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just for hyde. I will not add blah to the end of every post. blah. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 14, 15:17 2
- halb. -- nm - b! Jan 14, 15:18 1
  - the anti-blah! -- nm - TaurusII Jan 14, 15:18
kthxnbie -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 15:17 1
- Cya. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 14, 15:17
Well, this worked out just fine. (unexpectedly) - kelly Jan 14, 15:14 6
- Good for you. - Remlik Jan 14, 15:16 4
  - I'm not sure. The usual order is the trays of pasta - usually no individual orders from PH. - kelly Jan 14, 15:17 3
    - why wouldnt they just let people order a salad from ph? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 14, 15:18 2
      - my local ph only has a plain offering. eh. -- nm - b! Jan 14, 15:20
      - I don't know. - kelly Jan 14, 15:20
- hmm. blah. - nm - tRuMaN Jan 14, 15:15
I'm about to go out to dinner and a movie with the most unlikely combination of people ever. it will be glorious, one way or another. -- nm - martin luther king jr loves mandy lane Jan 14, 15:13 1
- what movie? -- nm - b! Jan 14, 15:17
blah -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 14, 15:11 1
- wait for it -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 15:12
blah -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 14, 15:06 2
- don't you be coming in here and blahing the place up....nm - x Jan 14, 15:07 1
  - blah blah blah blah -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 14, 15:08
So, why is Obama's left shoulder cropped out? Is it just that website? -- nm - con_carne Jan 14, 15:05 1
- I'm sure the conspiracy theorists can come up with something..... -- nm - TaurusII Jan 14, 15:17
I'm going out with Dawson and znu on hump day? Oh dear -- nm - ty97 Jan 14, 14:58 14
- weaqr some garlic around your neck :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 14, 15:12
- i imagine them as the little pinball paddles and you the little silver ball. -- nm - kare Jan 14, 15:05 1
  - Finger cuffs! -- nm - con_carne Jan 14, 15:07
- the three drunk muskeeters -- nm - Epiphany Jan 14, 15:05 1
  - And yet, I wish I was with them. Right now. *sigh* -- nm - con_carne Jan 14, 15:12
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  - In croton falls now -- nm - ty97 Jan 14, 15:11
  - I would of thought shots were required before you came - zeitgeist Jan 14, 15:06
  - euphemism? -- nm - Marcel Jan 14, 15:03
- Take pictures. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 15:01 4
  - Please don't -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 14, 15:03
  - Oh dear -- nm - con_carne Jan 14, 15:02 2
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      - I beg to differ. have you ever hung out with you and me? - martin luther king jr loves mandy lane Jan 14, 15:06
The Obama portrait was taken with the EOS Mark II? I hope they applied the "black dot" bug patch first. -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 14:54 1
- Racist - ty97 Jan 14, 15:02
RRSP meeting in 8 minutes at work. Oddly, I'd rather work. - Beryllium Jan 14, 14:54
Seriously, how are so many of you friends with LT on Facebook? -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 14:51 11
- my question is why am i NOT friends with Taurus on facebook? -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 15:19
- why? -- nm - kare Jan 14, 14:58 3
  - Between the lines: Why is a football star slumming with the likes of us? -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 15:01 2
    - i... he's a football star? i just thought he was a cool TT guy. -- nm - kare Jan 14, 15:02 1
      - I couldn't take the punishment forever. ;^) -- nm - TaurusII Jan 14, 15:05
- LT? -- nm - Marcel Jan 14, 14:52 5
  - Taurus II -- nm - Roger More Jan 14, 14:52 4
    - He's a football star? That's so awesome! -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 14:55 3
      - teh Wiki. -- (link) - TaurusII Jan 14, 15:07 2
        
        a stud muffin *and* the foremost defensive football player ever! -- nm - kare Jan 14, 15:18 1
        
        *blushes* -- nm - TaurusII Jan 14, 15:19
haaahaaahaaahaaaa! -- (link) - Marcel Jan 14, 14:47 [youtube]
Read the tweets from the Mac addicts is hilarious. Totally dismissive. "Oh, Apple will be fine!" - Mop Jan 14, 14:45 6
- His legacy should include what happens immediately after he leaves - Stewie Jan 14, 14:53 4
  - Absolutely. The needed a transition plan and so far, they look to be winging it. -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 14:55 3
    - They claim they've had a confidential transition plan in place for 4 years - Stewie Jan 14, 14:58 2
      - Yeah, that Phil Schiller keynote rocked. - Mop Jan 14, 15:03
      - i think overall they seem to have at least a pretty decent management team. but really, jobs will involve himself literally until the day he dies... - x Jan 14, 15:02
- there's some truth to that notion though. the guy is certainly not the be all and end all... - x Jan 14, 14:50
Danny McBride is (one of the) writer(s) of Underworld? That's... random. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 14:41 4
- I noticed that on the poster! I have a friend who grew up with him in NC. I will ask him about it. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 14, 14:44
- Probably called upon to punch up some dialog, add some clever quips or one-liners. He's a screenwriter first. -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 14:42 2
  - he's got sfory credit, which usually means he was involved early on. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 15:05
  - Thug-life. *cocks gun* -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 14:43
Mop - lileve Jan 14, 14:36 2
- Yup. And we're friends. I'm "Raul". -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 14:37 1
  - Gotcha -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 14:39
So, who all is going to watch The Beast tomorrow? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 14:32 17
- Forgot this was on tonight. It's times like these I wish I could set my Tivo remotely on the web. -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 14:41 3
  - ummm... -- nm - J Jan 14, 14:43
  - Sheesh. Just send a text message. -- nm - psilotum Jan 14, 14:42 1
    - I know, what a cave man -- nm - con_carne Jan 14, 15:03
- Not unless he's blue and furry.... -- nm - secretslacker Jan 14, 14:41
- it's already tivo'ed....full season -- nm - J Jan 14, 14:35
- the who put who in the what now?...nm - x Jan 14, 14:33 10
  - Patrick Swayze's new TV show premieres tomorrow night. It's called The Beast. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 14:33 9
    - damn you. I was going to say it was the television sequel to Red Dawn. nm - Jovian Jan 14, 14:35 1
      - I was going to say "It's the 'Breaking Bad' of Undercover FBI agents" :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 14:38
    - hm. never heard of it....nm - x Jan 14, 14:35 6
      - Apparently, it's getting solid early reviews. -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 14:36 5
        
        i'll wait to see if st tells me it's worth watching. then maybe i'll check it out ind hopes that.... - x Jan 14, 14:38 4
        
        ... damnit, leverage is awesome. - Beryllium Jan 14, 14:56 3
        
        you can all tell me this as many times as you want, but i'm not buying it!.... -- nm - x Jan 14, 14:57 2
        
        Did you only watch the pilot, or did you give it more of a chance than that? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 14:59 1
        
        honestly i watched about the first 20 minutes of the pilot and hated it and knew i didn't want to watch any more.... - x Jan 14, 15:05
ST poll -- does anyone here still read a physical newspaper? - znufrii Jan 14, 14:31 40
- Yes have a subscription and read pretty much everyday -- nm - JD Jan 14, 15:05
- i subscribe to a delivered daily, these days mostly to support them, as they are a shadow of what they used to be. i get more news elsewhere. -- nm - b! Jan 14, 15:02
- Only if there's one at someone's house or office. They will give me the LA Times for free, but I don't want to kill the trees when I can read it - jnine Jan 14, 14:55
- Some days, particularly Sunday. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 14, 14:47
- I get the local county paper weekly. I'll get the AJC if I'm going to sit down at a fast food place inside. -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 14:40
- I pay for and read the National Post in paper format.....I do read a lot of the other newspapers online though - Walt_Disney Jan 14, 14:39
- The NY Post when I am pissy. The Daily News when I am happy. nm - Jovian Jan 14, 14:36
- I sub to the local paper, though lately its more like a newsletter, the front section midweek is six pages, that one full and one half sheet making 6 - zeitgeist Jan 14, 14:36 1
  - I read the San Fran papers online, I'm sure I know about SF politics than i do about tacoma and my suburb - zeitgeist Jan 14, 14:38
- We just ordered a subscription for the Saturday and Sunday editions. - kelly Jan 14, 14:36
- Yes. My sub ends the 23rd and I won't be renewing. I would've cancelled last year, but I want a front page from the Inauguration. -- nm - TWuG Jan 14, 14:35 2
  - couldn't you have saved yourself a year and just went out and picked one up the next day? -- nm - J Jan 14, 14:36 1
    - *nominates J to be in charge of stuff* -- nm - Loyola Jan 14, 14:38
- I read all the free papers on campus every day (collegian, CDT, NYT) and the wsj when I'm in the commons. -- nm - martin luther king jr loves mandy lane Jan 14, 14:35 4
  - "I read whatever's in front of me!" -- nm - con_carne Jan 14, 14:38 3
    - I really do. joannie was joking the other day that I'm the only person in the world who doesn't mind waiting for like, physicians or whatever. - martin luther king jr loves mandy lane Jan 14, 14:39 2
      - aside from discomfort, usually i'm like this, too. i accidentally left my usual supplies behind for a monday appt, & there wasn't much there. oy. -nm - b! Jan 14, 15:05
      - That sounds like me, actually. Also, I'm a bit relieved I didn't make you mad - con_carne Jan 14, 14:41
- I just subscribed to the Washington Post to get the inauguration editions, and the crosswords. -- nm - Max Jan 14, 14:33 1
  - wapo is my favorite paper online. I like the inquirer in print. -- nm - martin luther king jr loves mandy lane Jan 14, 14:37
- The LA Weekly is still pretty essential to me. I cannot stand their website. -- nm - con_carne Jan 14, 14:33 3
  - They got rid of all of their good writers. Or do you just look at the pictures? :P -- nm - jnine Jan 14, 14:54 2
    - I thought something was different. :) I read it for the stuff to do and consert listings -- nm - con_carne Jan 14, 15:01 1
      - They just got rid of their regular music writer, but they do have the most club and concert listings. -- nm - jnine Jan 14, 15:08
- Sure. -- nm - Loyola Jan 14, 14:32
- No -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 14:32
- i get the sunday papers and occasionally buy the wall street journal...nm - x Jan 14, 14:32 2
  - The only reason to get the Sunday paper in our neck of the woods are the ads and coupons. We get them from the in-laws after they're done. -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 14:34 1
    - i still have a vague sentimental attachment to getting the actual sunday paper...nm - x Jan 14, 14:36
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- Every day. -- nm - psilotum Jan 14, 14:32
- Sometimes. They have them at the Y for free. NYT and WSJ. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 14:32 1
  - And the local paper we get in the mail. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 14:32
- i get the Toronto Star on Saturdays. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 14:32
- yes! - Callisto Jan 14, 14:31 1
  - *nodding* -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 14:38
- Unless you count the Economist (I don't, but it calls itself a newspaper) then no -- nm - Roger More Jan 14, 14:31 2
  - It does? In that case, I do. -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 14:35 1
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- Online only. -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 14:31
OK! I get it! You can turn a Cookie Monster LP into an MP3! I get it! -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 14:30
Porn industry recession-proof? Not *this* recession! -- (link) - Mop Jan 14, 14:27 3
- their financial problems have less to do with the economy and more to do with supply, as in far too much free stuff, worse, some of the free stuff is - zeitgeist Jan 14, 14:30 2
  - but we make it up in volume! - free pron site Jan 14, 14:31 1
    - Pop up POP UP pop up POP UP pop up -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 14, 14:39
*drags out the kiddie pool filled with whipped cream.* -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 14:27 15
- Did you do the 8th Annual No Pants Day? -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 14:27 14
  - Is there really any shock left to it if the event is on its 8th Anniversary? -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 14:31 4
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    - here's the full report -- (link) - znufrii Jan 14, 14:36 1
      - I like their stunts, but I think I'm over this particular one. -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 14:41
    - Yes. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 14:32
  - No, I ended up not going because of the weather. I didn't want to chance MetroNorth shutting down service. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 14:29 8
    - *pouts* -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 14:30 7
      - Did you? Last year was a blast. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 14:31 6
        
        'round here, every day is No Pants Day. -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 14:34 5
        
        Pillow fight on April 5th. I'm going to that. Lets get a ST NYC group together. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 14:35 4
        
        April 4th rather -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 14:35 3
        
        noted. I chickened out on No Pants this year because of the weather, too, but it looks like it was a great time. -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 14:37 2
        
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        We've got to do the pillow fight! As many NY ST's as possible. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 14:39
Does anyone use an anti glare screen on your monitor? Do they work? -- nm - Loyola Jan 14, 14:26 7
- a lot of people at my work use the privacy screens. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 14:34 3
  - i used one at work for years - good for both privacy and glare. - b! Jan 14, 15:10 1
    - er, for last para. of im - nevermind. that was addressing privacy, not glare. -- nm - b! Jan 14, 15:12
  - Top Secret shit! -- nm - con_carne Jan 14, 14:36
- I'm not sure why, but I never see people using them anymore. - con_carne Jan 14, 14:32 2
  - My eyeballs are on fire. -- nm - Loyola Jan 14, 14:33
  - Most people these days use LCDs with matte screens, I think, which have less glare (in theory) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 14:33
/humps -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 14, 14:26

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