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Wow...the 11 am forecast for Irene has a sizeable shift to the west -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 25, 08:11 17
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- I really, really hope it makes a shift to east. No one needs this thing to make landfall. -- nm - Krusty Aug 25, 08:17 4
  - Uh... isn't that always the case? -- nm - The Ruiner Aug 25, 08:18 3
    - Yes. But earlier in the week it looked like it was only going to clip NC and stay mostly out in the ocean. - Krusty Aug 25, 08:23
    - Speak for yourself. I've got a lot of ... things... I need washed out to sea. -- nm - Reagen Aug 25, 08:20 1
      - Wait a minute...say that part again! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 25, 08:21
- My brother is spending the day boarding up the family compound (aka Mom's House) on Cape Cod. - Mel Profit Aug 25, 08:16 5
  - I hope nothing happens. This is the first time in a long time that I've heard about evactuation plans for us. - Krusty Aug 25, 08:21 4
    - When I was young and stupid I was known to go to the beach during a hurricane or two... - Mel Profit Aug 25, 08:23 2
      - My father had a habit of going outside on the patio when major thunderstorms came through because he liked to watch them. - ty97 Aug 25, 08:25 1
        
        heh. My dad has a (built in) stilt house on Panama City Beach, and he does this. -- nm - The Ruiner Aug 25, 08:26
    - Yeah, I remember one when we were growing up in the 80s. My mom remembered one from the 50s or 60s when she was a kid. It's uncommon there. -- nm - ty97 Aug 25, 08:21
- yikes! (My sister, her fiancee, and my mom are camping this week on the eastern shore of VA.) -- nm - Don Homer Aug 25, 08:13 3
  - Earthquake, hurricane.... I might think about going home. -- nm - The Ruiner Aug 25, 08:18 1
    - *nods* -- nm - Don Homer Aug 25, 08:26
  - My friends at the OBX in NC have said the police forced a mandatory evacuation -- nm - MDH Aug 25, 08:14
- I'm sure it will change again, but that rack has multiple landfalls. -- nm - ty97 Aug 25, 08:12
I'm back. Draft post momentarily -- nm - oblique Aug 25, 08:07 1
- You may have moved up to RC status! -- nm - The Ruiner Aug 25, 08:10
Happiness is looking at the Marvel comic releases yesterday and not having to buy any of them. -- nm - Jovian Aug 25, 08:06
In the end TT was right. FYI Cass and I are getting a divorce. We have decided this at a point where we realize - Capstern Aug 25, 08:04 39
- Very sorry for you both -- nm - Roger More Aug 25, 08:23
- Sorry to hear that. -- nm - pmb Aug 25, 08:22
- That sucks. -- nm - Ender Aug 25, 08:20
- Sorry man. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 25, 08:19 5
  - Stuff happens. I realized I have been sorta mentally single for a while - we just werent connected like we used to and once - Capstern Aug 25, 08:20 4
    - sorry about this. Hope you both find happiness going forward. - Diva Aug 25, 08:23 1
      - no there was no reveal -- nm - Capstern Aug 25, 08:26
    - having always dated younger, just not as young as you, I saw the same things. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 25, 08:22 1
      - Well its weird the last 2-3 weeks after sorta this started I was hanging out with friends - Capstern Aug 25, 08:25
- Sorry to hear this. -- nm - Krusty Aug 25, 08:13
- Sucks, dude. :( -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 25, 08:12
- I'm so sorry. Cherish the good times. -- nm - lileve Aug 25, 08:12
- Sorry Capstern, but but wishes to you. :-) -- nm - MDH Aug 25, 08:12
- I am sorry to hear. - Bacon @Home Aug 25, 08:11
- Onward and upward. -- nm - The Ruiner Aug 25, 08:11 8
  - this. but make sure you don't get stuck with all the debt. -- nm - Remlik Aug 25, 08:23 5
    - We are working on that. Its all in my name but one thing. I make more than 4x what she does. - Capstern Aug 25, 08:26 3
      - it doesn't matter what she makes, it matters what she spent. You do not need to help her get going... - Remlik Aug 25, 08:30 1
        
        I can see why she wants to "stay friends" now. -- nm - The Ruiner Aug 25, 08:33
      - WTF? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 25, 08:28
    - Ouch. Good point (especially remembering past posts to ST). -- nm - The Ruiner Aug 25, 08:24
  - This, yes -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 25, 08:14
  - Its odd how once you leap off the cliff you can see so much better how not happy you were for like a year and how many times you compromised - Capstern Aug 25, 08:12
- Very sorry for both of you. -- nm - ty97 Aug 25, 08:11
- That sucks. -- nm - TFox Aug 25, 08:09
- Sorry, dude....stay strong. -- nm - samara Aug 25, 08:09 1
  - thx -- nm - Capstern Aug 25, 08:11
- Ouch. Sorry man. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 25, 08:08
- man, sorry to hear it. -- nm - Jovian Aug 25, 08:07
- Wow. - znufrii Aug 25, 08:07 8
  - Is it odd that we sorta feel relieved now? She still cries (her mistake triggered this) but we both want to stay friends and like each other? -- nm - Capstern Aug 25, 08:11 7
    - Absolutely not. You will miss each other, and that is the part that sucks. -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 08:18
    - not at all, in my experience. - znufrii Aug 25, 08:17
    - i don't think so. and, her mistake might have been her only way of bringing things to a head if you both weren't ready to bring it into the open - Andie Aug 25, 08:13 4
      - We have talked and agreed she wasnt able to tell me what she was missing and needed. Someone - Capstern Aug 25, 08:19 3
        
        Dude that is not girly at all. - Bacon @Home Aug 25, 08:28 2
        
        I think thats the hard part I feel shitty because I think I have been grieving for about 8 months just didnt see it or have balls enough to force the - Capstern Aug 25, 08:31 1
        
        Most people do that. Honestly, everyone wants to try to make it work. Nothing worse that wondering what if I had tried harder? - Bacon @Home Aug 25, 08:34
- Sorry to hear that. Best wishes to you. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 25, 08:06
Heartbreaking: Dog Refuses To Leave Dead Navy SEAL�s Side at funeral: The dog comes up to the coffin and lays down next to it. -- (link) - MDH Aug 25, 08:01 2
- frig me. That's "Where the Red Fern Grows" sad. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 25, 08:05 1
  - I literally felt my heart get heavy. -- nm - MDH Aug 25, 08:15
Heading into a meeting...supposing anyone actually drafts, I'll update in an hour or so. -- nm - Jim Aug 25, 07:59 2
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  - Send it to the guy that picks right before me? - The Ruiner Aug 25, 08:01
want to play "help my awesome coworker charlie identify a song?" you know you do. metal fans, beavis & butthead fans -- please click - amanda "late sleeper" jones Aug 25, 07:51 12
- he found it -- the song is by Ministry "N.W.O.", he says. ok. thanks for your help, everyone. -- nm - amanda "late sleeper" jones Aug 25, 08:11 1
  - Doh! This *just* played in my entire songlist shuffle. - Stephen Aug 25, 08:24
- I know nothing about heavy metal but this was a Google hit... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Aug 25, 08:10
- I got nuthin -- nm - Stephen Aug 25, 08:04
- Not ringing a bell. Sorry. -- nm - The Ruiner Aug 25, 07:58
- Breakin' the Law? -- nm - nubby Aug 25, 07:58 6
  - he says no -- it's heavier and more metal, he says. " the guy who sings litterally barks like a dog, i cant understand anything he is singing" -- nm - amanda "late sleeper" jones Aug 25, 08:03 4
    - Something by Pantera maybe? -- nm - Stephen Aug 25, 08:12 1
      - If it's older this is my guess. - Mel Profit Aug 25, 08:17
    - Can't they describe the video? -- nm - lileve Aug 25, 08:06
    - Did they ever watch Peace Sells by Megadeth? -- nm - The Ruiner Aug 25, 08:06
  - Judas Priest. Good call. -- nm - The Ruiner Aug 25, 07:59
Have we seen the trailer for "Pariah?" They aired it before "The Help" (after the "Courageous" trailer haha), looks pretty tough -- (link) - MDH Aug 25, 07:51
ST Poll: What song currently makes you turn it up real loud. - Mel Profit Aug 25, 07:44 24
- What Have You Done Now by Within Temptation -- nm - David Aug 25, 08:17
- "General Patton", Big Boi -- nm - TFox Aug 25, 08:11
- King of the Beach -- Wavves -- nm - samara Aug 25, 08:08
- Also, Ryan Star - Brand New Day. Damn you, Lie to Me. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 25, 08:03 1
  - Hmm. Have yet to hear Damn you, Lie to Me. -- nm - The Ruiner Aug 25, 08:03
- We Don't Have to Work It Out - Fitz & the Tantrums - nubby Aug 25, 07:59 1
  - great album. -- nm - samara Aug 25, 08:10
- for some reason the song from the Expendables is being played a lot - Diamond Eyes by Shinedown - I always turn it up - Epiphany Aug 25, 07:58
- I listened to 1984 (VH) straight through on the way to work today. Quite loudly, as the cop next to me at a stop light looked over and then started - The Ruiner Aug 25, 07:54
- Those songs by The Black Keys and The Heavy - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 25, 07:53 7
  - Howlin has one of the best videos, ever. - The Ruiner Aug 25, 08:00
  - Howlin' For You - The Black Keys, How You Like Me Now? - The Heavy -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 25, 07:59
  - The Heavy, as in the "How You Like Me Now?" car commercial? - con_carne Aug 25, 07:55 4
    - I bought it because Letterman asked for an encore, and he was right. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 25, 08:00
    - Has been my X-box motto since I signed up. -- nm - The Ruiner Aug 25, 07:58
    - That song is The Black Keys? I totally love that song and heard of the band, but never associated them together. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 25, 07:56 1
      - No, it's by The Heavy -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 07:57
- "Dial My Number" - Sophie Ellis Bextor -- nm - MDH Aug 25, 07:53
- I'm listening to a lot of old alanis these days. my ears hurt. -- nm - amanda "late sleeper" jones Aug 25, 07:53
- Walk Idiot Walk by The Hives -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 07:49
- I'm gonna channel my inner MDH here, but Gaga's Edge of Glory is my new favorite song right now. -- nm - Jim Aug 25, 07:48 2
  - You and I is my new fav - I love to catch it on the radio -- nm - Epiphany Aug 25, 07:57 1
    - She's opening the VMAs this weekend. I am watch her performance then have no interest. - MDH Aug 25, 07:58
- "Moves" by the New Pornographers; "Brother Run Them Down" by The Constatines. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 25, 07:46
Stewie, Redmond and kilbo are up in their respective leagues. -- nm - Jim Aug 25, 07:37 5
- I picked, Strongbad is up in Vamps -- nm - Bacon @Home Aug 25, 07:38 2
  - Picking now. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 25, 07:40 1
    - Budice, Baron, Foley and Redmond x3 -- nm - Krusty Aug 25, 07:51
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  - Ruination, ended. Stupid "we're moving the whole company in 2 months meeting" -- nm - oblique Aug 25, 08:19
something I learned today: NATO's version of "Top Secret" is "Top Secret/COSMIC". - loosilu Aug 25, 07:33
rodenbach grand cru on tap at the deli? I may actually cheat on zeno's for that... -- nm - amanda "late sleeper" jones Aug 25, 07:33 4
- I thought you hated belgian beer? -- nm - loosilu Aug 25, 07:39 3
  - most. the exception proves the rule. -- nm - amanda "late sleeper" jones Aug 25, 07:46 2
    - so you were just being a jerk when I asked about Chimay? -- (link) - loosilu Aug 25, 07:49 [Backboard] 1
      - yes, I was just being a jerk. 100%. -- nm - amanda "late sleeper" jones Aug 25, 07:52
Ok, loud coworkers next door...you've forced me to unleash Korn. - Mel Profit Aug 25, 07:28 10
- and...it worked. - Mel Profit Aug 25, 07:39 6
  - Loud rock n' roll. Is there anything it can't do? -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 07:50 5
    - ...obnoxious 90s Frat Boy Rock. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 25, 07:51 4
      - Oh no. They're back. - Mel Profit Aug 25, 08:08 3
        
        That was a good time for loud heavy metal bass -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 08:16 2
        
        Tool? -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 25, 08:18 1
        
        *ambles gymnastically in the corner* -- nm - naked glowing Maynard Aug 25, 08:22
- Freak on a Leash? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 25, 07:31 2
  - Life is Peachy for now. - Mel Profit Aug 25, 07:33
  - Got the Life. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 25, 07:31
Brian, Stewie, Owner to be Named Later -- nm - Beaker Aug 25, 07:27
Cherokee Nation Supreme Court votes to expel slave descendants. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 25, 07:20 1
- Interesting case. I'd not heard about this before. -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 25, 07:24
Creepy! Apparently many UK high schools peddle pictures of attractive girls for newspapers to print for their stories on A-level results. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 25, 07:15
Vampirates, Shay, NWBR, Redmond, Strongbad, budice -- nm - Bacon @Home Aug 25, 07:12 2
- shay made my day. Thank you shay. - Strongbad Aug 25, 07:20
- *subliminal message* Take the rookie RB's! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 25, 07:13
Poll: What's good about today? I'm happy because I painted really well last night, then went out for beers with some of the other painters. - loosilu Aug 25, 07:08 22
- dia de los muertos party invite (it's going to be good, too). -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 07:53 3
  - isn't that in... November? (or am i crazy?) -- nm - Andie Aug 25, 07:55 2
    - (the party will be on Oct. 29, but still) -- nm - con_carne Aug 25, 07:58
    - You are correct - con_carne Aug 25, 07:56
- back at work, headache gone. -- nm - groiny Aug 25, 07:31
- day off -- nm - dogbert Aug 25, 07:29
- new guest at Pippy's Hotel for Dogs - Tank Butt - he checked in this morning - Epiphany Aug 25, 07:25 3
  - Tankbutt!! -- nm - Diva Aug 25, 07:32
  - Tankbutt! -- nm - Bacon @Home Aug 25, 07:26 1
    - I know!! we yell " Incoming" and he barks his fool head off - so cute. - Epiphany Aug 25, 07:28
- everything. I have the biggest crush on my stupid life lately. "why are you smiling??" "why *aren't* you??" - amanda "late sleeper" jones Aug 25, 07:25
- Leaving work at 1:30. 3.5 day week this week, and the next two weeks are: 2.5 and 4 day weeks -- nm - MDH Aug 25, 07:19
- BF Draft, my big keeper league draft Saturday, college football 7 days away! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 25, 07:11 2
  - Ducks vs. LSU! -- nm - Bacon @Home Aug 25, 07:12 1
    - We have a big game against the Catamounts of Western Carolina! - Strongbad Aug 25, 07:14
- It's one of Connor's school days so he's awake to give me a hug and kiss goodbye. -- nm - Stephen Aug 25, 07:11
- i am not hungover! (beer gives me headaches lately). i was at a Peroni party last night. Lots of oysters, and beer, and a fabulous view of the - Andie Aug 25, 07:10 4
  - I'm going to do oysters and beer tonight. -- nm - Diva Aug 25, 07:33 2
    - i realized last night that it had been *eons* since i'd had oysters. such a crime. -- nm - Andie Aug 25, 07:34 1
      - cute trendy resto in the new nabe does $1 Raw Bar every Thursday w/beer specials. - Diva Aug 25, 07:36
  - yay for Peroni! -- nm - loosilu Aug 25, 07:11
- It's draft day! Other than that I've got nothing. -- nm - Krusty Aug 25, 07:09
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- One, two, three four five - Strongbad Aug 25, 07:17 1
  - one, two, three, four, tell me that you love me more.... nm -- nm - groiny Aug 25, 07:18

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