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Fourth Circuit dismisses challenge to health care reform -- (link) - moles Sep 8, 10:32
Which is a good font for displaying alphanumeric stuff? One that makes it easy to tell whether you're looking at a zero or an O; a 1 vs. lowercase L? - con_carne Sep 8, 10:25 1
- courier fixed point font. the one that looks like an old school terminal screen -- nm - oblique Sep 8, 10:30
Just because the Niners booted me out of Survivor football in the first week against the Seahawks doesn't mean it would happen again, right? - Stephen Sep 8, 10:25
so colin, if I was to use something like this Room EQ software, my goal (first pass) is to get to a flat EQ using pink noise? -- (link) - oblique Sep 8, 10:23
my conundrum: take the dogs to the dog park and risk angering my guy? (daisy pulls like a mother effer and i'm supposed to be taking it easy) - kare Sep 8, 10:23 22
- there are various leashes that work on pulling their nose, or pinching their neck - zeitgeist Sep 9, 01:25
- solution? Can you take Daisy somewhere (enclosed - like a baseball diamond not being used) - and throw the ball for her to fetch over and over? She - JenBro Sep 8, 10:36 2
  - this dog park is actually perfect for that ... it's the on-leash time between the car and the enclosed area that's the worry. oh, speaking of fetching - kare Sep 8, 10:39 1
    - awww ... these are such great stories Kare - thanks for sharing! -- nm - JenBro Sep 8, 10:43
- Craigslist | services | dog walking -- nm - con_carne Sep 8, 10:29
- get a trike, or a wagon, tie dog leashes to item, ride in item. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 8, 10:29 4
  - mental picture = funny. okay, i guess i should just wait until this evening when jeff can help. argh! - kare Sep 8, 10:30 3
    - oh, well that's just straight upgrade anyway. -- nm - TFox Sep 8, 10:32 1
      - :) -- nm - kare Sep 8, 10:33
    - isnt this one of those things that your pregnancy should just make him do - tRuMaN Sep 8, 10:31
- Look she's already my favorite booby shirt - she's in a time OUT! -- nm - Kare's Guy SI Sep 8, 10:28
- The dogs can run later. You're more important. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 8, 10:26
- on whose orders are you supposed to be "taking it easy"? LISTEN TO PHYSICIANS. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 8, 10:25 6
  - dislike! - kare Sep 8, 10:28 3
    - If the dog is that important, why did you do a daft thing like get pregnant? -- nm - Max Sep 8, 10:33
    - i'll be the devil on both shoulders: if its not bedrest but just general "take it easy", than 100 ft isn't going to kill you. other devil: - TFox Sep 8, 10:31
    - call to get clarification. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 8, 10:31
  - this -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 10:26
  - the virus has made her wise. -- nm - TFox Sep 8, 10:26
- run daisy run -- nm - moles Sep 8, 10:24 2
  - she *really* frickin' needs it. and she's only on the leash for about 100 feet. - kare Sep 8, 10:26 1
    - hyde will walk them for you. he's a good guy with dogs -- nm - moles Sep 8, 10:27
In the ST baseball league, how did Dawson advance with a tie? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 8, 10:15 1
- the new tiebreaker is head to head record during the season against your opponent. -- nm - TFox Sep 8, 10:16
Now playing on Spotify: The Bird and the Bee (hi Kim)'s How Deep is Your Love - prayformojo Sep 8, 10:12
Crap...the boss is ruining my plans to finish watching S3 of SoA! - Stephen Sep 8, 10:11
mazuji --- this doesn't work for you? - Will Hunting Sep 8, 10:11 2
- Thank you! I didn't realize that Survival, Pick'em, were totally different "sports" than Football. -- nm - muzungu psilotum Sep 8, 10:16
- Err, psilotum ---- bad nicks too close to so many other people's. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 8, 10:14
I'd forgotten the pretty sharp division among people here at work that like Washington and those who can't stand them. Things can get...spirited -- nm - prayformojo Sep 8, 10:11 1
- Go Skins! -- nm - MDH Sep 8, 10:21
In Dingers, I'm like Secretariat at the Belmont...if only he'd gone lame coming down the stretch. - Will Hunting Sep 8, 10:10 2
- he's moving like a tremendous machine! wait, now he's moving like a broken machine. and now he's barely moving at all....nm - x Sep 8, 10:22 1
  - Well, ML is played out in so many ways, but the 3rd in line is moving up on both of us. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 8, 10:26
colin, what about a bell pepper slaw? -- (link) - kare Sep 8, 10:10
NATO forces kill BBC reporter. -- (link) - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 8, 10:09 1
- Press card, IED trigger... who can tell? -- nm - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 8, 10:22
LIR: Lunch: Chipotle - oblique Sep 8, 10:03 5
- Homemade chicken tenders. I'm kind of proud, I don't cook many things, but tried making them, and they are pretty good. - MDH Sep 8, 10:15
- chicken katsu sandwich. -- nm - Diva Sep 8, 10:11
- Long John Silvers -- nm - Epiphany Sep 8, 10:05 2
  - but what's for lunch? -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 10:07 1
    - buwhaa -- nm - Epiphany Sep 8, 10:26
I'm supposed to help a friend whose basement is flooded tonight. but football is on TV. whimper. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 8, 10:03 23
- Sports bar! -- nm - con_carne Sep 8, 10:08 2
  - "jz, let's take your two daughters, ages 13 and 8, to zeno's." -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 8, 10:09 1
    - Why not? -- nm - con_carne Sep 8, 10:16
- Work out night and I will actually be excited to get on the treadmill. - The Ruiner Sep 8, 10:05
- when I got home last night water was running down the wall in my bedroom. The wall was so soaked my hand went right through it. - decline Sep 8, 10:05 15
  - ooof...nm - x Sep 8, 10:25
  - that's not good. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 10:23
  - amanda broke your shower *again*? -- nm - moles Sep 8, 10:20 3
    - How many showers has she broken? -- nm - oblique Sep 8, 10:21 2
      - why did i read that post as max's? -- nm - moles Sep 8, 10:28 1
        
        It's because you're way dumb. -- nm - Max Sep 8, 10:31
  - whoa. Can it hold a face imprint? -- nm - Max Sep 8, 10:14
  - thank goodness for renting! -- nm - kare Sep 8, 10:12
  - eesh -- nm - znufrii, Q-Lister Sep 8, 10:10
  - fuck. that. shiz. -- nm - TFox Sep 8, 10:10
  - ugh -- nm - prayformojo Sep 8, 10:10
  - yikes -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 10:07
  - Ye Gods. -- nm - David Sep 8, 10:07
  - yikes! -- nm - Epiphany Sep 8, 10:06
  - That... ain't good. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 8, 10:06
- basement will still be flooded tomorrow, right? - prayformojo Sep 8, 10:04 2
  - Yup. Water ain't going anywhere. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 8, 10:04 1
    - this is a valid point. and he's a dude, so if he doesn't want to watch football... - HPV McGee Sep 8, 10:05
"The truth is The Sports Guy has more in common with Condoleezza � than Grantland Rice." -- (link) - Beaker Sep 8, 10:01
Huh, I can't find the confidence picks or the spread picks games on Yahoo. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 8, 10:00 2
- See below. They may have closed the door on leagues that have been set up for this long due to the game tonight? -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 8, 10:01 1
  - Nah, all the pick'ems are under the pick'em link...I just didn't realize it was a setting instead of a new-game type. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 8, 10:02
I don't know if this is silly but it doesn't feel like it's been 10 years since 9/11. -- nm - lileve Sep 8, 09:58 18
- it does to me. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 10:00
- it does and it doesn't. it was a fast decade. -- nm - Andie Sep 8, 09:59 16
  - slackertalk started in *2008*. Crazy, right? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 8, 10:01
  - I agree with this. - Mel Profit Sep 8, 10:00 14
    - Kinda like the decade before it. - The Ruiner Sep 8, 10:07 2
      - shockingly, you're not wrong here. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 8, 10:10 1
        
        Same as it ever was. - The Ruiner Sep 8, 10:12
    - I was kinda surprised in reading an article on the 9/11 coverage that a top of the line journalist digital camera was the Nikon D1 at 2.7MP -- nm - oblique Sep 8, 10:03 10
      - I love that you relate to the technical change. - Mel Profit Sep 8, 10:05 9
        
        also, my thoughts go there because my only "real" connection to 9/11 was the fact that I was interacting on servers inside the towers when it happened - oblique Sep 8, 10:08 1
        
        I have no real connection at all. HSX/Cantor Fitzgerald is my closest connections. -- nm - mara Sep 8, 10:26
        
        heh. I did find it a bit interesting that it was pre-Facebook, pre-Twitter, pre-Android, pre-digital media for all intents. Imagine if everyone had - oblique Sep 8, 10:07 6
        
        I was actually thinking the same thing when I posted to you. - Mel Profit Sep 8, 10:09 5
        
        It was very real, just not portable. -- nm - lileve Sep 8, 10:10 1
        
        Very true. I was working at Motorola at the time and WAP (GPRS) was the top of the line for mobile data -- nm - oblique Sep 8, 10:19
        
        See above. We were on it for sure. TT was inside WTC. But like it is today, not so much -- nm - oblique Sep 8, 10:09 2
        
        The HSX servers for the east coast right? -- nm - lileve Sep 8, 10:32
        
        that last bit still boggles. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 8, 10:11
Are you ready for some football? - Roger Goodell Sep 8, 09:53 1
- I am pleasantly surprised that there is a game tonight. At the start of July, I wouldn't have put the odds at 25%. - David Sep 8, 10:01
~hey hey, ho ho, we should protest politely so Stephen won't blow~ -- nm - con_carne Sep 8, 09:53
What if Tim Tebow were black? -- (link) - Beaker Sep 8, 09:50 22
- The Josh Freeman inclusion is insipid. You'd be hard pressed to find a football guy who questions his 2010 play at all. He's a stud. -- nm - David Sep 8, 10:01 5
  - i agree. - tRuMaN Sep 8, 10:06
  - Yeah, that negated his points. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 8, 10:01 3
    - I don't even know what he was arguing there. He threw out the name then dismissed it. -- nm - David Sep 8, 10:02 2
      - Crazy man with a keyboard. - The Ruiner Sep 8, 10:04 1
        
        Because he reminds me of that nutter, Spawn? -- nm - David Sep 8, 10:05
- What? No racially insensitive Tim Tebow in blackface illustration? -- nm - Ender Sep 8, 10:00 1
  - "not yet" -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 10:08
- it's actually a good article (he likes Tebow) -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 09:53 2
  - Does he like a white Tebow or a black Tebow? -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 8, 09:56
  - I like it. -- nm - Jim Sep 8, 09:56
- "was" -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 09:50 10
  - whom. -- nm - Reagen Sep 8, 09:53 1
    - "People called Romanes, they go, the house?" -- nm - Max Sep 8, 09:59
  - no, he's right. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 09:52 7
    - On the other hand ... Ebonics joke? -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 8, 09:54 1
      - then it would be "be"! -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 09:54
    - and by "he", I mean you. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 09:52 4
      - I like "was" better -- nm - let's start a twenty-post subthread about this Sep 8, 09:54 1
        
        was not was -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 8, 09:56
      - yay me! -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 09:53 1
        
        is this a "yay me!" board? -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 09:54
let me tell you, i've tangled with drunk elk, and it's no picnic. -- nm - Reagen Sep 8, 09:50 8
- truly this must have been a clash of titans...nm - x Sep 8, 10:26
- A moose once bit my sister. -- nm - TWuG Sep 8, 09:51 6
  - A sloth bit my knee. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 09:52 5
    - Were you carving your initials into it with a sharpened toothbrush given you by an Oslo dentist? -- nm - TWuG Sep 8, 09:56 1
      - no, I like my knee the way it is. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 09:57
    - My grandma got run over by a reindeer. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 8, 09:55 2
      - Weasels ripped my flesh! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 8, 09:56 1
        
        Hey, you've got weasels on your face. -- nm - TWuG Sep 8, 09:57
lyc: I remembered to register for my fall art class. yay me. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 09:49 1
- naked dudes this time, please and thank you - kare Sep 8, 10:35
I think colin should go local with his produce -- nm - con_carne Sep 8, 09:49
Here are all the ST NFL Leagues setup by Crash (season starts in 8 hours or so): -- (link) - Beaker Sep 8, 09:44 [Backboard] 19
- These aren't working for me. I'd like to join a survivor league. -- nm - muzungu psilotum Sep 8, 09:53 18
  - I keep almost-mistaking you for musubi because of your autonick -- nm - con_carne Sep 8, 09:57 7
    - muzungu = white person! -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 09:58 5
      - Derived from "one who wanders aimlessly." - muzungu psilotum Sep 8, 10:00 4
        
        Well, snce my google status has always been "wandering", I will steal it from you. -- nm - muzungu Spawn Sep 8, 10:02
        
        didn't know that. but I heard it a lot. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 10:01 2
        
        The village kids were always yelling "azungu! azungu!" - muzungu psilotum Sep 8, 10:06 1
        
        I didn't go to villages, but heard it every time I went outdoors. -- nm - loosilu Sep 8, 10:25
    - this -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 8, 09:58
  - there is one there (unless you mean CBS Survivor which will be coming tomorrow sometime) -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 09:55 1
    - The league number and password aren't working for me. -- nm - muzungu psilotum Sep 8, 09:57
  - The Survivor League he posted is not working for you? -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 8, 09:55 7
    - correct (errors inside) - muzungu psilotum Sep 8, 09:56 6
      - Sucks to be you! - The Ruiner Sep 8, 09:57 5
        
        None of them are working. Maybe it's too late to join a league. -- nm - muzungu psilotum Sep 8, 09:59 4
        
        I'm joining them all now as well....I'm having no problems. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 8, 10:00 2
        
        eff me! -- nm - muzungu psilotum Sep 8, 10:04
        
        Now I am *really* thinking it is Moose. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 8, 10:03
        
        frick. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 8, 10:00

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