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“Was Macrumors just hacked or is this a cruel joke?”
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yesterday at 10:25 am - Link
saw that, hacked & cruel absolutely! - George Tziralis
Hacked "Retraction on Steve Jobs comment...we don't know how that got in our feed." - Steve Rubel
sick, sick joke. - Hao Chen
what @george said - .LAG
That is AWFUL - Mona N.
The unintended comments are continuing haha, something's wrong... - Glenn Batuyong via twhirl
Cruel joke. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Their tech guy might want to insert an Apache auth/htaccess to their AJAX live site - Glenn Batuyong via twhirl
Site is down now - any other sources for updates? - Rob Fay
engadget and cruchgear are both blogging live - Jeff Douglass
Jeff: You have to refresh the page manually on crunchgear. VentureBeat have a realtime room on FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/rooms/ve... - Nicholas James
This isn't funny at all. It's cruel. - LOLMolly
Their passwords are in a file posted to Twitter: http://www.macrumorslive.com/a... - Louis Gray
I can't say it enough. There needs to be a public outcry to motivate the FBI and their international counterparts to improve detection systems, and prosecution. Make examples out of several scum bags. Let the online world go forward without the waste. - Ed Shaz/NextInstinct
what's happens to the web?! so much hate and stupidity. - Orli Yakuel
It's still kinda funny - Lindsey in Love
I certainly didn't think it was funny. - Enriqueta
bwa ha ha ha ha ha . . . I think it was 4chan, *now* its definitely funny. - Lindsey in Love
Its anything but funny! We hear so much twitter hacked and now macworld, why not about catching the hackers? - Sudha Jamthe
What the hell is "funny" in that? - Didier Lahely
yeh its funny until you remind yourself the guy is sick - shedali
He's not sick at the moment. He had a hormone imbalance. - Lindsey in Love
It's not funny either way. You'll grow out of it. - Ed Shaz/NextInstinct
I can appreciate it as funny even if it's a douchey thing to do. No need to insult me. - Lindsey in Love
Poor guys! - Head Ov Metal
The low-lifes that did this need to be made an example of. This is totally ridiculous and way out of hand. This nonsense is a total waste of bandwidth and a dishonor to the human race. - J. D. Ebberly
Icky--the only word for it. - Jory Des Jardins
I'm with Lindsey. - Jim Jannotti
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“Macrumors Live is being hacked during the keynote. I feel sorry for them. They offer a great service.”
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yesterday at 10:30 am - Link
dude, they're putting img tags in now..oops, no, just sponsor stuff. - Hao Chen
They are being hacked - live and that's no rumor I am afraid - Steve Rubel via IM
It's down now! - Steve Rubel via IM
LOL - Zio Bonino
That sucks-- why would you hack something like this? Get a life, losers! - Andy DeSoto
who is this guy http://m.atthew.net/ and what does he have to do w/ this? - Hao Chen
The day is coming where hackers will rule the world unfortunately. - Gabe Boisvert
Whoever it was had a field day for a while.... - elroy
Oh, now that's rich. - Tutivillus Grift
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“As much as I love FF and to some extent, Twitter, I wish people immersed in social media would stop talking so much about social media. As opposed, to, y'know, just *talking*.”
December 31 at 12:50 pm - Link
Agreed, seems like often times the only way to get a response is to talk about the medium. (and the irony, of course, is that I'm doing it this very minute by responding) :) - mikepk
*ahem* Scoble ~ my Scoble impression: according to Techmeme...the statistics show that the avg wanker...blah blah but Social Median...using search engine optimization means the iPhone................. - sofarsoshawn
The stars know I'm not very techy and I've utilized FF to further my interests in art, photography, cooking, talking politics, music, and finding out how to make relationships between people work. Most of the people whom I follow/follow me subscribe to this, but the posts that talk about how to capitalize and/or out-Tweet people, etc. disturb me. :( - Derrick
There's "gold" in them there hills. The gold rush is epitomized by this kind of meta discussion of how to "wring value" out of the network. Ironically, any honest or direct discussion of extracting value gets decried as being disingenuous and not true to the spirit of social media. There's some serious schizo behavior going on. :) - mikepk
Argh! 'Wring value', not 'ring value'! - Michael R. Bernstein
sorry, fixed. :) - mikepk
I agree with you a bit, Derrick. - Kamilah Gill
The gold in social media was two years ago. There is plenty of new opportunities ahead in internet business that incorporate pieces of it, but only pieces. Few understand or look there. People still focusing on what's passed/passing may make the most noise in the market, but it's the ones who say nothing that are leading it. - Patricia
Patricia, well put. - mikepk
Agreed, Derrick. There's too many people here to just be mired in one subject, and one's work to boot. How bored would I be if all I did was talk about aspects of my work, never mind the people who read what I post? - Steven Perez
I'm with you, Derrick. I could really care less about talking about social media and would rather talk about movie or music or art or stupid photos. It's called FriendFeed not TechFeed or BoringcrapthatIdon'tcareaboutFeed. - Mark Wilson
I've found twitter has been mostly for those who need to shill something & the end goal of the medium itself is how many followers you can get ie the main methodology is copious amounts (tweets numbering in the 1000s) of pedantic "did you knows".... - sofarsoshawn
It might help if those folks limited that kind of technical discussion inside Social Media rooms so that we can opt into or out of reading it. You'd think that those folks would understand the subtleties of using FF the best. - Kamilah Gill
If they didn't use Social Media Sites to talk about Social Media, what would they use? - Chris W
Email. - Derrick
Chris: I understand that social media is their bread-and-butter, but when it becomes the only subject worthy of consideration, then perhaps there is a bit too much focus. - Steven Perez
or some of the rooms ie Tech the Foray (yawn) - sofarsoshawn
That's kinda why I don;t follow many of the A-Listers. I'd rather see how you use it for your passion or job than listen to you talk about it. Also, I love Friendfeed for the friend catching nature. I have met some really fun people here, and I enjoy spending time with them. - RudĩϐЯaЯïaȵ
Ya know.. Why don't they just get a room.. Seriously! - Chris W
And for someone like myself who is far from being an A-lister, and hardly ever talks tech outside of my drool over HDTV and blu-ray movies, I'm surprised anyone, let alone nearly 400 people subb'ed to me elect to hear me rant about anything. - Derrick
You have a magnetic online personality, Derrick! :D - Helen Sventitsky
I say this out loud to Akiva quite often. - Rochelle
Sometimes ,, just a " hi , how are you , is all we need " - johnpiercy
all right, lets talk about... food? philosophy? dreams? - Joelle Nebbe
hey, let's have a conversation about conversations. - rambn
Joelle, I am unfamiliar with food philosophy dreams. Normally my dreams are less esoteric. :) - Ontario Emperor
I agree with this somewhat. The thing is, you can't just make everyone talking about a certain topic take it elsewhere. That's not social. Also, when you are in an interesting atmosphere, sometimes you do actually talk about the atmosphere itself. If people around you are talking too much about stuff you don't wanna hear about, Well, you know what comes next... - Rahsheen ™
well the new year's eve is probably a good time for the collision of food, philosophy and dreams: what is important to me? where did the year go? what will next year bring? when do we pop the champagne? why did i eat so much over the holidays? I'm starting a diet tomorrow! - Joelle Nebbe
seriously though, most media content is about the medium and other media - news shows always comment what is reported in newspapers, other channels, studies, analyses etc - all about media. The small social media sphere is even more like that due to legitimacy grabbing, ground staking etc. - Joelle Nebbe
Confession: recently I unfollowed 200 people on Twitter, mostly because they were social media types, all boringly saying much the same thing with little or no analysis. What was left was a few interesting ones with something to say, a big bunch of real life friends and some interesting, funny or smart people from FF whose tweets I enjoy but often miss in the hurly burly. - Sally Church
It's a little hard to do analysis with 140 characters ;) - MiɳiMagɘ is EnderMage
"Meta" talk is the new black. - Chris Luckhardt
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“Topic: Loren Feldman. What do you think about him?”
December 31 at 10:47 am - Link
Loren who? - Alex Scoble
Should I think about him? I know nothing.... - Glen Campbell
I don't think of him. Heavy on the nasty, light on the talent. - Sprague D
Who cares? - Mark Wilson
Annoying, loud, less funny than he thinks he is. His Seesmic stream is a lesson in how to act like a 14 year old male trying to prove his manhood while the voice is still cracking. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
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Lawsuit seeks to take 'so help me God' out of inaugural - CNN.com
December 31 at 11:39 am - cnn.com - Link
To be honest, I would like to see any reference removed from anything dealing with the government. Only because we are supposed to have a separation of church and state. I don't want religion dictating what I can and can't do. - mathew, keynote not lame via Bookmarklet
Seperation of Church and State doesn't mean removing all references of religion, as Religion doesn't equal Church. As a confirmed 'hedging-my-bets' fundamentalist, I don't see the harm. (hedging my bets in that I don't believe in any particular deity, but I'm willing to if necessary :) - Sean
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“Do you find intelligence even sexier than looks?”
December 31 at 11:22 am - Link
Yes - AJ Batac
I always strive for a balance - Lindsey in Love
Yep. Far more useful and long-lasting. - Kamilah Gill
Yep - anna
Absolutely yes - Carmen
Beauty fades but conversation doesn't. - Amani
God yes.. in fact the exact opposite happens on really attractive stupid people.. If they're pretty but have the intelligence of a mango, I find them much less attractive - Haggis (Sean)
Moderation in all things... too extreme along any axis results in very high maintenance. - Logical Extremes
No but it is damn sexy ... and important to overall sexiness. - ·[▪_▪]·
I'm curious to see how gay men would answer this question. Lord knows, I've hooked up with some hot dumb asses. - Derrick
People say yes in theory, but in practice, not so much. - todd
speak for yourself, Todd. I'm totally not kidding. (that doesn't mean my guy isn't hawt on top of being brainy) - Kamilah Gill
I've never spoken for anyone but myself. Except for the hand puppet thing. - todd
Definitely sexier! - Selma
Well I certainly don't want to date an idiot. - mathew, keynote not lame
I've fallen for people without knowing what they really looked like more than once, but I would have to say it's a complete package thing when it comes to "sexy". But then, someone is always ten times sexier when already attracted to the other bits of them. Rambling... Derrick, you've hooked up with with pretty dumb asses, but you want a lasting thing with someone you relate to and can converse with, yes? That's true of many, most. - Michael W. May
Oh absolutely, MWM. Why do you think I'm still single? Noticed, I said hooked up, and not dated. The guys I've dated might've found me intelligent, but maybe not very sexy, hence the reason for the post. - Derrick
just go with a librarian and you get the best of both. - Thomas Hawk
It's interesting. Sounds like people ideally like a combo of the two. Intelligence enhances existing good looks. By comparison, there have been people who others have sworn up and down are super-foine, and when they open their mouths, the looks just fly out of the window for me. - g. warbucks is 30!!
Oh, hell yes. Thankfully my wife is both brilliant and hot, but intelligence is far more important than looks for me. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
+5 Thomas Hawk. - g. warbucks is 30!!
Intelligence? SEXY??? Boobs over brains any day. - Michael Forian
It depends. Because for me personally she has to look "good" in order for me to get interested and start knowing her, later finding out if shes smart or not. - Gadiel Rivera
I have a minimum threshold for physical attractiveness and a minimum threshold for intelligence, as well as a minimum compatibility of personality and interests. Someone has to meet all three for me to date them. I'm not sure how I'd even begin to say which of those three dimensions is "sexier" than the other. - Eric P
@Eric Well put. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Need more context. Much as I abhor it, I am visually stimulated as much as the next person. If I know nothing about a person other than their looks, I'm affected by looks. But what wins me long term is a combo of intelligence, humor, and goodness. - Spidra Webster
Full disclosure: I tend to find nerdy and geeky guys hot. These pretty boy Brad Pitt types can't really do anything for me but get out of the way. But a guy with glasses, or a bit of a tummy, or someone embracing their thinning hair and into comic books? Marry me. - Derrick
Hell, yes. - Steven Perez
YES, Spidra. Sense of humor, FTW. - Derrick
Why can't you have both? - Mark Wilson
Well said, Eric P and Spidra. - g. warbucks is 30!!
I'm far more interested in a person's character than their appearance. Of course, appearance can be an indicator of character, but intelligence goes much further. - Jason Wehmhoener
Intelligence is absolutely an enhancement. I'm amazed how beautiful people tend be seem much less attractive if they have a mean attitude. - Vaughn via fftogo
Interesting, this thread is. At the end of the day, I'm looking for my partner in crime: someone I can do incredibly naughty things to, and then go get ice cream and shop for ramekins at Crate and Barrel. - Derrick
@Lindsey in Love Exactly! totally agree with you :) balance!!!!!!!!! - Lora Lufark
Yes, Intelligence AND and a sense of humor--Kevin Smith, Jack Black...love them! but it only goes sooo far....the comic book guy from the Simpsons would be too far. - Kelly W.
Hmm. I'd say Comic Book Guy is a good example of geekiness *without* intelligence. - Michael R. Bernstein
100% yes. - Erica Baker
+Spidra - Anna Haro
Without question, yes! - Chris Luckhardt
Definitely! However, it is wonderful when both are there. - MiɳiMagɘ is EnderMage
Yes. - David Cook
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“I am a social media expert.”
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December 15 at 6:58 pm - Link
Scoble's gained weight. - Akiva Moskovitz
o SANAYUP, Akiva! - Josh Haley
+10000000000000000 Akiva. - Mattie Kenny
A great contender? - Jason
Looks like the guy ate a social media expert. - Morton Fox
O M G Akiva - Mattb4rd
ROFL @Akiva - Ian May
WOW - David Ward
Akiva just leveled up. - Tad Goes to 11
LOL Tad - Josh Haley
Daddy? - Mitch Wagner
I'm scurrying around trying to find the f'ing camera that someone planted in my room without asking! - Morgan Haley
Hello! - Akiva Moskovitz
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“"I am a cagey social media expert"”
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December 15 at 7:39 pm - Link
I am a social media expert. WHO WANTS TO KNOW? - Richard Walker
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“I am a social media expert.”
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December 15 at 7:05 pm - Link
LOL@@@!!!!!###!1111 - Josh Haley
this one is my absolute favourite. - V for वज्र (vajra)
=)))))) - Maryam Ardakani
LMFAO !! - Joshua James
Ya, this is awesome. - Jason Wehmhoener
Reminds me of a Unix professor I had in college. - Nicholas Kreidberg
LMAO - johnpiercy
is he our new consultant, how much does he charge per hour? - David
hahahaha! - Anna Haro
HHAHAHAAAAAHHAA! - Susan Beebe
hehhhaaa - Murat Bişkin
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Proposition 8 moves Christian couple to action - Los Angeles Times
December 22 at 10:38 am - latimes.com - Link
"Abel Ferreira and his wife, Robbie, never considered themselves political activists. But when Proposition 8 landed on November's ballot, the Spring Valley couple did everything they could to ensure that the constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage got passed. They made phone calls. They attended prayer rallies. They fasted for 40 days." - Derrick via Bookmarklet
Seriously? Fasting for 40 days because you don't want gays to get married? - Derrick
I don't get why people care so much about shit that doesn't affect them. I don't like pentecostal churches, so I don't go to them. I don't protest them, I don't think they should be banned. I just stay my fat ass away. - Kaia is Brand New, Bitch!
Kaia, that's exactly how I feel about guacamole. - Derrick
Things like this make me want to single-handedly destroy the institution of marriage. - tehKenny
Could these people mix a few more metaphors together? "In the heat of the moment, there's no standing on the fence..." yeah! you have to make a play. And in the middle of battle, you don't let sleeping dogs lie, while you take that ball downfield and swoop in for the kill! - Phil Glockner For Hire
Self-righteous turds like this just make my head ache. I get teased that my parents are complete leftover hippies, but it seems that this has been a good thing as I have always been taught to respect others as the people they are and not see something as bad or wrong just because it's different from me. Religions more than anything else continually serve to drive a wedge between people and it bothers me because that's not what religion and spirituality is about (at its core). So much for loving your brother and all that, eh? Love thy brother as long as he's exactly like you, otherwise beat his ass with a bible until he conforms. - Amanda H.
+++Amanda for the use of "turds"! Make me almost LOL during payroll! - Still Just Katie
I just love people in PRISON, guilty of crimes where they're NEVER gonna be released can get married, and that's OK, but the earth would spin off its axis if I found someone with which I wanted to spend the rest of my life and wanted to make it official. Why aren't they praying and fasting and drizzling holy water for them? - Derrick
I hope they die in a fire. - mathew, keynote not lame
Yeah. Love the picture...mirror images. It's amazing how many religious zealots I've seen with something dark hiding just out of sight... - Tutivillus Grift
Surely these people can find a better use of their time? End world hunger, perhaps? - Alix Whitmire ƸӜƷ
Agreed, Alix. So so agreed. - Amanda H.
But they are working towards ending world hunger! Once the Rapture comes and take them to Heaven, the rest of us will have plenty to eat! - Tutivillus Grift
Honestly, I couldn't read the whole syrupy crapola. Makes me feel like the first time I saw that scene in Austin powers with the fat bastard coffee, really revolted, that is. If god is sooo against gay/ lesbianism, how come almost every mammal species has caught in acts of homosexuality? I'm atheist, but the line never sat right with me. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
Wow. There a lot of hate here. Do you guys ever listen to yourself, and judge that by the same ruler you use to measure others? - Brian Norwood
Brian, I definitely am critical of myself when I mix metaphors. - Phil Glockner For Hire
I don't hate people who hate gays, I dislike them trying to keep other people from being happy, esp when it really has little to do with them. I have personal opinions and feelings that run contrary, but when it comes down to it- do as you will with you and yours, let me do with me and mine. I feel one of the problems with the anti gay persona is that they vilify a whole other group of people who do everything else the same as any human. What is in my bedroom is none of their business. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
Nor should my basic rights be taken away because your religion says something equivalent to saying my eye color is wrong. I love who I love and have a human need to protect who I love, regardless of their sex, that is what this is about. Adoption, hospitalization, property laws. That is what legal backup gay people NEED and DESERVE. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
In particular this form of behavior relies on consent; one of the most important points to my argument. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
@Brian: Calling someone a self-righteous turd does not mean I hate them. I'm simply disgusted with the way they treat other human beings. So YES, I DO judge myself with the same ruler I measure others by. I expect others to treat people with the basics of kindness and respect and to not take away someone's civil liberties simply because it conflicts with their own personal beliefs. Even if I disagreed with or disliked homosexuality, I don't think I could vote to actually create a constitutional amendment removing one of their basic rights as a Californian. It's mind-blowing to me that this has happened and there are people out there who are actually OK with it. That is where my vitriol comes from. Frustration that even as far as the human race has progressed, we are often no more than monkeys with pointed sticks and torches. - Amanda H.
"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live." Oscar Wilde who incidentally was Gay and perhaps understood a thing or two about the matter. These people epitomize that sentiment. - FatOracle (Kamath)
Oscar Wilde++ (and Kamath) - Jason Wehmhoener
What Jason said (and Oscar AND Kamath). I might have to put that quote up in my office. - Derrick
Calling someone a turd is not hate? And really, if you think they should get married or not, let's be honest about the way things happened. Gay marriage was never legal in California, but the voters of the state clarified their position with a vote. The a self-righteous activist judge shot down that vote and single handedly instituted a gay marriage policy against the will of the people. Then the people of California reinforced their position with a Constitutional amendment. - Brian Norwood
Even world cultures that have embraced homosexuality have never instituted gay marriage. This has never been a "basic right" and I resent a small minority of people trying to tell me what I must or must not approve of legally. No one is sending out the gay police. You are free to love who you want. But you are demanding legal legitimacy for something the majority of the most liberal state in the union do not see as legitimate. That is wrong. - Brian Norwood
"Every time you give them a little bit, they want more." Wow, I was not aware that gays took prayer out of schools. - Chris Baskind
@Brian Norwood A similar argument was used against interracial marriage, which now seems silly. - Rob Spectre
Well then, stop the presses Rob! Maybe the interracial argument was silly because they were two human beings who were actually capable of reproduction. You know, there is no legal legitimacy far a man and woman shaking up either. A marriage is actually a pretty specific thing, it turns out. - Brian Norwood
Brian, what is that pretty specific thing exactly? - Jason Wehmhoener
Is marriage really only about procreation? I think I know a few heterosexual couples who would disagree. - Jason Wehmhoener
I guess us infertiles shouldn't be allowed to marry either. *tears up marriage certificate* - Alix Whitmire ƸӜƷ
This gets so old. No Alix, No Jason. Because some couples do not reproduce does not negate my statement. Not all seeds become mature plants. Some are eaten. Some fail to thrive. That does not negate the function of a seed. It's to grow a plant. So it's not DO THEY procreate, but rather, considered as a group, CAN THEY. Because some marriages do not or can not fulfill the natural function, does not change that function. - Brian Norwood
Brian, you need to get used to hearing this because it isn't going away no matter how "old" you think it sounds. People who won't or can't have children are not failing in any way. Our planet is severely overpopulated right now, and having more children does nothing to improve the quality of life on this planet, not for humans, and certainly not for the dramatically increasing number of species that are going extinct every day. - Jason Wehmhoener
Marriage is about love and nothing more, why is that so hard to accept? - Jason Wehmhoener
Especially in our culture, you can have love, mix finances, have sex, engage in cohabitation, and even be monogamous with out marriage. No, the real function of marriage is to give your name to your wife, to give legitimacy to your offspring (as opposed to them being illegitimate), and further your line. And, a gay couple can find no useful purpose in this. - Brian Norwood
If it's old, don't say "capable of reproduction." Sorry, but most of my lesbian friends are more capable of reproduction than I am. As evidenced by their pregnancies. *shrug* Being capable or not of getting knocked up (or carrying a pregnancy to term) has nothing to do with my marriage -- never did, never will. - Alix Whitmire ƸӜƷ
So, you mean people are not in love until they get married. I'm sure I loved my wife long before I married her, so you are wrong. It's the belief that marriage is something so light and frivolous that is at the heart of our staggering divorce rate. Marriage is a commitment for the purpose of family. - Brian Norwood
Your wrong Alix, I'm sorry. Your idea about marriage is about 200 years old at best. And, is invalid in the majority of the world. - Brian Norwood
Love is neither light nor frivolous, "legitimacy" is an absurd notion, and there is no reason why any woman (married or not) should ever take her husband's name. - Jason Wehmhoener
While I do believe that marriage was created to control who fathered the man's heirs, I do not agree that the discrimination should continue. Anyone can have assets and heirs, whether attracted to the same sex or the opposite sex. - MiɳiMagɘ is EnderMage
Ok, you're not talking about marriage anymore. Whatever it is you want, i hope you enjoy it. But it's not a marriage. - Brian Norwood
To procreate isn´t an achievement by itself, to take care of children and bring up good citizens are. And as many parents end their efforts at the procreation level, that leaves the opportunity for care and upbringing to a broader group of people. - Thomas Bøhm
Yes, MiniMAge, they can. And they can do it without being married. Marriage, however, is a man and woman coming together to further his line. This is not discrimination. - Brian Norwood
Oh, but it absolutely can be. Legally, because I happen to be heterosexual. My gay friends just want the same rights I have. It's really not hard for a lot of us to understand. And I do thoroughly enjoy it. Are you happy? - Jason Wehmhoener
What is hard for you to understand, is most of us disagree with you. And not for any reason that makes you better than us. And, I have a beautiful wife and a beautiful child. I couldn't be more happy. - Brian Norwood
Whether those who disagree happen to be in a (declining) majority right now or not is immaterial. Marriage evolves, opinions change, this country gets more progressive over time. Get used to it. - Jason Wehmhoener
Erm - I don't see how I'm wrong in stating what has or doesn't have to do with my marriage, pretty much only my spouse can correct me on that one. And yes, Brian, 200 years ago (and less) the life of a woman who could not conceive was a nightmare. Let's go back to kitchen burnings, shall we? Many historic notions are pretty ridiculous when applied to modern times. The outdated notion of legitimacy in the age of sperm banks and ART is not the least of them. - Alix Whitmire ƸӜƷ
but brian it is discrimination when a heterosexual couple can just sign a a piece of paper and get over 1100 federal and state rights and a gay couple must pay hundreds if not thousands of dollars for only a PORTION of those same rights...that is discrimination. Many of those rights afforded to married couples like hospital visitation and inheritance have already been reported to NOT be given equal even under 'civil unions'. Just because something has "always" been a certain way doesn't make it right. - aka Taylor
If you are against gay marriage, don't marry a gay person, and while you're at it don't tell me what to do. Appreciate it. - Derrick
There are a lot of older couples in Florida who are widows and widowers who do not wish to remarry, but live together for companionship/love and may lose their rights now that Amendment 2 has passed here, since it was written in a way to strip rights from civil unions as well. If marriage is about procreation, they shouldn't be allowed to marry anyway. Well, at least the women. Who needs rights, anyway? Surely not the elderly, or women, or gays. :P - Alix Whitmire ƸӜƷ
Speaking of not telling someone what to do Derrick. How about you don't tell me how to vote my conscience. Or perhaps, if you don't like voting, by your standard, maybe you shouldn't vote. Alix, my previous statements were perfectly clear, so I'll just refer you back to them. - Brian Norwood
Taylor, those laws were written to encourage families. That's what America has always been about. Gay people have the right to marry a person of the opposite sex and get those benefits. They choose not to. Not my fault. Not my problem. And yes, because it's always been that way doesn't make it right. It doesn't make it wrong either. - Brian Norwood
Brian, I wasn't telling you what to do. Thank you. - Derrick
*bangs head against desk* - Amanda H.
Right there with you, Amanda. - Alix Whitmire ƸӜƷ
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“Now that Hanukkah dinner has been consumed, I can tell what it was! Broiled salmon with leek and white wine cream, potato lakes with applesauce and sour cream, spinach and mandarin orange salad with orange balsamic vinaigrette, homemade rolls, and fried crisps with cinnamon and sugar for dessert.”
December 21 at 8:15 pm - Link
Hahah. I typed potato lakes. I mean latkes. Duh. - Rochelle
OMG.....yum x1000.... - Live4Soccer
Wow Akiva is a VERY lucky man! - Mona N.
Jealous. I want some potato latkes. Nom. - Mark Wilson
NOM +100 - Helen Sventitsky
Wow. Amazing meal. Makes me feel sort of intimidated. I had In and Out burgers today. And coffee. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
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“So, in celebration of me getting my speeding ticket, http://friendfeed.com/e/884ccb... , I've decided that List Sunday's topic will be the worst things to do when you get pulled over! So, my question to you....”
December 20 at 10:59 pm - Link
What is the worst thing you think you could do when you are pulled over? - mathew, keynote not lame
Reach for the Glock under your seat. - Robert Scoble
Ask the trooper to hold your beer while you find your license- Jeff Foxworthy - Ed Shaz/NextInstinct
Toss your bag of weed out the window and ask the cop, "What the hell do you want, asshole?" - Jack Carlson
Sing Spider Pig while he is writing you the ticket. - Eric @ CS Techcast
Richard Pryor did a routine about how black people have to be very explicit about what they're doing when they get pulled over. [yelling and enunciating clearly] "I AM REACH-ING IN-TO MY POC-KET FOR MY LI-CENSE... 'cause I don't wanna be no motherfuckin' 'accident...'" - Karim
In a stroke of brilliant irony, this post will be serious: Things to do: turn on your hazard-flashers, turn on the interior lights of the vehicle, turn off the engine of the vehicle, turn off the radio, end your phone call, wind/power down the driver door window have the necessary documents ready (license, registration, insurance) and place both hands on the steering wheel. These actions, especially at night, will put the officer at ease. Don't get out of the vehicle unless instructed. - Mark VandenBerg
Say, "I smell bacon," as he/she walks up. - Vince DeGeorge
Keep your seatbelt on. Learned that one from experience. That was an extra $50 fine. - Jason Huebel
I never have to worry about that. I won't even drive unless everyone in the car has their seat belt on. - mathew, keynote not lame
Keep talking about how it's such a good thing you took your medication today and smile over-reassuringly. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Yup, I once unbuckled in order to reach my driver's license from my back pocket and got an extra ticket for it. I tend to annoy them by explaining how my driving is actually safer than blind following of the rules, according to the latest research in human cognitive psychology of driving and mathematical models of traffic flow - never works. - Bora Zivkovic
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December 21 at 3:48 am - youtube.com - Link
Funny commercial! - Michael Fidler
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“Don't tell the kids...”
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December 21 at 1:31 am - via mail2ff - Link
oh no.... - Live4Soccer
BAHAHAHA - Caroline
He was giving children presents without asking anything in return. Obviously he was a communist. Had to be done. :p - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
The red suit was a dead giveaway :D - Mo Kargas
bad camouflage...he should re consider that - Caroline
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“nooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!”
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December 21 at 1:31 am - Link
NO! I'm so sorry. :( Sucky Xmas present. - Jandy Stone
Did you get any Gears of War 2 time in ? :( - Mo Kargas
thank you. It makes me want to give up on the 360 but I have a shelf full of great games that I'd love to play right now. GRRR! - John Cozen
Oh no! :(( - James Cooper
i did, just bought the news maps too - John Cozen
guess I'll buy a new one today - John Cozen
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