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Ha! Same research studies, opposite headlines. "9/11 Remembered......WTC studies find no big jump in cancer, deaths" -- (link) - loosilu Sep 2, 07:16 2
- Well, then it's a good thing they left cancer off the list of maladies treated under that first responders bill. -- nm - Mop Sep 2, 07:22
- "9/11 firefighters more likely to get cancer: study" -- (link) - loosilu Sep 2, 07:17
One of my coworkers spends every free second of his non-work hours with his girlfriend. I know because I crashed with them for a week (very generous - Hotkiss Sep 2, 07:13 18
- it's his own business. -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 07:17
- I hope the seating arrangements are such that they have to sit apart -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 07:17
- Different people are different. - TFox Sep 2, 07:16 4
  - right, i think it's *more* likely he'd bring someone if he's new. he doesn't know everyone else well enough to know if hanging around them all day - Andie Sep 2, 07:18 2
    - I find that people who bring people tend to stick with those people and only those people. That defeats the purpose of an office outing. -- nm - Hotkiss Sep 2, 07:19 1
      - for you. -- nm - Andie Sep 2, 07:19
  - whoa. -- nm - Keanu Sep 2, 07:17
- he can bring who he wants, if he enjoys her company, why not? nm -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 07:15 10
  - because it keeps him isolated and inhibits developing social relationships with his cow orkers. -- nm - znufrii Sep 2, 07:17 8
    - so then don't allow sig others at all. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 07:18 1
      - well, yeah. -- nm - znufrii Sep 2, 07:19
    - he gets a chance to do that all day. Maybe he wants her to meet them too. -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 07:18
    - luckily there's still every single day at work. -- nm - TFox Sep 2, 07:18 4
      - sure, but there is also benefit to social interactions with cow orkers outside the workplace context -- nm - znufrii Sep 2, 07:19 3
        
        There's benefits to being vegetarian and prayer and reiki. Doesn't mean everyone needs to do them. - TFox Sep 2, 07:21
        
        if you are comfortable with that. some people have a hard time talking to people they don't know and maybe an entire afternoon of forced social - Andie Sep 2, 07:20 1
        
        Heck maybe his girlfriend is super social and she'll get along great with the coworkers - Guigue Sep 2, 07:22
  - Word. -- nm - Jim Sep 2, 07:16
Labor Day Weekend marks the end of my digital $1.99 sale on Later, Skater, its sequel On Tour, and Freakshow. Also, 15% more off with code AWESOME305 - Qale Sep 2, 07:05
poll: What are you most hated movie/TV accents? First that comes to mind is Costner in 13 days. -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 07:04 13
- I don't have any that I'm aware of. -- nm - TFox Sep 2, 07:15
- I wouldn't say "hated", but Eliza Doolittle got on my nerves. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 2, 07:14
- drew barrymore in... was it evermore? I llaugh thinking about it. ha ha ha. -- nm - amanda "late sleeper" jones Sep 2, 07:13 4
  - Ever After. -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 07:15 3
    - aside from her accent, I liked that movie. -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 07:18
    - that's it! you too? I'm giggling now thinking about it. ha ha ha ha. -- nm - amanda "late sleeper" jones Sep 2, 07:17 1
      - Never saw it, but I just remember the movie. -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 07:18
- Winona Ryder, The Age of Innocence -- nm - znufrii Sep 2, 07:07 1
  - Sometimes I think DDL's real job is to save movies from the big name talentless hacks they hire to do fake accents. -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 07:09
- Costner would probably make most of my top 10. -- nm - Jim Sep 2, 07:05 1
  - his merman accent in Waterworld was terrible! -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 07:11
- and Diaz/DiCaprio in Gangs. -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 07:05 1
  - this (not to beat a dead horse :), but recommend the Gangs of NY book) -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 07:06
pictures like this make me speechless -- (link) - znufrii Sep 2, 07:03
Headline from Aug 26th edition of The Oregonian -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 2, 07:02
In addition to the normal amazon 100/$5, they have a large $5 jazz sale. - TFox Sep 2, 06:58
Sun Trust has made my list. I might be shopping for a new bank soon. - Strongbad Sep 2, 06:53 1
- Yeah, well, just be careful getting things started at your new bank. I stepped into another kind of pitfall. Heh. - Qale Sep 2, 07:03
I own it sometimes my life is like a bad sitcom - Cappys World S3E3 - Capstern Sep 2, 06:52 23
- If nothing else I am starting to find this really entertaining. -- nm - Capstern Sep 2, 07:29
- Whatever you do, don't marry the hot 15-year-old! *NM* - Ender Sep 2, 07:24 1
  - god no. Dude not even funny - 35+ forever. But by teh time shes 18 unless she bloats up or something shes going to be - Capstern Sep 2, 07:27
- If you want to hang out with someone find a dude that can be a friend. Stay away from the tail!! -- nm - Bacon Sep 2, 07:17 1
  - I am 40 years old and have 3 guy friends. One who has been my friend 27 years (hes in vegas) the other 2 are 12 year friends in CO...i just dont - Capstern Sep 2, 07:25
- your friends are *stoked* about you getting divorced, huh? -- nm - TFox Sep 2, 07:17 4
  - They have all come out of the woodwork...sister included to be like we love you but we knew this would come eventually. - Capstern Sep 2, 07:22
  - they're thumbing through their lists of divorced women righ tnow. -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 07:19 2
    - I am starting to feel like chum -- nm - Capstern Sep 2, 07:27
    - starting to scare me a little. 40 plus seems good in that they are adults but I think the suitcases are larger -- nm - Capstern Sep 2, 07:23
- "divorced and needs a friend", right. -- nm - znufrii Sep 2, 07:14 1
  - my bagina is throbbing, and I need some attention! nm -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 07:15
- Seriously dude...I don't give a fuck who it is...but if ANYone tries to set you up, the answer should be "Fuck no. But thanks for thinking of me." -- nm - Jim Sep 2, 07:14 1
  - Ash isnt like J. This was just supposed to be making some friends - and was clear to both of us not a hook up etc - hence the happy hour next week - Capstern Sep 2, 07:20
- Nut. Case. -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 07:11 2
  - Um yeah - this - even I can see that -- nm - Capstern Sep 2, 07:19
  - until she starts planning their marriage she lags behind Truman's nutter -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 07:12
- You're a good gay friend. -- nm - Mop Sep 2, 07:03
- wait, she needed advice, and you were the best option???? - groiny Sep 2, 06:55 4
  - I know RIGHT! -- nm - Capstern Sep 2, 07:18
  - wouldn't you call an opposite sex stranger to come over and talk about your kid's problems in school? -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 07:12 2
    - um - groiny Sep 2, 07:13 1
      - You know these people are lucky I am not a serial killer -- nm - Capstern Sep 2, 07:19
Turkey boots Israeli ambassador and cuts military ties over flotilla raid -- (link) - Beaker Sep 2, 06:50
Tim: We'll have to be chart nerds sometime, but yeah, I'm mostly on during the day. - MDH Sep 2, 06:50
6 cities want the 2020 Olympics (Baku, Doha, Istanbul (not Constantinople), Madrid, Rome and Tokyo) -- (link) - Beaker Sep 2, 06:46 6
- My money is on Doha or Istanbul....the Middle East has never had one -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 2, 06:50 2
  - or Constantinople? -- nm - Strongbad Sep 2, 06:52 1
    - that's nobody's business but the Turks. -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 07:05
- I think Istanbul would be pretty cool. -- nm - bc/nc Sep 2, 06:50 2
  - Although Israel may have a tough time getting in (see above). -- nm - bc/nc Sep 2, 06:51 1
    - if they banned Israel they would never get the Olympics. -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 06:52
Not The Onion: Domino's Japan CEO Announces Plans to Open Outlet on Moon....(link) - Walt_Disney Sep 2, 06:45 1
- Next up, CASINOS! and for you blind people, yes I am the wrestler -- nm - Steve Austin Sep 2, 06:48
Interesting article on SI about eliminating the wild card from MLB. - Krusty Sep 2, 06:35 28
- I've also heard an idea about taking 2 wild card teams from each league and having a 1-game playoff to determine the actual wild card. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 2, 06:54 2
  - I don't like that one bit. A short series, one game or three, doesn't prove which team is better. - Krusty Sep 2, 07:00
  - I would say yes to this, except a 3 game playoff series. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 06:57
- One problem with that is that the wild card team is likely better than at least 1 division champ. - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 2, 06:50
- like that will happen. MLB Owners: "we hate money, please help us make less" -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 06:39 23
  - I don't think it would happen either but it's an idea worth bring up and discussing. - Krusty Sep 2, 06:41 22
    - On the list of why the current system is flawed, the wild card would be very far down the list. - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 2, 06:51 1
      - I agree there are bigger problems but the article wasn't about every problem, just the wild card and how it's affecting the pennant races and the game -- nm - Krusty Sep 2, 06:56
    - They will expand the playoffs before they shorten them. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 06:47 15
      - Which is a horrible idea. Pretty soon the regular season will be meaningless like it is in the NBA and NHL. - Krusty Sep 2, 06:52 14
        
        We're a long long way from that. 162 reg games with max 19 playoff games is by far the most lopsided. - TFox Sep 2, 06:55 13
        
        I don't think we are if MLB does what it wants over the next few years. - Krusty Sep 2, 06:58 11
        
        of course. but it all means more money, which is the only thing that really matters....nm - x Sep 2, 07:03
        
        and MLB's regular season is already twice as long as the NHL or the NBAs -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 07:01
        
        I don't buy that the regular season is meaningless. - groiny Sep 2, 07:00 8
        
        I don't like that idea either. I hate the short playoff series. I don't believe the best team wins in a short series. - Krusty Sep 2, 07:07 7
        
        7 days is too long of a bye period, you want a max of 3 days off for playoffs. - groiny Sep 2, 07:09 6
        
        I'd rather teams have a long rest and a seven game series than a short series. I *hate* the idea of a short series in the playoffs. - Krusty Sep 2, 07:11 5
        
        same. But I could handle a 1 gamer just because it is like a tie breaker rather than actual series -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 07:11 3
        
        the problem with that idea is Justin Verlander. - groiny Sep 2, 07:13 2
        
        Exactly. A longer series will gives us a more true idea of which team is better. -- nm - Krusty Sep 2, 07:16 1
        
        3 games is sufficient. - groiny Sep 2, 07:17
        
        you would, I imagine baseball players would not. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 07:11
        
        yikes! nm -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 06:56
    - the Wild Card isn't ruining pennant races, the inequity of salaries does that just fine -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 06:42 3
      - They're both a problem that needs to be addressed. - Krusty Sep 2, 06:50 2
        
        So you would rather a team with a .600 winning % miss the playoffs because the team ahead of them - groiny Sep 2, 06:52 1
        
        Simply put, yes. -- nm - Krusty Sep 2, 06:55
Canadians, Groupons has a cool deal today, get a bobblehead in your image for about $30 - Guigue Sep 2, 06:33
A Running of the Bulls in Phoenix? -- (link) - bc/nc Sep 2, 06:33
Wow.....I think I just saw the biggest ever slapdown by a government office on a person on FB...... - Walt_Disney Sep 2, 06:33
Would losing Albert Pujols be such a bad thing for the Cardinals? -- (link) - Beaker Sep 2, 06:29 10
- the honest answer is that it hurts every team that has a "face of the franchise" player who leaves. - groiny Sep 2, 07:10 1
  - Word. -- nm - Jim Sep 2, 07:12
- I swear I can't read a baseball article anymore due to acronym inflation. What is a wOBA? -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 2, 06:55 2
  - Weighted on base average. -- nm - Krusty Sep 2, 07:12
  - Wubba Wubba Wubba. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 06:58
- thats just dumb. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 06:49
- Yes, yes it would. -- nm - Jim Sep 2, 06:40
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  - Anyone trying to make this argument really has no idea what they're talking about. -- nm - Jim Sep 2, 06:43
  - i'm thinking you don't remember that the sportsguy is the force behind grantland....nm - x Sep 2, 06:40
So now I'm dealing with a company TRS in trying to pay that returned check at Wal-Mart and it's reminding me of Michael Douglas, CRS, and The Game. -- nm - Qale Sep 2, 06:26 2
- empathy - JenBro Sep 2, 06:35 1
  - I would accept a fee, but it seems like I'm having a hard time getting them to accept my attempt to make it right so quickly. - Qale Sep 2, 06:51
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Texas raises speed limit to 85mph -- (link) - znufrii Sep 2, 06:20 4
- It's called population control. -- nm - Mop Sep 2, 06:51
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- It will be interesting to see what stretches of highway get signed for 85. Some of the roads signed for 70 shocked me. -- nm - ty97 Sep 2, 06:23
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Repost: I'm looking for some people for a FFB league at Yahoo. - Krusty Sep 2, 06:12
TGIF. T___ G____I_____F. -- nm - Andie Sep 2, 06:11 6
- When does TIFF begin Andie? This coming week? -- nm - bc/nc Sep 2, 06:28 1
  - Sept 8 - 17 -- nm - Andie Sep 2, 07:05
- "Don�t remember how I got him home But Friday night it was nice and longgg" -- nm - Qale Sep 2, 06:24
- Ditto -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 2, 06:22
- agreeance - wish it were 5 already -- nm - JenBro Sep 2, 06:20
- do it all again! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 2, 06:12
i think maybe mr. market feels like crappy jobs report sets the stage for quantitative easing round three... - x Sep 2, 06:08
early out today. maybe zeno's afternoon. it's been so long... -- nm - amanda "late sleeper" jones Sep 2, 05:58
"When British Accents Go Bad" - link - guess who made the list twice? - JenBro Sep 2, 05:54 15
- Despite being a heart-throb for about 5 minutes, Josh Hartnett was a totally discardable part of Blow Dry, an otherwise sweet movie. -- nm - Mop Sep 2, 07:05
- Costner never attempted a British accent, how is he on the list? -- nm - Jim Sep 2, 06:11 10
  - I thought he was in a Robin Hood movie - and did the accent for part of the filming and then stopped - and they never re-filmed to match the whole - JenBro Sep 2, 06:19 9
    - He was in a Robin Hood movie, that much is true. But to my recollection, he never really tried to sound like anything other than Kevin Costner. -- nm - Jim Sep 2, 06:22 8
      - OMG, I'll never forget the way he tried to say "Robin of Locksley." -- nm - mara Sep 2, 06:39
      - maybe they re-edited the version you saw? see link -- (link) - JenBro Sep 2, 06:26 5
        
        Cool. Costner and Reeve in Dracula are my all-time most-hated accents. -- nm - mara Sep 2, 07:01 3
        
        it's been a while, but i remember Keanu also in "Much Ado About Nothing" - horrid. -- nm - Andie Sep 2, 07:06
        
        oh, can this be a poll? -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 07:04
        
        "whoa, like hold on their Dracula dude" -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 07:02
        
        heh...can't imagine they did. We saw it in theaters. To be fair, I've never say through it again. -- nm - Jim Sep 2, 06:42
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- heh, not who I expected. -- nm - loosilu Sep 2, 06:10
- anne hathaway? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 2, 06:09
- Don Cheadle? -- nm - LMS Sep 2, 06:04
NFL Over / Unders: - Beaker Sep 2, 05:47
Awesome ad for Dark Souls -- (link) - Jelly Sep 2, 05:39 [youtube]
u.s. non farm payrolls for august: zero jobs! - x Sep 2, 05:34 2
- 165 k left labor force. part time workers +400k. avg hourly earnings down. june also revised down. birth/death adjustment +87k.....nm - x Sep 2, 05:48 1
  - 12 month change in avg hourly earnings: +1.9%. 12 month change in cpi: +3.6%.....nm - x Sep 2, 05:49
~Oh, what a beautiful Mornin', Oh, what a beautiful day.I've got a beautiful feelin' everything's goin' my way. - Trish Sep 2, 05:16 4
- O.K. - JenBro Sep 2, 05:55
- i'm not envious i can almost see some blue in the sky and i has not rained for more then two houers -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 2, 05:31
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  - Nope, it's non-narcotic. It IS a hypnotic, though. You don't get the breathing problems with it and booze like you would a narcotic. -- nm - Trish Sep 2, 07:19
MLB: NL would save a lot of time by handing over the crown to the Phils -- nm - budice Sep 2, 05:15 9
- Signed 2010...oh wait a minute. -- nm - Jim Sep 2, 05:41 5
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    - I know, but I hate that mentality and if you listen to anything ESPN...when they finally break away from Yankees and Red Sox highlights... - Jim Sep 2, 06:04 2
      - You could say it about virtually every season too. "There's a favorite, so why have playoffs?" - TFox Sep 2, 07:19
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- I would agree, except that the Mariners happened (though Philly is much, much better equipped for the playoffs). - Jelly Sep 2, 05:38
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- FIFA: everyone would save lots of time handling the cup to Denmark the next 10 championships -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 2, 05:21

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