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Go Rosie! -- nm - prayformojo May 7, 15:10
Tom Hammond (the old guy hosting the Derby coverage with Costas) has had so much plastic surgery he's scary looking. - Trish May 7, 15:01 2
- sounds like he'd fit right in in Kentucky then -- nm - lord tubbington May 7, 15:20 1
  - He's an LA import, you silly git. - Trish May 7, 15:25
Happy Teheran Day! -- nm - iNubby 4 May 7, 14:57
Dang, the one free comic book I wanted (Thor/Cap America) didn't make it to my comic shop. - Stephen May 7, 14:50 2
- I didn't get one of those so I can't send it. but maybe someone else can. -- nm - the liioulu with free comics (it's remlik's fault) May 7, 14:59 1
  - Oh it's cool, I called the store in the next town up and they have them. - Stephen May 7, 15:03
So we stopped and got some free comics, and now my oldest wants more of the Joe Hill comic. - JaxSean May 7, 14:39 4
- The first one is free, that's how it starts. -- nm - loosilu May 7, 15:03
- there are 3 current collection -- nm - Remlik May 7, 15:02
- there were more at the second store I stopped at. -- nm - the liioulu with free comics (it's remlik's fault) May 7, 14:47 1
  - They only let the girls pick 3 each. -- nm - JaxSean May 7, 15:00
Congrats to Mel and Diva! -- nm - the liioulu with free comics (it's remlik's fault) May 7, 14:28
Andrew had his first cotton candy today. He... - Don Homer May 7, 14:14 3
- How much ended up on him? -- nm - the liioulu with free comics (it's remlik's fault) May 7, 14:21 2
  - Not much on his clothes. Very sticky hands and face though. -- nm - Don Homer May 7, 14:22 1
    - Even as an adult I haven't managed to master not getting it there. -- nm - the liioulu with free comics (it's remlik's fault) May 7, 14:24
Archarcharch, Shackleford, and Dialed In. That's my trifecta. Where's hyde? -- nm - CQ May 7, 14:03 5
- Pants On Fire, Mucho Macho Man, Stay Thirsty (NM) -- nm - zunk xometimes May 7, 14:45
- Twice the Appeal, Santiva, Dialed In. -- nm - Don Homer May 7, 14:20
- Pants on Fire, Animal Kingdom, and Master of Hounds -- nm - Stephen May 7, 14:19 1
  - Scratch that, Twice the Appeal, Animal Kingdom, and Master of Hounds. - Stephen May 7, 14:30
- I'm going Pants on Fire, Nehro, Dialed In -- nm - prayformojo May 7, 14:15
Geez - Pacquiao got in a car accident in Vegas today (won't affect fight) -- (link) - prayformojo May 7, 13:56
I wonder if the wedding is over? -- nm - amoxy May 7, 13:52 8
- Nope, hasn't started yet. -- nm - kelly May 7, 14:00 6
  - wait Will and Kelly are there? Did Big Daddy Mel get the unlimited food option? -- nm - Remlik May 7, 14:18 3
    - Well, Will certainly tried for the unlimited food! Heh. -- nm - kelly May 7, 14:38 2
      - Is there lobster? -- nm - Roger More May 7, 14:51 1
        
        I dont think so. :) - kelly May 7, 14:52
  - aha! that was my guess, based on your FB photos. :) -- nm - loosilu May 7, 14:13
  - Give em both a wet sloppy kiss from me -- nm - amoxy May 7, 14:06
- I have a hunch it may be in the evening. -- nm - loosilu May 7, 13:55
My neighbors in the end unit finally stopped parking their pickup across the side gate...now they've set up a bouncy-house in - MojaveMeg May 7, 13:27 2
- You could call and ask the fire department. - the liioulu with free comics (it's remlik's fault) May 7, 14:13
- I think a bouncy-house would break more laws than just blocking fire access -- nm - Roger More May 7, 13:48
Sweet. Andrew Knowlton is going to pass on my Top Chef idea to Tom Collicchio - peglegpete May 7, 12:37 4
- A Quickfire using foods that begin with the letter Q? -- nm - prayformojo May 7, 13:11
- So you're hoping for new recipes for pastrami? :) -- nm - MojaveMeg May 7, 12:55 2
  - no, I have enough I have not gone thru yet, but this is kinda where the thought grew out of -- nm - peglegpete May 7, 13:00 1
    - A "quickfire" and "weeks to prepare" simply do not parse. -- nm - Trish May 7, 14:33
Tonight is a new SNL with Tina Fey and musical guest Ellie Goulding. Uh...who is Ellie Goulding? -- nm - JaxSean May 7, 11:48 13
- no idea, but the name is similar to Barbra Streisand's ex-husband's name -- nm - peglegpete May 7, 12:38
- They are trying to break her out in the US. She's doing the festival circuit too. Was at SXSW, will be at Lolla. -- nm - ty97 May 7, 12:00
- I guess she got the royal wedding bump, sang at the reception, has #1 album over there (googling that) so we'll see Tina as Kate? you betcha -- nm - zeitgeist May 7, 11:56 1
  - Royal wedding helped, but her entire US tour is sold out, and that was announced way pre-wedding - MDH May 7, 11:58
- Ellie Goulding is one of the biggest pop acts across the pond, JD and I have been talking about her for a while. -- nm - MDH May 7, 11:54 6
  - I just looked - downloaded her "lights" last july and "the end" earlier. hit/miss for me, but the great songs are, well, great. nm but: -- (link) - b! May 7, 12:24 [youtube]
  - Funny...I just was googling her, went to her youtube page, and realized I saved her new album in my wish list on Amazon. - JaxSean May 7, 11:58 3
    - ( I'll take the chance for $5.99. ) -- (link) - JaxSean May 7, 11:59 2
      - Definitely worth is. The bonus track "Human" is awesome. - MDH May 7, 12:00 1
        
        I'm sure. Oh, you mean the song. -- nm - JaxSean May 7, 12:10
  - She's actually talented, and also performed at the Royal Wedding, here's the first US single. I think oblique's kid dances to her stuff in class. - MDH May 7, 11:56 [youtube]
- I believe she used to be Elliot Gould. - howie May 7, 11:51
- Classic SNL set up. A great host and a musical guest we have never heard of. -- nm - Spawn May 7, 11:51
The NDP girl who won her seat after going to Vegas admits she has never set foot in her riding -- (link) - anniebecca May 7, 11:35 10
- Riding? Is that like a district? -- nm - amoxy May 7, 12:35 1
  - yup -- nm - Beaker May 7, 12:41
- IWHT -- nm - Spawn May 7, 12:15 2
  - Odd that she only has the one picture in existance, though. -- nm - Spawn May 7, 12:16 1
    - heh, I keep wondering about that too -- nm - Beaker May 7, 12:33
- watch her become our PM in 20 years. -- nm - Reagen May 7, 12:02 1
  - Better start asking for her longform birth certificate now. - Trish May 7, 14:50
- not expecting to win and now she earns 157k/year -- nm - J May 7, 11:58
- Yeah, I'm blaming the voters for this one. -- nm - Roger More May 7, 11:39 1
  - but she's cute -- nm - zeitgeist May 7, 11:44
Woman diagnosed with pica eats foam cushions. -- (link) - mara May 7, 11:24
Community fans might like this examination of the character Magnitude. -- (link) - mara May 7, 09:49 5
- Speaking of Community, I caught the paintball episode on Hulu last night, loved it! - Stephen May 7, 11:38 1
  - This week's episode was fantastic. -- nm - JaxSean May 7, 11:46
- "Woozle Wuzzle?" -- nm - David May 7, 10:00 2
  - "in the beginning, the character�s name was Poochie" -- nm - Reagen May 7, 10:04 1
    - "Those of us who are relatively older know that Poochie is that dog from �The Simpsons� that they created for �Ichy and Scratchy.� - Roger More May 7, 10:44
"One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that he had been changed into an adorable kitten." -- (link) - mara May 7, 09:40
LYC: ERC estimates "Thor" 65M, Something Borrowed 13.5M, Jumping the Broom 12M -- nm - MDH May 7, 09:18
How to torture a dog -- (link) - mara May 7, 08:48 [youtube] 2
- heh, this one is the best one so far....."Turf War" is second. -- nm - CrankYanker May 7, 08:58 1
  - I've been watching Jupiter (the white cat) ones now. -- nm - mara May 7, 10:19
Thor B+: Brush up on your Viking Mythology, and avoid the 3D version.... - OAE May 7, 08:47 3
- A-. Story was the weakest link. -- nm - Spawn May 7, 11:36
- Mythology?!?!? -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 7, 09:33 1
  - Yes, Odin, Loge, Thor -- all show up for the Vikings... - OAE May 7, 12:25
LYC. I always have a news site as my homepage (sorry ST) but ABCNews borders on tabloid and childish and NPR was kinda blah. So I think I found a - bc/nc May 7, 08:40 2
- Its been well over 10 years since I left san fran but I still read them as my main online paper -- nm - zeitgeist May 7, 09:59
- I like BBC news a lot. -- nm - loosilu May 7, 08:48
A world record party, I wouldn't want to be a part of. Circumcision day in the Philippines. -- (link) - Qale May 7, 08:31
My amusement of the day: Nude Nuns with Big Guns.....(link) - Walt_Disney May 7, 08:26 1
- There's "nunsploitation" now? -- nm - prayformojo May 7, 08:31
Posted? Two Muslims header to a conference about tolerance get kicked off a flight for (apparently) no good reason -- (link) - mara May 7, 08:24 3
- People suck. (And shame on the pilot.) -- nm - Don Homer May 7, 14:09
- as usual "don't read the comments" warning applies. -- nm - Reagen May 7, 08:27 1
  - *doesn't read Reagen's comments* -- nm - Qale May 7, 08:30
Watch this video from 2:30 to 3:20, and see how to hypnotize a shark (and what you can do with it when you do). -- (link) - mara May 7, 08:18 [youtube] 1
- "Ha, he thinks he's a dolphin." -- nm - Reagen May 7, 08:19
i feel the need to blame crash davis for something -- nm - Truman May 7, 08:16
My wife and our youngest (because she flies nearly free) get to go to Australia for 3 weeks in August. - Subversive May 7, 08:14 2
- Awesome! Where in Australia are they going? -- nm - Roger More May 7, 08:24 1
  - I'm not exactly clear, there will be some travelling around. - Subversive May 7, 08:33
Afghanistan's average life expectancy is about 20 years fewer than the world average: -- (link) - prayformojo May 7, 08:11
UK papers claim that 29.5% of the world's population watched the royal wedding. -- (link) - mara May 7, 08:08
LA may move to ban the sale of commercially raised animals in pet shops and encourage them to place shelter animals instead. -- (link) - MojaveMeg May 7, 08:01 2
- This is a good idea if they don't charge more than the shelter; otherwise you're reducing the shelter animals' chances of being adopted. -- nm - CrankYanker May 7, 08:48 1
  - Yep, they'd have to treat them strickly as adoption centers like the big chains do now. The profit would have to come from the supplies and - MojaveMeg May 7, 08:53
A great introduction to basic visual design. -- (link) - mara May 7, 07:43 2
- its amazing how much my promotional material looks like the before example, sigh, better hire a pro to do it right -- nm - zeitgeist May 7, 10:58
- Great link, thanks :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) May 7, 10:05
Hopefully it's phrased decently. Too early in the morning for me to be cheery :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) May 7, 07:36
It's Derby Day! - prayformojo May 7, 06:30 1
- Twice The Appeal -- nm - J May 7, 07:21
I am up way too early but at least my shoulder feels a bit better -- nm - eag May 7, 06:19 1
- I guess I spoke too soon about my shoulder - eag May 7, 06:31
So, we arrived at the airport as an "honor flight" was arriving from columbus. A plane full of WWII vets and their guests/caretakers. - kelly May 7, 06:17 8
- My grandfather was on one of those a while back, but his drove in motorcoaches instead of flying. - Ender May 7, 07:54
- That is amazing! -- nm - Epiphany May 7, 06:27
- wow, that's fantastic. -- nm - loosilu May 7, 06:26
- When Abby & I flew to Denver last year, the incoming plane we were going to get on was an honor flight - prayformojo May 7, 06:19
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  - I had never heard of them before. I asked ogre of the greeters what was going on. - kelly May 7, 06:23 2
    - there were ogres there? - prayformojo May 7, 06:30 1
      - Whoops! - kelly May 7, 06:37
Happy wedding day, Mel and deevs! My advice for a successful marriage: remember not to be all chain and no ball! -- nm - Roger More May 7, 05:30 25
- Congratulations! 1 awesome person + 1 awesome person = a force of nature. :) -- nm - Trish May 7, 15:21
- Best wishes to many happy years together!! -- nm - Don Homer May 7, 14:13
- :) -!!! -- nm - b! May 7, 12:25
- Congratulations! -- nm - MDH May 7, 12:01
- Awesome! So happy! -- nm - JaxSean May 7, 11:47
- May there be many years of Yankees/Red Sox games in their future. -- nm - David May 7, 10:01
- Congrats!!! -- nm - Walt_Disney May 7, 08:23
- Huzzah! Best wishes! -- nm - Subversive May 7, 08:12
- congrats!!!! -- nm - loosilu May 7, 06:16
- The -- nm - Epiphany May 7, 06:08 6
  - 1st day of the rest of your lid -- nm - Epiphany May 7, 06:10 5
    - Life together - Epiphany May 7, 06:11 3
      - never too early for scotch, Pippy -- nm - CQ May 7, 06:30
      - Sounds like you're already celebrating! :) -- nm - CovingtonCat May 7, 06:30
      - Its early - eag May 7, 06:16
    - keep the lid on! -- nm - prayformojo May 7, 06:11
- too bad we cannot get mel to crash the wedding and be all crazy nekkid mel there. maybe Bacon should do that... - Truman May 7, 06:04 3
  - Bacon is probably suffering from a massive hangover -- nm - eag May 7, 06:17 2
    - We were so close to big reveal! -- nm - Epiphany May 7, 06:26 1
      - Oh well - eag May 7, 06:29
- Best wishes for long-lasting connubial bliss! -- nm - CovingtonCat May 7, 05:59
- Don Homer! Happy life together!! -- nm - Beaker May 7, 05:48
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  - This! I didn't know it was so soon. Cool :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) May 7, 06:40 1
    - Can we get a header? - Epiphany May 7, 06:44
RIP Seve. -- nm - Beaker May 7, 04:34 2
- too young -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 7, 07:33 1
  - Indeed.. (NM) - Marlowe May 7, 09:51
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