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damn, if those foxes hadn't just got me I was going to point out how I haven't been around all day, so I'm clearly not a fox. -- nm - mafic May 17, 14:38 4
- Yep. Time zone made it next to impossible for it to be you during the day. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 17, 14:41 3
  - I'm pretty sure I know who the last fox is too, but since I'm dead I won't say. -- nm - mafic May 17, 14:42 2
    - no say ... 3 have voted so we're just waiting for Nubby at this point -- nm - JenBro May 17, 14:47 1
      - oh- and sorry Hen Mafic - RIP -- nm - JenBro May 17, 14:47
Texas Governor Rick Perry for President? -- (link) - Mop (208 lbs) May 17, 14:36 3
- He just wants to go where they have water -- nm - con_carne May 17, 14:38
- or as Obama would call it, the Perry Miracle II -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 14:37
- US or the Confederacy? -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:37
2 days of working in the rain is a major pain in the arse even in rain gear. gotta do it though. :) -- nm - CQ May 17, 14:34 1
- did you find any good bugs or spiders? -- nm - JenBro May 17, 14:47
pixie, perhaps you should write a noir script for independent production - something along the lines of a stand-in for a famous actress is stalked on - crash davis May 17, 14:32 7
- i have my noir concept - lord tubbington May 17, 14:34 5
  - do I know? -- nm - JenBro May 17, 14:39 3
    - nah - lord tubbington May 17, 14:41 2
      - KK - just checking -- nm - JenBro May 17, 14:48
      - Deathcon returns! -- nm - Remlik May 17, 14:43
  - you know what happens to people who keep secrets in the noir world, don't you? -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:35
- What about a noirish script set in the world of Fox & Hen? -- nm - prayformojo May 17, 14:33
STIS - if you had to shelve a book on witchcraft within just a general category, where would you put it? - MojaveMeg May 17, 14:23 16
- most libraries keep such books in the reserve/reference section cause they are the most stolen -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 14:56
- fox, no hen -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 14:33
- In my classification system they go between Science and Sociology - Max May 17, 14:32
- Ah, I should have looked closer. It's the story of the 17th century witchcraft trials - history? -- nm - MojaveMeg May 17, 14:30 3
  - history -- nm - JenBro May 17, 14:48
  - legal -- nm - peglegpete May 17, 14:33
  - Yeah, I vote history in that case. (nm) - musubi May 17, 14:31
- If you don't have a category for occult/paranormal, then I'm afraid psychology or social sciences. -- nm - mara May 17, 14:30 1
  - Unless it's treating witchcraft as a religion, of course, like wicca. -- nm - mara May 17, 14:30
- Probably religion, possibly Fantasy/Sci-fi, depending on the tone of the book. (nm) - musubi May 17, 14:27
- Cooking -- nm - con_carne May 17, 14:26
- Probably "religions" -- nm - Trish May 17, 14:25
- religion probably but it depends on how the book is written. - sycor May 17, 14:24
- Crafts ............................................. ..................................... (witchcraft, get it?) -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:24
- The occult. I used to *love* that section as a YA. -- nm - con_carne May 17, 14:24
- Fat Chicks -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 14:24
"This movie features a climactic showdown between John McClane and Hans Gruber. One of them dies...hard." -- nm - prayformojo May 17, 14:23
Ed Harris as John McCain for HBO -- (link) - crash davis May 17, 14:22 4
- Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin -- (link) - crash davis May 17, 14:22 3
  - Charlie Sheen as Todd Palin (linky) - stewie May 17, 14:29 1
    - dammit -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:29
  - That's pretty good. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 17, 14:24
I assume Dawson is traveling today? When does he land? -- nm - con_carne May 17, 14:18
heh, the UK Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares without the bleeps is awesome -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 14:15
"I'd like to dedicate this to my father, Francis Allen. It's a song the girls in the band wrote, Lisa and Wendy...." -- nm - prayformojo May 17, 14:13 5
- OK, what is this from? - kelly May 17, 14:28 3
  - Heh. Purple Rain - prayformojo May 17, 14:32 1
    - Rain! Damnit I meant that. -- nm - Remlik May 17, 14:40
  - Purple Haze? -- nm - Remlik May 17, 14:29
- How's the family? (nm) - Kim Pine May 17, 14:13
the toughest thing in interrogations for me in LA Noire, is that I'll normally assume people tell me the truth - I've got to think the opposite there -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:11 17
- you need be smart and to think like Robert Goren (from L&O Criminal Intent) -- nm - JenBro May 17, 14:21 2
  - the 52nd smartest detective in TV history! -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 14:26
  - I think the appropriate description of Bobby is hot mess -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:26
- how would Pembleton or McNulty handle people in The Box? -- nm - Remlik May 17, 14:18 10
  - His captain gave him permission to beat a confession out of them, but Mr. Choirboy won't do it. -- nm - Trish May 17, 14:24 8
    - so crash is Ed Exley - lord tubbington May 17, 14:26 7
      - he was no Det. Jack Vincennes. -- nm - Remlik May 17, 14:28 3
        
        really, neither was Jack Vincennes -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:30 2
        
        you know there was a tv pilot made for HBO? -- (link) - Remlik May 17, 14:32 1
        
        I didn't. I would have watched though. Especially with Keifer and Melissa George on the cast -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:33
      - Exley was a good cop! -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:27 2
        
        maybe if you were focused more on solving crimes than your political future, you'd do what Bud White does to crack a case! -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 14:28 1
        
        Bud White is just one step above a jungle beast -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:29
  - unfortunately, the game so far has picked my dialogue - I'd love to wiseass them ala Bunk -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:20
- My sister is dying, I need money for airfare and I'm just a broke college student. - Will Hunting May 17, 14:12
- maybe you should start out with Fox & Hens first -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 14:12 1
  - naw, when we interrupted a bank robbery, my partner couldn't shoot for crap - I can't leave LA in his hands -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:19
Tough Enough spoilers... - Remlik May 17, 14:09 4
- is James Roday going to beat some punks up? -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:12 3
  - I think he's gonna be there to discuss 'character' with them. The Rock segment looked awesome -- nm - Remlik May 17, 14:15 2
    - I think he's going to be there to promote psych. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy May 17, 14:19 1
      - well sure there is that...just like the visit to THQ to push WWE All Stars game.... -- nm - Remlik May 17, 14:26
I'll try to post from the stadium, but no promises. -- nm - nubby May 17, 14:07 1
- nub plissken? - lord tubbington May 17, 14:09
Wisconsin man about to eat his 25,000th Big Mac -- (link) - lord tubbington May 17, 14:05 11
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  - cause the minnesota state fair isn't about jamming a stick into any random foodstuff and dropping it in a deep fat fryer -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 14:10 3
    - L3 - JenBro May 17, 14:22
    - Hey now, any group of people who have figured out how to do lasagna on a stick is totally cool with me. -- nm - Trish May 17, 14:12 1
      - Now i'm hungry. - Stephen May 17, 14:21
  - Wisconsin is the Mississippi of the north. -- nm - Trish May 17, 14:09 1
    - i've seen that 70' show too -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 17, 14:11
  - sausage law -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:08
- this week? -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 17, 14:06
- Is he sitting in a casket as he does it? You know, just in case. -- nm - nubby May 17, 14:06
- lucky duck. -- nm - TFox May 17, 14:06
Groiny, from B2: Yeah, I got my first expert with the 5 gold star bonus on vocals. - Trish May 17, 14:03
who was saying they wanted one more Sex and the City movie? -- (link) - lord tubbington May 17, 14:02 11
- "SATC": Old women sleeping around NYC? No thanks. "Carrie Diaries": Young, promiscuous women? Yes please! -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) May 17, 14:11 7
  - maybe they'll digitally young her like Jeff Bridges -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 14:13 6
    - I would hope they'd recast it. Blake Lively, please. -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) May 17, 14:13 5
      - that's the rumour i heard, actually. -- nm - Andie May 17, 14:14 4
        
        I just assumed it would be a Gossip Girl rip off. I didn't expect they'd just clone the cast. -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) May 17, 14:20 2
        
        Cameron Diaz as Kim Cattrall's character? who'd play the red head and rich girl? -- nm - Remlik May 17, 14:31 1
        
        Alicia Witt. nm -- nm - groiny May 17, 14:33
        
        she's got the hair and style and soon the box office to do it. -- nm - Remlik May 17, 14:19
- Gluttons for punishment. -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) May 17, 14:09
- bottled water and fleur de sel buyers? -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 17, 14:03
- I think that was SJP. nm -- nm - groiny May 17, 14:03
Newt's quarter- to half-million dollar jewelry expenditures matter about as much as John Edwards' expensive haircuts. - TWuG May 17, 13:59 22
- I knew that Newt was a douchebag when he went all Jonathan Swift about people on any kind of public assistance. - Trish May 17, 14:06 21
  - [still not dead] -- nm - Newt's ex-wife May 17, 14:07 20
    - Why sugar, you're right. He served her with divorce papers when she was close to death from cancer. - Trish May 17, 14:11 17
      - According to their daughter, that's not true. -- (link) - Inigo May 17, 14:13 16
        
        Call me cynical, but every single news outlet reported this when it happened. - Trish May 17, 14:21 8
        
        They reported it back in 1980? When Newt was just a House representative? - Inigo May 17, 14:29 4
        
        And still a douchebag due to his plans for people on public assistance. - Trish May 17, 14:38
        
        Mother Jones first reported it in 1984 -- (link) - lord tubbington May 17, 14:36 1
        
        The better Gingrich story is that while leading the Monica Lewinski witchhunt, Gingrich was having an affair the whole time. - David May 17, 14:40
        
        (And he cheated on her, which was the reason for the dissolution of the marriage.) -- nm - David May 17, 14:35
        
        Link? -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 17, 14:22 2
        
        Find your own year old links, bubba. -- nm - Trish May 17, 14:29 1
        
        *laughing* You got it, sugar. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 17, 14:36
        
        blocked as a "Malicious Site" -- nm - znufrii May 17, 14:16 2
        
        Try this one -- (link) - Inigo May 17, 14:19
        
        It's www.outsidethebeltway.com. I'd never heard of it before. - Inigo May 17, 14:18
        
        so he gave her a tumor! -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:14
        
        Ah, it all unravels. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 17, 14:14 2
        
        so correcting records after the fact of an occurrence is a good thing now? J. Carney will be so relieved -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 14:18 1
        
        Sure> But, if you're having to correct your own (administration's) record, several times, over several days... -- nm - Stephen May 17, 14:35
    - and that makes it okay... -- nm - znufrii May 17, 14:09 1
      - Nope, but it makes me take this story with an extra grain of salt or two... - Dr.Vermin May 17, 14:13
Have you guys seen this NatGeo picture? It looks like something out of a painting but is a photo -- (link) - oblique May 17, 13:55 5
- that's obviously photoshop. I can tell by the pixels and stuff -- nm - sycor May 17, 14:28
- wow, cool. -- nm - Andie May 17, 14:17
- I need to collect some of these NatGeo photos into a Windows theme. -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) May 17, 14:13 1
  - If you use Igoogle as your home page, you can set it up as an app. - Trish May 17, 14:46
- Very cool. It really does look like a painting. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 14:06
*lights firecracker* -- nm - Chinese boy May 17, 13:54 1
- I love that scene. Also the recreation on My Name Is Earl. -- nm - nubby May 17, 13:55
I'm glad to see Napolitano's Canada-phobia is spreading to her lackeys. -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) May 17, 13:54 15
- Andie's going to cross the border to have Dano's anchor baby -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 13:55
- the problem we have with your motherland is that poutine hasn't quite caught on like tacos have -- nm - crash davis May 17, 13:55 13
  - I've practically *begged* our Canadian TTers to send me poutine, and yet no, nothing. Build up that wall! (nm) - musubi May 17, 13:57 12
    - if it was AT ALL mailable, you know we would have. -- nm - Andie May 17, 14:10 8
      - WHERE'S MY CANADIAN TIRE MONEY?!? (nm) - musubi May 17, 14:13 7
        
        don't kid about that. - TFox May 17, 14:17 2
        
        Don't gloat, man. Just hand the ball to the ref. (nm) - musubi May 17, 14:23 1
        
        *does the dirty bird* -- nm - TFox May 17, 14:25
        
        the day you *actually agree to meet another STer* i will send you the mother of all Canadiana packages. -- nm - Andie May 17, 14:15 3
        
        Curses. Hoisted on my own petard. (nm) - musubi May 17, 14:23 1
        
        Wait, wait, wait! Loophole found! I agree to meet ML. - musubi May 17, 14:29
        
        I'll get up and go see another STer right now. Where is my Canadiana? -- nm - crash davis May 17, 14:17
    - I'm about to give up and make my own -- nm - crash davis May 17, 13:58 2
      - If I had any clue on how to make cheese curds, it would have already happened. (nm) - musubi May 17, 14:01 1
        
        Bobby Flay made cheese curds on American Iron Chef the other day. - Trish May 17, 14:08
Groiny: L5-funniest post on B2 -- nm - Trish May 17, 13:50 1
- that's a clear L5 - needs to be added -- nm - JenBro May 17, 14:24
Needs more cowbell -- nm - crash davis May 17, 13:49 10
- Heh. The lead singer gets to play the cowbell in Don't Fear the Reaper. -- nm - Trish May 17, 14:01
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  - I got promoted last night from uniform to auto theft -- nm - crash davis May 17, 13:52 3
    - those Night Owl killings ain't gonna solve themselves, rookie -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 13:54 2
      - I ended up chasing a guy seven blocks on foot. I thought about shooting him in the back and saying "Stop this running sh!#" -- nm - crash davis May 17, 13:57 1
        
        rollo tomassi is *fast* -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 14:00
  - he hasn't found my house yet -- nm - lord tubbington May 17, 13:51 3
    - I'm sure you can bide your time with a dude from craigslist in the interim. -- nm - David May 17, 13:55
    - obviously, you still have your civil rights. When I do find your house, they're gone -- nm - crash davis May 17, 13:54 1
      - if you can find the chaplin studios, you'll be close - lord tubbington May 17, 13:59

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