def METHOD_NAME(self):
    """Run the task thread work routine. This just sleeps random [0,.5]
    seconds, and marks the time into the status dictionary, of course
    all in a thread-safe manner."""
    n = 0
    with self._cv:
        while not self._stopme:
            n += 1
            if n % 100 == 0:
                self._status = {}
                n = 0
            self._status[str(n)] = time.time()
            self._cv.wait(random.random() * 0.5)