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- That's not what he called you behind your back. -- nm - Diva Apr 21, 12:23
- it's all downhill from here pal -- nm - decline Apr 21, 12:22
- No "Sir"? - Spawn Apr 21, 12:20
hmm, reading the minecraft blog, I see that minecraft now has weather. that will be strange. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 21, 12:18 1
- I think it will be annoying. -- nm - lileve Apr 21, 12:20
nobody cares but 14 weeks of hell commute starts 5/9 -- nm - amanda jones Apr 21, 12:18 6
- oops. out the door by 7:20 latest. it's not going to be pretty. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 21, 12:18 5
  - I am now currently up to 3 detours to get to-from work each day. - decline Apr 21, 12:20 1
    - I hate bridges. - amanda jones Apr 21, 12:21
  - i'd be fired. -- nm - TFox Apr 21, 12:19
  - Not fun. -- nm - lileve Apr 21, 12:18 1
    - it doesn't actually suck *that* much getting up early. what sucks is the stress of "there is only one bus and if I miss it, I'm hosed for an hour." - amanda jones Apr 21, 12:20
ML...IGN gives it a solid review.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 21, 12:17
kilbo, this series of books might work ... -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 21, 12:13 3
- oh, duh. The Hardy Boys. -- nm - TFox Apr 21, 12:15 1
  - Yes, like that. And The Three Investigators, although that might undershoot the age range a bit. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 12:17
- ah, a wiki page for it -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 21, 12:14
Wow...through 5 innings, the Nationals pitcher (Gorzelanny) has thrown 108 pitches. Kyle Lohse - 55. - Jim Apr 21, 12:11 2
- Number of pitches A. Chapman would hurl over that span...15..Who can hit it? -- nm - budice Apr 21, 12:13 1
  - If he's at 15 pitched thru 5 innings, apparently everyone hits it. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 21, 12:14
Dodgers are sporting the Brooklyn uniforms. Awesome. -- nm - David Apr 21, 12:11 4
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- those are cool -- nm - CQ Apr 21, 12:13
- they couldn't afford new ones -- nm - moles Apr 21, 12:13 1
  - Scrape the 2B's jersey, you can clone Jackie Robinson. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 21, 12:13
I don't have a reason to already know this, so I ask: are the basic tv network channels listed in the same order (NBC>FOX>ABC>CBS) all over the US? - Max Apr 21, 12:07 7
- CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX - 2,4,7,11. Those are the L.A. channels. -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 21, 12:33
- urban areas start with chan 2, then 4,5 7 rural areas started 3 then 6 8 - zeitgeist Apr 21, 12:12 2
  - Networks could only own outright 5 stations, the rest were all affiliated franchises, and in sparse midwest many would offer a mix of NBC and ABC -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 12:14 1
    - the point of that tidbit, early TV stations were started by radio and/or local newspapers who then signed with a network and the competition was... - zeitgeist Apr 21, 12:18
- nope. Philly is 3-CBS, 6-ABC, 10-NBC, 29-FOX -- nm - decline Apr 21, 12:10
- Nope. We're Fox, CBS, NBC, ABC (2,4,5,30) -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 12:08
- Unlikely and definitely not. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 21, 12:08
do most people have tomorrow off? My wife does which I found odd. - CQ Apr 21, 12:06 20
- We were going to, but there is just too much to do. Monday off, though. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 12:21 1
  - What? -- nm - Amy Apr 21, 12:23
- stat holiday here (so, yes, we're off. stores are closed, etc.) -- nm - Andie Apr 21, 12:15
- Not me. -- nm - lileve Apr 21, 12:15
- We have more holidays than most employers, but not tomorrow. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 12:14
- hell no. money to be made! -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 12:10
- I do not. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 21, 12:09
- No. I'm taking vacay on Monday. -- nm - Amy Apr 21, 12:08
- Financial markets are closed, so we are also closed. -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 12:08 2
  - this. I'm going fishing. -- nm - decline Apr 21, 12:11 1
    - we're taking care of our car registration and then going down the shore for the weekend -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 12:12
- are the markets open? -- nm - amanda jones Apr 21, 12:08 6
  - I'm assuming they're not since she has it off. -- nm - CQ Apr 21, 12:08 5
    - and I find it odd that the markets would be closed too. apparently Good Friday has some pull -- nm - CQ Apr 21, 12:10 4
      - they used to be open for a half day, but I guess they figured not enough trader came in to work so now they just close the whole thing. -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 12:13 3
        
        don't think so. pretty sure it's been a full day thing since the market started in the 1880's -- nm - decline Apr 21, 12:19 2
        
        good friday has always been a full day closed. there's another day that used to be partial and is now whole.. *brain squeeze* -- nm - b. Apr 21, 12:28
        
        I just don't remember the mrs. ever getting it off. -- nm - CQ Apr 21, 12:21
- Yep. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 12:07
- I have to work, but Jacen's daycare is closed. -- nm - TFox Apr 21, 12:07
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- I hate it. People who don't draft well or get hit by injuries typically employ this out of desperation. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 12:26
- That's where the 10 Roster Adds a week comes into play; to try to stifle this a bit. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 21, 12:06 16
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    - I do not care for it, but some people live and die by it. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 12:16 8
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        I know, but it completely de-values the pitching side of the draft. - groiny Apr 21, 12:21 4
        
        i've written those leagues off, pretty much. appeal to the commish for a rule change next year. -- nm - TFox Apr 21, 12:22 3
        
        What if the commish is the culprit? nm -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 12:22 2
        
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        Then get the pitchforks and torches. - TFox Apr 21, 12:23
        
        If you're going to do it to that degree, I wouldn't even draft a pitcher til like round 12. - TFox Apr 21, 12:21 1
        
        yup, see my post. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 12:21
    - There's the difference between a mockery and a reasonable line. - Will Hunting Apr 21, 12:13 1
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    - There's a difference between saying "never do it" and keeping it in check. - TFox Apr 21, 12:11 1
      - (an example: if on Saturday you realized you were behind 1 W and 5 K's and had bench spots...) - TFox Apr 21, 12:18
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  - a *wee* bit. (10 a week stifles almost nothing except the most extreme circumstances.) -- nm - TFox Apr 21, 12:07
- Nope, that's called pitcher streaming. - TFox Apr 21, 12:02 3
  - plus if you're consistently doing this to try and win a non money league, why, heh -- nm - CQ Apr 21, 12:04 2
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      - poor ML. NM -- nm - groiny Apr 21, 12:12
Joy of Painting is on! time for a nap. -- nm - CQ Apr 21, 12:01
Fast Five is kicking Thor's 3D ass in Australia -- (link) - moles Apr 21, 12:00 2
- I think I was more on board with the *idea* of a Thor movie than I am with the trailers I've been seeing -- nm - con_carne Apr 21, 12:06 1
  - ha ha. this. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 21, 12:18
LIR: CQ - that pic is so cute i almost fell off my chair. - Diva Apr 21, 11:41 8
- I clicked too. Aww. -- nm - MDH Apr 21, 11:43
- i love him -- nm - CQ Apr 21, 11:42 6
  - His cheeks! (And I would make a calendar for my mom out of your bird photos--gorgeous.) -- nm - Amy Apr 21, 11:50 5
    - thanks, Florida was awesome for bird pics. I'll email them to you if you want. -- nm - CQ Apr 21, 11:54
    - I constantly want to raspberry kiss those cheeks and those hamhock thighs. -- nm - Diva Apr 21, 11:52 3
      - Shameful confession--4 years later, I still kiss Logan's not so teeny feet. -- nm - Amy Apr 21, 11:55 2
        
        You won't do that for much longer. The last thing I want at this point is either of my boys' feet near me. Gross. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 12:13
        
        no shame in that. I bet that's a good ol' time when he's squeaky clean from his bath. -- nm - Diva Apr 21, 11:59
How the U.S. military fell in love with �Three Cups of Tea� -- (link) - mara Apr 21, 11:40 2
- �I�d say the biggest value of Mortenson�s work was in creating the �don�t be a jerk� school of counterinsurgency,� -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 12:23
- despite the scandal, he's right. - Mel Profit Apr 21, 12:08
Interesting perspective on Trump mining the GOP fringe to the detriment of the party. -- (link) - Mop (209 lbs) Apr 21, 11:39 6
- and Rove is slamming Bachman, Palin and Trump. -- nm - Remlik Apr 21, 12:00
- I'll vote for him if he turns the White House into a casino. That would be cool! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 11:42 2
  - Casinos on the MOOOOOON! -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 11:43 1
    - would make craps and roulette a heck of a lot different... -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 11:44
- that 50% fringe who think Obama was born in Kenya -- nm - moles Apr 21, 11:41 1
  - 74% of Independents think he was born in the US. - Mel Profit Apr 21, 11:45
Allmighty Thor hits dvd...starring Kevin Nash and Richard Grieco!....trailer -- (link) - Remlik Apr 21, 11:36
The extension is a little incongruous with the rest of the house, but I like th amount of space... -- (link) - znufrii Apr 21, 11:35 7
- that kitchen is so dated it's practically a whore. (I like the bathroom in 17 & 18.) -- nm - amanda jones Apr 21, 12:12 1
  - I just noticed that they have Story People prints on the wall - znufrii Apr 21, 12:16
- yeah, but it's in Conshohocken -- nm - decline Apr 21, 11:36 4
  - well, you can't have everything... -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 11:37 3
    - (and what's so bad about Conshohocken, anyway?) -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 11:41 2
      - actually, you would probably like the conshy-manayunk area. - decline Apr 21, 11:44 1
        
        yeah, I kinda want something that isn't out in the middle of nowhere - znufrii Apr 21, 11:46
LIR for Remlik -- (link) - Mel Profit Apr 21, 11:34 [Backboard]
ST librarians. Suggested reading for a soon to be middle school boy? My son is voraciously reading everything I can throw at him and I need ideas - oblique Apr 21, 11:34 30
- My 12 year old loves the Percy Jackson books. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 12:06
- Atlas Shrugged - Dr.Vermin Apr 21, 12:05 3
  - ooh, and this is when I first started reading Stephen King. Maybe start that Dark Tower series. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 21, 12:05 2
    - Eyes of the Dragon is a good one too. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 12:08 1
      - agreed -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 12:09
- The Alchemist. Also, when I was his age, I was into Greek Gods, so maybe a book about that. -- nm - con_carne Apr 21, 11:51
- Code Orange, Red Kayak -- nm - CQ Apr 21, 11:45
- Lord of the Flies -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 11:43 3
  - I want to read this again. god, it's so good. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 21, 11:50 1
    - I read it for the first time a few years ago. It's good stuff. -- nm - con_carne Apr 21, 11:57
  - Is he into Sci Fi? If so, Asimov's Foundation series. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 11:46
- Hatchet. (I forget what age I was but everyone in school loved it), I Am Number Four (soon to be series) -- nm - MDH Apr 21, 11:42
- Huck Finn & Tom Sawyer -- nm - moles Apr 21, 11:42
- Robert Asprin's Myth series -- nm - zork Apr 21, 11:42
- Playboy -- nm - decline Apr 21, 11:41
- I was a big fan of Louis L'Amour westerns growing up. Try Last of the Breed, Flint, Reilly's Luck, Iron Marshall for starters -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 11:41
- I, Robot., A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintent) -- nm - JD Apr 21, 11:37 1
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- Cirque du Freak? 39 Clues? -- nm - Amy Apr 21, 11:37 1
  - Also, check here. -- (link) - Amy Apr 21, 11:38
- Hobbit and LOTR. -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 11:37
- The Hunger Games! (It's Scholastic, I assume its considered appropriate for that age group.) -- nm - TFox Apr 21, 11:37 5
  - Alternatively, I think at that age I liked Jerry Spinelli, Avi, the A Wrinkle In Time books... -- nm - TFox Apr 21, 11:40 4
    - Gordan Korman -- nm - Amy Apr 21, 11:42
    - Ender's Game? -- nm - TFox Apr 21, 11:40 2
      - I loved this series but will not touch the books after I found out how discriminatory the author is -- nm - MDH Apr 21, 11:41 1
        
        Not to mention, the level of difficulty in getting through the entire book goes WAY up after Book #1 -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 11:52
- Belgariad -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 11:36 1
  - and in a few years, Discworld. -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 11:38
- Septimus Heap -- nm - zork Apr 21, 11:35
"Congressional Republicans Tell Gray [Mayor DC] To Fall In Line" and demand documentation of DC spending -- (link) - MDH Apr 21, 11:31
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- I'm not very far into it, but yes. I just got into Q School. - Strongbad Apr 21, 11:32
- I had Tiger 12" - hooker si Apr 21, 11:32
- I wanted to get it for my phone but apparently it doesn't have Augusta (like the console versions do) so I didn't. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 21, 11:32
Sounds like the DoJ is going to allow US poker players to access their funds at Stars and FTP. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 11:30 1
- I call Ackbar on that ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 11:31
Why is Christina Aguilera orange? -- (link) - oblique Apr 21, 11:29 [Image] 7
- IWHT -- nm - con_carne Apr 21, 12:00
- mmmm puppies -- nm - CQ Apr 21, 11:31
- right?? I sent that to jz this morning with the note "xtina's been even further snookified!" -- nm - amanda jones Apr 21, 11:30 3
  - Have we seen Snickers lately? She's thin. -- (link) - Amy Apr 21, 11:32 1
    - I'd like to thank her for bringing back the Elvira-do. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 21, 11:40
  - and does she only own that one dress because isn't that the same one she's been wearing for *ALL* those stupid The Voice spots on NBC? - oblique Apr 21, 11:31
- LYC: She became the first artists to get a star on the "Gay Walk of Fame" outside of The Abbey in LA -- nm - MDH Apr 21, 11:30

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