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Aussie Open spoilers - Buzz Jan 29, 05:25
well, it looks like our t.v. is not working. hmmm. not getting power. outlet works since I tried another device. flat screen go bad? effers -- nm - CQ: The Water Ox Jan 29, 05:25 1
- andrea's tv and my tv both died after 3 years almost exactly. the dude who sold andrea her new one said that they - amanda jones Jan 29, 05:42
I was really hoping the overnight stretchiness of ST was due to a Cheerleader thread. - nubby Jan 29, 05:11 1
- Wrong! -- nm - CQ: The Water Ox Jan 29, 05:24
watching the aussie open final. decent for tennis -- nm - CQ: The Water Ox Jan 29, 03:46 5
- Right now once you get to the semifinals of a Men's Grand Slam tournament we're kind of in a golden age. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 04:44 4
  - it all depends on the serve in men's tennis. Whoever has their serve dialed in wins. It's boring -- nm - CQ: The Water Ox Jan 29, 04:54 3
    - The serve is Roddick's main strength and he only managed on GS. Return of serve, groundstrokes, court generalship and speed are all as important. -- nm - Diva Jan 29, 06:37 1
      - on = one -- nm - Diva Jan 29, 06:38
    - The top 4 men are all good servers, but none of them are particularly known as huge servers. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 04:58
Mad Men Sunday morning :) -- nm - JenBro Jan 29, 03:40
When I feel cold, you warm me And when I feel I can't go on, you come and hold me..It's you... And me forever -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 29, 01:54
Tomorrow evening st is tasked with betting me if I don't get more job apps sent tomorrow during the day -- nm - tRu Pad Jan 29, 00:29 5
- Sigh. Not betting (can I turn off the iPad auto "correct"?) berating. -- nm - tRu Pad Jan 29, 00:30 4
  - I will berate you so fucking bad if you don't. I will tell you haw much better I am than you if you don'tand if you do? - bacon via droid Jan 29, 00:35
  - You can, but in my iPhone experience, it's even more annoying without it -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 00:31 2
    - I turned mine off - it's not that bad. -- nm - JenBro Jan 29, 03:41
    - I guessed as much -- nm - tRu Pad Jan 29, 00:34
night it's been fun -- nm - bacon via droid Jan 29, 00:01
The world's largest emerald story just. got. interesting. :) -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 28, 23:30
Vassar accidentally sends out "test" acceptance letter to applicants who had actually been rejected -- (link) - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 22:59 1
- This would make a good subplot for a castle episode -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 23:12
Inside the nfl did a very good interview with Lawrence Taylor. The iPad won't let me paste the link - tRu Pad Jan 28, 22:59 1
- Have down loaded the free Vevo HD app? I found that tonight. Tons of videos - Epiphany Jan 28, 23:02
"I don't want to take my daughter home today, keep her for another night. Medi-cal is paying anyway, they will pay for the extra night" NO - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 22:48 41
- hospitals dohave a much more accelerated schdule assuming a loving family care, appropriate facilities of a mid class home - zeitgeist Jan 29, 00:14
- kick her entitled ass out! -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 22:48 39
  - because a patient that no longer needs care should keep the bedx from a stupid selfish sick person. -- nm - bacon via droid Jan 28, 23:18
  - I know right?! :P -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 22:51 37
    - stupid sick poor people - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 22:52 36
      - You missed the part that said she was "cleared by doctors to go home" - bacon via droid Jan 28, 23:20 35
        
        i saw that. james bond has made it clear that he would prefer they were turned away at the door in the first place -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 23:21 34
        
        His student loans can't be paid with jelly beans and smiles - bacon via droid Jan 28, 23:24 33
        
        well since i don't have any care right now . . . - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 23:26 32
        
        Yep, or get a fine. -- nm - bacon via droid Jan 28, 23:29 31
        
        A tiny ass fine, seriously tiny -- nm - tRu Pad Jan 28, 23:41
        
        people who already have insurance bitching about it are like married straights who think gay marriage threatens their vows - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 23:33 29
        
        Ask most STers here how much their insurance has gone up since the bill passed - bacon via droid Jan 28, 23:36 28
        
        That wasn't true for us - last year was the first in 4 years when our BC/BS plan did NOT go up 30% -- nm - JenBro Jan 29, 03:57 2
        
        Mine went up less than 8%. Possibly the smallest increase I've ever seen. And no co-pay increases. -- nm - CovingtonCat Jan 29, 04:47
        
        mine went down this year. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 29, 04:41
        
        Insurance premiums started going up rapidly in 2001. Right now, the companies are shitting their pants over the 80-20 rule. That is, they have to pay - Trish Jan 29, 00:07 5 2
        
        damn, why thehell are you not on CNN or Bill Maher? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 29, 00:29 1
        
        Bill Maher would wet himself that's why -- nm - bacon via droid Jan 29, 00:44
        
        I was simply giving pixie a retort on how this bill didn't affect people with health insurance - bacon via droid Jan 29, 00:13
        
        I'm bookmarking the shit out of this post. - Epiphany Jan 29, 00:12 1
        
        Me either - why isn't someone making this front page. Ews? -- nm - JenBro Jan 29, 03:59
        
        Which has nothing to do with it. How much had it gone up prior, or is that obama's fault too? -- nm - tRu Pad Jan 28, 23:41 15
        
        The mandates are raising prices. -- nm - bacon via droid Jan 28, 23:46 14
        
        wrong -- nm - Trish Jan 29, 00:08
        
        There are no mandates yet. None. -- nm - tRu Pad Jan 28, 23:50 7
        
        Wrong!!! Kids can now stay on parents till 26 mandate. Kids can no longer be denied insurance even with previous condition mandate. - bacon via droid Jan 28, 23:54 6
        
        wrong -- nm - Trish Jan 29, 00:09
        
        no, that's not a mandate. the parent is not forced to cover their 26 year old. they can choose to or not to if they want - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 23:56 4
        
        It's a mandate for the insurance company. They CAN'T not insure them. -- nm - bacon via droid Jan 29, 00:00 3
        
        wrong -- nm - Trish Jan 29, 00:10 1
        
        Oh then insurance companies can drop kids and not offer policies? Wow, Obama is telling people tghat's one of his big achievments. must be lying -- nm - bacon via droid Jan 29, 00:16
        
        you should stick to football arguments -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 29, 00:02
        
        the mandate doesn't even start until 2014 - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 23:49 4
        
        And there it is. That grace period the government always gives so companies have time to jack up rates. - bacon via droid Jan 28, 23:52 3
        
        And wrong again. You are mistaking greed on the part of the company for government re-regulation. -- nm - Trish Jan 29, 00:13 1
        
        I am saying greed is what they are doing while they still can do it -- nm - bacon via droid Jan 29, 00:31
        
        yeah, mean old government forcing those insurance companies to raise their rates - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 23:55
        
        correlation does not = causation. how has the ACA caused premiums to rise? - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 23:40
        
        Studies show it's doubled since 2004 -- nm - Epiphany Jan 28, 23:37 1
        
        health insurance has always gone up at rates much faster than inflation and would have whether obama care or not -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 29, 00:04
Pippy - check FB. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 28, 22:41 [Image] 4
- Awesome -- nm - con_carne Jan 28, 23:00
- I saw!! You just matter of factly said, " sign this for Pippy" and they did?! That is awesome -- nm - Epiphany Jan 28, 22:50 2
  - Yep. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 23:04
  - Thanks. You guys are the best! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 28, 22:50
wow, Hazanavicius beats Scorsese for the feature film DGA -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 22:28
Soylent Green is set in 2022 -- nm - amoxy Jan 28, 21:55 9
- 1984 is 40 years behind schedule but google and the tea baggers are making up for lost time -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 29, 00:17
- I bet you taste like chicken. 11 years and we find out if I'm right -- nm - bacon via droid Jan 28, 22:15 2
  - math is hard. -- nm - loosi Jan 28, 22:21 1
    - Well, he prefers his Amoxy Green to be delicately aged -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 22:22
- Blade Runner is 7 years from now -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 21:58 3
  - Which universe would you rather be in? -- nm - amoxy Jan 28, 22:50 1
    - Star Wars so I could mock Darth David -- nm - bacon via droid Jan 28, 23:21
  - The funniest line from the Mike Daisey TAL about the Apple factory was when he said that Shenzhen looked like Blade Runner threw up on itself -- nm - rollo Jan 28, 22:03
- We won't have to wait that long. We'll be eating people in 5 years, with everyone's consent. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 21:56
congrats to miss smuttah: Project Nim won best documentary at the DGAs -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 21:31 11
- ^5 ! -- nm - JenBro Jan 29, 04:03
- Woohoo! -- nm - amoxy Jan 28, 22:51
- Very cool! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 22:46
- outstanding -- nm - peglegpete Jan 28, 22:45
- This is so great! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 28, 22:32
- Awesome! Congrats! -- nm - Krusty Jan 28, 22:27
- outstanding. congrats! -- nm - Remlik Jan 28, 22:16
- That's great! -- nm - kelly Jan 28, 22:05
- there'll be *no* living with her now -- nm - prayformojo Jan 28, 21:40 1
  - beat out Peter Jackson's "Paradise Lost 3" even -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 21:42
- Very nice!! -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 28, 21:33
the Joe Namath biography on HBO right now is really good -- nm - peglegpete Jan 28, 21:30 1
- Damn, I forgot about it. -- nm - Krusty Jan 28, 22:29
Stupid Australian time difference. Don't think I'm staying up for Nadal/Djokovic -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 21:18
Wait, the black guy from Happy Endings is Damon Wayans Junior!!!?!?! -- nm - rollo Jan 28, 21:10 10
- Yep. Him and Jim Carrey's daughter on American Idol. Time for In Living Color - The Next Generation. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 21:52 1
  - Weirdly, when I learned Carrey's daughter was on Idol I didn't bat an eye. -- nm - rollo Jan 28, 21:57
- welcome to old age. -- nm - loosi Jan 28, 21:24
- You must never ever watch the New Girl pilot - Werner Herzog Jan 28, 21:22
- How did you not know this? They look *exactly* the same! -- nm - David Jan 28, 21:20 4
  - Oh, it makes perfect sense, but I didn't think I lived in a world where DW had a child old enough to be a working actor -- nm - rollo Jan 28, 21:56 1
    - Wayans seed is powerful indeed. -- nm - David Jan 28, 21:59
  - then how do you know it's not actually damon sr? -- nm - mafic Jan 28, 21:41 1
    - I've seen Mo' Money! -- nm - David Jan 28, 21:58
- Yes. Makes me feel old -- nm - Epiphany Jan 28, 21:11
I'm pretty sure I saw transformers 3 on a plane, but it was so interchangeable with the first two I can't really be sure. -- nm - mafic Jan 28, 20:57 1
- The action is better plotted and filmed in the 3rd as compared to the 1st, so you can better tell what's going on. - Qale Jan 28, 21:07
Oh, I want to go to sleep so badly. - kelly Jan 28, 20:41 9
- a Walking Dead marathon is in order -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 20:48 1
  - Season two episode five -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 22:20
- place it outside the door for an hour [assuming no critters in the area will want it] I cool stuff off outside all the time -- nm - peglegpete Jan 28, 20:43 6
  - Leaving it sitting on the stove for an hour will do the same thing. (It's already been out of the oven for an hour.) -- nm - kelly Jan 28, 20:45 5
    - isn't your outside 30 or so degrees cooler than inside the house? -- nm - peglegpete Jan 28, 21:10 4
      - yes, but the inside of my house is critter-free. -- nm - kelly Jan 28, 21:17 3
        
        Unless you consider Will to be a critter. -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 21:19 2
        
        Oh, there's more of a chance of me digging into that thing. - kelly Jan 28, 21:24 1
        
        me too. I usually bake a NY style cheesecake in a spring form pan and add some lemon for extra flavor -- nm - peglegpete Jan 28, 21:35
George Sr and Jeb Bush paid Obama an unexpected visit. I wonder what they talked about? -- (link) - loosi Jan 28, 20:39 [flickr] 6
- You did see that GHWB is in a wheelchair, correct? I'd hardly call that"amazingly" healthy for 87. -- nm - TWuG Jan 28, 20:50 5
  - he's been shaky for the last couple of years. but he's still there in the mind. -- nm - Remlik Jan 28, 21:30 1
    - He isn't decrepit by any means. -- nm - TWuG Jan 28, 21:35
  - he appears to still be razor sharp ... I guess I am biased toward that. :) he is probably the healthiest of the ex-presidents, apart from his son. -- nm - loosi Jan 28, 20:55 2
    - Big Bill -- nm - Remlik Jan 28, 21:30
    - jimmy still builds houses -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 20:56
Seems like next year's state archaeology conference is in Berkeley at the Doubletree Marina. I may just have to - MojaveMeg Jan 28, 20:38 5
- call reservations tomorrow and see what the rates are [AARP. AAA. etc] -- nm - peglegpete Jan 28, 21:11 1
  - Their senior rates right now start at $170, but that will probably change by next year - and the convention rate generally isn't posted until January. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 28, 21:32
- ouch!!! -- nm - loosi Jan 28, 20:40 2
  - This year it's at the Town & Country Resort in San Diego at $122/night. I'm staying down the block at the Travelodge. I did the same thing last year - MojaveMeg Jan 28, 21:07 1
    - "For a good time, come up to Room 213" -- nm - Travelodge Men's Room Graffiti Jan 28, 21:09
Qale is Babylon anything like the clubs you have been to? - Epiphany Jan 28, 20:34 5
- B. Jungle can get very Babylonish. - Qale Jan 28, 20:46 3
  - Cool. It's been years & hotlanda I thought might be off the chain - Epiphany Jan 28, 21:15 2
    - Sadly we're almost out of chain. - Qale Jan 28, 21:18 1
      - :( -- nm - Epiphany Jan 28, 22:16
- Babylon 5. Our last best hope. -- nm - Cdr. Jeffrey Sinclair Jan 28, 20:38
are you ready for some pro bowl? -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 28, 20:25 4
- no, but I could go for a KFC famous bowl -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 20:27 3
  - you know... -- nm - Patton Oswalt Jan 28, 20:52 2
    - This is one of my favorite bits of his - kelly Jan 28, 21:27 1
      - :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 21:35

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