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Cox introduces low-cost tier ($35) month that cuts ESPN and other pricey channels -- (link) - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 15:53 4
- "Cable say they have to do something to keep cash-strapped customers from cutting the cord" - Bacon Jan 23, 15:55 3
  - it will be interesting to see if as many people really care enough about ESPN to pay the premium to keep it - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 15:57 2
    - $4.85 a month is the current 2012 charge people pay for ESPN. - David Jan 23, 16:07
    - ESPN and Discovery Channel are the only two channels I really miss. ESPN only for Bowl games and Monday Night Football - Bacon Jan 23, 16:00
Heh - (paraphrasing) "for secure virus free communication use U.S. Mail" -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 23, 15:49 1
- heh -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 16:07
Livestock industry - 1. Animals - 0 (link) - Jovian Jan 23, 15:46
so what time does Mitt get his weekly ass-kicking from Newt tonight? -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 15:44
Disney dress code will now allow facial hair... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jan 23, 15:29 7
- I had a dozen friends there 20 years ago. all the guys had beards or mustaches - peglegpete Jan 23, 15:37 2
  - Were they 'cast members' working with the public, or behind the scenes? Or characters? -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 23, 15:39 1
    - imagineers/artists they designed the park, not walked around it asking if they could help you :) - peglegpete Jan 23, 15:41
- WTF? �I see it as a way to lower their standards to keep wages down,� Ecklund said in a phone interview. -- nm - Todd Manning Jan 23, 15:34
- Now my eyebrows qualify. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 15:31
- good news, amanda -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 15:31
- "Welcome to 1971" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 15:30
"Did I tell you my wife is going to Haiti for a week of helping a health clinic?" - football watching transcripts Jan 23, 15:27
ST are Biologists: is this faked? Do chameleons change color based on what they touch? -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Jan 23, 15:27 [youtube] 6
- Sometimes I am green with envy, and sometimes I am sad so I'm blue. -- nm - Boy George Jan 23, 15:52
- I believe that is faked. I think they can changes shades of green and brown. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 15:32 1
  - hmmm, googling suggests different species *can* turn weird colors. but that looks very fake to me. - loosilu Jan 23, 15:34
- wiki says the primary purpose is for signalling to predators or other chameleons, with camouflage secondary -- (link) - Roger More Jan 23, 15:31
- Octopussies do color based on environment. Given the usefulness of it, I'd assume chameleons can too. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 15:28 1
  - this appears to be a convergent trait (like eyes in mammals and insects) so there is no reason to assume it works the same way. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 15:33
Are we all prepared for the results of the "coronal mass ejection" tonight and tomorrow? -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jan 23, 15:25 2
- i love when you talk dirty .. -- nm - marcel Jan 23, 15:25 1
  - LOL -- nm - JenBro Jan 23, 15:27
from B2, hey David, if you write that screenplay for "Killing George Lucas", make sure you follow up with the special edition, widescreen ed., the ... - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 23, 15:25 1
- aka "Beating a Dead George Lucas" - Beryllium Jan 23, 15:30
Stupidest questions asked at the Super Bowl's Media Day (and one that wasn't as stupid as reported). -- (link) - mara Jan 23, 15:22
stay classy Arkansas GOP, they murdered the cat of a Dem Campaign Manager and carved Liberal on it.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 23, 15:20 4
- That's what they want you to think. But guess what? The cat left a note. - Ryan Gosling Jan 23, 15:28
- Can't blame the whole GOP for that, but holy crap -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 15:21 1
  - very true. my mistake sorry. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 15:25
- sorry. wrote in black marker on the cat. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 15:21
hee. Rand Paul is claiming the TSA scanners are rigged to go off randomly. - Reagen Jan 23, 15:06 3
- I have heard that, but have no idea if it is true. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 15:24
- I've been through an airport (and I can't remember for the life of me if it was in the US or not) where the screener said that was exactly true. - ty97 Jan 23, 15:17 1
  - probably Australia -- (link) - marcel Jan 23, 15:20 [youtube]
margin of victory in super bowl predicts the outcome of the presidential election -- (link) - znufrii Jan 23, 15:04
The chairman of a Korean company I'm doing a deal with right now is named Bang Su-Lee. -- nm - pmb Jan 23, 15:04
Covers to Avengers Comics to reflect styles of Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Monet, Pollock and Schielle....in April -- (link) - Remlik Jan 23, 14:58 9
- Wow, some of those really...suck -- nm - Sourdough Stephen Jan 23, 15:10 3
  - some are good. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 15:17 2
    - but most suck -- nm - peglegpete Jan 23, 15:20 1
      - But a couple are good. -- nm - Reddmond Jan 23, 16:08
- I think I only like 5 of those covers - eag Jan 23, 15:02 2
  - yeah and I have a pile ready to go for you. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 15:15 1
    - Okie dokie - eag Jan 23, 15:17
- ohhh. when does Age of Apocalypse start up? March? -- nm - Jovian Jan 23, 15:02
- YAY!! contemporary artists are done ripping off Jack :)) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 23, 15:01
So....I have a library book due today, but the library is now closed on Monday (thanks Rahm!) and the after-hours box is full. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 14:52 17
- Suck it up and pay the dime or quarter tomorrow. -- nm - TFox Jan 23, 16:08 1
  - Eh, leave it tomorrow and pay later. -- nm - Spawn - Blood Feud Lord and Master Jan 23, 16:09
- "Most materials checked out from any Chicago Public Library location may be returned to any Chicago Public Library location in person or through a - b. Jan 23, 15:12 3
  - this branch still has Monday hours - try calling them? - b. Jan 23, 15:14 2
    - Alas, that's 18 miles away. I figure downtown main library is also open, but it's not worth the hassle. - ty97 Jan 23, 15:23 1
      - I thought maybe calling them, they could note an extension in your record. -- nm - b. Jan 23, 15:29
- Can you renew it online? I love that about our library. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 23, 15:07 3
  - I'm all out of renewals on this book. And of course I never cracked it open. - ty97 Jan 23, 15:09 2
    - Maybe... you should not check books out, then. -- nm - Spawn - Blood Feud Lord Jan 23, 16:00
    - You're all out of luck. We own you now. That'll teach you to mess with the C.P.L. -- nm - We Own The 99% Jan 23, 15:16
- Take it to a branch? Or maybe there's a grace period, so you won't be fined if you return it tomorrow?? -- nm - mara Jan 23, 15:06 3
  - My understanding (this happend when I was out of the country) is that basically all of the branches are now closed Mondays. - ty97 Jan 23, 15:25 1
    - Harold Washington, too. -- (link) - mara Jan 23, 15:27
  - Yeah, I'm sure another branch would be open, main/central one at least. They can take it if you really need to have a clear conscience. -- nm - zork Jan 23, 15:11
- obviously the answer is to shove it in the box and hope for the best. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 23, 14:57 2
  - not even possible. There were already a few books sticking out that I could steal. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 15:03
  - That's what she said. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 14:58
I sometimes feel bad after I give a hard time to a telemarketer - I know they're just trying to make a living. - MojaveMeg Jan 23, 14:50 6
- Just ask to be opt out of any further calls or mailers -- nm - eag Jan 23, 14:54 4
  - I'm pretty sure these are all different companies. I never hear directly from Discover. - MojaveMeg Jan 23, 15:05 1
    - some use calling computers - marcel Jan 23, 15:15
  - Or are you on the do not call list? -- nm - eag Jan 23, 14:56 1
    - SHe's probably on the prison lists. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 14:58
- I always give them the chance to get out unharmed - marcel Jan 23, 14:54
Rumor Mill: Justin Bieber is mulling over movie offers, but "he is obsessed with Mark Wahlberg's 'Fear' and wants to re-make that" -- (link) - MDH Jan 23, 14:44 5
- so he would play the vulnerable witherspoon character who is scared of his girlfriend? - dogbert Jan 23, 15:32
- I'm sure David DeCoteau would love to get his hands on him. -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 14:59
- The roller coaster scene caused me the ultimate amount of discomfort watching it with a buddy in high school while my mom sat in the room. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 23, 14:50 1
  - I saw a movie that did a Field of Dreams parody for a sex scene - Reagen Jan 23, 14:59
- Maybe he can remake The Happening in a way that doesn't suck and have no real meaning -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 14:49
I remember clearly while seeing Dragon Tattoo that I told Fat Man that 2012 looks like the pits for seeing movies. And right off the bat he gave an F! -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 14:43
i have to go to a board meeting at 5:30 tonight. can i blame spawn? - tRuMaN Jan 23, 14:39 1
- I *rock* my meetings. -- nm - Spawn - Blood Feud Lord Jan 23, 15:02
if I told you guys what I'm planning on doing tonight, you would invite me for phone drinks to stop me. - the amanda nones Jan 23, 14:33 1
- *hugs* -- nm - marcel Jan 23, 14:50
MH LYC - Freshness Charms are today's free gifts - Yes Please! -- nm - JenBro Jan 23, 14:31 1
- word -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 16:08
How to speak english for french speakers -- (link) - marcel Jan 23, 14:30 1
Dr. Who Conundrum - Remlik Jan 23, 14:29 5
- not people. -- (link) - znufrii Jan 23, 14:33 [Image]
- I thought Weeping Angels were stone - amoxy Jan 23, 14:31 2
  - could be a different species of angel... - znufrii Jan 23, 14:34
  - well played -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 14:32
- it's plausible. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 14:30
if Clinton waits 4 years and then gets to be president for 8, she'll be finishing her time in office 32 years after her husband started his -- nm - random thought Jan 23, 14:29 22
- Let's see if the Democrats win this one before thinking about 2016. -- nm - David Jan 23, 14:58 3
  - If Newt becomes Pres I will be on my knees praying and begging for the mayan apocalypse to happen -- nm - eag Jan 23, 15:08
  - look, I can't stop random thoughts from happening. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 15:07 1
    - And it's valid whether or not Obama is re-elected. -- nm - mara Jan 23, 15:31
- I'd vote for her in 4 or 8 years. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 14:44 1
  - I'd vote for her in 2012. -- nm - the amanda nones Jan 23, 14:47
- isn't she 72? -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 14:30 15
  - 64 -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 14:31
  - turning 65 in October. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 14:31 13
    - thanks. so she's 69 in 4 years. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 14:33 12
      - 69 ! -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 16:08
      - I'll listen to her in 4 years. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 23, 14:37 9
        
        oh I will to. Just wonder if she will want to do it in 4 years. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 14:38 8
        
        she will. - Mel Profit Jan 23, 14:38 7
        
        spoils - Beryllium Jan 23, 14:57
        
        then the first gay president. the GOP may never get it back. - Reagen Jan 23, 14:55 3
        
        Hah! I was GOP and Gay -- nm - Abe Lincoln Jan 23, 15:38
        
        Oh, I think there may have been one or two already. didn't we have a bachelor president? -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 15:26 1
        
        "first gay president" is not a literal statement, it's a euphemism for "first OPENLY gay president" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 15:31
        
        agreed. she has wanted it too long. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 14:42
        
        damn good point. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 14:41
      - Ron Paul will still be yapping at her heels. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 14:37
You *should* need a passport to go to Oklahoma. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 14:26 1
- never been there, but when I visited Mississippi I felt like I needed one. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 14:27
my problem of the afternoon: I can't get Hydrogen Bromide gas to kill people in my model. - loosilu Jan 23, 14:25 2
- That's what you get for buying your hydrogen bromide gas on ebay. -- nm - pmb Jan 23, 14:27 1
  - I just used 10,000kg. At some point it should just cause Manhattan to collapse. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 14:28
i'm on it...*packs action back extra good* -- nm - tim mie Jan 23, 14:21 7
- I'm literally flabbergasted. And they just called me back. - Diva Jan 23, 14:25 6
  - it sounded bad this morning so it doesn't surprise me that people are *freakin'* out. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 23, 14:32 5
    - ths wasn't an internal thing it was an outside client. - Diva Jan 23, 14:34 4
      - Ah. No more access to the BoA teat? -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 23, 14:37 3
        
        not for these rude and unprofitable effers. -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 14:37 2
        
        tim mie gonna pack the action bag realllll good like. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 23, 14:39 1
        
        yay!!! -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 14:42
SITMOP: SCOTUS rules that a warrant is needed to track GPS. -- (link) - Krusty Jan 23, 14:21 4
- that it's unanimous surprises me further. Reading the details however... - Mel Profit Jan 23, 14:30 2
  - I was talking with Dawson about this and while it was unanimous, the reasonings varied. - ty97 Jan 23, 15:08
  - Yeah, I was wondering about that as well. It may be limited in its scope. - Krusty Jan 23, 14:33
- Yes, it was, but I find it funny that Thomas can claim property has a privacy right, but not people. -- nm - GregW Jan 23, 14:28
this photo is just, wow. -- (link) - znufrii Jan 23, 14:21 [Image] 9
- IWHT -- nm - Reddmond Jan 23, 14:38 3
  - LOL -- nm - JenBro Jan 23, 15:40 1
    - Splinters, be damned!!! -- nm - Reddmond Jan 23, 16:01
  - redmond got wood? -- nm - zork Jan 23, 14:54
- Tree Fairy! -- nm - JenBro Jan 23, 14:32
- Ahhh, an Ent Woman -- nm - amoxy Jan 23, 14:27
- it's a SPRIGGUN! Kill it! -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 14:26 1
  - *picks up the Spriggon Sap* nm -- nm - groiny Jan 23, 14:34
- three guesses where the family of owls nest -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 14:25
Welcome to Megan Fox Island. -- (link) - pmb Jan 23, 14:21 2
- that's very funny. -- nm - Jovian Jan 23, 14:24 1
  - yep. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 14:27
come on down! -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 14:17 1
- your the next contestant on "Pixie is Wrong!" -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 23, 14:19

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