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Ladybug Heather

Ladybug Heather

Software engineer. Episcopalian. Tomboy. Wife. Mother. Unsure whether I'm "chronically IN pain" or "chronically A pain." You can decide. :-)
So Sarah Palin is resigning as governor, to take work that will allow her to better effect change. I'm sure with the genius present here on Friendfeed, we can suggest some new jobs for her!
Talk show co-host. With Limbaugh? - Ladybug Heather
Move to Minnesota and run for Senate against Al Franken. - Ladybug Heather
Write a TV sitcom. If that Tina Fey can do it, it should be easy for a governor! - Ladybug Heather
Consultant on Russian culture. - Ladybug Heather
Puppy Makeover Artist. (Y'know, helping people apply lipstick to pit bulls.) - Ladybug Heather
I'd hire her to clean my house. As long as she kept her mouth shut. - joshua m. neff
Hmm... housecleaner. Sexy french-maid housecleaner? Topless housecleaner? - Ladybug Heather
Co-hosting an advice show for parents with Nadya Suleman. - Ladybug Heather
Ladies In Government spread in Penthouse. - Ladybug Heather
Lobbyist for alternative fuels research. *snicker* - Ladybug Heather
NRA Spokeswoman? - Alix Whitmire ☂
Consultant on balancing the household budget. [I'm not managing to keep a straight face on these any more.] - Ladybug Heather
[@Spencer, I'll give you the opportunity to remove that language before I delete it myself. We can be snarky and funny without being downright disrespectful and mean.] - Ladybug Heather
Sex Ed teacher? - Rene Wirtz
*giggling @ Rene's* "Just don't do it!" :-D - Ladybug Heather
Volunteer at Planned Parenthood - Ladybug Heather
Bridge Builder. - Ladybug Heather
What "language" is offending you? So you can't say anything disrespectful about Obama, but devoting an entire post about Palin is? Great job on that. - Spencer
Drill Sergeant? - Rene Wirtz
@Spencer, there's a difference between this kind of play and namecalling. I am just as offended when our former president has been called Shrub. - Ladybug Heather
Salesperson at Bass Pro Shops. - Ladybug Heather
Tina Fey impersonator. - Wirehead
+1 Wirehead - Seth Gottlieb via iPhone
'Homosexual demon' conjured up by ignorance | ajc.com - http://www.ajc.com/service...
"To Manifested Glory Ministries of Bridgeport, Conn.: Perhaps you wouldn’t mind telling me what a “homosexual demon” looks like. I will confess that until last week, I had no idea demons even had sexual orientations. Or, for that matter, sex. Then I happened upon a video that is making the rounds online. It depicts members of your congregation conducting what can only be described as the “gay exorcism” of a 16-year-old boy." ... - Ladybug Heather via Bookmarklet
Hilarious! :-) - Ladybug Heather
Sad. - Kamilah Gill
True, Kamilah. It is that, too. - Ladybug Heather
Grim Richard's Irregulars: Eye Rolling - http://grimrichard.blogspot.com/2009...
"There is a huge population of retired people in Florida. I am, of course, being politically correct when I say "retired people". I'm actually mean that Florida has a huge population of old, wrinkly people who will sometimes forget that they're driving - even though they're in the middle of of an intersection and have just run over a Guatemalan guy on a bicycle. But here's the advantage to this skewed surplus of wrinkly people in Florida: being 40 years-old in Florida is like being 20 anywhere else. And we middle-aged people take full advantage of that down here. We drive around listening to Ting Tings songs way too loud. We drink like college freshmen and we curse the old people who just don't "get us." The only thing that spoils the illusion is when we run into actual young people in Florida." ... - Ladybug Heather via Bookmarklet
Why I love having my own office - http://graphjam.com/2009...
Why I love having my own office
You can tell I didn't make this graph. If I had, the big aqua-blue section would have been labeled, "PANTS ARE OVERRATED." - Ladybug Heather via Bookmarklet
i'm tempted to redo this graph with my own options. - Baroness Von Cut-A-Bitch‽
You totally should, Kaia! :-D - Ladybug Heather
Most Recognized Captains - http://graphjam.com/2009...
Most Recognized Captains
Captain Crunch - Captain Morgan - Captain Hook - Captain America - Actual Sea Captain - Ladybug Heather via Bookmarklet
One small problem: they forgot Captain Planet! - Ladybug Heather
The Power is YOURS - Michael W. May
No Captain Kirk? SHAME, GRAPHJAM. - Stephen Mack
Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes » The Next Bachelorette - http://notalwaysright.com/the-nex...
"(An elderly lady walks into a clothes store. She is wearing an exceedingly bright hat with a large, floppy flower on it. She obviously likes the hat very much because she looks at herself in every mirror she walks by.)" - Ladybug Heather via Bookmarklet
"Employee: “You sure look spiffy today, ma’am!” // Elderly lady: “Young man, I look spiffy EVERY day!” " - Ladybug Heather
I need her spirit. :-) - Ladybug Heather
Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes » Today, We Are All From Toronto - http://notalwaysright.com/today-w...
(The parking lot is full at a popular beach and the area is residential, so I have the job of turning cars away.) // Me: “I’m sorry, sir, but the lot is full and you’re blocking traffic so you’ll have to move your car.” // Customer: “But we are from Toronto!” ... - Ladybug Heather via Bookmarklet
Doesn’t every high school library in California have thousands of old forbidden books about the supernatural and the occult? - http://roflrazzi.com/2009...
Doesn’t every high school library in California have thousands of old forbidden books about the supernatural and the occult?
Not since the budget crunch ;) - EARL (Born in the USA)
Actually because of the budget crunch they keep the older books longer. They just don't have a wise Watcher trained librarian. - CW™
Now they are all on the Kindle :-) - Todd Hoff
BUFFY! Burn the books, I go for the Buffy DVDs ! - Ryo
What about the international Harry Potter conspiracy/ deluge? - ianf ⌘
What has four eyes… - http://roflrazzi.com/2009...
What has four eyes…
... but only one eyebrow? - Ladybug Heather via Bookmarklet
The best word to describe my mood so far today: meh.
Working on a holiday that the company cheated us out of by including last year's and this year's Independence Day Holidays in the same fiscal year, thus necessitating the use of vacation time by anyone who wants the day off: meh. - Ladybug Heather
9-13 days left to wait for biopsy results: meh. - Ladybug Heather
Alone in the house while husband explores a big park that re-opens for Harbor Fest today: meh. - Ladybug Heather
Throat is tired and sore after singing too much last night: meh. (Though it was gratifying to hit the high notes in the choir pieces we have about 2 weeks to learn.) - Ladybug Heather
The lady who cut my hair yesterday cut it about an inch shorter than I'd wanted: meh. - Ladybug Heather
Only one other person has submitted their writing assignment in the document that is due today: meh. - Ladybug Heather
Don't know when I'll see my kids next, as we don't have July's weekends parceled out yet: meh, with a bit of :-( - Ladybug Heather
Need to make more iced tea, since I drank the last of it last night: meh. - Ladybug Heather
Mortgage company called last night, but the guy was sympathetic and offered helpful advice, rather than being adversarial and confrontational. Okay, so that's better than meh. - Ladybug Heather
Okay, time to stop wallowing in self-pity. Back to work! - Ladybug Heather
I hope the cloud of meh moves along quickly. You deserve a happy day! - Laura the Sea Cow
Aww, thank you, Laura! :-) - Ladybug Heather
‘Simpsons’ Brings Back Jackson Episode - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com - http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...
Yay! *skips off singing Lisa, it's your birthday! Happy birthday, Lisa! * - Ladybug Heather via Bookmarklet
In the waiting area of the haircut place, there was a LEGO catalog. Scott found himself wishing it wouldn't look creepy for him to take out his camera and start taking pictures, because he'd never seen a woman with such a hard-on before.
OMG, it was a totally hawt catalog. I soooo wanted to steal it! - Ladybug Heather
Can't honestly recall a situation where I saw a woman with a hard-on at all. - Geoff Schultz
Fortunately, Geoff, the spammers are ahead of you and I: http://friendfeed.com/hedwyg... - Scott of Two Countries
Geoff, you don't know any girl geeks who get techerections? Scott's seen me turned on by all manner of electronic gadgetry. - Ladybug Heather
No not really but I live in Oklahoma where high technology is a gun rack - Geoff Schultz
Yeah, gun racks don't do it for me so much. :( Is okay, there are other geekgirls here on friendfeed. :) - Ladybug Heather
In that LEGO catalog, if you order $75 or more worth of totally awesome stuff, you get one of these for free: LEGO® Gold Minifigure Key Chain - http://shop.lego.com/product...
In that LEGO catalog, if you order $75 or more worth of totally awesome stuff, you get one of these for free: LEGO® Gold Minifigure Key Chain
Email subject line: Finally get the penis you've been waiting for!
Now I'm wondering, do they know I'm a woman? Is this saying, "Hon, we know you're not getting any?" Or do they think I'm a man? - Ladybug Heather
And do men really sit around *waiting* for a specific penis? - Ladybug Heather
Does the penis have to come attached to a man? Those can be dreadfully inconvenient sometimes. - Ladybug Heather
I notice that the email is from someone named Allyson. I wonder what that means about the penis she has for me. - Ladybug Heather
Shouldn't she have written ME first? And c'mon, you just got it las--oops, maybe we should take this offline! ;-) - Scott of Two Countries
I wonder exactly what kind of penis I've been waiting for. I didn't realize I HAD been waiting for one. - Ladybug Heather
LOL Watch out for those attached men Lady you never know where they have been :) - martha
Unless the Hitachi Magic Wand counts as a penis..... - Ladybug Heather
Back up there, Scott. What kind of penis have YOU been waiting for? o_O - Ladybug Heather
I've been waiting for the kind that is buried in--waitaminnit, I just said offline, didn't I? - Scott of Two Countries
Apple pie. Buried in apple pie. :-D - Ladybug Heather
With NO CINNAMON!!!!!!! VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!! - Scott of Two Countries
And how does Allyson know what kinds of penises women have been waiting for? - Ladybug Heather
Hmm... it would be really nice if there were a second [Comment] link at the end of the comments. With long comment threads, it can be a pain to scroll back up several screenfuls to find the [Comment] link. I guess it would be easiest to add this link to threads once there are enough comments that we see the [x more comments] link.
There's a User script for Safari that does just that. Wish it was a default setting though. EDIT: Sorry, yes, I meant Firefox not Safari. - pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
If you're using Firefox and have installed Greasemonkey, then this script is for you: http://userscripts.org/scripts... It will add [Comment] and [Like] and the bottom - Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
There is. Open the thread in a new tab and there's a box down there. - Anika Malone
Anika: how does one (easily, with one click) open a thread in a new tab, or all by itself within the current tab? One shouldn't have to go to "Share" in order to be able to contribute to long threads, nor should one have to resort to Greasemonkey scripts. - Ladybug Heather
or how about floating "comment / like / share" buttons like on mobile gmail. - Chuck Kahn
Nice thought, Chuck. I reposted this to the FriendFeed Feedback group, so you may want to chime in there, too. - Ladybug Heather
GAH! I was just idly scratching a spot that was itchy and a little sore. Thought I'd picked off a scab, but when I looked, it had LEGS, and I threw it across the room without thinking. I think I just pulled off a tick! *shivers involuntarily*
I have the creepy-crawlies ALL OVER now! - Ladybug Heather
Hate, hate, hate ticks! - Jen (SquirrelGirl)
{{{{{{{{ Heather }}}}}}}} - Scott of Two Countries
Me too, Jen! - Ladybug Heather
PLAGUE OF TICKS - Christopher Harley via iPhone
scabs with legs :O Quick call Dr House! - EARL (Born in the USA) via fftogo
Well, Earl, at least we know it's not lupus... - Ladybug Heather
blech. - Derrick
*Checks body* - Dave - SustainedEuphoria
Ok, there goes any chance in hell that I'm ever hanging out with you! TICK GIRL! Wait!!! They say that a way to get ticks off your body, is to submerge that body part in oil. So let me backup a little bit and offer this solution: Hot oil massage - - Morgan Haley
better check to make sure the head didn't break off and burrow under the surface. - Dead Silence
LOL @ Morgan! The thing is, I didn't know it was a tick until AFTER it came off. But hey, maybe I'll mutate into a curvaceous blue superhero who is nigh invulnerable. Do you have a moth costume anywhere? ;-) - Ladybug Heather
Spoon! - Aden
My offer is hot oil monkey love (to get rid of the ticks, of course). No moth-fetish activity will be possible. Moth Love always ends too quickly. You barely touch something, and it falls apart. - Morgan Haley
Your offer of hot oil monkey love is accepted, of course. And, um: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Ladybug Heather
Aden gets it! :-D - Ladybug Heather
somehow i doubt that / they're singing "my country 'tis / of thee" to that tune! // #haiku #canada
Bonne Fête to my Canadian friends today!
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And to you all too! Happy Canada Day! [And thanks Heather :)] - Abby Martin
God keep your land, glorious and free. - Matthew DeVries
You too! - Shey
Happy Canada Day to you & Scott! - Mark Wilson
hearing the bands play, / my love watches parliament / hill celebrations // #haiku
Canadian friends: / Bonne Fête! Hope you have a great / Canada Day. Cheers! // #haiku #canada.
Tamiflu resistance emerges in flu pandemic - health - 30 June 2009 - New Scientist - http://www.newscientist.com/article...
... "Tamiflu-resistant viruses have previously been seen in people receiving the drug for ordinary flu. These have never been observed to spread, and Reddy told journalists this week that the Danish case was equally unlikely to. Despite this, H1N1 viruses that resist Tamiflu are quite capable of spreading. The normal seasonal H1N1 virus became almost entirely Tamiflu resistant over the past two years, for reasons that are not yet understood. Scientists fear the pandemic virus, also a member of the H1N1 family, might acquire Tamiflu resistance by interbreeding with these ordinary strains. It might also evolve resistance by exposure to the drug." ... - Ladybug Heather via Bookmarklet
"The European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Stockholm, Sweden, warns there is little evidence that such delaying tactics work with flu. Other scientists warned this month that "it is not yet clear whether large-scale prophylaxis is justified, given the potential risks of high-level resistance developing". Prophylactic doses are half those used for treatment, and such low doses can favour the emergence of resistant strains." - Ladybug Heather
Just remember the bastard who's killed us all. http://bit.ly/4fP0lU (PIC) - Ethan
Wait, Ethan -- that child's parents weren't MARRIED?!? OMGWTFBBQ! - Ladybug Heather
I saw a preview for the Merlin series the other day, and caught a glimpse of Anthony Stewart Head. I jumped up from the couch and cheered, "GILES! YAY, IT'S GILES ON MERLIN!!!" Not being a Buffy fan, Scott had no idea what I was shouting about, so he thought I was insane.
(And I may well be insane, but not because of this. Okay, not *exclusively* because of this.) - Ladybug Heather
(I always thought Giles was hot.) - Ladybug Heather
I really wish that Joss Whedon had been able to work out that Ripper series for the BBC that he was threatening to make for the longest time. - Joe Pierce
I know! *fans self* :-) - Ladybug Heather
32 States and 5 Provinces :-) - http://www.facebook.com/note...
This was a fun exercise. Apparently, the average count for Americans is 8 states. Also, I have one more province than my (Canadian) husband does! :-D - Ladybug Heather
Heather- I've seen more of Canada than my hubs too. Weird, eh? - Abby Martin
Yup! :) We have 3 provinces in common (ON, QC, and NS), but I have PEI and NB, but he has... Alberta(?). - Ladybug Heather
Even funnier: my SON has one more than Scott does, but the daughter is tied (since she doesn't have Quebec yet). - Ladybug Heather
Yes, AB is my other province. - Scott of Two Countries
Whew... I was pretty sure! Of course, you are sitting about 6 feet from me, so I could have asked out loud, but that would have been weird. :-) - Ladybug Heather
Sometimes, it feels like I'm beating my head against a brick wall. Developers aren't understanding why testing they did in the development environment (you know, the one that anyone can change at any time, without anyone knowing) doesn't satisfy requirements to release software. No, it has to be installed into the test environment and tested THERE!
The release package was being delivered, but the install wouldn't work. Why? Because they'd assumed they could just test everything in the dev area, so nobody bothered to even verify that the install script would work, much less test the software in the controlled space. ARGH! - Ladybug Heather
Bad programmers! Bad! Go back to your cubicle! - Ladybug Heather
No cookie! - DGentry
Windows devs? - Daniel J. Pritchett
C# for web apps. - Ladybug Heather
Every star in the sky is taking aim at your eyes like a spotlight.
The beating of my heart is a drum, and it's lost, and it's looking for a rhythm like you. - Ladybug Heather
No fans of cheesy Air Supply songs here, huh? - Ladybug Heather
*raises hand* - Laura the Sea Cow
Yay! :-D I adore Making Love Out Of Nothing At All. So wonderfully cheesy, and cheesily wonderful. - Ladybug Heather
Sigh. Just heard about a small, quiet layoff. Employees got 60 days' notice, which is nice, but... :(
{{{{{{{{ Heather }}}}}}}} - Scott of Two Countries
This organization has a history of quietly finding people redundant (or too costly) and letting them go, while saying, "No, we're not having a lay-off!" It's demoralizing and demotivating, and I find it sad that this is considered honest and ethical. If you need to cut positions to cut costs, then just say so! (I know, they just don't want all the good people to run screaming away.) - Ladybug Heather
That really sucks. By keeping stuff like this quiet, they're just going to drive their desired talent away because who would want to work for a company that is so dishonest with their employees. - vicster
Exactly. I've watched it for over 6 years now, after each time we sold / bought / merged with another company. We've gotten emails about "We know the economy is tough, but we're not going to RIF." Then the salary freeze email. And then seeing people quietly let go. I find it more demotivating than an announcement of a RIF, followed by open communications. - Ladybug Heather
thirty minutes to / first telecon of the day; / would prefer more sleep // #haiku
feeling a whole lot / of MEH this morning; wanting / to avoid battles // #haiku
Heather eating steamed green beans / with my fingers; why would i / dirty a fork? sheesh! // #haiku.
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