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you know what's really funny? Apparently a number of people thought the person in Redmond's rumor was me. - loosilu Sep 9, 16:58 [Backboard] 5
- wishful thinking? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 9, 17:35
- fwiw, I would have expected more speculation of something based on your on-board interactions some time back. anyone who's paid attention should know - b. Sep 9, 17:03 1
  - There has been some ST flirty and I get it. -- nm - Bacon Sep 9, 17:11
- and once again. No STers were banged during this rumor -- nm - Bacon Sep 9, 17:01 1
  - and yet, I bet someone else will ask you in the future. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 17:01
So I am altering a potato salad recipe. Get a quick ST thought. - Bacon Sep 9, 16:58 6
- I would leave them whole. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 17:00
- I would think they'd absorb more flavor if they're cut? -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 9, 17:00 3
  - yes, more surface area. But they will look cooler whole :) -- nm - Bacon Sep 9, 17:01 1
    - this. go for looks, I say. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 17:02
  - yep. -- nm - b. Sep 9, 17:01
- I would cut them in half just on principle. -- nm - Who? THE DUTCH. si Sep 9, 16:59
Movies like Bucky Larson lend themselves to some epic reviews. So far, the reviews at RT are OK, but nothing spectacular. -- (link) - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 9, 16:46 1
- "You never go full retard." -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 16:51
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- Even worse: The Dutch. -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 16:59
- *ponders some more* ... Oh shit! It's the Russians! -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 16:52
- Isn't the French Flag just a plain white flag? -- nm - Bacon Sep 9, 16:52 2
  - oof! -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 16:55
  - you forget the X of the frogs legs -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 16:52
- Which french flag? The ensign of the french navy from the 1700s? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 16:51 1
  - This one? -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 9, 16:51
I'm Home! -- nm - Bacon Sep 9, 16:43 2
- I'm Not! -- nm - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 9, 16:47 1
  - Are you going to take tomorrow off? - Bacon Sep 9, 16:49
the John and Joe 9/11 story really hit me,....excellent stuff.... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 9, 16:37 1
- thanks for linking this :) got dusty in here -- nm - JenBro Sep 9, 17:16
The Most Interesting Cat in the World. -- (link) - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 9, 16:34 1
- this reminds me - I have this in my Port! -- nm - JenBro Sep 9, 17:09
For those who care - dad update (arrggh) - kelly Sep 9, 16:33 22
- sorry :( -- nm - JenBro Sep 9, 17:18
- sigh. so sorry, and I feel for you. - b. Sep 9, 16:59
- I understand much of what you're going through and the hardest thing to accept is that - MojaveMeg Sep 9, 16:58 1
  - Yeah, apparently the painkillers and other meds replaced the cigarettes. - kelly Sep 9, 17:02
- Depression is a nasty nasty little shit of a problem. - Bacon Sep 9, 16:56 4
  - He's been depressed for years (he doesn't think so, but the signs have all been there) - kelly Sep 9, 16:58 3
    - When you are in it? You don't know you are in it. - Bacon Sep 9, 17:00 2
      - My mother has tried multiple times to get him to talk to someone so he could get medicated - she said she'd go with him - anything he needed - he said - kelly Sep 9, 17:02 1
        
        my mother is like this. we have tried for years and years to get her into treatment - loosilu Sep 9, 17:05
- sorry to hear. -- nm - Remlik Sep 9, 16:51 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 16:52
- that's crazy making. Sorry you have to go through this. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 16:39
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  - I am so angry right now - and I'm angry that my mother, someone who was so fed up with this that she left him, is now making excuses for him. - kelly Sep 9, 16:40 6
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      - I still love my dad and won't have a bad relationship with anything, but my level of pity is not quite what my mother thinks it should be. - kelly Sep 9, 16:49 3
        
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        Well, we had a HORRIBLE relationship when I was growing up/a young adult (basically because I saw how he acted/treated my mom, etc. and had no respect - kelly Sep 9, 16:57
        
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    - because it would be better for you to be surprised later? oy. -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 16:41
- It's a documented behaviour model for people, but I forget what causes it. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 16:34 1
  - denial? short term comfort behaviors? -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 16:40
The Project Gutenberg founder - generally considered the father of the e-book - has died at age 61. -- (link) - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 9, 16:27 2
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- *Files a patent for the ebook* -- nm - Steve Jobs Sep 9, 16:30
there's someone in one of our meeting rooms right now that totally has a santa voice. -- nm - b. Sep 9, 16:16 12
- Aside: Conan O'Brien provided the voice of Santa in a Backyardigans episode. I love the man, but I could kill him for this. -- nm - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 9, 16:28 9
  - How many people have I threatened with death today? Well above par, I suspect. -- nm - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 9, 16:30 7
    - What is it *like* inside your head? -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 16:34 6
      - List. You. But the guy who hacked the NBC News Twitter feed and said there was a plane crash at Ground Zero? He's #1 on the list. -- nm - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 9, 16:38 1
        
        Ok, but... for real, are there oompa loompas? -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 16:46
      - There are a lot of echoes. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 16:36 3
        
        Your inferiority to me at Halo is showing. I can't imagine how much seething rage at Truman you must keep repressed. -- nm - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 9, 16:41 1
        
        I am inferior to no man. - Beryllium Sep 9, 16:56
        
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  - Hey, I was out of work. I had to pay for Andy's food bills. Things were pretty desperate. -- nm - Conan O'Brien si Sep 9, 16:30
- go over and sit on his lap and ask him for a present - dogbert Sep 9, 16:18
- ho ho ho, hello little girl! what do you want for lunch? -- nm - moles Sep 9, 16:17
Turntable -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 9, 16:07 3
- Still at work, no speakers - amoxy Sep 9, 16:08 2
  - any boss update? -- nm - b. Sep 9, 16:13 1
    - He took the day off today - amoxy Sep 9, 16:35
dang, this client has an apartment in santa monica for $766/mo - moles Sep 9, 16:03 1
- Bigger than a closet? -- nm - not2fast Sep 9, 16:17
free samples of twinings tea. nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 9, 16:01 3
- Thanks b! - JenBro Sep 9, 17:22
- Thanks! -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 9, 16:11
- Very Cool. But that print is hard to read -- nm - amoxy Sep 9, 16:07
so i'm attending a party tomorrow where we're supposed to dress up as a character based on the first letter or our first names. - kare Sep 9, 15:52 43
- Kareem abdul-jabar and magic Johnson -- nm - terrible idea Sep 9, 16:45
- Krypto -- nm - peglegpete Sep 9, 16:12
- agents J and K from Men in Black? -- nm - znufrii Sep 9, 16:01 23
  - and I thought my idea was good. compared to this, it was garbage -- nm - dogbert Sep 9, 16:12
  - well done sir -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 16:06
  - ooh, i think we both have black suits. -- nm - kare Sep 9, 16:04
  - This. I bet you look good in a black suit and skinny tie, Kare -- nm - amoxy Sep 9, 16:04 17
    - don't forget the shades -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 16:06
    - i love you. i actually look hideous in just about everything right now though. -- nm - kare Sep 9, 16:05 15
      - that's why you got the little sliver brain wipe flasher -- nm - moles Sep 9, 16:10
      - You should work on the backstory of how an alien impregnated you. -- nm - TWuG Sep 9, 16:08 9
        
        Pretend J flashed you with the thing, so you dont remember. -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 16:10 1
        
        "J flashed you with the thing".... I'm pretty sure that is *how* it happened -- nm - dogbert Sep 9, 16:11
        
        i might just be tommy lee after far too many beers. -- nm - kare Sep 9, 16:10 5
        
        wait. am i K or J? -- nm - kare Sep 9, 16:15 4
        
        wait. am I Tommy Lee or Will Smith? (I am so embarassed I just asked that question. my brain is so messed up right now) -- nm - kare Sep 9, 16:16 3
        
        tommy lee was K. will was J -- nm - moles Sep 9, 16:16 2
        
        who was M and F? -- nm - loosilu Sep 9, 16:45
        
        thank you - kare Sep 9, 16:18
        
        Niiice -- nm - amoxy Sep 9, 16:09
      - Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaat. -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 16:05 3
        
        and how. -- nm - kare Sep 9, 16:07 2
        
        because you are pregnant. -- nm - Literal STer si Sep 9, 16:12 1
        
        (hee.) -- nm - kare Sep 9, 16:19
  - winner -- nm - moles Sep 9, 16:02
  - genius. -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 16:02
- Kate and Jon were my first guess. -- nm - CrankYanker Sep 9, 16:00
- krueger and jason -- nm - dogbert Sep 9, 15:59 1
  - hmm. striped sweater and hockey mask. this might work. -- nm - kare Sep 9, 15:59
- Jack Dawson and Kate Winslet. White dress with big costume-jewlery necklace, black pants and tux shirt, and wet hair on both of you. -- nm - Dr.Johnny Vermin Sep 9, 15:56 2
  - i like this -- nm - znufrii Sep 9, 16:04
  - hee. -- nm - kare Sep 9, 16:00
- Kim and Jack Bauer -- nm - amoxy Sep 9, 15:56 1
  - i like this -- nm - prayformojo Sep 9, 15:56
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  - lol. no need to be a set. -- nm - kare Sep 9, 15:56
- Kim Khardashian and . . . -- nm - moles Sep 9, 15:53 4
  - i would have a LOT of work to do to even closely resemble her. sigh. - kare Sep 9, 15:56 3
    - dress backwards - "booty shelf!" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 16:58
    - princess kate and . . . ? -- nm - moles Sep 9, 16:00 1
      - jack the ripper! (both brits!) -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 16:02
- bringing 8 dolls would be awesome though. Start smacking them around when they don't listen :) -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 15:53 1
  - heh. i could actually be p-word with the sextuplets. -- nm - kare Sep 9, 15:55
Which EW movie review elicited this comment: "Just seeing the commercials makes me want to kill everyone involved with this movie. Everyone." -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 15:51 6
- The Help -- nm - GW Bush Sep 9, 15:52
- bucky larson? -- nm - b. Sep 9, 15:52 3
  - winner! -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 15:52 2
    - When did I start writing for EW? - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 9, 15:54 1
      - (heh, I remeber that post from a night or two ago IIRC) -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 15:55
- Smurfs? Garfield? Marmaduke? I post that frequently. -- nm - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 9, 15:52
US Open shocker - Dano Sep 9, 15:47 2
- heh. -- nm - diva Sep 9, 15:50
- So Tiger's out? -- nm - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 9, 15:47
A great story about retrieving a stolen laptop using Prey software. -- (link) - mara Sep 9, 15:46
Confession - kelly Sep 9, 15:46 16
- I won an apple corer thingy at the grocery store yesterday. They said it was perfect for making apple pies or applesauce. I don't do either. -- nm - CrankYanker Sep 9, 15:51 14
  - Was that the promotional presentation for the overpriced knife set? - MojaveMeg Sep 9, 16:12 1
    - I left at the second item....a hand-cranked food chopper. -- nm - CrankYanker Sep 9, 16:24
  - Funny, I was just thinking that I'd love to have one of these - my mother had one and we used to use it all the time when making applesauce. -- (link) - kelly Sep 9, 15:55 1
    - heh, mine is just a handheld cheap plastic tool, but still cool if I actually used it. -- nm - CrankYanker Sep 9, 15:58
  - I use a corer sometimes when I'm taking an apple with me for a snack and don't want to deal with core disposal. -- nm - b. Sep 9, 15:55
  - i just bake the apples peel and all and run it through a food mill. so much easier. -- nm - kare Sep 9, 15:52 8
    - (also, i meant cook. i'm just enough of a nerd to want to correct myself here) -- nm - kare Sep 9, 16:02 5
      - heh, I was wondering if there's a baked method and planned to look later. :) - -- nm - b. Sep 9, 16:03 4
        
        actually, I just looked; and yum. I think I'll do this soon. nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 9, 16:04 3
        
        intriguing. it just sounds so... thick. -- nm - kare Sep 9, 16:06 2
        
        you could still mill it - I like the idea of the roasting adding flavor. when the weather turns cooler, I start roasting everything, heh. -- nm - b. Sep 9, 16:10 1
        
        i'm starting to get the fall nesting bug, but trying to fight it :) -- nm - kare Sep 9, 16:14
    - (yet, i'm still slightly jealous you won this. is it like a peeler thing too?) -- nm - kare Sep 9, 15:53 1
      - Just a corer, but also can be used to juice oranges (or just drink from the orange) and remove the stem from a tomato easily. -- nm - CrankYanker Sep 9, 15:57
- Confession - mara Sep 9, 15:47
9/11 Animated Stories -- (link) - marcel Sep 9, 15:44 2
- "I will see you again. I will do enough good to make it up there" - dogbert Sep 9, 15:49 1
  - whoa. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 9, 15:59
Brilliant. Time-lapse of an animator shooting a stop-motion video. -- (link) - mara Sep 9, 15:44 [vimeo] 1
- Thanks. That was great. The work involved in that is just incredible -- nm - prayformojo Sep 9, 15:46
American-Canadian Jobs, Recovery, Promiscuity, Pregnancy, 9-11 Discussion and Retroanalysis Board -- nm - Acting Vermin Sep 9, 15:43 1
- Any post starting with "TMI inside", "Confession", or "SITWAP" -- nm - CrankYanker Sep 9, 15:46
Hello, sweetie! -- nm - znufrii Sep 9, 15:41
~ Here comes the sun ~ -- nm - kelly Sep 9, 15:41 1
- Whenever, I call my son's HS, they play a Baroque version of this song for on-hold music - amoxy Sep 9, 15:49

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