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holy crap, the rumblings i am hearing around here from people on budget committees telling me things they shouldn't be is *grim*....nm - x Oct 7, 07:31 3
- lets hope that does not happen -- nm - Epiphany Oct 7, 07:32
- knowing about layoff plans is not fun. - TFox Oct 7, 07:32
- Start looking now. -- nm - lileve Oct 7, 07:32
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- (chick is fine though) -- nm - TFox Oct 7, 07:31 1
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Meanwhile, Tucker & Dale vs Evil (starring Sock from Reaper) is playing lots of places. - ty97 Oct 7, 07:25
Morning Andie-inspired poll: would you rather be dumb and sane, or smart and crazy? - TFox Oct 7, 07:24 13
- Smart and crazy. Go walk around Yale, it's all around. -- nm - lileve Oct 7, 07:28
- I'm decently smart and had my bout of barely crazy. I'll take dumb and sane any day. - ty97 Oct 7, 07:27 1
  - Yeah if we're talking crazy crazy, like rocking in a corner for hours but able to solve a hard math problem, I'll take dumb and sane -- nm - Guigue Oct 7, 07:29
- Literally insane, or just colloquially crazy? I think most forms of true insanity would be hugely unpleasant. -- nm - mara Oct 7, 07:26 1
  - we're talking about Andie here, so probably the former. -- nm - TFox Oct 7, 07:27
- ignorance is bliss, right? maybe dumb and sane. -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 07:26
- smart & crazy. the mentally slow clerk at the store made me realize I am glad I have my wits -- nm - Epiphany Oct 7, 07:25 3
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    - Dumb like he doesn't even know which vowel should start a sentence? Or even dumber than that? -- nm - TFox Oct 7, 07:29 1
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- smart and crazy -- nm - decline Oct 7, 07:25
- smart and crazy -- nm - znufrii Oct 7, 07:25
- Smart and crazy. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 7, 07:24
Weekend expands today to the following cities: Philadelphia, DC, SF, New Haven, Berkley PA - ty97 Oct 7, 07:23 4
- Do you know someone who worked on this? -- nm - lileve Oct 7, 07:29 1
  - Nope, but I saw a loved it. Little films like this desperately need those of who see them (and love them) to champion them to our friend. - ty97 Oct 7, 07:34
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  - I think it's the most real (gay*) romance film I've seen. - ty97 Oct 7, 07:32
That 5 tons of rock I was supposed to get delivered today? No no no...... - prayformojo Oct 7, 07:18 4
- Bad day of black rock? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 07:19
- didn't you buy it by the ton? (buy five, get three?) (oh, or by the cubic yard?) -- nm - amanda jones Oct 7, 07:19 1
  - Cubic yard -- nm - prayformojo Oct 7, 07:22
- Swim in it like Scrooge McDuck! -- nm - TFox Oct 7, 07:19
Weekend Plans Poll - znufrii Oct 7, 07:17 7
- HS Football Night tonight, helping a friend move tomorrow, maybe roller derby,probably cleaning Sunday. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 7, 07:34
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- make me leave this office at 3:30 - bonus time off, I need to use it. Movie of some sort, possibly the State Fair on Sunday -- nm - Epiphany Oct 7, 07:24
- Thanksgiving! (but it will mostly be spent as the last time we go to Dave's moms before it closes and will involve a whole lot of - Andie Oct 7, 07:20
- Community yard sale --- dog training --- anniversary brunch -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 7, 07:20 1
  - *bids on Annie's Boobs* - TFox Oct 7, 07:22
- Haven't figured it out yet. London? Brighton? -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:19
david's fault: big fish is ready for me to pick up at the libraries. -- nm - amanda jones Oct 7, 07:08 3
- Also David's fault - I have it listed on notes as a DVD for an Xmas present -- nm - Epiphany Oct 7, 07:10 2
  - Potentially David's fault: I have an itchy crotch. -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 07:13 1
    - no, rumors are he's an ass man -- nm - budice Oct 7, 07:17
there's ice cream cake in the freezer! I repeat, there's ice cream cake in the freezer! -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 07:07 3
- Score! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 7, 07:10
- "We have our orders, men. Go! Go! Go!" -- nm - Seal Team Six Oct 7, 07:08 1
  - shouldn't that be Sealtest? -- nm - loosilu Oct 7, 07:15
The Office on the other hand...I'm really digging this season. (spoils) - Will Hunting Oct 7, 07:04
"This is Governor Sarah Palin. Is Senator Lieberman in?" "No, Governor. This is Rosh Hashanah." "Well, hello, Rosh. Can I leave a message?" ... - spotted on FB Oct 7, 07:03
Boy, I'm glad we've got Paul Krugman to validate the Occupy Wall Street movement for us. -- (link) - Mop Oct 7, 06:58
Shhh, don't tell the Mrs., but I might hit the saloon later to have a beer and play some keno. pick a number. first 5 get played 1-80 -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 06:55 7
- okay, we're set. I'll play a 5 number ticket at $1 a game for 10 games plus the extra. 5 for 5 gets $300. (and whatever the extra hits. 0-10x ) - CQ Oct 7, 07:05
- hell yeah. - TFox Oct 7, 07:03
- 5 -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 07:03
- 12 -- nm - amoxy Oct 7, 06:59
- 43 -- nm - loosilu Oct 7, 06:57
- 42 -- nm - budice Oct 7, 06:56
- 23 -- nm - znufrii Oct 7, 06:56
I heard this report on the news this morning about prostate cancer screening but Dr. La Pook sounded like La Poop on the radio and made me laugh -- (link) - oblique Oct 7, 06:50
This video has been blowing up facebook the past few days: Little girl (in a princess outfit) rapping Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass" -- (link) - MDH Oct 7, 06:49 [youtube]
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Gorgeous timelapse. The shots at about 1:30 are wow -- (link) - oblique Oct 7, 06:39 [vimeo] 3 1
- pretty sick -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 06:48
- very impressive -- nm - znufrii Oct 7, 06:43 1
  - loved the tracking shots in particular. -- nm - znufrii Oct 7, 06:49
Per Hollywood Reporter: Some differences between Democrats and Republicans favorite movies -- (link) - MDH Oct 7, 06:36
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- you mean the government can't just confiscate a chuck of the wealth the 1% are sitting on and cut everyone else a check and voila!? :) -- nm - znufrii Oct 7, 06:38
- or we could just prepare for roaming hordes of unemployed pirates pillaging our towns. - TFox Oct 7, 06:34 1
  - gonna be cold in the winter -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 06:36
Latest Zogby poll for likely Republican primary voters -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 7, 06:27 8
- Mitt Romney just has to be the 2nd best to every crackpot that shows up, and he's got the job. -- nm - Mop Oct 7, 07:00
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  - Do you always post that in case I manage to read it? (nm) - spamlet (iPhone) Oct 7, 06:58 1
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  - Caine over Obama is hysterical. -- nm - MDH Oct 7, 06:38 3
    - I don't believe Cain wins the nomination but if he did, I wonder how that might affect the African-American vote for the Dems? - ty97 Oct 7, 07:04 2
      - It'd split from 90-10 to probably 70-30 at worst for the Dems. - Will Hunting Oct 7, 07:05 1
        
        Agreed. -- nm - MDH Oct 7, 07:12
Thanks for all the B-day wishes. Going to take it easy work wise today. (and this is different than any other work day how?) -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 06:24 10
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - lileve Oct 7, 07:22
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Stephen Oct 7, 07:17
- Have a great Birthay -- nm - amoxy Oct 7, 07:01
- happy birthday! -- nm - loosilu Oct 7, 06:57
- Happy birthday! -- nm - bc/nc Oct 7, 06:53
- Happy Birthday Pool Boy! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 7, 06:48
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - decline Oct 7, 06:29
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Oct 7, 06:27
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Roger More Oct 7, 06:27
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Repost PSA for the Chicago people for this weekend -- (link) - znufrii Oct 7, 06:24 [Backboard]
So, my Outlook won't work. IT says it's not broken. I tell IT they're wrong. They check. "All the settings are right, but it's not working. Here - Will Hunting Oct 7, 06:23 8
- Go for glory. Aim for the Blue Screen of Death. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 06:29 3
  - I'm going to use this brick to bash the copier that has 60% downtime. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 7, 06:40 2
    - "PC Load Letter? What the f*ck does that mean?" -- nm - znufrii Oct 7, 06:46 1
      - The 70yr old secretary has this planned out. She quotes the movie all the time. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 7, 06:53
- have you jiggled the cables? -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 06:24
- Have you tried creating a new profile? -- nm - oblique Oct 7, 06:24 2
  - No, I have no rights to actually do anything. Anything I actually suggested got shot down. - Will Hunting Oct 7, 06:25 1
    - You should be able to do that locally. Go into the Mail icon in your control panel and create a new profile (it won't hurt your existing) - oblique Oct 7, 06:27
Comcast testing pay per package (heh). I'd totally go for the kids one -- (link) - oblique Oct 7, 06:23
The Community writers are an interesting lot. They are kind of vicious with their main characters' personalities. -- nm - bc/nc Oct 7, 06:21 7
- I love that show. I did NOT like this week's episode very much. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 7, 06:30 5
  - I love the show too but it pains me to say I don't think S3 has gotten off to a good start. It has its moments but they are not - bc/nc Oct 7, 06:41 4
    - I feel like it's no longer good-natured. it's lost its relationship with itself. -- nm - amanda jones Oct 7, 06:44
    - Yeah, the first 2 episodes were really not good imo. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 7, 06:42 2
      - Contrast that with Modern Family that had me busting a gut this week -- nm - oblique Oct 7, 06:42 1
        
        Agreed. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 7, 06:51
- seperate they seem nice enough, together in a group they bring out the worst in each other -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 06:24
ST Crowd-sourcing; I'm trying to think of road names that would serve as puns (like Circuit Court, Line Drive). Suggestions? -- nm - landbeck Oct 7, 06:18 27
- No Way. Memory Lane. -- nm - mara Oct 7, 07:22
- Infinite Loop (Apple's address, and i swore i just posted this, but it's not here.) -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 07:16 2
  - (look down) -- nm - TFox Oct 7, 07:19 1
    - ohhh, i'm an idiot. but not *crazy*, so i guess that's a win. -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 07:21
- Mobius Strip -- nm - TFox Oct 7, 07:10
- Time and Place. -- nm - loosilu Oct 7, 06:54
- We have Peyton Manning Pass here. -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 7, 06:54
- Electric Avenue -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 06:37 3
  - and just like that - ear worm - you'd better be glad your birthday is today - Epiphany Oct 7, 06:49
  - we have this in lewistown, pa. every time I pass the exit for it... -- nm - amanda jones Oct 7, 06:39 1
    - oh, man that bites. -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 06:50
- Chris Crossing -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 06:30
- Yellow Brick Road -- nm - Strongbad Oct 7, 06:29
- Line Drive -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 06:26 3
  - read much? wth is wrong with me -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 06:37 2
    - you got " birthday eyes" - subconsciously you are seeking out cake -- nm - Epiphany Oct 7, 06:46 1
      - I need to check the freezer. there may be a ice cream cake in there. I'll be back -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 06:51
- Della Street -- nm - Roger More Oct 7, 06:25 2
  - Rocky Road -- nm - Roger More Oct 7, 06:26 1
    - Street Road -- nm - decline Oct 7, 06:28
- Hair Extension -- nm - CQ Oct 7, 06:24
- Supreme Court -- nm - TWuG Oct 7, 06:22
- Arctic Circle -- nm - znufrii Oct 7, 06:20
- Wright Way -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 06:20
- Royal Court -- nm - znufrii Oct 7, 06:20
- Inyour Place ... Red Crescent ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 06:20
- Lois Lane (hi Spawn). High Road. -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 06:20
LYC: I'm amazed at how "Apple" we've gone at our house. Maybe a year ago all I had was an Airport Express doing some WiFi - oblique Oct 7, 06:17 13
- The 8BG iPod Touch needs to die, the 16gb should have been the new entry level. -- nm - lileve Oct 7, 07:27
- Infinite Loop (where Apple's offices are.) -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 07:07
- *sets off EMP near oblique's house.* -- nm - bc/nc Oct 7, 06:42
- I have an old iPod from when I quit Bank of America. Otherwise we have nothing Apple-y. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 7, 06:29 4
  - is this a poll? I have a macbook, airport, atv, iphone, and reluctantly, an ipad. -- nm - amanda jones Oct 7, 06:35 3
    - I have a Mac Pro, an old iPod Touch, and that's about it hardware wise - Guigue Oct 7, 06:42
    - sure! I just realized we have 2 other Apple-y stuff: a newer iPod and an iMac that my daughter had in 4th grade - but it's dead. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 7, 06:40
    - let's see, we have an ipod touch and two apple laptops.... - x Oct 7, 06:38
- lemming :) . I have a itouch I use when running. My gf has all the apple stuff -- nm - decline Oct 7, 06:24 1
  - I'll still have my Kindle Fire :) They really are phasing out our DS usage in the house. My daughter is the first opting for the Touch vs a 3DS - oblique Oct 7, 06:28
- We have a few iPods. Everything else is PC or Droid. And the iPods are rarely used. -- nm - TWuG Oct 7, 06:23
- currently all i have is an iPod nano, i think. (oh, wait, i believe i do still have my *1st gen* iPod shuffle and i bet it still works. I miss my old - Andie Oct 7, 06:22 1
  - I still use my iPod Photo daily. -- nm - TFox Oct 7, 06:29
Clin-Ton -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 06:15 1
- I say this (or hear it in my head) whenever anyone says that name. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 7, 06:32

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