That is awesome! I love Indiana - and not just b/c she resembles another little gray cat we know.
- Katy S
Spidra, me too! She is yawning but she almost looks like she is yelling or something odd. Suezanne, she is real, she is a very odd little cat, but very real. Katy, totally! I would say that Plum and Indiana should meet someday but Indy has a bit of a stick up her but about other cats (it even takes her some time to adjust to the kittens). They are both such cool cats though!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
I don't like Foo Fighters or Hole or Pearl Jam or any of that stuff. I'm rather glad that I wasn't living here during the grunge thing.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Actually, I really like Nirvana's unplugged cover of Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World.
- Akiva Moskovitz
It doesn't happen as much now but it used to be that when people online learned that I live in Seattle, I'd always get comments like, "Oh, do you know the members of [Seattle grunge band]?" Right, and everyone who works at Microsoft knows each other, too.
- Rochelle
You mean you don't know Dave Grohl personally? WTF am I still doing talking to you then? SHEESH. *storms off the internet*
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Nirvana was one of the worst live acts I ever saw. Boring. I do like Pearl Jam, and I did meet Kim Thayil once at a Mariners game... does that count?
- Bren, Photophobe
Yesterday I met someone (at work) who doesn't know *anyone* who works at Microsoft and I admit, I was a little taken aback.
- joey
Being in my mid-twenties and living in Seattle in 91 meant being around all of those people, all of the time. It wasn't difficult to know them. If you drank and smoked pot, proximity was a given. The OK Hotel, The Comet, The Offramp, The Crocodile, The Mecca Cafe. Where else were the musicians gonna go? It's not like Mark Arm was trying to hide from anyone.
- Christopher Harley
Christopher, in 1991, I was 10 years old. :)
- Rochelle
Then you should've known their nieces and nephews, Rochelle! Grunge is all about networking!
- Christopher Harley
I'm with you, Akiva. I liked Nirvana for about a month, then got over it. For me, I was the same way with Pearl Jam. It's not to say I don't like music that came out of that "scene," I'm just not particularly fond of either of those bands. Old Soundgarden was great. Meat Puppets are fantastic. Temple of the Dog is near the top of my favorite albums list.
- Curtiss Grymala
I miss RCKNDY. Sigh. And the Velvet Elvis. I do not miss the Teen Dance Ordinance.
- joey
I was never a fan either. Pearl Jam is also on the list - if you've heard 30 seconds of their music, there's no reason to ever listen to any more 'cause its all the same.
- jcunwired
I saw The Fall at the Backstage in Ballard. Mark E. Smith in BALLARD!
- Christopher Harley
I liked RCKNDY! But my second home was Satyricon in Portland. That's where I first saw Nirvana (pre-Bleach, as I recall) and I think it was there that I saw Mother Love Bone before Andrew died and they re-formed as Pearl Jam. And I saw Soundgarden when they were pretty brand new at Pine St. Theatre in Portland.
- vicster
The only difference between Cobain and Vicious is that Sid had the forethought to save the rest of us from his wife.
- Jeremy
Nice, Vicster! Now Satyricon is such in name only. New owners for the last 6 years or so. Way different vibe. The Pine St. Theater became La Luna but is now offices and condos I think. It's definitely not a live music venue but back in 94-99 it had the best shows in Portland.
- Christopher Harley
@Christopher. Sixth Avenue changed so radically after they extended the bus mall and lit it all up LOL! I was at the Dharma Bums show the night of the "Satyricon Riot". That was the beginning of the end of Satyricon (even though he didn't sell for a few more years)...George had just had enough. :-( The other venue I miss is Blue Gallery. LOVED that place!
- vicster
MOTHER LOVE BONE! IN YOUR FACE AKIVA!
- Carlos Ayala
"On the morning of 12 October 1978, Vicious claimed to have awoken from a drugged stupor to find Nancy Spungen dead on the bathroom floor of their room in the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan, New York. She had suffered a single stab wound to her abdomen and apparently bled to death. The knife used had been bought by Sid on 42nd Street and was identical to a collector's knife given to punk...
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- Jeremy
I was really partial to Nirvana. I was just the right age for Bleach and Nevermind to hit me hard...growing up in Seattle didn't hurt either. I actually went to Cobain's vigil at the Seattle Center and shed a tear of true sadness. Later Nirvana and any other grunge leaves me cold though. I couldn't care less about StoneMotherTempleChainGardenJam. I went straight from Nirvana into Electronic Music. Heh.
- veo
I almost felt bad when I realized I only liked one of their songs. Do like Soundgarden tho. The rest can go.
- Matt Hilton
Is this a grunge backlash? Like the disco backlash of the 80s? I was young, stoned and wild in the early 90s and grunge was the soundtrack, for better or worse... Favourite? Soundgarden, by far... Rusty Cage was good enough for Johnny Cash to cover. ;)
- T. Brent, technopeasant
I still like that grunge stuff, actually. (The techno/trance/etc. stuff that hit at about the same time, too, in fact.) It derives in part from punk, so it matches my musical sensibility. Disclosure: from near Seattle.
- Dennis Jernberg
The new live DVD is okay... may need to watch it again, but the re-release of Bleach is golden.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
I am a librarian. More specifically I am the head of access & delivery services at North Carolina State University's Libraries. I travel mostly to give presentations at conferences.
- Mary Carmen
What's a merging service point? Computer interface?
- SAM
My department used to have several service desks (where patrons could get assistance with a variety of library services). We merged two units and took on an additional lending service. I am presenting about the merger process: the prep, the training, the reality, lessons learned, and future plans.
- Mary Carmen
Last week I presented at a conference in Missouri on how to deal with personnel and performance issues. I tend to write and speak about several different topics.
- Mary Carmen
I pitch the topic and they select. I manage a dept of 34 people so.....I have some experience with performance management. ;-)
- Mary Carmen
Cool and there is this library circuit awaiting good content?
- SAM
yeah, i like to think so. I thought last week's preso went extraordinarily well, but maybe people who were there can speak to it, as I may be baised ;-)
- Mary Carmen
Had me some Negro Modelo this evening... what's your flavor?
- SAM
Well I love Belgian beer. My fave is Westveleteren. Tonight I drank Terrapin's Big Hoppy Monster. I also love Bell's Two Hearted Ale, Terrapin's Wake & Bake and Victory's Golden Monkey.
- Mary Carmen
Good names... not familiar with most but "Big Hoppy Monster" sounds awesome... my beer making gear has been in storage while we're under construction, but I'll put you at top of the list for a "care package" next fall when we pull out the gear.
- SAM
And yes, I'm aware there's a bunch of other crap on the couch. It's what happens when Dave folds his laundry while watching TV =/
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I've just noticed that, from left to right, they are lined up youngest to oldest, biggest to smallest, and least warm to most warm. Yes, the tiniest cat puts off the most heat. They're called "Echo Thermal Units".
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
They all claimed their spots, didn't they. And you certainly didn't need a blanket then. :-D
- Hip-Hop in da House
A 20-year-old tourism student has been expelled from a Sao Paulo university after chaos broke out on campus when she turned up in a short dress
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
It's horrible that students treated her this way. There is no call whatsoever for treatment like that. I would however like to say something about some clothing lately. It's hard to tell from these photos but from the one where she is standing up it looks like that is an incredibly short dress and not likely appropriate for a school setting. I'm all for dressing sexy, but in the...
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- Rachel Lea Fox
They upheld their collective standards of conduct. Who are we to judge?
- Dawn
Dawn, her being expelled shouldn't be an issue, that is the schools judgment. The treatment that the students gave her should not be condoned though. There are better ways to handle it such as reporting it and having the school ask her to go home and change or something similar. No one should be harassed in this manner for any reason whether they are right or wrong.
- Rachel Lea Fox
I remember in Junior High School when one of my teachers lectured all of the girls who were wearing mini-skirts (early 70's vintage) and he said in very plain words "I don't want to see your underwear when you're in my class!" I don't remember much about the rest of the class because I was too busy imagining what he must be seeing every day! The adolescent mind boggles!
- Mark Jepsen
i wonder if she was wearing underpants, and thats just being left out for political correctness?
- chaz2b
Lots of learning going on in that school, if that video is any indication.
- Andy Bakun
Scary. I hardly see anyone with a smartphone.
- Rodfather
Try going to 21st amendment in SF sometime.
- Cristo
So does anyone there really talk to each other? Or just hang out and are on their phones the whole time?
- Rodfather
They talk, but it's all about technology. Whatever they or their friends are working on.
- Cristo
Funny to listen, since I've been involved in or know the people involved in most of the stuff they are talking about. ;)
- Cristo
But strangely sad. What's wrong with me today?
- Cristo
i really don't see anyone with smartphones, but I live in the country in MN, not San Fran lol
- Holden Page
I think that is why I won't move to san fran permanently. I do enjoy actually talking to people.
- Holden Page
Holden, when I see someone with a cellphone, I spend the first few seconds figuring out which one it is because they have some goofy rubber cover on it.
- Cristo
Holden, I always talk to people in SF, which I don't call it San Fran, but I respect your right to call it that. Tonight, I asked a guy what beer he was drinking, and when he replied, I said I approved, and that I was drinking that beer also.
- Cristo
oh ya, forgot y'all don't like that but thanks for respecting that lol
- Holden Page
Yeah, Minness-fucks-ville. :D Well, at least you have Brett Favre. For now. :P
- Cristo
Oh jesus, do not bring up that dude lol
- Holden Page
Nope, he's your hero. You have to accept him, or you suck. :P Wait until he wins your first and only superbowl for you. :D
- Cristo
After that, he's going back to Green Bay and will kick your ass for a few more years before he retires. ;)
- Cristo
Cristo, he's going to retire at the end of this season, next season, and the one after that.
- Jimminy
Jimminy, he's *beat* every team in the NFL, but he hasn't yet *played* for every team in the NFL. That would be a record hard to beat. ;)
- Cristo
That's true. He's also working on the record for the most retirements(edit: from football), but I think he wants to make sure noone will ever catch him.
- Jimminy
"Directus Navigation introduced a car rear view mirror with built-in touch-screen GPS navigation. The $799 rear view mirror also includes wireless Bluetooth and backup camera capability."
- Alan Cheslow
from Bookmarklet
It should be a heads-up display on the windshield. Looking too long at a GPS in your rear-view means you're not watching the road ahead. They could angle it toward the passenger, but then the thousands of solo drivers in California wouldn't invest in one.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
You know what's scary? Someone will actually buy this and be out there on the roads with it…
- Glen Campbell
Business Gangsta mami, quit hating!! And btw, I did spend a couple of weeks on Heifa St.
- jamar78
When Joel and I were in Iraq, he spent 11 months on the FOB, did not go outside the wire once. Meanwhile, I did more convoys outside the wire than I can count. Anyway, 2 weeks before he is scheduled to fly back to the US, a captain requested that he go to Haifa Street for a few days during their first election. At the time, Haifa Street was one of the most dangerous places to be. I was...
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- Michelle Martinez
In retrospect yes it very neat to witness and be a part of Iraq's 1st election and watching the Iraq people run up to me to show their inked fingers. But at the same time it sucked having 4 polling stations surround you and knowing that we were basically a huge target.
- jamar78
well, I was about to make a comment about how badass you looked in uniform when I saw Michelle's first comment. Ouch! So I posted a different comment, which was made in complete sympathy with you.
- Jim Hearts FF
Thank's ya'll we appreciate it....its like I tell people...a service member never truly appreciates what they are experiences till after the fact. It was hard going through the field exercises, the pt, the deployment, the staff duty and what not, but after the fact you truly miss what went along with all those experiences.
- jamar78
Hope you had a great Veterans Day and Thank You !!!
- Eric Logan
Glad you both came back okay! (And got together.) My brother was in both Afghanistan & Iraq for a couple tours and I was worried sick about him. (He came back ok, too. Though friends of his didn't...)
- Spidra Webster
"The New York Times reports that CNN anchor Lou Dobbs plans to announce on his show tonight that he is leaving the network, effective immediately. Dobbs has been the target of pro-immigration activists who launched two campaigns, Drop Dobbs and Basta Dobbs, aimed at pressuring CNN to “hold Mr. Dobbs to journalistic standards” or dump him altogether. Dobbs had become “a publicity nightmare” for CNN in recent months. His next stop could be the Fox Business network. Dobbs met with Fox chief Roger Ailes to discuss a potential position a couple of months ago."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
Ah-hah! There ya go! Davinci Code was right after all! Jesus got F U N K Y!
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
"Helping parents train their children for Christ" - did they miss the part where WE'RE JEWISH?!
- Rochelle
I sent them a DM asking why they followed a Jewish lady.
- Rochelle
S'okay. I get good Mormon folk following me all the time. I politely tell them it may not be a good idea. I think it's the "Utah" thing.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
...they already follow a Jewish man...;-p
- Robyn Hawk
Rochelle, Curious...what did they say back? (only if you want to say) My guess is that they were searching for "parents". But then again, I don't just think things happen. I think everything means something. Not that it has a reason, but that it means something in that person's life later to be revealed. :)
- Melanie Reed
I have no problem being followed by people of any religion, but I don't want someone following me for the sole purpose of attempting to convert me.
- joey
I bet it means Audrey will become a christian soon. Wait, what?
- Dragon Goldmaplethorpe
I don't mind who follows me, I just want them to know what they're in for. (And I don't need to be converted...good call Joey).
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Melanie, they didn't respond. And this was to my business profile, not my personal "Rochelle" profile.
- Rochelle
""Dollhouse" is closing its doors at Fox. The network has canceled Joss Whedon's cult fave, which in May beat the odds with a second-season pickup despite low ratings. The sci-fi series, which is filming episode 11, is expected to finish its 13-episode order. After some dismal performance in the fall, despite the ratings bumps "Dollhouse" got from DVR viewing, Fox benched the show for the November sweep after four episodes. It is not clear whether Fox will air the remaining episodes starting Dec. 4 as planned."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
Well, Joss, I hope you've learned your lesson: don't make any more shows for Fox!
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
Oh well. I enjoyed the show but it had its flaws. I never got comfortable with Dushku's acting or the grauitous shots of Actives.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
haha. I knew that would be cancelled. First episode, it just seemed messed up. *Back to Lost....*
- Giraffes Up In The AIr
:( son of a bitch...just yeah. mother fucking son of a bitch. (and people...the first five episodes sucked...if you left before it got better...your loss)
- A. (Girl Entropy)
I generally really like Joss and I tend to follow Mutant Enemy staffers around from show to show, but I really couldn't get into Dollhouse. There were a few good episodes towards the end, but the pacing was all off for me. I expected more.
- joey
Knew this was going to happen from the beginning... One: Its Fox, hence they fuck with schedules all the damn time. Two: Its a SciFi. Fox + Scifi = "This dog won't hunt." Three: Its Joss Whedon. When you put Fox + Joss Whedon SciFi = Not going to last at all. When will Joss learn that Fox is a horrible Production partner?
- CW™
let's just hope that Joss takes the lumps, and then finishes the story online. Because seriously? If I can't see the lead up to Epitaph 1, I am going to be very unhappy.
- A. (Girl Entropy)
Maybe he'll get to move to another network.
- joey
I will miss the show. I have to say Fox gave it every chance, this time around. The renewal for season 2 was unexpected given how low the ratings were.
- Stephen Mack
They did their best to make sure that it withered on the vine...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
Oh well. Can't wait to see what Joss has in store with his next Fox show...since he never leaves that company.
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
Jon, he had a contract with them. It may be over now. I can't remember what I read about it. Yay for useless comments.
- joey
When will HBO or Showtime just pick up a dark sex show and put Whedon in charge of it? Think how much better Dollhouse would of been with more adult content?
- CW™
I always figured Fox is the only network that will give Joss the time of day. Surely he's not going to them because he expects great things...
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Dollhouse's biggest problem was season one. The good episodes in S1 and all of S2 were all character driven for characters I never really gave two craps about, and still don't. :(
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
DJP, I think Joss actually *does* get interest from other networks. Although the fans can't forgive Fox for past transgressions, it seems Joss was willing to. When he talks about the people he made the deal with, he talks with respect. The problem is that in the industry one doesn't always get to continue working with the same players you made the deal with. I came to like Dollhouse...
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- Spidra Webster
Yeah, whatever unholy contract Whedon has with Fox needs to be broken and right now. He can't keep working for a network that kneecaps him every time he comes up with an advanced concept that entails more than a little thought.
- Steven Perez
Just read that it's not "cancelled" per say. Fox stressed that it wasn't. They're just capping the second season at 13 episodes. It's still going to air all of them too. It doesn't look good for the show though.
- James Ferguson
Deserves it for killing Kitty Pryde in a truly awful story, plus he's crap!
- Simon Curran
James: I read that, too. That is press agent speak for "cancelled". You don't cap episodes of a show you want to keep around, especially one with an arc spanning the season.
- Steven Perez
*waits to see if Joss will comment on Whedonesque*
- joey
I think Dusku was the one that has the contract. I think Joss is free to go with the show.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Steven, sometimes I hate being optimistic. :(
- James Ferguson
Regardless of whomever may be to blame for the show's flaws, I will always believe that DOLLHOUSE was doomed to failure before it ever got started. And that's a real shame, considering the level at which it asked us to think.
- Steven Perez
Update: Joss Whedon posted this comment over at Whedonesque (thanks for the heads up, Bonnie!): mm. Apparently my news is not news. I don't have a lot to say. I'm extremely proud of the people I've worked with: my star, my staff, my cast, my crew. I feel the show is getting better pretty much every week, and I think you'll agree in the coming months. I'm grateful that we got to put it...
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- Matthew DeVries
maybe later. not yet tho. good potential but i dont believe it can beat iphone overall. i agree w/ the article.
- ugurarcan
think apple better then google? this like microsoft and linux, yeah
- Странник
The momentum behind the iPhone is the key. There's so many people behind the iPhone now, better technology can't affect it (and Apple does a good job of keeping the product competitive). Android would be wise to provide a simple solution for porting of iPhone apps. They need the apps.
- ·[▪_▪]·
i think this is a little beyond apple vs. google. i agree above, its the momentum behind it. its quite possible droid has many more advantages but as of today also has a lottt to catch up and iphone isnt slowing either.
- ugurarcan
LOL Note from HS friend on FB: Remember when you said panty lines were sexy because they draw attention to your butt, which meant guys were looking at your butt, which meant they were checking you out? I still hate you for that. All my 10th grade pics have me in tight skirts with panty lines.
"During a radio address in which President Obama spoke about the recent murders at Fort Hood, he made a point to acknowledge the existence of atheists in the military. This marks the second time Obama has mentioned nonbelievers. This certainly is a pleasant change from most previous occupants of the White House. Referring to the diversity of U.S. military personnel, President Obama said something we all know but are still not used to hearing a president acknowledge. That's right, he mentioned nonbelievers again, saying, They are Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and nonbelievers. So our President recognizes that atheists serve in the military. I feel sort of silly for thinking that this is a big deal, but dammit, it is a big deal!"
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
from Bookmarklet
Yep, I was a nonbeliever and in the Air Force.
- Alex Scoble
Very big deal. Actually the percentage of nonbelievers (or at least those claiming no religious affiliation, which is of course a different animal, albeit related) showed up on a slide deck I edited just this week. It's the third largest group, behind Protestant Christians and Roman Catholics. Over 20%.
- Sarah is Novembery
"When ThinkGeek's Tauntaun sleeping bag debuted last year as an April Fool's joke, a million voices cried out demanding it be made. The company picked up on this disturbance and, now, you can finally preorder your very own alien kangaroo Snuggie for $100."
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
"MADDOW: Why is it Pete Hoekstra who’s taking it upon himself to tell the press that this radical cleric is having his email read by U.S. intelligence agencies? The FBI had not said publicly that this cleric had been emailing Hasan. The CIA, the NSA, the White House — nobody else had reported this cleric was e-mailing Hasan. This is just Pete Hoekstra letting us know — and letting the radical cleric who is under surveillance know — that he’s under surveillance."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
I love how national security ends up taking a back seat to getting headlines and scoring cheap political points.
- Victor Ganata
Isn't it fascinating that Hoekstra and his ilk are suddenly concerned about the White House hiding information? “What do they know that they don’t want us to know?” - priceless!
- jcunwired
On my lunch break, I walked within a couple feet of her. She was leading a "protest" of Bill O'Reilly at the News Corp. building. They were protesting his refusal to legitimize the birthers.
- Christopher Chung
The rinky-dink protest seemed to consist of only 10 people carrying posterboard signs scrawled with magic marker, and Orly. When I walked by they were leaving the corner and the NYPD was putting away the police barricades. That's a good sign.
- Christopher Chung
"Susie Shepherd, the principal, said a parent advisory council came up with the idea, and she endorsed it. She said the council was looking for a new way to raise money. Last year they did chocolates, and it didn't generate anything," Shepherd said. Shepherd rejected the suggestion that the school is selling grades. Extra points on two tests won't make a difference in a student's final grade, she said.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
"Rebecca Garland, the chief academic officer for the state Department of Public Instruction, said she understands that schools are struggling in the recession. But Garland said exchanging grades for money teaches children the wrong lessons. She also said it is bad testing practice and is unfair to students whose parents can't pay. "If a student in college were to approach a professor to...
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- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
" Carmen Zepp, a Raleigh parent, said there should be policies against offering students test credit for anything other than what they've learned. Zepp objected this year when her daughter's social studies teacher at Knightdale High School had students bring to school tissues and hand sanitizer. The supplies counted for 25 percent of a "supply check" grade. "It's awful," Zepp said....
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- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
I'm glad I'm not the only person deeply disturbed by any school offering grade points in exchange for money. >.<
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
"It sounds like Idris Elba is already looking beyond the "The Losers" for his next potential project—but he isn't straying far from DC's Vertigo imprint. In speaking with Slash Film, the actor—who plays betrayed black ops agent Roque in the aforementioned Vertigo adaptation—is looking to load up his schedule with "100 Bullets," based off of the recently concluded comic book series by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso. "There's a thing that Vertigo [does] called 100 Bullets. I like that," said Elba. "I think it could be an interesting little thing. I've just started reading it and it could be quite interesting." Whether Elba's interest is wishful thinking or based on an actual possibility of starring in a "100 Bullets" adaptation is unclear, but writer Azzarello recently told MTV News that a television version of the series is a definite possibility."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
"For the uninitiated, "100 Bullets" tells a rich, multi-layered story that surrounds a basic premise: what would you do if you could enact bloody vengeance upon your enemies without fear of repercussion? Such is the conundrum posed when the enigmatic Agent Graves offers down-and-out men and women an attaché containing a photograph, irrefutable evidence that the photographed person is...
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- RAPatton
I really don't understand why people let their cats outside to roam the streets. It isn't safe for the cat and it is inconsiderate to other people.
- Katy S
it has a flea collar but no signs of a tag. and no cat person would leave that much of the extra flea collar hanging loose like that - so it was probably put on by someone other than the owner.
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Thanks, Bear. I know nothing of these things. It seems hungry and needy. It seriously won't go away. All the other cats that treat my yard as their own, tend to ignore me. If I say, "Go away, cat.", they do. This one mews.
- Anika
Katy S: Our cat stays outside because we have Pit Bulls inside. And they would love to eat it.
- Danny Minick
Okay, I'm gonna have to go inside. This cat won't stop staring it me. Freaking me out.
- Anika
It's a beautiful cat. I'd take it off your hands if I lived close enough. Even the hungriest of strays don't get that friendly, so it looks like the cat belonged to or interacted with someone who showed it enough kindness and affection that it knows to go to people for food and love.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Such a beautiful kitty! If I was closer, I'd seriously be tempted... ;-)
- vicster
Wonderful markings. If it has it's front claws I'd so take it (never dealing with another declawed cat again, too much stress)
- Matthew DeVries
It is a pretty cat. My friend has a cat with similar markings and she's nowhere near as friendly.
- Anika
Danny - why would you have a cat if you have dogs that would eat it? Or, the other side, if you have a cat, why would you get a dog that would harm it?
- Katy S
Matthew - what type of stress? I've been around a lot of declawed cats and they never seemed to behave any different than those with claws. Not saying I like declawing, but I just haven't experiences any behavioral differences between those that have and haven't been declawed.
- Katy S
Katy - Stress for me. If a normal cat escapes, you try to find them, but you don't worry about them. They can handle themselves, when the declawed inside only cats escape, you lose your freakin mind trying to find it ASAP cause you know they won't last a night alone.
- Matthew DeVries
Oh! I get that. If the cat's a door darter, that would be stressful. Some who are against de-clawing claim it is stressful for the cat. I've never seen empirical evidence for this - just anecdotal, which can be refuted by anecdotal to the contrary. Now, I have other concerns about amputating a cat's toes, but stress isn't one of them. They do lose their primary means of defense (+ hunting tools) if they are outside.
- Katy S
Katy S: I can't help the fact that it's the dog's nature to chase/murder cats. Plus my dad wanted dogs after our house was broken in to. Twice this year.
- Danny Minick
I think something about being properly clawed also develops intelligence in cats. Every "stupid" cat I've ever met has been declawed.
- Matthew DeVries
Danny - Sorry about the break-ins. I guess if it were me, I would have either tried to find a new home for the cat or looked at dog breeds that get along with cats. Pit Bulls, Chow chows, and several other breeds are notorious for not living in harmony with cats. When I was a kid, we had a great dane that got along great with the cat and also served to scare away pretty much anyone who came around. I guess we all make our choices, though.
- Katy S
Matthew - I've seen dumb and smart in both varieties. Or, maybe it's more lazy and not-lazy with cats. I sometimes think that they just don't want us to know they are actually smarter than us.
- Katy S
it is a cute kitty! too bad Im allergic.. Ill just wait for daily update pics of the cute kat ^_^ jk :P
- Rachael Depp
Just remember, Anika, it's not the cat's fault that it has nowhere else to go; so don't take it out on the cat. If you don't feed the cat, it will eventually go away, but if you do feed it, it will never go away. With the cat we currently have, we are a "one-cat" house (he wouldn't dream of allowing another cat to encroach on his domain). If it wasn't for that, I'd probably have picked...
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- Curtiss Grymala
bring it to my house, my dog loves cats....
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
"President Obama's speech at Fort Hood, Texas, was a small masterpiece—less than 15 minutes—in part because it was so modest. The president had great material and he knew not to get in its way. Less than three minutes into the speech, the president was telling the story of each of the 13 people who had died. The news has been full of every last detail about the shooter. Obama corrected that balance."
- rowlikeagirl
from Bookmarklet
Hah, is that the Somali flag in the back?
- Maxamad
While the flag for when an Air Force Brigadier General is present looks like a Somali flag (http://images.google.com/images...), that one actually has an eagle on it. I'm not sure what it stands for, though.
- Rob H.
Sean, if only I knew. This was delivered directly to me fresh and hot.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Wow, whatever you do, don't google "Asian guys at beach licking" if you want to find the Flickr account for this. No, seriously. Just...don't. o.O
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
changed my life forever...I will always go to the beach with a a few chubby buddies after porking myself up for those bosoms ~ and this image is most definitely going in the ol' spank bank
- sofarsoShawn
Remember ! I bring quality product to Friend Feed !:)
- Akiva Moskovitz
you know what would be funny: ok bear with me, if we blindfolded leather donut (you know the booby man) and...yeah fill in the blanks...something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- sofarsoShawn
Sir, randomly linking to your FriendFeed from one of my posts is oh wait you'll never see this because you're blocked for spamming. Thanks anyway, kaghazrangy.
- Akiva Moskovitz
damn this picture just won't go away - you have forced me to hide it
- William Harryman
Akiva, wasn't that pic taken at your last BBQ?
- Paul
Every time I see this picture I smile. Their joy is infectious, like herpes.
- Sparky Crocker
Paul, I surely do wish I had a beach in my back yard!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sparky, I'm going to have this blown up to poster-size and attaching it to the ceiling above our bed. That'll cause some infections!
- Akiva Moskovitz
makes me want to grow a rack and diddle with my own, know what I'm saying?
- sofarsoShawn
this. . . .this. . . ugh . . . so fucking wrong.
- Peter Ghosh
Akiva - you can put anything you want above our bed.
- Sparky Crocker
i've been trying to formulate a comment for this for days, but i just...can't.
- joey
I still want to know the motivation here. is this a gay marriage argument? or are we already pushing group social contracts on friendfeed?
- Noah David Simon
oh man this one keeps popping up on ma friendfeed,....must spread virus nao
- Chris Hofmann
I'm surprised no one's noticed old boy's red-framed glasses.
- Akiva Moskovitz
oh right... the glasses are so important when three asian men are licking his nipples and all the comments are by people who think gay marriage has something to do with equality... when it has everything to do with taking protections away from children. the red glass glasses.... um yeah. chicken and Oklahoma with milk
- Noah David Simon
Mark, you have uncovered the dark underbelly of humanity except in this case it isn't dark but is rather a pasty hue somewhere in the vicinity of undercooked flan.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This should be in the default noobie FF stream. Like the first thing anyone who signs up sees. If they stick around they're part of the family.
- Internet's Tad
Perhaps this can replace the kitty pic on the start page for non-members!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
I'm certain prop8 had nothing to do with Swine Flu
- Noah David Simon
I'm thinking that eventually, it will have been hidden by every user on FriendFeed. It'll be the most hidden post in FriendFeed history.
- Akiva Moskovitz
WHY WHY KEEP BRINGING BACK THE EYES THEY HURT ME
- Neal Jansons
from IM
Herpes (and this): the gifts that keep on giving.
- Sparky Crocker
I wonder if the FriendFeed guys see this and say to themselves, 'Well, this isn't exactly what we had in mind when we started started FriendFeed.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
I look at it and think, "Not again."
- Steven Perez
from IM
Just about the time you FF is getting some class .. Oh well we is what we is.
- Brent - Long Live Rock
I can't believe after all this time some diligent FF'er hasn't dug up the identities (I said "titties") of this bunch and invited them to join the service that made them famous. Mitchell Tsai, get to work!
- Sprague D
i think if you unlike and delete all your comments anna it'll go away, but hide in general would be nice too (this photo makes me smile every time it pops up so don't mind it)...
- mike "glemak" dunn
*sigh* This is never going away, is it? It's gonna end up like James Bond movies and Swedish meatballs - always existing in the same form. never diminshing, never forgotten. :( :( :(
- Steven Perez
from IM
It will go away, to be replaced with photoshops of the original. It's all part of the meme lifecycle.
- Sparky Crocker
I am too new on friendfeed to know anything about record comments.. I love gmail tho, puts all the comments in one threaded email and I can delete them all later in one shot or not if I choose..
- David Gross
from email
well we should aim to beat the record.. i mean jeez there are tons of things that could be said about this.. like.. does it taste like chicken?
- ed fry
I'm gonna have nightmares now. thanks ed. ;)
- Alejandro
ok, in Japanese: "an, an, soko dame!"
- Rick Cogley
You can't close this thread. A lot of people say that this place is a Scoble-fest but, truly, it is this thread that is at the very heart of FriendFeed.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm officially going to proclaim that this is the FF equivalent of Goatse or FFoatse if you will. Lets all refer to it as that from this point forward.
- Mark Krynsky
Sparky has left 57 comments. The rest of you are slacking. Hop to it!
- Christopher Harley
Chrisitan just walked by and said "It's too early in the morning for Japanese titty licking." It's NEVER too early for Japanese titty licking.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
THIS is the first thing I see here this morning?
- l0ckergn0me
Chris, you just woke up? C'mon, man! It's 10:30!
- Akiva Moskovitz
I knew he would break eventually - it's fitting that it's on this thread *now to find out how to hide a thread once you've commented....*
- WorldofHiglet
As much as I am loathe to bump this post, I have to do it to say, You, sir, are a master. Well played, sir. Well played. This is why I take every opportunity to say, in my next life, I want to be Akiva. I've already called it! Don't anybody go getting any more ideas.
- ♥patricia♥
I, for one, refuse to "bump" posts...it's very unseemly...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
I wish FF-search allowed to do GROUP BY -aggregations so I could COUNT(*) who are the biggest *bump*ers. :)
- Jemm
Makes me laugh everytime I see it. Such a happy yet silly scene by the sea.
- Toby Graham
There is nothing silly about it. This is serious business.
- Sparky Crocker
The more I see this, the more I like it. Not for the ironic nipple-licking, but because these kids are genuinely enjoying themselves. :) Carry on.
- felicious
This photo looks so much better in iPhone 3.0!#!~
- Akiva Moskovitz
Seriously dude. What do I have to do to get rid of this disgusting picture!? Doh! Now I've just pushed it back to the top... yuck, I'm so sickened.
- Jason Nunnelley
I love this image, because I have no clue why it's happening. Randomness FTW!!
- Jimminy
from twhirl
I'm just thinking of all the new folks coming to friend feed and see this and wonder just what the hell did I get into anyway? And why in Gods name can't I spell Friend correctly the first time - GRRRRRR
- Brent - Long Live Rock
Can't believe I never hit 'like' on this! Consider the situation rectumfied.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Oops! I hope I didn't just bump this up again... ;-)
- Sprague D
It's just so refreshing to see genuine juvenile humour at work. These kids are no different from any other, I think it's a great happy image, given all the other shite happening in this world on a daily basis. For those that are too pompous and prudish, 'up yours with brass knobs'
- ImJustCreative
Wow. 666. Nice! Actually, the reason Asashoryu is getting a divorce ( http://ff.im/4T0UA ), is because he wants to spend time with this lot.
- Rick Cogley
To this day, the pic still comes back. Just like Herpes. :D
- Danny Minick
Although unlike herpes this photo is fun to share with friends.
- Sparky Crocker
I would rather go to http://woot.com and buy the Acer Aspire One for $259.99, I do not care that it is a refurb.. but what would I do with two laptops? Maybe #hive knows? hmm..
- David Gross
from email
What's this? A real question in this thread? Two extra laptops? Make them fancy digital photo frames.
- Jordan Hofker
Reason #696 why the Internet can grant you immortality. ;-)
- darnell
from BuddyFeed
I can't believe this thing is still floating around Friendfeed. These poor guys... ha ha ha
- Bradley Farless
@SeanMcGee sorry about the spam, this thread is sorta spammy.. I get the messages in email perfect for replying with any message because it then gets posted on twitter and facebook.. I do not do it all the time, look at my other posts in this stream..
- David Gross
from email
Lactating, males last resort to save ourselves, now that they can create sperm in labs.
- Jimminy
This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that...
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- David Gross
from email
I have 89 :( emails since july 10th.. that includes the ones I sent.
- David Gross
from email
gmail comes in handy, it keeps all the email in conversations, 100 messages at a time but because the subject " :( " it will not filter out so they dont go to inbox.
- David Gross
from email
*THOUGHT FOR THE DAY...* Women are like phones: They like to be held, talked to, and touched often. But push the wrong button and your ass is disconnected.
- David Gross
from email
all this oral stuff is just begging the question of when do they start with the money shots?
- Noah David Simon
I just use this image as a way to announce crap. no one really pays attention to my feed... except my enemies. so when I have something important to say I tell the Asian Titty lickers. it is my strong belief that this thread needs it's very own domain name. something like http://xrl.us/TittyLickers
- Noah David Simon
You know, every time this pops up, since FF hides the middle of the comments of which there are 804 or so, I see Akiva say "I'm sorry." at the top. It makes me wonder about how some things are just not possible to apologize for!
- Rick Cogley
wow, I can't believe tomorrow is Friday :o) no, wait, somewhere in the world it's ALREADY Friday :o)
- David Gross
from email
Thanks Rick, thats what I thought.. does that mean I can start with the #followfriday on twitter or do I have to wait till it is Friday here in NJ? would be funny to post it from this post LOL all my friendfeed goes to twitter..
- David Gross
from email
David - yeah, you can get an early start.
- Rick Cogley
Rick, I am not good at lists or #followfriday but there are lotsa good people in this thread.
- David Gross
from email
the thing that strikes me about this (aside from the obvious) is after seeing this thing pop up like 35-40 times since March its just occurred to me that I don't have any (guy) friends that a) would lick my nipples b) would lick my nipples for a photograph. Maybe I should get out more...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
I'm a little scared that I've this has gotten more than 800 comments and almost 200 likes over nearly five months and I still haven't clicked "Hide."
- Scott of Two Countries
It's just a bit of fun. I mean watching how many comment, not the picture content (although I suspect that is all that was too!)
- Ian May
Allright, you guys ready to shoot "mirth and girth"?
- Rick Cogley
For the life of me, I'll never understand the emotion people have around this picture for or against. There's no nudity at all, not even implied nudity. Less dude nudity than a beer commercial or cigarette ad, yet there are people who really really really hate this picture.
- Matthew DeVries
I found a way to get a Tit Theme, and it involves this picture.
- Jimminy
Hahahaha! It's like a telethon. And after Joey Bishop goes off stage, they flash this picture on the screen. "Won't you think of the CHILDREN?"
- Spidra Webster
It's been a while, hope the magnetism still prevails...
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
I just had to bump this once more... gives me a whole new excuse to go look at Phoebe again!
- Mark Jepsen
Hmmm, where do you think they're from? My guess is Japan...
- sofarsoShawn
The bumping algorithm includes things like novel people posting to it, in addition to thread age, and rapidity of comments. If the same 3 people are talking in a thread, it quits bumping because it's obviously a closed tea party.
- Matthew DeVries