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Now my favorite version of Mad World. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Nov 2, 15:36 [youtube] 1
- BLECH. NM -- nm - groiny Nov 2, 15:39
~ Lyrically I'm a stone cold killa, so its 400 blows to these Truffaut niggas. ~ - TFox Nov 2, 15:28 1
- "Let's make litter out of these literati!" "That's too clever! You're one of them!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 15:29
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- Try shouting back, "I'm a lawyer, not a businessman!" and see if that helps -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 15:29
- Maybe it's sartorial. -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 15:27
- I think they're mad at you for illegally crossing the border. -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 15:27 10
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    - Seriously, though, have you ever considered going over and chatting to one of them for a minute? - ty97 Nov 2, 15:31 8
      - how dare you suggest he lower himself to conversing with a mere renter! .... heh -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 15:33
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        I think you're taking this a bit too personally. Yes, they scattershot. They are reacting to your work location and your suit. They don't actually - pmb Nov 2, 15:36 2
        
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        It's definitely possible that the chat would be futile - ty97 Nov 2, 15:36 2
        
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        Credit to you for talking to anyone. It's not like you have to, but you're choosing to anyway. -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 15:42
- Well, you for sure... -- nm - amoxy Nov 2, 15:27
I guess I'm in an extreme minority opinion, but I think music has never been better than the last decade. the quality of *charting* music, now that's - Reagen Nov 2, 15:23 17
- I've found the last few years to be tough and full of extremes. All-out-pop or over-the-top-indie. - ty97 Nov 2, 15:37
- Technology is making a lot of things possible that would have been less so before. - con_carne Nov 2, 15:32
- I think that's a difficult position to justify, honestly. - TFox Nov 2, 15:29 14
  - in terms of volume, it's not even close. - Reagen Nov 2, 15:31 10
    - How do you find it? - Mel Profit Nov 2, 15:35 8 1
      - Much too short to be Reagen but I find a lot through podcasts. - spamlet Nov 2, 15:40
      - I always wonder the same. My kids (and people here) always seem to know bands I've never heard of. Lollapalooza really helped me find bands I didn't - pmb Nov 2, 15:39
      - Researching acts on festival undercards is one way I find useful. - ty97 Nov 2, 15:39
      - sort Metacritic by metascore. - TFox Nov 2, 15:39
      - I wish I could give you a methodical way - Reagen Nov 2, 15:39 1
        
        fact on Pitchfork -- nm - TFox Nov 2, 15:39
      - College radio and The Onion A/V Club. - Dr.Vermin's sources Nov 2, 15:37
      - I can't even articulate what I like, so I'd have a hard time finding obscure implementations of it. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 15:36
    - well, yes, that's true. do the peaks compare with other peaks? i think that's more questionable. -- nm - TFox Nov 2, 15:32
  - "The music has gotten progressively better. It's just that the populace has gotten dumber." -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 15:31 2
    - Inequality between quality and taste has never been higher!!! -- nm - #occupy Abbey Road Nov 2, 15:32 1
      - Erase the awesomeness gap! -- nm - con_carne Nov 2, 15:37
The A/V in my house finally got completed today. I can't wait to go home and play. -- nm - pmb Nov 2, 15:17 8
- What is the first thing you are going to play? -- nm - amoxy Nov 2, 15:20 4
  - No idea. I'll probably play with the music in the house first. No particular song to start with. -- nm - pmb Nov 2, 15:22 3
    - theme from Conan of course -- (link) - Remlik Nov 2, 15:27 [youtube] 1
      - this instead -- (link) - Remlik Nov 2, 15:34 [youtube]
    - Something by LMFAO, I hope -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 15:24
- i dont want to know how much you spent. - tRuMaN Nov 2, 15:19 1
  - No, you really don't. - pmb Nov 2, 15:21
- *envy* -- nm - David Nov 2, 15:18
I see Food Network is doing a Season 3 of Worst Cooks. With Anne Burrell - amoxy Nov 2, 15:12 2
- They should bring back the chef from the first season. He was better than Robert Irvine or Flay. -- nm - jnine Nov 2, 15:16 1
  - Yeah, the male judge has been going downhill -- nm - amoxy Nov 2, 15:18
from the annals of local government: the community planning meeting that my wife chairs almost came to blows twice last night. The contentious issue: - Reagen Nov 2, 15:08 6
- In a fight, how good do you think your wife would be? -- nm - David Nov 2, 15:12 2
  - she's been going to the gym a lot lately so I think she'd do OK. - Reagen Nov 2, 15:14 1
    - Learn a lesson from Anchorman: always carry a hand grenade. -- nm - David Nov 2, 15:18
- you had me at anal. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 2, 15:11 1
  - I knew the subject line would set off your sensors, even if it's misleading. -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 15:12
- the horror! -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 2, 15:09
Wait, which candidate did Dawson sleep with? -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 15:05 5
- Probably whichever one is most anti-gay rights -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 15:10 4
  - Or anti-Mexican. -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 15:18 3
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      - no, just hypocrites. -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 15:26
    - "Methinks you protest too much ... in bed" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 15:24
Leo took a 90% pay cut to be in Clint J. Edgar movie -- (link) - Remlik Nov 2, 15:05 8
- I had no idea it was a Clint movie. Or that Dustin Lance Black wrote it. Wow, that's some pedigree. -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 15:17
- Clint left money on the table there - stuffed pixie Nov 2, 15:12
- I hope Clint has a hit on his hands. - Mel Profit Nov 2, 15:09
- One day Warners should just let Clint Eastwood cut loose with a big budget movie. I mean, imagine all the cranky old man extras. -- nm - con_carne Nov 2, 15:08
- Leo wants an Oscar nom? -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 15:06 3
  - Perhaps. Or maybe he wanted to work with Clint. Or maybe he always wanted to play Hoover. Or maybe all of the above. - ty97 Nov 2, 15:25 1
    - Think of Leo as being like a Marriott Hotel -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 15:26
  - probably. -- nm - Remlik Nov 2, 15:10
Stalker alert! You can get me this. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Nov 2, 15:01
Hilton East Brunswick. Does that sound tres lavish or tres Snooki? -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 15:00 1
- snooki. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 15:01
Thanks to my 5 year old sous chef, the chocolate chip-to-pancake ratio in tonight's chocolate chip pancakes is pretty close to center -- nm - prayformojo Nov 2, 14:48 1
- All right, that settles what one of your Christmas presents will be. -- nm - David Nov 2, 14:55
Lady Gaga has launched the "Born This Way Foundation." You may hate her music, but she does some good. -- nm - MDH Nov 2, 14:42
Last box of Halloween candy in the break room. Box of Milk Duds - amoxy Nov 2, 14:42
znu is killing me with crap. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 2, 14:36 6
- QAT is a perfectly cromulent word. -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 14:39 5
  - That and QI are standard for all experienced plaayers. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 14:57 2
    - the worst part is, I was thrilled to play QUIP, to get rid of the Q, and he gets more points - groiny Nov 2, 15:02 1
      - you need to know all the q-without-u words. Good players live and die by them. - loosilu Nov 2, 15:04
  - If he's not familiar with Somalian social drugs, that's his downfall -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 14:40 1
    - qatbook -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 14:48
Gail Kim is engaged to who??? Wow, my pop culture worlds are colliding. -- nm - David Nov 2, 14:33 18
- opposite. I know him, and have no idea of who she is. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 2, 15:00 1
  - She's been the women's wrestling champion for WWE and TNA. -- nm - David Nov 2, 15:09
- who? -- nm - Remlik Nov 2, 14:42 15
  - Chef Robert Irvine. -- nm - David Nov 2, 14:47 14
    - Heh, I have a relative by that name. - psilotum Nov 2, 15:20
    - who is this guy? -- nm - Remlik Nov 2, 14:53 10
      - He's the host of Dinner: Impossible and now Restaurant: Impossible on Food Network. - David Nov 2, 14:54 8
        
        I used to not like Restaurant Impossible cause it ripped off Kitchen Nightmares - amoxy Nov 2, 15:02
        
        that guy! ok I know who you're talking about...he's good. thanks amoxy as well -- nm - Remlik Nov 2, 14:56 6
        
        he is also a contestant on the next iron chef. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 2, 14:57 5
        
        He already gets Gail Kim. What else does that greedy bastige need to win? -- nm - con_carne Nov 2, 15:04 4
        
        he wants to finally beat ann burrel at something. - tRuMaN Nov 2, 15:13 2
        
        Next Iron Chef Spoiler - amoxy Nov 2, 15:16 1
        
        are they going to replay the first ep? i need to setup my dvr since i forgot. when is this on? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 2, 15:17
        
        I'm sayin'! -- nm - David Nov 2, 15:04
      - Food Network Chef - Restaurant/Dinner Impossible, Worst Cooks in America -- nm - amoxy Nov 2, 14:54
    - They must have some great wrestling matches -- nm - amoxy Nov 2, 14:49 1
      - They are as fit a couple as we'll see. - David Nov 2, 14:52
Mandy, CFL's have become one of the right's rallying issues. They're the "devil" because they are becoming mandated by government regulation and - pmb Nov 2, 14:29 37
- Semi-on-topic: I have one LED light, in my kitchen, replacing a halogen. It works great, and is dimmable. - psilotum Nov 2, 15:19
- It's also a myth that incandescents have been banned. There are numerous high-efficiency incandescents that meet the guidelines. - Reagen Nov 2, 15:02 16
  - From some quick googling: There's about 5mg of mercury in a CFL, compared with 0.5 to 3 grams in a mercury thermometer - Roger More Nov 2, 15:08 14
    - Mercury thermometers are banned in the US. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 15:09 9
      - In some states, not in others. Canada only moved to ban them this year. -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 15:16 8
        
        my quick google search says it's a national ban. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 15:18 7
        
        Here, 2002. -- (link) - loosilu Nov 2, 15:18 6
        
        That says the Senate passed a bill, not that it actually became law. - Roger More Nov 2, 15:23 5
        
        well, neither of us have good sources here. :) - loosilu Nov 2, 15:27 4
        
        If it was a national ban, I'm sure the EPA would mention that on this page. -- (link) - mara Nov 2, 15:38
        
        Regardless, the point was that CFLs contain far less mercury than things Vermin has probably put in his mouth and/or anus - Roger More Nov 2, 15:30 2
        
        THis is a topic I would rather not ponder at length. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 15:43
        
        in that order, one would hope. -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 15:32
    - how much in immunizations? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 2, 15:09 3
      - zero. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 15:10 2
        
        (anymore. Some, but not all, contained about 25 micrograms per dose) -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 15:12 1
        
        right. I think it was taken out of vaccines about 10 year ago. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 15:15
  - this makes me very happy. thanks. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 15:03
- Making the environment safer by having us house the hazardous materials *inside* does have a certain logic to it. - Dr.Vermin Nov 2, 14:36 17
  - Nobody's saying that it wasn't worthy of discussion. But the discussion was had and it was determined that the benefits outweighed the costs and - pmb Nov 2, 14:54 5
    - I prefer to use them in "always-on" locations, because then the cost savings are a tangible thing. - Beryllium Nov 2, 14:58 4
      - That's how I felt about putting them in the porch lights and such. Wasn't aware they shouldn't be used outside. -- nm - pmb Nov 2, 15:15 2
        
        Well, might want to do some research if you're concerned; I could be wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 15:16
        
        there are ones specifically for outside now. -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 15:16
      - I'm fine with that. But I want to have the choice of incandescent when I want. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 14:59
  - Yeah, I've got a few CFLs in my place and I've never been pleased with them ... looking forward to trying LEDs -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 14:40 10
    - We've used them exclusively for over 10 years and don't have a problem. -- nm - Trish Nov 2, 14:45 2
      - I think I've had, like, three burn out on me. -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 15:15
      - One of the ones in our kitchen burnt out ... so now I have to deal with recycling it. Yay? - Beryllium Nov 2, 14:47
    - i have the same problem with my LED bulbs as the first generation cfl. - tRuMaN Nov 2, 14:43 6
      - does "awhile" mean hours? -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 14:55
      - oh? Hmm. I wouldn't have expected that ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 14:45 4
        
        its not long, maybe at most 10 secs or so, and maybe its just a problem with these bulbs - tRuMaN Nov 2, 14:58 3
        
        my beef is that "all the way" is still shit. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 14:59 2
        
        well, the bulbs i have produce as much light as a regular bulb of the same wattage rating. - tRuMaN Nov 2, 15:01 1
        
        that's what the label said on mine too. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 15:02
- I. Kiss. You. I kiss you!! Thanks. -- nm - amanda, on bus Nov 2, 14:30
Darn you WWF! I demand Latin plurals! -- nm - Was Bar Was Nov 2, 14:24
dear god Demi - eat something -- (link) - Andie Nov 2, 14:24 1
- I'm genuinely worried about her. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 14:56
At this point they should all leave Lindsay alone and let her self destruct - eag Nov 2, 14:23
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Taylor Lautner in a Gus Van Sant movie? Yes please! -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 14:21
Yeah, i don't do well with earplugs. I can't hear my alarm, etc. -- nm - kelly Nov 2, 14:21
random thought: you know what else i love about Ryan Gosling? he dated Sandra Bullock, for years. - Andie Nov 2, 14:20 2
- I like that he was the bottom in that relationship as well. - Qale Nov 2, 14:22
- He probably stared at her and said all of three words the entire time. -- nm - Max Nov 2, 14:22
My red link nemesis is on the bus today. She just glares at me for no reason. Margaret, why so tense?? -- nm - amanda, on bus Nov 2, 14:20
FOX has renewed "X-Factor" but has also reimbursed advertisers since the audience was not as large as initially thought it would pull -- nm - MDH Nov 2, 14:19
The wildfire news in my office today: our British tenant won 2 years free lease of a Mercedes by dropping his name into a hat at a party this weekend. - Max Nov 2, 14:17 7
- just 2 years, that's just a discount coupon, at the end of the term it will be sold or charges applied so the dealer at least zeros out -- nm - z'nuff garlic 'n butter to eat snails Nov 2, 14:33
- depends on which mercedes. I'd drive a free slk, but I doubt I'd ever buy one. -- nm - mafic Nov 2, 14:31
- I would drive any freed car. But I'd also pick a dozen or more other cars before a Mercedes. - amanda, on bus Nov 2, 14:18 4
  - Freed. "nobody backs this car into a corner!!" -- nm - amanda, on bus Nov 2, 14:19 3
    - "God as my witness, I thought Mercedes could fly." -- nm - Max Nov 2, 14:21
    - Emancipation Carclamation! -- nm - con_carne Nov 2, 14:20
    - forget the lambourghini murcielago, this is the Mercedes Mandela! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 14:20
*disrupts B2* -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 14:16
this is b1 -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 2, 14:15

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