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notwhoyouthoughtiwas
09/11/09

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Well played Victoria Beckham, taking your kids to Medival Times. My grandma took my sister and I there once when we were kids, and it pretty much made my year. That place is awesome when you're young.
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colligate
09/11/09

@notwhoyouthoughtiwas: The workers there are instructed to "speak Medieval." My last server, a young teenaged Valley boy, greeted me as follows: "What's up, m'lady?"
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notwhoyouthoughtiwas
09/11/09

@colligate: Ha! That makes me want to go home and put on Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
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girl.of.your.dreams
09/11/09

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God I love David Cross. If anyone likes him and hasn't heard "Shut Up You Fucking Baby", go download that NOW. It may be the funniest thing you've ever heard.

Also, he's one of the few comedians, IMO, who was able to make jokes about 9/11 that were hilarious without being crass. But then again, I have a twisted sense of humor.
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morninggloria
09/11/09

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If Latoya Jackson needs to raise that much money in a short period of time, she should run for congress against Joe Wilson.
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ahpooks
09/11/09

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I wouldn't mind having Dr. Lawrence Jacoby as a potential father-in-law.
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hatepaperdoll
09/11/09

@ahpooks: His habit of listening to a tape of your wedding ceremony while weeping uncontrollably might be a little unsettling though.
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thelastsara
09/11/09

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Dave Grohl and Courtney Love agreeing on something? And they say Guitar Hero is bad for the music world.
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schweppes
09/11/09

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DFW & John Krasinski!?! DFW & John Krasinski!?!?!?! WHY WAS I NOT ALERTED EARLIER?!?!
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suck_it_monkeys
09/11/09

@schweppes: I was skeptical but the early reviews and trailer have me super excited.
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girl.of.your.dreams
09/11/09

@schweppes: I cannot begin to put into words how excited I am about this.
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Sputnik_Sweetheart
09/11/09

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I just want to go on record and say that I hate Jessica Seinfeld's book.
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bluetrain84
09/11/09

@Sputnik_Sweetheart: Seriously, cook normal foods and don't act like it's a big deal and children will eat them. They won't realize that vegetables are *supposed* to be icky if you don't feed them only chicken nuggets and easy mac. Grumblegrumble.
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Sputnik_Sweetheart
09/11/09

@Sputnik_Sweetheart: I should maybe clarify. I think it promotes unhealthy eating habits. It is not introducing kids to a variety of foods, it re-enforces the idea that there is "kid food," and if you are feeding them typically unhealthy foods with veggies thrown in (many times without their knowledge), you are creating a habit of eating unhealthy foods. I know kids are picky. I was an extremely picky eater, but my parents kept introducing me to a variety of foods and eventually I became less and less picky. I don't think I would be as adventurous with my food choices if my parents cooked like Jessica Seinfeld.

This blogger says it better than I can:

[citymama.typepad.com]
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ytuhermanotambien
09/11/09

@Sputnik_Sweetheart: Exactly. And really, if you blend up vegetables and sneak them into desserts, how much dessert are you going to end up eating to get one serving of vegetables?

Also, children can acquire tastes for anything if you just keep presenting it any stop making it a big deal. My mother used to work with preschoolers, and apparently their parents would come to her all the time and say, "my child will only eat waffles! what do I do?" and she would stare blankly at them and say, "stop. buying them. waffles." I mean, they don't do their own grocery shopping. They'll get over it.

Sorry, off topic, but this whole cookbook feud really frustrates me.
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jigglyball
09/11/09

@Sputnik_Sweetheart: And this is why my favorite foods, to this day, are broccoli, brussels sprouts, spinach, mushrooms, sweet potatoes, etc. Thanks for your persistence, Mom!
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Red-headed bookworm
09/11/09

@bluetrain84: I know. I HATE those Chef Boyardee commercials that act like vegetables are evil. Maybe if people stopped acting like they are gross, it would encourage kids to eat them.
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Red-headed bookworm
09/11/09

@ytuhermanotambien: My parents never fed me different foods than they ate for dinner. I had to try the food to say whether I liked it or not. If I tried it and didn't like it, I didn't have to eat it. I think my parents treating food as normal and including veggies and lots of different flavors made me not a picky eater.
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ytuhermanotambien
09/11/09

@Red-headed bookworm: Yes, me too! I was forced to eat a single bite, but if I didn't like it, I didn't have to eat it and then they'd try again later, in the hopes that I'd eventually acquire a taste for it.
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fulanita
09/11/09

@Sputnik_Sweetheart: Have you read the book? I've never used it, but I have flipped through it a few times it and it very specifically states that parents should continue to have actual, visible vegetables on the plate and encourage their kids to try them. The point of the cookbook isn't to "hide" all vegetables, it's to make sure that kids are getting the vitamins and nutrients from vegetables even though they refuse to eat them.

It's a fact of life that kids get into picky phases. Mine has stages where she'll eat anything and everything, and then times where she won't even eat pizza b/c it has too much tomato sauce. And when they don't want to eat what you're serving, they will very happily not eat for days at a time. It's very frustrating, and if making cauliflower look like a chicken nugget get a parent through the picky times, I don't think that's too terrible.
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Melonball Bounce
09/11/09

@fulanita: exactly! i don't think any previous posters have had to deal with a picky 2 year old, lol. we always offer vegetables, but my daughter will not eat anything brown or green. we keep offering, she keeps not eating them. so what am i supposed to do in the mean time while i wait for her picky phase to be over with?

i have tried some sneaky chef recipes. putting spinach in eggs, carrots in macaroni and cheese, sweet potato puree and wheat germ into cookies. we still offer her a variety of foods and encourage her to try different things. but kids will be picky or try to exert control by way of meal time.

and as a parent, you just do what you have to. (:
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Hana Maru
09/11/09

@fulanita: I'm guessing most of these people have not read it, nor are they parents. The book does not reinforce a dislike of vegetables. Anyway, it's something parents have been doing forever on their own. I find it ridiculous that Lapine would think she invented it.
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annab
09/11/09

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'Boo WTF Srsly" to the Ellen suit...seriously? I love Ellen, but it's not cool to use copyrighted music in a venue like that without paying royalties. And their response of they don't "roll that way?" Nice. I know it's great exposure for the groups who get played but still...not cool.
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plantainforbrains
09/11/09

@annab: It's thinking like this that's keeping Daria off DVD!

No diss to your opinion, just whining
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Laines
09/11/09

@annab: Seriously. Use the artists work = pay the artist. Not cool at all.
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cate3710
09/11/09

@plantainforbrains: Daria is finally coming out on DVD next year.
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JerkoftheMonth
09/11/09

@Laines: Unfortunately, it goes more along the lines of: use the artists' work = pay the record company, who depending on their contract, may give some money to the artist
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Laines
09/11/09

@SparklyTempest & JerkoftheMonth: By "artist" I was including the music companies. You can't enter a grocery store, take part of the box of spaghetti, and claim, "Well, it's okay because I'm only using a little bit and besides, the money isn't completely going to the farmer that grew the grain." Art & music & writing are products - the people creating/distributing it should be compensated.

The discussion on Defamer explains the whole"fair use" policy better than I ever would:

[defamer.gawker.com]
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dreamweave
09/11/09

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David Cross and Amber Tamblyn are really trying hard to knock off Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins as my favorite Hollywood couple.
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Yahtzii
09/11/09

@dreamweave: Mr. Yahtzii bought the book on our vacation. The bio also describes David Cross as "a two-time award winner, and sometimes three-time award winner."
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eff it...let's get a taco.
09/11/09

@Yahtzii: I just have to say, he did a signing at a borders I was in the other day, and made the most hilarious announcement over the loudspeaker. Everyone thought he was a clueless employee, until he kept going on for 2 minutes. it was pretty rockin.
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Hana Maru
09/11/09

@eff it...let's get a taco.: I'm so jealous! What did he say?
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ManofReason
09/11/09

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Madness? THIS!!! IS!!! ROMANCE!!!!
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Katxyz
09/11/09

@ManofReason:

Tonight, we have a "quiet dinner..." IN HELL!
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hellosunshine
09/11/09

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Franny. Baby. Can you go to say, CNN or MSNBC? Because I will watch anything as long as you're involved, and I REALLY don't want to watch FoxNews.

xo-
hellosunshine
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
09/11/09

@hellosunshine: Cosigned. I don't want to support Fox news! Franny, you're killing me, babe!
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elliebean
09/11/09

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I'm going to nitpick on Paula for a second. Why spell it gr8, when you clearly have grammar we can all understand, and fully-spelled-out words for the rest of your tweet? Srsly thts so annying.
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cate3710
09/11/09

@elliebean: Worried about reaching the character limit maybe? Though if that's the whole tweet, she has characters to spare.
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elliebean
09/11/09

@cate3710: Oh good point. I don't use twitter; forgot about that!
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TheFormerJuneBronson
09/11/09

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That's interesting--the Lapine/what'shername case is about trademark infringement, not copyright infringement. I wonder whatever became of the copyright case. Her claim seemed pretty solid. It's not hard to obtain copyright or prove copyright infringement, if it's possible the infringer had access to your work. Trademark law is much more complicated.
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BlueJeans
09/11/09

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Thank you, Ghostface Killah, for providing me with the excellent mental image of you and Natalie Portman in a rap battle (which is immediately where my mind went). Morning giggles work better than coffee some days.
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dreamweave
09/11/09

@BlueJeans: I'm right there with you - and I think that if she could do it without laughing, Portman could actually pull it off.
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cate3710
09/11/09

@dreamweave: Have you seen her rap from SNL? It's amazing.
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dreamweave
09/11/09

@cate3710: No! Can't watch now because I'm at work, but am so excited to see later. how did I miss this?! Thank you
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BlueJeans
09/11/09

@dreamweave: Absolutely. I kind of believe that Natalie Portman could basically do anything she wants. I flove the SNL skit, too. The "When I was at Harvard" verse really sells it for me.
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cuteasabutton
09/11/09

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" />Hey, when it comes to Hugh and Daniel, you can never have enough nudity!
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BeckySharper
09/11/09

@cuteasabutton: This does help make up for a generally shitty day. Thx.
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cate3710
09/11/09

@BeckySharper: It's like the rain stopped and the sun came out.
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Miss. Money-Sterling
09/11/09

@cuteasabutton: I didn't know how much I needed to be looking at this until just this moment. I almost feel like I can face the rest of the day now, but I may need to revisit it once or twice to keep me going.
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