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Brand New Heavies -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 20, 09:47
Brand Gnus. -- nm - Mop Oct 20, 09:46
Brand new pair of rollerskates -- nm - Amy Oct 20, 09:45
mmm, seafood birthday dinner -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:41 7
- tasty :) -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 20, 09:47
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Krusty Oct 20, 09:42 5
  - Don't pay attention to him, he's just *fishing* for birthday wishes - con_carne Oct 20, 09:43 1
    - he gets crabby if he doesn't get them. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:44
  - thanks :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:43 2
    - Oh, since you're Canadian ... Bonne fete! -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:43 1
      - merci :) My french is terrible, though :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:44
It's Been Brand Knowing You! -- nm - znufrii Oct 20, 09:41 1
- (+50 Z-pts to anyone besides Diva who gets the reference) -- nm - znufrii Oct 20, 09:45
Sandcastles in the Brand -- nm - Mr. Havens Oct 20, 09:40
Talk to the Brand -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 20, 09:39 1
- ... cuz the Image ain't listening -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:40
/sigh/ - truman Oct 20, 09:37 6
- eag may need a boarder. You two need to team up. Here's something... - Mop Oct 20, 09:45 1
  - oh I know. lots of people are happy. I am more tired - truman Oct 20, 09:48
- I get worried everytime you post that, so please hold it back for bad stuff. -- nm - crash davis Oct 20, 09:41 3
  - oh, ok. I need to find another phrase to express my total - truman Oct 20, 09:44 2
    - *blehhhhh* perhaps? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 20, 09:45
    - how about "I have no desire to work today"? -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:45
Nice, unemployment claim office says I need to call to file an extension, but due to high call volume they are not answering the phones and hangs up. -- nm - Stacy Oct 20, 09:36 8
- go in and line up. -- nm - Andie Oct 20, 09:39 5
  - they don't give that as an option and their main office is in Fresno/Sac area. -- nm - Stacy Oct 20, 09:42 2
    - Is California weird or something? Here, every small town has a branch office that can do everything the main office can do. - Trish Oct 20, 09:48 1
      - Same here. -- nm - Krusty Oct 20, 09:58
  - Or queue up if you're in -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 20, 09:41 1
    - ... England -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 20, 09:41
- can't do it online? -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:37 1
  - I tried that as they suggested, but somehow the answers I gave to questions suggested I call them, and it wouldn't let me printout the form to file. -- nm - Stacy Oct 20, 09:40
from the MIT Open Course Ware classes - CMS.600 / CMS.998 Videogame Theory and Analysis - crash davis Oct 20, 09:32 5
- I would so take that class. It would give me an excuse to play Portal and Braid and Echochrome. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:35 4
  - "Why do you need to buy a PS3?" ... "Oh ... uh ... for studying. And homework." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:35 3
    - 70 hours minimum required playtime! -- nm - crash davis Oct 20, 09:39 2
      - bah, could do that in a week, easy. -- nm - truman Oct 20, 09:44 1
        
        various comments in the syllabus make me think that this is one of the "cool" professors - crash davis Oct 20, 09:46
Rumours grow about North Korean leader -- (link) - Beaker Oct 20, 09:31 2
- so does he have a son? -- nm - Remlik Oct 20, 09:36 1
  - at least two, but not much is known about them. one is apparently obsessed with Eric Clapton, and another was arrested a while back for trying to... - Roger More Oct 20, 09:39
from the "should have used superpoke" files -- (link) - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 20, 09:28
News to me: Eighteen video games, including the extremely popular Guitar Hero and Madden 09, will feature in-game ads from the Obama campaign. -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 20, 09:28 4
- I think it was EAG who said that he's seen them on Burnout Paradise. -- nm - Remlik Oct 20, 09:36
- I think that is pretty slick, especially if he pushes a "don't blow off election day" message -- nm - crash davis Oct 20, 09:30 2
  - Actually, I think those ads are pushing early voting. -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 20, 09:32 1
    - that works too -- nm - crash davis Oct 20, 09:33
Veronica Belmont admitted in last week's Tekzilla that she's not an adventurous eater and doesn't eat seafood. - Mop Oct 20, 09:26 27
- "doesn't eat seafood" is an instant DQ for me. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:27 26
  - Same here--I'd rather eat salmon, halibut, snrimp, dungeness crab, lobster, langostinos, clams, mussels, oysters, - Trish Oct 20, 09:35 5
    - thanks ... and I think you meant pork, not port. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:36 3
      - You're right I did. - Trish Oct 20, 09:40 2
        
        Whoa, get well soon -- nm - con_carne Oct 20, 09:43
        
        yikes! I guess that also explains the snrimp. Hope you feel better soon. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:42
    - my parents managed to stay married. Mom only eats seafood at restaurants. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:36
  - I'm sensitive to it. - Amy Oct 20, 09:32
  - Just don't like the texture of the meat. Wish it were otherwise, as I believe that lobster is a fun meal to eat. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 20, 09:29 17
    - Lobster is pretty good, I guess, but I prefer a heaping plate of dungeness crab. :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:30 16
      - How about a big steaming bowl of mussels cooked in a garlic/wine/butter reduction. - Trish Oct 20, 09:39 4
        
        Yumm. :) Or ... clams dipped in garlic butter ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:40
        
        *whimper* - znufrii Oct 20, 09:39 2
        
        *move* - Trish Oct 20, 09:43 1
        
        heh. - znufrii Oct 20, 09:44
      - I love almost any fish or crustacean. not a fan of cephalopods. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:31 10
        
        octopus is edible, but I prefer the crab. And the salmon. And the trout. In fact, I'm having a seafood birthday dinner. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:32 9
        
        Weirdly enough, I don't like octopus at all. I also can't stand calamari. - Trish Oct 20, 09:46 6
        
        heh, my GF likes calamari, but she can't eat the ones that look like teeny octopii. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:48 1
        
        OMG!!!! OCTOPODS! - loosilu Oct 20, 09:48
        
        worst of all... calamari sushi. all those suckers, ugh. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:46 2
        
        squid is white rectangles of rubber, octopus has the suckers left on and taste like gristle -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 20, 10:12
        
        mmmm.... -- nm - znufrii Oct 20, 09:47
        
        a woman of infinte and impeccable taste. - znufrii Oct 20, 09:46
        
        mmm...octopus... -- nm - znufrii Oct 20, 09:33 1
        
        the beach in Guam had a sign prohibiting the taking of octopus. - loosilu Oct 20, 09:34
  - half of my family cannot stand any kind of seafood. I think it must be genetic. I was born loving it. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:27
TV PSA: Prison Break, Chuck, Heroes, HIMYM -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 09:26 2
- Big Bang Theory? -- nm - Mop Oct 20, 09:47 1
  - BTW, I think it's sad that geek culture has reached the critical mass level required to sustain a sitcom. - Mop Oct 20, 09:48
sitwap: Fashion critic Mr Blackwell dead at 86 -- (link) - Beaker Oct 20, 09:25
oh, there is a line for early voting -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 09:23 15
- My voting took 10 minutes, and 9 of that was because my fiancee had to reregister. -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 09:42
- The Georgia early voting picture: - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 20, 09:37
- I voted on Saturday and it was crowded, but I pretty much got to vote right away. -- nm - Callisto Oct 20, 09:31 4
  - er, Friday. - Callisto Oct 20, 09:31 3
    - so you voted twice? -- nm - Remlik Oct 20, 09:37 2
      - maybe she crossed the date line. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:38 1
        
        or she has a Delorean. -- nm - Remlik Oct 20, 09:40
- show thin out by mid-week, I expected a lot of people wanting to vote for Obama on the first day of voting -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Oct 20, 09:31
- Early voting has been going on for like 2 weeks here already. I considered it but that's like opening Christmas presents early. - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 20, 09:25 4
  - If the line is long for early voting, imagine how long it will be on election day - The Calico Cat Coalition Oct 20, 09:30 3
    - It adds to the excitement. -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 20, 09:36
    - I vote on my way to work. Never had a problem with a line before 7am -- nm - kilboooo Oct 20, 09:31 1
      - One perk of living where voters are apathetic -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Oct 20, 09:33
- Ooh, florida early voting started today. Forgot about that. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 20, 09:24
- foiled again. -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 09:24
poll: what do you have pinned up in your workspace? I have a phone list, military abbreviations, my artwork, pics of nephews, and Moscow Rules. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:23 23
- large format painted renditions of my photographic portraits, some pixel paintings, some analog renditions -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 20, 09:58
- corgi calendar, map of new zealand, jai alai poster -- nm - ceregon Oct 20, 09:47
- Photos of David Hasselhoff, sans shirt -- nm - Mr. Havens Oct 20, 09:39 1
  - Knight Rider era, Baywatch era, or Cheeseburger on the Bathroom Floor era? -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 20, 09:40
- phone lists, a few comics and entertaining pictures, pic of the gf -- nm - the colin Oct 20, 09:34
- photos of pets, kid & SM, album covers from CDs, HSX signature card from Vegas - Epiphany Oct 20, 09:34
- nothing -- nm - truman Oct 20, 09:33
- Cat calendar, pictures of my dog, Cardinals ticket, Super Size Me postcard, Serenity postcard - Callisto Oct 20, 09:30 1
  - What is David doing in that picture? -- nm - kilboooo Oct 20, 09:31
- tons of crap. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 20, 09:27
- A photo of Sir Alec Guiness as Obi-Wan Kenobi, a photo of my little brother posing in full mariachi regalia with the President of Mexico - con_carne Oct 20, 09:27
- The first rule of Moscow: You don't talk about Moscow! -- nm - Mop Oct 20, 09:27
- I have a Big Wall of Crazy made up of pictures of my kids. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 20, 09:25 4
  - *peeks over the edge* - Mel Profit Oct 20, 09:27 3
    - *Jaws music* nm - ralph wiggum Oct 20, 09:30 2
      - he does have a shark, you know. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:32 1
        
        Tubshark! -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 20, 09:34
- Demotivator calendar. October is "Possiblilities" and show a pic of a baseball palyer hitting a homerun and reads: - Cuzzin Todd Oct 20, 09:25
- reference list of industry coverage sectors, phone list, walt whitman poem. bookmark that one of my bosses brought back from barcelona - znufrii Oct 20, 09:25
- Nothing, so far. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:25
- Phone list. I also have frame pictures of kids and some of my favorite photos I've taken in the office -- nm - kilboooo Oct 20, 09:24
- I have a Far Side cartoon about an Accountant street gang shakin' a guy down for pencils. -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 09:23 1
  - and 3 Dilberts -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 09:24
Brand Funk Railroad. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 20, 09:21 9
- Brand Spankin' -- nm - LMS Oct 20, 09:27
- nice! (we also like born to brand jive) -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 20, 09:26 2
  - I think that one is the best. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 20, 09:29
  - love that one. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:27
- BRANDgelina? Purple Monkey Brandwasher? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:24 3
  - I like brandgelina but my team is ... full of MBAs. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 20, 09:31 2
    - Obviously you need an MBA acronym. Major Brand Aholics? -- nm - kilboooo Oct 20, 09:32 1
      - Brand Theft Auto. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 20, 09:35
- Not Hot Branded or I've Been Waiting for a Brand Like You? -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 20, 09:22
LIR: eag: Best of luck. -- nm - TaurusII Oct 20, 09:20 7
- Ditto - Good Luck eag. -- nm - Diva Oct 20, 09:22
- yep, good luck. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 20, 09:22
- ditto. any idea of the success rate? -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:21 3
  - Have no idea but like I said - eag Oct 20, 09:29 1
    - oh, that's not good. best of luck. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:34
  - ps I won my appeal in NY state a few years ago, so it can be done. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:21
- indeed. -- nm - Remlik Oct 20, 09:20
LIR: Tack board, Just thought "Moron, you're a graphic designer. Make your own art silly!" -- nm - lileve Oct 20, 09:19
Brand of Horses -- nm - Mr. Havens Oct 20, 09:19
happy birthday, Trish! - mafic Oct 20, 09:18 13
- congrats and many happy returns! -- nm - peglegpete Oct 20, 09:41
- so she's a day older than she should be? AWESOME! -- nm - Remlik Oct 20, 09:39
- *giggle* you're one smart cookie. - Trish Oct 20, 09:26
- international dateline - tricksy (and happy birthday Bery!) -- nm - crash davis Oct 20, 09:23 9
  - one of the women I worked with in Guam had her 40th birthday twice, due to crossing the date line. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:24 8
    - I skipped new year's one year. left on december 31st in the evening, arrived january 2nd in the morning. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 09:28 1
      - my travel agent was really confused when I had two hotel stays booked for Sept 19. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:29
    - I bet she was *thrilled*. :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:25 5
      - she was ok with it, actually. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:26 4
        
        ah, good then :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 09:26 3
        
        a secret admirer gave her two gifts ... it was really sweet. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:26 2
        
        I was about to ask if she got two presents :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 20, 09:27 1
        
        this reminds me I forgot to ask if she found out who it was. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 09:30
once more -- nm - kilboooo Oct 20, 09:18

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