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FYI, my New York dates are 5th-15th Dec. -- nm - LMS Nov 4, 09:16 8
- Do you like arcades and beer? -- nm - lileve Nov 4, 09:27
- Prime Coney Island season! -- nm - James Earl Jones Nov 4, 09:17 6
  - If you read it in James Earl Jones' voice, you almost believe it. -- nm - ty97 Nov 4, 09:19 3
    - Exactly. -- nm - James Earl Jones Nov 4, 09:20 2
      - Let's not get cocky, Mr Jones. -- nm - ty97 Nov 4, 09:21 1
        
        I love how everyone pointed out early in the thread that it's too cold for Coney Island, but spawn thinks he discovered it. -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 09:24
  - I can smell those dogs already. -- nm - LMS Nov 4, 09:19 1
    - they sell frog legs too. I have no idea how those are. -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 09:21
STIS: You know as much about Houston as I do, pretty much.. I need to find a restaurant and then dessert afterwards for my wife's birthday.... - colin Nov 4, 09:15
Can we stop and reflect on how awesome Clint Eastwood looks at 81? - ty97 Nov 4, 09:13 3
- Link? -- nm - amoxy Nov 4, 09:14 2
  - This picture reminded me of it. I also hadn't realized he was 81 until yesterday. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 4, 09:16 [Image] 1
    - and get off my lawn! nm -- nm - Clint Nov 4, 09:18
so are there any Groupon deals for the IPO today? -- nm - stuffed pixie Nov 4, 09:07 5
- They are finally IPOing? I wouldn't touch that stock if they paid me. -- nm - ty97 Nov 4, 09:08 3
  - I expect them to be out of business within 3 years of turning down Google's $6 bil offer to buy -- nm - stewie Nov 4, 09:15 1
    - yeah that was one of the worst ideas/decisions of the year easy -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 09:18
  - hell no. -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 4, 09:09
- short sell the IPO -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 09:08
TV PSA: Chuck, Supernatural, Grimm -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 09:07 1
- James McAvoy on Graham Norton tomorrow, and Johnny Depp, Ricky Gervais, Carey Mulligan and Snow Patrol next week. -- nm - LMS Nov 4, 09:15
Poker PSA: WSOP November Nine starts Sunday -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 09:05 1
- Cool. Thanks for the reminder. -- nm - GregW Nov 4, 09:10
Day Crew: AMEX's Small Business Saturday is back 11/26. Register (it's limited) to earn a $25 statement credit -- (link) - ty97 Nov 4, 09:03
Cleaning lady destroys £690,000 piece of art, thinking it needed a good scouring -- (link) - Ender Nov 4, 09:02 8
- I don't get why they wouldn't warn the cleaning staff. dumb. - loosilu Nov 4, 09:19 2
  - Yup, this is a training/communication problem, pure and simple. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 09:24 1
    - cordon it off if there's a chance of confusion. -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 09:27
- The other stories in the article are hilarious - Roger More Nov 4, 09:08
- it's not ruined, it's just a different piece of art now. - colin Nov 4, 09:05 1
  - only the value -- nm - GregW Nov 4, 09:11
- Simpsons did it -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 09:04
- i certainly hope the monocle sacked her! -- nm - stuffed pixie Nov 4, 09:03
now I'm just thinking about The Aristocrats scenarios... - Mel Profit Nov 4, 08:56
hello, favorite people. I think I need to buy one of those lame iphone charger alarm clocks because (reason). what do you recommend? - amanda Nov 4, 08:43 6
- I have this. -- (link) - lileve Nov 4, 09:12
- is there one that plays "68 Guns"? - stuffed pixie Nov 4, 09:00 1
  - hyuk hyuk hyuk -- nm - amanda Nov 4, 09:01
- My roommate bought one of these a couple of days ago at Costco, and was pleased with the price FWIW - ty97 Nov 4, 08:54
- this seems pretty popular at amazon -- (link) - tRuMaN Nov 4, 08:48
- I have an iHome. Not the cheapest, but pretty good speakers. Not sure the exact model. -- nm - psilotum Nov 4, 08:47
Uh-oh. The most active and stormy (as of late) region of the sun will be directly facing Earth in five days. -- (link) - bc/nc Nov 4, 08:40 8
- Quite a cool pic of the sun taken on Nov 3rd in this article. -- nm - bc/nc Nov 4, 08:45
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- f'n nubby. -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 08:44
- Hail Zorb! -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 08:43 2
  - *signed The Reasonableists* -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 08:44 1
    - I'm coming around to realizing how pretty the woman who plays April is. -- nm - bc/nc Nov 4, 08:47
- ancient astronaut theorists are really excited about this. -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 4, 08:42
- *finds a sheet in a time capsule covered in numbers* -- nm - Nic Cage Nov 4, 08:41
IAG (owner of British Airways and Iberia) to buy British Midlands (BMI) -- (link) - ty97 Nov 4, 08:40
Burn Notice started up again yesterday? How do they expect people to keep up with these crazy split seasons? -- nm - GregW Nov 4, 08:40 3
- thank god for dvr -- nm - Remlik Nov 4, 09:06
- Yeah, surprised to find my Tivo had a new Burn Notice. Just assumed it was a mixed up recording. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Nov 4, 08:49
- yikes, I missed it. thanks. -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 08:41
LYC - ugh. reflux is bothering me today. meds don't seem to be helping much. -- nm - sycor Nov 4, 08:38 2
- Try eating a banana if one is around. -- nm - bc/nc Nov 4, 08:39 1
  - nope. no bananas around here. I guess I could get one when I run out for lunch. -- nm - sycor Nov 4, 08:39
NCIS spoilers for upcoming two parter.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 4, 08:37 16
- things i didnt know about mark harmon, his wife acted in the tv show Mork and Mindy. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 4, 09:07
- I didn't know that was his son. cool. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 4, 08:41 12
  - SPOILERS! -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 08:59 7
    - we're doing spoilers for actors now? -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 4, 09:04 6
      - I didn't click as I did not want to be spoiled. - Spawn Nov 4, 09:07 5
        
        so you posted without knowing what you were posting about? -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 4, 09:11 4
        
        are you new here? -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 09:25
        
        This... is Slacker Talk. -- nm - James Earl Jones Nov 4, 09:14
        
        I know, right? Hardly anyone does that around here. -- nm - Jim Nov 4, 09:13
        
        its spawn, he never knows what he is posting about -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 4, 09:11
  - yeah, I think he was in the episode where Gibbs went back to his hometown, and we met his dad. -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 08:44 3
    - Is that the one where we saw him with his first wife, etc? - Mel Profit Nov 4, 08:50 2
      - sorta, spoils i guess - tRuMaN Nov 4, 09:05 1
        
        that's the one. I liked that episode a lot. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 4, 09:05
- sounds like a good premise. hope they don't screw it up. -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 08:39 1
  - yep, sounds like something they'd be able to do well. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 4, 08:42
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- I don't see the problem here, so long as she has documentation that she notified them of the leak in July. - Mop (198 lbs) Nov 4, 08:54 2
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    - Potential damage is garbage. "Your car almost hit me! I'm gonna sue!" -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Nov 4, 09:27
- Can he/she break their lease and move? (I know that doesn't answer the question at hand, but really!) -- nm - ty97 Nov 4, 08:51
- Doubt you can get "time" but probably suffering. -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 08:45 2
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    - Don't you know some crooked doctors that can trump it up as PTSD or something? -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Nov 4, 08:52
- "hope you have renters insurance" -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 08:42
- *sign this* -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 08:41
- pics?? -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 4, 08:40
- if only there was someone here who knew about law. -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 08:38 1
  - Yeah, you would think he would have read, "The Law" by now. - Spawn Nov 4, 09:05
Adjusting kids to time changes -- (link) - mara Nov 4, 08:35 10
- question for ST parents -- is it really that big a problem? -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 08:35 9
  - Hmmm...never even gave it a second thought. So I'll say that no, wasn't a problem for us. -- nm - Jim Nov 4, 08:45
  - I'm not foreseeing a major problem. -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 4, 08:40
  - nope -- nm - prayformojo Nov 4, 08:38
  - not a BIG problem, just a bit inconvenient. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 4, 08:37
  - A week of adjustment but definitely not in the big deal column. -- nm - bc/nc Nov 4, 08:37
  - Spawn and Amy always said it was. I'm thinking spring may be worse than fall, though. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 08:36 1
    - This. But in the last few weeks, getting him to wake up has been more difficult, so it may suck, as well. - Spawn Nov 4, 09:01
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  - never has been for us -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 08:36
Conan takes advantage of his week-long stint in NYC to preside over television's first same-sex marriage -- (link) - znufrii Nov 4, 08:33 8
- Doesn't he need some kind of license? -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Nov 4, 08:51 2
  - You can get one online, it's free. It's not anything special anymore. -- nm - Krusty Nov 4, 08:55
  - My brother is licensed to preside over marriages. A friend bought it for him as a gift. -- nm - ty97 Nov 4, 08:52
- I wonder if he'd have attempted this if he was still on NBC -- nm - prayformojo Nov 4, 08:50
- Conan still has a show? -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 08:36 3
  - For real? -- nm - Jim Nov 4, 08:45 1
    - of course not, Captain Literal. -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 09:23
  - And it's quite funny. -- nm - Krusty Nov 4, 08:43
Some STers might be interested in this shirt (simpsons-related) -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 4, 08:32 1
- Nice. -- nm - Krusty Nov 4, 08:43
$7 mil a year for Pekka Renni? Way to overpay Predators...Shea Weber should holdout out for eleventy million -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 08:32 5
- Tell me how much top goalies typically make in the NHL. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 08:50 3
  - I'm not a big fan of long contracts for goalies. - Reagen Nov 4, 09:05
  - he's now the highest... -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 08:51 1
    - well... then that does seem steep, at least in the sense that they may have overpaid a market that hadn't developed yet. - TFox Nov 4, 09:04
- I'm going to the Canes/Caps game tonight. Keeping my expectations low. -- nm - bc/nc Nov 4, 08:35
Is Occupy Wall Street a model for the post-apocalyptic future of cities? -- (link) - ty97 Nov 4, 08:29
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- Would it really matter if they had one? -- nm - Inigo Nov 4, 08:36
- It's beyond absurd. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 4, 08:29 1
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Gay neighbors increase home values in cities -- (link) - ty97 Nov 4, 08:25 7
- because of the revenue possibilities! -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 09:09
- I can believe that. Couldn' -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 4, 08:59 1
  - Bah - Couldn't hope for better neighbors. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 4, 09:00
- there's one for the D-uh File. -- nm - Diva Nov 4, 08:26 1
  - The piece about gays moving to conservative areas lowering home values surprised me a little. - ty97 Nov 4, 08:28
- "Look how clean and nicely decorated the adjoining home are" -- nm - zork Nov 4, 08:26
- Of course. They keep their places looking faaaabulous. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 4, 08:25
Electronic publishing sure is making things interesting. Here's a $00.99 book on OWS already, "Oct. 1, 2011: The Battle of the Brooklyn Bridge." -- (link) - mara Nov 4, 08:24 2
- "They fought like warrior poets, they fought like Scotsmen and they won...absolutely dickall" -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 08:25 1
  - stupid bongo playing drug sexy orgy hippies -- nm - stuffed pixie Nov 4, 08:26
Best thing about LSU-Alabama tomorrow night? CBS has the game, so Lundquist has the call, not Musburger -- nm - prayformojo Nov 4, 08:19
poor Thor. all the twlight kids are beating him up. now Kristen Stewart punched him -- (link) - stuffed pixie Nov 4, 08:18
ever classy, Brett Ratner admits to banging Olivia Munn -- (link) - stuffed pixie Nov 4, 08:16 12
- I thought Ratner only slept with black chicks. -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 09:12
- well she did talk crap about him in her book. So they're both idiots. -- nm - Remlik Nov 4, 08:36
- "She wasn't Asian yet." You can do that? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 4, 08:25 5
  - I ... didn't know she was Asian. -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 08:33 4
    - both of the above posts. -- nm - amanda Nov 4, 08:33 3
      - Kal Penn is gay, Olivia Munn is Asian, what's next? -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 08:33 2
        
        I'm actually a *chick.* -- nm - amanda Nov 4, 08:34 1
        
        you're coming on to me aren't you? -- nm - Cappie si Nov 4, 08:44
- I envision this coming up in conversation like Peirce bring up his airplane sex on Community a couple weeks ago -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 08:24
- I've always thought ST overrated her on the hot scaled, but come on Olivia, you can do FAR better -- nm - ty97 Nov 4, 08:17 1
  - I kinda think she can't. -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 08:21
- I wouldn't be ashamed of it, but no need to publicize it -- nm - budice Nov 4, 08:17
GOD HATES CORN -- nm - mara Nov 4, 08:15 7
- GOD HATES MAIZE -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 08:25 1
  - GOD HATES CORN MAZES. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 08:26
- ...hole -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 08:15 1
  - "god hates corn holes", I guess -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 08:22
- CORN HATES DOG -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 4, 08:15 2
  - DOG HATES MAN -- nm - budice Nov 4, 08:16 1
    - ... four legs runs away with one leg ... -- nm - zork Nov 4, 08:27

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