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Strangest Woot ever. 7-foot tall inflatable Ben Wallace. -- nm - not2fast Sep 13, 10:30 1
- 1 step closer to being able to recreate the Palace fight with 7 foot tall blow up dolls -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 10:31
and, from that earlier story of the returned kidnapped 3 year old - they just arrested the suspect. -- (link) - Andie Sep 13, 10:30
It will be interesting seeing what kind of PR comes out of the bedbug situation. -- nm - mara Sep 13, 10:28 2
- I feel like I should start working on a hand-out. What to do if you catch bedbugs from the library. -- nm - mara Sep 13, 10:29 1
  - are you obligated to warn the public before they enter the building? sign on the door? -- nm - Andie Sep 13, 10:34
you can watch the first ep of Homeland (the new showtime show) online right now -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 13, 10:28 1
- With bonus Morena Baccarin nudity. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 13, 10:32
Christina Hendricks talks the Wonder Woman movie and her part in Drive... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 13, 10:26 14
- "Why do so many directors have you at the top of their lists for Wonder Woman?" -- nm - Mop Sep 13, 10:29
- wait...she's in Drive? - Mel Profit Sep 13, 10:27 12
  - Yeah, they put a bag over her head as a hostage through 2/3 of the movie... - Will Hunting Sep 13, 10:30
  - You people really do not watch your TV commercials like good little boys and girls anymore, do you? :) -- nm - con_carne Sep 13, 10:29 3
    - Not since 1985. What century are we in again? -- nm - not2fast Sep 13, 10:31
    - to be fair, though, she's in the tv spot for about a quarter of a second -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 10:31
    - what is a...com.mer.cial? -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 10:30
  - woo! -- nm - colin Sep 13, 10:28
  - yes, she does not look like Joan. -- nm - Epiphany Sep 13, 10:27 5
    - No corset. -- nm - lileve Sep 13, 10:28 4
      - Mad Men is in the 1960s, not 1860s. -- nm - colin Sep 13, 10:29 3
        
        I was trying to be nice and not say girdle which she wears as apart of her Mad Men costume. -- nm - lileve Sep 13, 10:30 2
        
        Girdle's a bad word? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 10:31 1
        
        To some I would think. -- nm - lileve Sep 13, 10:32
CareerBuilders.com lists some unusual resume mistakes including.......... - CrankYanker Sep 13, 10:23 2
- lipstick imprint -- nm - Max Sep 13, 10:25 1
  - Including panties is probably not a good idea either. [nm] - Mel Profit Sep 13, 10:28
The Bad QB League: "Somehow McNabb managed to throw for only 39 more yards than you did last Sunday" -- (link) - Beaker Sep 13, 10:20 2
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  - Chad Henne passed for over 400 yards. Chad. Henne. - musubi Sep 13, 10:27
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- Wealthy family. Immediate family are lawyers too. Skinny, brown hair, tall. "Beatles" hair cut -- nm - Flavorize Sep 13, 10:28 1
  - actually, I have a minor character in the office with a legal and official mop top. - Mel Profit Sep 13, 10:30
- Ann Coulter -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 13, 10:26
- born in 1885, recently thawed. -- nm - Max Sep 13, 10:23
- the words "theater" "crew" and "Republican" in the same sentence? Wow. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 13, 10:22
- Closeted Homosexual. -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 10:20 2
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  - poll over -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 10:21
I really hate JF right now. -- nm - David Sep 13, 10:18 6
- And I left points on the board by benching Flacco. - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 13, 10:27 1
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- used to work there now it's JF-Stoll -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 13, 10:21
- I'll pray against him too. -- nm - Max Sep 13, 10:21 1
  - Thanks! I'm hearing good things about plagues of locusts. -- nm - David Sep 13, 10:22
- Top 4 all played each other. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 10:20
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- IIRC, supposed to be a somewhat tight race -- nm - con_carne Sep 13, 10:28
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- heh heh. Weiner seat. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Sep 13, 10:19 1
  - NY Republicans would love nothing more than to take Weiner's seat -- nm - con_carne Sep 13, 10:26
I may write like crap on here (trying to be more careful) but this is a Exec VP Out of office: - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 10:17
Is Bob Iger New York's next billionaire mayor? -- (link) - Mop Sep 13, 10:16
Btw...Sex Panther (aka the guy I mentioned this morning)... - Mel Profit Sep 13, 10:16 14
- Now he's actually, literally disparaging Tim Wakefield... - Mel Profit Sep 13, 10:19 13
  - He's the only person in sports that Jason Varitek can say without irony about, "the old man". -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 10:21 2
    - I dare you to make Wakefield jokes in front of your MiL. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 10:22 1
      - Crazy, not stupid. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 10:23
  - this is really shaking your world, isn't it? -- nm - colin Sep 13, 10:20 9
    - He's going to be, I think, my contribution to the ST Character Pool. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 10:21 8
      - will you refer to him as Sex Panther or Bigfoot's Dick? -- nm - Diva Sep 13, 10:24 7
        
        I think I like Sex Panther too. - Mel Profit Sep 13, 10:26 1
        
        heh-heh... -- nm - Diva Sep 13, 10:28
        
        lets VOTE!! I like Sex Panther -- nm - Epiphany Sep 13, 10:25 4
        
        sEx PaNtHeR -- nm - colin Sep 13, 10:28 1
        
        I like this for special occasions. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 10:32
        
        Sex Panther!! -- nm - Diva Sep 13, 10:26 1
        
        I mean it's totally giggle worthy. right? right. -- nm - Epiphany Sep 13, 10:27
ST Poll: What video games create a strong bond between your character and another character, so that you actually feel bad when he/she/it is lost? -- nm - colin Sep 13, 10:16 4
- Companion Cube is all I can think of... I hated everybody in HL2. -- nm - colin Sep 13, 10:19
- Baldurs Gate...poor Minsc -- nm - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 10:18
- In Dragonslayer I was really sad when the dragon stole the busty princess -- nm - Go Ducks! via droid Sep 13, 10:17
- spoilers? -- nm - con_carne Sep 13, 10:16
Groupon results in an understandable increase in Yelp ratings for a service, but also a lower overall score. -- (link) - Mop Sep 13, 10:13
Capstern, get thee to a financial planner. - spamlet (iPhone) Sep 13, 10:12 7
- Actually as soon as this settles out a good FP I know in CO is going to help me. Just never availed myself of his services before - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 10:15 6
  - That is a big part of what they do budgeting, etc... - spamlet (iPhone) Sep 13, 10:19
  - I don't get at all why you'd wait till it settles out given you ask daily questions here. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 10:16 4
    - I have no clue as to exactly where I will be sitting after it is all said and done. - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 10:20 2
      - That's fine...he, being a paid expert, can get you ready to be standing in the best possible position when this is over with -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 10:22 1
        
        Well will call him tonight. He has always been my planned executor of my estate as well, so 2 birds - thanks -- nm - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 10:27
    - this. -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 10:18
Kim gave me a flu bug. Please spend the next two minutes praying against her. -- nm - David Sep 13, 10:11 5
- I'm...not going to do that. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 13, 10:29
- flu sniffing dog found it? -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 10:16
- Even a Second Grader knows that girls have cooties. -- nm - Go Ducks! via droid Sep 13, 10:16
- I blame Pocket Frogs! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 10:12
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Huh. There's a movement afoot to end the federal gas tax and pass the responsibility of funding highway improvements off to individual states. - Strongbad Sep 13, 10:07 19
- I'm getting tired of this slow process. Why don't we just proceed to total anarchy? -- nm - crash davis Sep 13, 10:15 4
  - feudalism isn't anarchy, crash. it's the perfect system. -- nm - Max Sep 13, 10:15 3
    - Yep -- nm - Epiphany Sep 13, 10:26
    - okay, you're right. We could have good barons as well as bad barons -- nm - crash davis Sep 13, 10:16 1
      - and good mouse guards as well as bad mouse guards. -- nm - Max Sep 13, 10:20
- In that context terminating thousands of teachers and state employees makes sense because they wouldn't be able to drive to work anyway. Perfect! -- nm - Max Sep 13, 10:12
- awesome. NC has one of the higher gas taxes and some of the worst roads. It's rediculous. -- nm - sycor Sep 13, 10:11 1
  - NC is a huge donor state. Averaging 82.7% return since 1956. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 13, 10:23
- We use the highways to get all our stuff. Let's please not mess with that. -- nm - con_carne Sep 13, 10:11
- It's been around for a while from the folks that want to kill the Education department. - spamlet (iPhone) Sep 13, 10:09
- we should totally do with a national military. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 10:09
- I'll tell you what'll happen.....highway disrepair, higher state taxes and gas will cost about the same - Will Hunting Sep 13, 10:09
- interesting. - znufrii Sep 13, 10:09 2
  - *shrug* Here's a bill that was mentioned in the same article. -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 13, 10:11 1
    - huh. this one keeps the interstate system in federal hands, but defederalizes the numbered highway system. - znufrii Sep 13, 10:17
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  - The donor states would likely support it. They wouldn't have to settle for 85% of their revenue being returned. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 13, 10:09 1
    - Here's the data. -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 13, 10:22
- that's a bad idea. bad. -- nm - Remlik Sep 13, 10:09
Gosling fans: Watch "Blue Valentine" -- nm - lileve Sep 13, 10:06 3
- really? I was whelmed. -- nm - Epiphany Sep 13, 10:08 2
  - I liked the first 45 minutes but then it took a turn into madness. -- nm - David Sep 13, 10:11 1
    - it was brilliant! -- nm - picksie Sep 13, 10:15
I arrived about 15 minutes ago. The bedbug-sniffing dog was in my department's workroom!! I would have stayed and watched them work, but the director - mara Sep 13, 10:04 15
- Yucky. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 13, 10:30
- Okay, I'll go ahead and say that if reincarnation exists. I DO NOT want to come back as a bedbug sniffing dog. That's nasty. -- nm - con_carne Sep 13, 10:07 1
  - you can be one of use! -- nm - Corpse sniffing dog Sep 13, 10:08
- Oh sweet jeebus. Now I'm feeling itchy. (nm) - musubi Sep 13, 10:06 1
  - also there's something on your neck. -- nm - Max Sep 13, 10:07
- *points to mara's chair* -- nm - dog Sep 13, 10:06
- yeah, apparently they like to hide in the crack of wood furniture. -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 10:05 7
  - i can't lie. i'm a little paranoid about our road trip this month. will be staying in *lots* of different places. -- nm - Andie Sep 13, 10:06 6
    - Tips for avoiding bedbugs in hotels -- (link) - mara Sep 13, 10:10 3
      - thanks! -- nm - steve114 SI Sep 13, 10:16 2
        
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        damn. -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 10:17
    - I always check hotel mattresses for bedbugs (not sure if I know what I'm doing). Never put your suitcase on the floor. - loosilu Sep 13, 10:07 1
      - Bedbugs and beyond? -- nm - oblique Sep 13, 10:08
- ugh. -- nm - Andie Sep 13, 10:05
Wow, I swear HR placement/recruitment companies in TX only hire really hot women. Geez - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 10:04 7
- That's pretty standard for HR departments period. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Sep 13, 10:08 4
  - Heh. Not if the group of 25 HR professionals I just had lunch with is any indication. - Kim Pine Sep 13, 10:10 2
    - Were they higher ups or the "first impression" type? -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Sep 13, 10:15 1
      - I'd call them mostly first impression types. - Kim Pine Sep 13, 10:29
  - yes. -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 10:09
- "You want to work here? We work here." - oblique Sep 13, 10:07 1
  - Well they are a staffing company, so not even OUR HR people -- nm - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 10:15
So, after skimming the IMDB pages, I think the only Gosling or Phillipe movie I've seen was Remember The Titans. (nm) - musubi Sep 13, 10:04 5
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  - good movie -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 10:09
  - Fracture was great -- nm - Epiphany Sep 13, 10:07
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    - that's the director's cut -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 10:10
btw - yay, spamlet is back! -- nm - Andie Sep 13, 10:03 4
- Thanks :) I just pop im every once in a while. (nm) - spamlet (iPhone) Sep 13, 10:07
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  - I tested the killfile with your username, FYI :) -- nm - oblique Sep 13, 10:07 1
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What??? I mean, seriously, WHAT??!? -- (link) - znufrii Sep 13, 10:02
ewww -- nm - muzungu psilotum Sep 13, 10:02
I bet mara has bedbugs. -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 10:01
What is the bedbugs in the library situation, mara? -- nm - con_carne Sep 13, 10:01 5
- What kind of library are you running, anyway? -- nm - muzungu psilotum Sep 13, 10:02 4
  - who puts a bed in a library? -- nm - crash davis Sep 13, 10:03 3
    - wait, are my tax dollars going to subsidizing beds in public libraries?.....nm - x Sep 13, 10:07 2
      - librarian unions have gotten 'naptime' into most of the contracts I believe. -- nm - Remlik Sep 13, 10:09 1
        
        I knew it! -- nm - steve114 SI Sep 13, 10:11

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