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google's logo today is a cool tribute to les paul's birthday -- nm - moles Jun 8, 23:04
game over? Scared them into quitting, I guess -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 22:58
Stephen Fry takes tea in London with Lady Gaga -- (link) - moles Jun 8, 22:48
Andie! Grade for Super 8! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 22:08
oh yeah i forgot. one of my tv writing group members is friends with Justin from Amazing Race - moles Jun 8, 22:07
So, yes, new job for me. Exciting! Nerve wracking! Awesomeness! :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 21:53 15
- don homer! -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 22:48 4
  - also: what kind of wireframing are we talking about. I use a fair bit of wireframing software, and I'm constantly looking for improvements. -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 22:48 3
    - "technical illustrations", actually ... not sure if it fully counts as wireframing -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 23:08 2
      - I'm not sure the stuff I do is either, but it doesn't sound like there'd be any crossover. -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 23:18 1
        
        (It's called "Canvas") -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 23:22
- Same employer? -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 22:15 1
  - no, new employer -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 22:30
- Good for you...obviously they recognize awesomeness :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 8, 22:11
- nice! -- nm - psilotum Jun 8, 22:06
- Where at? Same area of work? - JaxSean Jun 8, 22:06 1
  - my teasing of jenbro was the leadup. heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 22:07
- go you! hope it's a happy change and that they treat you well. :) - -- nm - b! Jun 8, 21:55 1
  - thanks :) I'll be transitioning out of the advertising industry and into an unexpected industry. - Beryllium Jun 8, 21:58
- Congrats! -- nm - Flavorize Jun 8, 21:54 1
  - thanks :) Downside is it means I won't be around during the daytime ... ah well. I can handle it. - Beryllium Jun 8, 21:54
SITWAP: UFC in talks to buy control of G4. NMBL - howie Jun 8, 21:51 5
- It's like Spike and G4 switched brains and no one noticed. - Mop Jun 8, 21:58
- into the octagon, morgan webb -- nm - moles Jun 8, 21:53 3
  - Tito Ortiz vs. Man (Morgan) Thing. -- nm - Remlik Jun 8, 21:59
  - THAT would get a rating. (nm) - howie Jun 8, 21:55 1
    - i would take one for the team and let her beat the crap out of me to make it happen -- nm - moles Jun 8, 22:02
pop. -- nm - Max Jun 8, 21:46 1
- maxitude? -- nm - moles Jun 8, 21:48
he *might* finally be asleep. (The melodramatic headdesk, jax, was more because of baby than you ... heh. Also the ST load issue. And the TV glitch we - Beryllium Jun 8, 21:37
That was really Stevie Nicks, not a fake -- nm - amoxy Jun 8, 21:36
Fandango tickets at Living Social. Just went active at 9pm Pacific. 2 tickets for $9. Below is my referral link. Thanks. -- (link) - Mop Jun 8, 21:27 22
- I bought a set through you. here's mine, if anyone cares to. nm but: -- (link) - b! Jun 8, 21:48 10
  - Yay! Thanks! Just need one more. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 21:50
  - i only need one :( -- nm - moles Jun 8, 21:49 8
    - Homeless people like movies, too. - JaxSean Jun 8, 21:53 3
      - I fear what the, uh, level of quality would be for the im. -- nm - b! Jun 8, 21:57 2
        
        The times are hard. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 22:08
        
        that's ralph-wiggum level service -- nm - moles Jun 8, 21:58
    - did I miss your post? sorry! -- nm - b! Jun 8, 21:52 3
      - no, i mean tickets -- nm - moles Jun 8, 21:52 2
        
        '/~can you meet me halfway..'/~ -- nm - b! Jun 8, 21:55 1
        
        s'ok. i don't think arclight does fandango anyway -- nm - moles Jun 8, 21:55
- Interesting. I just got a Borders Rewards Perk with a link to this as well and it says "Limited quanity: 1 million." -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 21:48
- What is NextJump? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 21:40 9
  - I think it's a coding oops. it takes you to the livingsocial site. that may be what they call that kind of linkage. -- nm - b! Jun 8, 21:45 1
    - I'm so wrong. they're a reward and loyalty program. -- nm - b! Jun 8, 21:50
  - I give up. What is NextJump? - Mop Jun 8, 21:41 6
    - "The Best Daily Deals in NextJump Fandango - Two Movie Tickets" - JaxSean Jun 8, 21:43 5
      - Oh, I see. If I log out, I can see that. It seems to be some kind of geographic designation. - Mop Jun 8, 21:47 4
        
        Huh. It's the name of some kind of financial e-commerce company. -- (link) - Mop Jun 8, 21:49 3
        
        here's a wsj story on the hookup. nm but: -- (link) - b! Jun 8, 21:54 1
        
        interesting -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 22:05
        
        weird -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 21:52
so Final Fantasy 13 has a part 2? -- nm - Remlik Jun 8, 21:23
"Now let me play you some Bob Dylan" -- nm - amoxy Jun 8, 21:13 1
- It certainly is an off ending. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 21:36
Local computer tech charged with installing spyware on laptops in order to take pictures of their (female) owners.. -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jun 8, 20:57 6
- Is that what keeps crashing Slackertalk? Pervrillium -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 21:10 5
  - naw, ST is just overloaded right now. Something isn't playing right. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 21:11 4
    - I think it's Bing. It's cruising the user stats pages. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 21:13 3
      - very hard to debug issues with a screaming baby in the background. heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 21:13 2
        
        (we think he's teething. Hopefully we've got it sorted out now.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 21:22 1
        
        Advil by the bucketload. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 21:39
Mitt Romney holds to his position that humans are causing global warming. Rush says "bye bye nomination" -- (link) - moles Jun 8, 20:53 31
- Like I said, the Republican who is capable of winning the nomination cannot win the election. - Mop Jun 8, 21:12 20
  - I disagree. If we start losing jobs again and head for a double dip Obama can't survive. -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 21:12 19
    - Carter was severely damaged by a primary challenge from Ted Kennedy yet was leading Reagen until the debates. - Mop Jun 8, 21:23 14
      - don't forget that Anderson pulled more voters from Carter than Reagan -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 8, 22:18
      - Carter was ahead because the people answer the polls were drunk off their ass. - Bacon Jun 8, 21:25 12
        
        Carter attempted to do something about the impending gas crisis - amoxy Jun 8, 21:38 3
        
        Carter was a hack. Some good ideas but he was a hack -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 21:56 1
        
        How so? I don't understand what you mean by "hack" in this context. - Mop Jun 8, 22:03
        
        Carter had plenty of great ideas yet was disastrous at execution. But I do not come here to lament a former president. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 21:41
        
        Again, I say: the fact that even in that environment, an incumbent could have any kind of a lead speaks to the power of incumbency. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 21:33
        
        the gas shortages were totally OPEC driven. it had nothing to do with Carter -- nm - moles Jun 8, 21:28 6
        
        When you are President you get credit, and blame for many things you have no control over. It's just how it is. -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 21:35 5
        
        i don't disagree. and by objective measures and indicators, the economy is better now than when Obama took office - moles Jun 8, 21:39 4
        
        (Barely true) - Stephen Jun 8, 22:24
        
        The problem was Bush had things in freefall and they were falling fast when Obama took office and his first year. - Bacon Jun 8, 21:50 2
        
        except he has done stuff about it. he stopped the freefall -- nm - moles Jun 8, 21:52 1
        
        If we don't double dip recession he should be re elected. If we double dip he will get all the blame. -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 21:53
    - Noun, a verb, and "tax cuts" -- nm - Generic 2012 GOP Nominee Jun 8, 21:18 3
      - Sea Lion, Humping, Tax Cuts -- nm - Sarah Palin Jun 8, 21:20 2
        
        that would be the most coherent policy statement she's ever made -- nm - moles Jun 8, 21:20 1
        
        Sea Lions Humping is how we knew the British were coming. -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 21:21
- How has the last year established that global warming is a hoax? -- nm - Roger More Jun 8, 20:56 8
  - it's Rush, he doesn't let facts get in the way of diatribe. -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 21:16 3
    - that doesn't make good radio! -- nm - Remlik Jun 8, 21:29 1
      - like you would know! -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 21:31
    - Oh this much I know, but I still wanted to know the basis of his doatribe -- nm - Roger More Jun 8, 21:24
  - He would be talking about those leaked "climategate" emails. -- nm - Ender Jun 8, 21:12 2
    - the ones that actually proved the earth's temperature has been rising even faster than expected -- (link) - moles Jun 8, 21:24
    - Thanks for the explanation. (I think that's really reaching though) -- nm - Roger More Jun 8, 21:14
  - you're asking for empirical logic from the creationist crowd -- nm - moles Jun 8, 21:10
- Rush likes Sarah Palin. So, bye bye Rush. -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 20:55
You folks did entertain me. -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 20:49
kieran is not having a good night. (Screaming in the next room with mommy right now) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 20:45 3
- A Hah - JenBro Jun 8, 20:49 2
  - no, the job thing was. I was agonizing over the offer. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 21:11
  - Taaakkkeee oooonnnnn mmmmmeeeeee -- nm - amoxy Jun 8, 20:56
The Zookeeper makes Eddie Murphy's Dr. Doolittle look like Citizen Kane -- nm - amoxy Jun 8, 20:39 2
- Print it. That's solid gold. -- nm - The Trailer Cutters Jun 8, 20:41 1
  - The rate of suicides amongst trailer editors is 2nd only to that of copy writers at TMZ. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 21:14
All I'm saying is, if your woman tries on unflattering jeans and you don't tap that ass to make her feel better... - TFox Jun 8, 20:36 12
- doesn't this assume you have to tell her they're unflattering in the first place to get the consolation ass-tap? - moles Jun 8, 20:38 11
  - Nah she knows. "ugh, I'm a cow. Aren't i a cow?" - TFox Jun 8, 20:40 10
    - i can't imagine a scenario where i agree with that statement of my own free will -- nm - moles Jun 8, 20:41 9
      - I didn't agree. I deferred to a highly interested third party. -- nm - TFox Jun 8, 20:43 8
        
        I'm never going to be able to watch Trading Places in the same way again. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 8, 20:44 7
        
        Or Coming to America -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 21:11 6
        
        Ahhh, the porn titles just write themselves. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 8, 21:13 5
        
        The Nutty Professor? -- nm - Roger More Jun 8, 21:15 4
        
        That doesn't have Mortimer in it. Fail! -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 21:19 3
        
        Saying the words, "Mortimer in it" makes me feel very dirty now. -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 21:26 2
        
        Heh. I was just sitting here wondering whether I know TFoxy well enough to make a particular joke. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 8, 21:34 1
        
        BOOO! -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 21:54
First contestent on Master Chef and i'm already reminded of what a bastard Bastianich is. - Stephen Jun 8, 20:35
bear in a hot tub! -- (link) - moles Jun 8, 20:33 1
- I applaud the headline: "Man with dead weasel arrested for assault." nm - ralph wiggum Jun 8, 20:36
WAP? A pretty graph of actors who appear in lots of HBO shows (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Jun 8, 20:25 [Image]
Jennifer Aniston as a brunette has my attention. -- (link) - Max Jun 8, 20:24 4
- This movie is such a strange beast. Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis does not go hand-in-hand with... - Mop Jun 8, 21:43
- she looks fantastic. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 20:31
- She can squirt water on my pants anytime -- nm - amoxy Jun 8, 20:29
- Betty White as a brunette has your attention -- nm - moles Jun 8, 20:26
Now that there actually is a separate login form for ST, I can (if people are OK with it) change the username/password stuff to only be needed on the - Beryllium Jun 8, 20:20 15
- huh? ......................... huh? -- nm - mud Jun 8, 20:25 1
  - Don't worry, it'll be easy to use. I promise. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 20:37
- As in the Username / Password won't show up in the Post a Message area once you're logged in? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 20:24 12
  - no, it would be replaced by a Log Out type thing -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 20:30 11
    - Then I'm confused. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 20:31 10
      - if you're not logged in, it will look like it does now. If you are logged in, it will let you change your handle or log out so you can log in as some - Beryllium Jun 8, 20:33 9
        
        (no) -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 20:49 7
        
        *headdesk* ... what other forum on the internet always displays the username and password for each page load? :) - Beryllium Jun 8, 21:10 6
        
        As in the Username / Password won't show up in the Post a Message area once you're logged in? :) -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 21:26 5
        
        No, it will not, that is correct. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 21:27 4
        
        (The way I responded to this post should illuminate what I meant above.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 21:27 3
        
        I'm good with what ever you want to do. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 21:34 2
        
        I aim for usability where possible, so if a change is detrimental to the experience, it can be axed ... - Beryllium Jun 8, 21:36 1
        
        Yeah, I realized (later) I read it wrong. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 8, 21:40
        
        (Livejournal users should recognize this behaviour) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 20:36
annoy spawn! -- nm - moles Jun 8, 20:18 7
- so. Super 8 is fun. But it is sooooooo ET-era Spielberg its staggering, -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 21:46 2
  - stupid phone. this should not be here. -- nm - Andie Jun 8, 21:48 1
    - Spawn is the Super 8 Monster>? -- nm - Bacon Jun 8, 21:55
- ST entertains. - Spawn Jun 8, 20:19
- I do that just by existing. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 20:19 2
  - you jump right in front of him ! -- nm - mud Jun 8, 20:24 1
    - it's hard to avoid when he's always one step behind. -- nm - loosilu Jun 8, 20:24

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