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Per http://friendfeed.com/bluecoc... - Stephen Mack

They dined on mince, and slices of quince, which they ate with a runcible spoon, and danced by the light of the moon. - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

They do look pretty awesome... I wonder if they might be a little like those Aussie Pies that I miss so terribly. - Kamilah Gill

The chicken Aussie Pies formerly available from Costco? yum! I miss them too. But those are savory, these are sweet. And delicious! - Stephen Mack from iPhone

Ah, okay. I thought these might be meat pies. Still, yeah. Those ones. We got them at Wholesale Club/Sam's Club. I've still never been to Costco, even though we do have them here. And I think my mom is a member. - Kamilah Gill

So Sams dropped them too? There's a story here. Time to research what happened to Aussie Pies. - Stephen Mack from iPhone

Werd. I'm with you. What should we do first? (I'll get back to you later if you're serious. Bedtime.) - Kamilah Gill

I'm 103% serious. I'll start by writing Costco. More updates to follow post Holidays. Night Kamilah! Much love to you and Harold in your new home! - Stephen Mack from iPhone

BTW, that's *on* *my* *phone*. :) - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

I get around the same here in SE Texas. Gotta be impressed by Verizon's network. - Jason Huebel

Same here. Thereabouts at least. Pages still take forever to load on a G1 though. - Adrian

hopefully I'll be rollin' on Tmobile HSPA 7.2 on my new Nexus One by Jan. 5th ;) - Tim Hoeck

They're fun to tear in half, and makes you feel really strong. http://www.heavysports.com/emag... - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

I used to use my DC phone books for packing paper when mailing stuff. Sad, but true. (We usually kept the restaurants section because they had menus, and often places didn't have those online.) - Jennifer Dittrich

Well in the UK we can now at least recycle the yellow pages, previously it had been a problem (at least for my council) apparently due to the ink or something! - Halil

Oh, but I did! - Peter S. Conrad

So, post it already. - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

I've thought that *Apple* is really the one who needs to do this! Better yet, run iPhoneOS in an VM in the cloud, and use a remote display protocol to show apps in *flash* on non-Apple operating systems. Anyway, the Android devkit includes a full emulator, so this is clearly possible. - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

Is the dev environment also open source? Seems like someone could rip out the emulator. - Kevin Fox

It's freely available, and I think it runs QEMU for emulation. So yeah, I presume it is. http://developer.android.com/sdk... - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

Kevin there are stuff like http://www.android-x86.org/ Is this similar to what you are saying? - Eren Emre Kanal

Is there anything in particular you want to know? You should just d/l the SDK and run the market. :) - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

Yah, just run the emulator. - Hayes Haugen

Toothpicks. Related: http://friendfeed.com/micahwi... :) - Micah Wittman

Wow, missed that thread the first time around. Cool! - Kevin Fox

oh gosh, I have so much random awesome stuff in my car!! - Georgia Diehl

bodybags - Morgan Haley

a heavy blanket. Good for when I buy plants, lime, mulch etc. - Mike Nencetti

Linksys router, 10-port network hub, cables, laptop screen cleaners, DSL filters, napkins. - Cyrus Lendvay

Sweatshirt, blankets, extra gloves, extra stocking cap, extra coat, extra socks... emergency candles, it gets COLD here in the winter! - Mark "Godt Nyt Ǻr"

Oh, and deodorant. y'know... in case of emergency. - Cyrus Lendvay

My car registration - Ted Gilchrist

Diapers & Wipes. An unopened package of pacifiers. Hopefully only for the new ~2 years, though. - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

A big rubber band thing-a-majinger with the metal hooks on either end for when I load my trunk with big stuff from Home Depot and cannot close the trunk lid :->) - L Stephen Cleary

Corkscrew - Kate Schmidt

snow scraper - kartik vaithyanathan

Baseball mitt and cleats - Ryan Kaisoglus

Man-sized safe. - G. Sigh

Just kidding. - G. Sigh

Ham radio, cigarette lighter, rescue breather. - Glen Campbell, esq.

I have the usual emergency kit but for as for unusual items, I have a bed sheet, a tatami mat, and an unopened package of window blinds. The bed sheet is to cover the windshield if it's going to freeze overnight and I need to drive early the next morning. The tatami mat is for the beach. The windows blinds I bought about 3 years ago, meant to return, and never did. They're still in the trunk. - Rochelle

A lint roller. - Mathew™ one of a kind

A book I haven't read. - Heather Solos

Taurus 9mm - Spencer

Shoes, 3pairs . Halloween costume , nailpolish , bleach, bags, sweaters, bathing suit . Towels , literature book , cross, picture of a the holy mary mother of god . Guadalupe. Paper sunglasses . Holy water . 2 corsets - Caroline from iPhone

A poster of Tom sellick - Caroline from iPhone

Proof of insurance. Trust me. In Texas, that is unusual. - Josh Haley

a billy club! - Rachel Lea Fox

Fishing pole. Monopod. Softballs, glove, & bat. - Rodfather

Caroline: your list is kind of hot.... - Morgan Haley

William Shatner. - Derrick

A fork, and an old Honda steering wheel. When I still had a car. Both things came in handy surprisingly often. - Lo

Soccer cones. - Mahmood Padura

Envelopes. - Jennifer Dittrich

Rubber gloves and a jumpsuit like mechanics wear. You'll thank me later, when you're clean. - Christopher Harley

A picture of my car from behind. My "Coping with Road Rage" book tells me to be considerate of the perspectives of other drivers. - Kelly Norton

Thanx Morgan! - Caroline from iPhone

Altoids - James R

Racquetball racquet, package of socks, several copies of Wired and Entertainment Weekly (usually way out of date). - Rob Haas

A "bug-in" backpack with nitrile gloves, particle masks, emergency SPCA blankets, flashlights, batteries, emergency am/fm radio, glow sticks, mini first aid kit, emergency water packs... I also have a large first aid kit. - Beau Liening from iPhone

Call the police, immediately! - Jesse Stay

Seriously, I'm in Palo Alto! That kind of thing doesn't happen here! - Kevin Fox

http://www.youtube.com/watch... ? - chaz2b

Pixels? - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

Coke? - Rochelle

Is it a theme or something else? - Xitong Liu

It's a theme that displays the current weather. I've never seen the snow version before. I don't think it's snowing outside but it would be awesome if it started. - Kevin Fox

DO ANYBODY NO why I can't find that theme? - Derrick

it's sugar boogers! woo hoo! call Tiger and have him bring some hookers over! *sings 'the cuervo gold. the fine columbian. makes tonight a wonderful thing...* - Morgan Haley

Rochelle - you and I seem to be on the same wavelength. Care to cyber dance? :-) - Morgan Haley

That theme has been wrong about the weather a lot recently. - Shey, Jamaican of FF

We use both the Medela Breastmilk Bottle and the Dr. Brown's Natural Flow Bottle. I would recommend just buying one bottle and trying it out before you decide. Don't buy several because of the baby hates it, you don't want to have 3 or 5 of them to return! - Rochelle

we did try the Playtex VentAire and neither of our kids liked it cos of the bend. - Joe Silence

My elder one is using Pigeon and BFree. Have tried Avent too... I actually like Pigeon bottles, but I want to differentiate the bottles (especially the nipples) between the brother and the sister. - BeeLing

Rochelle, there's no return policy over here, so I guess I better buy just one to try out initially. Thanks for advice. - BeeLing

Any other recommendations? - BeeLing

No return policy? WOW. - Rochelle

Yes...Most of the time, we can only exchange. - BeeLing

That's why I'm doing research beforehand - BeeLing

BornFree worked best for us. - Aviv

hmmmm are you familiar with TittyCat? ~ oh wait no that's the other way around - sofarsoShawn

BornFree here as well, and I really like that you can just buy sippy-cup nipples for them and you don't have to replace everything when you start "moving up" from regular nipples. - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

We used Doctor Brown's our daughter was collicky. These bottles helped. - Gunny doesn't side-hug™

We took Rochelle's suggestion and bought one of a few kinds. Penny by far liked the Dr. Browns best! - Georgia Diehl

I'm late to the party, but our lactation consultant suggested the Breastflow as the baby's sucking motion mimics breastfeeding. Our little one likes it better than Dr Browns. - Jaclyn

http://friendfeed.com/invites - Itachi

Neal, sending one your way. Maxamad, sure, thanks, I'll try there if I don't give 'em away among my direct followers first. - Stephen Mack

7 left now. - Stephen Mack

Can i get an invite? cevahiraltintop@gmail.com - Cevahir Altıntop

Cevahir, invite sent. 6 left now. - Stephen Mack

Bring it on, I'll take one. - G. Sigh from iPhone

I'll take one if its available - Carl Haynes

Sent and sent! 4 left. - Stephen Mack

Thanks! - Carl Haynes

4 more! - Stephen Mack

What's Google Wave again? and why should I want it? - Roger Nang

Because it's google, and you're supposed to want anything google without questioning what it is :) - Georgia Diehl

That's why I wanted one! Now that I have it, I have no idea what to do with it. - Carl Haynes

Roger, you don't read my blog!? *sniff* http://www.zeigen.com/blog... - Stephen Mack

Carl, I'll show you some Wave stuff. Just added you to a new wave. - Stephen Mack

Bump -- still 4 left. - Stephen Mack from iPhone

Now I have 12. - Stephen Mack

Something tells me that the eBay sales of Google Wave invites just crashed... - Stephen Mack

Do you still have some? Can you invite a friend of mine for me? DM if yes. :) - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

I even got an email from google saying I'm now allowed access since I gave them my email address when they launched. You would think they'd be able to check and see that I've already joined. Even I have 8 invites now and I just joined! - Carl Haynes

Too similar to the original, which doesn't really need to improved upon, does it? - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

I love her voice though. - Stephen Mack from iPhone

*lol* don't worry. Even without kids that happens to me sometimes. Which museum? - Rachel Lea Fox

Steinhart Aquarium! - Stephen Mack from iPhone

I know *exactly* how that is. Can't explain it myself. - April Buchheit

Operative word: Kids. I also understand the word 'dog' can come into play, but don't have experience of that. - MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF

"Get your shoes on, we're leaving." "OK" *get in the van* "Wait, I need my shoes!". ... *5 minutes later...* "I had to go potty." "Where's your shoes?" "Oh yeah, I forgot." - Josh Haley

"Mom, I can't find my shoes!" "Where did you take them off?" "I don't know!" (Mad search of three levels of house.) "Did you look next to the door?" "they would never be there! Don't bother looking!" (Second mad search of the house.) Dad: "$##!&&@&!!" Mom: "What's wrong, Sweetie?" "I just tripped over <kid>'s shoes right here by the door!" - MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF

Best case: 1h pre-breakfast, 1h breakfast, 1h post-breakfast, 1h driving. I think you're only missing an extra 1h, which isn't that bad. :) - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

3 1/2. His tantrums are excessive, last 1.5-3 hours long and they are violent. - Katie is Frittering

just give me fiiivvvve minutees alone with him ~ no joking ~ there's no harm in getting it checked out - sofarsoShawn

Age 3 is the worst for tantrums. I call it the "Terrible Threes" not the Twos - Shey, Jamaican of FF

My son had those issues. He's fine, but can be emotional at times. Wouldn't hurt to get it checked out. - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

Thanks everyone. I think I'm just at the end of my rope. So tired from the lack of sleep and the anger in his tantrums is soooooo extreme, I don't get it. I'm trying not to feel hopeless but that's where I am :o( - Katie is Frittering

Shey: My SO calls it the "Terrible T's" and he includes twos, threes, and teens. - Katie is Frittering

where is supernanny when you need her - VAL D. Zone

Hahahha! His teacher mentioned her the other day. Wish I had TV to watch a show and get an idea. Hope the pedi will point me in the right direction for help. - Katie is Frittering

What makes this worse, too, is that my 3.5 yo looks like he's 5 so people who care for him tend to forget that he's a little guy still and get frustrated when he throws a fit. - Katie is Frittering

Hugs, that sounds really, really hard. We had tantrums at that age but they were short. Don't bemoan not having Supernanny - her solutions are one size fits all so mostly useless. What do you do when he throws his fits? Have you tried talking to him when he's calm and happy, about the need to find a solution to this problem? Jane Nelsen recommends creating a special place where a kid... more... - Laura Norvig

Also, you are doing the right thing by seeking outside help! - Laura Norvig

Katie, he sounds like Cebastian at the age. I read this book and it helped me tremendously: http://www.goodreads.com/book... - Shevonne

What we've noted so far is this: When he's calm we discuss what's appropriate, how to get help (from teacher, adult in charge) when needed, and also consequences and rewards. So on the way to school, we talk about listening, using our words, asking teacher for help, and what are the consequences and rewards for those actions. - Katie is Frittering

he can go all day and be fine (even though he's struggling in day care but that's a WHOLE other issue) and then go to bed like normal with no fight. But come 12:30 or 1:30 he wants in my bed. It'll start off calmly and we'll put him back, tuck him in and remind him he can come in when the alarm goes off and the sun is up. Otherwise he needs to be in his bed. This is all calmly discussed and even discussed before he goes to be around 8:00. But he's willful and stubborn and will continue to come into out bed. - Katie is Frittering

But we're consistent even to our own demise. That's where the tussle ensues. He wants one thing and we're sticking to our guns. After an hour he gets frustrated that he isn't getting his way and then it's down hill from there. - Katie is Frittering

Thanks Shev. I'll look into it. I have another book about high spirited children but I never get the time to read. - Katie is Frittering

I think you might want to see a child psychologist rather than a pediatrician, but it's a good idea to get some outside input - William Harryman

Yep, Cebastian alright. Three is a horrible age. I always tell my friends that if I could skip from 1.5 to 4 years old, I will do it in a second. It's like Shey said. It' isn't the "Terrible Twos;" it's the "Terrible Threes." It will eventually get better. If you see Cebastian now, you wouldn't think he was the kid causing his mother and aunts to cry from exhaustion. - Shevonne

I know you have a lower voice, but sometimes with children like ours, you have to turn on what I call the "Exorcist" voice, so they know you mean business. - Shevonne

HAHAAH!! Shev for some reason that tickled me. An exorcist voice. - Katie is Frittering

@William: I'm seeing pediatrician as a first step so that if necessary, I can get a referral to a psychologist within my insurance/doctor's team. - Katie is Frittering

Wow, came into this thread late Katie - had this problem with one of my kids - definitely seek outside help - WH is right on the money. Child psychologist perhaps recommended by your pediatrician is a very good idea. You are not alone here! - triple t

Good to know I'm in good company. Some of this might have to do with a visit he had with his "dad" Thursday night. If that's the case, a counselor or psychologist to help us manage him after these visits would be welcomed. I'm just so so so tired, physically and emotionally. - Katie is Frittering

Having just come off a nanny job with three girls where the oldest (just turned 6) had these issues, I'd say to definitely look into it. Her parents kept thinking she'd grow out of it and your little guy may do so, but it sounds like he's got a lot going on in his life. I also know that therapy for the oldest did little immediately but a behaviorist seemed to work. - Lis

Also - I don't know if this will fly with you guys, but my parents used to tell me that we could sleep on the ground in their room or in our own bed. That way if we really needed to be close to our parents, we could be but it also meant we were generally uncomfortable. - Lis

You might also want to look at dietary issues/nutritional deficiency issues. These things can have a powerful effect on behavior, even in adults. - Spidra Webster

We've been going around again about bedtime. Some nights are better than others. He's totally not sleeping through the night anymore. It's like having an infant again. We have a pediatrician appt tomorrow to talk and hopefully get some help. He's slept by my bed, too. He'll make a little bed but then he still doesn't sleep and wakes every hour or so with an attempt into my bed. I'm... more... - Katie is Frittering

the worst things parents can do is to lay down or sleep with their child because they come to be depended on that...........and its such a hard habit to break - VAL D. Zone

I don't think I'd say it's the worst thing. It's tough now because I have certain expectations about sleeping. And this is not what I want. - Katie is Frittering

VAL D. - It's actually not a horrible thing. Plenty of parents cosleep happily. As long as all participants are happy, then it's fine. But when they're not... things need to change. - Lis

I mean, I've never met a child who coslept who's cosleeping at 15;) - Lis

We co-slept with Audrey and now she's sleeping just fine in her own crib in her own room. I prefer this rather than the 'cry it out' method but that's just me. - Akiva Moskovitz

@Lis: HAahahah! I keep telling myself this. But when you're lacking sleep, it feel like they will be sharing your bed at 15! - Katie is Frittering

@Akiva: I really don't mind the co-sleeping part either.That doesn't bother me. What bothers me is that at 3.5 he's not sleeping through the night and waking constantly, whether on my floor, in his bed, or in my bed. You know, it just gets exhausting. And his fighting, doesn't help. - Katie is Frittering

Sorry, Katie, that was actually a comment directed specifically at VAL D. - Akiva Moskovitz

Haha. It's cool. I was agreeing with you. - Katie is Frittering

Lis: I knew someone who coslept at the age of 19. It can happen... - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Tina - you're kidding, right? Katie - could he be having night terrors? - Lis

@Lis: Not that I know of. He wakes fine and throws tantrums when we say no to him being in our bed. For example, last night he went to bed on the floor next to me. So bed time was much smoother. but he woke at 1:30 and stood by my bed asking for me to move over for him. I said he needed to go back to sleep on the floor with his bear and he did after I put his blankets on him. Then he woke every hour till around 4:45am he got into my bed and we tried to sleep till the alarm went off. - Katie is Frittering