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Parth Awasthi posted a message on Twitter

“I want you to act cute and cuddly, Private. Today we're gonna blow this dump.”

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Just Smile and wave boys... Smile and wave. - Parth Awasthi

And with that note; Guten Morgen und Guten Abend! - Parth Awasthi

Anika Malone posted a link

Do you use Goodreads? | Anika's profile

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Anyone here use goodreads? I only have one friend there and I've read most of her books that aren't sports related. I need more tips. - Anika Malone via Bookmarklet

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Added you Faboo! Love Goodreads. I have a few other FFers on my friend list. - Haggis (Sean)

yes, I use good reads - clarke thomas

I use it but I don't have that many books. I did find this other book site that's like GoodReads. - Outsanity

Yay! And I see Neil Gaiman on your list. Totally added. - Anika Malone

Outsanity do you mean, LibraryThing? I'm there too. http://www.librarything.com/pr..., but GoodReads is prettier. - Anika Malone

Naw... I posted a link to it like a few days ago iBRB - Outsanity

Yeah! Neil is actually quite active. He leaves comments and participates quite a lot. If only we could get him on FriendFeed.. :) - Haggis (Sean)

http://www.shelfari.com/outsan... - My bookshelf - Outsanity

Oh, I shelfari looks different! - Anika Malone

Neil Gaiman on FriendFeed would be fun. - Anika Malone

I'm on there http://www.goodreads.com/user/... I also only have one friend. I need to use it way more, I am a huge reader. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons

Neal, I sent you a request. EDITED TO ADD: And I'm glad I did. I found some books on your list I've been meaning to read. - Anika Malone

Okay, that's pretty cool. I just went through all your lists and rated books that I read, but was too lazy to put in my own list and they populated my 'read' list. - Anika Malone

I added you as a friend. - Matt

Got it Matt, and approved. :) - Anika Malone

add me Anika: http://piurl.com/s9b :) - Carlos Ayala

Yes I have goodreads. - Katie

Katie, you have to add your profile, if you want to share! - Anika Malone

Anyone else? - Anika Malone

I'm on Goodreads. http://www.goodreads.com/user/... - g. warbucks

I have a gooreads account, but I mainly use Shelfari - http://www.shelfari.com/demonc... - Alan Simpson

http://www.goodreads.com/revie... i'm there! - Trish Haley

G. & Trish, added you both. More books for me! - Anika Malone

Anika, I use GR too, although I'm not all that active as of late. You can find my account in my profile. - Mohomed=genieyclo

thanks anika! - Trish Haley

http://www.goodreads.com/user/... That's me - George The Writer

George, added you too. - Anika Malone

Yup I do. http://www.goodreads.com/user/... - Parth Awasthi

I am rampantheart there but am not active though! - rampantheart

parth, i've added you too! - Anika Malone

Melissa posted an entry on melle music

Flickr MeMe

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Marcin Bajer, David's View, Igor Poltavskiy and 24 other people liked this

This one is mine: http://www.flickr.com/photos/j... - RAPatton

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Mine is here: http://flickr.com/photos/mjone... - Michelle Jones

MINE: http://www.flickr.com/photos/e... - Lindsey

Checking in: http://blog.justinkorn.com/ind... - Justin Korn

Here's me (literally): http://www.flickr.com/photos/d... - Derrick

Great photo. - Anika Malone

thanks. - Melissa

Justin, your photo is awesome. - Anika Malone

Justin - I'm jealous you got to go to the Academy. We tried going last weekend but it was so packed. - Melissa

@Anika - Thanks! - Justin Korn

@Melissa - You have GOT to go! :) I actually took this one during an event I was shooting: http://www.flickr.com/photos/j... I still have yet to process the images I took when I visited on my own! - Justin Korn

mio: http://dbcohen.com/blog/2008/1... - dbcohen

mine is lame - Josh Haley

Mine would be cute, if the quality didn't suck: http://flickr.com/photos/warri... - Ladybug Heather

mine here: http://www.thebernharts.com/20... - Neil Bernhart

@dbcohen - cool photo! - Neil Bernhart

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2... From this year's "Blaze" Jack-O-Lantern extravaganza! - James Ferguson

http://www.glencampbell.name/2... - Glen Campbell

thanks Neil! - dbcohen

great idea! here's mine - http://enrique-gutierrez.com/2... - Enrique Gutierrez via twhirl

mine: http://maltphoto.blogspot.com/... - Andre Maltais

and here is mine: http://www.flickr.com/photos/d... - Andy Roth

http://www.sheysmith.com/2008/... - Shey

Here you go: http://www.flickr.com/photos/j... - Grant Bierman

nice meme. mine is here: http://thomashawk.com/2008/12/... - Thomas Hawk

fun! here is mine http://www.punkerdoo.com/2008/... - ThePicMan

Not the best for sure http://www.flickr.com/photos/s... - Andrew Smith

Here's mine http://www.flickr.com/photos/j... - Jeff P. Henderson

fun!!! here's mine http://www.innerlogics.com/blo... (thanks Thomas Hawk!) - Niv

Here's mine: http://www.phillyscreenwriter.... - Cecil

Here's mine: http://flickr.com/photos/mike_... - Mike Hussein Cohen

And me, too. http://silas216.com/2008/12/04... - Steven Perez

here you go: http://www.flickr.com/photos/v... - Parth Awasthi

Here is mine: http://farm3.static.flickr.com... - David's View

http://www.innerlogics.com/blo... - Niv

here is mine: http://www.flickr.com/photos/w... - Wizetux

here's mine: http://rrrodrigo.jogger.pl/200... - Marcin Bajer

Cee Bee posted a link

Lion pride gets a chilly awakening as temperatures plunge below zero across the UK

yesterday at 12:02 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Head Ov Metal, Kol Tregaskes, Thomas Hawk and 16 other people liked this

"There's nothing a lion likes better than stretching out in the sun to take a lazy afternoon nap. But if they had any hopes of warm weather, this pride in Scotland were in for a big disappointment when temperatures dropped below zero yesterday. The shivering group of lions certainly don't look too impressed with the cold, as they prowl on the icy grass at the Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling. The freezing conditions couldn't be more different from the semi-arid plains of their native Africa. And unfortunately they'll have to get used to the cold, as forecasters have warned temperatures are set to plunge as low as minus 8C in the north of Britain. But the chilly beasts were in for another seasonal surprise to raise their spirits. Staff brightened up the twelve-strong lion pride enclosure for St Andrews day by decorating it with the Scottish national flag." - Cee Bee via Bookmarklet

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lions and tigers are badass as is, but in a snowy setting? man.... - Cee Bee

As if it wasn't cruel to keep animals captive :( These Big Cats deserve to atleast live in their habitat! If you can't keep them warm, they shouldn't be allowed to keep them. - Parth Awasthi

i can agree with that. i was taken by the photos and the incongruence of it all - Cee Bee

they don't like it ... pretty obvious - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

:-( - Lisa L. Seifert

Parth Awasthi posted a message

“"Let's go, as fast as we can, no one loves us here." - Bolivar; The general in his Labyrinth”

Wednesday at 11:14 pm - Link

Let's go, as fast as we can, this is the land of the infidel. - Parth Awasthi

It seems that the devil controls the business of my life. - Parth Awasthi

The three greatest fools of History have been Jesus Christ, Don Quixote . . . and me! - Parth Awasthi

Roshni posted a message on Twitter

“is walking around barefoot in office. Niice. I should do this everyday.”

Wednesday at 11:10 pm - Link

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Getting drenched is a very liberating feeling. The office air conditioning makes one sick later, but who cares! :) - Parth Awasthi

dilutes the seriousness of the working environment :p - manuscrypts

Parth Awasthi posted a message on Twitter

“What should I Be today?”

Wednesday at 7:43 pm - Link

Morton Fox and Anna Haro liked this

hopeful :) - Anna Haro

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and joyful - Ladybug Heather

brilliant - Morgan

Transcendent - Mo Kargas

awesome - ha3rvey

Slippery - Mark VandenBerg

Check, Check, Check, Check, Check... Er, No. But I am always those! Today I am Marquez's Bolivar. - Parth Awasthi

♥♥♥ - Anna Haro

A fluffy bunny. With butterfly wings. And a tutu!! - Lindsay Donaghe

good - Josh Haley

LOL Lindsay :) Even If I was a butterfly-bunny; at 180 pounds I don't think I could fly. :P More butter than fly. - Parth Awasthi

:) - Lindsay Donaghe

clown - m.i.a

@Parth, you would think that. But bumble bees shouldn't be able to fly either. But they can. :-) - Jason Huebel

@Jason: WIN! At my desk in Helvetica Size 72: "But Bees Fly!" - Parth Awasthi

...because bees don't care what humans think is impossible. - Parth Awasthi

Kamath ॐ posted a message

“What should be my next Audible book?”

Wednesday at 9:38 pm - Link

Derrick, Ian May and pea♥ fierce as a woozle liked this

Seriously, I need help. Any books you would recommend? - Kamath ॐ

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Stones from the River, Their Eyes Were Watching God, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, The Glass Castle, To Kill a Mockingbird, In the Time of the Butterflies, Iron and Silk, The World According to Garp, The Stranger, Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro's Gulag, Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan, You Gotta Have Wa, Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana - pea♥ fierce as a woozle

I suggest a Walk in the Woods. - Chris W

Any George Carlin book with him reading it. - Chris W

OMG, if I hadn't before, I just fell in love w/ pea. It was Stones from the River that clinched it. - Ayşe E.

Alrighty then... - Kamath ॐ

and thanks :) <3 - Kamath ॐ

Pea, going through your list checking for the one that has the longest listening time :). - Kamath ॐ

Invisible Cities. - Parth Awasthi

Kamath... I've got five credits in my account, and I can't decide either. It's got to be non-fiction, but other than that... - Ian May

Parth, looks like an interesting read but not on Audible :(. - Kamath ॐ

Ian, wow 5 credits - you've been holding back. - Kamath ॐ

Lindsay Donaghe posted a link

Dang, I better get a Life-Step!

Wednesday at 9:25 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Daniel Rowley, Kol Tregaskes, Shey and 33 other people liked this

me too! - Shevonne Polastre

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It's supposed to be a more healthy posture for that activity... more common in Asia than the US? - Logical Extremes

they had a demo on the Joan Rivers show back in the day for one of these. don't ask me how i remember that. - Matt Musgrave

If my knees are way the hell up there, how am I supposed to balance my laptop? - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★

Rah wins. LOL - Matt Musgrave

Back in the old country, we didn't have toilets you could sit on. The toilet was on the floor and we had to squat over it. Well okay, my house had a modern toilet but my relatives had an older house where they had to squat. - Morton Fox

New use for my yoga brick - score! - Alix Whitmire ƸӜƷ

Great band name: Fecal Stagnation - Jack Carlson

The yellow guy looks so sad. - Lindsay Donaghe

The dude on the left is getting shit done! - Tad, TV's Patrick Duffy

I've been doo dooing all wrong! - Sean Oliver

@Rah: My dilemma too. I guess we are supposed to use the iPhone/Touch. - Parth Awasthi

Nicely played Rah! - Nicholas Kreidberg

@Lindsay he just read the bullet points above him. - Flippity

Thanks, Dookie-Boss, er, I mean Life-Step - Christopher Harley

Japan has the best toilets, both the primitive hole-in-the-ground kind and the advanced technologies kinds with remote controls. - Mike Reynolds

Parth Awasthi posted a message on Twitter

“The simplest questions in life are the toughest to answer. But once we do find them, the simplicity of our own answers often surprises us.”

Wednesday at 10:41 am - Link

Morton Fox, rampantheart and Shevonne Polastre liked this

Wonderful quote. Yours? - Shevonne Polastre

Glad you could relate to it Shevonne. Yes. - Parth Awasthi

Insightful. - rampantheart

Joi Ito posted a message

“Just got married http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2008...”

Wednesday at 2:31 am - via Ping.fm - Link

Matt, Eric Lewis, RAPatton and 12 other people liked this

Congrats! Vimeo has nice 16:9 video. Joi is CEO of Creative Commons and is a Japanese VC and one of the most well-connected people in the world. - Robert Scoble

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Congrats! - Pankaj via IM

Congratulations! - wyclif

Congratulations! - Chris W

WOW, that's fabulous!! Congratulations :) Yeah for Joi Ito of CC!! woo hoo! (Thanks Robert, again!) - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

Congratulations! - Jauder Ho

Congratulations! - Parth Awasthi

Hurray! Congrats Joi and Mizuka. - torque

Congrats! - Rodfather

Congratulations! - mojay

Congratulations Mr. Ito. Best regards, some fans from Turin, Italiy! - 1Co

Congratulations! Happy! - Кто здесь?

Anna Haro favorited photos on Flickr

Tuesday at 9:56 pm - Link

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Anna!!! - Mo Kargas

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Hi, Mo! *hugs* - Anna Haro

How are you? :) - Mo Kargas

I'm well hon, how are you? :) - Anna Haro

Not too bad, planning a top secret world trip next year.. at work :) - Mo Kargas

Nice set of Animals Anna :)) - Mahdi Ebrahimi

Te Amo Anna! <3 - Parth Awasthi

yo tambien Anna! - Benton

Parth and Benton *besos y un abrazo fuerte* <3 - Anna Haro

love that Canadian Goose one!! - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

Animal pictures are the best - Adriana

That's a great one, Susan. :) - Anna Haro

Nice collection! - Nia

(jeff)isageek posted a link

Cast-Off! Your Final Three Wonder Woman Contenders

Tuesday at 5:05 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Cee Bee, Joe Dawson (beta), J. Abdul-Qahhar and 26 other people liked this

can you go wrong with any? :) - (jeff)isageek via Bookmarklet

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Nope, can't go wrong at all. - Jason Huebel

My vote is for Cobie Smulders. - Jason Huebel

Megan? Awesome. Morena? Maybe... but she just isnt physical enough. The other one? Hell no. Allow me to suggest Olivia Munn :) - Soulhuntre via twhirl

Olivia Munn is overrated. I don't think Megan fox is a good choice either, since WW is supposed to look regal (which Fox is not). Morena would be okay, if they get her a personal trainer. - Jason Huebel

Olivia Munn is talentless. Cobie actually LOOKS like Wonder Woman and is a great actor. Megan Fox is a good actor, but she just doesn't fit the part. I guess I could see Morena in the part, but I still prefer Cobie. She's strong and gorgeous. - Mattie Kenny

Who can make the wings flap? - Andrew Leyden

hey... what about beyonce? *ducks* - Sean Reiser

I would totally do Morena. OMG, she is beautiful. Wonder Woman, though, I'm just not sure. - Ladybug Heather

What is the young lady from 'Firefly' name? She is on the far left. I think she would be good. - Amani

Robin looks like a good WW, though not really athletic enough. Fox would be my choice for the eye candy factor. She would sell more tix. - Matt Musgrave

The actress from Firefly's name is Morena Baccarin http://www.imdb.com/name/nm107... - Alex Scoble CISSP

I don't think she has to look buff...she just has to be fairly tall and not be a stick. - Alex Scoble CISSP

I <3 Mattie. Exactly what I think too. - Jason Huebel

Picturing Morena and Ladybug Heather... I'll be in my bunk - Sean Reiser

I'm with Heather. Morena. - Carmen

(Me too, Sean. I'm all atwitter now.) - Ladybug Heather

In my opinion of the three only Cobie Smulders is tall enough to be Wonder Woman. Although really the actress playing her should be 5'10" or taller...she's supposed to be an Amazon for pete's sake. 5'6" is far too short and 5'7" isn't much better. - Alex Scoble CISSP

number 3...i'm in love all over again. - Zee.

actually Heather right now your aFriendFeed... twitter is that other service - Sean Reiser

I'm sorry, people. Lynda Carter is, and always will be, Wonder Woman. Now GET OFF MY LAWN! - John Craft

None of these say: "Hey, I'm an Amazon" My vote is Rosario Dawson - Bwana

Lucy Lawless, Gena Davis and Famke Janssen all would have been good choices when they were a bit younger, although perhaps still good choices for the role. Liv Tyler would be OK, but she's not that great of an actress IMO. But Charlize Theron would be perfect. - Alex Scoble CISSP

Of course, everyone conveniently forgets that the Amazons cut off their right breasts for better archery. All of these women seem well-balanced. :-P - Ladybug Heather

if hollywood's involved we'll get Alicia Silverstone - Sean Reiser

@Ladybug, OK then Megan Fox it is. Her boobs aren't real anyway. - Jason Huebel

megan fox - Live4SoccerVacations

http://friendfeed.com/e/5fc1c5... - David Cook

what david cook said.... - Live4SoccerVacations

oooh. yes! Cobie Smulders! hadn't thought about her but she would be awesome. she's the only one that's seemed even remotely close to being right for the role. - pea♥ fierce as a woozle

Angie Harmon would be awesome. - Rodfather

Thanks Live4Soccer - David Cook

Cobie Smulders. - Parth Awasthi

Of those three?!? Morena Baccarin... - J. Abdul-Qahhar

Cobie Smulders, no doubt. - Alejandro S.

The Bohemian Penguin posted a message

“I GOT AN INTERVIEW. I COULD CRY.”

Tuesday at 9:21 am - Link

Rodfather, Steven Perez, Richard Walker and 22 other people liked this

I'm not sure that crying at an interview is the best course of action. - Glen Campbell

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Good luck - Morton Fox

GO BABY! GO! - Nine

Congratulations and knock em dead! - Matt Harwood

@Glen, maybe only as an absolute last resort, pity-vote sort of option. - The Bohemian Penguin

Yay! - Yolanda

what is the position? Is it something you think you would like? - RAPatton

Good luck. Do your best! - Daryl aka Lil Trumpet Boy

Congratulations! I saw your job hunt post last night, so this is really good news. - Anika Malone

Dental assistant with on the job training — something for which I've been looking into taking coursework (mainly to give me a good, solid job until I figure out where I want to go with photography), so being able to work and train (and get paid!) at the same time is quite favorable. Fingers crossed and all. - The Bohemian Penguin

Yay! Good luck!!! - Carmen

Hurrah! congrats :) - Iain Baker

Wishing you the best. - Parth Awasthi

Go Penguin! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sending you good wishes and even better vibes. [BTW- you have a truly cool FF handle.] - Abby Martin

Great news! i wish you all the best and enjoy it! :) - WorldofHiglet

Congrats! Knock em dead - Shey

Crying? Do I see Crying? There is no Crying in an Interview! (w/ apologies\ to Tom Hanks) ... Good luck! - Sean Reiser

Good luck. As @shey says, Knock Em Dead, which BTW is a great interviewing/resume book. - Mike Reynolds

FF us during the interview so we know how it's going! No wait! Maybe not a good idea! - Richard Walker

Congrats!! - Adriana

Michelle Marie Miller posted a message on Jaiku

“Brown's UPS helper is female, cute & buff and could probably kick my ass. She better keep her paws off. Who's got my back?”

Tuesday at 11:03 am - Link

Charlie Anzman, David Cook, Far and 15 other people liked this

I am sure she is not Michelle Miller hot - RAPatton

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Truly, she is Canadian winter compared to your tropical paradise. [But if you need me, I've got your back - but I think he knows how lucky he is to have you so you won't need me.] - Abby Martin

She's not the GirlToFallFor. - Parth Awasthi

I got your back! :) - (jeff)isageek

You got Twinz right here LOL - Trigeia Twinz

lol - Shey

Back-Time... - Helen Sventitsky

You've got a whole entrage, MMM - Michael W. May via twhirl

I got your back! [whips out nunchucks] [flails nunchucks impressively] [hits self in head] Ow. - Karim

Karim, you are so dashing. Especially with that big goose egg on your head. - Yolanda

LOL @Karim. I may be small, but I fight dirty! - Far

Derrick posted a message

“Your significant other is traveling and has the opportunity to stay with a good friend that you know they find to be very attractive. What's your stance on the situation?”

Tuesday at 8:53 am - Link

Mathew A. Koeneker, Mrsth, Shawn Farner and 14 other people liked this

If you don't have trust, you gots nothing. - Jason Toney

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If they have never done anything before and my partner is a trustworthy person, then I wouldn't mind. - Shevonne Polastre

To echo Jason if you can't trust in your partner's commitment to you and your relationship then there's nothing really there. Only you can decide if you have that trust or not. - Michelle Jones

Well said, Jason. - Grant Fitzgerald

If you cannot trust them, they are not significant enough (er, what they all said) - Michael W. May

Tell them to have fun, nod nod wink wink. - Eric P

It's harder to win the lottery if you don't have a ticket. - Chris White

Does one's sexual orientation affect the answer to this? I know some gay men, for sure, who rock that whole 'What happens in Vegas' type of attitude (and sadly gives pause for those who think gays can't rock monogamy and shouldn't get married). - Derrick

Gotta have trust. If your partner is going to wander or be unfaithful, they're going to do it at some point. If you're relationship is rock steady, it'll never go any further than lust in the mind. Of course, some say, that's being unfaithful too. - Ian May

who cares, and why? important questions - Gregory Lent

+Jason - Carmen

I think it would be inappropriate unless you're in an open relationship. This isn't simply about trust, it's about how staying with this person makes you feel (or how it would make your partner feel). Generally speaking, if you really love a person you take their feelings into account. Again, it's not about jealousy or trust, it's about the fact that there is sexual chemistry present - the "interest" between them isn't neutral. But it really depends on the couple. - V for Veselka

I would be concerned that my SO would think that was okay, and would be concerned that they'd do it - even when I trusted them - because it's a damned uncomfortable situation. While trust is necessary, testing that trust is inappropriate. - ωαřмaiden

What Jason Said. - Parth Awasthi

I'd be somewhat opposed. Regardless of jealousy or trust it is about whether a situation looks appropriate... and to me it barely passes the smell test. - Nation Hahn

I'm not sure this passes the "appearance of impropriety" test. - ha3rvey

THis is definitely not a trust issue to me. It is not appropriate for my girl to stay with a dude who she is not related to by blood...period. I wouldn't stay with a chick, either. It's just not appropriate. - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★

I should note that I have lost a girlfriend in a similar scenario but that shit's on them. I'm simply not going to police a grown ass person's activities. Your best friend could be Porny McSuperDick but if we're together, I'm like Halle Berry in Boomerang and I assume you know what Love is. - Jason Toney

Jason, you owe me a keyboard sir! - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

And we have to give ourselves wiggle room for jealousy, no? We are aware of that and what it can do. But then there's trust. This is a tough one for me. - Derrick

Inappropriate, IMHO. - Katie

+10 jason for "porny mcsuperdick." i tell him i'm not as okay with it as i'd be if you stayed in a hotel and just hope i don't have to slash his tires later.* (*i'm not really the tire slashing type. i might want to, but i'll be damned if i wind up on "judge mathis" giving my money to some fool i don't like.) - tiffany

Hellafied LOL @ JT - Derrick

I think I may be caught up on the word "stance". If you feel it's inappropriate or there are pangs of jealousy, there's a conversation to be had, no? Ideally, your S.O. either respects your feelings and understands that you're that kind of person and so doesn't want to give you that heartache...or, you're being silly, and a conversation will mete that out and you'll feel better about the situation. - Jason Toney

B. Brown, I do have celebrity judges on speed dial. Just so you know :-) Any excuse to go on The People's Court. - Jason Toney

weird answers, it's just sex, who cares? - Gregory Lent

I do agree that you must have the trust, but in another way I do feel that if you're in a committed relationship and you do trust him, it's still kinda uncomfortable situation to me. You know they may not act on the feelings but they're still there and anything even by accident can still happen. I don't like that at all. I love my hubby and trust him completely but you don't know what the other person has in mind. - Sheryl

@Derrick: I'm straight, I'm just realistic. Something like 2/3 of people cheat or get cheated on at some point in their lives. I don't think of myself as polyamorous or anything, but I'd rather have a relationship where we can be open and honest about any feelings/sexual desires for other people, and I'd rather something happen with my knowledge and consent. A good relationship should be more than (and not wholly dependent upon) sexual exclusivity. - Eric P

I'm trying to figure out how this is inappropriate.That's free room and board! The responses are funny to me because "trust" wasn't even the first thing to come to mind. I'd be more concerned that my husband cleaned up after himself and brought a nice gift to the hostess. - Anika Malone

Five points to Faboo Mama. - Jason Toney

JT sometimes, your S.O. will try to minimize your feelings. and sometimes the person feeling jealous needs to check him/herself. i know i tend towards jealous (and tend to hurt deeply and for a long time). i also know that this could be some trouble waiting to happen. so my middle way is "this makes me uncomfortable. i'm not going to fight about it. i just hope that i mean more to you than some pretty cooch." - tiffany

Go Eric P, and LOL @ Anika (as usual) - Derrick

He can do what he deems best; if he strays, he's not mine. - MiɳiMagɘ (AlwaysMiniMage)

Dude, tell your dude you would rather he didn't stay there, and if he does, it's likely to piss you off. This just sounds like an excuse for an "accident" to happen. If you get in a big argument over this, it may be because they really did want to see if anything would happen. - Chris White

+10 chris - tiffany

I'd be uncomfy if it happened during one of my insecure days or weeks. I'd expect them to fool around and would be willing to forgive & forget it. We all have weak moments and I would hope the same consideration is extended to me. Of course I've yet to meet the person who inspires that level of committment for me anyway so what do I know... - J. Nez

Chris, this is just a hypothetical. Throwing it out there for the sake of discussion. - Derrick

Answer's always the same-a ring on the finger, champagne on ice, 1 man to show the best part of life, a solid foundation built out of trust-lyrics from What a woman needs. - Mrsth

Like JT, I'm also not down to monitor someone's motives / actions. If you cheat, you cheat. You're just out the door once you do. It takes a long time for me to trust in someone... and in a relationship, i expect just as much from the other - and for him to realize that we have nothing to worry about if this type of situation arises. The reality is that we will always find other people attractive, whether we are committed or not. The key is to feel confident in the relationship, in each other. - Melissa

all strategies of control to deal with personal insecurity, sad - Gregory Lent

ok by me - Mitchell Tsai

Parth Awasthi updated their status message on Gmail/Google Talk

“उसके दुश्मन बहुत हैं दुनिया में... आदमी ज़रूर अच्छा होगा.”

Tuesday at 7:41 am - Link

Judging by the number of enemies he has; he must be a good man. - Parth Awasthi

Justin Long posted a message

“How do you go about finding a person to follow that is of real value to you--when "real value" may be something entirely tangential? perhaps several "degrees" away from you? What's your strategy for separating wheat from chaff? for finding needles in a haystack? for finding a "real friend"?”

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The dunbar number says you can have at most 15 friends. Would it be possible to follow, say, just 15 people on friendfeed (taking into account friend-of-a-friend) and get all the information you "really need"? - Justin Long

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Friendship isn't about need: need-based relationships are about dependency, "I need to be friends with this guy because he does X" or "I need to know this person because they are Y." Once that need is satisfied, there's no basis for the friendship. So establishing criteria for what makes a Friendship beyond very loose principles creates weak relationships: what happens when your "friend" stops meeting one of those criteria? You stop being friends with them? That's not something people consider valuable: people call that being a fair-weather friend. Friendship is one of the few goods that one finds oneself in rather than looking for because of this. If you look for friendship, you will never find it. - Mark Trapp

Hm. That's a good point. What you're describing is not what I had in mind, but I can see that once again definitions and semantics are important. Part of the problem on FF of course is that just because you follow someone doesn't mean there is a "friendship" tie that automatically enables interaction..... - Justin Long

Might it be a better strategy to follow or interact with LOTS of people shallowly... or with FEW people with greater DEPTH? Probably the two strategies are equally valid, but how does one choose which strategy is more valuable? - Justin Long

Social networks don't, at least currently, describe friendships. Because of their inability to capture what friendship is, they have been adapted by their users to what amounts to a convention. Do you wind up meeting someone at a convention that eventually you become friends with? Sure. Do you wind up becoming friends with everyone at a convention? No. Does the convention do anything for the friendships you do create beyond facilitating the initial interaction? Not really. Two people forming a real friendship after meeting on a social network is no more notable had they met in an