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Speaking of asshats Nice Job Steve Williams! -- (link) - eag Nov 5, 10:18 1
- yeah, i'm wondering how anyone on the tour hires him now -- nm - prayformojo Nov 5, 10:19
I hadn't had any caffeine in a week. I drank an energy drink before the gym today. I cut a full minute off my mile time on the treadmill. - Dano Nov 5, 10:05 3
- But obviously it shouldnt count since you were juiced up :) -- nm - eag Nov 5, 10:22 2
  - I wonder if athletes "caffeine-load" before competition. -- nm - Dano Nov 5, 10:27 1
    - there are limits on allowable caffeine for the IOC. -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 10:32
SITMOP: Ricky Gervais may host the Golden Globes again. Sweet! - Krusty Nov 5, 10:03 4
- Do not want. -- nm - Qale Nov 5, 10:19
- Did you see the route 66 ep. of An Idiot Abroad yet? Had to be the funniest one yet. -- nm - J Nov 5, 10:07 2
  - I watched it the other day. It was the best of the season. I just finished watching the last one in Japan. - Krusty Nov 5, 10:13 1
    - oh, I'll go look for that one now -- nm - J Nov 5, 10:28
Free at last! Meeting is finally over. - Spawn Nov 5, 09:53
Dangit, forgot to make my picks for the morning games today... - Stephen Nov 5, 09:34
Will Harris at ESPN insider is predicting Alabama will blowout LSU tonight. - GregW Nov 5, 09:32 2
- Their two opponents in common? One the beat them by the exact same score, the other was within a field goal of the same. - Spawn Nov 5, 10:15
- I can see Alabama winning, but not by blowout. -- nm - prayformojo Nov 5, 09:37
So I thought I started work at 12:15. Turns out it's 1:00. I walked into the store and it's jammed -- huge sale weekend. Lines everywhere. Manager, to - amanda, car Nov 5, 09:28 1
- cause that would mean he didnt staff the store right. -- nm - Truman Nov 5, 09:30
another resume question. should i even bother with an "objectives" area - Truman Nov 5, 09:28 6
- Your objective is to get a job. I would never use an objective section unless I were switching careers and - amanda, car Nov 5, 09:30 1
  - tis my thinking as well. -- nm - Truman Nov 5, 09:30
- Your objective is to not work for a boss who is a total asshat - eag Nov 5, 09:30 3
  - not sure that should go in my resume. -- nm - Truman Nov 5, 09:30 2
    - Well at least you would be honest -- nm - eag Nov 5, 09:34
    - Yeah, that is a given, and the asshats won't care anyway. -- nm - GregW Nov 5, 09:33
Agbonlahor! -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 5, 09:10
ugg, really, green lantern animated series. cutrate superheros now get cartoons? -- nm - Truman Nov 5, 09:09 3
- It is no Aquaman, but come on! -- nm - evil crash davis Nov 5, 10:16
- DTM -- nm - eag Nov 5, 09:19
- Kids love Green Lantern. Not enough to go to the movie, but I bet the show does well -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 09:15
1 effin point!? grrrr. So lame-o :) -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 5, 09:05
SITWAP and all. This is beautiful -- (link) - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 5, 08:58 [youtube] 4
- Awesome yet so bad. I think I want to watch it again. -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 09:08
- I like how the dog and G-ma couldn't be less interested! heh -- nm - BroDuckJen Nov 5, 09:01 2
  - Seriously, someone may wanna check grammy for a pulse -- nm - prayformojo Nov 5, 09:05 1
    - well ... she did grab the beer :) -- nm - BroDuckJen Nov 5, 09:44
Beaker's BB post about Chuck makes me thankful I did not decide to watch this season. Also, fall back is tonight! Yay!! -- nm - bc/nc Nov 5, 08:52 2
- I dunno, I liked the episode. (big spoils) - Beryllium Nov 5, 09:02 1
  - I liked the last half hour, thought the first half was drek -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 09:09
ok st, help me write this out (please, i know its the weekend) - Truman Nov 5, 08:49 18
- ok, brain is mush. so if you want to abbreviate Senior Auditor, it would Sr. Auditor right? - Truman Nov 5, 09:11
- so here is what i gots - Truman Nov 5, 09:00 9
  - I think you should broaden these where you can, to talk about what you and your company got out of these accomplishments. - Roger More Nov 5, 09:31
  - developed and presented responses for state and federal regulatory agency requests -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 09:18
  - it's too bad you can't mention some thing about working well under added pressure and stress of a really lousy boss somehow -- nm - BroDuckJen Nov 5, 09:03 5
    - He can save it for the interview and sing Under Pressure.....that will leave a big impression! -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 5, 09:07
    - well, those are points for my previous job, not my current one. not sure how that could be worked in -- nm - Truman Nov 5, 09:04 3
      - ah - sorry - I'm behind then ... I thought you still worked for the nipple guy -- nm - BroDuckJen Nov 5, 09:05 2
        
        i do, here are my points for that job. - Truman Nov 5, 09:05 1
        
        You use firm wide too many times. -- nm - amanda, car Nov 5, 09:32
  - Are "company" and "firm" the same thing? If so, I would use the same term. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 5, 09:02
- FWIW - instead of wrote - you could use a verb like - designed or crafted - OR - add the phrase "responsible for writing ... " -- I think if I get - BroDuckJen Nov 5, 08:57 1
  - "developed" could work too -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 09:10
- I don't understand your question. Are you saying you want to use a word other than "wrote"? -- nm - mara Nov 5, 08:51 4
  - trying to make that into a coherent sentence for my resume, actually - Truman Nov 5, 08:52 3
    - Sure, but why not say "wrote discussion points and responses to FCC proposals which were submitted to the FCC"? Are you saying you're considering - mara Nov 5, 08:53 2
      - heh, this is what I was thinking too. Easily understood. - CrankYanker Nov 5, 08:56
      - no, i just couldnt figure out how to say it. brain is mush. -- nm - Truman Nov 5, 08:54
Ex-Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky indicted on child sex charges -- (link) - mara Nov 5, 08:48
That boy band youtube clip posted by Dano on B2 was something... - Mel Profit Nov 5, 08:26 10
- This one may be even better. (notice the photos on the mirror at the beginning) -- (link) - Dano Nov 5, 08:43 [youtube] 9
  - I only could make it 58 seconds. -- nm - Qale Nov 5, 10:21
  - Looks like some promoter is trying to recreate NSYNC, but he only used clones of Nick Carter from BSB. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 5, 09:00
  - That is hilarious -- nm - amoxy Nov 5, 08:54
  - come on! -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 08:50
  - good gravy this is awful -- nm - prayformojo Nov 5, 08:48 4
    - it's Girls Aloud level bad. -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 09:21
    - I spent over an hour last night on YouTube browsing through bad music videos. -- nm - Dano Nov 5, 08:49 2
      - some kind of penance? :D -- nm - BroDuckJen Nov 5, 08:58 1
        
        I love the kitsch. -- nm - Dano Nov 5, 10:03
I've never read a Dan Brown book and I don't know what the DaVinci Code is about. Will I understand if I start reading The Lost Symbol? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 5, 07:51 9
- read Angels and Demons first. They get progressively worse as they go (Angels best, then Davinci then Symbol) -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 09:10 4
  - agreed, the first two are good reads, the last one is far too much you gotta be kiddin me -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 11:06
  - i think i like deception point or digital fortress better than any of his other books. -- nm - Truman Nov 5, 09:13 2
    - I've heard they were better, just sticking to the Tom Langston books here :) -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 09:48 1
      - Robert Langdon? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 10:07
- There are a few throwaway references, but they're really pretty much self contained. - Ender Nov 5, 08:02
- The two books have the same character, but I don't think the plot is a continuation. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 08:00
- I dunno, his writing is *really* complex. maybe if you found an annotated copy? -- nm - TFox Nov 5, 07:59 1
  - she should just save herself the trouble and just watch a certain cartoon. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 08:23
I'm hanging out with an eight year old. Conversation: - amanda, arrived Nov 5, 07:45 2
- oh to be in a place where a canceled sleep over is my worst trouble :) -- nm - BroDuckJen Nov 5, 08:59
- kids are awesome. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 08:23
Kyle Busch has been parked for today's Nationwide event and tomorrow's Cup race - Will Hunting Nov 5, 07:35 7
- video of the truck race -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 5, 08:25 [youtube] 2
  - Wow, that's a dick move. -- nm - Tim Nov 5, 08:48
  - CWAA. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 08:34
- He should be suspended for the rest of the year, if not longer. - Krusty Nov 5, 07:46 1
  - I'm totally with you on this one -- nm - prayformojo Nov 5, 08:44
- it was pretty stupid and immature what he did. he's an ass -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 5, 07:36 1
  - Yeah. He's the one person in Nascar that I root for each week to blow an engine on the pace lap and then get run over by every driver behind him. - Will Hunting Nov 5, 07:39
The depeche mode cover of so cruel makes me like inexplicably happy. Every time it comes on - amanda, walking Nov 5, 07:24 2
- I've listened to those covers non stop this week -- nm - prayformojo Nov 5, 07:30 1
  - I find so cruel so addictive I'm sad to arrive at my destination. (I just got here. The door is locked. That's so awesome.) -- nm - amanda, walking Nov 5, 07:36
I have an iTunes gift card so I'm downloading songs for the gym. Suggestions requested. -- nm - Dano Nov 5, 07:07 3
- Let's Get Physical--ONJ (this post is dedicated to Max) -- nm - Trish Nov 5, 08:42
- Glad You Came by The Wanted -- nm - Qale Nov 5, 08:33
- Bassnectar - Lights (a remix of Ellie Goulding's song). -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 5, 07:32
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Man is it chilly outside -- nm - amoxy Nov 5, 06:58
NBA: I don't think its worth having an NBA season at this point...too much bad blood and stigma around the talks -- nm - budice Nov 5, 06:57
Because it is brought up in Bill Simmons story on Eddie Murphy's career - amoxy Nov 5, 06:40 [youtube]
without ever seeing it, i am declaring Jack & Jill the worst movie of 2011. -- nm - Andie Nov 5, 06:28 13
- I'm wondering if they decided to release Buck Larson, then thought they should make a movie even worse. - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 5, 07:56 3
  - your last sentence is spot on... - Mel Profit Nov 5, 08:27 2
    - The sad thing is I probably have to torture myself with these for intellectual honesty purposes - Reagen Nov 5, 09:14 1
      - I'm ok with a little intellectual dishonesty in this case. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 09:21
- you just don't appreciate good cinema -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 07:43
- It makes me angry to watch the commercials. - Mel Profit Nov 5, 06:51 7
  - you need to do a video of you watching ala George C. Scott. -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 08:11 1
    - That would be funny. - Mel Profit Nov 5, 08:22
  - I have to think it does crazy dvd and rental business. -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 08:08
  - I know! -- nm - Bucky Larson si Nov 5, 07:53
  - Hey, it got me a buttload of money -- nm - Al Pacino Nov 5, 06:57
  - a) the whole concept of a guy dressed as a girl is played out...b) just holds no interest for me -- nm - budice Nov 5, 06:53 1
    - what I'm getting is the girl is more butch and the guy is in touch with his feminine side, see get it? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 11:16
Jeopardy Tournament of Champions answer spoiler (hilarious) -- (link) - Beaker Nov 5, 06:18
holy effin corker -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 5, 06:15
that's as ugly as an own goal can get -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 5, 06:04
I'd forgotten that 5:00am on Saturday existed. Gonna be a loooong day :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 5, 05:46
Heh, Words with Friends won't let me use Qale. :) -- nm - Buzz Nov 5, 05:41 1
- I should change my name to Kale. -- nm - Qale Nov 5, 08:34
Happy Bon Fire Day! -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 05:39 1
- Do people still have bonfires and burn Guy in effigy? Used to be so much fun. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 5, 05:44
Heather's started her half marathon in Savannah -- nm - prayformojo Nov 5, 05:20 8
- Woo Hoo - that's awesome! -- nm - BroDuckJen Nov 5, 09:04
- How can they do all that heavy breathing in such a smelly place. -- nm - Qale Nov 5, 08:34
- Awesome. That race was going to be my first full marathon, but I've stopped running. :( - JaxSean Nov 5, 07:40
- Yay! Best of luck to her! -- nm - kelly Nov 5, 05:52 4
  - Thanks! I'm at work today but I can at least track her progress online - prayformojo Nov 5, 06:01 3
    - My cousin is running in the race, and she just passed the half-marathon point. Is Heather close? Link her progress page! -- nm - JaxSean Nov 5, 07:52 1
      - Found her. She should be finishing in about the next 10 minutes! - JaxSean Nov 5, 07:55
    - Oh, that's great that you can do that online! -- nm - kelly Nov 5, 06:42
RIP Andy Rooney -- nm - sgtmike Nov 5, 04:46 5
- "Didja ever wonder..." - Mel Profit Nov 5, 06:49 1
  - True, and instead of a fancy desk in a library...we get someone's bed and a framed Def Leppard poster in the background. -- nm - budice Nov 5, 06:59
- Makes you wonder if there wasn't something more behind his retirement. He had a good run. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 5, 05:43
- wow, just were talking bout him -- nm - budice Nov 5, 05:16
- Damn. -- nm - prayformojo Nov 5, 04:49
wake up? bagels and pints? how about just bagels! -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 5, 02:58 3
- Mmm Yesterday we took a nice hunk of smoked salmon, a 16 oz tub of cream cheese,1 tbsp lemon juice and 1/2 tsp tabasco and made a delicious bagel - Trish Nov 5, 08:40 1
  - wow that sounds fantastic ... especially the red onion gastrique - I've never made a gastrique and only heard the term recently while watching chopped -- nm - BroDuckJen Nov 5, 09:42
- I'd settle for either. -- nm - mafic Nov 5, 03:13
So - I won - I lost - I won more - I lost some - i won a LOT more - I lost almost all -'i won back some and decided to leave $5. Poorer than when I - BroDuckJen Nov 5, 01:21 2
- Sounds like some good times for $5. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 5, 05:42 1
  - it was a blast ... stayed way way way too late (left when they had to quit serving us basically - not because we were inebriated - just they close ) - BroDuckJen Nov 5, 09:51
really, Parents wanting to avoid vacinations are having Pox Parties or exchanging 'pox pops' -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 5, 00:47 3
- This is so idiotic. A child is far more likely to have complications, like Encephalitis, and it sets them up for shingles later. -- nm - Trish Nov 5, 12:48
- Pox parties are old. never heard of Pox Pops though. yuck. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 04:45
- I went to a friend's party when I was a kid to get chicken pox. it was his birthday, and he just happened to have them, so not exactly tailor made. -- nm - mafic Nov 5, 01:01
So... My roommate told male I hung out with is gay - ty97 Nov 5, 00:09 2
- If I unscramble the word order here, does it reveal treasure? -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 09:13
- your drunk and either your friend is a republican or your roommate is blowing smoke -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 00:13

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