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Poll: Did you ever compete in a spelling bee? Do you remember the word you missed? - Dano Jul 1, 13:15 4
- Cavalry...because it was held at a Church of Calvary and I confused the too. -- nm - ceregon Jul 1, 14:30
- Cat: KAT. I'm outta here. (ha. I knew there were two T's.) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 1, 13:17
- I missed "allusion" in grade five because I wanted to be like the cool older kids and ask for a definition. - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 13:17
- C-o-c-h-r-o-a-c-h - David Jul 1, 13:16
Michael Vick has re-signed with Nike. - David Jul 1, 13:15 1
- Damned quotas. - Spawn Jul 1, 13:16
Jean michel jarre live in moncao now -- (link) - marcel Jul 1, 13:11 5
- Great.... Amazing guy, thanks -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 13:15 2
  - better on Euronews btw :-) -- nm - marcel Jul 1, 13:17 1
    - don't have...WANT -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 13:18
- Marcel, come back to imagism please. We are starting to beat them. -- nm - Mop on iPad Jul 1, 13:14 1
  - ok, what and where? -- nm - marcel Jul 1, 13:17
Joel Ward just got double what the Predators beat writer was saying he expected yesterday. - David Jul 1, 13:11 3
- It's an exceptionally weak UFA year. For mid-tier guys it's Christmas. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 13:15 2
  - Sure but he had 29 points this season. Isn't that going overboard for a guy who was hot during the playoffs? - David Jul 1, 13:16 1
    - oh undoubtedly. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 13:17
Adding someone you have in a circle into another (e.g. newly created) circle isn't very easy. -- nm - prayformojo Jul 1, 13:00 18
- there's a circle jerk joke in here somewhere -- nm - marcel Jul 1, 13:07 3
  - Thank you for the invite. Still waiting for them to have more room. - TWuG Jul 1, 13:09
  - I thought my Circle names were private. How did you know that's where I put you? -- nm - oblique Jul 1, 13:07 1
    - hee -- nm - JaxSean Jul 1, 13:15
- The walk through does make it look like you can only assign people to one Circle. Not terribly realistic. - TWuG Jul 1, 13:04 3
  - I did this yesterday. It can be done. I can't seem to find it now. - Mel Profit Jul 1, 13:09
  - Venn Diagram Man would be proud of you -- nm - oblique Jul 1, 13:05 1
    - I thought Venn Diagram as soon as I heard the basic concept of Circles. I'm not sure Google did, though. -- nm - TWuG Jul 1, 13:06
- Really? Click on Circle, click on "View Circle in Tab", drag person to new circle. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 1, 13:03 6
  - OK, that works, but it's not the most intuitive -- nm - prayformojo Jul 1, 13:06 1
    - open the person's profile, mouseover on top right and click the circles you want to assign -- nm - marcel Jul 1, 13:08
  - That, at least to me, looks like moving people from one to another, not including them in both. -- nm - TWuG Jul 1, 13:05 3
    - Google says it copies, not moves -- (link) - oblique Jul 1, 13:07 1
      - Cool. -- nm - TWuG Jul 1, 13:08
    - That's not the case though. I drug Colin to two different groups. SlackerTalk and People I Want To Murder One Day. -- nm - Qale Jul 1, 13:06
- World's colliding? Or have you listened to Joni Mitchell's "Circle Game" musings... ? -- nm - Facto Jul 1, 13:02 1
  - worlds -- nm - Facto Jul 1, 13:02
- Don't cross the streams -- nm - oblique Jul 1, 13:01
sixty three more minutes. six three out! -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 12:55
someone needs to do a weekend plans poll so I can say that I'm picking blue and blackberries (!!!!), fixing my computer, fixing my mom's computer, - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 12:54 10
- Fireworks tonight. Delivering donations to a local charity tomorrow. Sunday and Monday are currently open. -- nm - TWuG Jul 1, 13:10
- Going to a hot dog/not dog eating contest and party tomorrow. Hosting a fireworks viewing roof party with way too much alcohol on Sunday - ty97 Jul 1, 13:03
- I'm taking all 3 pets to the vet at once. And swimming, cookout, GW shopping, painting the front door. -- nm - Amy Jul 1, 13:00 3
  - I took all 6 cats to the vet at once. One time. Holy hell was that an arduous journey. -- nm - TWuG Jul 1, 13:07 2
    - I bet that was like herding... Oh. -- nm - Dano Jul 1, 13:09 1
      - The key is in finding and corralling them into closed areas BEFORE getting out the carriers. - TWuG Jul 1, 13:11
- I'm going to make zucchini bread with zucchini from the garden. -- nm - Dano Jul 1, 12:56 3
  - niiiice. do you ship to annandale? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 1, 13:00 1
    - If we figure out a get-together this summer, I could bring produce. Especially squash. I planted way too much squash. -- nm - Dano Jul 1, 13:02
  - And maybe I will watch that School Gyrls movie. -- nm - Dano Jul 1, 13:00
Did you guys here that Mop is in the ER or something? -- nm - Mop SI Jul 1, 12:52
Just in case I don't make it... - Mop on iPad Jul 1, 12:49 1
- mop should be the last person to think about kicking a bucket -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 12:51
You know, no matter how many social networks or sites are developed, I always open this one first. -- nm - Qale Jul 1, 12:46 13
- me too. Well, after Gmail. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 1, 13:16
- it's in my tabs so it always opens -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 1, 12:58
- I'm waiting for SlackerTalk+ -- nm - Dano Jul 1, 12:50
- oy... - colin Jul 1, 12:49 5
  - No UPS man yet. And I'm about to start Beastly myself. Too bad Transformers doesn't have any actual Trans. I'll either see it tomorrow or Sunday. -- nm - Qale Jul 1, 12:53 4
    - tracking be sent.. -- nm - colin Jul 1, 12:58 3
      - Traffic is terrible today so you'll just have to wait a bit longer to see my wang. -- nm - Qale Jul 1, 13:00 2
        
        *watches outtakes from KidsFundCast* - colin Jul 1, 13:00 1
        
        "Ooh, it's a little chilly in here. Where ya goin' little feller?" -- nm - Butters Scotch Jul 1, 13:07
- Word. -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 12:48
- me to. its my first and last internet stop of the day -- nm - Remlik on the new 'droid Jul 1, 12:47 1
  - Only twice a day? Slacker. -- nm - Dr.Vermin+ Jul 1, 12:53
- We need Facebook Connect! -- nm - Mop on iPad Jul 1, 12:47
i feel like moving to france and starting a vineyard -- nm - Remlik on the new 'droid Jul 1, 12:44
I wonder how much Vladimir Shpunt would charge to give us a Pirates/Royals World Series. -- nm - David Jul 1, 12:42 1
- we'd probably have to pay him in pandas -- nm - prayformojo Jul 1, 12:44
The part I dread the most is the IV. I got it inserted 30 minutes ago, yet here I wait. -- nm - Mop on iPad Jul 1, 12:42 20
- It appears I missed something. - Spawn Jul 1, 12:44 4
  - The media is gonna be so floored! -- nm - Mop on iPad Jul 1, 12:46 2
    - So, when do we start referring to you as "her"? -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 12:47 1
      - Last Tuesday. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 1, 12:54
  - Hernia surgery, IIRC -- nm - ty97 Jul 1, 12:44
- I requested an IV for my next CT Scan rather than have to drink that infernal barium sulfate. -- nm - David Jul 1, 12:43 14
  - for every procedure I can possibly can get away with I always ask for... - Mel Profit Jul 1, 13:08
  - IVs are fine as long as you get a nurse (or better yet a doc) that is worth a damn. - Spawn Jul 1, 12:46 10
    - I hat blood draws and IVs. My arm becomes a dead weight with an IV in it. I won't move it at all. -- nm - TWuG Jul 1, 13:02
    - Yeah, when I had my IV in Colorado, she hit a gusher and kinda wiggled the needle - Will Hunting Jul 1, 12:55 3
      - Did you try jiggling it? -- nm - Phlebotomist's Coworker Jul 1, 12:58 2
        
        *passes out from blood loss* - Will Hunting Jul 1, 12:59 1
        
        "You're a woman. I should stick you under a hairdryer." -- nm - David Jul 1, 13:05
    - Kim and I are polar opposites on this. She can't even look when I get one. Me, I could take 15 at one time without a problem. - David Jul 1, 12:49 4
      - It's literally SheFox's least favorite part of being hospitalized. She effing hates IVs. -- nm - TFox Jul 1, 12:52 1
        
        I actually kinda dig it when I feel something cold hit my veins. -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 12:54
      - Oh, I can take it but I hate how sore they get under the tape of the one that hits. - Spawn Jul 1, 12:52
      - I can't look when they put it in, but I'm fine with it. - ty97 Jul 1, 12:52
  - I had IV's both time I've had CT scans because I was already in the ER. - ty97 Jul 1, 12:44 1
    - Yes, it's definitely like something is swimming in your body...and the creepy part is that something is. -- nm - David Jul 1, 12:50
If anyone sees Wiggie, tell her I am mad at her. - Spawn Jul 1, 12:42
Turntable seems to be goin' more smoothly at the moment... *knock on wood* -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 12:35 2
- With half their servers down, it should be. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 1, 12:43
- *skips* -- nm - needle Jul 1, 12:36
97 more minutes. 97 more minutes. 97 minutes more. -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 12:31 6
- *ears burning* *ears burning* *ears burning* -- nm - ty97 Jul 1, 12:38
- This is why you don't have a panda as a pet -- (link) - oblique Jul 1, 12:35 [youtube] 4
  - a panda would never make me watch tekken tag tournament!! now I have the tekken tag tournament twitches. - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 12:44 2
    - :( I love Tekken too. Did you see that Tekken is coming to the Wii-U, PS3, and 3DS! -- nm - oblique Jul 1, 12:49 1
      - whimper. -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 12:50
  - "You ate all the carrots??" "rrrrrrrrrunh." "What?? You jerk! I specifically set that to tivo so I could watch it when I got home!" -- nm - Max Jul 1, 12:37
Roger Ailes 1971 blueprint for republican electoral success -- (link) - moles Jul 1, 12:29
Full Tilt Poker sold to European investers. U.S. players will be paid. -- (link) - not2fast Jul 1, 12:27
10 more minutes - znufrii Jul 1, 12:18 7
- Check to see if he left. -- nm - lileve Jul 1, 12:20 6
  - I think he was working remotely today as well. -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 12:31 5
    - and another thing just blew up in my face. -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 12:31 4
      - jesus f*ck people, do you not realize that it is the Friday before a holiday weekend? - znufrii Jul 1, 12:32 3
        
        L4! -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 12:35
        
        They don't care as long as it's off their hands/ -- nm - lileve Jul 1, 12:33 1
        
        and they're asking me to do something I explicitly told them yesterday we were not allowed to do. -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 12:45
librarians/readers, a coworker parent of two high schoolers suggests the book Unbroken by Hillenbrand would be good movie material. Is it popular? - Max Jul 1, 12:12 7
- Unbroken has been optioned by Universal. i was going to get it for my OBX reading -- (link) - moles Jul 1, 12:13 6
  - when are you going? -- nm - Max Jul 1, 12:25 4
    - 23rd - moles Jul 1, 12:26 3
      - coincidence? enjoy your artificially heated ocean current, I'll be experiencing the real Atlantic Ocean. -- nm - Max Jul 1, 12:29 2
        
        i'll pee in the current for ya -- nm - moles Jul 1, 12:32 1
        
        ha! your southern warm water will bypass us and go directly to Windsor Castle. -- nm - Max Jul 1, 12:35
  - shut it! -- nm - Max Jul 1, 12:24
"you distract the big guy by rolling over and playing cute, i'll jimmy the door open. then run your panda ass off!" -- (link) - moles Jul 1, 12:09 26
- The people recording were too easily amused. They lost it just because the panda rolled over. -- nm - Mop on iPad Jul 1, 12:44 1
  - but that's so cute!! they roll over and are all black and white and stuff!! I want one!! -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 12:45
- hee! -- nm - kare Jul 1, 12:20
- The 2nd one books it! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 1, 12:17 1
  - shakin dat ass -- nm - moles Jul 1, 12:18
- what's completely insane to me is how I don't own a panda yet. I mean, how?? - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 12:13 20
  - Best internet answer: "you can not own a pet panda because it is a wild creature and they are endangered and you should not try to because they could - oblique Jul 1, 12:28 12
    - The next time there's a "how do you want to die" poll, I'm going to say killed by a panda. -- nm - mara Jul 1, 12:42 4
      - Will you play dead so it won't kill you? - Spawn Jul 1, 12:43
      - slashed, smothered, or hugged to death? -- nm - Max Jul 1, 12:43
      - They have wicked finishing moves -- nm - oblique Jul 1, 12:42
      - That's much better than my answer. -- nm - Catherine the Great Jul 1, 12:42
    - as internet answers go, that's in the top 1% -- nm - prayformojo Jul 1, 12:29 6
      - top 1% of most BS answers ever. -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 12:30 5
        
        i meant that more as an idictment of most internet answers, not a comment on whether or not one should own a panda -- nm - prayformojo Jul 1, 12:37 1
        
        you may live. it is decreed. (unless you choose to be hugged to death by a panda.) -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 12:44
        
        You should start your own zoo. You can get a panda then -- nm - oblique Jul 1, 12:31 2
        
        Amy is right, my mom has acreage with bamboo. She will raise some free range pandas. - Spawn Jul 1, 12:34 1
        
        I want that!!! -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 12:47
  - You can groom it for the presidency! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 1, 12:25 1
    - I want that!!! -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 12:25
  - they eat a *lot* of bamboo - moles Jul 1, 12:14 4
    - They sell Panda Chow. -- nm - Spawn Jul 1, 12:21 3
      - Who has a lot of bamboo? Your mom, that's who! -- nm - Amy Jul 1, 12:24 2
        
        my mom had a whole bunch too before her house burned down. now its' well-done. -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 1, 12:25 1
        
        hello? what? what happened in the cocktail lounge last night? -- nm - house of bamboo lounge manager Jul 1, 12:57
here will, have a zestimate -- nm - zillow Jul 1, 12:06 2
- with your zalad! -- nm - Zaxby's Jul 1, 12:13
- i hate the stupid zestimate. it says "you are stuck here foreeeeverrrrr. muahahahahahhahahaaa." -- nm - kare Jul 1, 12:07
So, I recently got about $500k worth of HP networking gear for about $200k. Think if I email our rep if he'll score me a HP Touchpad? :) -- nm - oblique Jul 1, 12:05 1
- they are getting terrible reviews. -- nm - decline Jul 1, 12:05
Hm. Steam put RailWorks2 on sale in their summer clearance thing today. - TFox Jul 1, 12:03 7
- I'm not familiar with this title - znufrii Jul 1, 12:05 6
  - I think it's more a rail simulator than doing any sort of missions with them. -- nm - TFox Jul 1, 12:08 5
    - just driving trains, or do you get to design track layouts? -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 12:08 4
      - just driving trains. -- nm - TFox Jul 1, 12:17 2
        
        meh -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 12:19 1
        
        But it is on clearance! - Spawn Jul 1, 12:40
      - "Desert Train" -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 12:10
na-napa know how -- nm - moles Jul 1, 12:02

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