Jess Lee

where in oregon is this corn field? - Alex Williams

The part of Oregon that can be seen from the sky? I actually have no idea. I'd have to ask Greg if he didn't say in his blog. - Wensleydale Scoble

Near Sherwood. - Wensleydale Scoble

Wow. He has guts... - Ryo

peekaboo! - Mark Dykeman

Looking for a smoke? (Or has he quit now?) ;) - Abby Martin

"When we first heard that Sarah Palin might go on Saturday Night Live, we weren't sure if it would really happen because it seems like the gang that's been spoofing her so pricelessly this season (Tina Fey most of all) really actually loathes her. Well, as many of our commenters pointed out, even if they do hate her, Palin would be ratings gold. So Palin will go on this weekend and we will all find our own ways to laugh about it. But today we learned two things — one, several political experts think that Fey's biting impressions of the Alaska governor probably took a very real political toll on the Republican ticket. And two, we learned that Tina Fey, as we suspected, totally does loathe Palin. "That lady is a media star. She is a fascinating person, she’s very likable. She’s fun to play," Fey told TV Guide. As for whether she'll keep playing the role, she might until November. "If she wins, I’m done. I can’t do that for four years," she said. "And by ‘I’m done,’ I mean I’m leaving... - Dan Hsiao

What about swapping roles - Tina Fey will be the VP candidate and Sarah Palin plays herself on SNL. :) - imabonehead

Tina Fey is my role model. Palin apparently wants to come on to SNL to make fun of Tina Fey's AmEx ads, which... what's there to parody there? It's basically Palin attempting to "get back" at Fey under the guise of good-humored PR. - Rebecca Sun

and we just broke the 1000 mark - which is fantabulous. :) - Zee from WeDoCreative

Thanks for inviting me mate. - Steve Spalding

Thanks again Zee :) - Carolyn

Thanks for inviting me Zee, I am reading the previous posts - Taban Khajehnassiri

Reshared from Peter's feed: http://www.friendfeed.com/pete... - Jess Lee

"One of the biggest confusions in the current mess is the claim that it is the result of greed. The problem with that explanation is that greed is always a feature of human interaction. It always has been. Why, all of a sudden, has greed produced so much harm? And why only in one sector of the economy? After all, isn't there plenty of greed elsewhere? Firms are indeed profit seekers." - Jess Lee via Bookmarklet

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251...: "Between 2004 and 2006, when subprime lending was exploding, Fannie and Freddie went from holding a high of 48 percent of the subprime loans that were sold into the secondary market to holding about 24 percent... One reason is that Fannie and Freddie were subject to tougher standards than many of the unregulated players in the private sector who weakened lending standards, most of whom have gone bankrupt or are now in deep trouble." - Jim Norris

Here's a response to the claim that the Community Reinvestment Act was one of the causes of the financial situation: http://www.slate.com/id/220164... "The right blames the credit crisis on poor minority homeowners. This is not merely offensive, but entirely wrong." - Roshan Vyas

pretty frightening, actually. - Chieze Okoye

Hot. - Jess Lee

Thanks to Ross (my cousin, FriendFeed intern) and Robert Scoble for being the sources for my analysis (little did they know!). My talk focused on the signals we are looking at to create better automatic filtering and ranking interfaces for FriendFeed. (Emily is Ross's sister by the way, if you are wondering why he likes her entries so much.) - Bret Taylor

Bret: will do! - Robert Scoble

Thanks for taking the time to talk to us afterwards. Sent you an e-mail about Wakoopa integration, let me know! - Robert Gaal

Okay, that's pretty neat/funny. But am I the only clueless soul who had no idea that people took professional photos for *engagements*? I knew weddings, but... - Adam Lasnik

Suuuure, it looks fine and happy now, but you just wait... ...sooner or later, he'll give her a bad coupon. - fac287

@Ryo ..or flee market? :P - Jagtesh Chadha

Whatever happened to the Evolution of Dance guy or that kid who loved Britney Spears so much he cried for her under his sheet? We'll fill you in on what happened to them and other Web celebrities when their 15 minutes of fame ended. - Jess Lee via Bookmarklet

hi - taheri via Alert Thingy

hi - taheri via Alert Thingy

@ⓞnor: Plain white rice is better than water after too much spiciness, as the food particles that are to blame are not necessarily water-soluble. - Ruchira S. Datta

That's a cute hat. - Melinda Owens

@Ruchira: I've heard this since childhood but haven't found it particularly true. The water makes my mouth feel cooler, whereas rice does not. Cutting spicy food before I eat it, though, works much better; and I've also recently found that cutting spicy stew with plain yogurt is also effective. - Melinda Owens

"Mostly I'll miss the fun we had. We played lots of pranks on each other. I used to race cars, and after he took this rare Porsche I owned for a drive, he began to get into racing. He had incredible reflexes, and he got really good, but he talked so much about it that I got sick of it. So I had a beaten-up Porsche shell delivered to his porch for his 50th birthday. He never said anything, but not long after, I found a crate of molten metal delivered to the living room of my (rented) house. It dented the floor. I then had it turned into a really ugly sculpture and dropped into his garden. To this day, neither one of us has ever mentioned it." - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

celebrity super-poking! - Private Sanjeev

"If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left. With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000. With AIG, you would have less than $15 left. But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drunk all of the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have $214 cash. Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle..."" - Bret Taylor via Bookmarklet

beer & recycling FTW! :) - Susan Beebe

so the meltdown is a solution for the homeless? - Stewart Rogers

for all you softies in the house :) - Zee from WeDoCreative via Bookmarklet

:) - edythe

unlike the mother...it looks like this bloody share just won't die! ;) keeps getting coughed up again! :) - Zee from WeDoCreative

Site tagline: "Turning the economic crisis into one of those clever internet memes." - Jennie Lin via Bookmarklet

woot.com is a great site. I've bought a handful of things from them and more then my fair share of shirts from shirt.woot.com. - Jason Shultz

@Morton Today is a ceramic heater. Remember, every day a new deal. It's really a good idea for an ecommerce site. I've suggested it to some of my clients who have retail stores. - Jason Shultz

Those ads are awesome! I wish wine.woot would ship to NJ though :-/ - Robert DeBord

Mont St. Michel - ·[▪_▪]·

I've been there. - Kamilah Gill

Paul, I just got back from Sushi Tomi, but the one here in Orlando. - Mike Reynolds

tbh, he recovers relatively well, but the quote itself is quite a haymaker. - Chieze Okoye

McPwned - j1m

I wish they showed McCain's face as Russert revealed the source. - Robert Konigsberg

"So with all the recent news about the Large Hadron Collider, many of you may have this nagging question: what, exactly, would happen if you stick your head in the particle accelerator? Well, actually, we know the answer to that because someone did stick his head into a particle accelerator. Here’s the story of Anatoli Bugorski." - Tudor Bosman

(reshared from a private feed) - Tudor Bosman

Woah - that was totally awesome. Note to self: Do not stick head inside a particle accelerator. - Tad - the Meme Maker

"David Moxon subjected 40 men and women to the sounds of a Maserati, Lamborghini and Ferrari, then measured the amount of testosterone in their saliva. He found everyone had higher levels of the stuff -- a measure of their arousal -- after hearing the revving exotics, but the amount the women had was off the charts. The econobox, however, left everyone colder than a January day in Nome. The study was commissioned by the ultra-exclusive British insurer Hiscox (we swear we're not making this up), which was curious to know how people respond to high-end luxury cars." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet