The "screen" is now 6 foot wide... wish we had a better room or a different way of setting it up i.e. ceiling mounted... I now want life size wii bowling... this is close, but more of a tease at this point.
- SAM
I bet that's fun. We can't wait to get projector to play games with it.
- Anika
Haven't really tried it too much... the projector I've had for a while... we've set it up as a test for a tapas party next weekend. For the short time I played with it, it was cool though. Notice the "mii" matches avatar fairly well... :)
- SAM
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Wednesday night declared a state of emergency in Virginia, directing local governments to direct mandatory evacuations of citizens in low-lying areas if necessary.
- chaz2b
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everything is being closed for tomorrow/today, news just showing ppl getting by, but hightide comes 3:45am, thats when the real worry will be, :o
- chaz2b
THIS is Bob. All Hail Bob. Or at least mostly hail Bob. Or Hail him during Happy Hour and go back to your regularly scheduled God elsetime.
- teh Dork Knight
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The only real rap these days is Tech N9ne.
- Maxamad
Of course, there was harsher rap out there before Beastie Boys. Where do you think they go it from?
- Anika
Beasties brought some crazy stuff at the time. I remember Kurtis Blow didn't like their style at all. Time to Get Ill was his point of criticism. There was plenty of pre-gangsta at the time. Let's see, roughly the same time we had Just-Ice (known as the gangster, they didn't put an A at the end of everything with an ER yet), Schoolly D was really hardcore and out that year, 2 Live Crew...
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- Eric @ CS Techcast
The last time I walked to the Santa Monica Pier was the eve of Y2K. Walked from Pacific Palisades along the beach with a bottle of champagne in my hand. :)
- Rodfather
Business Gangsta mami, quit hating!! And btw, I did spend a couple of weeks on Heifa St.
- jamar78
When Joel and I were in Iraq, he spent 11 months on the FOB, did not go outside the wire once. Meanwhile, I did more convoys outside the wire than I can count. Anyway, 2 weeks before he is scheduled to fly back to the US, a captain requested that he go to Haifa Street for a few days during their first election. At the time, Haifa Street was one of the most dangerous places to be. I was...
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- Michelle Martinez
In retrospect yes it very neat to witness and be a part of Iraq's 1st election and watching the Iraq people run up to me to show their inked fingers. But at the same time it sucked having 4 polling stations surround you and knowing that we were basically a huge target.
- jamar78
well, I was about to make a comment about how badass you looked in uniform when I saw Michelle's first comment. Ouch! So I posted a different comment, which was made in complete sympathy with you.
- Jim Hearts FF
Thank's ya'll we appreciate it....its like I tell people...a service member never truly appreciates what they are experiences till after the fact. It was hard going through the field exercises, the pt, the deployment, the staff duty and what not, but after the fact you truly miss what went along with all those experiences.
- jamar78
Hope you had a great Veterans Day and Thank You !!!
- Eric Logan
Glad you both came back okay! (And got together.) My brother was in both Afghanistan & Iraq for a couple tours and I was worried sick about him. (He came back ok, too. Though friends of his didn't...)
- Spidra Webster
What is a ham hock? I love them, and eat them a lot, but I have no idea what part of the pig they are. For all I know, it could be the scrotum, and I just know they taste good in my beans and greens.
When cogent arguments are ignored, the only way to shut them up is bring up the person they hold in high regard and shine a light on what the outcome of all the "wonderful" things he did.
- CW™
The 'But Clinton...' defense worked, is still working for the GOP.
- Anika
from fftogo
"If you've been missing your trivia fix on Xbox Live, you should be happy to learn that Microsoft has dated the second season of its Xbox Live quiz-'em-up, 1 vs 100. Expect the game to return on November 19 at 5:00 PDT, where it'll dish out another 14 weeks' worth of questions"
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
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Hopefully they've got the connection errors ironed out. Tsali, are we friends on Live? What's your gamertag and I'll add you.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
from iPhone
Ooh. OOOH. I MIGHT HAVE TO PLUG IN THE XBOX FOR THIS.
- Nine
Oh hell yeah. Long as I get to play totally drunk!
- Internet's Tad
Tad, that's a REQUIREMENT, actually. I'm gonna have to find some fun new drinks to try. You and Lindsay should give me some tips. :)
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Everyone feel free to ad me as well, as is the only active friend I have is Amber the Time Lord that is Random.
- Tsali, The Native of FF
"First, we had recipes that utilized the placenta. Now, we have a teddy bear. Supposedly, this is being marketed as a “sustainable” toy. It is actually a kit you can order which will allow you to dry and then mold your own placenta into what is arguably a teddy bear. I really, really wish I was kidding about this."
- Alex Scrivener
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excuse me while i vomit. that is the most disgusting thing i have ever heard. this is not okay
- Marissa
How did you find this, Kamilah? I thought it had been thoroughly.buried.
- Alex Scrivener
I'm actually going to take the time to not show this to my wife. We'll just go ahead and buy a Winnie the Pooh, if that's okay.
- The Letter M
That's pretty disturbing, even to me.
- Victor Ganata
Alex, Scott Beale from Laughing Squid posted a link to it without a picture. I looked up "placenta teddy" to see if anyone else had found it (two words that never, EVER should have gone together in the first place O_o)
- Kamilah Gill
I hate youth sports! I just got a call from my son's now former baseball coach telling me he does not want him on the team next year. That's twice now that a coach has cut him from our local rec team to take kids from outside the area in hopes of getting more wins under his belt.
I guess everyone forgets youth sports are supposed to be about the kids, not making the coaches look good. I guess all the games my son won pitching in the spring for him just wasn't good enough. He needs taller, stronger pitchers. I will just sit back and laugh as the team loses a lot of games and falls apart like the last coach's team did after the cuts.
- Alan Simpson
have you talked to the rec league? i'm sure they can't do that. i know i played ayso and they had rules/regulations on how much each person was required to play and they would ban coaches for trying that kinda of crap
- Sir Shuping
WTH? That is a bunch of bullshit. I am sorry for your son, no kid should have to deal with that.
- Joe
Is the baseball team part of a national organization? You'd think they had rules (at least on paper) that would prevent kids from being effectively banned from a team.
- John E. Bredehoft
that's messed up. I hope you can find another team as I wouldn't want my son on a team coached by a jackass like that guy.
- Jim Hearts FF
That sucks. Maybe soccer? AYSO's motto is "Everyone Plays". (But, yes, I absolutely hate this about the American sports mindset. It should be about fun and it should be about good sportsmanship. With the examples we have at college and pro levels, it was only a matter of time before that kind of assbackwards bad sportsmanship approach to things percolated down to the peewee level.)
- Spidra Webster
Can he do that? I mean, not that you'd want your kid playing under such an asshole, but that guy needs to not be coaching.
- Anika
Unfortunately, the coaches here can do what they want. The first coach who cut him is now the commissioner of the rec league and helped pick this team. Our organization is run by a very small, insular group that cares only about winning and making sure their kids and friends get the select spots. I'm not part of the "in crowd" so my kid suffers.
- Alan Simpson
I'm with Anika. I'd have a chat with the association about this coach. AND I'd never let my kid play for such an @-hole.
- vicster
The worst part is having to tell him it happened again. Another part the asshats don't think of when they do this to kids.
- Alan Simpson
That's rough, Alan. Is there another, saner, league in your area?
- Anika
I'm looking into it now. I would be OK with it if I felt he wasn't as good as the other players, but hew was one of their best pitchers and while he did go into a slump toward the end of the year, he had one of his best years hitting. He just too "inconsistent" for this coach.
- Alan Simpson
Also, they get away with this by moving out of the county run league and into "select" leagues where they can do what they want
- Alan Simpson
Well good luck on finding something for him. I'd hate for him to be discouraged because the coach is a short-sighted dick.
- Anika
I cannot improve upon Anika's last comment.
- Ayşe E.
I suggest taking out as many of the kids from the team until he has a space.
- Dragon Goldmaplethorpe
Hmm, that's a good idea. I've also considered starting my own team and recruiting his kids away from him.
- Alan Simpson
Now I'm even more annoyed. I just saw the list of the kids on the team. There are at least 3 kids on the team that are no where near as good as my son. One of them looked completely lost at the tryouts. I guess he's on the team because he's a few inches taller than my kid. GORC coaches do not like short kids.
- Alan Simpson
I can't believe the whole thing, are these kids trying out for a AAA or a college team? We are talking about little league right?
- Joe
It's not even an AAU team. It's a division B Little League type team. Just stupid and really pisses me off. You can mess with me all you want, but you mess with my kids and I get very angry.
- Alan Simpson
We have an appointment now with pediatrician for a check-up and evaluation. It's not for another week. Debating giving in for that week so I can sleep....
Another reason to stick to it for the next week is because the pediatrician will want to know how things have been going for the past few days or week and you'll want to be able to list all of the things you're trying and how it's not working. I'm not sure if your situation would have the same weight if you went to the appointment saying that things were bad a week ago, but then you gave in for a week so it was relatively calm, and now here you are at the clinic.
- Rochelle
I think I'll start writing things down. Funny thing, I actually wrote down one of his tantrums into my Nanowrimo story so I have it documented, sorta.
- Katie: Witch Of The West
Is it possible that he's scared of being in bed by himself and is having a hard time communicating that to you? I think that is the age that some odd fears can develop.
- Laura Norvig
He did have some fear issues around Halloween but went trick or treating as a ghost and scared a bigger boy dressed as a monster (who was kind enough to act along) and seems to have rid of those fears. He will mention being scared but I'm not sure if it's a true fear or if he's using it to get out of his bed. His end wish is to be in my bed, come hell or high water.
- Katie: Witch Of The West
Is this the only issue that sparks a tantrum though? Or is it anytime when you stick to your guns and he sticks to his?
- Laura Norvig
Don't give up! You might be surprised at the progress you can make in a week. I know you'll be tired, but what Anika said is true... you will just confuse him and you'll lose any ground you've made. It may not seem like it's working now, but you need to give it time.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
I think another hard thing is that kids are so good at sensing your mood and you end up feeding off of one another. So, hard as this may be, when you're feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, exhausted, and fed up, focus on what you can do to make yourself feel better. Right after I lose it with my kid I usually sit down right there on the floor and start taking deep breaths in and out. He now does the same thing for himself when he starts to have strong emotions.
- Laura Norvig
I'm kinda worried about tonight. My support system isn't with me. He's with his boys so it'll be me by myself. It's tough what we're going through but it's made a little easier when we're a team. I'm devising a plan to soothe Jake in his own bed when he wakes until he's asleep and then go back to my room.
- Katie: Witch Of The West
I think that's a good plan. I wasn't going to say anything but others may know that in my family we co-sleep. I feel like it's given my son a sense of security. He sleeps so well and enjoys bedtime. I know that all families have to find their own ways and all kids are so individual and families have to do what works for them. I also agree that in this case you don't want to switch horses in midstream. But I think soothing him in his own bed could be an OK compromise for now.
- Laura Norvig
Jake and I were co-sleepers for a long time, up until we moved and he got his own room. I have no issues with co-sleeping but he's a restless sleeper and was keeping me up so I wasn't getting what I needed, sleepwise, to function. Thus the change started to happen. We go through phases where he sleeps well or can soothe himself back to sleep. But we can also go through phases where bed time is a battle. This is extreme though, even for him.
- Katie: Witch Of The West
"A street entertainer waits for tourists in Havana August 25, 2009. (REUTERS/Desmond Boylan) ) - The Big Picture - Boston Globe - 11.11.09"
- tomavana
from Bookmarklet
Ha! That could have been taken inside my house!
- Anika
As much as I dislike transplanted hipsters who co-opt "Eastside" to describe what is properly the central city, I don't want to cede the central city to the Westside, either. To me and a lot of Angelenos, West L.A. means west of La Cienega, or even west of the 405.
- Victor Ganata
Definitely. I laugh at people who live in Los Feliz or Silver Lake who say they live on the eastside. It's like everything east of downtown LA doesn't exist to them. But a good chunk of the route is in West LA.
- Anika
That said, it sucks that they don't include the Eastside on the marathon route.
- Victor Ganata
Heh, a good chunk of the route isn't even technically in L.A., either.
- Victor Ganata
HAHA That's very true. WeHo, BH and SM better be kicking in some serious cash.
- Anika
LOL Note from HS friend on FB: Remember when you said panty lines were sexy because they draw attention to your butt, which meant guys were looking at your butt, which meant they were checking you out? I still hate you for that. All my 10th grade pics have me in tight skirts with panty lines.
"It's typical for an athletes' appearance to change after they retire from professional sports -- they pack on a few pounds and age like normal people. But there's something stunningly different about Sammy Sosa's post-baseball look. Recent photos snapped of the former Chicago Cubs slugger show a shocking transformation: his skin is turning white -- stark white."
- Brad Williamson
from Bookmarklet
Rookie. LOL I still make that error with Ilia. She hears only the stuff after "may" or "might". Sigh.
- Anika
Yeah, Jake's a stickler for that stuff. I have to be careful when I say something or what I say because he has selective hearing.
- Katie: Witch Of The West
FB comment: A TV show? Are you serious? I guess that means @shitmydadsays can be filed under 'Stuff White People Like'. I wish they'd stop it. It's making us look bad.
I love my friends. I've known this one since we were 8. She was one of a handful of white girls in our class. She went on to say, "It was bad enough being the White Ambassador to you guys, now I have to own up to this shit?" ROFL
- Anika
Yeah, we had a lot of fun together. We went from elementary through college together. Most of the time we fought, because we're so much alike.
- Anika
Damn. I've never even been to the actual @shitmydadsays page - but it reminds me of a cross between the dad on That Seventies Show and my father-in-law from Virginia AFTER he got Parkinson's.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
I never get that message, but when I load Google in Safari, it stays blank like that (just the logo and search box) for about 30 seconds before the rest of the page appears.
- The Bohemian Penguin
Derrick, tws/hs. BTW, that techcrunch article is pretty funny. "The line, which reads “This space intentionally left blank” was seemingly added because too many unaware users were confused by the fade effect and frantically started disassembling their computers in search of a solution (at least that’s what they do in my imagination)."
- Jim Hearts FF