i would love to see one of these authentic norwegian stave churches. they're so epic. hopefully one day before the black metal bands burn them all down
- Cee Bee
otto has now moved to the other couch, which he has to himself, so he won't be disturbed as much as I yell at the screen. Spoiled, spoiled.
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
People need to get over it. We have done what we have done 43 times before, elect a president. A guy that does not have absolute power or omnipotent knowledge. He will do things right, he will do things wrong, and in 4 years we get to tell him how he did by giving him another shot or booting him out. Simple. And yes, I voted the other way. Obama is all our president now and life goes on. Tell those that say different to give him the shot he deserves since he won the job fair and square.
- Eban Crawford
Get a transcript of McCain's concession speech, substitute in "the anti-christ" wherever he refers to Obama, and ask them if McCain would want people to support the anti-christ.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
There's nothing you can do. Folks like that can't be argued with.
- Ernie
Pick up the Bible, read revelation and make an intelligent argument. I don't think your relatives are being jerky about Obama, they might truly think he meets some of the criteria laid out in the Bible about the Anti-Christ.
- Tony Kanzia
You'll have to just let it pass. To be fair, you should never enter into a battle of wits with an unarmed man!
- Ro (Lilyhill)
Ro: nice generalization. its pretty offensive.
- Tony Kanzia
religious fanatics can't be reasoned with...I prefer to drive them crazy by painting a 666 on my forehead whenever I go visit fanatic family. when they stare at me I just go, "What?"
- Sidney
Get some of those Thriller cat-eyes and turn around and go 'muh-ha-ha-ha!'
- AJ Kohn
really? the anti-christ? wow...I would not know what to say...that is a difficult situation...wow. But I agree with Eban Crawford - give him a chance...either way. We gave Bush a chance - twice...I didn't vote for him..but hey, we all had to live with it for 8 years.
- Anna Lynn M.
not much u can do - just agree and send them a bag of canned goods and bottled water
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
I don't see Obama being the antichrist because Israel doesn't like him at all.
- Kevin L
I think any 'anti-christ' is within not without
- Mo Kargas
Erin, I'm sorry you've been exposed to this ignorance and fear based name-calling, especially from your own family. If they knew scripture half as well as they think they do, they'd have to concede there's no way he can be.
- Pilgrim Five
Tell them that, if he *IS* the Antichrist, they better straighten up and stop judging or they will be left behind when the rapture comes.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
lol, you guys were busy while I was away. it's my sisterinlaw and brotherinlaw. southern baptist, army chaplain. we've learned to not talk religion or poli, but it offends me when they know I work with the campaign. I feel like that accuses ME too. either way....
- Erin @queenofspain
To quote my father, "Opinions are like assholes. Everyone's got one, however, your's smells like...".
- Otto R. Radke
Been using Instapaper for about six months now on my PCs. Love it! Especially for thos "I ought to read that when I'm not in the office" links.
- Michael Sauers
from twhirl
I love instapaper too. What are your other favorite apps? I'm partial to: Stanza (e-book reader), Twitterific, Air Sharing (connect wirelessly to your iphone/touch from your computer and drop files in/out), and a wide variety of games.
- megan brooks
Ooh! I'll play! Games - Cro-Mag and Motion-X Poker. Wordpress, of course. The MySpace client, the Last.fm client, GTalk, Urban Spoon, Trailguru and both Twitterific and Twittelator for different reasons,
- teleken
interesting, in any of the work you've done you've seemed rather genuine, one of the reasons I respect your work. If you were called either then the accuser was sadly misinformed.
- Bryan
Airhead and Bitch are NOT nouns I would associate with you V! Sweet, charming, funny and sassy...NOW we're talking! :)
- Jeff Garlick
My favorite line about Sarah Palin, from Oliver Willis: "At any point now, I expect Ashton Kutcher to jump out and tell us this whole Palin thing is just John McCain doing a 'Punk’d' on the entire country."
Dear McCain: you are a jackass, for many reasons. Dear Palin: you suck as a person because you knew your daughter would be dragged through this shitstorm. Color me disgusted.
Still, O stays classy: ""I have said before and I will repeat again: People's families are off limits," Obama said. "And people's children are especially off-limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as a governor or her potential performance as a vice president. So I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories. You know my mother had me when she was 18 and how a family deals with issues and teenage children, that shouldn't be a topic of our politics.""
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
This is why I can never run for Pres. My response? "You idiot. I can't believe you'd choose your political career over your daughter's mental health. You are a FailParent. Not because of the pregnancy itself, which can happen to anyone, but because of how you handled it and that your daughter is now a national debacle."
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
i can't tell you why i can't run for president. :-p
- Rochelle Rochelle
Of course! My mind just boggles at these people (meaning politicians). I mean, if Edwards got snagged, you *know* any skeletons in this chick's closet were going to come dancing into daylight
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
One has to assume there isn't much else to do in Alaska. Nights are long and cold, etc.
- s t e v e
This news pleases me, but I shall not dance. =D
- B. Hatin
So excited to get him all healthified and home where I can love him up. Poor thing - must set him up in the kitchen with some blankets. With the cone on he won't be able to get into his crate...
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
Cuz clouds ain't 'sposed to do that...LOL. Combine these with those funky trees from earlier and we can make real life super mario bros
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Mammus clouds are also cool, and are also often mistaken for UFO's - in this case because, unlike most clouds, mammus pods don't have wispy edges. http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropsh...
- Slappy Line
i see one pic .fuji and the clouds like that above it
- Arash
"Fed up with Apple's 'Get a Mac' ads that feature a nerdy PC guy getting upstaged by a hip Mac counterpart, Microsoft enlists the help of Jerry Seinfeld for a $300M campaign." FAIL. Jerry Seinfeld doesnt make me want to buy anything other than a barfbag.
i think that was possibly the only seinfeld episode i ever watched. and, of course, i know all about the "rochelle, rochelle" episode because complete strangers at the reference desk like to call me "rochelle, rochelle" and synopsize the episode for me. i have a well-practiced spontaneous laugh for that. (and have learned to inhibit eye-rolling whenever someone sings "rochelle, ma belle."
- Rochelle Rochelle
The lady at the DMV started singing "michelle, ma belle" at me when she learn my middle name was Michelle. I laughed politely.
- Imitation lris
Iris: My middle name is Michelle too. :) Never been sung to because of it, though.
- Kårín Dalzĭel
Rochelle, I have similar responses Rudy the football movie references. I kinda liek the rudy can;t Fail ska song, though, so do actually smile then. Tho it gets old.
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
from twhirl
When I was a kid, people often sang "Joshua fit the battle of Jericho" to me. Those people are all dead now, so that's been nipped in the bud.
- josh neff, geek at large
I was just glad when the Friday the 13th jokes finally tapered off.
- Jàson Puçkett
I find it odd that Microsoft took what 2 years? to campaign back...think Microsoft failed long ago
- Sir Shuping
I used to have a nice normal last name until OJ went crazy and Matt Groening took it.
- Alan Simpson
There is a song in which my first name is sung with a stutter. K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy..." Argh!
- Katy S
I accidentally said something about someone's distinctive last name, and then instantly felt like a complete ass. Guh.
- Meg v. Meg v. 1.0.0.1
I absolutely hated being named Chad right after the 2000 election mess in Florida. Every professor thought it was hilarious to call me "pregnant chad" or "dimpled chad" or "hanging chad"
- Chad Haefele
from twhirl
I can't think of a better way to prove you aren't stuck in the 90s.
- mrshl
"[F]or the scared white folks who think Obama is going to lead the return of the Nubian Empire, the visual of him getting heckled by young black men for not addressing the problems of black America enough, should do much to settle those fears." I wouldn't count on that. Even after the whole Rev. Jeremiah Wright thing, there are still people who think Obama is Muslim.
- Ontario Emperor
My dad (72 year-old white guy from the South) has told me he's voting for Obama, but he still says he's scared his Cabinet will be fully of Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons. But I think he's more scared of 8 more years of NeoCon USA
- Tad
They recently started selling Peets here in Dallas. I had some about a million years ago the last time I was on the west coast, none since.
- ha3rvey (wants confit)
i can't believe how much my husband loved it. in fact, as i was telling him about it last night. he said he was afraid to show much he was interested in it lest i think he was mocking me. :)
- βℜ∀ñÐi
from twhirl
Dear ex: no, I will not come to IN and visit you to comfort you on the latest woman who left you. I am hawt, adn though I don't currently have any prospects, pretty sure backsliding to you is a bad idea. Kthxbai
good for you! I heart you strong ass wimmez with FB's. ;) And I only say this cause Colleen & I are cool enough as friends that I can joke like this.
- Rev. Dr. W!cKeD Rock
Wait... This is the same guy that was adopting babies 'n stuff?
- Imitation lris
@julie - Ex knows I still heart him a bit (I love most of my exes, they're dolls, if not exactly long-term compatible with me), and that I'm usually willing to rekindle when convenient. But I am tired of being called when its 'convenient.' I find I want someone to love me when I'm decidedly inconvenient as well, and for more than my bootay.
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
Good girl! He is EX for reason :) Much celebration with your snug pants!
- Abigail
As one who lives in IN with adopted babies, I'd just like to say that my latest woman has not left me ... yet.
- Jere
just let him know you're too busy shopping at victoria's secret for frilly things to emphasize your hawtness.
- jambina
tell him if he wants comfort to go get a goldfish to talk to. Good for you for standing up to him
- Sir Shuping
I'm a backslider from way back. I'm not just bad, I'm W!cKeD
- Rev. Dr. W!cKeD Rock
You go girl! er, stay, I mean! You are totally worth inconveneince!!!
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
from twhirl
Nope, this is not baby-adopting ex. That ex is off the 'allowed to backslide with' list. This is the large canadian ex who dumped me for chick named Candi-with-an-i...
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
@Amy - bwahahah, he is already smarting from the loss of my lovely self in lingerie. @W!cKeD - nice ;) @Andrew - I am very much going to use that goldfish line on him!
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
I know - I was horrified. And I'm pretty tough to offend!
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
someone, somewhere in an adv. agency and in BMW thought this will sell.. what does it say about their target audience?
- Naor Mark
Target demographic: pedophiley men who can not afford *new* BMW.
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
Even if she didn't look like she was 12, the whole message is gross. I think BMW completely missed the mark on this one.
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"Hi, I'm going through a mid-life crisis and want to buy a new car. Do you have anything for me?" "Step right this way, my friend..."
- josh neff, geek at large
@Sebastian - I find equating a woman who has had sex to a used car extremely offensive. Using a prepubescent model for the ad is just icing on the disgust
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
Whenever I read or see something that inherently upsets women, I try and think of it in reverse. What if this were an ad, targeted towards "cougars" and displaying a young man barely 18...? I doubt anything would come of it. This doesn't fall into the offensive category, this falls into "ignore and move on" category.
- Sebastian Lemery
That argument would only work if women were treated equally, Sebastian. And they're not. Not in the workplace, not in school, not in the media. The fact that it would be treated differently--or ignored--if it were a man in the ad doesn't make the ad something to ignore, it makes it something to think about and critique.
- josh neff, geek at large
Sebastian - Pretty sure if it was a prepubescent male in the ad I'd be upset. And equating any human with a product is rough, but saying they're 'still' desirable even if sexually experienced is gross. And when you look at the history of women being used and treated as sexual objects, yes, this ad is upsetting.
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
there's something very jon benet about the picture. which, yeah...queeze.
- Rochelle Rochelle
I always remember when I was a kid and was approached by some prick who wanted to start a fight, always without fail the best way to get him worked up was to laugh at him... laugh in his face. If we look at these archaic stereotypes - the old southern racist, the bigots, the misogynists - and just laugh and say: "Your time is done", I think we'd get farther. God knows getting angry and whining doesn't do crap.
- Sebastian Lemery
Just to be clear, I'm making a lot of new friends on Friendfeed, right? Anyone...? Bueller.... ?
- Sebastian Lemery
Sebastian, I've done that same thing, & I agree, laughing at stupidity, not taking it seriously, is a powerful tactic. But it doesn't always work, especially on broad & deeply-ingrained social factors like sexism & racism. Sometimes it does, but sometimes it doesn't. And there are definitely things in this world that are worth getting angry about. Because getting angry *can* spur you on to action. It can also serve as a catharsis, which is a good thing.
- josh neff, geek at large
Another thing, Sebastian, from one man to another: we don't get to tell women what they should or shouldn't be upset about when it comes to sexism & misogyny. We just don't.
- josh neff, geek at large
Change doesn't come from swinging a pendulum from one extreme to another, it comes from putting it dead center. I'm tired of "well, women have been repressed, we don't get to say boo". I defend women just as equally as any other repressed group (abuse upon women is the reason I reject religion), but just because history has been harsh does not mean we can set aside critical thinking and reason. Who wants a female regime anymore than a male one? A white one? A Muslim one?
- Sebastian Lemery
That doesn't seem to be responding to what anyone's said, Sebatian. Has anyone in these comments said we need an extreme reaction? What I said was that you can't ignore that women are treated differently than men, so to say this ad is no big deal because it wouldn't be a big deal if it were a boy in the photo is ignoring that women have been and continue to be treated differently.
- josh neff, geek at large
Also, to say "this doesn't fall into the offensive category" is clearly wrong. It may not be offensive to *you*, but it's obviously offensive to other people.
- josh neff, geek at large
And what about all the emasculating ads that portray men as lumbering idiots who can't cook and don't know where to find their shoes? Homer Simpson, Peter Griffin, Everybody Loves Raymond?... Come on, there's just as much imagery debasing males as females, its just culturally acceptable to giggle when men are in the cross hairs.
- Sebastian Lemery
No doubt, that stereotype infuriates me, & I rant about it a lot. Yes, sexual sterotyping goes on w/ both genders. But that doesn't mean this ad in question is of no concern, is inoffensive.
- josh neff, geek at large
of the top 10 in miss universe, almost all said theire interests included baking and dancing. Really? You embarrass me. All of you. You dont see guys saying that crap. You are a bucket of feminist fail.
lol thanks. now to find someone to give me a graphic for it.....
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
okay fine. In my spare time I watch "Snapped" marathons and I can quote entire passages from "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back".
- B. Hatin
This whole conversation is cracking me up! And I have to wonder...what kind of dancing? Pole, dirty, hot latin...? We also might need to remind them that getting busy in the kitchen isn't "baking". LOL
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I like to bake and dance. Then again, I'm a guybrarian, which probably implies that I'm a bucket of masculinity fail. Or should that be malefail?
- Greg Schwartz
Yes, I believe we'll now refer to you as the FailMale.
- B. Hatin
if that's the case, then I'm pretty much a big bucket of feminist fail.....I like to bake and knit and clean my house :) but I'm okay with that. Anyone who's not will just have to deal with it.
- ~Courtney F.
I wish I liked cleaning. I really do. I don't mind putting things away but I hate dishes and sweeping and such.
- B. Hatin
Sometimes I dance while baking a cake after just knitting a pot holder to get it out of the oven with. Ok, well, not really. I'm pretty damn manly.
- Rev. Dr. W!cKeD Rock
Chadwick, I think you'd look great in pigtails.
- B. Hatin
@Courtney - I love to cook (not bake) & crochet....but I wouldn't list those as my sole interests for the Miss Universe pageant. Um, not that I would be in the Miss Universe pageant, unless I was undercover, wafting bacon cheeseburgery goodness smells onto the stage to wreak havoc....
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
i think wafting bacon cheeseburgery goodness smells onto the stage would be a fabulous idea :)
- ~Courtney F.
usually, ANYthing involving bacon cheeseburgery goodness is a good idea. how can it be bad? *wink*
- Archangel ωαřмaiden