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Looks like Dad got a bit of schwag, too... :) - Mark Dykeman

awesome! - Thomas Hawk

Where are the FF onesies?! :-) - JA Castillo

The FF onesies are way too big. My "biggest" kid is five pounds. When these guys get 3-6 months, let the schwag wagon roll. - Louis Gray

FFTwins FTW! - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Link bait! :) - Andrew Baron

awwwww - Michelle Trent

Do they have FF accounts yet? - Johnny

aww gorgeous :) and the babies too! - Allison

LOL that is alll kinds of win - Mona Nomura

I've always thought it's important to establish brand awareness early on. Good job ;-) - Jonathon

So, what are their domains and RSS feeds? I need to add them as imaginary friends for now. - Rob Diana

Peace. That's the word that comes to my mind :) - directeur from NoiseRiver

good thing they are always this happy. right! - Tim Connors

I want that shirt! - James Hull

totally got a cool idea for new schwag... two items: for new Moms, a friend feed shirt with slots for easy feeding of infants... and for new Pops like Louis, nipple with bottle attachment inserts with one nipple coming out of the first f and the second nipple coming out of the second d... saweet! - Rob Reed

FF schwag and twins! best picture of the day! - Sarah Perez

Cute as a button. Akiva you crack me up. :) - Mathew A. Koeneker from fftogo

@Rob Reed: Awesome! - April Buchheit

Kinda wished I had some FF schwag to wear with the newborn on the way. - Randy Hall

The first marriage on FF cannot compete with this. - Russellreno

Congratz. - Bill Bittner

Mega awesome ;) Congratulations to you and your family, like the Friendfeed t-shirt ;) - Mario Olckers

Tiny... little... eentsy... lumps of yum. There, my estrogen has officially shown itself. - Carla Thompson

No way - they have FF onesies??? How do I get my hands on one of those? - Jesse Stay

The Gray family Babies!!!! Sarah and Mathew look sooo cute in your arms! and sooo tiny my goodness!!... still LOL @ Rob's wacky comment..whoa! - Susan Beebe

cool beans! workin on those biceps! - Melissa Davis from twhirl

bring on the schwag, very cool pictures indeed - Dobromir Hadzhiev

A <3 - Bren

"The great insight of the Palin VP choice is that huge chunks of American voters no longer even demand that their candidates actually have policy positions; they simply consume them as media entertainment, rooting for or against them according to the reflexive prejudices of their demographic, as they would for reality-show contestants or sitcom characters. Hicks root for hicks, moms for moms, born-agains for born-agains." - Anna Haro

The truly disgusting thing about Sarah Palin isn't that she's totally unqualified, or a religious zealot, or married to a secessionist, or unable to educate her own daughter about sex, or a fake conservative who raised taxes and horked up earmark millions every chance she got. No, the most disgusting thing about her is what she says about us: that you can ram us in the ass for eight... more... - Anna Haro

"Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside once in a while, and considering the bad news and what it might mean, and making the occasional tough choice, and soberly taking stock of what your real interests are." - Anna Haro

See, I believe that as a citizen you have the responsibility to pay attention to the people who will represent you and the laws they enact in your name. But with poor reporting and politicians doing so much behind closed doors, there's a dumbing down of American culture that's acceptable. How many people have you talked to who seem to have an opinion they want to spout on politics and in the same breath state proudly, "Politics bores me." or even worse, "All politicians are the same."? - Anika

Wow, that's a hell of a picture. After reading the first two paragraphs, all I could think was how badly Matt Taibbi wants to be Hunter S. Thompson. - Carla Thompson

Personally, I like Rolling Stone articles. But a word of caution.. they are always unapologetically extremely left-leaning. - Phil Glockner

hahaha...Carla, I thought the same thing. - Anna Haro

The ironic thing is that the media is the primary cause of all this. Reducing politicians statements to sound bites where a few words from a larger speach can be spun one way or another. Politicians don't have to have grand ideas or positions, they just stick to hot button issues that play well on TV. Couple that with lobbyists and special interest groups to give them butt loads of... more... - Jason Shultz from twhirl

Of course J Phil. It's one perspective, one article, out of MANY. - Anna Haro

I honestly don't know what the terms "left" and "right" mean anymore in American politics. I try to figure out who has the best command of the facts and who is making the most sense. This article makes a great deal of sense. (If I must define myself politically with a label, it would be "progressive libertarian.") - Sean McBride

"Here's what Sarah Palin represents: being a fat fucking pig who pins "Country First" buttons on his man titties and chants "U-S-A! U-S-A!" at the top of his lungs while his kids live off credit cards and Saudis buy up all the mortgages in Kansas." - wow...harsh. - Chris Hollander

Very interesting read, though disturbing. I put my money on McCain/Palin winning the election. - ˈpɛbə

@Sean McBride... right on. - Tinfoil 2.0

Damn. He really worked up a lather on that one. - Yolanda

hahaha @Yo - Anna Haro

I don't think I'd talk with him too much at a party. ;) - Yolanda

Classic: "After eight years of unprecedented corruption, incompetence, waste and greed, the party of Karl Rove understood that 50 million Americans would not demand solutions to any of these problems so long as they were given a new, new thing to beat their meat over." - Raoul Pop

i agree for the most part - Cee Bee

ps recession - adolfo foronda

Taibbi *nails it* w/ the consumption of candidates as media entertainment. Infotainment has utterly corrupted news such that they are largely indistinguishable now. A huge disservice to the populace. And, of course, it results in this insane Reality TV show in front of us. - Ayşe E.

wow..such poignant words. The article still resonating even after reading it through. - Alan Le

Why is the entire country not going, "WTF? You can't find a person more qualified in the entire Republican party? REALLY?!?!" Her selection was condescending to our entire citizenry, and everyone seems to be rolling with it. - Robert Fischer

why aren't they more outraged? because they're living vicariously via the pit bull. they see her and say, 'she's just like me'. but prettier and i bet you they aren't willing to admit that. so they over-identify with her and i'm left saying, 'yea, but i wouldn't vote you president of a committee of 2.' - Anika

Liked only because of the picture, not because I have any interest in US politics. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

"But watching Palin's speech, I had no doubt that I was witnessing a historic, iconic performance. The candidate sauntered to the lectern with the assurance of a sleepwalker — and immediately launched into a symphony of snorting and sneering remarks, taking time out in between the superior invective to present herself as just a humble gal with a beefcake husband and a brood of healthy,... more... - Roberto Bonini

"The rest of Palin's speech was the same dog-whistle crap Republicans have been railing about for decades. Palin's crack about a mayor being "like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities" testified to the Republicans' apparent belief that they can win elections till the end of time running against the Sixties. (They're probably right.)" - Roberto Bonini

I'm not necessarily looking for funky either. Just more established, greener (as in actual trees and landscaping) and more diverse than my current west McKinney location. I've got nowhere to go but up. ; ) I've taken a liking to Springpark in Garland but there is almost nothing for sale there. - Carla Thompson

Love hoods around the lake. Pretty partial to Little Forest Hills, so much so I made a film about them in 2007 - insert plug ;-) - http://www.subdivided.net I grew up there and didn't like it much at the time, but the place has changed. Unfortunately due to development and other issues it is changing again. - Dean Terry

I have a mental list of what I'm looking for in a neighborhood: bike-friendly, old trees, diverse, few if any McMansions, etc. Having a hard time finding something like that so far. (that I can afford) - ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)

Yeah, that "afford" qualifier is the doozy. I suppose that's the trade-off: live in homogenous McKinney and get a whole bunch of house or live in a shack in a thriving neighborhood. - Carla Thompson

That's terrific! It's funny how Hillary still loses states she 'wins' (Texas and Nevada, I'm lookin' at you) - Kevin Fox

Sure, but I tend to think of that as extreme recklessness on the part of the press. Certainly, in the case of her loss in Texas, there was no reason to report that she 'won'. Not quite sure how that happened. - j1m

And I think this paradox Kevin mentions hi-lights the strength of Obama's campaign. HRC has been conducting a pretty traditional primary campaign. Obama is running away with it thanks to some new-fangled ideas. - Shellee

Yes. He's good at winning elections, in a way we haven't seen since at least Reagan. - j1m

Go Ana! - Jim Norris

Oh yeah! I guess that means Ana's really 2 for 4, not 0 for 4, right? - Kevin Fox

Thanks for the Saturday delegate update Chris. - Mike Reynolds

@Carla And I credit, you, Shellee and Kelly with Texas, so there :-) - Chris Reed

@Mike No problem... Having fun with my crackberry on the convention floor . - Chris Reed

Looks like a wide swath of Texas saw this. Current guess from the media is that it's a fragment from the satellite collision last week. Looking forward to seeing this pan out, but this is another good example of Twitter being ahead of traditional media. - Kevin Fox

Apparently NOAA thinks this is satellite debris, and some has been sighted (and felt) falling in Kentucky as well: http://www.examiner.com/x-504-S... - Kevin Fox

agreed, Chris. Cunningham's works are fantastic. His Director DVD is all kinds of cool. - Nathan Chase

Bjork... the mistress. Wait, that doesn't sound as impressive. - Carla Thompson

Brilliant! - Michael Fidler

Wow, I need a cigarette. - MLx

one lucky day i found out that all of my favorite music videos have been done by either chris cunningham ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... ) or michel gondry ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... ). it was quite a shocking moment to see what these two guys are able of. - Chris Hofmann

At some point MTV released a DVD of Chris Cunningham videos - among them the super-disturbing Squarepusher and Aphex Twin videos. I got it right after release. IIRC Michel Gondry and Spike Jonze also got their respective DVDs, not sure though. It must have been ten years since ;) - Mustafa K. Isik

I miss our Flamingo! *sighs* - Rachel Lea Fox

lame-o's...but then it gave you an excuse to make a sign full of awesome! - Josh Haley

The only response to the theft of something like this is to replace it with something that represents an even bigger blight on the neighborhood. Hence the sign. If they take the sign we're talkin' gnomes and cars on blocks. - Kevin Fox

BOOOOO! Also, agreeing with Josh that the sign if full of WIN. - Ladyepiphanybug

Good luck in recovering it! - Anne Bouey

Its especially annoying because I can't even buy another one. Target is sold out everywhere. I had to buy the display one to have one at all. Mean neighborhood Grinch! *sighs* - Rachel Lea Fox

http://friendfeed.com/search... - Louis Gray

two of my favorite things combined - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

I'm proud to say there's Bacon Salt in my pantry. - Jeff Beckham

Mmmm. Because one can never have too much salt. Oh wait ... - Ernie Oporto

@louisgray Interesting search, sometimes it boggles my mind what things catch on here, but bacon salt...mmm - michael sean wright

Only on FriendFeed would BaconSalt be old news! - Carla Thompson

Carla, here's the post from December that brought it to my attention. I promptly bought all three varieties. http://friendfeed.com/e... - Louis Gray

The best part is that it is certified Kosher. - Joe Beda

December, no less. I am 7 months behind in my bacon news! - Carla Thompson

yea bacon! - Tony C (Unrated)

Baconsalt! And now it's selling in UK from www.crazy4flavour.co.uk with quick delivery and way lower shipping cost than getting it from Seattle! - Stu Nutt