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On the Internet No one Has to Know How Much of An Ass You Really Are - http://circandserve.wordpress.com/2009...
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Damn, man, well said.
- Steve is older than ever
Right the fuck on, MC!
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
Also, "Shiny Toys and Glossy Gimmicks" perfectly sums up the Annoyed Librarian. "Her" blogging isn't about anything substantial, it's just a gimmick to get attention.
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
I assume that AL is the only reason LJ gets traffic, or they'd cut it loose.
- Steve is older than ever
There was a reason I stopped reading AL and you've pretty much nailed it on the head. Nicely put.
- Jennifer McDaniel
interestingly, my personal print LJ subscription expired back in August or so. They keep sending me the damned thing though. I wonder if that would work for the other Elsevier publications we subscribe to...
- DJF
I appreciate the comments on this blog post. Some thoughtful perspectives there.
- Laura Norvig
Yes, thank you Laura for reminding me. I'm actually kinda thrilled that there is a constructive conversation happening. Yay!
- Mary Carmen
There are even some thoughtful comments on some of AL's posts, but it seems that the ability to be anonymous there supported a lot of snark and hatefulness. Sad.
- Laura Norvig
attn haters & drama llamas - http://jambina.com/blog...
Bobbi Newman, Michael Porter, marlene and 9 other people liked this
mantra for the day: Don't be a drama llama!
- Jen Holman
think before you drama-llama-ate
- JSNFLMNG
Don't get all dramallamariffical.
- Mary Carmen
Don't feed the llamas?
- Aaron the Librarian
well most llamas need to eat, and we love non-drama llamas. so 'don't feed the drama llamas, lest they propagate' (they are like Gremlins after all)
- JSNFLMNG
I'm down with the anti-drama llama sentiment, but, which drama? What negativity? Where? Seriously, I feel like I must be missing something.
- marthalib
Martha: my assumption: library 101 and abrams were the two biggest issues around town the past week or so.
- Fiona Bradley
don't look or it will suck you in. that is what the drama llama is counting on. it's like medusa that way
- JSNFLMNG
Drama llama ding-dongs.
- Rochelle Rochelle
Likely so, Fiona. I feel like I just walked up to a conversation at a party midstream. Not sure that vague accusations of negativity are that helpful either, but I understand that no one wants to feed the drama llama.
- marthalib
Oh, yeah, and I don't read the Annoyed Librarian :) Not worth it.
- marthalib
I love drama when it comes from people getting really het up over stuff that matters to them.
- Steve is older than ever
martha, trust me, it's not vague, nor an accusation. Purely accurate description: There have been lots of personal disparagements and attacks flying around in re: the Annoyed Librarian, Library 101, and SirsiDynix, in addition to a bunch of generalized FF drama that's bleeding into other discussions. I was beginning to wonder if we were in some scary astrological phase, or if the moon...
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- Jenica
I'm with you on that sentiment, Jenica. We shouldn't be all happy-happy all the time, but we should be constructive. I think the experiment around the SirsiDynix paper to refute it line by line is interesting, but too nitpicky for me. Let's strategise about the issue of librarians being reluctant to investigate open source instead. I'd like to see AL be positive once in a while. I'd like to see some response videos to Library101 and alternate 101 lists.
- Fiona Bradley
Well, it's vague in that jambina didn't point out who exactly she was talking about and it's an accusation in that one person's drama is another person's controversy/debate.
- Steve is older than ever
Okay, Steve, point taken. But personal attacks are personal attacks, and I'm not backing down on that one. :)
- Jenica
I think the biggest thing thats bothering a lot of people is the personal attacks against folks. I wonder if jambina was vague so as not to give the AL any more press and linkage than she already gets
- Sir Shuping
I'm all for being constructive and doing things. With all due respect to you, Jenica, and to Amy, I do think the in forming thoughts post was vague. "Accusations" was perhaps too strong a word and I apologize for that. I just don't feel like I've been trapped in a bubble of negativity online. Sure, there have been criticisms of Library 101 and SirsiDynix (thanks for clarifying that...
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- marthalib
that's great, Martha, I'm glad it's not affecting you the way I'm feeling it. I hope that it passes quickly, and that there are more people feeling what you are than what amy and I are. And that the moon regains its rightful orbit, or whatever...
- Jenica
I feel like there are two ways to stem "drama" or unconstructive discussions: ignore it, or participate in a more genuine and humane fashion. Talking about drama *is* drama. (Reminder: my bachelor's degree is in drama.)
- Steve is older than ever
You can fight the fire, stoke the fire or use the fire constructively.
- Pete
We didn't start the fire.
- DJF
it was always burning since the world's been turning
- Jenica
hola todos - it was intentionally vague. i'm seeing it online and in real life in a lot of different areas of libraryland. i was worried it would come off as me being against criticism (i think most folks know i love a good debate/critique) but then i thought i'd just let it be. enough people call me a pollyanna already, what's a few more ; ) and Steve - the post was basically me saying i'm ignoring this drama, which i know feeds into the drama, so, oops. (also, i nearly failed drama in high school.)
- jambina
I think there was a lot of deeply personal reaction to seeing good friends and colleagues attacked, and I understand the "can't we all just get along" public reactions. I see them more as a show of support for friends done wrong than of trying to accomplish anything specifically. *Kicks a rock and turns down the flame on her blowtorch*
- Rochelle Rochelle
Jambina, makes sense. It was intended as an observation rather than an indictment. I just see this happen a lot where people say "I HATE THE DRAMA!" which makes us all go "Oooh, what drama?! Where's my pitchfork?"
- Steve is older than ever
Drama? Did someone say drama? Sorry I'm late, my pitchfork was at the shop.
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
lulz, no worries steve - totally didn't take it as an indictment (WHERE'S MY PITCHFORK!) and frankly, i might take the post down/edit it later today, depending how i'm feeling.
- jambina
I'll add that I think there's a subtle difference between 'drama' and pointing out troublesome or inappropriate behavior when you see it. The latter (IMHO) is productive, even though it can appear dramatic and nasty. I can appreciate the desire for everyone to get along, but I also think that conflict is a positive thing and a necessary component of innovation. New ideas form from conflict - as long as it is the productive kind (not just 'you kill ma brother' kind of ego trips).
- ɥsıuɐʎɹ
I think Rochelle hit on it. Also, I'm sorry that I've been contributing to the drama.
- D0r0th34
*tacklehugs ryan for the "Hollywood Shuffle" reference*
- Steve is older than ever
I dunno, I model my work ethic after Inigo Montoya -- I find his mantra to be pretty useful :)
- Aaron the Librarian
You know what's kind of hilarious? I still am not really sure I know what we are talking about. :)
- Steve is older than ever
Me either, Steve. I must not be subscribed to the same people or something. Unless you're all talking about me, in which case STOP HATING ME.
- lris
I resent the term "dramallama". I'll have you know I'm a drama QUEEN :-)
- Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane
Nobody Hates Iris.
- David Rothman (☤)
and again I say: God bless those among us who have avoided the drama. Hooray for you, may I have some of what you're having?!
- Jenica
Do you have six fingers on your right hand?
- Aaron the Librarian
Jenica, I just think it's different understandings of "drama." The AL thing on 101 to me is just stupid and not drama because I haven't seen anyone taking it seriously, getting upset about it, etc. I have seen no one else besides Rothman and Lindner say a single bad thing about 101, and again, they seemed to be critiquing the projects' merits, not the personalities of DLK and MP. The...
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- Steve is older than ever
You know how our patrons in libraries get a little wacky the week before and during a full moon? (Honestly, we always knew when a full moon was coming based on patron behavior...) I think it's just bleeding over into the web world. Maybe in a few days everybody will just chill out and move on. I'm off to go find some more green Skittles.
- Miriella
Moby Dick comes to life: The astonishing rare images of a sperm whale feasting on a giant squid
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"They are creatures of the deep immortalised in fictional bestsellers like Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick and Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. But these ultra-rare images of a colossal sperm whale feeding on a giant squid are the real thing. The captivating pictures show adult sperm whales feasting on a rare giant squid. Though the squid looks small beside the enormous whales, it is thought to be an incredible eight to ten metres long. Enlarge Her calf follows her closely, and another whale is pictured behind her, in this rare image taken in the seas of Japan earlier this month One of the dead squid's tentacles - a leftover scrap - was measured at a jaw-dropping three-and-a-half metres long. And experts now think the pictures could be some of the rarest ever captured beneath the ocean's surface, showing as they do the sight of five adults teaching a hungry calf how to catch its prey. Underwater photographer Tony Wu witnessed the pod - five adults and a juvenile - devour the mammoth squid near the Ogasawara Islands in Japan earlier this month."
- RAPatton
"There's always a bigger fish."
- Anika
Found out that Mr. 7 sometimes has to be spoken to in school for cracking jokes at inappropriate times. I'm shocked.
Bobbi Newman, Michael Porter, David Rothman (☤) and 12 other people liked this
where on earth would he learn a thing like that?
- D0r0th34
I blame television.
- Steve is older than ever
It takes a while getting used to the fact that your kids can be very different people when you're not around. It only gets worse as they get older. Equally shocking is the realization that sometimes the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.
- John Dupuis
I wonder where he learned that?
- Mary Carmen
Mr. 7's father's 8th (?) grade English teacher: "Class, I'm growing annoyed." Mr. 7's father: "You're growing a WHAT?" The important question about Mr. 7's jokes is, are they funny?
- Judy Lawson
I remember a teacher chiding me for cracking jokes to my friends in class. "Keep them to yourself!" Me: "But if I keep them to myself, they're not funny!"
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
Liking this for Lawson's mom participation.
- Sarah G.
Once in school, at a teacher-parent conference, the teacher said I was "loquacious". I snortled. My mom looked at me and asked what was up. And with an eyeroll, I go, "Loquacious? Please...I'm BLACK."
- Derrick
Okay, yay for Mom popping up in this thread. And Derrick? x.X
- Anika
Mama Lawson gets a fist bump. And yeah, Anika. What did I know? I was like...8.
- Derrick
this whole thread is *shocking*
- holly
Made it through half of Library 101 video before closing it. Don't care for site either. Confirmed: I'm not a cool kid. I'm OK with that.
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It didn't do much for me, either, Mark, but I don't think that makes me uncool.
- laura x
Liking it doesn't make someone cool, either.
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
Well, no, but then you are pretty cool anyway. ;) And, I don't really mean to imply that one causes or impinges on the other. Maybe it's just a reaction to all the (usual) IL hype. :D
- Mar₭ the Engaged
Very true, Josh.
- Mar₭ the Engaged
I thought it was just me. :-/ ETA: I mean, I get the spirit of it, and I thought that so many people participated was cool, but I just didn't get it.
- cecily
Agreed, Cecily. I appreciate the contribution, if you will, and that a lot of folks participated ... but where was the content? What was the message? No doubt it is there but like all the surveys of kids these days say I am not sitting through 7 & a 1/2 minutes of something for 30 seconds of content.
- Mar₭ the Engaged
It is a fun video with lots of cool images and widespread participation. I'm not getting how the phrase "Library 101" effectively conveys the message that libraries need to innovate and use technology to provide access to information, library collections and library services, that libraries need to evolve. I absolutely support this message, I'm just saying that the phrase "Library 101" doesn't encapsulate or represent it for me.
- marthalib
That's pretty much how I feel, too, Martha. (Well, I also think libraries *are* evolving, & worries about libraries "going extinct" are a bit extreme.)
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
I was looking for the "About." The PR blurb. The bit you can point your boss at.
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
Okay, I've been poking around more on the site. This list of skills provides useful context for the phrase: http://www.libraryman.com/blog...
- marthalib
I'm actually glad to find this thread. To be upfront, I made the video, so there is that. And of course David King and I both hope ppl like it. But we knew it wouldn't be for everybody. I appreciate the feedback like this tho because, frankly, we are just learning as we go along. We believe in what we said and we tried our best. And that is all we can do. Personally, I was thinking more about Spinal Tap than actually thinking we were anything close to really "cool". I wish that came across more to everyone.
- Michael Porter
But here's the thing: we just love libraries, are experimenting and saying what we believe. Also, as marthalib pointed out, we did add the 101 "RTK" page, plus, the essay pages have some really good stuff in them, and in the few critiques I've found ppl don;t mention them yet: http://www.libraryman.com/blog... And all over the place on the pages we invite ppl to leave feedback, addition info and their own thoughts. We know we don;t have it all right and need help, and we ask for it!
- Michael Porter
I know it isn't perfect, but man, we did this in our own "free" time and worked our butts off on it. We tried hard to make it respectful, accurate, motivating and pointed. All I can say is we tired really hard and did our best. Again I appreciate being able to read this and learn from it and I thank you guys for being detailed in your feedback and, you know, not just going all "smashy smashy" on all of it. :)
- Michael Porter
I'll also add that another reason I didn't get it is because most of the librarians I know (myself included, not that I'm some kind of special snowflake) already have these skills. My naivete and lack of library experience is showing, but it didn't resonate because it seemed so obvious that in today's library - and tomorrow's - these skills should be commonplace. In my experience, it's not necessarily the tech skills (or passion) that is lacking, it's leadership that is falling short.
- cecily
But I'll say again that I appreciate the effort and the passion that the creators threw into this project. That's something to be applauded for sure.
- cecily
Linking this thread as it got mentioned as a "counterpoint" to this one: http://friendfeed.com/lsw... Absolutely no idea why.
- Mar₭ the Engaged
Michael, I fully appreciate the work David and you (and any others) put into your video and the site. No doubt about that. I am sincerely glad you guys are enthused and are doing things to attempt to raise the profile of libraries and librarians! The simple fact is that many of us prefer our content in different ways/formats and some of us prefer a fair amount of "meat" where others prefer less.
- Mar₭ the Engaged
As to the video, well, they generally do not speak to me. I watch very little video on the internet. I love film/cinema/movies but the vast majority of internet video has so far left me cold. As to the web site, what is up with that time consuming loading sequence? It's kind of cool the 1st time but since it happens *every time* I return to the main page it gets beyond old quick. As for...
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- Mar₭ the Engaged
Hey Mark, David and I tried to make the song as meaty as we could, but also entertaining and at the very least palatable. I wrote the largest percentage of the lyrics and David and I poured over them to try and have them work with the music but also tell a story. And it was a difficult task for sure. As the song and video became such a major...
- Michael Porter
... effort for us (fitting hundreds of still images in a video and making them dynamic was very hard, and something I hadn't ever done before), we both were concerned that many folks would see the video (like they did with the last video) but not have other value added content. So we worked on getting the essays and building out the 101 resources on the "RTK" page....
- Michael Porter
...For the web page, we actually hired someone to do that for us. I don't have the technical chops or the time to do some of what was done with those pages and we wanted to make it as good as we could in the time we had (there was a serious crush there at the end). I think your critique makes sense though. But even with that, I think David and I are both feeling a little fried (and...
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- Michael Porter
I'll have another look at the video this weekend, Michael. Perhaps I just missed some of the content, as in maybe there is more than it seemed to me when watching it the 1st time. Sorry you guys are fried and broke from the effort. And I sincerely did not mean my lack of enthusiasm--or specific critiques--as a personal criticism of either of you.
- Mar₭ the Engaged
Coming back home last night, David and I saw quite a few negative comments, and while we talked about knowing that would happen, it feels different when it actually happens. I'm glad we've had some back ad forth here though and thank you guys for it. I don't think this thread was hurtful though I really am glad we had it.
- Michael Porter
There were negative comments and positive comments, but anytime you put yourself out on the line that's gonna happen, so don't sweat it.
- Mike
Roy Tennant: Get Thee to Library 101! http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog...
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I may get violently ill and feel like death and alone, but my friends will never let me be lonely. I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!! #cancercansuckmyleftone
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Ick. I'm a year clear from chemo Hell. If you ever need to talk or advice on how to get back at evil nurses, give me a shout. I hope it goes by quickly & successfully!
- Jess
Thanks Jess, this would be my 4th time through chemo. Im pretty sure I get a free car or something now. Won't know anything till next week. Im holding out hope that this is nothing but a cautious scare.
- Mary Carmen
Well, then the nurses know better than to mess with you ,-)
- Jess
Greg would like to get Uncontrolled Vocabulary started up again, just to have a forum for saying "AskPro" five times fast. Good call, SLA. - http://www.facebook.com/profile...
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how about one special broadcast of UV by, for, and about asspros?
- Laura Norvig
Steve and Cecily are all up in muh cubicle.
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X_X from cuteness.
- cecily
With a cameo from Starscream.
- Derrick
hi, cecily! [waves]
- edythe
Hey, lady! *waves back*
- cecily
Together again for the first time.
- Steve is older than ever
Tad's "Yo Mama" thread (http://friendfeed.com/tad...) reminded me of this little chant we used to say as kids: "Yo mama, yo daddy, yo bald headed granny got holes in her PANNIES got a big behind like Frankenstein goin' beep beep beep down Sesame Street." Reading those words now, I'm like damn; what kinda shit is that to be saying to somebody?
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LOL @ pannies.
- Derrick
We used to say "Your ma, your pa, your greasy, greasy grandma..."
- cecily
Your Ma, Your Pa. x_X
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I *am* from Georgia.
- cecily
x_@
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
We used to say "...yo bald headed granny got doo-doo in her PANNIES"
- Anika
Anika obviously got her mouf washed out with soap a lot.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Hey, I learned it from my auntie.
- Anika
Cecily, we had the bit about the greasy greasy grandma, then picking up with the big behind like Frankenstein. I also remember something about "your mama / your papa / your whole generation" which really makes no sense.
- Steve is older than ever
Oh, good, there's an app for this: http://forum.iphoneworld.ca/updated...
- Steve is older than ever
We used to also say "Ain't yo' mama pretty, she got meatballs on her titties, she got scrambled eggs between her legs, and her pannies always shitty..." Yeah. Never said that one unless everybody in my family was out of earshot.
- cecily
Where'd you grow up Cecily, because that sounds familiar, too. I went to elementary school in Middletown, CT.
- Steve is older than ever
And now I'm trying to picture a Mini-Steve saying "your greasy greasy grandma". :-D
- cecily
I grew up in Atlanta, GA - the city, not the 'burbs.
- cecily
LOL you guys http://ff.im/3ppRn
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I'm having a flashback!
- WorldofHiglet
I thought I remembered that thread.
- cecily
I'm sorry but YOUR MA, YOUR PA is the win. I'm going to say that from now on.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Gotta admit, I wasn't usually the one saying "your greasy greasy grandma." That was mostly the black kids while the white kids stared on in awe.
- Steve is older than ever
Steve. You know you have to record a video clip of you doing this chant, don't you?
- cecily
LOL, Cecily!! Yes, Steve. You simply must now.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
And I also remember thinking that I could kind of see how scrambled eggs could go between one's legs, but that meatballs would just roll off the titties.
- Steve is older than ever
That thudding sound you just heard was me falling out of my chair because I'm laughing so hard.
- cecily
LOL'er cakes.
- Derrick
We said pretty much the same thing in Mississippi. Well, actually the black kids taught the white kids and we tried to say it the same. :D
- Internet's Tad
He said the meatballs would just roll off the TIDDIES.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I think my performance would not live up to the hype.
- Steve is older than ever
I should be in bed by the way.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Tad: "Your Ma, Your Pa" or "Yo Mama, Yo Daddy"?
- cecily
Yo mama, yo daddy, yo greasy greasy granny...
- Internet's Tad
*makes plans to teach Steve this chant at whatever library conference we run into each other*
- cecily
Is it bad form to mention that Monique just subscribed to my feed? Oh, how disappointed she will be after this.
- Steve is older than ever
Did you say "U G L Y you ain't got no alibi you ugly. That's right I say you ugly. M O M A how did you get that way? Yo mama! That's right I said yo mama!"
- Internet's Tad
I'm trying to go to bed too, but y'all are just too much.
- Derrick
Cecily, and then in the middle of a keynote we need to stand up and shout it at each other.
- Steve is older than ever
Aw, snap. I've never heard the M A M A part of that chant before tonight, Tad.
- cecily
LOL Tad know the mama part. ahahahahahaha. holy shit. this stuff never gets old! (we do though)
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Tee hee! And during a boring keynote, we'll do the U G L Y one.
- cecily
I will record that ish in 1080P.
- Derrick
I gotta say that in all this, it's the "beep beep beep down Sesame Street" that just kills me.
- Steve is older than ever
LOL! I also used to know all the words to Rapper's Delight. Back in 5th grade we (me and a ton of black kids) used to rap it ALL THE FREAKING TIME. Damn. I'm so old.
- Internet's Tad
ahahaha. yeah the beep beep beep shit is random as hell. it's like where did that come from?
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Knock Knock
- Internet's Tad
Who's there?
- Internet's Tad
who's there?
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Joe Angie
- Internet's Tad
Joe Angie who?
- Internet's Tad
Joe Mama angie daddy.
- Internet's Tad
x_X
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
wait. rewind to steve finding the yo greasy greasy grandma app
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
INORITE? An iPhone app for this!
- Steve is older than ever
I remember being confused about the "greasy granny" part. It wasn't until maybe High School that I figured that one out...
- Internet's Tad
Lawd have mercy at this thread.
- Derrick
Uh. I don't think I have figured it out yet, Tad. I think I might want to preserve my innocence, though.
- Steve is older than ever
ok wait. now i am confused. someone explain greasy granny
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Greasy as in greasy greasy hair.
- Internet's Tad
Steve has secrets.
- Derrick
oh. i thought there was some deep sexual meaning i was missing.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
In hindsight, I always thought that was one of those intra-racial insults that had something to do with how dark someone was. You know - the darker you were, the ashier your skin got, and the ashier your skin got, the more you had to 'grease it down'. Yeah... I got nothin'.
- cecily
LOL - you just have a dirty mind. :D
- Internet's Tad
But then again, the worst insult you could call someone in my neighbourhood was "burnt biscuit".
- cecily
LOL
- Internet's Tad
damn, a burnt biscuit.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Now I want a biscuit from Popeye's.
- Derrick
5th grade was a weird year for me. Went from a school that was 90% white to a school that was 90% black. MAJOR CULTURE SHOCK!1
- Internet's Tad
Damn... Popeye's. Sigh. Red beans and rice.
- Internet's Tad
Now I want Popeye's. Or fried chicken in general.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Tad, I think I'm gonna have to swing by one after work tomorrow. RBR? Biscuit? WIN.
- Derrick
Now I want some collard greens.
- Internet's Tad
Aw, Tad. I would've made friends with you. I was the only girl in my 2nd grade class to make friends with the white guy who moved into our neighbourhood.
- cecily
tomorrow is $1 chicken day. JUST SAYING
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Damn, even then I was a kiss-ass.
- cecily
lol Cecily. Knock it off.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
:) I eventually made LOTS of friends. Lot easier to be the only white boy at school than the only black boy.
- Internet's Tad
*Picks up Tad and rolls through the Popeye's drive thru*
- Derrick
*squeezes into the backseat of derrick's car*
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?!
- cecily
lol
- Internet's Tad
We're going to Popeye's. Get in.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
You gonna get naked in the drive through?
- Internet's Tad
I just want two wings, a biscuit, and a 64oz cup of sweet tea.
- cecily
C, you want this two-piece? I'm temporarily vegetarian...
- Derrick
HAHAHAHHA. YES.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
lol11
- Internet's Tad
In 6th grade I moved from a school that was about 50-50 black and white to one that was pretty much all white. Where the kids used the word "negro" as if people still said that (in 1982).
- Steve is older than ever
*holds up a skinless chicken breast in the drive thru*
- cecily
We used to do the $1 2 wings and a biscuit meal for lunch.
- Internet's Tad
3 of us would split it. :D
- Internet's Tad
*whispers* Popeye's don't have skinless chicken.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Steve, in some way, negro is progress. At least they weren't saying COLORED.
- cecily
Steve, my birth certificate from 1973 has me listed as Negro.
- Derrick
anyway, the skin is the best part. YEAH, I SAID IT.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
*picks the skin off the chicken and holds it up again* NOW IT'S NAKED IN THE DRIVE THRU
- cecily
How dreadful, Derrick. Mine says black.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I remember asking for butter for the biscuits at Popeyes and having the guy behind the counter say "Those biscuits have been buttered three times already! You're gonna have a heart attack!"
- Steve is older than ever
OH SHIT. CECILY. x_X
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Yeah, you don't need butter for a Popeye's biscuit. Now honey is something different
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
But for real though? I'd rather have Mrs. Winners.
- cecily
I don't like Mrs Winners. They have good sweet tea though.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
*unsubs from Cecily*
- Derrick
I remember reading "black people jokes" to all the kids on the band bus from the Truely Tasteless Jokes book. Something about the only white kid reading those to a bus full of black kids was hilarious. :D
- Internet's Tad
LOL Derrick.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
*throws a piece of chicken skin at Derrick*
- cecily
Now I want to go to Popeye's and ask them if they have any NAKED IN THE DRIVE THRU chicken.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
And you lived to tell about it Tad? Man. Your classmates must've really liked you. :D
- cecily
Growing up is weird.
- Internet's Tad
*jumps like a bitch from having chicken skin flung at me*
- Derrick
*picks up the chicken skin and eats it*
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Derrick, I didn't know you could scream like a girl. *runs like hell*
- cecily
tell you 'bout folks wastin' good food
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Yeah - it was some harsh stuff too. No one ever got mad.
- Internet's Tad
MO. YOU DIDN'T KISS IT UP TO GOD.
- cecily
I was gonna say - Chicken skin used to be the best damn part.
- Internet's Tad
OH. I FORGOT.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
*gives Cecily cooties and shares NONE of his RBR and biscuit(s)*
- Derrick
"Kiss it up to god, dirt don't hurt - put it in your mouth and make it work." - Everybody in my neighbourhood.
- cecily
ok i just x_X @ kiss it up to God.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Mmmmmmm... red beans and rice.
- Internet's Tad
Someone said Popeye's doesn't sell dirty rice anymore. :(
- Internet's Tad
We said God made dirt, dirt don't hurt, kiss it up to god and it will work.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
*sucks teeth at Derrick* Boy, I'm iggin' you.
- cecily
Yes they do. It's called Cajun Rice now.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I get my cajun rice with gravy on it cause i'm fat like that.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I'm thinking it must've been a 'working girl' who came up with the 'put it in your mouth and make it work' line, cause in hindsight? STANK.
- cecily
AHAHAHA.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I also noticed at hte Popeye's in Phoenix the "spicy" chicken ain't spicy
- Internet's Tad
Which is surprising cause people like it spicy in Phoenix, but I noticed that over the summer when I was there Tad.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I always get my chicken mild and then put my own hot sauce on it.
- Derrick
I think you should be required to slap the shit out of anybody that goes to Popeye's and orders Mild fucking chicken.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I think it's a white folks thing. I haven't seen Mexicans eating Popeye's and there ain't any blacks... or not enough to notice.
- Internet's Tad
I used to get extra crispy chicken at KFC and douse it in Kraft BBQ sauce. The day they came out with Honey BBQ wings, I cried tears of joy. Greasy, greasy tears of joy.
- cecily
NO SHIT MO
- Internet's Tad
Greasy, Greasy is not going to get old. JUST SAYING.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Vitamin G.
- Internet's Tad
National food of Mississippi/
- Internet's Tad
*SNORT*
- cecily
The food groups of the south: fat, salt, grease, and sugar.
- cecily
and tea
- Internet's Tad
iced and sweet
- Internet's Tad
Remind tomorrow to take a picture of this girl's key fob at work that is supposed to be a piece of bacon, but looks like a piece of FAT BACK. x_X
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
:D
- Internet's Tad
Used to go with my granddaddy to get Cracklin. Ever had any cracklin?
- Internet's Tad
also, raise your hand if you have ever eaten a piece of fried fat back. Oh, just me? :(
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
My dad used to steal fat back out of the frying pan when my mom was frying it up to make creamed corn. Used to sit there chewing on it like it was cud. OMG MY PARENTS WERE COUNTRY.
- cecily
Damn - Mo - ALL THE TIME back in MS
- Internet's Tad
*whispers* i like fat back
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
My diabetes just got diabetes.
- Derrick
lol Derrick
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
*187*
- cecily
My belly says yes, but my arteries scream NOOOO!!!
- Internet's Tad
I also like ham hocks. fuck it. i'mma keep it real.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Tad's body is channeling R. Kelly.
- cecily
Type 2, bitches.
- Derrick
I'd weigh 350 if I still lived in Mississippi. AND I LOVE HAM HOCKS.
- Internet's Tad
Don't tell nobody, but I've had catfish three days in a row.
- Derrick
omg i love catfish too
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I don't like ham hocks, but man, I wouldn't be mad at anyone who made green beans and white potatoes with ham hocks in it. *drools on keyboard*
- cecily
:D I remember the first time someone told me catfish was gross. I nearly slapped them.
- Internet's Tad
Green beans and white potatoes.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
YES.
- cecily
I know.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
OK, bedtime here in the Mountain zone. See you on the playground tomorrow.
- Steve is older than ever
Peace out, Steve.
- Derrick
Night Steve. Ham hock dreams and fat back wishes.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Steve's greasy greasy grandma is calling him home for dinner. He's having ham hocks.
- cecily
I need to go to bed too. And dream about green beans and potatoes.
- Internet's Tad
I need to be in bed too, but this thread won't let me.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Damn jobs. Always getting in the way of fun.
- cecily
I'ma have Popeye's tomorrow just for yall.
- Internet's Tad
I'm going to bed too, cause my ass is going to the gym in the morning before work. Niters, all. xoxo
- Derrick
I like how this started out as YOUR MA, YOUR PA and turned into mmmm, ham hocks.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
You can't be country without talking about ham hocks. :)
- cecily
And burnt biscuits. (G'night, y'all.)
- cecily
Night <3
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
No, y'all did NOT got to Popeye's and ain't nobody tell me.. *UNSUB AND BLOCK*
- ha3rvey (free hugs!)
Popeye's gives me gas sumthin' awful
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Black Butte Porter - http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/brews...
greg hardin, Jill is sugar free, Mark Wilson and 13 other people liked this
I give this beer a thumbs up.
- holly
from Bookmarklet
Yes.
- Steve is older than ever
Now this will sound a bit odd, but I just want to lick that head. o_O
- Jimminy
TWSS!!!!!!!
- holly
Think I might just have to head to the store and get one.
- Christopher A Carr
my brother and sil were in portland this weekend, and she said this was her favorite beer of all the ones they tried.
- Katie
heh I live there, and this was my first time trying it tonight. I am not a big beer person, but I am expanding my horizons. or trying to. :)
- holly
Did you buy this because of the pirates?
- MegvMeg
OH. that must have been the subconscious reason I was drawn to it.
- holly
I would rather have one of these, though: http://www.rogue.com/beers...
- Christopher A Carr
I like this porter because while it has a nice rich taste, it's not overwhelming.
- Steve is older than ever
BBP certainly is nicely balanced.
- Christopher A Carr
(now giggling that this was liked by Michael Porter)
- holly
Seeing that Michael Porter has favorited this (ARG, Holly beat me to it!)...I think I'll start calling Michael "Black Butte."
- Steve is older than ever
haha! I win this time, Lawson! and I think that is a fabulous idea.
- holly
May I also commend Anchor Porter. And just, well, porter really.
- Pete
Bought a six-pack of this last night. Really good -- just had one of the six. Kind of like Guinness, but not as heavy.
- Joe....
right on. :)
- holly
Hey, nice butte!
- Aaron the Librarian
Sheesh, I've probably consumed 1000 gallons of this stuff in my life.
- Christopher A Carr
I had to go get some of this tonight.
- Steve is older than ever
yay! I am getting more when I go grocery shopping this weekend.
- holly
Where y'all from? Is Deschutes' stuff being more broadly distributed recently?
- Christopher A Carr
Probably my favorite beer right now.
- Kevin Pedraja
Christopher, I'm in Colorado Springs. It has been available here for several years at least.
- Steve is older than ever
This thread reminded me I need to go to Binny's this weekend to pick up some New Holland Brewing Co. Imperial Stout.
- Jill is sugar free
And here is the dopey letter I wrote. Since the campus PO can't do tracking/confirmation, it may have to wait until tomorrow to mail.
Dana Longley, krista godfrey, Deborah Fitchett and 31 other people liked this
God, my handwriting is atrocious.
- Steve is older than ever
I can read it...it's not that bad :)
- Abigail
Don't knock your handwriting - next to the note I sent along with my check, it looks GOOD. :)
- Catherine Pellegrino
i especially love the logo and the "xoxo"
- jambina
Yes, and the "ooh, bad metaphor"!
- Catherine Pellegrino
awesome!
- ~Courtney F.
<3
- marthalib
Where can I get me some of that letterhead? Well done!
- Connie Crosby
Am I the only one enamored by the fact it's on graph paper?
- Nikki D.
No, it's not just you, Nikki. I <3 graph paper. (I'm kind of hoping there's a map of a dungeon on the other side of the letter.)
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
Oh, Josh, if only! "See, if you detect the secret door, you can enter the treasure hall with the platinum pieces and the Vorpal Sword, but that triggers the Mind Flayers to attack from behind this *other* secret door... Oh, yeah, and there's a check in the envelope, too."
- Steve is older than ever
*love*
- Greg Schwartz
:)
- D0r0th34
Thanks, Greg. I can't get over the handwriting. Looks like I made Luke write it.
- Steve is older than ever
Luke's handwriting is actually easier to read. Sorry, but true.
- Judy Lawson
DO ANYBODY NO WHO LET MOM IN?
- Steve is older than ever
Hi, Mama Lawson!
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
Dude. Your mom's on Friendfeed. :-D (Hi, Mama Lawson!)
- cecily
Momma just came in and p0wned this thread.
- Derrick
Mama Lawson rooooolz all
- holly
See, this? THIS is why I <3 FriendFeed and the LSW.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Steve's Mom for the win!!
- Laura H.
I just sent a reminder, with the link to the LJ article, to my statewide library list. I hope you get a few more donations from that, Steve. And HI to Steve's MOM! :)
- Louise Alcorn
Best letterhead ever.
- Deborah Fitchett
Interview with Louisville Public Radio about our flood relief fund drive scheduled for early this afternoon.
Mary Carmen, jambina, Greg Schwartz and 17 other people liked this
AWESOME! Will that only be on Louisville Public Radio? Or on NPR nationally?
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
I'll tell you more once I know, but I assume just on the Louisville station.
- Steve is older than ever
This is just too cool.
- Catherine Pellegrino
That is fantastic, Steve!!! Great to see generous initiatives like this being recognized. :)
- Meredith
Interview done. I think it went OK. She hopes to air the story on Wed., the day of the Consuming Louisville bake sale.
- Steve is older than ever
what?!?! what?!? you really are Awesome Steve Lawson :)
- marthalib
Fantastic!!!!
- MegvMeg
Go Steve!
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
Truly Lawson is a giant among men.
- Jàson Puçkett
Nice of you all to say, but she found me.
- Steve is older than ever
Silly person, none of this would have happened without you!
- marthalib
What Martha said.
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
Thanks, guys, and perhaps that's even true. But really none of it would have happened without the LSW and the folks in our orbit due to FriendFeed and the like. That's what's cool to me. We have this network--let's use it.
- Steve is older than ever
We are, this is awesome Steve! BTW did we decide on group donation incentives or not? I have a Cod mug to donate to the cause but will be off the grid next week. Let me know!
- Nikki D.
Yeah, I need to try and coordinate the incentives this weekend or something. I had a photographer from Louisville IM me yesterday to ask about donating some prints. Email the details, Nikki.
- Steve is older than ever
Awesome, awesome, awesome.
- Greg Schwartz
Did the interview get archived on the Internet someplace?
- Jill Hurst-Wahl
It wasn't broadcast live. From their site, it looks like a lot of stuff is archived/podcast, but I'm not sure. Of course I'll let y'all know when I know more.
- Steve is older than ever
Oh, The HUGE Manatee!!!! - http://agentmlovestacos.tumblr.com/post...
Michael Porter, Louis Gray, Matt Mastracci and 15 other people liked this
so. bad.
- Joe Silence is not dead
But so funny.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
this is one of my favorites from this past year - love it! :D
- Dean "Karnatos" Michaud
aye
- Joe Silence is not dead
This never fails to make me smile.
- Kendra K
check it: I'm on vacation.
Michael Porter, Joe Silence is not dead, Derrick and 6 other people liked this
Consider it checked.
- Steve is older than ever
Hey, me too!
- Chris Z.
Checked, dotted, crossed and otherwise indicated!
- CAJ, somewhere else
Im on a vacation of sorts
- Geoff Schultz
You're in Prague?
- ǎňňǎ
hehehe :)
- holly
YAY! This is apparently vacation week for half the people I know, myself included! :D I'm outtie tomorrow for a whole week of camping. w00tness
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
woot! I have 2 weeks of slack ahead of me. and a trip to Seattle! :D
- holly
LUCKYYYYYYYY. :D I'm just heading to the Mendocino coast. :) Slack is good. Though as much as I want to believe that I'd spend a slack vacation doing things like hardcore cleaning my house or doing a long bout of gardening, I'd most likely spend the entire time playing WoW and watching eps of Inuyasha on my TiVo. LOL
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I foresee a fair amount of WoW in my future. but I have a shitload of weeds I gotta get pulled. we'll see what wins. ;)
- holly
The obstacle brake on electric compact shelving can be overridden. Who wants to recreate the Death Star garbage compactor scene with me?
Michael Porter, Kendra K, ǎňňǎ and 4 other people liked this
I make that joke EVERY TIME I give a tour to first-year students.
- Steve is older than ever
I do too! AND NO ONE GETS IT ANYMORE. But I tell them that they don't have to worry about such things since there are sensors that will stop it. NOT TRUE, APPARENTLY. Coming soon to a book store near you: DEATH BY COMPACT SHELVING - A Sarah G. Mystery. (Yes, I write fanfic about myself. WHAT OF IT.)
- Sarah G.
DJF had shenanigans at his library with the compact shelving. health & welfare at the university said that because someone could stand on a shelf (thus not triggering the floor sensors) they could get squashed. i think they had to empty the stacks!
- jambina
I'm pretty sure I could drown in a toilet, too. Better get rid of those.
- Steve is older than ever
Me! Pick me!
- ǎňňǎ
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