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Turntable is back, dee-jays! -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 12:07
CivWorld may be the worst civ game every. they actually managed to make Civ into a intensive mico-management game. - tRuMaN Jul 7, 12:01 3
- it's very facebook-ie. I am disappointed as well. -- nm - decline Jul 7, 12:11
- That's kind of the whole point of a Facebook game. -- nm - Ender Jul 7, 12:07 1
  - maybe, but compared to Empires and Allies, this is bad. - tRuMaN Jul 7, 12:10
let them hit dingers: MLB to use real 24k gold on their home run derby balls -- (link) - moles Jul 7, 11:54
Standup comedy, banjo technique (3-finger picking, not clawhammer) -- nm - Dr.Vermin, expert Jul 7, 11:53
[Braves spoiler] is trending on Twitter. -- nm - nubby Jul 7, 11:51
Hyde inspired poll: What do you loathe that you can't defend why you loath it? - mandy, queen of scots Jul 7, 11:50 30
- hipsters. hippies. Twilight. Reality TV. -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 12:07 1
  - /can defend the loathing of all of the above -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 7, 12:08
- tiny hands. -- nm - colin Jul 7, 12:05
- mouth noises. -- nm - kare Jul 7, 12:03 1
  - How you doin? -- nm - Mime Jul 7, 12:04
- Julia Roberts -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 12:02
- Sigur Ros. -- nm - TFox Jul 7, 12:02
- sweaters -- nm - CQ Jul 7, 12:01
- Owen Wilson -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 12:01
- Fruit candy -- nm - Amy Jul 7, 12:00
- i guess i loathe whatever i loathe for a reason -- nm - marcel Jul 7, 12:00
- Mechanical pencils, electric pencil sharpeners, electric can openers. - TWuG Jul 7, 11:59 6
  - I just don't like pencils. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 12:00 5
    - I effin hate pencils. a carpenter's pencil is different though. There's a need for them. -- nm - CQ Jul 7, 12:04
    - I love a good #2 - TWuG Jul 7, 12:03 3
      - Heh. -- nm - Dr.Vermin sees what you did there Jul 7, 12:08
      - fair enough. as for electric can openers, they get filthy and unhygienic. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 12:05 1
        
        As does anything you don't clean. Wtf? Clean it. -- nm - Amy Jul 7, 12:07
- shorts....nm - x Jul 7, 11:59
- South Park... - Mel Profit Jul 7, 11:57
- Spaghetti. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, hater Jul 7, 11:57
- Starbucks, rap 'music', Howie Mandel, eggplant -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 11:56
- Lemon pudding or custard-consistancy desserts. Frostings, pies. Even yogurt. Blech. -- nm - landbeck Jul 7, 11:55
- AL East teams, guacamole, -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 7, 11:53
- I dunno, I can defend my loathing of most things I loathe. Sony, Microsoft software (specifically Office and IIS), SOAP ... - Beryllium Jul 7, 11:53
- Family Guy. Mayonnaise. neon coloured nail polish. -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 11:51 1
  - me too on all of these. (cartoons in general. also: lunchmeat (shudder).) -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 7, 11:53
- Walmart. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 11:51
- Ethan Hawke. nm -- nm - Jim Jul 7, 11:51 1
  - The "new" cop from The Killing had the same vibe as ethan hawke ... backpfeifengesicht. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 11:54
Admit something to st that you havent shared previously. - tRuMaN Jul 7, 11:47 15
- i have a medical test at 1 and i'm really, really, really (really) nervous. -- nm - kare Jul 7, 12:08
- My dad was on the USS Austin when it was in the back-up fleet for recovering Gemini capsules. -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 12:04 1
  - And while we're at it: My Mom cheated on my dad with the guy who became her second husband, then cheated on him with the guy who became her third - TWuG Jul 7, 12:12
- My father was the third base coach for Atlanta for three days back in 1979 -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 12:03 3
  - Does he still keep in touch with Biff Pocoroba? -- nm - David Jul 7, 12:03 2
    - I'm 93% sure you're making that name up -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 12:04 1
      - He was a 1978 All-Star! - David Jul 7, 12:09
- I played Kitten Bowling as a kid. - David Jul 7, 12:00
- When I type on ST, I'm actually (spoils) - Jim Jul 7, 11:54
- I miss Redmond. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 11:49 1
  - (it was obvious. some things you don't need to say aloud.) -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 7, 11:51
- good god man, i already said i missed office dog....nm - x Jul 7, 11:48 3
  - how many years of pent of confessin' do you have to share? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 7, 11:50 2
    - don't get me started!....nm - x Jul 7, 12:01 1
      - ok ok. I was just trying to be helpfull -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 7, 12:05
Man, I have got to do some yard work. Pinch needs to grow up and do some chores. - CQ Jul 7, 11:43
From BB's: Sending good thoughts out to Andie. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 7, 11:40 4
- missed it on the BBs but anyway - good thoughts on the way. -- nm - marcel Jul 7, 11:50
- Ditto. Sorry Andie. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 11:48
- Same her. Andie: (((hugs)))) -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 11:42 1
  - thanks guys. - Andie Jul 7, 11:47
LYC: I think I need to cull my work RSS feeds. It says I have read over 81,000 items in the last 18 months. :o -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 7, 11:40
now they're all crying at the HP7.2 premiere -- nm - marcel Jul 7, 11:40 1
- meh. Let me know if something important happens. Like hermione gets naked. -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 11:44
I really shouldn't be our Ikariam diplomat. I enjoy taunting too much. I'm giddy at the prospect of destroying another alliance. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 7, 11:40 2
- I messaged F1Chrome. Trying to sow some seeds. Complemented him on his handling of me and asked why the rest are so whiny :) -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 11:49 1
  - He's been on vacation for over a week. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 7, 12:07
Hyde inspired poll: What do you love that you can't defend why you love it? You'll allow/probably agree with the many criticisms people have on it? -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 11:39 23
- Most royal families/monarchies, anything Disney, getting rid of odd sentimental stuff. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 7, 11:55
- Mayonnaise, Hudson Hawk -- nm - Dr.Vermin, lover Jul 7, 11:55 1
  - ooh, I'll add Hudson Hawk to my list too. ~would you like to swing on a star~ -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 11:57
- Deep Rising. Moonraker -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 11:50
- the wedding singer. lizzy maguire. -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 11:49
- slackertalk....I've told several friends about it who then checked it out, thought, wtf, don't get it, think I"m crazy -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 11:49
- tuff turf and streets of fire, for starters. puppets. plastic bugs and snakes. britney spears. -- nm - mandy, queen of scots Jul 7, 11:48
- Blair Witch 2. nm - Jim Jul 7, 11:46
- Liverwurst. Instrumental lounge music. -- nm - con_carne Jul 7, 11:46
- 80's decor -- nm - Epiphany Jul 7, 11:46
- Tuff Turf. I maintain that it's James Spader's finest hour (and a half). -- nm - David Jul 7, 11:44
- Michael Bay movies -- nm - decline Jul 7, 11:43
- oh! Father Dowling Mysteries and Steel Magnolias -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 11:42
- Jersey Shore. Steampunk romance. Rhinestones. -- nm - Amy Jul 7, 11:42
- MIchael Landon tv shows -- nm - moles Jul 7, 11:41
- NCIS. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 11:41 2
  - nothing to be ashamed of. It's a good show. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 11:56 1
    - There's plenty about it I can't defend. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 11:58
- my stock answer to this sort of poll is: streets of fire....nm - x Jul 7, 11:40 2
  - Cutting Edge! -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 11:43
  - awesome movie :) -- nm - decline Jul 7, 11:43
- Coors Light! -- nm - CQ Jul 7, 11:40
- Late 80s/early 90s One Life to Live -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 11:40
In specific record-keeping news: 'Bridesmaids' Passes 'Sex and the City' to Become Top R-Rated Female Comedy Ever -- (link) - ty97 Jul 7, 11:37 7
- it might be my favorite movie of the summer. - Mel Profit Jul 7, 11:42
- How many more qualifiers can we add to that? -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 7, 11:40
- SATC is a comedy? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 11:38 4
  - Too much drama to even be a dramody. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 11:40
  - I'd place it in horror, myself. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 11:39 2
    - certainly enough pancake makeup used to qualify -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 11:51
    - this. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 11:44
i'm a little sad no one pegged satisfaction with justine bateman as my mystery rock film....nm - x Jul 7, 11:34 22
- I've always been disturbed my girls who basically have a boy's name plus a vowel. - ty97 Jul 7, 11:39 2
  - that's like half the female names in French. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 11:44
  - First college roommate: Davida -- nm - Amy Jul 7, 11:40
- Is that the one with Joan Jett as a factory worker? -- nm - David Jul 7, 11:38 2
  - nope, that's the other one I mentioned. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 11:38 1
    - light of day with michael j fox?....nm - x Jul 7, 11:43
- co-starring Julia Roberts! J'accuse, hyde! - Reagen Jul 7, 11:37 14
  - ha! there it is. i saw both of these in theaters too. for one of 'em i think i got a private screening...nm, - x Jul 7, 11:44
  - For whatever reason, I still think of Julia Roberts first and foremost as the mini-skirt clad slut in Mystic Pizza. - David Jul 7, 11:43 11
    - name the other A-lister who made their debut in that film - Reagen Jul 7, 11:52 10
      - Kim Kardashian -- nm - moles Jul 7, 11:58
      - Honestly, I only remember the other two women (sisters?), Annabeth Gish and Lilly Taylor. -- nm - David Jul 7, 11:56
      - Without looking it up.. (spoils) - Jim Jul 7, 11:55 7
        
        it's a he. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 11:57 5
        
        Oh, it's Donofrio, who played basically the same character in Beautiful Girls. -- nm - David Jul 7, 11:59 4
        
        Nope, both FMJ and Adventures in Babysitting pre-dated that. - Reagen Jul 7, 12:01 3
        
        Donofrio was in Adventures in Babysitting? Wow. -- nm - David Jul 7, 12:02 2
        
        He was Thor! -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 12:05 1
        
        No. Fucking. Way. -- nm - David Jul 7, 12:10
        
        nope -- nm - Jim Jul 7, 11:56
  - And Liam Neeson -- nm - pmb Jul 7, 11:42
- I used to have a huge crush on her. -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 11:35
I know I barely showed up at all in June, that's for sure -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 11:32
hyde, ygm. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 11:32 5
- oh, god. if it's on renaissance art i'm *totally* not an expert!....nm - x Jul 7, 11:37 1
  - hmph. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 11:42
- Hyde, you've got (physical) mail. -- nm - David Jul 7, 11:35 1
  - hm, what have we here....notting hill on blu ray!?!?!?!?!?!.....nm - x Jul 7, 11:39
- ok. likely won't get to it til later....nm - x Jul 7, 11:33
So, Disney World Cinema snuck up on me. They are branding a bunch of Asian cinema DVDs. -- nm - Amy Jul 7, 11:30
Willow had learned a new spell and she couldn't wait to teach it to her best friend, Buffy. (nm) -- (link) - David Jul 7, 11:30 1
- .. nude. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 11:31
Re: ABC soaps, I'm finding nothing about company "Prospect Park". I wonder what they're all about, where's the money coming from? -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 7, 11:29 1
- no one seems to know anything. - Mel Profit Jul 7, 11:30
Mop from B2: SoapNet is closing down shop in the next few months -- nm - MDH Jul 7, 11:29 1
- Ah. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 7, 11:29
From B2: If there's one thing ST has taught me, it's that I'm not an expert on anything. ANYthing. Also, 97...not allergy meds. - Jim Jul 7, 11:28 15
- It's important to note that campers aren't a representative sample of all kids. There are any number of reasons why that number is so high for this - TWuG Jul 7, 11:34 2
  - families who can afford summer camps for their kids can also afford the doctors and meds and/or the time involved and probably need the break from'm -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 11:52
  - Heh. Get this spastic kid out of the house!!! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 7, 11:49
- I was hoping that OTC drugs was the explanation. I was expecting that ADHD drugs for more likely the answer though. Scary -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 11:32 4
  - They don't have to send OTC stuff. The Troop has all of that, they just need parents' ok to give it. - Jim Jul 7, 11:34 2
    - That has to tell us something. - ty97 Jul 7, 11:35 1
      - It tells me that Carrie is PLENTY busy every day. :) -- nm - Jim Jul 7, 11:35
  - working for SSA Disability, it's crazy how many application we see for kids with "ADHD" as young as 3 yrs old. And they are on meds from their pediat -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 11:33
- (Survivor) -- nm - David Jul 7, 11:30 3
  - Self proclaimed...but I always have you around to tell me how wrong I am. nm - Jim Jul 7, 11:35 2
    - Obviously, you're never going to be as much of an expert as me but as far as mere mortals go, you're aces. - David Jul 7, 11:36 1
      - Heh...nice. -- nm - Jim Jul 7, 11:38
- Scout Master. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 11:30
- geez -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 11:29
- yikes. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 11:29
should I try to post some more? 25 or 6 to four -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 11:28 1
- 4 and 2 ahead of you? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 11:29
Word. -- nm - Jim Jul 7, 11:28

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