Okay, people, let's do this. One episode per night (weekdays only?) Straw poll for what time slot is best (give all suggestions in Pacific time):
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
I'm not even planning to watch. I'm just a brat. Even when I'm sick. :p No, seriously, though. I'm not watching yet, but every time someone talks about this mass release of all the episodes, binge-watching is all they cite for reasons. So, I'm curious as to why you're purposely watching one per day...
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
Is there already a book club room on FF? (Ideally one that focuses on the free Kindle Owners' Lending Library for Amazon Prime members?) - http://www.amazon.com/gp...
I'm game, so long as I don't have to buy a Kindle. (Nothing against them, per se, but I just got myself a tablet and I've got enough redundancy in my life.) #OrMaybeiamThinkingofDundancy?
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
I like both "BooKlub" and "FFolio" for the name -- any other nominations before I create it? Any preference between the two?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Add me too! I have Kindle squared - cat and ereader. You can have my books but not the cat. ;)
- Janet:#TeamMonique
I suppose "Kindler's List" would be silly. :P
- Hookuh Tinypants
I'm there. I 'd love to share some of my loanable books, and maybe grab some too.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
There is a Reading Room on FF: http://friendfeed.com/the-boo... You might ask there for more interested FFers or even cross-post when you set up your new one.
- Anne Bouey
OK, sorry for delays -- busy week at work. Any objections to Kindler's List before I create it? I suppose if there are, I can always rename it.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I'll go for that if it's "leadership potential". Some of them need to work on the bossy skills. (No reflection on you, Sarah. You're perfect.)
- Rebecca Hedreen
Okay, but there were some girls in my class in 3rd grade who were just plain BOSSY! And their leadership skills, based on objective evidence and no visibly attentive subordinates, were seriously under-developed and possibly non-existent. But other than that I would only say "Right on!" #HaveiRedeemedMyself#AtAll? #Anything? #AhWell...
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
"I worked in a lab for eight years, but I wasn't a conservator." No, ma'am, that's pretty obvious by the fact that you are making stuff up during this presentation.
"Do you have $200 and an unstoppable need to carry a whole, chilled watermelon wherever you go? Well you're in luck, crazypants, because the "watermelon stroller" is a thing that exists."
- Eric - seven eleven
from Bookmarklet
ROFL. And why am I not surprised this is from Japan. Do they have a different model for the square watermelons? =p
- ronin
No idea what I'd do with a spare $200 bucks (not sure I'd recognize a hundred dollar bill, so better go small denominations, kay?) but it durn sure wouldnt be THAT.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
I bought it at SafeWay and I don't think anyone even noticed.
- Mary Carmen
hard liquor in the grocery store? *clutches pearls*
- Hieronymous Boosh
hahahaha, yeah that was a O_O for her when I first took her shopping the first time she came to visit. It's all sold in markets here :).
- Scott. Cat Herder.
Yeah, it blew my mind at first. Coming from NYC where you have can get beer at the supermarket, but have to go to a liquor store and then going to Philly where you have to get beer at a distributor and go to a state store for liquor and the same in NC....altho you can get beer at the supermarket. The liquor & wine thing blew my mind.
- Mary Carmen
hang on, i don't actually have pearls. what did i just... *quietly leaves*
- Hieronymous Boosh
Pfft. Not only can you buy booze at most California grocery stores, Safeway has one of the best wine selections around (at least Bay Area Safeways do). At sometimes absurdly good prices also.
- Walt Crawford
Liquor is sold in the grocery stores here too. Remarkable for such a redneck state.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
One place I lived in NJ was a 'dry island'. I had to drive over a bridge to buy alcohol. So annoying.
- Yvonne
from FFHound!
Pro tips: About 4 hours after the sleeting stops, you're going to want mosquito protection. My solution was a length of rope, mosquito netting (draped over the rope), and citronella candles or other mosquito repellant: http://screencast.com/t... You'll want a couple of rubber bands to help the mosquito netting decide it really wants to stretch along the rope from pole to pole. You...
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- lris
Actually, now that I think about it, I have a whole bunch of soft mosquito netting and rope that I don't need. DM me if you want it.
- lris
Dr. S on FB: "My work sent me to a conference for four days where things like 'anal plugs' and 'anal augmentation' were discussed. I really love my job."
OMFGWTFBBQ... YOU CAN GET A MAGNETIC ASSHOLE???
- Johnny
OK, I read the first few words of the abstract—"Magnetic sphincter augmentation, a successful treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease…"—and was like "Wait a minute…." #WrongEnd
- Victor Ganata
"…following ethics/institutional review board approval…."
- Victor Ganata
I gotta Dr. S this: if you have one of these (in either superior or inferior position) and you accidentally swallow a magnet, are you, like, totally screwed?
- Victor Ganata
Even worse, if you're asleep at a party, will your friends wave magnets over your bum to make you poop yourself
- Johnny
I'm serious, people. We live in a world where not only is a magnetic asshole a thing but "Initial assessment with a small number of patients shows promising outcomes with a limited incidence of complications and good restoration of continence". My mind is shattered
The best way to a man's heart is through the fifth left intercostal space at the midclavicular line - Dr. Cranquis' Mumbled Gripes http://cranquis.tumblr.com/post...
I've never tried it myself, but I hear far fewer things can go wrong with the subxiphoid approach. Just remember, when you get a flash DO NOT CONTINUE TO ADVANCE YOUR MASSIVE NEEDLE INTO THE RIGHT VENTRICLE.
- Victor Ganata
I think this study pretty much explains why you really don't want to go too far in: A cadaveric study of complications associated with the subxiphoid and transthoracic approaches to emergency pericardiocentesis. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed...
- Victor Ganata
Oh, and this advice also holds true if for some reason you need to jab epinephrine directly into the heart of your boss's wife who just ODed on some high grade heroin.
- Victor Ganata
I was just thinking yesterday how much I enjoy watching the Glassmeyers talk to each other here on FF. I also thought about how amusing it would be if they weren't actually sisters; if, instead, they are just two separate personalities within Sarah. :)
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
yes, I've thought the same thing! I love the glassmeyer sisteren!
- t-ra: not givin up
It's funny how many people think the accounts are run by same person until I'm like "Um, that's my sister." And then people go "OH THANK GOD WE THOUGHT YOU WERE CRAZY."
- Sarah G.
Awwww, people like us. (We're delightful)
- sglassme
they sell whiteboards for showers. I looked into this a while back. there's something about the heat and water that just gets my brain going too!
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
from YouFeed
Philosopher keeps whiteboard markers on the sink so he can lean out and write on the mirror
- Hedgehog
from Android
^ That is a great idea! My shower doors are also clear glass...I wonder if they woudl work on those too?
- Sarah G.
Last year, due to my own dumb mistake, all our horses got out of the pasture and wondered onto the road (we live on a long dead ended road). Frustrated by my own mistake, I ran up hill and yelled to my mom, who was visiting, to grab me a pale of oats and a rope and please hurry.
Sophie, sensing the frustration in my voice, dropped whatever she was doing, ran downill after the horses and towards me, yelling: "DAD! DADDY!! I come and rescue you!!!" She tripped several times, but just got up and kept running.
- Stephan Planken
It was one of those moments where I realized just you much we bond.
- Stephan Planken
Hearing these things from a fathers perspective makes me happy. My birth father passed away when I was two. My step-father came into my life three years later. I always longed for what a natural bonded relationship must be like during those missing years.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
I'm very sorry, Janet. I lost mine only three and a half years ago, shortly after Sophie's birth. The two events made me realize I should count my blessings a little bit more often. It puts into perspective what's really important in life and what's not.
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
That is adorable, Stephan. You've clearly got a very special little girl there who loves you very much. <3
- Kelli H.
from Android
As a father of a once-little girl, this almost brought me to tears, Stephan. It triggers similar recollections of my own. Even though, as a parent, I had and have many failings, my kids have always been a source of support and strength for me. Not sure I would be here without having that in my life.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
I'm still learning, Mark. I know I will fail miserably once and a while. This far it has been easy but I'm sure I'll meet my challenges along the way as the girls will get older. As long as I can look back and know that I gave it the best I could (not just by fooling myself by saying that but knowing I did) I will be happy. Similar in the way I could tell my dad how happy I was with the effort he gave it and the good relationship we had. I know it meant the world to him when I told him that.
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
You get back all the love you give her, I am sure Sophie is a sweet, lovely and special daughter but you are the source of her emotions and feelings, well done Daddy you deserve such joy do receive back the love you give her.
- Nemo
<3 (and I don't post those booty shorts lightly)
- Eivind
from Android
Dang. It took me 24 hours to finally think of the word "portentuousness". It might not be exactly what I was thinking of, but I think it's the closest I can get to "the delusion of believing something meaningful and significant is about to happen."