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nobody cares, but this week is just kicking my ass. I might even skip happy hour today in favor of coming home and sleeping. - the new new installation of amanda jones Jul 1, 04:05 1
- Sounds a bit like my week (apart from Tuesday). Just want to lie down in a darkened room. -- nm - LMS Jul 1, 04:14
Wake up -- nm - prayformojo Jul 1, 03:23
Where the Hell is Matt? will be dancing in Portland next weekend. -- nm - psilotum Jun 30, 23:25 4
- I thought this weekend was the one to be in Portland with the huge blues festival, HEY portland Peeps, check out the Randy Oxford band on Sunday night -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 30, 23:42 3
  - I went to the blues fest a couple times. - psilotum Jun 30, 23:51
  - I'm going to be camping on the coast this weekend. - psilotum Jun 30, 23:47 1
    - A few years ago I went camping on the coast for the 4th, hoping to get away from the fireworks for my dog's sake, boy was that a mistake -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 30, 23:51
what was your favorite 2011 Minnesota government moment, ST? - moles Jun 30, 22:26 5
- WHY do you ask that.? do you realise how that annoys me? i would like you to think more about other before asking this!!! - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 01:35
- when they figured out the state troopers ordered to beat the union protesters out of the state capitol where, uh, union workers -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 30, 23:06 3
  - yeah, that was Wisconsin -- nm - moles Jun 30, 23:23 2
    - so, still doesn't change my answer, geez, you must live in a really boring state -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 30, 23:39
    - Some hippies here did a klezmer version of "On, Wisconsin" with lyrics regarding the union battles. -- nm - psilotum Jun 30, 23:28
I'm texting from the shower -- nm - Bacon on a droid Jun 30, 22:25 1
- Don't drop the.. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 30, 22:36
Anyone who's ever attended a conference might be interested in the notes for the conference I'm attending next month... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jun 30, 22:06 4
- We're actually staying at the Jacob Lake Inn rather than camping. Beer and WiFi :) There's generally a beer-fest (with home-brews) on Friday night... - MojaveMeg Jun 30, 22:15 1
  - Party like an archaeologist! -- nm - Mop Jun 30, 22:20
- Where the beer at? That's the important question. All other things are secondary. -- nm - Mop Jun 30, 22:09 1
  - Oops - see above :) - MojaveMeg Jun 30, 22:16
My work as a parent is done - amoxy Jun 30, 21:42 4
- keep on dreaming -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 01:26
- Fail for not mentioning which season. -- nm - Qale Jun 30, 22:23 2
  - Only Joel matters - amoxy Jun 30, 22:33 1
    - Oh negative good buddy. Of course the whole who's better thing is a fraud since Mike was there long before he became the guy. -- nm - Qale Jun 30, 22:39
Helped refinance my parent's townhouse. The new mortgage is 22% less per month. Niiice. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 30, 21:31 9
- Awesome -- nm - Epiphany Jun 30, 21:44
- Don Homer -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 21:33
- 2.2%? Tell me that is a typo -- nm - Bacon Jun 30, 21:32 6
  - good thing you did not have to take the GMATs. -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 22:04
  - Oh, do you mean interest rate. Obviously not a 22% interest rate. I am referring to the monthly mortgage payment decrease. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 30, 21:34 3
    - "we had been paying 49% interest but got it down to a reasonable 27%" -- nm - moles Jun 30, 21:35 2
      - "I told you that mastercard with the $350,000 limit would come in handy!" -- nm - Ender Jun 30, 22:11
      - I thought I was bad at math! -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 21:42
  - No, 22% less per month. Went from a 5.625 rate to a 4.5 rate. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 30, 21:33
The odds of nubby being another fox are 3,720 to 1. Never tell me the odds. -- nm - Hen Solo Jun 30, 21:22 1
- "You would prefer another target, a fox target? Then name the Cochran! I grow tired of asking this so it will be the last time: *Where* is the - Grand Fox Tarkin Jun 30, 21:35
This looks like it's the Rebecca Black of movie trailers. -- (link) - Dano Jun 30, 20:59 [youtube] 10
- There was a sequel! -- (link) - Dano Jun 30, 21:11 [youtube] 2
  - I have a new obsession. Seemingly, it looks like Nick Cannon was actually trying to turn them into a thing. -- (link) - Dano Jun 30, 21:15 [youtube] 1
    - you can't argue with the positive self-image and values it's conveying to impressionable young girls - moles Jun 30, 21:20
- I would have given this about a 50/50 shot of turning into porn. -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 21:07
- it's young and hip cause they spell girl with a Y -- nm - moles Jun 30, 21:05
- I'm Team Bad Gyrl. -- nm - Max Jun 30, 21:04 1
  - all the boys love mandy rain -- nm - moles Jun 30, 21:05
- I don't understand Fred Willard's script choices. -- nm - Ender Jun 30, 21:03 2
  - The checks all cash the same. -- nm - Dano Jun 30, 21:08 1
    - i think i would feel like a long shower after this trip to the bank -- nm - moles Jun 30, 21:09
Hissssteria! -- nm - Bacon Jun 30, 20:57
Yay, our trip to southern Utah for late October has been confirmed... - MojaveMeg Jun 30, 20:53 8
- Any idea of what people that were there? -- nm - BAD Jun 30, 21:03 7
  - Dead people -- nm - Bacon Jun 30, 21:25
  - It was the northern reach of the Anasazi and, before that, the Fremont. - MojaveMeg Jun 30, 21:25 5
    - So do you think it was found before you ? -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 21:28 4
      - You can't move in that part of the country without tripping over archaeological evidence. It takes a really major site to draw any attention - all - MojaveMeg Jun 30, 21:35 [flickr] 3
        
        Shoot I can't view on the screen of my phone -'will have to look tomorrow at work Meg. It must be kind of eery holding something ancient like that. -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 21:40 2
        
        Not really - or not for me. Often I'll pick up a tool - grinding stone or scraper - and it fits so perfectly in the hand. Or you look at a piece of - MojaveMeg Jun 30, 21:47 1
        
        So cool! -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 21:54
ready for another batshit crazy letter to the editor from my hometown paper? -- (link) - moles Jun 30, 20:47
was it what you expected poll: well was it? - moles Jun 30, 20:32 6
- exactly what I expected -- nm - psilotum Jun 30, 23:49
- The book was better. -- nm - Tim Jun 30, 20:58
- No, not at all. Soundtrack was decent -- nm - Epiphany Jun 30, 20:54
- It met and exceeded expectations. -- nm - Qale Jun 30, 20:47
- yes, and then some. -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 20:40 1
  - it always is -- nm - Remlik on the new 'droid Jun 30, 20:55
Night crew repost of ST's turntable.fm listening room. -- (link) - Qale Jun 30, 20:27 4
- It's acting a little wonky right now. -- nm - mara Jun 30, 20:32 3
  - Okay, working now. -- nm - mara Jun 30, 20:33 2
    - It doesn't much care for uploading but it's a fun diversion. Thanks! -- nm - Qale Jun 30, 20:45 1
      - It seems to work better on Chrome. -- nm - Qale Jun 30, 22:07
Redmond is as right about my playing this round as he is about anything else. -- nm - David Jun 30, 20:24 28
- Question for you - will you ever play or are you another "notgonnahappen" ST'er?" -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 20:58 23
  - I was going to play this round but Kim volunteered first. -- nm - David Jun 30, 22:42
  - you *want* david to play? - moles Jun 30, 20:58 21
    - I have no opinion one way or the other actually - I don't really know him to have any take on how he'd play. I am just curious. -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 21:04 20
      - well, it's called "david-level crazy" for a reason -- nm - moles Jun 30, 21:06 19
        
        You remind me of the name of Bobby Cobb's boat. -- nm - David Jun 30, 22:41
        
        This must be pre-ST? I don't think I've seen it. -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 21:08 17
        
        shortened to DLC for brevity's sake -- nm - moles Jun 30, 21:10
        
        Charles Sheen is shedding a tear for this post. -- nm - Bacon Jun 30, 21:09 15
        
        I'm surprised you are playing again after being called out as jenbro Jr :) -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 21:13 14
        
        We have space for you if you want to play this round. :) nm - ralph wiggum Jun 30, 21:19 13
        
        Right ... So I can be picked as the third special hen to complete my tri-fecta of stress anxiety? :)) -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 21:24 4
        
        No stress. It's just a game. No one is really going to die. :) nm - ralph wiggum Jun 30, 21:29 3
        
        I am super competitive when it comes to games & stuff - it has it's advantages and disadvantages :) -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 21:32 1
        
        amd bacon is super something ;) -- nm - theliiouluonanook Jun 30, 21:34
        
        Fox me once, shame on you. Fox me twice, shame on Jenbro -- nm - Bacon Jun 30, 21:30
        
        She can't handle being in the same game as me. - Bacon Jun 30, 21:21 2
        
        Hee - speaking of DLC - both of us playing would prolly reset the bar! -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 21:26 1
        
        I would blow up facebook! -- nm - Bacon Jun 30, 21:28
        
        do it! -- nm - moles Jun 30, 21:21 4
        
        Why don't you play - you know everyone well - you'd be tough to beat -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 21:30 3
        
        I would ambush him so fast it would make your egg spin -- nm - Bacon Jun 30, 21:31 2
        
        Being first out is sort of a comPliment. Threat to others is the most likely reason to oust the first a -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 21:35 1
        
        Yeah,,, Let Pixie think it's a compliment -- nm - Bacon Jun 30, 21:39
- My mistake came from you both replying to this post. -- (link) - Bacon Jun 30, 20:37 [Backboard] 1
  - Oh, I will totally play as Batman Hen. Or even Oracle Hen. -- nm - David Jun 30, 20:43
- can we preambush? -- nm - theliiouluonanook Jun 30, 20:26 1
  - L3! Season 5 is going to rule! -- nm - Epiphany Jun 30, 20:55
China admits that its officials cannot, in fact, levitate -- (link) - moles Jun 30, 20:21 3
- how is it they can crack google security but still can't photoshop at a 3rd grade level? -- nm - Max Jun 30, 20:39 1
  - 'cause the people who work on hacking blocked the software for the ones who do the photoshopping -- nm - theliiouluonanook Jun 30, 20:51
- "I looked at the photo and I almost coughed out half a liter of blood!" -- nm - unnamed chinese "netizen" Jun 30, 20:23
Dear Neal Patrick Harrs, there are just some things that you can't ever undo. -- (link) - Dano Jun 30, 20:15 12
- This is the kind of role that makes an actor reconsider their life choices and the decisions that brought them to that point. -- nm - Mop Jun 30, 22:23 1
  - he should not be allowed to gay marry just out of spite -- nm - moles Jun 30, 22:24
- I feel worse for Azaria. - nubby Jun 30, 21:10
- This whole project is a war crime. -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 21:06 1
  - smurficide -- nm - moles Jun 30, 21:07
- Dear God No! Just.. No. -- nm - Epiphany Jun 30, 20:56
- nsfs - theliiouluonanook Jun 30, 20:21
- We had a trailer for this before Cars 2... - Stephen Jun 30, 20:20
- i knew exactly what this was before i even clicked -- nm - moles Jun 30, 20:17 3
  - You even knew it was specifically the music video? -- nm - Dano Jun 30, 20:24 2
    - not specifically. but there was a still of him rocking with a guitar posted a few weeks ago -- nm - moles Jun 30, 20:25 1
      - exactly but not specifically? are you writing a spec for Suits? -- nm - Max Jun 30, 20:44
so, re Zynga. I am going to name drop (look at me!!!!). their CFO is a dude I knew in college. he's one of my FB friends. - loosilu Jun 30, 20:13
One thing that confuses me about the trailer for Immortals is: Why does the armor need to have 6-pack abs? -- nm - Dano Jun 30, 20:10 1
- if it's like thor and twilight, they just gonna rip that shit off anyway -- nm - moles Jun 30, 20:11
I Skagnettied you all! I am in fact, Jenbro! -- nm - Bacon Jun 30, 20:09 14
- Bacon please. -- nm - JenBro Jun 30, 20:55
- I've come to the conclusion that you're just really happy these days. Maybe because of the GF. -- nm - mara Jun 30, 20:10 12
  - Pills, Mara, lots and lots of pills that are sold on club dance floors. - Epiphany Jun 30, 20:58 1
    - Weeeeeeeee! -- nm - Bacon Jun 30, 21:06
  - Life is very good. You would be correct -- nm - Bacon Jun 30, 20:13 6
    - :-) -- nm - mara Jun 30, 20:14 2
      - I am proof that it's possible for anyone on ST. -- nm - Bacon Jun 30, 20:18 1
        
        anyone who *wants* it. -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 20:39
    - when are you moving in? -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 20:14 1
      - Once the bank takes the house. -- nm - Bacon Jun 30, 20:14
    - She's in class tonight. -- nm - Bacon Jun 30, 20:13
  - "manic" -- nm - nubby Jun 30, 20:10 2
    - what i was thinking - theliiouluonanook Jun 30, 20:19 1
      - ~it's just another manic Monday~ -- nm - The Bangles Jun 30, 20:21
For fans of World War Z and other post-apocolyptic type books, I recommend The Passage by Justin Cronin (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Jun 30, 20:08 5
- I recommend skipping all of Part 1 and starting with Part 2 -- nm - ceregon Jun 30, 20:13 3
  - See, I thought part 1 was the best part, while the beginning of part 2 dragged a bit for me. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 30, 20:16 2
    - Part 1 would have been the best part, if he had actually done something with all the set up. -- nm - ceregon Jun 30, 20:26 1
      - Yeah, fair enough. (Spoilers) - ralph wiggum Jun 30, 20:31
- thanks for the reminder - i bought this last year and never read it. completely forgot about this sucker -- nm - prayformojo Jun 30, 20:13
i love pandas as much as anyone but come on: Life And Times of Sneezing Baby Panda to become a mockumentary feature -- (link) - moles Jun 30, 20:07 1
- you're so there. -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 20:12
corn don't grow up on Rocky Top, ground's too rocky by far, that's why all the folks on Rocky Top drink their corn from jars -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 30, 20:06
If it weren't for ST I wouldn't even know that Google+ existed. As it is I still only have the vaguest sense of it. -- nm - Dano Jun 30, 20:05 4
- We're on the forefront and shit. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 30, 20:15
- I had an amount of stuff about it in my twitter and rss feeds. -- nm - mara Jun 30, 20:09
- So far everything I've done with it, I could do on Facebook, it just would have taken more steps. -- nm - Qale Jun 30, 20:09
- but see you can, um, - moles Jun 30, 20:09
chassan hop -- nm - moles Jun 30, 20:05

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