I know I'll cop shit for this (and there is certainly plenty of 'taking this piss' punnage available) but I think R. Kelly's Trapped In The Closet series is a masterpiece. Suspense, intrigue, twists and turns. I am not ashamed to say it :)
I will admit, me and my whole family accidentally started watching it and ended up watching the whole damn thing like somebody had a gun to our head. Either it's art or it's like a grizzly car accident.
- Rahsheen the Dream
"I'm blessed" This recording is indeed entertaining. I have never smoked weed, but thought it must feel like what it feels like catching my breath after laughing through this entire piece.
- Josh Haley
The only thing better than Trapped in the Closet? R. Kelly's own commentary on Trapped in the Closet. BRILLIANT.
- ::Kristen::
Truely? Where do I get it?... Don't tell me I have to actually purchase a DVD!
- Johnny
You could go rent it, but you might want to put a sack over your head when you do.
- Josh Haley
Gave this to a friend for her birthday recently. She was somewhat nonplussed, but I'm sure she'll come to appreciate its greatness.
- Alexander Carlill
I had only seen the South Park one before. This is great!
- Subtly LB
Says my friend Fred, "They need to beat the hell out of whoever laid that mess on film."
- Subtly LB
Gah! Trapped in the Closet has to be one of the most ridiculous 'pieces' in all of music history. Train wreck doesn't even come close.
- Jamie Mack
from BuddyFeed
LOL, I'm pretty sure that wasn't what TITC meant, but HAHAHAHAHAHA!
- Mellissa
I need to listen to this again when I need a session of uncontrolable laughter.
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
I love the first 12 chapters. If for nothing else but all three times they rhyme midget and shit. But then... in chapters 13-25 they introduce Pimp Luscious. He style the show.
- EBJT
from FFHound(roid)!
nlike the AMEX's invitation-only Centurion Card, Visa is taking applications for its Black Card Program. The card comes with a variety of benefits such as 24hr concierge service, luxury gifts, priority access to airport lounges, and a membership limited to 1% of US residents. And if that wasn't enough they've also crafted the card out of a patent pending "Carbon Graphite" material. Link: $495 per year
- clarke thomas
from Bookmarklet
If I ever get to the point where I'm proud of having an 'exclusive' credit card, shoot me.
- Alexander Carlill
I only have of platinum cards to get me out of trouble, so I can have unlimited credit. though it is nice to get the extra points which I use for upgrades on flights
- clarke thomas
I have a hard time seeing a vehicle for debt as a status symbol. Seems counter-intuitive to me. If it was a credit card with the statement sent to Bill Gates, NOW you're talking.
- Martha
actually seeing anything as a status symbol is stupid
- clarke thomas
I've been having Safari issues since - Gmail and Facebook keep crashing
- Jesse Stay
Have not upgraded, due to crash reports. no time to be without my laptop while I'm couch surfing from ice storm. Will try when back with desktop for backup next week (hopefully)
- Leslie Poston
Have not upgraded. Have not heard good things. I have Vista as well and that is all I need is more problems.
- Stephen
Thanks everyone, I have still yet to update LOL
- Mona Nomura
Mona, if you do I recommend doing it from the update on the Apple website, not system update. I hear the file sizes are different between the two, which could possible be part of the issue.
- Jesse Stay
Let me know if you're seeing the same thing. http://www.TwitterCounter.com is showing a massive uptick in followers for just about everyone lately...
- Louis Gray
Shawn, I don't think it's the FriendFeed app that is doing this. I checked people who I don't think use FriendFeed, and they were seeing the same. And I've never used the app...
- Louis Gray
Let me just say that *I* followed a few hundred new people yesterday thanks to https://twitter2ff.appspot.com/ and many of them have followed me back. I'm sure Twitter itself is also growing independently of that.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
According to twittercounter, I usually get +1 a day, but I got 6 yesterday. Of those 6, 4 were spammers and I only refollowed 2. That's 2/3rds. I wonder how much spam followers and SEO specialists account for the recent spikes.
- Alan Le
Louis - Do you get facebook updates to your email box everyday?? So much data to sift through. Wow.
- Amani
Can't say I've seen any of this personally, the one thing I see is people more open to conversations in Twitter -- like they're warming up to the concept of social dialogue
- Jorge Escobar
@Amani, I get all updates to e-mail and I never delete. I just sort to folders.
- Louis Gray
I've noticed a big uptick, too Among other things, perhaps this is related to the economy and the increased need for networking.
- Mike Reynolds
@Chris @ Daniel, I too ran the twitter2ff app two days ago and found that every time I do a massive Twitter-Following-Spree I get both a boatload of reciprocals but also a secondary wave -- from folks who I hadn't followed. Same hasn't been true for me on FF. I'm not sure there's any significance to that, but I've also just felt that people are quicker to follow on Twitter.
- Marko Bon
I've noticed this as well - been wondering why I've suddenly started getting at least 2 followers a day.
- Alexander Carlill
Louis I am seeing the same, I don't have many followers but 25 new in a week is a big increase!
- Joe Dawson
seems like the "value" of twitter followers decreases as people follow more and more people
- Deva Hazarika
Well, for one thing, we have near 2,233 people auto-following on SocialToo.com. Amongst those, there are near 2 million followers. So, near 2,233 people are automatically following you when you follow them. I'm sure that's only one factor though. Also, you have to follow them first to get them to follow you back.
- Jesse Stay
Deva, I totally agree, it's a disjointed mosh/race for followers, influence and kudos that will start to stink soon
- Bob Sonin
@Deva and @Bob, my thinking is that if there is a statistic out there to be counted, people will find it. Also, I believe people are growing more comfortable with following many and not treating it like Facebook, etc.
- Louis Gray
anyone think it may be folks who have lost their jobs, I have had an uptick in linkedin folks for that reason.
- Mark Ramsey
I think 1-2% of real people are comfortable/capable of following many but most people are not and prefer water cooler style network news, dumbed down for the masses without having to think too much, perfect for the couch and no thought required
- Bob Sonin
Followers are spiking, but if you read Darren Rowse's new blog TwiTip regularly, I GUARANTEE you'll see a noticeable spike in your followers. Darren Rowse is a preeminent authority on how to use Twitter.
- J. D. Ebberly
I can't use the twitter2ff app because my own usernames differ on the two services. But I'm OK with that - Twitter is still mostly an afterthought for me. Friendfeed is my home base. Live and learn on the username thing, though. Personal branding fail.
- Laura Norvig
I was just thinking this today. I've had a good uptick in followers on Twitter over the past few weeks. I thought I was special and people were digging my updates.
- Vaughn
I've seen a large uptick in followers which a large majority of are from FF so I do think that users here are heavily usin the Twitter2FF app. I'm glad they have too because I am now following many folks from here because of it.
- Mark Krynsky
Weird. Just tweeted about that then read this. Twitter has, for the first time, eclipsed FF for me. Considering I've been mostly offline this week, kinda strange ....
- Charlie Anzman
"It’s a little-known fact that the Virgin Mary was fond of creamed spinach. And did you know that sauerbraten was invented by Charlemagne? That the geneticist Gregor Mendel spent much of his time developing a recipe for fried eggs? Or that “people who use considerable red pepper in their foods are almost immune to atomic radiation”?"
- Alexander Carlill
from Bookmarklet
A sophisticated medical test that checks for dozens of diseases at the same time can be made from little more than paper and double-sided tape, bringing the cost within reach for the developing world.
- Alexander Carlill
from Bookmarklet
OK, so here's what I'm on today: All my "good" music is at least a year old, and I am in dire need of new music that's not just OK, but truly great. So please please please suggest some music, because I'm not finding it.
I'm about to do a show of all Gentle Readers music. They have 3 albums, of which the first is good but not great. The 2nd two I think are great. Beyond that, if you aren't familiar with Wim Mertens of Soft Verdict, his album Maximizing the Audience is truly amazing. Not new, but maybe to you.
- Dave Slusher
I used to play the title track in college radio days, and recently i bought the album. I hadn't heard it in some time and it was indeed as amazing as I recalled when I heard it again.
- Dave Slusher
I can recommend plenty of great music, but I'd need some pointers on what kind of stuff you're into.
- Alexander Carlill
I guess I usually fall somewhere between the axis of Mike Doughty and Cracker, but I'm always surprised by things I like. I like Alana Davis. I like some John Legend. I still listen to old Public Enemy, and X and Allison Krauss and Menage. I dug rockabillly & Alt Country in the 1990s. Sometimes I like jam bands & Ani DiFranco. Thanks for helping!
- Dan Conover
Society must respond to the growing demand for cognitive enhancement. That response must start by rejecting the idea that 'enhancement' is a dirty word, argue Henry Greely and colleagues.
- Alexander Carlill
from Bookmarklet
The idea seems overwhelmingly flawed to me. In any case I don't see why campuses should be held responsible at all - if anyone's getting sued (although I would prefer if that didn't happen either) it should be individual students.
- Alexander Carlill
I've signed up for pro accounts for deviantART (for their print services) and Flickr. I will carry on with Flickr but deviantAT has been a waste of time.
- Kol Tregaskes
Flickr and Remember The Milk are two I can think of off hand
- Robert DeBord
flickr. DA sucks big time. Bunch of annoying pricks IMO. Their douchiness really screwed up that community.
- vijay
No, avoiding it as long as possible. There are so many sites that deserve the money ,but don't ask for it. Some of the most screwed on sites are the one's with Pro accounts.I would rather donate it to the sites that deserve it. One site comes to mind that I would rather give it to is devianart. I have been a member for years!
- Michael Fidler
from twhirl
@Kol Not sure about RTM's benefits but on Evernote you get to upload 500mb/month (as opposed to 40mb) as well as https access. On Flickr it means unlimited uploads vs 100mb/month limit, unlimited number of sets (albums) and archiving of your originals in high-resolution.
- Lindsay
My Flickr account recently expired, but now that I have money again I'll probably re-up. In the past, Livejournal and Photobucket, but I moved on from them years ago. I love the free RTM, but I didn't even know they had pro accounts - might have to check that out.
- Jandy
Michael, what problems on Flickr would you like fixed? I'm pretty happy with Flickr.
- Kol Tregaskes
Flickr and Zooomr. I had one on Pownce as well.
- Thomas Hawk
My #1 problem lies in their UI. I have adapted to it but it has to be one of the least intuitive UI's I've worked or struggled with. That's not exceptable from a site tring to charge for it's use. I've finally figured it out but, I remember the headache, I used to get trying to change something simple. There not the only photo sharing site that have nice UI's, so I know they can do...
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- Michael Fidler
from twhirl
When 200,000 anti-globalisation protesters converged on the Italian city hosting the G8 summit in 2001, all but a handful came to demonstrate peacefully. Instead, many were beaten to a pulp by seemingly out-of-control riot police. But was there something more sinister at play? And will the victims ever see proper justice? Nick Davies reports
- Alexander Carlill
from Bookmarklet
HOLMES: "When I met Tom, I was completely in love and, yes, I admired him growing up — he’s Tom Cruise! And, yes, I followed his movies and maybe had his photo up on my wall. I thought, How does he do what he does? And when I met him, he was so warm and I thought, Wow! You can be a superstar and a human being. He made me feel so amazing." CRUISE: "As a young girl, Kate said she dreamed of marrying me. And I said I wouldn’t want to disappoint her. I knew I wanted to marry Kate when I met her. After our very first date, I was sure. So I bought the ring shortly after that first date. At one point, I thought she was going to ask me to marry her first and I put her off by changing the subject. I wanted to ask her."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
Like the photography, though. I wished I was burdened with being obnoxiously attractive. I'll settle for being snarky and smart as a effing whip though, even if I'm broke and living paycheck to paycheck.
- Derrick
Derrick, you're more attractive than Tom Cruise, IMHO.
- a runcible MiniMage
I agree Derrick. The photography was beautiful, too bad they were the subjects.
- Just Katie
I have a theory that Scientology was invented by Mormons to make them look rational by comparison.
- Eric P
I don't know about the article but I absolutely love the photography... especially since it was done by Solve Sundsbo. :)
- Brandon
Aw, thanks for calling me cute, guys! :)
- Derrick
She's got to have some daddy issues going on.
- Rochelle
Agreed, Rochelle. And I dare say Tom's got some of his own as well.
- Derrick
Her dad is "Martin Joseph Holmes, Sr. (born 1945), an attorney specializing in divorces". Perhaps he can advise her in divorcing Tom.
- Rochelle
When I first read this I thought it read 'Profits in Marriage'. Which seems appropriate.
- Alexander Carlill
They found each other in this crazy world and they are happy *shrug* And we simply love to keep tabs of everything they say and do. Who's crazy?
- Michael W. May
ACK! I made the mistake of watching both the Katie and Tom videos. I don't know who I want to throw my dinner at first. They act like they're so genuine and humble. They're both tools. TOOLS I SAY.
- SOMEBODY!
Yes, I like the photographs. But I can't stand reading the interview. It's so scripted and sounds really empty..but who knows...they're actors...
- Anna Lynn M.
"What was the worst music trend of 2008? Rich white people pillaging African guitar music to make party music for other rich white people to dance to while they try awkwardly to fuck each other."
- Alexander Carlill
from Bookmarklet
"I've been accused of refusing to review Ben Stein's documentary "Expelled," a defense of Creationism, because of my belief in the theory of evolution. Here is my response."
- Alexander Carlill
from Bookmarklet
that counts. i, OTOH, bought absolutely nothing.
- Carlos Ayala
I didn't buy anything but not because I was trying to make some kind of statement. I honestly couldn't care less. I just didn't feel like doing any shopping yesterday, online or off.
- Akiva
i bought some beer...it wasn't on sale :(
- Trent Olson
I bought 2 much needed Moleskines on Amazon with a birthday voucher, they were on sale and got free shipping thrown in :-)
- Sally Church
I didn't go out of the house all day actually, oh and I didn't buy anything online either. It wasn't really a deliberate effort. I didn't need anything right now.
- Ian May
There is no such thing in France... No sales means normal day, but then people here have been Christmas shopping since Halloween.
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
The reaction you people are having explains why my dinner parties are so poorly attended. Who knew cooking with my own semen wasn't going to be popular?!?
- Andrew
I feel like there's a joke here involving meringue but I just can't get it right.
- Andrew
"The 61-page cookbook costs $25 and looks like a joke. So I put one in my shopping cart and proceeded to the checkout waiting for some sort of April Fool's notification. Nope, I just ordered a jizz cookbook."
- Clare Dibble
"Semen is inexpensive to produce and is commonly available in many, if not most, homes and restaurants." ROFL!!! LOL!
- Michael Forian
So, question: would semen be acceptable under a vegetarian or vegan diet? I mean, it's given freely from the donor, unlike milk, eggs, etc...
- FFing Enigma
Tina, I believe it would be okay for vegetarians since it's not meat. Vegetarians still eat milk and eggs, just not meat. I don't think it would be acceptable for vegans, though, since they don't eat any animal products at all.
- Rochelle
Let's hope coming doesn't replace the practice of bringing a nice bottle of wine to a dinner party
- David HC Soul
at least this comes from the meat - I have seen, many years ago, a cannibal cookbook - now THAT is real meat!
- Bora Zivkovic
it would be a great conversation piece on Christmas morning when mom unwraps it.
- sofiagk
cooking for a large party is quite exhausting, I reckon....
- Bora Zivkovic
"Oh man, I ate so much I feel like I'm carrying around a baby in here!" *pats belly*
- iTad
"Prepare well in advance and let guests enjoy your delicious nuts". Uh...
- Alexander Carlill
I want to make a joke about not knowing if I should serve red or white with these dishes but I'm too squicked out to write it.
- Donna Mugavero
u r using system where yr opinion is always AFTER Steve Almighty plot ! muahahahaah!!!111
- Отборнейший бред
Can we please permanently hide all Nickelback mentions on FF, forever? There should be an option for that. I wish I could insert blips and censored screens in every audio and video clip where Nickelback is mentioned. If I never hear of them again, it'll be too soon.
- Raoul Pop
Nickelback is responsible for self cannibalization? Not going to listen to NB - want my body parts intact :)
- Janet
I'd rather go back in time and eat my own self as a fetus so I had never been born instead of listen to Nickelback.
- Steve Isaacs
I don't know anyone who likes Nickelback. So who is it that is buying their crap and making them think they need to continue making music?
- Just Katie
... you remind me of how I really am...
- anna sauce
@ Cee Bee: Ahhh. Makes sense why I don't know anyone who likes them :o)
- Just Katie
I'd rather cut my arm off with a rusty teaspoon than listen to Nickelback.
- Chris Nixon
"Rock Star" got to #1 in the UK while I lived there. Why? I don't know. People thought it was "funny", perhaps. And on Radio 1 they bleeped out the words "drug dealer". After which they would go back to pretending to be hip & edgy. Fail.
- Alexander Carlill
I'd rather shit in my own mouth, and have it sewn shut with old guitar strings than listen to Nickelback.
- Steve Isaacs
"There are very few things in life that contain quite as much entertainment value as a good old falling out amongst the far-right but this time out they’ve really surpassed themselves"
- Alexander Carlill
from Bookmarklet
I think I remember reading about how the head can got through the motions of being animated but the loss of blood pressure causes them to become unconscious almost immediately.
- alphaxion
Perhaps, for 10 seconds or so. During the French Revolution they used to ask people to try to blink after going through the guillotine.
- Alexander Carlill