SCREW YOU HAGGIS... I wax me legs, I spend hours in the hairdressers and weeks doing my makeup for you... YOU BASTARD... I HATE YOU... *runs off sobbing*
- Johnny Worthington
Oh I have you in another list Johnny: Crossdressing Australians of FF.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Aww, I hope I'm not offending anyone by not including them on the list. Many times I just go by the avatar and if it's a cartoon or something it's hard to tell and I won't put on here, and also these are just *my* personal tastes. Everyone has different types!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Any woman with the brass to be on FF is a hottie in my book.
- Chris Baskind
Wow - that'd be a drag to be on a list like that. Still, as I always say, if you want to get a lot of followers get a hot chick avatar. It's sad but it's iJustine. True! I mean true. It's sad but it's true.
- Ciaoenrico
Ciaoenrico I kinda take offense to that. My avatar is me, it's my face and I shared it on FF after a LOT of thought about it (plus some gender confusion, but that's another story). Because a woman might be considered attractive she *shouldn't* user her face as an avatar otherwise she's just trying to get followers? Bull crap, and sexist to boot.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Agreed, Tina. That certainly wasn't the point of this list - it was merely a way to point out all of my FF crushes at once. I hope no one takes offense to it. :(
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I'm offended....I wasn't on this effing list!!
- jamar78
Sean, I'm not offended, personally. I find it rather amusing. The title of this post, to me, however, seemed rather "definitive". YMMV. :D
- Helen Sventitsky
I think I'm due for a new picture. I've used the same one since joining.
- Rochelle
Rochelle, you had that other one, the B&W one of you smiling. That was great, too
- Josh Haley
Quite a collection. There should be a male list too but then that could lead to a match-making game and apps being developed and other memes ... and ... oh dear ...
- Amani
Dammit.. I'm about to delete this post. It was not my intention to hurt anyone's feelings. :(
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I don't think it's a problem pointing out your crushes, hun. I think it's the fact that it's titled "The Hotties of FriendFeed" that can make people kind of uncomfy. That comes across as a direct judgment of peoples' looks, even though we know you didn't mean it that way.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
@Sean don't ever apologize for your actions.
- Shevonne
Okay, I think I understand.. Thanks Amanda.. I just updated the title, hopefully it will let everyone know that this is my own personal list, and by no means a judgement of anyone.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
It's not my scene, but hey...whatevs. It just feels a little meat market-ish to me. People aren't avatars, and I know a couple on the list who wouldn't be proud of being reduced to a FF hottie on someone's list.
- Derrick
Derrick - But a lot of the stuff you post to the really gay room is pretty meat market-ish. Just because they're professional models it's okay to objectify them? We naturally objectify each other because we naturally are sexual creatures. I'm not offended by being on this list, but I don't like being objectified and I think what Haggis has done is a sweet gesture, not a gesture of blind testosterone rubbing one out.
- Mattie Kenny
Didn't anyone see me grab the popcorn earlier? That's your 1st clue.
- Josh Haley
Sean you created a monster didn't you....hehe
- jamar78
Ugh.. no kidding.. I guarantee this list will never be mentioned again outside of these posts. I think i'm gonna unplug for a while and let this all die down.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
ok i just now read the whole thread damnit i always miss everything lol joel... ::shakes head:: u kno to some i'm not a lil sister lol ur so funny i luv u!
- Cardeen Martinez
don't let it get to you Sean....all that matters is that you had no malicious intent which you didn't
- jamar78
**blushes** - gee thanks. :) And go hide for a while, Sean... it'll all blow over.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
nice list, i have about half of these in a group called "sexy people"
- sean percival
Mattie, any pics I post in the Really Gay Room are A) *in* the Really Gay Room, and B) pictures culled from sites that are meat-marketish to begin with. I would never post pics of Scoble or Louis Gray and say, "oh these are guys I'd like to see naked". And I'm not knocking Sean. I freakin' love Sean. But I also know that there are women on the list who've worked hard at getting to where they are in life and in their careers and to be thought of as a pin-up on FF isn't their bag.
- Derrick
It's about time you chimed in Leather...LMAO...love it...haha
- jamar78
I don't see how posting this in a room would make it any different a situation, Derrick. I don't think that Sean ever said he wanted to see any of the women on the list naked. Is that something I skipped over while scanning the comments? If he said that, then yes. This list is pretty lame. But being admired for your beauty isn't bad. Especially since (for me at least) being a hottie entails being incredibly intelligent and engaging.
- Mattie Kenny
Mattie, that's exactly what I consider a hottie. Attractiveness is only part of the factor. Intelligence, a sense of humor, and many other things go into that equation.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
+100 Mattie -- There's always a fine line of taste when these things come into play. These are our normal avatar pics, not semi-nude pics, not anything gratuitous. That's what i think keeps it on the good side of the line. It's really just an innocent list.
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Mattie, I'm not going to fight with you over this. If you want to split ends, say I'm a hypocrite, or engage in double standards, feel free. I don't care. Very simply, I know people who don't want to be referred to as hotties. By anyone. I see them on the list. I speak up. That's it. There are 50 people in the RGR, maybe 20 people see it regularly. That's a HUGE difference than the numbers of people who sub to the home feed. But you know what? Forget I even opened my mouth. Apparently I've become a prude...
- Derrick
That's not what I'm saying, Derrick. Now I understand what you meant by putting the photos up in the RGR versus what Haggis did. Did these women speak up for themselves and say they don't appreciate being called attractive?
- Mattie Kenny
<3 Derrick.. I appreciate what you are saying, and think it's very commendable that you are seeing this from an angle I didn't really see. I know you only have the best intentions with what you are saying. Please no more fighting over this..
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I just happen to know them, Mattie. And I didn't say they didn't appreciate being called attractive. I said they, knowing them as I do, woudn't appreciate being culled up on a list and pointed out for the world to ogle.
- Derrick
Sean, you know how I feel about you bud, and I'm not putting you on blast. Consider my hands washed of it.
- Derrick
Mattie, how about you look at it from the flip side...those women who DIDN'T make the list and don't have the benefit of feeling all bubbly inside because they've been deemed "attractive"? It's all well and good when you're on the winning team, apparently.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
yeah Sean you are a good person....don't beat yourself up about it
- jamar78
Although you better take my sis' out this damn list!! hehe
- jamar78
Amanda - I don't think not being on the list deems you unattractive and I don't think Haggis is the be all end all of who is or is not attractive. Wow. I'm on the list. BFD. I don't feel or bubbly inside, nor did I take it very seriously. It didn't blip in my radar until I saw people taking major offense to Haggis having posted the list, in which case I looked at it & was surprised to see myself there. I'm not on any "team".
- Mattie Kenny
Haggis, I love the conversations you spawn... feel free to include me in future provocative topics. ~xxxooo~
- Far
I would like to state for the record, should there be a men's list...I would like to opt out. That is all, thank you.
- Christian (Simply X)
Ok gents, let's show the ladies how we roll. (and can someone email me that info ahead of time, so I look like I know what I'm doing?)
- Morgan Haley
Oh too funny. Thanks for including me, Sean. ;-)
- Jennifer Leggio
And the winner for best line from this entire thread..."The picture is too small to see. Am I on it?"...@Martha. thank YOU! I am now cleaning cola off of my keyboard.
- .LAG liked that
How did you manage to limit yourself to only 53?
- j1m
Ok my cat is really pist off...didn't make the cut...gees! LOL
- Susan Beebe
This list is approved, mainly because one certain hottie is the better half :) Sean, not only do you represent a great product, but also exceptional taste. Sir, I owe you a drink! ;)
- Matt Harwood
I'm amazed that neither Lisa Bettany nor Sarah Lacy are showing up in any of these clique building seminar visual aides.
- Matthew DeVries
Ok I am not the brightest crayon in the box so I want to know how the hell do you see a list of people like that. I have different lists but where do I go to see all in just that one list?
- Brandy Lea
Brandy, you see this view when you go into one of your lists then select to Add/Remove friends.
- Kol Tregaskes
I think what Brandy is asking is if she can see someone else's list, which we can't. Haggis might have made a list that is friendfeed.com/list/hotties and he'll see it when he's logged in, but no one else would see it if they went to that same URL. He wouldn't even see it if he logged out and went to that URL.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I don't think I was subscribed to you when I made this list, Jeunelle. This is almost a year old! :D
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Don't misunderstand what I mean. I mean I am thankful I didn't make the list period. PRAISE THE LORD :)
- Jeunelle Foster
We should have an Academy Award of FriendFeed or something. That I would have a long ass speech prepared telling everybody how I'd like to thank all the little people who were responsible for me winning that award and it should be sponsored by Mashable and FFundercats :)
- Jeunelle Foster
How the FF did I miss this thread? Jan 27th??? Thank you! That's a huge compliment. And since it's so old, it's a fun time capsule too.
- Ginger Makela Riker
Cap'n, don't you know Mr. Rosh Hashanah?
- Rochelle
Wow. Meanwhile, an old friend of mine single-handedly got the organizers of All Tomorrows Parties 2009 to move the date of the festival because it was originally scheduled to be during Rosh Hoshanah.
- Akiva Moskovitz
errrrm ... umm it's def real. don't ask me how i know.
- Brandon
you'd be amazed at how many incredibly ignorant people work at dreamworks. i know over 40 people who work there. only about 3 of them have working brains.
- Anika
Someone hasn't informed Michelle that we run Hollywood. She better get with the program.
- Akiva Moskovitz
How do we find the time? What with the banks and the media and everything?
- Oldengrey (Jay)
I thought all the Jews owned Hollywood? :-p There goes another stereotype.
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
All of it has been transferred into highly leveraged derivatives.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
I'm actually wondering what the "All Tomorrows Parties 2009" party is/was now. EDIT: Nev minds, I suddenly remembered this thing called Google.
- CAJ, somewhere else
Rosh and Yom are Tu Bshvat's cousins. This reminds me of Jay Leno's interviews with people on the street.
- Laura Norvig
I know all the Jewish Holidays: Yom Kippur, Rosh Hoshanah, Baz Luhrmann... all of 'em!
- Mark Jepsen
Wow time flies. I remember clicking Like as if it was yesterday.
- Aviv
2 - Especially love robots. My father is a mechanical engineer and roboticist and my enthusiasm is partly due to trips to the CSIRO as a kid
- Mo Kargas
3 - I'm Australian, but was born in Wales in Great Britain, hence a British Citizen as well
- Mo Kargas
4 - I never ever give up, doesn't matter what it is
- Mo Kargas
5 - I'm a hopeless romantic. Hopeless being a keyword :)
- Mo Kargas
6 - I have physics and computer science bachelors, not because I needed them for what I wanted to do, but because I just love science
- Mo Kargas
7 - I love learning about other cultures, especially first hand.
- Mo Kargas
8 - I'm a retro gaming fanatic. I collect every console and system I can get my hands on and have most games
- Mo Kargas
9 - I'm a great believer in a supreme power, moreover I think religion in general can help more than hinder
- Mo Kargas
10 - I love art in all its forms, I'm especially a fan of gothic, Renaissance and Islamic art
- Mo Kargas
11 - I'm a web developer, but hope to move into 3D games and animation one day
- Mo Kargas
12 - I am a control freak with mental state so I don't drink or smoke
- Mo Kargas
13 - I've recently become a fitness fanatic :)
- Mo Kargas
14 - I strongly believe in dialog between all peoples and faiths, regardless of history and grievance or enemity
- Mo Kargas
15 - I almost drowned when I was 5, and was saved by my Dad (I followed him off the deep-end's spring board LOL)
- Mo Kargas
16 - I'm a car fanatic, doesn't matter what vehicle it is. I own two car sites and I'm creating a third
- Mo Kargas
17 - I've never actually fallen in love with anyone, weird as that sounds
- Mo Kargas
18 - I'm a great fan of social media, but not for the business aspect, but for it's capability to help people reach out to eachother and experience lives elsewhere they may never ever have seen otherwise
- Mo Kargas
19 - I'm fascinated by ancient peoples and civilisations, especially ruins
- Mo Kargas
20 - I'm fiercely protective of my family, and this has landed me in trouble numerous times
- Mo Kargas
21 - I have no extended family where I live, and have never spoken to my grandparents, who have sadly all passed away.
- Mo Kargas
22 - A few oddities: My family history is Berber and semitic, but I'm not Jewish. Additionally my surname is Greek, but there's no greek connection anywhere in our family
- Mo Kargas
23 - I sometimes over-analyze the most basic of decisions :)
- Mo Kargas
25 - I love making things grow, and have a bit of a "green thumb"
- Mo Kargas
for #8 - Ahhhh but do you have E.T. for the Atari 2600??? ;)
- Her Lindsay-ness
Lindsay, yeah I have E.T for the 2600 (got it with the Woody edition). Do I play it? HELL NO
- Mo Kargas
Mo, this is awesome. Some of the stuff I picked up on (robots, and fitness), but didn't know about your family history. I'd love to hang out with you in person. :)
- Derrick
RE: #22 then we're two here Mo! Although some say that we have roman origins, I am a berber too :)
- directeur
Sweet! I still don't have a copy. And I would play it... at least one more time. :)
- Her Lindsay-ness
@directeur Roman origins, perhaps that's where the surname has come from
- Mo Kargas
Australian AND Welsh, how unlucky can you get? j/k ;) All these 25 lists are weird because I keeping finding about 10 of them are the same as me. Perhaps my FF circle projects my lifestyle more than I thought.
- Steven Cains
Dude, i'm SO WITH YOU on #23! Oh BTW, i was glad you didn't mention Fallout 3 in your list because if you did, i was going to hide your post, unsub from you and THEN block you....but lucky for you, crisis averted! HAHA! just playin, great list man!
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Great List, Mo! :-) Oh yeah, #17, not so weird...I'm in the club too.
- Anna Haro
@Anna, I'm not pessemistic when it comes to it, it simply hasn't occurred yet, and I'm content to wait till it happens or doesn't whatever the case.
- Mo Kargas
2. I was in the radio business for 30 years, both on-air and as a Programmer. It was fun.
- Chris Baskind
3. The proverbial half-filled glass is always full. Whether I'm paying attention to the half volume of liquid or air depends on the context.
- Chris Baskind
4. At one point, I was a postulant for Holy Orders in the Episcopal Church.
- Chris Baskind
6. I really like bicycles. I have three in the house and three in the garage. The bike I rode in college is hanging from the rafters.
- Chris Baskind
7. I didn't finish college, but I still ride.
- Chris Baskind
8. When I met Little Richard, he was wearing an open bathrobe and underpants.
- Chris Baskind
9. That was kinda weird, but it was one of the best live shows I ever saw. And I got to watch it onstage.
- Chris Baskind
10. I'm a vegetarian. I'm not annoying about it.
- Chris Baskind
11. Anyone can live on fresh pita bread and hummus.
- Chris Baskind
12. Once upon a time, I was scuba diving a hundred year-old wreck off Pensacola Beach and found the tip of this just barely sticking out of the sand. It's in a museum these days: http://flickr.com/photos...
- Chris Baskind
13. My son, James, lives with me. He's sixteen.
- Chris Baskind
14. About a year ago, I drove into a tornado. It was very exciting.
- Chris Baskind
15. My worst childhood memories are of California brushfires. My best ones are of California horse ranches.
- Chris Baskind
16. I have problems recognizing actors from movie to movie. This is actually great, since it makes their characters more believeable.
- Chris Baskind
17. I managed to launder a college scholarship through my student bank account and buy my first new car. See #7.
- Chris Baskind
18. I helped develop an English language adaptation of a classical Japanese poetry form. It's similar to tanka, but more objective and better suited to the mechanics of our language.
- Chris Baskind
19. I'm comfortable addressing a crowd of any size. I wouldn't be as comfortable being *in* that crowd. Or being part of the "in" crowd, come to think of it.
- Chris Baskind
20. My earliest memory is being carried out of a burning apartment building. I was about 18 months old. Not long after that, JFK was assassinated. My mom explained things and told me to remember, so I did. I saw the smoke from the Watts riots and watched the first Moon landing live on TV.
- Chris Baskind
22. I'm working on a book. It has nothing to do with anything you've seen from me so far.
- Chris Baskind
23. When I was 13, we moved from California to Mississippi. I consider Mississippi to be home.
- Chris Baskind
24. In all the years I've been blogging, I've always managed to avoid doing lists like this. I'm blaming the informality of FriendFeed.
- Chris Baskind
Benjamin: The juices in Belize are amazing. They make fresh juices at road stands, and fill used 1 liter Sprite/Coke bottles. Water is amazing. Sharks and rays swam through our legs. So used to tourists, you can touch them. Budget place for water stuff (as is the Red Sea - around Egypt & Sinai Peninsula). Egypt was 10 Euro for an 8-hr boat ride (including lunch & snorkel gear). Forget how much Belize was...
- Mitchell Tsai
I had such a GREAT time in Belize a few years back! What a great trip. Have a most excellent time Benjamin! Be sure to check out "Dready's" on Ambergris Caye and stay away from the kids who feed chickens to 25' crocs! :D
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Love the of the Blue hole, my home country Belize
- jamar78
Joel: What are your suggestions for Benjamin?
- Mitchell Tsai
We are only going to be there for 1 day (part of a cruise)
- Benjamin Golub
I would definitely visit Altun-Ha, a Mayan Ruin.
- jamar78
Joel: How does Altun-Ha compare to Caracol? I went to Caracol a few years ago. Met a guy from Houston who grew up there and never knew it was a Maya ruin until it appeared on the news ~5-8 yrs ago - "Hey, that's my hometown."
- Mitchell Tsai
I grew up in Belize City, I prefer Altun-ha
- jamar78
Thanks Joel! I'll check out Altun-ha next time I'm in Belize also. Have you visited Tikal or any of the Mayan sites in Guatemala? I was thinking about visiting Tikal last visit, but did the closer Caracol instead. When I visited Caracol, it had only been excavated for 2-3 years, so it was new..
- Mitchell Tsai
Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to do so. Have you ever been to the Belize Zoo?
- jamar78
2. I was born in 1980 2 days before the cutoff for grades - making me the youngest in my class
- George Smith
3. My first real kiss was a girl named Sarah. I have a soft spot for girls named Sarah. I have dated roughly 8 girls named Sara(h).
- George Smith
4. In Elementary and Middle School, I was voted Most Talkative
- George Smith
5. I ran sub 2min 800m in track in high school
- George Smith
6. I lived with friends during my Junior year of High School
- George Smith
7. I have "lettered" in 4 sports in HS - Football, X-Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor track (so really only two - football and running - but 4 letters nonetheless)
- George Smith
8. I quit track my senior year despite being offered college scholarships because it wasn't fun anymore.
- George Smith
9. I was in all the nerd classes in high school and loved it - but really hated it because "I wanted to get laid" and all the cute girls were dumber than me
- George Smith
10. I got into an Ivy League school but decided to go to UMass-Amherst instead
- George Smith
11. I spent my first semester freshman year sleeping on the floor of two girls dorm room. I had a horrible roommate (and apparently no game at the time)
- George Smith
12. I almost didn't graduate on time because I was unaware that I didn't fulfill my language requirement until the last day of registration second semester senior year
- George Smith
13. After college, I moved to Michigan to work for the DNC. I quit after a month because I was miserable living in rural Michigan
- George Smith
14. I subsequently spent the next year wandering aimlessly around the Northeast
- George Smith
15. I finally moved back to my hometown where I was just going to stay until I can move again
- George Smith
17. One night, a friend and I were hitting on girls and invited them to meet up with us the next night. When the next night came, the girl I was hitting on brought her boyfriend (which she never mentioned having before). As I was sitting at the bar, the boyfriend came up to me and said hello and asked me "what's your story". I responded by telling him that I was trying to get with his...
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- George Smith
18. Until this past year, I have never lived with the same people for more than a year. In College, I had 5 roommates in the 6 semesters I lived on campus.
- George Smith
19. I moved to Colorado without ever visiting.
- George Smith
20. It took me 3 days to get employment here.
- George Smith
21. Working for Crocs is the longest tenure I've ever spent at one company ( I have a tendency to quit jobs because I'm not happy - with no "backup" plan.)
- George Smith
22. I haven't gone skiing in Colorado yet
- George Smith
Obviously Tad's read it ;-) #12 almost happened to me, except it was a project for a class in high school. The teacher left the item for me the morning of graduation. Worst of all, it was an elective I was taking pass fail =P
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Yay...because man, that was a lot of work. And I saved everyone time and money because now you don't have to buy my memoirs....
- George Smith
George, #12 is exactly my story. I got a D in 2nd semester French for the same reason, and I have never been so happy to have a D.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
We needed C's to pass! I actually took my teacher out to dinner where we ordered and talked only in Spanish for extra credit to make sure I would pass!!!!
- George Smith
What are you talking about, George, of COURSE people are going to read it. And who knew you worked for Crocs???
- Derrick
Half my tweets on twitter are about Crocs and I shared Wayne Sutton's interview of me...I thought I bombard people with ugly shoes all day long! lol
- George Smith
Great, another Coloradan. I have to say that #22 is a bit disconcerting :-) If you ever need some 'no limit', transferable passes for Eldora, give me a heads up and we can make it happen. [Edit] I meant borrow for the day ;)
- coldbrew
Thanks for the offer!! If I ever have TIME to ski, I'd totally be down. I work too much tho. Plus I don't even own ANY ski equipment. Heck - I don't even own a pair of gloves! When it's 60+ degrees in Boulder in January - who needs gloves! lol
- George Smith
Sure was a nice day. I hear you on the work schedule, though I thought public companies were less intense.
- coldbrew
Very interesting. I have a similar #14 but, I'll save it for a better time!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
No. 17 has been by far one of the best nuggest I have read so far! And yeah, I can so relate to No. 25 (http://bit.ly/MrGR).
- JA Castillo
There's more to that story too but that's the summary of it.
- George Smith
Recently my cousin's head was run over by a car. This is what's left of her helmet. My cousin completely survived because of this helmet. Please think of this before riding a bike without a helmet next time!
This happened to a friend of mine at the beginning of the month. He didn't do so good in the accident, but the helmet obviously saved his life. Thankfully is on his way home tomorrow: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit...
- Steve Lacey
I used to ride my bike without the helmet even though it is mandatory in Chennai, India. But after reading this I am not even going to the next street in my bike without helmet.
- Sudar
I never wear a helmet. When hearing things like this, I always think of this article.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1.... In the Netherlands no one wears a helmet. It seems safe to me.
- Peter Stuifzand
I was hit while riding to work in summer 2006 & did not want anyone to touch my helmet at all costs. If my brain was scrambled, I did not want anyone to touch my egg:) I highly recommend a helmet especially if you think you will not need one! Mine was almost the same color too & manufacturer, but there is no conspiracy there:)
- Roney Smith
Bicyclists/motorcyclists that don't wear helmets are better called future organ donors
- Brian Sullivan
Thanks for sharing. I ride often at traffic time between cars. always wear my helmet...itsg good to know that It does work :)
- jonathan
from twhirl
Wow, glad to hear your friend is doing well after that. I agree, helmets save lives. Regardless, I've many intentional close-calls by drivers who don't want to share the road. Unfortunately, this is the common attitude where I live (southern US).
- pete
we wear helmets for everything: mtb, snowboarding, wakeboarding, skateboarding & even surfing - skulls are fragile why not put a protective layer around it (i also try real hard to not ride on streets - a high percentage of drivers are oblivious to bike riders)...
- mike "glemak" dunn
I always ride in my helmet and stay to bike lanes as much as possible. Nice to know the safety tools work. Now, if I can just avoid that NYPD cop with a penchant for knocking people off their bikes. Hopefully, he won't transfer to LAPD.
- Jason Toney
Peter Stuifzand, my cousin would be dead if she did not wear her helmet. That article is BS. Wear your helmet!
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
Point blank. You are a moron if you ride without a helmet. Sorry, but that's true and you're just going to play into Darwinian theory should you continue to ride without one. Any 'real' cyclist (e.g - you've been hit by a car - and yes, I have been) will tell you this without reservation. Helmets work without a doubt.
- AJ Kohn
I survived a nasty motorcycle crash in my youth and would also be dead without that helmet - which cracked in 2 like an egg (that would have been my head, as the nurse aptly put it!).
- Susan Beebe
A friend who's a cop refers to motorcycles as donorcycles whenever she sees someone riding without a helmet. I figure that applies for bicycles, too.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
I was on the way to work Monday morning while it was raining, when the third car in front of me spun out of control and flipped twice into a ditch. When I pulled over to help her out she was just fine. She only had a scratch on her left shoulder from the broken window and was not hurt anywhere else. THE REASON: She was wearing her seat belt. It's nice to hear that these devices are actually helping us!
- David Cook
Awesome. I ride my bike to work everyday and I see a lot of people with no helmets on. I don't know how they do it.
- Clint Ecker
Wow! I wear mine! Didn't for years - I was lucky I guess. Thanks for posting that!
- matthew hunt
OMG... Jesse, do you have a link other than here on FF? I have friends whose kids refuse to wear theirs, and seeing this may help.
- Cyndy
If it's nice enough to ride, I probably won't be bothering with the human-powered bike any longer. I always wear a helmet on my gas-powered bike.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
As long as we won't have mountains, we Dutch will not wear those things. Otherwise we won't be able to recognise the tourists on bikes.
- Ton Zijp
Thanks for sharing - I had a mishap with a car, wasn't wearing a helmet at the time, was lucky. If they don't see you, it doesn't matter either way. Wear the helmet!
- Rick Bucich
This isn't as extreme as this but when I fell off my bike onto a sidewalk and broke my arm, I thought I was fine for a while. Later, my dad noticed that the whole front of my helmet was all scratched up and the visor in front was torn off! I realized that if I wasn't wearing my helmet on the 2 minute trip down the road, I probably wouldn't be typing this comment right now! Not that I'd be dead but I would have suffered some head damage, limiting my ability to do most things.
- Kevin Lyons
Helmets for cyclists are mandatory in Australia. Still gives me the shudders when I'm travelling and see bareheaded bicyclists on the roads.
- Kate Foy
it'd definitely going to take me a while to get to a million. I'm publishing about 200 photos to flickr a week right now and at this pace it will take 92 years to get there. I'll get the pace up to 400-500 a week in the future though. Better technology should make processing easier and someday my kids will be grown and I'll be able to quit my day job and focus on this even more. The best photos have yet to be taken.
- Thomas Hawk
When I think about this I realize your best days are ahead of you.
- Russellreno
What's your shot/publish ratio? I mean, on average how many shots do you take to produce those you publish?
- Yuval Atzmon
atzmon, I probably average about 2,000 shots a week that I shoot. And I'm probably processing 300 or so of those a week at present, so I'm probably keeping about 15%. The other 85% never get processed and are kept in my archives. I'm trying only to process and publish the shots that I think meet a certain quality criteria.
- Thomas Hawk
You upload a lot more than I do. I have about 40,000 pictures but only about 2000 uploaded. Mostly because I have not gotten around to processing more. =)
- Jauder Ho
from twhirl
Jauder, the good news is that processing will only get easier in the future. I've watched it get better with each successive Adobe release. Lightroom 2.0 is the best processing tool yet. It's not necessarily faster per se though because with more tools there are yet even more ways to tweak a photo hence even more time. But the tools to speed things up are coming too. auto geotagging, better anti dust tech, faster processing speeds, easier online tools with faster broadband are all around the corner.
- Thomas Hawk
16,000 ?? Yikes. Cool number. Congrats.
- Charlie Anzman
This photo is total awesome. It is made even more awesome by the knowledge that there are 15,999 more photos just as awesome as this one. EDIT: This photo is now my desktop background. :)
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Always loved that quote " The best photos have yet to be taken. - Thomas Hawk"
- johnpiercy
Congrats, I even don't think I took so many photos in my life. :)
- Ferhad Fidan
from fftogo
@thomas: Yahoo should be giving Flickr to you for free. You'd do a great job with it. And it would be historical: the first user-generated (company) acquisition :)))
- Alberto D'Ottavi
from fftogo
I guess the metier of 'photo editor' is kaput...or, at least, greatly altered....
- Chris Gulker
You know they are going to delete your account without warning once you hit 999,999, right? :)
- Ace
Ace, I hope not, I'd be so pissed. Actually I think alot of what gets me so upset about all the content/account deletion issues is that I really do worry that it actually will happen to me. Flickr staff hates me and they'd *love* to delete my account. I worry that I'll wake up one morning and everything will have been nuked. I suppose that's why I'd like to see them enact the ability to...
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- Thomas Hawk
Holyshit! You have taked just couple of photos...
- k00pa
Because this post is from September last year k00pa :)
- Simon Wicks
@Chris Gulker. Someday I hope to work with a photo editor. God knows I need to. I like to think of my Flickrstream today more as the raw material in a lot of ways for future projects. A good photo editor adds tremendous value to shaping a photographer's imagery.
- Thomas Hawk
Try the Saké they said, we won't let you do anything crazy they said...
- Joe Pierce
It was only _after_ the test drive that the man finally noticed it wasn't an actual VW Rabbit. Despite this, he still gave high marks for handling and acceleration."
- abacab
"I bet you regret taking the Red Pill. Now you know how far down the rabbit-hole goes or do you *wink*"
- Jim Goldstein
"No, really honey, you look so sexy, it's really gonna help us sell this piece of crap car!"
- Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane
I think the cock is photoshoped. It can't be that big! :D But, it's not a chiken. It's a cock or rooster. I don't really know the different between those two.
- Bibi
Excuse to just say cock on FriendFeed: Priceless
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I heard everyone likes cock on FF. This man has a very big cock!
- Mark Wilson
Wha??? this is weird. The only religious thing with bacon I know about is that orthodox jewish folks do not eat bacon (pork products). That's it... no biggee deal... these signs are weird!
- Susan Beebe
I thought for a second I remembered hearing, "The bacon of Christ" in a liturgy in Catholic school, but surely I remembered incorrectly.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Derrick, your religion thread reminded me of this LOL
- Mona Nomura
Mona, I swear, I didn't mean for that thread to venture off the way it did. I pondered something, asked it, and there you go. I'm thinking I'm skipping bacon and going straight to the smoked pork shoulder, though. Send cole slaw.
- Derrick
Have you ever received that stale bread they call The Body of Christ during mass? That is nowhere near as tasty as bacon.
- Joe Pierce
I just found the creepiest caterpillar EVER in my backyard on my yellow passionflowers. Apparently it turns into some kind of beneficial butterfly, so I'll let it be. But, still.... GAH!
True enough. As long as it won't kill my cats, and I don't step on it barefoot, it's all OK...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Tina, i'm awaiting followup and breaking when butterfly appears :-)
- Majento
I have figured out the butterfly that goes with this caterpillar: the Gulf Fritillary, a really pretty bright orange butterfly http://folsomnps.org/passion... I realize now that I've seen them in my front yard (though not in the back where the passion flowers are). And good news: those spikies aren't poisonous. Yay!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I never knew Maypops were edible. We always just threw them at each other.
- Heather Solos
They're really good, Heather. If they're not ripe yet the insides are puckeringly tart, but once the outside starts yellowing the inside is very sweet.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
That is so neat to learn. I'll have to try one the next time I find a vine.
- Heather Solos
I liked the way Tad did his 25 Things [http://friendfeed.com/e... ], right in FriendFeed, especially since FriendFeed is currently home to the most personal of my online written expression.
- LogEx
1. The first rule of Logical Extremes is, you do not talk about Logical Extremes.
- LogEx
2. I sometimes think that anything that can be said, has already been said, in books, music, or movies (a la the Infinite Monkey Theorem... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...). We grapple with the same individual and societal issues today that were common themes in ancient literature.
- LogEx
3. Last year, I jumped out of a perfectly good airplane for the first time.
- LogEx
4. I've been to only 29% of the continents and 4% of the countries in the world, and I've always lived within 200 miles of my birthplace. But, I've traveled much more than those numbers would seem to indicate and have enjoyed the places I've gone.
- LogEx
5. "I will not make any deals with you. I've resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered... I am not a number. I am a free man."
- LogEx
6. "Music is the soundtrack of/to my life". Almost anytime I'm sitting or driving, I have music playing... unless I'm watching video. But no, I don't watch video while driving.
- LogEx
7. I got bored in junior high and memorized a common transcendental number to one hundred decimal places. It then got wedged in my brain and never left.
- LogEx
8. "To learn how to find, one must first learn how to hide." I leave it as an exercise for the reader to consider what I may be seeking.
- LogEx
9. I identify more with my inward characteristics than with my outward characteristics.
- LogEx
10. I had major surgery as a toddler, but with no lasting ill effects.
- LogEx
11. Before doing the management thing, I worked in all phases of system development.
- LogEx
12. My earliest known ancestors were born in the mid-1500s. Obviously, there were earlier ones, but I don't know anything about them (yet?).
- LogEx
13. "I'm not questioning your powers of observation I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is."
- LogEx
14. If I had it to do it again, I might seriously consider getting one less degree than I did.
- LogEx
15. Despite being quite geeky and analytical, I can be surprisingly creative and intuitive. I used to paint and draw quite a bit, mostly abstract.
- LogEx
16. I've always kept my stuff organized, even as a kid, and I can tell if someone has been messing with it.
- LogEx
17. Many of the search hits on my IRL name are related to patents, implemented in systems around the world which are cranking out billions of dollars in product annually.
- LogEx
18. I'm a movie buff. I've seen a few thousand movies at the theater, and at least as many in other settings.
- LogEx
19. I'm really not paranoid. But I do take an interest in security and privacy issues.
- LogEx
20. I think if you take a laptop in vacation, it isn't really a vacation. It's probably good that I think that since many of my vacations involve water and sand.
- LogEx
21. During Bubble 1.0, I ran an internet operation that actually made a good profit.
- LogEx
22. I used to read more science fiction and fantasy, but now read mostly non-fiction. Current favorites are about how the brain works.
- LogEx
23. Multitasking is a myth. Do one thing, do it well, then move on to the next. "You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles." I much prefer deep immersive experiences.
- LogEx
24. I don't believe in heaven, but I do believe in hell (though I define those in my own way... "All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain"). Despite that, I tend to be an optimist.
- LogEx
"You're still here? It's over. Go home. Go."
- LogEx
Glad no-one interrupted your thread. Good stuff, some I knew, some I might have guessed and +10000 points for my fav Bladerunner quote.
- WorldofHiglet
Thank you for the thoughtful sharing. The miracle man quote is tops (can still hear in my head the line as Billy Crystal delivered it).
- Micah Wittman
Thanks everyone for listening. Bonus points for each quote you got without searching.
- LogEx
Great list. I didn't know several of these!
- Mattie Kenny
I love the face she's making. I look forward to the future months where we can all debate on who she looks like. Congrats!!! Send my love to Rochelle too. I hope she's getting good rest.
- Tiffany
We can't debate who she looks like without pics of Akiva. Ergo, she has to look like Rochelle by default.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
What a beautiful baby! Welcome to the world, Audrey!
- Lis Miller
so beautiful! she looks just like Rochelle!
- Jasmin Smith
OMG so THAT is how to get Jas to log onto FriendFeed - pop out babies. ;) I am can't stop staring at Babby... she is so pretty.
- Mona Nomura
Wow!! She is GORGEOUS, Akiva!!! You and Rochelle did good! :):):)
- Her Lindsay-ness
HELLO WORLD! Congratulations Akiva and Rochelle.. best to all three of you! 15 GOTO 30 30 INPUT "HOW MANY MORE CHILDREN DO YOU WANT?", NUMCHILD 40 FOR I = 1 TO NUMCHILD 50 T = TIMER 55 IF TIMER < T + 23328000 THEN GOTO 60 60 INPUT "WHAT IS THE CHILDS NAME?", NAME$ 60 PRINT "HELLO ";NAME$ 70 NEXT I 80 END
- Tim Hoeck
sorry i'm late!....HI AUDREY!!!!!! Welcome to the world cutie pie! Oh man whatta a stunner! Akiva, you're in trouble! When you get back and stabilize hit me in DM's please...i have a secret to share with you. Thanx! See ya later Miss Audrey!!
- Carlos Ayala
no mention of Rochelle, sorry....GREAT JOB MOM!
- Carlos Ayala
She will pee and poop.. She'll vomit all over the place... She'll stay out past her curfew.. She'll date the rebellious kid.. she'll be the rebellious kid.. She'll smoke and drink and ? before she's ready... She's pretty now... and she'll be pretty then.. AND, I'll take her to her first gay bar! - Congrats you two! You've brought HELL ON EARTH! and she's cute..
- Kyle Johnson
It's a proud moment in a father's life when his daughter makes the most popular entry on FriendFeed ever. Audrey pwned Robert Scoble!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Tina, I'm trying to decide who I want to eat first. :)
- Rochelle
OK - I've been hiding all the compatibility charts out of sheer annoyance, but this one can stay. It's just plain funny, and possibly plain delicious to boot!
- Sparky, a big deal
Trish, you were the inspiration for this. When I saw you say yesterday that you weren't on anyone's pie graph, I mentioned to Akiva that I should edit a pie graph to include your name. Then one thing led to another and then I was baking a pie and then making the flags and TA-DA!
- Rochelle
Yeah, she had all pink on that day, even her shoes... Come to think of it the only non-pink stuff she wears is the QLD Roar soccer jersey when we go to the games :)
- Johnny Worthington
Excellent :) My grandparents had fields of wild strawberries "on the the front 40" whilst I was growing up. That could be a pic of my twin :)
- Michael W. May
Rach's dad has a 16 acre Strawberry farm up the road...
- Johnny Worthington
Have you ever met a person who doesn't like dolphins? If you do- run!
- michael sean wright
I was lucky enough to swim with dolphins off Hurghada, Egypt in the Red Sea. For budget travelers - 10 Euro for a catered 8-hr boat ride to snorkeling/diving sites. It's super-cheap there (Egyptians only make $25/month...), so support your fellow humans & send them more money. :-)
- Mitchell Tsai
Has anyone seen the Penn & Teller episode about dolphins? Fucking HILARIOUS!!
- Corie
Corie: Not yet... Is it on the web anywhere?
- Mitchell Tsai
Wow, thanks for the tip Mitchell! It's one of my dreams to swim with dolphins one of the days, so I'll take note of that.
- Vincent X
Vincent X: Belize (Central America) is also a cheap place with incredible snorkeling. The sharks and rays were swimming between our legs (so used to tourists). Not sure if there are dolphins in Belize.
- Mitchell Tsai
Yikes. I think I'll pass on the shark-between-the-legs swim though... Wouldn't want one of them to suddenly feel like having a snack. :)
- Vincent X
whats really cool is 15 or 20 of them riding a ships bow wave at 20+ knots. Talk about a escort
- Moved to Facebook
Ahhhhhhahaaha!! Here's another clip. "I'll lead you through an internal experience to call forth your inner dolphin and then we'll bring our inner dolphin out so that we're completely immersed in our dolphin aspect ... that is us." http://ca.youtube.com/watch...
- Corie
Dolphins are the cutest creatures! And such smart animals too! I had the immensely wonderful chance to scuba dive with dolphins in the Red Sea and I loved EVERY BIT of the experience. That is one thing I will do again. and again.
- Parth Awasthi
HiPPO is often used in the context of website optimization. Take a typical SEM scenario- Google AdWords keyword driving users to a landing page. How do you determine the best combination of imagery, messaging, call to action buttons, etc. to present on the landing page to drive conversion. For many customers, the HiPPO makes these decisions. Unfortunately, the HiPPO rarely gets it right. Website optimization is about using data to determine the best combination of factors on a page to drive conversions.
- Tom Wentworth
Two stages to corporate purchasing: 1) The poor sap that does the research, due diligence, builds a relationship, negotiates, prints out an email 2) The guy that writes the check to his brother-in-law's company
- Andy Murdoch
Smack in the middle of HiPPO pool at my work. Very frustrating
- John Frost
I attended an Analytics workship where Avinash Kaushik recommended landing page testing as the most effective way to neutralize a HIPPO. They tested several LP designs, one that reflected the opinions of the HIPPO, marketing manger and janitor. The janitor's page won.
- Lorna Li
I am sure to use this acronym. Like probably Tomorrow.
- Eric Logan
“People can watch the sloths sleep for hours,” says Judy Avey — and she should know. The 63-year-old Costa Rica resident (she's originally from Anchorage, Alaska) has spent many hours studying these creatures, especially since 1992, when three local girls near the Caribbean coast hotel she owns with her husband spotted a three-month-old sloth in the road. The girls carried the orphan to the hotel in search of help, and thus began Avey's study of this misunderstood mammal, which has become a favorite sight on the Costa Rica tourist trail. The rescued sloth, which earned the named Buttercup, was the first of the nearly 400 sloths to come under the care of Avey, her husband Luis Arroyo, their daughter and grandchildren at their Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica, just north of the Caribbean coastal town of Cahuita.
- Cee Bee
Many of the sloths, delivered by locals or travelers from up and down the country’s Caribbean coast, are just a few months old when they arrive, while others are injured adults. Sometimes they have been badly electrocuted after climbing electrial or telephone cables, or have been crippled by a bad fall. Since early March, eight sloths belonging to the choloepus genus and six of the...
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- Cee Bee
Wish I had pics of all the sloths I saw in CR.
- Anna Haro
"Weeks after Miss California Carrie Prejean denounced gay marriage, Shanna Moakler -- the director of the Miss California USA pageant -- is appearing in a new ad supporting gay rights...Joining her were two former Miss California contestants, Raquel Beezley and Tamiko Nash."
- Live4Emma (L4S)
from Bookmarklet
These are absolutely adorable!! reminds me of my family pics. Ok I gotta call my Mom and get her photos in an electronic format for all 6 of us kids!
- Susan Beebe
My mom made a lot of my clothes at home as a child; the sailor suit was homemade too
- RAPatton
RAP - I wish I was good enough with a sewing machine to make clothes. I've made a bag but that's as far as I've gotten so far :) This is inspiration. Sailor suit is a winner.
- Melissa
My brother had a matching one with red trim
- RAPatton
haha! thanks, everyone. : ) @matt....i'm the scruffy looking one on the right. this photo was taken by a photography student working as an intern at a local newspaper. it was published and underneath it is says that i wanted to be a bear trainer when i grew up. : )
- carlotta fancypants