Don't shoot me Santa Claus, I've been a clean living boy, I promise you, did every little thing you asked me to, I can't believe the things I'm going through...
- Otto
It's all part of the Santa reboot. Hollywood should now do a Santa Origins story, directed by Michael Bay of course.
- Jerry Perez
gittii giittii giitttii giiitti santa gitti :D
- ELyaz
Saaantaa!!! Did it smell like cookies? lol
- John Tastad
makes getting down the chimney a lot easier.
- Morgan Haley
On Dasher! On Donner! On Cupi.....Oh SHIT! On Fire!!! On Fire!!!!
- Morgan Haley
ZooBorns: One of the World's Rarest Cubs -Making her public debut Dec. 4th, this little Amur Leopard cub was born four weeks ago at Germany's Serengeti Park. Native to Russia's Far East, Amur Leopards are critically endangered with less than 40 estimated left in the wild. - http://www.zooborns.com/zooborn...
Keep going...I pulled off a 371000 this week...still not sure how, lol
- Shannon
its an evil game, so addicting, 161K yet, playing for a week now :)
- Yunus Tunak
Shannon, Kevin has several friends who get 300K every week. I'm not sure that I aspire to that level of crazy awesome time wasting. But at the same time I said I wasn't going to play it anymore after the first 10 or so games., so who knows. I just seem to need to beat the people in my list. Damn competitive nature!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Yunus, 161K is great for week one. I think I'm on week four!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Heh, it is all about that list isnt it :D I love it when you get an awesome score and the next game is like 11,000 - schnort!
- Shannon
Totally Shannon. Though if a game looks like it is going to be under 25K i don't even finish it most of the time.
- Rachel Lea Fox
It is an evil evil game. I got over 200K once, and I'm finding it incredibly difficult to crack 175K since. I've seen people with 450K+ scores amongst my friends...
- Jason Wehmhoener
You are the master only for this week. Next week you'll be back again :)
- Benjamin Golub
Jason, 450K+ is crazy!!!!! It is an evil game. I seem to be pretty good at getting scores in the 100K - low 200K somewhat consistantly. But before this my high score was 209K.
- Rachel Lea Fox
I also got more than 250K this week, for the first time :)
- George Moga
Ben, I will beat you again next week! ;-)
- Rachel Lea Fox
"For at least a couple of years now, my wife and I have been rehearsing a break-up conversation with the Bay Area. As much as we love it here, we're just not sure if it will ever work out. IMAGES View Larger Images MONEY TALES Take me out, coach 11.09.09 Angling for business A Santa Cruz salmon fisherman follows the money -- ashore 09.29.09 Making hay, but barely making it Hard times for grass farmers and sellers... 09.10.09 More Money Tales » A lot of our uncertainty revolves around money, and our realization that we can't afford to buy a home here. That fact, rightly or wrongly, has become a touchstone for other uncertainties -- about finding a neighborhood we can stay in for the long term; about having good school options for our two-year-old daughter; about making enough money to afford the high cost of living without giving all of our waking hours over to work. As in many distressed relationships, there's a third-party involved. In this case it's the seductive call of some...
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- Spidra Webster
from Bookmarklet
I have this talk with myself every other month. I hate having to kill myself trying to make enough money just to rent an apartment in the Bay Area, but there are some things about living here that I just can't give up. Yet.
- vicster
I always told myself that if I moved from the Bay Area, it would be because I'm moving out of the US. However, getting more and more disabled has made it so I need to move back in with my parents. I'll miss LOADS of things here but I won't miss the crime, crime-enabling PC attitudes and dirtiness.
- Spidra Webster
Two close friends of mine left the Bay Area for these among other reasons and moved to Portland. It may be the best thing that ever happened to them, after the birth of their child. :-)
- Kevin Fox
If I were having children, the high cost of living here would not be the biggest problem. Far bigger is the crime problem and bad public schools.
- Spidra Webster
What do you mean by crime-enabling PC attitudes?
- Jim Norris
I was pretty sure someone was going to ask that. I just wrote a whole bunch about it but really, I can't adequately explain it if you don't live here. Politics in Berkeley and Oakland are pretty messed up. Read some newspapers & blogs if you want to know more.
- Spidra Webster
Actually the government for Oakland, Berkeley AND San Francisco is pretty seriously effed up.Very ineffective (not just where crime is concerned) and the elected officials all make it obvious that they are there only because they see it as a step on the ladder to higher office.
- vicster
Thanks, Spidra. I live on the Peninsula but I'm only somewhat familiar with East Bay politics.
- Jim Norris
Still alive? Sorry but this remains to be proved, a post every now and then or a cake are not enough. No announcement of any new feature since Google [edit:Facebook] bought out Friendfeed, if that is not an indication that Friendfeed is quietly [but surely] put aside for a slow death I don't know what is.
- lelapin
@lelapin: 1, Facebook, not Google. 2, no new features != slow death. First of all, community is independent of the evolution of the technology. There are tons of forums out there that haven't added new features in ages but are still highly active. 3, it could be argued that FriendFeed doesn't *need* new features: it's a very complete and functional platform, that does what it does well.
- Louis Simoneau
And, in response to the original post, Hellz Yeah!
- Louis Simoneau
@LouisSimoneau: 1 - thanks for the heads up 2 - cemeteries are extending in size and population still would you take them as example to back up your argument, as 'highly active'? 3 - could be indeed, I would not though since, no matter what sector you're in, no change, no new feature irremediably leads to obsolescence.
- lelapin
Plan B was to crack open a smoke alarm, grind up the radioactive element, mix it in with some bug mash and feed it to Wolfie. Wait a few days then let him bite me, then book appearances on Oprah and Larry King between my crimefighting shifts.
- Kevin Fox
from iPhone
It's probably a Hobo, or aggressive house spider - they have them all around here, too - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki.... They are fairly aggressive, and carry a nice potent venom. The venom won't kill most humans but you'll have quite the blister and could get sick if you get bit.
- Jesse Stay
2 of my favorite animals are spiders and snakes (I guess that makes me a boy?)
- Jesse Stay
Put the nice poisonous spider out in the park where the children play? I let other spiders outside my house live. Anything that comes in dies and anything that is poisonous dies. Sorry. :p
- Josh Haley
I like the spiders because they kill the mosquitos and wasps. I'll never kill a spider (unless my wife forces me to)
- Jesse Stay
Yeah, I like the ones outside that take care of the mosquitoes. But once they cross the threshold, it's ON.
- Josh Haley
Josh, I remember some pretty spiders out there in Houston. We had a really pretty colored (and large one) set up a beautiful web in our front porch. I also miss the lizards and snakes.
- Jesse Stay
Keith, I agree with T8r! If if I had had my way it would have been killed with fire or drowned, but Kevin wouldn't do it!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Josh, it won't stay in the park. It will go right back for someone's home. It won't stay in the playground so the kids are safe, unless it goes in their house. We think its a wolf spider or a hobo like Jesse says. so pretty much it will take care of all the bugs we don't like and not make webs and want to live in a house and not likely to bite someone unless they aggravate it, but I still don't want it in my house.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Umlaut likes to sleep up there too! And sometimes she watches me, watching TV, which is a little weird. BTW just got back from first weekend away- she is super lovey.
- anna sauce
LOL! I bet the top of the unit is warm. Kittehs love heaters.
- rowlikeagirl
Yup, and there's only a little clearance between the top of the DVR and the TV stand top shelf, so the heat is captured a bit. Upside: extra warm kitteh. Downside: she'll soon be too big a kitteh to fit. (She's 4 months old...)
- Bash
I love the arm position. still makes me giggle. And she has gotten so big!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
OMG only 4 months?!? She looks big already!
- rowlikeagirl
It's been so long since I've had a kitten that I don't have a sense of how big she might be for her age. She's long when stretched out, but she's very light and sleek. And OMG, SOOO soft!
- Bash
Oh she totally looks like she is the right size. It is just so odd and fun to actually see them grow up. I usually only see them so small. I've only gotten to see a handful get bigger!! And that little Moxie was always the softest of the bunch. One of the softest of all the kittens we have had. The only one that ties with her that I know of would be Milo!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Umlaut also has super short and soft fur- I've never had a short-hair cat, and it's so nice and ... soft.
- anna sauce
It's been ages since I have had a short haired cat - Moxie is mainly short haired, but she has a hint of a ruff and a little plume to her tail fur. It's fascinating how much of their musculature is revealed when their fur is shorter and sleeker...amazing creatures! It's great for cleaning, too - she doesn't leave tufts lying around, so now it's just Sebastian's fur tumbleweeds I'm chasing. :)
- Bash
I'm sorry to be so delinquent in photos- but Umlaut moves around *so much*. She is a spry little sphinx.
- anna sauce
I do think we might need to make this photo into a LOL cat. I'm horrible with coming up with what they should say though.
- Rachel Lea Fox
IM IN UR PVR, DELETIN UR RECORDD TV SHOWS.
- AJ Batac
Thanks Bash. She is doing well. Mostly happy. Annoyed that her food is being watered down. Not liking the meds I'm putting on her gums. But overall good. Once it's healed she will be very happy and maybe gain some of her weight back that shes lost because her tooth was hurting her and she wasn't eating a lot.
- Rachel Lea Fox
I still can't get over the root bone on the lower canine teeth (second pic). They are crazy!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Oh, the smallest teeth in the second two pics are the ones that were removed.
- Rachel Lea Fox
zoom the second photo. She is still a little dopey and her tongue is stuck out in that photo. Which she does anyway sometimes, but I always find it kinda funny.
- Rachel Lea Fox
"Ms. Yang and Mr. Muller met in May 2008 while working at FriendFeed, a startup social networking Web site in Mountain View, Calif." / Congratulations, guys!
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Wow, in the NY Times!!! Congratulations!!!! :)
- niniane
The first and only FriendFeed wedding!
- Sheila Taylor
There have been other FriendFeed weddings, but no double-FriendFeed weddings! And yup, this'll be the last one (unless Prop 8 falls and there are a couple other big surprises!).
- Kevin Fox
"Do you have an official reason for leaving? There were so many rumors flying about. You know what, it was 5 years I was on the show, I was there from day one and I felt like I had all these opportunities in front of me that I was looking into, from my own show to another touring show to a clothing line to books and I didn't have time to dive into all these projects because I was focusing so much on "So You Think." I just thought I wasn't growing anymore, honestly. I felt like as an artist I was getting caught up in just grinding out duets and there's so much more to me than that. I felt like I needed to expand myself as an artist and a brand and a director/producer/creator, as opposed to just a choreographer. Do you think you might be back on the US one this season or probably not until next summer? I don't know. If I do it'll probably be towards the end of the season, but I don't know. It's all open for discussion."
- Rachel Lea Fox
from Bookmarklet
I didn't know she'd left. I can understand this though. It would be nice if they had a much wider array of choreographers (and guest choreographers) so that a given person might just create one or two dances in a season. They'd be able to put a lot more of their heart in to it.
- Kevin Fox
i remembered seeing her tweet that she was saying goodbye to sytycd....very close to when adam shankman was made permanent judge...not sure if it is related.
- Pokai
I didn't know she'd left either, but I like her choreography so I'll be happy if she comes back.
- Shannon Jiménez
Pokai, it might be. And btw, I HATE having Adam as a permanent judge. He is not a great judge, often doesn't know what he is talking about and I really miss the rotating judges and getting to hear a variety of opinions. :(
- Rachel Lea Fox
I don't hate Adam. I think he is wonderful as a person, but he tends to be too nice. I agree. Variety is better.....
- Pokai
I've been playing with the size and shape of the birdies. And my sister in law suggested a string off the top of them so she could tie them to car seats or whatever so he wouldn't loose them. Turns out he also likes to hold the strings while playing with them. He really liked them, and the wings and tail are just right for holding onto and chewing on. Plus washable. Once I fully get the pattern the way I want it, I will post for others to use. Original crochet pattern is here: http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/2007...
- Rachel Lea Fox
I think the size and shape of the red one came out the best so far.
- Rachel Lea Fox
so cute - can you make me a set that looks like pac man and the ghosts? :)
- Allen Stern
Do you use fiberfill? And how did you modify the beaks and eyes to make them toddler safe? Embroider them on?
- Jen Hodges
Allen, I'm currently only making these for toddlers of my friends and family. I don't know how to make pac man versions, though that is a really interesting idea that I might need to play with eventually.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Jen, yes I use poly-fil to stuff them with. And I use a large tapestry needle with more yarn to embroider the beak and eyes on.
- Rachel Lea Fox
nope, just kinda small stiches otherwise it would be really fast. But still doesn't take too long either. I have a card with the pattern on it, but it originates on this website which has the pattern: http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/2007... I made some modifications by using yarn for the beak and eyes instead of buttons and felt as I didn't want anything that could be too easily pulled off.
- Rachel Lea Fox
He isn't very big either. kinda hacky-sack sized.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Thanks for posting the link. I might have to try to make one.
- aden
Thanks Bash. I'm working my way up to larger kids toys. This seemed like a good starting point. No problem aden. Gotta share the crafty love!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
See-ming and Laura - not meant to be for twitter, but if we attach a note with 140 characters on it and throw him across the room to someone, I'm sure he will deliver the message. ;-)
- Rachel Lea Fox
Left to right, as if you didn't know already: Dan Hsiao, Casey Muller, Ana Yang, Jim Norris, Tudor Bosman, Bret Taylor, Paul Buchheit (with Camilla), Sanjeev Singh, Kevin Fox.
- Tudor Bosman
That's why I love today's web : you can talk with the people that build the next web, and see those who build your current web. Congrats guys!
- Zackatoustra
FriendFeed Team, I love you !!!! Thanks to you all, I'm very happy everyday!!!
- Renchin(Reina)Wang
So that was the TGIFF ("Thank Goodness It's FriendFeed") party? Perhaps slightly off-topic, but if Camiila hasn't been betrothed yet, have I got a grandson for her ;-))
- ianf ⌘
TGIFF was excellent. Great event and great people.Thanks for the invite and hospitality.
- AJ Kohn
Louis, thank you and thank you to the FriendFeed team for making a killer product and hosting a great open house!
- Brian Solis
(bump) Ana and Casey are now married. Here's a pic of them on the left, between Ross and Jim. Congratulations to Ana and Casey! (per http://friendfeed.com/jessica...)
- Louis Gray
علی حجوانی تو روحت، ای واسه چه موقعیه؟ :)))
- Mehran
:))))))))) مال بعد از عیده. اواخر فروردین فک کنم
- Aly
I don't think he was looking out the window. Heh. I was wondering where that path went (besides 'up').
- Kevin Fox
I think it was RMS who said: "In a world without walls who needs Windows(tm)?" Apparently, even open-source warriors find a window useful from time to time ;-)
- Tzury Bar Yochay
"Send a sweet note to someone with a darling message bird. These tiny painted ceramic birds are about the size of a large grape and come with a blank scroll to write a short note to a friend or loved one. Handmade by a cooperative of women artisans in Peru. Residing in poverty stricken rural areas and often the victims of domestic violence, these women have been able to earn a consistent living wage from the success of their fair trade venture. Designed by Jenny Krauss. Packaged individually in recycled cardboard boxes. Sold as a set of 3. $20.00 "
- Rachel Lea Fox
from Bookmarklet
Careful though. Any more than 140 characters and they're too heavy to fly!
- Kevin Fox
What if you retweet by writing on the back of the note card? Can the bird even carry that?
- Rachel Lea Fox
This is clearly not my cat. If this was my cat he's have one arm shoved down into the printer trying to tear up all the internal whirling bits with his bare claws.
- Soup
Too Funny! Reminds me of the San Mateo Cat Shelter where one of the cats loves to sleep on top of the laster printer where the paper comes out...
- Greg Lato
1600+ to beat the FFundercats live chat thread. I think with this real time now on all threads we're going to see some truly epic comment numbers.
- Simon Wicks
Ivan, no the picture speaks for itself. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Petr, I have no idea what you mean, but thank you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
@Kol .. :] that, partially, might have been the purpose.... I don't know it exactly either. :] .. was I reflecting on a cat under the fax, and that it is hard to fax that way ... /?:] ... "underfaxing at its worst" ..
- Petr Buben
there ya have me ! :] .... see, to be honest with you, i saw this pic couple days ago, but i let it go, without posting it ..... what does that make me? :]
- Petr Buben
even a flat cat... faxes just can't handle the hair. You'd have to shave the cat first, else the hair will burn and stick to the drum... a mess! (I am extrapolating from transparencies, mind, i don't have access to a cat to test)
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Hehe, Joelle. This is now tied for the 'likes' top stop. One more then, hehe. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Hehe, Greg. Blimey! Erm, is that not far from 500 likes now? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Bloody marvelous, Kol. Wish I could like it again... too cute (and help u to 500 likes).
- Roberto Bonini
I couldn't believe it when I logged on from the morning over posting it and saw it was at something 200 likes! You all have a strange fetish with cats and fax machines, hehe. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Am I the only one who saw this and their first thought was - My goodness did someone break that cats neck? It still freaks me out a little
- Steve C
Steve, it does look a little out of place, but cats are pretty bendy. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
They fax much better if you flatten them first. What?
- Kevin Pedraja
So we can put this post to rest now. :-) 505 likes final count, wow! :-D Good night all!
- Kol Tregaskes
My like is the last one so far :) - 509 afaik
- getalifejerk
did 3 people really un-like this? now at 506. wtf (edit: uh, oh, yeah, me and 2 + 506 others makes 509. dammit, jim, i'm an artist, not a mathematician)
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
One of the best funny cat pictures I've seen! :-)
- John Collis
Kristian, it appears to be. Hehe, John.
- Kol Tregaskes
ای بابا این پیشول بی خیال نمی شود، بابا پاشو برو دنبال یه بازی دیگه ، از هفته پیش تا حالا تو فکس ولو شدی حوصله ات سر نرفته، پاشو اقلا بپر رو کیبوردی چیزی
- Maryaminaa
It's really only social convention which regards it as inappropriate, same with Xeroxing it, like one does with their b__tocks. Wait are we still talking about cats cats here or...
- sofarsoShawn
OMGosh 700+ likes now!! LOL. Thank you all 702 of you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes