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the bird -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 12:52 1
- I guess the 'word' gets it again, sigh -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 12:53
Zimbabwe to introduce $50 billion note -- (link) - Beaker Jan 10, 12:26 4
- "Who accepts a currency that loses value by almost 100 percent daily?" -- nm - Qale Jan 10, 12:43 1
  - "Shaft!" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 10, 12:44
- I don't know why they're not selling these on eBay. -- nm - mara Jan 10, 12:37 1
  - I would guess because they wouldn't want to cause currency shortages on top of inflation. -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 12:43
Newfoundland man to swim Great Barrier Reef for climate change -- (link) - Beaker Jan 10, 12:24 1
- Woo HOO! -- nm - Great White Jan 10, 12:24
massive round of Budget cuts/staff layoffs coming to Clear Channel stations. -- nm - Remlik Jan 10, 12:20 5
- they still have people working there? I thought they just had one guy push some buttons to run all their stations across the country -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 12:50
- Clear Channel is the Devil -- nm - Epiphany Jan 10, 12:48
- This could actually be good for my wife. Fewer staff, means fewer voices in-house, means potential for hiring someone like my wife - TWuG Jan 10, 12:23 2
  - Heh...or that means fewer farming out of jobs. Why pay extra for someone out of building when you can get an hourly person to do it. -- nm - Remlik Jan 10, 12:26 1
    - Depends how big the staff is, I guess. -- nm - TWuG Jan 10, 12:43
Friday ratings - CBS crushes -- (link) - Beaker Jan 10, 12:19
morals question. You were just one of the kidnapped Sirius Star super tanker crew members... - Jovian Jan 10, 12:16 16
- Unzip and piss on the as they drown -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 10, 12:50
- help save them... - Mel Profit Jan 10, 12:44
- Of course I didn't live through it, but I don't think I could watch someone drown and do nothing - Guigue Jan 10, 12:43
- Yes. - Will Hunting Jan 10, 12:36 1
  - plus, someone's gotta go after the money -- nm - Beryllium Jan 10, 12:41
- obviously the moral thing to do is save them -- nm - pigby Jan 10, 12:35
- Probably not. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 10, 12:35
- Watch them drown? Help them drown. -- nm - TWuG Jan 10, 12:24 6
  - What if the skiff is HSX? -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 12:36 4
    - That ship sailed. I stopped actively playing ages ago. When the forum went away, that was it. I have no need - TWuG Jan 10, 12:44
    - then we post snarky comments about the grammer they use while yelling for help -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 12:43 2
      - "Kelsey! Kelsey! Help us, we're drowning!" -- nm - TWuG Jan 10, 12:46 1
        
        OMG, these life vests are a horrid orange, you don't expect me to actually wear this do you? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 12:47
  - but save the money! -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 12:26
- no -- nm - Guy Jan 10, 12:19
- no and cheer -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 12:16
Kansas did win the NCAA Tournament last year, right? I mean, I didn't hallucinate the game or just fabricate that whole Final Four, right? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 10, 12:13 2
- Your forgetting they lost 4 starters from last years team - eag Jan 10, 12:19 1
  - You're right -- I did forget that. - ReluctantCynic Jan 10, 12:36
Resolved: Natalie is superior to Sharona in every way. -- nm - TWuG Jan 10, 12:11 8
- it's like the reverse of when Mike replaced Joel! -- nm - pigby Jan 10, 12:42
- I agree. -- nm - mara Jan 10, 12:37
- Why choose? -- nm - nubby Jan 10, 12:12 5
  - Because the show improved markedly when Sharona was replaced by Natalie. -- nm - TWuG Jan 10, 12:21 4
    - I'm guessing we're not talking about BSG. -- nm - nubby Jan 10, 12:23 3
      - Monk -- nm - TWuG Jan 10, 12:25 2
        
        why did the original chick leave? -- nm - Remlik Jan 10, 12:26 1
        
        Contract dispute -- (link) - TWuG Jan 10, 12:48
*This* is our starting rotation? - nubby Jan 10, 12:10
Wow, FOX give "'Til Death" another season. That will make *four*? -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 10, 12:08 4
- Reading the Wikipedia page, it seems that the whole premise and nearly all of the cast has changed since the beginning. -- nm - nubby Jan 10, 12:15
- What the fuck? I was sure it had been canceled. My wife loves it. I've already removed the Season Pass. -- nm - Mop Jan 10, 12:13
- the xtra season will help them get syndication money I guess -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 12:12 1
  - I bet they'll do a 13 episode pickup after that to hit 100 episodes. -- nm - Remlik Jan 10, 12:30
Windows 7 Beta is *GO* -- (link) - Mop Jan 10, 12:08 2
- Kiblo (or Bery), I need some boot managing help. Can I use a boot manager to manager OSes that are are different hard drives? - Mop Jan 10, 12:13 1
  - yes. as I recall, earlier versions of Partition Magic had a nice one -- nm - Beryllium Jan 10, 12:32
Death of a newspaper: Seattle PI is put up for "sale." - psilotum Jan 10, 12:07 2
- I think Seattle is the smallest city with two daily papers? San Fran is an anomily -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 12:49
- My front page section was a half sheet inside a full sheet (six pages) I'm wondering why they still bother with 'classifieds' -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 12:46
Ted McGinley is awesome. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 10, 11:49 3
- If Psych doesn't get another season, it's his fault -- nm - TWuG Jan 10, 12:10 2
  - Married with Children got 7 years after he joined up if not more. - Will Hunting Jan 10, 12:38 1
    - he was no "Steve" but he wasn't bad. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 10, 12:45
the FSU fans yelling in the backround against Duke are making this game hillarious -- nm - CQ Jan 10, 11:46 1
- halftime score: Duke 19 FSU 14 -- nm - CQ Jan 10, 12:02
Hm... kinda tempted to get tix for Will Ferrell doing Bush but at that price, I might just go stag. -- nm - secretslacker Jan 10, 11:39 9
- Take Dmac with you, he needs to get away -- nm - amoxy Jan 10, 11:49
- I would. -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 11:41 7
  - *cries* -- nm - Remlick Jan 10, 11:49
  - I'm getting kinda sick of buying two tickets to concerts and stuff and having to find people to go with. Pain in the ass. -- nm - secretslacker Jan 10, 11:46 5
    - I go to concerts and movies by myself when my friends don't want to go. Sometimes it's better that way. -- nm - jnine Jan 10, 12:02 2
      - I used to do movies and dinner all the time. Don't think I went to a concert, but I could see that, as well. -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 12:24
      - Word. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 10, 12:14
    - Did you ever try finding the person first, then buying the tickets? - psilotum Jan 10, 11:59 1
      - It's just as big a pain.... people don't respond and you need to get tickets on a certain day/time -- nm - secretslacker Jan 10, 12:09
Huh, Taken looks really interesting. - Will Hunting Jan 10, 11:34 4
- I agree, looking forward to it -- nm - amoxy Jan 10, 11:44
- I think it bored the crap out of me with that long-form trailer. -- nm - Qale Jan 10, 11:43
- yep. Looks like a must watch. -- nm - Remlik Jan 10, 11:42
- I think so too. They had a 5 minute ad on last night, I thought they were accidentally showing the movie. -- nm - jnine Jan 10, 11:39
Wizard World LA and Dallas conventions cancelled....Wizard says the LA show is only postponed.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 10, 11:28 1
- *tick tick tick tick* -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 11:38
Top CHef DVR Spoilers.... - secretslacker Jan 10, 11:23 4
- (spoil) - kare Jan 10, 11:43 3
  - I get hives everytime I hear her voice.... - secretslacker Jan 10, 13:08
  - My brother and I drove the family crazy over Christmas by yelling out hootie and then answering hoo everywhere we went in a group. The rest of them - jnine Jan 10, 11:51 1
    - ha! -- nm - kare Jan 10, 12:26
Great, it's snowing again -- nm - CQ Jan 10, 11:19 1
- C'mon you little fighter, no need to get uptighter . -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 12:38
for the Vegasians among you -- (link) - Marcel Jan 10, 11:16
So I'm running a fundraising campaign on my anime penes site and am using a large phallus as the meter to display how much money has been raised. - Qale Jan 10, 10:55 8
- / -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 12:06 2
  - Bends a little to the right huh? -- nm - Qale Jan 10, 12:21 1
    - almost fully erect -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 12:54
- Full of win, yes. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 10, 11:19
- y -- nm - Marcel Jan 10, 11:15
- Oh, baby! You DO love me! -- nm - nubby Jan 10, 11:10 1
  - I said large phallus so it's obviously not yours. -- nm - Qale Jan 10, 11:19
- Y -- nm - znufrii Jan 10, 10:57
After watching the 5 minute trailer for Taken on Hulu, I don't think I need to see the movie now. -- nm - Dano Jan 10, 10:52 8
- Yeah, that pretty much provides the entire narrative arc from beginning to end, doesn't it? -- nm - Mop Jan 10, 12:03
- Haven't seen the 5-minute trailer but I saw the movie yesterday... and it's really good. - secretslacker Jan 10, 11:02 4
  - is this the David Goyer project? -- nm - Remlik Jan 10, 11:06 3
    - No, no.. Luc Besson, directed by Pierre Morrel (District B13)... - secretslacker Jan 10, 11:23 2
      - very interesting. -- nm - Remlik Jan 10, 11:35
      - wow, high praise indeed -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 11:34
- close ups of women being dragged away by their feet has been used in 3 or 4 movie promos this year -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 10:55
- and the latest episode of Top Chef is on Hulu. Hopefully this means the rest of the season will be too. -- nm - Dano Jan 10, 10:55
Crazy Love - really good documentary available on YouTube -- (link) - Dano Jan 10, 10:46 [youtube]
Dogs and cats living together! -- (link) - mara Jan 10, 10:34 [youtube] 2
- Also, "THE BEST CAT VIDEO YOU'LL EVER SEE". I'm not a cat person, but this is great stuff. -- (link) - Mop Jan 10, 11:40 [youtube] 1
  - Seen it, love it, but I just cannot watch the kitten on the cactus. -- nm - mara Jan 10, 11:56
Cool little video, I assume CGI. Really nicely done. -- (link) - mara Jan 10, 10:29 [youtube]
LYC: imdb top 250 update: I've seen the whole top 10, missing 3 in top 20, 9 in top 50 - Guigue Jan 10, 10:27 2
- A pathetic 6/10. 13/20. -- nm - Mop Jan 10, 11:56
- 9 of 10, 18 of 20, 46 of 50, 78 of 100. -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 10:30
ok just an fyi. We are getting ZERO copies of the Obama/Spidey cover this week. Will have the reprint on Jan. 21st.... - Remlik Jan 10, 10:21 4
- Between not announcing the Cap thing and this, Marvel is really screwing up. -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 11:40
- So is this a regular issue of Amazing Spider-Man with the Obama cover or a variant? - secretslacker Jan 10, 11:03 1
  - Obama is still inside, just an alt cover. -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 11:40
- did they just not print enough or is it like 1/10 kind of thing? -- nm - J Jan 10, 10:44
Mara, first few days we had him, i leash walked him at 4am for bathroom breaks. A rabbit darts out - kelly Jan 10, 10:15 14
- "A rabbi darts out" what jnine read it as. -- nm - jnine Jan 10, 11:44 2
  - i *hate* when that happens! -- nm - kare Jan 10, 11:46 1
    - especially when they shoot rockets at him -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 12:14
- He doesn't even hate the powder - he hates the powder *bottle*. That tiny thing freaks him out. - kelly Jan 10, 10:22 8
  - my brother's dog is skittish - afraid of noises, vacuums, some children, cameras (yes camera). Yet, tried to attack some non-dog animals - ty97 Jan 10, 10:34 1
    - liz is still fairly skittish, but she's improved greatly. i learned to just pretend like nothing's happening and not comfort her when she's freaked - kare Jan 10, 11:45
  - So he's not having potty accidents inthe house any more? *fingers crossed* -- nm - mara Jan 10, 10:25 5
    - Oh no, not since the first few weeks. - kelly Jan 10, 10:26 4
      - Good! Once that's solved, and the actual health issues, everything just keeps getting better, doesn't it? -- nm - mara Jan 10, 10:30 3
        
        Oh yeah. We lucked out. - kelly Jan 10, 10:39 2
        
        Murphy got lucky too. :-) -- nm - mara Jan 10, 10:43 1
        
        seriously, so many people give up the first couple of weeks. it can be harder to adjust and bond than many expect. so it's really a nice happy ending - kare Jan 10, 11:48
- What a sweetie. -- nm - mara Jan 10, 10:19
- stupid computer reboot not saving info. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 10, 10:17
Seal watching was a success! So psyched for these photos. I share with you -- (link) - CQ Jan 10, 10:03 [flickr] 3
- No Heidi Klum? -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 10:38
- Human watching was a success! -- nm - harbor seal Jan 10, 10:26
- No clubs, no guns, no protestors...WTF!? -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 10:13
Palestine Protesters in Indy... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 10, 10:03 [Image]
The longest winning streak so far is 4. Can you do better? Group = SlackerTalk, PW = berymander -- (link) - Dano Jan 10, 09:53 4
- stupid andy roddick suckered me in this morning -- nm - Gwaahjo Jan 10, 10:08
- Doesn't work for me. - Loyola Jan 10, 10:08 2
  - There's a cash prize involved, so it may be US only. -- nm - Dano Jan 10, 10:35 1
    - US, Canada, Mexico and the UK. -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 10:39
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- Interesting list. - ty97 Jan 10, 10:31 1
  - ?? - b! Jan 10, 12:42
- "The world's only confluence of drunk, gay, and Mexican." -- nm - nubby Jan 10, 09:54
Comics today: Secret Invasion War of Kings (A++ , cannot wait till WOK's gets rocking, holy hell it is going to be awesome), The Boys, Marvel Zombies -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 09:45 3
- On my stack. Saving it. -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 11:41
- hell to the yes. Abnett and Lanning hit it out the f**kng park with this one-shot this week. Just awesome. nm - Jovian Jan 10, 09:50 1
  - They've been two of my favorite writers for a long time. -- nm - Remlik Jan 10, 09:59
word -- nm - Beaker Jan 10, 09:44

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