Brett Kelly - Likes - FriendFeed

It's Edythe's birthday, and none of you told me about it until now?!?!?!? I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH ALL OF YOU FRIENDFEEDERS. - ha3rvey (wants confit)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EDYTHE!!!!!!! MWAH! - ha3rvey (wants confit)

thanks, silent 3. :) - edythe

Your BIRTHDAY??? Super happy fun times to you, ms polly! - WorldofHiglet

Happy Birthday - Katie is Frittering

still some birthday hours left :) - Michael W. May

Feliz cumple, Edythe!! :) - JA Castillo

Happy Birthday! - T. Brent, technopeasant

Hey sugar! - Derrick

Happy birthday! - Rochelle

Happy Birthday! - Trish Haley

a day or two late and a few dollars short but, Happy Birthday Polly. - Jason Toney

Belated Happy returns to a lovely online friend - you are awesome Polly! - Laura Norvig

Johnny Worthington

Georgia's Xmas Morning... #FFmas

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And that concludes the first half of Xmas... Rachael's parents are next :) - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

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What a cutie pie. Looks like she loves her mom and dad! - Louis Gray

Good lord, the cuteness!! - Ayşe E.

:D Merry Christmas, Worthingtons! - Josh Haley

Good Lord :D - Michael W. May

Merry Christmas to you and your kin J.Dub - Will Higgins™

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. - Alix Whitmire

So cute! Love her with the sleepy eyes and with the huge smiles, looking more awake. Merry Christmas Worthingtons! - Trish Haley

Happy Christmas, Worthington Crew! What a beautiful family :) - Bren -- Making Contact

4:38pm... We've had a big breakfast, 2 full Xmas lunches, a swim and way to many lollies... One more dinner to go :) - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

lollies *giggle* - Josh Haley

I wouldn't mind a Xmas that included a swim one little bit! Sounds fabulous! - MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF from iPhone

Growing so fast. Have fun! - Eric @ CSTechcast.com from iPhone

Too fast - Johnny Worthington

Merry Christmas from Japan to you and your family Johnny! - LonelyBob from twhirl

Merry Christmas to the Worthington family! - Anne Bouey

cute ! - ★ Soner Gönül

That's what it's all about folks...that look - VAL D. Zone

SWEET! what an angel face! ;-p - Robyn Hawk

iconically sweet! - N. Can KIRIK (j-joey)

adorable! =) - siniradam

Johnny Worthington

Why I'll Have A FriendFeed Christmas

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FriendFeed for the time being is not going anywhere. For the past week the lack of information has troubled and angered me, especially in regards to the termination date for the service. Now, almost a week on, the lack of information now gives me comfort. - Johnny Worthington

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When ever you here about a take over of a car company or any business merger, the plans for both sides are well documented and everyone involved knows the road map ahead. So far, no one knows what will happen to friendfeed.com and I believe that is because either that hasn't been decided or there is no immediate plans to throw the switch. - Johnny Worthington

Facebook either doesn't want it or simply doesn't care. They got the talent and that is what they were after. FriendFeed posed no real threat to them and a great majority double fisted the sites anyway. So, since it is not an issue to them... it's not an issue to them. The site can continue to function as normal, with pace of updates and servicing slowing as time moves forwards... but it's not going away. - Johnny Worthington

It would be nice to get some form of notification but until told otherwise, it's business as usual. Even more so, if some form of monetization strategy is implemented, say with adds or even a premium subscription base, the FriendFeed service could not only continue long term but become a profitable venture. Now I'm not saying it's going to make Diddy-style dollars but Sanjya still eats well. - Johnny Worthington

Am I naive? Probably. Do I have any basis for my prediction? None other than rampant fanboy love.... but I tell you what... on the morning of December 25th, 2009, I plan to make my post wishing you all a Merry Christmas, toast the FriendFeed team and enjoy the day with my family and friends, digital or otherwise... - Johnny Worthington

Cough. http://www.louisgray.com/live... - Louis Gray

You know what? When I get home overstuffed from the annual family Christmas dinner, you can bet I'll get right back on FriendFeed. - Dennis Jernberg

Christmas?? Did I miss a few months somewhere? - Lindsay is in 20-ten

Louis... I can never hope to drop science like you sir... but then again... I not only used the phrase 'Diddy-style Dollars' but threw in a 'double fisted' for good measure :P - Johnny Worthington

When it's Christmas, there's cold weather involved - I'm not a fan of that! - Drew

Lindsey, agreed, but what do they gain by not telling us that information if they know it? FriendFeed makes no money, no refunds need be paid and no customers are being hurt. In the cold hard truth, the team has cashed out and now have a bigger fish to fry. If they switch it off tomorrow, will you stop using Facebook because they now work there? No PR worries at all. It makes no sense for them to keep it quiet so, sense being the only thing I can go on, I must believe the information is not at hand. - Johnny Worthington

So, in other words... no ice bergs ahead at this stage. That means, crew of the good ship FriendFeed, I'm gonna keep pushing this site hard, promoting it and the community like I have a heater strapped to the front of the boat. - Johnny Worthington

Johnny, there is quite a bit of sense as to everyone keeping quiet about what is going to happen. Facebook have just bought themselves a competitive advantage and they are not about to give away that advantage by saying what it is that they will be doing now are they? - Travis Koger from iPhone

Other than releasing Facebook real-time search, buying FriendFeed and launching the Facebook Lite beta all withing 48 hours... yeah, they are keeping their cards close to their chest :P - Johnny Worthington

Yeah but all of the FB announcements not relating to FF were already complete with the FF team. Therefore you can only expect that the FF team will be working on some things that a VERY different. I also read that the FF team were actually being broken up an duferemt people were going to be in different areas at FB. - Travis Koger from iPhone

I hope that I'm able to celebrate Christmas on FriendFeed too:) - Patrik Johansson

Patrick... we will :) - Johnny Worthington

... made it :) - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

Merry Christmas, JoWo. :) - LB - all new for '10!

I wasn't aware that FriendFeed was going to get closed down. I thought Friendfeed would continue on, but just owned by Facebook. - Colide81 (James)

Merry Christmas Johnny. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

James, this was written in the wake of the sale... We didn't know anything :) - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

Yay! Happy FF Christmas, one and all! - WorldofHiglet

Having a Merry Friendfeed Christmas! :-) - Mathew A. Koeneker

Merry Christmas, indeed! - Lindsay is in 20-ten

So FriendFeed is safe then? - Colide81 (James)

Safe? It depends what you mean by safe...! They mostly come out at night....Mostly. - WorldofHiglet

They used the logo you made! - raphaeL

More correctly, Johnny used the logo that they made. - Louis Gray

Mona Nomura

I think a lot of people who bitch and whine about their families forget...there are those who don't even have families to complain about.

December 25 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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I really miss my mom and dad. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from fftogo

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I do too - the holidays really make me remember that I am alone. - Mona Nomura

Mona, what are you doing for Thanksgiving next year? - ha3rvey (wants confit)

Harvey - what??? LOL I don't even know what I'm doing tomorrow! haha - Mona Nomura

http://ff.im/cJPsk - ha3rvey (wants confit)

What I'm saying is, you should come spend Thanksgiving with us. - ha3rvey (wants confit)

*hugs* - Rodfather

I'm not alone, though. I have great friends that invite me for stuff. It doesn't make up but it goes a long way, and I am thankful for the friends I have. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from fftogo

Harvey, I heart you!! :) I have a bunch of friends who invite me to a bunch of stuff - and as much as I love and appreciate them all, nothing is like family. :) - Mona Nomura

Mona, you have a permanent invitation to our home for all holidays. Use it. - Louis Gray

LG :) - Mona Nomura

:( - winckel

;-( - marsupilamima

:( - Roberto Bonini

My first Christmas without parents .. I miss them all ... Mom passed last January ( sniff sniff ) - johnpiercy

;(((((((( - rowlikeagirl

Mona: so true. Whenever family members bicker they should realize that in the greater scheme of things the reason for this bickering was probably not worth the energy wasted. By the time this is realized it may be too late to mend things. It is happening in our family and it is tragic to see it unfold. - Stephan Planken

Johnny Worthington

Say hello to my little friend... #FFmas

December 24 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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Imma call you "Olaf" in that hat. - Jeremy (on vacation)

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lol - echostreamer

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude! - Josh Haley

hehehe - Jon, the Beartato of '10

Dude. That hat. Want. - Brett Kelly from iPhone

Kamilah Gill

Crude MS Paint diagram of what I saw this moron do on a roundabout in front of me on the way to work. The little red arrow shows what they did to make a U-Turn. They went the wrong way. NO IDIOT.

December 23 - Comment - Like - Share

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These people around here make my brain want to collapse with their stupid driving antics. aarrrrRRRGGGHHH!!!!11!!! - Kamilah Gill

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Wow. I think all traffic circles should have cranes in the middle. - ha3rvey (wants confit)

I like roundabouts. They're fun. - Jeremy (on vacation)

There is some idiot in our subdivision that loves to just drive over the circle. - Andrizzle Gizzle

Sorry. I'll stop. - Jeremy (on vacation)

It's funny how americans don't know about roundabouts - Will Higgins™

Will, some do! Others do but act stupid about it on purpose. Then some, of course, don't have a clue. - Rochelle

Aw HELL No! - Mark "Mr Bolivious" J

I meant to honk my horn at them, too, but I was momentarily stunned by the blinding stupidity. My reflexes were impaired. - Kamilah Gill

Whoa. Truly boneheaded. - Rick Cogley

Roundabout FAIL - Shey, Jamaican of FF

In and around the lake, the mountains come out of the sky and they STAND THERE. - Tad

One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you. *continuing the threadjack* - Rick Cogley

Ebubekir to Ebubekir's feed, TurkMac, TurkMacForum, iPhone Türkiye, iPhone

Real Copy + Paste

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Johnny Worthington

FIRE TRUCK! (No fire, thankfully, but I'm a sucker for a fire truck)

December 21 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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What???? - Rachael Worthington from iPhone

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Upstairs burnt the toast again... - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

my friend bought an old fire truck. he keeps it on his farm in nebraska. it's pretty awesome. - Morgan Haley

I was also informed by the girls in the office that the fire fighters were 'meh' and 'not worth getting a photo with' - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

Mo Kargas

imgfave | FOR STARS WILL RISE AGAIN - http://imgfave.com/view/306480

December 21 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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so very true - Morgan Haley

Rachael Worthington

Salem Archer Richards is here !!!

December 21 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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All you have to do is take some photos – which you never delete from your camera – so when someone finds your camera at the bottom of the gorilla pit they are able to locate you and return the lost property to its rightful owner. http://www.andrewmcdonald.net.au/a-picto...

December 18 - Comment - Like - Share

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I love this. - Nicholas Kreidberg

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I like how everything is clear and readable except the email address. - Alex Scrivener

LOL That's funny, but yeah...what's with the email address being so small? - Admiral Anika

At any rate, I had a video I made with all my info on it. I accidentally took it off my chip, but I'm positive I copied it to my camera. Unfortunately, I don't know how to access my camera's memory and the cord has been lost. One of these days, I'll RTFM. =) - Admiral Anika

that was great.......lol - VAL D. Zone

genius. - Morgan Haley

I like how the facial expressions match the whiteboard :-) - Rene Wirtz

lol that was awesome as hell. I'm definitely planning to do it. - Bora Mesut PALAS

I'd just leave only one pic with my email - Itachi

The other pics build empathy, encouraging a border-line thief to return the camera. Otherwise you may as well stick a label on the case and be done with it. - Alex Scrivener

Does anyone else want to make out with this guy for being SO DAMN AWESOME? Srsly, total panty-dropper this one was. - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

@tinypants I totally agree! - vicster is...

God. That really *was* awesome. Anyone hesitating, go on, click the blue arrow so you can read the whole thing XD - Kamilah Gill

this is win. - Colette

cute - Burçak Çubukçu

he's sweet, but it won't work - topo

this would make an amazing ad : ) - liladreams

wow, this is very close to being the most popular thing I have ever posted to Friendfeed. Just goes to show, um, something. Always use pictures? - Alex Scrivener

took 25 of em ;) - Itachi

ALWAYS use pictures. I try to include a picture with every post. Otherwise, people just pass the post by. It's always been that way. - Jason, Mosquito

Yes, Always use pictures! For one thing, I might sketch your stuff one day! Also yes, it helps your posts stand out. - Kamilah Gill

Awesome! - Josh Haley

I'm the opposite. I tend to ignore posts with photos (unless the post itself is just a photo). Why? The image usually detracts from the text and people spend time talking about the picture and making it clear they didn't bother to read the text or link. - Admiral Anika

=/ (not about the original post. I already expressed how much I love it) - Kamilah Gill

:) - winckel

Or you could just put an address sticker on the camera... - Alix Whitmire

No, the pictures try to build an emotional connection with the finder. It helps convince a not-so-honest person to return the camera rather than just keep it. It won't stop a real thief, but it could tip the odds in his favor. A sticker can't do that. - Alex Scrivener

There should be a place in your camera for email address, like cell phones have "Home" so when you lose it, someone can call you. Hmmmm. - anna sauce

Brilliant! :D - Carmen - Happy 2010!

I wouldn't ever think to go through pics, but if I found a lost cam (or phone or whatever) with an address clearly visible on it, I'd pop it in the mail, or call/email someone, no problem. Same holds true for some lost and found places. They might call you if there's easy contact info, but I don't see them taking the time to flip through photos to figure out how. Maybe do both? - Alix Whitmire

Creative! - Mehmet Ali Akyol

lol - echostreamer

LoL ! - ★ Soner Gönül

So good! - Micah Wittman

That's a great idea ! i'm just sad you didn't show it before i left my camera somewhere ... T_T - Duff

that's genius. now all I need is the camera - JSLeFanu

Very Good! - John D Reasor

ikinci ramazan cekic vakasi mi bu simdi - Cagdas Seichter

ramazan taklitlerinden sakininiz - Cagdas Seichter

I was putting a README.txt file on my USB sticks with contact info if it got lost. This is way better! Now take this board with your contact info.... smile, no! put a sad face.... and you're done! - Nenad Nikolic

This is now far and away the most popular thing I have ever posted. Even got a FFundercats Best of the Week! - Alex Scrivener

:D - Josh Haley

Güzel, son derece yaratıcı bir fikirmis :) - Orkut Ozdemirci

Steven Perez

Michael Biehn and Val Kilmer. Nuff said.

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"You know, Frederic fucking Chopin" - Nathalie, Dreamer of FF

"Mr. Ringo is an educated man. Now I really hate him." - Steven Perez

If I had a nickel for every time I've seen this movie - I'd have like $2, easy. - Brett Kelly

Akiva Moskovitz

Beginning F# is here! - http://strangelights.com/blog...

December 19 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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'This morning there was an unexpected knock at the door and a courier arrived with a large package. I was quite surprised as hadn’t ordered anything. It turned out that it was my box of author copies of “Beginning F#”. So I’m happy to announce that “Beginning F#” is finally here and if you’ve pre-ordered it will be with you shortly.' - Akiva Moskovitz from Bookmarklet

Glen, Bespectacled Elder

REPOST!! URGENT FACEBOOK UPDATE: As of today, Facebook staff will be allowed to eat your children and pets. To turn this option off, go to settings, then privacy, then meals. Click the top two boxes to prevent the employees of Facebook from eating your family!

December 17 from Facebook - Comment - Like - Share

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Again? - Steven Perez

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Can't they all be locked in that stupid farm or cafe game? - Ian May

FACEBOOK IS PEOPLE!! - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

Glen, I'm totally reposting this on my FB. I have several friends who freak out over the slightest change in the site. :D - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Wow. Sure glad I don't have any pets. - Louis Gray

Things change. Some things change more than others. I've never found Facebook to be very intuitive in any case, and I don't use it enough to bother learning my way around all of the corners. If it changes again so be it. There's more important things to worry about! - Ian May

Good thing I saw this. That would be an awful lot of Christmas presents I would have to return. - Martha

Just posted this on facebook because people need to know - Christian Burns

Do they care, though? - Ian May

Kamilah Gill

Happy 15th Anniversary to Josh and Trish Haley - http://kamilah.posterous.com/happy-1...

December 17 from Posterous - Comment - Like - Share

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Today's random selection was zeroinfluencer. http://friendfeed.com/zeroinf... ... - Kamilah Gill from Posterous

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Nice! - Harold from fftogo

:D YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!!!! Thanks, Kamilah! - Josh Haley

Great likeness Kamilah... *stage whispers*... the lady is really pretty... the man is kinda scary lookin' in a Dexter sorta way.... - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

....with a hint of Bill Murray... - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

I know... that's just the expression he had on his face, though. I tried to de-scary-fy him a bit. I think I'd need more paper space to get it right. This drawing is just so small. You're welcome, Josh - Kamilah Gill

This is great! - Justin

Hi Kamilah! He can be scary, yes. :) The thing about Bill Murray... I don't find him attractive at all. Jim Belushi is a better comparison and he gave us the movie line, "Grace, I got it. Grace." Which we use a LOT. This picture was taken on a very hot day. We are melting. I love that you got the plant in the background. :) Thanks! - Trish Haley

Glad you like it, Trish. That's a very nice, well-composed photo - Kamilah Gill

You captured that photo perfectly! Wow! - Martha

Joe Pierce

What? I enjoy Kristin Chenoweth and may have a slight thing for her. .... Do you want to fight about it?

December 17 - Comment - Like - Share

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Her forehead is gigantic. - Tad

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Enormous. - Jeremy (on vacation)

It's an eighthead. - Akiva Moskovitz

I see you've all chosen fight! *grabs brass knuckles* - Joe Pierce

You can plaster the internet on thaty 5-head. DAMN! - Admiral Anika

Are you going to defend her forehead? - Tad

It'd make a nice surface to project a movie upon. - Tad

Thought that was Cameron Diaz for a second there. - Katie is Frittering

OMG TAD! - Admiral Anika

She looks like a [slightly] less nightmarish version of this cashier at my local Albertsons. - Adrian

I feel the same way. - Mathew™ one of a kind

ZOMG! I just realized who she is! I've only seen one full episode of Glee... and that was it. :D She was great in it. - Adrian

I loved her in Pushing Daisies. - Mathew™ one of a kind

She is the best little pixie in the whole, wide world. - RAPatton

I'll end up buying the Pushing Daisies boxed set mainly just to see her as Olive Snook (especially later on when she got to wear different costumes on the job with Chuck). - Akiva Moskovitz

Def have a thing for her, esp after hearing her sing. Wow! So much teh awesum inna li'l pixie pkg :-D - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

She has a forehead? - Kenton

I've only seen one episode of Pushing Daisies. I was totally in a box of dumbassness on that one. I need to get it! She has amazing range with that little voice of hers. - Joe Pierce

Talent? Are looks really a "talent?" - Jeremy (on vacation)

I LIKE! - Mo Kargas

Her looks are actually scary to me, but she can sing like nobody's business! - Adrian

Yeah, more than a couple of people have mentioned her talents over her looks. Did you read the responses Jeremy, or were you assuming what they said? Or did I miss a joke? - Joe Pierce

I was being facetious. I was playing chauvinist for cecily. - Jeremy (on vacation)

Loved her in West Wing! Loved her in Pushing Daisies! Loved her in Glee! I didn't like Wicked but that was for reasons other than her! She sang and acted the part of Glinda amazingly!! - Rachel Lea Fox

I'm surprised Haggis hasn't chimed in. I'm pretty sure you'll have to duel him for her. - Spidra Webster

For the record, I think she's great. - Spidra Webster

Let the evidence speak for itself: http://vodpod.com/watch... - Adrian

I predict we have not seen the end of her on Glee. - Joe Pierce

Given that we know they're bringing in Idina Menzel this season, I think there's a chance they could bring Chenoweth back for a cameo. - Spidra Webster

It's quite an ear opener as she winds up her vocal histrionics. Most impressive. I've been very reticent of Glee for some reason, but that episode made me pay attention. - Adrian

Oh, I'll fight you but not for the reason you think. I love her. Have ever since her stint on the West Wing. - pea

Itty Bitty! - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Rosetta! Glinda!! Woot! - Alix Whitmire

Thats Ga-linda. - EricaJoy

You can drive a freight train on her forehead. - Faraz Mullick

She's such a cute little thing. I'll fight you for her. CAGE MATCH! - Jason, Mosquito

I'll do you one better, I'll see you in THUNDERDOME Jason! - Joe Pierce

we don't need another hero. - pea

Did you just quote Tina Turner at me? - Joe Pierce

and what if I did? - pea

I haven't decided yet. something.. - Joe Pierce

uh-huh. thought so. - pea

Lindsay is in 20-ten

Ok, here's something I'm too lazy to Google so you folks can tell me instead: What exactly is "minced meat" and does it taste as yechy as it sounds?

December 17 - Comment - Like - Share

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I think it's "mince meat" - and I have no clue what it is. - Brett Kelly from iPhone

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I always thought it was gelatinous nuts and it's disgusting. Uh...I'm also assuming you mean 'mincemeat'. - Admiral Anika

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... dried fruit, spirits, seasoning and meat. it sounds gross. - Mary Carmen

dried fruit (esp raisins), alcohol and a bit of suet as a pie filling. I've never had it but I really like raisin pie so I think I'd probably like mince pies. - Spidra Webster

BLEAH. it's disgusting. - holly

*pushes away from the table* - Derrick

I used to think meat and fruit couldn't mix but there used to be a Peruvian restaurant in town and they totally changed my mind on that with a sort of Peruvian tamale they made with raisins in it. - Spidra Webster

There's no nuts in it?!?! WTF did they feed me? I refuse to believe those crunchy bits were actual meat. - Admiral Anika

One of my great-aunts made mincemeat pies every Thanksgiving. I never tried it. - Katy S

I like it in moderation. - Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)

"minced meat" is a common term in the UK for what we in the US call "hamburger." Mincemeat (or "mince," as it's often called) is a pie filling dating back to the middle ages that consists of small pieces of fruits, nuts, and suet, usually soaked in wine or other spirits. It used to be considered a great delicacy and has since fallen somewhat out of favor. - Glen, Bespectacled Elder

The preparation was also a good way to preserve meat way back when. It also adds filler (the fruits and such), extending the amount of meat that a person had to use. In that context, it makes sense, but I've never felt compelled to try a mincemeat pie. The aroma of the ones I've been near have not been enticing. - Katy S

Mince Meat is my porn name. - Tad

My grandmother used to make Mincemeat pie and made her own mixture, which yes, did include suet......however, there is no meaty taste....just sweet. Now you can buy mincemeat in jars to make pies, but there is no longer any suet added to it. She used to put "hard" sauce over the pie...that's just butter, confectioner's sugar, and booze.....like brandy, rum or whiskey....it was the best part! - Bonnie Foster

I like mincemeat pies from time to time. I've never had one that tasted like meat, though, and if meat was part of the mix it was barely recognizable. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Tad++ - Brett Kelly from iPhone

modern meaning of minced meat is identical to that of ground meat. IOW, minced beef = ground beef. - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

My grandmother used to make it when I was a kid. It was like an extra spicy raisin pie. I ate it and didn't hate it, but then, no one ever told me it actually had MEAT in it! I thought it was "mincemeat" in the same way that the edible part of a nut is "nutmeat." Once I had eaten it, it's probably best that I didn't find out what it really was. - Mark "Mr Bolivious" J

the mincemeat pies you get in the US are generally meatless. - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

I'll try it - Rodfather

No, but what you can buy the filling (and mostly) what's made has changed from the original recipe. Still, its quite good if you like a very sweet pie. I recommend Nonsuch and Crosse and Blackwells. I would not recommend that you get the reconstituted (in the box) on your first go at it even though it is cheaper. It's rather nasty and will definitely put you off mincemeat forever. :) - Melanie Reed

+++ Glen Mistletoe - Melanie Reed

And don't forget to add the Brandy! Most important! :) - Melanie Reed

+++ Bonnie. Agree it is the best part. :) - Melanie Reed

This is the cookbook I have which has a good mincemeat recipe: "Great British Cooking: A Well Kept Secret" by Jane Garmey It has a great forward by Calvin Trillan p.254 - Melanie Reed

I'll bet that's an interesting book... The British aren't renowned for good cooking! - Lindsay is in 20-ten

Lindsay, yeah. Ive enjoyed and tried several of the recipes. Colcannon, Poor Knights of Windsor, Toad in the Hole, Bubble and Squeak are a few of my favorites! - Melanie Reed

Mince meat is actually chopped dried fruit, as in mince pies - Ian May

Lindsay asked about minced meat, tho. not mince meat. - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

I've never had mincemeat with meat in, only dried fruit. Tradition may have stipulated meat many years ago. - Ian May

@Joe, I didn't know there was a difference... I was asking about the dish that seems to be served around this time of year. :) - Lindsay is in 20-ten

Minced in England is what is ground in the US - Ian May

but mincemeat (usually one word) is dried chopped fruit. - Ian May

If one goes into an English butchers shop and wanted some ground beef, one would ask for mince, or minced beef. - Ian May

@Melanie --What? Mincemeat involves Brandy? Well that explains a lot! @Joe --I shall cling to the hope that my grandmother's version did not, in fact, contain meat. - Mark "Mr Bolivious" J

Mincemeat can and does vary a bit between commercial brands, and home made (which some do lace with alcohol) - Ian May

mincemeat pie is okay, but i'll go with apple or razzleberry or even cherry if i have to. - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

@Mark I hope it explains good things. :) btw- a side note. If any of you have seen the remake of "State Fair" (with Pat Boone) putting brandy in her mincemeat is what wins the Texas State Fair competition for the mother. lol - Melanie Reed

putting booze in ANYTHING wins at the Texas State Fair. - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

Joe ROFLOL ! - Melanie Reed

*lives in Texas and attends that fair every year* - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

There is a lot of crap sometimes between US and UK about food and drink. Americans are led to believe English food is bland and the beer is warm; Britons are lead to believe that Americans eat nothing but donuts and McDog, and all look like those 'people from walmart' pics... - Ian May

*Joe, Was Texas Transplant and lived in North Corridor of Dallas for 2 years. Loved it. Still consider them a "second home" ;)* - Melanie Reed

@Ian: we do eat WAY too many corn-related products, that much is true. - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

Melanie. I quite often make Bubble and Squeak, and I made Toad In The Hole recently too - Ian May

According to my copy of The Oxford Companion To Food, while mincemeat "rarely contains meat nowadays," it often did in the past. Some recipes today still contain suet. "The beef was sometimes partly or wholly replaced by suet from the mid-17th century onwards, and meat had effectively disappeared from 'mincemeat' on both sides of the Atlantic in the 19th century." - Katy S

And yes, I own an 850+ page reference book about food. - Katy S

Is there anything that there's not an Oxford Companion for? :D - Lindsay is in 20-ten

Similar to what I remember being told about the origins of mincemeat, and why it was called such. - Ian May

"The Compleat Oxford Companion To Shaving Your Pubic Region, 5E" - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

My mom uses it in her fruitcake. - Shevonne

+++ Katy S yep! - Melanie Reed

Shevonne meat, suet or mincement (fruit only) ? - Melanie Reed

fruit only...it says Mincemeat on the can - Shevonne

Joe, I read that the average US diet contains 4 main ingredients. Corn, Soy, Wheat, Rice. - Ian May

you forgot beef, fat, sugar, chicken, corn, fat, fat, fat, MSG and fat. - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

Shevonne, I'll bet its a wonderful moist fruit cake. :) - Melanie Reed

Joe, still mostly corn though, after Nixon set up those huge subsidies for it back in the 70's. There wasn't HFCS before that. - Ian May

HFCS is a particularly American thing too. You don't find it in European products for example. - Ian May

i never found it in any food in SE Asia, either. - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

American meat is largely banned in the UK, due to the use of growth hormones. UK beef was banned here for a good while due to mad cow, It's a crazy world. - Ian May

HFCS fucks me, I'm unpleasantly allergic to corn - mjc from iPhone

I largely avoid HFCS myself. I'm not allergic to it though - Ian May

HFCS is really bad for everyone in many ways. avoid it as much as you can. - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

We mostly eat fresh meat and produce here - Ian May

Not fanatical about it, I just prefer it, The palate doesnt have to have a high fat high salt high sugar diet. - Ian May

Hey! I like mince pies- with mincemeat. Weird yes, nice also. But then, I like Marmite. - Pete

I consider this conversation both entertaining and educational ;) My grandmother rocked the mincemeat (in both pie and cookie form) every year around this time - and suet, suet, suet was the magic ingredient as it is with all the old recipes in our family. I don't even know how I would go about buying suet if I needed to. - Holly Rae

Atora. - Pete

Pete thanks for that. I will look into trying some. - Melanie Reed

Holly - If you ask most butchers, they can get suet for you. I've seen it in one of the grocery stores here every now and then, but a butcher is your best bet. - Katy S

And here is the clarified suet Pete is talking about available online: http://www.britishfoodshop.com/atora-s... - Melanie Reed

Suet is the thick layer of fat found around beef kidneys. - Ian May

Don't sell mince pies short -- see http://friendfeed.com/zeigen... -- delicious. - Stephen Mack

usually it is made up of beef but you can also get it in chicken or pork flavour, i use it to make pasta sauce :) - Loc

Rochelle

Iowa City Woman Arrested for Not Returning DVDs - http://www.kcrg.com/news...

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"An Iowa City woman is charged with theft for allegedly failing to return 53 DVDs she borrowed from the local public library. Authorities say Saira Virginia Denny-Cline was charged late Tuesday for failing to return the DVDs, due back at the library on Oct. 2. According to police, the Iowa City Public Library staff sent a certified letter to Denny-Cline noting the items were "long overdue." The letter said the 53 DVDs, valued at $1,360, were to be returned or paid for within two weeks of the notice." - Rochelle

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The streets are a little cleaner tonight. - Brett Kelly from iPhone

The library allowed her to check out 53 DVDs at once? Our library has a limit of 5 at a time. - Michelle Martinez

Make sure you don't check out any DVDs on your way through the parking lot! - Akiva Moskovitz

She'd have gotten away with it too, it if it weren't for some lady calling her in car for blocking her driveway - RAPatton

One less asshole roaming free. - Spidra Webster

Better respect your local librarian.... I'm just sayin'... - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

LIBRARIAN JUDO CHOP! - josh neff, geek at large

Spidra - if I were drinking milk when I read your comment, it'd be a nostril mess right now. well said. - Brett Kelly

Johnny Worthington

Fuzzy Face

December 17 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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Dude, you've been sportin' the hotness lately. I'm man enough to say it. I only /wish/ I could grow a beard like that. - Jason, Mosquito

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Johnny's Beard is back.. with a Vengeance! - LonelyBob

It's not so much that Johnny grows a beard; it's that his beard grows a face. - Akiva Moskovitz

*sagenod* - Mo Kargas

Yeah, but how is this beard going to make me SMARTER? #robertscobledoesnthaveabeard - Adrian

I´m "pulling a Worthington" too: http://friendfeed.com/bohtho... Not as good as His Hotness though. - Thomas Bøhm

there's the 'rob zombie' charm :) - Halit Okumus

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Zucchero Dolce - sweet sugar: Chocolate Meringue Kisses - http://zuccherodolce.blogspot.com/2009...

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April Buchheit

On the menu tonight: Shaking beef stir fried w/ vegetables

December 17 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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yummm - imabonehead

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I prefer my beef shaken, not stirred - Gabe

Did you light it on fire? http://friendfeed.com/bgolub... - Benjamin Golub

Ben: No, I didn't. The recipe didn't call for it. - April Buchheit

Johnny Worthington

If you loose a lot of money on a horse that doesn’t win, it’s not the horses fault; it’s yours for betting so large. Flogging a ‘dead’ horse won’t make you any less wrong...

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Context, please :) - Brett Kelly from iPhone

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Brett... you know :D - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

If you say loose instead of lose one more time Worthington, I will flog you remotely. - Louis Gray

Pay for the plane ticket and I'll do it for you LG :) - Mo Kargas

Intresting - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

Is saying loose instead of lose another one of those Australian things? :P - Mathew™ one of a kind

No. - Mo Kargas

I think he means "loose a lot of money" as in "let loose the dogs of war" or "make it rain" - Ken Sheppardson

Well then, you should've picked a tight horse. - Morton Fox

I have a feeling that Mo took offense to what I said. - Mathew™ one of a kind

It's OK. He'll forgive you through the acrid smoke from the laser blasts. - Josh Haley from iPhone

Wait a minute, I just remembered that he isn't having a good day. I may just want to back away slowly. - Mathew™ one of a kind

Johnny Worthington

There’s a difference between 'calling it as you see it' and 'calling it as you see it, only as long as it fits your social media platform of choice at this very moment’… One is insightful; the other is plain jackassedness

December 17 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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I think what is misunderstood here is that it's hard to value one's opinion on matters when that opinion changes constantly. Yes, I understand the need to be nimble and foward-thinking but it undermines trust in the long run. - Akiva Moskovitz

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I don't mind forward thinking, it's the backhands on the way out. Do a Twitter search for FriendFeed and you'll see... - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

Oh, I know. It's what happens when you make broad concrete statements with absolute authority and then renege on them later. And not only that, but to be INSULTING about it, too. - Akiva Moskovitz

Did I miss something again? Sigh. - Louis Gray

Does it start with an S and rhyme with Chernobyl? - Brett Kelly from iPhone

In this case, no, but it can aplly - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

Tried a twitter search on 'FriendFeed". Not seeing anyone dissing it in the last 5 hours. Large volumes of spam from @SEO_Consultant with #FriendFeed in it so its pretty tough sledding to search. - Ed Millard

Brett: I am so stealing that. :D - Steven Perez

Steven: be my guest (but give attribution if it ever ends up in the popular vernacular ;) - Brett Kelly from iPhone

Perception filters are probably a necessary thing in order to maintain one's sanity, but they can really distort one's view when they only screen out crap from one part of the broader crap-spewing spectrum. - Mark "Mr Bolivious" J

Lindsay is in 20-ten

What is your favorite food during the holidays?

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Cheesy hashbrowns. - Jordan Hofker

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Gingerbread - by a mile. - Brett Kelly from iPhone

my Pumpkin Crunch. mmmm. - FF's Bubba of Arizona

rice pudding - Mary Carmen

Kris says: peppermint mochas, I say: pumpkin pie - Bren -- Making Contact from iPhone

Cookies!!! Plus, the peanut butter fudge that my former-babysitter makes. I've never tasted any that is as good as hers. I still get a plate-full of it every Christmas. - Katy S

Fudge, pumpkin pie, and Rum Balls! - Bonnie Foster

Punkin pie! - Jenthemum

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Domino's Changes Pizza Recipe - Slashfood - http://www.slashfood.com/2009...

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"Like many middle-agers, Domino's Pizza is undergoing a bit of cosmetic surgery. The world's largest pizza delivery chain, celebrating its 50th year in the business in 2010, announced today it will be entirely changing its core pizza recipe. "The fact is, we love our pizza, but as times change, so do consumer tastes," said Russell Weiner, Domino's chief marketing officer, in a statement. "We've created a pizza to reflect what consumers are looking for. We're not talking about a slightly altered version of our previous pizza. It's a completely new pizza reinvented from the crust up, and we are proud of it." After 18 months testing dozens of cheeses, 15 sauces and 50 crust-seasoning blends, Domino's decided on the new components of the pizza." - RAPatton from Bookmarklet

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"The new crust will be seasoned with garlic, butter and parsley. While the new tomato sauce will be sweeter, made with a variety of herbs and a kick of red pepper. The cheese is shredded mozzarella, versus diced, with a hint of provolone." - RAPatton

I feel like I'm reading the Onion here. - Andrew C

I had Domino's once, when i was like 12. I liked it. I had been meaning to try it again. I guess I better do it soon! - Christopher Chung

Bring back the Noid! http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Rick Schmidt

I love all the melodrama in the comments. I don't know about other people, but I can't be bothered to be brand loyal to a pizza chain. There are so many pizza places out there why would you narrow focus like that? With that said, I've long disliked Domino's so I'm kinda interested to try the new recipe. - James

Tomato sauce? What tomato sauce? They've been skimping on the sauce for years now. - ronin

I'm good. - Derrick

I've haven't had Dominos since I was in college - RAPatton from iPhone

I guess somebody at their corporate office finally tasted one. - mrfusion

So how does this tie into the whole Tad tweets about Dominos tasting like cardboard and gets asked to be quoted thing? - Laura Norvig

@mrfusion - *laugh* - Andrew C

Their corporate building is pretty. - Michael W. May

you shouldn't have put this pic here dude, it made me hungry :)) - sonsupernova

I'm wondering if they're testing this in my area -- the pizza crust definitely tasted a lot better the last time I ordered, and the sauce was a bit "richer." (They're the only online delivery place to my house.) - Jennifer Dittrich

Perhaps the pizza will now be edible. - Shannon Jiménez

I don't think I've ever liked Domino's, so I'm hoping this change is for the better. - Dan Hsiao

Yup, they're still run by Monaghan and as long as that's the case, it's like giving your $ to cavemen in mitres. - Spidra Webster

"Monaghan sold Domino's in 1998" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Will Higgins™

Thanks for the correction, Will. I'd still rather give my $ to locally-owned pizzerias but obviously that's an individual choice. - Spidra Webster

I was a driver for two years. Sweeter sauce? Bleh, it was too sweet for me already. Dominos is still my favorite of the giant chains though. - Rob Haas

I'm with Rob. I haven't bought pizza from a major chain in probably four or five years and when I did, it was from Domino's (it was for the Seahawks/Steelers Superbowl). Before then, I had randomly ordered from Pizza Hut. Holy crap, it was palate blasphemy. I'm so grateful for Seattle's outstanding local pizza joints. - Akiva Moskovitz

As hungry as I am after seeing that picture, we buy from mom-and-pop pizza places almost exclusively. - Brett Kelly from iPhone

Lindsay is in 20-ten

Things right out of the oven are hot.

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Don't touch them with your bare hands, pleeze. - Lindsay is in 20-ten

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My PSA for the day. - Lindsay is in 20-ten

The more you know. - Jordan Hofker

Haha Lindsay. I love you. - DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE