For those of you who can't get enough Fox Foster Kittens, I set up a live stream. You can find the most recent ustream link on the kitties new facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages...
I saw you hanging out last night. Joining seemed silly but I waved.
- Louis Gray
I was trying to figure out if I could do with this google +, but I couldn't figure it out. Luckily Ustream has an app that goes to a Facebook page. I was only on there for a minute at a time. But now I'll wave back to you!
- Rachel Lea Fox
I did at first Katy. I just searched her via FB and liked the page. Will you have a 'follow' option?
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
Sorry, I guess it needs the numbers at the end of the link: https://www.facebook.com/pages... Apparently I can't have a regular URL till I have 25 followers. So far I have 14.
- Rachel Lea Fox
I'm going to wash the kittens now. I'm not videoing the washing, but the damp kittens will be on video post wash. :)
- Rachel Lea Fox
I will be feeding the kittens in a couple minutes. A new video will be available on the page in a minute. :)
- Rachel Lea Fox
I will be feeding the kittens at about 4pm today if anyone is interested. And again at about 9:30pm
- Rachel Lea Fox
I just watched the sleeping kittens. How I want little furballs in my home.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
The kittens are cuddling up now but are still a bit awake. They are having more and more awake time. Next feeding is about 3am and after that it's 8:30am-ish PST!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Thursday night urgent care adventure time! He dropped a shelf on his toe. Doesn't look broken per the x-ray, luckily. We were in and out in under 2 hours. Poor kid.
Thanks, Rachel! His toe is all purple. They wanted to drain it but he wouldn't have it, so he'll have to be off his foot for a few days. But it could be far far worse.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Whoa, I'm glad it wasn't more serious! Hope he's feeling better soon.
- Fish Are LIES
Thanks all! So far the toenail seems to be sticking around (it's all purple and black, but I no longer think it's going to fall off). He was feeling better enough for him to have a play date today (here at my place). Still limping and hopping around but doing much better.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
*whispers to Sammy: tell your Dad only ice cream and your favorite movies and books will heal your toe - and maybe a special new toy*
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
Janet, I don't know that it will actually be his name. I just thought of the quote when I saw his squished up little face and had to post it. And yeah Shannon, I heard there is going to be a second movie called "Finding Dory". My niece Lorelei will be thrilled when it comes out! Nemo is her favorite!
- Rachel Lea Fox
A bit about his personality: He is the most friendly outgoing kitten in the litter, gentle and cheeky and loves to cuddle, play and purr.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
I love hard boiled eggs....my GI system does not. Just the whites for me.
- Mary Carmen
Everybody, we now know what to send Holly for her birthday. Dozens upon dozens of hard boiled eggs.
- Akiva
I love hard-boiled eggs. I eat them a few times a week, like this morning for breakfast, or sliced on a sandwich.
- John (bird whisperer)
Akiva, that would put you on the fast track to the top of The List.
- holly #ravingfangirl
this is one of the few foods that i hate in every way - taste, smell, texture. the whole package.
- holly #ravingfangirl
I almost always have hard boiled eggs in the fridge for sudden onset snackage. Bit of Baconsalt, bit of grains of paradise? Flawless victory.
- Akiva
I love the yolks. The texture of the whites can be a little rubbery, but I push through it. I prefer a good egg salad, really.
- Laura Norvig
from iPod
I think I like it best when diced up and turned into an egg sandwich
- Rodfather
I have those - with a little salt and pepper - for breakfast at least one or two days a week. High-impact protein without mess, what can be better?
- WebGoddess
LOL. also, i have no idea how me judging you gets you more, but... go on with your bad self.
- holly #ravingfangirl
If you are judging me, you aren't eating them yourself, are you? No, of course not! This means that there are more yummy eggs for me to boil until they are nice and hard and then eat. That's how you judging me gets me more eggs. It's not really about the judging. It's about you being too icked out to eat my share. Or your share. Which I presume I could have?
- WebGoddess
"In a March 14 opinion piece in the Orlando Sentinel, Ted Williams, then editor-at-large for Audubon Magazine, advocated for trapping and euthanizing feral cats due to their rampant hunting of birds and their reputation for carrying diseases like toxoplasmosis."
- Shevonne
from Bookmarklet
He actually tells people to use Tylenol to poison ferral cats. He is telling people not just to euthanize but to kill the cats yourself and to do it in a way that could be torturous to the cats. I know he is a bird lover, but come on guy, try being human!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Wow, that's.... ugh. Beyond shocking. I mean on islands where the wild cat population is known, decimating, and able to be eliminated, I can understand the call to destroy the population. But pretty much anywhere else removing the cats (by killing them or just moving them) the population will only drop temporarily. And the idea of someone advocating poisoning is utterly disturbing. Poisoning is the worst population control method, and that's when professionals do it.
- Heather
sure thing! we also have to kill all birds - they spread diseases too, cows, pigs, sheep - the spread diseases too, moreover - almost all known infectious human diseases came from them!! Oh, and we have to kill all the rats - because they spread not the laughable toxoplasmosis, but plague. There will be no feral cats to do the latter for us.
- кромешный архивист Э.
Organizing my hats. My project is almost done... I need to get the mirror repaired and bring it up before I finish putting up the rest of the hooks. But I love the progress so much I wanted to share!
Wow. You are really organized. I would've just started tossing hooks on the wall. You seem to go about all of your projects like this. Admirable!
- Anika
It looks like you're building a climbing wall.
- Brian Johns
Sparky, I would not suggest climbing on those. Most are in really well, but a couple were hindered by the vent behind that corner and shouldn't really bare more weight than a hat.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Rachel, just to put my earlier comment in perspective, I actually think your hook arrangement scheme looks quite nice, and I'm very impressed by your organization talents, of which I have absolutely none.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Layoffs, but no announcement, so no one really knows how big other than the insiders. :)
- Steve and 4 other people
Oh no. I hope everyone I know there is still employed.
- Georgia
Thanks for the concern, Steve and Georgia! I obviously can't comment publicly, except to say that none of the folks here on FF who work at TiVo (Scott, Brian, Ken, me, etc.) are doing anything different today compared to yesterday.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Carmen, he has a tiny, invisible crack that could be nothing or someday cause him to split in two :-( But there will be more like him in the future :D
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Subscription request sent Carmen (Paulette might not answer right away, poor thing has bronchitus - heading for pneumonia!)
- Shannon - GlassMistress
We are passionate Carmen! I love, love, love my boxers! Shannon - you have me confused with someone else. I had a sinus headache yesterday but didn't mention it on FF. :-D
- Paulette
I'll have to send you a picture of my White Shepherd. Now there's one I bet you haven't done?!
- Jenny
Shannon - have you thought of making these as ornaments for Christmas time?
- Paulette
I offer 'custom dogs' on my Etsy site, and ornaments is one of the suggestions I make, but no, I've not made them as ornaments. I'm a little spoiled ... I really just want to make beads and let others make things out of them. That said, I will ultimatly have to change that 'want' or I wont sell anything.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
I contemplated sticking one in my bra, it was suggested that this is a great way to walk around the house with them, keeps them warm and snuggled while you do things, but I'm pretty sure someone would notice. ;)
- Rachel Lea Fox
I wish I would have had hands to take a video. When they get going suckling their ears go back and forth with the rhythm. It is the cutest thing ever! This video shows it: http://friendfeed.com/phoenix...
- Rachel Lea Fox
"It's a pen that can draw in the air! 3Doodler is the 3D printing pen you can hold in your hand. Lift your imagination off the page! " - Holy crap.
- Andrew C (✓)
from Bookmarklet
I caught a leprechaun when I was in Kindergarden. I bet you didn't know that when you look at them they turn to plastic. Only when you aren't looking and they think they won't get caught again do they come back to life. :D
- Rachel Lea Fox
Cute. My youngest just made one (class project). When did the caprure of leprechauns become a thing? I don't remember it from back in the day.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Micah, yeah, new to me too. But it was fun to see 50 kindergarteners proudly bringing in their traps this morning.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Can you explain to us the rules of Irish Holdem? I see the cards are all laid out there...
- Steve and 4 other people
Haha, Steve. Those are temporary tattoos, and the idea is that when the leprechaun walks over them, his feet will become sticky, which will slow him down and make him easier to trap under the box (when he goes to inspect the shiny things and the necklace and the glitter rocks there). Then she has the bug net on the side "for emergencies."
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I have to give her credit, she thought about it for a while and had some good ideas. (I should have posted a pic of the plan that she and Sammy sketched out previously.) The actual implementation was fairly different than I expected from her drawing, but I think it turned out well. Some of the ones I saw this morning are extremely fancy & elaborate, though. (On the other hand, I think most of those elaborate ones were built 100% by a parent, which seems to me to be not quite the right lesson.)
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I have never heard of a leprechaun trap, much less making one as a class project. In MY day....*harrumph harrumph* :) I applaud Sophie's ingenuity, though.
- Spidra Webster
I remember for the entire week leading up to St. Patrick's Day, we would find green footprints and random acts of mischief all over our classroom every morning that we came in. And then on St. Patrick's Day itself, the leprechaun would leave treats for us. And some teachers would even host a "green eggs and ham" mini-breakfast event with the kids. I miss being that age and believing in all of that. <3
- Hookuh Tinypants
Well in my day, which would have been 1983, we all made our own traps as a project. And Stephen, what does Sophie think her dolls do when she isn't looking? Doll parties when she is at school are wild things! Silly children doubting that Leprechauns turn to plastic when you are looking. How else are they going to trick you and escape I ask you?
- Rachel Lea Fox
Stephen, I can't tell if you are kidding or not? If not look at my comment above and hand in your geek card! ;b Tinypants, me too!!! She is awesome!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Who are those lucky people who got to meet Kevin?
- Louis Gray
I guess I'd better turn in my geek badge, because I didn't know that Neil and Amanda were married.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
The moment Disneyland's White Rabbit snaps and 'assaults stunned 14-year-old girl as he shouts "Don't start your s**t with me"' | Mail Online - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news...
"A video has surfaced showing Disneyland's 'White Rabbit' character getting physical with two young sisters and cursing at them after the girls pulled his fake tail. In the video recorded by the girls' father, teenager Alexis Carlos tugs on the 'Alice in Wonderland' character's costume tail as he appears to be entertaining other children. Then her sister, 14-year-old Jocelyn, takes a turn. Disneyland drama: Jocelyn Carlos, 14, tugs on the White Rabbits tail as her father films and then runs away. The character then whips around and goes after Jocelyn The White Rabbit's back is visible while he allegedly held Jocelyn by her arm and neck and threatened her. After tugging on the tail twice, Jocelyn turns to face the camera and giggles as she walks away. The White Rabbit then swings around and walks briskly over to Jocelyn, where the teen said he held her by the arm and the neck. 'He told me,"Don't you ever do that again or I will call security, and tell your stupid friend to stop doing it too,"' Jocelyn told ABC10 News."
- Jessie
from Bookmarklet
"'This seems to be a blatant attempt by a lawyer to generate publicity for a case that has no merit,' Disney said in a statement. 'If anything, all this video shows is a family of misbehaving guests deliberately provoking a character for their own malicious amusement.' "
- Jessie
"The Carlos family said they didn't report the incident at the time of their visit to the amusement park for fear they would be kicked out." - As they should have been, for assaulting a character. It wasn't the best way for the character to respond, obvs, but when the parents are filming their kids acting like little shits and thinking it's hilarious then yeah, they need to leave the park.
- Jessie
No lie. These are exactly the sort of people I don't find it fun to be around. Their amusement seems to rely on someone else's discomfort.
- Jennifer Dittrich
So Disney didn't just fire the employee and side with the jerk customers? Nice.
- Andrew C (✓)
I love Disneyland but the last time I went, there were at least 20 people I would have kicked out for being obnoxious. That includes the family that was roughhousing with their kids inside the wine bar in DCA. Seriously, people, there are 20 billion restaurants in the park you can mess around with your kids in, and you take them to the ONE PLACE people go to for some peace and quiet? Even the couple with the sleeping infant was glaring at them.
- Jessie
Growing up I knew a family friend who worked in Disney mascot character outfits in Anaheim. He and his female friend/coworker were both harassed not infrequently by park guests. Ass-grab type abuse. One time "Minnie Mouse" was groped so "Goofy" walked over, reached out and tweaked the offender's nose, then wagged his finger/shook head in disapproval. The non-talking character not talking rule was strictly upheld :).
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Sounds like a family of assholes. I don't get why parents think it's funny when their little ones pull on costumes, but how messed in the head are you to film teens doing it?
- Anika
The fact that dad is A) recording the whole thing and B) encouraging them to misbehave should tell everyone what kind of family this is. Good for Disney for siding with their employee!
- Elena
I just about bopped a couple teens on the head when they were harassing Kristin (daughter) while she was working in character at Disneyland. A non-costumed employee accompanied her set and ran them off.
- Anne Bouey
Yeah the non-costumed employee also jumped me when I tripped and ran into her. They take guest-character interactions pretty seriously. I wonder where the non-costumed employee was for the White Rabbit while this was going on.
- Jessie
So, the information for this year's convention has been released. Convention $450, Room $1200 (no roommate), Flight (approx $500) .... how many beads can I sell by July?
The contract is with Hyatt so $$$ and I've got two extra nights built in b/c I want to sneak over and see Niagra Falls. I dont know anyone going so I'm on the fence over sharing a room anyway ($135/night + taxes). Oh, and its in Rochester, NY this year. The hotel gets crappy reviews and appears to be in a dead area of downtown - only a couple of nearby restaurants.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Oh, $1200 for multiple nights. I read that wrong, I was thinking you meant per night. If you go, I can help you with restaurants and things to do in Rochester. That is where my sister lives and I grew up just outside.
- Rachel Lea Fox
That is actually only a couple blocks from Dinosaur BBQ which is an absolute MUST!!! It is an awesome biker bar/restaurant and the bbq can rival anything across the country.
- Rachel Lea Fox
This is my sister's first week back to work from maternity leave, but once she has adjusted I will ask her about specific places nearby that location as she knows it better. Geva Theatre is there, not sure what plays are showing just now, but it is a great little theatre (I worked there many many years ago). The national museum of play is near that location too. I haven't been yet, but...
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- Rachel Lea Fox
Yeah, based on the map I may be eating dinosaur BBQ every night, lol. No rush for your sister, sign up is now but the event isn't until July :-)
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Your Lorelei doesn't happen to live in Norco, does she? She looks very much like the Lorelei who lives next door to my cousin (not sure about the spelling).
- Soup in a TARDIS
Soup, where is Norco? My niece Lorelei lives next door to me, so I think they aren't the same. Funny that they look alike. :)
- Rachel Lea Fox
Norco is in CA, it's a real city now but used to be short hand for "North Corona." Your niece is a cutie! :D
- Soup in a TARDIS
I'm still an inport to CA. It's been 9 years but I've always been bad geography, so unless I go there I rarely know where things are. I'm in Sunnyvale. She is a cutie. She did not want to take that princess dress off that night and insisted on putting it back on in the morning. Being 3 is fun!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Remember we have some places in CA that see snow regularly. ;-)
- Spidra Webster
We had Hail here in Mountain View. There was briefly some ice on the ground, but I wouldn't have called it "snow" :)
- Steve and 4 other people
Yes Spidra, but most of those are at much higher elevations and often on the border of other states (like Tahoe). The majority of CA, n o so much. Steve, my contractor said he saw it when he was driving in Sunnyvale. Just light flakes, most likely melted the second it hit the ground.
- Rachel Lea Fox
I had vein surgery and the incision point is leaking rather badly. I've rewrapped, elevated and called the doc. The hose make it look pretty dramatic, I think it will be ok.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
queasy Kevin is queasy. Hope they can fix it quickly.
- Kevin Johnson
Sorry Kevin, I do think the hose spread it out so it looks worse. I fixed it, not leaking now but I'm stuck in bed for the day with my leg elevated...grumble grumble
- Shannon - GlassMistress
"It won't matter to your baby whether you throw a catered party for the neighborhood or just have the grandparents over for pizza. How much you do is up to you -- do only what feels fun and festive, and cut back if you get stressed out. Here are some tips to get you through this event."
- Harold
from Bookmarklet
I insist to all my friends that the party does not matter. The photos of the cake smeared all over the kids face is the only thing that matters. Just invite the people who would enjoy cake smooshing and make the rest as easy or fancy as you want. :)
- Rachel Lea Fox
@Mary, it hasn't been a year yet, but seeing stuff in the parents magazine. @Rachel, yeah, that is what most people are interested in seeing.
- Harold
Oh and I highly suggest diaper only as the attire for cake smooshing! Then after you just take to the bath and hose them down! :) I've seen people keep them in cloths. It isn't pretty, for the cloths at least.
- Rachel Lea Fox
It's always the Kevin & Rachel show, but on this project it was all Kevin!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Next time there's a 'near-miss' asteroid incident, I'd suggest that you program the lights to got from blue/green and then to yellow/orange and culminate in bright red and at the climactic moment go bright white. For the coordinated soundtrack I suggest "The Final Countdown"... incessantly... for like 3 day non-stop. (Even if the asteroid misses, you're neighbors will wish they' died and escaped.) #DontActuallyDoThis
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
MAN gave me a card and a Mt Dew for Valentines. I gave him candy, a card and a horrible little glass dragon that was way above my ability to even attempt (live and learn). What, if anything, did you do for Valentine's?
I sent unmentionables to Bee Dub's job. Wait, what?
- LB: #TeamMonique
i kissed my wife on the mouth and did the dishes and laundry. i'm also gonna make dinner. actually, i usually do all those things already.
- Joe "Bad Guts" Silence
Nothing- anniversary tomorrow, so card, present, and meal out then. Albeit with David as well :)
- Pete #TeamMonique
I got flowers (with a card that quoted Heinlein - Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own) and I sent chocolate covered strawberries with something probably much less romantic on the card, but I've already forgotten it.
- WebGoddess
Had a bundle from ProFlowers delivered to the house: a dozen roses, a teddy bear, a stick that goes in the flower vase that says "I Love You" and a small box of chocolates.
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Chris bought me a thing of Potato Sticks off the discount rack at the grocery store. And I got a card from his parents.
- Heather
I sent several Hallmark cards out to loved ones. I have received absolutely nothing myself though. Which is how this usually works. Ask me again why me and this holiday don't get along.
- Hookuh Tinypants
I brought in a basket of Hershey kisses in little bags with a sticker attached that said "This Valentine's Day I got a kiss in the library." Jeff is on the road, so nothing else special except for the usual snuggling with dogs.
- Running Slow
I'm waiting for tomorrow to buy candy half price.
- Amit Patel
I made decedent desserts for my husband and two other couples who are best friends of ours. We had a low key evening just hanging out and chocolate overloading! I think there is too much pressure on romance, it causes too much stress. I prefer to make it about friendship and sweets!!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
we dont really do valentine's - it's a recent introduction here and it's close enough to birthdays, so we do birthdays
- Iphigenie