My kid's been torturing me with annoying behavior and making too much noise. I just gave him permission to play the DS so I'm hoping peace soon follows. Now I'm sipping coffee, looking at the internet, & watching the dogs play.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
snowy with a smidge of the ever charming "wintry mix" but warm here by the hot cocoa machine ;)
- WarLord
Bout to start a fire. It's chilly here. Coffee, reading, working a bit, then shuffling off to the shop for a while this afternoon.
- SAM
Our weather is sunny & breezy today, not a cloud in the sky that I can see. Still might not make it outside at all...
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Hey boo. Crocheting. Listening to music (first song was Wipe me Down). Enjoying a lazy Sunday.
- Monique the crochet freak
Coffee and crochet on the porch. Some bird watching and daydreaming also. *blows a kiss*
- t-ra: confounded
from Android
Lazy. Slept in, drank some coffee in bed, and now I will reluctantly do some work.
- Kelli H.
Circling the CSS. Need to make my dentist's site responsive before my 1 pm cleaning tomorrow.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
from iPhone
good here. birds and animals feed,truck race on the tv and then tennis.
- VALZ/TT/TM
Hey Mandy. Lazy day here. Going out for fondue dinner with friends later.
- Tamara J.
from FFHound(roid)!
Talked to my parents. Hot oatmeal for breakfast. Good, healing nap. Dying hairs now. Soon, shower, knitting, dog loving, husband time, and possibly making a good dinner for us. It is beautiful outside.
- Running Slow
Sounds good to me! Here's to a great week ahead for us all :-)
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
I was injected with some kind of dye so they could see blood vessels, blah blah and like 15 seconds after the dye hit my bloodstream I barfed.
- Derrick
what is this stuff so that I may avoid it?!
- RepoRat
Yeah. Indeed. I get to go back in six weeks to see if the minor problem is cleared up on its own (as it did in my right eye) or if they have to INJECT MY EYEBALL WITH MEDICINE. RR, I think you're good. This is likely related to being diabetic.
- Derrick
It was also weird that when they finished taking pics, I backed away from the machine and everything was orange. O_o
- Derrick
I have diabetes on both sides of my family. Good so far, but unlikely to remain so.
- RepoRat
I hate the eye doctor like some people hate the dentist. haven't barfed, but have come very close to crying too many times to count.
- $tephanie•Gardening
I was lax for a long time, RR, but I'm doing a lot better now. Hopefully the blurp they see will dissipate, but it's important to stay on top of your health, especially when diagnosed with a chronic illness. Stephanie, both of them make me crazy! I never thought I'd barf from the eye doctor. Ugh. By comparison my root canal was easy peasy.
- Derrick
haha, it was. When I showed her the dye that LEAKED OUT OF MY EYE on my hand she said: "Damn. I wish I could cancel the ticket." Me too, boo. Me too.
- Derrick
I have had this dye in my eye as well, did not puke though. Just the world was orange. Parking lady should totally cancel the ticket dammit.
- LibrarianOnTheLoose
Holy-hell...getting teed-up twice in one day?! Not cool.
- JA Castillo
Well, I'll probably leave early today cause I'm just feeling wiped out, but most likely not. I just seem to stay stressed out over all the other stuff going on lifewise.
- Derrick
I straight passed out once at the ENT office. He was messing with my nose (post sinus surgery). I remember saying "something isn't right. I don't feel good" and then waking up on the floor with like 8 peope around me. It was the weirdest thing ever.
- Jeff (Team マクダジ )
from iPhone
I carry around my Nexus 7 with me most everywhere, and this would be smaller. :)
- Steve and 4 other people
That's...substantial. Too big for me, but clearly there's a market for them.
- Derrick
I was displeased when I had to switch from putting my phone in my coin pocket to putting it in a main front pocket. But I can't imagine lugging a device with me that had to occupy a hand or bag all the time.
- Tinfoil 2.0
A buddy of mine has a Note II and he loves it, but he looks silly to me when he's on the phone, or the imprint is visible in his pants pocket.
- Derrick
I have a Note II and love it but I also rarely talk on it. My wife has one but uses a headset (that's more of habit than anything else, though). These Mega phones are silly if only for the fact that they're not as powerful.
- Curtis (a) Jackson
In the style of the usual "embarrass yourself with old pictures on FF" type of post, I present a younger me, probably a third of my present age (if not younger). Cousin of some sort posted it on FB a while back.
"When poutine is made properly, the gravy should be hot enough to melt the cheese curds and make the fries soggy. What you're left with is an awesomely goopy, gravy-licous, hot potato mess. For people who enjoy a night of drinking, poutine works perfectly as a calorie-rich after-bar snack -- or the most ideal hangover food in human history. You don't have to be a drunk to enjoy it. You do, however, have to be unconcerned with eating more than 1500 calories in a single, carb-heavy cholesterol-soaked meal. And if you're a real American, you shouldn't be."
- Andrew C (✓)
from Bookmarklet
"1. America treats poutine like it's a side dish or an appetizer. WRONG. [...] 2. America treats poutine like it's for special occasions. WRONG. [...] 3. America tries to "improve" upon poutine. WRONG."
- Andrew C (✓)
"The above poutine from La Banquise in Montreal has bacon, grilled onions and peppers. It is great. But we American are not READY to add or take away any of the three main ingredients. We are trying to enter a cheat code to get ahead to the most advance levels of poutine, and when we get there, we fail."
- Andrew C (✓)
I honestly don't understand how people screw this up so often -- but then again, I don't understand people who put mayonnaise or corn on pizza either, or try to make spaghetti sauce with ketchup. Foods are often lost in translation, even when they shouldn't be.
- Jennifer Dittrich
I am not sure my stomach is able to handle any version of this dish.
- babeuf
Derrick: yeah, that's often the case. Sharing a poutine on a cold day is one of life's pleasures. But I've been known to wolf down a plate/bowl of poutine more than once. I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in that lol
- Brent Schaus
from iPhone
how people manage to eat (and even like!) this will remain a mystery for me.
- grizabella
This thread is just making me crave this like mad :D
- Jennifer Dittrich
i have a packet of poutine gravy mix in the pantry. *eyes*
- holly #ravingfangirl
Now this makes me think about french fry po boys: French fries on a french roll with roast beef gravy and debris with cheese. Oof.
- Derrick
I wonder why LA reputedly has bad poutine. The carne asada fries are pretty good...
- Andrew C (✓)
OMG, carne asada fries I grew up on in San Diego? I might have to try to recreate that. I wish I could find a good marinade recipe.
- Derrick
I've tried poutine in Montreal but I didn't like all those ingredients together. Chili cheese fries are big here in Texas, but I'm not really a huge fan of those, either.
- Trish R
If you have an In-N-Out handy, order the fries Animal Style. Not poutine, but similar philosophy.
- Brian Johns
Yes, but INO's fries are not good. They're always too soggy (even if you don't order them animal style). But if you try ordering them 'extra crispy' or 'dark' or whatever the secret menu term is for double-frying, then they're finally crispy but dried out.
- Andrew C (✓)
Plus, neither carne asada fries nor animal-style INO fries have the 'squeak' of poutine cheese curds.
- Andrew C (✓)
I loved the poutine I got at Senate in Cincinnati. As for making it, myself, I wouldn't have the foggiest idea where to get the right cheese curds.
- MiniMage
i could have eaten an entire plate of just that lemongrass pork.
- holly #ravingfangirl
There was a place I used to go to in Silverlake in L.A. all the time where you could get the just the pork (well, a couple chops anyway) served with salad and rice and that wonderful fish sauce based condiment. Girl...
- Derrick
Also, this reminds me that I was supposed to look up some lomo saltado recipes.
- Ha3rvey (on hiatus)
Kind of. I looked at three different recipes and kinda used what appealed to me the most...1.5lb flank steak. 1T of cumin, kosher salt, black pepper. 6? smashed cloves of garlic. 1 lime cut in half, juiced and each half thrown in w/ the ziploc bag, 1/4 cup-ish of olive oil, 1/2 bunch of cilantro rough chopped, and a healthy sprinkle of onion powder. Let it hang out for 4-5 hours with a...
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- Derrick
haha, I drink coffee maybe ten times a year and I had an iced one this morning and then we Congo lined through "The Boy is Mine" by Brandy and Monica. It's... a little slow today.
- Derrick
The new Superman guy is on the cover of this week's EW and my reaction was so visceral that is was just wrong for anyone other than Reeves to play Superman.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I don't have a dedicated sifter for baking but I use a fine mesh sieve instead.
- Derrick
replacing the tone control with a wah pedal circuit (bridge pickup only). instant Brian May/Michael Schenker! i think Page used the wah-as-tone-control trick a few times as well.
- Joe Silence
Is it hack if I stick tea leaves and other stuff in my coffeepot and let my coffeemaker drip hot water into it?
- MiniMage
We took an old pill bottle cap and drilled holes in it and now this is how we shake flour for our dough.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Also, I still haven't quite figured out whether to call you Curtis or Alan, so when our paths cross I will probably call you CAJ (spelled out: see ay jay, not rhyming with cash, bash, or trash.)
- Derrick
LOL. I always do the same thing with the initials.
- Trish R
I answer to nearly about anything these days to include "Hey you". :D (As an aside, I've never figured out how CAJ should be said.)
- Curtis (a) Jackson
Also, not to get all side-tracked and emotional, but this is when I knew FriendFeed was more than just your average socnet. You were in the military, obviously and we had interacted a bit but then you were stationed overseas AND I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU. You talked about running (either not being able to or running all of the time?) and I was like aren't we at war? I was so concerned cause that's just how I am and then you were back and I was so proud of you. Anyway. Emotional. Happy birthday.
- Derrick
Awww, shucks man. I was running several days a week along the (inside of) the fence line of our base in Afghanistan armed occasionally with a cell phone but usually just my ID. I was more worried about being run over by big ass vehicles than anything else. Sounds silly but I really did appreciate your concern. :) C'mere ya big lug. *big two-armed hug*
- Curtis (a) Jackson
That's popular here on tortilla chips and it's so good.
- Trish R
I'ma do this for dinner. Probably over chips cause I don't feel like cooking up fries but I will replace the guacamole with more sour cream and more pico and more salsa. And probably more cheese. And beer. Because it's the weekend and I'm a grown ass man. #SaturdayFF
- Derrick
I think I need to try this. Our local Sprouts has carne asada in the deli, and I love to bring it home to cook it, but over fries? Yes, please.
- Ha3rvey (on hiatus)
They sell it already marinated and ready to cook at the local carniceria here, too, and now I want to go buy some.
- Trish R
I wish we had those in New Orleans! But I found a recipe that has *tequila* in the marinade, so yes. I'll be fine. :)
- Derrick
I've only had steak fries at like 3 am after the club. I can't eat like that anymore!
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Y'all San Diegoans put fries in your burritos too, dontcha.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
I feel like that became a thing after I left? I remember seeing it on menus but don't remember anyone every ordering it. I never did. I liked my CA burritos fairly simple: carne, pico, cheese, maybe some sour cream, and plenty of salsa roja on the side.
- Derrick
When my sister was going to school in NYC (almost 10 years ago!) and came back to L.A. for the holidays, she demanded me and my brother drive her to S.D. for carne asada fries :D
- Victor Ganata
I've done that drive from L.A. I mean I also saw my family but yeah. ;)
- Derrick
Black beans instead of carne and I'm in.
- RepoRat
Facebook just fed a promoted post from a bikini coffee stand into my feed. 1) Bikini coffee stands are a strange concept here in WA, are they other places? 2) I bet ads like that are going to piss off a lot of folks, wonder what FB's policy is? 3) Now instead of just worrying about the pole, parents now have to worry about their little girls...
I visited one close to my office for a few times. Was friendly with some of them. My then business partner actually partnered up with one of them to start a CrossFit gym. The bikini coffee stand closed in about a year due to mis-management by the woman who owned it.
- Eric - Too Hot
John, you live on the east coast. You guys have no idea about coffee. I'm sorry. :) There are literally hundreds of coffee stands spread everywhere around Spokane and any other NW city. It's extremely pervasive. Which leads us to this phenomenon.
- SAM
Only place i've seen them is in WA. Here we have these things called beaches with sunshine where you can get all bikini watching you want in.
- SteVe C
There was another bikini coffee shop in town but they kept getting in trouble and they shut down. They hired strippers who were apparently willing to do more than put a little extra foam on your latte for a big tip.
- Eric - Too Hot
Sparky, that article is something. "It's also worth noting that the Vietnamese do not have a monopoly on caffeinated lasciviousness. It almost goes without saying that Las Vegas is home to at least one topless coffee shop, the subtly-named Sexxpresso. There are several risque latte dispensaries among the thousands in coffee-loving Washington state."
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
SAM's story checks out, because the Huffington Post backs it up.
- Brian Johns
Personally, I would say that's more a failing of the advertisers. A blanket campaign is a waste of money. They give you so many filtering tools to reach your perfect CPM that a wide and ineffective net is just silly :)
- Johnny
from iPhone
Especially in regards to geo-location, this particular stand is WAY out my area.
- SAM
We have a bikini coffee stand in Brighton across from my usual coffee stop (shout out to Brighton Coffee Beanery "HEY-EYYYY" http://tinyurl.com/bmq2er9). It's called "The Hot Spot" http://tinyurl.com/dxdoqnc . Frankly I don't get it. Coffee and lingerie? Uhm no, I prefer my coffee experience to be a little more dignified. And besides, if I were going to ogle scantily clad wimmenz, WHY...
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- MoTO #TeamMonique
i been down to the deep south from abouts where ms lb reckons from, i bet she sure do have a fine accent at that, ;)
- chaz2b
Having met her on several occasions, I can say that LB has a lovely Jawja lilt to her voice. It's not super strong, but it's nice.
- Ha3rvey (on hiatus)
Funny, I was asked in DC if I were originally from GA, since my accent was less pronounced than some.
- The LB: #TeamMonique
Psst: Derrick. The answer is Yes (and I've never talked to LB)--because everybody has an accent. Even if some of them (like mine) don't have really good names.
- Walt Crawford
Phillies are 4-5. The main concern is whether Halladay will come around.
- John (bird whisperer)
Astros are 3-6 and I'm surprised they've won 3 games. I'm even more surprised that they aren't actually the worst in their division .. especially after moving to the AL. Yankees are 4-4, but I hope they'll get in their groove and start kicking ass again soon.
- Kristin
Old-ass Yankees are muddling along... We'll see how they look by mid-summer.
- Bren
from iPhone
I'll have to check when I get home. It was on my porch when I got home from work and I played for like four hours. haha.
- Derrick
I'm hooked on it. I've been switching between Luigi's Mansion, Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, and Harvest Moon.
- Rodfather
I played some Mario Kart 7 online multiplayer last night and got my ass whooped every race haha.
- Rodfather
I didn't even get to Luigi's Mansion because I was stuck on 3D Land and MK 7. I also popped in Phoenix Wright because I loved that. And if I could just find my copy of Elite Beat Agents, I'd be set.
- Derrick
Oh yeah those DS games are still great. I played a bit of Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks on my old DS. I have an Ace Kard 2i in it for pirated games :p Recently downloaded all the Professor Layton games.
- Rodfather
i was shocked to see a Netflix app in the estore. And Hulu Plus is coming soon too? I definitely want to download that NES Punch-Out! game.
- Derrick
I'm going to keep my 3DS clean this time. There seems to be frequent updates.
- Rodfather
Ben surprised me with a 3DS for Christmas so that I could play the latest Professor Layton. I've been enjoying the 3DS a lot more than I thought I would (I mean, they looked awesome but I was worried it would trigger headaches for me but the 3D slider is pretty sweet).
- joey
I think it's cool that it sends updates while in sleep mode. I enjoy those 3D videos that show up. I've been checking for notifications for news every morning hah.
- Rodfather
I've been tempted to try to hang out somewhere public just to see if StreetPass kicks in. http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki.... It's cool that a step tracker is built in. Sort of like a really huge Fitbit that plays games.
- Rodfather
"Ready For Love is a catastrophe of a television show, a desperate attempt to cheaply create drama out of the sad, pathetic lives of women who seem to believe that they can find true love on a television show. It arises fully formed out of the idea that the problem with single women is that they are flawed--so the show is constructed of people who tell the women exactly what is wrong with them, over and over again, as they struggle to impress a monomaniacal narcissist who is only interested in advancing his tepid musical career. "
- Andrew C (✓)
from Bookmarklet
"Unfortunately, Tim appears to have agreed to this television show in an attempt to kickstart his flagging music career, and in several scenes, he can't even muster up the energy to pretend to care about the contest occurring around him."
- Andrew C (✓)
The structure of the show is Byzantine at best; the upshot is that in each episode, the women are trotted out in front of a live audience, publicly excoriated for doing things wrong in front of the ever-important male of the species, and then sent away to be systematically eliminated. If you are thinking to yourself that this sounds like some serious Hunger Games garbage, it's because...
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- Andrew C (✓)
Sounds kind of like this show I used to watch called Tough Love
- Shevonne
from iPhone
I don't watch much tv and when I do it's never in real time and days or week's later, but do people...like this kind of stuff? Hrm.
- Derrick
Not a lot of people, but it was NBC, so even ratings that would be low for anyone else aren't catastrophic.
- Andrew C (✓)
"Atlantic Beach Pie has a filling similar to those in key lime and lemon meringue pies, but Workman says the crust is what makes it special. "It's this dense, crispy, thick, salty saltine crust, which is such an amazing balance to the tanginess and sweetness of the inside," she says."
- Kristin
from Bookmarklet
"The appeal is in the pie's simplicity. Smith jokes that it takes all of four seconds to make. In reality, it's just 18 minutes to bake the crust and 16 minutes to cook the filling. "You don't have to wait for the crust to cool," he says. "The only thing that takes any time is it has to cool enough when you're done so you can cut it without making a mess. But it couldn't be faster."
- Kristin
This had my attention last night when they had the story on the air. I want to make this pie and the poppy seed cookies that they talked about a while back.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
*sits quietly in the corner wishing for cake*
- Derrick