I'm 36, will I ever learn that it's a bad idea to stay up late on a school night?
- Headless Gnad Kicker
from FFHound!
You are the mother of a toddler and a kitten, though, so casual observers may be forgiven for their misinterpretation. Don't you fall into their trap.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
from iPhone
if that makes us idiots then everyone out there is an idiot. except for that one dude that pisses everyone off by being a robot
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Midnight. Alarm goes off 6:40am, I started work at 8am. I got a reprieve though - Josiah has a cold and is staying home from school, so I didn't have to do the morning rush :oD
- Headless Gnad Kicker
"The new cast is still disconcerting. By the end of the original Trek, the actors were a collection of paunches and hairpieces; these guys are so trim and tender-skinned, they're like the Baby Looney Tunes."
- MoTO #TeamMonique
from Bookmarklet
Okay, I realize I'm risking my neck here but, did Uhura figure that prominently in the original series? Understandably she was a black woman featured prominently in a regular series in the 60's. And yes there was "the kiss" (I can distinctly remember my father saying, "They ain't showing this in Alabama."). But by today's standards, was Nichol's role all that noteworthy? Now if your...
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- MoTO #TeamMonique
Did any women have substantial roles in original trek?
- Todd Hoff
No, she wasn't a major character. But I personally think casting someone specifically as a love interest is actually even more constricting than not having that many scenes or lines.
- Victor Ganata
True, but that's the case for most of the casting for women in Hollywood, yes?
- MoTO #TeamMonique
It feels retrograde to have her role defined as a foil for Kirk/girlfriend for Spock rather than as the communications officer who serves as the primary point of initial contact between the ship and other entities. As in, slightly worse than the original show. I'd argue that any member of the cast who appeared as a series regular and was a requirement for the films was a major character.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Betsy: Number One rocked in that pilot. ROCKED! I remember thinking she was waaay cooler than Nurse Chapel when I saw that ep.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Yeah, granted, casting women as nothing more than eye-candy love interests is standard operating procedure in Hollywood, but I think what makes it galling is that her character had been originally defined quite otherwise.
- Victor Ganata
Uhura was a prime component of the original cast films, featured both for her intelligence as well as her beauty. And there were components in the original series where she was given the opportunity to show that she was more than just good looks. But the crux of it is really this: It's 20-and-fucking-13. We very goddamned well should be doing better in terms of treating one of the only...
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- Hookuh Tinypants
I've never seen it, but Nimoy claims that Uhura was assigned a major role in Star Trek (corrected) III (which Nimoy directed). According to Nimoy, the "other characters" were utilized in a way similar to that used by Mission:Impossible (remember Paris?) - each of the people had a key function that had to be executed for the plan to move forward.
- John E. Bredehoft
Regardless of all that, it seems fairly clear that the character of Uhura in the TV series and the original series of movies had a distinct, well-established identity that many people found inspiring and which wasn't simply "Spock's girlfriend who also happens to have some job on the bridge"
- Victor Ganata
She was a minor character, but she had a job and that's what she was doing when she appeared on camera.
- DJF
I had shared with him my reservations about the threat to privacy within the bill. He assured me that there are "27 privacy provisions" in the bill. I am essentially unmoved. But I intend to look further into it. If you have any suggestions on resources for further study, please feel free to chime in below.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Even though they certainly have their own slant, I'd recommend the EFF (https://www.eff.org/) if just because they usually give a fairly thorough breakdown of whatever situation they're dealing with, as well as note how those things relate to the individual, governments, and corporations -- or they provide links to journalists whose coverage does this. They usually also host or have links to the actual legislation for reference.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Woo! (I'd add the coverage in Ars Technica and Wired as well. Again, they've got their own axes to grind, but at least seem to give you a good breakdown of the bits and pieces.)
- Jennifer Dittrich
Followed only by "Wife might comment on it" and "Waif might laugh at it"
- Pete #TeamMonique
Me mudder is a luddite, Uli. But someone might "tell" her about it. Your scenarios are a given part of my daily life, Pete. They mock me constantly. Though I do make it easy.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
And yet you get to share your life with them. Seems a fair swap :)
- Pete #TeamMonique
I'm sure my mom is happy to tell Barry's mom what's up with little Moto.
- Steele Lawman
TELL HER I'M EATING ALL MY VEGETABLES, MAMA LAWSON!
- MoTO #TeamMonique
I always figure if it would mortify my grandmother, I probably shouldn't do it. That doesn't always stop me, but it's a little something to think about.
- Katy S
Today I'm taking a bus ride with a reporter who's living in and writing about East Oakland for the Tribune. He's not from here & wants to learn about Oakland as it was, how it's changed. I'm excited to be part of his project but I hope he doesn't want to take pictures of me :-)
Sounds like fun. He's in for a treat spending the day with Mandy.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
:-) our buddy George Kelly made the introduction, B. Honored he thought of me, but worried I won't be interesting, lol.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Oh thats a nice story line there.. I just spent 15min on the entry "Felix the Cat" !!
- Peter Dawson
Felix Mitchell has become Oakland's version of a Stagolee-type outlaw hero (I was a teenager but I thought his funeral was a shameful spectacle. Most Oaklanders feel the same way). He spread money around the hood, yeah, but he was a lowlife crook.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
It was fun, just a bus ride chatting about Oakland with a nice guy & a photog taking pictures. I don't know what he's gonna get out of my ramblings, but it should be published I think tomorrow, so we shall see :-)
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Give George my best, Mandy. Not having any luck with the article on my Nook. Will check tumblr in a bit.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
from Android
I hate the way I look on the videos, all that fat isn't on my face when I look in the mirror.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
“I like the evolution,” she said, “I get nostalgia for the way things used to be — I’d go into that Rexall and my mom would buy me a coloring book if I was good — but change is good, too.” And this ladies and gentlemen is one of the reasons I love Mandy so.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Ha, he didn't include what I said about the Rexall now being a Mexican grocery with bins of nopales outside - which led to my "change is good" comment :-)
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
the article came out lovely. so cool of you to share yourself like that. cheers!
- t-ra: not givin up
"At Ford and elsewhere, a common response to the brutal intensification of work was absenteeism and high quit rates: in 1913, Ford's daily absentee rate was 10 percent, while annual turnover exceeded 350 percent. To reduce turnover, which was costly to the company, Ford doubled the daily wages of his most valued employees, to five dollars a day. This strategy was successful in stabilizing the labor force and reducing operating costs"
- MoTO #TeamMonique
from Bookmarklet
"'I have never in my life seen such a swollen pelvic bone. It hid the whole package [and] the scrotum was enlarged. Right now it feels heavy and unreal.'" o_O — maybe I'm grossly misinterpreting this, but it sounds like the dude quoted found his neighbor dead after he tried to f- a hornet's nest, and the first thing he did was grab his penis and scrotum to feel how "heavy and unreal" they were?
- Victor Ganata
I mean, he may just mean that finding his neighbor dead with a massively swollen penis and scrotum after he tried to f- a hornet's nest is "heavy and unreal" and he wasn't actually handling anything, but it is still a very weird juxtaposition.
- Victor Ganata
WTF? How badly does one need to get off that fucking a hornet's nest seems the logical thing to do? Was there no bread loaf in his house that he could hollow out and lube up with mayo? How about a gourd or melon of some sort? Shit, even a big mushy pile of boiled noodles would be preferable to banging a LIVING HIVE OF ANGRY STINGING THINGS.
- Hookuh Tinypants
Marty, it's all hornet news all the time 'round here now.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Eivind, the Swedes are going to say the same thing you wrote above only the sentence ends in "Skåne".
- Spidra Webster
"His body was found by a neighbour, who said Hasse was so swollen he initially mistook him for a whale carcass" - So... how often do whale carcasses wash up in Sweden for this to be the neighbor's first thought?
- Ross Miller
Yeah, it sounded too over-the-top and I didn't think Int'l Bus Times was really that reliable a source, but I think, deep down inside, I probably wanted it to be true.
- Victor Ganata
Public Service Announcement: In trying to figure out what to do with my cayenne peppers sprouting in the garden I turned to the internet, as the internet cannot lie (bonjooouuurrr). Mr internet says they are mild to medium hot, and get hotter as you let them grow from green to red. "Around here Cayenne pepper are eaten out of hand with vegetables."
I don't think cayenne are hot when they are green, but I may have a higher tolerance for heat. Of course, I also don't eat the seeds (where the heat it), so it just has a slightly fruity flavor. Anyway, you have a grill. Toss them on there to serve alongside steak. Very yummy.
- Anika
I am probably low tolerance Anika but I definitely ate the seeds, lesson learned. :) I'll definitely try grilling them next time.
- SteVe C
I'm not a pepper expert but I do know cayenne seeds hold the heat! :)
- Lois Loves LB and Mr. B
looks like it also comes with integrated brass knuckles.
- Joe Silence
I don't understand how this makes it any easier to text while holding the umbrella. If the grip were angled 90 degrees or something, I'd be more likely to understand it.
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Lol. Yes, mommy has hypermesis and has been home for the past month with no end in sight. Other than the constant vomiting everyone is healthy.
- Mary Carmen
from iPhone
I just saw your pregnancy whine post and I think all of downtown Sac heard me say, "Wait, she's pregnant?" (scroll back scroll back scroll back, find announcement) Wow! Congrats to you and Scott.
- Corinne L
"WHY DID WE MAKE THIS? To be blunt: Science, technology, and education are important to us. But we live in a world where the little news we hear of schools, research, and the arts is when they're laying their heads on the chopping block. We live in a world where celebrity and "reality" entertainment is winning the war for our attention. Though this may just seem like it's playing off a funny trope, we do need superheroes in our world. Super men, women (and puppets), like those actualized by PBS, who inspire young generations to be scientists, teachers, and artists. But those heroes will not appear unless we create them."
- Joe Silence
from Bookmarklet
The more I think about, the more it irritates me that Khan Noonien Singh was originally played by a person-of-color, but now isn't. Just one more reason why I won't watch Star Trek Into Darkness, I guess.
Yes, I realize casting a person-of-color as the villain is also problematic, but I think complete lack of representation is even worse.
- Victor Ganata
But we have the totally ineffectual Uhura who has been reduced to nothing more than tits and ass in a skirt! WOO HOO! GO DIVERSITY!
- Hookuh Tinypants
I know! I went to a double feature at a local theater where they showed the original episode, then Wrath of Khan. In the original episode, we were clearly told that Khan's group represented "people of all races." How did they turn into a bunch of pale blond people in the movie?
- maʀtha
Just for laughs, I popped in THE MASK OF ZORRO the other day, and laughed myself silly with all the white folks playing Mexicans. Better than TOUCH OF EVIL.
- Steven Perez
But you guuuuuuyyyyyyys... i still wanna to seeee it.... *kicks dirt*
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Oh, I'm still going tomorrow. But I expect some laughter.
- Steven Perez
The noise to signal ratio in my personal inbox has been ridiculous for some time now. Don't want to start a new email. Did create an email addy for commercial transactions recently. Guess it's time to make some filters. *sigh*
Dang. I was looking for an exclusion on a technicality.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
I have not been successfully prosecuted for "it" so I assumed it didn't apply. I ran with scissors, drank milk directly from the container AND left the toilet seat up. :)
- c.a.j.
Damn reddits and yelpers being all oppressive and plotting against these two professional cake re-packagers! What has this world come to?! Nevermind, it appears as though the world has come to hilariousness on the internets.
- Ross Miller
While I'm fascinated by the spectacle I'm a little worried that this mash up of fairly inconsequential villains and bad grammar is what passes for entertainment these days. I know, I know, I too used giggle when J.J. yelled "DY-NO-MITE"! But, damn...
- MoTO #TeamMonique
I was only mildly entertained until I reached this gem, "I AM A GREAT CHEF, A GREAT WIFE, AND GREAT MOM TO MY KIDS. AND WE WILL BE PARENTS OF A HUMAN KID, ONE DAY TO." Then I was totally and completely entertained...
- Ross Miller
Good point. I still kind of wish it was all an Onion themed prank, though.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
I watched the Kitchen Nightmares on these two. Elena looked them up and one thing they didn't mention on the show was that she called 911 and hung up. The police came to find out what was going on while they were berating a customer. This was before Ramsey even showed up. You could see a producer plead with them to not get into a physical altercation.
- Eric - seven eleven
Ahhhhhaa. The comment that starts, "In the criminal justice system, Restaurant based hackings are considered especially heinous..." A must read.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
"'My favorite word,' says Alex Trebek, 'is moist. It is my favorite word, especially when used in combination with my second-favorite word, which is loincloth.' He looks at the doctor. 'I’m just associating. Is it OK if I just associate?' Alex Tebek’s psychiatrist says nothing." http://www.theparisreview.org/fiction...
- Steele Lawman
I missed it! But then Alex Trebek talking to college-aged girls makes me uncomfortable.
- Chris Z.
RAPPING to college-aged girls, and then asking "how he did"
- Meg V. Meg
There’s a stereotype that black people are lazy. I don’t know if that’s true, but I know white people went all the way to Africa to get out of doing work. - http://silas216.tumblr.com/post...
Oh so sorry! I was preparing you a culinary surprise! (not really because I suck at cooking but for one moment in time I could pretend I was chef material) *massages your shoulders whilst someone else cooks*
- Janet:#TeamMonique
"The committee was not asked to specify an optimal amount of sodium and did not make any recommendations about how much people should consume. Dr. Strom said people should not eat too much salt, but he also said that the data on the health effects of sodium were too inconsistent for the committee to say what the upper limit of sodium consumption should be."
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Damn you Eric! You know how open to the power of suggestion I am!
- MoTO #TeamMonique
*pretends to eat a half dozen soft pretzels, the kind with giant salt crystals on them*
- Joe Silence
I wouldn't say "no benefit". They also found eating more than 7,000 mg of sodium a day will probably kill you. It's just that the 1,500 mg/day limit is kind of an ass-pull, and there's evidence that not eating enough salt will kill you too.
- Victor Ganata