I was getting ready to post "Does not give one whit about Avatar." as my FB status. I generally avoid movies that I'd need to take Dramamine for.
- Rochelle Rochelle
I want to see Princess and the Frog! And I saw Avatar; it was ok. The ten year old in me really enjoyed it although it's a bit predictable. *shrug*
- Derrick
I went to P&F---liked it very much and would go again
- Abigail
I'm gonna take Mr. 7 on Christmas Eve day, I think. It looks like it could be fun. Also looks like it could be deeply annoying. Anyway, yeah, we are still good.
- s t e v e
Is it a librarian thing not to be interested? I'm not at all, either.
- Aurora
i'm not a librarian, but i have alot of librarian friends and both my parents used to teach English at KU in the 60s (my dad worked for the university library there before that).
- Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!
I do still love you, but if this relationship is gonna work, we'll need counseling.
- Eric Sizemore
"There are precious few children’s shows out there that are really immune to generation gaps, but Fraggle Rock stands the test of time with its humor and the easy-to-grasp lessons of morality worked into each episode. With Fraggle Rock The Complete First Season ($27) you get 24 episodes of this Jim Henson creation. Enjoy original music and learn some life lessons with over 700 minutes of Fraggle fun. Bonus features include interviews, documentaries, and a replica of Jim Henson’s notepad."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
I tried to get my kids into it. I was bummed when they didn't enjoy it as much as I did :(
- Shevonne
they've got a complete series as well...they've actually released it twice as a complete series. i have the 1st release, tis awesome. Shevonne you should buy it for yourself! :)
- Sir Shuping
Same here, Shevonne. Fraggle Rock was such a great show. I still think my kids are just weird.
- ha3rvey (wants confit)
Here's to hoping "egotistical fatso", as in "Scoble is an egotistical fatso" soon leads Googlers here--and they give to the food bank, too.
- Pierce Presley
Alright man, you asked for it, you got it... Scoble is an egotistical fatso (not that I necessarily believe that... #justsayin)
- Aaron Strout
Yes, I'm a stay at home mom.....no, I don't want to watch your kids during the day......not even if you paid me.... no, you would not be 'doing me a favor'.......sorry, you will NOT guilt me in to it. Seriously, don't ask me again.
I'm a stay at home dad. everyone thinks i'm a lazy bastard even tho i work harder now than when i was working in the outside world. i guess cos i'm at home and don't get financially compensated i must be a bum. oh yeah, and apparently certain other parents think i'm some kind of pedo. :P
- Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!
Joe - I hate that attitude that people are giving you. That's just the sort of thing that keep some really great male teachers from teaching elementary school, which is really sad.
- Katy S
I work from home much of the time, and I know that some folks think it must be a real doddle. I can watch TV all day (don't have one!), drink myself silly at all hours. OK, I can mostly choose when to get meals and coffee, and it's much cheaper than eating out, and I can work in my birthday suit if I wanted I guess. Thing is though, I still have to do the work to get paid!
- Ian May
If you can't find anyone online to help you with Spanish (or other languages), you may want to check this out - http://www.livemocha.com.
- imabonehead
I want to learn so I can actually have a conversation with my kids' friends parents without sounding like an idiot.
- suzanne
In Texas, we are on the aggressive-learning plan. Most signage is bi-lingual. Claro.
- Josh Haley
Yeah Josh - very much like that here. In fact there are plenty of places nearby where you can't really tell you're in an English speaking country at all...
- Tad
from fftogo
Do you say "claro", Josh? I feel like I usually hear "claro" in Spain Spanish and "por supuesto" (spl?) in Mexican Spanish. But I'm gaining that mostly from films, and the fact that my university Spanish teacher who spoke Mexican Spanish always said "por supuesto." They both mean "of course," right?
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
I would add another hearty recommendation for Coffee Break Spanish. I was reading several books while I went through the CBS episodes and it made a huge difference. The only thing to keep in mind is that they are primarily teaching continental Spanish, that is, Spanish with an Iberian accent. This means instead of "cinco" you pronounce it "thinko" and such. They do say, "if you're learning Latin American Spanish it would be ..." but you have to keep that in mind.
- Joey Gibson
Cuando quieras practicar no dudes en preguntarme algo... yo tambien quiero practicar mi ingles :)
- Cesar Sanchez
When you want to practice not hesitate to ask me something ... I also want to practice my English
- Cesar Sanchez
So I can tell how you slammed down the book and shoved my change at me without a word that you disapproved of my purchase. I guess 'tolerance' and 'acceptance of others' doesn't apply to the people who don't agree with you. I've had friendlier service buying porn.
Wow! Of course, now I'm totally curious about what book you bought.
- Katy S
hah.....It was 'Going Rogue' for my smartypants brother in law for his B-day. I got it for him kind of as a joke but when he blew out his candles he wished for "No Socialism". I guess the jokes on me.
- suzanne
I can't even imagine putting a "costume" on my car. There were even tackier things in the store, but too many people were crowded around them to take pictures.
- Katy S
Ha! Around here people drive around with menorahs on the roof of their cars and each turns on for Hanukkah.
- Admiral Anika
from fftogo
My down the street neighbor has these on her VW Bug. As much as I hate to say this....it's kinda cute.
- suzanne
I'm about to become a landowner.....acres and acres of beautiful unspoiled land brimming with trees, views of the Cascade and Enchantment mountain ranges and about 20 miles from nowhere Wa. I hope all goes well.
I turned 30 at the beginning of this year. It's no big deal.
- Curtiss Grymala
The real crisis: I'm suddenly becoming David Wooderson. "High school girls (Me: And all college girls): I get older, they stay the same age"
- Mike Nayyar
mmmmm Denny's pancakes. I remember a time when they were as big as your head and only cost a nickel! That was before forks were invented so we had to eat them with our hands. Damn hot they were too, not like today. Cold as ice now.......and small.
- suzanne
you youngins this old hag is 60.......
- VAL D. Zone
i'm more than twice your age and still rockin'. you're far from done, lad. :)
- Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!
Mike Nayyar I love dazed and confused
- VAL D. Zone
I was rocking til I got arthritis so bad I had to quit work and everything but in my mind I am still jumping around the concerts and traveling...........I miss all that the most but at least I have my FF to keep me company.............
- VAL D. Zone
ok here finsihed all my presents and even got one today....:)...and yourself?
- VAL D. Zone
Aden, you're just perfect sweetie. You're smart and sensitive and talented (and junk)... Josh fights for truth, justice and the pantless. ... MVB may make like snidely whiplash, but he rides like the Lone Ranger (Cristo will make something suitably filthy of that remark).. Mike makes it happen.... Halil loves chocolate, nuff said... Jeremy scares people in all the right ways...Val is all ribbons and bows... you guys are just right. Edit: bunneh! can take it like a man.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
I'm okay....my bro-in-law told me the wrong date and time for a cooking class I really wanted to take so I totally missed it. But other than that I'm super, thanks for asking.
- suzanne
yep! Getting ready to make biscuits. I think I might roll a little cinnamon sugar into the dough.
- Katy S
I'm just making an old buttermilk biscuit recipe my dad uses. I suspect it's from a Betty Crocker cookbook. After I pat out the dough, I'm going to put melted butter on it, sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on it, gently roll it, and then slice it.
- Katy S
as much as possible ...almost yes:P
- matmazelange
sleepy this afternoon but doing ok here! thanks for asking this very important question. :-D
- Paulette Garcia Morris
MC makes me smile... Suzanne brings the optimism...Katy "just grabs 'em in the biscuits" and keeps the traditions going... Kaia keeps it stirred up... CW can live with ambivalence... matmazelange holds out for hope... Paulette understands what it means to live in a state of gratitude.... Rodfather is appropriately confident... see, you people are perfect.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Perez said we lied about what happened here, and he demanded a retraction...Well demand this you talentless dope, here is what really happened. - http://www.ktla.com/videobe...
my life is a snow day............:-/
- VAL D. Zone
I'm going to Josh's house, after a stop to pick up Aden with her Smurf sleeping bag. :) Legos and Smurfs!
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Derrick, I'm so jealous of the fireplace. :) That was the one thing that I really was hoping for when we bought our house. I'll just have to come visit you sometime.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
I have a fireplace, but our UPS and U-verse router are in it. The TV is in front of it.
- ha3rvey (wants confit)
Curl up in front of the fireplace and cuddle with my honey :) Do some online shopping and I'm assuming the snow day comes due to significant snow fall. I'd make show cream, love that stuff.
- H0llywoodWh0re
ditto josh on the zelda, though i don't have a fireplace :( probably clean the apartment, too. depending on how the cleaning goes, may also fit in some writing/knitting time. and yes, i'm planning what i may be doing tomorrow ;)
- Katie
Sleep, knit, play Borderlands, sleep some more.
- Mary Carmen
oh yeah, probably also do some xmas baking.
- Katie
I was thinking about baking tomorrow if we do end up having the college closed. Probably should look through recipes to make sure I have what I need on hand.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
good point. i'm 99% positive I have everything, but could probably stand to pick up extra flour and butter. and some eggs. damn, my shopping list is already pretty full.
- Katie
1/2 day on a snowy photo stroll, 1/2 day snuggling with kittehz
- vicster is...
Finish watching Big Bang Theory, catch up on my Hulu queue, and start reading Red Seas Under Red Skies.
- Jenica
In theory? start packing. In reality? listen to music, do stupid dances, watch tv... my brand of nothing
- Lo
It IS an ugly purse, it looks like a green windbreaker rolled up and then wrapped with a bungi cord. They deserve each other. I love Goodwill 'granpa' sweaters, always comfy and broken in...the one I was wearing was a Woolrich cardigan that I paid $2.77. Pinch those pennies 'til they cry and call me momma.
- suzanne
i got a purple lambswool eddie bauer cardigan for $3 a few years back. had never been worn. Good thing Ugly Purse doesn't thrift shop, More goodies for us!
- Baroness Von BusinessTime
Did you know he used to be an on-air presenter for QVC? Yup, he could even sell you ladies a purse, shoes or jewelry. ;-)
- Jason, Incognito
from Android
He could sell me my own stuff for all I care. Just as long as he's talking to me in that "I'm 100% all-beef male, now lick me like the beast I am" voice the entire time, I will keep pumping out the cash. $500 for my nappy old houseshoes and raggedy robe? YES PLZ.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
If I didn't love you before lady, I seriously love you now for that :)
- aden
He used to be the "Your New Home" guy in Baltimore; an alum of my college.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
LOL @ the ladies. Admittedly, if I were female or gay...
- Jason, Incognito
i'm totally not baiting, this question has actually been bobbing to the surface of my mind for a few weeks now. i have no idea why.
- Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!
my kneejerk reaction is a resounding "no". but my raging insecurity keeps bellowing at me that i'm wasting everybody's time. OTOH, this place is a great forum for me to just blather on about whatever is on my pointed head and seldom get called for being a dick-nosed wankenstein.
- Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!
um....if we are responding to you, you are not wasting our time :-)
- Mary Carmen
well, i meant in general. i'm certainly not interesting/entertaining/bearable all of the time. few ppl are. i don't think many here actively dislike me, or at least they're diplomatic about it if they do. i just think that i can be a boor. like right now, for instance. *SHAME*
- Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!
nope. not at all. i don't believe for a second that anyone thinks that of you. i think its the jet-lag/craz dreams talking.
- Mary Carmen
i should listen less to my insecurities. but then i occasionally catch someone agreeing with that little voice and it happens just often enough to throw things into doubt.
- Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!
Don't worry about wasting people's time... they chose to subscribe to you... and if they don't like what you're saying "freedom" is just a scrollbar/F5 away...
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
do not delete and more importantly do not disengage. that's my vote.
- Jim in Real Time
Please don't. If you haven't noticed, I comment and like your posts frequently. I'd appreciate it if you'd stick around so I continue to have interesting things to read. :-)
- Jason, Incognito
which raises the question, what to do if i die suddenly? who posts notification here? should i even worry about that? i remember a girl i knew on IRC back in 1994 died while surfing and nobody found out until nearly half a year later...we'd just assumed she'd lost interest in hanging out there.
- Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!
Perhaps you could mention it in your will? Leave instructions and passwords?
- Mellissa
that's a thought. but i'd hate to have to pay every time i change the various passwords just to have them updated in the will. maybe have them separate, tho.
- Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!
I'm one who also likes your stuff. Keep it up!
- Kurt Starnes
I'm pooped! We had only 8 people over tonight for Thanksgiving, but the amount of work to prepare a full dinner and roast a 20Lb. turkey is, well a lot of work! Actually the hardest part is doing the dishes afterwords. I think we ended up running 4 loads through the dishwasher.
The house is now quite, everyone but me is in bed and asleep. I'm finally getting a chance to sit down in front of the TV to relax and have a glass of wine. Cheers! and happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
- Jeff P. Henderson
Our new pound puppy......such a sweety. Boxer/lab already named Zoey.....of course it's Zoey because we already have a shar-pei/boxer/lab named Joey. We may or may not change it. I can't wait to bring her home.
No seriously, it's not even right how awesome this is. there is no more awesome left in the world because this has taken all of it. every last drop.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Heh. Going through best of the month and this popped up. And it is. Best. Of. The. Month!
- Jason Toney
Awww. I need to call my little shorty cousins.
- Derrick
I say online/offline. The point is the whole "log onto" or "get online". Like it's a big effort to sit down and log in nowadays.
- Rochelle
My little brother, who was like 10 at the time, claimed he could tell by the sound of the the modem noise if there was going to be successful connection.
- Matthew DeVries
It doesn't sound as dirty as "jacking in" :D
- Victor Ganata
+1 to matthew deVries' brother, i had that talent, ;)
- chaz2b
I call bullshit on you like did on him! If you could tell, you wouldn't need the computer, you could just listen to the internet!
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew, actually most of my friends and I could tell, too, but only on lower baud modems. Once you hit 14.4, it was pretty much just white noise.
- Akiva Moskovitz
That's like when I take surveys that ask "How often do you check your email?" And I'm like, uh...whenever my Gmail tab shows there's a new one?
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
from iPhone
Heh, that makes me think of this: GROUND! I wonder if it will be friends with me? And the rest, after a sudden wet thud, was silence.
- Victor Ganata
Going Online means formal wear. Jacket, tie, cumber-bun. For really special occasions like hunting for preserved geocities, I'll go zoot suit.
- Micah Wittman
Matthew I still can...the music never ends. ;) (with a nod to Lewis)
- Melanie Reed
I think sometimes we get spoiled with high speed connections that are "always on", when there are a lot of people who still have to deal with dial up....like my Mom....so, going "online" really does take some effort!
- Bonnie Foster
I'm not even sure HOW to "log off" of the internet anymore. My main PC (server) is always on and connected as is my Satellite box/DVR. My iPhone is always on and connected too.
- Jeff P. Henderson
I could tell on modems if it was going to connect. There's a twangy two-tone sequence that you would hear twice on 56k modems, if it was good. I almost never use "online," 'cuz I was one of those who sneered at online svcsthat got between the customer & a real IP address (perhaps Compuserve, perhaps Prodigy but definitely, as we used to say, AOHell). I figured those services were better than nothing, but not preferable to an actual internet service provider (SLIP,PPP, or even SLiRP on my friend's UNIX box).
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
@MiniMage When I got access to a local ISP with a shell account included, I was in 28.8 heaven :) And include me in those with the Modem Listener abilities, especially with the lower speeds. It was essential that I the 2400baud connected at 2400 and not 300 (like the C-64 did)
- Michael W. May
I'm supposed to bring either a fruit or Jell-O salad to Thanksgiving but I'm having trouble coming up with something that isn't trashy. I want something more mature/classy than just fruit in a bowl with Cool Whip or a Jell-O mold. Ideas?
Preferably not! Perhaps there's no such thing as a fruit or Jell-O salad that is classy and doesn't come from cans..
- Rochelle
mmmm...ambrosia. My mother-in-law makes a lime Jell-o, pineapple, cottage cheese, walnut salad kind of thing. Don't make that.
- suzanne
Really fresh fruit salads can be wonderful, especially when there's a mix of fruits and berries with chopped larger fruits. The juices make their own dressing :)
- Jennifer Dittrich
Where exactly does one get fresh fruit in Seattle in late November? :P
- Rochelle
You eat gelatin? I thought you were vegetarian.
- Katy S
You need the Jell-o cookbook from the 70's my parents used to have. Those dishes will take you three days.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
It's an awesome book, it does have some of the old recipes in it, but it isn't a recipe book. It discusses the history, advertising, and jello in pop culture. There are tons of pictures. I love it!
- Katy S