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I think I broke them.
Lisa | #TeamMonique, LB: #TeamMonique, Stephan Planken and 3 other people liked this
Nice patio.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
If you make me an orphan, I am going to be pissed.
- sglassme
They're alive. Just taking a break to soak up some sun. And thanks Betsy! My parents keep pointing out that I have a perfect party house, which is...ironic.
- Sarah G.
from iPhone
For people going to ALA, where are you staying?
Hilton
- maʀtha
LOL, Hedge!
- Uli - Sent to Coventry
Used Air BnB to get a place. eta: Staying in somewhere in Printers Row.
- Running Slow
crowne plaza? I think? I remember it's #4 on he map
- ellbeecee
I've booked a room at the Hilton (which I typed Jilton initially)
- John: Thread Killer
Hilton, I think
- ~Courtney F
I'm still waiting to hear if I can go on Friday. There's a program I'm very interested in. If I go, Ill be taking the train in.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
from FFHound(roid)!
across from the art institute. congress plaza @ grant park.
- Marianne
Chinatown Inn (some specific name, but I forget) about 5 blocks west of McC Ctr
- awd
Daytrippin' via the South Shore Line.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Blu
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
the burnham on 1 w washington. need a roommate, btw...
- henry
hey, we get to meet henry!
- maʀtha
RT @ahockley: Whoa. All new Flickr. Hit my stream right now: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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c.a.j., Morton Fox, John (bird whisperer) and 3 other people liked this
WHOA.
- holly #ravingfangirl
What the what.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Whoa is right.
- Micah
but i thought yahoo ruins everything. ;)
- holly #ravingfangirl
weird
- Jaclyn aka spamgirl
Well, I'm really not fond of the new homepage, but I like the photostream pages. Hmm.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Wow
- Hedgehog
I like the photostream page, but I don't like the individual photo pages. Having a black strip and white strip is a little weird, and vertical photos are too small on them.
- John (bird whisperer)
Is it just me, or just now, or is the Sets page really broken?
- Betsy #TeamMonique
The Sets page isn't broken for me, but it's a lot different.
- John (bird whisperer)
Okay, it works now. I cleared the browser history and cache and restarted the computer. I'd had lots of tabs open for too long.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Wow, just saw it now. Looks nice.
- ronin
Man creates kinetic sculpture that moves and lives on its own. http://m.wimp.com/kinetic...
Kirsten, Iván Abrego, Kelli H. and 5 other people liked this
Pretty amazing. Wouldn't have imagined this was possible.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
It actually looks like something Leonardo Da Vinci might have designed.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
that is pretty amazing
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
frightening looking to me. and amazing.
- SteVe C
Very cool! But what if it walks into the ocean?
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Maybe it switches to a back-stroke? #OrMaybeaCrawl
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Here is his TED talk from '07, where he talks about this and other projects. http://www.youtube.com/watch... Amazing stuff. Edit: He discusses what happens if it walks into the surf. (It turns around and walks away.)
- Jimminy IS Everybody
The REI tent I was going to buy next year is on 25% sale now. I guess it's now next year. EDIT: 25% off.
Katie, Scoble, Alex Scoble, Marie and 3 other people liked this
The tent has been acquired.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
from FFHound(roid)!
Petition | Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries: Stop telling teens they aren't beautiful; make clothes for teens of all sizes! | Change.org - https://www.change.org/petitio...
"“In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids,” “Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.”-Mike Jeffries Abercrombie & Fitch CEO"
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
from Bookmarklet
"Anyone who’s been to Abercrombie & Fitch in the last few years has probably noticed that they don’t carry XL or XXL clothing for women and their waist sizes for men leave room to be desired. Why? Because, they don’t want overweight young people wearing their brand! According to this popular teen clothing retailer "fat kids" will never be a part of the “popular crowd” and will therefore...
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- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Daughter told me about this, and added that there's someone leading a protest movement that involves buying up Abercrombie & Fitch labeled clothing from thrift shops and distributing them to homeless people. This helps clothe the homeless while perhaps taking some of the wind out of A&F's "elitist" sales strategy. #iloveit
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Have you seen the Improv Everywhere they did at Abercrombie & Fitch? "... 111 men of all shapes and sizes shopped shirtless in the Abercrombie and Fitch store on 5th Avenue here in New York. Enjoy the videos first and then go behind the scenes with our mission report and photos.. http://improveverywhere.com/2007...
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Haha. That's awesome, Betsy. No small amount of hypocrisy there! Also, the dudes trying to hustle out the "Improv Everywhere" guys don't appear to meet the elitist standards either. (Not sufficiently *model-like* y'see.)
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
What's a good present to get someone who is a huge fan of the tv show "Family Ties"? I saw this awesome set of mugs on eBay a few months back, and of course they are gone. None of the other collectible stuff there is very...distinctive.
There's a vintage sweatshirt on etsy. http://www.etsy.com/listing...
- Betsy #TeamMonique
omg, I wonder if she would wear that, that's great
- Meg V. Meg
Well, had an interesting stay at the family (formerly my) home last night. I generally crash on a sofa sleeper in the (finished) basement. On my way down the steep carpeted steps, my stocking feet slipped out from beneath me, and I bounced down 4 or 5 steps on my heretofore 'good' hip. I guess the good news is I'll be more 'balanced' now.
'Balanced' as in "both hips now iffy and hurty."
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Do not like.
- Friar Ticket to Ride
:( How do you feel?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
:(
- LB: #TeamMonique
from Android
:(
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
Ouch :(
- Heather
Ow.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
:((
- Spidra Webster
oof. :-(
- Fish Are LIES
:( I hope things settle down quickly.
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Thankfully there don't seem to be any lingering after effects of the fall. I'm surprised because my hip came down really hard on the edge of the step, and then I sort of 'bounced' in quick succession down the remaining steps in exactly the same way. It happened so fast that I couldn't brace myself or try to change position. (Not sure if any other position would've been better anyway. Not really *any* good choices in that scenario.)
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
AFP: Internet in 'coma' as Iran election looms - http://www.google.com/hostedn...
Anne Bouey liked this
Not exactly news.
- Bill Mason
from Bookmarklet
"Supreme Council of Cyberspace."
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Lightning never strikes twice, my skinny German ass. I'm at Tempe St Luke's Hospital - my car was sandwiched between 2 SUVs.
Joe Silence, John (bird whisperer) and http://www.oactivista.com liked this
Oh, no!
- LB: #TeamMonique
:(.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
:-(
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Hope you are okay.
- Friar Ticket to Ride
holy crap. sending good and healing thoughts your way.
- Joe Silence
:(
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
:( Glad that you're out of the ER.
- Greg GuitarBuster
Glad you're okay.
- Anne Bouey
I'm glad you're not badly hurt.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Dude! Take care xx
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Those CAT scans! Did they give you a Lab instead? #badhospitalhumor
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
:-(
- Fish Are LIES
Now that we know you are okay, what about your car?
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Good grief! Universe, please leave Teleken alone for awhile, okay?
- laura x
Glad you're okay.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
glad that you're ok!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Dear family: If you wanted to ruin graduation, why would you bother coming?
:^(
- Friar Ticket to Ride
:(
- Spidra Webster
:-(
- John (bird whisperer)
:(
- Jimminy IS Everybody
:-(
- Fish Are LIES
:-(
- Betsy #TeamMonique
I don't want to go through with big graduation level drama.
- Colette
"Surrender your women and intellectuals!!" Best line from Doctor Who! #doctorwho <3
Heather, John (bird whisperer) and Steven Perez liked this
Reminds me of one of my favorite lines from Buffy: "Run! Hide your babies and your beadwork!"
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Ha! Love both those lines.
- Laura H.
Is there any way to add stairmill or regular stairs to Runkeeper? Good news: the gym has added rowing machines. I'll have to try them out sometime.
I tried the rowing machine tonight after the treadmill. I like I like!
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Going through boxes and boxes (and boxes) of VHS tapes filled with TV shows taped off the air. I wish I had been more organized when I taped them, so I could let myself keep some. Unfortunately, when you're programming the taping of a night's worth of stuff on one tape, you can't organize.
Sir Shuping is just sir liked this
So far, I've come across (besides lots of DW, Avengers, B5, TNG, and DS9): Young Indiana Jones, Burning Zone, Time Trax, Seeing Things, Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, KFTLC, Nero Wolfe, Equalizer, X-Files, VR5, Sandbaggers, Quantum Leap, Legend (Richard Dean Anderson), MST3K, Strange Luck, Mapp and Lucia, Over My Dead Body (Edward Woodward).
- Betsy #TeamMonique
I wish Seeing Things would come out on DVD. I still get the theme song stuck in my head once in a while. http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Betsy #TeamMonique
More random episodes found: Nowhere Man, Lazarus Man, Leaving L.A., lots of Forever Knight, Pretender, Psi Factor, Poltergeist, Profiler, Brimstone, Millennium, Strange World, Spy Game.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Friend at work handed me the DVD of Twenty Twelve. She was right. One episode in, and I like it a lot.
Episode 2: the Brazilian translator was great!
- Betsy #TeamMonique
GAH. when I rule the world, tiny top hats will be banned.
Scoble, Alex Scoble liked this
How about shoes for hats?
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Don't be all mad just cuz you've got a huge noggin.
- Marie
In my family, we're evenly divided. Half of us are pinheads, the other half are fatheads.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
i ain't got a big noggin! i just got sense. ;) this is all steampunk's fault.
- holly #ravingfangirl
progress
ᏓᏰ #team Monique, SteVe C, John (bird whisperer) and 17 other people liked this
You know those sci-fi movies that have sort-of-primitive warriors who wear oddly placed patches of leather across the chest or shoulders as some sort of armor? Yeah. :-)
- Betsy #TeamMonique
^^^^ heh
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
I <3 Iris to the Mad Max
- Pete #TeamMonique
^^^^ this.
- Andy
Pete wins.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
you set 'em up, Betsy :)
- Pete #TeamMonique
heheh
- lris
Please Visit : https://www.facebook.com/cheappl... - Online shop for funny patches. We need your suppport. Hope you like and share this with your friends !!
- Jessica Jessy
Whee! Get the other sleeve done, and you'll be ready for knit bikini top weather in Minnesota!
- Royce's favorite Anna
Magnetic floating, vintage, or clear crystal, the type of globe you keep in your office sets a tone, supervillains. Choose wisely.
Kelli H., Victor Ganata, Brent Schaus and 7 other people liked this
I will have a vintage globe which will tastefully match the wood paneling of my control-room/office.
- Brian Johns
Globes can be dangerous. http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Globe? My secret control room will be inside the Maparium.
- David Lounsbury
from iPhone
No, 3D projected globe option is available a la aliens in Prometheus?
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Sure, holographic and/or star chart works too.
- Andrew C (✓)
from Android
Mine doubles as a small weapons factory, aka a pencil sharpener.
- April Russo
Mine doubles as a Death Star! It just looks like the Earth for camouflage.
- Andrew C (✓)
Giant scary thunderstorm rolling in. Methinks it's time to turn off computer, get away from windows and stick a fork in this week.
LB: #TeamMonique, Lisa | #TeamMonique, Sir Shuping is just sir and 2 other people liked this
Aren't you glad you have a basement?
- sglassme
Check back with me after I spend night with two old people in my bed
- Sarah G.
(Looks out window and checks map.) Oh, right, you're in the area of the map that storms that avoid my area always seem to head straight for.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
One Photo That Proves That Dogs Feel Gratitude - http://www.buzzfeed.com/summera...
Gabrielle, Morton Fox, WarLord and 2 other people liked this
"Eva, who works as a foster mom for Badass Brooklyn Foster Dog, rescued this one-eyed dachshund mix from a high-kill shelter in Alabama. She fell in love, bringing him back to her farm in Pennsylvania and naming him Captain Morgan. Captain was eventually adopted by an awesome couple a few months ago, and it’s been happy-ever-after since. The couple brought Captain to a Badass Brooklyn block party where he was reunited with the woman who saved his life. As soon as he saw Eva, he jumped into her arms to say “thank you.”"
- Betsy #TeamMonique
from Bookmarklet
Well, shit. Hangout replaces GTalk? Ugh. No me gusta. *signs out of all accounts* It just assumes I want to be logged in too. Fuck off.
Iván Abrego, Jennifer Dittrich, Jean-Marc Liotier and 10 other people liked this
I just saw this this morning, and couldn't believe what I was seeing. I have all my accounts set to 'invisible' for a reason.
- Anika
BUT HOW WILL I STALK YOU?!
- Hookuh Tinypants
Time to self-host a Jabber account :)
- Tinfoil 2.0
I wonder if Pidgin will still work...
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
It works. They did not remove XMPP altogether, they closed the federation with other networks.
- Claudio Cicali
Yeah, Pidgin works fine. I'm afraid of Hangout app now. :/
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
Hmm. This does not look that different to me in my gmail. But maybe that's because at work I have no camera in my pc. Hangout is an option but chat is the default.
- Laura Norvig
I never use it in GMail, I either log in with Pidgin on my machine at work or I used GTalk on my phone but now it's Hangout and I can't tell whether it shows me as "logged in" to everyone in my Circles or not. It shows my "Frequently Contacted" and they're people I have NEVER chatted with ever.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
Mine doesn't look any different, in Gmail, desktop client, or android client. Maybe because I don't have G+?
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
I have G+ and nothing has changed.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Don't update your android app. :(
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
DOH! Too late.
- Steven Perez
Yeah, definitely not a fan of the update on Android. At least my Gtalk in Gmail still looks mostly the same.
- c.a.j.
Damn. I just updating my Android thismorning.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Ooh, wait, no I didn't, It's a manual update, so I'm going to ignore it, just like I ignore the Facebook update.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
That's why I don't upgrade my Android kernel, so they can't foist their detritus on me. :)
- Steven Perez
bunneh said "foist"
- MoTO #TeamMonique
And I said "foist" foist. :)
- Steven Perez
Feeling Like An Atten-dunce » Funny & Interesting Student, Teacher, Parent, & Staff School Stories – Not Always Learning - http://notalwayslearning.com/feeling...
Soup in a TARDIS liked this
"College & University | CA, USA | (My professor is a harsh grader and very few of his students ever do well on a quiz, despite him showing us exactly what each one will look like. He also has a habit of starting class up to five minutes early. That he even waited until the proper starting time for class today was unusual.) Professor: “Oh, just a minute. I’ve left something in my office.” (The professor leaves and comes back several minutes later with a stack of papers.) Professor: “Alright. We’re going to have a pop quiz today. It’ll be worth 20 points, so try your best.” Classmate: “Will this count against us, or is it just extra credit?” Professor: “Well, let me put it this way: if you get this wrong, you shouldn’t expect to do well in class.” (20 points is a lot in his class, so we’re all anxious, until we see what the questions are. “Who is buried in Grant’s Tomb” and “How long does it take to cook a 3-minute-egg” are among the hardest he’s asking.) Professor: “The most important...
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- Betsy #TeamMonique
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(Gah! Sorry, I forgot about the humongous logo.)
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Is the date stamped on Greek yogurt "best before" or "holy cow what are you doing don't you dare eat that after"? Let's find out!
Sir Shuping is just sir, Scoble, Alex Scoble, John (bird whisperer) and 3 other people liked this
Now is the time on Sprockets when we experience violent stomach cramps
- Pete #TeamMonique
Heh. So far, so good, but we shall see!
- LB: #TeamMonique
Generally it's "best before a week or so after this date, but the US is a litigious society, so we are covering our butts". You can tell when yogurt has gone off - it stinks. No stink, you are probably just fine.
- WebGoddess
What brand do you like best? I'm hooked on Chobani!
- Lois Loves LB and Mr. B
I used to buy Fage, but I kept having bad luck and getting ones that had gone bad. I stopped buying them from that one store, but then the other store started it too. So I switched to Chobani.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
It was this one, and it tasted fine: http://chobani.com/product...
- LB: #TeamMonique
I will eat pretty much any of them except for the one that starts with an N. Can't remember the name of it off the top of my head, but it's the only one I've ever eaten that I really don't like.
- WebGoddess
RIP Frodo. You were a sweet boy even if nobody but us got to see that side of you. I love my Fro-diddly.
Iván Abrego, Brent Schaus, Mo Kargas and 31 other people liked this
:( So sorry LB.
- Me
:( {{LB}}
- c.a.j.
{{{Laura}}}
- Anika
**hugs** I'm so sorry :(
- Jennifer Dittrich
I'm very sad to read this, LB.
- Greg GuitarBuster
oh, doll. so so sorry for your family. you did right by him though, you know that.
- t-ra: not givin up
:( *hugs* I'm sorry LB
- Sir Shuping is just sir
I am so very sorry, Laura. You gave him a wonderful, happy life.
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
I'm very sorry.
- Eric - seven eleven
:-(
- Jenny
I'm so sorry, Laura. I know how hard this is.
- Katy S
I love you Sis!
- Lois Loves LB and Mr. B
:(
- Jason - The Opaque
from Android
He knew he was loved.
- Kirsten
I'm so sorry LB. Its such a heart breaking thing to have to do.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Oh, Laura. Such a brave decision. Crying with you... praying for you & Mr. B. *hugs*
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
So sorry LB.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
RIP Frodo :( *hugs*
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I'm very sorry, LB. *hugs*
- Betsy #TeamMonique
My condolences!
- Rachel Walden
What a rough decision. My condolences.
- Lnorigb
I'm sorry Laura {hugs}
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
*hugs*
- John (bird whisperer)
:(
- Jim #TeamMonique
from iPhone
:(
- Julian
*hugs* so sorry LB :(
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
I'm so sorry, Laura. I hope you can take a little solace that you gave him a happy, loving life.
- Anne Graham
Goodbye, faithful, loving lad
- maʀtha
I'm so sorry Laura. Many hugs to you and Mr. B.
- Hedgehog
I'm sorry sorry Laura. Thinking of you and Mr. B.
- Soup in a TARDIS
:(
- Christina Pikas
from iPhone
Oh, Laura! I'm so sorry for you & Mr. B & the pups. *much love and sympathy*
- Laura H.
I'm sorry for your loss. :-(
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
{The Botts}
- Pete #TeamMonique
Oh big hugs to you and Mr. B. :(
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
I'm so sorry for your loss.
- joey
Sorry for what happened!
- SophiaAnne88
Sorry, LB.
- Friar Ticket to Ride
I'm so sorry. I know you gave him a happy and healthy home.
- Jed Harris-Keith
from iPhone
*hugs*
- Kristin
hugs- sorry for your loss..
- Peter Dawson
Very sorry for your loss, Laura.
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Thank you all very much.
- LB: #TeamMonique
(((Laura)))
- Monique the crochet freak
I'm so sorry, Laura.
- Mary Carmen
So sorry. :(
- Heather
(( LB ))
- Julian
Much love xoxox
- Headless Gnad Kicker
((((LB)))
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
Oh, love. *hugs*
- Pixie
Sorry, LB.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
((hugs))
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Aw, man. I'm so sorry for your loss.
- Spidra Webster
be well http://www.petloss.com/rainbow...
- WarLord
*hugs* My condolences, LB, on the loss of your beloved pet.
- Anne Bouey
:(
- Bash
I'm so sorry LB. So hard to lose a furry family member. *hugs*
- Carmen
RIP :(
- imabonehead
I'm so very sorry, LB. A sad sad day.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
oh my condolences
- hasinihemanth
I'm sorry :[
- esther
How To Make A Macaroni And Cheese Pie With A Bacon Lattice - http://www.buzzfeed.com/emofly...
Michael W. May, Sir Shuping is just sir, Steven Perez and 20 other people liked this
i'd eat that.
- Marie
from Bookmarklet
my
- maʀtha
that bacon needs to be crispier, but... yes. totally down with that.
- holly #ravingfangirl
Gimme!
- Katy S
yaaaaaasssssss
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Whaaaaaaa? *faints*
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
OH EM GEE
- Monique the crochet freak
The internets need to stop trying to give me heart disease.
- Pixie
O. M. G.
- Spidra Webster
I uses to make baked beans with bacon on top. It's been a while, bit now I want to, just so I can weave a bacon lattice.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
from FFHound(roid)!
Bacon lattice FTW
- Marie
To ban or not to ban: should kids be allowed in fine-dining restaurants? - http://www.foxnews.com/leisure...
Heather, Lisa | #TeamMonique, Iván Abrego and 7 other people liked this
"So in July 2011, Vuick banned anyone under six, citing it as the best decision he’s made. “I’ve gotten an overwhelming response from people all over the world, and it’s a thousand to one in favor of what we’ve done. Every day a customer seeks me out to thank me for the policy, or someone writes to tell me they wish a restaurant near them would institute this policy. Business is up and it’s even helped me get some staff I wouldn’t have otherwise attracted.” Some restaurateurs have a different strategy, like Allen Routt, chef and co-owner of The Painted Lady in Newberg, Ore., where children are not banned, but guests are encouraged to leave children under seven at home due to the length of the meal (around three hours) and the mature menu (a multi-course tasting menu). “My restaurant isn’t for some adults, and it’s not for some children,” admits Routt. “But banning children seems like a knee jerk reaction. We are raising the next generation and if we can expose children to manners and...
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- Eric - seven eleven
from Bookmarklet
When the title asked, "All children?" I thought they meant *all* children. If the question only refers to little kids, well, that's a different question entirely.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
It's only relatively recently that American restaurants who banned women dropped that practice. "In May 1970 a prominent NYC editor, a woman, walked into Schrafft’s on the corner of 47th Street and Third Avenue with another woman. They noticed that at the back of the restaurant there was a section that looked especially attractive, with more space between tables, tablecloths, and...
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- Micah
I think it's fine for fine-dining restaurants to ban kids, especially under a certain age. I know not all kids misbehave or are loud (my cousin was always super quiet and polite), but a long wait for food and a setting that isn't intended for kids can test their patience.
- Heather
"PTA wash". Begin acronym guessing...NOW
Yvonne, Carmen, Jimminy IS Everybody and 5 other people liked this
I really thought everyone said this. My co-worker never heard of this x_x
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
.....Parent Teacher Association?
- Soup in a TARDIS
so, yeah. I guess we're REAL southern, Janet. ;) also, the Spanish side of the family calls it a "whore's bath".
- t-ra: not givin up
In New York it's referred to as a ho bath :)
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
^ I've always heard "whore's bath"
- Jennifer Dittrich
My mom always called it a bird bath...
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
My mother was from Atlantic City if that allows for her use of this acronym. Or having a five year old ask what is a "whore" bath. I will leave the hiney song for another post.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
Until I read the comments here, I would have assumed the same thing as Soup. I thought it was about the Parent Teacher Association holding a fundraising car-wash. Now that I've seen the comments, though, I realize it's a totally different thing.
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Add me to the fundraising car wash camp.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
*still confused*
- Soup in a TARDIS
Shouldn't it be PTAA? o_O
- Tinfoil 2.0
It's funny if you Google it: there are different interpretations offered for the letters, at least for P and A.
- LB: #TeamMonique
....I googled it. Now I wish I hadn't. o_o
- Soup in a TARDIS
Tinfoil - No, I think it would be more like PT&A, wouldn't it?
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
PT&A told me what it was, because I've seen the Carlin skit. Around here we just called it a sink or sponge bath.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Washington State PTA!
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
I Googled and :/ P- Pits, T- rhymes with pits, A- arse
- Janet:#TeamMonique
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T doesn't rhyme with pits, it rhymes with paint. At least when I've heard it. Also see: http://ff.im/1fteYd
- Jimminy IS Everybody
More variety of body parts being washed than I expected. :)
- c.a.j.
Well guys have no need to focus on their tits, or at least I don't because I don't have any.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Jimminy, you have moobs. So PMA?
- Janet:#TeamMonique
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No, no I don't. I'm have the body of an athletic 12 year old girl.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
I was in a C cup at 12.........
- Janet:#TeamMonique
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And here we go *thataway*. :P
- c.a.j.
Steven Harper Piziks - Destroying Public Schools on Purpose - http://spiziks.livejournal.com/403625...
"Albion has to close its high school for lack of money: http://michiganradio.org/post... Inkster is laying off all its teachers for lack of money: http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013... Buena Vista closed for lack of money. Willow Run and Ypsilanti are teetering on the edge of closing for lack of money. Does everyone see the pattern here?"
- Betsy #TeamMonique
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That Uhura's apparent function in the new movies is mainly as a love interest is also irritating.
Iván Abrego, Katy S, John E. Bredehoft and 7 other people liked this
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
The pilot for the original Star Trek series had a female second in command (Number One, played by Majel Barrett), but NBC said no. http://www.startrek.com/databas...
- Betsy #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
From all accounts, that was Uhura's high point.
- 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
OK, now I can say I've seen the scene from Star Trek III. https://www.youtube.com/watch...
- John E. Bredehoft
RT @michaelwhitney: Wow, the Japanese have a word for "the act of buying books and not reading them, leaving them to pile up": tsundoku http://t.co/Rn1S3ERoem
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If I were to name my house, I would name it Casa Tsundoku.
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