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Is your house/apt/condo bigger, smaller, or roughly the same size as your parent(s)' at the same age?
Larger.
- Anne Bouey
It's exactly the same size. It's a row house on the same block.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
waaaaaaaaaaaaaay smaller
- kendrak
Hahahahahahahahaha (maybe 1/8-1/6 the size of theirs?)
- Meg V. Meg
bigger.
- Jenica
The surface area is probably fairly close to the house my parents owned when they were my age, but their house had a basement, so there was more space. However, a few years after they were my age, they moved into a much larger house than we have now; and I can tell you with an almost absolute certainty that we will not be moving any time soon.
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Bigger. By my age, they'd moved to a better part of town and a smaller house. And this, probably our final house, is the largest we've ever owned.
- Walt Crawford
Larger.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
I live in a first-floor apartment of a two-family home... I don't know about my dad's apartment, but from what I've heard of my mom's apartment at my age, mine is bigger. She lived alone in a one bedroom & I'm sharing a three bedroom space with a full kitchen, living room, and dining area.
- Lola Bean (Penguin)
When my mom was 45 she lived in a 1bdr house that was bigger than the 2 bdr flat I live in now. When my dad was 45, he was driving cross country & mostly living in his truck's "condo".
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Somewhat smaller, but I'm also not married with a child.
- Jennifer Dittrich
My apt in Beijing was smaller, but to be fair it was a really nice apartment. For Beijing.
- Jessie
About 3/4 the size of my parents' home.
- Running Slow
Slightly larger
- Bren
from iPhone
Bigger.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
The house is the same size, but her garage was much bigger and the yard much smaller. My dad's apt. was about the same size, but his rent was like $300.
- Anika
from Android
The related question is do you live in the same type of area as you grew up? (Suburban/urban/rural/etc.)
- kendrak
Probably more than twice the size, and much more land. Several factors, but this area is less densely populated than where I grew up.
- Tinfoil 2.0
What Kendra said.
- Laura Norvig
from iPod
Both, depending on how you want to figure it out.
- Gimminy
Haha
- Gimminy
Less than half the size or more than twice the size, depending on which parent we are talking about. One owned an 8 room house with a finished basement, a garage, and big backyard... and the other lived in a mobile home, in which the largest room in it was about the size of my bathroom, and the bathroom in it was about the size of my daughter's closet.
- April Russo
Smaller, but not by much.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Way smaller.
- Eivind
from Android
smaller
- Mary Carmen
Smaller.
- Kelli H.
from Android
Much bigger. Slightly more rural.
- Amit Patel
We are currently living in a more rural area than my parents were when they were my age, but less rural than the area where they moved when they were a little older than I am now. They were in a suburban area when they were my age (I was about 4 years old at that point), but moved to a rural area with 10 acres of land when I was about 6. We live on about 1.5 acres now in a mostly rural area, but there aren't as many farms around us as there were when I was growing up.
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
It's the exact same house. So, the same.
- Eric - seven eleven
My house is bigger but my lot is smaller.
- Victor Ganata
biGGer.
- Lnorigb
Smaller. Our current living space is approximately 900 sqft. Folks had a ~2400 sqft house.
- SAM
Much bigger, but the house I live in is owned by the church I serve.
- Friar Ticket to Ride
Smaller, and with way smaller front and back yards.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Smaller. Hell, its smaller than my bedroom in my parents' place when they were the age I am now. And it wasn't a big room either :-)
- Le Slip Anglais
from Android
hmmm, no idea really. my mother's true age is one of the great mysteries of the Universe.
- t-ra: not givin up
Much smaller. At my age they had the 3 bedroom house that they still live in now. I'm in a 3 room apartment...
- WebGoddess
@t-ra! Your mom sounds like a true lady!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
Smaller
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Do you have a favorite potato salad recipe?
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I enjoy potato salad occasionally, but I've never made it myself (and it's been a while since I had any).
- John (bird whisperer)
I've only really made it with my mom, and I'll admit to being terrible about remembering measurements.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Never used a recipe. I just boil some cubed potatoes and drain them, chop up some onion and some bell pepper and toss 'em in until the proportion looks right, add in salt, pepper and celery seed.Paprika if you like it.Shake it up in a covered bowl until mixed and stir in mayo or Miracle Whip until it's as wet as you like it.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I wish I could duplicate my Mom's German Potato Salad, which involves frying some diced bacon and then adding vinegar and sugar to the bacon grease and pouring that over the potatoes.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I used to make it, and can;t recall much other than that the first steps ended with the cooked, cubed potatoes getting tossed with cider vinegar and chilled for a while. And that it used Nayonaise specifically. Beyond that, it had dill. But, what other spices? celery? pickles? I feel like there might have been eggs in the mix too?
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
m9m, that sounds tasty, and really different!
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
Celery seed really helps potato salad.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
The sweet&sour kind with bacon is also the way to make "real" coleslaw. Very finely shredded green cabbage drained quite dry and then tossed with bacon bits, bacon grease, vinegar and sugar. Usually sold as "Pennsylvania Dutch" type.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I guess as close to recipe that we'd get would be 'American Style' - cubed cooked potatoes tossed with celery pieces, cut up pickles, hard-boiled eggs, and then tossed with a mix of salt, pepper, paprika and mayo and mustard. 'German Style' - sliced cooked potatoes, tossed with the crispy broken bits of a few pieces of bacon, a bit of bacon grease, salt, pepper, vinegar and sugar to taste (I've had a vegan version of that with fake bacon, and it was pretty good.)
- Jennifer Dittrich
Is there already a book club room on FF? (Ideally one that focuses on the free Kindle Owners' Lending Library for Amazon Prime members?) - http://www.amazon.com/gp...
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If not, wanna start one with me?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from Bookmarklet
I'm in.
- Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)
I'm in, too!
- WebGoddess
Ooooh, that would be awesome!
- Jennifer Dittrich
That's four! Any others?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Sup.
- Hookuh Tinypants
me!!!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
I don't have a kindle, but I could find a way to read along with y'all for some books.
- Katy S
I have a Nook. *kicks dirt*
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Ew. You smell funny.
- Hookuh Tinypants
This is not news.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
FF book club = yes, please.
- Great Scott! Snow!
Well, non-Amazon Kindle users will be welcome, of course, but I'm guessing the book won't be free for y'all.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Good point!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I'd like to join.
- Running Slow
All are welcome! OK, we need a Group name. Who's feeling creative? *has had too many meetings today to be creative*
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Sign me up, as long as you don't mind print editions.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
FFolio.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
I'm game, so long as I don't have to buy a Kindle. (Nothing against them, per se, but I just got myself a tablet and I've got enough redundancy in my life.) #OrMaybeiamThinkingofDundancy?
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
I like both "BooKlub" and "FFolio" for the name -- any other nominations before I create it? Any preference between the two?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Add me too! I have Kindle squared - cat and ereader. You can have my books but not the cat. ;)
- Janet:#TeamMonique
I suppose "Kindler's List" would be silly. :P
- Hookuh Tinypants
I'm there. I 'd love to share some of my loanable books, and maybe grab some too.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Love Kindler's List!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
No Kindle, but interested.
- Anne Bouey
LOL I love Kindler's List.
- Jessie
There is a Reading Room on FF: http://friendfeed.com/the-boo... You might ask there for more interested FFers or even cross-post when you set up your new one.
- Anne Bouey
+1 Kindler's List.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Bette Davis - http://missavagardner.tumblr.com/post...
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All the boys think she's a spy.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Lightning never strikes twice, my skinny German ass. I'm at Tempe St Luke's Hospital - my car was sandwiched between 2 SUVs.
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Oh, no!
- LB: #TeamMonique
:(.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
:-(
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Hope you are okay.
- Friar Ticket to Ride
holy crap. sending good and healing thoughts your way.
- Hieronymous Boosh
:(
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
:( Glad that you're out of the ER.
- Greg GuitarBuster
Glad you're okay.
- Anne Bouey
I'm glad you're not badly hurt.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Dude! Take care xx
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Those CAT scans! Did they give you a Lab instead? #badhospitalhumor
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
:-(
- Russian Space Lizard
Now that we know you are okay, what about your car?
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Good grief! Universe, please leave Teleken alone for awhile, okay?
- laura x
Glad you're okay.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
glad that you're ok!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Oh Ken. Oy Oy Oy. Glad you're okay. Sorry for the loss of your car. Agree with Laura X.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
from iPhone
I've got two snotty kids, a sink full of dirty dishes, a filthy bathroom, an overflowing laundry… http://instagram.com/p...
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FIIIIIIIVE Golden Rings.......
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Tulane University graduation day Dalai Lama | NOLA.com - http://photos.nola.com/tpphoto...
Dalai Lama knows what's good.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
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While everyone else is watching Eurovision, the Glassmeyer's are catching the Preakness. I'm calling Departed to win, Orb place
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Oxbow? Who knew?
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Maternity clothes are awesome.
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I didn't want to give mine up.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Maternity pants for thanksgiving dinner ftw
- Christina Pikas
from iPhone
Okay so this New York Photographer took pictures "peeping" into his neighbors apartments. Expectations of privacy?!? What if he used Google Glass instead of high end DSLR? What if he used a Drone flying next to building? #expectationsofprivacy And $7,500 a print?!? #wowjustwow
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That's kind of weird and creepy. Since I have no link, therefore no context: Did he get permission from the neighbors? How much of their apartments are visible? Are they visible?
- Anika
sorry Link here: "The Neighbors don’t know they are being photographed http://www.metafilter.com/128172...
- WarLord
The phtots http://www.saulgallery.com/svenson...
- WarLord
he called their windows a ..transparent scrim on a stage....
- WarLord
Yeah, that's really creepy. I can see into my neighbor's homes, but I don't take pictures of them inside there. Hell, even when I surreptitiously take photos of them *outside* their homes, I still don't share them. When you're in your own home regardless of how open the windows/blinds are there's a presumed privacy. How does what he do, differ from a stalker? I mean, when you consider that FISA oversteps Constitutional bounds, how can this be completely legit?
- Anika
It's obnoxious and probably illegal and I love #14.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I like Boxer in #15, it's like he knows the photog is there. But yeah this is Drones, Google Glass and window peeper all rolled into one... #expectationsofprivacy
- WarLord
What's your favorite thing to smell?
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Burnt Matches.
- Gimminy
Freshly ground coffee.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Glu.. I mean lemons.
- ronin
Fresh cut grass, bed sheets dried in the sun, my husband, and baking cookies.
- Running Slow
Fresh cut grass and sawdust.
- Heather
O_O *did not read 'coils' at first*
- Soup in a TARDIS
my girlfriend
- scherbi: bottom dweller
amber resin
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Napalm in the morning. :^)
- Friar Ticket to Ride
The pine trees in my yard on a sunny day.
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Oh, also fresh lemon juice and/or zest.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Cinnamon, coffee, almond oil, my favorite orange dark chocolate
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Beach, cardamom.
- Meg V. Meg
BACON.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Sweet night blooming flowers in warm weather.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Clean sheets dried in the sun.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Also Jergen's & Rose Milk lotions.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Movie theatre popcorn.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
PIneapples
- Tamara J.
Chocolate, cooking/baking.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
my kids when they were babies and freshly washed.
- Hieronymous Boosh
The scent of black cottonwood trees in the spring, when the little sticky bits drop off. Also gardenia.
- ʎəlɹoɯ uəʞ
The scent of the earth after rain...
- Hicran Katmerli
from iPhone
Citrusy things. And fresh stcky greenbud.
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
freshly ground coffee, lemons, [censored], the perfume on her neck
- Guy
Vanilla.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Fresh cut grass, cinnamon, almond extract, Downy fabric softener :)
- Lois Loves LB and Mr. B
Black Pepper, Truffles, Fresh Coconut. Also - the inside of a Airliner, as you walk in from the airbridge.
- Iain Baker
wifey (after soccer excluded), fresh cut cedar, chocolate
- SteVe C
the smell of chlorine at the swimming pool; wet grass; his skin; my daughter's skin; blossoming lilac.
- Cloris Leachman
my kids,chocolate, vanilla, a good dinner cooking
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
Petrichor.
- Steven Perez
Cookies or bread in the oven
- Jason - The Opaque
from Android
Home roasted coffee.
- Jim #TeamMonique
from iPhone
The dryer vent
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
The back of Emily's neck.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
My husband. Spearmint. Fresh-mown grass. Books.
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
how do you pronounce subsequent: sub-SEE-quent or sub-suh-quent?
sub-suh-quent
- Monique the crochet freak
the second.
- holly #ravingfangirl
suh
- Jenica
It depends on the noun for me.
- Anika
sub-suh-quent
- John (bird whisperer)
Both, actually. Same with either and neither. I have no sense of consistency.
- Jed Harris-Keith
sub-seh-quent.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
suh (or seh, but not accented)
- Walt Crawford
SUB-suh-quent
- Kirsten
sub-si-quent
- Heleninstitches
suh
- Rachel Walden
suh
- Hedgehog
suh or seh
- Catherine Pellegrino
suh or seh
- Meg V. Meg
SUB-s@-qu@nt (where @ is a schwa aka standard "not-really-a-vowel" vowel on unstressed syllables)
- Deborah Fitchett
sub SEE quent for sure
- LibrarianOnTheLoose
Never heard it any other way than SUB se quent
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Depends on the meter of the verse ;) I'm kind of into the aesthetics of prosody.
- Victor Ganata
sub-si-quent
- Jason - The Opaque
from Android
suh
- Headless Gnad Kicker
MAN say ketchup on Mac n cheese- yum! Shan says ewwwww! And you?
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No, not for me. I've made it with tomatoes in, but never ketchup on it :/
- Jennifer Dittrich
My first instinct is to say ewwwww, but I've had ketchup accidentally get on my mac-n-cheese before and it wasn't horrible, so maybe just meh? I'd prefer my mac-n-cheese without it.
- Katy S
I like stewed tomatoes on top. And I like ketchup on sharp cheese, as in a cheeseburger, so why not?
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I first heard about this in Barenaked Ladies's "If I Had $1,000,000" but I don't think I'd want to try it myself.
- Brian Johns
picante sauce
- Hieronymous Boosh
Well sure if it's that fancy Dijon ketchup.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Uh, on Mac and Cheese? That's not okay.
- Eric - seven eleven
ewwww
- SteVe C
picante sauce on mac and cheese is AMAZING. moreso if you mix it all together.
- Hieronymous Boosh
altho, i tend to melt some grated cheddar into the mac and cheese first and THEN add the picante sauce.
- Hieronymous Boosh
I haven't tried it, but it's not something I'm likely to try.
- John (bird whisperer)
I don't like ketchup on anything; but the thought of it on mac & cheese or on eggs is especially disgusting to me
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Wont admit to it sounding okay. Because I would lose my yuppie cred from the 80s.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Also wont admit to liking ketchup on a rare roast-beef sandwich on a Kaiser roll or white bread. And why won't this pad stick the apostrophes in ALL my contractions?
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Yum!
- Die Leberwurst
No.
- Mary Carmen
Ewww
- Tamara J.
Nope.
- ronin
I say eww. But then, I love my mac and cheese with tuna in it, and a lot of people find that disgusting.
- Laura Krier
I'm not advocating for it. But I'd eat it.
- SAM
I seen it done, by people I otherwise respect. And I love ketchup on certain things. But no, not my thing on M&C (or eggs).
- Tinfoil 2.0
Student today told me she didn't know who Little Richard was and had to Google him. I weep for our future.
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....this wasn't a student who was graduating, was it? WTF. THERE'S A ROAD NAMED FOR HIM DIRECTLY BEHIND CAMPUS!
- Soup in a TARDIS
She was standing guard at the door where he entered. Underclassman.
- LB: #TeamMonique
from Android
I know who he is, but I don't have an clue what he sang. And I used to sing along to his stuff when I was a kid. :/
- Gimminy
*dances with Jimminy to "Keep a Kockin'"*
- Soup in a TARDIS
Not a damn clue, Soup.
- Gimminy
"Shake It All About" That's it.
- Gimminy
So yeah I know none of Little Richard's works, just him playing and singing a bunch of nursery songs.
- Gimminy
Oh my. This thread makes me wanna cry....
- Jenny
correct response to this student would've been "A Wop-Boppa Loo-Bop a Wop-Bam Boom!!"
- Hieronymous Boosh
This might be my favourite Little Richard track: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Brent Schaus
GOOD GOLLY MISS LAZURA
- Jason
I saw him at Club Venus in 19..70? The room was very cold and the waitress said "You won't mind - it's a warm show." It sure was .
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I think my fave is The Girl Can't Help It http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Spidra Webster
Great track :)
- Brent Schaus
There's a girl called Halle in Josiah's class who has some very interesting... opinions? ideas? That she is adamant about, to the point where Josiah gets quite upset during their discussions because she tells him he's wrong.
For example, she maintains that 0 + 0 = 1, and that boys don't have eyelashes.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Now, I don't want Josiah to upset Halle by telling her that SHE is wrong, even though she is. I'm wondering how best to go about this.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Well, she's right about those two. What are some of her interesting opinions/ideas you mentioned?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
There was something else that I can't remember right now. But those are the two that Josiah keeps bringing up.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
I've asked him "Well, what do you think?", and he tells me that 0 + 0 = 0, and that he DOES have eyelashes.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Why do we care if Halle gets upset? She wants to "discuss", she has to be able to listen to a counter argument.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I guess I'm more worried about the way Josiah might say it to her. Since it hurts his feelings when she tells him he's wrong, and we're trying to teach him "Do unto others". But really - she IS wrong. MY KID DOES HAVE EYELASHES.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Maybe I should encourage him to bring the two topics up during math and science.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
He doesn't have to get in her face and yell "You're wrong!" Just tell him to calmly state the facts. The teacher can confirm the math, and Josiah can quite honestly laugh when told he has no eyelashes.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Wait, Josiah has eyelashes? I thought he was a boy. Boys don't have eyelashes.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"If you only wear red coloured lenses, then the sky is always going to be red. What's important is that you try all the lenses you're wearing until you find the one that is clear. If she won't take off her glasses, then you can't make her, but never stop looking through your clear lenses"
- Johnny
from iPhone
Halle and Josiah both need to learn that being louder or more forceful doesn't make you right.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Nah, he won't yell :o)
- Headless Gnad Kicker
I should get him to learn that by heart and recite it to her, Johnny ;o) I can imagine her face O.O
- Headless Gnad Kicker
I'm sure she can SEE his eyelashes. I don't get it.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Halle sounds a lot like me. I would say random stuff just for laughs. I'm sure she don't really think those things it's just funny to her. An example: I used to tell my friend that if you mix a butterfly with an egg, that you'll get potassium that's better than from bananas. She still gives me crap for telling her that. It was funny to me because 1) she's gullible and 2) she wouldn't...
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- Anika
She's doing it because she knows it upsets him. I've known kids like that. He's so polite he can't be rude to her. You can't argue right/wrong about opinions but you can about facts.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Maybe I'll chat to him about his reaction then. Thanks guys :o)
- Headless Gnad Kicker
did you decorate your mortarboard when you graduated? what did you put on it?
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inspired by http://ff.im/1fq0yy
- Marie
Yes. It said "Divest Now!" Students at my college were trying to convince the trustees to dump investments in companies that did business in South Africa.
- Stephen le Francoeur
Nope. That wasn't allowed at my schools.
- Anika
Nobody even thought of doing that back in the day.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Actually, at my school, no one blinked if you didn't wear your cap and gown. My best friend wore his Celtics shirt and shorts.
- Stephen le Francoeur
OSU was the first university I attended that didn't have a "No decorating" policy, and sadly I didn't take advantage of it and decorate. :( I'm thinking it would look tacky to do so as a grad student so I missed my opportunity. My classmate who sat next to me at graduation crafted a tiny forest on his mortarboard. Forestry students. We're a bizarre lot. :D
- Hookuh Tinypants
Now although my high school didn't allow it (and I followed the rule), I helped my brother decorate his mortarboard when he graduated. I built and installed a tiny drum set on his, because he was a drummer in a band at the time. It made three of our local papers. I have the photo on my computer to share. Gimme a minute...
- Hookuh Tinypants
Yes. A masking tape outline of a family design, so my family could find me. (They were sitting higher up in the stadium stands.)
- Betsy #TeamMonique
i made papier-mâché longhorns since i had been accepted to ut austin for grad school. our college president was not amused but i did get applause from the audience. :D
- Marie
Wow, Marie! I was about to post "they don't allow that at Saint Mary's"! #respect
- Catherine Pellegrino
from iPod
Undergrad: didn't wear cap & gown (only a few of us did). Grad #1: didn't attend commencement. Grad #2: wore PhD floppy-style hat with master's gown.
- Catherine Pellegrino
from iPod
Stephen, where did you do your undergrad? I thought my alma mater was about the only one in existence where cap & gown were optional.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Wesleyan University.
- Stephen le Francoeur
cool! (Oberlin, here) *no gown fistbump*
- Catherine Pellegrino
happy mothers day moms; help yourself, blue & strawberry cheesecake muffins & chocolate chip, :)
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(drops spatula)
- chaz2b
Thanks!
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Mini-Memoirs: 6-Word Stories To Honor Mom http://www.npr.org/2013...
- chaz2b
Can't sleep. I guess I should get up and try to do something.
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Getting up is really all you need to do. That's something.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Yes. Happy Mother's Day!
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Realization just set in: Holy crap, I'm 46 years old. DO NOT WANT.
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Oh, please
- Anne Graham
Beats the alternative!
- Spidra Webster
Hah! You're both right. Just came from my physical -- clean bill of health other than a bit of cholesterol and vision starting to go. So I have a lot to be grateful for. But 50 is only four years off, how did this happen?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
maybe you'll start aging backwards once you reach 50?
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Babe in the woods, you are.
- Friar Ticket to Ride
50 is pretty badass. I hope I make it there!
- joey
It is! And me too. But I'd rather be perma-35.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
35 was AWESOME! I'd go back there in a heartbeat.
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
I have a sudden urge to get a sports car for some reason. Blondes seem attractive. What does this mean???
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Yeah, I'm definitely more scared being this close to 50 but that has a lot more to do with where I personally am in my life than the age of 50 itself. I'm sure other people do really well with it. (I'm permanently about 22 in my head...except slightly wiser and more world weary. You can be permanently 35 in your head!)
- Spidra Webster
I am this many *holds up 5 fingers* on the inside.
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
12. Or 666.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
The four year count down until the welcome to 50 colonoscopy!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
Hush now, young'un.
- Jim #TeamMonique
Yes, sir. *shamefaced*
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
In all seriousness, there's a certain feeling of triumph that comes with getting a clean bill of health after a CPE. I had mine today too.
- Jim #TeamMonique
I remember 46...I think.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Craig Ferguson is 51.
- Hieronymous Boosh
As am I
- Friar Ticket to Ride
You could be my Dad...
- Mo Kargas
You youngun. Ya know - we have a grownups' table you can join here at 50. Remember, m9m? Also, I didn't even start learning proper HTML/CSS until I was 47, nearly six years ago.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Get back to me in about 15... ;) #olderthandirtwellatleastsomedirst
- WarLord
Damn. We should really all be asleep (except Johnny and Mo).
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Stephan is old enough to be my friend. ;)
- Janet:#TeamMonique
LOL Mary, these are the true hours of aged wisdom, right?
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Does this mean I'm not old enough to be your friend Janet?
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Apparently. Also, the pills are in the kitchen. ;-) And I've been going to stand up and go there for an hour.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
I worked a 13 hour shift and came home to become very angry with other half. Anger does not bode well for sleep. Going to see if I can grab two more hours before I am back at work. Hope you have good pills.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
I have GREAT pills. But I respect them, too. They're like big dogs - gotta keep a certain perspective.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Melly, you're old and young enough to be my friend.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Sleep fast, Janet!
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Didn't you get the memo? 46 is the new 25 :)
- imabonehead
That's pretty old!
- Eivind
Youngster.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Boy please. You're only as old as you feel!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
I *feel* 32 today. But somehow that doesn't add up properly when I subtract my birth year from the calendar year. Odd, that.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
For the record. Melly is also old enough to be my friend......and niece!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
And Brad Pitt is 50 and C U T.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
And Methuselah made it to 969 :)
- Eivind
And he was D E V O U T.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
There should be a Devo, UT.
- Spidra Webster
Adding injury to insult: I just had my first eye exam in 5 years. I need reading glasses. :-\
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I've been putting off my eye exam since I'm pretty sure I'll need them, too. :-/
- Yvonne
Any good suggestions for a nice fiction book that would be a good weekend read? looking to get lost in it for this weekend.
Steven Perez, Lisa | #TeamMonique, Kelli H. and Betsy #TeamMonique liked this
Odd Thomas Series
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat books are fun and Richard K. Morgan's Takeshi Kovacs novels are excellent.
- Anika
On Chesil Beach. Cutting For Stone. Kindred. Pattern Recognition. Moses, Man On The Mountain.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
from Android
A Dortmunder book by Donald Westlake? Comic crime fiction.
- Andrew C (✓)
I just re-read Westlake's The Hot Rock. Always funny.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
A Prayer for Owen Meany. A Confederacy of Dunces.
- Akiva
50 Shades of Gray? :P
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
from WinForFeed
Wool would be a door choice
- Todd Hoff
I don't usually see the Google doodles ('cuz I search directly from Firefox, and anyway Bing's my default engine) but today's is really nice. Damn shame the result doesn't mention Dave Brubeck and Unsquare Dance, since the Saul Bass tribute wouldn't work without it.
Kirsten, Scoble, Alex Scoble, Julian and 2 other people liked this
Thanks for the heads up! I love Unsquare Dance.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I was a little surprised at the lack of explicit credit. A great piece to accompany the image, though.
- Walt Crawford
I would swear that I did hover over it. Maybe not long enough. Good enough for me, though. [Tried it again: If you're hovering over it RIGHT AS IT STARTS, it shows you the credit--but once the pre-play-button graphic's started forming, it's too late. So, well, at least people are hearing his music.]
- Walt Crawford
The middle of the country does not exist in my world. I like living on the edge.
Kelli H., Steven Perez, Kirsten and 8 other people liked this
you mean Close To The Edge?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Does the middle of the country exist for either coast folk?!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
i've only ever been to the west coast as a jumping-off point for heading to either SE Asia or Oceania.
- Hieronymous Boosh
My range only goes from Northern Virginia to Upstate New York.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I set up automated alerts from my credit card company for anything at or above $250. Today I got an alert that my card was used at Chanel for $2,125.50. Hope somebody has an amazing Mother's Day gift! Calling Chase, it turns out the card was swiped in Beverly Hills, with the person present. Joy. Card is canceled.
Mo Kargas, Stanley Mathis, Iván Abrego and 4 other people liked this
Ugh. So sorry you have to deal with that, but glad that you found out right away.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Exactly. Canceling is the easy part. The hard part will be finding the dozens of automatic services that usually hit the account and getting those linked correctly.
- Louis Gray
Good grief! That's crazy. :(
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
How does that even happen?
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Yikes! What a pain!
- Anne Bouey
Ugh. Didn't you post about another case of theft / fraud a year ago or so, Louis?
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Micah, there were fraud issues in 2010, where it looks like unknown people used my data, starting with Apple.com and then going to Amazon and Zappos. But no bumps since.
- Louis Gray
Oh, that's what it was, thanks. Three years ago? Time flies 1st class.
- Micah
I've found the correct name for my favorite color: claret. But it's still a bit off. Dark red-purple is hard to find a name for, yo. :)
Kelli H., Kirsten, Tamara J. and 5 other people liked this
Burgundy?
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
This requires exhaustive tasting in the red wine aisle.
- Greg GuitarBuster
merlot
- WarLord
Syrah?
- John (bird whisperer)
Pinot noir
- Marie
Burgandy: too red.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Merlot: a red that travels into brown. Nope.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Syrah might need investigating. Looks a touch too purple.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Pinot noir: too red.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Garnet (or at least thats my favorite dark red-purple color)
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Shannon, that's pretty close!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Or just use the hex code? ;-)
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
from iPhone
It'd be hsla() but I haven't found it yet. :)
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
If the answer isn't "Nachos." the question isn't cheesy enough.
Juan Pablo González, Anika, LB: #TeamMonique and 2 other people liked this
Well it seemed Gouda 'nough for me.
- Gimminy
I'd Edam.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I would like to make my SiL a mix tape of California (-related, -themed) music. What songs would you put on it?
Andrew C (✓) liked this
Zeppelin's Going to California
- Marie
Old 97s Just like California
- Marie
California Stars - Wilco
- SAM
Any Beach Boys song.
- Jason Griffey
California Uber Alles
- kendrak
California Love
- kendrak
California Here I Come
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
California Dreaming
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
"Los Angeles" (though it's not about the one in California) or "Calistan" by Frank Black?
- Meg V. Meg
Best Coast, "The Only Place"
- Jaclyn aka spamgirl
First Class, "Beach Baby"
- Meg V. Meg
Hotel California.
- RepoRat
I Love L.A., Hooray for Hollywood, Goin to San Francisco
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Fantastic suggestions. Keep 'em coming.
- Marie
L. A. Woman
- Katy S
I Remember California
- Katy S
"Los Angeles, I'm Yours" by The Decemberists (depending how you feel about The Decemberists)
- Meg V. Meg
Sink With California
- kendrak
"In California" by Neko Case
- kendrak
"California English" by Vampire Weekend
- kendrak
There's this list on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Katy S
"Screenwriter's Blues" by Soul Coughing: http://www.youtube.com/watch... (hmmmm NSFW, probably)
- Meg V. Meg
Wild Light's "California On My Mind."
- Kelli H.
I Left My Heart in San Francisco. Folsom Prison Blues. Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay. Ventura Highway. Do You Know the Way to San Jose? San Franciscan Nights. Save Me, San Francisco.
- Anne Bouey
California all the way by Luna
- Jason - The Opaque
from Android
"Goin' Back to Cali" by LL Cool J? Maybe.
- Meg V. Meg
driving in LA (missing persons?) and Michelle shocked has one about driving in LA also
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
from YouFeed
Michelle shocked, come a long way. missing persons (i think) driving in LA
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
from YouFeed
Coming Into Los Angeles (Arlo Guthrie) and San Francisco Bay Blues (as popularized by Clapton). I'd probably have to include the theme song to The O.C. (California by Phantom Planet), as well as the R.E.M. and Decemberists entries suggested above. Song reluctantly left off: Magic Johnson by the Chili Peppers.
- Greg Schwartz
"Californication" Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- Stephen le Francoeur
@RudĩϐЯaЯïan: Walking in L.A. - Missing Persons & Come A Long Way - Michelle Shocked
- Tinfoil 2.0
Dang. Stephen already got in my first through. Um.... "Southern California Wants to Be Western New York" by Dar Williams
- Royce's favorite Anna
"California Girls" by Katy Perry (just because)
- Royce's favorite Anna
"San Francisco" by Jill Sobule
- Royce's favorite Anna
Los Angeles by X
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
they're singing "My Old Kentucky Home," which means the only horse race I ever see each year is about to start! #KentuckyDerby—My Lucky Day! $20
The only one I watch is The Preakness, because it's here in Baltimore. I've never gone to see it in person.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
ORB—by a mile! WOW!
- .LAG liked that
Wow that was muddy
- Todd Hoff
ORB was a mudder! ;)
- .LAG liked that
His father was a mudder!
- .LAG liked that
Okay, a Maryland horse won. Now the Preakness is gonna be good. I only watch the Belmont if there's a chance for a Triple Crown.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
...@m9m: a lot of the horse racing pundits seem to like Orb! 1 down, 2 to go.
- .LAG liked that
Wait... The NRA only has 5 million members? Given their influence, that's low
.LAG liked that and Michael W. May liked this
When you factor in that a significant portion of those members vehemently disagree with their political arm, it becomes even lower.
- Jennifer Dittrich
yeah, I've never understood why they're so darned influential
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
...but they're organized, and their interest is pretty clear-cut and laser-focused: keep your hands off my guns. probably easier to galvanize those 5million (still a large number) into a loud voice, and a powerful force. Philosophically, to me this seems to be a problem with democracy: there are so many interests, competing and complementary, how do you organize these groups effectively through compromise and coalition? Tough job.
- .LAG liked that
Rock the cello? A new composition by Alan Shockley (small boast - my niece's husband) http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Janet:#TeamMonique, Starmama, Running Slow and WarLord liked this
I like this piece a lot, but when I heard it I then wanted to listen to Led Zepp's "Kashmir."
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Really enjoyed. Amazing amount of texture considering instrumentation.
- Running Slow
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