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wake up! nevermind, go back to sleep. I'll be making eggs, sausage links, and home fries at 7:30am eastern. -- nm - CQ Apr 23, 02:45 1
- all the food is gone. you snooze, you lose! we had bacon too. just saying is all -- nm - CQ Apr 23, 04:23
Dr Spawn is mean. - Trish Apr 23, 00:27 1
- a reserved seat, right next to the people who talk in theatres. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 00:28
Dang Portal 2 sucked me in for 5 hours. (the How Did It Get to Be 3 AM nm) - JaxSean Apr 23, 00:19
And further cementing his status as king douchebag... My sister's ex, who was watching HIS kids demanded that my sister come home because he had plans - Stephen Apr 23, 00:16
So one of my friends works at a law firm. She sent me this excerpt from an actual court transcript: - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 23, 00:10 4
- yeah there are some great ones like that around -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 05:11
- How/why would the brain be out of the body unless the autopsy had been started already? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 00:25
- right out of Internet Court -- (link) - moles Apr 23, 00:17 1
  - Ha! There are some good ones there. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 23, 00:22
Well, this is fucking happening. My dad suffered a major panic attack tonight, jumped out of bed and yanked his tubes out, so they had to restrain him - Stephen Apr 22, 23:22 7
- sending good thoughts your dads way. hope it all works out for you and yours -- nm - CQ Apr 23, 02:48
- *good (calming) thoughts your way* -- nm - JaxSean Apr 23, 00:19
- He's likely to stay confused for several days after anesthesia. - Trish Apr 23, 00:17
- I think some of the meds can do that (hallucinations and what know) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 23, 00:04
- Yikes. hopefully they can figure out what happened and how to prevent it in the future. - Beryllium Apr 23, 00:00 2
  - anesthesia meds, pain meds, maybe triggered PTSD. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 23, 00:05 1
    - That and the fact that he does have an anxiety disorder... -- nm - Stephen Apr 23, 00:18
GOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!! -- nm - TFox Apr 22, 21:41 2
- *pets his Pekke Rinn* -- nm - Beaker Apr 23, 05:11
- Such a phenomenal comeback. -- nm - David Apr 22, 22:12
Harper advocated in '97 defeating a liberal minority gov't and forming a right-wing governing coalition. -- (link) - Mop Apr 22, 21:35
Ultimate Cleaners, anyone? I'm trying to google up where these folks are from, but from the accents, I believe they are from where I grew up - loosilu Apr 22, 21:30 3
- hmmm, it appears they are from southeast NH, which is just a few miles away. score! -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 21:33 2
  - What you gonna do with your loosi points? -- nm - BAD Apr 22, 21:36 1
    - I guess I'll have to have a glass of wine! -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 21:39
Are our STL folks okay? Looks like major storms there. Damage and injuries at STL airport -- (link) - ty97 Apr 22, 21:30 16
- We're okay. Jim is probably fine as it missed his area. - spamlet Apr 22, 22:04 1
  - Glad you are all okay. Scary stuff -- nm - ty97 Apr 22, 22:05
- Slackertalk's STL server didn't get hit ... :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 22, 21:43
- Reportedly tornado hit STL airport directly, windows blown out, roof possibly off. Picture from inside terminal -- (link) - ty97 Apr 22, 21:33 12
  - A 45 foot steeple was blown off the Catholic Church by our house during Good Friday services. -- nm - spamlet Apr 22, 22:32 1
    - A warning shot -- nm - The Big Man Apr 22, 22:40
  - Footage at CNN.com. At the 0:23 mark, you see a shuttle van hanging over the edge of the parking garage. -- (link) - Mop Apr 22, 21:51 2
    - moppy ... the link was posted *in this thread*!!!! - loosilu Apr 22, 21:54 1
      - Yeah, but it was 6 whole minutes ago! -- nm - Mop Apr 22, 22:18
  - whoa. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 21:42
  - Airport closed indefinitely. -- nm - ty97 Apr 22, 21:38 5
    - CNN has video from the airport. Reports from one airline board is that a plane, loaded with passenger on the ground, got whipped around by a tornado. -- (link) - ty97 Apr 22, 21:44 3
      - the video is, wow. that's gotta be a twister. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 21:50
      - holy crap. confession: I'm jealous of those passengers. - loosilu Apr 22, 21:46 1
        
        Are you freaking insane? - Trish Apr 23, 00:34
    - Spamlet's neighborhood was hit but his family and house seem to be all okay. -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 22, 21:40
Maybe it differs based on location, but I haven't been able to find full-sized bags of Cadbury mini eggs this year. - kelly Apr 22, 21:20 2
- damn them bunnies -- nm - moles Apr 22, 21:27
- spoiler. - loosilu Apr 22, 21:22
i hope wiggs partook of some hot cross buns today -- nm - moles Apr 22, 20:48 2
- I almost had to fight the damn things off. -- nm - mafic Apr 23, 01:04
- Sacrifice is part of good Friday. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 20:52
For those who don't FB - Spamlet's neighborhood was hit by a tornado, but his family and house seem to be all OK. The same twister caused - MojaveMeg Apr 22, 20:45 4
- I swear I looked through the boards for ST Louis and airport before posting. - ty97 Apr 22, 22:06 1
  - Hah, Mopitis is rampant today. -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 22, 22:21
- yoiks -- nm - z's replacement droid Apr 22, 21:12
- lucky girl -- nm - moles Apr 22, 20:47
from TV's Frank: "If Lindsay Lohan had committed a small crime, like massive financial fraud on Wall Street, she wouldn't be going to jail." -- nm - moles Apr 22, 20:25 1
- hell, she'd get a bonus...a whole kilo of peruvian flake -- nm - z's replacement droid Apr 22, 21:33
The "24" jokes on "Happy Endings" were awesome. -- nm - Mop Apr 22, 20:18
OK, that google earth day logo is awesome. Sneezing pandas, drop bears, fish swimming up waterfalls ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 19:35 2
- koala! -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 20:00 1
  - Drop Bear! -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 22, 20:10
A real version of the Simpsons' house -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 22, 19:30 4
- Such a fanatic that he got the design of the front of the house wrong? - Stephen Apr 22, 20:34
- Isn't this thing a few years old? -- nm - Mop Apr 22, 20:17 1
  - heh -- nm - moles Apr 22, 20:18
- Duh! -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 22, 19:36
Supernatural night! Starting with Weekend at Bobby's. Haven't seen this one before. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 18:40 3
- It has the funniest moment of television this year. -- nm - David Apr 22, 21:59 1
  - which one do you mean? I have a bunch that I loved. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 22:02
- LYC/LAM: The town where Rufus gets arrested in this episode is where I grew up. I feel loved. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 19:03
LYC :) Lohan is at Lynwood jail pending payment of $75K bail... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Apr 22, 18:32 1
- haha! -- nm - lileve Apr 22, 19:16
Troy Murphy sighting! -- nm - CQ Apr 22, 18:32 3
- We were just saying the same thing. -- nm - Meldeevs Apr 22, 18:34 2
  - heh, Pierce and Allen looked okay tonight. holy hell -- nm - CQ Apr 22, 18:36 1
    - a friggin' clinic. - Meldeevs Apr 22, 18:37
Mint Alert: This month, you spent $23.00 on Charity. This exceeds your budget of $20 by $3. - nubby Apr 22, 18:28 3
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  - No. Biden would have only given $17. -- nm - Stephen Apr 22, 20:38
- better go get it back from them. -- nm - moles Apr 22, 19:29
Local man, under indictment for statutory rape of a 14-year-old, has married her now that she's 18. -- (link) - MojaveMeg Apr 22, 18:19
Marlins/Rockies (spoilers) - CQ Apr 22, 18:15 4
- spoils - CQ Apr 22, 18:25 3
  - spoiler - nubby Apr 22, 18:29 2
    - jinxed! -- nm - CQ Apr 22, 18:33
    - Womp womp! -- nm - nubby Apr 22, 18:33
Huh. TFox is right. Today's free Amazon android app is *really* cool. - JaxSean Apr 22, 18:11 14
- I just got upgraded from 2.1 to 2.2.2 - psilotum Apr 22, 20:40
- Oh, a few app questions: - a)has anyone found a good Netflix app? and b)I use the IMDB app but can't seem to find a place to personalize my theaters. - kelly Apr 22, 18:30 9
  - For IMDB I think you can turn off the "use current location" feature and enter a zip code (at least you can on the iPhone app) -- nm - Stephen Apr 22, 20:40
  - netflix app is only available on a select few items - tRuMaN Apr 22, 19:00 2
    - i just downloaded it for the gtablet but it isn't working -- nm - JaxSean Apr 22, 19:09 1
      - well, it was only built to work on honeycomb, which is only on one tablet, the xoom, right now - tRuMaN Apr 22, 19:10
  - b) did you try Flixster? a) no. -- nm - TFox Apr 22, 18:55 2
    - (i assume you've tried m.netflix.com though.) -- nm - TFox Apr 22, 18:56 1
      - no I haven't. -- nm - kelly Apr 22, 19:14
  - Does Android have CineTap? nm - Dignan Apr 22, 18:34 1
    - doesn't look like it. -- nm - kelly Apr 22, 18:39
- It would almost, almost make the mlb app obsolete, but I love the video clips too much. -- nm - TFox Apr 22, 18:16 1
  - They black out any station feeds during games. - spamlet Apr 22, 22:22
- it is surprising that tfox would be right -- nm - moles Apr 22, 18:15
*sigh* gotta love it when someone volunteers for a position and immediately begins delegating tasks to other in the group... - MojaveMeg Apr 22, 18:09
i need to remember to change my xbox slogan to either - tRuMaN Apr 22, 18:04 3
- bastard -- nm - Trish Apr 22, 18:19 1
  - maybe you should have crash play halo so that he can teach me a lesson - tRuMaN Apr 22, 19:21
- I beat Dead Space today, pretty solid game overall. -- nm - J Apr 22, 18:08
And I also got a new pair of Levis 501's today. Love them jeans -- nm - CQ Apr 22, 17:35 9
- LYC? -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 17:54 8
  - oh I care. I care a lot. - Epiphany Apr 22, 19:47
  - sure, whatever, sounds good -- nm - CQ Apr 22, 17:59 5
    - it was a thing today. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 18:00 4
      - ah, gotchya. I gotta check some bbs -- nm - CQ Apr 22, 18:01 3
        
        B5, B4 -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 18:04 2
        
        yeah, sometimes I just don't have that inspirational push to make my posts amusing. i get it though -- nm - CQ Apr 22, 18:13 1
        
        I like LYC posts just as they are. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 18:19
  - I'm sure he does care....don't you mean LIC? or LWC? -- nm - J Apr 22, 17:57
Shark Tank! -- nm - Dano Apr 22, 17:30
remember that cross country food truck race Food Network ran last summer? season 2 is stopping in town tomorrow..Ceregon, you picked the wrong weeken - peglegpete Apr 22, 17:29 1
- I dunno, I barely survived 4 days this time. -- nm - ceregon Apr 22, 18:22
Jack Layton signs have started popping up around the city - the NDP must be seeing something in their numbers here to think it's worthwhile. - Reagen Apr 22, 17:26 5
- Jeez. -- nm - Mop Apr 22, 21:00
- The front page of the Montreal Gazette has the NDP polling better than The Bloc -- nm - Roger More Apr 22, 18:23 2
  - Turning to the PQ for support is a sure sign of desperation. "Hey, Adolf, can you lend a hand?" signed Benito. -- nm - Mop Apr 22, 21:04 1
    - Damn, this isn't a Godwin's Law thing. I was just doing a sinking ship analogy. -- nm - Mop Apr 22, 21:05
- That's coincidental. I just took Andi's political compass test and he came out my number 1, with Elizabeth May as number 2 - Trish Apr 22, 18:22
Does the prison sentence mean she won't get the one movie role she's been offered in the last couple years? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 17:13 1
- I suspect it depends on the start date, ot the days she is needed on set if it starts while she is away -- nm - peglegpete Apr 22, 17:17
Victory is on the Military channel. I forgot it was a true story until Lou Diamond Phillips mentioned it in his intro -- nm - peglegpete Apr 22, 17:05 4
- SPOILER!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 17:06 3
  - and if I were to say Charleton Heston stars in the 10 Commandments tomorrow night on ABC? -- nm - peglegpete Apr 22, 17:19 2
    - Another spoiler: They win. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 19:07
    - nobody would be surprised -- nm - moles Apr 22, 17:25
Archer season 1 is $9.99 at amazon...worth it? -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 17:01 2
- "Lana. Lana. LANAAAAAAAAAAAA!" "What?!" - TFox Apr 22, 17:28
- Yes, if you like cartoons that are very witty and full of sexual entendres. -- nm - Trish Apr 22, 17:07
Paul Reiser Show canceled by NBC after 2 episodes -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 16:58 4
- Nope. That's it. Shut it down. -- nm - Jack Donaghy Apr 22, 20:59
- For some reason he just looks mean, to me. - Trish Apr 22, 17:06
- I'm surprised it wasn't after one. Bet they're rethinking pulling Perfect Couples. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 22, 17:00
- Not in the least suprised -- nm - the liiolu with Apr 22, 16:59
BEP are retiring "My Humps"!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! - Spawn Apr 22, 16:52 3
- its their " Cherry Pie" - Epiphany Apr 22, 16:56 2
  - like every Rush song -- nm - CQ Apr 22, 16:58 1
    - pusher man will kill you. ha -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 20:05
TFox, do you still have the dead external? Was there anything important on it? I've had success with that scenario. - Mop (209 lbs) Apr 22, 16:52 2
- Nope. it was my entire music library. so I re ripped all 45 gigs from cd. - TFox Apr 22, 16:56 1
  - Ouch. Well, at least it wasn't baby pictures. -- nm - Mop Apr 22, 20:17
Think that Googling has made basic trivia games too simple? Then try A Google A Day. -- (link) - Mop (209 lbs) Apr 22, 16:49 1
- This is pretty fun, plus it teaches you how to research. Jack Dawson should sit Shakey in front of the computer and make her do it for hours. - Trish Apr 22, 17:28
~(120) days in the hole.~ - Spawn Apr 22, 16:48

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