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Going to a wedding and my sister was wondering why I'm wearing my suit to the church and not changing at the reception? am i doing this wrong? - Buzz Mar 26, 06:54 4
- unless there's a really long time between wedding and reception, or it's been explicitly stated that the reception is really casual, there's no reason - prayformojo Mar 26, 06:59 3
  - Thanks for confirming and yes... yes she is. :) -- nm - Buzz Mar 26, 07:18
  - Agreed -- nm - Walt_ Disney Mar 26, 07:01
  - this -- nm - Beaker Mar 26, 07:01
So Kansas could make the Final Four without beating a team seeded higher than 9. -- nm - Dano Mar 26, 06:52 1
- I love that there will be (at most) 1 #1 seed in the final 4 -- nm - prayformojo Mar 26, 06:56
The PM is at Rideau Hall....the media patiently waits for the disolution of Parliament -- nm - Walt_ Disney Mar 26, 06:02 2
- Wonder how this is going to play out. The Harper/Ignatieff battle is a real mismatch, but Harper - beneath it all - is a prick. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 26, 06:50
- Election May 2 -- nm - Beaker Mar 26, 06:24
One Mega Millions jackpot winner. Purchased in New York. -- nm - Dano Mar 26, 05:51 1
- Local news says it was sold in Albany -- nm - Walt_ Disney Mar 26, 06:01
Do dogs chase cats? -- nm - JenBro Mar 26, 04:05 2
- What, do you live under a rock? -- nm - TWuG Mar 26, 05:14
- Only when cats let them. -- nm - CovingtonCat Mar 26, 04:25
2011 franchise values of all 30 MLF teams -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 26, 04:04 3
- It says something when #29 is Hideki Matsui, not the A's. -- nm - nubby Mar 26, 07:09 1
  - *laughing* -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 26, 07:17
- um, how about MLB -- nm - prayformojo Mar 26, 04:04
In about 7 hours, I'll be in south Florida in 85 degrees of pure sunshine. Oh, the sweety sweetness. -- nm - CQ Mar 26, 03:43 1
- have fun! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 26, 04:04
I hate pre-roll ads when watching a movie trailer. And ad to see and ad? Seriously... -- nm - celedhring Mar 26, 03:31 1
- Incidentally, after watching the Cap America trailer... where are my nazis??? :( - celedhring Mar 26, 04:05
Wake up -- nm - prayformojo Mar 26, 03:09 2
- At this hour on a SaturdY??? -- nm - JenBro Mar 26, 03:46 1
  - Link -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 26, 03:55 [Backboard]
hey, the winner of that Visa "Super Bowl for Life" contest is from my hometown -- (link) - moles Mar 25, 22:41 2
- Wow he's a young guy and took the cash instead of the prize? -- nm - JenBro Mar 26, 03:55 1
  - It would be fun to go to the Super Bowl, but it would be a pain to feel obligated to go every year. I'd take the cash. -- nm - Dano Mar 26, 05:47
Ugh, this Rise and Fall of WCW is almost unwatchable... - Stephen of Ireland Mar 25, 22:33
Anyone here play Pocket Frogs? -- nm - Gwaahjo Mar 25, 22:19 1
- no but if you hum a few bars i can fake it -- nm - moles Mar 25, 22:33
can I gloat yet? 42 of 56 matches? nice bracket? no? - mud Mar 25, 21:35
~ Let me hear that, get me near that Crunchy granola suite ~ - eag Mar 25, 21:32
Shaka the world! -- nm - moles Mar 25, 21:30 1
- When the walls fell? -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 25, 22:14
the winning numbers I do not have are: 22..24..31..52..54....mega..4 -- nm - peglegpete Mar 25, 21:28
OT! -- nm - moles Mar 25, 21:11
The constant mugging for the camera on DC Cupcakes is too much to take without being able to eat the cupcakes. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 25, 21:05
FroYo! -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 20:59
obama's bracket is a perfect metaphor for his presidency - moles Mar 25, 20:59
I have got to stop going to Sonic for lunch durring work - eag Mar 25, 20:57 5
- You need to either brown bag it, take leftovers from the night before, or buy a bunch of Healthy Choice meals on sale and put them in an insulated - Trish Mar 25, 22:00
- Really expensive huh? We don't have them but the commercials never mention any big prices? -- nm - JenBro Mar 25, 21:17 3
  - 3-4 times a week adds up -- nm - eag Mar 25, 21:22 1
    - Ah got I wasn't thinking in multiples :) -- nm - JenBro Mar 25, 21:26
  - tots add up -- nm - moles Mar 25, 21:17
Woo Woo. It's snowing heavily. And it's thundering. And I've seen several big lightning strikes out in the desert. And there're wind gusts up to 45mph - Trish Mar 25, 20:57 6
- did crash see that guy found Bigfoot in North Carolina? -- nm - moles Mar 25, 21:07 2
  - Oh c'mon, that had to be the lizard man that impregnated teen age girls. Everybody knows that the real Bigfoot/Sasquatch lives in Oregon, Washington, - Trish Mar 25, 21:13 1
    - he is a Bigfoot and his name is "Knobby" -- nm - moles Mar 25, 21:14
- We have a joke here - what follows the first day of Spring in N MI? Blizzard. -- nm - JenBro Mar 25, 21:06 1
  - A few years ago when we lived in Seattle, we drove over the Cascades to go to Crash's grandfather's funeral. We stayed the weekend and drove back on - Trish Mar 25, 21:56
- hmm -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 25, 20:58
Tom Hanks to be on 30 Rock.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 25, 20:48 1
- huh...didn't know he cameo'ed in Band of Brothers... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 25, 20:57
I was cleanshaven when these Halo maps started downloading. - Will Hunting Mar 25, 20:41 5
- Groint's -- nm - JenBro Mar 25, 21:07 2
  - uh, what's a "groint"? -- nm - moles Mar 25, 21:08 1
    - Sfgk. Supposed to be Groiny's map? -- nm - JenBro Mar 25, 21:09
- I did the download over a couple of days. -- nm - Mop Mar 25, 20:52
- you cant download while in halo -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 25, 20:52
Well, if those numbers hold I guess there'll be no celebrating tonight :( - MojaveMeg Mar 25, 20:36 8
- Darn !!! Oh well I did manage to win $88.35 tonight on a slot machine! -- nm - JenBro Mar 25, 21:01 5
  - I've never stopped at any of the California casinos. If I don't think of anything else for May I might try one for a couple of nights. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 25, 21:10
  - drinking, gambling. you've got all the vices covered this week -- nm - moles Mar 25, 21:03 1
    - Not quite -- nm - JenBro Mar 25, 21:08
  - Nice!! -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 25, 21:02 1
    - I know I got so excited I dashed home to see if our numbers had been drawn! N -- nm - JenBro Mar 25, 21:10
- Crap. Most I had on a ticket was 2 numbers (neither of which was the mega). - Stephen of Ireland Mar 25, 20:49
- thanks! can't get their site to load. - loosilu Mar 25, 20:39
somebody in the OSU/KY game might make another shot before time runs out. don't miss it! -- nm - moles Mar 25, 20:32
Supermoon seems to have waned awfully quickly - prayformojo Mar 25, 19:56 2
- Each quarter takes a week. A week can go by pretty fast. :-) -- nm - mara Mar 25, 20:07 1
  - If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it -- nm - Ferris Bueller Mar 25, 20:24
Community Spoilers - amoxy Mar 25, 19:50
None of us wants to win this game, obviously. -- nm - nubby Mar 25, 19:50 3
- ...but will wanted to not-win the least. -- nm - nubby Mar 25, 20:09 1
  - Cards fell my way.....I can't believe i dodged all the overs -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 25, 20:10
- well, that happened. -- nm - znufrii Mar 25, 19:54
"You can't tattoo a baby!" -- nm - amoxy Mar 25, 19:32 4
- Cracked me up (spoiler) - amoxy Mar 25, 19:44
- Danger Zone! -- nm - nubby Mar 25, 19:37 1
  - "How can an air boat be selfish?" - Will Hunting Mar 25, 19:40
- what about a micro chip in the ear? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 19:35
I'm trying to find the last time 8 different conferences were represented in the Elite 8, and I'm having to look up conference realignment history. - Dano Mar 25, 19:30
"My, sounds like a love story." -- nm - David Mar 25, 19:27
Also, if you're afraid of heights and someone asks you to head to Royal Gorge, they hate you. - Will Hunting Mar 25, 19:22 8
- I think I need to go there. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 20:17
- what is they tell you to go here? -- (link) - sycor Mar 25, 19:35 4
  - I'm yelling at the guy, "Don't step there!" And I'm a little bit dizzy after watching it. - CovingtonCat Mar 26, 04:17
  - I was ok until we got to the gaping hole. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 21:37
  - HOLY SWEET MOTHER OF GOD!! I'm definitely gonna have nightmares about this! -- nm - Buzz Mar 25, 21:07
  - oh hell no -- nm - Remlik Mar 25, 20:45
- oh yeah, it's dizzying -- nm - prayformojo Mar 25, 19:25 1
  - I was all vertigo'e at the walkway...forget the actual bridge. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 25, 19:26
I love how people forget how Tulo was a modest SS for 83% of last season. - Will Hunting Mar 25, 19:21 3
- You got a weird definitions of "modest". By the end of July, Tulo was OPS-ing .870. That's a hell of a modest SS. (nm) - musubi Mar 25, 19:32 1
  - And it was only that low do to a poor start. Well, poor for him. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 25, 20:22
- His OPS was .863 the day he got hurt. He was over .900 on August 15. - David Mar 25, 19:31
What is ST's free FTP program of choice? -- nm - sycor Mar 25, 19:19 6
- Filezilla for me, although I try to avoid FTP (it's insecure) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 25, 19:21 5
  - Okay so what's the best way to get a bunch of files from my website to my computer if not FTP? -- nm - sycor Mar 25, 19:32 4
    - I use ssh and scp, on the command line. Encrypted the whole way. FTP, except for SFTP servers, sends the password in plain text. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 25, 19:34 3
      - english please. :) I get the idea of unsecure and stuff. but - sycor Mar 25, 19:37 2
        
        And if the blog has a database, remember to export it to SQL or something so you can use it elsewhere -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 25, 19:44
        
        Ah, if it's a shared host, just use Filezilla. It'll work fine. The quick connect bar should be all you need. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 25, 19:43
Go Rams! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 25, 19:07
Beautiful Boy trailer -- (link) - Dano Mar 25, 19:01 1
- Wow. - ty97 Mar 25, 19:18
*boom* -- nm - Remlik Mar 25, 18:59
Winter's Bone: A- -- nm - znufrii Mar 25, 18:55 2
- John Hawkes deserved that nomination. -- nm - the liioulu with whatever or something Mar 25, 18:56 1
  - he was great. - znufrii Mar 25, 18:57
My Netflix stats - prayformojo Mar 25, 18:53 14
- 608 returned as of May 2005. Avg cost: $2.17 per movie, .57 including watch instantly. -- nm - kelly Mar 25, 19:46
- How do you find this? -- nm - sycor Mar 25, 19:18 1
  - nevermind. derp -- nm - sycor Mar 25, 19:21
- my stats: Never rented a movie, ever. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 19:10 1
  - we're netflix twins! -- nm - peglegpete Mar 25, 19:16
- 67 cents per movie. how is that possible? I feel like I never watch anything! -- nm - amanda jones Mar 25, 19:02 8
  - .24 with Instant Streaming....$6.24 without.... - Stephen of Ireland Mar 25, 19:10 2
    - You're why Blockbuster is dead. - David Mar 25, 19:13 1
      - I never meant to hurt you Blockbuster! - Stephen of Ireland Mar 25, 19:36
  - It counts anything you've attempted to watch instantly as a movie. -- nm - nubby Mar 25, 19:04 4
    - people attempt and don't finish? I finish what I start (moviewise). -- nm - amanda jones Mar 25, 19:24 1
      - It's probably more common among TV. -- nm - nubby Mar 25, 19:24
    - Where do I find my stats? I'm apparently blind. -- nm - Fuzzy Mar 25, 19:09 1
      - see the link on B2. it can take quite a while to run - prayformojo Mar 25, 19:16
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Inside Man has been my go-to movie for having on in the background while I'm doing work - prayformojo Mar 25, 18:50 7
- my go-to TV for the same purpose is true-crime TV. -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 19:10
- Mine in HS was Coyote Ugly. Do not ask me to explain that one. -- nm - MDH Mar 25, 18:58 1
  - hee!!! -- nm - loosilu Mar 25, 19:08
- mmmmmmmmm.. -- nm - kelly Mar 25, 18:51 3
  - I didn't know it was possible not to know this: Kim Director was the female bank robber -- nm - prayformojo Mar 25, 19:18 2
    - I have never heard that name before, to be honest. -- nm - kelly Mar 25, 19:28 1
      - She was in the Blair Witch sequel and a number of low-grade horror films after that -- nm - prayformojo Mar 25, 19:30
I'm not going to wish anybody a happy birthday anymore, not unless I see a birth certificate 'K -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 18:48
poker tournament starting in 15 minutes if you're interested. -- nm - znufrii Mar 25, 18:48 4
- Sorry was downstairs making dinner -- nm - amoxy Mar 25, 19:33
- me, Will and nubby, anyone else? you got 10 minutes... -- nm - znufrii Mar 25, 18:52 2
  - 5 minutes, now or never -- nm - znufrii Mar 25, 18:55 1
    - Who won? - musubi Mar 25, 19:36
Watching Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives when you're hungry, and are just going to be having tuna noodle casserole for dinner is a bad idea! - Stephen of Ireland Mar 25, 18:46 1
- my wife loves that show. -- nm - Beaker Mar 25, 18:49
Do I want to see Sucker Punch in IMAX at noon tomorrow, David? Yes, Other David, I do. I really, really do. -- nm - David Mar 25, 18:46 3
- Kind of a big difference. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 25, 18:47
- Oh, oh, I had something for this. -- nm - nubby Mar 25, 18:46 1
  - Phrasing! -- nm - David Mar 25, 18:47
Meg, how many are in on the group ticket? how many numbers did you get us? -- nm - peglegpete Mar 25, 18:45 4
- Just four. Guess most people want it all to themselves :) - MojaveMeg Mar 25, 18:54 3
  - I picked up my tickets! - Stephen of Ireland Mar 25, 19:11
  - lol. my father asked me to email him how I was splitting the $$ with the family for my tix. I bought advanced play tix 2 weeks ago knowing it would pr - peglegpete Mar 25, 19:03
  - well I get 70% of Loosi ticket if she wins. -- nm - Remlik Mar 25, 18:56

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