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After the upsets I read about yesterday I really think Miami has a shot tonight. They may not win, I can accept that, but I think that new D is going - Capstern (42 Days) Sep 12, 07:07 8
- how do yesterday's upsets impact today's game? -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 07:09 7
  - the same way a series of blacks in roulette makes a red more likely! -- nm - TFox Sep 12, 07:13 3
    - Actually I believe that a lot of the same number and color then to continue as the guy throwing the ball (if having done it a long time) tends to have - Capstern (42 Days) Sep 12, 07:15
    - It's bound to come up eventually, just increase your wager!!!! -- nm - Beaker Sep 12, 07:14
    - *fondles my lucky rabbit's foot* -- nm - Don Homer Sep 12, 07:14
  - the "experts" had numerous games wrong yesterday, so mayhap their expertise is stupid and the Fins might be better than expected -- nm - Beaker Sep 12, 07:13 2
    - In addition, I follwing everything about my team and that D is underrated. I actually think it will end up in the top 5 - Capstern (42 Days) Sep 12, 07:18
    - this -- nm - Capstern (42 Days) Sep 12, 07:14
Monday night's work soundtrack has turned out to be Band of Skulls. I am good with this. -- nm - ty97 Sep 12, 07:05
days like this make me wonder if Angie's list subscription is worth it. - tRuMaN Sep 12, 07:04 9
- I don't understand how angie's list is any better than like, other reviews online. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 07:06 8
  - But this is a list of reviews only from people named Angie, and people named Angie are known to be more trustworthy than otherly named people. -- nm - Ender Sep 12, 07:09 1
    - Do I detect a note of sarcasm? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 12, 07:12
  - the only benefit I see is that it has a lot of reviews, from members who pay. - tRuMaN Sep 12, 07:07 5
    - I would ask friends, really. or neighbors. (this could be a nice way to meet neighbors.) -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 07:09 4
      - i did (the ones who where out) the thing is - tRuMaN Sep 12, 07:10 3
        
        so ask for john's phone number -- nm - decline Sep 12, 07:14 2
        
        But then they give him the phone number in the format "Chesterfield 8-4386". -- nm - Ender Sep 12, 07:16
        
        *slaps forehead* why didnt I think of that - tRuMaN Sep 12, 07:15
HSX mug in cake (cookie) on campus picture = win. -- nm - ty97 Sep 12, 06:57 6
- one of my friends emailed me this morning to tell me that it's his goal in life to be featured in cake on campus. wtf, john?? -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 07:02 5
  - It is on my life to-do list to get my baking in the COC HOF -- nm - ty97 Sep 12, 07:04 3
    - a question is begged: if ann makes cookies and sends them to *home* for me, that can't be CoC, right? only if they arrive at a non-home location, righ -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 07:08 2
      - You'd have to check the COC bylaws to be sure, but I'd think it would qualify as long as they find their way to campus. -- nm - Ender Sep 12, 07:11
      - If you transport package, unopened, to campus would that allow it to count? - ty97 Sep 12, 07:10
  - Is he planning to turn himself into a cake? -- nm - Ender Sep 12, 07:04
Oracle/Google: Court case for Android(Java) headed for mediation, Ellison and Page ordered to take part -- (link) - budice Sep 12, 06:56
A very calm open letter to the people at work how have not answered my e-mails. - ty97 Sep 12, 06:50 3
- I got a reply this morning to an e-mail I sent a week ago Wednesday. - TFox Sep 12, 06:52 2
  - On Friday I was promised a response 'as soon as possible'. - ty97 Sep 12, 06:53 1
    - But it's not possible to respond sooner! -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 12, 06:57
So how does one go about wishing their grandmother a happy birthday when she recently fell, causing compression fractures to her spine, is in the - bc/nc Sep 12, 06:46 17
- "Thinking of you on your birthday" -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 07:07
- more serious answer: i'd probably just call to talk to her, and maybe not even mention her birthday. -- nm - TFox Sep 12, 07:00
- "Hang in there!" with a picture of a kitten, obviously. -- nm - TFox Sep 12, 06:48 14
  - speaking of kittens (sad story from this weekend) - znufrii Sep 12, 06:55 13
    - Not really related, but there was 3 day old kitten at the ER vet when we were there. So tiny, so adorable. - ty97 Sep 12, 07:11 2
      - nummy! -- nm - Dogs Sep 12, 07:14
      - awww... -- nm - znufrii Sep 12, 07:12
    - dogs are sooooo awesome....nm - x Sep 12, 07:06
    - people are stupid. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 12, 07:04 4
      - also, dogs. -- nm - TFox Sep 12, 07:05 3
        
        I blame the people for having that dog in the vicinity in the first place. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 12, 07:06 2
        
        *nods* - znufrii Sep 12, 07:12 1
        
        I know. - groiny Sep 12, 07:13
    - (did they break up yet?) -- nm - TFox Sep 12, 06:59
    - *tagged NSFW* -- nm - TFox Sep 12, 06:57 2
      - yeah, should probably have used a stonger disclaimer up there. -- nm - znufrii Sep 12, 07:02
      - NSFK -- nm - mara Sep 12, 06:58
*excited to see Sleep No More tonight* -- nm - znufrii Sep 12, 06:46
ST Poll: How's everybody doing? - Mel Profit Sep 12, 06:38 23
- Pretty good, all things considered. - groiny Sep 12, 07:14
- I want to go home and take another day off. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 07:07
- Going to see the eye doctor about getting catarac surgery this afternoon -- nm - BAD Sep 12, 07:04
- i am starting to wonder why i bought a house. - tRuMaN Sep 12, 06:57
- Change should not happen on a Monday. Otherwise, I'm fine. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 12, 06:54
- Pretty darn average. Which is fine for a Monday. -- nm - ty97 Sep 12, 06:48
- not so good....nm - x Sep 12, 06:47 3
  - awww, poor hyde. -- (link) - HPV McGee Sep 12, 06:49 [Image] 2
    - yikes...nm - x Sep 12, 06:50 1
      - i do like the tshirt about homework -- nm - budice Sep 12, 06:52
- Went to the gym twice over the weekend. This is the best Monday AM I've had in a while. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 12, 06:45
- no cash, no cake. otherwise golden. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 06:44
- I'd be better with a box of donuts, but I'm aight. -- nm - TFox Sep 12, 06:44 5
  - right?? cake makes everything better. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 06:45 4
    - I don't even need the fillingy goopy ones. Just the dozen box of 4 plain, 4 sugar, 4 cinnamon, and I'd be 5x5. - TFox Sep 12, 06:46 3
      - *whimper* - tRuMaN Sep 12, 06:57
      - is this a poll? four crullers, four blueberry cake, and four boston creme but with fluffy white instead of custard ("manager's special").) -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 06:47 1
        
        with fluffy...? on purpose? - TFox Sep 12, 06:50
- okay. -- nm - znufrii, Q-Lister Sep 12, 06:44
- Good. Football is back and wife should be moving out this week and spent the weekend with friends away from the house. EXCELLENT -- nm - Capstern (45 Days) Sep 12, 06:44
- Just heard about Andy Whitfield...so I'm a little bummed right now. - Jim Sep 12, 06:42
- Mighty fine, NFL is back and all is right with the world -- nm - budice Sep 12, 06:39
- fine & dandy like sour candy -- nm - prayformojo Sep 12, 06:38
Today in "duh" news: Steve-O is *classy*. -- (link) - TFox Sep 12, 06:35 7
- An off-color joke was told at a roast?! -- nm - Ender Sep 12, 06:53 5
  - if the punchline had been "at least a plane flew into a building", watch us all get insta-appalled. -- nm - TFox Sep 12, 06:56 1
    - this is true. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 12, 07:08
  - I know...shocking, right? -- nm - Jim Sep 12, 06:54 2
    - I just don't see the outrage. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 12, 06:55 1
      - It's just too soon, groin. -- nm - Jim Sep 12, 07:02
- Ugh. -- nm - kelly Sep 12, 06:43
there's a bake sale in my building today and I have no cash. the gods hate me. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 06:30 1
- I bet you could talk your way into an IOU with a promise of cash in hand tomorrow. -- nm - bc/nc Sep 12, 06:33
Crap. The Boston Globe started it's online subscription service today ($3.99/wk). - CovingtonCat Sep 12, 06:26 12
- Papers just going online or bye-bye. -- nm - budice Sep 12, 06:37 8
  - newspaper unlimited free content online goes bye bye.....nm - x Sep 12, 06:46 2
    - I still don't think it does. - Kim Pine Sep 12, 06:56 1
      - maybe not. but i think the nyt plan has been a relative success and this looks to me like... - x Sep 12, 07:05
  - No. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 12, 06:38 4
    - But it says it right there, Kim. - TFox Sep 12, 06:39 2
      - But look, it says right here they aren't! -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 12, 06:44 [Backboard] 1
        
        I know! - Kim Pine Sep 12, 06:53
    - Yes. -- nm - budice Sep 12, 06:39
- *Watches the dominoes fall* -- nm - bc/nc Sep 12, 06:31
- Is it free for paper subscribers or separate charges? -- nm - Don Homer Sep 12, 06:30 1
  - Free for paper subscribers. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 12, 06:34
Last 5 days at Borders. Buy it now or get it out of the dumpster later. -- nm - Mop Sep 12, 06:15
After only playing 1 round in two years, I actually played solid golf yesterday (for me). - TFox Sep 12, 06:07 3
- You'd fit in well with the ST brigade. - Will Hunting Sep 12, 06:14 2
  - Playing the way I did yesterday, I could have holed out in 95 on a lesser course. - TFox Sep 12, 06:18 1
    - *nods* I solved my irons that I hadn't hit right in a month+ and the greens were so soft, if you hit them, the ball stopped. - Will Hunting Sep 12, 06:20
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- photo #5 is kinda eerie -- nm - prayformojo Sep 12, 06:05
uh oh. this is how cnnfn is STARTING the week - x Sep 12, 05:58
today on hyde yo' cash: double your money FAST by buying greek's one year debt at a yield of 112%!!!.....nm - x Sep 12, 05:52 4
- so by burning some, I limit the supply and the rest will be worth more, right? I'm pretty sure that's how it works. -- nm - mafic Sep 12, 05:55 3
  - that's the theory. let us know how it works in practice!....nm - x Sep 12, 05:59 2
    - Just to be safe mafic, try to convince your impressionable friends to do this in case the theory doesn't hold. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 12, 06:00 1
      - oh boy, after years of get rich quick schemes I'm going to get rich with this scheme. and quick! -- nm - mafic Sep 12, 06:02
Pawlenty endorses Romney... -- (link) - Don Homer Sep 12, 05:35
Droid Browsers: I've changed from Dolphin to Opera Mini and I love it! So fast. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 12, 05:15 1
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Has anyone had Kind Fruit and Nut bars? I just discovered the Walnut and Date. It might have made my week. -- nm - ty97 Sep 12, 05:05 9
- I *love* dates. mmmm. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 06:00 1
  - Me? Not so much. -- nm - Monkey in Raiders of the Lost Ark Sep 12, 06:03
- oh - that does sound like a tasty combination. So - I read on the BB's about your bank think - yikes! -- nm - JenBro Sep 12, 05:06 6
  - also: only 150 calories! 2.5 g of fiber! - ty97 Sep 12, 05:08
  - Which one? The credit card with the fraudulent charges last week or the checking account frozen this week? - ty97 Sep 12, 05:08 3
    - the freeze one - that would completely frost me - I mean - it's great they are watching out and all that - but they need to be accessible so you aren' - JenBro Sep 12, 05:11 2
      - this is why I have several banks. (actually it's to avoid paying ATM fees. but same basic difference.) -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 06:33
      - Just got off the phone, all cleared up, account not compromised (phew) -- nm - ty97 Sep 12, 05:18
  - geeze ... bank THING ... I swear - I should stop typing today - completely stop. -- nm - JenBro Sep 12, 05:07
What has two thumbs and forgot that he scheduled to take today off? - prayformojo Sep 12, 05:02 5
- *blames the Box* -- nm - Beaker Sep 12, 05:18
- Think McFly. Think! -- nm - Don Homer Sep 12, 05:08
- heh ... "WAKE UP" ... hahahahahahah -- nm - JenBro Sep 12, 05:05
- Today, you are your own worst enemy of "Wake up!" -- nm - bc/nc Sep 12, 05:05
- That's classic -- nm - Karl_S Sep 12, 05:04
'Leak risk after explosion at French nuclear plant' -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Sep 12, 04:58
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- Damn it I HAVE him in two leagues -- nm - Capstern (45 Days) Sep 12, 06:14
- Kind of glad I tried and failed to get amendola in both leagues. -- nm - TFox Sep 12, 05:28
- IR means they are done for the year correct? -- nm - Beaker Sep 12, 05:06 1
  - I googled...and crap. - Beaker Sep 12, 05:19
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- *bets on Tom Hardy* -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 12, 04:56
- zeitgeist & crank yanker? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 12, 04:55
There's going to be at least 1 hard-luck loser in Astronauts --- 125pts and lose. - Will Hunting Sep 12, 04:41 1
- Probably 2 given David or JF are going to be around 130pts and lose. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 12, 04:45
North Carolina may take up a constitutional ban against gay marriage... -- (link) - Don Homer, tuning out the chatter Sep 12, 04:36 1
- It's very sad & I fear they may get this through because of the power shift from Democrats to Republicans in the legislature. Keeping the gov't hands - bc/nc Sep 12, 04:58
I need 7 points from Jacoby Ford and Brandon Marshall for the win in BF -- nm - Beaker Sep 12, 04:23
*wonders again if today will be the day my Stalkee opens the package* -- nm - JenBro Sep 12, 04:22 6
- Hello - I've opened the box - you've got above and beyond the call of duty. - LMS Sep 12, 05:00 5
  - hee ... YAY - I'm so glad it arrived safe and sound - and I did worry about the name thing - but I didn't get it from Kelly so I figured you must get - JenBro Sep 12, 05:04 4
    - OMG - stupid me - I meant that with an M ... hahahahaha - Berry - can you erase that quick. - JenBro Sep 12, 05:04 3
      - No problem, I've been called worse! -- nm - LMS Sep 12, 05:11 2
        
        heh - me too unfortunately. :) Have the BEST day -- nm - JenBro Sep 12, 05:12 1
        
        You too. -- nm - LMS Sep 12, 05:18
Wake up -- nm - prayformojo Sep 12, 03:24
is there anybody out there? -- nm - moles Sep 12, 00:33 3
- ~Ooooh Babe when I pick up the phone there's still nobody home ~ -- nm - Trish Sep 12, 03:08
- Hey you! out there in the cold Getting lonely, getting old, can you feel me? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 01:24
- Hush now baby, don't you cry. Of course mama'll help build the wall. -- nm - Mama Floyd Sep 12, 00:39

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