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Here. -- (link) - Spawn Mar 25, 11:52
How to have a rational discussion. -- (link) - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 25, 11:47 7
- You know, my friend was killed while having a rational discussion. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 25, 11:57
- *likes* -- nm - Andie Mar 25, 11:53
- 95% of ST posts would never get past the first two decision boxes -- nm - prayformojo Mar 25, 11:48 4
  - Provide evidence for your position or arguments. -- nm - Roger More Mar 25, 11:51
  - 95% of ST posts would never get past the third decision box. -- nm - Spawn Mar 25, 11:50 1
    - Where are the "it's ok to just let the other person be wrong" box and the "just let it go" sub box. -- nm - Amy Mar 25, 11:54
  - NFLPA 4EVA!!! -- nm - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 25, 11:49
Shockingly little mention has been made of the Duke loss last night - prayformojo Mar 25, 11:41 10
- AAH!! Spoilers! -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) Mar 25, 11:47
- I think it's because Arizona was clearly so much better last night. - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 25, 11:45 5
  - Im tied for 3rd place in the office with that prediction - Epiphany Mar 25, 11:52 1
    - I was doing fine until the WCC wiped out last night. - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 25, 11:53
  - LA sports radio was abuzz because Derrick Williams and a couple others were supposed to be USC's until the Tim Floyd kerfuffle - moles Mar 25, 11:47 1
    - Didn't Floyd have to vacate a full season worth of wins? -- nm - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 25, 11:48
  - Butler tried to give it back. -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 11:47
- Butler won. - Spawn Mar 25, 11:43 2
  - think of the victory sex remlik will give you if they go all the way -- nm - moles Mar 25, 11:44 1
    - he's already turning insufferable again. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 11:45
"What the f@#$ is a German muffin?" -- nm - prayformojo Mar 25, 11:40
How is it possible? Remember that apple pie I said I found in the kitchen yesterday? There's still pieces left today! - oblique Mar 25, 11:36
Local street artist identified as pr0n star Kylie Ireland -- (link) - con_carne Mar 25, 11:35 5
- Mdme. Brainwash. -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 11:37 2
  - only a porn star could come up with spray painted stencils of banal cheesecake cartoons -- nm - moles Mar 25, 11:40
  - You should *see* the boxes and boxes of footage she's compiled over the years -- nm - prayformojo Mar 25, 11:39
- Awesome! I love her! -- nm - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 25, 11:37 1
  - It's like your life isn't wild enough with your day job. Your hobby has to involve a risk of arrest. -- nm - con_carne Mar 25, 11:43
Interesting. Ancestry.com is making the UK census available for free on March 27th in honor of the 2011 England census -- (link) - oblique Mar 25, 11:33
Unrelated to the below: I have to call an Attilla today. - Reagen Mar 25, 11:30 4
- I think one of Qadaffi's sons is called that. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 11:34 2
  - Are you thinking of Hanibal? -- nm - Roger More Mar 25, 11:35 1
    - laughing. yes. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 11:35
- Tell him how romantic he is. -- nm - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 25, 11:33
Looks like my wish for my work situation to get shittier came true. -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 11:27 12
- You now have to talk to people about their teeth. -- nm - Dano Mar 25, 11:48
- what happened? -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 25, 11:29 9
  - my editor beat me to resigning. -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 11:30 8
    - Is his job going to be replaced? -- nm - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 25, 11:32 7
      - I would hope so but nothing moves fast here - Reagen Mar 25, 11:35 4
        
        What happened with the dream job? -- nm - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 25, 11:38 3
        
        It's sort of fuzzy but apparently they wanted someone who'd specifically done the thing they were hiring for before - Reagen Mar 25, 11:46 1
        
        That bites. -- nm - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 25, 11:47
        
        Reality hits. -- nm - lileve Mar 25, 11:40
      - I think we are looking at him. - Spawn Mar 25, 11:34 1
        
        That's probably at least the temp solution, yes. -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 11:35
- that's an odd wish -- nm - J Mar 25, 11:28
my weekend plans? well - after I hear from Meg that one of our tickets won the mega millions I believe I'll be celebrating ... LOTS! :D - JenBro Mar 25, 11:23 6
- You got the numbers, right? -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 25, 11:33
- Excuse me? -- nm - Jim Cat Mar 25, 11:25 2
  - oh right ... "we'll" be celebrating ... crab legs obvie! -- nm - JenBro Mar 25, 11:30 1
    - just don't use any of those lame drink toppers to wash it down with -- nm - Jim Cat Mar 25, 11:33
- Now, make that post like you are still drunk. -- nm - Spawn Mar 25, 11:24 1
  - you mean drunk using Iphone to post - JenBro Mar 25, 11:30
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- You have to slam the handset on the desk a few times first. -- nm - Amy Mar 25, 11:42
- digital or analog phone? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 25, 11:28
- The person that figures out how to slam a cellphone call will make a bajillion dollars. -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 11:22 1
  - that person just needs to make an ap for that -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 11:48
- if they are still on the line and the phone is to their ear, probably. -- nm - Andie Mar 25, 11:21 4
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  - Depends on when the button is depressed. -- nm - Spawn Mar 25, 11:23 2
    - Or pressed, I guess. -- nm - Spawn Mar 25, 11:23 1
      - words are hard! - moles Mar 25, 11:26
ML, was it you who was asking about additional casting for HBO's Game Change? Woody Harrelson signs up. -- (link) - Mop (208 lbs) Mar 25, 11:17
Sucker Punch : C - groiny Mar 25, 11:16
And so the 41st Canadian Election begins... -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 25, 11:12 7
- At least ya'll are polite in your coups. But let's get down to brass tacks here ... - ReluctantEvoCynic Mar 25, 11:43
- Begun, the Clone Wars have. -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 11:22
- If you can mark an X you are my kinda people! -- nm - Jerry Boyle Mar 25, 11:17
- heh, I had no idea ujjal dosanjh was still in parliament -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 11:16 2
  - He's worth a lot in WWF. -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 11:32
  - He won by 50-60 votes last time. He's probably done this time. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 25, 11:31
- Rhino Party! -- nm - Beaker Mar 25, 11:16
Whoa. Fox renews a Friday night drama... In this case, FRINGE! -- (link) - Mop (208 lbs) Mar 25, 11:12 6
- I'm starting to think that you're just like Phillip on Survivor. This sh!t *has* to be intentional. -- nm - prayformojo Mar 25, 11:19 1
  - yup. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 25, 11:47
- Good news -- nm - con_carne Mar 25, 11:13
- you are such a Mop -- nm - Beaker Mar 25, 11:13 2
  - For your birthday, I decided to bring down the government. You don't want to know what I'll do for an anniversary. -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) Mar 25, 11:14 1
    - "Honourable Prime Minister Jack Layton"? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 11:15
Did we discuss? Lindsay Lohan changing her name to just "Lindsay." -- (link) - Andie Mar 25, 11:11 5
- i was just reading about this in dlisted. slow day at work. -- nm - Diva Mar 25, 11:22
- I... don't blame her. -- nm - Spawn Mar 25, 11:16
- Plus, Dina and Allie are going back to Dina's maiden name, Sullivan. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 11:15
- Well, that is just a shameful waste of some perfectly good alliteration -- nm - con_carne Mar 25, 11:13
- Hmm. I would've gone with LoHo -- nm - oblique Mar 25, 11:12
NWBR, yeah I think it struggles too, but that's what would be problematic, not that it's bad - Reagen Mar 25, 11:09
Whoa. Easter is way late this year. April 24. -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) Mar 25, 11:07 5
- In 1967 today's date was Easter Saturday. Saved us a bundle having the church already decorated for Easter :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 25, 11:18
- And I've already hit snooze once. -- nm - Amy Mar 25, 11:12
- yup, latest possible date for it is April 25th -- nm - znufrii Mar 25, 11:08 2
  - yep, my birthday. i don't know that it has been that late that i can remember. -- nm - Andie Mar 25, 11:11
  - Any later and... *boom!* -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) Mar 25, 11:08
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The best part of The Office was - spoilers - Beaker Mar 25, 11:04
What's the over/under on Mike Stanton's first demotion anyway? -- nm - David Mar 25, 11:04
Newegg: Seagate 3TB external drive (USB 2.0) $130. -- (link) - not2fast Mar 25, 10:58 6
- Apparently, you can't create a single 3 TB partition in Windows? Is this true? -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) Mar 25, 11:08 2
  - On older versions, no, because XP only supports MBR partitions which have 2TB limits. Windows Vista/7 support GPT partitions which do not have such a - oblique Mar 25, 11:11
  - FAT32 probably can't, but NTFS should be able to -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 11:09
- for when you want to download: the entire internet -- nm - Epiphany Mar 25, 11:02 2
  - or make a backup ot it -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 25, 11:09 1
    - comeon, there's a few ST'rs with p0rn collections bigger than that -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 11:51
i may have to make chocolate banana marble muffins this weekend. darn you kare. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 25, 10:51 5
- I'm now on my 2nd store bought lemon meringue pie this month, and I somehow blame ST - con_carne Mar 25, 10:58 4
  - But at least you now know just how wrong you can be. -- nm - Roger More Mar 25, 10:59 1
    - Yup. It's so good! :) -- nm - con_carne Mar 25, 11:00
  - I almost bought one for myself a few days ago. Kinda wishing I did. (Lemon Meringue Pie is on my top 5 list of favourite pies.) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 10:59 1
    - lemon chiffon pie is also good -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 10:59
"A funny thing happened on the way to decorum." -- nm - znufrii Mar 25, 10:49
NWBR: the speaker said they would have to stop the debate from an MP at 1:48 -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 10:48 2
- I'm home now watching. There will be two votes, though only one - the 2nd - has to be a recorded vote. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 25, 11:04
- ah, there we go. Title card says 14 minutes. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 10:50
I want to get up and make some lunch, but there's a cat on my lap. -- nm - znufrii Mar 25, 10:46 14
- That'll happen. -- nm - David Mar 25, 11:04
- The Domestic Feline Diet -- nm - con_carne Mar 25, 11:02
- I've taught my cat Jim the phrase "excuse me" - when she hears it she knows she has to move. :) -- nm - JenBro Mar 25, 11:01 1
  - "here's another reason to kill me in my sleep" -- nm - what Jim hears Mar 25, 11:06
- best place to have a.... -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 25, 10:53
- Well, there you go. Got a knife and barbeque sauce within reach? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 25, 10:48 8
  - laughing. -- nm - amanda jones, transitarian Mar 25, 11:07 1
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    - a little garlic and olive oil will kill the taste. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 10:52 5
      - Kittens are supposedly delicious. An author sampled and rated lots of "domestic meats" during the seige of Leningrad and that was the winner. -- nm - mara Mar 25, 10:57 4
        
        ~Wouldn't do in my shop/just the thought of it's enough to make you sick/and I'm telling you thoses pussycats is *quick*!~ -- nm - znufrii Mar 25, 11:00 1
        
        thanks for the earworm. seriously. -- nm - Diva Mar 25, 11:03
        
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        I know that that's the first thing I thought of when I saw "garlic" and "olive oil". Man, those were some tasty kittens. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 10:59
la, la la la lah, la la la la la la lah -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 10:46
LIR: At first, I completely thought that decorum comment was about ST -- nm - con_carne Mar 25, 10:46 4
- With all due respect sir, that viewpoint expresses a level of naivete only known among small flightless baby birds and students of the liberal arts. -- nm - Roger More Mar 25, 10:48 1
  - I fart in your general direction! - con_carne Mar 25, 10:54
- Your mistaken assumption is unsurprising and largely forgivable, given your historically low levels of reading comprehension and critical analysis. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 25, 10:48
- Hah! We may have many childish insults and jibes, but decorum? Nah. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 10:47
Bery, CBC link to the parliamentary debate stream. -- (link) - Mop (208 lbs) Mar 25, 10:45 3
- This is exactly what the decorum comment was about -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 10:48 2
  - I'm sorry. I'll watch my language more carefully in the future. -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) Mar 25, 10:52 1
    - heh :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 25, 10:57
diva gettin paaaid -- nm - moles Mar 25, 10:44 10
- and I'm not: "I regret to report that our first specific action is to cancel our plans for our normal program of salary increases for faculty - amanda jones, transitarian Mar 25, 10:50 9
  - :( -- nm - Diva Mar 25, 11:00
  - that blows so hard - sorry maj -- nm - Epiphany Mar 25, 10:56 2
    - at least I have a job. news from my former employer - amanda jones, transitarian Mar 25, 11:00 1
      - Heck yes it was the right call. -- nm - lileve Mar 25, 11:29
  - boo! -- nm - znufrii Mar 25, 10:54
  - Welcome to no raise land, population us. -- nm - Amy Mar 25, 10:52 2
    - Yep, I took two pay *cuts* in the last few years I was working - and was happy to still be employed...until I wasn't :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 25, 11:15 1
      - I took a cut for this job. it sucks. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 11:36
  - the secretary i've been filling in for comes back from maternity leave in a week - moles Mar 25, 10:52
Ha! -- nm - Spawn Mar 25, 10:44

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