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The translation of this is "describe the type of cannabis you are currently smoking". Term is used in North Minneapolis, where people predominantly smoke blunts with mid grade cannabis. Sometimes preceds an offer to trade up to a few grams.
Upon greeting a middle aged group of women sharing a blunt, one calls out "Hey!" "What you smoking on?"
by Beta888 October 28, 2013

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text: This guy is really underrated. He's been a beast against the run the last two years and would fit perfectly as a 1 technique in our new 4 man front. He's still young too and shouldn't break the bank. If we let Spencer go I would say he's a must. Thoughts?


text: Milliner Accepts Appointment to US Senate Curatorial Advisory Board Anna Morris | Assistant News Editor Assistant professor of art history Matthew Milliner was recently appointed to the Senate Curatorial Advisory Board. Chosen by Senator Mitch McConnell, Milliner will serve on the board through January 2015, advising the Senate Curator and the United States Senate Commission on art. More > Wheaton Dean Elected as Associate Chair of the National Association of Schools of Music Amanda Morris | News Editor Michael Wilder, Wheaton's dean of the Conservatory, arts and communication, has recently been elected to a three-year term as associate chair of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). Wilder was elected at the NASM's annual National Conference, which took place in Florida during the week before Thanksgiving. More > No Easy Road Wheaton goes 1-1 in MIAA/CCIW Classic. Calvin Wetzel | Sports Editor The up-and-down season for the No. 22 Thunder men's basketball team continued last weekend in the MIAA/CCIW Classic in Grand Rapids, Mich. The tournament was hosted by Calvin College this year, and also featured Carthage College and Hope College. Wheaton defeated Hope 80-61 on Friday, Dec. 6 before falling to Calvin the following night by a score of 78-51. More > Rollin' Wheaton extends win-streak to six. Sam Smith | Staff Writer The Wheaton women are on a hot streak. After losing to George Fox University on Nov. 16, the Thunder have won six consecutive games, the two most recent wins coming against the University of Chicago on Dec. 4 and Roosevelt University on Dec. 7. More > Thunder Host 33rd Annual Wheaton Invitational Women take second, men finish third. Judah Newby | Assistant Sports Editor The Wheaton Thunder men's and women's swimming took part in the annual Wheaton Invite hosted by the Thunder at Chrouser Natatorium last weekend. Wheaton's women's team finished second out of five competing schools while the men took third out of five teams. More >


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Honestly, I'm a Little Bummed KISS Got in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
So KISS are finally getting into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, huh? Well, congratulations to the guys. There's no band more deserving of the honour than Kiss. I mean, anyone can run off the statistics (Kisstistics) to prove the point -- 100-million albums sold, 28 gold albums, 13 platinum albums over 40 years. The only Rock bands with as impressive a CV are The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, undoubtedly esteemed company.
However, despite their achievements, the band have been perpetually pelted with critical disdain. Quickly written off as a circus sideshow/children's act by naysayers, it culminated into a 15-year blockade from induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame when these over-valued critics rose to the post of Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame juror. Kiss' snub only helped enforce the growing belief that The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame is nothing more than a magnified version of the high school cafeteria, where seating arrangements are determined by who's cool and who's not.
And through it all, despite being unable to keep a stiff upper lip at times, the band have been as gracious as one can be after having been subjected to a lifetime of these ticks nipping at their heels. Imagine watching bands that you took out as your opening act, like Rush and AC/DC, get their acclamations, invites and induction before you, even though you clearly deserved it first. Paul (Stanley) and Gene (Simmons) have had a successful enough career to not have that keep them up at night but it does say a lot about how certain musics are unfairly viewed within the industry.
Even though it's appropriated the genre for its name, The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame doesn't exactly comply to the guidelines of what is generally deemed to be Rock & Roll. Taking license with the term "Rock & Roll" has allowed them to induct acts like The Bee Gees, Madonna, Donna Summer, Jimmy Cliff and now Hall & Oates into their fame hall. If anything, it's allowed the general public an embarrassing inside look at how tampered with these trophy ceremonies inevitably become. (See here.)
Even though they are finally being allowed into a club that accepted The Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Mellencamp, The Beastie Boys, R.E.M. and Van Halen prior to them, I've always relished Kiss' outsider status in Rock. When I was in school, I proudly drew a giant Kiss logo on my school bag even though I knew I was going to be ridiculed for it. I confidently wore it like a badge of honour having learned to listen to music with my ears rather than my eyes before puberty, unlike most of my peers then and music industry insiders now.
Outwardly I might've rolled my eyes and groaned every time their R&R Hall Of Fame slight got mentioned but secretly, I loved it! For Kiss Army members like me, their snub was noble. For even today could a band with countless accolades and worldwide reverence be snubbed by the same people who looked down on us for festooning their logo on our jackets and schoolbags. It was an adolescent fracas played out in the adult world. Their rejection was collectively worn by all Kiss Army members proudly on our sleeves and let's be frank, gave us all a target to vent our frustration.
But now Kiss are getting inducted.
Fine. I mean, they should, right? We always knew the band wanted to be invited but wouldn't it have been awe-inspiring if they finally told these over-the-hill tastemakers to shove it, like if the misfit sucker-punched the quarterback in the nutsack? It would've been the checkmate move that just might've seen the original four members raptured into the heavens. A repudiation of this overdue acknowledgement could've just been what was needed to make their talismans glow anew before the four precious stones locked together in a fiery phoenix setting the night sky ablaze with the message "Suck It" for all to see up in the stars for a thousand moons. It would've been an affirmation of all that real Rock & Roll stands for. It would've been glorious.
Look, Paul, Gene, Peter, Ace, Bruce, Vinnie, Mark, Tommy and the two Erics, I'm glad you guys are getting inducted. Congratulations, fellows. You all deserve it. I've been in love with your band since I was six years old so it's nice to see others recognize you too. I just thought, you know, being from outer space, a feline manimal, demon, ankh warrior and a starchild, trinkets and invites meant little to you. I also thought that perhaps, like Groucho, you wouldn't want any part of a club that would have you as members.
I know you need to do this and I know, regardless of its staff, the hall induction is most esteemed but who am I gonna champion as my outsider/popular band now?
Wait a minute, why isn't Deep Purple in the Hall too?
Take two Disney starlets and one prepubescent popstar and you have a recipe for one of the most discussed celebrity feuds of the 2000s. Back in 2002, Aaron Carter reportedly broke up with or cheated on Hilary Duff, who he was dating for two years, to hook up with Lindsay Lohan. The 15-year-old Casanova then left Lohan to get back together with Duff. Though the girls should have been furious with Carter, they instead turned on each other. Their feud played out in the pages of magazines with both actresses taking shots at each other for years. By 2007 the girls put their past behind them and made up. "We are both adults and whatever happened, happened when we were young," Duff told People. "It's over."
"Mad Men" star Jon Hamm recently made some unflattering comments to Elle UK about celebrity culture, putting reality TV queen Kim Kardashian in his crosshairs. "Whether it's Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian or whoever, stupidity is certainly celebrated. Being a f**king idiot is a valuable commodity in this culture because you're rewarded significantly," he told the magazine. Kim responded on Twitter, writing: "I just heard about the comment Jon Hamm made about me in an interview. I respect Jon and I am a firm believer that everyone is entitled to their own opinion and that not everyone takes the same path in life. We're all working hard and we all have to respect one another. Calling someone who runs their own businesses, is a part of a successful TV show, produces, writes, designs, and creates, 'stupid,' is in my opinion careless." When asked about his comments, Hamm told E! News, "It's surprising to me that this has become remotely a story. I don't know Ms. Kardashian. I know her public persona. What I said was meant to be more on pervasiveness of something in culture, not personal, but she took offense to it and that is her right."
It's a known fact that Courtney Love hates former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, and he is by no means fond of her. The two have been feuding over the rights to Nirvana's music since Kurt Cobain killed himself in 1994. Most recently, Courtney explained why she hates the Foo Fighters frontman, after playing a show in Brazil. "What I was saying, is Dave makes $5 million a show, he doesn't need the money. His mother's a banker, his father's a stock broker and he's making $5 million a show. Why the f**k then does he have a Nivana Inc. credit card and I don't? And last week he bought an Aston Martin on it," she said.
Disney starlets do not play nice. In 2008, teen queen Miley Cyrus went head to head with Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato. BFFs Selena and Demi used to make goofy videos they would post to YouTube, much to the chagrin of Miley as it turned out. Miley and her BFF Mandy made a parody video where they mocked the other girls, making fun of their makeup and the gap in Demi's front teeth. The feud appeared to come out of nowhere. "To be honest I don't know what happened," Selena told MTV. "I though we were okay, but to be honest, I don't even know [Miley and Mandy]. And Demi has never met Miley. It's interesting -- that's all I'm going to say about it." They all eventually made up and became friends. Miley addressed the feud in a YouTube video in 2009: "So everyone's thinking there's a big feud between me and Selena and Demi. Actually, I'm going to have meatloaf with Demi tonight. I'm riding my bike to Demi's house. So I'm going to be partying with Demi 'cause we're friends, and I love her and she is always there for me. She is one of my bestest friends."
There are many celebs who have feuded with Donald Trump, but his ongoing fight with Rosie O'Donnell remains the most memorable. In 2006, Rosie criticized Trump for not dethroning Miss USA Tara Conner after her drug scandal and she called him a "pimp" and "snake oil salesman." Never one to take things lying down, Trump responded by calling her a "big, fat pig" and a "loser." Their feud dragged on until no one wanted to hear what either of them had to say and it unfortunately started up again. In December 2011, Trump tweeted, "Same last name, same bad ratings - @lawrence and @rosie," and linked to a YouTube clip of himself ranting about how neither of their talk shows were doing well. Rosie tweeted back, "How many billionaires sell ties and have crappy non reality shows -- none - go back to selling snake oil #bankruptmuch?" Neither will spare the public of their immaturity and their feud continues today.
Gossip blogger Perez Hilton was confronted by the Black Eyed Peas at the Much Music Video Awards in 2009 and began hurling insults at Will.i.am and the rest of the band. Perez was punched in the face by Will.i.am's manager and the blogger later tweeted, "I was assaulted by Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas and his security guards. I am bleeding. Please, I need a police report. No joke." Will.i.am later denied Hilton's claims and Hilton shot back with a 12-minute video blasting the Black Eyed Pea as a "disgusting human being" and "a fucking liar." Perez later sued Will.i.am's manager and a settlement was reached.
Who needs enemies when you have friends like Brandon Davis? Back in 2006, Lindsay Lohan was pals with Paris Hilton, until Paris accused her of trying to steal her boyfriend, Greek shipping heir Stavros Niarchos. Once Lindsay was on the outs with her socialite friends, oil heir Davis took it upon himself to brand Lohan with a nickname. While drunk in LA one night, Davis was filmed ranting about Lohan, dubbing her "fire crotch," and making other rude and disgusting claims.
These ladies need to learn to keep their comments to themselves. Back in the day, Christina Aguilera apparently used to call Kelly Osbourne fat, and now that Kelly has slimmed down and Christina has gained a few pounds the tables have turned. Osbourne made sure to call attention to the singer's weight gain, not once, but twice in 2011. "Maybe she is just becoming the fat bitch she was born to be. I don't know. She was a c**t to me. And she bought my house," Osbourne said during an episode of "Fashion Police" that aired in August. "She called me fat for so many f***ing years, so you know what? F**k you! You're fat too." Then in October, the singer was again the topic of discussion on the show: "Lady Marmalade got into the peanut better again," quipped co-host Joan Rivers when criticizing Aguilera's too-tight outfit. "She called me fat for years, I was never that fat," Osbourne said and later added, "Trust me, I'm a 2/4. That is not a 2/4."
Shannen Doherty has a reputation as Hollywood's bad girl and feuded with nearly all of her "Beverly Hills, 90210" castmates, and yet it was her feud with Alyssa Milano that will go down as the worst. The "Charmed" co-stars began fighting on set during the third season and it was reported that Shannen was jealous of Alyssa's popularity. Tension ran high on set and things grew so heated, producers had to bring in a mediator to resolve their issues. When they couldn't work things out, Shannen left the show.
Is there anyone Eminem hasn't feuded with? Eminem and Mariah Carey began to spar after he claimed that they used to have a sexual relationship. Mariah denied the relationship, telling Larry King, "I hung out with him, I spoke to him on the phone. I think I was probably with him a total of four times. And I don't consider that dating somebody." Mariah later mocked his claim in her video for "Obsessed," which featured an Eminem look-alike who was obsessed with her. The rapper retaliated with a number of songs that mentioned Carey and threatened to release nude photos of the singer as well as voicemails to prove they dated. In the song "The Warning" he raps: "Shut the fuck up before I put up all the phone calls you made to my house when you were "Wild N' Out" before Nick, when you was on my dick and give you something to smile about."
When Charlie Sheen lost his mind in 2011, he dug his own grave and lost his job as the highest paid actor on television. Sheen went on a rampage, verbally attacking "Two and a Half Men" showrunner Chuck Lorre, after CBS suspended the series due to Sheen's insane behavior. After Lorre make a joke about Sheen, the actor attacked him, calling Lorre a "clown" , and made a strange anti-Semitic dig, saying his real name is "Chaim Levine" (though his name is actually Charles Michael Levine). Sheen continued to blast Lorre as a "stupid, stupid little man and a p*ssy punk that I never want to be like." Now that Sheen appears to be sober, Lorre has chosen to take the high road. "I wish him well. I'm glad he's happy and sober," he said in January 2012.
"You know what you did," Lauren Conrad screamed at Heidi Montag on an episode of "The Hills." Lauren and Heidi's friendship began to dissolve in 2007, when Heidi started dating Spencer Pratt. "He's a sucky person," she infamously told her one-time best friend. Heidi chose a relationship with Spencer over a friendship with Lauren and spread a rumor there was a Lauren Conrad sex tape floating around. Heidi tried to repair things with Lauren, but she wasn't having it. "I want to forgive you and I want to forget you," Lauren told her as mascara ran down her face. The feud eventually ended but they never repaired their friendship. As Spencer began to fade into obscurity he tried make himself relevant by burying the hatchet with Conrad, wishing her a happy birthday on Twitter in February 2012.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has no love for the "Jersey Shore" cast and Snooki isn't fond of him either. Christie has been vocal about his distaste for the cast and has referred to them as "losers," and also vetoed a $420,000 tax credit for the MTV reality show in September 2011. Snooki doesn't appriaciate being called a loser and the pint-size reality star tweeted that she wouldn't be voting for Christie for president and added, "Love always, the "buffoons" from that degrading Jersey Shore show." Christie wasn't and isn't running for president, but Snooki regardless explained: "I DEF don't want a judgmental president who has NEVER met me in person. F that. idc who exploits me. But for a man wanting to be president&calling us names when he's never met us..no thanks. I'll stick w Obama."
Kid Rock had a big problem with Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler taking on a new gig as a judge on "American Idol" in 2010. Kid Rock didn't believe a true rock star would even think about working for a show like "Idol" and proceeded to trash Tyler for it. Rock told Entertainment Weekly, "I think it's the stupidest thing he's ever done in his life. He's a sacred American institution of rock and roll, and he just threw it all out the window. Just stomped on it and se it on fire." At a press conference, Tyler responded, "He's just jealous, he's just jealous. And he's working on his new record, so God bless him."
Miranda Lambert was not happy to see Chris Brown performing at the Grammy Awards. "And Chris Brown Twice? I don't get it. He beat on a girl...Not cool that we act like that didn't happen," she tweeted referencing Brown's brutal 2009 assault on Rihanna. Brown responded indirectly by tweeting, "Hate all you want because I got a grammy now! That's the ultimate f*** off." Then at her concert, Lambert held up a handwritten poster that read, "Take notes Chris Brown" and said to the audience, "Listen, I just need to speak my mind. Where I come from, beating up on a women is never OK. So that's why my daddy taught me early on in life how to use a shotgun." Brown fired back in a series of tweets: "Using my name to get publicity? I love it! Perform your heart out! Go buy @miranda_lambert! So motivational and "PERFECT." Goodnight to all the people who live life and who aren't stuck in the past!"
In actress Olivia Munn's book "Suck It, Wonder Woman," she recounts her brief romantic dalliance with director Brett Ratner and didn't have anything nice to say about the size of his penis. Ratner addressed the claims on "Attack of the Show" saying, "I used to date Olivia Munn, I'll be honest with everyone here, when she was Lisa...she wasn't Asian back then." He continued: "She was hanging out on my set of 'After the Sunset,' I banged her a few times. But I forgot her...because she changed her name...I didn't know it was the same person, so when she came and auditioned for me for a TV show I forgot her, she got pissed off, and she made up all these stories about me eating shrimp and masturbating in my trailer." Munn responded by tweeting a link to a Cosmo article she had written titled, "How to Stand up to an A-Hole," that detailed an incident with a director she called the "Douche."
LeAnn Rimes is skinny -- so skinny that she has people worrying that she's not eating. The equally skinny Giuliana Rancic was one those people. Pot, meet kettle. The two skinny ladies battled it out telling each other to eat a sandwich.
Rihanna and Ciara -- who both dated Chris Brown in the past -- got into a heated public spat in February 2011. First Ciara made a dig at Rihanna on "Fashion Police," saying: "I ran into her recently at a party. She wasn't the nicest. It's crazy because I've always loved and respected what she's done in fashion. It wasn't the most pleasant run-in." When Rihanna heard what Ciara had said, she fired back on Twitter. "My bad Ci, did I forget to tip you? How rude of me.... You gangsta huh? Ha." They volleyed insults and threats at each other and then Rihanna called a truce. "Ciara baby, I love you girl! You hurt my feelings real bad on TV! I'm heartbroken! That's why I retaliated this way! So sorry! Let's make up." Ciara accepted the apology and that was that.
This might be one of the most ridiculous celebrity fights of all time. "Teen Mom" cast member Farrah Abraham didn't think things through when she criticized Kourtney Kardashian on Twitter. "I'm shocked Kourtney Kardashian is pregnant again Did she not learn anything from TEEN MOM? Maybe its a fake pregnancy like kims wedding SAD," she tweeted. Kourtney was understandably confused by the attack and tweeted back, "Why would I have anything to do with Teen Mom? I'm 32 years old! I may look young, honey, but don't get it twisted." While Kourtney suggested that Farrah had no idea what she was talking about, the "Teen Mom" star couldn't resist firing back at her: "Guess what! Age and money honestly do not change a person's poor choice. Quit making excuses," she tweeted. Kourtney's boyfriend Scott Disick also got in on the fight, sarcastically tweeting at Farrah, "We're not teenagers, ya f**king moron." When asked if he knew who she was, he responded, ""I just thought she was some shit stain on Twitter, no?" Sadly, this Twitter fight actually continued with Farrah later tweeting, "4 all who mistunderstood: regards to kourtney K.~I hope she takes her relationship w/her boyfriend more serious 4 their children-takecare." Shortly after, however, she couldn't resist getting one more word in with a jab at Disick: "Caught wind of these dramatic articles, w/ loser scott disick or some boyfriend of kourtneys, is Shit Stain < racist 4 black?" she wrote. "Great dad! NOT."
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain is not a fan of Paula Deen's cooking. In 2011 he told TV Guide she was "the worst, most dangerous person to America." Deen responded, claiming, "You know, not everybody can afford to pay $58 for prime rib or $650 for a bottle of wine. My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills . . . It wasn't that long ago that I was struggling to feed my family, too." Months later, after Deen announced she has Type 2 diabetes and was now a paid spokeswoman for a diabetes medication, Bourdain responded with a thinly veiled tweet: "Thinking of getting into the leg-breaking business, so I can profitably sell crutches later." Deen fired back that Bourdain should "get a life".
Jonah Hill made it clear he was no fan of "Glee" star Matthew Morrison, when he appeared on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" in September 2011. Hill recalled a "douchey Hollywood party" where he tried to eavesdrop on a conversation between "Gossip Girl" actor Chace Crawford and Morrison, who had made a joke at Hill's expense at an event a few weeks earlier. He then overheard the two drop his name and start laughing. Hill took the opportunity on "Late Night" to call out the "Glee" actor: "Matthew Morrison, you better bring your sh*t next time I see you...I'd like to see him sing his way out of this one," he said. Morrison responded by sending a goofy video to "Late Night," where he finished his joke about Hill and then accepted the actor's challenge, saying, "Nobody messes with someone from musical theater!" This extremely dorky feud eventually just blew over.
Chelsea Handler started a feud with Jesse James' tattooed mistress Michelle "Bombshell" McGee in 2010, with a joke she wrote on her blog: "I guess she doesn't read magazines which makes sense, since she basically has one on her face." McGee responded on her Facebook page writing: "Chelsea, here's some free advice: Use some of that Botox from your forehead and put it in your flabby underarm skin. I've seen better wings in a bucket of KFC chicken." And later wrote, ""In all seriousness, Im a big fan of 'Chelsea Lately' ... I was laughing my ass off.... feel so honored to have a transexual [sic] poke fun of me ..." Don't mess with a comedian -- Handler didn't hold back with her response to McGee: "First of all, look at my forehead, you dumb bitch, okay? It moves ... You have a tattoo on your forehead, so you have had a needle in your forehead -- and probably Jesse James' balls. So shut your face."
This feud started after Kings of Leon declined to allow the Fox series "Glee," to cover one of its songs on a future episode. "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy was pissed and sent a message to the band via The Hollywood Reporter: "F**K you, Kings of Leon," he said. "They're self-centered assholes, and they missed the big picture. They missed that a 7-year-old kid can see someone close to their age singing a Kings of Leon song, which will maybe make them want to join a glee club or pick up a musical instrument. It's like, OK, hate on arts education. You can make fun of Glee all you want, but at its heart, what we really do is turn kids on to music." KOL member Nathan Followill fired back with a homophobic dig at openly gay Murphy, tweeting: "Dear Ryan Murphy, let it go. See a therapist, get a manicure, buy a new bra. Zip your lip and focus on educating 7yr olds how to say f**k." Realizing how his comments could be seen, Followill later tweeted: "I'm sorry 4 anyone that misconstrued my comments as homophobic or misogynistic. I'm so not that kind of person. I really do apologize."
In 2005, Tom Cruise seemed to have lost his marbles when he jumped on couches on Oprah's talkshow. He then lashed out at actress Brooke Shields, while on the "Today" show, telling Matt Lauer that Shields should not have taken antidepressants to combat the postpartum depression she was suffering from after the birth of her first child. Cruise, a Scientologist who shuns psychiatry, insisted the depression could be treated with "vitamins and exercise." Shields responded by writing an op-ed piece in the New York Times, writing: "I'm going to take a wild guess and say that Mr. Cruise has never suffered from postpartum depression ... And comments like those made by Tom Cruise are a disservice to mothers everywhere ... If any good can come of Mr. Cruise's ridiculous rant, let's hope that it gives much-needed attention to a serious disease." Cruise later apologized to Shields, the actress told Jay Leno a year later. "He came over to my house and he gave me a heartfelt apology. And he apologized for bringing me into the whole thing and for everything that happened," she said.
Kayne West infamously hijacked Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the 2009 Video Music Awards, interrupting her to say, "I'm really happy for you. I'ma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time." Swift was dumbstruck by the incident and it seemed as if she didn't want to get into it with the rapper. "I don't know him, and I've never met him, so..." she said. "I don't want to start anything because I had a great night tonight." A year later she was literally singing a different tune. At the 2010 VMAs she performed her new song "You're Still an Innocent," a reference to the previous year's incident with West, basically calling him immature. "Thirty-two and still growing up now / who you are is not what you did / you're still an innocent," she sang. Kanye didn't have any right to fire back, but of course he did. At a concert in New York City, West blasted Swift to his fans: "Everybody needs a villain, don't we? We need to blame someone at all times ... I was emotional, that was not exactly the way I wanted to word it, but I wrote it, I rode it, just as Taylor never came to my defense in any interview, and rode the waves and rode it and rode it." The feud seems to have blown over, as Swift wore a blouse from Kanye West's spring 2012 collection in the pages of Harper's Bazaar.
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Last Modified: Thursday, January 17, 2013 2:54 PM
A 30-year-old Lake Charles woman has been arrested after allegedly stealing from her former employer, authorities said.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Ashley Bazinet said Courtney R. Miller, 6015 Noble Lane, was arrested on Jan. 8.
"During the investigation, detectives discovered Miller used over $950 in company funds to pay numerous personal bills between October and December 2012," Bazinet said Thursday in a news release. "When questioned by detectives, Miller confirmed to using the company's funds."
Miller has been charged with three counts of bank fraud and three counts of theft $500-$1,500.
Judge Robert Wyatt set Miller's bond at $4,500.
Detective John Melton was the lead investigator.


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That is very beautiful.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
That is very beautiful.
Malega K.
Look at Homespun's avatar!! It's could be the quilt you are working on. Which I love, by the way!! That hat. What can I say? Can you walk in it? It is beautiful!! Love ya sis
Onalee Rose
"There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living."
What a lovely thing to do! It's a win/win for you both. The hat is fabulous!! The quilt is also!
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Lov ethe string quilt, and your hat is out of this world!!!! I love big hats!!!!
Beautiful quilt and hat.
Another Phyllis
This life is the only one you get - enjoy it before you lose it.
She will be so surprised when she sees the quilt! Love the hat!
Be sure to put a label on it so the family will always remember that the Mother had made it. Love the quilt and the hat
is just super.
Welcome to quilting, my sister got me started as well. It's so nice that your friend will have a quilt that both her mother and her friend worked on. P.S. Love that hat!!!
How touching! your friend will cry when you give her the quilt. I almost did just reading the story. what a special friend you are. Welcome to quilting! and the Board!
Thank you all! I am having a blast! I will post updates here as I go. I am trying to bring Hats back! They are fabulous and so fun to wear. Yes I can walk in this hat but kissing is a little difficult! Hubby knocked it off during the wedding kiss! lol


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Night School
The Breeders' Cup Classic-winning duo of jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. and trainer Ian Wilkes headline the season's final lesson in tonight's Night School, the racing industry's national online fan education program. Hernandez and Wilkes will join leading Southern California trainer John Sadler in the live chat as Night School's 40th session of 2012 was voted on by the fan's to be a visit with the "Stars of the Game." The 90-minute Night School interactive program begins at 8:30 p.m. ET and will include a 60-minute Q&A with the trainers, jockeys and racing fans. The final portion of the program, the "Jump Ball" segment, will include a preview of Saturday's $1 million Delta Jackpot. Hernandez and Wilkes cemented their names in the history books with the Breeders' Cup Classic victory by Fort Larned at Santa Anita on Nov. 3. The Louisiana native Hernandez was celebrating his 27th birthday on the day of his biggest career score, and will be riding this winter at Gulfstream Park for the first time. The Australian native Wilkes, an assistant trainer with Carl Nafzger for many years, helped develop Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense and now has a major victory of his own. Sadler has been leading trainer in the standings at all three major California meets, Santa Anita, Hollywood and Del Mar. He's also a major voice among the west coast trainers representing his peers in several organizations. Tuesday's session will be co-hosted by Horse Player NOW's Jeremy Plonk and Joe Kristufek, co-founders of the Night School program, which will be concluding its second 40-week season of fan education.
Presenting title sponsors for Night School are the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, American Quarter Horse Association, Keeneland, Churchill Downs, Inc. and Daily Racing Form.
"We'll See What Happens"
Maybe that horse trainer from Looweeszeeanna will be on tonight.
And his boy Maldonado.
Wonder if They know Sharkstein? Doubt it. Thanks for the info Joe.
I am a Pregame.com Director of the Boards! 2010-2011 CFB/NFL Combined 60-42
Somebody asked them a couple of weeks ago if they ever heard of him. The question was ignored.
Don't you think these guys would have said something if Sharkstein was what he says he is.
(Tues 11/13) Mountaineer Live Race 9 - After Night School Special
Free PP's - Live handicapping chat.
Maybe Sharkstein will make an appearance and have one of his patented 4/5 $400 across the board bets.
Love to hear what people say about that.
Yup ficticious and He claimed He hated PG on that other site. Thats what I dont like about Him.
All sorts of other stuff too, JohnnyMo.
BTW, I checked up on that name in trainer history & the earnings were less than $20G in 1991. I was making over 100G in 1991 in a legitimate job.
Sounds like he trained them the same way he bet them.
Breeder's Cup Classic
Good stuff Joe....so a cameo appearance from the Southern Slimeball??? Sweet! Sabin.....what a friggin tool.


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The Pentagon is, for all intents and purposes, an Apple-free zone. Its desktop computers have long run on Windows, and now its tablets and smartphones are all Android. But there's a chance that might be about to change. The Air Force's Air Mobility Command is considering a monster purchase of iPads — one that might give Apple inroads into a military market that's eluded it so far.
A recent solicitation from Air Mobility Command has the Air Force's cargo and transport division seeking "a maximum of 18,000 iPad 2s" to serve as "Electronic Flight Bags" — essentially, tools to launch apps that digitize the flyboys' weighty manuals. Even that purchase isn't a slam dunk for Cupertino, since the solicitation called for iPads or "equal" devices. (Cue the indignation from Cult of Mac-types.) But if the Air Force even buys half that many iPads, it would still represent the largest tablet or smartphone purchase the military's made thus far.
And it also could represent something of a reversal of Apple's military fortunes. Last week, the Air Force's Special Operations Command canceled an order of over 2,000 iPads, apparently prompted by security concerns about Russian software on the devices for reading PDFs of flight charts that double as encryption agents. As if to twist the knife, a spokeswoman told NextGov that the command "continues" to evaluate "the procurement aspect of providing tablets to the field." In other words, they love tablets — just not Apple's tablet.
That's a familiar story for Apple. While the military is just getting started playing around with smart devices, it's balked at shelling out for Cupertino's mobile products.
In 2010, the military's Special Operations Command wanted a suite of apps to get militarily relevant data out to their dismounted, networked commandos, including a "multi-touch whiteboarding aka John Madden tool." They went with Android phones to host it. The next year, when the app-mad Army started playing around with its first smartphone linked to its new data network, Android powered it.
Later in 2011, the Army bought a bunch of commercial smartphones — as in, officers went to Best Buy and purchased 60 phones — to test out how they worked with the new data network. It also debuted a new quasi-smartphone to replace an old, funky plan to make soldiers wear computers. Yet again, in both cases, Droid did.
The preference was rarely made explicit, and behind the scenes, Army officials whispered to reporters that they didn't want to make it seem like they were dissing Apple. And Apple had a few mobile military successes, like when Marine aviators bought 32 iPads last fall to help program close air support.
But the word's gotten around to the defense industry. At military gear showcases like the Association of the United States Army conference, developers who come up with everything from insta-translators to mapping tools run the software they want to sell the Army with Android as their operating system.
So why not Apple? As the iPad cancellation indicated, there are concerns about data security — but in fairness, the Army hasn't yet certified Android (or Windows Mobile, for that matter) as secure, either. The answer you hear most often is cost. Apple products are more expensive, which is why most government desktops run Windows and bureaucrats thumb their way through BlackBerries. Now that the military is facing a future of tighter budgets, iPads and iPhones might be too expensive.
But the Air Mobility Command is bucking that trend. Buying 18,000 iPads will make it the most always-on part of the military by a longshot. And since the Army wants to start out using smartphones for pretty much the same function — running apps that digitize its training and field manuals — it's possible the Air Force purchase might spur a second look at iOS from the ground-pounders.
Still, the military isn't ready to issue camo-colored coverings to iPads just yet. An Air Mobility Command spokeswoman said the 18,000 order may not just buy iPads — Motorola's Xoom, Samsung's Galaxy Tab, and even Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader might be included in the Air Force purchase. And all those tablets have a certain competing operating system in common.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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|Written by MonRoi Support on Tue, Jul 21 2009 (03:10)
MonRoi is delighted with the positive feedback received after the 2009 Canadian Open Chess Tournament, which was held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We thank the Canadian chess community and chess fans worldwide for their continued support. Below are a few comments from Chess Talk.
Alex Ferreira
Big Thanks to CO Organizers !
Not comparable to any other CO I've attended were the side events: 5 simuls, 4 lectures, blitz and bughouse tournaments. Shirov, Ganguly and Bluvshtein gave terrific lectures, which were very well attended, and Piasetski analyzed one-on-one with players who wanted an expert opinion on their past games where improvements could have been made. I took the opportunity to play in my first clock simul (1 hour per player) against Zhao Xue and learn a tough lesson in the black side of the Albin Counter Gambit. In the end she did some analyzes although advised me to select a more sound opening in the future All chess professionals were very friendly and approachable throughout the event, from what I witnessed.
Caesar Posylek
I share Alex's opinion.
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Well tonight is scheduled to get down to -2F.
Yeee Haaaa. Makin ice for fishing..... the high
today was 9F
Any other ice fisher persons????? Got the auger
sharpened and ready to rock.
Well tonight is scheduled to get down to -2F.
Yeee Haaaa. Makin ice for fishing..... the high
today was 9F
Any other ice fisher persons????? Got the auger
sharpened and ready to rock.
Closing in on retirement.......
Yes, the ice in the chest to keep them fresh when it's 90 out on the water...
Have fun, too cold for me.
9F here in Alexandria MN. Small Lakes are were starting to skim over but the wind needs to stop blowing for a day. ---- Randy
We took it up last winter. I dont have an auger yet and dont like the chainsaw method!!! so an auger will be bought soon. I bought a few poles and flagging devices last summer for cheap. Havent had much luck on my 9 acre bass pond but it was real fun. Whats some good lures or baits to use? How about flies(I make my own)? I have bass, crappie and bluegill for fish.
don't spook the fish like a power auger. But if
your ice gets thick a power auger is nice. We see
36" thick ice nearly every year. But in your area
I'd be surprized if you get beyong 24"???
For hand augers the Lazer is the one to have. And for
mainly panfish a 6" is plenty big. Smaller augers are
easier to drill with. I use a 5" Lazer for early season
Crappie are suckers for the Ol' jig and minnow. 1/32 oz plain
jig (chartreuse, florescent orange, and gold). Crappie usually
suspend off the bottom (4 to 6 ft). A flasher makes fishing
crappie through the ice a lot more productive. Use no more
than 6 pound test (I like 4#)
Bluegills.......... 2 pound test with micro jigs tipped with
wax worms are killer.
Bass will hit anything.
How deep is the pond Zane?? Crappies tend to hang
out in the deepest spots in winter. Suspended.
Closing in on retirement.......
A little boy augered a hole next to the old mans and commenced to start pulling them in hand over fist.
The old man asked, Sonny why you catching so many fish?
Little boy said, Myspper, wgodda creep wgo yumms mwumm.
Old man said,Sonny I cant understand a word you say, speak up!
Little boy rolled his eyes held his hand in front of his mouth, spit into his hand and said, Mister, I said you got to keep your worms warm.
Scrapfe---Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.--Otto von Bismarck.
Chuck Norris has a grizzly bear carpet in his room. The bear isn't dead it is just afraid to move.
But, I been crappie fishing when I had to break the film ice off the surface in the minnow bucket in order to net the bait...that count???
Hey it must be too cold there for cold air, it all migrated South. Ya'll need to feed ya'll's cold air better!!!
Maybe you should get the vet to fix that cold air so you can keep it home.
Scrapfe---Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.--Otto von Bismarck.
30" to 36" long graphite blanks with ceramic guides, etc.
As to Texas........ Lived there for shy of 2 years. On Padre
Island (small town of Flour Bluff). Fished gaters and reds
regular. There was a small drug store that had a diner in
it and the lady would cook up the finest fried Red fish
I can remember. Love Reds.......
And all the shrimp you can eat down at the causeway
bars with long necks........ ,mmmmmmmmm
Closing in on retirement.......
cut my teeth on "eyes". Moved here in 1999 and can't
believe the walleye fishing here on Devils Lake..... wow.
And my favorite time for walleye is mid March to ice
out.... It is incredible to sit there with the spring sun
on you in a plain shirt catchin rays.
Closing in on retirement.......
critical level so that if it goes up another foot or two it will
spill over into Stump Lake and on into the Sheyenne river.
Last summer the lake went down a foot or two in fact.
Fishing the trees it pretty cool, but it takes a toll on
Perch slowed down quite a lot in the last few years, I
think the pressure effected them as well as the growing
walleye and northern populations. Lots of 20# plus
northerns get caught every year.
For years the perch limit was way too high, folks would
regularly take 5 gallon buckets full of them off the lake.
And then they scratched their heads when fishing for
them slowed.
There is a growing population of crappies (and big!). I
hear more and more people getting into them. Catching
several over 2#.
Closing in on retirement.......
Ole and Sven grabbed their poles and headed out to do some ice fishing. As they were augering a hole in the ice they heard a loud voice from above say, "There are no fish under the ice."
Ole an Sven moved about 25 feet over and started to make another hole. The voice said a little stronger, " There are no fish under the ice."
They both looked around and then looked up. Ole said in a humble voice, "Are you God?"
The voice spoke back, "No ya idiots! I'm the ice rink attendant."
Still gonna be awhile for hard water around here.
I love Ice fishin gets me away from the wife and kids for a while.
After the floods around here this past summer its gonna make the river backwaters a whole new ball game.
Well,we got some calm winds and lakes have started to freeze. Saw two guys yesterday out on the ice trapping minnows so it won't belong now.--------Randy


text: Wow -- so many great ideas!!! I definitely want new to rip up the old carpet and put down laminate to match the rest of the house. We got out tax refund back today so we may be going to Lumber Liquidators this weekend to find some flooring bargains. Yippee!!!!!!!


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Public Disclosure of exploits
Disclosure article: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-06/0197.html
Microsoft response: http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2010/06/10/windows-help-vulnerability-disclosure.aspx
The first article at the bottom makes a case for public disclosure.
The Microsoft response wholeheartedly condemns the public disclosure.
So I put it to you: your opinion on public disclosure of new exploits?
CCNA, MCSA, MCTS, Sec+, Net+, Linux+, CEH


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This Christmas, Give a Holiday Germ Card
Jason Tetro | Posted 02.08.2013 | Canada
Read More: Microbiome, Holiday Card, Microbiome Kit, Holiday Germs, Holidays Canada, Holiday Ubiome, Holiday Gift Guide, Gift Card Microbiome, Canada News
The holidays are approaching and there's that one person on our list for whom we have no idea what to give. It's a common problem that is usually resolved with the purchase of a gift card from a local retailer. Now there's a new kind of gift card with a rather unique offer: an understanding of one's own microbiome.


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Town Square
On Deadline: New report confirms first-hand knowledge of bay's health
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Sep 21, 2011
The report, presented this week at a conference in Berkeley, is a detailed, balanced analysis of the trends affecting the bay and its estuaries -- long known as the "air conditioner" for Palo Alto and the South Bay region.
One bit of really good news in the comprehensive report, two years in the making, is that one can now safely swim in most parts of the bay.
This was not always true.
It also says the bay and its marshlands and wildlife are generally healthier than they have been for most of the past century and a half, give or take a decade or two.
Yet it also warns of problems from some pollutants and a declining flow of fresh water due primarily to siphoning off water for agriculture in the Central Valley.
There's serious work to be done, it warns.
The report is entitled, "The State of San Francisco Bay 2011," appropriately. It was produced by the Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration in cooperation with other entities under a coalition, the San Francisco Estuary Partnership. It can be accessed in full or executive-summary form at www.cemea.org .
The center uses a metaphor to sum up the report's core conclusion: "Like a patient out of intensive care yet still suffering aches, pains and the need for a lot of rehabilitation, San Francisco Bay is on the mend but far from enjoying a clean bill of health."
It also waxes poetic: "The broad blue-green water body in the center of it all -- San Francisco Bay -- provides Bay Area residents with their inimitable sense of place and iconic geography." Plus it's essential for wildlife and good for tourism, too, the report notes.
For the detail oriented, the report provides statistics: The bay and delta directly affect about 7.5 million Bay Area residents and indirectly about 30 million Californians. The latter is if you add in the delta water diverted to agriculture -- in addition to the huge habitat support for wildlife and plants, including migratory birds. The bay absorbs about 500 million gallons of treated sewage per day. It annually surrenders up to 2 million tons of sand for construction and about 65,000 cubic yards of oyster shells for their calcium, once used in cement under Utah Mining Co. ownership.
The report covers in comprehensive detail five areas: water quality, water quantity, habitats, ecological processes, and something called "living resources." It mentions the important role the bay plays in the region's economy, through migratory tourists, climate and other ways.
As someone raised in the Bay Area, I discovered the bay's magic as a boy in the early 1950s. From Los Gatos, I and a friend or two would catch a "Peerless Stages" bus that meandered to Alviso and back. We would wander for hours along the levees and marshlands.
But we knew full well the admonition: "Don't touch the water!" The result would be hepatitis or other infection. And on a hot day the marshes stank.
During the 1950s and into the 1970s, the shallow bay remained a target for filling for development. But encouraged (prodded and educated) by a group formed in 1959, called "Save the Bay," powerful state Sen. Eugene McAteer teamed up with popular KSFO disk jockey Don Sherwood in the mid-1960s to generate public support for creating the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), which halted the filling of about 2,000 acres per year. Both men are now deceased, but their legacy from the hard-fought battle remains.
The Save-the-Bay founders were alerted, and alarmed, by a pivotal Army Corps of Engineers report that warned that at the then-rate of fill the bay would become a narrow deep-water channel, essentially a river -- a disaster, in other words.
Prior to 1960, the bay already had shrunk by a third, from about 680 square miles to 430 square miles, due to diking and filling over 100 years or so, according to a Save-the-Bay estimate.
After years of sewage and industrial pollution, the water remained dangerous for decades. Years later, in the 1970s, when Marine World was based on the Peninsula, the Palo Alto Times staff competed in a media race, which I and canoeing partner Marc Salgado almost won until some clown -- a real clown in a small speedboat -- tipped us accidentally into the water, allowing some radio-station guys to claim the win they didn't deserve. A member of the water-ski show told us that any scratch had to be treated immediately to avoid a potentially serious infection.
I taught my sons to sail in El Toros, and later acquired a 24-foot sailboat with a retractable keel that allowed us to explore nearly every inlet and slough around the South Bay with just an 18-inch clearance and shallow-shank motor. With the Serendipity in 1980-81 (I left the Times in 1979) I was able to lead groups out to Bair Island to show them first-hand what a proposed Mobil Land Co. development would do to the marshes and premier bird-nesting habitat there. (I once had to swim under the boat in the cold, muddy water to jury-rig an attachment to the 600-pound keel while 14 people waited aboard in Corkscrew Slough off Redwood City.)
How shallow is shallow? Sailing out of the former Palo Alto Yacht Harbor late one night in the El Toro with one son, Perry, on our way back we surfed down the face of a swell in a stiff breeze and ran into the swell ahead of us -- bloop -- about a mile out. To our surprise, I was able to stand up and hold the boat enough out of the water to bail it, and we climbed in, re-stepped the mast and got safely (more or less) home before midnight.
As a reporter for the Palo Alto Times in the late 1960s through the 1970s, I covered virtually all the studies of the bay, and attended many meetings on its present and future. Once someone slipped me a draft of a report from the United States Geological Survey that (in the draft) described the South Bay as "a giant toilet flushed twice a day by the tides" but without any real circulation in terms of change of water. For some reason, that frank metaphor never made the final report.
There were continuing threats to the bay itself, both from untreated or poorly treated sewage and from efforts to fill portions of the bay or salt-ponds -- such as now confronts Redwood City officials in the Cargill proposal.
Sewage in the early 1900s killed off the thriving oyster harvests and put "oyster pirates" that Jack London wrote about (he was both a pirate and a policemen at different times) out of business. Oyster shells still cover vast areas of the South Bay, which I discovered one night and day when I let the Serendipity settle onto the bay bottom near an old target ship from World Was II bombing practice. We could actually hike across the bay bottom, crunch, crunch, crunch over the long-dead oysters.
So it's especially heartening to me that future explorers of our magical bay and marshlands need not be so worried about their immediate health, just about the long-term impacts of reduced fresh water for the delta marshlands and continuing pockets of pollution.
Anyone who doubts the value of the bay should walk out into the Palo Alto flood basin or marsh trails, as I and thousands of others have done, to experience the quietness, the life, the awesome loveliness of a blue sky over green marsh, a rising moon, a setting sun -- paying heed to after-sunset parking and access restrictions, of course.
Note: Former Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson can be e-mailed at email@example.com and email@example.com.
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 21, 2011 at 4:42 pm
Sounds like the bay is just a large retention pond. Might wanna have someone look over your math.
"Prior to 1960, the bay had already shrunk by a third, from about 680 acres to 430 acres due to diking and filling over 100 years or so, according to one estimate."
A levee near Hayward just opened up 650 acres back to the bay. Many of the Alviso ponds have already been breached.
Web Link
Buy those duck stamps and keep those Ducks Unlimited engineers employed rebuilding those tidal marshes.
editor emeritus
on Sep 21, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Jay Thorwaldson is a registered user.
Please note the "prior to 1960" qualifier in terms of bay size.
I didn't go into how BCDC not only halted the bay fill but reversed it on a 2-to-1 formula when some land needed to be filled -- open 2 acres of land to the bay for every acre filled. There is no question the bay is bigger than it was in 1960 -- but this didn't just happen, and that's my main point, I believe.
I also believe in duck habitat preservation, and once tried to interest folks in a coalition between Ducks Unlimited and an environmentalist organization. Got some funny looks out of the effort. I understand there have been such coalitions since, though. -jay
editor emeritus
on Sep 21, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Jay Thorwaldson is a registered user.
OOPS! A math check. Thanks "qq." That's square miles, not acres. Good catch, and I fixed it. -jay
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 24, 2011 at 11:48 am
Walter_E_Wallis is a registered user.
My first Bay Area job was with Ideal Cement in Redwood City. We dredged the Bay for oyster shell, ground it up and burned it to make cement.
I believe closing the yacht harbor as a big mistake. Dozens of El Toros skeetering around the South Bay making hundreds of friends of that bay.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Sep 25, 2011 at 8:34 am
Nice report. Thanks. I have watched the Baylands Park get filled in from when we could "walk over the water" on the boards to "walk over the plants"..Amazing process over the last 30 years. Glad to hear it isn't indicative of problems, just natural evolution.
Still..gotta admit, I miss the "walking over water"


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I told her the facts as best as I could including words like penis, vagina, sperm, egg, and sex. She took it all in without a single giggle. Rob, who talks about sex more than anyone I've ever met, was completely uncomfortable and squeamish with my candidness.
I could tell it was the first time she ever heard the word "sex". After I said it, she said, "Oh! I've heard the word sexy. Sex hmm. It's like the word six." "Yes," I said, "But it's spelled S-E-X. " She kept asking me questions throughout the day. I'm so glad we were having these conversations. Only thing I forgot to do was tell her that it's a very grown-up topic, and to wait to talk to her friends at school about it. I assumed she knew? Oh great. I hope she didn't make a fool out herself.
She must have told her brothers everything she found out because the next morning Oscar woke me up with this question: "Mom, how does a worm get to the egg?" I decided I needed some more backup so we all took a trip to Bank Street Bookstore (the best children's bookstore ever!). After skimming over their selection of sex education books, I decided on two: It's Not the Stork! and A Child Is Born. Completely different books with a ton of interesting information.
It's Not the Stork! is luckily age appropriate for all my kids. The cartoon diagrams of boys and girls bodies are simple and easy to understand. The author, Robie H. Harris, does a really good job describing sex on page 28. And I adore the chapter entitled, "Okay Touches, Not Okay Touches." There are three books in the series for different age groups. It's Not the Stork! is for ages 4 and up. It's So Amazing! is for ages 7 and up. And finally It's Perfectly Normal is for ages 10 and up. I'm looking forward to working our way through the series. Ella's already said she wants It's So Amazing! for her 7th Birthday. ha.
I like A Child Is Born because of its scientific approach. All the pictures are large, stunning, colorful, and REAL. I think it's important to show my kids what an actual sperm looks like vs. the cartoon sperms in It's Not the Stork! The only drawings I found in A Child Is Born are of a vagina and a penis. But, again, they are realistic scientific drawings vs. cartoon drawings. The reading material is advanced (I was learning a thing or two!), so I suspect my kids will skim over the book and be fascinated by the pictures.
Very happy with my purchases. Owen fell asleep while I read through the books with Oscar and Ella for bed tonight. He's going to get an earful in the morning from the two of them!
How did you find out about sex? Have you tackled the sex talk with your kids? Do you have any good resources I could use? Please share!
Photo Credits in order:
1. Angel Dear (my boys modeled for them years ago! It was their last and only modeling gig. ha)
2. Aubrey Trinnaman
3. Sperm Photo credit
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Town Square
What are your memories of Ken's House of Pancakes in Menlo Park?
Original post made by Memorie Man, another community, on May 9, 2007
The Menlo Park restaurant, a local fixture for many years, closed in 1999. [See the Almanac story: Web Link ]
What are your memories of the local pancake house?
Comments (62)
a resident of another community
on May 9, 2007 at 11:57 am
I remember Ken's.
It was a great place to get great pancakes with all the trimmings, served on platters, a simple plate wouldn't work. You would always see the same waitresses year after year there which I always thought spoke well of the company. Always the same consistent food and service. Maybe it wasn't the latest or the hot-spot in the area but Ken's you knew that you would get lots of good food for a fair price.
a resident of Portola Valley: Ladera
on May 9, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Fond memories of Ken's. Miss the great pies and burgers. No restaurant in the space since Ken's has flourished as well. It was unique and something we need more of.
a resident of another community
on May 17, 2007 at 2:21 pm
Ken's was the first restaurant my family and I ate at when we moved to Menlo Park in 1980. Our kitchen wasn't unpacked and we didn't have a lot of options. But to a hungry seven-year-old kid, a plate of pancakes was just about the best option around.
Later, Ken's became a regular favorite for us whenever the grandparents were in town.
a resident of another community
on May 21, 2007 at 3:53 pm
I was about 11 years old and my older brother was a year older. We had just ordered lunch and my parents went to another table to briefly visit some friends. Before they returned to the table, the waitress delivered our lunches. My older brother was trying to kick me from under the table. He was sitting opposite of me. Just as my parents were returning to the table, my brother went to kick me again, but instead he kicked the pole or leg that supported our table. All the dishes quickly tumbled to the floor along with the table. I think our parents were a little more embarrassed than we were. I remember my mother with a look of horror on her face when she saw and heard what happened.
a resident of Menlo Park: University Heights
on Jun 18, 2007 at 10:13 pm
I remember when Ken was in both Menlo and Mountain View, and when I asked about the "Kens of Hawaii" menu (framed on the wall), I was told that a former employee of Ken's had opened a pancake house in Hilo with permission to use his name. I decided to make a trip to the Big Island and drove across a really very big island through several micro-climates to actually find "Ken's". My large stack with coconut syrup was excellent and worth the trip!
a resident of another community
on Jul 28, 2007 at 9:48 am
I worked at Ken's Milbrae and Menlo Park for 12+ years. Wonderful place to work. Good food. Good people. Ken will be missed. I think of the people I met there often.
a resident of another community
on Jan 11, 2008 at 8:49 pm
I used to go to Ken's in Mountain View. There was a bartender there that called everyone a rabbit. After many years there was even a painting of him as a rabbit. I first met him in 1964. I cannot remember is real name, but I can sure remember the face. Is there anyone out there that remembers him as well? Also, is Ken's in Mountain View still in operation?
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
a resident of another community
on Jan 17, 2008 at 11:54 am
The Ken's House of Pancakes in Mountain View is long closed. In fact, we called the Ken's in Hawaii (I edit the Mountain View Voice) and found that it's the last remaining of the chain. Read more about it here:
Web Link
I hadn't heard what Jim M posted above -- "a former employee of Ken's had opened a pancake house in Hilo with permission to use his name" -- but if that's true the Hawaii restaurant wasn't exactly part of Ken Pruitt's chain anyway.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Mar 5, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Patrick....did you ever identify the 'rabbit?' I'm looking for a former employee of either the Campbell of Menlo Ken's by the name of Ed Dees. Does that ring a bell?
a resident of another community
on Oct 26, 2011 at 8:19 pm
When I first moved to Silicon Valley I was put up at the motel next door and ate at Ken's then and many times between 1985 and 1987. Sometimes we would get partially full at Ken's and then go to Toshi's Sushiya on University Ave in Palo Alto -- Toshi had a couple of places after that, last being Kaygetsu which I think is just closing. Things change, huh?
(But I first ate at the Ken's in Hilo which was I think 24 Hour and a big place for the locals -- this was 1984 or so when I visited during a volcanic eruption -- very excellent memories of nice island and people.)
a resident of another community
on Oct 26, 2011 at 10:16 pm
Loved Ken's when I was in high school. As an adult, I noticed that they never could make a cappuccino. That's my bad for ordering a cap in a diner.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 26, 2011 at 10:59 pm
We went to Ken's for years. The Apple pancake was our and our kids favorite. We would also many times order it to go.
However, we had a very bad incident with a snotty waitress one Sunday, and even after writing our complaint, never heard back. We never went back after that. It wasn't too long later that it closed.
After a number of un-successful restaurants in that spot, a real winner has been found in Jeffry's, which if not the most successful eatery in MP is certainly very near the top, even after being open for only a short time period.
a resident of Woodside: other
on Oct 27, 2011 at 11:14 am
Our family went to Ken's after church in Woodside in the 60's didn't go much after. My memories are of huge pancake dishes.
a resident of another community
on Oct 27, 2011 at 11:58 am
Old Timer - that must've been the same waitress who was nasty to me re my cappuccino. The last time I ordered one, when I said I'd been given a latte by mistake, she breathed fire into my face and tried to convince me that I was wrong. They closed not long after that.
I'm glad that the Jeffrey's is there - it's The O for kids & families ;-) My spouse digs the milkshakes. But the chain curtain in back is a little SM/dungeony, imo - makes MP a tad racy ;-)
a resident of Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley
on Oct 27, 2011 at 12:13 pm
I remember going to Ken's in the early '70s to carbo-load on pancakes for Bay-to-Breakers. Not sure it helped my race time, but it sure tasted good.
a resident of Portola Valley: Ladera
on Oct 27, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Remember those golden coffee jugs they'd leave at each table? Once, close to when they closed, we got a really old one with a Giants logo and the GG bridge in the background. I bought it for $20, mostly to have a Ken's relic. Shoulda eBayed it when they won the Series.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 27, 2011 at 2:27 pm
I remember that as a high schooler in the mid-late 70's we would 'kidnap' our friends on their birthdays by waking them up and dragging them in pajamas to Ken's for breakfast (either before school or early on a weekend). As it was not trendy in those days to go out in your pj's, this would cause quite a scene and was lots of fun! Ken's was a great neighborhood pancake house!
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Oct 27, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Boysenberry syrup! When I was a kid in the 1970s I remember the boysenberry syrup for pancakes. It was a great treat to have something other than maple syrup.
By the late 1970s I remember cutting second period at M-A and going to Ken's with my friends for breakfast.
By the late 1980s Ken's wasn't so good any more. Either the quality had gone way downhill, or I raised the bar and wanted something better, healthier maybe.
I also remember going to Ken's in Mountain View and Millbrae. At some point Ken sold the Millbrae eatery and the new owner changed the name to "Ben's House of Pancakes." It made for a cheap change to the old Ken's sign.
For that old-school pancake house experience, the Millbrae House of Pancakes is still there and is exactly as it was 25 years ago.
a resident of Menlo Park: Belle Haven
on Oct 27, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Loved Ken's. It was a wonderful family restaurant and a great place that parents did not mind their middle school and high school kids to go without supervison. Loved the spaghetti and garlic bread and my parents loved the pork chops. Ken's was a great place and is still missed.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Oct 27, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Ken's! I still miss it. As students at M-A in the '60s, my friends and I used to meet at Ken's before school for a huge pancake breakfast and that bottomless carafe of coffee. The old-time waitresses were kindly tolerant of our caffeinated exuberance. Thanks for the memories, Ken!
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Oct 27, 2011 at 7:33 pm
From early time, my family would go to Ken's after church. Actually I remember leaving church early so we could get a seat . I loved the apple pancakes. The waitresses were great and always friendly. Such a family tradition for me and always will be remembered. Also a great social event as we always met someone that we knew. Good times not forgotten.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Oct 27, 2011 at 10:16 pm
It was a great place to have breakfast with your friends or family. Definitely one of those truly "local" places. Too bad it's gone; we're left with good memories though.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Oct 28, 2011 at 12:20 pm
Dressing up in our pj's & going with a gang of high school friends
a resident of Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley
on Oct 28, 2011 at 3:58 pm
ken's out lasted us all - a go to place - my mom never returned her food - it was
perfect - a diner where delicious comfort food was dependable as were the folks that
served it and frequented it - the new owner of jeffrey's is a friend who asked for a 50's
picture i had of myself and an old boy friend - both of us ex MA students sharing
a milkshake- i am proud to say our photo is on the wall at jeffrey's --- but for me it
will always be on the wall at KEN'S with buicks- fords and chevys parked outside---
cheers ---
a resident of Woodside: Woodside Heights
on Oct 28, 2011 at 6:47 pm
Great place. The German pancake with powdered sugar and lemon was to die for! Thanks to Ken
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Oct 29, 2011 at 12:01 pm
I entered Ken's as a small child holding my Dad's hand in 1960 and remember the door had a decal on it saying Diners Club. That was the first time I ever saw any reference to a "credit card" and even my Dad had no idea what Diners Club decal meant. I remember the tall "world" atop the building spinning around perhaps??? Was there a top hat too? The building was very distinctive and once inside I remember the biggest pancake I had ever seen go by. Very busy place. Smells of butter and sweets. We went there often as a family after that. Many years. Growing up here since 1955 Ken's House of Pancakes, Johnny's Smoke Shop, Foster's Freeze, Joe Prein's Record Shop, and the original Round Table Pizza Parlor. God bless you Mr. Ken!
a resident of Portola Valley: Ladera
on Oct 31, 2011 at 11:15 am
We missed Ken's when it closed because it was a favorite Sunday morning treat for the family. We could always count on the good service and great food.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Dec 31, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Remember with fond memories eating at Ken's at all of the locations like Mountain View on the El Camino! The dinner salads and German baby pancake were awesome! I still taste those salads, burgers and fries. I also remember eating and running at Ken's! lol!
a resident of another community
on Feb 24, 2012 at 1:33 pm
The "Rabbit" who bartended at the Ken's in Mountain View, his real name was Tommy.
Ken Pruitt at one time owned Ken's in Menlo Park, Mountain View, Hawaii, Milbrae, and a place with a pipe organ(?). He also briefly had Mr. K's Cabaret in Burlingame.
Ken's was famous for the German and Apple pancakes. The one in Hawaii now does not serve those.
Ken's was a great place to hang out with friends back in the day. They didn't make it because coffee shops became passe and the rents sky-rocketed in the late 90's early 2000's.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Apr 21, 2012 at 8:40 pm
Great place for basic coffee shop foods here in California and Hawaii. The one in Hilo Hawaii did not please me when I was all of ten years old and they served still frozen strawberries on my now soggy waffle. The picture in the menu showed fresh strawberries and having just moved from California to Hilo I thought they had fresh strawberries. WRONG! Lesson learned. But if you are in the way to or from the Hilo airport it couldn't hurt to check Ken's out. The yelp reviews look good, but I wouldn't bet on getting fresh strawberries there anytime soon. LOL.
a resident of another community
on Jul 8, 2012 at 8:07 am
Loved Ken's. Ate at Ken's, MP, all the time. After they closed I started eating at Ken's, Mountain View until the day I was served the specialty of the house, Blueberry Pancakes with hidden cigarette butt. Never went back.
Then they finally closed. Surprise, surprise!
a resident of another community
on Sep 2, 2013 at 9:30 pm
I used to go to Ken's in Mountain view with my folks Melody and Rod Romayne. Ken always called the bar Melody's for my Mother.we spent many good times there with Tommy the bar tender and another bartender named Don Manners. My husband and I also went there. it was a great hang out, just down the road from "the Echo" in Los Altos.The place was always friendly and Ken always had great free goodies at the bar. .
a resident of another community
on Nov 3, 2013 at 3:04 pm
I was kicked out of Ken's House Of Pancakes in 1968 for having long hair. I was with a social worker, a friend who was going to Hasting's Law School and a friend interning at Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco. The police were called and they enforced "the right to serve" sign on the door. We were kicked out, those are the times. The Redwood Room in the Clift Hotel in San Francisco had the same standards.And those were the times.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Nov 4, 2013 at 10:39 am
Remember Ken's, and miss it too. Wish we had a place like it around town again. It would be great! Love (and miss) the old Diners.
a resident of another community
on Nov 4, 2013 at 3:18 pm
This thread started in 2007
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Nov 4, 2013 at 6:02 pm
All this talk about pancakes makes me want to have some, and Ken's is closed. I guess I'll go home and have potato pancakes for dinner.
a resident of Woodside: Family Farm/Hidden Valley
on Nov 5, 2013 at 12:32 pm
We used to go to Ken's Menlo Park every Sunday after attending Holy Trinity Church. Started going there in the early 60's and continued till it closed. Great place for breakfast and as kids we loved all the flavored syrups and the dutch baby apple pancakes. Wish there were still places like Ken's.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Nov 5, 2013 at 10:37 pm
Thank you Ken Pruitt for being part of the MP community for years. I played on Ken's House of Pancakes little league baseball team growing up. Great memories. A long-missed member of the MP community and much different than a Stack's type breakfast place. I miss the good old regular pancake house style restaurant Menlo Park needs so badly to return to town. I-Hop is the closest thing but a big chain! Not the same.
a resident of another community
on Nov 6, 2013 at 8:05 am
I sometimes breakfast on pancakes at Ann's Coffee Shop down Santa Cruz Av, opens at 6:30. Palo Alto doesn't wake up until 7.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 6, 2013 at 11:06 am
Like the earlier post from Tricia Young I too remember all the old haunts of Menlo Park....and I can add Don's Hobby Shop. Our family used to go to Ken's House of Pancakes after going to Nativity Church on Sunday. We had moved to the area in 1959, about the same time Ken's and Round Table first opened their doors. It was always such a treat to go to Ken's...great pancakes/waffles and friendly service. Was so sad to see it go but Jeffrey's is doing a good job keeping the ambiance of the 50's and 60's. Will have to try the Hawaii Ken's when we are in Hilo.
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Nov 6, 2013 at 2:46 pm
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a resident of Woodside: Mountain Home Road
on Nov 13, 2013 at 6:15 am
I have many warm and pleasant memories of Ken's. My father started taking us there when we moved to Woodside in 1962. He loved going out for breakfast and Ken's was one of his favorites. When I had my daughter the first place my dad took us was to Ken's for breakfast when she was a month old. When my parents were older they would go there for dinner sometimes. It was a nice friendly place for them. I was sorry to see it closed.
a resident of Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley
on Apr 2, 2014 at 10:33 pm
I recall many breakfast whence I debated between Kens's delightful German pancakes (which took extra time to prepare) or a greasy item lower down on the menu called the Weasel. Yes, the Weasel was an open face omelet slathered in chili con carne and raw heartburn. Once ingested, the Weasel would scurry around your intestines for the rest of the day and take on a wretched life of its own. Curse that vile weasel. I always wished that I had the patience to wait for the German pancakes instead of hastily ordering a weasel.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Jun 14, 2014 at 2:37 pm
I remember Ken's well. My dad owned Viking Muffler next door to Ken's. Bob Cunningham was a cook there and Jim's son. I remember Jim sitting in his office all the time. My dad would have lunch there everyday and sometimes breakfast too. When I went to work at the muffler shop in the late 70s, I would have a Monte Cristo sandwich everyday. Sometimes strawberry pancakes in the morning. I remember the little creek that went down between the booths and the window. They later took it out, to much up keep I guess. There was always Doris at the counter. Loved her. Bob even came to work for us for a while at the muffler shop. Bob and I both had cameros and we would race them around town and get in trouble. We knew Ken pretty well. He bought 3 Hydro Cycle boats, Brought them to the shop. He had me put all three of them together and dad built a trailer, for which Ken gave me 1 of the boats. That was pretty great. In the 70s you were lucky to have a car, thanks to Ken I had a boat too. We would take it to San Luis Res. wait for the wind to come up and take it out and jump off the big waves. I miss that family and there restaurant.
a resident of another community
on Jul 3, 2014 at 1:12 am
I had the great fortune of working at KHOP around 1977-79. I started as a weekend busboy, then worked my way up to grill cook working nights when I was in Jr. College. Man, what a great learning experience it was for me at a young age. Ken was a bit of a crumudgeon to be sure, but he ran a tight ship and we were taught to do things right. For me working at Ken's was like going to school every day... and I mean OLD school. In that kitchen, everthing... and I mean EVERYTHING was made from scratch. Even with all the hoey about farm to fork and organic restaraunts, nobody today even comes close to the way it was done at Ken's back in the day. I miss Ken, and all the servers I worked with (Betty, Ursula, Roxanne, and Ken's daughter Dana) not to mention all the cooks and our Chef Bill Bennet. They all taught me a lot that served me well in life all these years. I really miss Ken's to be sure, but not just for the incredible food and ambiance. For me it will always be more than that, with many fond memories.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Jul 3, 2014 at 9:39 pm
Ken's was one of the favorite hangouts of Pacific Telephone technicians back in the 70s, and I was one of those. We could always get a great breakfast and a decent cup of coffee there. Of course, the variety of pancakes was excellent. The German pancakes and apple pancakes took a little longer, but were unique and we always had the time to wait for them. Times were definitely different, and so was Ken's. We'll never see the likes of it again.
a resident of another community
on Jul 4, 2014 at 2:49 am
According to some articles in Hawaii a couple years back, Ken Pruitt and Bonnie Twitchell opened the Hilo Ken's in 1971 - maybe Bonnie is the "former employee" mentioned above?
In 1990 it was sold to Lindberg "Lindy" Ching (a businessman from the Kahuku-Hau'ula area of northern Oahu) and his wife Frances Lee Ching, and has been run ever since by their daughter Debra Ching Maiava and her husband Ric Maiava.
Ric, incidentally, is from the same Maiava family roots (in Samoa, I think?) as Duane "The Rock" Johnson - behind the register at Ken's in Hilo there are all kinds of photos of Maiavas who were pro wrestlers in the old, old days.
I've been to Ken's in Hilo probably dozens if not hundreds of times, but I finally got curious tonight about who "Ken" had been, looked up the history, found out Hilo was one of several locations, and found this site! My experiences in Hilo resonate with what others have said - staff that have been there for years, even decades... waitresses who have seen my eldest daughter grow from a 2-year-old to a teenager, and are now watching my youngest do the same.
Once I went there and someone asked if I was me (by name) and the next thing I knew, Debra herself was at the table explaining that the LAST time I ate there, I had been given someone else's check by mistake (I had paid without even looking) and that they owed me several dollars, which she proceeded to give me. That really made an impression. So I'd say even with different owners (and a presumably different, definitely Hawaiianized menu), the Hilo Ken's is still largely holding true to the kind of atmosphere and values you folks are all remembering in here.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Jul 4, 2014 at 7:37 am
Liked Ken's.
Would be nice to have a "down home" place like that around again.
Best to the family!
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Nov 3, 2014 at 3:33 pm
I miss Ken's and the German pancake they made. Loved those small, thick edged coffee cups too which meant a refill before the coffee ever gets cold.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Nov 3, 2014 at 5:54 pm
The Apple pancake was my go to. Never had to eat lunch on those days!
a resident of Atherton: other
on Jan 2, 2015 at 8:25 am
Went there on a regular basis when I attended Menlo College. Use to meet teachers there. My favorite as well was the German Pancake. Had to order right away, took like 20min to bake. Had a routine with the lemon wedges and butter. You're right about the coffee cups, thick rim. Sorry to see it's gone
All things must pass
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Jan 2, 2015 at 9:10 am
Boysenberry syrup.
I'm not a big fan of maple syrup, but I always remember being able to get boysenberry syrup at Ken's. To this day, whenever I have pancakes in a restaurant I always ask for boysenberry syrup. Of course all they have is maple, leaving me disappointed. Ken's set the bar high.
I first went to Ken's as a kid with my family back in the late 1960s. In the 1970s, I remember cutting class at M-A with my friends and going to Ken's for breakfast. Great memories, for sure.
When I was young lad in the early 1970s, my dad and I would sometimes take a weekend adventure riding the old SP commute trains from Menlo Park to Millbrae, where we would walk over to the Ken's at Millbrae Avenue and El Camino Real for lunch before taking the train home. More memories I will always treasure.
Sadly, though, by the late 1980s Ken's had gone downhill quite a bit and was long in the tooth. Had more than one really nasty meal at Ken's then and never returned.
Nonetheless, the mention of Ken's brings back a flood of good memories. Even when Ken's had gone downhill, the memories are good because of the people I was there with.
I sure miss that place.
a resident of another community
on Jan 6, 2015 at 11:05 am
I worked at Be Incorporated for several years, in the 4 story building next door. Ken's had the misfortune of being the place where the boss took you to lunch when he was going to fire you. So none of us wanted to be taken to eat there!
It closed. So did Be Inc.
a resident of another community
on Jan 7, 2015 at 10:49 am
A Sunday morning breakfast in the '70s would always mean waiting outside Ken's for a table to open. That's when we bought the Sunday Chronicle for a pre-breakfast read.
a resident of another community
on Jan 7, 2015 at 7:58 pm
I lived in Menlo Park for seven years in the late 70s and early 80s and ate at Ken's once. It was disgusting, and I never went back. Ken may have been a nice person, but all I know is that the meal I got was no good.
a resident of another community
on Apr 1, 2015 at 11:52 am
Loved Kens, in the mid 1990's, my roomate and I did not live far from there, it was always the late night go to spot. It must have closed in the mid-00's, but we had a group who used to go there together some this weekend, we were at an IHOP at 2:30AM and someone mentioned Kens.
Here is what I really remembered about it:
1. They had a very good Eggs Benedict, especially for a 24-hour diner type establishment, I dont even think Dennys offers one.
2. Trying to remember, if 2 pancakes came with every meal or was there some sort of combo I used to get, because I remember often 2 on the side plate.
3. The bar there, I remember it was called the Oak Room, and in all the years we went there, even times before 2AM, it was never open. So not sure is as time went on and it got closer to the end in the 90's and 00's, the Bar was no longer in operation?
4. Always found it odd with the Hawaii location. But one of our friends who was part of our Kens regular late night group, ended up going to UH Hilo and was blown away to find Kens there.
a resident of another community
on Apr 20, 2015 at 10:54 am
Kens House of pancakes is a warm memory for me . My family, then my husband and children lived in Millbrae from the mid 1950's until 2005 and not only enjoyed eating there for many years, but my husband also worked there part-time as a cook. He loved making the Monte Cristobalite sandwich and the German and Apple Pancakes. Kens changed to Bens, I think in the early 1990's, then to Jeffrey's and finally to Peters Cafe. A couple of years ago, visiting my children, I went to Peter's Cafe and was surprised to see that both the Monte Criisto sandwich and the apple pancakes were still on the menu. The atmosphere was similar to Kens and all the employees friendly and welcoming. I am grateful to have happy memories if this seemingly "old fashioned" restaurant.
a resident of another community
on May 9, 2015 at 8:08 pm
I remember I grew up in this restaurant since my grandma worked there.She worked there from 1987 to 2004. I loved to play on the PacMan machine in the bar. This place was great and I miss it.The place went downhill after Dana bought it.(Kens daughter) Oh and my grandma has their original recipe for their german and apple pancakes. ;)
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Jun 19, 2015 at 10:54 pm
Weekend breakfasts at Kens from as early as I can remember in the early 70s all the way up to the 90s! The big golden jug of coffee and German Pancakes! Peters in Millbrae still has them, but not the same.
a resident of another community
on Feb 5, 2016 at 12:48 pm
I want to go into more detail on the Ken's in Hilo. I had gone to the Big Island in 1983 or 1984 to see the volcano erupt. Did not know what to expect when I got there but I stayed in a nice hotel for a decent price. Was initially disappointed to discover that the weather would not permit taking an observation flight over the volcano in a helicopter but that night I was in a sushi bar and saw the red glow in the mountains and thought, well even without the flight that's not too bad. Walking back to my room I saw a young woman waiting outside the disco that was part of the hotel and I paid both of our ways in expecting to be abandoned but instead she and her friends kept me company throughout the night and every local I asked to dance agreed -- would not have happened in SF where I then lived, I don't think. After the place closed, I took the same woman to Ken's. And the next day the weather cleared and I took a copter over the volcano which was amazing. Have not forgotten that weekend in 30 plus years now. Doubt if I could duplicate it if I tried.
a resident of another community
on Nov 11, 2016 at 9:12 pm
Had my first meal in the U. S. at KHOP mountain view on November 17th 1966...I still remember that top hat!!
a resident of another community
on Nov 28, 2016 at 2:30 am
I remember as a kid having breakfasts at Ken's in Mountain View, on the weekends, and the place would be bustling with customers. I also remember the cigarette smell that would waft all over the resteraunt usually coming from middle aged businessmen's cigarettes. I also remember the mini jukeboxes that were located on the booth tables in the front of the resteraunt. And taking sneak peek in the Oak Room where it was dark, but there was a cozy fireplace in there that was a nice touch. I also remember the double parrot head door pull on the outside entrance of the Oak Room that I though was cool. I wish Ken's was still in business, but times change, tastes change as well as demographics.
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I should add that when I purchased the Vertex3 120GB model the reviews of the 240GB model seemed to point out that it was vastly faster in general than the 120GB, which after forking out £220 last year for it made me a bit annoyed. I would have expected similar performance regardless of capacity.
This might be a consideration when you are contemplating 128/256 models.
I have 16gb of ram (4x4gb sticks) in my w520. Got it from the factory with only 4gb. The W520 is good to 32gb with 8gb ram modules. All four slots are operational on all the quad core models.
Well that's good to know. Thanks for verifying that.
Just purchased 8GB kit of Corsair Vengeance for $50! Now to settle on the SSD, I'm really leaning towards a 256GB M4. I'll update after installing the chips and putting it through the ringer.