<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:01:13 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>State of the Ward</title><description></description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>877</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-5697651117392239628</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-19T05:01:13.567-05:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;12:03&lt;/em&gt; Cindy's match is in. We're going to St. Louis. #fb &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/10680119390"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-5697651117392239628?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/03/1203-cindys-match-is-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-7414647903686355393</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-17T05:00:44.539-05:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;15:16&lt;/em&gt; Good show tonight: Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Mango's. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/10585652907"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-7414647903686355393?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/03/1516-good-show-tonight-cymbals-eat.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-1942806069443743867</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-16T05:00:46.947-05:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;12:07&lt;/em&gt; Rest of the weekend was good. @bexxxmix came for a visit, shopped at Spec's, went to Sabrina's birthday party, dim sum, Café Adobe, Anvil. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/10526112831"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-1942806069443743867?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/03/1207-rest-of-weekend-was-good.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-5083222264618203490</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-13T05:00:35.922-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;22:38&lt;/em&gt; Xiu Xiu show. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/10407558977"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-5083222264618203490?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/03/2238-xiu-xiu-show.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-2612820305038754503</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-12T05:00:33.884-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;16:06&lt;/em&gt; . @BSass @MaddysMuff @skyesuite @localwakko @kellyridgway I'm probably not who you think I am. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/10341962802"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;16:11&lt;/em&gt; People, it says right there in the bio: &amp;quot;Not a Portland-based singer/songwriter.&amp;quot; I guess journalists don't fact-check anymore. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/10342158544"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-2612820305038754503?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/03/1606.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-3843502955293998489</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-10T05:01:19.615-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;12:09&lt;/em&gt; AT&amp;amp;T: &amp;quot;Your DVR isn't working? We'll reset it, deleting your recordings. That didn't work? Oh, it's probably this maintenance we're doing.&amp;quot; &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/10231405037"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;12:09&lt;/em&gt; Assholes. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/10231407238"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-3843502955293998489?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/03/1209-at-dvr-isnt-working-well-reset-it.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-5861732367577131688</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-09T05:01:34.259-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;10:21&lt;/em&gt; Friday: Van Loc for dinner. Enjoyable but it can't replace Mai's... Then beer &amp;amp; jazz @KHONS—always a good time. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/10177235488"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;10:29&lt;/em&gt; Saturday: took @nmeans &amp;amp; co to Niko Niko's. Always great to have Nick in town. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/10177528875"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;10:29&lt;/em&gt; Then symphony, dinner @ Tapatia. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/10177548922"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;10:32&lt;/em&gt; Sunday: pho with Cindy's family, Hong Kong market, comics, video games, Anvil for beer/cocktails/pizza. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/10177643120"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;10:32&lt;/em&gt; Today: orientation for my &amp;quot;victory lap&amp;quot; postdoc, which explains why I'm tweeting. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/10177674731"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;13:00&lt;/em&gt; My second headphone review for @macworld is up, this time covering iPhone-compatible he  adsets: &lt;a href="http://twurl.nl/a3cx63"&gt;twurl.nl/a3cx63&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/10183313251"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-5861732367577131688?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/03/1021-friday-van-loc-for-dinner.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-1560595354538412665</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-03T05:00:35.958-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;14:12&lt;/em&gt; Finally saw Avatar this weekend. CGI was impressive, but 3D was blurry when there was motion. Thought 3D had come farther based on hype. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/9889294091"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;14:12&lt;/em&gt; Of course, the film itself does not bear discussing. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/9889302471"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;14:43&lt;/em&gt; Played through the original Halo on the Xbox, now working my way through Bioshock. Portal is next, I think. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/9890403080"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-1560595354538412665?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/03/1412-finally-saw-avatar-this-weekend.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-2071102748505939606</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-27T05:01:43.290-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;16:28&lt;/em&gt; Recruiting week here. Taking interviewees around and enjoying free food/beer. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/9699718782"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;16:30&lt;/em&gt; Took some recruits to @greenwaybarista's Tuscany for great coffee. First time there. Thanks to @bobby_heugel for the recommendation. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/9699787462"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-2071102748505939606?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/02/1628-recruiting-week-here.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-6491983772171752481</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-20T05:01:08.894-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;14:00&lt;/em&gt; Of course @bexxxmix has to show me up. Pics from her installation/party @katespadeny : &lt;a href="http://twurl.nl/qq6owc"&gt;twurl.nl/qq6owc&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://twurl.nl/f836jz"&gt;twurl.nl/f836jz&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/9350241395"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;14:37&lt;/em&gt; Got an Xbox for graduation. Anyone on here want to pass their gamertag along? &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/9351598912"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-6491983772171752481?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/02/1400-of-course-bexxxmix-has-to-show-me.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-7569996932293244547</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-18T08:38:14.650-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;00:41&lt;/em&gt; OK, Twitter, I am now Dr. Ward! &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/9272962361"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-7569996932293244547?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/02/0041-ok-twitter-i-am-now-dr.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-4379865432232952060</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-12T05:00:14.630-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;04:42&lt;/em&gt; It's amazing how much I can get done after midnight. #fb &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/9003653679"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-4379865432232952060?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/02/0442-its-amazing-how-much-i-can-get.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-4154856178204443711</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-11T05:00:16.994-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;14:38&lt;/em&gt; Got my pre-defense haircut. Need to buy some clothes. And I think I'm supposed to put some sort of presentation together? #fb &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/8917814704"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-4154856178204443711?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/02/1438-got-my-pre-defense-haircut.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-1331264636415929245</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-06T05:00:38.926-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;21:13&lt;/em&gt; Built to Spill on the radio at CVS. So weird. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/8706648468"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-1331264636415929245?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/02/2113-built-to-spill-on-radio-at-cvs.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-6159034040879823604</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-04T05:00:31.113-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;15:28&lt;/em&gt; Printing 350 pages of dissertation, x4, takes a long time. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/8603919856"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-6159034040879823604?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/02/1528-printing-350-pages-of-dissertation.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-410961908521395801</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-01T05:01:36.970-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;23:06&lt;/em&gt; Wait... people still care about the Grammys? &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/8486231679"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;23:28&lt;/em&gt; Huh. Girls sold ou Walter's on a Sunday night. Good for them. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/8486903683"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-410961908521395801?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/02/2306-wait.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-8338249982000905456</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-30T05:00:39.232-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;16:20&lt;/em&gt; Boss, after I offered him a chance to read the dissertation before I turned it in: &amp;quot;As long as it's in English, you'll be fine.&amp;quot; #fb &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/8386455065"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-8338249982000905456?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/01/1620-boss-after-i-offered-him-chance-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-636099511936607929</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-29T05:01:05.332-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;13:24&lt;/em&gt; Dissertation, dissertation, beer dinner, dissertation, dissertation, Girls concert, dissertation, dissertation... #fb &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/8334881074"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-636099511936607929?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/01/1324-dissertation-dissertation-beer.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-3690403957429330045</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-21T05:01:01.092-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;17:19&lt;/em&gt; There's something satisfying about citing yourself. And no, that's not a euphemism. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/8004159211"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-3690403957429330045?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/01/1719-theres-something-satisfying-about.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-1178343595019351615</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-20T05:01:12.694-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;11:32&lt;/em&gt; boycotthouston.com thinks that Houston is the San Francisco of Texas? I'm flattered, but what about all those hippies in Austin? &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7952963578"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;11:33&lt;/em&gt; You guys can just stay out of our city; that's cool. It's not like you'd go anywhere other than the galleria and chain restaurants anyway. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7953014279"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;18:55&lt;/em&gt; Disappointed with Brooklyn's Monster Ale. Thin. Like a barleywine-flavored beer instead of a barleywine. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7967099997"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-1178343595019351615?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/01/1132-boycotthouston.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-897956062095358924</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-19T05:01:29.346-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;22:45&lt;/em&gt; Weekend: spent time with my mom. Went to Boheme with @charhu. Got mistaken for gay couple. Worked on dissertation. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7933585664"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;22:52&lt;/em&gt; Well, maybe about the gay part. I was asked if I was there with my boyfriend and had been sitting next to @charhu. So who knows? &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7933798601"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-897956062095358924?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/01/2245-weekend-spent-time-with-my-mom.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-5892964791009375705</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-15T05:01:17.577-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;12:11&lt;/em&gt; Bah. Wasting time @ a retreat when I have writing to do... &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7756234153"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;02:38&lt;/em&gt; Man, fuck this shit. Fundamental problems. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7781320295"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-5892964791009375705?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/01/1211-bah.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-9099138871137617884</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-13T05:00:50.521-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;11:08&lt;/em&gt; Another day of wrestling with EndNote &amp;amp; Word. It's like Jacob &amp;amp; the angel, if the angel was shitty software. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7675453200"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;11:44&lt;/em&gt; Rearranging cables &amp;amp; components to get Xmas gift blu-ray player installed took a few hours, but holy shit *Up* looks disturbingly good. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7676524815"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-9099138871137617884?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/01/1108-another-day-of-wrestling-with.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-103083091991891732</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-11T05:00:50.985-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;14:26&lt;/em&gt; Thursday: UT game. Friday: @saintarnold tour, Ra happy hour, Marfreless for drinks. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7603488845"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;14:26&lt;/em&gt; Have to say, Marfreless is a cool spot. Would have been good to know about in my single days... &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7603494733"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;14:32&lt;/em&gt; C &amp;amp; I cooked dinner last night: beet &amp;amp; goat cheese salad, raw broccoli salad, roasted sweet potatoes, grilled pork loin with pineapple pico. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7603648305"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;14:32&lt;/em&gt; And watched *A Hard Day's Night*. Forgot how great it is. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7603659164"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-103083091991891732?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/01/1426-thursday-ut-game.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675410.post-2623601220116202771</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-08T05:01:50.568-06:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>  &lt;ul class="loudtwitter"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;11:08&lt;/em&gt; So Nintendo got my Wii back to me, and waived the repair charge. So I'm not quite as mad at them now. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7485017937"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;16:45&lt;/em&gt; Ebert, on not eating: &lt;a href="http://twurl.nl/lpbuce"&gt;twurl.nl/lpbuce&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7495151576"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;17:25&lt;/em&gt; Can I call it &amp;quot;Ice-pocalypse '10&amp;quot; if there's no ice, just cold (for Houston) weather? &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7496392776"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;19:26&lt;/em&gt; Working on formatting the dissertation in Word. Urge to kill rising. &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mward/statuses/7500140585"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Automatically shipped by &lt;a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com"&gt;LoudTwitter&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7675410-2623601220116202771?l=blog.rmward.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://blog.rmward.com/2010/01/1108-so-nintendo-got-my-wii-back-to-me.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (R. Matthew)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>