My mom's dog did that once when I lived there. He stole a chunk of rotten cheese out of the trash and put it under the covers of my bed. My feet got a stinky, squishy surprise when I went to bed that night.
- Rochelle
Hah, my dogs like to take bones and "bury" them in my bed (ouch).
- Nadine Schaeffer
"Positive thinking alone is unlikely to change much of anything in the physical world. You can sit there and hope, pray, project, imagine, fantasize, visualize, make up great affirmations and just about any other kind of positive thinking idea you can imagine, and not much will change - at least not without actually getting involved, without taking some form of action towards what you want more of in your life."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
We read the self help books, we go to seminars, we listen to knowledgeable people who wholeheartedly try to be of help, we check sites on the internet, we read powerful messages or stories, and it all seems to me like visiting a fortune teller, hoping we will hear something positive.
- Derrick
Maybe I'm just Mr. Grumpy Pants this morning, but this article struck a nerve with me.
- Derrick
I think its crap. I believe inthe power of positive thinking. If anything, being a positive person makes other people be positive too. Then things are more pleasant
- Mary Carmen
positive thinking only impacts your thinking - positive DOING, actually getting off one's ass and doing something, is where the real action is - but that doesn't sell books or make good motivational posters
- William Harryman
Yeah but D it all starts in your head. Sure "faith without works is dead" and all that. But you have to start somewhere. Action comes from thought. If the title of the piece was "Why Positive Thinking Alone Just Doesn't Work" I'd be all in.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
I always was a greater believer in Positive Doing ... if positive thinking worked, I would have lovely wings and could fly (among other things).
- Nadine Schaeffer
"Today, the definition of normal eating is blurry. It’s gotten lost amid buzz words like “diet,” “restriction,” “willpower” and “flat abs.” It’s sandwiched between the sizable stacks of “shoulds”: I should diet. I should abstain from dessert. I should count calories. I should avoid “bad” foods. I should have an invisible stomach, smaller hips and thin thighs."
- Anna Haro
from Bookmarklet
“Normal eating is going to the table hungry and eating until you are satisfied. It is being able to choose food you like and eat it and truly get enough of it—not just stop eating because you think you should. Normal eating is being able to give some thought to your food selection so you get nutritious food, but not being so wary and restrictive that you miss out on enjoyable...
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- Anna Haro
"Normal eating takes up some of your time and attention, but keeps its place as only one important area of your life. In short, normal eating is flexible. It varies in response to your hunger, your schedule, your proximity to food and your feelings.”
- Anna Haro
^ That's how I eat. I could never do these fad diets. I just watch what I eat and don't eat to the point of being stuffed.
- Captain Bubbles
I have been playing a fun game with food lately - every time I go to the farmer's market, I try to buy something I have never cooked before. Last week it was borlotti beans - they are pink and white and look like candy. Ok, they taste like big white beans, but just shelling them was fun for the color. The week before it was padron peppers, which are succulent and tasty but not hot. Anyway, it's a fun game, and food should really be fun, it is one of few true pleasures of life.
- Nadine Schaeffer
This is my dad's dog, Poppy. She's a Newfoundland and Great Pyrenees mix and has just turned two. These pictures are from Christmas when she was about a year and a half old. Don't worry, pic two is her sniffing my boot, not me kicking her =P
Cutie. Not quite as big as you might imagine considering the mix.
- Christopher A Carr
At this point her head comes up to about my waist, perhaps a bit higher. She's tall and lanky but hasn't filled out much. Which is good, really, since she still bounces and pounces like she's a 30 lb puppy...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Does she drool much? I love both of those breeds, but the drooling (especially a Newfie).
- Kenton
And by Newfie, I'm referring to the dog breed. Just want to clarify that if there are any human Newfoundlanders on here...
- Kenton
She doesn't drool all that much, definitely not as much as the pure newfie I've been around before. She gets a bit sloppy faced when she drinks water, but that's about 80% water and only 20% drool.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Staying light is definitely good if you're a big breed dog.
- Christopher A Carr
It's strange, Christopher, she's not nearly so 'beefy' as either of her parent breeds. Then again, she might fill out in the next 2 years as she reaches full maturity. I expect she'll be about 150 or so...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Oh yeah, she DOES look a lot like Pascal - what a cutie! How big is she now?
- Nadine Schaeffer
She's rather tall but still very lanky, hasn't filled out all the way yet. At the head she's probably 3.5 or 4 feet when standing.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Will probably be another year even before she's fully physically mature. Big dogs are late bloomers.
- Christopher A Carr
If you go on Safari for the purpose of getting a Fox onto a Leopard, what does that make you?
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
As the various members of the animal kingdom prepare for the battle with humans for the planet, the recon efforts are increasing dramatically. It used to be limited to squirrels and birds. Also we will soon see an increase in attacks as they begin a coordinated test of our defense weakness points.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from fftogo
Rochelle: maybe not in the city, but we see them down here in the sticks from time to time. Coyotes, too. In my neighborhood. (keep kittehs indoors, ya know?)
- Bren, Not Grinchy
from iPhone
We had coyotes around where I grew up (N. Snohomish County) and cats had to be indoors a lot because of it. The wildest animal we have here is raccoons.
- Rochelle
Akiva, blame the platform. Foxes on FrontPorch is rock solid.
- Micah Wittman
I guess when their ratings are down, Rupert Murdoch just sends the fox right to your house. That's one way to make sure you see it. Let's call one of them Glen Beck.
- Pete Delucchi
Just pencils, but the whole gamut from maxxed out H's to maxxed out B's. As well as charcoal and indian ink on some portraits with thick heavy black backgrounds. Oh, and plenty or erasers :)
- ImJustCreative
anyone else secretly hope google buys Friendfeed? (update: this is from October 11th, someone has bumped it up - which is cool...and i still feel the same.)
I'd love it...just the security in knowing a heavyweight is behind the service (especially through the hard times ahead) and let's face it -they have got skills when it comes to bringing companies together (Facebook aside). And fingers crossed, it will push Friendfeed towards a more mainstream audience, ie. growth.
- Zee.
Jailu was close to dead before google took over - imo. Plus, Ive been a member for ages and thd community & features on FF are far superior.
- Zee.
@Jemm, funny but ads are coming anyway. And google definitely has the least intrusive advertising out there.
- Zee.
jaiku is miles behind friendfeed, but was better than twitter
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
@Zee: Yeah, I'm sure here will be ads someday. Or maybe they (FF) make us addicted and then require membership fee to continue ;)
- Jemm
Being bought by Google doesn't automatically confer greatness nor service quality
- Mo Kargas
You don't think the Googlers would try to take over what the ex-Googlers are doing? IMHO, the FF dev teams are already heavyweights, not because of their names. The site keeps on improving with hardly any downtime, and they're taking time to think things through to actually developing a site that is far superior than a lot of the other sites and service. (both front and back end)
- Mona Nomura
Depends what u mean by greatness and service quality
- Zee.
@Mona - no doubt. Bret, Paul & the rest of the team have & are doing an incredible job but times are going to get harder...that's for certain and more often than not heavyweights survive over the smaller guys during these times. And in comparing friendfeed vs google, as superb the FF team are - there are few (if any) company you can compare to the likes of google at the mo
- Zee.
Is that assuming FF founders want to join Google? I am assuming they left for a reason :)
- Tim Hoeck
NO. I am hoping that they do great things on their own instead. Google has Jaiku and it is not doing very well.
- Vijayendra (V-Mo) Mohanty
Just after reading the comments.. Do you really think it is in Google's interest to buy Friendfeed.. I don't believe it is there interest I think Google has it's head elsewhere right now?
- Ian Cleasby
from twhirl
I have 2 hopes for FF. 1) It stays. 2) The folks I've come to consider pals stay around as well. :)
- Yolanda
Only if FF is going broke. Otherwise, NO. Besides Writely, what good has Google brought to startups?
- Christopher Galtenberg
you may be right Ian but i'm not sure - I think if google are adding to their organise the worlds information...friendfeed could definitely contribute
- Zee.
No. Google is a clusterfuck and their products are designed by committee. FF is obviously the lovechild of a few people with a very clear and focussed vision for it.
- Nadine Schaeffer
lol, something tells me i'm not going to win this 1...
- Zee.
@Zee: Thanks. I still think Google would be a decent fit as Google's social networking forays so far have been duds: Reader was never intended to be the social tool Google's trying to turn it into. Google Talk's getting blown away by FB chat. Google Profiles is awkward, Blogger is a nation unto itself, and Groups is ... just there. I'm pretty sure FriendFeed already has more "social"...
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- LANjackal
how about Slaughterhouse Five by Vonnegut?
- Josh Haley
Tried Slaughterhouse Five once, didn't get far... LOVED Cat's Cradle and consider Breakfast of Champions required reading for even beginning to understand why I'm so messed up.
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
not to comment on the existence or not of God, we know for a fact that the Gospels were written at a minimum 35 years after Jesus died, and likely not by the Apostles - Mark was probably the first one, as the others quote it but add their own twists to the story - Mark seems to be the only Gospel that could have been written by its named author, though no one agrees to that
- William Harryman
I read Outliers (Malcom Gladwell) while travelling to SXSW... it blew my mind
- andy brudtkuhl
if you are really brave, you can try Finnegan's Wake, by James Joyce
- William Harryman
back in university, when a house party was winding down and there were just 3 or 4 of us left, and we were too drunk to stand up, we would pass around a copy of Finnegan's Wake and each read a paragraph of it aloud. It was hilarious. I have no idea what it's about.
- Louis Simoneau
The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler, a true must read!
- Keith - @tsudo
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco. And I second most anything by Neal Stephenson or Italo Calvino. Or Thomas Pynchon. Lost in the Funhouse by John Barth.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
It was great, wasn't it? Most of the flavors they have now that contain nuts only have fudge-covered nuts. And frankly, it's not really fudge. And all the caramel is now made with corn syrup!
- Michael R. Bernstein
I think this is second on my list of places to visit. First is the Galapagos Islands. I've just watched a great BBC documentary: http://bit.ly/1wxgGb
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
I have as road trip with my parents as a kid. I really only remember it stinks like farts
- sofarsoShawn
Yellowstone is beautiful (but does smell like farts.! I've been there at least 10 times - there is so much to see! My favorite parts are Mammoth, Norris and the Old Faithful area. Don't get too close to the Bison!
- Erica Toelle
A few times, but only the south loop (look at a road map, you'll understand). You get out of it what you put into it. Just drive around, lots to see and crowds to dodge (especially during the summer months). Take the time and effort to hike/camp and it takes the experience to another level.
- Jared B. Luther
I went when I was a kid. They had sent us a really nice, full-color tour guide through the mail and we were all excited to see as much as we could. Each destination, however, was just a dying shadow of its former self; so much of it was drying up. Mammoth Rock was just gray stone with one small pool of sulphur burbling away in the distance. I just remember looking at it and feeling lonely. For a ten-year-old kid, it was quite depressing.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Gorgeous place, and full of critters - moose, deer, elk, etc - just keep your eyes open!
- Nadine Schaeffer
Been there twice. Once in 1998 and again in 2007. Yellowstone is fantastic. I'm not sure what accounts for Akiva's depressing experience above, but those two trips I took were absolutely astounding. I can't wait to go back again for another look. Make your plans way, way in advance so you can reserve a room at the Old Faithful Inn.
- Jim Hearts FF
Can anyone share any photos from their trips?
- Kol Tregaskes
A wonderful place, but get there and enjoy it while you can. It's one giant caldera over a volcanic hotspot that explodes every 600,000 years, and is 40,000 years overdue. Those quadrillions of dollars of derivatives outstanding on Wall Street could just push it over the edge..: <http://www.sciam.com/article...>
- Tim Ostler
Yellowstone rocks. I haven't been there in a long long time (no photos) but I remember loving it. My family used to camp there when I was a kid. We'd rent horses and ride around some parts, - the sulpher stinks, ,but some parts are so damn prehistoric looking it's just cool to see.
- Bill Rawlinson
"What can one say about Hemeroscopium House in Madrid, by Antón García- Abril? It was built in just seven days, out of seven massive structural elements. And yes, that thing cantilevering out the front on top is a swimming pool."
- Nadine Schaeffer
from Bookmarklet
i'm sure the pool looks nice from above, but it kinda spoils the integrity of the overall design imo. looks like an architectural tumor
- Cee Bee
I think the otters and penguins look tastier, myself :)
- Nadine Schaeffer
Growing up in hong kong has conditioned me to associate fish tanks with seafood restaurants, and my Japanese half sees sushi rice under every fish that swims by.
- Jess Lee
jellyfish reminds me of will smith's movie seven pounds, in which he uses one of them into his bathtub to commit suicide
- viki saigal
Jellyfish salad is very good. I've eaten it at traditional chinese restaurants and some dim sum houses. It's tasteless and has a rubbery texture; it's good when mixed with spicy ingredients. Here's a sample recipe: http://is.gd/evIY
- imabonehead
At a Chinese restaurant in London, they called the jellyfish sea blubber ;o)
- Seth Greenblatt
I <3 Oregon. (GO BEAVS!) When I finish school next June, I'm going to road trip all over that damn state instead of just molesting the same select regions every year. :)
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I'm from Newport, OR. I miss it sometimes, but I love New York.
- Jon Anderson
I love BEAVERS, but have personally never seen the Oregon coast.
- Morgan Haley
Isnt this the indian beach where vampires cant enter :) ref. Twilight.. Would love to see it.
- Yunus Tunak
I have a picture from that exact spot in the same direction. What a great place.
- Patrick
Patrick, where exactly is that spot?
- Bryan Clark
I think it's a little lookout on the highway just north of Manzanitas (which would make that the town you can barely see in the background) http://pcarlisle.smugmug.com/gallery...
- Patrick