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my kryptonite this week is PB Snickers - moles Sep 14, 14:55 2
- in that if someone shows you one, you drop to the ground and start whimpering like a beat dog? -- nm - crash davis Sep 14, 14:57 1
  - pretty much! -- nm - moles Sep 14, 14:58
I don't know whether red light cameras are unconstitutional or not, but damn them straight to hell anyway! - Stephen Sep 14, 14:54
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- But they're an awesome farm club team .. great talent -- nm - budice Sep 14, 14:51
I almost feel the need to call my friend Pete -- nm - crash davis Sep 14, 14:45 4
- I have such sights to show you. -- nm - Remlik Sep 14, 14:47 3
  - such as? -- nm - crash davis Sep 14, 14:48 2
    - Batman and Robin.....amongst others. -- nm - Remlik Sep 14, 14:53 1
      - on fb DC just said Batgirl #1 is going back for its third printing, along with some crap named Action Comics - crash davis Sep 14, 14:56
Today suuuuuuuucked. - kelly Sep 14, 14:40 9
- too bad died coke is caffeinated :( (Although! I recently saw de-caff diet coke, I think) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 14:48 5
  - Oh, I still drink Diet Coke. - kelly Sep 14, 14:50 3
    - I know. But if you have my reaction, drinking it after 3pm results in insomnia. :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 14:56 2
      - Caffeine doesn't seem to have that effect on me. - kelly Sep 14, 14:57 1
        
        Nice :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 14:57
  - dammit. DIET coke. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 14:48
- too bad you can't get drunk tonight :( -- nm - peglegpete Sep 14, 14:40 2
  - very helpful, thank you. -- nm - kelly Sep 14, 14:41 1
    - we all know what a lush you were pre-baby. your not slobbering now is a perk for us. -- nm - b. Sep 14, 14:44
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- not for me. -- nm - b. Sep 14, 14:37 1
  - shhh, don't tell him Kluwe is punking him -- nm - crash davis Sep 14, 14:39
- Long Live Twitter. -- nm - Andie Sep 14, 14:36
wap? I don't want to link to the story, as it's tmz; but google news headline says they're reporting michaele salahi was, indeed, not kidnapped. she - b. Sep 14, 14:34 19
- oh this will end well. -- nm - Remlik Sep 14, 14:41 1
  - just another successful case for my freelance unlicensed private investigator/demon hunter service -- nm - crash davis Sep 14, 14:42
- There's another link when you go to tmz about where she really is that's way funnier. - TFox Sep 14, 14:39 10
  - *please be true* *please be true* -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 14:43
  - Spoiler - TFox Sep 14, 14:43 8
    - oh give me a link please... -- nm - Remlik Sep 14, 14:49 2
      - On my phone but here -- (link) - TFox Sep 14, 14:51 1
        
        thanks. -- nm - Remlik Sep 14, 14:55
    - heehee. -- nm - b. Sep 14, 14:45
    - *giggle fit* -- nm - David Sep 14, 14:44 3
      - (He could do a lot better.) -- nm - David Sep 14, 14:45 2
        
        well he's a shrimp like really short so maybe not. -- nm - Remlik Sep 14, 14:56
        
        I was just thinking - couldn't he do better than someone like her? - b. Sep 14, 14:46
- this is my shocked face. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 14:38
- Season ending cliffhanger. -- nm - pmb Sep 14, 14:37
- was just starved for attention (what I expected to read in the IM) -- nm - JenBro Sep 14, 14:37
- *stops to gas up the muscle car with shotguns, consults both salahis on who is offering the most* -- nm - crash davis Sep 14, 14:36 1
  - *turns car around to go deal with demon boy in the mugshot below* -- nm - crash davis Sep 14, 14:38
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this is crazy- our ball season ended *last night*. i got an email today saying "The Commissioner needs everyone's home addresses for the 2012 season" - Andie Sep 14, 14:34
Whoever was supposed to tell me about this is fired -- (link) - znufrii Sep 14, 14:31 [youtube] 1
- She's naked, big deal. -- nm - icolin Sep 14, 14:33
sitwap: Clint Eastwood: I don't give a &*&K if gays marry.... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 14, 14:29 4
- and he was offered the Superman role in the 1970's. and said no. -- nm - peglegpete Sep 14, 14:31 3
  - in actors who turned down a role...Stanley Kramer (Chard) turned down the Bond role in Dr. No. -- nm - Remlik Sep 14, 14:39
  - Superman: The Enforcer -- nm - Max Sep 14, 14:32 1
    - Go ahead. Eat my Kryptonite. *BLAM!* -- nm - Diva Sep 14, 14:38
remember when using private contractors was going to save us oodles of money versus those bloated, inefficient federal government workers? -- (link) - moles Sep 14, 14:29 2
- While I think there may be something there, I don't think it really addresses all of the issues. - pmb Sep 14, 14:36 1
  - The inefficiencies, if any, are caused by the rules/regulations the govenment employees are required to follow. Private contractors working in their - jnine Sep 14, 14:52
An interesting example of overcoming selection bias -- (link) - TWuG Sep 14, 14:27
Target NOT to reorder/restock more Missoni...bastards -- (link) - peglegpete Sep 14, 14:27 6
- i wouldn't either. next time they do a designer line there will be even *more* hype if people realize there is an extremely limited supply. -- nm - Andie Sep 14, 14:30 5
  - they can make tens of millions this fall if they make more -- nm - peglegpete Sep 14, 14:38
  - But they also have a lot of disappointed customers that can go elsewhere. - Krusty Sep 14, 14:34 3
    - i think the perceived-exclusivity only helps them. -- nm - Andie Sep 14, 14:37 2
      - The way I see it is they're not just trying to make a few bucks selling the collection but using the collection to - Krusty Sep 14, 14:43
      - this. Next time, people will scramble even faster. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 14:38
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- ugh. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 14:29
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caption this truly frightening mugshot -- (link) - moles Sep 14, 14:15 9
- I saw an actual neo-Nazi on the train the other day. It was fairly startling - Reagen Sep 14, 14:24 1
  - your im made me laugh. heh. -- nm - b. Sep 14, 14:47
- outside of artist Jack Cole's suicide, nobody has heard of the S.W. Mass. paper Berkshire Eagle in over 50 years -- nm - peglegpete Sep 14, 14:22 3
  - I've heard of it! - CovingtonCat Sep 14, 15:01
  - not really the greatest caption in the world -- nm - moles Sep 14, 14:25 1
    - it was my local paper in high school -- nm - peglegpete Sep 14, 14:32
- They told me I would look like a Klingon! -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 14, 14:18
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  - you forgot the Yankee conspiracy. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 14:17
Man sues "White Castle" because of the seats being too small -- (link) - amoxy Sep 14, 14:14
I may have to step away from my desk and just call it. Unfortunately my patience is sorely lacking today. -- nm - Diva Sep 14, 14:11 5
- SHUT IT DOWN! -- nm - Chef Ramsay's Porn Dwarf Double Sep 14, 14:17 3
  - ???!!! -- nm - Diva Sep 14, 14:19 2
    - like my kitchen -- (link) - Chef Ramsay's Porn Dwarf Double Sep 14, 14:22 [youtube] 1
      - no youtube here. -- nm - Diva Sep 14, 14:23
- you should not refer to Mel is "it" nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 14:12
Speaking of interviews... - colin Sep 14, 14:11 9
- Awesome! -- nm - con_carne Sep 14, 14:33
- VN -- nm - amoxy Sep 14, 14:24
- ^5 that rocks -- nm - JenBro Sep 14, 14:22
- That's got to be a great feeling. Congratulations! -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 14, 14:16 1
  - totally - go, colin! hope they're good to you. :) - -- nm - b. Sep 14, 14:40
- Wow, that was quick. Best of luck with the move and new job. I hope it works out very well for you. :-) -- nm - Krusty Sep 14, 14:14
- I hope you're being good to Allie through all this zanyness though or else I'll help her lay the smackdown on you. - Qale Sep 14, 14:13
- that's some heady, heady stuff. good for you! -- nm - Diva Sep 14, 14:12
- nice! nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 14:12
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- It's just a flesh wound. -- nm - David Sep 14, 14:04
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- "If you were an animal on a ferris wheel, what animal would you be and what song would be playing?" - Dr.Johnny Vermin Sep 14, 14:29
- "worst defect" is really a stupid question to begin with, you're really just testing whether they're smart enough not to give an actual defect. - Ender Sep 14, 14:28 2
  - (I was asked the "worst defect" question in the interview for my current job and my answer was "My inability to come up with a good answer to that question.") -- nm - Ender Sep 14, 14:30 1
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- can you ask what - if any - volunteer organizations do they assist and how? - JenBro Sep 14, 14:23 1
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- who is gonna win project runway? -- nm - peglegpete Sep 14, 14:20
- "If you absolutely had to fuck a man, who would that man be?" nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 14:13
- how a recent real life, non-work related, experience made a positive change in their life. (can you ask that? legally, i mean?) -- nm - Andie Sep 14, 14:13 4
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    - is that bad? -- nm - Andie Sep 14, 14:17 2
      - (i like how we're questioning whether asking an interview question about life outside of work is legal...) - TFox Sep 14, 14:20 1
        
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- which actor plays you in the biopic of your life? -- nm - peglegpete Sep 14, 14:12
- which star trek is best? -- nm - peglegpete Sep 14, 14:09
- for you, given the common pet peeves you've posted here, maybe: "What does it mean to you to 'get something done right'?" -- nm - TFox Sep 14, 14:09 9
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    - "What is your usual method of prioritization?" "What does 'promptly' mean to you?" -- nm - Max Sep 14, 14:11 3
      - Tell me about a time when you had too many things to do and you were required to prioritize. -- nm - mara Sep 14, 14:13 2
        
        I put TT at the top. -- nm - Max Sep 14, 14:31
        
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    - what i think you want to try to get to is, does the person focus on following instructions to the letter, or whether their result is correct? - TFox Sep 14, 14:11 3
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        i mean, if you ask it exactly that way, most (smart) people will say "the result", but they might not mean it. -- nm - TFox Sep 14, 14:14 1
        
        you might even want to make that one like a scenario. "Let's say I asked you to research _______. Tell me how you would go about it." -- nm - TFox Sep 14, 14:16
- which Deschenel sister does he prefer? -- nm - peglegpete Sep 14, 14:08 3
  - ooh, and if he says Emily, punch him in the face. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 14:09 2
    - Zooey's show looks worse than 3'rd grade unfunny writing. -- nm - peglegpete Sep 14, 14:11 1
      - but she looks good! nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 14:13
- Ask them what their most informative class was. - amoxy Sep 14, 14:07
- it's possible I've googled for help with this myself. there are some good lists of suggestions out there - to start, here's careerbuilder's.. nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 14, 14:01 2
  - oo, there are some that are law-focused. (some good general ones here, too, though.) nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 14, 14:03 1
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- "What would you do if you were carrying a basket full of chili fries on a bus moving 30 mph in Las Vegas?" -- nm - oblique Sep 14, 14:01
- (a general, not specific comment) if you ask questions that only dicks answer well, you're going to end up with an office full of dicks. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 14:00 2
  - *THUD* -- nm - Jacques Dawson Sep 14, 14:05
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- Conduct it as a drinkerview. "What is your expected starting level of drinking?" -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 14:00 7
  - that was fun. i think I still have those threads copied down somewhere on my laptop... -- nm - znufrii Sep 14, 14:01 6
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      - and really, if the most interesting thing he can say about his work was to describe it's form rather than its substance - znufrii Sep 14, 14:13
      - eh...it's been done. - znufrii Sep 14, 14:03 2
        
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        I'm pretty sure it's been an NCIS plot at least once. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 14:04
    - I think there wasn't a standard interview question we weren't able to turn into a drinkerview question. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 14:02
National Archives message on Facebook: "Due to the Internet outage, we are not able to send or receive emails." -- nm - Max Sep 14, 13:58 1
- but are they archiving the old ones? -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 13:59
Scarlet Johannson nude photos! -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 14, 13:58 6
- Mila Kunis' phone was also hacked today. she was not nekkid, but the Justin Timberlake's pix she had on it were almost nekkid on it -- nm - peglegpete Sep 14, 14:07
- hell, even I want to see these. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 14:02
- I mean, this should be an international holiday or something. -- nm - David Sep 14, 14:00 2
  - it would be a religious day of observance with a blessing of the boobies -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 14, 14:02 1
    - I would like to eat my morning oatmeal off her perfect ass. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 14:07
- cake nipples! -- nm - oblique Sep 14, 14:00
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