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Just got asked to go to a boat show. I'm actually considering it.
Steven Perez, Just your basic LB, Bird-botts and 2 other people liked this
Ah, apparently my niece wants to go because she wants to go shopping for a new bikini.
- Katy S
Suddenly, it sounds much less interesting.
- Katy S
I wonder if I can get her to spend most of her time at the DNR's exhibit. Probably not.
- Katy S
I suppose I could take pictures of boats. I will not be taking bikini shots.
- Katy S
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA - I just found out that before I was asked, my dad had no idea why he was asked to take her to the boat show. I just told him that it was so that the cheerleader could shop for bikinis. I wish I had a picture of his face when I told him.
- Katy S
Post-Boat Show Report - no bikinis were purchased. She saw one she liked, but I impressed upon her that I could not take her home with a bikini that had the word Fox emblazoned on the bikini top. If her mom wants her to have, she can shop for it with her, but I'm not going there.
- Katy S
The Voice - Coaches' Prince Medley - Video - http://www.nbc.com - http://www.nbc.com/the-voi...
Joel M, Just your basic LB, DJ Stevie Steve and 2 other people liked this
Derrick - I know you aren't actually watching the show, but I thought you might like to see your future ex-husband singing Prince songs. :D
- Katy S
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I missed this the first time. Ceelo looks kind of weird without his glasses. Adam and Blake singing Prince songs = <3
- Tamara
Tonight I discovered that neither of my parents had ever heard of Chaka Kahn.
o_O
- Steven Perez
^That was kind of my reaction. When I was growing up, we had a lot of classical music, show tunes, and big band music around, but I was surprised that they didn't even recognize her name,
- Katy S
Well, maybe that's not a completely unheard of response. I generally don't recognize any musical artists' names after 2003.
- Steven Perez
That makes sense. I mostly recognize names because my niece talks about them.
- Katy S
I gave up after Freddie Jackson got his first recording contract.
- MoTO Bott
I recognize names from seeing them on the internet, but not the music that goes with them.
- Bird-botts
Jeez how old are your parents? I don't understand people who get stuck in one musical era.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
They're 72 and 71. I don't think it's a matter of being stuck in an era as much as not recognizing the genre very well. They would recognize Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp (well, that one's hard not to in Indiana), my dad had a Whitney Houston album, my mom likes Norah Jones, and there are other examples.
- Katy S
Steven, that doesn't make sense - Chaka Khan and Rufus' huge hits were in the late 70s - Tell Me Something Good was major. They probably *would* recognize that song if they heard it.
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
I listen to everything. I don't like all of it, but it's hard not to pick up on what's going on in music, even if you don't seek it out. My own parents completely ignored current music some time in the 60's. They just sought out "oldies" radio all the time.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Laura - that's a good point. They might recognize a tune if they heard it.
- Katy S
My mother once correctly answered a Trivial Pursuit question about The Pointer Sisters. I was stunned.
- Just your basic LB
Oh yeah - Apparently they actually liked the Super Bowl Halftime show with Madonna.
- Katy S
I think I just found a bite mark on the laptop cord. I thought she had stopped that. :(
Just your basic LB liked this
Occupy Kindergarten: The Rich-Poor Divide Starts With Education - Jordan Weissmann - Business - The Atlantic - http://www.theatlantic.com/busines...
Occupy Kindergarten: The Rich-Poor Divide Starts With Education - Jordan Weissmann - Business - The Atlantic - http://www.theatlantic.com/busines...
"It may not simply be a matter of the rich getting richer, and the poor getting poorer -- although that certainly is a part of it. The growing differences in student achievement don't strictly mimic the way income inequality has skyrocketed since the middle of the 20th century. It's actually worse than that. Today, there's a much stronger connection between income and a child's academic success than in the past. Having money is simply more important than it used to be when it comes to getting a good education. Or, as Reardon puts it, "a dollar of income...appears to buy more academic achievement than it did several decades a ago." Even more discouraging: The differences start early in a child's life, then linger. Reardon notes another study which found that the rich-poor achievement gap between students is already big when they start kindergarden, and doesn't change much over time. His own analysis shows a similar pattern."
- Katy S
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Had I gone to public school where I lived, instead of going to public school ten miles away, then I would have been far worse off.
- Julian
:(
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
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The Cheerleader discovered the hat tonight, took it from me, and wore it the rest of the evening. She loves it. I did get it back at the end of the night, though. :D
Elena, Corinne L, Sercan Virlan and 7 other people liked this
She has good taste!
- Mary Carmen
She does. :) It was funny. She asked to see it closer, so I took it off and next thing I knew she had it on and didn't want to take it off even though it was a little too big for her.
- Katy S
Happy Caturday!
MissGordi, Corinne L, Janet-The Bottley Crue and 11 other people liked this
I'm trying to show some self control, but it's hard. I want to take it home with me.
Soup in a TARDIS, Elena, Kelli H. and 4 other people liked this
*cue Weird Al video*
- Spidra Webster
^ This. :)
- caj
OH: "I'm looking for retro. You've got tacky." (man to wife/girlfriend while shopping at my parents antique mall)
Kelli H., Rachel Lea Fox, Uli and 8 other people liked this
Also, I just met the new dealers at the mall - cute couple.
- Katy S
Ooh! And the dudes have good taste. Really nice glassware and porcelain.
- Katy S
I'm bored. At least they feed me a good lunch when I help out.
- Katy S
OH: "I'm not paying to have the internet on my phone. I don't need that."
- Katy S
OH: "They keep sending me text messages....If you want to talk to me, use the telephone."
- Katy S
It's cold in here and the hot chocolate tastes blah.
- Katy S
Now it gets busy, 1/2 hour before close.
- Katy S
Just plugged my FitBit in today. I didn't realize that I had reached 15,585 steps today. That's a lot for me. I should make an effort to be active tomorrow, but now I'm really ahead for the week and that makes me want to indulge in sloth.
DB Botts - Just DB Botts and SteVe C liked this
I just ordered pizza for myself for tonight. That will be 1 of 3 codes for free pizza used. #MakingYummyProgress
Kelli H., SteVe C, Uli and 7 other people liked this
I haz pizza.
- Katy S
I haz pizza, too. :)
- Just your basic LB
I'm totally going to eat too much.
- Katy S
I really don't like seeing Plum lick her lips in the vicinity of my bacon cheesesticks.
- Katy S
Bacon cheesesticks? Oh, my.
- Just your basic LB
bacon cheesesticks? plz explain. bacon inside the stick? bacon bits on the cheez?
- Marie
From Papa John's - it's basically their cheesesticks, which are basically garlicky pizza dough with cheese on top which are then topped with bacon. http://order.papajohns.com/menu... My pizza was free. The cheesesticks were not.
- Katy S
I might have to have pizza tonight.
- joey
joey - it was more of a relief than I thought it would be to just be able to pick up some pizza tonight. It's been a long week.
- Katy S
The Night Circus - http://www.librarything.com/work...
Perdido Street Station - http://www.librarything.com/work...
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years) - http://www.librarything.com/work...
Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking - http://www.librarything.com/work...
Harriet the Spy - http://www.librarything.com/work...
I've had one can of diet coke in the past 3 weeks. Not bad, for me.
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Meat Cakes, Part Two. Two Lumps: The Adventures of Ebenezer and Snooch ETA: The permanent/stable URL: http://www.twolumps.net/d... - http://www.twolumps.net/
Reminder - not actually for cats.
- Katy S
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I just read that. I seriously might have to make those this weekend. They sound FANTASTIC
- Hedgehog
The bacon and cheese sold me. That, and the idea of mashed potato "frosting."
- Katy S
I should probably read before bed. I have reading goals to meet.
Just your basic LB, Bird-botts and Melly Botts liked this
CarlC, Just your basic LB, Que Sarah Sarah and 6 other people liked this
She's been purring up a storm all evening.
- Katy S
I flipped the channel onto The Voice rerun just in time to see Cee Lo with Mr. Purrfect. My day has been made.
Jennifer Dittrich, The real Tam Shady, Corinne L and Just your basic LB liked this
I so want Mike Myers to revive the Austin Powers movies just so Cee-Lo can play the new Dr. Evil. That would be the awesomest of awesome.
- Corinne L
Yes!
- Katy S
omg yes.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Today's message from my Fitbit: "Wow! You've earned the Skydiver badge!
You've climbed your way to skydiving elevation. That's 1,000 floors! Only 1,000 more floors until your next badge!" This made me laugh.
Derrick, Morton Fox, vicster and 2 other people liked this
I'm so proud of my dad. He took pics with his camera, got the pics off of his camera, and attached them to an email he sent. All without asking me for help!!!
Starmama, Harold, Kirsten and 6 other people liked this
He's actually reasonably decent with most general computer stuff he needs to do, but for some reason it has taken a long time for him to really "get" uploading and downloading and figuring out where he put the items.
- Katy S
Greg Lukianoff: Arizona State Senate to Colleges: Get Rid of Those Non-G-Rated Professors! - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-lu...
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"In what has to be the most hilariously unconstitutional piece of legislation that I've seen in quite some time, senators in the Arizona state legislature have introduced a bill that would require all educational institutions in the state -- including state universities -- to suspend or fire professors who say or do things that aren't allowed on network TV. Yes, you read that right: at the same time the Supreme Court is poised to decide if FCC-imposed limits on "indecent" content in broadcast media are an anachronism from a bygone era, Arizona state legislators want to limit what college professors say and do to only what is fit for a Disney movie (excluding, of course, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. After all, those films are PG-13!). But don't take my word for it, here is the full text of the bill (SB 1467) as it currently stands:"
- Katy S
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what?
- MoTO Bott
I believe the proper response is: Fuck that!
- Katy S
Let me be the first to ask: is this from The Onion? No? Really?
- Amandadon't
Ah yes, college. Those years where you are supposed to find yourself and test boundaries.
- Andy
I seem to only have Non-G-Rated responses to this.
- Amandadon't
I can't keep up with all the backward stuff from everywhere. You seem to find at least one thing a day, Katy.
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
You are SHITTING me, right? For FUCK's sake. As a comp lit grad -- this would have eliminated a hell of a lot of what we read in the classroom. Such as Nobel winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Or, for that matter, the damn Odyssey (WAY too much blood in that last bit for network TV).
- RepoRat
Kamilah - a friend who is a professor at ASU shared this one on Facebook.
- Katy S
Would this mean that the Bible could not be used in class?
- Amandadon't
Oh, and you'd shut down the health sciences, too? I mean, sometimes you have to view NUDE BODY PARTS to become a health professional.
- Amandadon't
Criminal justice classes might be affected since you'd have to dance around the details about certain crimes.
- Andy
I can't even begin to imagine teaching Chaucer's Canterbury Tales under these regulations.
- Katy S
so...you wouldn't be able to have an art program at all, cause how would you talk about Greek, Roman, early Etruscan, Medieval, Modern...well any type of art cause they'll all like to paint nudes
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Ah, the asshats in AZ are at it again.
- Angel R. Rivera
RR, the odyssey woul dhave been fine - after all Game of Thrones is on TV (or so I'm told, as I haven't watched TV in forever as the content is generally too stupid to bear watching)
- awd
I thought GoT was on a cable network, not on broadcast TV. The rules vary, remember
- DJF
There's a difference?! Who knew? *crawls back under the rock of the internet*
- awd
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