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Just staring at my chicken while it cooks.

May 1st

Bldg 6 has a coke zero problem.

May 1st

Watching IT guy remotely change all my settings… Including the background. Wtf

May 1st

Getting all new CS3 software installed. Adobe installers are the worst.

May 1st

Everyone has decided to workout today. Hrm.

May 1st

Not nearly as late as usual.

May 1st

At giants game in diamond suite. Sweet.

Apr 30th

I now drink more coffee faster each morning.

Apr 30th

Crisp weather. Sushi. Buddy Holly. Hells yeah.

Apr 30th

Sushi ordered. Cookies, books, movies up next. Life is good in Santa Cruz.

Apr 30th

I have no idea what to expect today, but it has a lot of potential. C’mon service sector!

Apr 29th

Hatchibombotar is punk rock.

Apr 29th

Power is out. Expect the unexpected. Better be on before House or I’m going to be pissed.

Apr 29th

I will make myself say “chillax” at least 5x a day. I may lose all of my friends.

Apr 29th

I am going to create the app to safely enable you to tweet while driving.

Apr 28th

I think I’ve had a tiny piece of fuzz in my hair all morning. Yay!

Apr 28th

Always interesting to find out how many people expect me to do status updates.

Apr 28th

There is one extemely vocal (and cool sounding) bird going off near the house.

Apr 28th

Awesome game. Kids having fun. Perfect weather. Lucky people.

Apr 27th

Turning into bacon at ballgame. Having fun. Go sj giants.

Apr 27th

Omlette at the Walnut. Now at garden store. Potatoes, roses, and more today…

Apr 27th

Next up… Get kids, go to sj giants game.

Apr 27th

Gypsy punk time.

Apr 27th

Had black pepper pappardelle with frog leg guazetto. [cue rapper’s delight].sugar next.

Apr 27th

Santa Cruz needs a better restaurant on the wharf. Gabriella cafe is where we’re going.

Apr 27th

We will be kid-free shortly. Gogol Bordello show tonight. Where to eat?

Apr 26th

Shooting hoops while watchin Margaret. I can’t make jack.

Apr 26th

Bbq tee-ball party.

Apr 26th

Pancake, sausages, built to spill… Time for softball…

Apr 26th

Getting ready to make pancakes and sausages.

Apr 26th

Abby says yes to paul thorn, no to malkmus.

Apr 26th

If you’re eating duck, do you care if it’s wild?

Apr 26th

Hiatus complete. JD is the mang.

Apr 26th

I have the craigslist purchase adrenaline not knowing if I’m about to be robbed. Wheee!

Apr 25th

I’m alive and now have tix to Gogol Bordello.

Apr 25th

Homestead road has two 2300s. Lame.

Apr 25th

Thinking a lot about the future of reputation.

Apr 25th

Took my kids to work. Had a blast.

Apr 25th

Lovin my flip. Worked perfectly for today.

Apr 24th

Little bit of downtime before ice cream. My kids rule.

Apr 24th

Foosball with the kids…. Just like a typical day.

Apr 24th

#12seconds - bug http://deploy.12seconds.tv/channel/ryan/979

Apr 24th

Getting ready for kids2work day.

Apr 24th

I am one if 50 with a north face coat at this place. Hi, I’m just regular.

Apr 24th

Sol loathes the seesmic guy.

Apr 24th

At Mashable party

Apr 24th

Back to the roots… Near nullsoft officies of yesteryear.

Apr 24th

At the Chieftan in SF with crew getting fried chicken.

Apr 24th

Web 2 in effect now thanks to blogtropolis.

Apr 24th

Social network madness. Hrmn.

Apr 23rd

In twitter/stamen API learnings session.

Apr 23rd

Lots of familiar faces…. But I sick with names.

Apr 23rd

Doing the web 2.0 thing in sf.

Apr 23rd

#12seconds - my head http://12seconds.tv/channel/ryan/1075

Apr 23rd

Ok. I have too many streams going into twitter. Geek.

Apr 23rd

I just pulled the perfect shot. Yum.

Apr 23rd

Doing less than @beach.

Apr 23rd

Getting web2.0 agenda set. Tomorrow and Friday.

Apr 23rd

Boarding at the sash mill

Apr 23rd

The kids are pumped for kids2work day on Thursday. Youbetcha.

Apr 22nd

Txt msging with my daughter makes me smile

Apr 22nd

I am going to start practicing guitar tonight. Tweeting makes it a contract.

Apr 21st

Kids (hot tub x 2 + garden + r/c cars) + mellow + ice cream = awesome day

Apr 21st

Making rc truck tails in the yard.

Apr 20th

Buying more seeds…. Full garden day coming up.

Apr 20th

At spankys reading NYT with Abby and Madeleine.

Apr 20th

My solar garden lights have been royally abused but never give in. Best $30 in a long time.

Apr 20th

Found the keys… They were in the lawn mower already. I deserve to celebrate.

Apr 19th

I lost the keys to the riding mower. Lame. I’m not too old to do those things, am I?

Apr 19th

McLovin the chicken a la king.

Apr 19th

yo. new here?

i used to put a lot of rich shit up here… but have since peeterd out. if you want to have a...

Apr 18th

Watching old fugazi while putting away the dishes.

Apr 18th

Got our sushi. Got our cookies. Now it’s time for a date.

Apr 18th

So I have been productive so far.

Apr 17th

Repeating Stay Away off of Nevermind.

Apr 17th

Today’s mission is to be productive ALL day.

Apr 17th

Loving the new old-school washer. No LEDs. All knobs. Bring on the durability.

Apr 17th

Going to meet with FB and I have a super crazy headphone hair divet.

Apr 16th

Just finished making pancakes for the kids.

Apr 15th

New band name: Extra Pepper Tonnage

Apr 15th

Time to pay the tax man. Ugh.

Apr 15th

Post-tax visit to Charlie hong kong’s

Apr 15th

Life is telling me to embrace the chaos, not try and control it. Harder than it sounds.

Apr 14th

12hrs of driving complete. Burger, beer, ps3.

Apr 14th

There’s always something happening and its usually quite loud.

Apr 14th

In whiskeytown. Perfect views and weather. Now almost time to turn around.

Apr 14th

Eating lunch in sacto wildlife refuge.

Apr 13th

In Dunnigan at pump #8.

Apr 13th

On road. Listening to last lecture.

Apr 13th

Prepping for the drive to whiskeytown.

Apr 13th

Bursting with Bavarian. Can’t. Move. Must. Veg.

Apr 13th

Doing Bavarian with the family. Pork leg and spaten for me.

Apr 13th

Is it really this hard to find a well-reviewed washing machine?

Apr 12th

Harry is unknowingly doing la tektonic at the car wash. Oui!

Apr 12th

Kids sucked into sales pitch at Kmart. Totally wild.

Apr 12th

Bacon. Eggs. Flip-flops. Sun.

Apr 12th

At 99 in santa cruz outside drinking a Boddingtons being a geek.

Apr 12th

Officially with 2 f’s

Apr 12th

I am oficially the lame credit card stripe guy.

Apr 12th

Nice to smell the ocean.

Apr 12th

Why would you blast your music for everyone to hear on a crappy system? Humans.

Apr 12th

Where did the week go?

Apr 12th

Cheeseburger and onion rings. It’s about time.

Apr 11th

Hi. I hate ticks. Seriously.

Apr 11th

Good riddance He3t! Now for something reliable.

Apr 10th

Officially hooked on ncludr.com

Apr 10th

Did first new board ride cross campus. Only heckled by an insecure Stanford fan.

Apr 10th

Steven Segal’s bday today. Let’s all celebrate.

Apr 10th

name friending. Friend all people with your same name. 4 members in the Ryan Melcher network. Abby...

Apr 10th

The taste of celery bothers me.

Apr 9th

It’s official; When traffic is flowing my commute is 33mins w/out breaking laws.

Apr 9th

Today is already better than all of yesterday.

Apr 9th

If you have your health, consider yourself a lucky person. If you are using twitter and fb, consider...

Apr 9th

Ultra-bad driver meetup is underway at the Pruneyard again. Gotta love it.

Apr 9th

I want to set up a rule to show me all attempted recall emails. That means they will have something...

Apr 8th

In the last 2 days my twitter followers and fb requests have tripled. Fb “friends you may...

Apr 8th

Broken washer disrupting all life force.

Apr 8th

Rewind. Start over.

Apr 8th

Eating some Long Claw Cotswold before bed.

Apr 8th

And the washing machine just broke. Not good for a family of 6. I have not liked Kenmore.

Apr 8th

KU victorious! And I was third in the CBS pool. Not bad at all.

Apr 8th

I guess I’m behind a guy with an ocd where he needs to handle everything on the store counter....

Apr 8th

Back to the game

Apr 8th

Rock chalk Jayhawk!

Apr 8th

The receptionist at my Dr’s office keeps mincing my words when I try and leave a msg....

Apr 7th

Twitter traffic popping today. Hi @clamhead and @RianVDM

Apr 7th

My mom now reads my status updates after having googled me. Hi @mom!

Apr 7th

Going to watch Buckaroo Banzai with the kids;

Apr 7th

Kitchen floor repair success!! Porterhouse on grill already.

Apr 7th

Garden is whacked. Kitchen floor is torn up. Confidence is high on a fix. Porterhouse as a reward I...

Apr 6th

Pancakes digesting. Abby ready to go garden. I may rip up the floor. Kids on wii.

Apr 6th

Post Chardonnay, octopuss, swordfish, and rabbit… Off to Bruges. Yeehaw!

Apr 6th

Date night. Abby trying on clothes. I vote.

Apr 6th

Its obvious that my 5yr old is an ENTP.

Apr 5th

Riding mower no worky. Wish I knew how to fix it myself.

Apr 5th

At t-ball now. Snack day.

Apr 5th

New band name: Prunes & Spinach

Apr 5th

At softball. Cold windy and sunny. Warm up please.

Apr 5th

Educated Harry about the Foo Fighters on the way home from dinner.

Apr 5th

Waiting for my wife to update her status. How valley.

Apr 5th

They should just teach campus security how to ride skateboards instead of segways.

Apr 4th

More people this week talking on phones in the bathroom. Not cool. Part of mortgage crisis?

Apr 4th

Friday routine of donuts and coffee with Madeleine…. Now time for workout.

Apr 4th

Feeling smart driving a prius. Sheesh.

Apr 4th

Longing for my new board. Awesome weather. 4/9 is the day.

Apr 3rd

New longboard has shipped. Stoked.

Apr 3rd

put in a full day.. considering flight and all. tired. time to eat, drink, and be merry.

Apr 3rd

There is a serious aroma kicking it near me on the plane. Ready to get off.

Apr 2nd

I will not fly USAir again.

Apr 2nd

Snap! Just ripped a noticeable hole in the shirt I was going to wear today. And I’m on the...

Apr 2nd

I never quite get hotel thermostats right.

Apr 2nd

Event underway at ebay in person. I think Ambach is going to steal the show.

Apr 2nd

Having a beer and ceaser before ebay in person. HELLO MESA!!!!

Apr 1st

Something about tiger shrimp lollipops doesn’t sound quite right.

Apr 1st

It sucks trying to tell someone something serious on April fools. Plane with landing gear issue....

Apr 1st

eff USAir. Trying southwest now.

Apr 1st

Sitting in broken airplane seat. They will think I’m not putting it upright on purpose.

Apr 1st

dinner contains lemons and oregano from the yard.

Apr 1st