Google+ to allow nyms.
well, they have had a lot of criticism and people leaving Google+ in droves so they had to do something.
Here is your cup of coffee. Brewed from the finest Colombian lighter fluid.
Xander ,'Chosen'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
le nubian - Oct 19, 2011 2:23:15 pm PDT #2267 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Sophia Brooks - Oct 19, 2011 2:23:38 pm PDT #2268 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
She also seemed to appear on random things singing "Hello Dolly" all the time. And I think she might have been on the Muppets.
Pix - Oct 19, 2011 2:28:50 pm PDT #2269 of 30001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
In the fun facts department...
In case you didn’t already know that IQ is not (at all) set in stone, this is a good article about a recent study: [link] Check out the difference--we aren’t talking a couple of points.
This is very much related to research done for years by researchers such as Carol Dweck about growth mindset. I don’t know about all of you, but learning that IQ isn’t fixed was a revelatory (and humbling) discovery for me when I first read about it. Dweck wrote a great book about fixed versus growth mindset ( [link] ), but this article about how not to talk to kids is a great snapshot: [link]
Can you tell I was in an education class all day today? When I saw that NPR story, it made me want to share again. Sorry if I’ve linked to the Dweck stuff before.
Consuela - Oct 19, 2011 2:29:41 pm PDT #2270 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Google+ to allow nyms. Hmm. I wondered if they'd hold out forever.
I admit I'm surprised. They'd dug their heels in so hard it made it look like they would never change their minds.
Allyson - Oct 19, 2011 2:31:17 pm PDT #2271 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Mom: OH HAI! Your brother and SIL are losing their house and moving in with us. Also, they found some polyps in my uterus so I had surgery last week, but they made an error. There were no polyps so they accidentally cut my cervix, instead. What's going on in California?
Me...
We are the 99%
Scrappy - Oct 19, 2011 2:32:18 pm PDT #2272 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yikes, Allyson.
Amy - Oct 19, 2011 2:33:03 pm PDT #2273 of 30001
Because books.
Oh god, Allyson. That's awful.
Liese S. - Oct 19, 2011 2:33:21 pm PDT #2274 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I'll need to see more details on exactly how Google+ will "support" pseudonyms before I'm convinced. If support means there's an additional field and my physical name is still exposed to advertisers then it's a no-go for me. If it means they're content with an anonymous profile, then that's better.
Consuela - Oct 19, 2011 2:37:26 pm PDT #2275 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, Allyson, that's awful. I'm sorry.
Liese: yeah, I'm going to wait and see what they intend to do.
Allyson - Oct 19, 2011 2:40:11 pm PDT #2276 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
The way they found out is that over dinner my SIL told them that they had to put up the house on a short sale to avoid a foreclosure. My parents had no idea that they were in this sort of trouble, so they were trying to wrap their heads around it. My mom said, "where will you go?"
And my nephew piped in with, "we're gonna live with you, Grammy!"
So she figures that they were discussing it in front of the kids.