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More like Teacher Fail - http://failblog.org/2009...
Heather, Jeff P. Henderson, Eivind and 9 other people liked this
i need to step away for a moment to regain control over my laff'n, ;)
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
Hee hee.
- Derrick
Well, it's obvious why points were taken off. It's not at all clear whether that's a 12 ounce can, or one of those big Foster's monsters. The problem text specifically states that quantities must be defined!
- Mark "DerBingle" J
and the quanity wasted/spilled on the ground isn't defined, :( #anirishmanwouldneverdothat
- chaz2b
YAAAAAAAY! My boss agreed, despite "reservations," to let me stay on w/company and work from FL part-time. Still on the payroll, still have health insurance, more interesting work, fewer hours, no boss physically present. Sweet CA wages with sweet FL cost of living. It's all coming together you guys!!!
RAPatton, rowlikeagirl, Mark "DerBingle" J and 42 other people liked this
Congrats!!!! That is fantastic. Happy day!
- Mary Carmen
It's so nice to have solid months of awkward ass-kissing pay off like this. Didn't see it coming!
- Lo
Thank you! Now I feel foolish for how much I've worried.
- Lo
Excellent!!!
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
YAYYY for Lo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- VAL D. Zone
That sounds great. Congrats!
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Thanks! It really is great, I figure even if it goes to hell (as it often does with external employees), I'll get a few months pay out of this, straight to savings, no boyfriend to support. Hello emergency fund, I missed you!
- Lo
Work it girl!
- Adrian
Oh yeah, and guess what you guys: someone finally danced back to my Great Wall video, so now I have to dance on my boss' desk before I leave. I got served!
- Lo
Wonderful, Lo!!! =D
- Anna Haro
Much yayness!
- Heather
I <3 "much yayness," and will start using it immediately.
- Lo
w00t! Congrats!! :)
- AJ Batac
Wow, congratulations. Even part time, you're probably better off financially living in FL than you were working full-time and living in CA. Cost of living is a killer.
- Jason Huebel
Congrats I had a similar situation with my employer.
- Bryan Lee
very nice!
- Loc
Tallahassee is a great town. Congratulations.
- Eric Logan
Eric, that's great to hear!
- Lo
I'm not American, and forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't Florida where Americans go to die?
- Eivind
Tallahassee is the Capital, lots of state government related economic impact. F.S.U. and F.A.M.U add lots of students and collegiate activities. Both my kids where born there. Florida is where Americans that planned well financially, go to retire. Eivind, Some communities are like Disney World for senior citizens ;)
- Eric Logan
That's really cool Lo!
- SAM
Yay!
- cecily
Lo, let me know how it goes. I'm always collecting good telecommuting success stories. My prayers go with you.
- Melanie Reed
@Eivind - Yes, but rarely some people grow up there. We're... well, we're all nuts I guess. @Melanie - Thanks, I'm sure I'll be whining about the new projects in no time. But at least I'll have no worries about a roof over my head & food in my belly, and that's saying something these days!
- Lo
Did I get this right, Lo: Some people grow up in Florida, but they're all nuts?
- Eivind
Some people are A, but they're all B; that wasn't exactly what I meant, but it seems to be logically sound!
- Lo
This kid is hilarious -> YouTube - I'm Yours(ukulele) - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Heather and Nathalie, Dreamer of FF liked this
I took me until about 1:20 to figure out what song he was actually singing.
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Priceless! I expect him to be on Ellen or another show soon enough. :)
- Heather
Stunning photographs of animals inside womb | This Blog Rules - http://www.thisblogrules.com/2009...
Carolyn Chan, Liviu Barbat, Josh Haley and 56 other people liked this
Beautiful!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
amazing...
- Samir Kerimov
incredible!
- MB Linder
Astounding!
- Micah Wittman
Wow, the elephant one is amazing!
- Itachi
I wonder how big that elephant is, the picture doesn't show relative size, but I'm guessing it weighs as much as me.
- Ray Cromwell
Awesome
- Frederick Bvalani
Our wedding florist, Lisa from Bella Bloom Florist http://www.bellabloomflorals.com/ was amazing. Great Portland wedding florist. Great Portland metro wedding florist. Great Portland area wedding florist. Great Beaverton wedding florist. Great Hillsboro wedding florist.
Kol Tregaskes, Jason Huebel, Heather and 4 other people liked this
The flowers, bouquets, wreaths and other decorations that Lisa provided for our wedding were exceptional. I'd highly recommend that you use her services for your wedding in Portland and abroad.
- Alex Scoble
Lisa was such a joy to work with. She really was helpful in so many ways from her DJ and bakery recommendation to way she was very flexible within our budget. I can't say enough good things about her services.
- Alex Scoble
So...I take it you liked your florist. :)
- Katy S
Yes, Katy...we do indeed.
- Alex Scoble
The cake is not a lie. And neither is the high praise that I have for the bakery shop at the Lamb's Thriftway in Wilsonville. They did an absolutely gorgeous job on our wedding cake and delivered exactly what we wanted and more. http://www.lambsmarkets.com/ Great wedding cakes. Great Portland wedding cake shop. Great Portland bakery.
Kol Tregaskes, Holly Rae, Jason Huebel and 5 other people liked this
Are you freezing the top part of the cake to eat a year later?
- Rodfather
Nope...we get a free "remix" cake :)
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I WANT SOME CAKE.
- Derrick
Dungeon servers down. :(
Laura H., Heather, Christian (Simply X) and 4 other people liked this
What's worse is that if you leave the group (because the instance can't load) it gives you a 15 minute "Dungeon Deserter" debuff and won't let you search again.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Liked for the pic. :D
- Laura H.
New Device Desirable, Old Device Undesirable | The Onion - America's Finest News Source - http://www.theonion.com/content...
edythe, rowlikeagirl, tinypants - Hagitha of FF and 10 other people liked this
""The new device is an improvement over the old device, making it more attractive for purchase by all Americans," said Thomas Wakefield, a spokesperson for the large conglomerate that manufactures the new device. "The old device is no longer sufficient. Consumers should no longer have any use or longing for the old device." Added Wakefield, "The new device will retail for $395." Able to remain operational for longer periods of time and occupy a demonstrably smaller three-dimensional space, the new device is so advanced when compared to the old device that it makes the old device appear much older than it actually is. However, the new device is reportedly not so radically different as to cause confusion or unwanted anxiety among those familiar with the feel of the old device. "Its higher price indicates to me that it is superior, and that not everyone will be able to afford it, which only makes me want to possess it more," said Tim Sturges, owner of the old device, which he obtained 18 months ago when it was still the new device."
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
from Bookmarklet
This sounds like an Apple commercial
- Jason Wyttenbach
This sounds like every commercial I've ever seen.
- Heather
It could be any electronic device.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
I totally want that for Christmas. It make my old device look like a clay tablet.
- s t e v e
I know, that old device is soooooooooo 2008.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
BiggerBetterFasterMore!
- Ayşe E.
fire bad, tree pretty.
- edythe
Note to Fellow Christians: Don't assume because someone says they're Christian that they represent represent "good" values. Many horrible deeds have been masterminded by self-professed Christians... deeds that line up better with the Satan camp than the Jesus camp. Just sayin'...
Kol Tregaskes, Onur Gündüz, T. Brent, technopeasant and 28 other people liked this
There was the whole Inquisition thing, for starters.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
Just heard a radio quote from a Sarah Palin supporter. Her sum total rationale for supporting Palin? "Well, she's a Christian, so she has good values."
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Good point Mark. I've long struggled with this issue. It's likely at the root of why I don't want to call myself a Christian anymore and why I'm having difficulty finding the right church environment.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Sad but true.
- Bette Cooper
Mohandas Gandhi: "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
- William Harryman
...and lets 4get the Catholic scandel (sexual abuse) in Ireland. Just being a Christian is not enough..one needs to practice and have true human values.
- Peter Dawson
All religions have had their share of extremists and hypocrites. We've got far too many people attaching certain evil actions to specific religions. True human values really have no religious boundaries or affiliations.
- Allan Besselink
Well said Allan. Wish more people realized that.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Let us remember that it was the disciples (students) of Christ that were first called Christians. If you are not disciplining yourself to follow Christ, then the label is completely useless. With that - I think we need (as Christians) to start being able to say that someone is NOT a Christian if the values do not match up with Jesus'. A person can CALL themselves a vegetarian, but if I see them wolfing down a Harris Ranch Filet Mignon, I can say that they are NOT, in fact, a vegetarian.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Yep, the problem is when you see intolerant, rude, disrespectful, and/or immoral people being seen as being Christian. Going to church doesn't make you a good person, any more than drinking diet soda makes you healthy.
- Alex Scoble
And no, I'm not equating diet soda with church...just saying that actions make you a good person, not your ideals/beliefs.
- Alex Scoble
Standing in a garage doesn't make you a car, either.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
I really believe a lot of this discussion is directly pursuant to the "Sola Gracia" teachings that were a backlash against the Catholic church from the Reformation theologians. Martin Luther couldn't understand the book of James because it spoke about the idea that one cannot claim faith when actions do not back up that claim. "What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has...
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- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Or sitting in a toilet make you a piece of shit
- Itachi
As someone once said, Alex, "The Church is not a museum for saints; it's a hospital for sinners."
- Glen Mistletoe
The problem I have with a lot of true Christians is that they do not distance themselves from the self-professed Christians who firmly belief that they are the only true Christians. It's a few bad apples to give the orchard a bad reputation.
- Rene Wirtz
Alex, that sounds like a good thought, and on the outside of things it would seems so, but the truth is: none of us are good. Jesus did not come to make bad people good, He came to make dead people live. And when a person has that "life" on the inside of him or her, from that source come good works to others. Jesus gave us an interesting criteria about who were Christians: He said "If...
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- Melanie Reed
Faith without knowledge is trouble just waiting to happen.
- Paul W. Homer
+1 Melanie
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Nor should one assume that if one has good values that they're necessarily a Christian, right?
- Mr. Gunn
Sorry, Melanie, but you can believe all you want...that alone won't get you where you want to be. Belief without action is mental masturbation. Righteous action without belief is still righteous.
- Alex Scoble
An action is just an action. Righteousness is in the eye of the beholder.
- Akiva Moskovitz
/me smites Akiva for the common good.
- Alex Scoble
I consider "Christianity" to be the most hypocritical of all faiths. And yes, I was raised as one. I fail to see where it has made most of those who profess to belong to it better people.
- LANjackal
Christianity is what saved me from being a hypocrite.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Guess that makes you an expert then.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Whoops I can see where this one is going. Hiding this topic. See y'all
- LANjackal
I'd agree that Christianity probably hasn't made most of its followers better people. BUT the handful of guys I've met who truly, deeply came to understand Christ's teachings and rebuild their lives around them (in prison) are some of the most remarkable people I ever hope to meet. I'm still an atheist, but damn. "True" Christians, if that's what they're called, are really amazing people. (however I haven't met many!)
- Lo
I agree, Lo...true Christians are amazing, because they practice what they preach. Unfortunately, there are a lot more that preach opposite to what they practice.
- Alex Scoble
Fruit. You gotta look for the fruit. If there ain't any fruit, then you gotta wonder.
- Mellissa Claus
All but the most insanely fundamentalist of Christians today would not recognize (and would likely be appalled by) the Christianity of 400, or even 200 years ago. The more influenced a flavor of Christianity has been by Enlightenment values, the more benign it is.
- Christopher A Carr
Unfortunately the sign in front of a church in Cedar Rapids is gone now, but it said "God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts."
- Rene Wirtz
++Rene
- Bonnie Foster
Mark, yes I agree with your original statement. And conversely, many kind and self-sacrificing acts by real Christians go unnoticed by those around them. This is not an age hallmarked by appreciation for the quiet and discreet. God Himself works everyday to provide good things for us and how often do we notice or praise Him for it? Yet he does. And I know I could not make it without...
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- Melanie Reed
A guy claiming to be Christian may even be one of those Gnostic bastards, reading the wrong Gospels, am i right? :)
- Eivind
And NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!!!!
- Morgan Haley
Melanie: "God Himself works everyday to provide good things for us..." How do you know? That's just an empty assertion.
- Christopher A Carr
:) Not empty, Christopher. I have made an assertion and it is based on firm evidence that I see everyday. And it is based on knowledge from those whom I trust who have also seen that evidence before me.
- Melanie Reed
I think you may be confused as to what constitutes reliable "evidence."
- Christopher A Carr
I may be confused as to what constitutes the inverse of an Augmented Matrix, but I am not confused in the least about the reliable evidence of a loving God. :)
- Melanie Reed
Can you think of anything that would amount to evidence *against* the existence of a "loving god?" Anencephalic (brainless) infants, comes to mind... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...
- Christopher A Carr
Or, does the Semitic deity Yahweh have a special plan for brainless babies?
- Christopher A Carr
What about parasitic twins?
- Christopher A Carr
What about autistic? What about Asberger's? What about ugly? What about stinky?
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Christopher, Your second two points are closer to the truth, yes: He does have a plan for them.
- Melanie Reed
Brainless babies can't do anything but respirate for a short time, then die. What could possibly be the point?
- Christopher A Carr
The point is that you and I can't resurrect and heal them but God can.
- Melanie Reed
Christopher, this life isn't"the point" at all. Those unfortunate souls will be taken care of where there is no sickness and pain.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Why cause a brainless baby to be birthed in the first place?
- Christopher A Carr
He didn't. We did.
- Melanie Reed
Everything that happens is part of your deity's plan, correct?
- Christopher A Carr
What is your point?
- Melanie Reed
So, original sin causes anencephaly?
- Christopher A Carr
I thought your deity was in control of the universe?
- Christopher A Carr
A single act of Disobedience led to that anencephaly and a host of other problems.
- Melanie Reed
What a vulgar belief system.
- Christopher A Carr
Christopher, the universe is not a playground, is it where we do what we want and someone makes it better and we go on doing whatever we want?. Would that be controlled or would it be tyranny?
- Melanie Reed
An all-knowing deity knows everything, right? Including the fact that this "disobedience" would happen. So "he" is ultimately responsible for every single infant that is ever born without a brain above its face.
- Christopher A Carr
Anger is understandable. But God is not to blame. That is our responsibility. And responsibility has hard consequences that tear at the heart. It hurts God. That is why He has made a way out for us. And that way is open to you and anyone else who wants to accept it.
- Melanie Reed
You just avoided the issue by regurgitating religious platitudes.
- Christopher A Carr
No, truth.
- Melanie Reed
Let's say you're an all-powerful, all-knowing deity, and you decide to create a universe. If you're genuinely omniscient, you'll know everything that will ever transpire in this universe -- including who you'll be "required" to torture forever, and who you won't. Any such being is ultimately responsible for everything that occurs in its universe.
- Christopher A Carr
Does your deity know if I'm going to be tortured forever? If not, he's not omniscient.
- Christopher A Carr
What is torturing you, Christopher and do you want to DM me?
- Melanie Reed
Your god sends people to be tortured forever in hell, yes?
- Christopher A Carr
No, Christopher, we decide by our choices in regard to heaven or hell. But I think you may mean hell in another sense?
- Melanie Reed
No, I mean hell in the Christian sense. Does your deity know ahead of time if I'll be going to hell or not?
- Christopher A Carr
In other words, when Yahweh created my soul, did he know what would happen to it?
- Christopher A Carr
Christopher, God has the ability to exercise foreknowledge but not the way you and I tend to think of it. His thinking is higher than ours and it allows for choice always as long as there is life! You have a choice.
- Melanie Reed
Did he know if my soul would end up in hell when he created it? Yes, or no?
- Christopher A Carr
I can not answer something that would put me in the position of judgment on you or anyone. That is not mine to decide. What God is saying is that your future is not cut off unless you make that choice. And God is giving you and me and everyone else the same opportunity to make that choice.
- Melanie Reed
I'm not asking you to judge anything. Is it your understanding that your deity knows everything?
- Christopher A Carr
God knows the beginning and the end of a matter.
- Melanie Reed
All matters?
- Christopher A Carr
What I have said above.
- Melanie Reed
Are you are saying there are things that Yahweh doesn't know?
- Christopher A Carr
No, I didn't say that.
- Melanie Reed
He didn't immediately know where Adam and Eve was, when they hid in the Garden from what I've read.
- Eivind
Then I am forced to conclude that Yahweh (were he to exist, a fact for which there is thankfully ZERO evidence) created the vast majority of souls for the purpose of having something to torture for an eternity.
- Christopher A Carr
Elvind, He did know.
- Melanie Reed
No Christopher, he created humans out of love. He took the risk to allow everyone to make their own choice, knowing some would not make a wise choice and cause pain to themselves and to others would result.
- Melanie Reed
Ah, I see. He was just pretending he didn't know, like you do with small children.
- Eivind
Elvind, no, he wanted to give them the chance to own up and be honest.
- Melanie Reed
But Melanie, he knew when he made them who would and who would not make certain choices (so there's not really a choice). Why make a soul that's destined to be tortured forever?
- Christopher A Carr
How do you know these things, Melanie? They're not explained in the Bible.
- Eivind
Christopher, knowing what someone will do and causing them to do it are two different things. This is why God warns Cain in the beginning: "That thou mayest not sin" Choice. Always. Choice. There is always hope, Christopher, and the fact that you are asking gives me hope!
- Melanie Reed
Elvind, yes, its in Genesis.
- Melanie Reed
I always wonder about the fate of otherwise good people who believe other things, or are never even exposed to the One system (whichever one that may be) that could save them.
- LogEx
Melanie, but if you know that someone will do a thing that leads them to eternal torture, why create them in the first place?
- Christopher A Carr
LogEx, God gives all of us an opportunity no matter where we are to make a choice,
- Melanie Reed
Well, LogEx, I have an answer for you that comes right out of the book that claims to be the Authority. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage... says that all people will be judged fairly and based on their own deeds.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
So, I'm set then.
- LogEx
If you've never erred.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Melanie, not in my copy. God asks Adam where he is. He answers, rats out Eve, and then God makes them clothes (and takes away the snake's limbs?). The next chapter is about Cain and Abel.
- Eivind
Christopher, maybe I wasn't very clear: the concept of choice means that you and I and everyone else have the ability to be influenced for good or for bad.
- Melanie Reed
I think Christopher is assuming God precludes free will.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Elvind, yes, God asks, not to find out what He already knows, but to give Adam and Eve a chance to confess what they have done which is what you would do for someone you loved and respected.
- Melanie Reed
Yahweh: I'm going to make souls x, y, and z -- souls x and y will need to be tortured forever; I know this because I know how they will behave, because I know everything. But I'm going to create them anyway. In fact, the vast, vast majority of all the souls I create will "chose" to be burned in hell forever, but I'm OK with that, and will create them anyway. ...nice deity you got there.
- Christopher A Carr
Melanie, that's just projecting onto God what you would have done. It doesn't say anywhere that's why he did it?
- Eivind
Elvind, I don't think I would have handled it so well as God. ;) His response is in keeping with His character and nature. And the rest of scripture provides testimony .
- Melanie Reed
Melanie is quite good at weaselisms.
- Christopher A Carr
Ok. It's Eivind btw. (no worries, VERY common mistake :) )
- Eivind
Is there more than one Way? If so, what are they? If not, what about the other 6 billion people? http://www.adherents.com/Religio...
- LogEx
I guess that depends. Is there an absolute value for "right?" I'm going to say there is. I believe that Charles Manson was wrong for what he did. There's no gray area there. Now that I've established that there is an absolute value for "right," then it behooves me to investigate why.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Eivind, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to miss-spell your name.
- Melanie Reed
Hehe, almost every English speaker who sees it in writing makes that mistake :)
- Eivind
Lewis (C.S.) decided that he felt that "right" and "wrong" were hard-wired and not up to the whims of the individual. In doing that, he felt he had to investigate the ... Author, if you will of those immutable laws (along with gravity, et al). He then looked at the myriad of religious texts that claimed to be "the way" and finally settled on the bible. Christianity was just the end of his search for the reason for "right."
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Nothing supernatural in the way of an "Author" is required to account for our preferences for some social behaviors over others. Foundationaly, we are a species of highly social primate. On top of that, moral and ethical mores evolve (in a memetic, cultural evolutionary sense) over time. ...Our species has been on this planet for 200,000 or so years. It seems rather odd to me that Yahweh only took an interest many thousands of years after the relatively recent emergence of agriculture.
- Christopher A Carr
Melanie has DMed me. Evidently she is "troubled" for me, and wants to know if I need her help. Arrogant? Sanctimonious? I don't even know what to call that. Amazing.
- Christopher A Carr
I assume practical tasks are out of the question?
- Eivind
Practical tasks? My house's gutters need replacing.
- Christopher A Carr
Well, ask for help with that :)
- Eivind
Not a bad idea.
- Christopher A Carr
I'm afraid she would only offer to pray that they be miraculously fixed.
- Christopher A Carr
Why does that make you afraid? You're certainly brave enough to call out someone's private messages in a public forum; surely having someone pray for you wouldn't be that bad.
- Glen Mistletoe
Pretty sure Christopher didn't mean that kind of "afraid."
- Chieze Okoye
Glen: Feel free to pray for my gutters.
- Christopher A Carr
May I suggest you pray to Vishnu, The Lord of Maintenance. - http://www.saigan.com/heritag...
- Eivind
Wow! Apparently this thread had legs while I was out! I haven't read most of the comments, but I should perhaps interject something here that I should've been stated up front... my initial statement, though directed at Christians, can surely be applied to ANY religion, and indeed, to any belief system. (This would included, for example, political beliefs. Hint hint.) Jerks and...
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- Mark "DerBingle" J
Said another way... when any individual or group starts telling you that God is on their side (instead of the other way around) it would be wise to gather your loved ones and any belongings you can carry, a find refuge as you prepare to see the worst that man is capable of.
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Personally I direct All Prayer to "Oh Lord" which I find to include All passing Gods & deities excluding none. Besides that moment of suspension of disbelief this has sufficed for many years to satisfy. Now that I am older & have experienced the world this seems to be overdoing it on my part. All physic seems to stem from Man?? Where is God in the Sense plane? Mind Readers & Physics...
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- ThatDBD
Christopher, I was wondering why you had not considered the possibility that the mother had been exposed to fetogenic or mutagenic substances? That being the case, that again, wasn't God, but our choices to use substances or expose others to substances that are harmful to 1st and 2nd generation.
- Melanie Reed
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- Rob Haas
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*drags Earth to recycle bin*
- Mo Kargas
I'm wearing my duckie footie pjs right now!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Wrestling is hardly SyFy, unless the wrestlers plan on shooting lasers from their biceps while giant robots cut their heads off with lightsabers.
Heather, Steven Perez, Junebug (aka Sarah Jill) and 2 other people liked this
That would almost make wrestling worth watching.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
I'd probably watch it too. :)
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
The only time I would watch wrestling is if it solved political debates. Then at least not only I would know it was faked.
- CW™
Who wouldn't want to watch GWBush and AGore in a cage match.
- CW™
Effin' A, Cotton!
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
The whole 'Signal vs Noise' thing is utter horseshit... Some of the most interesting things I've read are about topics I'm not interested in... </rant>
Rob Haas, Kamilah Gill, April Russo (app103) and 20 other people liked this
I've always found that discussion incredibly pretentious.
- Mo Kargas
So you became interested in topics you were not originally interested in?
- CW™
Exactly. The best docos I have ever seen are ones on TV that I would have never actively watched, they just were on.
- Johnny Worthington
Agreed. I use my feed as a discovery engine
- Mo Kargas
Do you use spam filtering for email, Mo or Johnny?
- Ken Sheppardson
Heh, sorry but most @ replies from Twitter are noise and have no value outside of the two people conversing.
- Alex Scoble
One person's noise is another person's signal.
- Kurt Starnes
@Ken Of course, I don't use email for content discovery
- Mo Kargas
So we're talking about some specific service/protocol here?
- Ken Sheppardson
I am an info consumer, and I'll consume anything I find palatable, and my tastes are diverse. The only thing I find is true "noise", is spam. And even then, sometimes it's good for a laugh.
- April Russo (app103)
This morning I installed John's desktop switcher, and promptly forgot about it. 9 hours later, I closed all my windows and almost evacuated my bowels on seeing a giant piranha face.
edythe, FFing Enigma (aka Tina), Haggis (Sean Loyless) and 2 other people liked this
LOVE JDS. Snapshot slideshow is pretty cool, and love that different pictures display on multiple monitors.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Atheist billboard is moved after threats - UPI.com - http://www.upi.com/Top_New...
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""Everything that has happened shows just how vital our message is," Shawn Jeffers, co-coordinator for the Cincinnati Coalition of Reason, said. "It proves our point, that bigotry against people who don't believe in a god is still very real in America.""
- Tanath
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"Beware the man of a single book."
— Bertrand Russell
winckel, Eric Logan, Onur Gündüz and 6 other people liked this
Unless that book is the HGTTG
- Edward Zwart
Yeah, but that's like five books actually, isn't it?
- Eivind
You are speaking of H2G2 right? http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/
- Eivind
I prefer to think of it more as 5 testaments...
- Edward Zwart
"Beware the man of a single book with no more than two testaments."—Me
- Eivind
I just found one of my old FF threads (this one) when i did a google search. For some reason that made me feel good :)
- Eivind
heh heh
- Edward Zwart
*liked* a second time
- Heather
Lack of health care killed 2,266 US veterans last year: study - Yahoo! News - http://news.yahoo.com/s...
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The number of US veterans who died in 2008 because they lacked health insurance was 14 times higher than the US military death toll in Afghanistan that year, according to a new study.
- Maria Niles
Damn.
- Victor Ganata
wow.
- Micah Wittman
Yikes
- Lynne d Johnson
Speed Photography - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Thank You for re-share See-Ming.
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
I like the second one a lot - I have to do a color wheel for school next semester and I want to use that as inspiration
- Andrizzle Gizzle
وسطی عالی شده
- وارش
موافقم وارش
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
Remember, remember, the 5th of November!
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Atheist Revolution: Yes, There are Atheists in the Military - http://www.atheistrev.com/2009...
Rob Haas, Iván Abrego, Eivind and 8 other people liked this
"During a radio address in which President Obama spoke about the recent murders at Fort Hood, he made a point to acknowledge the existence of atheists in the military. This marks the second time Obama has mentioned nonbelievers. This certainly is a pleasant change from most previous occupants of the White House. Referring to the diversity of U.S. military personnel, President Obama said something we all know but are still not used to hearing a president acknowledge. That's right, he mentioned nonbelievers again, saying, They are Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and nonbelievers. So our President recognizes that atheists serve in the military. I feel sort of silly for thinking that this is a big deal, but dammit, it is a big deal!"
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
from Bookmarklet
It certainly is a big deal.
- Edward Zwart
Yep, I was a nonbeliever and in the Air Force.
- Alex Scoble
Very big deal. Actually the percentage of nonbelievers (or at least those claiming no religious affiliation, which is of course a different animal, albeit related) showed up on a slide deck I edited just this week. It's the third largest group, behind Protestant Christians and Roman Catholics. Over 20%.
- Call me Bronco
According to http://www.adherents.com/Religio... there are around 1.1 billion non-believers. It's surprising we've been so ignored and hated on.
- Tanath
Thank you for your service, Alex! :)
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
Turning Flyer Boxes into Planters « Urban Prankster - http://urbanprankster.com/2009...
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"I’ve always been amazed by the state of most flyerboxes. More often that not, they are empty. Some haven’t been filled in years. Yet, there they are: everywhere in the city- at every intersection. Taking up valuable sidewalk space. Some are supposed to offer free news and culture print publications that make revenue from ads, some are supposed to offer free junk-mail type publications, with the expectation that someone will stop and take one completely beyond me. A rare few are supposed to offer a free publication of a certain political or religious leaning- probably bankrolled by whatever church or group can finance the publication of that message. For whatever reason, a great many of them offer nothing but an empty box. But that offers a great opportunity for some people!"
- Daniel J. Pritchett
from Bookmarklet
Hell yeah! I love this idea.
- Joe
A Gift of Love: Vasectomy - http://factoidz.com/a-gift-...
Joe Silence is not Santa, FFing Enigma (aka Tina), John (a.k.a. dendroica) and 7 other people liked this
I decided to share this in the US Politics thread, as well, because from my perspective it is a subject that should be discussed. The current health reform bill debates are hotly discussing abortion, with the understanding that the next item on the chopping block is contraception (at least from certain groups *sigh*) -- but funny this...vasectomies were not mentioned. While this article is informative in nature, the political question was one that I continued to ponder from a different scope than I addressed within the article.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
I wonder what people who are shouting for yanking away the choice for women's reproductive benefits, think of vasectomies?!
- Rene Wirtz
I think it's a mixed bag. There are a lot of misconceptions about vasectomies all by itself without any political implication. However, as applicable to contraception, I suspect certain groups think of it as just as much of a "sin" as any contraceptive choice afforded to women. Not to put too fine a point on it, I suspect it doesn't come up too much in discussion because men have always benefited historically from having the freedom of choice...*shrug* Just my thoughts.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
I would imagine it isn't talked about much because it isn't thought about much. Most contraceptives are temporary, and therefor the main focus is availability. Vasectomies and hysterectomies are permanent contraception, so once it's done there's not much to say. There are medical reasons for a woman to have a hysterectomy, so I doubt there would be too much attention put on them. Vasectomies I think would be something men don't want to talk about because it makes them squeamish.
- Heather
That's an interesting perspective - though I will say I don't equate hysterectomy with vasectomy. Hysterectomy is *removal* of specific reproductive parts that also can result in enormous hormonal changes -- I equate vasectomy in men with tubal ligation in women. Still yet, comparatively, the permanent contraceptive surgery is *so* much safer for men...it surprises me that given a...
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- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
Kind of weird that vasectomies fly under the radar despite their effectiveness as birth control and inherent squickiness for guys. Maybe political types assume that a REAL AMERICAN MAN wouldn't want one?
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
I strongly suspect that is a greater likelihood, actually. Birth control, like everything related to pregnancy, has pretty much been consigned to women since the dawn of time. *shrug* Funny, though, how little a vasectomy actually changes *anything* in a man...(pun unintended)...the ONLY thing it changes is sperm-ability to escape the body...lol
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
Eski telefonlardan koyunlar - http://www.seyvet.com/foto...
Pelikan®, İbrahim Uzun [ j ], Selda Dölekoğlu (Dinemiz) and 43 other people liked this
hehhe tip ya!!! çok güldümm!!! :)
- Ëzgi ʚ
kurbanlığa kesilirmi bunlar kesilirse köşeliksin özer:)))
- serhan
scary alpacaah!. run for it!!
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
çok güzel yahu:D
- JuVeNiL
kool :P
- sertaç aydoğdu
I don't play Farmville. Period.
Nicholas Kreidberg, R1CC1, Heather and 10 other people liked this
what.is.farmville?
- directeur
I started to - felt like the whole point was to get me to sign up for offers
- Dave Hodson
I'm pretty sure the whole point is to waste an hour a day doing virtual work for no gain :)
- Alex Scoble
For no gain? Having a virtual black sheep or alien cow is a total gain!
- Miss Elle
I'm illiterate about Farmville, exactly what do you do there? :p
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
This is a man.
- Micah Wittman
(I wouldn't touch Farmville, and FB games in general with a virtual ten foot pole. Disclosure: I did do a few games of Scrabulous back in the day - but everyone has skeletons in their closet, right :)
- Micah Wittman
Darnit stop distracting me. I'm gonna miss harvesting my crops. Hey, do you want to be my neighbor? Can you send me a coconut tree as a gift?
- Jason Huebel
from Android
Hi, my name is Jason and I'm a recovering Farmville-aholic.
- Jason Huebel
from Android
holy..! that's too much. @Jason, you make me want to play Farmville!. I've seen stray cows and even ducks on my home feed, but what about actually selling animals to the industry? (I dunno, it could be interesting)
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
A very small excerpt from my book. - http://microblg.com/a-very-...
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- Zach Flauaus
from Posterous
probably my last landscape photo on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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terrific work
- Jessica Brook
Andrea Marshall: Queen of manta rays - opinion - 04 November 2009 - New Scientist - http://www.newscientist.com/article...
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"When I first came here I didn't know anything about manta rays, but I saw what I thought were two different species. I was laughed at and told I was wrong. So I gathered enough information - morphological, behavioural, genetic - to prove that there really are two species. I named it Manta alfredi after Alfred Whitley, who provided the first detailed scientific description of manta rays in 1936."
- RAPatton
"Manta ray "beauty parlours" have also been a focus of your research. How are they special? Cleaning stations are pretty well known in the marine environment, but for manta rays it's an extraordinary event. Because they are so large, "cleaner fish" partition up the ray and clean different parts of the animal. It looks so co-operative and gentlemanly. The mantas have to eat 14 per cent...
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- RAPatton
That is freaking awesome.
- Derrick
cool
- echostreamer
Coming (and not a moment too) soon to a store near you: eggnog! | King Arthur Flour - Bakers’ Banter - http://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2009...
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"And November – soon, now – signals the appearance of one of my very favorite seasonal ingredients of all: eggnog. Come the holidays, I love the rich, distinctive flavor of nutmeg in cake, cookies, muffins… even eggnog bread, for French toast. I’ve never made eggnog pancakes, but why not? Any recipe that calls for milk or cream as one of the ingredients should work equally well made with eggnog – and taste a whole lot fancier. That was that inspired these eggnog scones. A healthy helping of cinnamon bits adds nice complementary flavor, and a compelling look. If you don’t care for eggnog – or can’t wait for it to appear in the supermarket – simply substitute heavy or whipping cream. But if eggnog is a special favorite at the holidays, something you wait for all year, then bookmark this blog. Because Cinnamon-Eggnog Scones are bound to be a holiday hit."
- Katy S
from Bookmarklet
I've completely lost patience for comments like "She needs to eat a sandwich" or similar things regarding women who are thin. I know, I know, it's a reaction against the media norm of framing any woman larger than a size 2 as "fat." But it's still stupid.
Charlotte M, Ladybug Heather, Jason Huebel and 4 other people liked this
You need to eat a sandwich.
- Alex Scoble
No women should be judged by her body. A woman's size & shape & weight is her own business. Hell, even if a woman is suffering from anorexia or bulimia, that's her business, not ours.
- josh neff, geek at large
Alex needs a knuckle sandwich.
- s t e v e
I've got yer sandwich right here, Alex. :P
- josh neff, geek at large
You are right, Josh. Me saying that she needs to eat a sammich isn't any different than if someone were to look at my picture and say "She needs to go on a diet."
- Yolanda
I'd tap that sandwich.
- s t e v e
You should only care about a person's health and wellbeing.
- MicahBear78
Yolanda, that is a great point!
- tab thinks you're awesome
My health and wellbeing will suffer unless someone makes me a sammich, and I mean like now
- Slappy Line
Exactly, Yolanda! One of my best friends is naturally thin. She's never weighed more than 100 pounds. I've seen her eat a ton of food, but she just can't gain weight. Strangers have no problem telling her, "You're too thin! You need to eat more!" And she hates it.
- josh neff, geek at large
Steve... "I'd tap that sandwich." LMAO... the mental image! Tab, the flip side is... some of these girls really do need a sandwich!! :D
- Yolanda
You all need a life. Get off the internet. You spend way too much time on it. #bitchlips
- CW™
As somebody who has friends with severe eating disorders, I agree that comments like that are not helpful in the best case, and potentially harmful in the worst. But I disagree that eating disorders--not just being really thin--aren't our business. Some people need help, and their friends and family (not nosy strangers) should intervene.
- Kaijsa Calkins
When it's friends & family, Kaijsa, absolutely. When we're talking about actors & models that we don't personally know, it's none of our business.
- josh neff, geek at large
CW needs a sandwich.
- Yolanda
Yolanda, your right. Whatcha making?
- CW™
I'm hungry now.
- ǎňňǎ
Can I get a half sandwich with a cup of soup? (Hmm now I need to find a Erics Deli.)
- CW™
heheh... http://friendfeed.com/moosico... <--- parts of this thread made me think of this.
- SAM
*Points* Are you going to eat that sandwich?
- Derrick
Oh... and I agree with josh neff implicitly.
- SAM
The only sandwich I want right now is me, Salma Hayek & Christina Hendricks.
- josh neff, geek at large
*Spock eyebrow* at SAM's pic. O_o
- Derrick
YOU'D LOOK SO MUCH PRETTIER IF YOU'D ONLY SMILE MORE!
- Daniel J. Pritchett
So would you take offence if I told you "Your so uptight, You just need to get laid." ?
- CW™
I know Derrick... very wrong and fairly low brow. But could not resist when Steve posted "I'd tap that sandwich" Now laughing at it again. *walks over as Kirk and pulls eyebrow down*
- SAM
Some people need to go on more dates, then they could "Eat a sandwich" plus then "Get Laid" hence solving all issues that others will think they have.
- CW™
CW, and between those things they could "pull that stick out of their ass" and afterward "get over it."
- s t e v e
You point may have some merit, but it's not important enough to even make volume one of things in need of fixing and requiring of effort to correct.
- Matthew DeVries
Well, you're obviously welcome to that opinion, Matthew.
- josh neff, geek at large
@Steve, Exactly!
- CW™
And those of us who are still stuck looking in the juniors section because apparently "real women's clothing" doesn't start til a size 8 appreciate it.
- Abigail
+1 most comments on this thread. And I would disagree with Mr. Matthew, I think women not being constantly picked at for their weight not falling between a tiny range of ideals would drastically reduce stress, diet scams, and bickering, as well as being a huge step forward for our opinion of men. Women would not feel so imperfect and therefor need less approval, and men just might get laid more, therefor alleviating a huge percentage of the worlds issues.
- Heather
Nicely said, Heather!
- josh neff, geek at large
++++Heather!
- vicster needs a nap
Yeah, I have been just making jokey comments so far, but I'm 100% behind Josh and the rest of y'all. There are certainly things to be said about a society that is obsessed with being skinny, but "eat a sammich" isn't a particularly constructive one.
- s t e v e
Obviously none of you have ever eaten a sandwich.
- Matthew DeVries
I agree with this and with Yolanda and Abigail. That said, y'all are welcome to make me a sandwich.
- joey
*dat-dat-dat dat-dat. dat* We interrupt this program for this important message: A Sandwich IS NOT a Burrito. Legally. http://friendfeed.com/micahwi...
- Micah Wittman
"All great truths begin as blasphemies." -- George Bernard Shaw
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