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PENALTY SHOT! -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 18:36
loosilu alert: hanson is going to perform on dancing with the stars. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 24, 18:08
Narnia: Dawn Treader is...very unlike the other two movies. - kelly Apr 24, 18:08 6
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  - I take it you liked it? - kelly Apr 24, 18:20 4
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      - I actually found this to be the best of the series so far, though I found the first two fairly unremarkable. -- nm - Ender Apr 24, 19:45
      - FWIW, I loved it. -- nm - nubby Apr 24, 18:31
      - It's taken us hours to get as far as we have, and I'm not really sure I feel like watching it til the end. - kelly Apr 24, 18:26
AHHHHHHHH chicken bone! *gag* -- nm - Vancouver Apr 24, 18:05
Canadian Politics for any of the Canadians around.....Michael Ignatieff was booed at the OHL game in Mississauga today. - Walt_Disney Apr 24, 18:00 2
- My PIL voted PC and he almost ran for the Libs a few years ago. NO one likes him. -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 18:04
- nice, the guy is a joke -- nm - J Apr 24, 18:04
FANG FINGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - David Apr 24, 17:38 3
- *likes* -- nm - TFox Apr 24, 17:57
- *pets his Pekke Rinne in his playoff money pool* -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 17:40 1
  - Congrats. I picked Anaheim in R1 but I am glad the Preds advanced. It's a southern thing. :) -- nm - bc/nc Apr 24, 17:48
I've watched Super Bowls, NBA playoffs and MLB playoffs. but Nothing comes close to the NHL playoffs. -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 17:31 1
- especially 1 goal games with under 5 minutes left -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 17:41
I feel like the Dunphys today. Our alarm system has been chirping all.day.long. - kelly Apr 24, 17:26 10
- tip: change all the batteries in all the alarms today [unless you recently did one] that way they will all die close to the same times - peglegpete Apr 24, 17:53 4
  - Most of the smoke alarms were hooked up to the alarm system - it's wired in, there were no batteries. The one that was chirping was an old smoke - kelly Apr 24, 17:56 3
    - it was chirping to tell you the battery was dying. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 24, 18:08 2
      - (or it was hungry for regurgitated earthworms.) nm - Dignan Apr 24, 18:12
      - yes. -- nm - kelly Apr 24, 18:09
- oh yeah, it's official, I'm married to Phil Dunphy. - kelly Apr 24, 17:33 4
  - The most recent episode clarified that Kim is Phil and I'm Claire. - David Apr 24, 17:35 3
    - You can't be satisfied? :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 24, 18:13 1
      - This too. -- nm - David Apr 24, 18:25
    - I kept pointing to the area where that smoke detector is, letting him know that's where the chirping sound was coming from. - kelly Apr 24, 17:46
Anaheim > Nashville. Gary Bettman says fuck you Nashville. -- nm - NHL Apr 24, 17:03
Dear NHL officials: get a new prescription for your glasses. -- nm - David Apr 24, 17:03 2
- what? -- nm - NBA refs Apr 24, 17:04 1
  - There is no point in having instant replay if you're going to be so transparent like that. -- nm - David Apr 24, 17:08
TV PSA ... TAR running a few minutes behind ... -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 24, 16:59
Rodney Dangerfield owns Caddyshack/ -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 16:41 12
- That one where he went to college was great as well -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 16:43 11
  - yup (although I would recast his son in a minute) -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 16:55 1
    - For real. He used the same character portrayal for Christine. WTF? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 17:07
  - RDJ! -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 16:48 1
    - (hands off.) -- nm - amanda jones Apr 24, 17:08
  - spoiler - peglegpete Apr 24, 16:44 6
    - yeah! Sally Kellerman rules -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 16:47 5
      - Ned Beatty! -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 16:55 3
        
        he should have a best supporting Oscar. always a solid performer -- nm - peglegpete Apr 24, 17:12 2
        
        shore thing Mr. Loo-Thor! -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 17:24
        
        squeel! -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 17:14
      - spoiler - peglegpete Apr 24, 16:55
The restraints are off! - Stephen Apr 24, 16:36 1
- Great news. I'm so happy for you and him! -- nm - lileve Apr 24, 16:39
Braves/Gigantes spoiler - nubby Apr 24, 16:18 1
- Spoilers - David Apr 24, 16:34
Here we go Predators here we go *clap clap* -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 16:15 1
- Here we go Aliens here we go -- nm - ceregon Apr 24, 16:35
I saw my uncle yesterday. He was hooked up to machines, tensing his arms and in a coma. He had brain bleeding but that stopped... - lileve Apr 24, 16:06 13
- Sorry -- nm - amoxy Apr 24, 18:15 3
  - Did you have a really bad headache when you had your issue? -- nm - lileve Apr 24, 18:39 2
    - Yes. Massive headache that started to spread down my neck - amoxy Apr 24, 18:48 1
      - Thank you.... - lileve Apr 24, 18:59
- So sorry. - Stephen Apr 24, 16:39 1
  - I'm so glad your Dad is getting better. *hugs* -- nm - lileve Apr 24, 16:42
- That's horrible, sorry you have to go through something like that -- nm - ceregon Apr 24, 16:35
- So sorry...it's a hard thing to see :( -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 24, 16:33 2
  - I started crying and my sister said he looked ok but how can all that look "ok"? -- nm - lileve Apr 24, 16:34 1
    - It may be just her way of dealing with things, a defense mechanism. -- nm - Stephen Apr 24, 16:46
- ohh crap best hopes enrute -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 24, 16:26
- sorry to hear... sending positive thoughts from the ST Prayer Corner your way -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 24, 16:12
- bummer. best wishes! -- nm - marcel Apr 24, 16:12
Disappointing Easter so far. Aside from family no-shows on skype and in-person (one fam member might arrive at Kieran's bedtime. Yay?), all the ... - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 24, 15:59 4
- wild bunnies? or were they giving away bunnies for pets? - zeitgeist Apr 24, 16:07 1
  - There used to be a strong, infamous population of wild domesticated bunnies. It has been either culled or relocated. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 24, 16:42
- I'm sorry. Could be worse. -- nm - lileve Apr 24, 16:05 1
  - Yes, it could be way worse, and I'm thankful it isn't. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 24, 16:40
Playoff hockey is awesome. - bc/nc Apr 24, 15:21 1
- Word. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 24, 17:01
Just discovered we're having an indie film festival right down the street - this week! Piss-poor job of publicity. -- (link) - MojaveMeg Apr 24, 15:13 4
- "beautiful Garden Grove" - moles Apr 24, 15:15 3
  - And when were you ever in Garden Grove? -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 24, 15:18 1
    - i drove by once - moles Apr 24, 15:18
  - also, that's like the skimpiest slate of films i've ever seen in a festival -- nm - moles Apr 24, 15:17
Say Hey. -- nm - nubby Apr 24, 15:05 1
- Pure Joy Alert. -- nm - David Apr 24, 15:07
Beed gardening all day. Just missed beating the rain by about 20 minutes. -- nm - Dano Apr 24, 15:03 4
- Everything that's frost tolerant got planted today, which is tempting fate to some extent, but our growing season is short enough as it is. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 15:34
- I like beets. -- nm - Max Apr 24, 15:13 2
  - you would - moles Apr 24, 15:29 1
    - Fact: Bears eat beets. Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica. -- nm - Max Apr 24, 15:57
It appears the upcoming M:TG set New Phyrexia was completely spoiled/leaked via a PDF released on a French site. Worst leak in a decade. -- (link) - Qale Apr 24, 14:41 6
- people still plat that? -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 15:41
- we've been selling Zendikar packs like crazy this past week, I wonder if it's releated.... -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 14:59 4
  - Prolly looking for the dual lands before the set is gone. -- nm - Qale Apr 24, 15:21
  - I kinda wish I still played but the local scene died years ago with the last card/comic shop. -- nm - Tim on iPod Apr 24, 15:02 2
    - I restarted at M11 release, but got ushered right back out due to a return to Mirriden. I may draft a little M12 later in the summer. -- nm - Qale Apr 24, 15:19
    - (oh and that 75% of my collection that was worth anything didn't make it out of my last apartment didn't help.) -- nm - Tim on iPod Apr 24, 15:04
Lasers could replace spark plugs in car engines -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Apr 24, 14:28 2
- We are all okay until car engines are replaced by sharks -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 15:35 1
  - would make water skiing rather interesting as a spectator sport -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 16:09
Brandon Marshall's Miami teammate tweets about his stabbing: "And this is supposed to surprise me how?" -- (link) - moles Apr 24, 14:18 1
- (texts, not tweets) -- nm - moles Apr 24, 14:18
Mike Stanton wants to prove me wrong. -- nm - David Apr 24, 14:04
I like this Brandon Beachy kid. -- nm - nubby Apr 24, 14:03 4
- Drat. -- nm - nubby Apr 24, 14:11 1
  - Both those pitches were terrible. - David Apr 24, 14:12
- Did you know we drafted Brandon Belt? That was news to me. -- nm - David Apr 24, 14:04 1
  - I can see him going back down to the minors fairly soon - amoxy Apr 24, 14:48
That was the quickest bog thunderstorm I ever recall. Uber-rain for about 7 minutes, thunder and lightning for 10 minutes, windy for a minute or so, - Don Homer Apr 24, 13:57 2
- bog=big -- nm - Don Homer Apr 24, 13:57 1
  - I was concerned for a minute that it was hailing cranberries. -- nm - bc/nc Apr 24, 14:01
Rivera blows another save. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 24, 13:34 2
- Gelraldo sucks -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 15:36
- amateur -- nm - Dodger's Bullpen Apr 24, 13:40
62% drop for Scream 4. Tyler Perry makes back his budget opening weekend... - Beaker Apr 24, 13:32
so obviously they have very limited application, but for $26.50 shipped, these boots are *not* a mistake, correct? -- (link) - amanda jones Apr 24, 13:19 3
- limited application??? -- nm - the Spanish Inqusition Apr 24, 13:29
- Very 80s rocker - Epiphany Apr 24, 13:28
- They're missing spurs, Rango. -- nm - Qale Apr 24, 13:21
*eating a hard boiled egg but not the 'rock egg' which I feel came out better this year than any other year past* -- nm - bc/nc Apr 24, 12:58 12
- ok, google is not helping me. what is a rock egg? -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 13:05 11
  - eegs from a Rockingbird - Danedukenuuk Apr 24, 13:16
  - Ah, happy to explain. It is the one egg in the dozen that gets put in every color to produce an 'ugly' or rock-like look. This year we just - bc/nc Apr 24, 13:07 3
    - is this a family thing or do others do it? -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 13:08 2
      - Yes, but we never had a specific name for it -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 13:18
      - I suspect others do it but we do it every year. For me, my parents before me and my children after me it has been a social learning tool that - bc/nc Apr 24, 13:11
  - Wait! I know this. He dyed a brown egg. The colors + brown make it look like a rock -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 13:06 5
    - but it sounds like he does it on purpose? -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 13:07 4
      - Yup. -- nm - bc/nc Apr 24, 13:08 3
        
        for fun? -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 13:08 2
        
        I love the rock egg. It never comes out the same from year to year. -- nm - bc/nc Apr 24, 13:09 1
        
        gotcha. :) -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 13:10
Rain!! Not happy :( No associated weather front, just silly little pop-up clouds right over the neighborhood. -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 24, 12:40 1
- perfect in hollywood -- nm - moles Apr 24, 12:51
WANTED: Playoff goaltender. Money is no object. -- nm - Philadelphia Flyers Apr 24, 12:39 10
- Dammit. Still early. Not liking the idea of Buffalolifes advancing. -- nm - bc/nc Apr 24, 13:01 3
  - *sigh* What is softer than soft? That goal. - bc/nc Apr 24, 13:05 2
    - another year, another crappy Flyer goalie performance. They're like Ottawa that way -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 13:17 1
      - But... -- nm - bc/nc Apr 24, 13:29
- FREE TO GOOD HOME: Proven goaltender with some rough patches -- nm - Vancouver Canucks Apr 24, 12:46 5
  - can't wait for the anthem tonight in Chicago. *shivers* -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 13:18
  - i'm still surprised nobody has a Sumo-goalie. they'd block the entire net :) -- nm - peglegpete Apr 24, 12:47 3
    - I believe Sam Seaborn had the same idea once. -- nm - nubby Apr 24, 14:37 1
      - he is whom I got it from -- nm - peglegpete Apr 24, 14:40
    - Manu, Manu Manu -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 24, 12:54
STIS: two mice on one computer? - marcel Apr 24, 12:31 3
- I use a mouse and a graphic tablet which is of course another pointing device without issues - zeitgeist Apr 24, 13:36 1
  - a mouse and a mouse is not the problem. but i want one for left- and one for righthand config -- nm - marcel Apr 24, 13:54
- I think that would violate youtube's terms of content. Try submitting it to one of the porn sites. -- nm - Max Apr 24, 12:38
'/~when words keep you from feeling good, use them as firewood and let them burn.'/~-- nm - b! Apr 24, 12:24 3
- Nice to see you around :) - eag Apr 24, 12:32
- Time is the fire in which we burn. -- nm - Spawn Apr 24, 12:29 1
  - time isn't holding us, time isn't after us -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 13:38
fanks estah bunny! -- nm - moles Apr 24, 12:10 1
- bwak bwak ! -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 24, 15:49

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