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Inauguration Hits & Misses -- (link) - HdnAgnda Jan 21, 07:47
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- when I was a law firm mailboy, my boss always had a bible on him. - mafic Jan 21, 07:48
- When the Rapture comes, you don't always have time to grab your New Testament handbook on the way. -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 07:48
SITWAP: Germany bans synthetic drug "Spice". No word on regulating giant sandworm riding. -- (link) - TaurusII Jan 21, 07:46
i am sad that my post on puppies has been used for partisan bickering....nm - x Jan 21, 07:38 5
- We haven't even started in on the lollipops yet. -- nm - Dano Jan 21, 07:46
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- maybe your spineless, fence-sitting puppy doesn't. my puppy knows what's important. -- nm - mafic Jan 21, 07:43
- that's what you get for throwing puppies onto the partisan battlefield. what did you expect? - znufrii Jan 21, 07:40
- Vote Repuglican! - HdnAgnda Jan 21, 07:40
I wish the daycare/preschool we send the kids to would extricate themselves from the county school procedures. Anytime the county closes schools (like - HdnAgnda Jan 21, 07:37
"...Varitek was not aware that teams would have to surrender a No. 1 Draft pick to sign him, and he takes full responsibility for his decision." - TFox Jan 21, 07:34 2
- why would they have to give up a No. 1 pick? sorry, i haven't been following -- nm - Gwaahjo Jan 21, 07:39 1
  - he declined salary arbitration, so the Sox would get a compensation draft pick from the team that signed Varitek. - TFox Jan 21, 07:42
So one thing about Facebook is I get to find out how old people I know are - oblique Jan 21, 07:32 2
- That's what all of us are doing, too. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 21, 07:43
- ha! you don't have to show your year of birth. -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 07:34
ST PSA: It's that time again...Girl Scout Cookies...lil miss ccc's troop has a goal of sending 200 boxes to soldiers overseas! Support our troops! - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 21, 07:32 4
- And BTW...The Peanut Butter ones are made from paeanut butter that was screened for samonella...so it's safe! -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 21, 07:37 1
  - or salmonella...how ever it's spelled, they are clean -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 21, 07:41
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- shoot me an email reminder and I'll hit you tonight -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 07:33
Time to see what the courts say..."Defence in polygamy case to cite gay marriage ruling..." -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jan 21, 07:31
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- I want to know why people don't consider chicken meat. or even meet, for that matter. -- nm - mafic Jan 21, 07:36 1
  - I have seen that a number of times, and I don't get it either. -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 07:40
- The commenters are turds. - TFox Jan 21, 07:32 1
  - who gives a crap? I loved seeing misspelled signs in NYC. it reminded me that there are many people who work hard and make it in life - loosilu Jan 21, 07:43
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- not really. the way i hear it, the deal is contingent on chrysler getting another $3 billion in loans from the government....nm - x Jan 21, 07:35
- I heard it's a 35% stake in exchange for 'technical expertise'. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 21, 07:31
- I heard this yesterday on NPR. Was I correct in hearing that Fiat owns Ferrari and some other high end line? - JaxSean Jan 21, 07:30 1
  - Apparently so. Fiat owns Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Maserati. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 21, 07:37
isn't chinese new year coming up? -- nm - president 44 loves mandy lane Jan 21, 07:29 2
- yep. year of the ox....nm - x Jan 21, 07:35 1
  - *snort* -- nm - TaurusII Jan 21, 07:42
What do you get when you open this? - CrankYanker Jan 21, 07:24 5
- Once you sign in, it goes to the Lamb of God/Metallica album. -- nm - kelly Jan 21, 07:27
- ok, thanks. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 21, 07:26
- login page -- nm - Jim Jan 21, 07:26
- i get: "Du skal logge p� for at se denne side." - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 21, 07:25
- A login page. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 21, 07:25
HSX PSA: Today is the last day to trade nominoptions. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 21, 07:18
ST Humpday Poll: Have you ever fallen out of bed during the act? - amoxy Jan 21, 07:18 22
- Yes, after my girl at the time (spoils) - emoticripple Jan 21, 07:28 14
  - I quit reading Cosmo when I realized it's written by 25 year old interns who know a lot less than I do. -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 07:30 12
    - a friend of mine tells me it's gone from being targetted at 30somethings to 20somethings in the last 10 years or so, and apparently it's fairly - mafic Jan 21, 07:33 11
      - It's worse than Maxim. -- nm - Shaun Jan 21, 07:45
      - I don't have the impression it ever targeted 30somethings. -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 07:35 9
        
        I thought that was what Reader's Digest was for: old ladies. -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 07:41 4
        
        all 30something women are housewives, obviously. We read Redbook and Good Housekeeping. We think about - loosilu Jan 21, 07:45 3
        
        Damned straight! If you can't keep him happy, you'll end up a spinster like your Aunt Agnes, and you don't want that, do you? -- nm - Republicans Jan 21, 07:47 2
        
        how did you know I have an Aunt Agnes? STALKER! -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 07:47 1
        
        *shrugs*.........Wiretaps. -- nm - Republicans Jan 21, 07:51
        
        I can't say I've ever read much, but she said 10 years ago it was targetted about 10 years above her, and now it's about 10 years beneath (spoilers) - mafic Jan 21, 07:40 3
        
        that sounds like your friend grew up, more than the magazine changed. -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 07:44 2
        
        I'm with mafic. Everything I've read about Cosmo in industry literature states that it's target was late 20s thru early 40s for most of its run. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 21, 07:50
        
        entirely possilbe, but I'd usually credit her with a little more self-awareness than that would require. -- nm - mafic Jan 21, 07:49
  - heh -- nm - JaxSean Jan 21, 07:29
- No, but once the bed collapsed during. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 21, 07:21
- Have I? No. Has a girl I was with rolled off the bed and fell all the way into her closet? Absolutely. - TFox Jan 21, 07:19 4
  - It's rather amazing how funny TFox's broken penis story is to me still. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 21, 07:24
  - Snap site? -- nm - Diva Jan 21, 07:22 2
    - Yeah, that chick. She got tossed. -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 07:23 1
      - So, was it really broken? -- nm - emoticripple Jan 21, 07:45
- Not that I remember. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 21, 07:19
Just from the URLs I suspect most of the items on the old WH.gov robot list were just either search forms or text-only versions of pages. - Ender Jan 21, 07:17
PSA For Johnny and Jenny Canucks: Air Canada's having a seat sale. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jan 21, 07:16
ST Poll -- Will the US be better off four years from now than it was four years ago? - znufrii Jan 21, 07:15 24
- In most cases, yes. -- nm - Inigo Jan 21, 07:31
- Completely depends on your definition of better. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 21, 07:23
- of course! the way i see it, the future is filled with both puppies and lollipops....nm - x Jan 21, 07:23 9
  - *Kicks puppy* -- nm - Republican Jan 21, 07:24 6
    - *cuts puppies leg off and gives it to another puppy with only 2 legs so they both have 3 legs* -- nm - Democrat Jan 21, 07:26 5
      - Would have to be a rich puppy. Dems would never do that to a poor, less fortunate child dog. -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 07:28
      - *laughing* Sends both 3 legged puppies off to Iraq with no armor -- nm - Republican Jan 21, 07:28
      - *takes all puppies' legs and attaches them to himself* -- nm - Republican Jan 21, 07:28 2
        
        Calls it 'art'. -- nm - David Lynch Jan 21, 07:32 1
        
        *cuts film subsidies of such "perversions of nature with no benefit to society"* -- nm - Republicans Jan 21, 07:37
  - How are we supposed to enjoy our lollipops, swarmed with puppies? -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 07:24
  - I don't know who you are, but I know the real hyde now posts as 'Loyola' -- nm - ty97 Jan 21, 07:24
- Four years ago, the Red Sox were World Series champions. So probably not. -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 07:22
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- Less discretionary capital? Probably. Unemployment withina point either side of 10%? Probably. A society characterised less by its consumerism and - Loyola Jan 21, 07:19
- I don't think so. We're in a pretty big hole right now. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 21, 07:18
- I think yes, and I think visibly so. I think a lot can change pretty quickly in our foreign relations, and the economy will pick up within two years. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 21, 07:18
- Nope -- nm - Redmond Jan 21, 07:18
- Some ways yes, some ways no. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 21, 07:16
- four years ago it wasn't that bad. -- nm - president 44 loves mandy lane Jan 21, 07:16 1
  - which is exactly why I chose it as my point of comparison. -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 07:17
- I believe so, yes. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 21, 07:16
- no. -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 07:16
- Yes. -- nm - Subversive - daddy x 2 Jan 21, 07:16
this film is kind of boring except for who's in it -- (link) - Reagen Jan 21, 07:13 2
- my comp won't play it for some reason... spoil me on who's in it? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 21, 07:33
- heh, nice. -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 07:15
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- If he's not, he'd better start. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 21, 07:19
- ala borat I think yes. -- nm - lileve Jan 21, 07:14
- *cracking up* - Mel Profit Jan 21, 07:12
I don't really want to get on the Obama merchandise train, but this shirt is way, way too cool. -- (link) - TFox Jan 21, 07:10
What scares me economy-wise is the companies I'm hearing who are cutting 10% of thir workforce. - ty97 Jan 21, 07:06 6
- our global headcount is down about 15% from a year ago - znufrii Jan 21, 07:30
- I'm pretty sure we've trimmed at least that in a couple rounds of layoffs. -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 07:14
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  - Rem was pretty upset about some of the people who were cut in Indy. -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 07:16
- The majority of companies aren't making such drastic cuts. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 21, 07:12
- Things are going to get alot worse before they get better, that's for sure. -- nm - Loyola Jan 21, 07:11
Whoops, I was on the wrong board. Re: elevator paranoia... - David Jan 21, 07:04 4
- passed out? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 21, 07:05 2
  - Yes, it's kind of a jarring elevator and not the smoothest ride. Also, that height is unusual for the south. -- nm - David Jan 21, 07:08
  - I could see the accel/decel on those express ones doing it after a while. it'd be like riding a really boring roller coaster. -- nm - mafic Jan 21, 07:06
- Yeesh. Yeah, that would freak me out, especially 80 floors up. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 21, 07:05
Just as a matter of interest, Reagen used "my fellow citizens" too for his first inaugural. - Loyola Jan 21, 07:02 4
- I did? I must have blacked out. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 07:04 3
  - it was an unusually hot and humid january 20th. -- nm - mafic Jan 21, 07:11 2
    - factoid i read yesterday - Reagan's 1st inauguration was the warmest Jan 20th inauguration ever, and his second was the coldest. -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 07:14 1
      - the second was so cold, all of the outdoor stuff was cancelled. -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 07:17
IBM profit and outlook beats Street projections -- (link) - ty97 Jan 21, 07:01 2
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  - It is good news, though.... - ty97 Jan 21, 07:04
LIR: nubby. No weirder than me now following @TheWhiteHouse on Twitter and seeing that they are following @NationalDebt. heh -- nm - oblique Jan 21, 07:00
on the bright side, the dollar is at a 7.5 year high against the pound sterling!....nm - x Jan 21, 06:58 2
- Crud -- nm - LMS Jan 21, 07:12
- *dusts off his London vacation plans* -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 06:58
FBI full of it on claims Maher Arar was in Afghanistan -- (link) - Reagen Jan 21, 06:55 3
- To be fair, it could have been Khadr that was full of it. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 21, 06:59 2
  - to me, it's one of the basic problems of Guantanamo wrapped up in a nutshell - Reagen Jan 21, 07:03 1
    - Nah, if we beat the sh*t out of them enough, they'll eventually tell us everything they know. Guaranteed. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 21, 07:06
You know what was fun last night? Watching Vandy forget they had a basketball game vs UT, and instead holding a sauteed penis eating contest on TV. - TFox Jan 21, 06:53 1
- UT misses JaJuan and Lofton (especially). They're incredibly talented, but you never know which team will show up. - David Jan 21, 07:03
for the first time in 77 years, general motors has failed to sell the most cars in the world during a calendar year...nm - x Jan 21, 06:52 4
- Is the 77 years US-only, or global? -- nm - ty97 Jan 21, 06:55 1
  - global...nm - x Jan 21, 06:56
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- Mo money? Mo money? Mo money? -- nm - GM Jan 21, 06:54
"...so the redman can get ahead, man..." -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 06:51 2
- Grr. -- nm - Mark Redman Jan 21, 06:54
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Over the weekend, one of my supervisors at work sent me a Facebook friends request - Strongbad Jan 21, 06:49 10
- Nope. Send him an invitation to LinkedIn -- nm - oblique Jan 21, 07:02
- That's why I don't send FB friend requests to students. -- nm - nubby Jan 21, 06:51 1
  - The funny part is that I've added some cow orkers over the past few weeks - Strongbad Jan 21, 06:55
- yeah. just put him on limited updates. -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 06:51 6
  - Hmmm? -- nm - Strongbad Jan 21, 06:52 5
    - It's called "Limited Profile", and lets you choose what he can and can't see. Under Privacy Settings. -- nm - nubby Jan 21, 06:53 4
      - Facebook got rid of that -- nm - oblique Jan 21, 07:06 2
        
        no it didn't. Click on your friends tab - it's on the left. - Andie Jan 21, 07:08 1
        
        Not on my Facebook. And there's groups out there about it being removed (if you search). Probably being phased out and you just still happen to - oblique Jan 21, 07:11
      - Interesting. *makes note to check tonight* -- nm - Strongbad Jan 21, 06:56
blank board! aaaaahhhhh! -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 06:48
uno -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 21, 06:48

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