I thought I'd get this in early else I'll forget or run out of time. I have 4 more days of work before I'm off until 2010. I hope the 4 days go by very quickly, hehe. :-) What is everyone's plans for the holiday season?
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
My brother will be around for Xmas morning then a panto on the Sunday. Apart from that it will be a quiet one, which I kinda like. I hope we get more snow so I get a chance to go out and do some long overdue photography. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Merry Christmas, Kol! I'm hoping for some snow & a quiet holiday. What we have is rain, and we'll probably go out and get drunk. (Well, I don't really get drunk, but all this noise.. :)
- Citronella
Never seen a panto, but i hear they are absolutely hilarious... any celebrities in yours?
- T. Brent, technopeasant
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: This song is going to get bumped daily (probably more than once per 24 hour period) for the next 10 days. Sweet Baby Jesus thanks you for your cooperation and understanding.
- Adrian
"I first fell in love with Indian food a few years ago after being heavily coaxed by my two more "adventurous-with-foods" friends. I am very picky about trying new foods, especially when the food looks unfamiliar to me or is composed of colors I'm not accustomed to seeing on my plate (e.g., the loud red color on tandoori chicken). After trying tandoori chicken, though, I opened myself to trying CTM and fell in love with this dish instantly."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
Chicken Tikka Masala is one of the most popular dishes in the UK. It's also supposed to have been invented in the UK by a chef in an Indian Restaurant in Scotland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Ian May
That's really, really dark Chicken Tikka Masala.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I thought it was the Gobi Desert. Aloo is potato so I'm assuming 'gobi' is cauliflower.
- Akiva Moskovitz
GOD DARN IT. I may have to order from Mehak today.
- Spidra Webster
Oh, I get your meaning now. I was thinking aloo = potato; Gobi = desert. Yours makes more sense.
- Bren -- feeling merry
from iPhone
I just got Tandoori Chicken, Aloo Gobi and Chicken Korma. Plus extra papadum. And it's YOUR fault, Derrick...ALL YOUR FAULT!
- Bruce Lewis
Chicken Korma is okay, but personally I think goat korma is superior. SOOOOOOO delicious. Think I may have to swing by the Indian grocery store on my way home from work.
- Jason Huebel
Pretty much anything with goat is good, IMO. I actually prefer goat over beef.
- Jason Huebel
The reason that Chicken Tikka Masala looks brown is that they used a can of crushed tomatoes instead of tomato sauce in that recipe. Most Chicken Tikka Masala recipes call for tomato sauce for a creamy consistency.
- Adrian
Goat is the most commonly eaten meat in the world
- Ian May
I had some on Sunday and it was pretty good. I'm a huuuuuge fan of CTM. My favorite place in LA (and I've tried quite a few) is Al Noor in Lawndale http://www.yelp.com/biz...
- Mark Krynsky
That's not a chicken tikka massala, it's not even red! England is the home of the Curry, and here in the midlands we've got some badass curry places, sadly as with most ethnic foods the real deal (homemade) is always superior
- Toby Graham
from iPhone
The masala sauce I buy in stores is red and yummy. The shrimp masala I buy at Indian restaurants is also red and yummy.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Weird. I figured that it'd be India and/or Thailand that would be the 'home of the Curry' and not England.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Lo! We are having Aloo Gobi and Roti for dinner tonight, in about 35mins! ;)
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
Got curry chips at The Pub last week. Sadly, I will probably be forced to go get Indian food tonight; I don't think I even live near an Indian restaurant anymore.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Как вкусно выглядит. Это рис такой желтый?
- Ольга Сукачева
@Toby , you have real balls to say "England is the home of the Curry " !! - Why do really think the home of Curries in England ?? The home of Steakpies is England. .and the home for Curries in India !!
- Peter Dawson
"After six decades of very private painting, Ms. Herrera sold her first artwork five years ago, at 89. Now, at a small ceremony in her honor, she was basking in the realization that her career had finally, undeniably, taken off. As cameras flashed, she extended long, Giacomettiesque fingers to accept an art foundation’s lifetime achievement award from the director of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis."
- tiffany
from Bookmarklet
these are great posts :) thank you.
- Anna Lynn M.
"It may seem strange that the Navy is offering beginner swim lessons for aspiring SEALs: The acronym stands for "sea, air, land," and full-fledged SEALs must be adept combat swimmers capable of spending long, demanding stretches in the water. But the former commandos behind the new program say it makes perfect sense. "It's incredibly hard to find guys who are going to make it as a SEAL," said Mark Courrier, a former SEAL who developed the swim-lesson program with Morrison. "If we have someone who has all the other physical and mental qualities we're looking for - and that experience in the water is all that's missing - we're going to put in the time to teach them.""
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
Separate eggs. Whisk sugar and yolks until smooth. Add liquor, whisking constantly. Add dairy, still whisking. Beat egg whites, then fold into the nog. Let sit for 24 hours. Serve with fresh nutmeg on top.
- Alex Scrivener
LO CAL? GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM MY EGGNOG!
- Alex Scrivener
If you want lo cal, get a smaller glass!
- Alex Scrivener
lo cal... what is the world coming to?! <mutters under my breath>
- Alex Scrivener
Su-posed to make Phat, is so in a rosy glow
- ThatDBD
With all that alcohol, it's like a dairy version of a Long Island Iced Tea
- Spidra Webster
It is a recipe of halves. Of the gallon of liquid, It is half dairy and half liquor. Of the half which is liquor, half is whiskey. Of the half which is not whiskey, half is brandy. Of the half which is not brandy, half is light rum and half is dark. Of the half is dairy, half is milk and half is cream. Then you throw in the dozen eggs and the pound of sugar.
- Alex Scrivener
So it's like a golden ratio for egg nog! (Sort of...)
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Oh yeah, this is some great stuff! Every year I forget, and every year I am reminded again.
- Alex Scrivener
from iPhone
Okay..so...as you continue to brainstorm, please head over to the blog post and leave a comment there! You'll reach more people and I won't have retype. (Thanks!)
- Jill Hurst-Wahl
That's one of the most sedate crowds I've seen at a Moz/Smiths show. I've listen to The Smiths albums thousands of times but I'm still blown away by them as if hearing them for the first time.
- vicster is...
i say we requests at +1000 button like Jennifer mentioned. this post is deserving of at least that much 'plussy-ness'
- Morgan Haley
While we're working on the +1000 button, I'm mentally plotting how I might shoe-horn peanut butter cookie dough into such a recipe. Or make ice-cream sandwiches out of them.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Great shots! Is this the current Hour or one from awhile back?
- Louis Simoneau
It's been said that the clothes make the man, but a woman needs makeup too... ;)
- Dennis Jernberg
June 2008... when things went ka-boom... I had a play in the Fringe that year, and Jamie O'Meara liked these shots. Boom! Cover.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
I regret that I don't live close enough to you to see those performances, Brent.
- Spidra Webster
@Spidra... thank you! i have been known to travel. where do you live?
- T. Brent, technopeasant
@nakachi thank you! that was a delicious time in my life... feeling more like a bowl of oatmeal these days lol
- T. Brent, technopeasant
I live in the SF Bay Area right now, but can't afford to anymore. As soon as the house sale goes through, I'll be moving to LA (shamefully enough...moving back in with my parents). The bright side is there are more FF meetups in LA...
- Spidra Webster
i've noticed! hope things work out for you... and i hope to get to LA at some point. :)
- T. Brent, technopeasant
"In interviews, Lady Gaga (born Stefani Germanotta) wants to compare her Haus of Gaga -- comprising her various business and creative interests -- to Andy Warhol's art-making Factory, which is a bit of bad faith. Warhol's art reified ordinary, mass-market objects, such as the Campbell's soup can. Lady Gaga is name-checking luxury merchandise and being well paid for it. The only sound more penetrating than the beatbox is the deafening roar of cash registers."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
All you have to do is take some photos – which you never delete from your camera – so when someone finds your camera at the bottom of the gorilla pit they are able to locate you and return the lost property to its rightful owner. http://www.andrewmcdonald.net.au/a-picto...
I like how everything is clear and readable except the email address.
- Alex Scrivener
LOL That's funny, but yeah...what's with the email address being so small?
- Admiral Anika
At any rate, I had a video I made with all my info on it. I accidentally took it off my chip, but I'm positive I copied it to my camera. Unfortunately, I don't know how to access my camera's memory and the cord has been lost. One of these days, I'll RTFM. =)
- Admiral Anika
I like how the facial expressions match the whiteboard :-)
- Rene Wirtz
lol that was awesome as hell. I'm definitely planning to do it.
- Bora Mesut PALAS
I'd just leave only one pic with my email
- Itachi
The other pics build empathy, encouraging a border-line thief to return the camera. Otherwise you may as well stick a label on the case and be done with it.
- Alex Scrivener
Does anyone else want to make out with this guy for being SO DAMN AWESOME? Srsly, total panty-dropper this one was.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
wow, this is very close to being the most popular thing I have ever posted to Friendfeed. Just goes to show, um, something. Always use pictures?
- Alex Scrivener
I'm the opposite. I tend to ignore posts with photos (unless the post itself is just a photo). Why? The image usually detracts from the text and people spend time talking about the picture and making it clear they didn't bother to read the text or link.
- Admiral Anika
=/ (not about the original post. I already expressed how much I love it)
- Kamilah Gill
Or you could just put an address sticker on the camera...
- Alix Whitmire
No, the pictures try to build an emotional connection with the finder. It helps convince a not-so-honest person to return the camera rather than just keep it. It won't stop a real thief, but it could tip the odds in his favor. A sticker can't do that.
- Alex Scrivener
There should be a place in your camera for email address, like cell phones have "Home" so when you lose it, someone can call you. Hmmmm.
- anna sauce
I wouldn't ever think to go through pics, but if I found a lost cam (or phone or whatever) with an address clearly visible on it, I'd pop it in the mail, or call/email someone, no problem. Same holds true for some lost and found places. They might call you if there's easy contact info, but I don't see them taking the time to flip through photos to figure out how. Maybe do both?
- Alix Whitmire
I was putting a README.txt file on my USB sticks with contact info if it got lost. This is way better! Now take this board with your contact info.... smile, no! put a sad face.... and you're done!
- Nenad Nikolic
This is now far and away the most popular thing I have ever posted. Even got a FFundercats Best of the Week!
- Alex Scrivener
* All 60 episodes on 23 discs * Bonus features from all five seasons, including audio commentaries by cast and crew * Three prequels explore life before The Wire * Never-before-seen gag reel
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
"For his list of comics from the decade just past which he'd be comfortable discussing, Collins and I settled on Craig Thompson's massive Blankets, published by Top Shelf in 2003."
- RAPatton
"in other words Blankets wasn't a "gateway comic" for me, it was something I consumed alongside serious literary and avant garde comics, in the same way I consumed those comics. And alongside plenty of Nu-Marvel books too, of course. That said, in one respect at least there was no comparing Blankets to anything else, and that was that it was the longest original graphic novel ever...
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- RAPatton
"What I remembered most clearly was that the material focusing on his relationship with his first love, Raina, was also inspired in large part by his relationship with his then-girlfriend. Who was awesome, by the way, friendly and funny and lovely, and welcoming to Craig's ever-expanding circle of fan-friends. Anyway, she was the physical model for Raina for one thing. And I'd forgotten...
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- RAPatton
"But the thing is, as teenagers we'd read it as an endorsement rather than as an observation. And it is an observation of past behavior by an older and wiser young man. That it manages to recapture those moments without condescension is remarkable, but it is recapturing them and presenting them through the filter and remove of someone who can look back and see his past emotional and...
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- RAPatton
"It got people talking, and it got people reading, more than any comic I'd actually been around to see come out up until that point. It did so because it just plain worked in an immediate and obvious way. If I had a nickel for every time I saw it show up as the only comic on some LiveJournal list of someone's favorite books, I'd probably have a couple bucks. It's one of a very few books...
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- RAPatton
it is a beautifully illustrated book that captures first love as well as it can be done
- RAPatton
"...items that appear to employ no technology, are getting smarter. A team of researchers at UCLA's program, Wireless Health, has fitted these walking aids with accelerometers and gyroscopes -- devices that were developed for fighter jets and missiles but are now in smart phones. The canes and shoes would be used to monitor balance and teach users how to walk safely and avoid falling. Sensors inside can also transmit data in real time to doctors and caretakers who keep track of the user's mobility. The canes and shoes are still in the testing phase, but developers hope to have them on the market early next year."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
I don't know if it will be enough for people in their late 30s to deal with the world they now live in
- RAPatton
You can't DVR sports! Have to watch it live. I'll be done by the beginning of the second half (hopefully), so I'll watch what's left afterwards.
- Derrick
D, BABY, YOU WANT FAME? WELL FAME COSTS AND RIGHT HERE IS WHERE YOU START PAYING FOR IT . . . . IN SWEAT!!!!!
- Baroness Von SmashAHomie
I did, Ayşe. I'm looking forward to going back. The first day is always interesting just in terms of getting settled, etc. And I think they liked me!
- Derrick
"Never mind the best books, comics, movies or TV shows of the last ten years, which new character made the biggest impact in your hearts and minds? We want to know what you think, and I have my own suggestions... In this era of franchises based on pre-existing... well, franchises, really, it should be tough for brand new characters to make any significant impression, but I feel like we've been spoiled for choice in some ways; beyond the five mentioned below, I could've also gone for Y The Last Man's Yorick Brown, Scott Pilgrim's Kim Pine (Because, really, it's all about Kim. Admit it), Fringe's Walter Bishop or Dollhouse's Adelle DeWitt, to name just a few more. I'm not talking about the most important characters of the last ten years, or even the most popular, please understand; this is purely a (selfish and subjective) question of quality, for once. These, however, are my top 5:" Benjamin Linus, Thaddeus S. "Rusty" Venture, Gaius Baltar, Donna Noble and Kate Kane/Batwoman
- RAPatton
"Benjamin Linus Color me one of those people who drifted in and out of Lost throughout the first two seasons of the show... Well, until Ben entered the picture. Michael Emerson's smarmy, knowing performance as "Henry Gale" brought something that the show had needed since the beginning: A Bad Guy. Or, at least, someone who we didn't know much about, but were pretty sure we shouldn't be...
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- RAPatton
"Gaius Baltar And talking of people you can't rely on, Battlestar Galactica's Baltar may have been chosen by God/The Gods/Some Higher Power/Ronald D. Moore to lead humanity towards its new home, along the way discovering a spiritual side, falling in love and growing as a human being, but that wasn't why we loved him so much. No, with Baltar, it was all about the weasel. Whether he was...
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- RAPatton
"Kate Kane/Batwoman Still relatively new, there's something fascinating about DC Comics' latest Batman spin-off. Under writer Greg Rucka's control - and, given her few appearances elsewhere, only under Rucka's control - Kate Kane is at once a reminder of, and refusal of, Bat-cliches. Yes, she was born of family tragedy, but her response wasn't to focus her entire life towards justice,...
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- RAPatton
Good choices, but I agree that Locke from LOST was top 5. Then I thought, considering recent events, when Locke died, the new Locke that appears on the island isn't Locke at all, its the person (or spirit or whatever) from the flashback talking to Jacob. So Locke wasn't Locke at all (LOST makes my brain hurt.)
- echostreamer
If we just assume Benjamin Linus takes the cake (which he does... then tosses it back in your face with a grenade), I vote for Walter Bishop... he makes that Fringe show so *special*.
- Adrian
I rewatched Serenity recently and was struck by this exact pondering whenever Chiwetel Ejiofor as "The Operative" came on screen. The only thing missing to meld him with the Firefly series better would have been giving him blue hands. Not sure why they didn't do that. Regardless, that character is a force that dominates every scene.
- Michael W. May
I was thinking the same thing watching Serenity. Ever see him in "Dirty Pretty Things"? Now that's a great movie and great character.
- Adrian
Dirty Pretty Things was the one about the kidney black market hotel, right? I recall only seeing it and having a heavy heart after seeing it. It was during a not good brain time *chuckle*
- Michael W. May
Yep, that's the one, where he played the African immigrant in England. Eh... give it another chance. I get like that too.
- Adrian
Just watched Fringe, Dr. Bishop could be on the list, but the show is........needs to evolve a little before its considered a great sci-fi show. #myopinion
- echostreamer
Both Locke and Benjamin Linus are great characters (and I realize what I09's wheelhouse is) but I think, for me, the greatest character of the decade was Omar from The Wire.
- Jason Toney
Benjamin Linus hands down, but Captain Jack Harness is a close second. >:P
- Molly, "sorry"
I also think Dr. Girlfriend and the Monarch (not to mention Brock) are way more interesting, iconic, whatever characters from the Venture Bros, not Rusty. And that also means we should be adding Master Shake to this list as I'd put him ahead of all adult swim characters in this decade.
- Jason Toney