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Re: How about a $50 check?

faboomama — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:38:55 -0000

I totally agree. That's what we told Ilia too. It's sucks that I spend so much time at home explaining ads on TV or the radio only to have them bombarded at school too.

Re: Broke and Trying to Move

faboomama — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:55:38 -0000

I'm willing to move anywhere. It's the spouse who is making this difficult. He needs to learn that poor people don't have options. LOL

Re: She’s a swimmer now

faboomama — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:40:15 -0000

Oh, definitely! I was so proud of her. I just wish we could go swimming everyday again. I don't want her to forget or get panicky again.

Re: Just Read: Contact by Carl Sagan

faboomama — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:02:40 -0000

Hi shpilk! How are you? Too funny that you haven't watched the movie yet. It is very different, yet very similar to the book. It's strange to see what was changed, but it still manages to make sense. Usually when there's changes to the screenplay adaption, there's bits left out, this is just a entire rewrite of the novel. The movie is "inspired by", if that makes any sense.

Re: My self-serving thoughts on Facebook acquiring FriendFeed

faboomama — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:15:19 -0000

I don't care *why* it was done. All I want is to know *right now* what happens to my content. That's it. I think something like this, we should be told what happens with our comments and native FF posts, the discussions that have occurred within those posts, etc. so that we can back up or find someway to kill the blog entries that were created using FriendFeed's 'share' function if that information is to disappear.

Re: 10 years later…

faboomama — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:53:37 -0000

Thank you. Now, we just need to figure out how to celebrate.

Re: But I don’t have an iPhone

faboomama — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:07:47 -0000

The thing with the iPhone apps, is that most of the useful ones people pay for are already built into the Instinct. The only app I've seen that would be useful for me is the Nike+ system or something comparable. Take turn-by-turn navigation & GPS. That's already in the Instinct. It would be great if I could plug my phone into MapMyFitness or Runner's World and have it read my mileage and route taken.

Re: But I don’t have an iPhone

faboomama — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:38:50 -0000

Thank you, Sol.

Re: Are sponsorships to conferences to be expected now?

faboomama — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:48:13 -0000

Ah, that is very true.

Re: Are sponsorships to conferences to be expected now?

faboomama — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:42:57 -0000

Mary, you just may be on to something. But they'd probably ask for a sponsorship to go to that course too!

Re: Are sponsorships to conferences to be expected now?

faboomama — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:39:13 -0000

Companies send people to conferences. In my experience, my friends who have had sponsorships from web-based companies or special-interests groups to attend conferences. It would be like my local hardware store sending me to a conference on home supplies. In some cases it's a great fit. The attendee is professional, not only getting something out of the conference, but making sure not to damage the brand of the company paying the bills.

Re: Testing FriendFeed comments.

faboomama — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:06:42 -0000

For totally selfish reasons, I would be okay with that.

Re: Testing FriendFeed comments.

faboomama — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:49:39 -0000

Ha...I noticed that. It's not doing anything. I kinda want to get rid of Disqus and I like your plugin.

Re: Testing FriendFeed comments.

faboomama — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:27:00 -0000

Yours. =) I've never been able to make it work in the past year. I must be doing something wrong. Every once in a while I try to get it to work and it doesn't.

Re: So long baby stuff; or I better not be pregnant

faboomama — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:05:13 -0000

I tried having a yard sale last year, only got rid of the stroller. I tried selling/giving it away on Craigslist twice last year and that didn't work either. So, it's time for the donation route.

Re: Time to cancel cable, thanks to Hulu & YouTube

faboomama — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:11:45 -0000

I agree. Right now I'm paying $59/month for broadband. If I cancel my cable, that will go up to almost $80/month. I'm current playing $92/month for our basic+HD tier cable and internet. That's a touch choice for us since the difference is negligible.

Re: 2 years later

faboomama — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:53:11 -0000

With the rains, the kids digging up stuff and my laziness, it's gotten really bad. I have to dig up all the grass and weeds that have grown up in the path and hack back more of the plants. I also need to move some others that are crowding out the smaller plants.

Re: 2 years later

faboomama — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:28:23 -0000

Thank you! I Yesterday, I just sat on the chaise and listened and watched the birds. They love my garden too.

Re: Five Guys Meetup

faboomama — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:22:40 -0000

Yes, I loved the amount of toppings they had, especially since I can't stand that horrid sauce INO puts on their burgers. My husband is convinced his would have been better if someone else made it. In the name of science we're willing to find out. But that was 17 miles for a burger. You drove MUCH further.:)

Re: Why I’ve been silent

faboomama — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:25:11 -0000

I'm in telecom, but it's so rarified, there's not much else we can do with what we do. :(

Re: The flooding basement

faboomama — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:55:49 -0000

I rented a sump pump. It wasn't until we got the water level down did we realize the previous owners had left behind one. Once we got the water level down to about 4 inches, we used a shop vac to get the rest of it out. Our basement is all concrete, so we don't have to worry about mildew in drywall and all that stuff. I then turned on all our fans and ran them for 3 days. We have 4 of them, so that worked. Otherwise, I would have had to rent a more powerful fan. We did all of this outside of the house via the egress window.

Good luck on cleaning everything up. Our basement flooded again recently (about 2 inches this time), but this time I didn't have newspapers sitting over the drain hole (go me!). The only problem was that a little piece of plastic was clogging the hole. Once I got that out, we had to use the push broom to get the water to the drain since the floor was now heaved from being swollen with water.

Re: Upcoming Photowalks from Berkeley to Los Angeles

faboomama — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:24:09 -0000

I'd love too! We've been trying to get back to the Bay Area for over a year now. The $$$ just isn't there. :( I do know that when I do, everyone up there will have to stop their lives just so we can all hang out.

Re: Flickr Meme

faboomama — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:30:05 -0000

:) I've been blogging daily at various places for the past 3 months. For
some reason, my blog posts on my own blog are not showing up!

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Re: Bitches Gone Wild: The Motrin Drama

faboomama — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:45:12 -0000

I saw the shitstorm and thought of the fires ravaging parts of SoCal, wondering why they couldn't put that much effort into maybe helping the fire victims.

Re: Bitches Gone Wild: The Motrin Drama

faboomama — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:43:41 -0000

Checking in between bouts of productivity is vastly different than obsessing over a stupid ad. Even if I did sit on my ass all day in front of the computer, I would have been able to find at least one thing less dumb to consume my mind than an ad that wasn't offensive.