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S2 of Justified started here last night, and I think I've been spoiler free here over the past few months, which is great. -- nm - LMS Apr 21, 04:54 1
- I ordered season 1 a couple days ago. spoiler free as well. Can't wait -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 04:57
Jered Weaver is pretty much singlehandedly keeping my pitching from being a disaster. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 21, 04:38
Take a minute today to remember the anniversary of Columbine. -- nm - nubby Apr 21, 04:36 4
- The book is well worth reading. -- nm - bc/nc Apr 21, 04:48
- The victims - Beaker Apr 21, 04:44
- Officials find homemade pipebomb in mall near Columbine (between 2 propane tanks) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 21, 04:42
- (yesterday, I always think it's the 21st for some reason) -- nm - nubby Apr 21, 04:37
17-year old gets stuck during burglary attempt. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Apr 21, 02:55
I may have seen the last game ever played by the Phoenix Coyotes tonight. - Subversive Apr 21, 01:53 6
- I'm seriously considering getting the Coyotes sweater before it's too late. It may be vintage one day. -- nm - bc/nc Apr 21, 04:13 2
  - might want to wait till they are gone and the prices drop... -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 04:28
  - like jets jerseys! - mafic Apr 21, 04:24
- I wonder if Wayne moves with the team? -- nm - mafic Apr 21, 02:16 2
  - why, he doesn't have anything to do with them anymore -- nm - J Apr 21, 03:42 1
    - maybe he just really like winnipeg? - mafic Apr 21, 04:34
screw Leaf and Volt, Mercedes Benz rolls out its fuel-cell electric -- (link) - moles Apr 21, 00:08
time for some reach -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 22:00 1
- around? -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 22:04
Jesus, Apple. Just... Jesus. -- (link) - Mop Apr 20, 21:47 2
- iSavior -- nm - moles Apr 20, 22:01 1
  - You've heard the title of his official biography, of course? - Mop Apr 20, 22:03
sorry bravos, no 9th inning fireworks tonight. 2 of 3 for Los Doyers! -- nm - moles Apr 20, 21:31 2
- (There's a game 4 tomorrow afternoon.) -- nm - David Apr 20, 22:07 1
  - oh that's right. they were pimping it in the hipster weekly. -- nm - moles Apr 20, 22:08
oh my lord, portal 2 ending credits spoiler - tRuMaN Apr 20, 21:26 4
- better than.... (spoils) - dogbert Apr 20, 22:35 1
  - well, it is and it isnt. - tRuMAN Apr 21, 06:59
- You've finished it already? -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 21:43
- That's a pretty high bar! :-p -- nm - MDH Apr 20, 21:32
Just finished Mockingjay... - Stephen Apr 20, 21:18 1
- I loved it. Action packed and hard to predict -- nm - Epiphany Apr 21, 04:59
If anyone tries to show me that giant fossilized spider, I will reach through this computer screen and force-choke you directly. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 20, 20:55 14
- relax and turn on the dark [Loosi] side of your brain : ) -- nm - peglegpete Apr 20, 22:52
- it pleases me greatly that you have to use a Star Wars reference because nothing in Star Trek is as cool or lethal as the force choke -- nm - moles Apr 20, 21:46 2
  - You score a point on this one. Just one point. - ReluctantCynic Apr 20, 21:48 1
    - you've taken your first step into a much larger world -- nm - moles Apr 20, 21:50
- Aw, sometimes you're just no fun ;) -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 20, 21:20
- don't worry it IS dead you know -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 20, 20:59 8
  - As inherent embodiments of pure, unadulterated evil, spiders never actually "die." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 20, 21:03 7
    - Bah, don't be so cynical. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 20, 21:17
    - the ones that annoy me do but then that ain't many a year -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 20, 21:14
    - I'm going to open a them park called Arachnoland - ty97 Apr 20, 21:05 4
      - Clever girl. -- nm - ty97, moments before the end Apr 20, 21:23
      - I am going to fly to Chicago - ReluctantCynic Apr 20, 21:09 2
        
        I am going to surround my house with arachno-defenders. -- nm - ty97 Apr 20, 21:10 1
        
        I am going to hire groiny to pay you a visit. And destroy your arachno-defenders. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 20, 21:16
heh, one of the attorneys on my floor really thinks Crazy Max Keiser is the go-to source for financial market analysis -- nm - moles Apr 20, 20:31 2
- "Line them up against a wall" is not financial market analysis! -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 21:40
- Crazy like a fox. - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 20, 20:36
kind of neat....here are the comics that were released in the month I was born...Sorry Pegleg I don't think it goes back that far for you.... - Remlik Apr 20, 20:28 5
- My Grandfather used to bring 4/5 comics over to read to us when I was around 5 or 6...long, long time ago. -- nm - BAD Apr 20, 21:07
- sure they do. Everett, Maneeley & John Severin did half a dozen gorgeous Marvel covers each in 10/56 and i'd also love to have the Boring Action cover -- nm - peglegpete Apr 20, 20:57
- Did they have comic books during the Revolutionary War? - Stephen Apr 20, 20:31 2
  - Kid Valiant -- nm - moles Apr 20, 20:50
  - Lascaux doesn't count? -- nm - Roger More Apr 20, 20:35
heh, bsod in portal2 -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 20, 20:08 4
- That's not the game. Your PC actually can't cut it. -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 21:40
- realistic huh? - Danedukenuuk Apr 20, 20:11 2
  - blue screen of death -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 20, 20:12 1
    - an known XboX feature i thought that was in the past now -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 20, 20:14
CAPS! -- nm - moles Apr 20, 19:59
So THAT'S what a save looks like! -- nm - Jim Apr 20, 19:58
If I ever made a television show, I would aspire to have it be like Justified. - David Apr 20, 19:55 1
- yep. -- nm - Remlik Apr 20, 19:57
red band trailer for Ryan Reynolds/Jason Bateman body swapping movie.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 20, 19:50 8
- (hot.) (hot.) -- nm - amanda jones Apr 20, 21:10
- Of all the body swapping movies ever made... - Stephen Apr 20, 20:44
- I've got freckles on my taint...how awesome is that! -- nm - Jim Apr 20, 20:02 3
  - Love that Leslie Mann is in it. -- nm - Remlik Apr 20, 20:19 2
    - (hot.) nm - Dignan Apr 20, 20:21 1
      - mmhmm. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 20, 21:10
- won't amanda be surprised when she wakes up -- nm - moles Apr 20, 19:51 1
  - yes she will -- nm - Remlik Apr 20, 19:54
ST IT help needed. I'm trying to create labels from an Excel file using MS Word mail merge. This is a file I've used many times before but tonight - MojaveMeg Apr 20, 19:48 5
- Are you walking through the wizard? Step 3 (in Word 2003) gives you the option to pick your data source, and you should be able to change to Excel. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 20:17 4
  - Exactly. I'm using a mail merge template that I've had set up forever, but when I try to call up the Excel file the system just spins -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 20, 20:29 3
    - Can you start a new template from scratch, as a test, and see if it recognizes the Excel file? -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 20:54 2
      - It seems to be a problem with the mail merge program - when I try to set up a new template it won't activate the 'setup' button for labels or - MojaveMeg Apr 20, 21:13 1
        
        I remember I had lots of problems with a mail merge that I did all the time at my old job. - JaxSean Apr 20, 21:19
Ok, I like Tony LaRussa...always have. But dammit it...when Molina leads off with a double...and you're at the bottom of the order - Jim Apr 20, 19:47
mopwap? BP sues rig owner for $40B; blames it for disaster -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 20, 19:37 2
- a bit late normally Oil bills people a minute after the cost has emerged -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 20, 19:45 1
  - pretty expected, I mean, isn't that why they hired another company to do the dirty work, then had a 3rd party subcontract the sealant? - zeitgeist Apr 20, 22:21
So how did this thing with the Dodgers happen? Did McCourt just sign more talent than his bank account could handle? -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 19:29 11
- (what talent?) he has cash flow problems which the divorce probably did not help -- nm - moles Apr 20, 19:31 10
  - you see one of Hollywoods great screenwriters died? Kevin Jarre. -- nm - Remlik Apr 20, 19:51
  - So this would be like you or me taking out millions in loans to buy a baseball team, not having the actual bank to run it? -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 19:32 8
    - No. They didn't buy the team per se. They leveraged ownership of a parking lot into MLB ownership. - David Apr 20, 19:51
    - it's complicated but basically his main asset was a big ass parking lot in downtown boston, which he leveraged to purchase the team originally - moles Apr 20, 19:35 6
      - Way to vet these buyers, Selig. -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 20:52 1
        
        at the time, they probably would have done anything to get News Corp out of the picture -- nm - moles Apr 20, 21:10
      - I should have read down. My fault. -- nm - David Apr 20, 19:51 1
        
        you can never tell mop too many times -- nm - moles Apr 20, 19:58
      - Hmm any idea which parking lot? I'm South of the financial districts with some huge parking lots around -- nm - MDH Apr 20, 19:45 1
        
        24 acres of former railroad property from Penn Central -- (link) - moles Apr 20, 19:50
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- When is Earth Day? -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 19:41 2
  - every day, sean. *every day* -- nm - moles Apr 20, 19:42 1
    - *pours a 40 oz of latex paint down the drain for my homey* -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 19:43
- probably will burn you worse than an exploding chevy volt -- nm - moles Apr 20, 19:28
6.0 off the coast of Japan... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 20, 19:23
Judas Priest guitarist KK Downing retires from Priest after 40 years..... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 20, 19:10
Survivor question (spoilers) - Jim Apr 20, 19:10 8
- spoils - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 20, 19:36
- spoils - Roger More Apr 20, 19:16 4
  - That's probably it. I was in the same boat as Jim -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 19:20 1
    - Me too. -- nm - David Apr 20, 19:25
  - That makes some sense. Still screws up my Power Rankings though. :) -- nm - Jim Apr 20, 19:18 1
    - I was thinking it was before - spoilers - Beaker Apr 21, 03:41
- My concern here being (spoilers) - Jim Apr 20, 19:15 1
  - spoils - Jovian Apr 20, 19:20
NMB Mel - peglegpete Apr 20, 18:58 2
- The Perk story? - Mel Profit Apr 20, 19:26 1
  - no. - peglegpete Apr 20, 19:27
I've found blurring the line between day and night makes my life a lot easier. -- nm - David Apr 20, 18:50
Well, our gTablet is locked up. Can't even boot up, just loops on the boot screens. - JaxSean Apr 20, 18:48 4
- this might help -- (link) - decline Apr 20, 18:50 3
  - Thanks - I think I'm trying this route first. -- (link) - JaxSean Apr 20, 19:05 2
    - That didn't work. And neither is your link. *sigh* - JaxSean Apr 20, 20:18 1
      - Progress! - JaxSean Apr 20, 21:42
3D erotic comedy Sex and Zen breaks Hong Kong record -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Apr 20, 18:46 6
- So, Vonnie Liu is not a porn star but the other two are? -- nm - David Apr 20, 18:57 1
  - You know how those Cinemax series have one actress who doesn't also do harcore? - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 20, 19:42
- Remake of the movie that was my most embarrassing movie going experience. -- nm - the liioulu with Apr 20, 18:49 3
  - details! -- nm - sycor Apr 20, 19:18
  - but in 3D -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 20, 18:52 1
    - So one more D embarrassing. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with Apr 20, 18:58
fucking strega. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 20, 18:46
mafic's got some 'splainin' to do! -- (link) - TWuG Apr 20, 18:41 7
- yeah, and that bit about mining companies "cutting secret deals" is BS. we deal with land councils that are legitimately representative of all the - mafic Apr 20, 18:59 3
  - and we get 7 virgins a year -- nm - the fine print Apr 21, 05:02
  - I figured the article might not be a fair representation of reality. -- nm - TWuG Apr 20, 19:00 1
    - there are certainly explorers/miners who are hostile to the process, but they're the ones who get booted off the land or massively fined. - mafic Apr 20, 19:04
- yeah, don't get me started on sacred sites. they can be anywhere or anything. sometimes it's a bush, or a rock, or just a patch of dirt. - mafic Apr 20, 18:54 2
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    - we keep joking that we'll find this guy. they caught his killer on one of our tenements, but never found the body. -- (link) - mafic Apr 20, 19:13
LIR re: Gaga vs. Al -- I agree with Kelly -- (link) - Fuzzy Apr 20, 18:33 [Backboard] 1
- Double ditto. - Stephen Apr 20, 18:38
Caps/Rangers spoilers - Beaker Apr 20, 18:31
The Cubs threw the 1918 World Series to the Red Sox? -- (link) - Beaker Apr 20, 18:26 1
- Of course, that allegation comes from a Sox. -- nm - the liioulu with Apr 20, 18:50
Sauerkraut board! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 18:26
death to the perks! -- nm - kelly Apr 20, 18:25 7
- The phrase I've used is "It's like being in a Disney movie." -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 18:30 5
  - I will never understand how people can be that cheerful so early in the morning. -- nm - kelly Apr 20, 18:32 4
    - Seriously. After the revolution comes, I'm going to outlaw all talking before 10:00 am. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 20, 18:33 3
      - any way you could make it 11:00 am? -- nm - kelly Apr 20, 18:35 2
        
        all that know and love me know that talking to be about anything important prior to 9am is a dicey proposition. - Mel Profit Apr 20, 18:49
        
        I second the motion by the good senator from Rhode Island. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 20, 18:38
- uh oh, sounds like someone's got a case of the wednesdays! -- nm - perky pixie Apr 20, 18:29

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