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YAFMS: Road & Track -- (link) - GregW Nov 1, 13:50
My favorite ST moment existed some time prior to the advent of "what was your favorite x moment?" threads. -- nm - Max Nov 1, 13:45 2
- (y fans) -- nm - con_carne Nov 1, 13:50
- pretty much -- nm - poxie Nov 1, 13:47
The new Prime Minister of Libya was an Alabama Professor -- (link) - amoxy Nov 1, 13:40 1
- ROLL TIDE! -- nm - poxie Nov 1, 13:40
Hypothetical: "What if a small group of CIA agents were flung back in time to the days of Hammurabi?" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 13:38 8
- 1st, I need to know what Hammurabi is -- nm - Epiphany Nov 1, 13:55 3
  - You have to watch the Fox show to find out. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 13:55
  - you know, the code -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Nov 1, 13:55
  - he wrote a code "eye for an eye" -- nm - poxie Nov 1, 13:55
- Then Fox would have a mid season replacement show. -- nm - Max Nov 1, 13:44 1
  - I just laughed out loud. -- nm - MDH Nov 1, 13:45
- why stop at a small group? -- nm - poxie Nov 1, 13:38 1
  - because they were the ones on-site during a terrorist-caused temporal flux event -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 13:40
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- �They actually planned to make the results public in 2015, but they traveled faster than light and came out last month.� -- nm - nubby Nov 1, 13:32
- Look at that cock in the sky!!!!! nm -- nm - groiny Nov 1, 13:30
Ryan Murphy adding a gay "promiscuous villian" to Glee. Doomed to be another stereotype. -- (link) - MDH Nov 1, 13:17 25
- Hmm. I can not seem to recall a lot of gay promiscuous villian types. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 13:18 24
  - He's going to be the "slutty gay" on the show that tries to break up relationships. The quote inside says it all from a former Glee star. - MDH Nov 1, 13:20 18
    - "Bitchy power bottoms?" LOL -- nm - con_carne Nov 1, 13:23 8
      - Bitchy bottoms are bad. Give 'em power? They are the *wordt*. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 13:28 7
        
        Mpotacular ... wordt ... *raised eyebrow* ... makes the drinky drinky motion -- nm - JenBro Nov 1, 13:43 6
        
        I wish. More like sinus infection. - Spawn Nov 1, 13:49 5
        
        spoiler: sinuses can't be removed. -- nm - loosilu Nov 1, 13:50 4
        
        but there is a surgery for it....my sister in law had it as she had crippling sinus isses. -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 13:58 1
        
        Actually, there is a new balloon technique that I will be looking into. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 14:00
        
        You lie. - Spawn Nov 1, 13:56 1
        
        How do you remove a hole? -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 13:58
    - *every* character on that show is a cliche -- nm - ty97 Nov 1, 13:21 8
      - Just like New Girl! - Spawn Nov 1, 13:45
      - Very much this. And that extends to much of television, of course. We might say we hate cliched characters, but we so gobble them up. -- nm - Qale Nov 1, 13:25 6
        
        cliches are an integral part of the storytelling toolbox. -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 13:26 5
        
        Yeah, I tend to agree. Pretty much all of the characters on Queer as Folk started out as cliches but then transended that as the series was developed. -- nm - Qale Nov 1, 13:32 4
        
        it's when you use them to avoid good storytelling, rather than make good storytelling, that they become a problem. -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 13:51
        
        I have to rewatch this - Brian Kinney is my screen saver at work - YUM -- nm - Epiphany Nov 1, 13:35
        
        That at least had layers beyond the surface. Glee's characters are a joke. -- nm - MDH Nov 1, 13:34 1
        
        Well it is on FOX. -- nm - Qale Nov 1, 13:40
  - Have you met JackDawson? -- nm - ty97 Nov 1, 13:20 1
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  - Mxylpltk. -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 13:19 2
    - thank you for not using anyone from the Flash's rogues gallery :) -- nm - peglegpete Nov 1, 13:34 1
      - well there is Piper -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 13:36
Wait, what? Chickfila is trying to say, sorry we donated to non gay group protestor but we stopped cause...? - Epiphany Nov 1, 13:15 8
- their market area is largely urban where there are more liberals, besides even rural reds have gay children -- nm - zeit's another piece of candy and feels bleeh Nov 1, 13:48 1
  - as usual, you couldn't be more wrong -- nm - poxie Nov 1, 13:50
- Basically they got concerned about the bad press and negative WOM, and worried it affected their bottom line - MDH Nov 1, 13:18 2
  - isn't that the point of boycotts and campaigns? to get companies to change their behavior?? -- nm - poxie Nov 1, 13:19 1
    - Keep in mind that doesn't mean they've stopped donating... And yes, I believe they need to donate to a pro gay cause -- nm - MDH Nov 1, 13:21
- Yeah, I think they need to offset their donations. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 13:17 2
  - What if, instead of sending it to a pro-gay cause, they doubled the already-donated amount and sent it to a completely unrelated cause? - Beryllium Nov 1, 13:24 1
    - As long as those kids aren't Christians. - Dr.Johnny Vermin Nov 1, 13:46
oh - and PSA on McDonald's "Cherry Berry Chiller" - it's VERY good and our local one still has the Monopoly codes on the medium size cup :) -- nm - JenBro Nov 1, 13:15
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- That is *so* last week. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 1, 13:15 2
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  - Very Mpotacular. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 13:17
I am looking forward to the semi-annual book sale at the library, as usual, though I haven't cracked a single book since I brought my Kindle home. - Dr.Johnny Vermin Nov 1, 13:09 2
- We didn't have a sale this year, but the bookstore is open 7 days with prices starting at 10 cents. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 1, 13:31
- 300? - Spawn Nov 1, 13:12
The hot new tumblr going around: "Is Ryan Gosling cuter than a puppy?" -- (link) - MDH Nov 1, 13:04
repost for the day crew. My site BlueGhostSkater.com got a makeover. Also, not participating in NaNo this year, no book announced for 2012. -- (link) - Qale Nov 1, 13:03
Just won a McD's Snapfish redemption for free digital pics (20 I think?) - who wants the redemption code that would use this? -- nm - JenBro Nov 1, 13:01 14
- Today's my lucky day apparently - Qale - you got 30 coke points (again) - 2 more codes to go - any guesses on whether I win again? -- nm - JenBro Nov 1, 13:02 13
  - You've been FAR luckier than I was this year playing Monopoly at McD's. Worse, I got a McRib today and it wasn't very good. -- nm - Qale Nov 1, 13:03 12
    - ok - since no one's biting on the snapfish code - would you like that one too? -- nm - JenBro Nov 1, 13:06 11
      - I'll take it. please! :) -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Nov 1, 13:10 7
        
        well shoot - I F/B'd it to Mojave Mom - but I'm sure given the new kiddles she would re-message it to you - are you two F/B friends? -- nm - JenBro Nov 1, 13:14 6
        
        no biggie. I snooze, I lose :) -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Nov 1, 13:18 5
        
        It's yours. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 1, 13:26 4
        
        gawd, somebody TAKE THE DAMN CODE already! -- nm - poxie Nov 1, 13:34 3
        
        oh no you dinnit *SNAP* - JenBro Nov 1, 13:40 2
        
        they're like the damn Looney Tunes groundhogs: "After you . . . No, after you . . . No no no, I must insist, after YOU!" -- nm - poxie Nov 1, 13:41 1
        
        oh, indubitably. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 13:42
      - No thank you. I don't think I'd have a use for it and if I ever came up with one, I could just get it via the Coke Rewards. Teehee! -- nm - Qale Nov 1, 13:07
      - offer it to Mojave Meg? She gets prints. -- nm - loosilu Nov 1, 13:07 1
        
        SWEET - Meg I'm messaging it to you now! -- nm - JenBro Nov 1, 13:07
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LYC: sad day today. I had to winterize the outdoor shower :( sucks -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Nov 1, 12:55
Nasa examines 'tractor beams' for sample gathering -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Nov 1, 12:55 1
- Here is the prototype. -- (link) - Spawn Nov 1, 12:56
poor wedding couple...really bad ceremony due to weather -- (link) - Remlik Nov 1, 12:53 3
- I like her flowers. -- nm - loosilu Nov 1, 13:07
- Still smiling at the end, good for her -- nm - ty97 Nov 1, 12:56
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I have $4.25 IN CHANGE in my pocket. How did that happen? -- nm - nubby Nov 1, 12:49 9
- You have a tuesday bj special and got three customers. -- nm - Qale Nov 1, 13:01 2
  - Who am I, JackDawson? - nubby Nov 1, 13:06 1
    - Do you still have that rewards stamps program? - Qale Nov 1, 13:12
- I blame Wall Street -- nm - i'm spooked, not that Halloween's over ! Nov 1, 12:58
- You went to Europe? -- nm - ty97 Nov 1, 12:51 1
  - Somehow I ended up with dollar coins. Oh, the humanity! -- nm - nubby Nov 1, 13:08
- WTF were you complaining about your day!?! -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 12:51
- you got free candly last night instead of paying for it -- nm - Sugar Hangover Geist Nov 1, 12:50
- Did you get any of the nickels wet after midnight? -- nm - Six Degrees of Danny Vermin Nov 1, 12:50
in wake of resignations, St. Paul's Cathedral drops legal efforts to evict Occupy protesters... -- (link) - znufrii Nov 1, 12:48
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- Yup, I saw 4 out of those 7 on ESPN today alone. -- nm - Kim Pine in a Ramona Flowers costume Nov 1, 12:50 2
  - They're having one of their worst days ever. It's hilarious. -- nm - David Nov 1, 12:54 1
    - Nothing happening today. Go somewhere else for a change. -- nm - ESPN Home Page Nov 1, 13:50
I read "bottle feeding" as "battle feeding". -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 1, 12:46 2
- Doily shall win. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 12:47 1
  - she's more of the sleeper of the 2. My bet is on Fin to get first dibs every time -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Nov 1, 12:48
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- I think the only way the Marines can pull it off is destabilizing the Roman leaders. Infiltrate Rome somehow and kill the high-placed guys. They can't - Guigue Nov 1, 13:00 17
  - with massive fire power ancients have no experience with it would seem magical and therefore they would seem like Gods, kill the emporer and the - Sugar Hangover Geist Nov 1, 13:03 9
    - the problem is resupply. once they expend the ordinance they will have to de-evolve thier tech to 18th century weapons that they could make -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 13:07 8
      - Right...could they make weapons from 1,000AD? 1500 AD? 1800 AD? - Mel Profit Nov 1, 13:11 7
        
        oh sure. But one of the 1st things I'd think they'd do after the intial engagements is look at the supplies in the area..what can the Marines make - Remlik Nov 1, 13:19 6
        
        I agree... - Mel Profit Nov 1, 13:23 5
        
        oh I think they use thier weapons asap to establish whatever they want, a takeover or carving out a place... -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 13:27 4
        
        I think someone who mentioned that they simply get close to the Emperor and either take over themselves or become the Praetorian Guard is the most - Mel Profit Nov 1, 13:35 3
        
        in a dictatorship like that, once you take the top, you control the generals through fear and they order the guards and troops - zeit's another piece of candy and feels bleeh Nov 1, 13:59
        
        depending what time of the Roman Empire they enter, I think they do that and - Remlik Nov 1, 13:39 1
        
        About 3:30pm on a Tuesday. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 13:49
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    - Sniper + acting skills = God -- nm - Guigue Nov 1, 13:05 1
      - Sniper + acting skills + Ability to translate movie quotes to latin on the fly ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 13:06
  - and...what the hell? Go after leadership!? *puts on his divine right of kings expression* -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 1, 13:03
  - Too bad you don't play a war simulation ga...damn. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 1, 13:02 2
    - :) It's so weird not having Ika opened on my second monitor all the time. I don't know what to do with all the space now... -- nm - Guigue Nov 1, 13:04
    - indeed - this shouldn't be a movie, this should be a game. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 13:03
- Would a paradox ensue where individual marines started popping out of existence as their bloodlines (and, thus, life choices) changed? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 12:59 3
  - well the current thinking with all the spec writers is that they would be shunted to another universe. -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 13:08 2
    - ah, maybe it would be the same time "constant", but that universe was delayed in forming by a few thousand years ... - Beryllium Nov 1, 13:16 1
      - yeah something like that -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 13:20
- Now with robot Rory anchoring the empire! -- nm - David Nov 1, 12:58 1
  - The confusing part is, they used the TARDIS to get back there. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 13:05
- Now let's change it a bit...let's say it's one rifle company who can get resupplied. - Mel Profit Nov 1, 12:57 6
  - how about GPS and one predator drone (with replacement parts & ground crew) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 12:58 5
    - The drone would be useful for recon absolutely. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 1, 13:01 4
      - then how do you refuel it? -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 13:20 3
        
        then there's that. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 1, 13:44
        
        in this hypothetical, I think that it would be able to resupply fuel for whatever reason. Solar powered? :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 13:22 1
        
        ooh, hampsters. The roman empire had lots of hampsters, right? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 13:23
- The first question is Why? Did they purposefully go back in time to defeat the Roman Empire? - amoxy Nov 1, 12:55 2
  - well if we follow the Turteldove equation there could be a rip in space/time that somehow sends them back... -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 13:06
  - General H. Seldon has a plan to keep the dark ages from lasting so long. -- nm - Six Degrees of Danny Vermin Nov 1, 13:04
- cute, but ... why doesn't it mention the inability to speak the language in the recruitment point? :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 12:51 3
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  - I'm guessing there will be a few Marines fluent in Latin... - Mel Profit Nov 1, 12:52 1
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- sure they'd make headway for a few days, but eventually they would be surrounded by whole legion who would build a berm and wall around them overnight - Sugar Hangover Geist Nov 1, 12:50
- Depends on ammo supply, I would think. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 12:49
The big yellow one's the SUN. -- nm - Six Degrees of Danny Vermin Nov 1, 12:44
Well this persuaded me: Chick-fil-a donated $1.1M to Anti-Ginger groups in 2003-2008, data released today shows $2M for 2009 alone -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 12:44 5
- Hate crime! -- nm - Strongbad Nov 1, 12:47
- so now you're buying a franchise? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 12:45 3
  - his wife might have somethign to say about that -- nm - Remlik Nov 1, 12:49 2
    - Ah! That alters how it reads ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 1, 12:52
    - There are gingers, and there are Gingers. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 12:50

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