Betsy #TeamMonique

"Swelling keyboards? Check. Dozens of famous musicians and singers? Check. Ridiculously overblown lyrics and two extremely ill-advised rap breaks? Check -- and mate. On Friday, a British-Dutch composer named John Ewbank released "Koningslied", or "King's Song". It's a tribute to Crown-Prince Willem-Alexander, who will become the King of the Netherlands on April thirtieth. That's the day his mother, Queen Beatrix, is stepping down. It was written to be performed at the incoming King's investiture. But just one day later, Mr. Ewbank withdrew the song, and tweeted, "After having to block yet another insult on my Twitter account, I am now totally done." That might seem kind of petulant. And it is. But as I mentioned, it was released on Friday. And just 36 hours later, a petition with the title "No to the King's Song" had attracted nearly forty thousand signatures. So. What went wrong? Well, the music is...maybe a bit on the melodramatic side. In the sense that a double-chocolate doughnut... more... - Betsy #TeamMonique from Bookmarklet

One week later: they've changed it again. I'm guessing I wasn't the only one annoyed by their "giant pictures with the occasional caption" layout. - Betsy #TeamMonique

It slipped a long time ago but it was still bearable. It's starting to not be. - Betsy #TeamMonique

dream, 5:30am Tuesday April 23: looking behind "my grandmother's house" at the backyard (overgrown lots behind it) I see something, I see it's a water pipe busted and lots of water coming out and it has filled up and there are brown horses struggling in the horse-neck deep water. I run towards the house, remember that I have a new phone on me, turn around and call 911. Now the pipe is in the middle of commercial parking lots and it's behind a gas station and the horses are still struggling and there's also a van and the horses came from the van and there are people maybe three or four people in the 20's or 30's suddenly get out and the horses just got away from the water just before the people and a middle sized white shaggy dog is also out and then the van is rushed away to the left by the current and everybody's fine the end. - Betsy #TeamMonique

Phew! Close one! - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

I remember wondering, when the van appeared, how the heck they got the 4 or 6 horses into a regular size cargo van. And then the two or three people jumped out of the van. And then the dog! - Betsy #TeamMonique

(We got one of these posters at work. This was the first online copy I could find.) - Betsy #TeamMonique

"As for the financial risk involved, Martin doesn’t seem terribly worried. “Might be that I will lose my shirt,” he admits, “but, hey, I’ve been very lucky, I have other shirts.”" - Betsy #TeamMonique from Bookmarklet

Those dang cats with their holier-than-thou cats attitudes! (Actually, I like cats... most of 'em, anyway. But I *love* dogs!) - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

LOL - Kelli H.

Just a few of us... and Jack Nicholson - Heleninstitches

I paused the clock for 7 minutes so I could watch 8 deer grazing ahead of me. I also stopped for several minutes to pet a dog and talk to the owner, but that was on the clock. Same park as 2 weeks ago, but this time GPS worked. I think I figured out the trick. If GPS says Poor, say Cancel and try again. Then it says Good and you're set to go. - Betsy #TeamMonique

Fitbit says I went up 25 floors during the hike. - Betsy #TeamMonique

"College & University, Retail | Alberta, Canada | (I work part-time as a clerk in a small store while I was in university where I can study when it’s not busy. I’m reading a logic textbook one afternoon when a customer comes up to the till.) Customer: “Logic! that looks interesting!” Me: “Yes, I enjoy it but it isn’t enough to make a career out of, unfortunately.” Customer: “That’s not true! My brother has a PhD in phenomenology and he was the best fit of all of our siblings to take over my father’s gas station!”" - Betsy #TeamMonique from Bookmarklet

http://library-mofo.livejournal.com/1715834... - Betsy #TeamMonique

Pastafarianism or firstchurchofatheism.com [they provide quick ordinations. Not saying that reference libs are athiests.] - Yo. Shark Dog.

Only problem with Muppet bandaids: they're not stretchy, so they're not good for nose shapes. It started to unstick long before the end of the day. Back to my boring stretchy bandaid today. - Betsy #TeamMonique

"This video has been dramatically enhanced in quality, using modern video editing tools. The film has been motion stabilized and the speed has been slowed down to correct speed (from 18 fps to 24 fps) using special frame interpolation software that re-creates missing frames. Watch corrected and cleaned footage of circa 1900s London and Cork (5 min 35 sec)." via http://www.metafilter.com/127169... - Betsy #TeamMonique

Was there a koala nearby? - Spidra Webster

Koala? - Betsy #TeamMonique

ʕノ•ᴥ•ʔノ ︵ ┻━┻ - Spidra Webster

Not at all what I expected it to do. Very cool video. - Betsy #TeamMonique from Bookmarklet

A little off of topic of video but I have lot of admiration for these guys in all of what they do. They are so cool. - ᏓᏰ #team Monique

"I was walking on the Upper East Side back in the mid '80s. Ahead of me on the sidewalk was a very well dressed woman who was walking a little dog. I watched as she walked over to a newsstand and purchased that day's edition of the NY Post, which I thought was a bit odd. She continued to walk with her dog for another half-block or so until the little pooch bent his rear legs to cop a squat. The woman then, very deftly, slid the copy of the post under the little dog's rear end so that it shat on the front page of the paper. When the dog was done, she picked the paper up, feces and all, and discarded it in nearby trash can. Don't tell me the Post isn't a useful newspaper." - Betsy #TeamMonique from Bookmarklet

"Google is barring anyone deemed worthy of a pair of its $1,500 Google Glass computer eyewear from selling or even loaning out the highly coveted gadget. The company’s terms of service on the limited-edition wearable computer specifically states, “you may not resell, loan, transfer, or give your device to any other person. If you resell, loan, transfer, or give your device to any other person without Google’s authorization, Google reserves the right to deactivate the device, and neither you nor the unauthorized person using the device will be entitled to any refund, product support, or product warranty.” Welcome to the New World, one in which companies are retaining control of their products even after consumers purchase them. It was bound to happen. Strange as it may sound, you don’t actually own much of the software you buy today. You essentially rent it under strict end-user agreements that have withstood judicial scrutiny. Google appears to be among the first to apply such draconian rules to consumer electronics." - Betsy #TeamMonique from Bookmarklet

This is why jailbreaking is so important. Strong jailbreaking protections + strong first sale .... (note they are just refusing to support it - they can't actually stop you from selling it). I see this as a historical moment, and am still optimistic we will move past this part of the market and into a new one that is more regulated, more free, or both. - Marianne

Still rising. Two hours later, it's at 7.25. - Betsy #TeamMonique

(Finally got around to watching it.) - Betsy #TeamMonique from Bookmarklet

Ooooh, I have one I could do. - Yo. Shark Dog.

I think those are cute! - Hedgehog