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K, so, we've all seen a million notes like this…
(Check out that sad little orphan S!)
…but it actually takes a real mother to poke a hole in that logic.
K, so, we've all seen a million notes like this…
(Check out that sad little orphan S!)
…but it actually takes a real mother to poke a hole in that logic.
Tags: Moms & Dads · p.s. · signed with love · smiley · Your mother doesn't... · your/you're
Nick in Florida was in his car one day, when he "pulled up at a light, looked to my left, and immediately started laughing." He quickly pulled out his iPhone, snapped a photo, then get stepped on the gas before daddy dearest could get out and beat the crap out of him.
Meanwhile, Lisa in Maryland spotted this in front of a small computer store near her office.
Sigh. Children are such a blessing!
related: and pull up your sign
Tags: car · Florida · kids · Maryland · Moms & Dads · smartass · smiley
Our submitter from Honolulu lives with two roommates…in a house that belongs to one of those roommate's parents. (Mayday! Mayday!)
One day, apparently, mother dearest decided to come over for an unannounced visit. Surprise!
related: I can has guilt trip?
Tags: cleaning · guilt trip · Hawaii · Jesus · Moms & Dads · Mother-son notes
Shortly after the birth of her new nephew (a.k.a "Gee-Gee-Boo"), Liz in Waltham, Mass. received this note (channeling grandmothers everywhere) from the precocious 7-year-old daughter of her other sister. Writes Liz: "I love that she is simultaneously trying to guilt trip me into having a kid while not-so-subtly hinting that Baby G should move up to the Boston area."
Meanwhile, an eight-year-old in San Marcos, California is also finding a good use for those "friendly letter" skills he learned in school.
related: P.P.S. do you really have a belly like a bowl full of jelly?
Tags: family · guilt trip · kids · signed with love
Andrea in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin says her friend McKenna woke up on her 19th birthday to find this note on the counter from Mom.
(You can tell it's heartfelt because of the underlining.)
related: when a card just won't do
Tags: birthday · Moms & Dads · Wisconsin
While returning a long-lost battery charger, Kaitlin's Dad echoes the sentiments of parents with adult children everywhere.
Meanwhile, Sarah in Greenville, S.C. shows the downside of giving in to parents' nagging for unfettered access.
related: why you should not be facebook friends with your parents
Tags: CAPS LOCK · Facebook · Moms & Dads · San Francisco · signed with love · South Carolina
Writes our anonymous submitter: "This was sent to my six-year-old step daughter by her grandma. The birthday present in question was a pack of writing paper and $5 American. We live in Canada."
(The "did you get…" pretense combined with the oh-so-subtle post script is so classic "passive-aggressive grandma" that I cannot even handle it. Bonus points for the repurposed note paper!)
Meanwhile, Toni spotted this grandma's thank-you note on a closed booth at a flea market in Lakewood, Ohio.
related: But…but…I didn't forget!
Tags: birthday · Canada · Grandma · martyr complex · Ohio · old folks · p.s. · thanks (but not really) · xoxo
This all-staff e-mail is like a fetus-sized version of one of my favorite self-righteous masterpieces. (How this one got buried in my inbox for so long, I have no idea.)
It comes to us courtesy of Jennifer in Chapel Hill, N.C., who notes: "In this instance, 'local users,' is everyone in our corporate HQ — including the president, vice presidents, directors, legal counsel, etc., who don't typically utilize the refrigerator in the staff break room."
related: It must have been a pretty big bite
extra credit: STFU, Parents
Tags: all-staff e-mail · Moms & Dads · North Carolina · office · office fridge · preggers · runaway run-on sentences · stealing · yogurt
Writes Devra in San Luis Obispo, California: "I'm visiting my parents in Napa, where they both work at wineries. They recently found out that I smoke cigarettes, and though I'm sure they disapprove, there has been little to no discussion on the matter. My mom wanted me to go with her to a tasting today, so she printed out directions from Google Maps with this note written on it. I found it waiting on my bedside table when I woke up."
related: And pull up your pants!
Tags: Moms & Dads · Mother-daughter notes · odor · smiley · smoking
Writes Jim in Colorado: "When I attempt to cook, I typically use way too many pots, pans and utensils and sometimes tend to skip instructions. (I actually made hard-boiled eggs and set the smoke detectors off.) Anyway, the other night I made cheeseburger pie and forgot to precook the meat. I woke up the next morning and found this on the refrigerator." </laugh track> Oh, dad!
related: No reading required, kids
FOOD DAD IS ALLOWED TO COOK: Hot dogs, hamburgers, grilled cheese, nuggets, pre-bagged meals, fast food, BBQ or grill, Mac + cheese, Deli stuff. FOOD DAD IS NOT ALLOWED TO COOK: Anything that requires more than 3 ingredients
Tags: food · kitchen · Moms & Dads


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Taylormade | 1/17/2010 5:10 PM
Sure, this bag was great! I loved all the features it could do. The only problem was the weight, this bag was heavy! It was much easier with a pull or push cart. But if you were the type of person that carries your clubs this isn't the bag for you. I would recommend a Taylormade Pule lite, or a micro lite bag they are even less money. But the Nike Sasquatch bag is very useful on the Cart. This bag would only be useful for the people with more back strength. Not the short and small.
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Very good bag!! Thank you golfgalaxy
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Have only had it for a few weeks but no complaints so far.
Anonymous | 9/14/2008 11:17 AM
Would have rated it higher in value, but I noticed after using it a couple of times on a golf cart that the bag fabric is wearing thin at a spot where it touches the strap that secures it to the cart. Also, it would have been nice if Nike would have combined a couple of the smaller pockets to make a bigger one. I would highly recommend this bag for golfers who only carry their bag use of pull cart would probably be ok also.
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This thing holds it all. If your back can hack it stuff this baby with 14 a 12 pack of umm balls and refreshments anything you need will fit in the baby. the legs are to me a bit wobbly and could use some re-enforced stability to make it PERFECT!!!!
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I was introduced to the Beach Boys by my dad's copy of Endless Summer. It was a two-record compilation from the mid-70s with all their hits, and for many years, was the only thing I knew about them. My sister also had a copy, so I could listen anytime I wanted. The artwork for Endless Summer featured a painted mural of big Beach Boys heads positioned in wavy jungle grass, and I spent hours looking at their grinning, bearded faces, imagining what kind of magic strangeness they were really up to behind "I Get Around" and "Catch a Wave". Later, I found a book about them, and again saw aged, beaten faces, with lots of hair, tacky, yellow pants and inappropriately overweight grown men. I hadn't even heard Pet Sounds yet, but was convinced these people were sad and interesting. And they usually smiled.
Brian Wilson was the son of a songwriter. He was a naturally creative boy, though also prone to the same sunny interests and obsessions as his friends and cousins. He came of age just as thousands of other kids did at the time, learning that this place really could be the land of the free, home of love, peace, self-discovery and where everyone he cared about lived. He loved music. He still does, though at 61, despite the full mane of hair, he doesn't quite sound or write like the same boy who once scored the perfect soundtrack for an American summer. He was obsessed with George Gershwin and vanilla white harmony groups like The Four Freshman; he gave the world "In My Room" and Pet Sounds in return. Brian Wilson is touring Smile right now, with, they say, an unplugged keyboard and the same stiff onstage demeanor he showed during the "Brian is back" days. But then, performance has never been his bag.
Wilson abandoned Smile, his painstakingly planned follow-up to Pet Sounds, in 1967 because he had a nervous breakdown. He was emotionally unfit to continue. He was 24, only a few years older than I was when I bought my first bootleg copy of the music. If you want to know the precise details about how he broke down, there are dozens of accounts available (including mine here at Pitchfork). The short end of it has to do with drugs, growing pains, a new cast of friends, and a dysfunctional family. Brian had too much of all those things in the mid-60s; working on what was supposed to be the greatest record ever made might not have been the most realistic endeavor. Or maybe it would have been, had he surrounded himself with more understanding people. Or fewer drugs. Or better drugs. Or been able to keep his overbearing dad out of the picture. And on and on and on, until being a fan of the guy is more exhausting than it is rewarding. I really don't blame him for staying in bed for the 70s.
I first heard Smile when I compiled my own version of it. The Beach Boys' Good Vibrations box had just come out, containing the first "officially" sanctioned missing pieces of the album. I, like many amateur Beach Boys historians, used them, along with the best songs from the boots to make ad-hoc masterpieces. I'd read how "Our Prayer" was supposed to go first, and it seemed naturally to segue right into "Heroes & Villains". Then I had to decide which versions to use. I strung together the single mix with the "Cantina" version with "Do You Like Worms" (its cousin), using a complex system of cassette deck editing techniques-- that is, I got really good at using the "pause" button. I put Wilson's solo vocal and piano performance of "Surf's Up" last. It ended my tape on a bittersweet note, which I guessed was in the spirit of what Smile would have been. I was wrong. Sigh. A lot of us were.
Darian Sahanaja was right. Wilson's wife Melinda suggested that Brian take Smile on the road, and Sahanaja, keyboardist and backing vocalist in Wilson's touring band (aka The Wondermints) took up the sizable task of organizing the project. He dumped every Smile song and song-fragment he could find onto his laptop, took them to Wilson's house and watched as Wilson proceeded to phone no less an authority than original lyricist Van Dyke Parks when he needed help remembering lyrics. They hadn't really kept in touch for a few years, but Parks was at Wilson's place within 24 hours-- and would stay for five days-- to settle past scores and finish the lost record.
The trio made subtle changes to the music when necessary, and in the spring, Wilson headed to Studio One at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles to make his record. Just as he'd made the original "Good Vibrations" and "Heroes & Villains" there, Wilson gathered his band, strings and brass to record the tracks, cutting the basic arrangements live while doing the vocals on the same tube consoles his old Beach Boys had.
The end result is a great album, albeit one more lighthearted than its myth would suggest. The music I hear is like round pegs in square holes; it's just as insular and manic-compassionate as "In My Room" or "God Only Knows", but filtered through an amiable resolve. It sounds pleasant and assured, lacking the vulnerable, shy wave of hope drenching the old Beach Boys records. Yet, Wilson's voice sounds great. It's a bit lower, and his inflections have lost some subtlety over the years, but it still carries the weight of those angelic melodies (and when it can't, his band helps him out).
And what of his band? The eight musicians who contributed to recording Smile with Wilson not only live up to the material, but also make possible what could not have been all those years ago. They are not the Beach Boys. There is no Carl Wilson. For better or worse, there is no Mike Love. But there is the music, and all concerned parties should be given some kind of musical amnesty award for managing to avoid the pitfalls of posthumous reworking and re-recording. This is no ghost record or bout of nostalgia. Rather than study the lonely, bittersweet passions of Wilson's youth, it celebrates the return of his muse and his gift to the world in the form of a "teenage symphony to God."
Smile begins, as had been expected since Wilson first discussed the album in 1966, with "Our Prayer", combined with a short piece called "Gee", which is, in actuality, an overture to "Heroes & Villains". The choir-like group harmonies of "Our Prayer" are as beautiful as they had been, originally tacked onto the end of 1969's 20/20, but in this case, reveal only the tip of an incredible iceberg. "Heroes & Villains" begins identically to the 1967 single version, and Wilson's band tackles it with gusto. Wilson's lead vocal sounds markedly gruffer in places, though more telling is his complete lack of hesitation in the phrases. He isn't as sensitive as he used to be, but he makes up for it by nailing every complicated counterpoint line and inner harmony voice.
After moving through the song's "cantina" section, the band segues into "Roll Plymouth Rock", which Smile historians will recognize under its former title, "Do You Like Worms?". The galloping tympani is no less a disorienting force here than it had been originally, but Parks' never-before-tracked lyrics (they are said to have been written during the sessions) suggest a clearer narrative rooted in manifest destiny: "Once upon the Sandwich Isles, the social structure steamed upon Hawaii/ Rock, rock, roll Plymouth Rock roll over." This leads to "Barnyard", replete with animal sounds and more new lyrics about chickens and pigpens. The short, sad take on "You Are My Sunshine" (coupled with "Old Master Painter") precedes the climax of Smile's first third, "Cabin Essence". This is the same version as appeared on 20/20, though in this context is euphoric where it had been unexpected before.
The next section begins with "Wonderful", performed with harpsichord and understated orchestration (the brass, unfortunately, sounds synthesized) and Wilson's original arrangement of vocal harmonies. "Song for Children" emerges straight out of that, though fans will recognize it as the first section of a larger piece, "Child Is Father of the Man". That piece follows, and is more famous as the coda to the title track of 1971's Surf's Up album. Here, it wallows in ominous piano arpeggios and strings before introducing "Surf's Up", performed almost identically to Carl Wilson's 1971 production for the Beach Boys. Brian doesn't take the high harmonies on "brother John" anymore, but his voice is surprisingly nimble. Furthermore, Parks' lyrics, once considered too abstract by Love, now seem perfectly in accord with the surreal Americana of Smile. "Canvas the town and brush the backdrop." "Carriage across the fog-two-step to lamplight cellar tune." "The laughs come hard in Auld Lang Syne."
The album ends with a suite of Wilson's most idiosyncratic music. "I'm In Great Shape/I Wanna Be Around/Workshop" form a kind of bizarre interlude for Smile, wherein Wilson pumps up the virtues of "eggs and grits" and wanting to be around when "someone breaks your heart," over the strains of saws and drills. Things get odder as it flows in to "Vegetables", performed as a combination of the song from 1967's maligned Smiley Smile and the one heard on the Good Vibrations box. Wilson pulls out the "Mama Says" refrain ("Sleep a lot, eat a lot, brush 'em like crazy") before moving into "On a Holiday". Fans will recognize this from various boots as just "Holiday", but Parks' lyrics (check the sea-chantey rap (?) of, "Not the rum of Carib scum/ It's Port tonight, drink up and come/ Un-weigh the anchor yank and we will party!") are new.
"Wind Chimes" is the same version as first officially appeared on the Good Vibrations box, but like so many others on the album, seems perfectly suited to this context. When the band rips in during the wordless (but for "do-do-do" and "ba-ba-ba") chorus, I strain to hold back cries of glee. I haven't actually succeeded yet. This leads to the infamous "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" (also known as "Fire"), the instrumental Wilson once thought so powerful as to cause fires around his city. It still burns with lysergic intensity, albeit refined and featuring none other than backing harmony vocals cribbed from Smiley Smile's "Fall Breaks and Back to Winter".
Smile ends with "Good Vibrations", suggesting in no uncertain terms that Wilson aims to leave listeners grinning. I'll grin. I'll congratulate him. I won't wonder too much what might have happened had this been released way back when. And I'll let this record fall into the my still-churning impressions of Brian Wilson. Better late than never? Yes.
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AwayI want to fly away,up, in the sky.down, back to earth.I wantI want to go.Away, anywhere, nowhere, somewhere.Just go,Leave, let go, live.I want to fly away,somewhere I can stay.
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The Best Of YouOn a daily basis you ask meWhat the thing I love most about you would beI say "everything", but you want specificsBut it's not so hard, nothing scientificI made a list of my favourite thingsThe things that would earn the envy of kingsI love the way you hold your hand in front of your face when you blush,It makes my heart flutter like the wings of a thrushYou're ever a surprise,You hate your eyes;One bottle green the other blue as the sea,But I love them, they're yours, they can't be beatI love the way you can always smile,Though you're going through hell and have been for a whileI love the way you don't even noticeThat you're so much more beautiful than an Egyptian LotusThe way you look at me, it drives me crazyThe way you smile makes my mind go hazyBut the thing I love most about you isThat you love me, I'm yours, no matter what anyone saysI love you more than anything, and I wouldn't trade you,Not
My Love If you Leave,All that I'll have isbeautifully scented sheets,and dented pillows
Wasted Words.Wasted Words.We wait for the last possible moment.Even when confronting our opponents.To reveal,How we truly feel.We hide behind our counterfeit expressions.Conceal and contain our countless confessions.Failing to announce,What our mouths long to pronounce.We purposely squander opportunities.Maintaining our positions within our communities.Avoiding any disclosure,Reducing the risk of exposure.We use humour to dilute what we actually say.Because the truth does not have to be revealed today.We know there always is a tomorrow,So today has not got to be filled with sorrow.We wait and wait. Stall and prolong. Until it's too late And the moment has gone. There is never a convenient time. For us to say what is really on our minds. It takes the sight of a death bed.
Final MomentsStabbed in the chest.Throat cut deep and wide.Wrists bleeding out in puddles.Light changes in my fogged and teary eyes.The beating of my heart pounds against impossibility.Breathing slows to a rasping whisper.Arms going numb with blissful pain.Red blurs my vision of the world.The final pounding beat of a faint heart.The last breath of a slipping soul.Limp limbs find their resting places in pools of red.Darkness takes over once and for all.
So What Do I Do?If only I could read your mindIf only I could interpret you emotionsUnderstand what you're going throughSee through your eyesHear through your earsFeel through your heartIf only I knew how to help youBut I can'tAnd I don'tAnd it's killing meSo what do I do?Tell me.
The King and The Killer 4 (A Masky X Jeff fanfic) ~Jeff's POV~It's been a few days since our adventure at the video store. To be honest I'm surprised we still have those around, due to all the fancy new methods of watching TV, like Netflix and pay-per-view. But whatever. It's been nice, just lazing about the house with Masky, er Tim.Sometimes he goes out to do things, but generally he stays at my place. I guess he's had his fill of people, since he doesn't seem to like them very much. But he makes alright company.I finish dumping a cupful of dog food into Smile's bowl then trudge back into the living room. My vision's still hazy from waking up. Tim's passed out on the big leather chair, his legs draping off one of the arm rests, while he's leaning up against the back of it with his arms pulled up to his chest. He looks so defensive when he sleeps. I frown slightly, wondering what his story was. People didn't just... end up like him, when they had a happy story.
The King and The Killer 5 (A Masky X Jeff fanfic) ~Jeff's POV~The sun is dying on the horizon, bleeding different shades of gold red and pink out across the lingering clouds, the ground beneath my feet is no longer the smooth cement side walk of the city. Masky and I are at the edge of the city, a giant forest looming out in front of us only a yard or so away. Before it, is a large stone building. And that's where we're heading.The busy hum of the city is no longer hissing in my ears. It's quiet out here. Some may even describe it as too quiet. The desolate forest isn't alive with bird song, it is cold and silent. With only the sound of an occasional tree branch groaning over head, or the wind whistling eerily through the trees. I've been in Screamer's forest a few times. It's an experience one may wish to forget, but probably never will.Smile's paws crunch against the gravel of the dusty dirt road laying out before us. The forest is clos
All I Have (JeffxJane)Some of you may be thinking, "Hey, I've already seen this fanfic!"Well, that's because you have. It's been reported to get rid of these nasty trolls that decided to crush my self-esteem in the comments section. Here's a message to all that are thinking about trolling, because I suppose the message in the previous version didn't get past some people's thick skulls. "Please don't be a jerk. If you don't like it, don't read it. Say you read it and didn't like it, be a good person, and instead of being mean to me via comments, don't comment at all. Or if you have the horrible urge to be a troll, troll me via note. I don't want mean messages clogging up my comment section."And with that said, enjoy my first CreepyPasta fic!WARNING: Contains slight JanexJeffDisclaimer: I do not own Jane or Jeff the Killer.The sound of heavy footsteps sounded throughout the wood floored hall; the only noise audible in the cold,
Jeff's Love PoemJeff's Love PoemHello, Hello.Go to sleep.Hello, Hello.Do you love me?Hello, Hello.I want to slice your throat.Hello, Hello.I have a crush on you though.Hello, Hello.I killed my brother Liu.Hello, Hello.I want to kill you too.Hello, Hello.I'm in love with you.Hello, Hello.I'll turn your blood into stew.Hello, Hello.I'm at the end of your bed.Hello, Hello.Your boyfriend is now dead.Hello, Hello.Am I cute? WELL TO HELL WITH YOU!
Under the MistletoeSoul stood in the corner of his apartment sipping on the eggnog in his right hand as he leant against the wall. The scythes gaze was currently fixed on his long time crush and best friend Death the Kid. Of course Kid didn't know this and he planned on keeping it this way. A week ago Maka had come to him, telling more than asking if she could throw a Christmas party at their apartment. Seeing no reason why not the scythe had agreed to his meister's wishes. So that's why he was leaning against the wall watching his long time crush smile and laugh with Chrona on the couch of his apartment.Maka was currently talking to Patty about the hassle of Christmas shopping when the weapon had tugged at her arm and pointed towards Soul who was looking at Kid with a sad longing look on his face. "When is he finally gonna grow a pair and ask Kid out?" Patty asked giggling."I don't know but maybe we should give him a little help? I mean it's so obvious that they like each other and it's so frustrating
Izaya and ShizuoIzaya walked through the streets clumsily, jumping onto curves, and spinning around polls. As he stumbled around a vending machine crashed right next to him. "IIIIZZZZZAAAAYYYYYAAAAA!!" He turned around quickly to see Shizuo standing there breathing heavily "I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM HERE!"Izaya smirked "oh really? I must have forgotten. I'm sorry." He dashed offShizuo chased after him "GET BACK HERE!""You really don't want me around, do you?" He chuckled "I get the feeling that you hate me" he jumped up onto a small box holding both his arms outShizuo grinded his teeth pulling a stop sign out of the ground "I don't hate you." He swung the sign at Izaya "I LOATHE YOU!"He jumped out of the way "now that isn't nice, someone could get seriously hurt."The sign had been thrown at Izaya and was moving fast straight towards his head "That's my plan." He watched the sign. "IT'S A PITTY YOU'RE STILL ALIVE!"Izaya just barely missed the sign "now no
I'm Fine"Are you okay?"No. I'm dying. I have to push myself to wake up in the morning, and when I finally do, I want to go back to sleep. Even my best dreams are becoming nightmares. I can't taste food, I can't stand the things I used to love. I'm breaking. I'm fading. I'm dying."I'm fine."
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Whether for financial gain or fun, baby boomers are embarking on second careers that can bring in both money and, often, fulfillment.
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Oil dropped below $80 per barrel on Monday morning, and falling prices could impact job growth in the shale industry.
The roller coaster ride for Sarepta continues, as it's likely to file for approval of its muscular dystrophy drug in mid-2015.
Elon Musk is stepping up his warnings about artificial intelligence, The Washington Post reported, saying it was akin to "summoning the demon."
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After its big earnings miss and lots of disappointments, Amazon has taken big step into TV, the Amazon Fire TV Stick.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Obama administration and congressional leaders have begun talks toward a deal on extending Bush-era tax cuts, President Obama said after a meeting with representatives of both parties Tuesday.
"That process is beginning right away, and we expect to get some answers back in the next couple of days," Obama said after Tuesday's meeting at the White House.
But he cautioned that both parties still have deep disagreements, even as they attempt to find "sensible common ground" on the tax provisions, which are set to expire at the end of the year.
At the very least, both parties want to ensure that the tax cuts are preserved for lower- and middle-income families. But that's about the only thing they agree on at the moment. Republicans want to extend the cuts for everyone, including the nation's top earners.
If no tax-cut extension is approved by Dec. 31, everyone's federal income and investment tax rates would go back up to where they were before the 2001 tax cuts were passed.
Even if Congress does reach a last-minute compromise, the longer lawmakers wait, the less likely it is that employers will be able to adjust their payroll systems.
Why a deal looks doubtful: Expectations that an agreement would be reached Tuesday were low, and the lack of progress on the issue underscores fears that Americans' paychecks will shrink come Jan. 1.
The pessimism stems, in part, from the inflexible rhetoric that surrounds the debate.
Before meeting with Obama today, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made it clear again that Republicans are not looking to compromise.
"How about we start with this?" McConnell said. "No tax hikes on anybody. No tax hikes on anybody, period."
And President Obama has not backed off his long-stated position that the tax cut should be allowed to lapse on family income above $250,000.
"I believe and the other Democrats in the room believe that this would add an additional $700 billion to our debt in the next ten years," Obama said Tuesday after the meeting. "I continue to believe that it would be unwise and unfair, particularly at a time when we are contemplating deep budget cuts that would require broad sacrifice."
The inflexibility on both sides has not softened following a midterm election in which Republicans swept to power in the House and gained seats in the Senate.
Those new lawmakers won't be sworn in until January, which leaves Democrats with only the remaining weeks of an already jam-packed lame-duck legislative session to push through a tax cut extension.
The president made his own bid to expand that already busy schedule, saying he had encouraged lawmakers from both parties to extend other middle class tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of the year. On the list are the Making Work Pay tax credit, a tax credit for college tuition, and a tax cut for businesses that hire unemployed workers.
Next steps: There was some concrete action as a result of Tuesday's meeting. Both Obama and Republican leaders said they are optimistic that the working group of lawmakers, Treasury Department and Office of Management and Budget officials will yield results.
Obama is also considering at least a short delay to the start of his Hawaiian vacation to work on the tax cut issue.
Two senior administration officials told CNN that the White House has been getting signals that the lame-duck session could drag on past Dec. 18, when the president is scheduled to depart for Hawaii.
Obama has privately said he is willing to stay in Washington until Christmas Eve if necessary to finish the contentious debate over taxes, the officials said.
-CNN's Tom Cohen and Ed Henry contributed to this report.
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SCRANTON - City police are investigating the theft of a purse containing thousands of dollars from a vehicle.
The theft happened Wednesday between 8:10 and 9 a.m. in the parking lot of Fortis Institute, 517 Ash St., acting Capt. Glenn Thomas said.
The victim, a 31-year-old Jessup woman, told police she left the purse on the front seat of the vehicle, which was not locked. It contained several thousand dollars in cash that she planned to use as a down payment on an apartment, Capt. Thomas said.
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Bowman's 78 field goal attempts is a new Class 3A record.
Greensburg's 89 points is a Class 3A record.
The 165 combined points broke the Class 3A record.
Bowman's 32 field goals tied the record with Princeton (2009) and Indianapolis Chatard (2003).
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Greensburg's Macy Holdsworth won the Trester Award for Mental Attitude. He ranks seventh in his class with a 3.9 GPA
Greensburg had 31 field goals and 25 assists.
Bowman had 12 steals and forced the Pirates into 22 turnovers.
Bowman's Austin Daniels was 7-of-13 from the field for 14 points and three assists.
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"They passed the ball very well," Bowman coach Marvin Rea on Greensburg's 25 assists.