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I am in a good mood today. I will donate $1 to the SF food bank for the first 100 people who post "Scoble is an egotistical fatso."
Mo Kargas, Jesse Stay, imabonehead and 11 other people liked this
Done.
- Judy Jones
Scoble is an egotistical fatso but I like his Twitter posts!
- Arthur Coleman
Scoble is an egotistical fatso, but need to pay so people call him that!
- Marco Neves
from IM
Sorry Robert but I could never post something like that about anyone
- Tom Raftery
Scoble is an egotistical fatso
- Mark
"Scoble is an egotistical fatso." but a very nice one :-)
- tony bland
Fifth bitches! Wait what? "Scoble is an egotistical fatso."
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
"Scoble is an egotistical fatso."
- Colette
Whoever said "Scoble is an egotistical fatso" had no idea what they're talking about.
- John Craft
"Scoble is an egotistical fatso." - does anyone know, what fatso means? ;)
- Peter Smulovics
fatso means a fat so-and-so
- Mark
"Scoble is an egotistical fatso." posting it under protest but it's for a good cause so here we are.
- pea
lol is it regarding that SEO article? :D
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
For a worthy cause: "Scoble is an egotistical fatso."
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Posted it on Twitter with a link back to here. This is why Robert is simultaneously maddening and whimsically endearing.
- WorldofHiglet
"Scoble is an egotistical fatso." Now, get that that loot to the food bank, stat!
- Derrick
Scoble is an egotistical fatso. You know, for the kids.
- James Ferguson
"Scoble is an egotistical fatso."
- Gordon Herd
Scoble is an egotistical fatso, but his bride is a lovely, kind woman
- RAPatton
from iPhone
Scoble is an egotistical fatso [edit] Happy holidays Robert.
- AJ Kohn
I'm not sure that would be polite.
- Glen Mistletoe
Scoble is an egotistical fatso.
- scott willeke
Scoble is an egotistical fatso
- Thom Kennon
"Scoble is an egotistical fatso."
- Tim Chemacki
Scoble is an egotistical fatso.
- Antonio Burzio
"Scoble is an egotistical fatso."
- Michael R. Bernstein
Why don't you just donate the $100 without the grandstanding?
- Brian Sullivan
@briansullivan because "Scoble is an egotistical fatso."
- Mihai Secasiu
"Scoble is an egotistical fatso." +$1.0
- Nir Ben Yona
Scoble is an egotistical fatso.
- Joe
Scoble is an egotistical fatso. I don't feel good saying that, but anything for a good cause.
- Howard Keziah
Omg Scoble is a kind hearted egotistical fatso :)
- Jeunelle Foster
Brian: to have some fun. I was bored waiting for the surfers to pick me up early this morning. Shoot me.
- Robert Scoble
Scoble is an egotistical fatso
- Morgan Haley
Scoble is an egotistical fatso
- Georgia Diehl
I've been saying "Scoble is an egotistical fatso" for a couple of years now :-D
- jcunwired
"Scoble is an egotistical fatso."
- Wang Yip
Here's to hoping "egotistical fatso", as in "Scoble is an egotistical fatso" soon leads Googlers here--and they give to the food bank, too.
- Pierce Presley
Alright man, you asked for it, you got it... Scoble is an egotistical fatso (not that I necessarily believe that... #justsayin)
- Aaron Strout
Scoble is an egotistical fatso.
- Aaron Draczynski
"Scoble is an egotistical fatso."
- suzanne
Check out the #1 algo listing.... http://www.google.com/search...
- Thom Kennon
Robert Scoble is an egotistical fatso
- VAL D. Zone
System.out.println("Scoble is an egotistical fatso.");
- imabonehead
Bone, place it in a loop :)
- Mo Kargas
Per Mo's request, for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { System.out.println("Scoble is an egotistical fatso."); } :D
- imabonehead
Niiiice :)
- Mo Kargas
It is too late for this dialog. Robert Scoble is not an egotistical fatso. :) :) :)
- ashish
Quick with the one-liner
Katie B, jacek, Erin "Wifey" Johns and 23 other people liked this
"You have the Midas touch. Everything you touch turns into a muffler." -- Henny Youngman
- Stephen Mack
"When I turned two I was really anxious, because I'd doubled my age in a year. I thought, if this keeps up, by the time I'm six I'll be ninety." -- Steven Wright
- Stephen Mack
"When I die, I would like to go peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather did. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car." -- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
- Stephen Mack
"When I grow up I want to be a futurist because I want to know what happens next."
- Kevin Fox
(Is that one by you, Kevin?)
- Stephen Mack
It has my name after it. right? ;-) Seriously, I ws going to give myself attribution, but it seemed weird to say "-- Kevin Fox - Kevin Fox"
- Kevin Fox
On the other hand, you just said "-- Kevin Fox - Kevin Fox" - Kevin Fox
- Stephen Mack
"Me fail English? That's unpossible." -- Ralph Wiggum
- Stephen Mack
"If I were manager of a Black Angus restaurant, I'd have one person responsible for going out at dusk to make sure the 'G' lights up." -- Emo Philips
- Stephen Mack
"A girl phoned me the other day and said, 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home." -- Rodney Dangerfield
- Stephen Mack
"A girl phoned me the other day and said, 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home." -- Rodney Dangerfield
- Kevin Fox
I'm still waiting for a fireman and stripper to have an affair; I can see the see the headline now, "Stripper Caught on Fireman's Pole"
- Jimminy
"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." -- Yogi Berra
- Stephen Mack
"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." -- unknown
- Dylan Parker
(Dylan, per this site, http://www.lspace.org/ftp..., that great line is by Terry Pratchett from "Jango.")
- Stephen Mack
"I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with ‘Guess’ on it. I said, 'Thyroid problem?’" -- Peter Kay
- Stephen Mack
I was on the street. This guy waved to me, and he came up to me and said, “I’m sorry, I thought you were someone else.” And I said, “I am.” - Demetri Martin
- Aneto
I LOVE Demetri Martin. That is not a one liner. Just sayin'.
- Lisa L. Seifert
"The trouble with unemployment is that the minute you wake up in the morning you're on the job." -- Slappy White
- Stephen Mack
"Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins." -- Mae West
- Stephen Mack
"The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive." -- W.C. Fields
- Stephen Mack
There Stephen, I "liked" your thread, are you happy now?! ;)
- Georgia Diehl
My happiness is infinite and unbounded. -- Me
- Stephen Mack
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." -- Oscar Wilde
- Stephen Mack
"Don't spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They'll clean it and put it on a hanger. Next morning buy it back for seventy-five cents." -- Billiam Coronel
- Stephen Mack
"Marge, I'm not going to stand here and lie to you, so I'll be at Moe's" - Homer S.
- Mark Layton
"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes." -- some guy on Reddit
- Stephen Mack
(Seen on a fridge magnet) "It speaks well of the human race that we allow our teenagers to live."
- Dylan Bennett
"This is the worst kind of discrimination. The kind against me!" -- Bender, Futurama (yay renewed!)
- Stephen Mack
Futurama got renewed?! When where. :)
- Dario Gomez
Haggis with the scoop! http://friendfeed.com/haggis...
- Stephen Mack
"The wages of sin are death. But by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling." -- Paula Poundstone
- Stephen Mack
"How many members of a certain demographic group does it take to perform a specified task?" "A finite number: one to perform the task and an additional number to act in a manner stereotypical of the group in question."
- Stephen Mack
"Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing." -- Dave Barry
- Stephen Mack
Just because you can, it doesn't mean you should...
- Tyson Key
Aperture Science: "We do what we must, because we can"
- Kevin Fox
'I sprayed spot remover on my dog and now he's gone.' –– Steven Wright
- Akiva Moskovitz
'I came home the other day only to find that everything in my apartment had been stolen and replaced with an exact duplicate.' –– Steven Wright
- Akiva Moskovitz
'Do you know why Jewish husbands die before their wives? Because they want to!' –– Henny Youngman
- Akiva Moskovitz
Very nice, Akiva, keep 'em coming.
- Stephen Mack
[Not necessarily a one-liner but a personal favorite] When interviewing a woman who had six children, Groucho Marx asked her why so many. She replied, 'Because I love my husband!' He said, 'Well, lady, I love my cigar, too, but I take it out of my mouth every once in awhile.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
'I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.' –– George Carlin
- Akiva Moskovitz
[Another personal favorite] 'I'd never join a club that would have someone like me as a member.' –– Groucho Marx
- Akiva Moskovitz
Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean that they aren't out to get you!
- Morgan Haley
'You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.' –– George Carlin
- Akiva Moskovitz
'Everything in moderation including moderation.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
'This sentence is a lie.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
"In the future, everyone will be obscure for fifteen minutes". - me
- Michael R. Bernstein
"Very good, then we shall fight them in the shade!"
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
"If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the video camera and come help me." -- Bobcat Goldthwait
- Stephen Mack
The funny thing is that the video may end up helping him a lot more. Getting someone else to even out the fight doesn't work so well when the cops have billy clubs, mace, tazers and guns (not to mention the law).
- Kevin Fox
He's a little beyond help now though...
- Stephen Mack
'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' - Leslie Nielsen (via Gmail clips box just now)
- Paul Buchheit
"Hello," he lied.
- Timothy Griffin
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." -- Mitch Hedberg (RIP)
- Stephen Mack
"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know." -- Groucho Marx (as Capt. Spaulding in "Animal Crackers")
- Stephen Mack
"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people." -- Orson Welles (1915 - 1985)
- Stephen Mack
Never argue with an idiot. Someone else might not be able to tell the difference.
- Kevin Pedraja
"Trust me, that fall won't kill you. But the deceleration poisoning is a bitch..."
- Jonathan Disher
"When you're Amish, everyone's relative."
- Kevin Fox
"Recently I got caught masturbating -- to National Geographic. Not my finest moment. I don't know who was more embarrassed, me or my dentist." -- Anthony Jeselnik
- Stephen Mack
ugh, 1and1.com deleted all my files (for about 50 domains) and also deleted all the backups (or never had them to start with)! Their explanation: "Sorry, it was an accident". Luckily the databases weren't effected so I can rebuild the blogs.
Whoa, crazy! Happy to hear they can be rebuilt though...
- Georgia Diehl
yeah, the only important ones were the blogs, the other domains were just sitting there, except for the website for my sister's preschool which, luckily she had a backup.
- Carl Haynes
4oz in 7min, no wonder Penny is so chubby!
And that was just from pumping one boob!
- Georgia Diehl
Ironman 2 trailer is live http://www.apple.com/trailer...
Spidra Webster, Mathew™ one of a kind, Andrew C and 4 other people liked this
Probe: Did daycare kids get sleep aids? - http://news.cincinnati.com/article...?
Morgan Haley and Admiral Anika liked this
"A church day-care center is under investigation and facing a class-action lawsuit after allegations surfaced that workers gave children an over-the-counter drug in candy to make them nap"
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
WTF?
- Morgan Haley
Whoa, that is SO wrong if it's true!
- Georgia Diehl
Wow.
- Michelle Martinez
Feeling really stupid
Does having a baby make you stupid?
- Georgia Diehl
I think it just makes you really really tired which leads to thinking you're stupid.
- Carl Haynes
I think it might be more than that though... like I forget to do stuff, and things like that. I wonder if there is some sort of chemical change in my brain! I hope it goes away. Right now I'm just writing myself tons of notes!!
- Georgia Diehl
That's mommy-brain! There are/were chemical changes and I can attest it does not go away. When I was pregnant with my first, my husband asked my OB if I was going to be stupid forever. We all laughed, but the OB never answered! I never had a loss for words before, but since I got pregnant, I grasp for the simplest words. It's disturbing. Or even thinking I've done something and it turns out I didn't. :(
- Admiral Anika
AHHHHHHH!!! Oh well, guess I'm going to have to stick to writing notes for everything now!!
- Georgia Diehl
What unusual item do you keep in your car, 'just in case'?
Beau Liening, Rob Haas, htd and 12 other people liked this
Glock 29
- Itachi
Toothpicks. Related: http://friendfeed.com/micahwi... :)
- Micah Wittman
Wow, missed that thread the first time around. Cool!
- Kevin Fox
oh gosh, I have so much random awesome stuff in my car!!
- Georgia Diehl
bodybags
- Morgan Haley
a heavy blanket. Good for when I buy plants, lime, mulch etc.
- Mike Nencetti
Linksys router, 10-port network hub, cables, laptop screen cleaners, DSL filters, napkins.
- Cyrus Lendvay
Sweatshirt, blankets, extra gloves, extra stocking cap, extra coat, extra socks... emergency candles, it gets COLD here in the winter!
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Oh, and deodorant. y'know... in case of emergency.
- Cyrus Lendvay
My car registration
- Ted Gilchrist
Diapers & Wipes. An unopened package of pacifiers. Hopefully only for the new ~2 years, though.
- Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy
A big rubber band thing-a-majinger with the metal hooks on either end for when I load my trunk with big stuff from Home Depot and cannot close the trunk lid :->)
- L Stephen Cleary
Corkscrew
- Kate Schmidt
snow scraper
- kartik vaithyanathan
Baseball mitt and cleats
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Man-sized safe.
- G. Sigh
Just kidding.
- G. Sigh
Ham radio, cigarette lighter, rescue breather.
- Glen Mistletoe
I have the usual emergency kit but for as for unusual items, I have a bed sheet, a tatami mat, and an unopened package of window blinds. The bed sheet is to cover the windshield if it's going to freeze overnight and I need to drive early the next morning. The tatami mat is for the beach. The windows blinds I bought about 3 years ago, meant to return, and never did. They're still in the trunk.
- Rochelle
A lint roller.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
A book I haven't read.
- Heather Solos
Taurus 9mm
- Spencer
Proof of insurance. Trust me. In Texas, that is unusual.
- Josh Haley
a billy club!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Fishing pole. Monopod. Softballs, glove, & bat.
- Rodfather
Caroline: your list is kind of hot....
- Morgan Haley
William Shatner.
- Derrick
A fork, and an old Honda steering wheel. When I still had a car. Both things came in handy surprisingly often.
- Lo
Soccer cones.
- Mahmood Padura
Envelopes.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Rubber gloves and a jumpsuit like mechanics wear. You'll thank me later, when you're clean.
- Christopher Harley
A picture of my car from behind. My "Coping with Road Rage" book tells me to be considerate of the perspectives of other drivers.
- Kelly Norton
Altoids
- James R
Racquetball racquet, package of socks, several copies of Wired and Entertainment Weekly (usually way out of date).
- Rob Haas
A "bug-in" backpack with nitrile gloves, particle masks, emergency SPCA blankets, flashlights, batteries, emergency am/fm radio, glow sticks, mini first aid kit, emergency water packs... I also have a large first aid kit.
- Beau Liening
from iPhone
wow - nothing. I better go add some things! Wait, I have my softball stuff in the trunk for those just in case I have an emergency softball game to play. LOL
- Paulette Garcia Morris
woke up this morning to head going BOOM BOOM BOOM! Now down to a kind of tap tap tap... keep fading head knocker, please keep fading!!
AJ Batac liked this
Was it to the beat of MSTRKRFT, leftover from Friday night? :)
- Tudor Bosman
Yeah, you are having poker folks over later!! You have to feel better!!
- Georgia Diehl
Dr Johnny's Diagnosis... You may have been awoken by a Black Eyed Peas' song...
- Johnny Worthington
Also, if you guys need an extra hand for poker, let me know :)
- Tudor Bosman
Tudor, it might have been, I think my ear drums are still vibrating from them. (and I'll keep you posted), Georgia, we will be all good for tonight! Johnny, my alarm was set to wake me with 80's music so I don't think Black Eyed Peas slipped in there, but then again, who knows.
- Rachel Lea Fox
What is the best gift that you have ever received? (in terms of making you happy, and purely abstract things like "love" don't count :)
Stephen Mack, Olivia Lovag, Holly Rae and 18 other people liked this
my friend molly just gave me a king size quilt that she made over a few months. She and I have been very close for the last 5 years or so, and I cried when I saw it. It was SO much work.. and I always coveted the quilts she made for others... it was truly epic.
- Jenna Bilotta
In terms of material goods for the gift itself and not solely the thought behind it...quite possibly my DLSR camera. It has opened up a new world to me. I've received lovely extravagant gifts from my fiance (like a computer) which was very useful, but it was and improvement over what was already part of my life. This was a surprise gift that showed that someone trusted my creativity and it's something that has allowed me to document my life where I was limited before.
- joey
A ticket somewhere I didnt expect =)
- Adelein Ro
oh yeah. I got kidnapped to the amalfi coast (italy) the day of my 30th birthday by my boyfriend. I didn't know where we were going until we got to DC. I had to cancel my meetings at work with a phone call from the DC airport. :) He packed for me and everything!
- Jenna Bilotta
My discharge papers from the navy.
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
steak and a bj
- Bill Strathearn
It's a tossup between my first bike and sled. Probably the bike, although the sled was more fun right away with several feet of snow on the ground at Christmas.
- Cristo
still thinking.........
- VAL D. Zone
My dog
- Benjamin Golub
Probably the trip to Antarctica, though there may be a recency bias there. Also, I'd have to say 'college'. Thanks Mom!
- Kevin Fox
The chance to prove to others that I'm not a quitter. After terminal illness kicked me out of my career path I received college paid in full for journalism.
- H0llywoodWh0re
My mother-in-law donated a kidney to me so I could live.
- Travis B. Hartwell
I hope my best gift is yet to come :)
- ashish
omg Travis that is wonderful
- VAL D. Zone
Travis wins. It's a gift you use every day!
- Kevin Fox
Travis, that is so awesome. Made my day.
- joey
Wow, Travis. *cries*
- Derrick
You can't top pure unselfish giving like that Travis. Glad you're with us to share. =)
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Thanks everyone! I'm glad to be here too. It's amazing. I'm coming up on my 6 month new-kidney birthday.
- Travis B. Hartwell
My first iPhone, in '07. It was even better than I'd anticipated. Runner-up was the experience of standing in line at the Apple Store this past June with my daughter, on my birthday, for the upgrade. There aren't a lot of things she and I can really share in our somewhat difficult relationship - we don't exactly speak the same language despite having somewhat similar interests. But that was a great morning and a great birthday for us, ages 19 and 49. (Hers is June 24...)
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
My dog. Otto was a gift from Mom, and he's the love of my life :)
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
I got nothing on Travis. He wins... All Hail the King! (and his cool Mother in Law)
- Morgan Haley
Updates to the FriendFeed platform, including favicons for fed services.
- Matthew DeVries
Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits. May sound lame, but at 11 I was in heaven.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
and Bill is a very close second place!!! Not much beats a good steak and a bj
- Morgan Haley
Can't think of one - not that I can't narrow it down, but because I am the best gift giver EVER. :P
- Mona Nomura
from iPhone
I remember getting my first computer. A 286. Compudyne, I think. Without that, I wouldn't be here right now. If I recieved anything else that year, I couldn't tell you what. I was too busy installing a bootleg copy of LogoWriter and learning how to make the computer do stuff using machine code.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
My NES and my first bike. I can remember those two gifts like it just happened to me yesterday.
- Chieze Okoye
Tivo...my best friend.
- Lenny Mahnke
One Christmas eve, Andrew and I realized we hadn't bought each other presents yet. We went to a store and independently picked out gifts. Turns out we each got the same Lego set. I like the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing we have such compatible tastes (plus having 2x the legos)
- Lexi Baugher
from iPhone
@Lexi - wonderful!
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
from iPhone
1996... a swatch ironi from my father... it was quite surprise. At that time only some of frnds in school had one...
- Amir
Remainder of payments on a hastily-bought minivan. That was a life-changing gift, financially speaking.
- Josh Haley
Scott. (http://www.friendfeed.com/maplest...) :-D
- Ladybug Heather
Honda Unicorn from my friend shashank as marriage gift.
- sirishkumar
my 24'' monitor
- funkyboy
Do you and our beautiful babies count, Paul? Thanks for making them so adorable, by the way. :)
- April Buchheit
from iPhone
I think my Acer netbook last year. My BlackBerry this year runs a very close second. When I dig a little deeper though, the original NES that my siblings and I got from one of our grandmothers back in the 80s did have us all pretty ecstatic.
- Kamilah Gill
Are you trying to say that love doesn't make you happy? (Oh, April sad!)
- April Buchheit
Last year Kris took me to NYC to see the Yankees and Red Sox at old Yankee stadium. That was probably the most epic birthday gift I've ever received.
- Bren -- Not Grinchy
from iPhone
I made a 1,000 cranes as a wedding gift for my best friend. She still talks about how much she loves it. It took a long time, but was worth it when I saw the look on her face when she opened it.
- Georgia Diehl
My childhood dog would be #1, but my best nonliving gift would be my Tivo. Best invention ever and still going strong after 5 years!
- Shannon Jiménez
And for me, my daughter of course. It does also help that she's just so damn cute! BEST GIFT EVER!
- Georgia Diehl
When I graduated from high school my dad gave me $1,000 cash as a gift. I had never seen so much money in my life. I was overwhelmed with possibilities and gratitude. I had a big party for the entire graduating class, and I bought a 35 mm camera to replace the one that had been stolen from me.
- Call me Bronco
Honestly I'm not sure, I can't remember anything. All the things that I really liked getting it, I gave it to myself. But I vividly remember the presents I loved the most to give. :)
- Olivia Lovag
I think the best was a night at a comedy club in Harvard Square. The comedienne was so funny that I had to stop twice and just close my eyes and breath deeply, to survive. Also playing a large factor was that it was the first birthday present I ever got from a girlfriend.
- Jorg Brown
By contrast, I think the best present I ever *gave* was tickets to a Broncos game in December. My brother & my dad went, and it was cold, and the game was a long string of disappointments, with fans streaming out of the stadium during the fourth quarter because Denver was two touchdowns behind. Why was it such a good present? Because Elway was QB, and he won the game.
- Jorg Brown
Engagement ring.
- Renchin(Reina)Wang
Back to work on Monday :(
Awwwwwwwwwww!
- Stephen Mack
Today is much harder than I thought it would be. Cry count: 3
- Georgia Diehl
:(((
- Rochelle
ZooBorns: Pygmy Hippo Weighs a Ton on the Cute Scale - On November 27th, the Colchester Zoo welcomed its first Pygmy Hippo calf. Since then, mom and baby girl have developed a close bond. The little one has been reportedly "suckling strongly," steadily gaining weight, as evidenced below, at a healthy rate. - http://www.zooborns.com/zooborn...
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آریـوبرزن, Camilla, Tonica and 11 other people liked this
SOOO CUTE!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
from Bookmarklet
((X_X))
- rowlikeagirl
I love the verb "to suckle". One hardly hears it anymore.
- Spidra Webster
Spidra, really? We use it a lot around here when we have kittens. Though often it is because they are suckling inappropriately! :)
- Rachel Lea Fox
HOLY COW! Wait, I mean, HOLY HIPPO! That thing is so darn cute...but not as cute as Penny :)
- Georgia Diehl
Already the best birthday ever :)
Jim Is Not Smart, Nicholas Kreidberg, April Buchheit and 7 other people liked this
Happy b-day Georgia!
- Dario Gomez
Happy Birthday!
- Carl Haynes
Happy Birthday!
- joey
Happy Birthday Georgia!
- Rachel Lea Fox
from iPhone
Happy Birthday!
- Joe Silence is not dead
Happy Birthday!
- Wang Yip
Bon anniversaire!
- rowlikeagirl
Birthday happy!
- Stephen Mack
Happy Bday to youuuuuuuuuuu.........
- VAL D. Zone
Happy birthday, Georgia! :D
- Rochelle
Here's to it just getting better.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Bappy Hirthday!
- Morgan Haley
Thanks Everyone! I can't wait for dinner... Alexander's Steakhouse!!
- Georgia Diehl
what they said.... ;)
- Roger Nang
Happy Birthday Georgia!!
- G. Sigh
almost missed it... happy birthday!
- Jim Is Not Smart
My gchat status that said happy birthday never came through to FF last night, so I'm saying it again! HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGIA!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Happy Birthday, Georgia!
- Micah Wittman
Happy birthday!
- Laura Lou Who
Happy b.day, Georgia:) Looks like we share the same b.day:)
- Petek(UCB)_
Any recommendations for baby milk bottle? Anyone using Playtex VentAire?
Steven Perez and Joe Silence is not dead liked this
we used Avent for both of our kids. EXCELLENT. avoid anything with a liner as they strip out nutrients from the milk.
- Joe Silence is not dead
We use both the Medela Breastmilk Bottle and the Dr. Brown's Natural Flow Bottle. I would recommend just buying one bottle and trying it out before you decide. Don't buy several because of the baby hates it, you don't want to have 3 or 5 of them to return!
- Rochelle
we did try the Playtex VentAire and neither of our kids liked it cos of the bend.
- Joe Silence is not dead
My elder one is using Pigeon and BFree. Have tried Avent too... I actually like Pigeon bottles, but I want to differentiate the bottles (especially the nipples) between the brother and the sister.
- BeeLing
Rochelle, there's no return policy over here, so I guess I better buy just one to try out initially. Thanks for advice.
- BeeLing
Any other recommendations?
- BeeLing
No return policy? WOW.
- Rochelle
Yes...Most of the time, we can only exchange.
- BeeLing
That's why I'm doing research beforehand
- BeeLing
BornFree worked best for us.
- Aviv
hmmmm are you familiar with TittyCat? ~ oh wait no that's the other way around
- sofarsoShawn
BornFree here as well, and I really like that you can just buy sippy-cup nipples for them and you don't have to replace everything when you start "moving up" from regular nipples.
- Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy
We used Doctor Brown's our daughter was collicky. These bottles helped.
- Gunny doesn't side-hug™
We took Rochelle's suggestion and bought one of a few kinds. Penny by far liked the Dr. Browns best!
- Georgia Diehl
I'm late to the party, but our lactation consultant suggested the Breastflow as the baby's sucking motion mimics breastfeeding. Our little one likes it better than Dr Browns.
- Jaclyn
Late, but we use Dr. Browns. Little man seems to like them better than the VentAire.
- Matt Hilton
Google Wave invites -- I have: [ 20 ] -- demand is now far outstripped by supply
Alex Scoble and Itachi liked this
Sure. I'll try the crack.
- Neal Krummell
Neal, sending one your way. Maxamad, sure, thanks, I'll try there if I don't give 'em away among my direct followers first.
- Stephen Mack
7 left now.
- Stephen Mack
Can i get an invite? cevahiraltintop@gmail.com
- Cevahir Altıntop
Cevahir, invite sent. 6 left now.
- Stephen Mack
I'll take one if its available
- Carl Haynes
Sent and sent! 4 left.
- Stephen Mack
Thanks!
- Carl Haynes
4 more!
- Stephen Mack
What's Google Wave again? and why should I want it?
- Roger Nang
Because it's google, and you're supposed to want anything google without questioning what it is :)
- Georgia Diehl
That's why I wanted one! Now that I have it, I have no idea what to do with it.
- Carl Haynes
Roger, you don't read my blog!? *sniff* http://www.zeigen.com/blog...
- Stephen Mack
Carl, I'll show you some Wave stuff. Just added you to a new wave.
- Stephen Mack
Bump -- still 4 left.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Now I have 12.
- Stephen Mack
Something tells me that the eBay sales of Google Wave invites just crashed...
- Stephen Mack
Do you still have some? Can you invite a friend of mine for me? DM if yes. :)
- Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy
I even got an email from google saying I'm now allowed access since I gave them my email address when they launched. You would think they'd be able to check and see that I've already joined. Even I have 8 invites now and I just joined!
- Carl Haynes
Just received a few more. My bet is they'll open this up to the general public shortly, based on how many invites are being given out now.
- Stephen Mack
Need some advice! My mom is getting me a laptop for my birthday 12/9. Is it better to buy it now, or wait until January? Also, I plan on using it for photos, internet, and music mostly... is a macbook fine for this, or is it better to spend the extra money and get a pro? Thanks in advance!
My advice in the past would have been to wait 'til January because of Macworld Expo. However, Macworld Expo has been pushed to February this year and Apple isn't even going to be there. Apple will no longer be trying to make its announce/release dates match Macworld. However, I don't know enough to predict what happens now.
- Spidra Webster
This is a good site on when to buy. http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ I don't think the next update will be a laptop as they just updated recently (and the Mac Pro is due more of an upgrade than the mere bump they got the other day). A Mac Pro update around the NAB show (March) is likely or even earlier, but I think the laptop line is kind of set for awhile.
- Andrew Leyden
if you don't play high-graphics games or work with too many heavy programs like adobe photoshop or manage too many photos (like professional photographers) with lightroom/apreture, macbook is fine. But with pro, you will get more productivity, more power. Pro is work computer, macbook is home computer as you guess.
- Mehmet Fatih YILDIZ
Thanks! I actually have a pro at work and love it. I was just wondering if I could get away with a macbook for home since the price is so different. I'll see if she's willing to spend the money for the pro.
- Georgia Diehl
MacBook is fine. Wait until next year.
- Khürt Williams
Bose® Mobile On-Ear Headset - http://www.amazon.com/dp...
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I'm a simple man, and I have simple requirements. I want headphones that: 1. Are over-ear. (The in-ear kind give me headaches after a while.) 2. Work with my iPhone, including both music playback and voice, and include that button that lets you pause/skip/rewind songs and control calls. 3. Noise-canceling. 4. Wireless. 5. Decent quality -- good sound quality (I'm not an audiophile -- it just need to be better than the white ones included with the iPhone which sound tinny and muddy to me), and durability of build (the last headphones I bought fell apart after about a year of use).
- Stephen Mack
The ones here are close, but they aren't wireless. EDIT: Nor noise-canceling.
- Stephen Mack
These ones aren't 'over ear' but are 'on ear'. Bose makes a distinction. I personally vastly prefer 'over ear' (like the QuietComfort2) to the 'on-ear' (QuietComfort3) but some people don't care or prefer on-ear.
- Kevin Fox
Hmm, the distinction was lost on me previously. I suppose on-ear can't really be noise canceling.
- Stephen Mack
And Kevin, thanks for spending one of your valuable near-10k comments here!
- Stephen Mack
I'm with you, Kevin. On-ear bug me. For the budget minded, Jabra has what some might consider a "clone" of the Bose over-ears for $149. I'm pretty happy with my set - http://www.amazon.com/dp...
- Ken Sheppardson
Ken, those look pretty good but is it dreaming for me to want them to be wireless too, and have that button on the cord that I can use to pause/skip/rewind songs and answer calls?
- Stephen Mack
No completely related, but I just got some Logitech wireless usb headphones/microphone to use with Skype. They're on-ear, but I'm pretty happy with them for my purposes. I also have the Bose over-ear for traveling, but not wireless. Downside is their batteries are always dead.
- Cristo
Oh, I spaced out and hadn't noticed the Bose Mobile's have a microphone and glossed over that and wireless in your list :-/. The Jabras definitely don't have that, and I haven't really kept up with what's out there since I got them. No idea what wireless options are out there, with or without a mic.
- Ken Sheppardson
Wireless I seem to be stuck with Bluetooth, which is generally (universally?) one ear and no music.
- Stephen Mack
I've found that on-ear headphones, when I wear them on the plane for long periods of time (>1 hour) makes my ears hurt. So my next set will be no doubt over-ear.
- G. Sigh
Stephen, there are stereo profiles for bluetooth, although I don't own a set of music bluetooth headphones.
- Cristo
Cristo, you're right -- in digging around more, I can see there are bluetooth stereo headphones, and even some that are compatible with the iPhone, but I haven't found any that are over-ear. YET!
- Stephen Mack
I was told that there are no wireless headphones for the iphone
- Georgia Diehl
That can't be right, Georgia. Apple sells these, for example: http://store.apple.com/us... -- if these were over-ear and noise canceling, they'd meet all my needs.
- Stephen Mack
There are now. iPhone 3.0 supports bluetooth audio for the 3G and 3GS iPhones, though I haven't talked to many people woh have tried it, and audio quality seems to still be an issue with BT headsets.
- Kevin Fox
I think the issue is that the original iPhone hardware Bluetooth chip doesn't support Bluetooth 2.0, which is required for stereo Bluetooth. So only iPhone 3G and 3Gs could use the headphones I've linked. That's per this answer: http://store.apple.com/us...
- Stephen Mack
Oh ok, cool! Well, I think I'll be upgrading my phone at the next update, so I can get wireless ones next year hopefully :)
- Georgia Diehl
Stephen, I have Logitiech wireless stereo headphones that work with iPod (and probably with iPhone). They are the hook-on the ear type, and require a separate bluetooth module attached to the phone jack of the iPod/iPhone. They're great for working out, but don't appear to meet your needs.
- Cristo
Bright child
rowlikeagirl, Rachel Lea Fox, pea and 2 other people liked this
We have that same hat! Great for keeping the ears warm.
- Carl Haynes
Such a cute kid!
- Georgia Diehl
Thanks Georgia! This was from last night at the Caltrain holiday train.
- Stephen Mack
Bejeweled Blitz, You horrible addictive horrible game, I am now your MASTER!!!!!! ;)
Mona Nomura, Stephen Mack, Glenn Slaven and 10 other people liked this
I'm disappointed that the highest award is 250K. Why don't I get and award for 275K? :(
- Rachel Lea Fox
*GASP*
- Kevin Fox
Hehe... awesome!
- Georgia Diehl
Keep going...I pulled off a 371000 this week...still not sure how, lol
- Shannon
its an evil game, so addicting, 161K yet, playing for a week now :)
- Yunus Tunak
Shannon, Kevin has several friends who get 300K every week. I'm not sure that I aspire to that level of crazy awesome time wasting. But at the same time I said I wasn't going to play it anymore after the first 10 or so games., so who knows. I just seem to need to beat the people in my list. Damn competitive nature!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Yunus, 161K is great for week one. I think I'm on week four!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Heh, it is all about that list isnt it :D I love it when you get an awesome score and the next game is like 11,000 - schnort!
- Shannon
Totally Shannon. Though if a game looks like it is going to be under 25K i don't even finish it most of the time.
- Rachel Lea Fox
It is an evil evil game. I got over 200K once, and I'm finding it incredibly difficult to crack 175K since. I've seen people with 450K+ scores amongst my friends...
- Jason Wehmhoener
You are the master only for this week. Next week you'll be back again :)
- Benjamin Golub
Jason, 450K+ is crazy!!!!! It is an evil game. I seem to be pretty good at getting scores in the 100K - low 200K somewhat consistantly. But before this my high score was 209K.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Ben, I will beat you again next week! ;-)
- Rachel Lea Fox
I also got more than 250K this week, for the first time :)
- George Moga
Yay George!
- Rachel Lea Fox
This week isn't over yet! And I've got a whole flight to catch up on you :)
- Benjamin Golub
Ben, sadly your phone battery won't last your whole flight!
- Rachel Lea Fox
I'm a polar bear!
Jim Is Not Smart, Nicholas Kreidberg, VAL D. Zone and 29 other people liked this
SO CUTE!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Thanks! I thought so too, which is why I just had to share :)
- Georgia Diehl
my youngest keeps pointing at this photo and saying "ME WANT!!"
- Joe Silence is not dead
Very cute!
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Adorable!
- Anne Bouey
Oh my gosh Joe, that is so funny!
- Georgia Diehl
she eventually made me save the pic and wants to see it several times a day. i think she's infatuated with that outfit. :P
- Joe Silence is not dead
How old is she? You can now get Reindeer ones at Kohls.
- Georgia Diehl
Getting a new MacBook for my birthday, is it better to wait until January to see if something newer comes out?
Nicholas Kreidberg, Dario Gomez and Junebug (aka Sarah Jill) liked this
Is it worth it to spend the extra $200 for the pro?
- Georgia Diehl
Ask in The Apple Room! :) http://friendfeed.com/applero...
- Rochelle
Thanks Rochelle!
- Georgia Diehl
I would, but I'm a designer who runs Photoshop a lot and sometimes plays with GarageBand. But the way things are going, unless you know right now you're never ever ever going to do anything more memory-intensive than Microsoft Word, I'd go for the Pro. Also, I like to max out the memory slots right away - the machine really is faster with as much of it as I can stuff into the machine. And as it will recognize - my late 2006 Pro only recognizes 3 gigs even though I can put four in.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
If it's only $200 more for the Pro, I'd totally go for that. I own a 17" MacBook Pro 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo. My CPU is a bit taxed even using the internet sometimes because I run many tabs and tend to do a lot of Netflix Instant, YouTube and other things that depend on Flash, Silverlight and other plug-ins. I usually run several apps at a time as well. The MacBook Pro will have a higher resale value and retain it better than the plain old MacBook will.
- Spidra Webster
Looks like it's more like a $500 difference, still worth it?
- Georgia Diehl
Babies - This looks like it will be a fun movie - http://filminfocus.com/focusfe...
Yeah, I just saw the preview for that! I can't wait for it to come out!!
- Georgia Diehl
Do you think odd piercings (lips, nose, cheeks, etc.) are sexy or not?
Steven Perez, rowlikeagirl, Kol Tregaskes and 2 other people liked this
No.
- Alex Scoble
depends on who is wearing it.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I agree with Monique. But do you mean to say that all facial piercings are odd or that there is a subset of ones that are particularly odd?
- joey
What Monique said.
- Rochelle
Yes, any piercings other than the lobes of ears are odd as far as this conversation is concerned.
- Alex Scoble
Okay, then I'd say it definitely depends on the person and the specific piercing.
- joey
Not. Every great once in awhile, I see someone who has the right kind of eyebrow for a piercing but cheeks, labrets, rings of silver shit all in a row like their mouth was a 6th grader's spiral notebook? No, thanks.
- Akiva Moskovitz
For the most part yes, but it depends on the person & how many piercings there are.
- josh neff, geek at large
Depends.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Depends on placement, how it fits the person's body and character, and of course the hardware itself.
- LogEx
I have two holes in my nose, Alex. Is that odd?
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Not really
- Rasmus Lauridsen
What Rochelle said.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
As far as this conversation is concerned, Monique, yes.
- Alex Scoble
I have more piercings elsewhere on my body than I do in my earlobes. I'm odd as a cod apparently. :)
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I have one in my navel. Does this conversation concern me? DO ANYBODY NO?
- joey
Sometimes, depends on what you mean by piercing, and how much metal is involved.
- Mo Kargas
Yes, this conversation concerns you...So hard to construct a simple poll with you guys, ROFL
- Alex Scoble
Sure, sometimes.
- Ayşe E.
If it makes you feel better, I don't have my piercings linked together by chains or anything.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I used to have my nostril pierced. Does that count?
- Rochelle
Well, you listed out facial locations in your examples! In that case, I definitely think I'm sexy. ANYBODY NOES.
- joey
Some do it for me, but not all...
- JA Castillo
Joey, now you know that you are supposed to be saying whether you find OTHERS who have piercings sexy...not yourself.
- Alex Scoble
I already did. I said it depends on the person and the piercing. And I've added that in my case, I definitely think yes ;)
- joey
I obviously didn't construct this question the right way.
- Alex Scoble
Sexy? No, but I don't really see piercings as sexy. They don't bother me though, said the boy with tons of tattoos and is often judged because of it.
- Derrick
I have a fear of needles and I am not really into girls with a lot of piercings.
- Joe
I don't understand what I'm answering incorrectly...I said that I can't generalize it; it depends on the person and what piercing they chose. Someone may have chosen the wrong kind for them or they may just not look good with piercings at all or maybe they have too many or maybe they tried to lace up their cheeks or something that I'd be hard-pressed to find sexy on anyone.
- joey
Joey, I think the failing in this instance is entirely in my asking of the question. :)
- Alex Scoble
Well, you did fail to use 'DO ANYBODY NO.' ;p
- joey
This didn't seem like a DO ANYBODY NO kind of question, hehe.
- Alex Scoble
DO ANYBODY THUNK?
- joey
I did a second stab at it https://friendfeed.com/itblogg...
- Alex Scoble
No. I'm always afraid that someone will sneeze and launch their nose stud right in to my eye.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
from iPod
rofl...I've never thought about it that way MVB. =)
- Beau Liening
No. And, wow, did a lot of people answer fast or what!
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Depends on the location, size and jewelry.
- xero
Not in general. If I'm into someone, they become irrelevant, though.
- Alix Whitmire
Yes. Seven of Nine? Hell yes
- Mo Kargas
Yes.
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
not really, but if i already like the person then i can deal with it.
- Joe Silence is not dead
No
- AJ Batac
@Mo: Seven of Nine WAS a body piercing!
- Joe Silence is not dead
i guess the biggest turn-off for me was whenever i made out with a particular former g/f of mine her tongue stud would go *CLACKITY* on my teeth...so did the ones thru her nipples, come to think of it. not my favourite feeling.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Indeed.... ;)
- Mo Kargas
and the one through her...you can guess.
- Joe Silence is not dead
I wouldn't say they make someone sexier, but most piercings are definitely not a turn-off for me. I have absolutely no problem with tongue or eyebrow piercings. Nose piercings are somewhat of a turn-off (especially studs - they look like boogers stuck on the outside of the person's nose). Piercings elsewhere on the body are best evaluated on a case-by-case basis (an infected navel ring...
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- Curtiss Grymala
I used to have my nipples pierced, it's made breast feeding interesting at times... sometimes I leak from the old holes!
- Georgia Diehl
whether piercings (and tattoos, for that matter) are attractive is subjective for me. no way I could make a blanket statement about them.
- jbrotherlove
Yes, but it depends on who and where.
- David Cook
Yes.
- nakachi
No.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Absolutely not.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
No, unless they are on Pauley Perette. She can get away with it. :)
- Gunny doesn't side-hug™
No. They repulse me.
- SuezanneC Baskerville
Yes, considering I have my nose and nipple pierced and the boyf has lip and nose pierced. Always found them attractive.
- Charlotte M
from iPhone
+ Monique. If I were into someone who had them, I would. Until then, not really.
- Lo
Really depends on the person but lip - yes, anything else - no.
- Amy
hell, no.
- Roberto Bonini
Ugh, no.
- Julia Stewart
not
- Rachel Lea Fox
Breastfeeding May Reduce Diabetes Risk - http://www.webmd.com/heart...
Jen (SquirrelGirl), Rochelle and Mark Layton liked this
"Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of risk factors linked to both diabetes and heart disease, including elevated blood pressure, insulin resistance, and belly fat. The new study is one of the most rigorously designed trials ever to explore the impact of breastfeeding on such risk factors."
- Shevonne
from Bookmarklet
And reduce the risk of breast cancer apparently. My wife´s a physician/doctor and I saw the cover of the latest Norwegian journal of medicine state that there are now own guidelines for treating lesbian women (because of this I assume).
- Thomas Bøhm
Yup, breastfeeding is awesome!
- Georgia Diehl
Thomas, some lesbian women who have children still breastfeed. :P
- Rochelle
Rochelle: I thought of that too, but since more lesbian women do not breastfeed than their heterosexual sisters, I guess that, and the huge benefit of breastfeeding, is why they wrote about new own guidelines for them. I´ll ask when my wife is back from the Christmas party... or tomorrow..
- Thomas Bøhm
Don't know why I didn't think of this sooner. Just made an iTunes smart playlist called "Beatles+Christmas." Things just got a lot better.
Ladybug Heather, VAL D. Zone, Josh Haley and 4 other people liked this
Cool. :)
- Laura Lou Who
What is on the playlist, I want it too!!
- Georgia Diehl
whatever fits into those categories in my itunes library. There's some rock Christmas, some mid 20th century crooner Christmas, some 1930s blues Christmas, some Gregorian Chant, some Phil Keaggy... AND MUCHO BEATLES! FTW!
- Jim Is Not Smart
I want to re-like!
- Laura Lou Who
Baby kangaroo FTW! So soft!
Dario Gomez and Morgan Haley liked this
Just don't mess with them when they're all grown up... they will @&%# you up!
- Georgia Diehl
Lol. Dude, you could get your own TV program on Discovery.
- G. Sigh
Yeah, but I'm staying away from the stingrays.
- Ken Gidley
Just don't pickup the phone when the Kangaroo Rape Prevention Department calls.
- Morgan Haley
Cost of Wedding - How much does a wedding cost where you live? - http://www.costofwedding.com/
Tim Costantino, Amiram امیرم, Justin Korn and 30 other people liked this
Plug in your zip code to see the average. The disparity b/w Palo Alto and say, South San Francisco, is somewhat astounding :)
- Ana
from Bookmarklet
'On average, couples that live in [zip code] spend between $34,575 and $57,624 for their wedding. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring.' The first time I looked at this site I almost died.
- joey
Flat nothing where I live - I can't get legally married.
- Sparky
How do they get their data, though? I never told anyone what my wedding cost.
- Stephen Mack
My zip code says between $25,854 and $43,091. I'm not buying that at all.
- Rochelle
Mine was $137, cost of paperwork only.
- Tsali, The Native of FF
In my zip code is says $40,235 and $67,058 DAMN
- Shevonne
$19,735 and $32,892 in a little town outside of Austin. Wow...that is insanity.
- aden
Stephen, just a random guess, but I would assume that they would survey the vendors out there in a certain area and then add it up? The average cost of a caterer in my zip code plus the average cost of a florist plus the average cost of a venue, etc.
- Rochelle
ours was JOP and home-made food. i think we spent less than $600 on the honeymoon.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Louisville, KY 40220 spend between $13,922 and $23,203 for their wedding. - Never known anyone who spent that much.
- Tsali, The Native of FF
@Joe plug in your zip code in the link
- Shevonne
Whoa! I was married at my mom's house in Palo Alto. The range there is $66,090 and $110,149!!! We didn't spend that much, and I still thought our wedding was costly!!
- Georgia Diehl
I don't suppose they subtract the value of the cash and gifts given
- LogEx
Rochelle, why don't you buy that?
- joey
@Shevonne: between $16,828 and $28,047. that's insane.
- Joe Silence is not dead
we were broke when we moved to the US from NZ and weren't about to go into debt for our wedding. my parents paid for our honeymoon trip as a gift.
- Joe Silence is not dead
I definitely see destination wedding if I ever get married
- Shevonne
The answer is too much.
- James Ferguson
Our wedding is a little on the high end...about $20k to $21k for my area. Range is $13,769 and $22,948
- Alex Scoble
the wedding? about 6 grand. since the breakup? $1,550 a month. for 8 long years.
- Morgan Haley
Joey, it just seems like too much. When I was doing my planning and all that, I don't think it would have been that much even if we had paid full price for everything. I guess it really depends on what kind of wedding you have and where you have it. Cake/punch in your church hall is going to obviously be less than plated dinner at a hotel downtown.
- Rochelle
that sucks.. its does not take canadian zipcodes
- Peter Dawson
Morgan, how many children do you have?
- Georgia Diehl
Georgia - Just 1.
- Morgan Haley
Wow! I had no idea child support was that much! Although, I guess I'm just assuming that's what you were referring to!
- Georgia Diehl
Child support? Try 'spousal support' aka alimony. But divorce is expensive because it's worth it.
- Morgan Haley
The site's figures are based on survey results from people who've paid for weddings and not based on polling of vendors according to the site.
- Alex Scoble
the 3 'rings' of relationshits: engagement ring. wedding ring. suffering.
- Morgan Haley
$14,993 and $24,988. Thank you Rochester :)
- Benjamin Golub
Hello 100k for Mill Valley California
- Bill
*gags*. Holy gucamole. In this economy?????
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
We saved a lot, Roberto, that's how.
- Alex Scoble
Well, that's most certainly better than borrowing the bulk of it :)
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
My mom wanted us to have a larger wedding (200 guests), so i told her fine, as long as she was willing to pay for it. She did...
- Georgia Diehl
That's all crazy talk - we spent about $3k-5k on our wedding. $10k+ for a one-time event is ridiculous!
- Jesse Stay
That's more reasonable Jesse. But there is no accounting for taste. :) my parents got married and had the reception in the back yard.
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Reasonable-shmeasonable...my catering bill alone, including alcohol is like $7500 and frankly, that's reasonable.
- Alex Scoble
Roberto, nothing wrong with that - it's where we had ours. It was still decorated beautifully, people still had fun, and we still got married. We made a lot of our food, and ordered Sams club for the rest - nicely decorated most people don't even notice the difference.
- Jesse Stay
It's like I've said before, once you get in to the traditional wedding industry, there is no cheap.
- Alex Scoble
Exactly what they did. I will probably do that as well. I'd rather spend that big money on the honeymoon.
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
...and don't get us started on the diamond cartel ;)
- LogEx
Roberto, oftentimes you (the groom) have no say in the matter, hehe. If you aren't already in a relationship, choose wisely. :)
- Alex Scoble
This is an interesting site (and again an uncannily timely post) 8^)
- Chieze Okoye
Duly Noted, Alex. Some of my friends are getting married next year and that's what's happened :) Poor guys.
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
That's why I love my wife :-)
- Jesse Stay
Hehe, Jesse...unfortunately, sometimes you fall in love with someone despite the fact that they want a big wedding. C'est la vie. :)
- Alex Scoble
My falling in love was all about the wedding ;-)
- Jesse Stay
Such is life. Indeed. :)
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
ROFL...unfortunately, I fell in love with Cassie because she's intelligent, passionate, caring, cute, delicious, hard working and some other odds and ends as well...only later did I find out that she like Country Music, Christmas, Disneyland and big weddings...You have to take the good with the bad, hehe.
- Alex Scoble
It happens..... :)
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
There was someone here on FF (I don't remember who, but it was a guy?) who said his wedding budget was $100k and his honeymoon budget was $50k and thought that was totally reasonable and realistic. I was O_O
- Rochelle
haha
- Chieze Okoye
<Sheldon Cooper> The horror...... <Sheldon Cooper/>
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Nice .... I'm sure that honeymoon was memorable in more ways than one :)
- fatima
Mine cost zero in 1967 - church wedding, homemade dress, reception at aunt's house. In 2009 dollars that would be...
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Holy shit! In Los Gatos, people spend between $64,866 and $108,109 (!)
- Bret Taylor
What recession? :-)
- Piaw Na
People make lots of money off weddings and funerals. Sometimes it's really sad. In Las Vegas, I contributed $40 for a car wash, when I heard that the reason they were washing cars was to cover the funeral costs for a friend. Elopement maybe?
- Mitchell Tsai
It says $11-18K where I live. I think my wife and I spent around $8K.
- Jason Huebel
Mine cost $16 at the county building. It was still fun.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
I think people *greatly* underestimate the cost of their wedding because they mostly look at recent bills after the event, but so many expenses, like deposits/stationery happen so far in advance. People also tend to not bundle-in related costs, like gifts for the wedding party, etc. If you think about it, if you host your reception at a hall w/ a catered dinner (which is what most people do), the food/beverage costs alone are like $100/person, so it's pretty easy to imagine how the average gets up to +$20k.
- Ana
@Mitchell Be wary of funeral car washes. Frequently those are scams.
- EricaJoy
My brother and his gf have ditched their idea to marry in the UK, instead of £10-13k they can spend £2-3k in Greece and get *everything* paid for. It's no contest, so we all off to Greece in a couple of years. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
$16 around.
- ★ Soner Gönül
Tehran; Around $30k
- Darth Farhad Sama
My home town in Pittsburgh: $46,966 and $78,277 --- Woah Nelly!
- Tim Costantino
The Daddy Dilemma - http://bunnyloveflirtparty.blogspot.com/2009...
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Aww. That's totally normal, though. It's just a phase. There's not much to do other than wait it out, unfortunately.
- Rochelle
Yep. I went through a phase where Audrey simply freaked out when Rochelle handed her over to me. Now when I enter the room, Audrey usually stops what she's doing and starts chanting 'Da-Da!' at me or crawling over as quickly as she can and then looking up at me, wanting me to pick her up. It'll go back and forth who she wants the most. Just let your husband know that Penny has no concept of hate. It's just right now, she's in a Mommy phase.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Thanks Akiva and Rochelle for the reassurance. That's what I've been continuing to tell Nathan... it's a phase, and she loves you tons. I think it's also hard for me because I'm not willing to just let her cry...If I'm not there I can't do much about it, but if I'm with them both, I want to calm her down before she works herself into a horrible mess.
- Georgia Diehl
We're the same way. But as time passes, you can tune in better to whether your daughter's crying out of true distress or simply because she's just not getting her way. We never let Audrey 'cry it out' but knowing the difference between 'Help! Something horrible is happening to me!' and 'OMG WHY AM I NOT GETTING MY WAY' goes a long way in helping ease our personal stress levels.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I can sympathize with Nathan, this sounds very familiar! It is very frustrating for the dad because he wants to help both the baby and you but it is completely out of his control.
- Carl Haynes
Yes, i know. Plus, he does so much around the house to help both of us, I want him to be rewarded with a smiling baby too!
- Georgia Diehl
If another computer, phone, or any other device fucking beeps at me to tell me there's something wrong that needs my attention right now I'm gonna flip out. My STACK is FULL.
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and then my computer beeped at me. goddamnit. Even worse, it was to kindly let me know that I received an email that I just sent. Like I need that.
- Kevin Fox
:(
- Josh Haley
Okay, I've popped a few alerts off my stack. Maybe I can handle a few more now.
- Kevin Fox
:)
- Josh Haley
Error: Stack Overflow
- Mo Kargas
You need the Pocket EMP! Hi I'm Billy Mays here for the Pocket EMP! Ever have too much electronics around you beeping and buzzing and flashing? Well with the Pocket EMP, all electronics 50 feet around you won't be doing that anymore.... Just pull out the grenade size device and push the red button and listen to the sound of silence as all electronic devices around you die.
- CW™
time to unplug. go smoke a fattie and take the rest of the week off. tell them morgan said it was ok.
- Morgan Haley
*beeep*
- karl dotter
Must...resist...urge...to...IM...Kevin...on....7...different...services...simultaneously
- Stephen Mack
HAHA! Nice Stephen :)
- Georgia Diehl
PREACH.
- Derrick
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Nathan made this, so cute!
- Georgia Diehl
Pennypillar becomes a Pennyfly! Also, my new nickname for her is P-RAD.
- Kevin Fox
SOOOO Adorable!!! Great job Nathan!!!!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Kevin, that's what my brother and sister call her! My sister also calls her Pencil :) hehe
- Georgia Diehl
that is great..............:)
- VAL D. Zone
Everyone needs to see this video! It's too cute!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
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