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Had a lovely thank you note in my email inbox this morning from one of the managers I work with - znufrii Jul 7, 06:43 1
- ^5 - JenBro Jul 7, 07:03
Morning Ethical Question: Your workplace has implemented an incentive program that you believe is unfair. - nubby Jul 7, 06:42 18
- yep - I prefer to keep my karma intact -- nm - JenBro Jul 7, 07:02
- I would not opt out. -- nm - Diva Jul 7, 06:56
- No. That's like the states opting out of federal stimulus money. - JaxSean Jul 7, 06:48
- It depends on what the incentives are based on. (But I'm guessing it's something like % of students that pass your course?) -- nm - Roger More Jul 7, 06:47
- I'd need more information. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 7, 06:45
- so, i either get something (even if i think it's not somehow fair), or i get nothing, but my work load is the same regardless? - Andie Jul 7, 06:43 7
  - There's no guarantee of getting anything, but the rest is correct. -- nm - nubby Jul 7, 06:48 2
    - but it's "possible something" vs "guaranteed nothing"? why opt out? -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 06:50 1
      - Principle. -- nm - nubby Jul 7, 06:55
  - Andie is right -- nm - Epiphany Jul 7, 06:45 3
    - if you keep agreeing with us, you'll need to change your nick to something that starts with an A. -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 7, 06:46 2
      - Afluffy -- nm - Epiphany Jul 7, 06:51
      - just change it to Texas pronunciation. "hi, i'm a-piphany." -- nm - TFox Jul 7, 06:47
- incentive, like, bonus dollars? i'd have to pretty strongly disagree. like, if there was a Jew-hating bonus. -- nm - TFox Jul 7, 06:43 3
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    - "Call Jeffrey Katsenberg and ask him for a job!" - Mel Profit Jul 7, 06:47 1
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- Yes and start looking for another job. -- nm - lileve Jul 7, 06:43
Teaser Trailer for "The Iron Lady" starring Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher. -- (link) - MDH Jul 7, 06:36 1
- I think my lunch just came up a little. -- nm - LMS Jul 7, 06:46
casey anthony 4 yrs jail...1 yr per obstruction -- nm - budice Jul 7, 06:36 15
- also - according to Tribute.ca this morning, Kristen Stewart is in discussions to play her in a biopic. -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 06:47 1
  - *headdesk* -- nm - znufrii Jul 7, 06:48
- Casey Anthony is consdering adopting children because there are "so many children that deserve to be loved" -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 7, 06:46 1
  - *headdesk* -- nm - znufrii Jul 7, 06:47
- Minus what she's already served? -- nm - lileve Jul 7, 06:42 1
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  - Yeah, I was going to say, that sounds like BS if she's already served 3 years. -- nm - TFox Jul 7, 06:40 7
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      - cause yeah, an extra month in jail makes up for her killing her child - Epiphany Jul 7, 06:47 3
        
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        yeah I know - he did what he could -- nm - Epiphany Jul 7, 06:52
        
        Theory being it's better to let 100 guilty people walk free than find 1 innocent person guilty. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 7, 06:49
      - yeah, it screams that to me as well. i mean, an extra month for all the mommies to put their pitchforks away might be ok from a safety perspective... -- nm - TFox Jul 7, 06:45
    - I think on appeal she ends up going free right away. - MDH Jul 7, 06:41
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- My handwriting is actually taken from someone I knew years ago. - Mel Profit Jul 7, 06:41
- My elementary school scarred my handwriting for life by trying to teach D'Nealian in 1st/2nd grade. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 7, 06:39
- Honestly, I'm surprised it's taken this long. Who writes ANYthing anymore? -- nm - Jim Jul 7, 06:34 1
  - a fair bit, actually. All my notes are in cursive. - Reagen Jul 7, 06:42
- geez, what next? will hoop rolling be replaced by videogames?.....nm - x Jul 7, 06:26
- cursive writing is a dead art. I could write in it if I tried. -- nm - decline Jul 7, 06:25 3
  - heh. (need coffee) could *not* -- nm - decline Jul 7, 06:25 2
    - maybe you should give it another go since you can't seem to type - zork Jul 7, 06:46 1
      - seriously. pre-coffee there is a crazy disconnect between brain and fingers. -- nm - decline Jul 7, 06:47
ST Poll: On a scale of 1 - 10 how much is my husband loving Comcast right now? They were skedded to cut cable and innernets at old residence on 7/25 - - Diva Jul 7, 06:20 10
- let's just say naked crazy mel will not be bursting into the local comcast office to randomly supply bear hugs....nm - x Jul 7, 06:24 1
  - "he" is going to, however, burst into the offices just to stand behind random management and make them nervous. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 06:32
- It's better to just cold turkey the pr0n, Mel. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 7, 06:23
- wouldn't you want it cut sooner so you're not paying for it unnecessarily? or have you not yet moved? -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 7, 06:22 4
  - not yet moved. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 06:31 3
    - ah. yeah, I'd be n-n-n-n-nineteen mad. (are you making them reco?) -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 7, 06:36 2
      - I'm going in guns hot. - Mel Profit Jul 7, 06:39 1
        
        I assume you have no other cable choice? I might live without (ask a neighbor to borrow internet) and tell them to shove it in the new place. -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 7, 06:48
- If given the choice between french kissing Comcast or Nancy Drew, he would pick Nancy every day. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 7, 06:21 1
  - You have a problem with Pamela Sue Martin? -- nm - Elvis Jul 7, 07:12
The "Ash Covered Landscape" set from Big Picture is something...especially the last photo -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 7, 06:11
i just got a facebook request from a grade school friend, her married name is MacCool. i sort of thought that was made up name for fake irish pubs. -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 06:11
Speaking of booze.. my brother flew in last night at midnight. he had 7 gin and tonics on the flight up. - colin Jul 7, 06:09 3
- how was he even conscious? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 7, 06:25 2
  - he's got a scotch/german liver. - colin Jul 7, 06:32 1
    - having sat with you a few times now I have to give you credit for your ability. - Mel Profit Jul 7, 06:34
PSA - the skinny girl margaritas pack a wallop of a hangover headache ... from only 2 glasses too! -- nm - JenBro Jul 7, 05:58 10
- pss. pss.. nmbJenBro - colin Jul 7, 06:11 4
  - she's relatively new - she's the resident bringer of light/love/laughter - Epiphany Jul 7, 06:26 3
    - *blushes* you are too kind :) -- nm - JenBro Jul 7, 07:02
    - ah. i'm impressed that someone found the site and joined :) - colin Jul 7, 06:31 1
      - *paints a smiley face on my ass* nm -- nm - groiny Jul 7, 06:42
- so, this isn't a mix you add to booze, it includes the alcohol? -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 06:05 4
  - yup, about the same strength as wine, out of the bottle. 12.5% -- nm - znufrii Jul 7, 06:18 1
    - (and I think it tastes disgusting) -- nm - znufrii Jul 7, 06:22
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    - why are they skinny girl? -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 7, 06:23
we'll give the economists some credit. consensus for unemp. claims was 420k, actuals came in at 418k....nm - x Jul 7, 05:56
,/~ I came, I saw, I kicked its ass. I walked away and never looked back. ,/~ -- nm - mara Jul 7, 05:43
With allies like these...North Korea bought Nuclear weapons tech from Pakistan -- (link) - Beaker Jul 7, 05:37 2
- Pretty sure that was known even before AQ Kahn was put out of business. -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 05:58 1
  - yeah, this is very old news -- nm - decline Jul 7, 06:39
fwiw, the adp employment report for the us this morning has come in way better than expected....nm - x Jul 7, 05:22 5
- Positive economic news from x first thing in the morning makes my brain itch. - TWuG Jul 7, 05:59 1
  - heh. i honestly try to fight myself on just self selecting bad reports, since i tend to be down on us stuff....nm - x Jul 7, 06:12
- Is this a situation of things being better or economists sucking? - Will Hunting Jul 7, 05:25 1
  - well, economists do suck at predicting so that's a given. myself, i think that things have gotten a bit better + that expectations are too negative... - x Jul 7, 05:31
- here's the actual. might mean the friday numbers from bls will be better too... - x Jul 7, 05:25
with the fed forced to reveal its 2008 loans, it looks like: lehman 18$ billion, goldman sachs $15 billion and uk friends barclay took $21 billion..nm - x Jul 7, 05:16 5
- My cousin works for Goldman and gets paid a ridiculous salary. So happy to know it came out of my taxes. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 05:43 4
  - the thing that irks me most is that they were loaned money to get themselves out of mismanaging themselves. i don't even give a crap about.... - x Jul 7, 05:47 2
    - ditto. drives me nutso. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 05:49 1
      - it'll also probably make it worse the next time, which is sort of frightening.... - x Jul 7, 05:51
  - So we're saying the loan didn't get repaid, with interest? -- nm - mara Jul 7, 05:44
Yikes: stadium roof collapses in Netherlands -- (link) - Beaker Jul 7, 05:10
Auction of Reggie Jackson memorabilia halted -- (link) - Beaker Jul 7, 05:09
I love taking an unplanned, random, day off from work. Coffee, reading this morning, and then probably lunch with wife. - Don Homer Jul 7, 05:07 1
- ^5 - those are my favorites too - I used to pick Thursdays for the Senior matinee - often would be a "private showing" because they never went to the - JenBro Jul 7, 05:57
there sure are a lot of singing birds at 5 in the morning, I thought the east coast would be awake already? - zeitgeist Jul 7, 05:04
apple vs samsung spat now involves "50 patents and a half-dozen trademarks in six countries and eight legal venues"....nm - x Jul 7, 04:56
so with nancy grace getting her best ratings ever the night of that verdict, i guess all that media saturation coverage made good sense... - x Jul 7, 04:48 2
- pretty white girls doing bad things, or having bad things happen = $$$ (or at least a lot of eyeballs) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 05:13 1
  - i say we just point fingers at the media for giving the public what it desires, anyhow.....nm - x Jul 7, 05:18
Man leaves $36k in cash in a bag in a shopping cart at Wal-Mart. Gee, what happens? -- (link) - bc/nc Jul 7, 04:42
this is...new: my iphone won't respond to the tip of my index finger, but it will respond to the other fingertips. - Max Jul 7, 03:35 2
- remember when you were a kid and you'd use your finger for a gun? maybe you forgot to take off the silencer? - zeitgeist Jul 7, 05:11
- Heh. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 7, 05:05
I'm not sure whether to love or hate my job on days like today. none of the problems that cropped up would have happened were it not for idiocy, - mafic Jul 7, 03:27
Did you know: That male individuals with cystic fibrosis lack the vas deferens bilaterally, so they can't transport sperm from the testes to the - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 6, 23:57 2
- does that mean they shoot blanks -- nm - Karl_S Jul 7, 00:14 1
  - Yes, pretty much the same as if they had a vasectomy. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 7, 00:19
BIg Brother starts tomorrow, and Julie Chen is showing off the house on The Talk tomorrow. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 6, 23:55
BOO! - fedup Jul 6, 23:07 9
- Hi! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 7, 04:47
- hope you guys are all doing well! :) -- nm - fedup Jul 6, 23:08 5
  - Hotkiss and I played tennis tonight (she's back in my life!! <3) and I got ST nostalgia -- nm - fedup Jul 6, 23:23 4
    - I think even Scott Pilgrim would think this post is a little too twee. -- nm - TFox Jul 7, 06:41
    - Oh yea, you are HK's friend. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 6, 23:34 2
      - yes, friend -- nm - moles Jul 7, 00:43 1
        
        yes, seriously, just friends...i think you guys think i'm a jilted ex-lover... -- nm - fedup Jul 7, 06:30
- kitty! - b! Jul 6, 23:07 1
  - hi b! !! -- nm - fedup Jul 6, 23:09
::finishes blotting eyes:: "toy story 3" all watched. (spoilers) - b! Jul 6, 23:05 16
- it made me sad too!!! like end of childhood... - fedup Jul 6, 23:09 15
  - so much better than how to train your dragon -- nm - remlick Jul 6, 23:10 14
    - Toy Story 3 is really really good. But i had a sense of 'been there, done that'. Dragon was new and fun and very very good as well. -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 06:35
    - Next time, on "things that morons think".... -- nm - TFox Jul 7, 06:17
    - Correct. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 7, 05:03
    - shut your heathen mouth. -- nm - colin Jul 7, 04:56
    - i still have yet to see toy story three -- nm - Remlik in orlando Jul 7, 04:07
    - I watched that recently, too. very enjoyable, just different. -- nm - b! Jul 6, 23:14 1
      - don't make me add you to hyde on my shun list -- nm - moles Jul 6, 23:15
    - agree...it's with my tops (Nemo and Incredibles)...but my taste my not be the best since I didn't like Shrek... - fedup Jul 6, 23:13 6
      - no, your taste sounds pretty good -- nm - remlick Jul 6, 23:13 5
        
        thanks! have you seen transformers or green lantern by chance? - fedup Jul 6, 23:15 4
        
        sorry, ask the real remlik - moles Jul 6, 23:16 3
        
        no i was asking you...unless you were being facetious about the taste thing... - fedup Jul 6, 23:20 2
        
        no, i just haven't seen either of them -- nm - moles Jul 6, 23:20 1
        
        bummer -- nm - fedup Jul 6, 23:22
So if SheFox does not like pants, does imply that TFox wears the pants in their family? :D -- nm - JenBro Jul 6, 22:53 1
- maybe he wears her dresses? are they the same size? - zeitgeist Jul 7, 05:15
As soon as you've read a Dan Brown novel, you definitely want to get rid of it. -- nm - psilotum Jul 6, 22:30 2
- I just end up deciding that I should watch a Scooby Doo episode instead. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 05:23
- By burning it -- nm - Epiphany Jul 7, 04:48
So, our grocery store finally had N.Y. Real Housewife Bethany Frankel's Skinny Girl Margarita! It's good & STRONG! A+ -- nm - JenBro Jul 6, 22:08 1
- I didn't realize it had booze in it. interesting. -- nm - b! Jul 6, 23:07
kill if you will, but command me nothing! you have forgotten the faces of those who made you! now either kill us or be silent and listen to me, roland - dogbert Jul 6, 22:04 2
- I want to know how you know this -- nm - Epiphany Jul 7, 04:49
- sheez, that was the last season of fox v hens get over it ;) -- nm - theliiouluonanook Jul 6, 22:14
Only 8 reviews, but 100% for Potter at RT. It's looking like this was the movie they wanted to make. - Mop Jul 6, 21:59 5
- It's absurd how much of my enjoyment of this film is going to rest on the shoulders of one scene (huge Book/Movie spoils) - Jim Jul 7, 05:38 3
  - yes. a million times this. -- nm - TFox Jul 7, 06:46
  - Spoiler - LMS Jul 7, 06:18 1
    - When I read the book, I damn near cheered then. I'm SO glad to hear they did it justice in the film. -- nm - Jim Jul 7, 06:45
- I'll give it a B+, might go up to A- once I see it in 2D. - LMS Jul 7, 04:25
Just to reiterate the halarity: 500 post cards. designed and printed up. 275 dollars. - Qale Jul 6, 21:44 5
- DIY in photoshop and print at costco for 12 cents @ -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 6, 21:49 4
  - I know right?! Even Vista Print with their sneaky ass way of changing their prices is far and away a better deal. - Qale Jul 6, 21:56 3
    - lir: in most things printing, all the set up costs are charged to the first minimum batch, then each add'l is a token fee for the paper: i refuse to - zeitgeist Jul 6, 22:01 2
      - but he,s bitching about lulu -- nm - theliiouluonanook Jul 6, 22:12 1
        
        Not bitching. Openly mocking. -- nm - Qale Jul 6, 22:27
maybe they teach a spell at hogwarts that puts hair back on your head -- nm - moles Jul 6, 21:32 3
- you'd be willing to let a highschool kid do some weird magik powerful enough to grow hair on a bald guy...merely to grow some hair? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 6, 21:47 2
  - worth a shot -- nm - remlick Jul 6, 21:48 1
    - ok,lets put it this way, you'd consign your soul to hell by associating with dark arts, just to have a head of hair? fyi hair ain't gonna get you a bj - zeitgeist Jul 6, 21:55
Huh two people tried for first -- nm - amoxy Jul 6, 21:28 1
- Which one was found guilty? -- nm - Mop Jul 6, 22:00

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