so I couldn't hear. Too bad. Said, The End then slept. #SMAtuS #
• Day 4 of my Stay-At-Home Dad "Vacation": 4-5pm = not my finest hour. But Sarah took the kids so I could relax & cook dinner. Hotcha! #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques So…. WORLD WAR Z as bedtime reading material? Or maybe a little PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES? in reply to HillaryJacques #
• I just finished the delightful MAGICIAN KING by Lev Grossman. Liked it better than the first. #fridayreads #

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• Thinking, I'll let Max run off: what could happen? Max found the bubble machine. Bubbles everywhere as bride & groom exchanged vows. #SMAtuS #
• Looks like it's time to learn how to build stuff! I'd love to see something like this in my neighborhood. http://t.co/JOyL0MZ #
• Alice's lunch: popcorn, turkey, string cheese, "stinky" cheese, hummus, chocolate milk, crackers. Where does it go? To her muscles. #SMAtuS #
• Alice to Sarah, when being dropped off at a local playgroup: "Bye Mom! Go now!" Guess she's ready for preschool… #SMAtuS #
• Alice's complex sentences exceed her ability to pronounce them. Also, she talks really fast. Also, very loudly. Like the Bellman. #SMAtuS #
• Alice is STRONG. She was doing chin-ups today. Don't let the small size fool you! #SMAtuS #
• Instead of napping, Alice says: "Go go dancer! Ah ha ha ha ha! {Shriek!} {Giggle} Go go Alice! Hee hee heeeee." #SMAtuS #
• Max had a huge breakthrough with something that's been bedeviling him for years! (I'd say what, but I'd rather not immortalize it.) #SMAtuS #
• @nfarina Shackling him to the mainframe terminal might've been excessive, but. Results! Just being cruel to be kind. in reply to nfarina #
• @HillaryJacques I wish I could say I was sending you this message from a bookstore… in reply to HillaryJacques #
• For Alice, it appears the orange superhero mask may have replaced the red and blue baseball hat. Super cute! #SMAtuS #
• Chortling my way through THE AFFECTED PROVINCIAL'S COMPANION by Breaulove Swells Whimsy. #fridayreads #

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• It was pretty cute/scary when Max and Alice thought it would make a fun game for her to jump off the couch into his arms. #SMAtuS #
• I absolutely LOVE it that Alice can and does! talk to me on the phone now. #SMAtuS #
• @nfarina You hit the big leagues, fella! I enjoyed reading your article. It was highly technical (to me), but I love solid writing. Cheers! in reply to nfarina #
• @nfarina Well, I am subscribed to your blog's RSS feed (I'm one of 3 still using RSS, right?). Pretty sure I read it before @gruber did. :) in reply to nfarina #
• Max would like us to have another baby. A boy. He would like it to be named Mac Shawn (MacShawn?). Too funny! #SMAtuS #
• Max's description of my job: "He writes stuff that people tell him to write about." That pretty much sums it up. :) #SMAtuS #
• @L_Hoff Shhhhhh. I've got to leave him *some* surprises. in reply to L_Hoff #
• @HillaryJacques Also, I bet you simultaneously move REALLY slow while moving REALLY fast, confusing cats and small children (me 30 yrs ago) in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques I haven't. But that's when this cat first got confused by the slowest running fast man in the world! Hotcha! in reply to HillaryJacques #
• I just finished the third volume of LOCKE & KEY by Joe Hill. Unusually, it's getting *more* interesting the further it goes. Recommended! #
• Milestone achieved! Alice "breaks and enters" for the first time. Max: Nice work, Alice! #SMAtuS #
• Alice, after an hour of fussing in the dark, "No nap. I need Maxee. Max! Max! Maxeeeeee! Max no nap. Alice no nap! No way!" #SMAtuS #
• As Alice walked into the living room, Max said "Oh hi, Alice. Are you not sleeping today?" Alice: "No way! Sit with you!" #SMAtuS #
• Alice vacuumed. Max said: Look at me! I'm dizzy, but I'm standing still. That's one of my skills. (skillz?) #SMAtuS #
• Max and Alice's current favorite song: "Go Go Dancer" by the Pizzicato Five. They request it at least once daily. (Thanks Linsel!) #SMAtuS #
• Max: "I don't like the sun. It's too hot for me. When is it fall time?" Soon, my son, soon our Sunless days will return! #SMAtuS #

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• Poor Max is so sad and anxious about being a big kid that he cried himself to sleep this morning. #SMAtuS #
• Max was so excited to look at the green beetle outside our apartment building with his magnifying glass, he was dancing with glee. #SMAtuS #
• According to this: http://t.co/T7ACz54 I know ~39,400 words. Not too shabby, if I do say so myself! #
• Max says, "Alice is my favorite girl and I want to be with her all of every day." Walked around park, holding hands. #SMAtuS #
• Alice burst into tears today because she had to wait a couple minutes for me to read a book to her. That's my girl! Max hugged her. #SMAtuS #
• Sarah: Alice, do you want a bottle? Alice: No! S: It's time to lay down for a nap. A: No way! Alice runs off to find Max. #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques That's beautiful. Now if only my library would let *me* do that! in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques I wish my student loans would let me read down my debt! I'd have repaid them long since… in reply to HillaryJacques #
• When we use the word "little" around Alice, she frowns. When we say "big", she smiles. Okay! She's "Big" Alice from now on! #SMAtuS #
• Max at school. Alice "napping", says: Brother Max! Are you school? Max Max! (Cried all the way home after dropping him off.) #SMAtuS #
• Finishing Jonathan L. Howard's JOHANNES CABAL THE DETECTIVE. Necromantic detective, that is. Made me laugh aloud at least 2x. #fridayreads #
• From her ThinkTank, Alice said, happily, "Max, I missed you!" over and over again. #SMAtuS #
• Max to Sarah: I call you sir because I want you to be a professor. #SMAtuS #

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• Max likes playing computer games with me, I think, because "when we play games you have to do everything I tell you!" #SMAtuS #
• Just found out that Sarah's nickname for Alice's crib is "think tank". Appropriate! Also, Alice calls it "tink tank". #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques Ha! That's fucking brilliant. in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques It's more effective when used sparingly, I find. Also, we're not running a PG twitter stream over here! in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @HillaryJacques I think it's safe to say I've loosened up a bit since college. Also, Sarah swears like a sailor. in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @tmbg That was a ridiculously good deal and a ridiculously good album! in reply to tmbg #
• Max, after taking a too-big-bite of ice cream: "It's touching my mind!" #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques Well, no, because he likes it. He says it makes him think faster. Which. Well, let's just say he thinks plenty fast already! in reply to HillaryJacques #
• Apparently, I am no longer Shawn, but instead Liam the Fairy. #
• The first thing that Amelia said to Linsel was: "Where's your son? Where's the Max?" #

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• @HillaryJacques It's… a trap? in reply to HillaryJacques #
• Max: I want to wear lipstick when I'm a man. That's five, right? Just like Alicia has! #SMAtuS #
• Alice may be a mechanical genius. She unscrewed and took apart the Jelly Bean Dispensing Machine alone, all by herself. #SMAtuS #
• Together, Max and I came up with the superheroes Powerbelt (A Belt with 99 Power Buttons) and Powerhat (A Hat with 99 Buttons). #SMAtuS #
• Also: Alice = Hulk strength. Using her whole body + digger handles, she lifted the digger off the ground about twenty times in row. #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques Oh, oh! I know this one! A bit too long too get into in 140 characters. I'll email you soon with exciting ISBN info! in reply to HillaryJacques #
• @shadalicious So that's why I felt so *@#&! up after that midnight showing of Transformers 1 with Lion that one time. #itwasn #039;tmyidea! in reply to shadalicious #
• Alice's new favorite word: yuck. Max taught it to her. Boy does she have fun saying it! (Not sure she knows what it means.) #SMAtuS #
• Max, after telling us about a too short dream about Christmas. "Some dreams are as long as Alice." #SMAtuS #
• My good friend @aarondietzwrite writes of Facebook: "With Facebook, you get to relive the dark ages…online!" Read! http://t.co/N3zu4MJ #
• Max to Sarah: "I'm giving your nurser a kiss." I'll let you figure out what a "nurser" is. #SMAtuS #
• Still reading Roberto Bolano's 2666. Quite possibly the best book I've read in 2011. #fridayreads #
• Max and Alice wanted to be twins today, so they both wore robot shirts, ate the same lunch, and want to make dumplings. Mason? #SMAtuS #
• @HillaryJacques Are you going in to the mountains covered in honey? Because that's great bear repellent! #orsoihaveread in reply to HillaryJacques #
• Max and I are doing interpretive dance to RADIOACTIVE, a graphic novel about Marie Curie. #SMAtuS #
• My favorite word today: mingle-mangle #

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The Gone-Away World by Nick Harakway

Thoroughly enjoyable. With ninjas. Recommended.

Secret Six: Danse Macabre by Gail Simone

Solid. Read them in order to get the most out of them.

20th Century Boys v. 11-13 by Naoki Urasawa

My favorite manga series? Probably.

Limitless by Alan Glynn

Using brain boosting drugs to simply do more of what you already do, only better and faster. That drug really helped him clean his apartment, boy! The novel really reveals the hollowness inside the Capitalism ideal.

The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

A ripping page turner, but when I think back on it, I’m not sure that anything actually happened. Maybe it’s the quality of the writing, but I couldn’t tell you why I enjoyed this book.

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Grim meathook future. The original?

The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht

Children, I mean, people this young shouldn’t be able to write this well…

Tiassa by Steven Brust

The latest in a most excellent series.

Justice League: Generation Lost v1 by Keith Giffen

I remember nearly nothing of this.

The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson

They live among us! Also, crazy Canadian psychiatric experiments from the 1970s.

Secret Six: The Reptile Brain by Gail Simone

See above.

Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman

Read for the articles on time travel, basketball, and Koresh/Cobain.