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Chalkboard Tee Shirts - http://www.inhabitots.com/2009...
Lars Clausen, Violet Mae Lim, Bec Rowe @d0tski and 2 other people liked this
"At the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn, we discovered these awesome Chalkboard Tees: t-shirts with a chalkboard literally printed on the chest, for hours of doodling-on-yourself fun! Equally fun for your child or your inner child, Chalkboard Tees are like a wearable Etch a Sketch which lets you be the medium behind your own message. Each shirt is equipped with a tiny pocket to hold a piece of chalk; and by simply wielding the chalk, you can create images or messages on the fly — erasing and re-creating on one shirt, multiple times!"
- Trish R
from Bookmarklet
Advisers: Chavez, Marshall unworthy for Texas curriculum - http://www.chron.com/disp...
"Two members of a panel advising the state on curriculum standards say civil rights leaders Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall are given too much attention in Texas social studies classes. Chavez was a Hispanic labor leader, while Marshall argued the landmark case that resulted in racial desegregation and was the first black U.S. Supreme Court justice. They have schools, libraries and parks named after them across Texas and the nation. Peter Marshall and David Barton say they don't measure up to such figures as Benjamin Franklin."
- Trish R
from Bookmarklet
Door Headboard - http://www.marthastewart.com/good-th...
Michelle Martinez, Alix Whitmire ☂ and Ladybug Heather liked this
"A solid old door, refinished and hung sideways, becomes a perfect -- and perfectly inexpensive -- headboard for a bed. "
- Trish R
from Bookmarklet
Love this idea.
- Trish R
I've been curious about something for awhile now. What's the point of posting to a separate FF room or group if you also cross-post to your main feed? I feel like I'm not getting something.
J. D. Ebberly, Alex Scoble, Josh Haley and 2 other people liked this
I do it sometimes with, say, Craftiness stuff. Usually it's something I want to post to my own feed and think - oh, people in that room may also be interested.
- Alix Whitmire ☂
I do it because I want the items to that room too. I would never do it to private room. That's unethical to me. Then there's just the broader discussion. Oh, and if I post something to a room, I won't see it on my feed, unless I've commented on it. Lame.
- Anika Malone
it's kinda like adding tags I guess. and you can control who can see whatbis tagged to that room etc. Just another way to organize posts.
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
I guess I don't see the point of a separate group if the posts are also in your main feed.
- Trish R
Because you want to share it with people who would be interested in it but don't follow you directly.
- Chris Charabaruk ￣ω￣
And keep in mind that just because you're in a room with a group of people, it doesn't mean that you are following them or they you. Some people I'm subbed to have been put in lists that won't populate my homefeed. If they didn't cross-post to groups, then I wouldn't see the item.
- Anika Malone
There are probably a number of reasons, but the two main one are probably: 1) Don't mind it in one's main feed, but also want to "file" it. 2) Had a Group in mind for a post, but want it to get higher exposure by spreading it to the main feed too.
- Micah Wittman
yeah it's not just about your own feed atthat point. I post something about dune to my feed a I will add the dune room to it. peopleninterested in dune but not me can have access to the post, for example
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
Take the SoCal meetup for example. There are people here in LA on FF that I am not following. If they are in the Meetup or Los Angeles group, they'll see it. People I interact with on my homefeed who are following those others can view it and then the ones I'm not subbed to can see it via FOAF if they haven't turned that off.
- Anika Malone
I guess I understood the groups to be a special interest area where posts pertaining to a certain topic went, to take them OUT of the main feed. For example, if I started a room called "Things about People Named Trish" to post about that topic, why would I cross-post them to my main feed just in case some person named Trish happened by? If so, what's the point of even having a people named Trish group? Just continue posting in the main feed. That's the part that doesn't make sense to me.
- Trish R
Because I like taking photos. I also like seeing other peoples photos on Flickr. I don't nessecarily want to subscribe to all the people in the Flickr Group. If I post to the Flickr group and my feed, I want those people who want to see Flickr photos not subscribed to see them but I also want my friends who aren't subscribed to the Flickr group to see them. It's about sharing with my friends and simultaneously sharing with a group of people outside my social network.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
I think Top Chef: Masters needs to be renamed to Top Chef: Winner of the Dumb Challenge.
Aaron Hood and Jason Huebel liked this
These are my nephews, Troy and Chad. Chad, the youngest, has a system for Rock Paper Scissors and kept beating me. The second picture is when I figured out his system and beat him. He throws paper, scissors, rock, in that order, every time. Try it, because it works (for a little while, at least).
Steve C, Maria Niles, mycaptain and 3 other people liked this
The last pic says ..."OK auntie Trish...enough with the damn camera" :)
- Bill Heslin
"I don't like you anymore."
- Curtis Jackson
Curtis, that's exactly what he said! HAHAHAHA
- Trish R
Damn...I'm so bad with these little people...:)
- Bill Heslin
Ah, kids. They're so funny.
- Curtis Jackson
Perry has $9.3 million to start campaign - http://www.chron.com/disp...
Anika Malone and Dave - SustainedEuphoria liked this
"Gov. Rick Perry has raised $4.2 million in the final nine days of June, giving him $9.3 million to begin his expected GOP primary campaign against Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison."
- Trish R
from Bookmarklet
"Besides the money, Perry said Wednesday he will have out-going Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin campaigning for him in Texas, according to an interview he gave the Associated Press. Palin is popular with social conservatives who will make up a large portion of the Texas primary turnout."
- Trish R
*PUKE* Should I start painting my protest signs?
- Trish R
Ugh. Kay Bailey Hutchison isn't a whole lot better. My district is crazy red. Have you seen this? http://capitolannex.com/2009...
- Michelle Martinez
Glad he has moved away from crazy Texas politics. --->
- Dave - SustainedEuphoria
Michelle, I'm not a Kay BH fan, either. And reading that article just made my head spin around. Guess it's time to get a Kinky for Governor shirt.
- Trish R
Reminds me of the wonderful "tips" our state educators prepared for school children to pass: http://lonesophist.com/jane...
- Trish R
No kidding. #tiredofwingnuts
- Michelle Martinez
My sister and I each had a pair of these as a kid. I'm not quite sure how we're still alive without extensive brain damage.
Maria Niles, Tamar Weinberg, Kimber Scott and 6 other people liked this
are those Klackers?
- Morgan Haley
I have no idea why these were so much fun but I remember clacking them together for hours and driving my mother insane.
- Trish R
Yes, Morgan, did you have some?
- Trish R
no, but I wish i did!
- Morgan Haley
I had several. Most wound up at the top of one of the trees in the backyard.
- MVB
Mark, we did that, too. We would swing them above our heads and then let them go to see where they'd end up. I still don't know how we didn't kill someone.
- Trish R
Ooh, makes me want to go dig out mine... I'm sure they're around somewhere. I also still have a couple of those ball-in-a-cup things, LOL. My cousin and I were playing with them a while ago, reciting the family guy faux-commercial voice-over.
- Penguin ♉
LOL Trish Did you also play 'Lawn Dart Catch?' A thrilling game we invented.
- MVB
I used to love my Klackers! I was pretty good at it, too.
- Kimber Scott
klackers were cool ,,hugely annoying ,, to Mom and dad .. suppose thats why I enjoyed them
- johnpiercy
What's Lawn Dirt Catch? Mine were also lamps in my Barbie house.
- Trish R
You know, I throw a lawn dart across the yard and you get to catch it.
- MVB
Oh, dart. I read that wrong, LOL. Glad you didn't live in my neighborhood.
- Trish R
I feel bad for poor Paris Jackson. She's just a little girl who lost her father, was trying to express her grief and love, and her words became a sound bite and MSM's wet dream.
JNez, ♥ Kelly ♥, Rasmus Lauridsen and 4 other people liked this
The part that bothered me was the 5 or 6 people crowding her who wanted in on the shot as much as they wanted to comfort her, from my perspective.
- Louis Gray
I hear you Loius. Like the person that was holding the Mike - Hello?
- Brent - Mugwumps R Us
Louis, I agree, it appeared like a lot of people standing there knew the importance of being in that picture.
- Trish R
Louis -- I am usually a cynic but I saw it as her family just wanting to comfort her.
- Brian Sullivan
I haven't seen any video or still photos, but I listened to this live on the radio. Yeah, I cried like a little bitch because I'm human. Poor kid. It was her dad, that's all she knows. And she loved him. Anybody that milks this for profit or personal gain will receive their comeuppance.
- Morgan Haley
Brian, I hope that's true, and I want to see it that way, too, but it sure seemed like more people moved in and crowded her once the flashes started. Poor thing, she didn't realize the significance of what she was doing, either. She was just saying goodbye to her father. It did appear that Michael Jackson tried to protect them from the media craziness, so I hope the family continues to do so.
- Trish R
Josh from Macgasm was a guest on a local Ottawa radio station to discuss the local Apple store opening. I counted 7 aboots between the 3 people speaking. http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
Steven Rodriguez, Morgan Haley, Simon Wicks and 7 other people liked this
I'll give you a boot. ;)
- Joshua Schnell
Did you have fun, Joshua?
- Anika Malone
aboot or a-boat?
- Josh Haley
Yeah, it was quite the experience. I was a little apprehensive and slightly nervous the whole day, but it subsided as soon as I got to the station. Once the whole thing was done I wanted to go again. It's quite the adrenaline boost
- Joshua Schnell
=) Glad to hear you had a wonderful experience. You summed up perfectly the first time I DJ'd on-air.
- Anika Malone
I'd do it again in a second. I could probably do that for a living... ;)
- Joshua Schnell
How many 'doncha-knows' were there?
- Morgan Haley
You guys can listen to the audio if you feel inclined. It's attached to the post. :)
- Joshua Schnell
Yeah, take a wissen.
- Trish R
I didn't throw up!
HealingBrush, خان دایی سیا, ΞΖΛΤ and 100 other people liked this
Wow! That's awesome!
- joey
thats amazing. ive always wanted to jump out of a plane.
- Carlos Ayala
It was fun, I loved it! Everyone told me the adrenaline is addictive, but I never believed them.
- Trish R
bigger photos needed!
- vijay
Vijay, I didn't take the pictures, but they are sending me the bigger version of this one!
- Trish R
YAY!!!
- Ladybug Heather
Congrats on your FIRST jump. Everyone I know who has done it, had kept on doing it.
- Anika Malone
that is pretty much throwin' *down.* :-)
- Karim
Did it once and would love to do it again. Beautiful!
- Mine Ekim
Awesome!! I am so glad you posted pictures. I was thinking about you this morning :D
- Aden
Okay, next time we want a solo jump with a mid-air friendfeed post from your phone. :-) Seriously though, yay you, I'd love the stones to do something like that
- Sir Slippy of Slippington
Next time I do want to take a camera, but I'll probably take a disposable. I was too focused on getting through it today to bring anything. :-)
- Trish R
Sweet!
- Rodfather
HOLY WOW!!! You did it!!! Respect!
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
You crazy woman! I love it! I'm really glad you didn't throw up.
- Trish Haley
ooo, vomit is an occupational hazard for the guy in the back, eh?
- Rick Cogley
Ugh, man, my one time I got the worst vertigo attack ever (but totally managed not to throw up). High five! You gonna go again?
- Lindsey Dragun/لندزي تنين
Awesome. Congrats...from one skydiver to another.
- Mark Krynsky
Awesome, Trish!!! :-D
- Anna Haro
Holy crap, that's awesome!
- Mona Nomura
very kool!
- (jeff)isageek
one of the few adventurous things I am too chicken to do. Congratulations!
- Bill Kinney
Way To Go, Buddy! Can't get me to take my foot off the ground.
- Houseofmax
You can do this, and yet you're afraid of rodents and spiders? (You can easily flip that around and say to me, "You can handle rodents and spiders, and yet you won't skydive?")
- Kamilah Gill
HAHAHA. There's no logic to phobias, I guess.
- Trish R
Looks Kinky.
- Marg Uerite
Please remember that racist slurs against Caucasians exist, especially southerners. I don't think that we should be expected to laugh them off or be criticized for finding them offensive. I am not a "cracker," a "redneck woman," or "white trash." We also all have indoor plumbing, electricity and can read. Insults are insults, no matter the color.
Bill Kinney, John Ruth, Alix Whitmire ☂ and 10 other people liked this
The library story?
- /Users/genieyclo
I've much to say but I don't want it to turn into "Derailing for Dummies", but I am curious as to what prompted this.
- Cecily
Cecily, just about anytime someone posts something on FF that involves a lower than average intelligence factor (say, a lot of the Yahoo! Answers screencaps) it's almost guaranteed that someone will quip "Oh, they must be from the south!" and everyone LOLs and moves on their merry way. Happens often.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I recall Tina had a good post about this topic not that long ago.
- MVB
Rant, Mark, it was a rant.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I didn't want to editorialize.
- MVB
Yeah, that bugs me too (as a through-and-through Southerner). Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Martin Luther King, Jr., Andrew Young, and a whole host of other notable people were southerners, and they weren't exceptions to the rule.
- Cecily
I remember Tina's post about it. It's not just that people laugh and move on, but when they are called out about these comments or someone finds them offensive, they begin ridiculing that person for "misunderstanding" or being "overly sensitive."
- Trish R
I wasn't born in the south, but I've been here quite a while. Any generalizations like that bother me, though.
- Rahsheen ™
How many people, like me, could sing every word to this song and imitate the mannerisms of every singer (including Quincy Jones conducting)? - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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tinypants (Amanda H), jamar78, Yolanda and 6 other people liked this
Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen were fun to imitate. Wow, I forgot about all the singers who were a part of this song.
- Trish R
from Bookmarklet
Oh and Dylan's part was fun to imitate, too.
- Trish R
My favorite to imitate is Cyndi Lauper :-)
- Anna Haro
i used to. i can still do stevie and elton.
- Anika Malone
I saw a clip on the news earlier and had to go and listen to the whole song. :-)
- Trish R
My goal in life is to do this perfectly in karaoke.
- Rodfather
Rodfather, I hope there's video when you do. :-)
- Trish R
We should do a FF version with Auto Tune :D
- Rodfather
^Or not. :|
- Anika Malone
They just said on CNN that the stars at MJ's funeral today will do a version of this song. I hope that's true.
- Trish R
who's the man at 3:47 ? [edit 5:31 same man???]
- Franc ☺
Sounds like Bob Dylan.
- Anika Malone
Yeah, it's Bob Dylan.
- Trish R
me! me! me! I also loved imitating Cyndi. Oh, and I have to say I loved the B-side, too.
- MiniMage (FakeLifePerson)
Oh man, I still have this album. On cassette. :) Bought it the day it came out with my birthday money. Remember when they did that whole simulcast of it on all the radio and TV stations? I had everything in the house tuned in. :D
- tinypants (Amanda H)
@Haro: Srsly, me too. :D
- tinypants (Amanda H)
My son just walked in and said "Mom, if I ever get a pet tarantula and it crawls on you, don't scream and smash it." I think I can guarantee that will never happen. I can't think of any situation where I'd be crazy enough to agree to a pet tarantula.
Iván Abrego, Kol Tregaskes, Steven Perez and 23 other people liked this
:( But they're cute and they're great pets.
- Anika Malone
Well get your kids one and you can tell me all about it. My son can live vicariously through yours. :-)
- Trish R
If I had an extra $60 back in May and Adrian wasn't such a WATB, I totally would have gotten one at the bug fair. I think I'm still going to get one whether Adrian wants it or not. I'll keep it in the basement and name it Bear.
- Anika Malone
Well put me in the WATB category with Adrian. I won't even agree to a gerbil or a hamster.
- Trish R
O.O Why not? Hamsters are cute and cuddly!
- Anika Malone
I have a rat phobia.
- Trish R
They're not rats! They're so cute when they're running in their tubes or chomping on wood.
- Anika Malone
Cute?? Urgh!!!!!!! LOTR only made my arachnophobia worse.
- Roberto Bonini
They look enough like rats to not want them anywhere near me. We visit Pet Smart when we want to watch them run on the wheel. ;-)
- Trish R
Yeah, Tarantula's aren't my idea of Pets either.
- Parth Awasthi
Uh, this doesn't mean that you're going to get one. It means that you already have one. Better grab a flashlight and start digging through closets.
- Lucas Parker
Lucas, that doesn't freak me out, because my son talks ALL THE TIME about ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. It just means a 1/8 second thought crossed his mind about tarantulas. :-)
- Trish R
My little brother (26) has had one for a few years now - my mom has formed a close bond to her with the times she has watched her while he was deployed. Never thought I would see that. :)
- Andrea G
Robot Desk Lamp - http://www.kotulas.com/webapp...
Lars Clausen, Anna Haro, Anthony DCosta and 2 other people liked this
cute
- Anna Haro
Ready for fireworks.
Anna Haro, EARL (Born in the USA), Lars Clausen and 3 other people liked this
are there any other kinds of overalls? ;)
- सत्याग्रह {Bren}
I'm a fan of overalls. I have to admit, this was a gutsy solution.
- jbrotherlove
LOL...that's hilarious!
- Anna Haro
Space Station sighting times for my area. I couldn't see it tonight. Did anyone see it? http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdat...
vijay, Mitchell Tsai, Carlos Ayala and Parth Awasthi liked this
I'm going to try again tomorrow morning.
- Trish R
July Full Moon - Buck Moon - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Anna Haro, Lars Clausen, Anna Lynn M. and Jeff P. Henderson liked this
Josh's post ( http://friendfeed.com/joshhal... ) brought up an question I've never figured out. How do you positively and successfully deal with a passive aggressive person?
J. D. Ebberly, Steven Perez and Anika Malone liked this
I don't. I ignore passive-aggressive people. If they can't say what they mean, why should bother with them?
- Anika Malone
Throat-punches seem to be the most effective strategy for me.
- MVB
Anika, but what if it's not just comments, but behavior?
- Trish R
Like I said, I ignore them. I will pretend like they don't exist. Once I've explained to them that that doesn't fly with me if they continue to do it, I just ignore them. I know people who only say things to try to get a rise out of me. Of course, they get pissy when they don't get their wanted reaction, but that's not my problem.
- Anika Malone
Calmly unlock the padlock which keeps you secured to them by that steel chain, unwrap the chain from your ankle, walk away and stay out of range of their voice. Calmly continue to limit interaction with them. As Anika said. Usually, if you don't given them blood, they'll feed on someone else.
- George Frink
That works in personal situations, sure, or with people who make rude comments. I work with people like this, as I'm sure a lot of people do, who I can't ignore, as much as I'd like to do so. I'm referring to people who passively ignore requests and deadlines for whatever their personal motivation and blame others when confronted to get it done. I'm surprised no one else deals with this. Seems like typical avoidance behavior to me, but sucks when it prevents me from doing my job, too.
- Trish R
Oh, my. Management ... and with deadline pressure attached. I'm guessing they don't report to you. If they don't, they may eventually react to confrontation by going to war with you rather than stepping up to deal with their deadlines. Messy.
- George Frink
Little people call for U.S. to ban 'midget' - http://www.freep.com/article...
Sean Oliver and Aaman Lamba liked this
"Little people are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to ban the use of the word "midget" on broadcast TV. The request was prompted by an April episode of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice" that the group said was demeaning. In the episode, contestants created a detergent ad called "Jesse James and the Midgets." The contestants, including Joan Rivers, suggested bathing little people in the detergent and hanging them to dry. "
- Trish R
from Bookmarklet
Next someone will try to ban Dwarf-Tossing at bars and pubs...
- MVB
I'm not understanding what is offensive about the word "midget." I looked it up in the dictionary and it now has "offensive" after the word, but this definition: "an extremely small person having normal physical proportions." I'm confused why they feel it's offensive. It appears that they feel like people's attitude towards them is more offensive than the use of the word.
- Trish R
it just has a bad connotation - gay people don't want to be called ___. Black people don't want to be called ________. Asian people are not Oriental. I don't blame them the little people.
- BEX
If they want it, why not? What's so wrong with using the name people want to be called by, and not by the word that they don't?
- Victor Ganata
Victor, I respect their request to not use the word, I'm just curious why. I didn't see the example given as an insulting use of the word as much as just being insulting to them as people. No matter what that commercial was called, it was still degrading and insulting.
- Trish R
I have always felt it was offensive, and not used it, but I'd guess that's because it has been used as an insult towards me (I'm 5'2).
- Alix Whitmire ☂
Does anyone want to loan me their daughter every once in awhile to give my poor son a break from his mother's girl talk? I sometimes forget. My son is invited to several summer parties and he's going to one tomorrow. I asked him, "What do you think you're going to wear?" "I dunno Mom, hmmm, maybe . . . CLOTHES?"
Parth Awasthi, Anna Haro, Tsali and 5 other people liked this
You can have mine but you have to keep them and take good care of them....second thought I like THIS pain.
- Dave - SustainedEuphoria
I console myself by the expression that when you have a teenage son, you worry about one boy. When you have a teenage daughter, you worry about EVERY boy. ;-)
- Trish R
i have two daughters, tho...AAAUUUUGH!! :O
- Dead Silence
My poor mom. She has 3 sons. No daughters. She's always asking us how she looks in stuff and what we think about her hair or nails. All I have to offer is blank stares and raised eyebrows.
- Rahsheen ™
I hope this name change /directory fad doesn't last long. CONFUSING. ;-)
Dave - SustainedEuphoria liked this
I had a nightmare last night that I was tethering my iPhone and received a bill for $900. I still haven't recovered from the paranoia of the early 90s.
Adrian Culici, (jeff)isageek and MVB liked this
All I do is fight zombie ninjas in my nightmares. but they are carrying Iphones
- EARL (Born in the USA)
that would not be a fun bill to pay :)
- (jeff)isageek
Going tandem skydiving tomorrow for the first time. Starting to get nervous.
Ladybug Heather, Alfredo, Kol Tregaskes and 9 other people liked this
Wow! You've got brass ones, and I mean that is the most loving way.
- Aden
cool!
- vijay
I'm nervous, but I'm also excited. I hope I don't throw up.
- Trish R
Only the people on the ground have to worry about you throwing up ;)
- Aden
GTFO!!!!!! Wow! Take pics, video, etch-a-sketch, everything!
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
They take pics, hopefully it won't be of me crying (or throwing up). ;-)
- Trish R
Diaper up!
- Christopher Harley
have fun!
- Anika Malone
I'm peeing in my pants for you, Trish! Go crazy girl, go!
- Trish Haley
Just remember to have a good time!
- EARL (Born in the USA)
from email
My new favorite drink: Lemonade, limoncello, vodka, and crushed ice. My version of the Tuscan lemonade I keep seeing advertised (except EFF that Smirnoff crap).
Parth Awasthi, Anna Haro and Madhav Tripathi liked this
I love those things, well except for the heartburn on afterburners that always comes later ;)
- EARL (Born in the USA)
from email
Goal: To make it all weekend without hearing Lee Greenwood's, "Proud to be an American" or anything by Toby Keith.
सत्याग्रह {Bren}, Alix Whitmire ☂, Jim Turner and 6 other people liked this
Confession: I set the DVR to tape the Little House on the Prairie marathon tomorrow. Don't hate.
CW™, Steven Rodriguez and Aden liked this
What channel?!
- Aden
Hallmark.
- Trish R
I just checked to see if we had the channel. (no hate here :) ) I know what I will be watching tomorrow.
- Aden
Half pint action!
- Carlos Ayala
Jay-Z History - The Music Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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