Lol. Yes, mommy has hypermesis and has been home for the past month with no end in sight. Other than the constant vomiting everyone is healthy.
- Mary Carmen
from iPhone
I just saw your pregnancy whine post and I think all of downtown Sac heard me say, "Wait, she's pregnant?" (scroll back scroll back scroll back, find announcement) Wow! Congrats to you and Scott.
- Corinne L
Kid bro called back and we got to talk for like an hour. He transitions his company command on Friday and flies home on the 22nd. MY BROTHER'S COMING HOME IN A FEW WEEKS! *runs around screaming*
also he's the cutest kid ever. don't matter how old or war-seasoned or that he could probably strangle me to death with one hand, he still can't say "breakfast" and it's the most adorable thing in the world!
- t-ra: not givin up
all y'all liking this post makes my day even brighter still. thanks!
- t-ra: not givin up
I've got a brother I love and enjoy spending time with. :) Now I'm curious how he says breakfast. :D
- Running Slow
ha. he's always had difficulty with hard consonant sound combinations, so he can't manage the K and F in a row. comes out like "breffast" but also with a random clicking sound to get the K in there somehow. crushingly cute.
- t-ra: not givin up
that's pretty much what Cali has been for me as well. gateway to other destinations outside the US (tho now i can go direct from my home city, so i don't even have that reason anymore). i'd like to go there for an actual visit sometime. perhaps a high desert destination.
- Joe Silence
I still can't believe you've lived in Michigan most of your life and never been to Wisconsin. It's right *points* there, and it's the land of cheese! :D
- Pixie
But there is a rather large body of water in the way... ;)
- Michael W. May
from Android
Hey people who cook, question for you: sprouted peas and lentils mix came in my box today. Do I just cook 'em like regular beans/legumes? And don't say eat em raw b/c that ain't gonna happen.
lentils don't need need to soak like most dried beans and cook about the same as rice. That's the only random thought I had.
- Michael W. May
I've just never seen them sprouted, nor combined with sprouted peas and boxed up like that. I guess we'll find out if they cook well tonight.
- t-ra: not givin up
I've seen them sprouted but for use raw in salads. Since that's not a possibility, I have no suggestions.
- Spidra Webster
I've heard about them used for soup? I don't have any recipe recommendations, bu that might be a place to start.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Hmmm, soup. Yes, I can see how that could work. thanks!
- t-ra: not givin up
I would make a soup , add water, chopped onions, chopped tomato's a little cummin and garlic. Boil for approx 10-15 mins till lentils are cooked. Serve with Toasted Garlic Bread on the side :)-
- Peter Dawson
I wung it. sauteed onion and garlic, added sprouted lentils and peas, vegetable broth, water, salt, pepper, bacon pieces, and sliced mushrooms. simmered for an hour.
- t-ra: not givin up
ARGH, my boss now wants me to run her Twitter accounts for her! It won't take a lot of time, maybe half an hour a day, if that. But I have to set a fee and I have no idea!!! HELP.
LOL, I gave her a figure, she said that was too cheap and offered me three times that. The actual posts are automated, she just needs me to respond to people and get some interaction happening.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Okay, so on my first full day doing this (Tuesday) I helped the social media manager organise a better scheduling system and started thanking people for follows and RT's. IT guy noticed more activity by the end of the day.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
And now at the end of my second day (Wednesday) I've lined up a publicity interview for my boss with the head of the Empowered Women Entrepreneur Association. GO ME!
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Could you possibly manage my life for me? Great job!!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
"All you have to do to prevent this is sign in to Facebook and click through to (get ready) -> Settings -> Privacy -> News Feed and Wall -> Facebook Ads -> Appearance in Facebook Ads and click "no one." Unless, of course, you want to be semifamous and have your picture used to push some garbage product or website without your knowledge. (note: when I tried to make this change just now, the site returned an error. oh, and it might not work in Firefox either due to a 'bug.')"
- AJ Batac
from Bookmarklet
Nice... The coming Facebook backlash is going to be interesting to watch. I give it 1 to 1.5 years.
- mikepk
And I was surprised to see my setting set to "Appear on Facebook Ads". x_x Go here---> Settings -> Privacy -> News Feed and Wall -> Facebook Ads -> Appearance in Facebook Ads and click "no one."
- AJ Batac
Interesting ownership of content rules over there, heh?
- Jason Nunnelley
My Facebook Ads page is blank. Maybe because I only have my stuff opened to friends?
- Anika
I disabled my AdBlock Plus to view that page Anika.
- AJ Batac
Ah, okay let me try that. EDIT: Thanks! That worked. I was already selected to not appear in ads.
- Anika
Good! Mine was set to appear to friends initially. Changed it to "none".
- AJ Batac
I went to that part of the settings and this is the popup I got... "Worried about privacy? Your photos are safe. There have been misleading rumors recently about the use of your photos in ads. Don't believe them. These rumors were related to third-party applications, and not ads shown by Facebook. Get the whole story at the Facebook Blog, or check out the Help Center."
- Tony Miller
Third party content as in FB apps? Big difference there, eh?
- Michael W. May
"And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people."
- LB: #TeamMonique
Ah, the harrowing of hell. This is the source of the line "he descended into hell" in the Apostles' creed. Biblically, hell is the place where the dead rest or sleep. And Jesus is the savior not only of everyone after his life, but of those before his life, too. Through the crucifixion and resurrection, those who had died were raised to eternal life with Jesus.
- Ordinarybug Heather
They feasted on the brains of the living, obviously.
- Paul Buchheit
LOL, Paul. Heather, does that mean that when Jesus ascended, they did, too?
- LB: #TeamMonique
I'm not sure that is part of the Catholic bible - I'm going to have to look it up when my mum gets back.
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
is there any mention of Bub in that bit of Matthew?
- Joe Silence
This and the passage in Genesis about the heavenly beings "sleeping with" earthly women and fathering giants have always intrigued me. I'm sure the Genesis passage mention is good for another thread. :)
- Lois Loves LB and Mr. B
Huh. I always read that verse as meaning that the earthquake threw the bodies out of the tombs. That kind of thing has happened before, even in recent history.
- Steven Perez
Steven, if they went into the city, there's more going on than the earthquake!
- LB: #TeamMonique
from Android
That would depend on where the tombs were. In general, Jewish tombs weren't very ornate affairs. A person could almost walk on top of one and never know it. Depending on where they were located; Jerusalem is quite hilly, after all.
- Steven Perez
Apparently, from my very unscientific sampling at the local Subway - modern country music is comprised of lots of references to idyllic small town life and/or female revenge fantasies and a lot of autotune.
I think we're just getting the other side of "my wife done left me," which it turns out was "that bastard shouldn't have been sleeping around and no I'm not going to stand by him."
- Jennifer Dittrich
I may own Carrie Underwood's Two Black Cadillacs. I make up the movie in my head ;) this frightens me, I don't really love country music.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
Nobody is supposed to love it, baby. It's supposed to be medicine. Salve if you will. It's all gone pop now. At least rock and roll went off on its own an left the blues alone... for the most part.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
from Android
It's been that way for a long long time. Dwight Yoakam and others of his era started up as a reaction to that. I heard a review on NPR this week that highlighted at least a lyrically promising country artist. http://www.npr.org/2013... There are loads of people making more roots-oriented country music but now it's called Americana or "Alt Country" because it basically doesn't get played on country radio or TV.
- Spidra Webster
Aye, check out the local folk festival which should include many "alt country" acts; all of it is much more roots, old country, gospel, and bluegrass influenced. I don't know what modern country is anymore. I feel like the older generation in the sixties who said all the rock and roll sounded the same. To me, all the modern country sounds the same. Autotune doesn't help that.
- Michael W. May
Country music changed forever when producers realized they could also score hits on the pop charts if they appealed to the 'crossover' sound. Which is okay up to a point, beyond which you really have to acknowledge that you're really not creating country music anymore. When I see a so-called 'country' artist prancing around in hipster 'skinny jeans' and sporting a backwards baseball cap ala Justin Bieber, I have to wonder if they have any lingering perception of what they're genre once was.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
The only time the 'country boys' back where I grew up would ever flip their "John Deere" caps around was when they were sighing in their 12 gauge shotgons
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
add in catering to a faux nostallgia for Mayberry RFD et al by a certain demographic and you have the reaon why Waylon and Willie were Oatlaw Country before there wads Alt
- WarLord
Based on Wednesday's time trials, it looks like Waif will be running in an Invitational next week in Saginaw as part of the 4X400 relay team. This will mean an excused absence from classes. And Papa and Wife trying to get the day off. #proudpapa#diaryofadesperatedad
Pygmy goats rock ... a friend has on and all he wants is for you to pick him up. He runs over and puts his feet on you like a dog.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
We're trying to train our two goats (pygora and nigerian dwarf) to walk on leashes. They're...resistant...to going anywhere than exactly where they want to go at exactly that moment.
- Mark Kille
A friend of mine in Wyoming used to walk her goat on the high school track.
- laura x
@laura um didn't that make for clean up issues? I would be surprised if goats were that cooperative, but I guess they must be trainable?
- Christina Pikas
Goats can be trained to pull carts, leash should be doable. We had one in the herd when I was little that was a prime candidate for cart training.
- Hedgehog
There are a couple of people that do that here. I like seeing them at the Procession of the Species parade every year. The goats are really nice :D
- Jennifer Dittrich
Once again, Portland, "the place young people go to retire", hits it out of the park (a park which is landscaped by pygmy goats).
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Heard a song on the radio the other day, couldn't remember who sang it, Shazam didn't recognise it, and I can't find it by Googling the lyrics! HALP? R - O- C - K rock!!!!!!
Trying to remember more of the lyrics. I know a lot of the chorus rhymed with "nation". One line may have been R - O - C - K rock something something across the nation.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
And the final chorus was "R - O - C - K rock! R - O - C -K! R - O - C - K rock! R - O - C - Kaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!"
- Headless Gnad Kicker
I was just about to say, the internet can find a song just by saying it kind of goes like 'dun dun dun dun' (Darude - Sandstorm) or 'that hipster song with the whistling' (Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks), but not this.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
This is the kind of weather where I couldn't care less about "cute" or stylish. Frostbite isn't cute. I'll deal with flat hair and multiple layers to stay warm.
- Running Slow
Last night, I watched Running Man. The cast met the guests under a bridge by the Han. They were jumping up and down, rubbing against each other complaining how cold it was. One of the guests didn't even want to get out of the car because it was so cold. A red car pulls up and HyunA steps out. This girl had on patterned stockings, a mini-skirt and a t-shirt. I know she has an image to project, but she could've still been warm and not look insane.
- Anika
I was super cute (or quirky, depending on taste) today, but... my commute is mostly by car, so I'm generally outdoors about 15 minutes max at a time, which makes a big difference.
- Pixie