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"President-elect Obama has proposed two changes in the structure of tax-favored retirement accounts that could increase worker participation. These - Loyola Jan 8, 14:57 4
- Accounting for procrastination is always wise. Which I guess explains his position on the digital tv box issue. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 8, 15:01
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  - Yeah? What if some gun rabid Republican was in charge and decided that every month monies would be deducted from your paycheck to go towards the guns - Loyola Jan 8, 15:02 1
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my IM status right now is "loves me some nubby" and all of my school friends are copying it. jenny loves her some italian, joe loves him some him, - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 8, 14:56 3
- I am a trendsetter. -- nm - nubby Jan 8, 15:01 1
  - I feel like changing my status in response, but I loves me some nubby today, so ... no. -- nm - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 8, 15:02
- loves me some Digsby. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 8, 14:59
jeff is heading over with frozen chocolate pie, celeb smut, broth, and odwalla juice. yesterday he made me soup and toasted cheese and did all my - kare Jan 8, 14:55 7
- Yeah. You should totally dump him for the unemployed drug user who's behind on the payments on his motorcycle. -- nm - Dano Jan 8, 15:00 1
  - only if he's got a good right cross. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 8, 15:02
- !duberaK GTW (: -- nm - amoxy Jan 8, 14:59 1
  - but i'm so disconcerted! -- nm - kare Jan 8, 15:01
- Which of those items aren't for sex? -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 14:57 2
  - you should *see* me. i am so anti-sexy right now. and i'm even wearing the same thing i was wearing yesterday. i should probably change and maybe - kare Jan 8, 14:57 1
    - aw, well, he's a good man Charlie Brown. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 14:58
Have we seen this? Divorcing husband wants his kidney back that he donated to his wife. -- (link) - CrankYanker Jan 8, 14:54 3
- Not gonna happen. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 15:01
- yes. yesterday -- nm - peglegpete Jan 8, 14:56 1
  - grrr, I just saw it on tv. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 14:57
Oooh, Matrix hands - Will Hunting Jan 8, 14:54 1
- Is this on Pokerstars? -- nm - amoxy Jan 8, 14:59
I am not a fan of baby back ribs! - ty97 Jan 8, 14:41 17
- wet sauce or dry rub? -- nm - peglegpete Jan 8, 14:57
- ~ Don't want my baby back baby back baby back ~ -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 8, 14:47
- This is revenge for the City of God thing, isn't it? -- nm - David Jan 8, 14:46
- FUCK YOU!!! -- nm - Chili's Jan 8, 14:41 13
  - I [heart] Chili's. Going there for dinner - ty97 Jan 8, 14:44 12
    - Fuck You! -- nm - Applebee's Jan 8, 14:52
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      - Instead of Quarks i guess we can all go to Chili's this year! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 14:52 6
        
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        yeah Quarks closed. Food was decent. There may be a new Star Trek place on the strip in May though. -- nm - Remlik Jan 8, 14:59
        
        That's why we'll need a new locale. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 14:54 3
        
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        ann wants us to have sister vacation right after graduation and has suggested vegas. the town might be empty of liquor by the time you people arrive - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 8, 15:01 1
        
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    - my townie friends and my school friends and I are all going together for chicken yummies tonight. talk about worlds colliding. -- nm - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 8, 14:45 2
      - Chili's is the new golf course. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 14:46 1
        
        *snicker* -- nm - oblique Jan 8, 14:50
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- *grumble* - ty97 Jan 8, 14:47
- Good link. You know what I think Jack. If the economy really goes to hell in a handbasket with the attendant rampant unemployment and a certain - Loyola Jan 8, 14:45 3
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    - What about when he appoints Rick Warren to be White House chaplain? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 8, 14:55 1
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- What I read: "Tax Prostitue Analysis" -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 14:41
This sensation would be the ultimate suck. -- (link) - Max Jan 8, 14:37 4
- It was on purpose, he bet his buddies he could make it to the other rooftop. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 14:44 2
  - in a backhoe? That seems a bit odd. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 14:46 1
    - after a few beers, nothing seems odd. - CrankYanker Jan 8, 14:51
- effin hoes -- nm - CQ Jan 8, 14:40
I've got three AIM friends whom I'm not sure I know. I'll post your AIM names within. Please let me know if they are you (or you know who they are). - Mop Jan 8, 14:37 19
- have you had that first one for *years and years*? it might be me. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 14:50
- I think #2 is - oblique Jan 8, 14:40 4
  - Oh, that would make sense. Also, did you know I have two AIMs for you? - Mop Jan 8, 14:42 1
    - yup. I used to have work and home. Now I'm just always logged onto both -- nm - oblique Jan 8, 14:42
  - adhwork is andrea. most people have migrated to gtalk - I don't know if she still does AIM. -- nm - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 8, 14:41 1
    - not in about 8 years! i wasn't even *sure* it was me. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 14:51
- *Forwards the AIM names to 4chon to harass* -- nm - Qale Jan 8, 14:38
- #3 - Trish Jan 8, 14:38 11
  - one of like 40 :) -- nm - oblique Jan 8, 14:40 8
    - laughing. "how many email accounts do you check at least weekly?" counting. counting. counting. counting. -- nm - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 8, 14:42 7
      - I think your Digsby contact is the one I have with the most entries. mac.com? I wonder how I connect to that one? -- nm - oblique Jan 8, 14:45 6
        
        you connect to mac.com using AIM, I think. that's how it's set up in my adium, as an AIM account. you might need to try me.com too. both should work. -- nm - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 8, 14:54 1
        
        got it. thanks. -- nm - oblique Jan 8, 14:56
        
        I'm on digsby? wait. what's digsby? (I'm still counting.) -- nm - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 8, 14:51 3
        
        Digsby's an interface, really, for existing IM, email, and other accounts. -- nm - mara Jan 8, 14:55
        
        kinda like Trillian. IM + social networking. try it -- nm - oblique Jan 8, 14:55 1
        
        alas, no mac. I'm stuck with adium for a while. -- nm - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 8, 14:57
  - *gasp!* She likes me! -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 14:39 1
    - I almost never use that account, though. I mainly use whatmary at mac dot com. (I do like you.) -- nm - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 8, 14:40
I'm defriending you losers. Watch out! -- nm - nubby Jan 8, 14:32 23
- Mmmm... this WHOPPER is so TASTY... flavored with YOUR TEARS!!! -- nm - nubby Jan 8, 14:40 6
  - this is so funny to me. -- nm - kare Jan 8, 15:02
  - I hope The King rapes you in your sleep! -- nm - Qale Jan 8, 14:45 4
    - Silly Qale. - nubby Jan 8, 14:47 3
      - THAT explains why you kept yelling "KING ME OH GOD KING ME!!!" - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 14:50 2
        
        +5 Qale Points. -- nm - Qale Jan 8, 15:00
        
        "I learned from checkers that one guy on top of another is a king." - nubby Jan 8, 14:51
- What did I do?? - amoxy Jan 8, 14:35 4
  - You replied to this post! Mwahaha! -- nm - nubby Jan 8, 14:36 3
    - Hey - I didn't! Is it because I told you, even though that night in Vegas was very special, that that was it? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 14:38 2
      - Yes. - nubby Jan 8, 14:47 1
        
        Or heimlich you? - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 14:49
- Nubby please. -- nm - Qale Jan 8, 14:35
- Oh no! Where will I get my fix of guy-eating-turkey-leg photos now? -- nm - Roger More Jan 8, 14:35
- I know I'll be the first to go. It's OK, guys. I'm fine with it. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 14:33
- If you defriend me, then I think I shall cry. - Trish Jan 8, 14:33 4
  - I got the axe. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 14:35 2
    - Oh hey, I answered your Bon Jovi question on the overnight board. - Trish Jan 8, 14:37 1
      - Dunno... that horrid Journey song was on there forever after the Soprano's finale, thought it'd be something like that. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 14:40
  - *BOOM* -- nm - nubby Jan 8, 14:34
- I'm laughing -- nm - CQ Jan 8, 14:33 2
  - nubby needs his Whopper pronto, bitch -- nm - CQ Jan 8, 14:33 1
    - Professor needs food badly? -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 14:34
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- Can't fix your computer's drink holder? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 8, 14:36
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  - It's only 2:40 ! Chill out! - CrankYanker Jan 8, 14:41
- Hint: there is NO "any" key. -- nm - Trish Jan 8, 14:32
- violate? yes or no -- nm - CQ Jan 8, 14:30
- Did you try unplugging your modem, waiting 10 seconds, and plugging it in again? -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 14:28
- Looks like you still have internet access. Count your blessings! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 8, 14:27
- Hire kilbo. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 14:26 1
  - Just think of the perk benefits... -- nm - oblique Jan 8, 14:27
- Jiggle the cable -- nm - oblique Jan 8, 14:26
Ihave no idea who my owner is in Friends For Sale on FB. Why did she buy me? weirdo -- nm - CQ Jan 8, 14:21 6
- She thinks you have purty eyes. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 14:26
- it must be the shitty economy :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 8, 14:25
- when that first happened to me, I felt strangely violated -- nm - Roger More Jan 8, 14:22 3
  - I bought all of my FB school friends -- nm - Stacy Jan 8, 14:50
  - I've bought strangers I didn't know just to cause trouble. -- nm - Qale Jan 8, 14:28
  - she's pretty hot fwiw -- nm - CQ Jan 8, 14:27
Today my mom got a formal invitation in the mail to Obama's inagural (only 400,000 were invited), I guess thats what you get for being a big donor. -- nm - Stacy Jan 8, 14:21 11
- The Fannie and Freddie CEOs must have front row seats. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 8, 14:23 3
  - Heh, most tickets were given to those in political office, I'm sure it didn't hurt her that she is School Board President in a town of 30,000. - Stacy Jan 8, 14:34 2
    - And she can't find you a job??? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 8, 14:48 1
      - If I had a contractors license I could of been in charge of all the building rennovations, instead they hired a lazy asshole and paid him $150,000.. - Applebee's Jan 8, 15:00
- She should donate some to the Stacy fund. :) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 8, 14:22 6
  - stacy's loaning her mom money. maybe stacy's mom overdonated. -- nm - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 8, 14:29 4
    - they are doing fine, they were just too lazy to go to the ATM....it was cold outside. -- nm - Stacy Jan 8, 14:36
    - Stacy's mom has got it goin' on. -- nm - Loyola Jan 8, 14:34 2
      - I'm in love with Stacy's mom -- nm - Obama Jan 8, 14:35 1
        
        L4 -- nm - Stacy Jan 8, 14:37
  - I'm doing fine right now, been saving money and spent less at Xmas. -- nm - Stacy Jan 8, 14:25
lir kilbo - free up the airwaves for cellphones? I'm sorry, I just haven't followed the reasoning for this. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 14:18 4
- not cellphones, but other applications -- nm - oblique Jan 8, 14:20 3
  - Slices of bandwidth spectrum are worth BILLIONS of dollars to the federal gov't. They could auction the analog spectrum for a fortune. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 14:27 2
    - Last number I saw was something like $20B expected -- nm - oblique Jan 8, 14:29 1
      - Couple this with the expected spike in retail says, and... the economy is saved! -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 14:31
CrankYanker, it's about freeing up the analog spectrum, specifically for first responders. - Mop Jan 8, 14:18 13
- hmmm, if television analog signals were interfering with first responders you'd think it would have been done already OR that Obama wouldn't delay it - CrankYanker Jan 8, 14:22 2
  - Desire to create a unified channel for all first responders... that's the alleged claim. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 14:22 1
    - ok, thanks. I really haven't read up on this. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 14:23
- I thought it was just to screw with old people. -- nm - Qale Jan 8, 14:21 9
  - That's bonus. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 14:22 8
    - They have no idea how big a bonus this is until they flip the switch. I can just see television viewership dropping considerably. - CrankYanker Jan 8, 14:25 6
      - There will be numerous periodic outages prior to the cut off date during which a screen will air informing the viewer what they must do. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 14:28 3
        
        Actually, it's fancier than that. During the local news hour, it will switch to a local news personality explaining the situation to the viewer. - Mop Jan 8, 14:31 1
        
        It'd be even cooler if they could rig it up like the newscaster in The Game. -- nm - Qale Jan 8, 14:41
        
        And it's not like there hasn't been any notification over the last year plus. -- nm - Qale Jan 8, 14:29
      - I guess I just don't have a real idea for how many people, old or not, don't have cable TV service - oblique Jan 8, 14:27 1
        
        My people say the number is insignificant. Most people get their TV through cable or satellite. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 14:29
    - *raises fist* You whippersnappers! -- nm - BAD S.I. Jan 8, 14:25
Get a free Whopper by defriending 10 people on Facebook. -- (link) - mara Jan 8, 14:18 4
- *mmmmmm, Whopper* -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 8, 14:46
- "Each friend will be notified, so choose wisely!" -- nm - nubby Jan 8, 14:24
- SO LONGER, SUCKERS! -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 14:20
- that's awesome. I'd do it if I ate fast food -- nm - CQ Jan 8, 14:19
Obama still fighting to keep his Blackberry -- (link) - oblique Jan 8, 14:17
Yeah, you know that new Palm Pre? It charges wirelessly -- (link) - oblique Jan 8, 14:16 6
- There are adapters for other phones to do this already. -- nm - psilotum Jan 8, 14:24
- What's that phrase? Magical realism? I'm loving this gadget. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 14:19 2
  - My wife is a huge Palm fan. I'm not sure how she's going to feel about this. She hated the iPhone because the touchscreen didn't work with her - oblique Jan 8, 14:19 1
    - ......sweating problem -- nm - rollo Jan 8, 14:23
- Related: Palm stock up 35% -- (link) - oblique Jan 8, 14:18 1
  - They needed to hit it out of the park or pack up and go home. Looks like they pulled it off. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 14:19

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