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ZooBorns: Adorable Ocelot... :) - http://www.zooborns.com/zooborn...
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"ZooBorns is no stranger to adorable ocelot kittens, but we thought this interaction with Litchfield, Arizona's Wildlife World Zoo's new ocelot kitten was too cute to pass up. Thanks to vileoxidation for the great pics."
- mjc
from Bookmarklet
I still want an ocelot!
- vicster
x_x
- Derrick
Plans made with friends days ago, gave us an ETA of 11am to eat. They are not here yet, they have not called yet. (and they were planning on making their ham here when they arrived) I was preparing for plans, I put the turkey in for it's 45 min heat time. Which ended, at 11am.
I turned off the oven, and am so afraid that the rather expensive smoked turkey is going to dry out if I have to heat it up again. I am so so so very pissed right now, that there is no way I can hold a civil tongue when they arrive. They do this every year, they are late, totally unprepared and come in and make me stressed in the kitchen. This is supposed to be a peaceful day, and I am so angry I want to cry.
- aden (and junk)
this too shall pass....................don't let the negativity ruin it for you........
- VAL D.
Val's right... and maybe next year, to avoid this invite some other friends, who are a bit more timely or at least considerate. When invited somewhere, the invitee has an obligation as well as the inviter, so that things go smoothly. IMO (and so says my mom :D)
- Bette Cooper
Oh it is pretty much ruined. I have no appetite for the food in the kitchen, and I have nothing to say to these people. I just want them to eat and leave so we can go see a movie and I can enjoy my holiday. I haven't been this angry in so long. And not having drugs to control my blood pressure/mood means I have no filter. Which is bad. (I come from a tradition of very calm, peaceful Thanksgivings. This is not how it works for me, and it is something I refuse to get used to)
- aden (and junk)
I wish I could come over and make you laugh. I'm sorry your day's turned out not quite like you wanted.
- cecily
I can understand that, Aden, and there's no reason you should get used to it, really. Maybe now's the time to go catch an early movie... since they couldn't be on time, or even call, if they haven't shown up yet, see what's playing. No reason for your day to be further messed up.
- Bette Cooper
Aw, I'm so sorry about that. I hope you managed to find your appetite and just tucked into your dinner. I've had friends that were like that and I finally just stopped waiting for them. If our agreed upon time was 11 a.m. and they weren't there by 11:15, I went ahead without them. Life's too short to be held back by people who show such little respect for you or your time.
- vicster
pick a good book, put on a good music, pour a glass of wine. Breath deeply and let it go. what is done is done.
- Mycaptain
I am pretty sure they realize I am upset, and I will admit that I haven't been the friendliest person. (I apologized to my boyfriend for being rude. He deserved the apology) But food has been consumed, and now we are just going to hang out. (joy) Which means I am chaining myself to the laptop.
- aden (and junk)
Happy thanksgiving Aden. I loves ya
- Johnny Worthington
*drops pant*
- Johnny Worthington
Love ya too Johnny, give my love to the girls. <3
- aden (and junk)
Will do...
- Johnny Worthington
First lady wears Naeem Khan gown to state dinner - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin...
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The fashion writer for the AP described this as a "flesh colored" gown. DO ANYBODY NO WHOSE FLESH COLOR SHE TALKIN ABOUT???
- vicster
from Bookmarklet
Certainly not Michelle Obama's. Or mine, for that matter.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Mine either?!
- Mo Kargas
Not mine either. Maybe the writer was thinking of Marge Simpson's flesh? (Still, it's a stunning gown, whatever color it is!)
- vicster
A reporter on NPR this morning described it as "champagne colored", which I think is MUCH more appropriate.
- vicster
Yeah, champagne is more fitting. Actually the shiny bits look like they might match Mo's skin...
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
She is a beautiful woman and that dress is stunning.
- Sarah June
Champagne was what I would have said, too. Whoever called it "flesh" was a throwback nitwit. And yes, what Sarah just said.
- Kamilah Gill
Better a flesh-colored gown than actually being made of real flesh. #justsayin
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
girls department :) hey Kamilah what are you working on these days?
- ffcode
ffcode, what do you mean? (I don't want to hijack vicster's thread. You can ask me this and hijack one of mine instead.)
- Kamilah Gill
okay i was asking what art piece are you working now days, and as for "girls department" i used that term because colors and dresses is basically a girl thing am i wrong here? do tell :)
- ffcode
as for dress i don't know how these "without shoulder support" dresses can stand on one's body? are these made tight on the top? don't they fear they might be literally naked if the dress drops down? but color is good not that i can wear it but for parties etc this color seems great for girls :)
- ffcode
and hey Vic i think you should change your homepage for a wider look, you should try google sites maybe, they have templates now, good luck with that :)
- ffcode
Are you at work today? (If so, are you working?)
Tyson Key, Jason Huebel, edythe and 10 other people liked this
at work yes...working...meh
- Sir Shuping
Yes and :-x
- pea ♥..!..♥..!..♥
At work today but the "working" part...yeah let me get back to you on that.
- aden (and junk)
from fftogo
Yes and yes - only half a day, though
- Curtiss Grymala
Yes and Maybe.
- James Ferguson
Yes and OMG yes. Friday is inventory day, we have six trucks and a warehouse full of parts (250 pages x 80 items per page). Today is inventory prep day---argh!
- Shannon
I'm at my office away from the home office. And I was working, but then I accidentally opened friendfeed.
- Jim Hearts FF
Yes, til 4
- Shevonne
Nope. I'm not at work, and I'm not working.
- Ha3rvey (ret ta go home)
Not yet, but I will be. Tomorrow isn't a holiday in Canuckistan.
- cecily
Yes, I'm at work. Yes, I will probably get at least some work done.
- joshua "magic" neff
Yes hardly working. I mean, working hard.
- AJ Batac
yes.
- imabonehead
Yes, of course I'm working. I'm an extra hard worker bee. Yep. Totally.
- Yolanda
Yes. And uh, yes. That's my line and I'm sticking to it. =)
- ronin
I'm off all week. Enjoying a Fall Staycation in San Francisco.
- vicster
Yes, I'm at work. And absolutely I'm working. And no one will tell you differently. (I even just answered a reference question)
- ÉllbeeÇee
Oh yeah.
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
I'm at work. I'm sort of multitasking, so yes, I'm sort of working.
- Sarah June
I'm home, and that's where I work. And yeah, I'm kinda workin' too.
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
not at work, not working. nomming with a friend in a few. also: snoozing my sniffles away.
- Stephanie_Thankful
yep, at work. I am trying to work. we'll see how it goes. :)
- holly
Yes. Some.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
not at work, have nothing to do i m quite bored today :(
- ffcode
I'm furloughed *sigh* But, I'm glad to have a 5-day weekend and a job to go back to Monday. Will I work on things around the house...maybe...
- Courtney McGough
Nope!
- Laura H.
Yes at work. Working? We'll see. Coffee still kicking in.
- Nikki D.
I'm at work, doing what I usually do.
- CW™
Yes, at work. And yes, working. Trying to cut out by 1pm so I can go see my daughter read her essay at the school's DARE graduation.
- Morgan Haley
Yes. And I'll be back on Friday and Saturday, too.
- Victor Ganata
Victor- I'm sorry dude. I'll do some extra lounging for you on Friday. I'll be at the beach, by the way, so that warm sensation you feel will be proxy sunburn
- Morgan Haley
Yup---and I'm on desk all afternoon. And the kids are already on sensory overload.
- Abigail
Yes and ehhh... a bit.
- SAM
I answered a Twitter reference question. There's my work for the day.
- Nikki D.
No. I am spending my 4th day in a row trapped at my in-laws' house. Part of me would rather be working
- Alan Simpson
I was until about an hour ago. I managed to get some work done.
- PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK
Yup. We're supposed to get off early but somehow I don't think that's gonna happen. And I have a 4 hour road trip to Houston ahead of me today. :(
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Yes, don't distract me. I gotta clear off my desk. No, really.
- Laura Norvig
I did, for about 45 min. (work from home), but now I can't be bothered and there's food to prepare for tomorrow. So, work's done. :)
- Cassandra
yes and feverishly
- Josh Haley
Same here.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Yes, since 8am and I'm still at work at 7:15pm. :-( I may break my no-drinking goal tonight.
- Jason Huebel
from Android
Furlough day for me too, and I spent the early part at the car shop, then a 5 day "weekend".
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
10:08pm...still at work. :(
- Josh Haley
I feel ya,Josh. I didn't leave a client site until 10pm. 5 hours of OT billing, though. :-)
- Jason Huebel
from Android
Home at 2:18am. So far, I win. Well, lose. :p
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
I feel that I should definitely participate in tonight's meme and report that we're Alive after today's fire! (Luna was the only one in real danger.) I've got a messed-up trouser sock on my head to hold my hair down for the night. (I normally use old pantyhose, but I forgot them.)
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And now I retire for the night. See everybody tomorrow!
- Kamilah Gill
So cute! Good night. :)
- Ayşe E.
Sweet dreams! Glad you are safe!
- Helen Sventitsky
I'm glad that you and Luna are well! Are those the Pjs from the Wal-Mart experience?
- Katy S
So glad you and Luna are OK!
- Ayşe E.
Yes, they are. They were one of the less hideous options.
- Kamilah Gill
G'night!
- Anne Bouey
gnyt!
- AJ Batac
g'nite to you and *scritchies* for Luna!
- vicster
Bumped for cuteness.
- Mark Jepsen
aww, thanks :)
- Kamilah Gill
I'm tired of how some people can just post stuff and then people comment but when I post stuff no one responds.. these popular people can all fuck off and burn in hell I hope they die in fires.
rowlikeagirl, Kol Tregaskes, Onur Gündüz and 4 other people liked this
And like I hope they all get measles and are ugly
- Andrizzle Gizzle
I read the last part as fries
- Rodfather
Damn those popular people!
- Mark Jepsen
*doesn't comment*
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
I AM SO POPLAR
- Akiva Moskovitz
ALSO I AM ANGRY EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET IS PRETTIER THAN ME
- Andrizzle Gizzle
RESPONSE
- Mo Kargas
WITTY RETORT
- Mo Kargas
ASSORTED TRIVIA
- Mo Kargas
ALSO THE JEWS
- Andrizzle Gizzle
OMG DID YOU JUST SUGGEST THAT JEWS SHOULD DIE IN FIRES (LOL)
- Akiva Moskovitz
MAKE SOME GREAT FOOD!
- Mo Kargas
WELL NOW I AM SAD PEOPLE ARE NOT AGREEING WITH ME HOW DARE YOU GOOD DAY
- Andrizzle Gizzle
YOU LOSE, SIR. ANDREA G DRANK FIZZY LIFTING DRINK AND SOILED THE INVERTED DIAPER SILO.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I have nothing to say.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
You're so silly!
- Sarah June
I CALL A HALF-GODWIN ON THIS THREAD.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Why did I marry Akiva? DO ANYBODY NO
- Rochelle
BECUZ HE HELPS MAKE PRETTY BABBYS.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
THIS THREAD MADE ME SO MAD I ACCIDENTALLY BLOCKED *MYSELF*
- vicster
HE MAKES A MEAN MIX TAPE?
- Mo Kargas
Rochelle... I got nothin'.
- Yolanda
I ALSO HATE ALL HAPPILY MARRIED PEOPLE BECAUSE I AM BITTER
- Andrizzle Gizzle
I HATE ALL MARRIED PEOPLE BECAUSE I AM BITTER. That's not true, though. Married people are often very helpful at finding single people for me. On the other hand, they have so far failed in the long-term. I AM AGAIN BITTER.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
WHAT ABOUT PHIL
- Rochelle
HE SHAVED HIS BEARD
- Andrizzle Gizzle
PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN
- Rochelle
Will the beard become a wig sold on etsy?
- Micah Wittman
EWWWWWW.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
"It's like twitter. Except we charge people to use it." - http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p...
Alix Whitmire liked this
"Dear Simon, Disregarding the fact that you have still not paid me for work I completed earlier this year despite several assertions that you would do so, I would be delighted to spend my free time creating logos and pie charts for you based on further vague promises of future possible payment. Please find attached pie chart as requested and let me know of any changes required. Regards, David."
- vicster
from Bookmarklet
A hilarious exchange of emails...well, maybe not so hilarious to those who have done contract work for clients like this. *cough*
- vicster
Okay who slipped the Clutz-Eze into my Pepsi Max this morning. Seriously. Tripping over my own feets? Slamming my finger in the bathroom stall door? (OW) Not cool.
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Ouch! I hope the Clutz-Eze works its way out of your system quickly!
- vicster
Surely clutz-eze would *prevent* such things? Someone must've slipped you some Clutzatrine, or possibly Doofusol
- Pete
it must have been Doofusol. (hence me saying Clutz-Eze...even my brain is fumbling)
- aden (and junk)
*mwah*... all better?
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Yep :)
- aden (and junk)
Stealing from Joe Pierce's idea...Quick, name a band/musician you wish you could punch directly in the face.
Darren Heydon, Pete, Joe Pierce and 16 other people liked this
Bono! Right in the kisser!
- Sarah Levels Up
A friend of mine & I played a similar game, where we asked each other what famous person you'd like to pistol whip. I said Frank Sinatra (this was before he'd died). Great singer, but a total son of a bitch.
- joshua "magic" neff
Michael Bolton, I hate that no talent hack!
- Gunny Just Gunny
Nickleback
- aden (and junk)
Mick Hucknall. In fact, can I pistol whip Bono *with* Mick Hucknall?
- Pete
Holding back the years is a great tune other than that, I agree with Mick Hucknall.
- Gunny Just Gunny
lol at Pete. Yes you CAN!
- Sarah Levels Up
Stapp. Every day of the week Stapp.
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
Nickelback and/or Creed
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Too many to name, but I agree with Bono.
- Anika
Not gonna lie... Paul McCartney.
- Kendra K
Black Eyed Peas.
- Mycaptain
Gary Glitter
- joshua "magic" neff
@Kendra LOL! I'll lock 'n' load my roundhouse right for Dave Mathews Band.
- vicster
I don't know Nickelback or Stapp, but I want to vote for all of the above.
- Anika
This one will probably be controversial .... Michael Jackson
- Ras - Dago-Baadass! of FF
Of course Ras, Michael Jackson is the major one.
- Mycaptain
There are so many.....I honestly can't choose just one.
- Shevonne
R.E.M.
- anjelina
Every Country singer on the planet. Line 'em up like blow-up clowns.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Any and all members of the Max Rebo Band. In fact, I wish they would've been swallowed by the Sarlacc. And if not them, then I'll settle on Karlheinz Stockhausen.
- Christopher Harley
Insane Clown Posse.
- Derrick
I cant believe he hasn't been mentioned yet: Kanye West. (NOTE: this has nothing to do with the Taylor Swift incident)
- Carlos Ayala
uhhh Derrick you are definitely on to something with ICP... I might have to add Axl Rose too....
- Ras - Dago-Baadass! of FF
But ICP gave us Juggalos!!! Kanye is asking for it.
- Kendra K
Well, yeah, ICP. But really, what's the point of punching ICP?
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
Alanis Morrisette, Tori Amos and J.Lo too. Oh and Jewel.
- Anika
Kenny G
- Brian Sullivan
oh Anika, I love you. May I add Lisa Loeb and Paula Whatever? the Where Have All the Cowboys Gone chick?
- Sarah Levels Up
^ HELL YEAH!
- Anika
Anika, Sarah, good call! Could we add Ani, too? Or is that too much.
- Kendra K
Kanye because he doesn't realize how good he has it........
- VAL D.
you can add whoever you like. But Ani's good with me, I don't need to punch her.
- Sarah Levels Up
any singer who's name contains "gaga"
- Neil Bernhart
John Mayer. And when he hit the ground, I'd kick him. Twice.
- The Letter M
The Village People
- Alex Scoble
Lee Greenwood.
- Steve is older than ever
Oh Alex. You hurt me just now.
- Sarah Levels Up
Nickelback
- Alex Hellstrom
Natalie Basingthwaite. Aussies U WIT ME!?
- Will Higgins™
Anyone that sides with RIAA... Metallica comes to mind first. Their music is great, but their attitude with their fans are shit.
- CW™
Metallica GOOOOD! Napster BAAAAADDD!!!
- Alex Scoble
Kanye and Jay-Z
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
That Adam kid that scares me (and scared 1500 ABC viewers).
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Kanye, for making it acceptable for every no-talent in the world to use AutoTune.
- Kevin Pedraja
Celine Dion. And Mariah Carey. Whitney Houston for good measure.
- Ladybug Heather
morrisey
- chaz2b
Lady Gaga, with army boots, to the face.
- Mo Kargas
Pussycat Dolls, with a roundhouse kick.
- Jason Huebel
The Killers... because they kill nothing
- Adrian
Creed.
- Alix Whitmire
Prussian Blue.
- Michael R. Bernstein
Wow
- ★ Soner Gönül
What's his name?? The singer from Third Eye Blind...Steven? He is a prick.
- Gabrielle V
Red Hot Chili Peppers
- April Russo (app103)
The Jonas Brothers
- Joe Pierce
I would also like to punch Marilyn Manson in the face...with a steel folding chair...that is on fire.
- Joe Pierce
He'd only write a song about it... 'You love your steel, chairs and fire'
- Pete
Forgot about Creed Alix - I'd take a shot at them too!
- Alex Hellstrom
from email
Let me say again: Prussian Blue. And their parents.
- Michael R. Bernstein
Pro tip: no walk thru San Francisco is complete until you carefully dodge a puddle of urine, blood or puke. #TheMoreYouKnow #fb
or a homeless man stands in your path demanding change.
- Baroness Von SmashAHomie
Oddly, that was one thing I did NOT encounter trudging through Golden Gate Park today.
- vicster
Bohemian Rhapsody [1080p] - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
![Bohemian Rhapsody [1080p]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/tgbNymZ7vqY/default.jpg "Bohemian Rhapsody [1080p]")  |
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Wow. I can't believe how amused I was by that.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
That totally made my afternoon.
- Jàson Puçkett
The electric mayhem does a fantastic job
- DJF
OH MY GOD. That was AWESOME!
- Gunny Just Gunny
Isn't that outstanding? I immediately thought of Mary Carmen when I watched it.
- joshua "magic" neff
Why doesn't Friendfeed have an OMIGOD LOVE button?
- Gunny Just Gunny
ROFL
- Alex Scoble
God, I love Beaker.
- Chris Z.
And Janice. I love Janice too.
- Chris Z.
Full of Win Just full.
- Gunny Just Gunny
LOVE!
- Mary Carmen
This is the PERFECT song for Gonzo to sing, btw. PERFECT.
- Mary Carmen
Yay! So much awesome!
- tab thinks you're awesome
And Piggy ending it is perfection.
- Mary Carmen
My afternoon=totally made
- aden (and junk)
I just died right now.
- Derrick
I thought it would be one joke but it just builds and builds. Great writing, editing and performances.
- Spidra Webster
Made my day, that.
- Mary Beth Sancomb Moran
They had me at the chickens.
- cecily
I think I just wet my pants laughing at Animal.
- cecily
Mama? Mama? MAMA!
- joshua "magic" neff
Beautiful clear video.
- Kamilah Gill
considering i was listening to the original on my drive back from lunch: Fab and Boo!!!!
- Katie
Yeah, but it's just not as great as the bloopers here: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Ladybug Heather
muppets can't sing for shit. should have lip-synched to the original
- Vezquex: God of FF
I was thoroughly amused by that. Beeker and Ms. Piggy were my favorite.
- Jason Huebel
WIN!
- vicster
What was the first movie you can remember seeing in the theater????
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Empire Strikes Back
- Sean Oliver
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (yes, THAT OLD)
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
The Rescuers.
- Chris Z.
My parents/grandmother took me to the drive-in every day for an entire summer to see Empire Strikes Back.
- Mary Carmen
The Sting. Although it was a drive-in.
- Spidra Webster
You ain't no 1938 old, Barry!
- Spidra Webster
Yeah but it was the first one... Okay first run? Maybe "The Sound Of Music"
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
- Kevin Fox
In a theater? Raiders of the Lost Ark, while visiting my grandparents in Memphis, TN.
- Derrick
Harper Valley, PTA
- SATAN HATES HAT!
Bambi.
- tab thinks you're awesome
Memphis.... dood I was born just up the road in Jackson.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Also Snow White, and Winnie the Pooh. It was a double feature, if I recall correctly. When we got home, I started bawling. I was upset because Rabbit made Tigger stop bouncing.
- joshua "magic" neff
Also: Fantasia (the 1940 version). Probably saw it around 1976 or 1977.
- Kevin Fox
Rocky 1976
- Eric Logan
DAMN, I want to see Fantasia. I don't think I ever have. :(
- Derrick
on the other side of the parking lot the were playing "up in smoke" so we were walking back and forth checking them both out. thats what channel surfing was in the 70's
- SATAN HATES HAT!
land before time or the bear.
- Kendra K
The Goodbye Girl
- cecily
Kendra-The Bear! That was so good!
- tab thinks you're awesome
Cecily, I love that movie.
- Mary Carmen
Old Yeller. Not the first release BTW.
- Kenton
Fatal Attraction.
- Yolanda
Jungle Book.
- DJF
Star Wars
- Bren, Photophobe
from iPhone
Labyrinth. One of my siblings was being born so a neighbour was looking after us. We got to buy Tangy Fruits. It was awesome.
- Deborah Fitchett
I remember seeing Claudine at the drive-in. I was 6 and I don't think my parents would know that I would remember it.
- Derek Coward
Hahaha! Very funny being babysat while watching Labyrinth.
- Spidra Webster
Bambi – obviously not the first release.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but I don't actually *remember* being in the theatre and seeing it, just that I was 4 and on vacation with my parents on Cape Cod. I definitely remember that my dad took me fishing after.
- PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK
Grease
- Marie is organized.
from iPhone
I don't have the foggiest idea of what my first theater movie was. No clue at all.
- Ha3rvey (ret ta go home)
The Lion King. I was either 4, 5, or 6.
- Danny Minick
Dumbo.
- Sarah Levels Up
The one I remember most was Disney's "Cinderella" - yes, the first run, 1950.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Billy Jack.
- jcunwired
I must have seen some disney ones but all I can recall right now is Ben Hur
- VAL D.
Sleeper. Back then there was no way to see movies at home. :)
- Jàson Puçkett
Empire Strikes Back - but DRIVE IN THEATRE baby! Oh yeah, good times with our Capri Suns in the back seat.
- Nikki D.
YAY DRIVE IN!!!!
- Mary Carmen
Mine was at the drive-in too, Nikki! We had a van and my parents would take us in our PJs and put us to bed in the back when we got tired.
- Jàson Puçkett
Gremlins. I was obsessed for years.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
the earliest I remember the 1986 transformers movie...was so pissed they killed optimus prime
- Sir Shuping
DUDE, SPOILER ALERT!
- Chris Z.
Superman. I think.
- Sarah June
King Kong . What was that 1978? '79?
- Gunny Just Gunny
Jaws perhaps? The scene where the guy's leg floats to the bottom of the ocean is forever indelibly burned in to my mind.
- Alex Scoble
Gallipoli with Mel Gibson
- Jason Huebel
postcards from the edge, I spent most of the time playing arcade games in the lobby.
- Joe Pierce
mary poppins :-p
- mike "glemak" dunn
Star Wars, 1977. To be fair, I was 4 and I don't *specifically* remember seeing much of the movie (and now I can't remember what I remember and what I know from seeing it later)- but I remember going, with my grandfather and older brothers, and I remember being very cold in the Eastgate movie theater, in Chattanooga (now a YMCA).
- ÉllbeeÇee
The Lion King :)
- Sercan YILMAZ
Star Wars, in a drive-through. ...no, wait, Midway, a year before that.
- Christopher A Carr
Capricorn One, East of Java, Star wars.
- Mycaptain
E.T.
- Alison
Purple Rain, and my mom covered my entire face when the sex scenes came on. >.<
- Anna Haro
Pinocchio, I think. On rerelease in the mid-1980s. The first first-run one I can remember was, I think, Hot to Trot. *sigh*
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Unfortunately? ET. I was terrified and screaming. I think I was about 3.
- Laura H.
Empire Strikes Back
- mikepk
I know it wasn't the first, but I clearly remember going to see "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" when I was five or six and having my mom cover my eyes when the shaman guy ripped the still beating heart out of the other guy's chest. My parents didn't realize it was going to be so much scarier than "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
- Shannon Jiménez
Shannon, so much worse in general? ;-)
- DJF
I remember going to the drive in with my sister and me in our pajamas, falling asleep in the back seat during The Poseidon Adventure. First film I remember seeing inside was Star Wars.
- Ken Sheppardson
I don't remember. It was probably at the drive-in. Anna, my Dad took me and my bros to watch Purple Rain. It was awesome :D
- Rodfather
I loved it too, once I saw it as an adult. at 8 or 9 (when I saw it the first time), I think I was a wee bit too young to understand what was going on. A parent took a group of her daughter's friends to the movies for her birthday, and she chose an R-rated movie.
- cecily
Superman 2 (I was 4 years old)
- MegvMeg
The Black Cauldron. I think my dad took me a few times.
- Jen Hodges
Tron
- aden (and junk)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull in 1973 (I was 7 and had no clue what was going on).
- Stephen Francoeur
Stephen, I saw that when I was 20 and I also had no clue what was going on.
- Chris Z.
I think it was Benji, but I was only 2 and don't remember seeing it. I do remember Star Wars.
- Laura B.
ET
- Michelle Martinez
ET and Star Wars:)
- Petek(UCB)_
Dick Tracy
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
One of the Pink Panther movies at a Drive Inn (oh Goddess I'm old!!!)
- Internet's Tad
I think it might have been "Gus"... http://www.imdb.com/title...
- Michael Hocter
Dreamscape @ the Drive in - that movie scared the shit outta me, I was 8.
- Scott
Popeye 1980
- CW™
I was not allowed to see Empires Strike Back. I got a glimpse of the theater and the lines though.
- CW™
I remember seeing The Neverending Story with my grandparents at Ford City Mall in Chicago. I also remember seeing Ghostbusters at the world's largest drive in theater (also in Chicago, now long since closed) with my aunt and uncle. I remember Gremlins was playing on another, smaller screen, which was almost watchable from where were parked.
- Andy Bakun
Song of the South, I think.
- Alex Scrivener
Wow, good one, CW™; I remember seeing Popeye with my parents, but I don't know if it was the first one I saw.
- Andy Bakun
I don't know, but I have a faint memory of Pete's Dragon.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Cinderella.
- Holly Rae, FFer
The Muppet Movie.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Snoopy Come Home. I think I was 5 years old. My mom took me and a friend to see it and I remember I had my Snoopy pillow with me.
- vicster
ET
- Grant Bierman
Hm. It could have been Popeye. I remember seeing that in the theater.
- Rodfather
Snow White, the 1983 re-release -- I was 5. Pretty sure I saw the Rainbow Brite movie in the theaters, as well as Gremlins, the following year. I'm told I saw Fox & The Hound in the theaters in 1981, but I was 2 and don't really remember it.
- Alix Whitmire
First movie I remember seeing in the theater was Lady and the Tramp.
- Shawn Whitmire
Charlotte's Web (1973)
- April Russo (app103)
Flash Gordon.
- Mellissa Jane
Batman Returns
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Close Encounters of The Third Kind
- nakachi
probably "Count Yorga, Vampire".
- Joe Silence is not dead
I can say the first movie I went with my friends - it was Indian (http://www.imdb.com/title...), Tamil Movie
- Jayavasanthan J
I think Star Wars was the first one I remember seeing.
- Aaron Schaub
from iPod
Star Wars Episode IV on the hood of my moms car in the drive in
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
Lassie
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
I think I was 3 years old when I saw Fantasia.
- Judy Jones
A Beautiful Mind.
- ★ Soner Gönül
Star Wars. I fell asleep though so I thought they all got medals for escaping the trash compactor.
- Liam Sullivan
Woodstock. With my whole family.
- Miriam Climenhaga
bambi .. walt disney ( I was 6 years) xoxo
- anjelina
Flåklypa Grand Prix (Pinchcliffe Grand Prix) - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Eivind
Every Which Way But Loose. I think Dad thought since the previews had a chimp in it, how bad could it be for 7 year olds? *edit* seems we were nine. That explains it.
- Michael W. May
You know, I keep thinking it was Empire, but I wasn't even 2 yet, so I'm guessing it was actually Return of the Jedi.
- Rachel Walden
She wasn't *two*.... *weeps*
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Hey, I'm just bummed to realize that my first movie might have been the ewok one instead of Empire. ;)
- Rachel Walden
And this is where the "what makes you feel old" thread collides with the "first movie" thread. Shit.
- DJF
Excalibur (thought it was ET) ! thanks imdb (I remember my mom holding her hands in front of my eyes).. oh wait. I remember seeing Empire Strikes back and that came out the year before.. so that must be the answer
- JSNFLMNG
It was either Empire Strikes Back or ET. I do remember that Empire Strikes Back was the first movie I saw in another state than my home state. Labyrinth was the second.
- Arlan Koizumi
Beauty and the Beast...I recall going to movies before then, vaguely, but I have clear memories of going to that.
- Abigail
kapıcılar kralı
- sonrocker
Batteries Not Included.
- ωαřмaiden, MFA'd poet
Bedknobs and Broomsticks. At the drive-in.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Superman III. At a drive-in.
- Victor Ganata
I'm jealous of everybody mentioning drive-ins - never been to one.
- Rachel Walden
Five Fingers of Death. It was in interesting childhood.
- ♫Geek in the 410♫
The Empire Strikes Back
- Jason Toney
The Black Stallion.
- adf
Abyss
- Neşe Uyanık
Pete's Dragon
- Timothy Griffin
The Frighteners
- Ali Sezer
mel brook's history of the world, part 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- chaz2b
Video looks like BART cop doing his job - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin...
"OK, so I'm an old school guy, but I don't think the BART officer who grabbed a rowdy passenger by the scruff of his neck and removed him from a public train at the West Oakland Station on Saturday night did anything wrong. All I saw in the video of the incident was a police officer doing his job. It's unfortunate that a glass window on the platform shattered as the suspect tried to resist the officer's efforts to subdue him, but things like this happen sometimes when a suspect resists a law enforcement officer's efforts to establish physical control over him."
- vicster
from Bookmarklet
That's exactly what I saw in the video as well. Not every cop is an asshole. This guy was clearly out of line and needed to be removed from the train and restrained. It's awful that they went through the glass and were injured, but this time I cannot find fault with the officer.
- vicster
It was pretty mellow. Nothing like the cops at the UC protest.
- Kendra K
I graduated with my MFA in Creative Writing this past weekend. WOO. *does the new degree dance* My best friends came. my mom came. it was incredible.
Jennifer Johnson, Michael W. May, Haggis (Sean Loyless) and 30 other people liked this
Many congratulations!
- WorldofHiglet
Congratulations!!!
- Abigail
Congrats!
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
SO PROUD OF YOU
- Mary Carmen
Congratulations!!!
- Bren, Photophobe
from iPhone
Congrats! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congratulations!
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Congrats!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Congrats
- ffcode
Congrats
- ★ Soner Gönül
Congratulations!
- pea ♥..!..♥..!..♥
congratulations! as one friend said to me after I got my MBA. It's one of the few things no one can ever take away from you. Mazal Tov!
- sean808080
Thanks, all :) I'm really quite happy about it!
- ωαřмaiden, MFA'd poet
Congrats!
- Rachel Walden
Rock on with your own bad self, Colleen! Go you! *hugs*
- joshua "magic" neff
Congratulations!
- vicster
*clinks glasses*
- Derrick
Congrats.
- Maxamad
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Nice pelican photos!
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Thanks!
- vicster
I like goat cheese, but many people don't. Do you?
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I do, but I'm French.
- Jérôme Flipo
from iPhone
I do.
- Christopher Harley
nope,
- CW™
No. But I don't like rotten milk (=cheese) anyway.
- Henner Zeller
Love it.
- Tudor Bosman
++Jerome, elle etait bien placee! Love it! We're moderate users in my family with couscous, taken cold.
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
Depends - sometimes the taste is too strong when it's heated. Jerome :) I hardly see you anymore! :(
- Mona Nomura
Like everything goat, it's too gamey for me. The only goat stuff I like is curried goat and that's only because they spice it so damned much you can't tell it's goat anymore.
- Spidra Webster
Heated? No, I generally don't like heated goat cheese.
- Cristo
You've never had a goat cheese dish?
- Mona Nomura
Or dish with goat cheese, rather.
- Mona Nomura
Mostly I have it by itself or with a cold salad or sandwich. What's an example of a heated dish with goat cheese?
- Cristo
Pizza, paninis, and I see it a lot with Californian or "new American" cuisine - mainly combined with blander proteins (chicken breast, white fishes), with fruit. Cranberries / pomegranate, blood oranges, et al.
- Mona Nomura
Yeah love goat cheese.
- Ras - Dago-Baadass! of FF
Mona, yeah. I might or might not like those, although I probably don't always pay attention to whether there is goat cheese in them. In general, I don't love melted cheese, although there are obvious exceptions, like pizza the way I like it.
- Cristo
I'm not a fan - though in Indian cuisine, goat cheese is amazing (on the fence about goat meat). Goat cheese on pizza is a little too strong for me - especially with white sauces and lighter toppings ie: roma tomatoes and spinach.
- Mona Nomura
For cheese, I only like mozzarella on my pizza, and I like more sauce than cheese. :)
- Cristo
Depends on the context. I like it on grilled chicken a lot.
- Alix Whitmire
I like it too :)
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
I love it. I put it on Pizza a lot
- Benjamin Golub
I love it!
- April Buchheit
Love.
- ronin
YES, I especially love goat cheese gouda
- Shevonne
Yes.
- Rochelle
yup, love it
- Aprille
On salads or lightly spread on toast can be good for me. For one of my sons, we get a goat cheese rolled in dried cranberries and it's his favourite breakfast food - he's just as happy to eat it straight.
- Micah Wittman
I love it
- esther ♥ ♫
not a fan of food that tastes like the animal smells...
- Kevin Cearns
i do like it but i even like feta cheese:)
- Petek(UCB)_
Love it. I also love Blue, Roquefort, Gorgonzola, Feta, and just about any other strong cheese.
- Alex Scrivener
Petek, I probably eat feta cheese more than I eat goat cheese. It's part of my standard custum salad I make from the Whole Foods salad bar.
- Cristo
Definitely in the like category.
- mikepk
It's interesting that people who don't like goat cheese cite the reason being that it smells like animal. I don't register that, so maybe that's why I like it. I do find some meat to be too "gamey" sometimes, such as lamb or venison. With a few exceptions, exotic meats are harder for me to deal with than cheeses.
- Cristo
Big fan of goat cheese here. Also many cheeses made from sheep's milk.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Indeed, I've not found many cheeses I don't like...
- Bren, Photophobe
from iPhone
Bren, do you like wine?
- Cristo
do
- VAL D.
Very much so, yes.
- Bren, Photophobe
from iPhone
Bren, you are in an interesting group then, as I usually find people who like wine to also like cheese of many kinds. Of course, it's probably healthier not to like most cheese, as I think it's probably healthier not to each much of it.
- Cristo
I agree that eating too much cheese (or too much anything, for that matter) is not good. For a look at the rise of goat cheese in New American cooking, I recommend "The United States of Arugula" by David Kamp (?). http://www.amazon.com/gp...
- Bren, Photophobe
from iPhone
So now you don't like arugula either? :)
- Cristo
Ha! I didn't name the book! I like arugula just fine, you little scamp!
- Bren, Photophobe
from iPhone
I think so
- Rodfather
I love goat cheese. I wouldn't mind having some goats one day. Chevre is supposed to be pretty easy to make. I agree that my penchant for four cheese pizza is unhealthy in the extreme (it's a habit I'm in the process of breaking), but I refuse to believe that a small amount of high quality cheese as an ingredient in other things is bad for you.
- Jason Wehmhoener
Love it.
- adf
I like it, and so does my five year old daughter. She always orders her kid's pizza with goat cheese on top.
- AJ Kohn
Love it! Just back from Paris and think it's always better over there!
- Vicki Z Lauter
Cristo:) I eat feta cheese since i was a child- OK, it is our traditional cheese-I am Turkish:) and i put feta cheese in almost everything..Well, I like goat cheese- we have a great dessert made of it as well- but it is full of calories.....Well, one more thing I love wine. And have you heard about the Turkish raki- it goes very well with feta cheese and little dishes called meze:))) yummmmmy!
- Petek(UCB)_
I love goat cheese! So does my cat, so if I have any out I can't look away for even a second or there will be a paw swiping the dish off of the counter/table/desk.
- vicster
Yes
- Eric Logan
Yep.
- Kamilah Gill
from email
Nope.
- Alex Scoble
yum!!!!!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Petek, no I have not had Turkish raki, but I would like to try it. Maybe if I go to Turkey.
- Cristo
Oh, I just remembered. I do sometimes like cooked goat cheese. There's a fried goat cheese tapa at one of our neighborhood restaurants I like.
- Cristo
Well, it's vastly preferable to goatse cheese.
- Mark Jepsen
Yep.
- Amy
yum...with olives, tomatoes....
- alapinto
Yes
- David Cook
It's tolerable in small doses
- Mo Kargas
I love it on pizza!
- H0llywoodWh0re
+1 Hollywood
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
@Mark Jepsen: LOL INDEED!
- righini riprova
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I completely adore my friend's cats and am so jealous that mine rarely get this close to each other without devolving into a biting/swatting/hissing/growling match.
- vicster
I love when mine touch, though they don't usually snuggle like this. Even Bear will share his bed with a cat! And Malarkey groomed Copeland for a minute or so last night. BTW, just went to the show that John's picture (above) is in; a lot of really nice shots, but his definitely deserved the Jurors' Award. Of course, one pic that didn't get one had a lovely doggy in it...
- Melissa R. Weintraub
Why I Hate Twilight | Bookstove. "Her vampires sparkle. Enough said." Twilight fans, I'm sorry. Please don't block or unsubscribe, just hide this. I've had all the Twilight and whatever the 2nd book is blather I can stand, and I can't stands no more. Not only several chicks my age, but also a *guy* in the office are all devouring this doorstop. - http://bookstove.com/fantasy...
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"Bella is a useless, whining, doll that suddenly has become the idol for girls everywhere. People say that Twilight is better than Harry Potter. Guess what? WRONG. Edward is extremely possessive, border-line abusive, and boring as anything. It’s too cliché. This book contains no real sex, so it’s not really a vampire novel. Read Anne Rice – those are vampires, not the girly men that Meyer has created. You don’t have to describe the character every two pages, we know all about Edward’s ‘perfectly toned chest’ the fourth time she mentions it."
- Kamilah Gill
from Bookmarklet
They are the Cory vampires, non-threatening boys. And I hate vampire stories anyway.
- Pete
That last one (plus my own brief glimpse into the tome at the bookstore) confirms my suspicion that this is a glorified romance novel with a very non-challenging, mainstream "goth" streak running through it.
- Kamilah Gill
Definitely more romance novel than vampire movie...it's all about the relationship between Bella and Edward. But better than Harry Potter? I think NOT.
- Terry Johnson
I do believe I now have a non-sexual/platonicy girl crush on you for posting this. <3
- aden (and junk)
hear hear!
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
The more I hear about this (and read random excerpts from the books), the more I believe that the Twilight series was the author's NaNoWriMo projects.
- vicster
+++vicster
- aden (and junk)
Agree!!!
- Christine Woolard
I don't know how any self-respecting adult could buy into the Twilight stuff. What's crazy is how obsessed all the fans are. I just don't get it.
- Jen Hodges
Books are about escape. Even JK Rowling has her faults, but she created a world where one can escape to. Meyer did the same thing. It's not high literature, but sometimes you just want an escape.
- Trish Haley
I'm not a Potter fan, either. Books are an escape for some. Personally, I prefer books that challenge me and teach me new things. So-called escape books usually just bore me.
- Kamilah Gill
from email
I think escape books can also challenge- see Le Guin and Tepper for example. Or Tove Jansson :)
- Pete
I am all for books being an escape, but if you are going to target a certain audience, make sure you understand what you are "feeding" them. Wrong ideas can be had, and if parents aren't stepping in to explain some young girls will look up to Bella and yeah...bad news right there. I don't know I guess I am all for stronger female characters in books that young people will read. (*quickly tries to close the can of worms she just opened* Sorry!)
- aden (and junk)
No, I see that aden. My wife has said that the level of 'need' of the characters is the issue- girls want to be needed that much. i don't see that as healthy.
- Pete
Sorry, my last response was from my phone, which didn't allow for much nuance. Pete, I guess you're right. I've at least read Jansson and I do enjoy the Moomintrolls. I guess you can call her work escapist. The story I read was a fun, quick read. But there was also some depth like you said. That's what I wish these big popular stories would have. When they flow right through my mind without resistance, I get bored fast. Also, my bigger issue with Twilight is with the values it seems to promote.
- Kamilah Gill
Kamilah, I agree with you on that last point.
- Pete
lol "If the first 200 pages of your book rely on the mystery of a character’s identity, don’t slap “First, Edward was a vampire” on the back cover."
- Jessie
Hub of downtown S.F. shifting to Mission Street - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin...
"Forget the quest for skyscraping icons. Here's the real message in San Francisco's newly released plan for the blocks around the Transbay Terminal: Mission Street, not Market Street, is downtown's main drag from here on out."
- vicster
from Bookmarklet
Monitors & flourescent lights are killing me. I've got nails in my head. I'm going home.
:( I hope you can kick this headache.
- aden (and junk)
Feel better soon Josh.
- Pete
those lights will get you every time.................need windows that open to let the negativity to escape
- VAL D.
Migraine?
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
I'm prone to migraines, yeah. Luckily, this didn't have the chance to get *that* bad, although it was debilitating. Val, one of the few things I really hate about my job is that there are no windows in my area of work.
- joshua "magic" neff
:(
- VAL D.
Headaches are so debilitating (I've had one lurking around for 3 days now). I hope you're feeling better soon!
- vicster
Couple arrested for refusing to leave tip http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...
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do the courts really have time for s**t like this?
- VAL D.
Wow... That's more than a tad ridiculous. Also, if it's mandatory, don't call it a gratuity. Call it a "we're not equipped to service large groups effectively so we bump up your price for the inconvenience of you patronizing our establishment" tax. Too wordy?
- SAM
Yet another reason I'm against tipping. Fold the real costs of your business into the price of your product. That way rude people won't stiff you. And low-level workers won't be taking the hit for the people higher up.
- Spidra Webster
Reading that is just...WOW! It's a failure of common sense on behalf of Lehigh Pub AND the cops.
- Anika
That is ridiculous! It's not a gratuity if it's part of the bill, it's a surcharge. (edited due to itchy trigger/posting finger...)
- vicster
I'll play devil's advocate. They had a party of six. The restaurant had a policy that large parties pay an 18% gratuity. The $73 bill arrived, and that total included the 18% gratuity. The couple can't arbitrarily decide to only pay $62 out of the $73 because they didn't like the service or the food. They can and should have complained to the manager, or paid then written a letter. Did...
more...
- Stephen Mack
On the flip side of that though, if the menu doesn't say mandatory 18% gratuity then it's kind of false advertising to charge them one price and than switch out another. When I waited tables, I never had any problems with the big tables. They may not turnover as fast, but if you treat them right more often than not you win.
- Davis Freeberg
Do you hear me, do you hear me? this is gratuity this is ..this is tip....mm..but you have to pay it because its called ...hmmmm..tip.
- Mahmood Padura
Girls .. do you hear this? if you come to my house the tip is included.
- Mahmood Padura
I don't understand something from the article. The manger said the food would have been comped and they refused and didn't pay the tip instead. Was the food bill really that much lower than 16 dollars, that they needed to bring in the police?
- Dario Gomez
Dario, it's unclear if the manager really did offer to comp or not. :)
- Stephen Mack
In many other places (such as Sweden) - the tip is already included in the bill & determined by % (it is also referred to as a gratuity)
- Mekkar
In Sweden, they also have fair pricing laws that not only make them include the price of the tip into each item, but it also includes tax. If something is $5 krona, then it's actually $5 krona and not $5 + $3 more in taxes and surcharges.
- Davis Freeberg
See what happens when you don't pay a proper tip?
- Alex Scoble
@ Stephen I'm just thinking to it's stupid to lie to the press at this point.
- Dario Gomez
To me this seems to be abusing the penal system. What about rapes, drugs, robbery's, and real crimes?
- H0llywoodWh0re
If serving staff got paid at least the legal minimum wage, instead of the next to nothing they get now, then restaurant customers wouldn't effectively have to pay for their food AND the servers wages as well. A tip, in my view, should be a voluntary bonus for the staff , that while welcome, isn't needed to bring them up to a living wage.
- Ian May
I hate youth sports! I just got a call from my son's now former baseball coach telling me he does not want him on the team next year. That's twice now that a coach has cut him from our local rec team to take kids from outside the area in hopes of getting more wins under his belt.
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I guess everyone forgets youth sports are supposed to be about the kids, not making the coaches look good. I guess all the games my son won pitching in the spring for him just wasn't good enough. He needs taller, stronger pitchers. I will just sit back and laugh as the team loses a lot of games and falls apart like the last coach's team did after the cuts.
- Alan Simpson
=/ That sucks Alan. Maybe your son can find another team?
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
have you talked to the rec league? i'm sure they can't do that. i know i played ayso and they had rules/regulations on how much each person was required to play and they would ban coaches for trying that kinda of crap
- Sir Shuping
WTH? That is a bunch of bullshit. I am sorry for your son, no kid should have to deal with that.
- Joe
Is the baseball team part of a national organization? You'd think they had rules (at least on paper) that would prevent kids from being effectively banned from a team.
- John E. Bredehoft
that's messed up. I hope you can find another team as I wouldn't want my son on a team coached by a jackass like that guy.
- Jim Hearts FF
That sucks. Maybe soccer? AYSO's motto is "Everyone Plays". (But, yes, I absolutely hate this about the American sports mindset. It should be about fun and it should be about good sportsmanship. With the examples we have at college and pro levels, it was only a matter of time before that kind of assbackwards bad sportsmanship approach to things percolated down to the peewee level.)
- Spidra Webster
Can he do that? I mean, not that you'd want your kid playing under such an asshole, but that guy needs to not be coaching.
- Anika
That really does suck
- Shevonne
Unfortunately, the coaches here can do what they want. The first coach who cut him is now the commissioner of the rec league and helped pick this team. Our organization is run by a very small, insular group that cares only about winning and making sure their kids and friends get the select spots. I'm not part of the "in crowd" so my kid suffers.
- Alan Simpson
I'm with Anika. I'd have a chat with the association about this coach. AND I'd never let my kid play for such an @-hole.
- vicster
The worst part is having to tell him it happened again. Another part the asshats don't think of when they do this to kids.
- Alan Simpson
That's rough, Alan. Is there another, saner, league in your area?
- Anika
I'm looking into it now. I would be OK with it if I felt he wasn't as good as the other players, but hew was one of their best pitchers and while he did go into a slump toward the end of the year, he had one of his best years hitting. He just too "inconsistent" for this coach.
- Alan Simpson
Also, they get away with this by moving out of the county run league and into "select" leagues where they can do what they want
- Alan Simpson
Well good luck on finding something for him. I'd hate for him to be discouraged because the coach is a short-sighted dick.
- Anika
I cannot improve upon Anika's last comment.
- Ayşe E.
I suggest taking out as many of the kids from the team until he has a space.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
Hmm, that's a good idea. I've also considered starting my own team and recruiting his kids away from him.
- Alan Simpson
that sucks
- VAL D.
Now I'm even more annoyed. I just saw the list of the kids on the team. There are at least 3 kids on the team that are no where near as good as my son. One of them looked completely lost at the tryouts. I guess he's on the team because he's a few inches taller than my kid. GORC coaches do not like short kids.
- Alan Simpson
I can't believe the whole thing, are these kids trying out for a AAA or a college team? We are talking about little league right?
- Joe
It's not even an AAU team. It's a division B Little League type team. Just stupid and really pisses me off. You can mess with me all you want, but you mess with my kids and I get very angry.
- Alan Simpson
Wow, unbelievable - who are these people?
- Joe
I decided to send an email to the president of the entire rec council. It turns out it is someone I've known for years. She has requested a meeting with GORC baseball to look into why local kids are being cut so kids from other areas can make the team.
- Alan Simpson
nicely done, Alan.
- Jim Hearts FF
That's good, Alan. I remember how angry and helpless I felt when my sisster got cut from her select soccer team. It broke her heart and there was not a damn thing I could do about it. She quit playing on the school team a year later (junior year) because she said it wasn't fun anymore. Getting cut even though she'd helped take the Select team from a Div III to the top of a Div II really affected her. Still makes me sad and that was nearly a decade ago.
- pea ♥..!..♥..!..♥
Good news to hear, Alan.
- Anika
We both agree that it is not even about my son anymore(I've already started sending emails about new baseball opportunities). It's about the younger kids coming up through GORC who will face the same issues if it isn't stopped now.
- Alan Simpson
It never ceases to amaze me how adults can ruin kids sports. I'm glad you emailed the president of the rec council and that important questions are being asked. Maybe it's time for the rec council to revisit its mission statement. Do they exist to enrich children's experience? Or is it just to win tournaments?
- vicster
When I was in middle school my church league b-ball buddies informed me that the coach wished aloud that I wouldn't make it to games so he wouldn't be forced to play me the required minimum minutes. Even at that age I was more shocked at how seriously he took church league ball than I was hurt at the slight.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Alas, my commitment to Sparkle Motion was weak.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
There (generally) are leagues that are for fun and leagues that are for serious in youth sports. I have coached ice hockey in both. Generally the coaching/training in the competitive leagues is much better. It seemed to me that kids, parents and I had a lot more fun in the house leagues. I also found that the parents of the kids in the competitive leagues refuse to accept that their kids are less talented.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Yes, but you can do the competitive leagues the right way. Our local rec football teams are the most dominant in the area and every player on all the teams are local. They don't recruit and players who played for the team the year before are given preference over new applicants. The difference is, the coaches taught the kids to play the game and worked to help them improve instead of blaming the losses on the kids, cutting them and looking for "better" players.
- Alan Simpson
Agreed, Alan. The biggest problem, IMHO, is that most coaches are both volunteer and a parent. Better trained coaches are needed. That's one of the things I do, now: help train the coaches. Also, an important distinction between a competitive and a fun league is a try-out. if there isn't one, it's a fun league and should be coached as such.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
And I never coached a win that wasn't the result of the kids' play or a loss that wasn't 100% coaching error.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Update: I've already had call backs from 2 coaches for tryouts with new teams. I also have an email from a local track coach about running track instead this spring.
- Alan Simpson
way to go!
- Jim Hearts FF
UPDATE: My son was just offered a roster spot on a team playing one level higher than than the team that cut him. He has the possibility of playing against his former team in a pre-season tournament.
- Alan Simpson
I'd love to see that go down, Alan. Good follow-through on this, BTW.
- Christopher Harley
Very nice update, Alan.
- Anika
My mother is gone. Dick is picking me up and we're heading to the hospital.
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So sorry to hear that, Mary. Condolences to you and all your family. ((hugs))
- WorldofHiglet
My condolences to you and yours, Mary.
- Spidra Webster
Condolences and prayers, Mary.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
i am sorry.
- edythe
oh Mary. I'm so sorry. Peace to you and your family.
- Jim Hearts FF
I am very sorry for your loss
- RAPatton
sorry MaryB
- VAL D.
I am so sorry, Mary. My condolences for your loss.
- Anne Bouey
So sorry to hear this. Much love to all of you.
- Laura B.
I'm sorry =[
- Marissa
I'm so sorry! My condolences, Mary!
- joshua "magic" neff
I'm so sorry, Mary. I'll hold your family in my thoughts.
- vicster
I'm sorry for your loss, Mary. My thoughts are with you and your family.
- pea ♥..!..♥..!..♥
Thanks so much, guys. You have no idea how much your support means.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
from iPhone
Oh, Mary. I'm so sorry. {{{HUGS}}} to you and your family.
- Anika
My condolences. Peace to you and your family.
- joey
Sorry for your loss.
- Holly Rae, FFer
Sorry to hear that.
- SAM
I'm so sorry to hear this, MaryB. You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.
- Ha3rvey (ret ta go home)
I'm so sorry to hear this Mary. I'm thinking about all of you.
- Mary Carmen
My condolences Mary. May she rest in peace... if I was there, I'd offer my services as a bagpiper.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
I'm sorry for your and your family's loss, Mary.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I missed this yesterday. I'm so sorry for your loss, Mary. Please accept my condolences.
- Josh Haley
condolences.
- chrisofspades
My condolences, Mary.
- Micah Wittman
I'm sorry for your loss, Mary.
- Laura Norvig
Sorry for your loss :(
- Andrizzle Gizzle
so sorry
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
I'm sorry, Mary. You and your family are in my prayers. I share your loss. Tomorrow is the viewing for my mother and Sunday is her memorial. You will be in my heart and prayers then also.
- Melanie Reed
I'm so sorry to hear, Mary.
- Kol Tregaskes
Sorry :(
- Rodfather
I"m so sorry. My condolences. :(
- Yolanda
I've been so wrapped up in my own messes that I completely missed this. I'm so sorry for your family's loss, Mary. I hope yesterday's service was beautiful...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
My condolences, I can't imagine what you're going through.
- Andrew Leahey
My condolences as well, Mary.
- Helen Sventitsky
Good Morning my kittens of love and shiny playthings.
Alix Whitmire, Jason Huebel, David Cook and 19 other people liked this
morning ms. aden :)
- Sir Shuping
Good morning sweetie! How's your boyfriend?
- Sarah June
Top o' the mornin'!
- joshua "magic" neff
Happy Sunday!
- Derrick
He is good. (but so wanting to go home) Just settled in to see him. Brought plenty of yarn.
- aden (and junk)
from fftogo
Glad to hear he's doing okay! Yarn is a good thing to have when you're waiting in a hospital.
- Sarah June
It is also good that I get to use his laptop while I am here too. :) It gets hard to see/read stuff on my phone.
- aden (and junk)
Good morning, Aden! I'm so glad to hear the boyfriend is doing better!
- Ha3rvey (ret ta go home)
Morning Harvey monster! It is going to be a long road for recovery, but I am just trying to keep his spirits up. And the doctor is trying to get him home by Thanksgiving :D
- aden (and junk)
*coughs up hairball*
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
I'm glad your boyfriend is doing well and am sending HurryUpAndHeal vibes so he can be home for thanksgiving! Also, Good Morning! :-)
- vicster
Glad Jade is feeling better. Hugs to you!
- Laura B.
wait... which am I?
- Jim Hearts FF
Jim: I see you as a kitten of love :D
- aden (and junk)
I don't know if I want to be kitty love or a shiny toy... *ponders*
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Sorry, I thought you said "shiny love toy". Nevermind.
- Ha3rvey (ret ta go home)
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ATTENTION SCUM: You may tell me that you love me now. #TalkLikeWarrenEllis - http://talklikewarrenellis.com
Jason Huebel, Sarah June, David Cook and 7 other people liked this
Uhm ... DYSP! Good m...afternoon, Steven! :-)
- Rene Wirtz
I LOVE BUNNEHS!!!!
- Jimminy
I <3 Bunneh.
- Ayşe E.
I love you, man. You post the best pics!
- joshua "magic" neff
O_o
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Good afternoon, all. :)
- Steven Perez
from IM
Hey there, Bunneh! <3
- vicster
I love you, Steven you beautiful bunneh of bountiful bounciness.
- Jim Hearts FF
I love you, SP! :)
- Laura B.
i love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
- VAL D.
I love you , Bunneh.
- Mary Carmen
I love you in your fancy shirt and tie-ness :D
- aden (and junk)
*swoon* You're teh hawtness, bunneh! I love youuuuu! :-D
- Ladybug Heather
Six in 10 California community college students give up transfer plans, never making it to universities - Lisa M. Krieger, Mercury News - http://recessionreality.blogspot.com/2009...
The Professional Descendant: Dead Woman Walking - http://professionaldescendant....
"This photograph shows my great-great-grandparents Albert Barker and Ellen Culpan with their children Mary Ellen, Louisa and Arnold. At first glance it's a pretty ordinary family portrait. However, there is something a little unusual about it. It depicts a scene that never actually took place as, according to family story, it was created after Ellen's death."
- vicster
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LA Times: Man with 15 lizards strapped to his chest arrested at Los Angeles International Airport.
H0llywoodWh0re, PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK, Amber, Random Time Lord and 15 other people liked this
Oh, well, yes. Quite.
- Akiva Moskovitz
O, no, and he was on his way to PetsRUs right for all those big bucks in the exotic animal business? Or was this a really inventive "mule" crime?
- Melanie Reed
He just doesn't know how to do it right. Pshaaah.
- Josh Haley
I'll bet the "hissing" gave him away. Josh is right. lol
- Melanie Reed
Were they concealed or being worn as a fashion accessory?
- SuezanneC Baskerville
And the winner of Play Hide the Lizard is...
- CW™
Of course, they forgot to mention the 27 he had strapped to his legs.
- WorldofHiglet
I've heard of a cold-blooded personality but this is taking it a bit far
- Mo Kargas
How many lizards CAN you take?
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
He was seen talking to a woman asking her if she wanted to see his lizard strapped to his leg.
- CW™
I have enough Lizard for everyone, comes to a new meaning.
- CW™
You get on the plane and take your seat. The person sitting next to you takes off their jacket, revealing 15 lizards attached to their shirt. What do you do?
- SuezanneC Baskerville
"Lizards At A Mother****in' Boarding Gate!" #unseenprequels
- vicster
good one, vicster
- Bryan R. Adams
Wearing Izod outside the 80's is definitely a crime, especially when layering 15 shirts.
- April Russo (app103)
haha that is so LA
- Susan Beebe
More of Aden's Wall of Love
7 DownGraded Goblins, Steven Perez, Mycaptain and 28 other people liked this
I am still searching/printing pictures. So don't worry if you are not there, you will be soon :) And I love it when people come to my desk and say "Who are these people?" and I proudly say "my friends" and then I get to point to the ones I have met.
- aden (and junk)
from email
I see me and Audrey!
- Rochelle
Cool! Thank you for not having random newspaper clippings and bible quotes! That would be creepy. (Really, it's cool!)
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Rochelle: Of course <3 (it was hard picking the perfect picture of the babby, but I had to get up you in your new swanky hair)
- aden (and junk)
What's that going on in between JA and Mary Carmen and underneath Steve? Who's being assaulted by kisses?
- Derrick
That's Steve and Josh. :)
- aden (and junk)
It's this photo, Derrick: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- joshua "magic" neff
Taken by FF's own Laura X.
- Steve is older than ever
Awww! Two of my favorites. But trust me, that's how it starts. o_O
- Derrick
I'll be in my bunk...
- aden (and junk)
Josh and I are in touch with our gay sides. Well, actually with each others' gay sides.
- Steve is older than ever
*points up*
- aden (and junk)
There are many wrong things I could say right now, but I love Steve and Josh way too much :)
- aden (and junk)
Aden, I'm pretty sure Steve & I have heard them all. Hell, we've made a lot of them ourselves.
- joshua "magic" neff
I just keep thinking of the slash fiction to be written, argyle, hiding in the stacks...yeah okay. Shutting up now.
- aden (and junk)
aden, it sounds like you've got the makings for your next NaNoWriMo book! :-D
- vicster
Oh man. If someone is "inspired" please god change the names. My kids will be old enough to use google soon.
- Steve is older than ever
Steve you owe me a new keyboard
- aden (and junk)
Yay! I see me with Ha3rvey! :)
- Laura B.
Do they say anything about me?
- Johnny Worthington
Actually one of the shipper boys came over today, asked about the wall and I was pointing out where people are from and I pointed to you and said "him" and he chuckled and said "Oh good, because I didn't want to say anything about the homely looking girl in the corner" :D
- aden (and junk)
WIN
- Johnny Worthington
Nice. I once had a wall of love but they covered up the hole.
- Rev. Dr. W!cKeD Rock
That's Johnny: "The homely looking girl in the corner".
- Josh Haley
Hey umm...if you guys are into that praying kind of stuff could you use up some of your pray points for my boyfriend? He has surgery tomorrow at 8am. Non-religious good thoughts and groovy vibes are also welcome.
nakachi, Ladybug Heather, Anne Bouey and 10 other people liked this
definitely. good thoughts/wishes/vibes all around.
- Sir Shuping
You got it.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Most definitely.
- Derrick
On it
- Ras - Dago-Baadass! of FF
Go ya covered
- Katie: Whelmed Overly
Non-religious groovy vibes transmitted your way :)
- Lo
Prayers said!
- Laura B.
indeed
- lris
*starts vibrating*... *focuses vibrations towards Aden's boyfriend*
- Johnny Worthington
Will do.
- Kirsten
Wonder FF powers ACTIVATE!!
- Yolanda
many happy, healing vibes headed his way!
- vicster
Good luck! I hope there are no complications.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Consider it done.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Prayers rising for his recovery, and for your spirits. Hugs to you both!
- Ladybug Heather
Good vibes being sent! KZZZZZZZZAPP!
- joshua "magic" neff
I hope he's now out of a successful surgery and well on the road to recovery!
- vicster
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