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The Rick Perry Patronage Machine: The best government money can buy. -- (link) - znufrii Aug 25, 06:59
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There was a performer singing, "The Girl from Ipanema" at my last subway stop this morning... - Mel Profit Aug 25, 06:57 2
- way better than my subway morning (i've lived here 18 years, this was a first for me...) - Andie Aug 25, 07:08 1
  - (ftr - when i say 'bum' i mean the anatomy, not a homeless-type-person) -- nm - Andie Aug 25, 07:14
Buffett invests $5 billion in Bank of America... -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 25, 06:52 9
- that's ok, he looks like he could do without lunch for a day -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 25, 11:10
- hm. maybe I *won't* lose my job now. -- nm - Diva Aug 25, 07:02 1
  - it's the first thing I thought of when I heard this. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 25, 07:04
- and *now* we know why it was up 10% yesterday? -- nm - amanda "late sleeper" jones Aug 25, 06:59
- didn't he do the same for GM? how did that turn out for him? - Epiphany Aug 25, 06:53 4
  - I think it was GE and Goldman Sachs. -- nm - Roger More Aug 25, 06:56 1
    - Okay - I must be thinking about someone else -- nm - Epiphany Aug 25, 06:57
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  - Probably turned out pretty nice. -- nm - Mop Aug 25, 06:54
*Hopes this crazy wind/rain hold off until after 6PM when my flight to PDX departs* -- nm - MDH Aug 25, 06:51 1
- I'm more concerned about my Sunday night red-eyeback from Las Vegas... -- nm - znufrii Aug 25, 06:55
wishes today was Friday -- nm - JenBro Aug 25, 06:50
Apparently Christian Slater's FOX show "Breaking In" is about to be uncanceled -- (link) - MDH Aug 25, 06:49 1
- Stranger things have happened, but not many. -- nm - Mop Aug 25, 06:51
it pleases me greatly that the player I cut was drafted #1 in Caveman. - groiny Aug 25, 06:41
Aaliyah died 10 years ago today. -- nm - nubby Aug 25, 06:39 1
- damn, she was fine. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 25, 06:40
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Ok...Truman, Reagen and Krusty are on the clocks...and I'm in the house, so I should be pretty solid for - Jim Aug 25, 06:24 6
- I made my pick. Shay, NWBR, Redmond -- nm - Krusty Aug 25, 06:52 5
  - Draft Mark Ingram! Please! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 25, 06:57 4
    - btw Krusty, nice pick. I was hoping he'd fall to 5. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 25, 06:57 3
      - He wasn't getting by me at 3. Top of my leaderboard. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 25, 07:06
      - It was either him or Moreno. - Krusty Aug 25, 06:59 1
        
        Not keeping him was a tough pill to swallow. I really like him this year. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 25, 07:01
National Topless Protest Day (for women) will be this Sunday in Vancouver and Toronto....(link) - Walt_Disney Aug 25, 06:19 6
- The "Recommended Reading" on their site is a Raelian tome. Suddenly, I find this less amusing and substantially more concerning. -- nm - Mop Aug 25, 06:52 1
  - Although you can't argue with this... - Mop Aug 25, 07:04
- Dammit! US National Topless Day was last Sunday! I can't believe I'm gonna have to wait a year for these puppies to get some air! -- nm - Mop Aug 25, 06:51
- Why in Toronto? It's been legal there for like a decade. -- nm - Shaun Aug 25, 06:41
- Coolness just that whole spiritual leader business bit weird -- nm - budice Aug 25, 06:31
- A chill in the air would be welcome. -- nm - bc/nc Aug 25, 06:28
ST 11th Hour Poll: What have you decided to do with Netflix? The 1 streaming device thing is causing my troubles. My choices - oblique Aug 25, 06:18 20
- continue my streak of never having used it. -- nm - loosilu Aug 25, 07:05
- Dropped the DVD. Is it 1 device at a time or 1 device, ever? -- nm - Mop Aug 25, 06:53 3
  - at a time. -- nm - amanda "late sleeper" jones Aug 25, 06:59 2
    - I don't think that's so much of a big deal. -- nm - Mop Aug 25, 07:02 1
      - I thought it's always been one stream at a time, actually. I have tried to stream things and been told something like - amanda "late sleeper" jones Aug 25, 07:04
- I'm going to streaming only. *however* if I find that my mom is blocking me from streaming frequently, I might have to go back to discs to get mult - amanda "late sleeper" jones Aug 25, 06:50
- I'm dumping before my price increase - I can't seem to manage the DVD que anyway - Epiphany Aug 25, 06:49 1
  - You are my Protest Quit Netflix Twin -- nm - Bacon @Home Aug 25, 07:01
- No change. 2 discs + streaming is only a couple bucks more. -- nm - nubby Aug 25, 06:37
- Dropped streaming and my cost went down. I'm happy. -- nm - ceregon Aug 25, 06:26 2
  - This is what I did. -- nm - MDH Aug 25, 06:49
  - this is what i did....nm - x Aug 25, 06:27
- max of 4 sstreams at one time per account. Could wind up with multiple accts -- nm - budice Aug 25, 06:26 2
  - are you serious? you watch that many at once? -- nm - amanda "late sleeper" jones Aug 25, 06:48 1
    - Maybe it was meant to be a David si. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 25, 06:51
- I quit 2 weeks ago. -- nm - Bacon @Home Aug 25, 06:23
- I stayed with 3 DVDs out at a time and dropped the streaming. -- nm - Dano Aug 25, 06:22
- 1 device? Does that mean you can only use 1 at a time or 1 device period? - Will Hunting Aug 25, 06:21 2
  - One device at a time. There have been times where one kid might be watching something at home on the Roku and the other might be with me and want to - oblique Aug 25, 06:25 1
    - I totally see Netflixs argument on this though. Too many people can share accounts, and they are losing lots of money off it. -- nm - MDH Aug 25, 06:51
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- Autodraft! - oblique Aug 25, 06:18 2
  - Can you show up in the middle, draft Ryan Williams, and leave? -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 25, 06:43 1
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In the ruins of Gadhafi's lair, rebels find album filled with photos of his 'darling' Condoleezza Rice -- (link) - mara Aug 25, 06:12 3
- I knew it! -- nm - Jack Donaghy Aug 25, 06:29
- Scandal! Condi digs some strange. -- nm - bc/nc Aug 25, 06:27
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Kim, truman Shaun -- nm - amoxy Aug 25, 06:09
Yikes! -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 25, 06:05 1
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I just read that JB Holmes (young big golfer) is having what's called "Non-life threatening brain surgery." - Will Hunting Aug 25, 05:58 3
- I read this too. Scary stuff, the symptoms included vertigo-like disorientation -- nm - Strongbad Aug 25, 06:05
- "recreational brain surgery" -- nm - colin Aug 25, 06:01 1
  - just another Saturday night at the Birney House. - Mel Profit Aug 25, 06:28
The commishes have a pm from me regarding my round 2 pick. -- nm - Todd Manning Aug 25, 05:50
Long AAPL! -- nm - budice Aug 25, 05:39
BOP issues? Connection Problems Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later. -- nm - Shaun Aug 25, 05:39 4
- Apparently solved. -- nm - Shaun Aug 25, 05:42
- Told them 486dx not sx...did they listen?...noooo -- nm - budice Aug 25, 05:41 2
  - This wouldn't happen if Blood Feud moved to a Facebook Group - oblique Aug 25, 05:45 1
    - It's fine to fear my dominance. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 25, 05:48
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Push: C- - oblique Aug 25, 05:08
C'mon Vampirates, we're only 7 picks behind the Cavemen. Let's pass them today. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 25, 04:59 9
- Next you guys can club some baby seals and kick puppies -- nm - Beaker Aug 25, 06:02
- nubby picked CJ Spiller. That's so cute. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 25, 05:00 7
  - Best available RB. -- nm - nubby Aug 25, 05:02 6
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      - What sort of fool would draft Mark Ingram? -- nm - Strongbad next year Aug 25, 06:15
    - I looked at my board, there's at least 1 RB available I have ranked higher than him. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 25, 05:15 1
      - Not very many though. - Strongbad Aug 25, 05:28
    - Let me know if you want to upgrade to Mathews in some form.... - Will Hunting Aug 25, 05:03 1
      - I'll keep it in mind. -- nm - nubby Aug 25, 06:35
That sucks, Flanny was a good one. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 25, 04:52 5
- how sad. The long comment after the article is worth reading. -- nm - loosilu Aug 25, 05:11
- "despondent over what he considered a false perception from a community he loved of his role in the team's prolonged failure," -- (link) - Beaker Aug 25, 04:56 3
  - That certainly puts some things in perspective for you. -- nm - TFox Aug 25, 05:36
  - Depression is a disease, and despite the topics that may have preoccupied a depressed mind, they weren't actually the cause, it seems to me. -- nm - mara Aug 25, 05:32
  - :( -- nm - Don Homer Aug 25, 05:10
Ocho Cinco still plans to pay the fine for the TB linebacker who got fined $20k for a hit he laid on him -- (link) - Beaker Aug 25, 04:51
Um, Javon Ringer? That wasn't my draft card. -- nm - Todd Manning Aug 25, 04:46 3
- Crap, sorry. I looked down one. (Too many drafts at once.) - Kim Pine Aug 25, 04:48 2
  - No problem. -- nm - Todd Manning Aug 25, 04:51 1
    - Now watch Johnson sit out for the year, and Ringer rush for 2,000 yards. -- nm - Todd Manning Aug 25, 04:53
LAWRIE! -- nm - Beaker Aug 25, 04:42
nudie (who sent in a draft card IIRC), amoxy, Kim -- nm - Beaker Aug 25, 03:29
Why is it I only think about checking ST in the middle of the night? -- nm - Mr. Havens Aug 25, 00:52
remember the woodchipper in Fargo? it has a facebook page (and the chamber of commerce in Fargo is making sure every TV news knows about it) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 24, 23:33 1
- link -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 24, 23:34
what's up with the Kashi hate? I rarely eat cereal, but it tasted fine to me. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 22:33 14
- I want to state that Fiber One bars are nasty and gross - Epiphany Aug 25, 06:51
- never tried Kashi, but Fiber 1 honey clusters is one of my standard breakfast choices. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 25, 05:40 2
  - is this a poll? my go-to is multi-grain cheerios. -- nm - Andie Aug 25, 06:01 1
    - best cereal *ever.* (multi-grain chex are second.) -- nm - amanda "late sleeper" jones Aug 25, 07:01
- I have found it makes me, um, gassy. - bc/nc Aug 25, 04:34
- listening to pixie on food is like listening to cappy on managing your money....nm - x Aug 25, 02:59 5
  - I don't know Cappie - but the pixie part of this just made me spit coffee :) -- nm - JenBro Aug 25, 06:42 3
    - (it's not funny unless you have the comparison, is it? "listening to pixie on food is like listening to my mom on lampshades." - amanda "late sleeper" jones Aug 25, 06:47 2
      - But for those of us who know about your mom and lampshades...this is hilarious! -- nm - Jim Aug 25, 06:49 1
        
        this is my point. I mean, you know, so you can die laughing. cappie could be a money market manager, a check-card loser, a mortgage-defaulter. - amanda "late sleeper" jones Aug 25, 07:00
  - hee! -- nm - loosilu Aug 25, 04:33
- I reckon it tastes like puffed oats, which is to say, like not much of anything. - mafic Aug 24, 22:43
- Sure, fine, fine for cardboard. -- nm - Stephen Aug 24, 22:41 1
  - Grape nuts was hard to eat (literally) but kashi is just a granola mix of grains with some nuts -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 24, 22:54
Can we move the Vampirates draft until next Monday? I have to do laundry tomorrow -- nm - Bacon @home Aug 24, 22:29 5
- (this was a joke) -- nm - Bacon @Home Aug 25, 06:25
- What, do you have to sit right there and watch it go round and round? Or do you use a washtub and washboard? - Trish Aug 25, 03:32 1
  - You know he can't leave his Cuddle Soft unattended ;) -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 25, 06:49
- *hands you the Mini-Ruiner crown and sceptre* -- nm - ReluctantCynic (at home) Aug 24, 22:34 1
  - can't you read? he has to do LAUNDRY! -- nm - moles Aug 24, 22:35
4.5 aftershock about ten minutes ago. I didn't feel it. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 24, 22:21
Sherlock Holmes gets an .......... A - Bacon @home Aug 24, 22:19 2
- What version did you get? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 25, 04:55 1
  - RDJ and Jude Law B luray -- nm - bacon on a droid Aug 25, 06:05
Spawn, what are you on about? -- nm - David Aug 24, 22:08
Borders 50%-70% effective immediately. Toys are finally worth it. -- nm - Mop Aug 24, 22:06 1
- "hey look, a Charlie-in-the-Box" -- nm - moles Aug 24, 22:09
there's a price on Ghadafi's head. who's in with me? -- nm - moles Aug 24, 21:53 4
- I'll meet you just south of the Tripoli airport. We gonna be rich!!! -- nm - 8 ball Aug 24, 22:11 1
  - d'oh -- nm - mud Aug 24, 22:12
- I'm in. When do we leave? And is your passport current? -- nm - ReluctantCynic (at home) Aug 24, 22:02
- I'll toss in a buck or two. -- nm - Mop Aug 24, 21:59
gameplay trailer for "Aliens: Colonial Marines" -- (link) - Remlik Aug 24, 21:53 2
- They're coming outta the walls! They're coming outta the goddamn walls!! -- nm - moles Aug 24, 22:00
- Nice. It looks more than a generic FPS like all the previous games. Much more story driven, like Dead Space or Bioshock. -- nm - Mop Aug 24, 21:58
this is a test of the Emergency BroadcaST System - moles Aug 24, 21:51
Home from a fun dinner with the guys...and Mrs CY :) We all agreed it's about time for another Vegastravaganza. -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 24, 21:49 9
- I nominate the first couple of weeks of WSOP. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 25, 05:13
- Mid October I figure. Even tempted to say halloween :) -- nm - budice Aug 24, 23:57
- I nominate the week / weekend of March 13-18, 2012 - JD Aug 24, 23:44
- The GF and I are going to Vegas in April for her birthday -- nm - Bacon @home Aug 24, 22:20 3
  - Early or late April? - MojaveMeg Aug 24, 22:32 2
    - :) Late April, but ST won't be there -- nm - Bacon @home Aug 24, 22:32 1
      - thats what you think! ha! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 25, 06:53
- anytime but Memorial Day weekend next year -- nm - peglegpete Aug 24, 22:03
- And an inadvertent roll...it's a good evening :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 24, 21:50

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