Sean, if only I knew. This was delivered directly to me fresh and hot.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Wow, whatever you do, don't google "Asian guys at beach licking" if you want to find the Flickr account for this. No, seriously. Just...don't. o.O
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
changed my life forever...I will always go to the beach with a a few chubby buddies after porking myself up for those bosoms ~ and this image is most definitely going in the ol' spank bank
- sofarsoShawn
Remember ! I bring quality product to Friend Feed !:)
- Akiva Moskovitz
you know what would be funny: ok bear with me, if we blindfolded leather donut (you know the booby man) and...yeah fill in the blanks...something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- sofarsoShawn
Sir, randomly linking to your FriendFeed from one of my posts is oh wait you'll never see this because you're blocked for spamming. Thanks anyway, kaghazrangy.
- Akiva Moskovitz
damn this picture just won't go away - you have forced me to hide it
- William Harryman
Akiva, wasn't that pic taken at your last BBQ?
- Paul
Every time I see this picture I smile. Their joy is infectious, like herpes.
- Sparky
Paul, I surely do wish I had a beach in my back yard!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sparky, I'm going to have this blown up to poster-size and attaching it to the ceiling above our bed. That'll cause some infections!
- Akiva Moskovitz
makes me want to grow a rack and diddle with my own, know what I'm saying?
- sofarsoShawn
this. . . .this. . . ugh . . . so fucking wrong.
- Peter Ghosh
Akiva - you can put anything you want above our bed.
- Sparky
i've been trying to formulate a comment for this for days, but i just...can't.
- joey
I still want to know the motivation here. is this a gay marriage argument? or are we already pushing group social contracts on friendfeed?
- Noah David Simon
oh man this one keeps popping up on ma friendfeed,....must spread virus nao
- Chris Hofmann
I'm surprised no one's noticed old boy's red-framed glasses.
- Akiva Moskovitz
oh right... the glasses are so important when three asian men are licking his nipples and all the comments are by people who think gay marriage has something to do with equality... when it has everything to do with taking protections away from children. the red glass glasses.... um yeah. chicken and Oklahoma with milk
- Noah David Simon
Mark, you have uncovered the dark underbelly of humanity except in this case it isn't dark but is rather a pasty hue somewhere in the vicinity of undercooked flan.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This should be in the default noobie FF stream. Like the first thing anyone who signs up sees. If they stick around they're part of the family.
- Chrimmus Tad
Perhaps this can replace the kitty pic on the start page for non-members!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
I'm certain prop8 had nothing to do with Swine Flu
- Noah David Simon
I'm thinking that eventually, it will have been hidden by every user on FriendFeed. It'll be the most hidden post in FriendFeed history.
- Akiva Moskovitz
WHY WHY KEEP BRINGING BACK THE EYES THEY HURT ME
- Neal Jansons
from IM
Herpes (and this): the gifts that keep on giving.
- Sparky
I wonder if the FriendFeed guys see this and say to themselves, 'Well, this isn't exactly what we had in mind when we started started FriendFeed.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
I look at it and think, "Not again."
- Steven Perez
from IM
Just about the time you FF is getting some class .. Oh well we is what we is.
- Brent - Loving Life
I can't believe after all this time some diligent FF'er hasn't dug up the identities (I said "titties") of this bunch and invited them to join the service that made them famous. Mitchell Tsai, get to work!
- Sprague D
i think if you unlike and delete all your comments anna it'll go away, but hide in general would be nice too (this photo makes me smile every time it pops up so don't mind it)...
- mike "glemak" dunn
*sigh* This is never going away, is it? It's gonna end up like James Bond movies and Swedish meatballs - always existing in the same form. never diminshing, never forgotten. :( :( :(
- Steven Perez
from IM
It will go away, to be replaced with photoshops of the original. It's all part of the meme lifecycle.
- Sparky
I am too new on friendfeed to know anything about record comments.. I love gmail tho, puts all the comments in one threaded email and I can delete them all later in one shot or not if I choose..
- David Gross
from email
well we should aim to beat the record.. i mean jeez there are tons of things that could be said about this.. like.. does it taste like chicken?
- ed fry
I'm gonna have nightmares now. thanks ed. ;)
- Alejandro
ok, in Japanese: "an, an, soko dame!"
- Rick Cogley
You can't close this thread. A lot of people say that this place is a Scoble-fest but, truly, it is this thread that is at the very heart of FriendFeed.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm officially going to proclaim that this is the FF equivalent of Goatse or FFoatse if you will. Lets all refer to it as that from this point forward.
- Mark Krynsky
Sparky has left 57 comments. The rest of you are slacking. Hop to it!
- Christopher Harley
Chrisitan just walked by and said "It's too early in the morning for Japanese titty licking." It's NEVER too early for Japanese titty licking.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
THIS is the first thing I see here this morning?
- l0ckergn0me
Chris, you just woke up? C'mon, man! It's 10:30!
- Akiva Moskovitz
I knew he would break eventually - it's fitting that it's on this thread *now to find out how to hide a thread once you've commented....*
- WorldofHiglet
As much as I am loathe to bump this post, I have to do it to say, You, sir, are a master. Well played, sir. Well played. This is why I take every opportunity to say, in my next life, I want to be Akiva. I've already called it! Don't anybody go getting any more ideas.
- ♥patricia♥
I, for one, refuse to "bump" posts...it's very unseemly...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
I wish FF-search allowed to do GROUP BY -aggregations so I could COUNT(*) who are the biggest *bump*ers. :)
- Jemm
Makes me laugh everytime I see it. Such a happy yet silly scene by the sea.
- Toby Graham
There is nothing silly about it. This is serious business.
- Sparky
The more I see this, the more I like it. Not for the ironic nipple-licking, but because these kids are genuinely enjoying themselves. :) Carry on.
- felicious
This photo looks so much better in iPhone 3.0!#!~
- Akiva Moskovitz
Seriously dude. What do I have to do to get rid of this disgusting picture!? Doh! Now I've just pushed it back to the top... yuck, I'm so sickened.
- Jason Nunnelley
I love this image, because I have no clue why it's happening. Randomness FTW!!
- Jimminy Fuller
from twhirl
I'm just thinking of all the new folks coming to friend feed and see this and wonder just what the hell did I get into anyway? And why in Gods name can't I spell Friend correctly the first time - GRRRRRR
- Brent - Loving Life
Can't believe I never hit 'like' on this! Consider the situation rectumfied.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Oops! I hope I didn't just bump this up again... ;-)
- Sprague D
It's just so refreshing to see genuine juvenile humour at work. These kids are no different from any other, I think it's a great happy image, given all the other shite happening in this world on a daily basis. For those that are too pompous and prudish, 'up yours with brass knobs'
- ImJustCreative
Wow. 666. Nice! Actually, the reason Asashoryu is getting a divorce ( http://ff.im/4T0UA ), is because he wants to spend time with this lot.
- Rick Cogley
To this day, the pic still comes back. Just like Herpes. :D
- Danny Minick
Although unlike herpes this photo is fun to share with friends.
- Sparky
I would rather go to http://woot.com and buy the Acer Aspire One for $259.99, I do not care that it is a refurb.. but what would I do with two laptops? Maybe #hive knows? hmm..
- David Gross
from email
What's this? A real question in this thread? Two extra laptops? Make them fancy digital photo frames.
- Jordan Hofker
Reason #696 why the Internet can grant you immortality. ;-)
- darnell
from BuddyFeed
I can't believe this thing is still floating around Friendfeed. These poor guys... ha ha ha
- Bradley Farless
@SeanMcGee sorry about the spam, this thread is sorta spammy.. I get the messages in email perfect for replying with any message because it then gets posted on twitter and facebook.. I do not do it all the time, look at my other posts in this stream..
- David Gross
from email
Lactating, males last resort to save ourselves, now that they can create sperm in labs.
- Jimminy Fuller
This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that...
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- David Gross
from email
I have 89 :( emails since july 10th.. that includes the ones I sent.
- David Gross
from email
gmail comes in handy, it keeps all the email in conversations, 100 messages at a time but because the subject " :( " it will not filter out so they dont go to inbox.
- David Gross
from email
*THOUGHT FOR THE DAY...* Women are like phones: They like to be held, talked to, and touched often. But push the wrong button and your ass is disconnected.
- David Gross
from email
all this oral stuff is just begging the question of when do they start with the money shots?
- Noah David Simon
I just use this image as a way to announce crap. no one really pays attention to my feed... except my enemies. so when I have something important to say I tell the Asian Titty lickers. it is my strong belief that this thread needs it's very own domain name. something like http://xrl.us/TittyLickers
- Noah David Simon
You know, every time this pops up, since FF hides the middle of the comments of which there are 804 or so, I see Akiva say "I'm sorry." at the top. It makes me wonder about how some things are just not possible to apologize for!
- Rick Cogley
wow, I can't believe tomorrow is Friday :o) no, wait, somewhere in the world it's ALREADY Friday :o)
- David Gross
from email
Thanks Rick, thats what I thought.. does that mean I can start with the #followfriday on twitter or do I have to wait till it is Friday here in NJ? would be funny to post it from this post LOL all my friendfeed goes to twitter..
- David Gross
from email
David - yeah, you can get an early start.
- Rick Cogley
Rick, I am not good at lists or #followfriday but there are lotsa good people in this thread.
- David Gross
from email
the thing that strikes me about this (aside from the obvious) is after seeing this thing pop up like 35-40 times since March its just occurred to me that I don't have any (guy) friends that a) would lick my nipples b) would lick my nipples for a photograph. Maybe I should get out more...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
I'm a little scared that I've this has gotten more than 800 comments and almost 200 likes over nearly five months and I still haven't clicked "Hide."
- Scott of Two Countries
It's just a bit of fun. I mean watching how many comment, not the picture content (although I suspect that is all that was too!)
- Ian May
Allright, you guys ready to shoot "mirth and girth"?
- Rick Cogley
For the life of me, I'll never understand the emotion people have around this picture for or against. There's no nudity at all, not even implied nudity. Less dude nudity than a beer commercial or cigarette ad, yet there are people who really really really hate this picture.
- Matthew DeVries
I found a way to get a Tit Theme, and it involves this picture.
- Jimminy Fuller
Hahahaha! It's like a telethon. And after Joey Bishop goes off stage, they flash this picture on the screen. "Won't you think of the CHILDREN?"
- Spidra Webster
It's been a while, hope the magnetism still prevails...
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
I just had to bump this once more... gives me a whole new excuse to go look at Phoebe again!
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Hmmm, where do you think they're from? My guess is Japan...
- sofarsoShawn
The bumping algorithm includes things like novel people posting to it, in addition to thread age, and rapidity of comments. If the same 3 people are talking in a thread, it quits bumping because it's obviously a closed tea party.
- Matthew DeVries
I forgot, also you're a very handsome guy(saw the wedding images), I don't understand why you don't like to share your face. Rochelle is a lucky lady.
- Jimminy Fuller
Jimminy, it's an irrational phobia. No different than people who are afraid of heights, spiders, clowns, or Canada.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, now I'm LMAO at the fear of Canada. People are actually afraid of Canada, or just the fact they don't know if they're British or French?
- Jimminy Fuller
I don't think even Canadians know that difference.
- Akiva Moskovitz
If Friendfeed had sound .. this thread would be all licks and slurps
- Mattb4rd
Sorry Akiva, I think it was the display picture.. I have known male and female Akivas.. Oh and by the way guys I am not afraid of Canada LOL will be there this weekend.. Dave Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes...> - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
- David Gross
from email
I popped the 666 cherry and I will get 1000 also.
- Jimminy Fuller
If it gets to 1000 will Akiva lock it so it can sink from our feeds forever? Please?!?
- WorldofHiglet
I think locking this post would be un-FriendFeedian.
- Jason Huebel
This is the immortal post everyone who uses the service must see it so WoH it just wouldn't be good to lock it.
- Jimminy Fuller
Not everyone see's it, only the people with true class do.
- Sparky
It keeps on going and going and going....
- David Gross
from email
In the Hall of Great Posts at the FriendFeed museum, this shall be hung high on the wall with pride.
- Johnny Worthington
I'M THE ROCK AND ROLL CLOWN.. AND I LIKE COCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINE
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
*Wispering to Murderface* "Seriously man, I do... A LOT of cocaine."
- Matt Stoddard
It is now September 1st, and this has not reached 1000 comments. I am sorely disappointed. Yet, for some reason, I am uplifted by the smile of this young man, who was fortunate enough to have such great friends that fateful day on the beach.
- Josh Haley
Quick let's add some comments... Gee that guy on the far left is not really getting into the swing of things is he?
- Travis Koger
Travis... bear in mind that we don't know what "main chubby guy's" right hand is doing, or where it's doing whatever it's doing...
- Mark "DerBingle" J
BUT WE CAN INFER WHAT "MAIN CHUBBY GUY'S" HANDS ARE DOING. BOTH OF THEM.
- Sparky
@Mark, of interest (well not really) is the location of Front Left guy's left hand.
- Travis Koger
The photo of Akiva in the jacuzzi with the Texas A&M cheerleaders would be so much more popular. Now if only someone would post it.
- Christopher Harley
Noooooooooooooooooooooo! Posted March 1st and we are still enduring the wrath! "Akiva's posts, now with more staying power than ever before!"
- Nicholas Kreidberg
YAY! OVER 1000 COMMENTS BLAAAARGBLBLLB
- Josh Haley
It feels like Groundhog Day whenever I see this.
- Andru Edwards
Except that unlike Groundhog Day this is AWESOME!
- Sparky
This thread was how I discovered Akiva. ROFL... Y.M.C.A.! BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP! GAZE AT IT! DON'T LOOK AWAY! >:O I SED DON'T LOOK AWAY!!! ... ^_^
- Danny Minick
You have nothing to fear - I never look away.
- Sparky
On Fark, there was this one thread, that just kept growing and growing. On Fark, it was a single page per thread. And you could post images and gif inline. Well the thread wouldn't die, people just kept posting. I forget which one it was. Anyway, it got so monsterous, that few people going to read/post to it per day (which was only a handfull) accounted for 1/3 of the server load of the site. They eventually had to cull that thread.
- Matthew DeVries
I think everyone who has participated in this thread has 'culled' themselves privately.
- Akiva Moskovitz
What with all the copycat images this has inspired I hope our muse continues to stick around and not get lost in the shuffle of so many knockoffs.
- Sparky
SHUT UP SPARKY!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111!!!!
- Andru Edwards
I refuse to shut up about the glory that is this thread. REFUSE.
- Sparky
Yes, Vezquex, I'm jealous of those guys, it is warm there, nothing like a warm beatch..
- David Gross
from email
Yes, Sparky, they do not know how good they have it there frolicking on the beach while we freeze up here.. Hard to believe it is only 49 degrees, feels like 29.. I bet it's at least 85 degrees on that beach.
- David Gross
from email
Anyone who doesn't appreciate this thread is clearly not developing a FriendFeed iPhone client because this is a great stress test case. (It crashes BuddyFeed, by the way.)
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Also it exercises the crap out of your thumb trying to scroll down to the bottom of it.
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Do you need to appreciate the pic in order to appreciate the thread?
- Travis Koger
If I un-collapse this thread, will it break my computer?
- Eivind
Every time this thread gets a bumped, god kills a kitten
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew, you may have given some people more reason to keep bumping this thread.
- Victor Ganata
How does it give you thumb exercise? Whatever you're doing, why don't you either use the keyboard or switch to Linux so you can middle-click the scrollbar to jump to where you want? :P
- Tanath
actually this thread does not bother me because I get it in email and gmail groups them and starts new thread after every 100 comments. I have it autoarchived so I do not have to see on phone lol and just see when I look at my ffeed label in gmail.
- David Gross
from email
disgusting? HOW DARE YOU, SIR! That is j-love! and it's beautiful (in it's own way.. a way that shouldn't be seen in public)
- Kyle Johnson
this is probably the most popular feed of 2009 in FF. lol.
- Bora Mesut PALAS
I think the one where Robert Scoble gave away money easily beats this one, but this post has staying power. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
I think that Chinese at FF post was a marriage proposal thing. They were all trying to bump the guy's photo so that it would be the first thing his girlfriend would see when she logged onto FF.
- Kamilah Gill
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, 1 salty beach, 2 pairs of glasses, 3 lords a licking, 4 chubby men, 5 santa hats(O_o), 6 rolls of fat, 7 ????, and 8 moobs to view.
- Jimminy Fuller
Hey, I'd be willing to let random guys suck on my nipples if it meant I'd lose all my extra weight. *waits for wiseass random guys to suggest it DOES mean that*
- Spidra Webster
נתתי לו למצוץ את הפטמות שלי, אם לתת להם לשחק על החוף. לפחות לא כל כך קר על החוף.
- David Gross
from email
But I don't WANT a post the most offensive possible while staying safe for work picture with :( as the heading meme! The meme committee forbids it!
- Matthew DeVries
chill out people... hardly a bad pic. :o) had to look twice myself to see what the fuss was, so it can't be THAT obvious lol. :o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
See, now those COULD successfully teabag the white house.
- Ethan
"I took the liberty of milking your cow for you. Yeah, it took a little while to get her warmed up, she sure is a stubborn one"
- Chris Rivait
What if I just promise not to bump it?
- Josh Haley
How would you precisely phrase this promise? Let's revise and get that language exactly right
- Matthew DeVries
Do your balls hang low? do they wabble to and fro? Can you tie them in a knott? Can you tie them in a bow? Can you throw them over your shoulder like a contenental solgier? Do your nuts hang low?
- Fake Elmo
Nuts or balls, Elmo? (I bet that gets said all the time)
- Josh Haley
Those would be far more impressive than the set dangling from the back of my pickup currently. Is there anything more classy than a scrotum hanging from the back of your car.
- Matthew DeVries
this is the thread that keeps on giving whether you want it to or not
- Cee Bee
[Edit] Show that beastie a photo looking straight down over the edge of the Grand Canyon and those babies will pull up a good 6 inches!
- Mark "DerBingle" J
"Fondo Colanco is a private ranch that I visited on the day of the Spring castration. We watched about 30 bulls get snipped and then retired to a barn for the day. We stripped the balls from the scrota, taking them to a giant plow set over an open wood fire for searing in oil, garlic, and chiles before parking them between two homemade rolls for hand sandwiches. The scrota were sauteed...
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- Josh Haley
Did you know that during the end credits of Borat, there is a picture like this, of a different woman in a similar hat cupping a bull's balls? I found that very interesting and now am trying to figure out what the real meaning of it all is.
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
the meaning is... wow, never felt balls like it... :P
- Rob Sellen :o)
So basically you are the nerdiest mountain man in all of Australia? I can dig it.
- Sparky
Find a mo or other disguise for your transformer and take a pic.
- Josh Haley
I would just like to mention that I saw Rochelle's post at 5am this morning (10 hours ago). I have been bugging Rach to go to the shops all day JUST for this shot, which she took in the middle of a crowded supermarket... My wife FTW!
- Johnny Worthington
I was just at the store this afternoon. Should have bought myself some english muffins. I would wake up early if it meant eating those! :)
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
Trader Joe's carries crumpets (or at least they used to) so you can make a side-by-side comparison. To me it looks like what Australians call English muffins and what we call English muffins are the same.
- Spidra Webster
I've still never tried English Muffins. They sell them here in Canada but I never had them in England - they don't exist there!
- WorldofHiglet
Crumpet toast is awesome. That is all
- Glenn Slaven
though one thing I miss here is oven bottoms. Now, *they* were really good....
- WorldofHiglet
@Lindsey: Thomas Pynchon is an author of several works of fiction, including _The Crying of Lot 49_, _Gravity's Rainbow_, _Mason&Dixon_ and most recently, _Against the Day_. One of my favorite authors. He's also one of the most reclusive authors ever known.
- Bill Scherer
+Anne--Right about the time I forget about this, it shows up again. Too funny.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
interesting. I've tried a few times to get animated images to work on FF without success.. I guess piping it through twitpic might be the answer!
- veo
veo, yeah Twitpic, RSS (MediaRSS), Delicious, Tumblr all seem to work. There are more than that but those come to mind.
- Josh Haley
Just one question, Josh: are you by chance spinning on 9 different Aeron chairs that were a steal after the first dot-com bubble burst? The future of the internets: you're looking at it =)
- Micah Wittman
could anybody describe how to create such a picture? thx
- Arnaud Fischer
Arnaud, see http://friendfeed.com/mokarga... for tips. And Josh correct me if I'm wrong, he uploaded to Twitpic the same animated GIF 9 times, then created a friendfeed post and attached all 9 images by URL (instead of choosing images from his hard drive). Images coming from twitpic, soup.io, etc will animate, but photos hosted by friendfeed itself won't.
- Micah Wittman
Did not sleep well with all the spinning. :p
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
It's infinitely more amusing when they don't all load at the same time. Spinning chaos!!!
- CAJ, somewhere else
Why the friendfeed limitation on animated .gifs? It seems arbitrary and odd to me. I could see wanting to limit filesize (animated .gifs can get large) but you can upload huge .jpgs without any trouble.
- veo
Mesmerizing like a lava lamp. Hey! You are a 'Lame-o Lamp'! And you might want to call the folks in the makeup department and get that forehead de-sheened. Remember, your forehead is an alternate landing site for the Space Shuttle - And you don't want to blind the crew on their final approach, do you? :-)
- Morgan Haley
Good luck trying to land anything on that while it's moving. :p I can always count on my brother.
- Josh Haley
OMG! That should be the next installment at some fluecy deucy art museum!!! AWESOME. :) It's like whack-a-mole... I keep trying to figure out which one will show your face next and for some reason I'm always wrong.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
Thanks, Lindsay! :) I think that's the first time someone described wanting to systematically hit me on the head repeatedly, yet have it come off as a compliment. I would love to take credit like I was Andy Warhol or something, but alas I was just tired and felt like doing something silly. :p
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
yep, what Lindsay said. That was one of the first bona-fide instances I've seen of using Friendfeed as a medium for net art. You could get in the Whitney & stuff. GOOD JOB
- Kamilah Gill
LOL! I actually didn't mean it the way it came out (the hitting you on the head part, the compliment part is ok ;)). But I'm in tears laughing when I read your reply. Whack-a-mole always frustrated the heck out of me... I did a lot more staring than hitting when I tried to play. It was mesmerizing.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
you wait - the scary part of this comes when one of these ffoodoo heads stops turning, starts grimmacing and talking to you ..... have you seen one of these heads actually get up off the chair and curse the world??? ... the seeming dissynchronicity, the haphazard discord with which these dollheads turn might drive you ...nuts
- Petr Buben
*tears brain from own skull and beats it on keyboard*
- Joe Silence
"The Management and Staff of Miracle Ass Paint Wish You and Yours a Safe and Sane Halloween." - Signed, Margaret Miracle, Proprietress.
- Christopher Harley
There's something disturbing about the fact that this is remaining prominent in my feed. :P
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
OMG. Amanda Y. Hicks! I was lucky enough to miss out on this while I was out of the country. I now want to tear my eyes out. If you were here, I would throw something at you!
- Jenny R.
Lindsey once again wins the internets. :) And I posted this as a MoW, so I cannot be held responsible for my own actions... :P
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
It didn't! I have no idea what it was, a friend sent me the pic and I was so horrified I had to force everyone else to see it. I would flee and scream like a little girl if I saw this in my house
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
are those....*fangs* at the front? Cool looking as long as it's not anywhere near me.
- WorldofHiglet
You can keep it outside. In a hermetically sealed chamber. With tinted windows. DO NOT WANT IN THIS HOUSE.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I just found my Xmas present for Anika...She will love this for her bug collection... hehehe
- Bill Heslin
This is a Dobsonfly http://bacn.me/7dw It's a male and cannot actually bite. Females can however. They are native to all 50 states. Even California where like everything else, bugs are illegal.
- Christian (Simply X)
"They are not poisonous, but possess an irritating, foul-smelling anal spray as a last-ditch defense"... it even FARTS... I love it! :D
- Andrea (Notorious)
Tell me what country that is from and I'll put that on my do-not-visit list ;-) (oh, nuts... it's here in the US???? - help me!)
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
I am *so* gonna try to find one of these somewhere and pose with it. I think I saw one of these on one of the screen doors at my parents' house once. I admit that it made even my bug-loving heart jump a little. I at least knew in advance that such things existed.
- Kamilah Gill
that looks like something right out of the Australian outback...yikes!
- Susan Beebe
Updated the title since most people won't want to read the 70 comments to find the answer. :D
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
@Haggis ....LOLz! hell, no, I wasn't going to wade through 70+ comments to find the answer. my "Boll Weevil" ploy worked! i got the answer in just 2 comments! now THAT is real-time search.
- .LAG liked that
At least you had a Hayes 300 Baud Smartmodem. We had to make do with a half-duplex No-name British 1200/75 baud one, and we didn't have anyone to sort out the wires for us the first very frustrating weekend!
- ianf ⌘
and now you can all see why I never let people take my picture
- Alan Simpson
@vijay You are just being nice. @Alan oh please!
- Shevonne
and FYI. I only bowled a 100 and a 145. That's not that great.
- Alan Simpson
It was a good time. I'm glad I had the opportunity to meet you guys.
- Alan Simpson
no way, totally mean that. I also hate you for changing your lovely Plinky profile pic to the goth looking one you have right now.
- vijay
@Alan, compared to my sorry 71 and 60(?), you're a bowling genius! So, just go with it. :) It was fun. Maybe if I get my own ball and shoes, that'll help me get better?? What? I'm not just saying that so I can buy stuff. Seriously.
- pea
Tell me when there is a NoVA meetup! You guys are all so cute :)
- BEX
Josh, the only problem with this one is you did too good a job of photoshopping. If I hadn't seen Akiva's post I would seriously wonder. Just sayin' :))
- jcunwired
Dude, people at the bar are looking at me and wondering why I am laughing my ass off at my phone right now! =D HAHAHA!
- David Cook
from fftogo
what really bothers me the most is not that you posted this Josh, which damn you for that. But rather that I expanded it knowing full well what it was. Today I am disappointed in the both of us.
- Joe Pierce
this is not the post you're looking for
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
I knew it was about time for this... :)
- Bill Heslin
no... must look away... just - can't - muster - the - strength - Ah thank goodness for realtime feed. It forced that off the page. NOOOO there it is again b/c Sean commented!
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
Isn't this head shot from the "When Sumo's fall in Love" saga earlier this summer?
- Bret Rowe
"Piriformis syndrome is a rare type of sciatica caused by irritation to the sciatic nerve by a muscle in the buttock known as the piriformis. Piriformis syndrome is characterized by pain, tingling and/or numbness in the buttock and sometimes down the leg. Unlike the other types of sciatica, diagnosing piriformis syndrome is a matter of ruling out all possible causes. For this and other reasons, there is controversy around the accuracy of piriformis syndrome diagnosis. Piriformis syndrome was first described in medical literature more than 60 years ago."
- Admiral Anika
from Bookmarklet
I think so. I'm in a pain I have never had before. Funny because I just got my new Running World magazine and there's an article by a guy who says he had this. I read the whole thing, eyerolling the whole time. But WOW. I *miss* my sciatica pain. That's at least a lot more tolerable.
- Admiral Anika
Damn....I feel ashamed even though I don't think I've done anything wrong...Mark: You have THE look-down-upon frown thing down tight! ps...i am sorry for anything and everything....just please....look away from me....it burns....IT BURNS!!!
- Morgan Haley
Nay, it is you who is on my lawn wearing a hat! Git off! And leave my wensleydale alone!
- Alex Scoble
I think I'm going to replace the anchovies with another seafood (clams? shrimp?) but this is definitely on the menu this week.
- Jason Toney
from Bookmarklet
noooooo... the anchovies add a particular salty goodness. won't taste right without them. also good: orecchiette with rabe/rapini and italian sausage http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes... NOM.
- tiffany
i made this tonight. it's quite tasty, though i think i went a little heavy on the anchovies and used too much orecchiette.
- tiffany
Oh my god...I LOVE orrechiette. My nonna used to make it with a toasted breadcrumbs/parmesan topping and throw in fava beans. *drool*
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
it's one of my favorite pasta types too. this recipe was *really* good. just be sure not to go too heavy with the anchovies, or it will be too salty. but so good
- tiffany
Definitely making a note of that. I can imagine that once you throw parmesan on top, the saltiness can get really overwhelming from both the cheese AND the anchovies. :)
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
No anchovies for me, parm is almost too salty for me as it is. Shrimp or clams would work well, though I could see eating this as is (perhaps with some artichoke hearts added).
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
anchovies have a particular flavor and textural richness that you can't really duplicate though. kalamata olives or kalamata olive paste comes close with the saltiness. shrimp or clams would make this a wholly different dish flavor-wise. I plan to try this with rapini next. I think it would offer a nice flavor contrast.
- tiffany
i made this tonight with wheat berries instead of orecchiette. different texture since wheat berries are whole grains that are closer to barley or farro, but still awesome flavor-wise.
- tiffany
Nathan, father of two, ADD, and twenty?! Holy cow. I am father of one and my reading collapsed. Hats off, sir!
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
BEX: I'm virtually addicted to audio books myself, but that doesn't count.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Thanks for all your responses. I was really curious how many FFers read real books. I must say I need to improve. You guys inspire me.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
like 30, but i read everything in front of me
- sofarsoShawn
Whoops, Mahendra, my 5 books were *in addition to* my everyday job. I used to read so much more for pleasure. I miss it!
- Ayşe E.
Somewhere around 12-15 can't really tell with my reading habits, at one point I ended up with 12 in parallel in the past 3 or 4 months, from a normal 4-5 in parallel. That's only the ones I've completed.
- Jimminy Fuller
Jimminy: I was a scattered reader with multiple books in parallel ending up with most of them unfinished. Disciplined myself and am liking it so far.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Mark: ;) If you read them like a book, page to page, till the end.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
all i do is read, really ... whether on screen or off
- Nathan Rein
Nathan, mostly true in my case as well, except that I write as well. But then we also read what we write, so yes. :)
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
I'm always reading a book....it's finding the time....maybe 10 in the last 6 months.
- Bonnie Foster
I'm like Nathan. I have a book and a puzzle near me at all times. Except the shower. =)
- Admiral Anika
Anika, I'm either on my computer or my 2.5yr old daughter is with me, so it gets difficult! I'm still getting over your 20-23...wow.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
I think it helps that I don't watch TV. =) Maybe if I watched something other than LOST, I'd read less.
- Admiral Anika
Steven: Get the hell outta here! Don't believe you can do that AND hang around here so much. You gotta be kidding me. Seriously?
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Well, some of those were re-reads, so the number is probably higher.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Besides, that's only two books a week.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Thanks for all the responses. Out of all the books I read in the past six months, To Kill A Mockingbird, and A Farewell To Arms stand out. Wasn't much of a fiction reader, so lots of catching up to do in that aspect.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
interesting question! in the last six months, eh? hmmmm I can't keep track of all of them really. I read 4 in the last month. Before that I read the Harry Potter books again, and the first three Narnia books (which reminds me, I have to pick up where I left), let's say that I read four books per month which means I'd have read about 24 books in the last six months...
- Claudia Petrilli
Claudia: that's amazing! I get an inferiority complex after getting to know such voracious readers. Thanks for the feedback.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
I used to average 10 a week. Maybe 3 a week now that I work full-time.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Beau, that is a growing trend. But I still love the feel of a real book in my hands.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
10 a week? really? is that what you do for a living? cause with work and relationships, I don't see how can anyone read ten books/week assuming we are talking about your regular 500-page-in-average book. Not even when I used to read in Spanish (my mother tongue) I read that fast.... There are books that can be read in a day - like the Narnia books, which will mean 7 books/week. I usually go through a book in four-five days, which gives me an average of four/five books/month
- Claudia Petrilli
I don't even bother counting. As soon as I'm done one book, I start on another.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Chris, I guess you'll have to change that if you really want to market Taskerrific :)
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
I was not working then. I could read a novel in a couple of hours, then another, start a 3rd before bed, and so forth. I can read while cooking or watching TV. I'm older now and I can't hold a book that long anymore, but I tend to read series books one after another in marathon sessions, then quit for a week.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Now that I think about it, I read a novel in two days a week ago.
- Beau Liening
6, i think. But i have read all of them in 6 weeks, and due to my job&university i coulnd read any "real" book since then.
- Ümit Orhan
@m9m: right! i just re-read your original post. Yes, some books are more of an easy read than others. The Twilight books are a very easy read, for example. I went through those pretty quickly. Others like the Cryptonomicon are a bit more difficult to read :P.
- Claudia Petrilli
unless I guess you count jelly beans :)
- (jeff)isageek
I met my hubby on Yahoo Personals too. Back in '98 when they were free!
- BEX
yeah me and allison met in 2002...had to pay..but it was totally worth it. the whole reason i sign up was so i could message her specifically :)
- (jeff)isageek
I, too, have a cat named Kittie...well, Kittten or Kittie. He barely responds to either. LOL And...what's with the BEANS?! LOL
- Carlton Hackett
just never cared for them and now i think it is part of my identity that i dont eat them so i dont know if i can now :)
- (jeff)isageek
[PHOBIA] what's the deal.. are peeps just leaving vm back and forth? I'm not a phone talker so I probably won't sign up. Calling someone or having someone call me "out of the blue" freaks me out. No prob chatting here though.
- BEX
I'm just leaving voice messages.. er.. voice songs.. even. Someone actually answered when I called and I just hung up on them. :D
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I like that I get options as to what I want to do when someone calls. "Press 1 to accept.." and then I don't make it any further because I usually accept. :P
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
But now I'm just going to let it all go to voice mail so I can actually test shit out.
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
Alright, now I've put a bunch of numbers on my phone so I should probably put them into some kind of grouping to separate them from everyone else in my contacts. Also, tomorrow I think I'll be sending a lot of texts! :D
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
جووووووووووووووووووونم! چيليك چيليك! تولدت مبارك مهدي جون! چيليك چيليك! نه واژه نه عكس و نه هيچ چيز ديگه! چيليك چيليك! همين كه هر روز صبح با طلوع، تولدت رو توي چشمات جشن مي گيري، شايد بهترين هديه به خودت باشه! چيليك چيليك! تنت به ناز طبيبان نيازمند مباد! چيليك چيليك! باز هم تولدت مبارك! چيليك چيليك!
- Moghamer
A very happy birthday to you Mahdi! :)
- JA Castillo
I normally welcome people when I get over 10-15 followers .. but only say "Welcome followers.. Enjoy stalking me"
- Tyler (Chacha)
I'm with Raoul. I'd have to unfollow, and I do not unfollow. Then again, I go to Twitter so rarely, and I follow so many that I might not notice.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Well, you guys do understand that it's all totally automated, so there's no work involved. I think it's an excellent way to piss off your other followers on Twitter.
- Michael Forian
Its a quick way to get rid of everyone following you, thats for sure
- Tyler (Chacha)
There is nothing wrong with it. Its a way to expose people to other people.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Stupid. Reward should be something else.
- Robert Scoble
If you want to expose people to me, you have to tell me why they are interesting in the message. I'm not just going to go click on them.
- Tyler (Chacha)
If that's all you've got to offer, I've got no reason to follow.
- shaun mclane
although i would love it if new followers would tell me why they added me, cause it still puzzles the hell out of me!
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
I think a lot of people don't have a specific reason. Maybe they found you from a friend or something. Some people just like to have a lot of voices
- Tyler (Chacha)
What shaun said. Whenever someone follows me, I go to their page to scan and see if I should follow in return. When I see an entire page that looks like what you've shared here, I tend NOT to follow that person. Why not DM them with the "welcome" message?
- Herb Hernandez
well, *there's* the use for DMs i've been looking for, if ever there was one.
- idnan
too much - no need to welcome peeps. It would be a chore for me. Chore = no fun. I wouldn't follow someone who had all that crap in their timeline either. Just engage and if you make connections, let them come naturally. NO automated DMs please!
- BEX
It's not my favorite way to thank people. It feels a little "loud" and impersonal. DM is my preference.
- Melinda Augustina
I don't like tweets about follower numbers or follower welcoming - to me they are something halfway between bragging and noise
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
I don't like tweets about followers, but what I truly and completely HATE is the auto-DM "welcome." I get them and want to instantly unfollow the person who sent it.
- Joey Gibson
@gibson yeah I think I might switch that off, it seems so in genuine
- sofarsoShawn
Well, it seems a bit automatic, so that's not particularly appealing to me. But every once in a while it's handy. You see something interesting and click it and you're glad you did.
- Melinda Augustina
I agree with Melinda, it seems to be automatic. I would expect a few personal words about my blog, my tweets or somethings else.
- Birger Hartung
I don't Tweet, but I do Deviant Art and FF, as well as Bloglog.. and I try to thank people, but a lot of the time I'm too busy checking out what other exciting things there are to see. I don't know if people get angry or upset over not being thanked, but I know that I don't, I didn't even realize it was a recommended action for the longest time!
- arekayelle
Why would you thank people for following you? Do you also thank people who subscribe to your RSS feeds? They're following you because they want to see what you write. They're not your friends unless you actually know them. I'm not sure where people got the idea that Twitter was some sort of numbers contest or something, but if that's all you use it for, then why bother using it at all?
- Otto
Trader Joe's sells a candy bar that is a layer of peanut butter, a layer of jelly, and a layer of potato chips. Then the whole thing is dunked in chocolate.
- Rochelle
That is why other people are rich. They come up with these ideas.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Dan: Where I work, there were actually buildings that had lost power. Even in my building, there've been limited power outages in labs and such. They sent out an email over the weekend asking everybody if they would please keep their extra machines and additional lights turned off in order to keep from overworking the AC.
- Lucas Parker
Same as Dan. We actually have people who come in and complain the waiting room is too cold, haha. Sometimes I have to throw a little jacket on. We did lose power in half the building for a while Monday morning, but they were able to fix it before we all melted away.
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
Rochelle, edythe and I were talking after breakfast Wednesday; I was dropping her off and our conversation wasn't over yet, and much like people sit in the car waiting for a song or an NPR piece to conclude, we waited for the conversation to finish
- RAPatton
from iPhone
Sigh. I need to get over this problem: When I make a plan to exercise, if it doesn't happen at the slated time, it doesn't happen. I had planned to swim at 1:30. Pushed that back to 3:30. It's after 3:30 now and I know I will not go swim today because I'm "late". How do I get over that?
If you find the answer let me know. For myself I think it is my A.D.D. taking a hit, if day is not as planned, any infraction to muddle the mix I tend to shut down. For me, I was to go to gym, sidetracked with parent forms, now will go tomorrow plan to be done by noon so I have wiggle room.
- Janet
keep the promises that you make to yourself!
- BEX
what nike says... (just do it) because I got nothing.
- Trish Haley
Yeah, work got in the way and now both kids are home AND awake. If I go now, they'll both want to go. It'll be drama. If I'm gone for longer than 40 min. Adrian *will* say something. So now, I'm going to either pull out the Wii Fit or do a video via Netflix. Still not the same as swimming.
- Admiral Anika
If possible, always do things RIGHT NOW. Unless there is some life or death reason why you can't. The hardest part is getting started, so just jump right in ASAP or you'll never get it done. Even if it's after the time you said.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
That's the main reason I play tennis. It takes four, so I have to show up or face the wrath of three seriously pissed-off women. In fact, I went through a period of being ten minutes late on the theory that they didn't really need me for the warmup - finally I got told in no uncertain terms that they DID need me there for the warmup. I haven't been more than a minute or two late since....
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- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Wii Fit sounds good. We need to get one.
- Trish Haley
I get the drama thing and not wanting to drag kids. My goal is to start back on Monday morning.
- Heather Solos
Mary, Rah...you both make good points. I think what I need to do is schedule it in as in, "No, I am doing this at this time." Too often, I allow the family to take over that time. I should treat it as a doctor's appt. or something.
- Admiral Anika
I used to do the "no excuses' thing because I found myself making up all of these weird ones (like: no hairband!) that were all solvable if I really wanted to do X activity. So that worked for a while, just not allowing myself any outs.
- anna sauce
Pssst - Talk to Steve Perez about the Time Overlord thingy ....
- Brent - Loving Life
I have the same problem. To get to the gym at 6 - 6:30 is the only way that I will exercise that day. and to get there by that time, I must wake up one hour prior. The only way I can get up at 5 - 5:30 is if I sleep at 11-11:30 the previous night... and so on and so forth. There is NO way I can think it would work other than disciplining the daily schedule. A gargantuan task on its own. May the force be with you.
- Parth Awasthi
It's a horrible form of perfectionism. Go for a quick run at times like this. Something is always better than nothing!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Yeah, I do do something, but feel like a slacker when I don't do what I had planned to do. Like yesterday, I did 20 min. cardio, 200 sit ups and sprints up my hill. But I didn't swim. So I feel like I failed in my goal.
- Admiral Anika
There is also the second right answer. Why beat yourself up for not swimming, if you substituted cardio, situps and hill runs? Is there a secondary payoff for the self-flagellation - as in, you get to be right about something or feel superior or perfect about something else, or do you get validation from some source about still being less-than-perfect or not meeting your goals? Or,...
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- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
TOO. MANY. WORDS. Mary...LOL I don't know what you're asking me? Secondary-payoff is losing me. I like to be active. I'm anal about time and setting schedules. I am trying to force myself to swim, but only as something different from my usual routine and to help my back.
- Admiral Anika
Try and stick with original time. You make time for friends, family and work right? Make time for yourself too! After you keep your scheduled workout try and find a healthy way to reward yourself.
- Mike
Yes, I did just delete Melanie's spam comment.
- Admiral Anika
yeah what Mary said- have a backup exercise option like run round the block, do situps, etc.
- anna sauce
If I can't get to what I wanted to do, I just change things on my schedule and do something else, and move the thing I wanted to do to a different day.
- Alix Whitmire
If I die of a heart attack because of eating food like this, I want my memorial service slide-show to alternate between images of food like this and images of me with a huge grin on my face. :)
- Josh Haley
You know how it is when you bite into a dog that's way too big for the bun and it's just so much better because of it? That's these times 20.
- Josh Haley
Damn you, Josh Haley! Do you think this would work with turkey sausage and faken bacon bits? It's all I got, man! But I need it now!
- Adrian