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Is Yahoo borked? All my rosters are showing as 0 points except Jimmy Graham - oblique Sep 12, 08:30 6
- I crushed you! -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 12, 08:32 2
  - Unrelated: So we can't watch videos from Halo games online unless we're "Pro"? I had a great segment where I killed almost the entire blue team - oblique Sep 12, 08:33 1
    - you can save it to your fileshare and watch it, I believe. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 12, 08:34
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  - I scored more points in Halo last night - oblique Sep 12, 08:32
- Generally speaking? Yup. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Sep 12, 08:31
here's a happy story that came out of 9/11. Couple who met at shelter in Newfoundland married within a year and went back to NL for the 10th - Andie Sep 12, 08:28 4
- I can tell you that I was not ready to watch that CBC movie on Gander last night, especially not on a plane. -- nm - Reagen Sep 12, 08:33 2
  - Gambo? -- nm - con_carne Sep 12, 08:37 1
    - Gambo is a small town, Gander was the airport. -- nm - Andie Sep 12, 08:40
- I've seen some excellent stories come out of Gander. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Sep 12, 08:30
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- I love the smell of panic selling in the morning. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 12, 08:32 1
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That was about as good a personal weekend of football as I've had in a while. Michigan's wild win against the ND and the Bears unexpected dismantling - pmb Sep 12, 08:23
TFox did you see Paul Simon do Sounds of Silence in NY yesterday? -- nm - bc/nc Sep 12, 08:23 1
- i was either golfing or daddying all day yesterday. - TFox Sep 12, 08:25
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- buying countrywide was *such* a brilliant move.....nm - x Sep 12, 08:31
- I heard that last week from internal people there. The more shocking thing to me was that's only 10 percent of their workforce. That's a lot of - pmb Sep 12, 08:26 6
  - I have at least 2 branches within 5 miles of my house. Extrapolate that nationwide and you have a lot of branches/people. -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 12, 08:31
  - I thinkthis is approximately 50% of what "too big to fail" means (the other half referring to capital/client base) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 12, 08:29 4
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      - And? I'm somewhat opposed to the coming genesis of Corporation-States ... -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 12, 08:34 2
        
        Coming? You are a few decades too late for that. -- nm - not2fast Sep 12, 09:17
        
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- Do we get to charge them a fee for going over their monthly layoff limit? -- nm - con_carne Sep 12, 08:23
Watched the bar thing on spike last night - spoilers inside - JenBro Sep 12, 08:20
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- it's just not believable without a picture of a trader with his head in his hands. -- nm - mafic Sep 12, 08:23
- that's some good reportin' right there -- nm - Beaker Sep 12, 08:21
- Also, water is now wet, and the sun is rising in the east. More at 11. -- nm - znufrii Sep 12, 08:21
Myrtle folks: I'm out. Will will be flying solo.hope you all have a fun weekend! -- nm - kelly Sep 12, 08:11 1
- oof. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 12, 08:18
Dear Yvonne Strahovski: Come to Butthead -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 12, 08:10 1
- That's an *awful* suit. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Sep 12, 08:27
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- Idiot paralegal again? -- nm - znufrii Sep 12, 08:11 7
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    - I had figured that would be your normal state, thus not worth mentioning unless it had been aggravated by external influences. -- nm - znufrii Sep 12, 08:20 5
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        Maybe that will get canceled -- nm - ty97 Sep 12, 08:32
        
        awesome - znufrii Sep 12, 08:27 1
        
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Has anyone seen Hugo Pool? (The Alyssa Milano movie) Somehow it ended up in my Netflix queue and I have no idea why I put it in there. - sycor Sep 12, 08:09
If it's not lunchtime in the next 10 minutes, I'm going to start taking hostages. - TFox Sep 12, 08:08 1
- It's your own fault for typing out your dream donut box. As soon as I read that I got hungry! -- nm - JenBro Sep 12, 08:15
For Beaker (or others)... don't want to read your Breaking Bad post as I'm one week behind, but Hermanos (last week's ep) was *great*. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 12, 07:56 1
- I haven't seen last night's yet. But sooo looking forward to it tonight. -- nm - bc/nc Sep 12, 07:57
This weekend in odd injuries: a lady tried to give me a hug with her hand twisted funny and cut my ear open with her engagement ring. - TFox Sep 12, 07:51 3
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- at this point it's safe to assume everyone you meet is actively trying to hurt you. take preemptive action next time. -- nm - mafic Sep 12, 08:11
- witch nail -- (link) - Max Sep 12, 08:06 [hulu]
October Playboy to cost $0.60 -- (link) - Beaker Sep 12, 07:49 7
- *waits for the inevitable "Girls of the Playboy Club" pictorial* -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Sep 12, 08:30
- Any nudity? -- nm - con_carne Sep 12, 07:50 5
  - never npticed, I read it for the articles -- nm - Beaker Sep 12, 07:58
  - you get what you pay for. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 12, 07:50 3
    - only 1/2 a nipple? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 12, 07:58 2
      - if you are lucky..... - groiny Sep 12, 07:59
      - a staple from the centerfold -- nm - Epiphany Sep 12, 07:59
So the scene after the creates of last night's Entourage was setting up a possible movie, right? -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 12, 07:48 3
- This seems like a ridiculous idea to me. Obviously SATC had a following that allowed for the success of the first movie. But Entourage? - bc/nc Sep 12, 07:55 2
  - "Razzies, party of 4" -- nm - Beaker Sep 12, 07:56 1
    - heh -- nm - Don Homer Sep 12, 07:56
speaking of media, I can take things off my tivo if I have a windows machine, right? and like, save them to mp4? am I remembering right? -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 07:45 2
- Sounds like you'd need something like this? -- (link) - mara Sep 12, 07:49 1
  - thanks! I make out with the single man of your choosing. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 08:10
The KHL hockey player who survived the plane crash has passed away in hospital -- (link) - Beaker Sep 12, 07:45
French nuclear waste explosion blast kills man -- (link) - Beaker Sep 12, 07:42
Who looks worse, Lindsay or Ali? -- (link) - loosilu Sep 12, 07:38 18
- I would still do Lindsey, I would not go anywhere near Ali. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 12, 07:59 5
  - There are horror stories that have end results like what's wrong with her face. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 12, 08:01 1
    - she looks like Karen Carpenter before she died. or Terry Schivo - Epiphany Sep 12, 08:07
  - Ugh, really? -- nm - bc/nc Sep 12, 08:01 2
    - my scale is pretty wide. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 12, 08:03 1
      - No I understand that if a butterfly's wings create a breeze of the coast of Africa then you are at high noon, but still... -- nm - bc/nc Sep 12, 08:20
- People, people. they both look awful! -- nm - bc/nc Sep 12, 07:56 3
  - That wasn't the question. The question was who looks worse and i think that's obvious. -- nm - Jim Sep 12, 07:57 2
    - I'm just trying to keep the peace on ST in case it moves into tiny type. -- nm - bc/nc Sep 12, 07:59 1
      - And when did the particulars of a question ever stop us? "Who has the best french fries?" "I don't eat french fries." :) -- nm - bc/nc Sep 12, 08:00
- Ali looks like something sucked the life force out of her; she's a ugly looking 45yr old. Lindsay's just hard. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 12, 07:44 4
  - Word. With the right stylist, Lindsay can still be hot. Ali...notsomuch. -- nm - Jim Sep 12, 07:47 3
    - agreed, Lindsay needs to get clean, get some sleep, and hire a decent stylist. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 08:07 2
      - her lips are so awful. I can't get past them. not hot at all anymore. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 08:11 1
        
        lips are really gross. and her makeup is appalling. -- nm - loosilu Sep 12, 08:11
- I am the greatest -- nm - Ali Sep 12, 07:43
- Ali, for sure. -- nm - Jim Sep 12, 07:42
- Ali is in the all time dropoffs in looks Dept. Lindsay just looks hard -- nm - Beaker Sep 12, 07:41
Shipping Today: Thor and Jane Eyre -- nm - MDH Sep 12, 07:38 5
- I generally liked Thor. Oddly, it was the fantastic Valhalla stuff that was more believable. -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 12, 08:09
- Mmm, fassbender. -- nm - kelly Sep 12, 07:58
- Which Thor? Which Jane Eyre? - OAE Sep 12, 07:48 1
  - Obviously the 2011 ones :-p -- nm - MDH Sep 12, 08:00
- I hope he doesn't break her heart. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 12, 07:44
Breaking Bad spoilers - Beaker Sep 12, 07:24 2
- I don't see how she can avoid it. - not2fast Sep 12, 09:19
- Spoils - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 12, 08:28
Fired Up is getting to be a movie that I don't turn off if I happen to flip to it. - prayformojo Sep 12, 07:24 5
- I thought the first half was horrendous; the only reason I didn't change the channel was the remote was 5ft away and I couldn't snag it with my toe... - Will Hunting Sep 12, 07:45
- Fired Up is getting to be a movie that I just learned was a movie. -- nm - TFox Sep 12, 07:24 3
  - Fired Up is a movie that, based on title alone, I have NO idea what it is. -- nm - Jim Sep 12, 07:37 2
    - you should check it out. it's actually pretty funny. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 07:39 1
      - total guilty pleasure :) -- nm - decline Sep 12, 07:40
Weekend DVD Fesitval Review: Spent the weekend just watching movies with a friend and here are the results - Capstern (42 Days) Sep 12, 07:21 31
- Knight and Day: was just kinda meh. My Soul to Take: effing horrible, what were you thinking, Wes Craven?? -- nm - samara Sep 12, 07:53 1
  - yes I agree - I expect so much more out of Wes Cravens -- nm - Epiphany Sep 12, 08:01
- X-Men First Class --- A-. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 12, 07:46 8
  - Agreed - very well done -- nm - Capstern (42 Days) Sep 12, 07:53
  - I watched it twice this weekend. - groiny Sep 12, 07:51
  - It's great! -- nm - con_carne Sep 12, 07:50 5
    - I really liked the part where they remove January Jones from the film for about an hour. - Will Hunting Sep 12, 07:51 4
      - see, she does not bother me near as much as the rest of you. - groiny Sep 12, 07:52 3
        
        Oh, she looked fantastic....then she'd talk. *head tilt* -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 12, 07:52 2
        
        I did not even notice her talking. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 12, 07:53 1
        
        That would explain it. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 12, 07:54
- Contagion: A-; The Other Woman: B- *NM* - Ender Sep 12, 07:40
- Unknown: B+ I was actually a little surprised by the ending. -- nm - sycor Sep 12, 07:40 2
  - did not see that coming - kind of cool they went that way -- nm - Epiphany Sep 12, 07:43
  - Neeson right? I liked that a lot...Lincoln Lawyer was really good as well B -- nm - Capstern (42 Days) Sep 12, 07:42
- I meant to watch everything must go" but instead demo'd a bunch of builtins with a sledgehammer. it was *glorious.* -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 07:26 2
  - Smashing stuff is always fun -- nm - Capstern (42 Days) Sep 12, 07:30 1
    - again I say: it was *glorious.* I had no idea how awesome it would be. I was unprepared. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 07:36
- Dexter Season 4, 1st two discs B, True Blood D, 1st 15 min of Rio - great - but the 4 y/o kept spoiling it - Epiphany Sep 12, 07:26 3
  - Dexter ... goood. (psst check ur txt msg) :) -- nm - Capstern (42 Days) Sep 12, 07:28 2
    - nmbcappie - Epiphany Sep 12, 07:29 1
      - nmbpip - Capstern (42 Days) Sep 12, 07:35
- DaVinci Code: B -- nm - Beaker Sep 12, 07:25
- Your Highness: D-, Paul: C+ -- nm - MDH Sep 12, 07:23 7
  - Did anyone like Your Highness? - TFox Sep 12, 07:25 5
    - I gave it a D, I think -- nm - con_carne Sep 12, 07:55
    - I felt the last half hour was almost enough to save it, but not quite. -- nm - Ender Sep 12, 07:33 1
      - The last 30 minutes is the only reason it didn't get an F. -- nm - MDH Sep 12, 07:38
    - "It's bawdy, profane and rampantly lecherous. It's also very funny " - ty97 Sep 12, 07:27
    - this. "Magic...motherfvcker" was such a great line in the trailer -- nm - Beaker Sep 12, 07:26
  - Paul had some funny stuff but OMG YH was dreadful - though Portman is wonderful to look at -- nm - Capstern (42 Days) Sep 12, 07:24
It's probably past time I respond to the coordinator of the umpires of football in Southeast Australia and tell her she has the wrong e-mail, yeah? - ty97 Sep 12, 07:21
funny note : My daughters teacher's name is Megan Fox. - groiny Sep 12, 07:19 5
- promising so far -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 12, 07:22
- Make sure to bring it up to here with some sort of song reference, because I bet she's not tired of it. -- nm - Reagen Sep 12, 07:21
- but what does the teacher look like? -- nm - Epiphany Sep 12, 07:20 2
  - Jennifer's Body? -- nm - budice Sep 12, 07:28
  - I have no clue yet. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 12, 07:20
I was a fox last game, the odds I'm a fox this game are lower. Trust me. -- nm - ty97 Sep 12, 07:15 1
- AMBUSH TY -- nm - znufrii Sep 12, 07:18
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 12, 07:15 13
- Those bastards, always telling you to stay inside the lines... -- nm - Ender Sep 12, 07:19
- nmb tru - HPV McGee Sep 12, 07:16 7
  - yes, cause you know, I have unlimited time when I am at work to drive home and ask them. - tRuMaN Sep 12, 07:17 6
    - you can, you know, walk over, knock and introduce yourself. - groiny Sep 12, 07:20 5
      - Or if he's in a hurry he can just tie a note to a brick and throw it through their window as he drives by. -- nm - Ender Sep 12, 07:22 4
        
        this is so hysterical to me. the visual is great if you picture him signing the note "love, tru" -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 07:23 3
        
        "PS, could you also give me the number of the guy you get to fix your window?" -- nm - Ender Sep 12, 07:34 2
        
        (you're really funny today.) -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 12, 07:43
        
        L3!! - Epiphany Sep 12, 07:43
- *has no idea where to rock* -- nm - Neil Young si Sep 12, 07:15 3
  - try the Free World -- nm - Beaker Sep 12, 07:16
  - I hear the free world is available. -- nm - ty97 Sep 12, 07:16 1
    - eff my ear, i'm an idiot. -- nm - TFox Sep 12, 07:18

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