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Last two episodes of "the Bridge" tonight....damn -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 23, 10:34 1
- and it''s soon out on BlueRay -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Nov 23, 10:42
An SI.com writer's take on DeAngelo Hall's statement that he should get cut - prayformojo Nov 23, 10:34 2
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  - Can we please fire Shanahan? - Will Hunting Nov 23, 10:38
Opposite Poll: What xmas song do you love and by who? Burl Ives (Holly Jolly, Santa Claus and Silver Bells) -- nm - Capstern Nov 23, 10:33 19
- The Christmas Waltz - me. -- nm - Diva Nov 23, 10:39
- Merry Christmas All by TheSalsoul Orchestra -- nm - CovingtonCat Nov 23, 10:38
- RUN DMC - Christmas Is -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Nov 23, 10:37 [youtube]
- I'll be home for Christmas is probably my favourite. -- nm - Andie Nov 23, 10:37
- Anytime between now and Christmas there is a fairly good chance if you walk into my office "Messiah" will be playing. - spamlet Nov 23, 10:36 1
  - I love that, but think of it more as Easter. -- nm - nubby Nov 23, 10:38
- Straight No Chaser's 12 Days, Do They Know It's Christmas, Little Drummer Boy (I think a boy's choir does the one I really like.) -- nm - Jim Nov 23, 10:36
- even though I'm not remotely religious, I've always thought O Holy Night is a beautiful song. -- nm - Reagen Nov 23, 10:35 1
  - It's my favorite. My God, the crescendos. -- nm - nubby Nov 23, 10:36
- "Santa Claus is coming to Town" by Springsteen - amoxy Nov 23, 10:35 3
  - *vomits* nm -- nm - groiny Nov 23, 10:36 2
    - this -- nm - Capstern Nov 23, 10:37
    - Clean up in Aisle 7 -- nm - amoxy Nov 23, 10:36
- Bob Seger's Drummer Boy, Do They Know It's Chistmas, and Christmas Wrapping. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 23, 10:34
- a party for santa claus is hands down the best christmas song ever. it was on muzak last night at work, and I texted ann immediately. - mandy "mandy" jones Nov 23, 10:34
- Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah - znufrii Nov 23, 10:34 1
  - note to self: of of these days I need to get the choral score and go to one of the sing-along Messiah performances that pop up this time of year. -- nm - znufrii Nov 23, 10:37
- From that ole Christmas classic, Die Hard 2: Die Harder: `Oh, the weather outside is delightful....~ -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 23, 10:34 1
  - Also: "Carol of the Bells" and "Fairytale of New York". -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 23, 10:37
Poll - What christmas song do you *hate*? - Andie Nov 23, 10:29 16
- Most wonderful time of the year by Johnny Mathis -- nm - eag Nov 23, 10:36
- it's not in the so-bad-i-cringe category, but i have to say the new Justin Beiber christmas song is super-blah. -- nm - Andie Nov 23, 10:34
- I'm actually having a tough time with this one. Most of the songs become background noise that I actually like during the season. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 23, 10:33
- all of th...wait, DAMN! -- nm - znufrii Nov 23, 10:32
- That Chipmunk song. -- nm - Diva Nov 23, 10:31
- grandma got run over ... ugh. -- nm - mandy "mandy" jones Nov 23, 10:31 7
  - Word, word, word! -- nm - Jim Nov 23, 10:34
  - also I hate christmas wrapping which is weird right? I mean, we'd think I'd like that. -- nm - mandy "mandy" jones Nov 23, 10:31 4
    - yes. it sucks. -- nm - TFox Nov 23, 10:34
    - how is this even possible? nm -- nm - groiny Nov 23, 10:32
    - I'm not sure I may ever speak to you again. (nm) - spamlet Nov 23, 10:32 1
      - I like the sentiment and I think the lyrics are cute. but the music is just weird and boring to me. I wish someone would cover it; "make it their own" -- nm - mandy "mandy" jones Nov 23, 10:33
  - yeah, this is my answer as well. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 23, 10:31
- Anything that hasn't been mashed up with Beastie Boys vocals or Zeppelin music yet. - Dr.Vermin Nov 23, 10:31
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- "Funky Funky Christmas". "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." Other tacky bullshit. -- nm - TFox Nov 23, 10:29
Something I've never heard before: Friends was the television adaptation of Singles.* - David Nov 23, 10:28 1
- I see the resemblance but that's a bit of a stretch, IMO. -- nm - Reagen Nov 23, 10:32
OK so I took the adult financial approach. Pip is waiting for me to get murdered tho... - Capstern Nov 23, 10:27 6
- that's actually not a bad idea. -- nm - znufrii Nov 23, 10:31 1
  - Except have to watch pippy the guy looks like Jared Padalecki but at least the girl looks like kate beckinsale...hes in a band - Capstern Nov 23, 10:36
- as in four kids of those ages? -- nm - TFox Nov 23, 10:28 3
  - yes the 15/14 is here boy and girl and the 10/7 are his boys but never all 4 here at once -- nm - Capstern Nov 23, 10:30 2
    - good luck with that. -- nm - TFox Nov 23, 10:34 1
      - the 14 and 15 yo seem ok play rock band with them and they seem ok in my entertainment room -- nm - Capstern Nov 23, 10:35
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- It's sad that the non-journalist is exercising more journalistic integrity than ESPN. - Will Hunting Nov 23, 10:25
Disney has signed a deal to rent Disney and Pixar movies on Youtube -- nm - stewie Nov 23, 10:18 4
- Youtube is going to start charging? -- nm - amoxy Nov 23, 10:22 3
  - they already do rent movies -- (link) - stewie Nov 23, 10:27 [youtube]
  - They have been for a while now. They have rental movies. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 23, 10:27
  - Someone's got to start paying for the bandwidth. -- nm - Google Nov 23, 10:23
My holiday season musical scientific experiment - i am going keep track of exactly how many times i hear one particular christmas carol for the entire - Andie Nov 23, 10:12 13
- Last Christmas by Wham -- nm - eag Nov 23, 10:28
- little drummer boy? hate that goddamn song. - Reagen Nov 23, 10:25 4
  - eek! - groiny Nov 23, 10:32 1
    - you know what would improve that song? a tune. -- nm - Reagen Nov 23, 10:33
  - Reagen counts "christmas shoes." -- nm - mandy "mandy" jones Nov 23, 10:26 1
    - ack! i forgot this one. i think we need a new poll. -- nm - Andie Nov 23, 10:28
- I know that I'll hear Dominic the Donkey exactly zero times as I won't be up near Boston this year. -- nm - prayformojo Nov 23, 10:17 5
  - LYC: on the best Xmas CD i ever made, I had the first track start out with this song. - Dr.Vermin Nov 23, 10:36
  - i don't think i've *ever* heard this. I almost did "i want a hippopotamus for christmas" though. -- nm - Andie Nov 23, 10:20
  - I hear it plenty here. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 23, 10:19 2
    - OK, let's poll this: Do you regularly hear this song where you are around Xmas? -- nm - prayformojo Nov 23, 10:20 1
      - I've never even heard *of* it. -- nm - mandy "mandy" jones Nov 23, 10:32
- I will do "do they know it's christmas?" I heard it last night once. 1. -- nm - mandy "mandy" jones Nov 23, 10:16
sitwap: Nominees for bad sex in fiction named for 2011 -- (link) - Beaker Nov 23, 10:07
pixie, just so you know: in Skyrim, I play as a Khajit, which is a feline humanoid race - crash davis Nov 23, 10:06 3
- Yiff in Oblivion! -- nm - Qale Nov 23, 13:08
- DUDE. Nobody plays as Khajit. -- nm - nubby Nov 23, 10:27
- even for you, this is pretty embarrassing -- nm - stuffed pixie Nov 23, 10:23
has there been a "what are you thankful for poll" ? besides Family/Friends/ST/Good Health - my new for 2011 is ... - BroDuckJen Nov 23, 09:56 16
- my sanity, my friends, st, family, still having a job, -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 23, 10:35
- i'm thankful that my life is so easy that it's things like 'standing on the subway' and 'bad customer service' that are all i have to bitch about. -- nm - Andie Nov 23, 10:16 1
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- Thankful for this great community on Slackertalk (nm) - amoxy Nov 23, 10:11 2
  - Depends on the day. -- nm - nubby Nov 23, 10:16 1
    - /fires neutrino gun at nubby, sending him back in time to B5/ -- nm - Cave Vermin Nov 23, 10:32
- great dog, good job, fun consulting gigs, paying tenants -- nm - ceregon Nov 23, 10:11
- that as I am ready to leave my current job, I have found several promising openings to apply for. - Dr.Vermin Nov 23, 10:08
- I'm thankful that this has been the best year of my life. - Mel Profit Nov 23, 10:08
- I'm thankful for the opportunities to experience new and different things. -- nm - znufrii Nov 23, 10:07
- I've lived, I've loved, I've laughed in 2011. That's good. -- nm - con_carne Nov 23, 10:05
- Life is good. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 23, 10:03
- I'm thankful my family drama has died down and that the kidlet and mom-to-be are seemingly healthy. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 23, 10:02
- I'm thankful that the third weekend in january is less than 60 days away. -- nm - mandy "mandy" jones Nov 23, 10:00
- I'm thankful for myself. Everything I've gotten in my life, it's been only me that's gotten me there. So, go me. -- nm - nubby Nov 23, 09:57 1
  - The hell you say. -- nm - E.Warren Nov 23, 10:01
Ooh, one of this week's NFL Rewind games is Carolina at Detroit. -- nm - David Nov 23, 09:52 1
- Watching it right now. Quite a good game considering all of the turnovers. -- nm - GregW Nov 23, 10:34
MLB's HGH testing policy effectively allows player to use HGH 360 days a year - stewie Nov 23, 09:52 3
- "Random testing for HGH will take place during spring training and the offseason... There can be testing at any time for cause." -- nm - TFox Nov 23, 10:08
- Jordan Schafer will still get caught. (nm) - David Nov 23, 09:53 1
  - Looking back, that was a good move. - nubby Nov 23, 09:58
My favorite part of my kids being in a small private school is that I get a good look at who they'll be growing up with. - Mop (194 lbs) Nov 23, 09:49 7
- it's one reason we put our daughter into French Immersion...kinda weeded out the gomers -- nm - Beaker Nov 23, 10:06
- yeah, this is not the experience I had in a small private elementary school -- nm - znufrii Nov 23, 10:03
- My daughters had the same situation. It's really very nice. They become very close. My college daughter's closest friends are still the ones she - pmb Nov 23, 10:01
- did you see my post from last night? thank you so much for all the loot! - kare Nov 23, 09:58 1
  - Glad you liked it. We got the cherry outfit to bring Kate home from the hospital but opted for a different one, instead. - Mop (194 lbs) Nov 23, 10:02
- yeah - if I were forced to share a glass with my classmates, I'd be pretty close with them too. - BroDuckJen Nov 23, 09:52 1
  - And it's a small glass! -- nm - Mop (194 lbs) Nov 23, 09:57
Maryland lost by 26 to Iona? What the f*** did Gary do to this team? - Will Hunting Nov 23, 09:47 8
- you gotta throw this year out... but I think Turgeon has a much better chance of success than Edsall - stewie Nov 23, 09:53 4
  - Oh, I ain't saying Turgeon's a bum....he's proven he can coach...but holy shit did they fall far. - Will Hunting Nov 23, 09:54 3
    - it all started with winning the national championship and using that to recruit no one -- nm - stewie Nov 23, 10:18 2
      - I do see that Turgeon has 3 90+ recruits for next year... - Will Hunting Nov 23, 10:19 1
        
        Turgeon has assistant coaches that are connected and should be capable of recruiting their backyard - stewie Nov 23, 10:24
- Between the football season, the basketball start, and cutting 8 sports UMD is in an uprorar -- nm - MDH Nov 23, 09:50 2
  - they can't afford the teams...okay, but let's seek out a exciting coach and hire Randy Edsall? - Will Hunting Nov 23, 09:53 1
    - Oh trust me, I agree with you 100% on Edsall. Worthless. You are the first college in the market and that's your choice!? -- nm - MDH Nov 23, 09:56
4 of the seven of those albums are by jacksons. man, they must be *rich.* -- nm - mandy "mandy" jones Nov 23, 09:46 3
- I bet they can afford the finest medical care money can buy. -- nm - nubby Nov 23, 09:48
- Michael's financial woes would make a good cautionary case study -- nm - crash davis Nov 23, 09:47
- (I'm surprised Madonna wasn't on there.) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 23, 09:47
So, Ducks, what was the highlight of the week? - Mop (194 lbs) Nov 23, 09:45 14
- Well at least they havent had any assistants being investigated as a pedofile -- nm - eag Nov 23, 09:53 1
  - "At least we're not Penn State!" -- nm - Mop (194 lbs) Nov 23, 09:58
- Help me out here...what's the issue with Bellotti getting a pension? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 23, 09:48 5
  - Meh. Pensioners are pissed that a guy who earned a lot while working for the state is now getting a big pension. - Mop (194 lbs) Nov 23, 09:50 3
    - So, a non-issue. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 23, 09:52 2
      - Here's the bit about his big severance package. It's part of what irks people, and probably a major factor as to why the Pres got canned. -- (link) - Mop (194 lbs) Nov 23, 09:54 1
        
        They should just do like every other thing doing with Oregon's Athletics...just have Phil Knight cut him a check for firing him. - Will Hunting Nov 23, 09:56
  - it offends Mop -- nm - crash davis Nov 23, 09:49
- finding out their hand signal means "vagina" -- nm - stuffed pixie Nov 23, 09:46 5
  - *snort!* That, too. -- nm - Mop (194 lbs) Nov 23, 09:46 4
    - Beavers and vaginas. Awesome. -- nm - Mop (194 lbs) Nov 23, 09:46 3
      - do you have a link, or can you tell me more about this story? -- nm - crash davis Nov 23, 09:48 2
        
        http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/20 11/11/nyt_oregon_fans_o_hand_sign_me.php -- (link) - mara Nov 23, 09:50 1
        
        thanks -- nm - crash davis Nov 23, 09:50
This morning I rescued a bird that got caught in our range hood vent. - Beryllium Nov 23, 09:44 9
- Very nice! -- nm - Krusty Nov 23, 10:05
- cats = evil -- nm - stuffed pixie Nov 23, 09:49 3
  - cats = saving you from a Hitchcockian nightmare -- nm - crash davis Nov 23, 09:50 2
    - thanks, cats, but i think we can handle some birds -- nm - stuffed pixie Nov 23, 09:51 1
      - speak for yourself -- nm - Tippy Hedron si Nov 23, 09:53
- good man -- nm - crash davis Nov 23, 09:46 1
  - I wished I still had the T3i from work so I could snap a photo ... alas -- nm - Beryllium Nov 23, 09:48
- Hey, I rescued a bird this week, too! -- nm - Obama Nov 23, 09:46 1
  - pepper sprayed protesters? you're on your own -- nm - stuffed pixie Nov 23, 09:46
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- your Matt Schaub news made me say a three word phrase I didn't think I'd utter; "Hello Colt McCoy" -- nm - crash davis Nov 23, 09:44 9
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    - do you know what McFadden's status is off the top of your head? -- nm - crash davis Nov 23, 09:48 7
      - Based on my recent fortunes, dead by next Tuesday. -- nm - David Nov 23, 09:52 4
        
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        If he hadn't gone back for his senior year, he would have been rich from day one. -- nm - David Nov 23, 09:56 1
        
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        ouch but funny -- nm - crash davis Nov 23, 09:53
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        gracias -- nm - crash davis Nov 23, 09:52
pardons B2 -- nm - peglegpete Nov 23, 09:42

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