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Braves/Rockies spoilers - David Jul 7, 11:23
Now I'm sad that I'm not really an expert at anything. - Amy Jul 7, 11:17 12
- You're an expert on baby shower gifts. You had the perfect suggestion but I couldn't get it in time. -- nm - lileve Jul 7, 11:26
- ha! you are the resident belly dancing / co-librarianing / thrift store scoring expert. -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 11:20 8
  - That will help you steal those diamonds! -- nm - Amy Jul 7, 11:21 7
    - please. the belly dancing will be used as the distraction, your librarian skills will be put to use in some willow-on-buffy type way, and - Andie Jul 7, 11:23 2
      - willow-on-buffy? i clearly missed a very important episode. -- nm - TFox Jul 7, 11:24 1
        
        Andie writes Buffy fanfic. It's...intense. -- nm - David Jul 7, 11:25
    - she needs you to distract and seduce the mark in a smoky middle-eastern cabaret while the crew ransacks his hotel room -- nm - moles Jul 7, 11:22 3
      - I want to be Sterling Hayden -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 11:25 2
        
        sterling hayden is sooooooo underrated...nm - x Jul 7, 11:27 1
        
        speaking of art history.... - loosilu Jul 7, 11:28
- I'm not either. I know enough about enough stuff to BS it though. -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 11:19 1
  - fair pricing on limited edition Lego sets :) -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 11:23
Cancelled ABC soaps moving online. -- (link) - Ender Jul 7, 11:17 2
- Don't they have SoapNet or something? -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 7, 11:25
- Interesting -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 11:19
watching the HP 7.2 premiere red carpet live on Youtube -- (link) - marcel Jul 7, 11:10 [youtube]
Jennifer Aniston immortalizing her hands and footprints at Grauman's Chinese Theater today. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 7, 11:07 [Image] 4
- Jax treated for cement scrapes on his wanker shortly thereafter. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 11:10 1
  - Also known as Thursday -- nm - JaxSean SI Jul 7, 11:11
- That's her on the left, correct? -- nm - decline Jul 7, 11:08 1
  - No clue haha -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 7, 11:10
This site has the favicon that ST should have -- (link) - oblique Jul 7, 11:06
Spawn, stop hacking Vendetta accounts! - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 7, 11:04 16
- right. what? V ships are still attacking us. -- nm - marcel Jul 7, 11:13 3
  - No, no. See, only "fire" is quitting. And aki and F1chrome. Let's make that a longer list. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 7, 11:14 2
    - hmm, are there any of his ships nearby? i would hate that he has to spend so much gold to bring them back home -- nm - marcel Jul 7, 11:15 1
      - He attacked the Raccoon City area a few hours ago. And Flavorize Colossused him. Hence his boo-booing. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 11:27
- Well, I *am* an expert at whatever I have to be. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 11:07 11
  - I can just picture the spit spluttering out of their mouths as they rail against their own futility. - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 7, 11:12 2
    - I will amend your IM with as long as we go through the pruning process when the war is over. - Spawn Jul 7, 11:29
    - we can always play it like - tRuMaN Jul 7, 11:28
  - Hmm. "Run like pussy." Is that reportable? -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 11:12 7
    - Yup. -- nm - Stephen Jul 7, 11:13
    - yes, report it. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 7, 11:13
    - Sure. They've already gotten dinged for swearing at me once. Go for it. They shouldn't be the only ones being "tyrants of the TOS". - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 7, 11:13
    - i would have figured that would be near the top of your expert list. -- nm - TFox Jul 7, 11:13 3
      - Could it be that I am a master of manipulation, using my powers to get mop to carryout my wishes? -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 11:14 2
        
        the pinnacle of mastering manipulation is getting mop to do something? - TFox Jul 7, 11:15 1
        
        My manipulative abilities have enough stamina that I could waste them on mop at that moment. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 11:26
Jury clears Canadian teen who killed person he thought was a zombie -- (link) - Beaker Jul 7, 10:57 4
- "We'll be needing that enthusiasm." -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 11:15
- Ironically, a real zombie would have killed him. You don't STAB a zombie! -- nm - Ender Jul 7, 11:10
- Everything old is new again. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 10:58 1
  - art is what you can get away with -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 7, 11:01
French speakers might find this blog post interesting, about "oo la la" and similar expressions. -- (link) - mara Jul 7, 10:56 1
- nice. extends to English as well. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 10:57
Amuse me poll: What are you an expert on? Like, if needed someone to explain the Chipotle menu ins-and-outs, i know who i'd call. -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 10:54 43
- Listening - Epiphany Jul 7, 11:28
- Roman history, to some extent, and military history as well. -- nm - Stephen Jul 7, 11:27
- Antarctica - OAE Jul 7, 11:21
- Modern Olympics History, Musical Theatre, Figure Skating. -- nm - Diva Jul 7, 11:19
- various military/history things... -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 11:13 5
  - I think if I get you and my twin together with tequila, you will have plotted a takeover of North America before morning -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 11:21
  - munitions expert. check. -- nm - moles Jul 7, 11:19 3
    - more tactics with a minor understanding of munitions. - Mel Profit Jul 7, 11:22 2
      - i'll take care of the other shtuff. -- nm - tim mie Jul 7, 11:26 1
        
        yes, yes you will young lad. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 11:28
- The musical catalog of Me First & the Gimme Gimme's - prayformojo Jul 7, 11:12
- studio lighting and exposure -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 11:11
- Nada. But I have the Internet, so I can pretend to be knowledgeable about quite a lot. :-) -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 11:09
- I'm an expert on all the things that Hyde hates. -- nm - David Jul 7, 11:08 3
  - whoa, you're an expert on ben bernanke?....nm - x Jul 7, 11:10 2
    - His middle name is Shalom. -- nm - David Jul 7, 11:13 1
      - which means *peace*, hyde! -- nm - TFox Jul 7, 11:13
- Archaeology - and if I don't know the answer I'll B.S. my way through it..... - MojaveMeg Jul 7, 11:05
- is this a pretext for assembling some kind of Hazard's Eleven heist team? -- nm - moles Jul 7, 11:03 7
  - I've got yarn and needles, and I'm not afraid to use them. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 11:10
  - No, no, don't be silly. Ha ha. -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 11:08
  - i am a total sucker for the fiction trope of a crack team of specialists taking on an impossible objective...nm - x Jul 7, 11:08 4
    - Is one of them an aging father figure??? And a cocky upstart? -- nm - Amy Jul 7, 11:13 1
      - say, he *does* love it when a plan comes together -- nm - moles Jul 7, 11:15
    - Fat drummer. Drummer has to be a fat kid. -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 11:09 1
      - or a screwup named mooch who insults a gang meber that trashes the band's van!....nm - x Jul 7, 11:12
- Whatever I need to be. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 11:03
- Hard rock and heavy metal of the nineties and late eighties -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 11:03 2
  - *smacks you with a glove* -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 11:03 1
    - Heh. -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 11:07
- Audi LMP Rx series ! -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 7, 11:01
- house music -- nm - moles Jul 7, 11:00
- Old movies, particularly musicals. -- nm - mara Jul 7, 10:58 1
  - You're the leading Bobby Darin authority that I know -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 11:15
- calming fussy infants. Assigning chores to teen-agers. -- nm - landbeck Jul 7, 10:58
- Not much--but I'll chime in on anything! -- nm - Amy Jul 7, 10:58 3
  - Fiction. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 11:02
  - you or andie would be my go to Potter-ologists -- nm - moles Jul 7, 11:02
  - Chiming in. -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 11:01
- i feel like i'm too much of a generalist to be an expert in anything....nm - x Jul 7, 10:57 2
  - you're the first person I would call regarding archival info storage. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 10:58 1
    - i'm ok at that and most of the professional stuff. i guess i just always feel like i know people much more expert than me at that sort of thing....nm - x Jul 7, 11:02
- I'm the knitting helpdesk. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 10:56
the Placebo is my penis -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 10:52 3
- you know how when you walk into the end of a conversation and it's just weird and you don't know what's going on? - sycor Jul 7, 10:55
- get some viagra -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 7, 10:55
- Um, I'm going to assume that's not an insinuation about boy scout camp. -- nm - mara Jul 7, 10:54
LIR: 25/44 boys (56.8%) are medicated? Is that only RX drugs? (If so: America has a problem) -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 10:48 14
- I'm betting most are allergy related since they are camping. -- nm - Amy Jul 7, 10:51 6
  - still if 50+% of kids need allergy medicine it's a problem - Danedukenuuk Jul 7, 10:57 5
    - "Need" is in the eye of the parent. "Little Jimmy has the sniffles! To the medicine chest!" -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 11:10 2
      - fucking parents, treating their children's illnesses. - TFox Jul 7, 11:11 1
        
        I'm a self-loather, what can I say? I should probably just kill myself and be done with it all. - TWuG Jul 7, 11:29
    - probably *some* of them are on allergy meds, some are taking other stuff. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 11:00
    - agreed -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 10:59
- E just came back from camp. The rules were that any meds whether RX or OTC had to be dispensed by the nurse - TWuG Jul 7, 10:50 4
  - In my five years as a cabin counselor, kids weren't allowed to have shit with them in the cabins. - TFox Jul 7, 10:57 2
    - But I'll also say, over 50% would be a mega-high number at our camp. -- nm - TFox Jul 7, 11:00 1
      - maybe it was a jewish camp? -- nm - John Stewart (sneezing) Jul 7, 11:26
  - I could easily see a lot of allergy meds being involved at camp. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 10:51
- yeah, the problem of not living better through chemistry! -- nm - Big Pharma Jul 7, 10:49
- "that kid is too gregarious...give him some drugs" -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 10:48
Tablet users? Heather just got a Galaxy Tab. Any apps that you'd recommend? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 10:46 6
- Amazon Appstore (for the free app a day) -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 11:02
- Google Sky Map, Angry Birds (classic, Rio and Seasons), Cut the Rope -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 7, 10:53
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  - dammit - prayformojo Jul 7, 11:01 2
    - They *oink*. -- nm - Amy Jul 7, 11:06
    - You should hear Bub. - Spawn Jul 7, 11:05
Patrick Duffy is on The Bold and the Beautiful? There is a certain genius to that. -- nm - David Jul 7, 10:46
Things Apple store employees can't say, like the word "unfortunately." -- (link) - mara Jul 7, 10:44 16
- Meh, smart customer service has plenty of training along these lines. - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 7, 10:56 1
  - With the exception of not being allowed to vent in the break room, I agree. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 10:57
- "The amount of porn I saw in data transfers blew my mind" -- nm - moles Jul 7, 10:50
- They also can't give you any non-apple solutions. -- nm - lileve Jul 7, 10:45 12
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  - well would you expect them to? - moles Jul 7, 10:47 10
    - One guy had a MacBook with no bluetooth and wanted to use the apple wireless KB. The employee couldn't tell him about getting a usb nub to get bluetoo - lileve Jul 7, 10:51
    - in various places I've been told "we don't do that, try [x] store" -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 10:50 7
      - i needed wiper blades once when i was at the honda dealer & a guy told me they cost like 3 times as much there so i should just go to auto supply..nm - x Jul 7, 10:55 2
        
        *ding* -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 7, 10:58
        
        'xactly! -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 10:58
      - the hyde store? they're kinda surly there -- nm - moles Jul 7, 10:51 3
        
        c'mon, i work in a service profession! here everyone thinks i am a very patient and nice guy....nm - x Jul 7, 10:53 2
        
        *nominates you for an Oscar* -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 10:56
        
        *nuzzles* -- nm - office dog Jul 7, 10:55
    - no thats why i ask...why enter? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 7, 10:47
bawl.....I wanna read b2 (sob) I miss b2, can I go back? (tears) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 10:44
We've been using melatonin to help my son get to sleep recently. It works wonders. We've already started wondering if we were to give him a sugar - oblique Jul 7, 10:42 10
- I started using recently to combat my insomnia. It really does work very well. -- nm - decline Jul 7, 11:06 1
  - I took it a handful of times and the dreams were technicolor and awesome - Epiphany Jul 7, 11:27
- probably. there was actually a recent study that demonstrated that the placebo effect worked even when people knew they were getting a placebo....nm - x Jul 7, 10:45 1
  - *sign OFFS* -- nm - "Lower" Primates Jul 7, 10:47
- I don't think it's addicting or anything. it's not a sedative. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 10:44
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  - The effects were instant and amazing. He's gone from being awake as late as 11pm or midnight to being asleep roughly 30-60 minutes after taking 1mg -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 10:44 3
    - roofie! -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 10:47 2
      - right? -- nm - dignan si Jul 7, 10:48
      - I smell Hangover prequel -- nm - Roger More Jul 7, 10:48
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- Here, Jose, try these Homesick Pills -- nm - Mets team physician Jul 7, 10:40 2
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  - I'll try some -- nm - Roger Clemens Jul 7, 10:41
Placebo! -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 7, 10:39 4
- Polanco? -- nm - David Jul 7, 10:50
- Running Up That Hill -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jul 7, 10:44 [youtube]
- eff that. /unplugs phone, weeps on the bed for ten minutes/ - Holly Hunter Jul 7, 10:41
- Bulbous bouffant! -- (link) - TWuG Jul 7, 10:41 [youtube]

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