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Video at text review. Cnet loves the Turtle Beach Ear Force PX5 7.1 wireless headset. -- (link) - Mop (209 lbs) May 13, 15:26 1
- Video *and* text review -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) May 13, 15:28
1st World Problem: Lately my iPhone has been saying "No Sim Card Installed" a lot and I have to restart it. -- nm - Dano May 13, 15:23 4
- 1st world problem: I have to leave work 15 minutes early in order to catch the bus home to start Kieran's bedtime routine. -- nm - Beryllium May 13, 15:37 1
  - awww ... how's the lil guy doin? -- nm - JenBro May 13, 15:38
- on every recent flight, my priority-tagged bags have been lost or last off the plane. -- nm - mafic May 13, 15:33
- clearly you'r sim card is problematic - Danedukenuuk May 13, 15:26
NJ high-school student calls out Michelle Bachmann for a constitutional challenge -- (link) - lord tubbington May 13, 15:19 2
- Sort of parallel to the O'Reilly/Stewart appearance below... Michelle, there's no way to 'win' this. -- nm - Dr.Vermin offers JOSHUA's advice May 13, 15:34
- loves it -- nm - Jovian May 13, 15:30
Wow. Rachel speels out all the lurid details from the Ensign scandal. A made-for-tv movie can't be too far behind. -- (link) - not2fast May 13, 15:17 2
- There was this time when his friend, a bouncer at a night club, let him into the VIP section... -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) May 13, 15:23
- I did NOT vote for him -- nm - peglegpete May 13, 15:22
is it beer o'clock yet? -- nm - Beaker May 13, 15:08 3
- always -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 13, 15:29
- Yes please!! All I have is this cheap wine, and I'm done with my column and ready to party!! :) -- nm - MojaveMeg May 13, 15:16
- mmmmm golden margaritas o'clock here -- nm - JenBro May 13, 15:10
LIR: Meg - This document seems to refer to that time as an 'interaction sphere'. Is that what you meant? -- (link) - not2fast May 13, 14:57 2
- Hee, that's what I finally used. I love that you guys keep linking me to our own journal - guess I should actually read it ;) -- nm - MojaveMeg May 13, 15:11 1
  - Wouldn't hurt. :-) -- nm - not2fast May 13, 15:12
Top Chef's Spike Mendelsohn pissed off DC bloggers stating "It is nice to be in a second-tier city where you can be a big fish in a small pond" -- (link) - MDH May 13, 14:49 9
- fwiw, I don't think it's that bad. - b. May 13, 15:19 3
  - oh see - I thought the real violation was being critical of NY -- nm - JenBro May 13, 15:22 2
    - Maybe, if we can find a NYer who give a eff what Spike Mendelsohn thinks about their town -- nm - con_carne May 13, 15:31 1
      - good point -- nm - JenBro May 13, 15:38
- And then, when the world is ready for your concept, you'll take it to the top cities, and leave little second-tier DC behind, right? - con_carne May 13, 15:18
- he'll say he regrets those statements - JenBro May 13, 15:15
- ooof, what an idiot -- nm - ty97 May 13, 14:56
- he's douchetastic -- nm - prayformojo May 13, 14:54
- yeah, and you're on a basic cable reality show -- nm - lord tubbington May 13, 14:51
here is a tumblr site that might explain some difficulties pixie has - Writers And Kitties -- (link) - crash davis May 13, 14:47 28
- Western Civilization can officially cross "build websites about cats" off its to do list -- nm - con_carne May 13, 15:23 3
  - sure, let's quit while we're peaking - Reagen May 13, 15:25 1
    - "Where's my flying car? I'm still waiting!" -- nm - con_carne May 13, 15:29
  - I think that was crossed off before the internet had its first anniversary -- nm - crash davis May 13, 15:24
- I'm so happy about the high percentage of Siamese Cats - Jim would be too! Siamese kick ass! -- nm - JenBro May 13, 15:21 9
  - i hope i'm not being a breed-ist when i say that siamese cats' eyes are extra shifty looking, even for a cat -- nm - lord tubbington May 13, 15:23 8
    - are not -- nm - JenBro May 13, 15:24 7
      - has there ever been a disney movie where the siamese cat wasn't some kind of conniving no-goodnik? -- nm - lord tubbington May 13, 15:27 6
        
        if they weren't being racist... -- nm - b. May 13, 15:34
        
        you cannot use Disney for evidence support - that's ridunkulous -- nm - JenBro May 13, 15:28 4
        
        sure i can, cause dogs are always the awesome good guys in them -- nm - lord tubbington May 13, 15:32 3
        
        pete vs. mickey and the dobermans in oliver & co.? -- nm - b. May 13, 15:36 1
        
        ignore that first one, apparently his identification was more than one way. -- nm - b. May 13, 15:38
        
        Since when is Disney the bearer of truth? -- nm - JenBro May 13, 15:35
- I think it's only fair that you complete my afternoon work projects whilst I keep looking there. - b. May 13, 15:01 9
  - "Stare, if you must, for this superficial longing for beauty is all that we have in this world." -- nm - Reagen May 13, 15:07
  - I should have put a warning label on this, eh? -- nm - crash davis May 13, 15:03 7
    - I'm done. it only goes back to march 26. (no reading the notes, b.!) -- nm - b. May 13, 15:07
    - yes - lord tubbington May 13, 15:04 5
      - Georges Perec's cat looks a lot like Samwise -- (link) - crash davis May 13, 15:07 4
        
        Mine look like Stephen King's. -- nm - Reagen May 13, 15:08 3
        
        "sometimes, dead is bettah!" -- nm - lord tubbington May 13, 15:09 2
        
        King's cat is cool. If you want the heebie-jeebies, H P Lovecraft and his cat -- (link) - crash davis May 13, 15:18 1
        
        if i want the heebie-jeebies, i'll just look at ANY cat -- nm - lord tubbington May 13, 15:21
- mostly what i see is a lot of cats keeping a lot of writers from actually writing - lord tubbington May 13, 14:50 3
  - see, I don't think you're soulless - I think your soul is starving. Get a kitty -- nm - crash davis May 13, 14:56 2
    - obi wan once thought as you did -- nm - lord tubbington May 13, 14:57 1
      - uh-oh -- nm - crash davis May 13, 14:59
What I like about this picture of Bono celebrating his (51st!) birthday is that he seems to have brought his hair back to its 80s stype. -- (link) - Mop (209 lbs) May 13, 14:44 1
- *style* -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) May 13, 15:11
"No swearing in this office!" "Since fucking when?" -- nm - Office Transcripts May 13, 14:31 1
- since they installed the quarter jar -- nm - JenBro May 13, 15:23
Ghaddafi to NATO : Neener, neener, neener -- (link) - crash davis May 13, 14:30 4
- Saddam... Osama... Don't think you're not on that list, asshole. *points decisively* -- nm - Uncle Sam May 13, 14:50
- I believe "missed me/kiss me" rules are still in effect. -- nm - Reagen May 13, 14:32 2
  - Obama and Sarkozy tell Cameron its his turn -- nm - crash davis May 13, 14:35 1
    - *lets Kadaffi off the hook on the grounds he claims he's on death's door* -- nm - The British May 13, 14:54
24% on NYC residents looking to leave the state within the next 5 years. -- (link) - znufrii May 13, 14:25 2
- Sad part is I can't afford to leave and I can't afford to stay either. - Krusty May 13, 14:29
- If only they had the means... -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) May 13, 14:26
WTF, Grandpa?! -- (link) - con_carne May 13, 14:22 2
- The best part is that none of the other kids are laughing. They seem somewhere between surprised and horrified. - pmb May 13, 14:35
- "The problem with this is he's passing the 2 minute mark and she's long since quit struggling." -- nm - Reagen May 13, 14:26
Osama's Bin Laid in... -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) May 13, 14:21
The Tumblr world just bombed the hell out of a Fox News poll re: Gay Marriage. An hour ago it was 79% "No." -- (link) - MDH May 13, 14:19 12
- They will just misreport it. -- nm - David May 13, 14:23 1
  - "Dastardly homosexuals sabotage impartial polling" -- nm - Roger More May 13, 14:25
- what is Tumblr exactly? seen the name a few times -- nm - Gwaahjo May 13, 14:21 1
  - As dbag as it sounds, people with tumblrs usually don't advertise them, they try to keep the site low-ish profile. -- nm - MDH May 13, 14:24
- I need to be educated on Tumblr. This is not just another WordPress type blog site? More interactive somehow? -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 13, 14:20 7
  - So... they're just like us! -- nm - con_carne May 13, 14:54
  - it's sort of in-between twitter and a full-on blog. - b. May 13, 14:25
  - Yup. Tumblr people can post an article etc. and write a comment... - MDH May 13, 14:23 4
    - made me look! the people I follow there are more varied than that, and that's what quantcast shows. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 13, 14:39 2
      - this is quantcast's page directly. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 13, 14:42 1
        
        B, I do declare you are a chart geek! ;) -- nm - con_carne May 13, 15:05
    - Huh. Interesting. Thanks! -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 13, 14:24
CBS has picked up "Two Broke Girls", starring Kat Dennings and co-created by Whitney Cummings, which I guess is different from the show picked up starring Cummings? -- nm - Ender May 13, 14:19 3
- I'm surprised Dennings is doing tv right now. -- nm - David May 13, 14:22
- CBS also picked up JJ Abrams "Person of Interest" -- nm - MDH May 13, 14:21
- Yep. She had 2 pilots with her name attached this year. She's killing Hollywood at the moment. -- nm - MDH May 13, 14:20
the Happy Endings pickup for season 2 is very sweet. -- nm - Jovian May 13, 14:15
Mike Rowe testified before a Senate committee about the "skills gap". Transcript is worth reading -- (link) - TWuG May 13, 14:15 7
- There's nothing wrong with skilled labor. But there's simply more jobs and more specialized tasks out there now. - Mop (209 lbs) May 13, 14:36 6
  - Rowe's point is that the number of people who *can* fix a toilet is decreasing, yet toilets still need fixing. - TWuG May 13, 14:51 5
    - thus the price will rise. and old people will bitch about it. - Beryllium May 13, 14:55 4
      - We replaced our kitchen sink a few weeks back. Wife looked up some online videos, and got to work. -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) May 13, 15:00 1
        
        Mrs. Vermin and I fantasize about quitting our office jobs and restoring/flipping houses. - Dr.Vermin May 13, 15:05
      - Or just pee on the floor! -- nm - CovingtonCat May 13, 14:57 1
        
        *nice*. also, eww. heheh -- nm - Beryllium May 13, 14:58
Right then. I have awesome family and friends. -- nm - ty97 May 13, 14:14 5
- /punches you in the arm. knucklehead - Remlik on the new 'droid May 13, 14:56
- You okay, Ty! -- nm - David May 13, 14:21 1
  - Agrees with the oddly appropriate AutoCorrect -- nm - prayformojo May 13, 14:41
- *smooch* -- nm - b. May 13, 14:18
- :-) -- nm - TWuG May 13, 14:15
O'Reilly challenges Jon Stewart to debate over Common. Stewart accepts. Monday night on the O'Reilly Factor -- (link) - crash davis May 13, 14:12 12
- ....Really? - Jon Stewart May 13, 14:23
- I can't wait to watch this, but am totally in Stewart's corner on this one. - Dr.Vermin May 13, 14:18
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  - I....agree with ML - znufrii May 13, 14:30
  - Bill O'Reilly is never a good anything, ML. -- nm - con_carne May 13, 14:19
- I mean, really. *Common* is controversial now? 2 Live Crew must be rolling over in their graves. -- nm - Reagen May 13, 14:14 5
  - Seriously. How Bill expects to win, let alone place or show, against Stewart in this is beyond me. - TWuG May 13, 14:17 4
    - Bill will do as he always does: put his hands over his ears, close his eyes, and start shouting nonsense. Meanwhile John will make simple direct state - Trish May 13, 15:23
    - As I say above, Bill's already 'won'. Great boost for his show. - Dr.Vermin May 13, 14:19 2 1
      - i thought #1 watched cable-news networks didn't need boosts? -- nm - lord tubbington May 13, 14:47
      - I think your analysis is probably spot on -- nm - crash davis May 13, 14:27
- and Jim Cramer still bitter about 2009 spat with Jon Stewart -- (link) - crash davis May 13, 14:14
Will - that is an astonishing sum of money - that alone over the 4 years adds up to over $500. in rent each month to cover the tab. ouch -- nm - JenBro May 13, 14:08 1
- (if I did my math right - and with me there's no guarantee I did) -- nm - JenBro May 13, 14:08
"this was a pilot rejected by the network that put a Knight Rider remake on television." - Reagen May 13, 14:08 9
- there is no logic going into NBC's executive decision making at the moment. It is a rudderless ship. - Mop (209 lbs) May 13, 14:25 8
  - Sort of related: my (and my coworker's) favorite part of the Carolla podcast... - Dr.Vermin May 13, 14:32 7
    - Also, Showtime's "Episodes" series was very scathing of network management, but it's nothing we haven't seen before. - Mop (209 lbs) May 13, 14:40
    - I bet HBO's management is very appealing to show runners/creators. I'll wager they're very hands off. -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) May 13, 14:38 5
      - but not nearly the same money as a network show - lord tubbington May 13, 14:45 4
        
        Netflix picked up their first original season - that Kevin Spacey thing - a few months back. Creators are finding new avenues. - Mop (209 lbs) May 13, 14:49 3
        
        the whole concept of networks and cable are dead men walking anyway - lord tubbington May 13, 14:53 2
        
        What happened to network radio has been studied extensively and is being repeated exactly for network TV. - Mop (209 lbs) May 13, 14:58 1
        
        networks as production companies will still exist. they'll just be distributing in different channels than over-the-air broadcasts. the locals are - lord tubbington May 13, 15:01
Yankees owners swindling their game vendors out of tips -- (link) - lord tubbington May 13, 14:06 1
- Winning! -- nm - Frank mcCourt May 13, 14:09
Dummy cop helps real ones take a break -- (link) - con_carne May 13, 14:06
On a first date, I want to know all of your hopes and dreams and any anti-depressants or hallucinogens you're taking. -- nm - David May 13, 14:04 2
- equifaxes your credit score -- nm - zeitgeist May 13, 14:11
- and what your boobs look like. nm - Dignan May 13, 14:06
Latest iMac refresh uses shiny new proprietary cable to stop you from changing the hard drive - stewie May 13, 14:04 3
- We hacked it! -- nm - iFixIt May 13, 14:22
- Apple is evil. -- nm - TWuG May 13, 14:05
- which for 99% of the people who buy an iMac will be not an issue at all -- nm - lord tubbington May 13, 14:05
LIR Reagen - that's an odd career path -- nm - Roger More May 13, 14:01 1
- It's all aiming and shooting. -- nm - Reagen May 13, 14:02
hopefully the new charlie's angels will keep the name "bosley" alive in popular culture - lord tubbington May 13, 14:00 2
- they could get Bernie Mac..... - groiny May 13, 14:01 1
  - What a shame Bill Murray was shot dead during that zombie outbreak -- nm - Roger More May 13, 14:02
*totally just went over a manager's head to get something done* - znufrii May 13, 14:00
welcome to my interaction sphere. -- nm - b. May 13, 13:59 2
- ti ny bub bles.... -- nm - zeitgeist May 13, 14:03
- it's pretty common, you must admit - lord tubbington May 13, 14:02
Good morning angels -- (link) - ty97 May 13, 13:58 1
- (old, old article, but has pictures of the three of them) -- nm - ty97 May 13, 13:59
baghdad backdoors -- nm - zeitgeist May 13, 13:58 1
- The middle eastern version of "Bang Bus" is significantly more explodey than the US version. -- nm - Ender May 13, 14:13

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