aahahahahahahah. its very funny. i love the hat. iam new to friendfeed. could u please suggest friends for me. This is my link jolamps.blogspot.com
- KINGSLEY OSEVWE
"Yesterday we took a look at Mary Richards’ third-story apartment from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Today I thought I’d show you what the Queen Anne Victorian really looks like."
- Noah Belson
from Bookmarklet
"The owners of the house got so tired of drive-by gawkers when the show was in its heyday that they hung an “IMPEACH NIXON” sign across the front of the house so the show couldn’t shoot new exterior shots to use in later seasons. That’s why producers had Mary move to a high-rise apartment in 1975."
- edythe
I could actually go visit this house now that I've moved back to the tundra... Cool.
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
I flat-out refuse to use Starbuck's goofy-assed naming strategy; I always order by the ounce. Sometimes they try to get me to say the name and I'll just ask, 'That's the 12-ounce one, right? Yes. That's the one I want.'
- Akiva
This isn't because I'm smug. It's because I went to San Francisco on a trip right after I moved to Seattle. My friend took me to a coffee shop whereupon I asked for a tall whatever. The dude just looked at me and his face literally said, 'What the fuck did you just say to me?'
- Akiva
I wish I could like individual comments because Akiva's was great...
- JA Castillo
Actually, there used to be a Short, which i guess would be an extra small? Now, they have one that's bigger than Venti...which most people used to call extra large, so....yeah...that's confusing.
- Rah-PM 2012
@Rah: isn't the short for the kidlets?
- JA Castillo
Rah, you can still get the short at Starbucks but you have to ask for it.
- Akiva
Some people get a short with extra shots and crap. I think a short holds about 4 shots of espresso. Basically, they don't need the bells and whistles.
- Rah-PM 2012
"Recently, an old friend who's been a vegetarian for more than 15 years shocked us with a story: Last weekend, she ate bacon. Several strips. Straight out of the frying pan where her boyfriend was cooking it. This wasn't the first time she'd encountered it sizzling there, in all its glistening glory. But for some reason, this time it overpowered her. She was guilty yet gleeful when she told us that she'd allowed bacon back into her life. But she's not alone. We've heard this story before from many people. It seems that bacon has a way of awakening carnivorous desires within even some of the preachiest of vegetarians. And we set out to find out why. We asked some scientists who study how food tantalizes the brain, and sociologists who've looked closely at vegetarianism, about bacon's seductive powers."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
"Because bacon is one- to two-thirds fat and also has lots of protein, it speaks to our evolutionary quest for calories, Lundstrom says. And since 90 percent of what we taste is really odor, bacon's aggressive smell delivers a powerful hit to our sense of how good it will taste. "There's an intimate connection between odor and emotion, and odor and memory," Lundstrom says. "When you...
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- RAPatton
RT @GRAMMARHULK: HULK THINK PRUDISH WRITERS AND EDITORS JUST SCARED TO SAY "ORAL"! HULK CONSIDER CAMPAIGN TO RECLAIM WORD ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE WITH MOUTHS!
"A gene which encourages cancer to move around the body has been discovered by the University of East Anglia. Experiments on tissue cultures, published in Oncogene, suggest that blocking it would prevent cancers spreading. The researchers hope their work will lead to a new generation of cancer drugs within the decade. Cancer Research UK said the study improved understanding of the disease, but was still at the laboratory stage. There are treatments for primary cancers, but tumours have the potential to spread. Cells can break off and travel around the body, through the bloodstream or lymph fluid, and start a new or secondary tumour where they land, a process known as metastasis. Breast cancers are known to spread to lymph nodes, the bones and the lungs. These secondary tumours are notoriously difficult to treat."
- RAPatton
"The gene, WWP2, leads to the breakdown of an inhibitor that normally keeps cells in check. The researchers showed, in tissue cultures, that without the inhibitor, Smad7, cancer progressed very quickly and spread. Blocking the gene prevented that spread. Dr Andrew Chantry, who led the study, said: "I think we're really onto something important if we can put a wall around a cancer and...
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- RAPatton
Mad Dog Palin--The scariest thing about John McCain's running mate isn't how unqualified she is - it's what her candidacy says about America : Rolling Stone - http://www.rollingstone.com/politic...
WOW...This is not just another article digging at palin - it is THE article digging at palin and her 'cultural' significance.
- Anna Haro
from Bookmarklet
"The great insight of the Palin VP choice is that huge chunks of American voters no longer even demand that their candidates actually have policy positions; they simply consume them as media entertainment, rooting for or against them according to the reflexive prejudices of their demographic, as they would for reality-show contestants or sitcom characters. Hicks root for hicks, moms for moms, born-agains for born-agains."
- Anna Haro
The truly disgusting thing about Sarah Palin isn't that she's totally unqualified, or a religious zealot, or married to a secessionist, or unable to educate her own daughter about sex, or a fake conservative who raised taxes and horked up earmark millions every chance she got. No, the most disgusting thing about her is what she says about us: that you can ram us in the ass for eight...
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- Anna Haro
"Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside once in a while, and considering the bad news and what it might mean, and making the occasional tough choice, and soberly taking stock of what your real interests are."
- Anna Haro
See, I believe that as a citizen you have the responsibility to pay attention to the people who will represent you and the laws they enact in your name. But with poor reporting and politicians doing so much behind closed doors, there's a dumbing down of American culture that's acceptable. How many people have you talked to who seem to have an opinion they want to spout on politics and in the same breath state proudly, "Politics bores me." or even worse, "All politicians are the same."?
- Anika
Wow, that's a hell of a picture. After reading the first two paragraphs, all I could think was how badly Matt Taibbi wants to be Hunter S. Thompson.
- Carla Thompson
Personally, I like Rolling Stone articles. But a word of caution.. they are always unapologetically extremely left-leaning.
- Phil Glockner
hahaha...Carla, I thought the same thing.
- Anna Haro
The ironic thing is that the media is the primary cause of all this. Reducing politicians statements to sound bites where a few words from a larger speach can be spun one way or another. Politicians don't have to have grand ideas or positions, they just stick to hot button issues that play well on TV. Couple that with lobbyists and special interest groups to give them butt loads of...
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- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
Of course J Phil. It's one perspective, one article, out of MANY.
- Anna Haro
I honestly don't know what the terms "left" and "right" mean anymore in American politics. I try to figure out who has the best command of the facts and who is making the most sense. This article makes a great deal of sense. (If I must define myself politically with a label, it would be "progressive libertarian.")
- Sean McBride
"Here's what Sarah Palin represents: being a fat fucking pig who pins "Country First" buttons on his man titties and chants "U-S-A! U-S-A!" at the top of his lungs while his kids live off credit cards and Saudis buy up all the mortgages in Kansas." - wow...harsh.
- Chris Hollander
Very interesting read, though disturbing. I put my money on McCain/Palin winning the election.
- ˈpɛbə
I don't think I'd talk with him too much at a party. ;)
- Yolanda
Classic: "After eight years of unprecedented corruption, incompetence, waste and greed, the party of Karl Rove understood that 50 million Americans would not demand solutions to any of these problems so long as they were given a new, new thing to beat their meat over."
- Raoul Pop
Taibbi *nails it* w/ the consumption of candidates as media entertainment. Infotainment has utterly corrupted news such that they are largely indistinguishable now. A huge disservice to the populace. And, of course, it results in this insane Reality TV show in front of us.
- Ayşe E.
wow..such poignant words. The article still resonating even after reading it through.
- Alan Le
Why is the entire country not going, "WTF? You can't find a person more qualified in the entire Republican party? REALLY?!?!" Her selection was condescending to our entire citizenry, and everyone seems to be rolling with it.
- Robert Fischer
why aren't they more outraged? because they're living vicariously via the pit bull. they see her and say, 'she's just like me'. but prettier and i bet you they aren't willing to admit that. so they over-identify with her and i'm left saying, 'yea, but i wouldn't vote you president of a committee of 2.'
- Anika
Liked only because of the picture, not because I have any interest in US politics. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
"But watching Palin's speech, I had no doubt that I was witnessing a historic, iconic performance. The candidate sauntered to the lectern with the assurance of a sleepwalker — and immediately launched into a symphony of snorting and sneering remarks, taking time out in between the superior invective to present herself as just a humble gal with a beefcake husband and a brood of healthy,...
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- Roberto Bonini
"The rest of Palin's speech was the same dog-whistle crap Republicans have been railing about for decades. Palin's crack about a mayor being "like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities" testified to the Republicans' apparent belief that they can win elections till the end of time running against the Sixties. (They're probably right.)"
- Roberto Bonini
dear god, if you exist and hear prayers, please please, let there be some notion of civility return to this country in my lifetime. a man.
- Nathan Eckenrode
" Using a rubiks cube I designed a set of stamps to be placed on four of the sides of the cube so users are able to create their own font."
- Matthew
from Bookmarklet
this reminds me of the minibot/transformer keychains from back in the day. i dont use thumb drives anymore but wouldnt mind owning one of these.
- Carlos Ayala
Maybe I'm nostalgic, but I remember a time when Friendfeed captured my attention because of the interesting (if limited) discussions threads that would crop up here. Now every time I come here it's all "Isn't Twitter teh bestest thing evar?" and "Friendfeed rah rah!" (Seriously why do you care?), and what's left is lolcats and other dumb pictures.
There's more here than that... Perhaps it's time to find more/new people to follow. Have you played with the saved search capability yet?
- FFing Enigma
I agree with Tina and Alex. Sounds like you're subscribed to the wrong people.
- Rochelle
Eric, there are lot of conversations that are not about Twitter and FrienFeed.
- Paul
from twhirl
It's cyclical, Eric. The excitement of the initial honeymoon phase, the realisation that the other has some quirks and flaws, the steady increase of frustration because they don't do things the way you think they should...the seven year itch has a slightly shorter cycle in tech, but if you tweak your feed you'll find the magic again :)
- WoH: Minding her Steves
hey, i (and a few of other people) try to keep away from all that. just interact with a wider/different variety of people. change up your lists and hide topics/feeds that don't interest you. it's all about customization
- Cee Bee
i disagree. actually, it is about what you post
- Cee Bee
"When customs officials at Los Angeles International Airport spotted feathers and bird droppings on one passenger's shoes they were immediately suspicious. And when the man's name was checked against records, they noticed America's Fish and Wildlife department had put out a warning about Sony Dong. Three months earlier, he had abandoned a suitcase containing 18 rare songbirds at the same airport. But officials were still surprised when they searched him again and discovered a dozen tiny birds strapped to his socks."
- Cee Bee
from Bookmarklet
'He had fashioned these special cloth devices to hold the birds,' said U.S. attorney spokesman Thom Mrozek. 'They were secured by cloth wrappings and attached to his calves with buttons.' The songbirds sell for $10 to $30 in Vietnam and are sold to collectors in the United States for about $400, Mrozek said. 'They're rare and there are collectors who are willing to pay top dollar for...
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- Cee Bee
I´m sincerely jealous (of the beard, not necessarily the crazy hobo look as such) as I try to grow a beard every 3 weeks and end up shaving it all again because it doesn´t get dense enough to defend as a beard. Always an optimist though (and just lazy).
- ɯɥøq sɐɯoɥʇ
Wow. You're actually doing the Numa Numa face...the beard makes it even more frightening. (@Blake: you made me stop what I was doing to go rewatch that video four times in a row just now)
- Hookuh Tinypants
Well unless you are in portland or seattle, It's spring, so time for cleaning- if you are in pdx or sea-tac, well, no one cares because the darn rain has them depressed and holed up at home anyways....
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
All you need to do know is grab a club and you'll impersonate bam-bam.
- Roberto Bonini
"The Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary cares for injured and orphaned sloths in Costa Rica. They also lead sloth education efforts to improve the plight of wild sloths. From time to time, they even have a captive birth, including this baby three-toed sloth called a bradypus or pale-throated sloth. At 2 days old, the baby bradypus weighed just 425 grams or 15 ounces!"
- M F
from Bookmarklet
"Every time you find yourself saying that there must be some causal relationship between two strongly correlated variables, you should go back and look at this graph"
- Bret Taylor
from Bookmarklet
Brian: in your example wouldn't lemon consumption be a third variable causing the two to be correlated? :)
- Frankie Warren
True! I forgot that lemons might be imported for purposes other than consumption. Lemon Scent Pine-Sol, perhaps.
- Brian Chang
No, you've got it backwards. The decreasing fatality rate has made it cheaper to insure truck drivers, lowering the cost of importing lemons.
- Jim Norris
On a related note, does 50 Likes on this graph mean that Bret's friend love math? Well, I guess it just means he has 11,000 followers.
- j1m
@Peng Given recent events re:pirates I've been predicting a reversal to the global warming trend.
- James Macgill
The problem with statistics - simplify enough, ignore enough variables and pick your measurements well, and you can get patterns where none exist. And it happens in policy making every month, I fear! MORE LEMONS!!!!!!!!!!
- Iphigenie
This item has wolves on it which makes it intrinsically sweet and worth 5 stars by itself, but once I tried it on, that's when the magic happened. After checking to ensure that the shirt would properly cover my girth, I walked from my trailer to Wal-mart with the shirt on and was immediately approached by women. The women knew from the wolves on my shirt that I, like a wolf, am a mysterious loner who knows how to 'howl at the moon' from time to time (if you catch my drift!). The women that approached me wanted to know if I would be their boyfriend and/or give them money for something they called mehth. I told them no, because they didn't have enough teeth, and frankly a man with a wolf-shirt shouldn't settle for the first thing that comes to him. I arrived at Wal-mart, mounted my courtesy-scooter (walking is such a drag!) sitting side saddle so that my wolves would show. While I was browsing tube socks, I could hear aroused asthmatic breathing behind me. I turned around to see a slightly sweaty dream in swe
- Far
from Bookmarklet
Keith, I never saw the launch pad... was it as cool as the ship in the second image though? I loved how you could undock the moon base type thing from it, and how it also had two smaller aircrafts that could detach from the wings. :D
- Dan Hsiao
Oh, when you said second image I thought you meant the second image in the mosaic. I just looked at that timeline and I had over half of the space kits from the 70's, and none from the 80's. I can't compete with your new fangled detachable shuttle technology. Now get off my lawn.
- Keith Pelczarski
The top middle one in the mosaic (between 497 and 493) was my brother's first Lego set 25 years ago. My first was a forklift.
- Gabe
*sigh* I love love love love loved my old space Legos. Part of the reason why I am the way I am... although that may be more of a cause to ban 'em entirely if you think about it. :D
- Wirehead