Last year, due to my own dumb mistake, all our horses got out of the pasture and wondered onto the road (we live on a long dead ended road). Frustrated by my own mistake, I ran up hill and yelled to my mom, who was visiting, to grab me a pale of oats and a rope and please hurry.
Sophie, sensing the frustration in my voice, dropped whatever she was doing, ran downill after the horses and towards me, yelling: "DAD! DADDY!! I come and rescue you!!!" She tripped several times, but just got up and kept running.
- Stephan Planken
It was one of those moments where I realized just you much we bond.
- Stephan Planken
So this image in my head of the Friar on a stool under a single spotlight, tuxedo tie undone, double shot in one hand and the mic in the other crooning "set 'em up Joe" pleases me probably more than it should.
And right at the end, he lights a cig, takes a long drag, and let's it out slow as the spotlight fades to black. Tell me you wouldn't pay to see it.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
He sings, "Mack the Knife" and all of a sudden Stephen Mack is in the next spotlight *sorry, I promoted myself to general director of your head images*
- Janet:#TeamMonique
oh uh, the Frair just tossed the tie and his tux jacket on the stage and started undoing shirt buttons. I think the bartender should have cut him off after that first double.
- Greg GuitarBuster
I'm gonna have interesting dreams tonight now ;-)
- Heleninstitches
He's now singing "Suspicious Minds" in the cabaret of my mind
- Pete #TeamMonique
In the smoky venue, LB, Helen and I are in strapless ball gowns singing back-up vocals and snapping our fingers to the beat.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Please don't bring up that whole licking nipples on the beach thing again. I'm sure someone will go and dredge it up out of the FF archives if we talk about it too much. :(
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
*can't stop imagining the Friar doing a short Soundgarden medley for an encore*
- Hieronymous Boob
And now...special guest joining the stage with the Friar...Pat Boone!
- Bubba was a rollin stone
Wayne Newton in my scenario. Accompanied by Joe Silence.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Wayne doesn't have the theological chops to share the stage with Senor Friar.
- Bubba was a rollin stone
well neither does Pat. but in Vegas Cool Mode, Wayne is part of the pantheon.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Oh. Vegas Cool Mode is in alpha right now with a release date of 2015. Guess I'm not one of the cool kids to have that one yet.
- Bubba was a rollin stone
""When we arrived it was quite comical to see them sitting on chairs and with a table on an iceberg. ... Yes the dinner was over," Vignisson told the paper. He added that the tourists, who were rescued by boat, seemed oddly calm considering ice floes have a tendency to capsize without warning."
- ronin
from Bookmarklet
"Angela's works are simply breathtaking, especially her Merida. Her tutorials can be found here, and various photographs of this and other designs are all over her previously mentioned web spaces. Of Merida costumes in general she says: One of my major Merida cosplay pet peeves is people using broadcloth or very lightweight, swishy fabrics for Merida’s dress. Or even worse, materials with a sheen and glitter! We are supposed to be in 10th century Scotland, and a horse-riding-archery-master-tom-boy-all-around-awesome-strong-female-character, we would not put up with that shit."
- Jessie
from Bookmarklet
"Angela, you kick ass. Merida would be very proud, indeed."
- Jessie
BTW, she is 15. Someone give this girl a scholarship to a design school.
- Jessie
I lost my Fitbit One last week and when the Flex arrived I couldn't get the wristband on. Plus I confirmed the Flex doesn't have an altimeter, so it can't record elevation (floors). I was kind of deflated on the whole Fitbit thing as I watched Stephen and Louis pass me on the leader board. (Well, to be fair, they didn't pass me, I just sank like a rock)
- Cristo
But that was last week. I located my Fitbit One. It was lost at a party and I was able to pick it up today. I also was able to get the Flex on my wrist. Once you force the rivets through the holes it gets easier the next time. Also it's much easier to put it on your non-dominent hand.
- Cristo
So now I have a choice. I could return the Flex and go back to the One, or I could keep the Flex and sell the One. I've decided to do neither—at least for now. I'm going to use both of them. Unfortunately Fitbit doesn't make this easy, but I'm going to create another account and then compare the results. I'm curious how close they'll be to one another and whether measuring floors...
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- Cristo
Ultimately I think we're still very early days on these measuring devices. For these two, I'd actually like them merged. I do find having it always on my wrist to be more convenient. But I want the altimeter and display from the One on the wristband. I'd also like a heart rate monitor and more control over the vibrator notifications/alarms. Down the line I could see all kinds of sensors...
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- Cristo
Does the One have any capabilities that the Flex doesn't? Or vice versa? I'm considering a Flex...
- Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)
The One measures climbing stairs and hills—the Flex doesn't. Also, the One has a display so you can get a lot more information without syncing to your phone. The Flex just has 5 LED dots—each one representing 20% of your primary goal (e.g. steps taken, calories burned).
- Cristo
Also, note that I lost my One the other day due to it slipping out of the sleeve that attaches to your clothes—something to watch out for. The main advantage to the Flex is that it won't get lost or get washed in the laundry.
- Cristo
I like the added measuring that the One can do, and I find that I don't like to wear something on my wrist all that often. That said, the clip for the one is nowhere near as reliable as the Ultra had been for me. I've had the One slip out a couple of times as I was trying to clip it on, and once when I was getting in/out of my car. I'm hoping they'll eventually release a better optional clip.
- Jennifer Dittrich
I didn't think I would like wearing the Flex on my wrist all the time, but it hasn't bothered me that much. I do like sleep tracking, and using the wristband with the One was cumbersome enough that I stopped tracking or using the wake alarms. Each has their merits, but I'll probably go with a wristband in the future as long as they add the display and altimeter. They also need to make it easier to charge via USB and eliminate the syncing dongle for the computer.
- Cristo
Can you use either of them in cloudless mode?
- Tinfoil 2.0
Well, you could probably use the One without syncing, but you would only see the results on the device for that day. There's no non-web dashboard for a computer. I don't think there's a way to sync to a phone app without it storing in the cloud either.
- Cristo
I didn't see that one. I just don't like this trend of commercial cloud services mediating (and aggregating and monetizing) everything we say and do, especially since it's totally unecessary in most cases. If a product has no local mode, I have no use for it. Yeah, I know you didn't ask me. :)
- Tinfoil 2.0
FriendFeed isn't a product, it's a service. Being largely ignored by FB is a huge advantage. And, it's still operating under the September 26, 2008 Privacy Policy :D
- Tinfoil 2.0
Dominic: "Which beer do you want?" Me: "I dunno. They all look pretty good." Dominic: "Oh hey, there's one with that Robin Hood guy from that book you're reading." Me: :O :O "SCORE!"
Built it Saturday morning. Cleared room for it, moved it, and started loading it up Saturday afternoon. Today I unloaded more stuff and made room around it so I can eventually attach the desk that goes with it. Now it's the little scrapbooking things that need to go on it. Some new organizing treasures are needed! =)
- Yvonne
from FFHound!
That is my favorite piece of furniture. Id it from Ikea? I have 4 of them in my house.
- Mary Carmen
It IS from Ikea! I've been wanting it for YEARS but never had the space for it. I'm so happy to finally have a space to call mine!
- Yvonne
from FFHound!
I love it! It is so awesome. I have one in every size!
- Mary Carmen
"A coyote puppy suffered what would have been a deadly encounter with a cholla cactus on Tuesday. Thankfully, three good Samaritans came to its rescue and their story is now going viral."
- Kristin
from Bookmarklet
"The pup then crawled onto the nearby Pebblebrook Golf Course, with Maxwell trailing behind and calling for help. A golf course maintenance worker, Jose Soto, and assistant superintendent Shawn Bordine came to the puppy's aid, the news site reports. According to CBS Atlanta, the pair used pliers to remove the cholla cactus spines, which AZ Central reports were embedded at least a...
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- Kristin
"The puppy's mother hovered close by the whole while but miraculously didn't interfere while the men were treating him. "She knew what was going on,” Maxwell told a local ABC affiliate, "They were trying to save her baby." The coyote was soon reunited with his mother and four siblings thanks to Soto and Bordine, who ABC reports also rescued a young hawk last year when it fell from its nest."
- Kristin
Been sucking at my chem math all weekend so I'm happy to have a teensy antidote in getting 10 out of 10 right on the temperature conversion quiz that was due tonight.
Trapping of tens of millions of birds in Egypt threatens European bird populations. The nets stretch approximately 700 kilometres from the Libyan border almost to Gaza. - http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go...
"The majority of our species are suffering from habitat loss and climate change; species such as willow warbler, nightingale, wheatear and nightjar will be adversely affected by the massive catch in Egypt."
- Halil
from Bookmarklet
this isn't the 1st time Egypt has come under scrutiny for it's poor animal welfare news, last year there was a scandel with the ship full of cows, the AC had broken and the ship was also broke down off shore and the poor cows were suffocating and dying, then there was the slaughter house scandel. Either Egypt is particularly bad, or they are getting all the attention, while other nations go unnoticed.
- Halil
"Saber-tooth tiger battles dire wolves for a mammoth carcass in the La Brea tar pits. by Robert Bruce Horsfall, 1913."
- Jessie
from Bookmarklet
So that's where "dire wolf" comes from...
- Spidra Webster
The mascot for the kids' section of the Page Museum in L.A. used to be a direwolf puppy. I don't know if it still is but I hope they bring it back, since direwolves are a thing now.
- Jessie
I have possession of Kevin's TinyPrinter this afternoon! http://fury.com/imp/print.php I'm not always right next to it, but feel free to send me a message!
I went in to pet the kittens for a little bit and I come out and the printer is just spitting things out! I answer in order: I'm all out of Ice Cream!; I don't know who this is, so I don't know if I love you ;); EEK!, Ouch!; ...is always nice to hear; Crap, who's in my house?; I don't believe Pablo & Buster wrote that since I was in petting them; No Sammich's here, this is not Pittsburgh ;) ; *hugs back* Kevin is good at sharing!; and Yay! Someone got their card!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
now I answer you, that's what! ;) ; I don't know about a carrot festival, maybe you could direct me?; Sadly I do not speak binary.; beards are awesome! Hi Starmama, I will give them belly scritches!
- Rachel Lea Fox
and now i will be away from the print for a while!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Penny, you have a card on the way too, and if I ever package up this other stuff it will go out... someday... :)
- Rachel Lea Fox
Higlet, did you write out the timey-wimey one?
- Rachel Lea Fox
Your little package should arrive any day now, I hope! It took me well over a year to get mine out, I am so terrible! But I think you will like it :) I can't wait to hear!
- Penny
yeah, I can't read that last one, maybe it will make sense to Kevin in the morning. But to the one after that, Hello there Italian user of FriendFeed!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
okay, must sleep. print away but I won't be checking it till morning.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Good night Louis or person who listens to what Louis says too much!
- Rachel Lea Fox
from iPhone
He's right, I'm just one of his prophets :)
- Mo Kargas
Going gluten-free more common, but not necessarily easier - latimes.com. There are 4 articles on GF items in Times today. - http://www.latimes.com/health...
""Part of me resents them because they'll go to restaurants and say everything has to be gluten-free, then nibble on their friends' bread," says Blymire, whose condition means she needs to avoid using even a shared microwave oven. "I've gotten accidentally 'glutened' six or seven times, and it's excruciating." Nonetheless, consumer desires, and dollars, mean that the list of gluten-free foods, which include quinoa pasta, brown rice cereals and mung bean noodles, continues to grow. Evol makes burritos and other frozen entrees without gluten. Blue Diamond makes rice-and-almond crackers. Way Better Snacks produces chips with corn, flax and chia seeds."
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet