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Shoppers are inconsiderate and pay no attention to the world around them
nakachi, Steven Perez, Alix Whitmire and 24 other people liked this
Very, very true.
- Laura wishes you peace.
You ain't neva lied
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
YEP!
- Helen Sventitsky
I want to extend that to the parking lot, where I've almost gotten run over like three times in the past two days.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
That's Vancouver every dang day of the year.
- cecily
I stay away from retail stores during the holidays. People can be real jerks this time of year.
- Jason Huebel
I started to cuss out a stranger in a few different instances.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
i thought it was just me that happened to.
- edythe
I stopped in at Best Buy the other day (had to, needed something) and this soccer mom nearly pushed me over as she stormed over to a section of the store where she wanted something. You know that determined, get-the-hell-outta-my-way, leading-with-your-chin walk that people do when they don't care who's around? Yup, that was the walk (more like stomp) she was doing. I barely got out of the way...
- Jason Huebel
haapy happy joy joy
- VAL D. Zone
strangely, everyone at the Kroger i just came home from was very polite. Merry Weirdmas!
- Joe Silence is not Santa
Food doesn't have that Tickle-Me-Elmo, I'll-Kill-You-If-You-Take-The-Last-One effect, though. There's plenty of it to go around...
- Jason Huebel
Harold needs to add his story from Target earlier today. Harold?
- Kamilah Gill
Ahhhhh, Target. Where at any given time, half the people are self-important, entitled, yuppy jackasses. (Bah. Humbug.) ;-)
- Jason Huebel
Jason :( No they're not usually. Maybe in some parts of the country. I'd take Target a thousand times over Walmart (we had that big discussion here a little while back).
- Kamilah Gill
Can't argue with that. At least Target requires you to wear shoes and a shirt in the store. http://www.peopleofwalmart.com
- Jason Huebel
yah, Target wins over Walmart in my part of the world. easily.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
USA! USA! USA!
- Mona Nomura
NZ! NZ! NZ!
- Joe Silence is not Santa
I went to Costco, Target, and CVS recently and it was fairly tame. Not too crowded either.
- Rodfather
I was at Costco in Stockton. It wasn't too bad except for some inconsiderate shoppers blocking the isles and crying kids. However, traffic was bad but then it's California and more than normal traffic.
- imabonehead
from Android
Shoppers inside the grocery store were generally very nice today. Outside in the parking lot? Megatrucks pulling out without looking first, cars parked over two spaces, people leaving their carts instead of walking the extra twenty feet to put them away...I'm glad I'm home now.
- Abigail Maley
People go nuts here in japan, too. I try to avoid driving during the holidays.
- Rick Cogley
I received some absolutely lovely earrings in the mail today, and I am wearing them right now. Thank you so much, Yolanda!!!! *hugs and a kiss* You make beautiful jewelry!
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Mark Krynsky, Santa CW™, Alix Whitmire and 36 other people liked this
Totally awesome! :)
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Very awesome!
- Kamilah Gill
(ahem, btw, please excuse that embarrassing bevy of beauty products and assorted mess behind me!)
- edythe
Very cute!
- aden
And another yay! Hope you enjoy the sparklies. :)
- Yolanda
Those are lovely.
- cecily
VERY nice. :-)
- Chris Baskind
:)
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
EDYTHE!!!!!!!!!! You look lovely! Such a beautiful soul you are! :D Merry Christmas!
- JA Castillo
Lovely earrings - and you look radiant, ms edythe :) Such a wonderful present from Yolanda.
- WorldofHiglet
Oh Polly, you are so lovely. And Yolanda's heart is pure gold :)
- Mona Nomura
Miley Cyrus To Take Music Hiatus - "And there was much rejoicing." - http://www.contactmusic.com/news...
Michael Pinto, Eric @ CSTechcast.com, Rick Cogley and 10 other people liked this
we can definitely hope that it is a permanent one.
- Harold
Sadly, no... she's saying that she wants to shed her teeny-bopper image and focus on harder rock. Kinda like the transition from Li'l Bow Wow to Bow Wow, I guess...
- Kamilah Gill
She did music?
- Anthony Citrano
++ Anthony
- LogEx
@Anthony, she "did" everyone... er... thing else.
- Jason Huebel
Actually, it'll be nice if she never comes back. She's a poor role model for kids, IMO.
- Jason Huebel
She actually has a decent voice for Country music. IF she took a year or two off, and came back to country with a good song writer she could have a decent career...That is of course assuming people can shed their bias against her. Which is a tall order.
- Joe Pierce
She can be the next Kelly Clarkson. No wait, she would be Kelly Clarkson's next meal.
- Josh Haley
who?
- .LAG liked that
Seems like she's pretty much a mass-produced "idol" like in the Japanese sense of one. All marketing. She should go have a life and some normal experiences for a few years. Maybe if she does have any talent it will grow into something real.
- Rick Cogley
Kylie Minogue went from pop princess (remember her re-make of "The Locomotion"?), to legit pop diva after a career make-over... it's conceivable.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
An aside: Kylie Minogue's remake of The Locomotion was remade again by another J-pop idol. Double ugh.
- Rick Cogley
I live in a van down by Duke University (Pinched - Salon.com) - http://www.salon.com/life...
Kisha, Well Conditioned, Iván Abrego, Penguin It's Cold Outside and 2 other people liked this
This Salon article is a great read. From the article: "Living in a van was my grand social experiment. I wanted to see if I could -- in an age of rampant consumerism and fiscal irresponsibility -- afford the unaffordable: an education. I pledged that I wouldn't take out loans. Nor would I accept money from anybody, especially my mother, who, appalled by my experiment, offered to rent me an apartment each time I called home. My heat would be a sleeping bag; my air conditioning, an open window. I'd shower at the gym, eat the bare minimum and find a job to pay tuition. And -- for fear of being caught -- I wouldn't tell anybody."
- Stephen Mack
from Bookmarklet
More: "While I have plenty of good things to say about simplicity, living in a van wasn't all high-minded idealism in action. Washing dishes became so troublesome I stopped altogether, letting specks of dried spaghetti sauce and globs of peanut butter season the next meal. There was no place to go to the bathroom at night. I never figured out exactly where to put my dirty laundry. Once,...
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- Stephen Mack
Is he deluding himself, or does he actually like his lifestyle? To me it's a description of pure hell.
- Stephen Mack
But the points he makes about student loans and debt are entirely valid.
- Stephen Mack
The older I get, the more I think that Calvin's dad was right - hardship really does build character. I wish it weren't so!
- Lo
There's hardship, and then there's living in a van. I don't want things to be easy but I certainly wouldn't want anyone I know to live a life this hard. Or stinky.
- Stephen Mack
The author is certainly engaging, though, and proud of his eccentricity. I also liked the Big Lebowski reference he snuck in.
- Stephen Mack
Great article IMO... thanks for the find Stephen. I loved his sense of humor and take on things in general. Was he making it a little grander than it was... yes. But, anyone willing to experiment in life has some creative leeway I believe. Neat story, great writing.
- SAM
Thanks SAM, totally agree. But could you live like him?
- Stephen Mack
Not a chance... I could camp for that long... but I wouldn't choose to go the route he did. Ah the whims of the young.
- SAM
When you think about it from the perspective of not having lived or having to live that lifestyle, it may seems unappealing. When you have lived it or have to live it.. it becomes just another life experience (voluntary or not) or lifestyle choice. Not sure where I'm going with that. But I have seem both sides where people choose to live that way and for a time I had to live that way (albeit very short and temporary)
- Roger Nang
I agree Roger... when it's your life... it's a completely different take on everything about it.
- SAM
On the surface, sounds pretty gross. I guess he probably didn't have relationships during that time... I might get to RTFA later.
- Kamilah Gill
I lived in a van for a semester when I was an undergrad in 1990 (in my case it was a 1974 Econoline Supervan). It wasn't an experiment so much as just playing the hand I was dealt at the time. Interestingly, I got the best grades of my college career that semester because I spent so much time hanging out in the library. ;-)
- Keith Pelczarski
Mince Pies by Mr Kipling - http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Kipl...
These are delicious. End of story.
- Stephen Mack
from Bookmarklet
They dined on mince, and slices of quince, which they ate with a runcible spoon, and danced by the light of the moon.
- Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy
They do look pretty awesome... I wonder if they might be a little like those Aussie Pies that I miss so terribly.
- Kamilah Gill
The chicken Aussie Pies formerly available from Costco? yum! I miss them too. But those are savory, these are sweet. And delicious!
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Ah, okay. I thought these might be meat pies. Still, yeah. Those ones. We got them at Wholesale Club/Sam's Club. I've still never been to Costco, even though we do have them here. And I think my mom is a member.
- Kamilah Gill
So Sams dropped them too? There's a story here. Time to research what happened to Aussie Pies.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Werd. I'm with you. What should we do first? (I'll get back to you later if you're serious. Bedtime.)
- Kamilah Gill
I'm 103% serious. I'll start by writing Costco. More updates to follow post Holidays. Night Kamilah! Much love to you and Harold in your new home!
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
FestivusFeed: Start Festivus right with the traditional Airing of Grievances.
Sandra Large, Private Sanjeev, Lo and 89 other people liked this
Image borrowed from a super old post. http://blog.louisgray.com/2007...
- Louis Gray
Grievance: There is no longer an official Festivus Feed.
- Louis Gray
Grievance: That we discussed this back in August as well. http://friendfeed.com/louisgr...
- Louis Gray
"I got a lot of problems with you people! And now, you're gonna hear about it."
- Louis Gray
Grievance: Sean Percival! Your hair is too straight and too long, and you are too thin.
- Louis Gray
Grievance: Rahsheen! All your topless pictures are posted and yet, it does not encourage any women to do the same!
- Louis Gray
Ha! Double Ha! in fact.
- sean percival
Grievance: Anne Bouey, you are too kind to everyone. I want to know what you really think about Facebook.
- Louis Gray
Grievance: Cecily, you carry on the stereotype of the stern librarian who does not approve of shenanigans! Live it up every once in a while.
- Louis Gray
Grievance: Friendfeed didn't buy Facebook and declare it *dead* :D
- Adrian
Grievance: Haggis! You are the lamest poker in the world I have ever seen. Pathetic.
- Louis Gray
Grievance: Adrian, you couldn't man up and get Anika to take your last name like a true patriarch!
- Louis Gray
Oh man... I lost the armwrestling match that was supposed to decide that. :(
- Adrian
I trained for weeks too!
- Adrian
OMG *gets out p-whip*
- Admiral Anika
Grievance: Spidra, your avatar looks like Rosie the Riveter meets Archie from Archie Comics. Let's see the real you!
- Louis Gray
Grievance: Anika, you have not told us all the dirt about Mark Krynsky that you really know. It's time you told us. Everything.
- Louis Gray
Jaime Hernandez was very influenced by Archie Comics. I doubt I'll change my avatar, but (and this gets to *my* grievance) I have posted quite a few pics of me in my feed - that so few of my subscribers read, like or comment on. :-P
- Spidra Webster
Grievance: we haven't seen enough of LG bragging that he's whipped someone in Scrabble or Mario Kart. Especially that he's mercilessly beaten his mother.
- Spidra Webster
lol
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Grievance: Jandy, if you were truly the ConcertMaven of FF, how come I have #1) never been invited to a concert you attended, and #2) you have not yet organized a concert made up of FriendFeed performers?
- Louis Gray
Spidra, I try to remain humble. I would never bore you with such triviality. :)
- Louis Gray
Grievance: Louis, your most fun posts are only seen by insomniacs.
- Bruce Lewis
Grievance: Bruce, OurDoings has not yet been acquired by FriendFeed or Facebook and is far too obscure, requiring much more visibility.
- Louis Gray
Obscure? The user group http://friendfeed.com/ourdoin... has 13 subscribers. That's gotta be about half the active FriendFeed user base, if the pundits are to be believed.
- Bruce Lewis
Louis, #1) Consider yourself invited to every concert I attend; all you gotta do is come down to LA! #2) I'm waiting for Spidra to move back down here, then I will organize said concert with her in the lead. And you're invited. :)
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Hmm. We can take over the Rose Bowl and have a huge festival. What will we call it? Ffunderstruck?
- Spidra Webster
Sounds awesome! I'll get started on the booking arrangements! :p
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Well, Louis, to tell you the truth, I've never been on Facebook!
- Anne Bouey
Anne, your truthfulness pleases everyone. :) Carry on.
- Louis Gray
Festivus used to be about grievances. All this cheerfulness is ruining it! ;-)
- Bruce Lewis
Where the hell did I put my pole?
- l0ckergn0me
Grievance: Chris Pirillo is not lifecasting in 3D, so I don't feel like I know him well enough.
- Louis Gray
Grievance: Mahendra's sharing preferences on Google Reader and Twitter are dramatically different than the posts he selects for Techmeme while on his shift.
- Louis Gray
LOL...is that a grievance?!
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Grievance: Atul Arora is remarkably mysterious about his full-time work life, and is seen as a full-time link sharer.
- Louis Gray
Grievance: Jim Norris complains often about struggles with attracting a date, yet he is cute enough and successful enough that I would be happy to pass his name along to potential partners. :)
- Louis Gray
Grievance: Louis Gray won't stop hitting on me.
- Jim Norris
In your dreams, Norris -- LG only fantasizes of RSS feeds ;)
- Mona Nomura
Grievance: Jim's and Mona's hilarious comments make mine look really lame by comparison.
- Bruce Lewis
Grievance: Not enough things have been declared Dead, Lame or Wrong...
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Grievance: I didn't follow the thread format, which probably leveled up LG's grievance. ;)
- Mona Nomura
Grievance: Bret Taylor hasn't publicized the fact Toby Gerhart lost the Heisman Trophy award after weeks of unrealistic hype.
- Louis Gray
from iPhone
Grievance: People post their mugs way too much up in here! #getaroom
- Mona Nomura
Grievance: Mona's everyday drinking behavior makes college students feel like underachievers both in the classroom and at their frat houses or sororities.
- Louis Gray
from iPhone
Grievance: WorldOfHiglet has not posted her novel to FriendFeed as a PDF to download.
- Louis Gray
from iPhone
Grievance: I live to far away from Louis Gray
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Grievance: Stephen Mack toils away at TiVo for a decade and hasn't ONCE posted promo codes for lower-cost units. He also won't tell us if there is anything beyond the TiVo XL.
- Louis Gray
from iPhone
Track down Louis Gray using this http://www.phonedetective.com/PD...
- Thomas Power
Grievance: Johnny Worthington isn't Australian enough. Secondary grievance... the Skype connection to FFunderCats is complete rubbish.
- Louis Gray
from iPhone
Grievance: I can't quit you...
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Grievance: Thomas Power runs a successful social network and his three children somehow all still managed to become FarmVille addicts.
- Louis Gray
from iPhone
Grievance: I have no housemates to annoy with my loud cackling at this thread.
- Spidra Webster
bah humbug
- Thomas Power
Grievance: Louis Gray made me snort my tea when I read his comment about my novel...
- WorldofHiglet
Grievance: Akiva and Rochelle Moskovitz go to bed way too early.
- Louis Gray
from iPhone
Grievance: Louis Gray has not been listening to my audiobook podcast
- WorldofHiglet
Grievance: Kol has a last name that nobody can pronounce, and a first name that should be short for something, but nobody has any clue.
- Louis Gray
from iPhone
Trez-Gas-Ges ... I can
- Thomas Power
LG, it's short for "Koldkockya"
- Spidra Webster
Ouch that sounds painful Spidra. This is what LG stands for http://www.lgblog.co.uk/wp-cont...
- Thomas Power
LOL, Louis. Kol, short for Kolin, i.e. Colin. Tregaskes: say like Tree-Gas-Kes. Easy. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Grievance: I never get invited to all the great meatbag parties
- Mo Kargas
Grievance: I never go to bed. Wait...Another Grievance: I'm always late to these parties.
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
Grievance: All my network is on Twitter instead of FriendFeed. Bastards!
- Justin Whitaker
Grievance: this video won't edit itself.
- WorldofHiglet
Grievance: LG's not on FF right now. Which leads me to believe he could only be sleeping. I'm disillusioned.
- Spidra Webster
Grievance: FriendFeed got hijacked by Facebook - bah! I think they should switch places. I mean, declare FB dead and switch all those accounts over to FF --- now, that would be AWESOME!
- Susan Beebe
Grievance: Not enough chocolate over here, that's cuz I ate most of it already :P *sad santa*
- Susan Beebe
I'm glad you aired out these grievances, Louis, They were starting to stink before, all boxed up like that.
- Stephen Mack
I don't get a Grievance? Woo hoo! I win!
- Kamilah Gill
Grievance: Spidra does not recognize I can be off FriendFeed and still not asleep at the same time. A rarity, but true.
- Louis Gray
Grievance: Susan Beebe dutifully listens in to every Gillmor Gang, but has yet to be invited on as a participant.
- Louis Gray
Grievance: Kamilah Gill is still doing her daily sketches and has yet to switch to oil-based paints.
- Louis Gray
Grievance: Stephen Mack has no resemblance to the line of trucks which bear his name.
- Louis Gray
Grievance: Paul Buchheit has not yet singlehandedly made Facebook as cool as FriendFeed or GMail.
- Louis Gray
:P I'm going to! and I have done tons of oil painting. That's how I got my art degree. Ah, that's better. Happy Festivus.
- Kamilah Gill
Grievance: Stuart Miniman won't admit that the vast majority of people who interact with him don't really get the full benefits of Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE).
- Louis Gray
Greviance.... Apple not letting Google Voice on the iPhone
- Roberto Bonini
Grievance: It is still only Christmas Eve, so I cannot partake in the (completely made up by me) tradition of spending as much of the day as possible in my Christmas pajamas.
- joey
Grievance: It's Christmas Eve day and I'm at work :(
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Greviance: Jet lag is screwing up my sleeping patterns.
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Grievance: I wish you could all be eating Turkey here with me. Instead I have to type on a keyboard to try to feel close to you.
- Jorge Escobar
Greviance: Transporter tech hasn't been invented. See above.
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Roberto, I've got a prototype working. You stand beneath one circular shower curtain and jump into the space with another circular shower curtain. Now all I need is to work on the distance.
- Cristo
Cristo: You tried that on Alex yet??4 ;)
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Grievance: No one on my FF feed or FoaF has yet made a YouTube video of their Feats of Strength
- Spidra Webster
Spidra: not even Rah??
- WorldofHiglet
Spidra, I may have a photo of mine a little later. No video, though.
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
WoH, got link? ha3rvey, I'm sure we all look forward to it!
- Spidra Webster
HA HA! I totally escaped the Airing of Grievances.
- Steven Perez
Grievance: DYSP.
- Kamilah Gill
TOO LATE. YOU MISSED THE CUTOFF.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Belated Grievance: I missed the cutoff.
- Kamilah Gill
12-24-09.
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Today's random person was Garry Tan. http://friendfeed.com/garryta...
- Kamilah Gill
Yay, you got the Festivus thread in there!
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
:) I really enjoyed that one.
- Kamilah Gill
Cryptic math ad explained! - SFBART's blog - http://sfbart.posterous.com/cryptic...
Penguin It's Cold Outside and Jimminy Fuller liked this
"We've had several questions from BART riders curious about an advertisement on trains that poses a math problem: "Jacques Binet could have read this: tq-gj*Z\YC= Can you?" Well, the ad has generated spirited discussions from math geeks on various blogs - one person hypothesized "the equation is encrypted text (perhaps the address of a website) that uses 'Jacques Binet' as a cipher key." Some non-math-geeks just wanted to know: What the heck is it advertising for? It turns out the ad is from Rovi Corporation, which might be looking to hire people smart enough to figure it out. As always, we are glad to see customers noticing the ads in BART, since those ads bring in revenue to help run the system!"
- Spidra Webster
from Bookmarklet
I wish I had a stronger math background so that I could make some sense of this. I know I'm not stupid, but calculus-level math got me kind of lost. So did accounting.
- Kamilah Gill
Dude, I had trouble even getting through my Algebra classes. I aced Geometry, though.
- Spidra Webster
A teammate of mine just rushed home after his wife called him to say there was a fire in their apt. building. It turns out to have been a really huge fire, and they lost everything. His wife and baby were not injured, but 1 of their 2 cats died. Has anyone here known someone who had a serious fire? Do you have suggestions about ways I can help?
Shey, Jamaican of FF, rowlikeagirl, mjc and 4 other people liked this
Very sad situation. I'm not particularly close with this teammate (to be honest, usually he annoys me), but I still feel very bad for him and his family. Maybe there will be a donation set up, in which case I will donate to that. Any other ideas? Here's a link with details (I chose not to post the photo directly to FF out of respect for him and his family): http://www.wthr.com/global... 7 other apartments were also lost. There were no human injuries.
- Kamilah Gill
Oh, that's horrible.
- Admiral Anika
Clothes first; often when you have to leave in a hurry, you're only in PJ's and slippers. Second, shelter—they'll need someplace short-term to stay. I've been through this, and it was really awkward having only a robe and socks for a day or two.
- Mistletoe Glen
If you mean financially, a gift card to walmart. maybe your whole office can chip in. They are definitely going to need it. :( How terrible. I'm glad that most of their family made it okay.
- Yolanda
Is this in Indianapolis? Yes, just let me know the particulars and I'll try and get you some names soon. I'll talk with our NP pres he's coming for a meeting today
- Melanie Reed
oh no how sad is that two days before Christmas . yes girft cards to food stores
- VAL D. Zone
:(
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
Shelter and clothing first. lock box with important papers - did they have any?
- Melanie Reed
It's in Avon, just west of Indianapolis. I bet that the complex will give all of the affected residents hotel rooms to stay in. Mine did that for me recently after the very minor fire that happened in my building. Some other co-workers were talking about offering a place for his family to stay if they need it.
- Kamilah Gill
One of my high school friends was in a fire during our senior year of high school. The family lost everything. The school's support was tiered: they started out with clothing, food, and shelter immediately, and as a little time passed, they started with monetary donations. Maybe something like that?
- cecily
Thanks, Kamilah. I'll see who we might have in that area and get back with you in a couple of hours
- Melanie Reed
Cards for clothes and food sound like very good ideas. I'll suggest that we round up some money in the office to purchase some gift cards for them.
- Kamilah Gill
Great job, Kamilah! Usually when things like this happen, people need help in phases or waves. Immediate needs, and then some long term help will be needed as well. Looks like you are getting a good start on the immediate.
- Melanie Reed
usually a local agency will ask for clothing donations and or setup a bank account ,,, as a firefighter Im well aware of the seriousness of a fire ... its never easy before Christmas or anytime . Best wishes To All Involved ...
- johnpiercy
johnpiercy, thank you to you and all of the other firefighters who take risks to save our families and possessions.
- Kamilah Gill
As someone who has been in a house fire & made it out unscathed, I would also like to thank you, John, & the other firefighters in the world.
- josh neff, geek at large
thanks folks ... its never easy to have an accident ( I had one yesterday ,,,) accidents do happen .. just play it safe ... glad that no one was seriously hurt .. Material things can be repurchased , LIVES CANT
- johnpiercy
Definitely clothes, linens, food, diapers, toiletries and maybe a carrier and some old towels for the kitty (so sad the other cat didn't make it but glad everyone else got out OK). I'd also like to give a shout out to @johnpiercy and the firefighters who run headlong into danger while the rest of us flee it.
- vicster is...
Crap thats really sad new and at this time of year. My heart goes out to them !
- Peter Dawson
Kamilah can you update me as to the current needs? Thanks!
- Melanie Reed
No further details yet, except a suggestion to donate baby clothes for a 1 1/2 yo . We'll be collecting money for my co-worker and his family here at work tomorrow
- Kamilah Gill
from fftogo
Oh dear no this is not good, especially so close to Christmas. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
Awful. Basic necessities definitely.
- Rick Cogley
contact the fire dept in that area ... they may have started a food and or clothing drive .. all the best
- johnpiercy
They will need stuff for a long time after the fire. Gift cards to all-purpose stores like Walmart will enable them to get stuff like food and cooking utensils as well as immediate needs like clothing. It might be good to save some donations for a month or so later when the family sees what else they still need.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I ended up giving some money to what was being collected for him at work.
- Kamilah Gill
What a horrible event
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Leaving work while it's still light outside! Hooray! - http://kamilah.posterous.com/leaving...
Stephen Mack, fatima, rowlikeagirl and 5 other people liked this
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- Kamilah Gill
from Posterous
Beautiful sky
- Rick Cogley
*Forester fistbump*
- Rodfather
:) Thanks, Rodfather
- Kamilah Gill
Crude MS Paint diagram of what I saw this moron do on a roundabout in front of me on the way to work. The little red arrow shows what they did to make a U-Turn. They went the wrong way. NO IDIOT.
Stephen Mack, rowlikeagirl, Jimminy Fuller and 17 other people liked this
These people around here make my brain want to collapse with their stupid driving antics. aarrrrRRRGGGHHH!!!!11!!!
- Kamilah Gill
Wow. I think all traffic circles should have cranes in the middle.
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
I like roundabouts. They're fun.
- Jeremy (quasimodo)
There is some idiot in our subdivision that loves to just drive over the circle.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
Sorry. I'll stop.
- Jeremy (quasimodo)
It's funny how americans don't know about roundabouts
- Will Higgins™
Will, some do! Others do but act stupid about it on purpose. Then some, of course, don't have a clue.
- Rochelle
Aw HELL No!
- Mark "DerBingle" J
I meant to honk my horn at them, too, but I was momentarily stunned by the blinding stupidity. My reflexes were impaired.
- Kamilah Gill
Whoa. Truly boneheaded.
- Rick Cogley
Roundabout FAIL
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
In and around the lake, the mountains come out of the sky and they STAND THERE.
- Chrimmus Tad
One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you. *continuing the threadjack*
- Rick Cogley
The very best Christmas ever - http://www.shootingatbubbles.com/index...
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Alternating Reality Books, VAL D. Zone, Mona Nomura and 4 other people liked this
Brings back memories of when I got my NES. 1988? I was 9...
- Kamilah Gill
12.13.09: The Limits of Multiculturalism - http://journal.davidbyrne.com/2009...
Jeremy (quasimodo) liked this
This sounds pretty ridiculous. I'm reading...
- Kamilah Gill
Ah, David.
- Jeremy (quasimodo)
Integral Options Cafe: Baraka (The Film) - http://integral-options.blogspot.com/2009...
Mark H liked this
"Baraka (1992) is a Todd-AO (70 mm) non-narrative film directed by Ron Fricke. The film is often compared to Koyaanisqatsi, the first of the Qatsi films by Godfrey Reggio of which Fricke was cinematographer. Baraka's subject matter has some similarities—including footage of various landscapes, churches, ruins, religious ceremonies, and cities thrumming with life, filmed using time-lapse photography in order to capture the great pulse of humanity as it flocks and swarms in daily activity. The film also features a number of long tracking shots through various settings, including one through former German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Tuol Sleng (in Cambodia) turned into museums honoring their victims: over photos of the people involved, past skulls stacked in a room, to a spread of bones. In addition to making comparisons between natural and technological phenomena, such as in Koyaanisqatsi, Baraka searches for a universal cultural perspective: for instance, following a shot of an elaborate tattoo on a bathing Japanese yakuza mobster with one of Native Australian tribal paint."
- William Harryman
from Bookmarklet
Koyannisqatsi was strange...
- Kamilah Gill
don't know how I never saw this before now!
- William Harryman
Beyonce Knowles Changing Her Name - http://music.gearlive.com/albumis...
Rodfather liked this
So is Jay-Z. Slightly misleading headline...
- Kamilah Gill
Wow... My Friendfeed is not failing as often and the logo has Google-esque holiday decoration!!! Are we running this thing right again?!
Jimminy Fuller, Joe Silence is not Santa, VAL D. Zone and 2 other people liked this
It's our holiday gift from FF!
- Kamilah Gill
This hot chic apparently took her pic on this mac before I came and sat down.
Jeff P. Henderson, VAL D. Zone, Kenton and 4 other people liked this
You're so bad
- Fa La La La Lindsay
poor girl. never thought it would end up online. :P
- John Wang
Yeah - cause leaving photos in Photobooth in an Apple store is usually totally private.
- Chrimmus Tad
You bastard. That's my sister!
- Cristo
*holds Cristo down*
- Roberto Bonini
Thank you for this wonderful gift, Tad.
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
I think kenny is pushing Google Googles search to the limit right now.... :)
- Roberto Bonini
Seriously, is Google Goggles available beyond Android yet? That would be THE perfect Christmas gift!!
- Kamilah Gill
LMAO Tad: "Yeah - cause leaving photos in Photobooth in an Apple store is usually totally private." -- Hilarious!
- Nicholas Kreidberg
M F, VAL D. Zone, Kamilah Gill and 2 other people liked this
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
- Shevonne
O.O
- Kamilah Gill
Someone please stop me before I think any more about writing a long blog post about atheism for Christmas.
Amber, Random Time Lord, Lo, Penguin It's Cold Outside and 3 other people liked this
stop. don't. no.
- Rochelle Rochelle
from fftogo
Oh, why not? I would like to hear from a non-obnoxious atheist.
- laura x
I trust you could do it in a decent way, but do you really want to deal with a drama bomb right before the holiday with the fam?
- Sarah G.
Yeah, I may yet write it but not today or tomorrow. And Sarah, the hope would be to be the friendly atheist, and limit the drama. But that might not be possible.
- s t e v e
I used to think it was possible to discuss any topic under the sun rationally and agree to disagree with respect maintained on all sides. THEN I DISCOVERED THE INTERNET.
- Sarah G.
Damn Sarah. I didn't know you were an anti-internet bigot. Hope you enjoy HELL.
- s t e v e
THE INTERNET: HITLER WOULD HAVE LOVED IT.
- Sarah G.
Damn, Godwined already, and you haven't even written the post!
- laura x
Maybe like pre-shrunk cotton shirts, we can pre-Godwin touchy blog posts?
- Sarah G.
Write it.
- Jeremy (quasimodo)
dooooo eeeeeeet
- David Rothman (☤)
Wake me up when it's over.
- Greg Schwartz
Why not?
- Tim Keneipp
not stopping you here
- Kamilah Gill
can I help?
- D0r0th34
*waits patiently*
- Derrick
Seriously, folks. I'm likely to write something, but not today or tomorrow.
- s t e v e
Better you than me, Steve. Better you than me. I'll read it (assuming you write *and post* it!)
- Walt Crawford
I'd read it. And I'd read a well-written post about the religious holiday called Christmas which a few people celebrate versus the secular holiday called Christmas which drives us all nuts with consumerism.
- Jill Hurst-Wahl
I'd love to read it, too.
- cecily
I trust you, Steve.
- marthalib
Slowly it grows... DON'T BURN - http://kamilah.posterous.com/slowly-...
Laura wishes you peace., Paulette Garcia Morris and Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ liked this
It didn't :) ...
- Kamilah Gill
from Posterous
The bell ringer in Crown Center has a credit card swiper.
Laura wishes you peace., John E. Bredehoft and edythe liked this
changing with the times! good for him/her! :)
- edythe
Do they take Paypal?
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
oh my..nobody has an excuse now
- VAL D. Zone
heh heh
- Kamilah Gill
Do You Know What a Chunky Is? - http://www.seriouseats.com/2009...
Live4Emma (L4S), Chatsohbet, DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE and 21 other people liked this
"Serious eaters, I was devastated and shocked when I arrived at World Headquarters today and asked the folks if they knew what a Chunky was. Only one of the five other serious eaters here knew what I was talking about. So, without looking or googling, do you know what a Chunky is?"
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
Yes!
- Sarah G.
it's a Nestle chocolate candy with peanuts and raisins.
- Call me Bronco
My mom's favorite candy. Never liked the raisins. That is new packaging for it though.
- Mary Carmen
It's a candied version of poo wrapped in a silver package!
- Admiral Anika
Never heard of it.
- Rochelle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... A B-grade movie star. :P
- Parth Awasthi
Yes, but I haven't seen one in stores for decades.
- DJF
I've heard of it, but I don't think I have ever eaten one.
- Michelle Martinez
I loved these when I was a kid, but I had to find the raisin-free version.
- Derrick
I would always get the kind with raisins for halloween. Best believe my mom took all of those to work.
- EricaJoy
hey..do they even make this still? it's probably in another country..like the original Mars bar not that weird Mars bar without the almonds...which just makes it a Milky Way.
- Anna Lynn M.
It was my dad's usual candy when we all got candy bars when I was a kid.
- s t e v e
Yes, of course I know???
- Kamilah Gill
yes I have eaten plenty of them
- VAL D. Zone
The lesser popular cousin to the Toblerone. LOVE teh Chunkeh.
- Gunny doesn't side-hug™
I know what they are! Grew up with them... but I have to agree with Cecily: NO RAISINS IN CHOCOLATE!!! I also remember the non-raisin Chunky.
- Lisa L. Seifert
Of course I know. Not many places carry them anymore, though.
- Spidra Webster
Yes, but I think they are gross. :/
- Alix Whitmire
Gotta be the dark chocolate or no dice.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
of course I know what a chunky is!
- edythe
Chunky violates my no raisin rule. But I do know what it is!
- Joe Pierce
Kiki's delivery service - http://avandos.posterous.com/kikis-d...
Rob McNair-Huff, Victor Ryden, Alex Scoble and 5 other people liked this
Crude MS Paint diagram of How Not To Hold The Door Open. For my co-workers who apparently missed that chapter back in elementary school. In case it's unclear, this is a door that opens inward, away from me. They stand there in my way and hold the heavy door open, instead of taking a step back so I can pass. Only missing their stupid grin.
Mark H, Christian (Simply X), Laura wishes you peace. and Andrizzle Gizzle liked this
Perhaps I should hang this on the restroom bulletin board to educate them. Except I won't, since I'd get in huge trouble....
- Kamilah Gill
I like the file name. And I'm very impressed with your Paint skills.
- Laura wishes you peace.
Why, thank you. I did this with my tiny netbook trackpad, too, not a mouse.
- Kamilah Gill
Wow!
- Laura wishes you peace.
TENDON 天丼 : http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki...
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Nicholas Kreidberg, ИonikД, emiliano and 21 other people liked this
Keriko se continui a pubblicare Tempure io muoio di Fame!! ;-)))
- Flavio Benassi
((wipes mouth))
- rowlikeagirl
@Flavio Benassi ＞Yeah! I understand well !! :))
- Keiko Yamada
@rowlikeagirl ＞?? What does it mean??
- Keiko Yamada
She may mean that she's drooling and has to wipe her mouth because it looks so tasty.
- Kamilah Gill
Oh, I see...thanks Kamilah!
- Keiko Yamada
Yes, wiping mouth because it looks so good and I'm hungry for tempura udon!
- rowlikeagirl
Hai, yoku wakarimashita! arigatooo!
- Keiko Yamada
This is Tempra on the rice.
- Keiko Yamada
tendon, oishiine!
- Keiko Yamada
tabeta koto ga atta! oishiiiiiiiiiiiiiii---- ^0^ /
- tracina
honto? oishikatta??
- Keiko Yamada
adoro la Tempura!!!
- Linda
tsukutta koto mo atta ne :-9
- tracina
@Linda＞Davvero?
- Keiko Yamada
@ tracina ＞hontoni?sugoineee! nani wo tsukuttano??
- Keiko Yamada
@yamada-san: nasu to renkon to sakana to kinoko to jagaimo...shyashin http://friendfeed-media.com/f2265e7...
- tracina
ciao! sorekara satsumaimo mo aru? kono akaimono wa ... ninjin?
- Keiko Yamada
good cooker keiko-you making me hungry.
- R_ C
Hi! ;)
- Keiko Yamada
@yamada-san satsumaimo ga arimasen.akai mono wa sakana desu : 9 demo sakana no namae wa wasurechatta -_-'
- tracina
eh..honto? satsumaimo janakatta? akai mono wa sakana?? honto.....
- Keiko Yamada
The view from our resort room in Negril Jamaica.
Creative Photography, Morton Fox, Jimminy Fuller and 57 other people liked this
Nice!
- Rochelle
Yep, the ocean is visible but just barely. Unfortunately the camera isn't good enough to capture that in the wide angle.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Beautiful!
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Looks nice. Very nice!
- Michael Fidler
Great choice -- best beaches in the world.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
That's nice...but nobody asked what you prefer and it's pretty rude to say something like that on a thread when someone is obviously on vacation in Jamaica.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Glad you weren't on the plane crash in Jamaica. Looks fun!
- Robert Scoble
This thread went thataway.
- Derrick
Hey, What do you know. I was in your neck of the woods last week. In the Domenican Republic. Always wanted to get to Jamaica. While you're there, check out the Olympic Bobsled team :)
- Roberto Bonini
Sorry for biting your head off, Jeunelle. Your comment rubbed me the wrong way and I went off. My apologies.
- Alex Scoble
No worries Alex. It's in the past.
- Jeunelle Foster
Thanks Jeunelle...I still needed to publicly apologize to you. Maybe we'll go to Tobago on our next trip. :)
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Very nice indeed.
- Spencer
Looks like you two are having a wonderful time :) I'm really happy for you guys
- Kamilah Gill
Are you guys staying at Sandals Negril? I had my 1 year anniversary there with my Wife and pretty sure my son was conceived there.
- Mark Krynsky
Couples Swept Away in Negril, Mark.
- Alex Scoble
Good
- ★ Soner Gönül
Wow. I own property in Negril, believe it or not. My uncle used to live there and left it to my brother and me. I've been there many times. What hotel are you staying at?
- Dave Winer
Dave, he said the name of the hotel in the comment directly above yours. :)
- Rochelle
Rochelle, oops. I know that place. The locals make fun of the white people running around naked. They disapprove. :-)
- Dave Winer
"Beware The Naked Europeans" http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUse...
- Dave Winer
Is he smoking the ganga? I looked for that in a comment, but couldn't find it. :-)
- Dave Winer
I haven't seen anyone running around naked here, Dave. :) Are you sure you aren't confusing Couples Swept Away with Hedonism?
- Alex Scoble
Could be.
- Dave Winer
The System
Chatsohbet, Ragani Harris, ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0, and 53 other people liked this
LOVE EET!
- Mellissa Claus
change it from coffee to Mountain Dew and that's me from 1992 to 2005.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
Change it to a sitting-on-the-potty icon and that's me from 1963 to date.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
How does friendfeed factor into this equation? The sarcasm part? :->
- Rick Cogley
I was sarcastic before 1963 but that's when I started drinking coffee.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
They had coffee in '63?
- Mo Kargas
@Mo, radio and television too!
- Jason Huebel
Yeah, the ol' 7" Dumont pulled in Milton Berle pretty well.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
They had coffee in '63, but they had to boil the water over a fire.
- Mellissa Claus
Water dragged 100 miles in a bucket ?
- Mo Kargas
heh
- Kamilah Gill
What did we do before the internet? Where did we all troll before?
- Jerry Perez
Jerry: IRL
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
New York Times suggest gifts for the people of color in your life « FABOO MAMA - http://faboomama.com/2009...
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April Russo (app103), Maria Niles and Stephen Mack liked this
"On FriendFeed (http://friendfeed.com/furry...), I was alerted to the fact that the New York Time’s Gift Guide for 2009, included a whole section for the people of color in your life. (http://www.nytimes.com/gift-gu...) Yep. I freely admit to being slightly amused by it. At first I thought it was a joke, but seeing articles and tweets about it, made me realize that it was an actual part of their guide. In 2009. Naturally, I had to look it up myself. And…uh…well, read:"
- Admiral Anika
from Bookmarklet
What the??
- Ayşe E.
Full of fail (the NYT - your post - win)
- Maria Niles
Sorry guys, @MeadowsLing has already booked the Gospel Cruise for me. LOL
- Admiral Anika
Sociological Images had a post about this in which they state "The guide illustrates something we’ve discussed several times on this blog: the fact that there “needs” to be a guide specifically for people of color reveals that all the other products and guides, ostensibly for “people,” are really for white people. Things that are marketed to non-white people are, supposedly, inherently...
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- April Russo (app103)
This is so f**king idiotic!! Quit trying to make me and your readers/listeners "feel good", liberal media (includes NPR). Quit the pandering. I don't need gifts tailored to my blackness. ugh ugh UGHH
- Kamilah Gill
But see....the NYT didn't have to make this guide. I don't know if I'm more grossed out by the fact that NYT thought I'd be interest in Baby Jamz or insulted that they don't think a person of color would want a cookbook or electronic gadget.
- Admiral Anika
My sister sent me a text this morning: "Good morning to you sister. You are awesomely talented, beautiful and abundantly loving." #fb
edythe, VAL D. Zone, Penguin It's Cold Outside and 10 other people liked this
Awww.
- Rochelle
Your sister speaks truth.
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
I wish I had a sis :(- !
- Peter Dawson
I love her so much.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Looks like she loves you, too.
- Anne Bouey
being an only child really sucks sometimes. you're so fortunate.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
It's nice to be paid a compliment like that sometimes. :-)
- Rick Cogley
You have a very nice sister. I get along well enough with two of mine, but not the third one.
- Kamilah Gill
Reverend Fred Phelps: 'God Hates Lady Gaga' - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009...
وکیل الرعایاДdvocatΞ, reza, pets and 5 other people liked this
"The Reverend Fred Phelps hates fags (not to mention Jews), and Lady Gaga loves everything gay. So somehow by the transitive property, it makes sense that the Kansas pastor would declare that God hates Gaga. Here's the Reverend's press release with info on where you can join him and the Wesboro Baptist Church to picket Gaga's concert on January 7: "Thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed...Will He reserve HIs anger forever? Will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest." Jer 3:3,5"
- edythe
from Bookmarklet
It's scary to think that anyone takes such a hateful lunatic seriously.
- Kamilah Gill
Yes, scary - very! How do these people sleep at night?
- WorldofHiglet
I know. Who are these nutbags listening to Lady Gaga?
- s t e v e
kamilah, lady gaga or the reverend? ;)
- edythe
I know steve was probably talking about my lack of clarity. Of course the reverend. Who's ever called Gaga hateful?
- Kamilah Gill
Steve was joking. :)
- s t e v e
yeah yeah, I know.
- Kamilah Gill
Hating someone's actions is a far cry from hating the person. In reality, if you hated the person, what they chose to do with their life wouldn't mean anything at all.
- Jeremy (quasimodo)
Reading Anne Lamott's "Bird by Bird" last night, I was struck by a quote she gave (by a friend of hers who was a priest): "If you believe that God hates all of your enemies, it's a pretty good sign that you've created God in your own image." (I may have gotten the precise wording a bit mixed up, but that's the gist of it, I believe.)
- Mark "DerBingle" J
I heard God hates Fred Phelps and his legions of nutjobs
- Admiral Anika
why is it when Christian zealots want to spew hate they always seem to quote the OLD testament?
- Joe Silence is not Santa
@Joe - the new testament's whole 'turn the other cheek' thing would run counter to that. They think God's love is only infinite in that it applies to them. Applying that to other people would mean they're not super special snowflakes.
- Jennifer Dittrich
EXACTLY. rhetorical question, really.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
I found the quote I mentioned above: “You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” http://thinkexist.com/quotati...
- Mark "DerBingle" J
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