And I couldn't believe how big Central Park is. It's HUGE! - Vincent X

@Mona-- ditto. Hollywood gave me huge expectations! - Anna Haro

Favorite memory #1 of NY-walking from Midwood section of Brooklyn over Brooklym Bridge into midtown Manhattan to watch Star Wars on 2nd day in theaters at matinee in AM with theater full of kiddies. Big fun! - Mark Forman

MARK VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION: which star wars? - Mona N

@Ana: and it SO EXPENSIVE. I laughed in their faces when they told me the price - Mona N

Mark: The first Star Wars movie in 1977? - Vincent X

that's a hell of a walk, mark - Cee Bee

@Mona-- what's the price??? @Mark-- that is one geeky memory I am truly jealous of--you lucky SOB! - Anna Haro

Star Wars is the first one Mona '77 Vincent, great walk as a teenager it rocked. - Mark Forman

The awesomeness of the walk experience the theater filled with excited kids adding to the robust George Lucas experience. I was a young trekkie and seeing Star Wars on big screen was 7 kinds of sick awesomeness. Magical memory! - Mark Forman

Wow Mark, that's such an awesome memory!!! I still remember watching all of them in the theater too (originals) @Ana: they jacked up the pricing for xmas. it was something ridiculous like 40 bucks for an hour. EF THAT - Mona N

Wow, that must have been a blast... That's funny because I was actually imagining earlier this evening (during the space scenes in WALL·E) how great it must have been for those who saw Star Wars in theaters back then, that very first time they saw it, the opening scene and everything. - Vincent X

When I was sitting in the theater for that one I was channeling Steven Spielberg and all the old skool magic he felt that inspired him to become a film maker. Definitely awesome feeling. - Mark Forman

I STILL have the OG Star Wars Trilogy on VHS (no player).. something about those films, seriously does it for me -far away look in eyes- - Mona N

Mona: You might be a soul with a big connection to space, and the movies possibly strike a chord deep within you, as it does for many others. According to psychic friends of mine (and many other psychics throughout the world), tons of souls come from other planets, other dimensions, etc, some are apparently even members of fleets of ships in higher dimensions, who decided to incarnate down here on Earth for this crucial moment in history. Long story. Aaaaaand, now I probably sound like a total weirdo... - Vincent X

so THAT explains my weirdness (!) - Mona N

Maybe Mona is an Alien? lol - Igor The Troll

In new age/spiritual circles they're often referred to as 'starseeds'. Not a big fan of new agey stuff in general though, and there's a bunch of misinformation online, confusing stuff, bullshit, etc. But if you want to take a look at some of that stuff, here's a starting point, but just take everything with a grain of salt: http://google.com/search?q=sta... - Vincent X

Mona-no but sheds a little light on it. What color is your mood ring now? - Mark Forman

mood ring? if you're talking about my Light Saber it's GREEN thank you very much. - Mona N

hahah :) - Vincent X

I'm trying to find something very intriguing I read years ago about what someone claims is the origins of the Star Wars story... Not sure if it's still online, I'll look in my notes. - Vincent X

Ahh so ur glad to see me then. I like the sound the light saber generates. The disturbance in the ozone kind of feel. Nothing thrills me more than Darth Vader saying, "Luuuuuuuke", with all that JE Jones breathy goodness. - Mark Forman

Another NY memory-knish's on the Beach at Brighton and drinking Orange Nedick's to wash them down. Those Good Humor guys wearing the modified opith helmets and khaki shorts shlepping the case of ice cream around pretty cool too. That was the dawn of the Coppertone ad campaign with dog pulling girl's suit down with teeth. Always loved that.Just sayin. - Mark Forman

Reading about Nedick's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N... - Makes me wish I could taste that orange drink you mention. - Vincent X

WRONG LINK!!! - Mona N

"President George W Bush apologised to the "Italian people" for the "unfortunate mistake" when a White House press briefing described Silvio Berlusconi, their prime minister, as a "despised" leader." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new... - Mona N

sidenote: LOL @ number of "george w. bush + apology" google results - Mona N

I met Mr. Berlusconi once and he was an elegant man. Italian style. - Hakan Dahlstrom

Hakan: WOW! I'm a huge fan of Italians and the Italian culture. Reminds me of the Japanese culture :) - Mona N

Italy is a nice country. Probably the best food and cooking in the world. - Hakan Dahlstrom

Mona-I'm curious I love both Italian and Japanese cultures. What similarities do you see. Both people look good in the same clothing but other than that I don't see a hole lot in common. - Mark Forman

Mona: as long as you are part of the FF anonymous group, you'll be okay :-) - Justin Korn

Mona is the coolest FriendFeeder on the planet... - Hakan Dahlstrom

I know that was meant as a compliment but I like Mona so much better. - Mark Forman

No really, Mona, Edythe, and Mark, when are you fools going on tour together, so I can follow you everywhere. <3 your groupie Anna - Anna Haro

thanks for the love... wow. speechless for the first. time. ever. - Mona N

you deserve it ;) - Hao Chen

Confession: I bookmarked this as opposed to liking it cuz it would be vein. But then again, almost all my Favorite tweets are my own... wow - Mona N

@directeur Well race -- it's just a social construct. At the end of the day, we're all human, flesh and blood. Race is just a factor of the power imbalance in the world -- created along ethnic lines. - Shey

@Shey: I'm white but look at my avatar :) I have so much respect for every nice man/woman in this earth. The race things is because we "generally" have eyes. How do blind people "see" the race thing? See what I mean? :) - directeur via NoiseRiver

@directeur yeah, exactly - Shey

Blind people see the race thing just like everyone else really does, as a cultural values thing. Even blind people know glorifying living in the ghetto and pimpin' hos is probably not a good idea from a social context. - Alexander Williams via NoiseRiver

Awesome post, Shey. I'm glad people actually posted about this. - Rahsheen Porter

Thanks Rahsheen, glad you liked it - Shey

I had never seen the video at the end... doesn't surprise me though - Bwana McCall

I have to ask though; isn't this a year old why all the heat now? I had no idea who this guy was until Corvida and You posted about it. Maybe as a black bloggger it would only seem right if i expressed my 2 cents on it too - Gordon Swaby

Alexander's comment is exactly the problem racism yields. There is no "Black Culture" that glorifies "pimping hoes" or living in the ghetto. What you see on TV, and what is reality are not the same. The idea that Blacks have "lower cultural values" is at the core of racist ideology. - Jasmin Smith

Gordon, I never saw it recently either, literally a couple weeks ago. Blog away if you like :) - Shey

Key race is the human race! The rest is just details. - Mark Forman

Somebody apparently dug it up. Probably when they found out about the Verizon deal. I read somewhere that he had pissed of some other people before this, so they could possibly have had something to do with it. - Rahsheen Porter

One of the things I like about FriendFeed is that it proves Loren's video assertion (comical or otherwise) is untrue. That there are black nerds and bloggers and are adding to the conversation. It is very refreshing to me to hear from black people and women on the internet. I like to get a better sampling of "people" not middle-aged white men. All I need for that one is the mirror or listening to my own thoughts. - Mark Forman

Funny you should say that, Jasmin, because that's the culture black cultural entrepreneurs are selling. Look at urban culture in general and look to who produces it. Largely middle-class blacks from urban homes. If we can't expect they know what best sells to their home communities, who can we? - Alexander Williams via NoiseRiver

The comment I made on the Mashable post was that in competitive improv, we were taught never to go for the "easy" humor because it's not respectable and its not sustainable. All Loren Feldman has going for him is an easy laugh obtained from a sea of classless appreciators. He deserved to get this ripped away from him. - Jennifer Leggio

OK Alexander. Let's look at the So-Called Black Music Industry (Specifically hip hop/R&B. Who creates and markets it... white men... who buys it.. white kids... - Jasmin Smith

Well said Mark. I need to ask how long ago did he get the "verizion deal"? Because i was watching one of his videos where he was commenting on it and he lauded himself for getting the deal; seemed a tad bit excited, must have been a shame to lose it. - Gordon Swaby

@Shey, sadly racism is alive and well in America. Your post was spot-on. Bravos! - Dave Martin

I defy someone to find me another place - online or in the real world - that facilitates conversations like this about topics as sensitive as this. You find me a place where people regularly express the thoughts and ideas that have been expressed above about a topic like this and I will frequent it every bit as often as I do Friend Feed (ok maybe not EVERY bit - there are only so many hours in a day...) - Marco

Marco, absolutely - this is why I can`t stop blogging about FriendFeed :) - Shey

It would be good if my question was answered, please and thank you. - Gordon Swaby

Thanks Dave, unfortunately there are many who turn a blind eye or will even deny it. - Shey

@Gordon Apparently it only lasted a week: http://www.podcastingnews.com/... - Shey

@Dave Martin Racism is alive and well here in Canada too. Don't even get me started.. especially when it comes to how Canada has treated and continues to treat our Aboriginal people. Sadly, unless you've experienced the negative effects of racism directly, it's difficult to understand the lived experiences of people who are discriminated against SOLELY because of the colour of their skin... not their "lack of moral character" as our friend Alexander has mistakenly suggested. - Jasmin Smith

Jasmin, you must be living in an interesting parallel world. I think I can say with some comfortable surety at least in the context of Atlanta's hip hop media and entertainment industry that it's very, very predominantly a black enterprise. White kids may be buying it up in bulk, but that's because there are a lot of white kids and somewhat fewer black kids. Thus the term "minority." - Alexander Williams via NoiseRiver

Thanks for the link @ shey - Gordon Swaby via Alert Thingy

Wow.. I saw this friend feed post and it sent me on a wild tangent through the web to Corvida's site and to the TechCrunch article that I somehow missed. Glad to see things come back around regardless of who the target was. - Adam Helweh

Unfortunately I think Feldman and his "shock jock" nature will try to capitalize on this negative publicity somehow. :-/ - Jennifer Leggio

Alex, I live in Canada, thanks.... but in your country, (America I presume) the Hip Hop industry is overwhelming supported by young white kids, and financially backed by their older white "parents and grandparents." While Black men and women stand as the figureheads in the industry, with the exception of a few big names, the money goes into the hands of the top execs.. who are predominately White. - Jasmin Smith

@Jennifer I wouldn`t be surprised - Shey

@Alexander, I am an artist in Atlanta. I know many other artists in Atlanta. The problem is that these artists talk about what they live. The big record companies help to market and glorify these things. White kids support this industry. The record companies put the black artists in positions where it looks like they run the show, but they are just managers/supervisors...not CEO's. - Rahsheen Porter

and while we're on the issue of "minorities" -- it has nothing to do with numbers and EVERYTHING to do with which groups hold the POWER in society. Racism is then perpetuated through the maintenance of these power structures along "racial lines" -- promoting stereotypes to denigrate racial minorities, all the while elevate whiteness to "the norm" (intentionally and unintentionally) which further stratifies society... - Jasmin Smith

Jennifer-who's to say he isn't the one to instigate the Verizon protest issue. It's possible that Verizon deal not so great and he hoped to generate even more publicity through this brouhaha. Hard to say when you're dealing with performance artist that is comfortable using "shock." Anything is possible. Loren might be many things but certainly dumb isn't one of them. - Mark Forman

@Mark It's quite possible. But hopefully since his notoriety is in limited circles a respectable mainstream business would realize there is more detriment than value to dealing with him. Again, the operative word being "hope." - Jennifer Leggio

So, if the "black culture" Loren parodies (well or poorly) in his video is created by, marketed by, consumed by, and enjoyed by whites, is it racist then to mock? Because, Hell, it ain't black at all by that measure and any REAL black person'd know he couldn't POSSIBLY be talking about them, right? Or are we assuming that since blacks aren't competent, driven, or cunning enough to produce the cultural artefacts credited to them (by your assertion), they're clearly too weak to take some parody and need to be protected by our doting, paternal culture? - Alexander Williams via NoiseRiver

With the video at the end. Spot on. Sometimes you get off the hook, sometimes there are consequences. Now he met some. - Roland Hesz

Alex, your opinion truly illuminates what is wrong with race relations in (the) America(s). Because you, and people like you have ignorantly bought into the stereotypes about Blacks (and no doubt other minorities) you fail to understand the social significance that your type of ignorance causes. It's too much to get into here. I'll sum it up in a blog post later. - Jasmin Smith

That was great to read Shey. I've felt the same way, all the stuff I've read being posted in his defense stinks of ignorance. How anyone can even stand to watch a single video by the guy is beyond me. His smug expression intolerable. His blatant bigotry is sickening. - Tsega D

Thanks Tsega -- I don`t get it either - Shey

It's really mind-boggling how impossible it is to actually explain race issues to people who have not lived them - Rahsheen Porter

@Jennifer, We can only hope that Feldman does call further attention to this situation, that he does attempt to rally and in that process out those like thinkers who support his plainly racist notions of humor and entertainment. We can not let this stand. We have the collective power to turn his cavalier dismissal into an indictment. We have the responsibility to call to account any advertiser that supports what is now a history of racist stereotyping for profit. If not us, who? If not now, when? - Dave Martin

OMG the irony of the video! LOL, yah he's a total loser. - Trula

@Dave I not once implied that we shouldn't continue to raise the issue. Nor do I have any doubt that Feldman will continue to fan the flames himself. My comment was merely about how I hope he does not profit from the increased notoriety this situation has caused. Not sure where you got the other part. - Jennifer Leggio

@Alexander No matter how they originate, the stereotypes end up hurting racially. When someone who's just met me jokes about not bringing a crack pipe, or when an Ivy League school president is followed around a store to make sure she won't steal anything, if you can visualize someone being negatively impacted, do you visualize a white person? How about anyone of the same "race" as the one working off the stereotype? - MiniMage

@Jennifer, by his own hand let him come to be known for what he defends and let his supporters and fellow travelers be named. I learned as a child it was a good thing the KKK sported the cover of sheets, it told us who they were. - Dave Martin

@Dave OK, I am not nor never disagreed with you. Just think you missed my point. Regardless, we're on the same side, so we can stop wasting Shey's quality convo space. :) - Jennifer Leggio

Closed circuit to Feldman: A quote by the great philosopher king Mike Tyson seems apropos here, think about it..."Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth." - Dave Martin

Alexander: "Black culture" isn't monolithic; what you're describing is a substrate of hip-hop culture. Is that substrate unusually visible? Well, yeah... white kids in search of rebellion-by-proxy lap it up, making the artists in question enormously successful, which in turn attracts those in the black community who are starved for signs of economic and societal success. It's a big, complicated puzzle... not a simple matter of glorification. - Roger Benningfield

Bored person (me) Googling obscure foods LOL. Don't worry Hakan, I'll find obscure Swedish food too ;) - Mona N

Vince, that looks harmless! Look at the difference between the bacon amount ratios! - Mona N

Ahhh, bacon. Is there nothing that can't be spiced up by bacon? ;-p - saeba

i'm sure that tastes great. i want to believe! - Cee Bee

Tip: microwaving bacon = less effort than frying. I microwave over wax paper then paper towel all the excess oil. Bacon = love :) - Mona N

Bacon and peanut butter sandwich.. anyone here tried it? I heard it's good. -shudder- - Mona N

Um... gross! What was ginger's post about not understanding taste?? :) - felix

I don't get how this would be a good combination, but my palette is not sophisticated. - RAPatton

Nice try Felix, I have a fifth* taste. It's called umami. My taste palate > yours ;) - Mona N

Hmmm, I had never heard of umami before. My new word of the day! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U... - Vincent X

that's just wrong - William Harryman

This actually looks WAY tasty to me! - Steve Isaacs

food macros FTW... would you ever try bacon ice cream? - Mona N

So I get the Sweet and Salty... - Paul W. Swansen

It just proves that bacon is good with anything :D - Earl E Morningwood

This will sound weird but I tried some bacon flavored chocolate a couple of weeks ago and it actually tasted very good. Gave it sort of a smoky taste. - Mike Doeff

Over the past few years I see a lot of unexpected foods and spices incorporated into chocolates so I wouldn't be surprised. Where did you get the bacon chocolate? I'd be interested in trying it! - Mona N

Mona, I'm forgetting who made the chocolate but we bought it at Whole Foods - Mike Doeff

Thank you for the info Mike :) - Mona N

salty sweet is hard to beat, seriously. i'd eat those cookies. - Louie

wtf louie, it's about damn time you migrated over. - Mona N

Wow. Bring it on. I'd be all over those like Britney on Cheetos! - ::Kristen::

More like Britney on... ok quitting while I'm ahead. Thinking Mona was hurt by eating too much cheese out of spray cans... - Mark Forman

Yee-haw! - Mona N

"Flying chocolate pigs, dressed in what else but…bacon. This flying chocolate pig is filled with applewood smoked bacon, Alder wood smoked salt and deep milk chocolate." Yum! http://www.vosgeschocolate.com... - Lisa L. Seifert

But bats are so cute... they look like little puppies. Seriously, look how cute they are: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog... ... They aren't mean either, they need comfort just like a puppy. - Brandon

LOL she noticed a strange movement in her bra. I bet that scream woke up a few people. - Earl E Morningwood

i've always found bats pretty fascinating. the vampire bats at the zoos, with their little bowls of blood. - edythe

oh, my. oh, brandon, that link--those little bats...all bundled up in tiny blankets...that is so unbelievably, awesomely, incredibly, charmingly, darling-ly cute. :) :) :) :) - edythe

bats & boobs. win, win! - Cee Bee

@polly ... i think you might just like bats more than me. I saw a documentary on those bats about a year ago and it completely changed the way I felt about them once I saw how cute they were :) - Brandon

LOL - Hao Chen

ROFL - Mona N

How is it pronounced? :-p - Aaron Brazell

JUST like it sounds ;) - Mona N

HE WHO CONTROLS THE CUMIN CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE - Akiva Moskovitz

BRING ON THE KABOBS - Mona N

The cumin must flow? Akiva, are you filled with a sense of terrible purpose? Is Mona the Kwisatz Haderach? - Mark Trapp

I recommend cumin in Chicken soup. it is the way the Yemenites make it. - Noah David Simon

The cumin extends life, the cumin expands consciousness, the cumin is vital to ... friendfeed travel - Bwana McCall

Mark, Confession: I had to Google Kwisatz Haderach lol - Mona N

Bwana: That is poetic... almost... haiku like - Mona N

Haha, it's a nerd standard of practice to be able to quote various parts of Dune when someone mentions something related to spice! - Mark Trapp

The first thing I thought of was Schwartz (Kwisatz.. ? Close enough) - Mona N

Schwartz's is one of the best places for Montreal-style smoked meat. Yum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S... - Vincent X

Here is the thread where this thread came from: http://friendfeed.com/e/004f3f... - Hao Chen

Great photos - JCB

beautiful-look like stills from Spike Lee film. Loved that Richard Pryor tee. - Mark Forman

composition, lighting, everything is awesome. btw where were you last night edythe? i missed you =( - Mona N

hi, mona! :) i had to do a whole bunch of boring stuff and then i was exhausted and *actually* went to bed. - edythe

You're as much of an insomniac as me.. it was SO odd w/out you last night! :) Hope you're feeling better today <3 - Mona N

So talented. Why do I bother with photography when there are people with this level of skill out there? - Cecily Walker

Is this "home?" - Anna Haro

Anna-Taiwan is home and has been for last 20 years. - Mark Forman

that's pretty cool. - Cee Bee

Really, wow...did you go for work initially, and then decided to stay? what's the 411? - Anna Haro