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Rachel Lea Fox
K, this is old news, but I'm going through some Antarctica photos for entering a contest and ended up on the Polar Plunge post in our blog. More than a year later, WHAT WAS I THINKING!! Glad I did it though. *shiver* Antarctic Fox - Day 5: Polar Plunge - http://antarctic.fury.com/19-pola...
K, this is old news, but I'm going through some Antarctica photos for entering a contest and ended up on the Polar Plunge post in our blog. More than a year later, WHAT WAS I THINKING!! Glad I did it though. *shiver* Antarctic Fox - Day 5: Polar Plunge
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GAH! *pours more coffee, nukes it* - Vicarbott
Rachel, is day 11 the last? - Stephen Mack
Ummm... No. There should be 4 - 6 more posts. Um... Someday!! :-D - Rachel Lea Fox from iPhone
No pressure! - Stephen Mack from iPhone
Thanks, we do intend to finish it. We just haven't quite found time where both of us can. But we will!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Is the contest with JPG Magazine? Is there someplace we should be voting? - Anne Bouey
No, I'm still waiting to hear on JPG, they take a while apparently. This is a National Geographic/PDN magazines contest. I think there will be voting for the people's choice part, but then there is a juried part too. I have to get all of mine up and then I will post here for voting. I keep getting distracted this week or their site goes down and I still have 3 more photos to put up. More to come!! Thanks Anne!!!!! :) - Rachel Lea Fox
We'll be waiting, Rachel! - Anne Bouey
o_O - MoTO Bott
SO FREAKIN AMAZING! Taking a cruise through the antarctic is one of my dream vacations. I have some NatGeo travel magazines that I flip through occasionally and sigh a little sigh. I don't know if I can justify the $10k cost though. - veo
We're going through your old Antarctica photos. My kids are astounded that you jumped in with your swimsuit. They want to know how cold it was. - Anika
Anika, I have never ever felt something as cold as that water. It was 27degress F which is subfreezing water. It was exhilarating and very scary. I'm very glad I did it, I will NEVER do it again! There was a moment coming up the ladder where my one leg stopped working. I mean I literally had no control or ability to move that leg. It only happened for a split second and then it started... more... - Rachel Lea Fox
I want to try this one day! - AJ Batac :)
I don't even know if I could even explain to them 27F. I've tried, but they've never really experienced something so cold. If they have more questions, I'll let you know. - Anika
Anika, Kevin says that it is colder than an ice cube which freezes at 32F. Not sure if that helps explain it or not. And AJ, you should, the whole trip was amazing, but this jump really was incredible. Anyone of good health should try it once. I do think one of the reasons I had the problem with my leg is that I already have a compromised neurological system. But even so, it was only an instant and I'm really glad I did it. - Rachel Lea Fox
*shivers* 32F is 0C. I think I can do it. I read that it will shock your system and start to shut it down. - AJ Batac :)
In 5 minutes you'll succumb to hypothermia. - AJ Batac :)
Yup, the time period to get us out of the water if something went wrong was about 2 minutes because the shot would make our systems shut down and we wouldn't be able to help ourselves. My leg freezing up for a second was just one sign what would have been in store for me if I were in there much longer. - Rachel Lea Fox
I want to like this again. - Josh Haley from iPhone
Josh, your like is noted! :) Thank you! - Rachel Lea Fox
Katy S
My cats on drugs. - Katy S
NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM... - Hedgehog
I had to take the poor plant back outside. They were destroying it! - Katy S
That is why I removed the plant. - Katy S
Too funny - Scoble, Alex Scoble
It's both funny and sad. Why can't Plum learn to nibble gently like Sophie does? - Katy S
This is great. :) - Laura H.
Oh, wow. I love Sophie -- Nooooo! Plum, don't destroy the 'nip! *bap bap bap* - Jennifer Dittrich
Plum has no shame, and Sophie isn't above smacking her around every now and then. - Katy S
You know, I really wanted to be able to leave the plant on the enclosed porch for them, but I just don't think it will be possible. At least, not unless I want to by a new plant every other day. - Katy S
We buy ours catnip plants specifically to let them wreak destruction. I am good to my cats, but cruel to the plant kingdom. It's a thing. (And this video is adorable.) - Marianne
This plant is still pretty young. I'll probably bring it back on the porch once it's recovered and gained some growth. In the meantime, they will get individual leaves portioned out to them from the catnip plant I found growing under one of the hostas. - Katy S
I just tried giving them a few leaves. They showed no interest in them at all. How much do you want to bet that if I brought the plant back in, the craziness demonstrated in the video would occur? - Katy S
Just watched this for the first time with the speakers on. I really dislike my voice. - Katy S
a lot of people dislike hearing their own voice recorded. I can't stand mine - Sir Shuping is just sir
heh - I don't like hearing mine when it isn't recorded. I try not to think about it most of the time. - Katy S
I sound like a 12yo. - ☆ Mellyboo ☆
I love your cats. And as I watched this, I imagined Sophie saying "Dayum, Plum, why you gotta be like that? Dayum girl! Slow your roll!" - Corinne L
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Rachel Lea Fox
Indy Likes Packages!
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So pretty! - Ayşe E.
Gorgeous, especially the light&shadow effect in the second one. - Marianne
So cute! - Anne Bouey
Crinkle paper! Best thing ever! - Ginger Makela Riker
Hee hee! Packages and kittehs are such a great combination. - Katy S
This never works on kittens, when you say to them: "If you don't behave, I am gonna wrap you up with these and send you to a house with lots of lots of big dogs!" - yjl
All they like packages, cats! (-: - enigmaposteriori
Derrick
Subbing, unsubbing, subbing, unsubbing, subbing, unsubbing, subbing, unsubbing, subbing, unsubbing, subbing, unsubbing isn't likely to make me sub to you. Calm it the hell down.
If someone did that to me, I definitely will click on that button, the one on the opposite side to Subscribe button. - yjl
I do this to sparky sometimes just so he has to clean out his inbox a little. It's a fun game we play. - veo
I made a filter to take care of you in my inbox long ago Veo, long ago. - Sparky, lurking
:(((((((((((((((((((((( - veo
Rachel Lea Fox
Nixie got adopted yesterday. I read the info last night and I started crying. It was really hard to give her up after everything we had been through, but keeping her would mean stopping fostering. It was not an easy choice. I dreamt last night that someone I knew adopted her, I was so happy! Sadly I don't know who that person is. #foxfosterkittens
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Good luck Nixie!!! I know you will make someone very very happy!!! I'll keep you all posted when Phoebe gets adopted. I don't expect it to take very long. - Rachel Lea Fox
That's good news, but I understand the sadness. - Anne Bouey
It's great news. I just kept holding out hope I would know who adopted her so I could get updates and photos and maybe visit some time. I cried more about giving her up than I have about any other kittens. But I know this will happen again with some other kitten and if I keep every kitten that I get overly attached to I will have a real cat house. :) - Rachel Lea Fox
awwww....I hope Nixie does well and that you do find a way to stay updated on her. - Bash
That's why I'm always afraid to foster. I'd get too attached and heartbroken. :P - rowlikeagirl
I'm happy for Nixie and whoever just got such an awesome kitten. - Katy S
row, it's not easy but it's worth it! - Rachel Lea Fox
Good luck Nixie! and yes, I understand the sadness. Rachel, were you considering keeping both of them, or just Nixie? - Tudor Bosman
Rachel, you have my deep sympathies. I fostered 3. When I took the boys to get neutered, I realized there was nooooo way I could let Tiger go to someone who would (probably) try to settle him down (he's the fightiest/bitiest/lovingest cat on the block). I still wonder what happened to Socks, who got adopted by strangers; I'm lucky to know Lilah's owner - I get regular updates. Still,... more... - Marianne
Tudor, yes we pondered keeping just Nixie for a short time. Phoebe is wonderful but with the whole medical roller coaster Nixie was on and fighting for her life and since she didn't feel good all the time she looked to us for comfort, we became more attached to Nixie. We didn't let the thoughts of keeping her stay long though, I can't give up fostering. I looked for a few homes for her,... more... - Rachel Lea Fox
Marianne. We are now on kittens 28 and 29 of nearly 4 years of fostering. You have to set yourself rules and stick to them. Our rule is 2 permanent cat residents here. If we adopt more than that we have to stop fostering. I am fortunate that I know who owns most of my favorites. 6 of our 29 fosters are in places where I get to see them or get photos and updates. We kept the first kitten... more... - Rachel Lea Fox
Rachel, you're a good foster mama. Glad your rules have kept you on the straight and narrow! - Marianne
Thanks Marianne. - Rachel Lea Fox
I'm sure she's making some family extremely happy and is loved already!! HUGS! - Lyndsey McGrath
I'm sure she is. I just miss her. Also I don't like that Phoebe hasn't been adopted yet. I thought she would get adopted Sunday night. Hopefully this week. - Rachel Lea Fox
You're such a great foster mom Rachel! Nixie's new owners will have an effortless time with her. It's hard but you're so great at it. I honestly can't believe how you do it- a friend was talking at a party about how she thought being a kitten-foster-mom was so great, you get kittens over and over again, they never get old, etc. and I'm like, You have to *say goodbye* to kittens over and... more... - anna sauce
And I'm *so glad* Nixie came out of her trouble. That is really great. - anna sauce
Jessie
License plate on the car in front of us at an intersection: ICIMB4U
cool! - dominic
Haha! - Anne Bouey
Oh. At first glace I thought it was a reference to ICBMs in some way. #phew - Micah
UR2L8UC - Kevin Fox
Micah
Some of my favourite moments are FF couples' reactions to each other in realtime.
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:) Rachel, my post and 1st comment formed a double negative, so don't feel bad at all. - Micah
You missed the part where Kevin yells down to me from upstairs "um, people are wondering how you have never been on a boat." me "what are you talking about?"... - Rachel Lea Fox
She thought you meant it in the T-Pain way. - Spidra Webster
LOL. - Micah
A hovercraft is a plane, right. RIGHT? :D - Micah
Rachel Lea Fox
Tie die twist! Sunnyvale art and wine fest!
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Ryan Kaisoglus
California friends, please consider voting against Prop 14...we need more choices at the polls, not less - http://www.stoptoptwo.org/
Brian Daniel Eisenberg
This is by far the most annoying bug/issue I have with Friendfeed. Happens to me all the time when trying to edit an active comment/post in a conversation with the realtime river enabled.
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Me too. All the time. - joey
Yep. Same here. I'm in the habit of copying my comment just in case there is a problem. - Rah-PM 2012
I do the same thing Rah. Always cmd-c before I click on the timestamp for the post then edit comment and paste it in again. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg
same - Holden Page
The right one is the one above edit box, but it didn't show up at first. - yjl
Same. Copy ~ refresh page ~ Edit mode ~ paste ~ save. Annoying. - Micah
Just edited the one above, no need to refresh page. But this has to be fixed, it's really annoying. - yjl
yjl, this error is dependent on a combination of factors - I've seen the chance of error go up the more a thread of comments are being re-edited concurrently. - Micah
Micah, well, it always works for me. - yjl
Just happened AGAIN on this post. :( - Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Last year, I learned to just open a new page from the timestamp to avoid that error. - Anika from Android
Not for me, I edited twice. Didn't get an "oops" *yet*. :) - yjl
Agreed. - Derrick
hmm. haven't had that problem since the last time we had server issues. - holly #ravingfangirl
holly, you are lucky. - yjl
just delete the cookies dude - Serhat Dönmez
What are the odds we can get Ben, Bret, or Paul to look into this? - Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Happens to me almost every time I try to edit -- almost quicker (most of the time) to just delete comment and type it again. - Nicholas Kreidberg
I'm glad I'm not alone on this one. Major annoyance. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg from Android
yup. and it's gotten worse since last summer. - Joe The Sausage
jobbler: As far as FF goes, what hasn't gotten worse since last summer? :P - Nicholas Kreidberg from IM
good point. - Joe The Sausage
Rachel Lea Fox
Rachel Lea Fox
Indiana has a death wish... Or a paper route! She does this now and then when I leave a bag on the floor. Don't worry... I don't let her out of our sight till we take the bag away.
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I LOVE it! - Katy S
she is on my lap now, still complete with bag and the things in the bag. :) - Rachel Lea Fox
How do you keep her from shredding the papers before she delivers them? Does she get a lot of customer complaints over that - I would think she'd spend a fortune in refunds! ;-) - Auntie Buttinsky Botts
Mary, she isn't much of a shredder, doesn't care for it. Her biggest complaint on her route is that she doesn't ever arrive. #2 is that she forgets to leave the paper even though she went there. ;) - Rachel Lea Fox
edythe
I Am Not Pleased on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
I Am Not Pleased on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Thanks edythe! - Rachel Lea Fox
Katy S
Introducing The Cat’s Trapeze, For Kitties Who Climb PLUS BONUS GIVEAWAY | moderncat :: cat products, cat toys, cat furniture, and more…all with modern style - http://www.moderncat.net/2010...
Introducing The Cat’s Trapeze, For Kitties Who Climb PLUS BONUS GIVEAWAY | moderncat :: cat products, cat toys, cat furniture, and more…all with modern style
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"If you’ve got very active cats who need to take their energy out on something other than your curtains, then this may be the product for you. It’s The Cat’s Trapeze from The Netherlands and I’ve never seen anything like it. They sent us one to test out and as you can see, Ando thinks it’s pretty comfy, although he’s a little too lazy to use it as it is really intended, but I can certainly imagine how this could provide a good distraction for some active kittens. The Cat’s Trapeze was designed specifically to provide a place for cats to climb, which they do naturally. And wouldn’t you rather have them climb this instead of your curtains? The Cat’s Trapeze is made from durable, natural cotton/linen and comes in three sizes: single pillow, double pillow, and triple pillow, plus there’s a little hammock that can be attached to the bottom for an extra lounge spot. You can suspend The Cat’s Trapeze from the ceiling, or if your cats prefer a little more stability, place it against a wall or... more... - Katy S from Bookmarklet
Jenny R
Dear hairy old man with the sagging moobs, thanks for standing in front of the open hotel window wearing nothing but your pannies. Arse! Can someone hand me some eye bleach, please?
*shakes fist at MVB* - Jenny R
Pannies? *dead* - Derrick
It could have been worse. - John (bird whisperer)
Oh? (Kind of afraid to ask.) - Jenny R
At least he had his pannies on. - John (bird whisperer)
John saying pannies? *double dead* - Derrick
Me too, Derrick. <3 - Jenny R
No. They made me want to cry. Sorry. - Jenny R
What are you doing sharing a hotel room with MVB in Ely, NV? - Jenny R
This entry is the Best of the day. Sorry for Jenny, it must be the Worst of the day to you. I am glad I can read what happened with laughter, not to witness. - yjl
It's like you're standing on my front porch looking at my neighbors (who wants to trade?) - Eric
I am *always* happy to make someone laugh, Yu-Jie Lin! :) - Jenny R
Wait a second....if we're all in Ely, how about a FF meetup?! ;) - Jenny R
How about a nightshirt? LOL - Jenny R
*sigh* Oh, ALRIGHT. Just because of the bunneh slippers, though. - Jenny R
This is putting a damper on my craving for paninis. - Micah
Sorry about that. *goes and puts some pants on* - Scoble, Alex Scoble
What is with all you pantsless fellas? :) - Jenny R
*sage nod* - Jenny R
This is either the greatest thread ever or the best excuse for AA I've heard in a while. - MoTO Bott
Sorry. - Steven Perez
HD pics or it didn't happen - Morgan
Morgan, I thought that was you up there in the window? ;) - Jenny R
Nicķ
Inspired by Iceland Video on Vimeo - http://vimeo.com/12236680
Inspired by Iceland Video on Vimeo
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Katy S
Tabby Yoga
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Does she know she's doing down-ward facing dog? - Kirsten
Maybe she's trying to prove that she can do it better than a dog. ;) - Katy S
Stephen Mack
Patrick Stewart gets a promotion (The Globe and Mail) - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...
Patrick Stewart gets a promotion (The Globe and Mail)
Patrick Stewart gets a promotion (The Globe and Mail)
From the AP article: "Patrick Stewart has been upgraded from captain — to knight. The actor — famous for playing Capt. Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation — officially became Sir Patrick Stewart when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday." I'm wondering if Her Royal Highness is a fan of his work on "American Dad." - Stephen Mack from Bookmarklet
Rachel Lea Fox
4 of the 9 tvs I can see from my seat are tuned to Mythbustet!! Awesomeness!!
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Katy S
This is why I can't have nice things.
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Heh. - Laura H.
Because they are DELICIOUS - Hedgehog
I have to check to see if a plant is toxic to cats before I can bring it inside because Plum feels the need to eat them. She went crazy over the rosemary I was wintering over this past year. My mom brought these roses from her flower beds to decorate tables yesterday. Good thing they're cat-safe. - Katy S
Oh yes. Flowers. So yummy. - laura x
We've had bouquets sacrificed to our orange cat this way. So we only get flowers for parties. - Auntie Buttinsky Botts
You can still have nice crystal with no flowers. ;-) - Auntie Buttinsky Botts
*chortles* - Marianne
fwiw, she eats both the flower petals and the leaves. - Katy S
"Hm... this isn't the nip..." - Julian
It could be worse; Plum could prefer Warsteiner over flowers. - Rob H.
She better not develop a taste for the beer - that beer is for my next beer bread. - Katy S
The worst part is not so much the eating of the plants but the yakking up of said plants later. :-( - Ladyepiphanybug
I don't know what is worse, the cats eating the plants and flowers, or, as mine do, batting them senseless until all the petals fall off. My cats don't eat flowers, they just beat them up. - Mary Carmen
I don't know, either. The chewing and eating freaked me out a bit at first. Of course, Sophie shows no interest in them at all. Plum's just weird. - Katy S
That's my little Plum cat, otherwise know as the JD (juvenile delinquent). - Katy S
when I was in HS one of our cats ate an entire carnation bouquet minus the stalk in less than 24 hours. - Elizabeth Brown
That's impressive! Plum's still working on these. - Katy S
well, they were from my HS boyfriend and we had just started dating. I had some explaining to do... - Elizabeth Brown
Oh No! Was he amused by it? - Katy S
He thought it was funny, as I recall. I'd never seen this cat eat plants before so I was suprised how fast they disappeared. He had a psycho cat that liked to attack you while he was being petted (the cat, not the BF). - Elizabeth Brown
Jason
Seriously... who schedules a 9 am meeting AFTER a 3 day weekend? Also, I'm sick and was later than 9 (way later) and I'm grouchy and I need coffee.
ok, finished whining! - Jason
Hmmm, 9 am Tuesday ... sounds familiar. I'm taking the day off today! Hope your day got better quick. - Laura Norvig
Lol... wait... don't I make Deb meet with me at 9 am Tuesdays :) Ha... pot meet kettle. - Jason
Those people must know Akiva's supervisor who likes to schedule meetings on Fridays from 3PM-5PM. - Rochelle
Adriano
Pylons 1.0 Released . [finally after 5 years ;-] - http://pylonshq.com/article...
"Since Pylons itself is so small, most of the changes since the 0.9.7 release have come through in the way of the various packages Pylons requires. Beaker, Routes, SQLAlchemy, and WebHelpers have received a variety of updates. As a result, updates have been flowing out even though Pylons itself hasn’t gotten many updates. Pylons 1.0 finally drops all the legacy handlers from the 0.9 series, reducing the codebase from ~1300 lines of code, to 1080. Not many frameworks actually shed code between releases, and I’d like to be able to keep Pylons this small going forward as we’ve shrunk the code-base for almost every release of Pylons since the 0.8 series." - Adriano from Bookmarklet
Katy S
Is it bad that I choose beer for family functions based on what I can make with it later? I now have leftover beer to use for beer bread and for a carnitas recipe.
Beer never bad - MoTO Bott
And it can lead to stories like this one: http://ff.im/lc7Hs - Katy S
rowlikeagirl
My company is so cheap that even the smallest, most trivial tech issue must be routed through a call center thousands of miles away. The in-house tech folks (of which I think there are 2 people left) installed a new version of MSWord on my computer, which is now not working. So instead of trifling with the call center, I'm using OpenOffice.
Katy S
I made the Bell Pepper Soup from The Secrets Of Jesuit Soupmaking tonight. It's pretty tasty. Ingredients and instructions to follow in the opening comment.
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2 cups bell pepper, finely minced, 1 cup minced onion, 1/4 cup carrots, minced, 3 slices bacon, minced, 2 cups tomatoes, peeled and chopped, 4 cups beef and/or chicken stock, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh basil, 1 pound ground round. Instructions: 1. Saute the bell pepper, onion, carrot, garlic, and bacon, until the bacon is slightly browned. 2. Add the rest of the ingredients, including the ground round. 3. Cover and bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 45 minutes. 4. Adjust seasonings to taste. - Katy S
Looks great. Didn't know such a book exists. I quite like the jesuits :) - Brent
He also wrote a book about bread baking. :) - Katy S
Katy S
Sophie Plays With My Feet - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Sophie likes to attack my feet. - Katy S
Are you wearing minty foot lotion? - Hedgehog
Moving kickstick! As you can probably see, Sophie's starting to get a plump belly. I think she needs more exercise. Also, it might be time to move the kittehs to a food for indoor cats. They were so scrawny when I got them that I didn't want to deprive them of extra calories, but it might be time to do so. - Katy S
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<insert play-by-play commentary> - Julian
Team Tabby successfully defended against that ass bite, but..look...Team BlueCat is trying to get another nip in! - Katy S
Don't turn your back on Plum! - I like big Botts
Plum definitely seems to have an ass fetish. - Spidra Webster
She does, doesn't she. - Katy S
LOL at the fake-out around 40 secs. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
The little cat plays dirty. :) - Katy S
Hehe so cute - Scoble, Alex Scoble
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