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want to play tech support? I think we should. please see next board for details. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 26, 12:58
I think the last time I was at a wedding other than my own was 2004-ish? Last time I was in a wedding was something like 1982. -- nm - kelly Apr 26, 12:51 5
- Three last year including ours. Six this year, one of which, I'm standing up. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 26, 12:56 4
  - So, are you hot for the bride or just hate the groom? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 26, 12:56 3
    - Hmmmm. This reply makes me think I should have backboarded a bit. Did I miss something? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 26, 12:59 2
      - One of which I'm standing up .... "Does anyone see fit that these 2 not be married?" *stands up and protests* -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 26, 13:00 1
        
        Ah yes. Gotcha. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 26, 13:01
Hmm. Catharsis maybe not so beneficial, long-term. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin punches his cat Apr 26, 12:49
Following the end of Oprah's last season, our local station WSB is adding another hour of news. Do they really need 4-7pm for news? -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 12:48 6
- The goal is not for people to watch for three hours, but for whenever people get home, to turn it on. -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:57 2
  - Have people's lives changed so much to have the desire/expectation for news at 4? -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 13:00 1
    - Better odds of me watching that than Oprah. -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 13:02
- it's a national thing they are doing it here in Indy (Mike Ahern returns Indy people!) -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 12:52 2
  - Whoa. -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:57
  - Ellen's ratings are gonna skyrocket! -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 12:52
mara, thanks for the story on the used book on Amazon.com. -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Apr 26, 12:44 2
- it explains to me why a lot of out of print trades are going for crazy ass prices. -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 12:51
- I've always wondered about that kind of thing because of the prevalence of "drop-ship" merchants. Seems like with the right selection of product - oblique Apr 26, 12:47
According to new report, Gitmo doctors hid evidence of torture... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 26, 12:38 1
- This is news? -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:39
Mara!!!???? WTF?? -- nm - Amy Apr 26, 12:35 13
- Heh. I think I know how this happened. It's an old book. We had a unified card catalog. The first word of the title was the same as the subject - mara Apr 26, 12:39 8
  - FFS, it's just copy cataloging. I get not re-classifying, but this is more like fixing a typo. -- nm - Amy Apr 26, 12:45 1
    - It took her longer to type the email than it would have to edit the record. -- nm - mara Apr 26, 12:47
  - Baby, you know how to turn a patron on -- nm - con_carne Apr 26, 12:42
  - There's no double standard. There's one standard: make it right. -- nm - Max Apr 26, 12:41 3
    - (actually, the inaction of leaving it wrong is what creates the confusing double standard.) (dumbass)) -- nm - Max Apr 26, 12:52
    - Max Holmes? :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 12:43
    - I agree with maxcumber. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 26, 12:43
  - ah, the library sciences, ever the domain of logic and sense. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 12:41
- I quit! -- nm - maara Apr 26, 12:36 3
  - *can't tell the difference* -- nm - steve144 SI Apr 26, 12:44
  - It's OK for your resignation letter to lack a subject heading, because it's easily keyword searchable. - Beryllium Apr 26, 12:37
  - Now you're SIing like a man -- nm - con_carne Apr 26, 12:37
1Q11: AA lost $450 million, Delta lost $318 million, United Continental lost $136 million - ty97 Apr 26, 12:33 2
- From now on, all jetliners will run on wind power. -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Apr 26, 12:49
- Stupid alcoholics. -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:33
Bite! Alright, it's release day. Release day people. I'm competing against the author of The Princess Diaries today. Srsly? -- (link) - Qale Apr 26, 12:32 15
- Question for you. Are you planning on going the ebook route? - oblique Apr 26, 12:50 2
  - It's already an ebook in that I offer a PDF via lulu for 5 dollars that is DRM free and will work with any reader. - Qale Apr 26, 12:58 1
    - My original post with link sends you to the ebook version. Here's a link to my entire storefront. -- (link) - Qale Apr 26, 13:02
- can I send paypal $$ so you can sign it " To Pippy with Love"? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 26, 12:35 1
  - Yes. Send me an email with your address and when I get some in myself, I'll sign/send out, tell you how much. - Qale Apr 26, 12:37
- I love your cover art! And "Abandon" was not Meg's best. -- nm - Amy Apr 26, 12:33 7
  - "In Abandon, the protagonist has returned from the dead, but a dark angel follows her and won't let her go." I think I read that Greek Myth already. -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 12:34 6
    - Oh, it's open about being Persephone. But P.C. Cast did it better. -- nm - Amy Apr 26, 12:36 5
      - I don't think I mine any standard stories for "bite." It's got a little Gattica influence. -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 12:39
      - (nobody cares: persephone is my zeno's nickname. I have no idea why. alcohol was involved.) -- nm - amanda jones Apr 26, 12:38 3
        
        Like in the Matrix? -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:39 2
        
        i don't remember them drinking *that* much in The Matrix. -- nm - Andie Apr 26, 12:54 1
        
        I admit, the kiss scene was my first thought. -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:56
- Crossover fiction! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 26, 12:32 1
  - Well, this is my first genre novel. Giving up not so straight-up fiction this one time. It has more world building, mythos, violence, not as much sex. -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 12:36
SETI gives up, lack of funding -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 26, 12:32 2
- Mop? -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:32 1
  - it takes awhile for the news signal to get transmitted to z's galaxy. -- nm - loosilu Apr 26, 12:39 1
*opens his soy sauce packet very carefully* -- nm - con_carne Apr 26, 12:26
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Did trish get hacked yesterday? -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:26 2
- Did hash get trickled yesterday? -- nm - spoonerized nubby Apr 26, 12:33
- Apparently so. -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 26, 12:31
For Laughs: Interview with the 5-year-old screenwriter behind Fast Five -- (link) - MDH Apr 26, 12:25 1
- *love* -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Apr 26, 12:48
I'm glad my team doesn't pick at the top of the draft, because Julio Jones is the only player in the upper echelon I'd feel good about getting. - David Apr 26, 12:24 23
- If Dalton goes to Miami, I am gonna be pretty torn. -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:38
- And I'm ready to torch Redskins Park for wasting a pick on a WR - Will Hunting Apr 26, 12:28 2
  - Jake Locker, come on down!!! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 26, 12:29 1
    - If it's not a fat guy who likes to bump into people every play, it's a bad pick. - Will Hunting Apr 26, 12:30
- LOTS of talk about Jones her in St. Louis. -- nm - Jim Apr 26, 12:27 5
  - Jones is a damn near perfect WR prospect. He blocks like a lineman. Not a TE, a lineman. -- nm - David Apr 26, 12:34 3
    - Yep. Everyone around here is praying that Cinci skips over AJ Green and takes a QB or something. To give us a better shot at Jones at #14. -- nm - Jim Apr 26, 12:36 2
      - Picking Jones at #14 is an unbelievable steal. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 26, 12:39
      - Bradford to Jones would be the next Manning to Wayne. -- nm - David Apr 26, 12:37
  - here -- nm - Jim Apr 26, 12:27
- I've seen some experts saying that Dareus will be better than Suh. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 26, 12:25 8
  - They're wrong. -- nm - David Apr 26, 12:27 6
    - I also heard that AJ Green is the best WR prospect since Calvin Johnson. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 26, 12:27 5
      - Write down the name of the person who said that and never trust them again about anything. -- nm - David Apr 26, 12:31 2
        
        NationalFootballPost.com :) -- nm - Jim Apr 26, 12:34 1
        
        They're usually good, but this time they're nuts. -- nm - David Apr 26, 12:36
      - 3 years ago? - Will Hunting Apr 26, 12:29
      - He's not even the best WR prospect in this draft. -- nm - Jim Apr 26, 12:28
  - Wow..I hope so...but that might be a bit much. -- nm - Jim Apr 26, 12:26
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  - I strongly doubt he gets past the Titans at #8 since they just hired Tracy Rocker, but the NFL Draft is always an exercise in chaos. -- nm - David Apr 26, 12:26 2
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      - With their owner involved, nothing involving a college QB from Texas would shock me. -- nm - David Apr 26, 12:32
two hours fifteen minutes to pretzel time!!! -- nm - amanda jones Apr 26, 12:16 8
- These pretzels are making me thirsty! -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 12:45
- you getting a nice fat soft pretzel? or some boring, but still satisfying snack food pretzels? -- nm - Jim Apr 26, 12:19 4
  - soft. mmmmm. maybe with cinnamon sugar and cinnamon dipping sauce. mmmmm. *best walk home ever.* (my walks this week have *ruled.* - amanda jones Apr 26, 12:29
  - there are three exclamation points, I have to guess that kind of excitement is reserved for hot sort pretzels -- nm - dogbert Apr 26, 12:22 2
    - I'm finding it hard not to clap like a seal at my desk. hooray pretzels! -- nm - amanda jones Apr 26, 12:29
    - sort = soft -- nm - dogbert Apr 26, 12:22
- hmmm, I wonder where I would get a pretzel around here. I think I want a pretzel on Sunday. - loosilu Apr 26, 12:17
- What number of 11,000 is that? -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:17
What else do I need from the store this afternoon? - Dr.Vermin Apr 26, 12:13 25
- you wear pants when working around the house? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 26, 12:29
- Good work, everyone! Thank you. - Dr.Vermin Apr 26, 12:27 1
  - Oh... and sunscreen. -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:28
- One of those porno magazines, large box of condoms, a bottle of Old Harper, a couple of those panty shields, andsomeillegalfireworks, and one of those - Don Homer Apr 26, 12:21 2
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    - Girls, Lisa! Boys kiss girls! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 26, 12:24
- ammo? -- nm - Jim Apr 26, 12:21
- pasta sauce, salad dressing, capers -- nm - con_carne Apr 26, 12:19
- oh, and PRETZELS! (*fires self for forgetting this*) -- nm - ty97 Apr 26, 12:17
- Deodorant (not that you smell, but it's on my list and I keep forgetting it) -- nm - ty97 Apr 26, 12:17
- yogurt. lemonade, because it's going to get warm eventually. toilet paper. paper towels. -- nm - Andie Apr 26, 12:16
- Duck tape, tarp, rope. -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:15 3
  - I think he mainly uses sulfuric acid to get rid of the dead bodies now -- nm - prayformojo Apr 26, 12:17 1
    - that burns through the plastic sheeting though. - loosilu Apr 26, 12:18
  - what the hell has a duck ever done to you? -- nm - CQ Apr 26, 12:16
- Salt, apple cider vinegar, mouthwash, white wine. - loosilu Apr 26, 12:15 3
  - Mmm. Yeah, a new vinegar would be good. - Dr.Vermin Apr 26, 12:23
  - Chicken breasts, raisins, chocolate chips, Pledge. - MojaveMeg Apr 26, 12:18 1
    - there are going to be the worst cookies EVER. -- nm - loosilu Apr 26, 12:18
- italian ices -- nm - CQ Apr 26, 12:15
- Beer, paper towels, apples. -- nm - mara Apr 26, 12:14
- condoms, duct tape, People Magazine, Cheesies -- nm - Beaker Apr 26, 12:14
- Gorilla Glue. You never have enough Gorilla Glue. -- nm - David Apr 26, 12:14 1
  - The is the rightest you've been all week. -- nm - loosilu Apr 26, 12:15
- beef jerky -- nm - TFox Apr 26, 12:14
Yukoner tackles the strange tail of Whitehorse's ties to 9/11 and Korean flights "hijacking" that day -- (link) - Beaker Apr 26, 12:12
everyday things that are weird when you think about it: i am sitting at my desk in Toronto playing a game, one on one, on my phone - Andie Apr 26, 12:11 7
- Thank you Beryllium -- nm - con_carne Apr 26, 12:16
- HEY! I'm Canadian. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 12:16 1
  - heh. well, you're far away, same difference. -- nm - Andie Apr 26, 12:16
- Other things that are weird...you're playing "one on one" with 4 people. huh? nm - Jim Apr 26, 12:13 2
  - i knew that sounded wrong. - Andie Apr 26, 12:14 1
    - Yeah...I was thinking, "Wow...I didn't think Andie was that easy!" :) -- nm - Jim Apr 26, 12:15
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For those who do start playing HSX again, note that openers no longer halt on Friday. - ty97 Apr 26, 12:11 17
- when did that change? that's ridic, as my friend jenny would say. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 26, 12:15 4
  - Pitch Black fan? -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:16 2
    - the chronicles of ridic. heh. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 12:24 1
      - (this is funny.) -- nm - amanda jones Apr 26, 12:43
  - Few months ago iirc. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 26, 12:16
- even though i don't play, i think that takes all the 'game' out of it. -- nm - Andie Apr 26, 12:12 9
  - BUY AUSTIN POWERS 2!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 26, 12:14
  - Yeah, that was the complaint...but apparently, they didn't care becuase of the all-important weekend hits. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 26, 12:13 3
    - yep, it was all about getting people to play on weekends -- nm - CQ Apr 26, 12:17 2
      - if that was what they were after it makes no sense that they took away Comm-Free. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 26, 12:27 1
        
        They couldn't figure out a way to keep their system secure so they got rid of comm-free. - Will Hunting Apr 26, 12:31
  - Of all the changes, that's one that really killed a lot of the fun for me. -- nm - ty97 Apr 26, 12:13 3
    - it doesn't even look like the same game we use to play - Epiphany Apr 26, 12:33 2
      - I haven't logged in since they instituted the monthly penalty for not logging in. Funny how that works. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 12:35 1
        
        what? monthly penalty? is that for real? i had no idea. i'm probably broke. goodbye 1.8 billion! -- nm - Andie Apr 26, 12:52
- That's utterly silly. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 26, 12:11 1
  - yup. -- nm - Beaker Apr 26, 12:13
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The question is, does the analyst actually buy the data from HSX, or does he just have his associate log on and play there all day... -- nm - znufrii Apr 26, 12:10 3
- Derived from their data? So basically, HSX gives a number based off their idiotic trading algorithms - Will Hunting Apr 26, 12:12
- moviestock prices != the data HSX sells -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 12:10 1
  - (I think the prices are "adjusted" slightly to make the game more fun ... there's little incentive to be accurate on the face of things) - Beryllium Apr 26, 12:13
Go Habs Go!!! -- nm - Beaker Apr 26, 12:09 1
- Go Bruins! -- nm - CQ Apr 26, 12:14

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