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Yes I do :) - comix aka martha

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YES! - Joe Silence

Yes! - Ayşe E.

Yes please. - tab

Yes. I can eat that non-stop. - AJ Batac

My favorite is Nuspli from Zentis in Germany. - Wulffy

Yes. In moderation tho :) - Roberto Bonini from iPhone

Yes. - Pixie

Yes! :) - Citronella still FFing

@martha＞hi, martha! ^o^ - keiko-san

@Joe Silence (circumspect) ＞hi,Joe!....How are you? - keiko-san

@Ayşe E. ＞hi!....^o^ - keiko-san

@tab thinks you're awesome ＞Hello! ..... ^o^ - keiko-san

@ AJ Batac, ᵀʰᵉ ffᵘⁿⁿʸ ᴳᵘʸ ＞wow...!.....^_^ :) - keiko-san

@ Wulffy ＞hi!....I didn't know it! Please tell me more.....! - keiko-san

Absolutely - Shey from iPhone

@Roberto Bonini＞ciao, Roberto! ..... ^o^ - keiko-san

@Alix Whitmire ＞hi.....^o^ - keiko-san

@ Citronella ＞hi!....^o^ - keiko-san

@Shey, Jamaican of FF＞hi!....really....^o^ :) - keiko-san

And how! - Jason Hill

@ Jason Hill＞konbanwa, Jason!...^o^ - keiko-san

@tiracconto＞ciaoooo! ...^o^ - keiko-san

@ Raffiche di Vento ＞hi!....superlike?....wow!....^0^ - keiko-san

Yes, too much - M F

Yes. Yes, I do. - Ha3rvey #teamMonique

Never had it. Is it chocolate? - Anthony Sanchez

@MF＞hi!......^o^ - keiko-san

@ha3rvey (ain't leavin') ＞ ^o^ :) - keiko-san

مرسی مرسی از رونوشت :دی - Maryam Ardakani

@Rochelle ＞hi....^o^ - keiko-san

@Kamilah Gill ＞hi, Kamilah!...^o^ - keiko-san

@Opium ＞hello!...^o^ - keiko-san

Nope, yuck, yuck, yuck! - Kol Tregaskes

@Maryam Ardakani ＞hello!.....^o^ - keiko-san

The best in the world. I'm from Italy - Claudio - braciolanet from BuddyFeed

no! - Stef

@ Kol Tregaskes ＞that's too bad..... - keiko-san

@Elena Von Blog ＞yeeees...that's right!.....:))) - keiko-san

@ゴジラ＞ciao, ゴジラ!...piacere.....^o^ - keiko-san

@Stef＞hello, Stef ! oh....I see....^_^ - keiko-san

I eat it straight out of the jar with a spoon... just too good. - Philippe

Love it, and I don't really like chocolate. - Alex Scrivener

I do not like it, Sam-I-Am. - DGentry

i got one, front of me with spoon now :) - Mehmet Fatih YILDIZ

My little son just accept that as breakfast! - Mary

I like it a lot, but am a bit sad about liking it after having looked at the (largely not-natural) ingredient list :(. - Adam Lasnik

Ma che mondo sarebbe... senza Nutella! - allegra from iPhone

yep! - Paulette

yyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssss - kika23

I like! - Éric Senterre

@Adam Lasnik - Nutella is another fine petroleum product, right? - DGentry

Yes. Next question. - Martha

@ Philippe ＞I think that the most delicious eating.....^_^ :) - keiko-san

@ Alex Scrivener ＞hi, Alex!...^_^ - keiko-san

@DGentry ＞um..... - keiko-san

@Mehmet Fatih YILDIZ＞yeeeees......with big one?? - keiko-san

@Mary ＞hi, Mary!......how old your son? - keiko-san

@Adam Lasnik ＞um....yes....I think so, too. - keiko-san

yes. - Pavan

Yes - David Cook

sure :) - ۳۰ مرغ Loves Y'ALLLLL

@allegra＞ciaooooo! ^o^ - keiko-san

@PGM or Paulette ＞hi!......^_^ - keiko-san

@kika23 ＞hi!........^_^ - keiko-san

@Éric Senterre ＞hi, Éric!.....^o^ - keiko-san

@johnpiercy ＞nope means dislike??..... - keiko-san

@ Paolo, aka Sunriseb ＞quindi....non ti piace?? - keiko-san

@Martha ＞hi, Martha!......how to eat it? - keiko-san

@Pavan＞hello....^_^ - keiko-san

Io ci lavoro di fianco alla fabbrica della Ferrero. Il profumo di cioccolato che si sente per strada ad Alba attenta alla mia glicemia - Esthar

yeah!!!! - francesca©

@David Cook ＞hi David!......^_^ - keiko-san

@Hutch Carpenter ＞hi Hutch!......^_^ - keiko-san

@ Mark ᴹᴬᴿᴷ J ＞hi Mark!.....^o^ - keiko-san

@Mahmood Padura Aval ＞hi,Mahmood!......how are you?.....^o^ - keiko-san

@formware ＞AZZ O' DIC PUR ?? - keiko-san

@ Blubbo ＞hi!....what did you say?....in English please......:) - keiko-san

@Esthar ＞perché hai un lavoro lì? - keiko-san

NO. - Mona Nomura

I think Mona just broke my heart. - Ha3rvey #teamMonique

It smells like clay. - Mona Nomura

*weeps bitterly* - Ha3rvey #teamMonique

Indeed, I do. I was so jealous when someone posted from the west coast about eating crepes filled with Nutella, whipped cream and strawberries, but there was nowhere I could go for that. I was in Cincinnati yesterday and took advantage of Jungle Jim's proximity to pick up some things I can't find in town, and when I saw crepes (which I will NOT make myself), I nabbed 'em! Now I need the other three ingredients. - MiniMage from BuddyFeed

@Mona Nomura ＞こんにちは、ノムラさん！・・・ヌテッラ、お嫌いですか？粘土？のような匂いがしますぅ？？ - keiko-san

@ha3rvey (ain't leavin') ＞hi! - keiko-san

Hi, Keiko!!! - Ha3rvey #teamMonique

mmmmmmmmm - Simon Wicks

@MiniMage & your pedestal ＞hi!.....^_^ - keiko-san

@Simon Wicks ＞hi,Simon! :) - keiko-san

@adlimina＞ciao! :) - keiko-san

Come??....scusami...non capisco...:) - keiko-san

@ Blubbo ＞ok!....what about...roman slang?? - keiko-san

@Opium ＞....^o^ :) - keiko-san

aaa...I see...^_^ - keiko-san

Yesss - a3

@ Sbl 23-34 ＞hello!...:) - keiko-san

@Keiko hello - a3

Hallo, Ernesto! .... Ist das wahr? - keiko-san

It's why I'm so fat!!!! - Jim

Hello, Jim...^_^ - keiko-san

love it - Jan Ole Peek

hi, Jan!.....^o^ - keiko-san

*Lurking behind Keiko, taking some dips on my way* Liquid chocolate love.. - Zu from AOD

.....:p - keiko-san

Of course. - Emanuela - brassy

hello, Emanuela!.....^_^ - keiko-san

Maslow was right! Ring the Nutella bell and I am salivating! :o) - Jaccqueline Ng

hi, Jackie!.....^o^ - keiko-san

I just tried it for the first time a couple days ago. NOM! - Heather Solos

Hello, Heather Solos!....^o^ - keiko-san

Hiya Keiko, nice to meet you :) - Heather Solos

Hello, Heather Solos .....nice to meet you!.....^o^ - keiko-san

since childhood :-) - Ronald

hello, Ronald!.....^o^ - keiko-san

Reckon the comments in mutiple languages, I think the love for Nutella is a worldwide phenoma. <3 I think Nutella is the key to world peace. ;) - Olivia Lovag

hello, Olivia Lovag !......^o^ - keiko-san

with a spoon, from the jar. So yes, I rarely have it in my house. :) - Cassandra

@ Ned Garcia-Mathews＞hi Ned!....^o^ - keiko-san

@ Cassandra ＞hello!......^_^ - keiko-san

Hi Keiko. You never answered your own question, do you like Nutella? :) - Cassandra

yeeeeeees!.....I love Nutella!...and hazelnut....^0^.....hi, Cassandra :) - keiko-san

Hımmmm yes keiko :) - Betül Aydın

@ Betül Aydın ＞hi!.....^_^ - keiko-san

@kutup zencisi ® ＞hello..... - keiko-san

no, it tastes cheap *vomits* - sofarsoShawn ~presque...

Nope. Neither the chocolate nor the hazelnut flavor seems to pop out to me, it just tastes sweet. I'd rather have the fresh ground chocolate peanut butter from Whole Foods. - FFing Enigma

@sofarsoShawn ＞ohhh....:( - keiko-san

@FFing Enigma (aka Tina) ＞oh....I see.... - keiko-san

Hiii Keiko :) - Betül Aydın

my favorite chocolate,has a very different flavor from the others - Nilay

hi, Betül Aydın!....how are you? - keiko-san

@Nilay Dubois ＞hello!.....^_^ - keiko-san

hello haw are yo - Nilay

I'm fine,thank you!....and you? - keiko-san

thank where are you ın japan? - Nilay

yes!...I live in Tokyo.....^_^ - keiko-san

oo super, ı most want to see Japan,really - Nilay

really?...please come to Japan!....Tokyo is very exciting city!.....^_^ - keiko-san

ı am sure it is like that, but now it is imposible,'cos of my work keiko - Nilay

ı think so kutup zencisi - Nilay

keiko see you later ok,nice to meeet you,now ı have a job,we speaak later about Japan and exc. - Nilay

ok.....see you later!.....have a good job!.....^o^ - keiko-san

Si! una pena que tenga tantas calorias! but for a treat every now and then... croissants... mmmm - Carmen Corrada

Hola!...Carmen!......^_^ - keiko-san

severim ama zararlı bu meret - okan koraltan

......(￣ω￣;) - keiko-san

hello,pone!......^o^ - keiko-san

I'm fine,thank you.....and you?.....^_^ - keiko-san

Behold the power of Nutella. This thread is still going. :-) - Mark Davidson

hi, Mark!......I am very surprised at the height of this popularity.......^0^ - keiko-san

nutella ga tabetaku natte kitaaaaaa!.......^0^ - keiko-san

darn, this photo made me hungry I m gonna make a toast now. and have some nutella - ۳۰ مرغ Loves Y'ALLLLL

Don't eat too much!!........^o^ - - keiko-san

Yesssssssssssss! I love it! - Pouya

Hello, Pouya Peighami !.........^o^ - keiko-san

si si si si si si la adoro!! - ti racconto .:.

ciao, tiracconto !........^o^ - keiko-san

ciao! :) - ti racconto .:.

........(*^-^)♪...... - - keiko-san

hello!......ummm ... it looks delicious! - keiko-san

fond of. - stingray spine

hi,stingray spine!.......^o^ - keiko-san

hello, April Russo (app103) .......^o^ - keiko-san

hi,Payampop!....yes, I live in Japan....Tokyo!......^o^ - keiko-san

Thanks!.....Have you ever been to Tokyo? - keiko-san

why?..... - keiko-san

Please don't ask me!....... You don't want to disappoint.......^_^ - keiko-san

thanks.......^o^ - keiko-san

claro que si!! - Giuliana

Hola... Giuliana - hecyra!.......^o^ - keiko-san

hola Keiko :) - Giuliana

......(*^-^)♪.....(*^-^)♪ - keiko-san

YES,yes,yes....i do and i like it even more when listening to my ipod and doors are locked,...must be a english thing to do ......nikki......^o^ - - nikki hayes

hi, nikki ! ...... nice to meet you !! ........^_^ - keiko-san

Yes indeed! - topernic

hello, topernic!.......^_^ - keiko-san

oh ! La vedesse Veronica ne mangerebbe un barattolo ! :-) - MisterQ

Per favore, non mangi la bottiglia!.........^0^ - keiko-san

yesss i like:) - a3

hello, Sbl 23-34!........^o^ - keiko-san

nutella! - keiko-san

un'po di pane per favore! - keiko-san

crema novi is better! - Luigi Zanni

crema novi?? - keiko-san

No, thanks. I like pickle and steak tartar a la turca - Sinan Ayhan

hi.....oh,I see....tartar a la turca? - keiko-san

hello, nazlı ülker!.......^o^ - keiko-san

Yes. - Technogran

hi, Technogran!.......^_^ - keiko-san

@Alonzo Hayden＞hello!......^_^ - keiko-san

nutella ne giymiş ayol? - yuri

hi...... - keiko-san

Of course I do! hohoho - Işıl Yılmaz Sümer

@Işıl Yılmaz＞hello!......^_^ - keiko-san

@ponem＞hi pone!.....^o^ - keiko-san

@Ortaparmak - Since 1973＞hi, hinongo wakarimasuka?.....konnichiwa! - keiko-san

ahhh, soudeshitane!.....sorewa shitsurei shimashita!.....gomennasa~i....... - keiko-san

sore wa "Golden Week" no koto desuka? - keiko-san

چقدر هم خوشمزه اس. نمیشه گذشت به هیچ وجه.... - fereshteh

@fereshteh＞hello! - keiko-san

@Ortaparmak - Since 1973＞soudesu. nihonwa kyoukara "Golden-Week" ni hairimashita. demo, watashi wa shigoto desu. nichiyoubi to getsuyoubi dake oyasumi desu. doko e ittemo hito ga ookute..... - keiko-san

Italian Restaurant de hataraite imasu. yoru dake desukedone......; p - keiko-san

itterassha~i!.......^o^ - keiko-san

canım ya, ne yiyeceğini biliyor : ) good morning keiko-san : ) - Lost Abyss

@Lost Abyss＞hi!.....how are you doing?......^o^ - keiko-san

@gemma lopez＞hello!......nice to meet you!......^_^ - keiko-san

......???....... - keiko-san

ciao diletta......^_^ - keiko-san

keiko-san, I fine and I'm busy at work. how about u ? : ) - Lost Abyss

@AyDin ＞hello!.....I did't know taht. What's so good? I tried looking on the Internet, I have little information. What is it made from hazelnuts, I guess? It seems to eat once. It also has made what countries? - keiko-san

@ Lost Abyss ＞hi!.....are you busy?.....me, too!......^_^ - keiko-san

I'm home now : ) weekend rest time : ) - Lost Abyss

okaerinasa~i!.......welcome home!......^_^ - keiko-san

yeap : ) - Lost Abyss

......^____^..... - keiko-san

this is so cute ^^__^^ : ))) - Lost Abyss

......^_^...... - keiko-san

hi!....... - keiko-san

perdio haide haide haide - LaMarra

no, ma veramente. Questo 3d si ripresenta peggio dei peperoni, perlamiseria! - Apostocosì (Vulvia)

ma da quanto gira sto post? Uddio 23 Gennaio, in casa mia un barattolo di Nutella dura al massimo 3-4 ore. - RattodiSabina

@LaMarra＞hi - keiko-san

@Apostocosì (Mario)＞ciao - keiko-san

وااااااااااااااااااااااااااااای (: - mary

@RattodiSabina＞ciao.... - keiko-san

@mary＞hi!.......^_^ - keiko-san

vay a.k ya sırf nutella yüzünden terk etcem şu FF yi - Fenasi Kerimov

Yes, I'd die for "ella" - Ameo'e

hi, Ameo'e!.......^_^ - keiko-san

I DO!! - S.

hi, Sgui!.....^_^ - keiko-san

hi Malaria!.....don't you like "nutella" ? - keiko-san

davvero?.....mi dispiace.......:< - keiko-san

:(((( - keiko-san

no......:( - keiko-san

........^_^....... - keiko-san

Stop rebumping threads, please! - Smeerch

@kutup zencisi ® ＞hi!......^o^ - keiko-san

@Smeerch ＞why not? - keiko-san

It hurts some FF users. - Smeerch

Smeerch, what do you means? - keiko-san

Why? ...... but so many people interested.....please tell me reason!.....I just want to share the same theme. - keiko-san

به به - نصرآبادی

@H.M.Nasrabadi ＞hello!....... - keiko-san

to ke dargire jabre mohiti hastio masaele zin das...papak...ba to hastam...to ke ba kasi ke tarside az un donya bara doori az atashe doozakhash hame jayash ra pooshande chon pooshanidan az atash kasi ke sarapa tarse va tars doshmane manteghe che manteghi bahs mikoni pas manteghi bahs kardan ba kasi ke door az mantegh hast khod eyne bi manteghie ;) - peepoo

hello peyman!.......^_^ - keiko-san

Gianduja ....... - keiko-san

yes. May have to run out and get some now! - Jim #TeamMonique

Keyko, stop rebumping same old posts. Now Nutella makes me throw up. Would you still like something that you see 3/4 times per day? - Apostocosì (Vulvia)

You could hide this item... - DGentry

That's correct. But Keiko does it for almost all the posts. I should block her. - Apostocosì (Vulvia)

hi, Jim! - keiko-san

hello, DGentry!....... - keiko-san

Haluk......arigato!.....hidarite, mada itami ga arukedo daibu yokunarimashitayo~!..... - keiko-san

Haluk.....gomennasa~i!.....sorewa taihen shitsurei shimashitaaaa!.....:p - keiko-san

crema novi is better - Luigi Zanni

ciao, Luigi!....crema novi?..... - keiko-san

yep http://www.gastronomia-online.com/files... - Luigi Zanni

oh...than-Q Luigi!...... ^o^ - keiko-san

Who does not like Nutella? - Ali Oz

@ _Ali_kısa-öz > yes. yes........ I can't believe that ........ - keiko-san

@ Hérnésto Mar Kubiarto > hello! ...... in english please! ....... ^o^ - keiko-san

of course we like nutella - pwd

hi, pwd!.......yeah!.....we love "NUTELLA" .........^o^ - keiko-san

who doesn't like it? It's so good! - Chieze Okoye

hi Chieze Okoye ! ....... see previous comments...... - keiko-san

it's not January anymore, maybe we can move on to new and different thread, finally - Brixie

hi Brixie.......yes, I know....... - keiko-san

ohhh yeah ! - SanalMutfak (M)

hi SanalMutfak (Mert) ! ..................^o^ - keiko-san

One 350gr jar per week builds a man :D - Acharad Sami

oh......hahaha~!......^o^ - keiko-san

Hi :) I'll write recipes with nutella a.s.a.p :P - SanalMutfak (M)

No, it's disgusting. The worst such hazelnut cream produced, sticky, oversweet and at the same time flavorless. There are bunches of much better similar creams around, not necessarly hugely more costly: Novi cream is hugely better and still in the same price range! - Alice Twain

Alice come on... a little spoon of Nutella could make you less ... :P - Eta e basta

@Chieze Okoye > hey! ......I told you!...... - keiko-san

@SanalMutfak (Mert) > recipes with nutella?...... - keiko-san

@Keiko-san : Like this : (look at right-bottom corner in photo) http://www.sanalmutfakmert.com/index... - SanalMutfak (M)

sorry.....I don't understand.......:p - keiko-san

use translate button keiko :) (I know It doesn't perfect) - SanalMutfak (M)

@Eta, nutella is disgusting. not hazelnut creams. The point is that nutella has next to no hazelnut in, that's part of what makes it so bad. Again, try some better hazelnut creams, stuff that does not feel like sugary glue in your mouth but rather is silky with a distinct taste of toasted hazelnut. You will taste the difference. - Alice Twain

I'm in it for the chocolate, not the nut - MiniMage from Android

hi MiniMage, phoenix!...........^_^ - keiko-san

nutella......I love it......^___^..... - keiko-san

oh ma io ho nascosto la nutella mille anni fa e mi si ripropone. bastaa! - Luigi Zanni

woland likes nutella with a big spoon. - grinder sorpresa

ciao Luigi! - keiko-san

@träciń'å* > hahaha~ ...... (^___^) ; - keiko-san

@frandileo > davvero? ...... :D - keiko-san

deficienti. - Jennifer Ego

ciao Francesco! - keiko-san

Yep, this one grew well, that bump makes me wanna have some. 2nd pic is evil in that regard. 8) - Zu from AOD

.......:))) - keiko-san

guarda, spero che il tuo capo ti racconti in dettaglio le sue vacanze, tracina bello. - marìka surace

almost Nutella! - keiko-san

ヌテッラ、美味しいよねぇ～♪ これが嫌いな人って・・・いる？・・・そう、いるんですよねぇ。すっごく不思議・・・！ - keiko-san

cioè, questo porcoddio di post del cazzo sucoso ha più laic del solero, porcoddio e riporcoddio? - Woland

ahahahaha - khenzo Ленин

ahahaha~ - keiko-san

ahaha - Bafman

ma ridetemi la cappella - Woland

Woland, don't you like nutella? - keiko-san

Well, of course, my favourite things have always been nutella and genocide. - Woland

avvisatemi quando arrivate a 1000 - Maurizio Goetz

SLURP - delbo

@Maurizio Goetz > ahahaha~! - keiko-san

@marcello del bono > SLURP? - keiko-san

In Italian, "Slurp" is an onomatopoeia, i.e. this word means that someone is licking him/her own lips while thinking about the goodness of a food. - Smeerch

... - Woland

smeerch is the real time intepreter of my philosophy. - delbo

Indeed, I tought slurp was an onomatopeia from the english language - delbo

lo è, dannazione - Woland

I just bought a new jar.. - JamieLee

@Smeerch > ho capito ...... grazie! - keiko-san

@Cemile Taman > you bought new one? - keiko-san

از این هایی که تو کوه خوردیم #کلون_بستک - ◄دکتر خلبان پرفسور مهندس

I love nutella :) - Roozbeh ✌

@#کلون_بستک - ◄نرمولک > hi! - keiko-san

@Roozbeh ✌> hello! ..... you,too......^o^ - keiko-san

hi , nutella is the best i like this - ◄دکتر خلبان پرفسور مهندس

hi! ...... I know well ..... ^o^ - keiko-san

嫌いな方も多くいらしゃるんですけど、こんなに沢山のファンがいるなんて・・・改めて「nutella」の人気の高さを知ることが出来ました。やっぱり美味しいものは万国共通なんですね！ - keiko-san

Nutella sucks! Nocciolata forever: http://www.rigonidiasiago.com/nocciol... - Alberto (aka Jimmy)

grazie Alberto! ..... amo nocciola! - keiko-san

i like saralle ;)) - ems

hi ems! .... long time no see ...... how are you? ..... what's "saralle" ? - keiko-san

hello, Sama! - keiko-san

i dont like nutella keiko, my favourite "Fiskobirlik peanut butter" its very delicious - Anarşalı

hi, Anarşalı! ..... oh, do you like peanut butter? ..... not too sweat? - keiko-san

Hi Keiko, Fiskobirlik peanut butter is pure, %100 natural, i like natural flavors - Anarşalı

really...... (^__-) - keiko-san

eneee keikolarıda twitter tikisi çılgınlığı sarmış "yalnız ve mutsuz kız yoktur nutellasız kız vardır" gıy gıy gıy - pembelimon

hello! ..... sorry, in English please! - keiko-san

Che vuoi dire? - keiko-san

scusi ..... non conosco il significato. - keiko-san

boh! ..... - keiko-san

wow! ....... non sapevo che questo video! - keiko-san

......? - keiko-san

ho capito ..... - keiko-san

do you like it? - keiko-san

ciao, Muvezveziii !! ....... ^o^ - keiko-san

no vabeh... mica è vero che questo... o sì? http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Lvrluca

ciao, Lvrluca...... ma, mi chiedevo un po 'troppo corto...... mi dispiace! - keiko-san

:)))) - keiko-san

ヌテッラ、本当にお好きな方が多いんですね・・・・ビックリです！・・・・美味しいですもんねぇ～！ - keiko-san

hello! ..... :))) - keiko-san

no - مشتی

oh, really ..... why? - keiko-san

به روایتی گفته شده نوتلا از کله ئاچه هم بهتره واسه صبحونه ! - حسین امیری

It's in perfect working condition, but I'm seriously thinking of drilling holes in it, painting it green and using it as a compost bin. - Anika

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I'm stlll shocked that *I* spent 6 years of my life changing diapers. That was definitely never in the plans. I couldn't even begin to imagine what some of my friends with 4 or 5 kids with 2 - 3 years between them have endured. - Anika

I am not making it into a Dalek, Sean! - Anika

I saw something the other day about a new paint from Krylon for painting plastic : http://www.krylon.com/product... - Lindsay

@Haggis hmmm, you may be on to something - the composting Dalek: DECOMPOSE... DECOMPOSE... DECOMPOSE... - Adrian

Heh. And I just put one of these on the horrible baby registry my mother and mother-in-law insist I should have. - Anika Palm

Anika, you're pregnant? Congrats. This diaper pail is the best. No smells and you can use regular trash bags in it. - Anika

LOL Yeah, I'm done with the baby-making. - Anika

I am looking at that thinking it would be great for my cat litter waste. - Janet:#TeamMonique

You should have another. You make beautiful kids. - Carlos Ayala

Carlos, you crazy. I'm a raging bitch when I'm pregnant. All my friends have begged for me never to get pregnant again. They say I'm like a mean, hormonal drunk. <shrug> And I really don't ever want to do all that newborn stuff again. - Anika

That's fancy! Ours is just a regular rectangle kitchen Rubbermaid container thing. - Rochelle

i'll take your crazy ass then...ive seen the results. gonna have to have a talk with the hubster. maybe he can make somethin happen at 3am. on the sneak tip of course. - Carlos Ayala

You're horrible, LOL. You know, he was supposed to have gotten a vasectomy a week before I found out I was pregnant with our first kid. And I'm convinced that your way is how we wound up with our second. - Anika

sliding up @ 3am always does the trick....or so im told... /shrug - Carlos Ayala

Lucky you! - Hutch Carpenter

Ha. I work with three girls - two of whom are still solidly in diapers (2.5 years old and almost 1). I sometimes contemplate counting how many diapers I change in a day and then decide that would be too depressing. The 2 year old is starting to want to potty train and I'm STOKED. - Lis

I'm on the countdown to potty training the last one. Both boys trained right around 25 months, so I'm hoping the girl follows suit, she's 21 months. - Heather Solos

Two years later...I've just spray painted this black. It's finally going to be a compost bin. Finally. Two. Years. Later. *headdesk* - Anika

Adrian has pointed out that the black diaper pail looks a bit like Darth Vader....so I may need some more paints. - Anika

ROFL! - LB: #TeamMonique

I've heard the oven helps. That's really all I've got though. - James Ferguson

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Tip one: Use some form of heat to cook the bird completely. I can't stress the word, Completely, enough. :) - Wizetux

Outside of frying, my fave way is giving it a good rub down inside and out with butter & cajun seasoning, blasting it at 475 for 20 min and turning the heat down to 350 for 20 minutes a lb, tenting w/foil the last hour to prevent the outside from getting too dark. - Heather Solos

Use a thermometer and remember the temp will rise for 5 - 10 min after it's taken out of the oven. Let it rest 30 min, covered with foil before carving. Carve in the kitchen, it's stressful w/ an audience if you aren't practiced. - Heather Solos

Get a meat thermometer, especially if you can get the electronic wireless kind that gives you a pager to go in your pocket. Then, depending on weather conditions, use oven, grill, deep fryer, or smoker to cook the bird. Google is always my friend for time estimates. - Ordinarybug Heather

As for carving it, I thought that was inborn on the Y chromosome. I sure as heck can't carve ANYthing. - Ordinarybug Heather

Never trust the little pop-ups on the turkey. Use a proper thermometer. And you're shooting for 185 degrees - Steven Perez

@Heather - If you think that, I'm sure you'll be sorely disappointed next Thanksgiving! - In Search of Gender

I grill our turkeys, as we don't have an oven. The bonus is that they cook *much* quicker: a 20 lb halfway thawed bird took 4 hours my first year (and no, it wasn't dry). I'm not any real help on carving, as we just hack off what we want. - FFing Enigma

http://www.youtube.com/watch... Here is the beginning part of Good Eats with Alton Brown in which he tells you how to deep fat fry a turkey. - Wizetux

Turkey Calculator!! --> http://friendfeed.com/e... - Susan Beebe

Yet another example of why I love friendfeed...you guys rock. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I'm definitely the "clear juices" kind of person (that's how you know it's done). Also: rub butter & proscuitto inbetween the skin and the meat. Carving: if right-handed, start with bird lengthwise, opening close to you, and carve nice pieces of white meat (breast) 1/2 inch thick. Don't worry about the other stuff. voila! - anna sauce

Found this: http://www.slashfood.com/2008... - Aaron Hood

The USDA actually suggests the thigh temp should be 165 http://www.fsis.usda.gov/FactShe... - Heather Solos

NY Times article today ---> http://friendfeed.com/e... - Susan Beebe

This is Alton Brown's recipe. Follow it to the letter, cook to 161F, and your turkey will be the best you've ever had. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes... Brine FTW! - Dave Roth

yes, Alton Brown's recipe rocks. i've been using it since the Good Eats Romancing the Bird episode first came out and it still gets rave compliments - Imabug

I second the Alton Brown method. - Kreg Steppe

Alton Brown bird works well, but be ready for a some smoke in the beginning. - Eric - seven eleven

Montreal chicken seasoning and a bag. I had to cook a turkey for a Thanksgiving party at work one year, with only a vague idea of how. Came out pretty good. - Kevykev

Turkey dinner was a success...I ended up using the NY Times article so thanks to Susan for that. Next year I'll have to remember to put the pine nuts in the stuffing, and manage the kitchen a bit more as the turkey ended up sitting a little too long and was a little cold, but all in all it was all good. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

You're welcome, glad that worked out well for you!! :) Those photos did look great didn't they?! (Tip: Make a "tent" out of aluminum foil and closely cover the turkey until you're ready to serve it to keep warmth in) - Susan Beebe

Anothe vote for Alton Brown's brime recipe. Have used it successfully for several years, it's our traditional Turkey dinner! - Victor Ryden 美久太阿

Yeah, the aluminum tent is what I forgot to do. Will remember next time I do a turkey. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Bah, now I can't find that NY Times recipe! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Deep-fry it! - Alex Scrivener

#carving I like the cross carving, take the breasts off in a slab close to spine then cut them into pieces perpendicular... Not sure if thats right word but much easier than traditional white meat carve - WarLord

As much as I'd like to try deep frying a bird for TurkeyDay, this isn't likely to happen. Bah, let's see if I can work my google-fu to find the 2008 NY Times recipe for doing the bird. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

kill it first. - Pariss Hardy

Pariss wins - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I browse through the various Cooks Illustrated thanksgiving issues and pick and choose from the variations. - Wirehead

I rub butter into the skin, fill the cavity with fresh spices: rosemary, sage, celery, carrots and a halved orange, and put a little water in the bottom. I also cook the bird until the temp is at least 165F or so. The butter will make the skin nice and brown. Just pretend it's a big roast chicken. - Elizabeth Brown

How did I not know this site existed? I fear for my wallet. - Maria Niles from Bookmarklet

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Consider my wardrobe budget (ha!) blown. . . - Heather Solos

the only thing I might be able to look decent in is sold out http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/ritadre... ...but their big girl models look incredible! - Starmama

Oh that's hot,Starmama - unfortunately so much is sold out! But, yes, their plus size options and models made me gasp and squee in happiness :) - Maria Niles

LOL, Chris, I'll probably ask if you like giving it in a different post. This is about if you like getting unsolicited advice. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

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For the record, I generally don't mind it. As long as the person doesn't make me feel like I'm in grade school. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

No. - Derrick

if someone gives me unsolicited advice I reserve the right to debate anything I deem wrong or stupid. - Starmama

You should buy bananas! - Jimminy IS Everybody

I try to listen, unless I'm particularly cranky. That happens, too - Heather Solos

Ugh. Just don't. Especially those people who Have It All Figured Out and state the obvious, as if you haven't considered that before. Even worse, when they explain in detail as if you're a child. <judo chop> - Anika

But I'm Captain Obvious! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

It depends on what the advice is on, but generally - any feedback or opinion is welcome. However damning. - Matt Plummer

Hate it - Jim #TeamMonique from iPhone

I've been here like 2 years + and just now you guys are getting around to telling me this? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Well, since you asked...I recommend taking it. Personally, it's annoying. (You get what you pay for, after all.) - c.a.j.

I only give good advice, CAJ. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

It depends on how it's communicated...sometimes I appreciate (if it's useful) but most of the time, especially if they're offering it without knowing the full story, I don't particularly enjoy it. - Tamara

A new report finds the field is rife with poorly done studies, misdiagnoses and tests that give misleading results. The true incidence of food allergies is only about 8% for children and < 5% for adults. Yet about 30% of the population believe they have food allergies. And, Dr. Riedl said, about half the patients coming to his clinic because they had been told they had a food allergy did not really have one. - Mitchell Tsai from Bookmarklet

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Even people who had food allergies as children may not have them as adults. People often shed allergies, though no one knows why. And sometimes people develop food allergies as adults, again for unknown reasons. - Mitchell Tsai

Part of the confusion is over what is a food allergy and what is a food intolerance, Dr. Fenton said. Allergies involve the immune system, while intolerances generally do not. For example, a headache from sulfites in wine is not a food allergy. It is an intolerance. The same is true for lactose intolerance, caused by the lack of an enzyme needed to digest sugar in milk. - Mitchell Tsai

I know why I developed a (medically diagnosed) food allergy as an adult--from a cross-reaction with pollen allergies. See Oral Allergy Syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Ruchira S. Datta

See 5/14/10 later version of this story. http://ff.im/kr7kk - Mitchell Tsai

I cross react with chamomile... totally defeated the purpose of the tea I was chugging to calm my nerves. - Heather Solos

There was a drug I took in 1986 for depression (Haldol). Turns out Asians can be hyper-sensitive to Haldol (but the report only came out ~1984, and they didn't know about it in Ohio) - A week of my life is mostly blank. My doctor estimated that 1/100 the normal dose would work for me. ---- In other stuff, my sister & I reacted badly to cows milk as kids & drank soy. We both grew out of it. - Mitchell Tsai

I might need this. - Katy S

I remember a family reunion in Memphis once where my relatives smoked a whole pig. That was kinda awesome. - Derrick from iPhone

I need to go to pig pickin this year. It has been way too long. - Heather Solos

Oh hell yeah. - iTad

"Though a massive Italian sausage and pepper sandwich can look unwieldy and out of control, what actually makes it so mouthwatering is its balance. The sweetness of the peppers helps quell the spiciness of the sausage, and the bread perfectly soaks up all the juices. I say this even though I don't think I've ever actually experienced this ideal in real life. Most of the examples have come from state fairs and questionable street carts. The sausages were dry, the peppers greasy, and the bread stale. It made me wonder: can this classic ever actually taste good? Turns out it can. The trick, at least with this recipe from A Good Appetite, is to brown the sausages first in the skillet, remove them, cook the peppers and onions with some fresh herbs, and then return them to the skillet with a little red wine. They essentially steam for the rest of the time. The result is perfectly cooked sausage, which picks up all the flavors of the onions and peppers." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Imma have this for dinner. - Steven Perez

I make this a lot, but I slice the sausage and add onions. I usually add a splash of beer, too. - Heather Solos

I couldn't resist this today. Besides, I needed something for presenting. Hush, I can rationalize anything I want to. - Heather Solos from Bookmarklet

Love! - RAPatton from iPhone

It's sad, but I actually had an alert on this dress and I'm so glad I'm did. The alert came today and my size is already sold out. I'm glad I didn't waffle like I normally do. - Heather Solos

"Although most people are trying their hardest to avoid deep fried foods; few can resist the deep fried pickle. If you've never tried one, you owe it to yourself to indulge in this unusual culinary delight. Nearly everyone who tries them agrees they are unexpectedly delicious and incredibly addicting! While it's hard to determine who made the first deep fried pickle, research indicates it originated in New Orleans. Today, deep fried pickles are served in restaurants and bars across the country, with each having a unique recipe and flavor. Deep fried pickles can be made from just about any type of pickle including pickle slices, pickle spears, and whole pickles. It doesn't matter what flavor of pickles because they all taste great when they are deep fried. The most common choices include regular dill and garlic dill, but bread and butter pickles and baby gherkin pickles make excellent choices as well." - Anika from Bookmarklet

Never had them. hmmmmm - Shevonne

Hmmm. Not the biggest pickle fan. I'll eat them on a burger. But deep frying = good. You could deep fry a sweat sock, and I'll reach for the hot sauce. - Derrick

I bet I'd love those. - Heather Solos

I love deep fried pickles! - John Flynn

omg, I freaking LOVE fried pickes - there is this place in Memphis that makes the BEST fried pickles...but I can't remember the name of it. - acedanger

Where can I get some? What do they taste like? - Shevonne

I firmly believe that you can deep fry just about anything (food-wise) and it would taste good. - Kelly W.

WANT WANT WANT. I haven't had any since I moved out here - everyone thinks I'm weird when I mention them. I'll just have to do some myself. - Jandy

FRICKLES!!!! OMG *drool* Anytime I find these on a menu, I force everyone at my table to eat them with me. Lucille's BBQ in Brea has some of the best I've ever had outside of the South. :) - Hookuh Tinypants

They're in the freezer now. Just thinking what sauces I'm going to make to dip them in. - Anika

I adore deep fried pickles!! - Rachel Lea Fox

voice of dissent - yuck - Jenny Morman

I should delete ^this^ comment. ;P - Anika

I still want to come over. - @CrystalinaB

Thanks for letting me stick around Anika :) - Jenny Morman

You're welcome. Don't make it habit now. ;P - Anika

i had them first at hooters a year or so ago... they're awesome! - Chris Heath

Girl, slice those pickles! ROFL I know how you mean. I hate the slicing part too, but just do it. - Anika

I love the ones they have at Hooters! - Marissa

I want to try this with bread and butter pickles. A little sweetness could be interesting. - Eric - seven eleven

If you find the answer let me know. For myself I think it is my A.D.D. taking a hit, if day is not as planned, any infraction to muddle the mix I tend to shut down. For me, I was to go to gym, sidetracked with parent forms, now will go tomorrow plan to be done by noon so I have wiggle room. - Janet:#TeamMonique

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keep the promises that you make to yourself! - BEX

what nike says... (just do it) because I got nothing. - Trish Haley

Yeah, work got in the way and now both kids are home AND awake. If I go now, they'll both want to go. It'll be drama. If I'm gone for longer than 40 min. Adrian *will* say something. So now, I'm going to either pull out the Wii Fit or do a video via Netflix. Still not the same as swimming. - Anika

If possible, always do things RIGHT NOW. Unless there is some life or death reason why you can't. The hardest part is getting started, so just jump right in ASAP or you'll never get it done. Even if it's after the time you said. - Rahsheen?

That's the main reason I play tennis. It takes four, so I have to show up or face the wrath of three seriously pissed-off women. In fact, I went through a period of being ten minutes late on the theory that they didn't really need me for the warmup - finally I got told in no uncertain terms that they DID need me there for the warmup. I haven't been more than a minute or two late since.... more... - Mary B: #TeamMonique

Wii Fit sounds good. We need to get one. - Trish Haley

I get the drama thing and not wanting to drag kids. My goal is to start back on Monday morning. - Heather Solos

Mary, Rah...you both make good points. I think what I need to do is schedule it in as in, "No, I am doing this at this time." Too often, I allow the family to take over that time. I should treat it as a doctor's appt. or something. - Anika

I used to do the "no excuses' thing because I found myself making up all of these weird ones (like: no hairband!) that were all solvable if I really wanted to do X activity. So that worked for a while, just not allowing myself any outs. - anna sauce

Let's go get the wii fitness. Like NOW! - Adrian

You mean the EA Active? - Anika

Pssst - Talk to Steve Perez about the Time Overlord thingy .... - Brent - Yes I am

I have the same problem. To get to the gym at 6 - 6:30 is the only way that I will exercise that day. and to get there by that time, I must wake up one hour prior. The only way I can get up at 5 - 5:30 is if I sleep at 11-11:30 the previous night... and so on and so forth. There is NO way I can think it would work other than disciplining the daily schedule. A gargantuan task on its own. May the force be with you. - Parth Awasthi

sigh. yep. - edythe

It's a horrible form of perfectionism. Go for a quick run at times like this. Something is always better than nothing! - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Yeah, I do do something, but feel like a slacker when I don't do what I had planned to do. Like yesterday, I did 20 min. cardio, 200 sit ups and sprints up my hill. But I didn't swim. So I feel like I failed in my goal. - Anika

Perfectionism. It's a curse. - Bec Rowe @d0tski

There is also the second right answer. Why beat yourself up for not swimming, if you substituted cardio, situps and hill runs? Is there a secondary payoff for the self-flagellation - as in, you get to be right about something or feel superior or perfect about something else, or do you get validation from some source about still being less-than-perfect or not meeting your goals? Or,... more... - Mary B: #TeamMonique

TOO. MANY. WORDS. Mary...LOL I don't know what you're asking me? Secondary-payoff is losing me. I like to be active. I'm anal about time and setting schedules. I am trying to force myself to swim, but only as something different from my usual routine and to help my back. - Anika

Try and stick with original time. You make time for friends, family and work right? Make time for yourself too! After you keep your scheduled workout try and find a healthy way to reward yourself. - Mike

Yes, I did just delete Melanie's spam comment. - Anika

yeah what Mary said- have a backup exercise option like run round the block, do situps, etc. - anna sauce

If I can't get to what I wanted to do, I just change things on my schedule and do something else, and move the thing I wanted to do to a different day. - Pixie

Planning exercise can be treated like any other important appt. Put it in your calendar and to do list. Think of it as a meeting with you. You're important, right? - Coach Cherie

Cherie, I tried that and you know what? I snooze the alarm on my phone. I even tried it again this week and it was all a no-go. :( I think what I need to do is find some way to make it concrete. Like make sure the family understands that I'm busy at that time no matter what. - Anika

Remember you are important. This is about you taking care of you. Rather than saying no to the food say no to the distractions that keep you from YOU! - Coach Cherie

Yeah, it's just like Rahsheen said, there's nothing really to it except to do it, as it were. 8^) Just decide to go out and go out. I struggled with the same thing you did Anika, and I still do occasionally when I slip back into bad habits, but more often than not, it's just me finding reasons to be complacent. Just find something you can be enthusiastic about (so that there's one less hurdle) and when it comes to the time you scheduled for it, just drop everything (as soon as is feasible) and go do it. - Chieze Okoye

Is there an activity that you can schedule the kids for at the time you want to swim? That way they've got someplace they have to be and are occupied and you have time to swim. - Russian Space Lizard

Little bits really add up. So even if you can't do it all try to do some, even if it's not the thing you intended. Part of the problem is having one big thing to do. It's easier to skip a big thing than a smaller thing. Can you do several smaller things at different parts of the day instead? Can you integrate it in so it's harder to skip? Maybe something you do with other people. Or playing with the kids. - Todd Hoff

Not really. Since Alton's only 4, there's not much he can do w/o a parent being there. Sometimes, when Adrian is busy with work, I'll take the kids on a run with me. That way, he can focus and I can exercise. When I wrote this last summer, Ilia was just starting swim classes, so I got to swim with her, but I wanted to do more laps, which I can't do with her there (adult only swim time). - Anika

And you'll have to understand, part of it is just our atrocious schedule. The girl goes to school before 8am, the boy starts at 11:30. Then he gets out a few hours later, then she gets out later. In that time, I often have to go out to take pictures and work. I spend most of my morning, feeding and getting them ready for school, then work. My husband picks them up from school while I'm working. By late afternoon we're wiped. - Anika

What sucks for that guy is 1) he probably doesn't get paid days off and 2) they probably require a doctor's note and he may not be able to afford or need a trip to the doc for a stomach bug. - Heather Solos

Hey ya, Heather! - Anika

How have you been? - Heather Solos

Busy too. Short month, short school days. Feeling like Elastic Woman! - Anika

I'm thinking of completely unplugging on Sundays, but I'm not sure if I can make that work yet. - Heather Solos

I agree - the last month or so I've seen a huge decline. It's sad. - Jesse Stay

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I've seen the opposite on my feed? - Mo Kargas

In some ways it's my greatest secret - still very useful regardless of engagement. It's definitely not an engagement tool though any more. - Jesse Stay

Mo, there are a very small group of people that all engage together, but it's not like what it used to be. I get engagement from that group, but no one else any more. - Jesse Stay

Sorry, Leo, but you're wrong. Plenty of activity in my feed. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

It's also the easiest way to the Facebook team, where Bret is now in charge of Platform. - Jesse Stay

I'm following a set of users here that I would have never found on Twitter or elsewhere -- my feed is mind-blowing. Not tech-focused, tho - Christopher Galtenberg

@Jesse Hmm, probably right - Mo Kargas

The volume may be a little less, but the quality is much improved! - ʎəlɹoɯ uəʞ

Pirillo has a busy helpdesk room here: http://friendfeed.com/helpdesk - not a lot of comments, but lots of posts to the room. - Jesse Stay

I've seen the opposite too. If anything, things are slowly getting better. - Roberto Bonini from iPhone

You understand that when I say "engagement" I don't mean the quality of the feed. That's unchanged. I mean the conversation around the posts. The number of comments. I get very few even for the live in-show conversations on TWiT. You guys are getting _more_ comments than before? - Leo Laporte

Not I - Jesse Stay

TWiT this week, for example, got TWO comments on a live show watched by thousands. - Leo Laporte

Not more comments - the chattering has slowed - Christopher Galtenberg

There are a few cliques that are very active if you follow them but I'd tend to agree there isn't really a great deal of broader engagement like there was when I started using it a few months before the sell out - Ed Millard

If you are a librarian or Turkish it seems to be the place to be :) - Ed Millard

There is virtually no tech audience participating any more. There are a few, but much, much less than before. It's very sad. - Jesse Stay

Simulcast the twit chat rooms here? - Thomas Page

That's probably because you moved all your fans to IRC. - David Schmidt

If Facebook would just enable a real-time comments mode you could do the same with a Facebook Page. I wish they'd enable that, then you'd have an engaged audience again on a popular and useful platform. - Jesse Stay

Not all of us - Dan owns Comicsforge.com

I'm still seeing plenty of activity on my feed. What I have noticed though, is that the topics of discussion have moved from tech and political topics towards more social topics. (Except for the spike in iPad discussion last week.) - Jeff P. Henderson

Anyone tried Redux, Scoble was pushing that as his big thing, at least until he declares it dead. Not sure if there is any conversation there. They do have a whole feed for cat pictures. - Ed Millard

FF has always been a platform waiting for an application. - Christopher Galtenberg

No we ALWAYS had a very active IRC room. That's unchanged. Last year at this time each TWiT would get many comments at http://friendfeed.com/twit-co.... The IRC conversation evaporates but FF lives on and is searchable. I far prefer it. - Leo Laporte

Leo, have you tried a Facebook Page? It's not real-time, but lives on and is searchable. - Jesse Stay

I still think think Facebook needs to use FF tech to have a firehose of public content. - Jay

I have four Jesse! @Jeff - hmm. I guess it's all relative. I looked at your feed and there are only a few comments on your stuff. It used to be like this thread all the time. - Leo Laporte

I've been making a point to come here and participate more. I love friendfeed. - Mary-Lynn

@jcunwired, I had the opposite experience... that's maybe why I prefer how things have turned out, with posts increasing in quality and mindless comments decreasing overall - Christopher Galtenberg

We considered using FF for the iPad launch - now I wish we had. The lack of mobile apps was one factor. - Leo Laporte

I wanted to comment on Friendfeed, but I didn't see a thread for Home Theater Geeks. - Vezquex

I blame myself. I started using Twitter more and FF less - but I'm going to make a concious effort to live here for a while. I start a FF conversation for all the shows I host - but the other shows don't. It's up to the host, not me. - Leo Laporte

FF needs posters who understand the art of starting conversations. The core FF team is actually great at this. - Christopher Galtenberg

Give me real-time comments on Facebook and maybe a little more aggregation (and public search), and I'm a full convert. Until then FF is the best thing we've got. Keep trying Leo - so long as Facebook isn't moving in that direction they've still got a monetizable (is that a word?) platform here. - Jesse Stay

I still use it as my feed reeder on steriods. Two typos in this comment. - Mark

@Leo, I have never had very many comments on my posts, which for the most part are very techie. Compared to you I have very few followers. What I was referring to is the feed I see and the topics of the posts from people I follow. The more social oriented posts that I see and often participate in tend to get the most conversation. - Jeff P. Henderson

I still vastly prefer FF to FB, but I have lots more engagement on Facebook. I wish it were over here. - Heather Solos

Friendfeed activity is like the velocity of a car, and adding friends is the throttle. There will always be user churn, so when some of the people you usually hear from drift off, bring in a few new voices. There's tons of activity here, it just might not be the oldtimers anymore (yourself excluded, of course, Leo). - Kevin Fox

I can only watch FF when I'm not trying to be productive. Way too distracting. Nothing has changed for that though. I'm watching it while eating lunch right now. - MarkCarras

Kevin, I've noticed we've lost a lot of the techies though. I don't see near as much Tech conversation as I used to, which is one of the things that made it interesting for me. - Jesse Stay

I have noticed the opposite as have a number of others here but then I engage on a number of topics. What I notice on all Social media is that when lists become a part of each, the engagement goes down. When privacy features expand, the engagement goes down. When Tech A-listers get bored...... ;) - Melanie Reed

It dropped to nearly nothing toward the end of last year, but nowadays I'm finding the activity varying - LANjackal

I'd love to see Facebook either push it or integrate it more to get that mainstream tech audience back. - Jesse Stay

One thing I've felt lacking on FF is stream-combination. If you post something, which has already been posted and has a conversation in progress, you should be able to decide between joining that stream or starting your own. I've seen several overlapping posts with 1, 2, 3 comments each, but they die at that point. If these people could only talk to each other... (The duplicate post finder right now only works within friend graphs -- maybe that could be expanded?) - Christopher Galtenberg

I think people are still unsure if it's going to be improved in the future, so turnover ends up high. Facebook just hasn't made that clear. Sure, it may still be here, but what's the roadmap? - Jesse Stay

But Jesse, all tech and no variety makes, .... :) Still, I don't think you are going to find anything that the majority of those in tech are going to stay with. They are always looking over the hill at the next "latest and greatest". They were not trying to find a "home"...just to be the first to try the couch out. - Melanie Reed

Melanie, I think Scoble and others would have stayed if they had confirmation from Facebook it was going to continue to see improvements and/or further integration with Facebook. The roadmap is way too unclear. People like a vision on what to expect. It's also why I haven't developed any apps for FriendFeed. - Jesse Stay

yes, please. - Chieze Okoye

I'd love to see FriendFeed used by developers in the way Wave is, for instance. It has the same productive use as Wave. Unclear roadmap means developers won't come though. - Jesse Stay

What - Michael Holzinger

And the fact that people don't want to sink their time and effort into a site that, at best, may never see any upgrades or, at worst, may disappear at any moment. - Akiva

Jesse, yes. But that underplays what I am saying. Tech is that "medium is the message" thing in a nutshell. It doesn't want to create something and say: "This is good" and enjoy it. It keeps tinkering till its tinkered to death and then moves on. I would ask as a tech, that you "take your shoes off, stay around....y'all come back now. Here?" ;) - Melanie Reed

I could not agree more. I was hoping Facebook would create an interface for adult conversations on Facebook like FF - Alan Morris

Melanie, I'm sticking around - I think I made that clear. I'm just speculating why others aren't joining or sticking around. I've tried to convince other dev groups I work with to switch over to FriendFeed and the lack of vision or roadmap keeps them away and using platforms like Wave (which is very buggy and annoying to work with). - Jesse Stay

I've been trying to keep FF API support in the feed reader I'm developing, its a nice API, but it is pretty hard to justify it with a small and shrinking audience. Working with it does make you appreciate how innovative it was and how great it could have been. Hopefully it will reappear at FB eventually but I have a hard time liking FB. - Ed Millard

Ed, yeah - I'd like to know that though - there's absolutely no vision made clear. The API group has gone down to practically nothing. - Jesse Stay

You mean the FF API group or the FB API group? - Ed Millard

Jesse, yes! and I so appreciate that you do stay. But yes, Wave is the sick puppy tech that needs tinkering with. I think you may want a vision and roadmap, but I'm acknowledging that there are a number of techs who may say they want that, but its a cover for the urge to tinker and move on. - Melanie Reed

As to vision and roadmap. I don't need one on FriendFeed. It's great. Don't fix it. You have arrived. Enjoy it! - Melanie Reed

Melanie, I disagree though - those that want to tinker and move on are a very small minority. When you still see technologies such as IRC used actively by a very techie audience it's clear there is a much larger audience that could be here. If the technology's useful, they'll come, but there has to be certainty that technology still has potential. - Jesse Stay

It occurs to me that Friendfeed *has* actually arrived. The fickle Ubernerds are now looking elsewhere for the next pretty and the users are enjoying using FF as it was meant to be used. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

I agree with Akiva: the idea that FF is running as kind of a headless horseman of a service, with no definitive future is what may be making some of the more veteran users from investing any more time into it than they already are... - .LAG liked that

+++WorldofHiglet - Melanie Reed

LAG, amen - Jesse Stay

LOL Glen - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Gentleman, it doesn't have to be "evolving" for it to be "working". It *is*. LOL Glen. Good one! - Melanie Reed

Glen, *any* post that mentions FriendFeed is dwindling (or you're quitting, or it's dead) gets a ton of comments. This post is the exception. - Jesse Stay

Thanks Jesse! I used to think a lot of the engagement was dropping because many of the technology bright lights left the service, but this year I opened a season-long thread for commenting on NFL games, and even there, besides a few regulars who I usually interact with over sports, it didn't seem the same, even though the thread racked up over 1,700 comments over the 20-week season and playoffs. - .LAG liked that

Melanie, tell me how well its working without anyone at the helm the next time you get hit with a half-dozen 'Oops! There was a problem...' messages. - Akiva

The problem with the Ubernerds moving on is it hurt the tech conversation which was some of the draw here. Its more social focused now. Nothing wrong with that but Facebook already has social out the wazoo. Where do go to hear interesting, free wheeling, tech conversation now is one of the big questions. - Ed Millard

OTOH, i also suspect that there's more to do, and the competition is getting better... Facebook is better (and innovating constantly), Twitter is better... FourSquare, etc., every week it seems there's more things coming online to grab people's attention. Fragmentation of attention seems to happen in real-time too. - .LAG liked that

Akiva, I probably get more of those using a d-up than you speedsters up there in the NW. ;) (Hope the new place is feeling more like home for you and Audrey and Rochelle) But frankly, it really doesn't bother me. In the scope of things I have to be fair and say it hasn't really been that annoying. I haven't used any tech that doesn't have its glitches every now and then. - Melanie Reed

Your FF is not my FF and on and on. - Steele Lawman

Now Ed has hit upon the "rub" as it stands: it really is about the water cooler. - Melanie Reed

I think one of the reasons why your FF comments went down, Leo, is because your presence in the comments went down. People were wondering where all the love had gone, Leo. - Garmon Estes

That may be true, Melanie. The issue here is that the service's quality has declined significantly over the past six months. Add that to the fact that you know that it's [most likely] not going to be upgraded... it begins to feel like a dead-end street. What it boils down to is that there's only one feature that FriendFeed has that is really keeping us here: the community. If we could all move en masse to Cliqset or wherever, most people wouldn't really think twice about it. - Akiva

Akiva, I accept the possibility that it won't be upgraded and its doesn't fill me with sadness or dread. The vision of FF was Community. Has it achieved that? yes. - Melanie Reed

Jeremy, that's subjective. I think FriendFeed's UI is horrible which I fix with a custom userstyle. - Akiva

jcunwired, as I pointed out above, we're already here and invested. New people aren't going to be interested in blowing time in a site that has no future support and that may just up and disappear without warning one day. - Akiva

Melanie, but even that community has fractured and decayed. Where's Bwana? Where's Cee Bee? We're losing people left and right in a trickle. - Akiva

Akiva, what's horrible about it? I have a lovely winter scene with corresponding colors on my widgets. I'm content. - Melanie Reed

As I wrote, it's subjective. I don't like Cliqset's UI either. - Akiva

Akiva, I feel as the others: I seemed to have met more people not less recently. Indeed, I can hardly keep up with my feed sometimes and I feel some remorse that I cannot answer or comment to everything.....although, maybe some think this is a good thing. lol - Melanie Reed

*comment counter incremented* :) - Micah

Now I will get to something touchy, so pardon me while I do. When the Ubertechs do get on here, they can at times be intimidating in their response to those wanting to break in or ignore them completely (I have seen that happen as well). So If to join or comment in an Ubertech thread means a lot of ritual rules where an infraction will be met with disdain, I can see where some might not want to comment as much. My apologies for being too forthright. - Melanie Reed

And here comes CW who never really participates in a thread other than to piss on it. - Akiva

Micah, roflol - Melanie Reed

I disagree CW. I think Leo is serious. He's right about the number of comments decreasing on his feeds. He's concerned. - Garmon Estes

jcunwired, Is that *you* generally inclusive or of me in particular? ;) - Melanie Reed

RE: "You understand that when I say "engagement" I don't mean the quality of the feed. That's unchanged. I mean the conversation around the posts. The number of comments. I get very few even for the live in-show conversations on TWiT. You guys are getting _more_ comments than before?" (Leo's actual point, way up there) Has the amount of direct TWiT interaction on live feed and/or actual site has risen? Why post a comment in FFeed when you have chat, etc going direct. People migrate to the source. - Michael W. May

+++Christopher Harley - Melanie Reed

Christopher Harley, once again, does well for himself on FriendFeed. - Akiva

Qui tacet Consentit - Melanie Reed

Aaaaaaaaand this is where I come back in. Hi Leo! First off, in regards to the TWiT Conversations room, what from I recall, it never really had massive traction except for a few episodes (usually around hot button topics). I'm there because I love FriendFeed, TWiT and typing long sentences. The reason I usually like a show thread within 5 seconds is because I'm looking out for them. I... more... - Johnny

FF faithful: don't miss that Leo wants to be part of the solution (read his comment starting 'I blame myself...)' - Micah from iPhone

*hands Johnny W a beer. This browser window is now a window on to the world -- not just a parallel TechCrunch channel. - Christopher Galtenberg

+1 Micah. Let's all just invite more friends here, eh? People that like the web should also be on FriendFeed. - Christopher Galtenberg

Micah, I will! *Hands Micah an Oatmeal Stout so he won't feel left out* :) - Melanie Reed

C. Galtenberg, I see that precise thing happening more, intentionality to invite others (see SAM and Spidra) - Micah from iPhone

Create a fake Twitter or Facebook front end and use Friendfeed as the back end. Invite friends. - Jesper Lind

Micah and Christopher G. That is a challenge I would like to accept. - Melanie Reed

Once again, the FF naysayers come out, and once again I chime in. I can't speak for the community-at-large, but I can say that I have built a network on FF and it's effective enough for me that it has become the most used site for me on a daily basis. Let's remember, folks: We all have choices, and those choices aren't for everyone. Just use whatever works for you. - Fleagle

Leo, Jesse, I've noticed the same thing but guess where I see the majority of your content? (I also agree that FriendFeed is the best social media service there is.) - Mark Davidson from BuddyFeed

I'm getting as many if not more comments than I did before. I'm not seeing the level of engagement go down. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Fewer people are getting engaged on FF opting instead to just shack-up. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Leo, where is your comment that Micah was referring to? Thanks! - Melanie Reed

i guess so too.. but i still prefer it than twitter... - Daniele - Viralavatar

Ed, you should say the problem of *some* of the ubernerds moving on... - Bruce Lewis

Sounds like you need to broaden out your feed a bit, Leo. I will admit that things can be a bit sparse at times, but overall, my feed is usually jumping. And when it's not, that tells me that it's time to pay attention to some different people. - Steven Perez

i have a HUGE level of engagement on FF. you get what you give! - Joe Silence

so wait, all these ppl complaining about the dying of "engagement" on FF are just sitting around and waiting for others to comment on the things they post that may or may not actually be of interest to anyone? did they also just stand next to the gym wall during school dances? - Joe Silence

Leo, broheim, dude, you need to sub to the right people. Take that Josh Haley guy, for instance. He podcasts with that Aussie guy Johnny Worthington on the FFundercats, who has been on your show. Awesome by association? ;) - Josh Haley

I would second that my brother! - Johnny from iPhone

HALEY'S A SPAMMER HALEY'S A SPAMMER - Akiva

That I don't understand at all - Mark

(Also, I kind of wonder if Scoble didn't put Leo up to this.) - Akiva

Yes, Joe. That's pretty much what happens. I think they have forgotten how this social media stuff works. LOL. Akiva, this post does feel very familiar, doesn't it? - Rahsheen?

:( - Josh Haley

What would make it great... would be if we could purge everyone who hasn't actually logged in for like.. six months - Shawn Farner

If engagement annoys but more engagement is wanted....Hmmmmm.... - Melanie Reed

Who's not playing nice? [bats eyelashes] - Akiva

Yeah, see, a seasoned FFer would know when Akiva calls you a spammer, it means he thinks you're hot. And when I make a frowny face it means a ponderous barely smiling face about to eat ice cream. - Josh Haley

I must be following the truly committed. I haven't seen much change. - Jack&Cleo

Hrm. I think you're following me, so that's saying a lot.....since I'm awesome. - Rahsheen?

There, Jeff, now you have one more. - Mary B: #TeamMonique

Ooh, can we talk about ice cream now? Mine has chips in it, so it's definitely tech conversation. - Micah from iPhone

Leo, I am now sub'd to you. - Melanie Reed

I don't know, Micah, are we coopting the thread if we do? Tangentially, of course. I had Blue Bunny Turtle singles. It was ok. The turtle part was a little slow but the ice cream part went down real fast! :) - Melanie Reed

Ice cream is serious tech. One little mistake and it's all gross. - Josh Haley

No fair - you guys get the good stuff in Houston, Josh - Jesse Stay

Yeah, Jesse, that's right. Not only are there NASA engineers down there but they raise dairy cows nearby! - Melanie Reed

with big horns! - Jesse Stay

*noms on some Blue Bell Moolenium Crunch* - Josh Haley

I knew it. I shoulda gone for the hi-tech Blue Bunny ice cream sandwhich *regrets* and now needs to debug order - Melanie Reed

It's sad, but it just proves that the best service doesn't always prevail. For awhile it was riding that sweet spot where it wasn't so popular that it degenrated into a pile of youtube-level detritus, yet was popullar enough that good conversations grew. Now it's quiet, but I still enjoy the diehards who remain. - Laura Norvig

150+ comments does not seem to be "too bad" of a conversation... - MB Linder

Bring some Del Taco with you. - Josh Haley

Laura N, Bruce Willis is on FriendFeed!?!?! Alert Demi right away! - Micah

Del Taco? Papasitos FTW! - Jesse Stay

Dude...99 cents vs 30 bucks? - Josh Haley

Well, you could go for Whataburger - Is Del Taco even from Texas? - Jesse Stay

Wow. I just got censored on this thread. That's never happened on FF before. Perhaps I spoke too soon in singing its praises. - Fleagle

Del Taco of Calif...can't say I miss. Baja Fresh however! - Micah

Jesse, not where I am. Micah, I love Baja Fresh too. - Josh Haley

I disagree completely. I'm seeing plenty of engagement on my feed, and am still regularly getting new subscribers (which I always found rather baffling). Y'all are just not hanging in the right places. - Ruchira S. Datta

Christopher G said, "Let's just invite more friends here". I had that same thought last week and I'm putting my CD where my mouth is: http://friendfeed.com/ffunder... - Spidra Webster

Spidra - well done! (I plugged you earlier in the thread: http://friendfeed.com/leolapo... :) - Micah

in the category "Poster from Texas With the Best Lack of Engagement Observation Line" and the Winner is....Glen Campbell for his comment: "*sigh* Just no engagement at all any more. *sob* " *Cheers as the orchestra cues up to "Rhinestone Cowboy" as Glen makes his way to the podium to accept his award* - Melanie Reed

I guess my comment on this thread is not engaging enough. :( - imabonehead

Are you from Texas, inabonehead? :) - Melanie Reed

Thanks, Micah! I was about 3/4 of the way down reading the comments when I jumped ahead to post so I'm sorry if I repeated waht was already said upthread. The thread keeps jumping around in my feed and I was afraid it would move again before I could finish reading. - Spidra Webster

Melanie - No, but close. California! :P - imabonehead

Don't apologize - I couldn't provide linkage at the time. Onward and upward! :-) - Micah

I could post the show notes on our wiki, but I like the idea of making them public in real time so people can comment (which they do less and less). I'll continue to show my confidence in ff by posting show notes here in the TWiT-Conversations room, the stories we're planning to talk about in the TWiT, Macbreak Weekly, and TWiG rooms, and when there's an interesting conversation I'll... more... - Leo Laporte

please do that leo, having the conversations and story entries here in friendfeed is valuable even if it is only used sparingly - may become a nice 'backchannel' as steve gillmor would call it - Chris Heath

Thank you, Leo, I would appreciate that as well as a reminder. - Melanie Reed

201 people, Leo. - DGentry

The FIR guys pull show content from their FF room. Perhaps TWiT should too. - Bernie Goldbach

I just started to get involved, too...:( I like this place! - Jason Hill

You can expect every water cooler to be a Twitter-style conversation pit. - Bernie Goldbach

This thread at least shows FF isn't *completely* dead... :) - Thomas

the only people left are the usual suspects. - Russellreno

This thread has 188 comments so far! - Son of Groucho

already dismissed cos of the topic. ANYTHING TO PROP UP A FALTERING PREMISE!!! - Joe Silence

I too, like you Leo, was looking for a Twitter replacement and even though FF is more of a aggregation, I really think its the platform that's _made_ for what Twitter is supposed to do, comment on someone's "life feed" and FF makes it that much more simpler. I always thought Pownce was ten times better than Twitter with all the sharing of multimedia, too bad that died. Twitter died for... more... - Michel

Friendfeed works perfectly well... and the amount of content in my network is the same. Just what is this "engagement" you speak of and why should anyone care? - Goran Zec

There was only a Handful of Sychophantic Suckups - never any real Engagement* - Billy Warhol

there's a buttload more than 200 ppl on FF, Leo. :P - Joe Silence

@Leo: maybe your engagement on FF is way down cos all the people who are sick of you and R. Scoble crowing about its demise are starting to block you? consider that. - Joe Silence

I am new here and can't keep up with all the interaction I see and am experiencing! - Paulette

alot of the ones going on about FF dying are almost never on here except to make declarations. they don't take part and then bitch about no one commenting on their posts. plz don't follow their example. - Joe Silence

Joe, Leo hasn't given up on FF. He has *not* taken a slash and burn approach. He's asking hard questions, not attacking (in my view) and stating his committment to put more effort in. - Micah from iPhone

joe, Leo's not going on about FF dying... this is probably the first time he's mentioned it - and he has reason - his engagement has declined on friendfeed - it's a measurable value that can be quantified - he's not being a dick about it either so cut him some slack - Chris Heath

okay, fair enough. sorry for my apparently knee-jerk response. - Joe Silence

It seems obvious from the length of this thread that if you have a subject that people are interested in they will engage. But if your subject matter doesn't interest the audience well ... So either you change the subject matter or change the audience (that might mean going somewhere else). - Brian Sullivan

Unlikely that Leo will change his subject matter Brian. And any meta discussion on a site about that site will likely trigger a bigger reaction than just about any other topic. (see digg numbers for articles about digg) -- Either way Leo's IRC chat probably has more to do with his declining engagement here than anything else - Chris Heath

I wonder how much of this lack of engagement for Leo and others is due to Robert Scoble not being here. I suspect on his own with both his comments and his followers/posse he attracted many people to a thread and discussion and with him not participating this type of discussion has dropped off considerably. - Brian Sullivan

I always show newbies Friendfeed as THE EXAMPLE of how tools can be utilized to filter the noise, surface relevant content (through both sharing AND advanced search), have great conversations and embed them back on your site/blog . What else could I show them that has the same functionality without a steep learning curve? - Chris Myles

Better does not always mean it will be more popular. I post to twitter, but do it through friendfeed because the twitter interface really stinks. Perhaps it is marketing? - Cris Fugate

maybe, but I see it more as a conflict between Leo's IRC chat room (which is fleeting) and the friendfeed discussions http://friendfeed.com/twit-co... (which are permanent) -- i view the IRC as the peanut gallery type of conversations that i usually pass on (at least during twit) and the friendfeed discussions as more serious - Chris Heath

Definately Chris. I wonder if Leo needs to plug the FF room more. - Roberto Bonini from iPhone

Cris I agree and use FF or seesmic to post to twitter (does anyone use the web interface?). I think it might be a timing issue.. I really don't think main stream users (with a full inbox and overloaded schedule) *really* understand the power of sharing content and conversations YET. Throw them at twitter or facebook and they'll never see the value through the noise. Hopefully *crosses... more... - Chris Myles

Roberto, he's plugged it plenty... the IRC is very sticky and hard to break away from with it's hundreds of users (peak 1000) -->> also I totally agree with Chris Myles about using "Friendfeed as THE EXAMPLE of how tools can be utilized to filter the noise, surface relevant content (through both sharing AND advanced search), have great conversations and embed them back on your site/blog." <<---- what a great way to put the key points that make friendfeed so great - Chris Heath

I like FF for a lot of reasons. My company blocks IRC but does not block FriendFeed. - Peter Costello

No decline for me, I've seen it go back up to nearly what it was before the Facebook takeover. I guess it's different for every user. - Kol Tregaskes

Ok where's Louis? It's not like him to stay out of a thread this long. - Jason Williams from iPhone

Who's Louis? - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Is he that guy from Louis-ville? - Micah

Chris (Heath).. The sad thing is I show them friendfeed but don't train them on it (at least initially). I use Google Reader and posterous as the two tools to get them started. I would love to create private groups for sharing/discussing content but I can't vouch for friendfeed's long term viability. It's a bummer really!! - Chris Myles

Louis is probably working his way down from the top (of this thread).. he might be here in an hour or so :) Leo I think this would be an example of pretty good engagement. - Chris Myles

I'm not gonna read everything that's already being said in this thread, but I have to say (after seeing the first comments) that it seems like several feeds are still alive, but as soon as you don't interact too much with those people behind it, you don't get any feedback from them. It seems like this group, which I do like btw, is seperating itselves from what is going on apart from... more... - Ton Zijp

IIRC, Turkish users outweigh U.S. users on Friendfeed, or at least are a close second. - Laura Norvig

Friendfeed should have taken the world by storm instead of Twitter. It is a far superior platform. Alas it didn't happen and so the reality is people are going to focus on apps where the action is happening and the creators are still responding to requests for improvement. A testament to the Friendfeed app is that Twitter still hasn't made it to where Friendfeed is now, even with the... more... - Phil Ashman

So where have all the Techies gone then?? - Amani

@Amani - to work! - Phill Price from iPhone

Speaking of the IRC, I think during shows it's horrible. You can hardly speak and make your voice heard. - Michel from iPhone

++1 echostreamer :) - JA Castillo

too much babble and too few meaningful meaty links, digg, reddit give more bite! - daveeza

"Social" means some babble - Mo Kargas

I'm sure that most of the 224 comments have already said this, but you sir are very very very much so wrong. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

And to those complaining about no tech: your right, the tech talk has gone down. But, as someone who is very into tech I don't come to friendfeed looking to always talk about tech. I love talking about everything here and I love all the different convos that come up here. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

chirp chirp - Susan Beebe

Mathew, I tend to agree. I get plenty of tech information from my RSS feed. The more social aspect of FF is what keeps me coming back every day. - Jeff P. Henderson

i get all my tech news from FriendFeed (via RSS or equivalent) and from Leo and his TWiT netcast network - Chris Heath from email

Plaxo Pulse (or stream?) is the next big thing! (or not...) - Alex Luft

anyone here?? am i here by myself? - imabonehead

nope, me too! - Alex Luft

Leo, if you'd post links for some of your show's rooms, I'd make a point of subscribing to them. Then, even if I can't make the shows, I'd check out the rooms - I bet other people would too. And I do hope you'll hang out more on FF as you said you would in the thread. BTW, folks, it was nice to see a few new faces here - at least new to me. And, hi, echostreamer! - Mary B: #TeamMonique

I wish FF had picked up enough critical mass to have cool discussions in multiple areas - e.g. movies, food, travel, tech, etc... Imagine if lots of topics had 1,000-2,000 comments/likes on popular articles. My hope is that Facebook will pick up some of the long-term storage/search features of FF...and that some sub-groups of Facebook end up being as engaging as FriendFeed circa... more... - Mitchell Tsai

It's IS sad .... Very sad - Charlie Anzman

I am reminded of how much of an underutilized service this is every time I log on, you're absolutely right. - Bronson Harrington

.... wow what? that's all you have to say after reading all this? - Chris Heath

*bump* - imabonehead

well, Leo... I agree that friendfeed is the best in its class... and it's sad to see the facebook-induced decline of traffic here.... But damn, it sure seems like there is plenty of traffic based on THIS post. Geez! - Justin Bradshaw

Yes very engaging post! I was drawn to it because I am guilty of abandoning my FF page as of late. My FF world is made up of amazing inspired artists who dazzle me with their posts, but because I am not a part of that community I have nothing to share of interest to them so there is no conversation, It is not surprising that Leo inspired this conversation ..he never disappoints & I just found out we share the same birthday so the Saggie gift of gab strikes again! - Alannah Ryane

Hope FF picks back up. It seems to have many more dimensions than it's competitors and loads of potential. - TradersLog

ZING - Chris Heath

you are buzzing via friendfeed. How to do? - Phillip Atencio

you hook up your friendfeed to you buzz... in buzz it's called "connected sites" --- that simple - Chris Heath

Do you think you will buy a 3GS phone come time for release of 4.0? - Amani from IM

I had no desire to be at work today. but I made it through the whole day. gee, thanks mom. - chrisofspades

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I never had a cold while at school (perfect attendance K-12 here!). When she thought we were getting sick, on Friday nights, she'd pump us with garlic, fish oil capsules and ginger tea. We were better by Sunday afternoon. She even made us get chickenpox over the summer so we wouldn't miss school. - Anika

I need some hints from your mom. My kids don't even go to school and bring home every frigging thing that runs through town. - Heather Solos

ok, I don't wanna mess with your mama, if she can *make* you get chicken pox. - chrisofspades

LOL She heard one of the kids in our daycamp had chicken pox, then made me and my sis play with him. - Anika

Yes she did. - Derek Coward

Nope. I was always the one who demanded that I still go. I had to be forced to not go when I was really sick. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

I'm on the fence with my own kid. on one hand, I want her to develop that toughness so she ain't whining about the smallest of ailments. on the other hand, I don't want her to infect the other kids if she's contagious. - chrisofspades

My parents are both in health care (my dad is a doctor, my mom is a nurse.) If me or my sibs were sick enough to need to stay home, we'd get a big honking shot of antibiotics in the ass cheek that burned like hell. This tended to minimize the number of times we'd complain we were sick. - Victor Ganata

I missed 1 day of high school. Senior skip day. Staying home was not really an option. - Rahsheen?

My mom was the school nurse (still is!). She knew exactly when we were faking and exactly when we were sick, so there was no tricking her. She usually let us stay home if we were truly sick, even just a little, because she didn't want us infecting other kids, making them sick, and then they would end up in her office. :) - Rochelle

"Are you bleeding from the eyes? Then you're fine. Quitcher bitchin." ~ warmaiden's mom - ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤

Yup - which carried onto my professional years, never called in sick, and infecting my co-workers. I had to learn the hard way staying home sick != lazy. - Mona Nomura

Mathew, same here. I liked school and didn't want to miss it. - Melanie Reed

LOL, same here, Mona. I feel really bad whenever I stay home. - Rahsheen?

I didn't like school. But, it was sure as hell a lot better then being at home with my biological mother. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

Mona, yep! and btw- thank you! :) - Melanie Reed

I actually got a warning from HR that if I don't stay home when sick, they'll put a verbal on record. #truestory - Mona Nomura

Wow! - Melanie Reed

Mona got reprimanded for being *too* dedicated. how about them apples? - chrisofspades

Mine didn't force us if we were really sick, but they didn't let us skip school for minor ailments, either. I've been getting migraines since I was 13, so I did stay home for those headaches. If I didn't, the parents would probably have to pick me up from school and take me home anyway. It wasn't as if I was at home having fun on those days - they knew I was in bed with all of the lights out and the curtains shut. - Katy S

It's actually not too dedicated, but more so a nuisance. I look back and wonder why 1. I'd show up to work only 1/2 functional and 2. be the a-hole who infects the entire office. Showing up to work sick is horrible work ethics...took a few years for me to finally be ok with that. ;) - Mona Nomura

Publicly complain and the situation resolves itself. Weird. - Heather Solos

People with only a handful of likes / comments are being pulled from the main feed, this way I have a better chance of actually interacting with people. - Heather Solos

Embrace them. - Mark Davidson from BuddyFeed

Ignore 'em or return the favour? - Prolific Programmer

It depends on whether they are said with intent to hurt, out of ignorance, or just plain meanness. Any of those I ignore, if they are constructive I try to work on my thicker skin and try to take the criticism as helpful. That said, I can be pretty sensitive. - Heather Solos

mashed potatoes - FFing Enigma

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cinnamon Life cereal - FFing Enigma

meatloaf - FFing Enigma

Pub style french fries with malt vinegar - Heather Solos

peanut butter sandwiches, BBQ chips, with icy Dr. Pepper - Heather Solos

buttered toast - FFing Enigma

baked potatoes - John (bird whisperer)

Homemade cream puffs with dark chocolate frosting - comix aka martha

no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies - Heather Solos

pancakes with syrup - John (bird whisperer)

molten chocolate chip cookies straight from the oven - FFing Enigma

gotta be real maple syrup john - Chris Heath

Albondigas with warm flour tortillas - Heather Solos

pancakes make up for any deficiencies in the syrup - John (bird whisperer)

Popcorn made on the stove with real butter - Heather Solos

whipped cream - FFing Enigma

oysters - Heather Solos

Sushi. Ask anyone who knows me and they will all tell you that I can put away sushi like nobody's business. I could be a competitive eater when it comes to sushi. - Akiva

Pizza, Spaghetti, Tater tots, Sushi, Chili, tacos - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

not true john, the syrup makes up for any deficiencies in the pancakes, you've got it backwards - Chris Heath

Patty melts on rye - Heather Solos

I could eat an infinite amount of Sushi, and also of (good quality) hot dogs. I have no explanation for the cognitive dissonance of those two foods appearing in a sentence together. - DGentry

hot buttery croissants - FFing Enigma

almost anything blackened - Heather Solos

hot wings - Heather Solos

loin lamb chops,roasted potatoes most veggies and most chocolate things - VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS

seared tuna with sesame seeds - FFing Enigma

oh yah, sushi. GOOD BBQ! tin roof ice cream. there's more, but i'm suddenly overcome by hunger! - Joe Silence

Fried abalone - Hookuh Tinypants

Chili cheese fries/tots - Hookuh Tinypants

CHUNKY MONKEY - Hookuh Tinypants

Filet mignon au poivre - Hookuh Tinypants

cheesy garlic bread with a bit of garlic butter for dipping - FFing Enigma

My homemade thin spaghetti and good oysters - ۳۰ مرغ Loves Y'ALLLLL

Chicken balls in sweet n' sour sauce - Shey

Waffles. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

Onion Dip with ridged potato chips - Dave Roth

cheesecake - chaz2b

grenades - sofarsoShawn ~presque...

a family joke is that i have a second stomach just for fried shrimp. - Marie

why diet, if your gonna explode i mean? - chaz2b

popcorn - Tracy Benham

Mongolian grill with spring rolls and plenty of hot tea. - fugi (f'yoojee)

thai chicken pizza - FFing Enigma

cookie dough - Rachel Lea Fox

homemade mac & cheese casserole! - Rachel Lea Fox

Homemade ice cream. My head would freeze before I exploded so I am safe. - Russellreno

Peanut Butter cookies. - Gunnyman™

Macaroni & Cheese......Doritos.....that's why I stay away from both! - Bonnie Foster

Ceviche - Rodfather

I think Monique's shenanigans warped me, because the first thing I thought of was NSFW. o.0 - Bren from iPhone

ice cream - Sally - Skyrimmin' It

As for food: pancakes, good flour tortillas, and Chevy's chips and salsa - Bren from iPhone

Anything Italian. Cheese. Chocolate Covered Cherries. Oatmeal. Taco Salads. Chicken w/ Soy Sauce. - Hollywood Amanda

jelly beans - .LAG liked that

Sugar Babies - Egyirba

Tim Tams. - Arlan K.

Butter chicken w/ Nan - Louis Simoneau

Munchos crisps. - Morton Fox

tika masala on jasmine rice - FFing Enigma

Jason, if you're ever in the area again you'll have to go to Handi with me and Dave. They have a great Indian buffet for lunch... - FFing Enigma

Chex Mix! - Paulette

Movie popcorn. - Headless Gnad Kicker

Sushi. Well I would if it wasn't expensive. - Morton Fox

Home-cut Fried Taters - Jimminy IS Everybody

Not that I'm copying anyone but sushi is it for me. I've made myself sick on it before but still eat it! - Paulette

Nilaga (filipino beef stew) - Hutch Carpenter

Roundtrees Randoms (UK) - Technogran

Crimples, my first thought was, "Eheheheheh!" Now, lessee, sundubu, sushi, friendship cake, lasagna, beef and brisket pho and the offerings of a decent Brazilian steakhouse. - MiniMage

ice cream and lasagne - ANJELINABANANA

I am going to have to hide this thread, for health reasons. - Alex Scrivener

fries and gravy - Imabug

oooh, I'm with @Imabug on the fries & gravy! Also, chicken tikka masala (which is what I'm eating for lunch) - Russian Space Lizard

Chocolate chip cookies. Key lime pie. Bolognese sauce. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

tangerines - stingray spine

some hot chocolate and a Krispy Kreme donut - LB: #TeamMonique

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Jools Holland. But you don't need to know about my prejudices... - Pete #TeamMonique

A job, a beer, and a giant pizza. Not necessarily in that order =D - FFing Enigma

a few hours locked in my closet / office with the kids out of my hair. - Heather Solos

Some alcomohol. Too bad I'm workin. ;) - Beau Liening from FreshFeed

a three day weekend - Jason - The Opaque

Some excedrin. - tab from BuddyFeed

travel abroad and weeks on end to read fiction. - Ayşe E.

a scone and some coffee. And a day off - Hedgehog

-th and multiply? - Eivind

a fat veggie omelet, a great cafe au lait, a massage, some <MESSAGE REDACTED>, and a new car. - Ha3rvey #teamMonique

raspberry creme cheese danish. And I did go for it! - Paulette

a Dunkies hot chocolate, a nap, and a brownie. All of these things may be attainable today, whoo. - Lola Bean (Penguin)

a weekend alone with my wife and no distractions. - Joe Silence

About $15,000. - Yolanda

Aww, these are sweet! - Anika

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Thank you, my friend's mother has started making these dress up dresses and I promised I'd take some pics for her. - Heather Solos

Very cool! - LB: #TeamMonique

I was just informed that we put the dress on backwards. Doh! - Heather Solos

HA! It's still cute! - Anika

One man's emergency is another's hangnail. - Renee Hendricks

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I still think it's a bad idea to come to the ER for routine care. That's just bad medicine. - Victor Ganata

bad health care policy too, given many have no other access to care - barbara fister

Exactly. This is a major reason why I think universal access to routine care is necessary. - Victor Ganata

When I was a resident, I've actually had to admit people to the hospital not because they necessarily needed in-patient care, but because the ER couldn't safely discharge them, because there was no way they were going to get proper follow-up in a timely manner, because they didn't have a primary care physician, because they didn't have insurance. This can't be how the system is supposed to work. - Victor Ganata

It's also bad medicine for communities to not have urgent care clinics or any other options on weekends/evenings, but that happens all over the place. - Rochelle

But we have the best health care system in the world! - Victor Ganata

I think it's reasonable to go to the ER with non-emergent but urgent problems. You might end up waiting several hours, but if you don't have any choice, you have to do what you have to do. But things like getting your med refills in the ER is too much. I realize it's because they don't have a primary care physician, and they have to do what they have to do too, but to not think this is broken is just turning a blind eye. - Victor Ganata

it's broken. No question. - barbara fister

This is proof, of course, that we *do* have government-provided national health care. It's just the most inane, expensive kind we could possibly think of... - Joel Webber

I had to take my son in for an x-ray just last night (urgent care was already closed). We were the only people there, 8:30pm on a Friday night. Granted I live in a small town, it was still strange. - Heather Solos

"VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has a new commandment for priests struggling to get their message across: Go forth and blog. The pope, whose own presence on the Web has heavily grown in recent years, urged priests on Saturday to use all multimedia tools at their disposal to preach the Gospel and engage in dialogue with people of other religions and cultures. And just using e-mail or surfing the Web is often not enough: Priests should use cutting-edge technologies to express themselves and lead their communities, Benedict said in a message released by the Vatican. "The spread of multimedia communications and its rich 'menu of options' might make us think it sufficient simply to be present on the Web," but priests are "challenged to proclaim the Gospel by employing the latest generation of audiovisual resources," he said." - Hollywood Amanda from Bookmarklet

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→ After reading such I feel that the Pope deserves a great round of #applause for his position, in this globally interconnected society. #Kudos to the Pope for his technological savvy choice in this matter. - Hollywood Amanda

I chuckled a few months ago when I chose to friend our priest on Facebook. - Heather Solos

Giggling - I'm sorry. Just sitting here imagining the Pope breaking out his Blackberry and Twittering ;) - Renee Hendricks

→ As I've said before I am not of the Roman Catholic faith, so I'm not too sure as to how that group feels about the "Go forth and blog" statement. I do think it is a profound statement that should be reflected to all religions, of all cultures, of all races, of all creeds. It's kind of a cool thing in 2010 directly from the Vatican City and the Pope himself. -- I just wish that those... more... - Hollywood Amanda

→ Renee I think it's kinda cute for a man of his age to be thumbing away on his Blackberry :) Not in a sexual nature, more like cute in the way that kittens are cute. Aww-dorable! - Hollywood Amanda

→ Heather, I don't think that I could friend the families Baptist minister. Even if I had an account with another user name, I think I would be too cautious and not of myself with the openness of my opinions and beliefs. Even the smallest slip of my enjoyment or sex, yeah, I'll come out knowing I'm going to hell LOL. - Hollywood Amanda

For me, it's been a positive experience. Heck, he's going to hear it in confession anyhow. That said, seeing pictures of him with his brothers and sisters, having to hide his Farmville app, and other interactions I wouldn't have ever had with him, help me see him as a person and not as an arbitrary authority figure. - Heather Solos

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