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Chicago - Istanbul $492 (Delta) -- (link) - ty97 Feb 2, 15:36
Did we discuss the rumor that Don Cornelius committed suicide to keep his ex-wife from getting his life insurance money? - Mop (196 lbs) Feb 2, 15:27 3
- jeebus, he must have hated her something fierce -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 15:36 2
  - He hated her so much he blew his top -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 15:38
  - She used to pepper spray him regularly, and he goes to jail for domestic violence. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Feb 2, 15:37
25-yr-old sister of Nick and Aaron Carter has died. -- (link) - Mop (196 lbs) Feb 2, 15:24 5
- Nick looks old for his age. -- nm - lileve Feb 2, 15:26 4
  - Or who ever that is in the photo. -- nm - lileve Feb 2, 15:26 3
    - Looks like Aaron. -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 15:27 2
      - Or... maybe not. Heh. -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 15:28 1
        
        I think your right. -- nm - lileve Feb 2, 15:32
I remember a guy in high school whose name was 'T.A. Stansbury'....just first and middle initials, no names. -- nm - T.D. Hunting Feb 2, 15:14 2
- Manning as a 1st named match with your last name would work -- nm - Remlik Feb 2, 15:27
- M.R. Chapel ("What's the M.R. stand for?" ... "Oh, nothing. I'm from the south.") -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 15:23
Anchorage got its first(?) revolving sushi restaurant right by my office. I wonder why this hasn't caught on in more American-food places. - Dr.Vermin Feb 2, 15:09 18
- Those places are dangerous for me... - Stephen Feb 2, 15:28 8
  - One of our local Sushi bar used to be an all you can eat. Sit down for an hour, eat as much as you can - amoxy Feb 2, 15:29 6
    - our local place does all you can eat on wednesday nights - znufrii Feb 2, 15:38
    - There's another sushi place nearby that does an all you can eat lunch, but it's just for the sushi rolls. - Stephen Feb 2, 15:34 4
      - My favorite is the salmon, (sake) I can eat 12 plates of that alone -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 15:36 3
        
        My favorite has become eel. - Stephen Feb 2, 15:41
        
        salmon and octopus are always a must for me -- nm - znufrii Feb 2, 15:40 1
        
        Add in eel and that's the triumvirate for me. -- nm - Stephen Feb 2, 15:46
  - Yep! -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 15:29
- Is it covered or refrigerated? Sounds...unsanitary. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 2, 15:26 8
  - If it's like the couple I've been to, you can see from your seat the food being made, them placing it on the treadmill, and the food traveling to you -- nm - con_carne Feb 2, 15:39
  - My sushi is disrespectful to dirt! -- nm - Alaskan Chef Morimoto-Palin Feb 2, 15:27
  - If ot' -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 15:26 5
    - If it's like ours they are plates with sushi and a plastic cover over the top. Very awesome but I always eat way too much -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 15:27 4
      - Ours is uncovered, but they use cold water in the moat, so it's somewhat refrigerated. - Stephen Feb 2, 15:36 2
        
        Eeeeew, what about people coughing and such? -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 15:37 1
        
        There's a guard there, it's not completely out in the open. -- nm - Stephen Feb 2, 15:43
      - Yes, this. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 2, 15:29
sitwap: ESPN is reporting that Peyton has been medically cleaerd to resume his career.... - Remlik Feb 2, 14:59 6
- So his neck is OK but the nerves in his arm are still a problem? - amoxy Feb 2, 15:04 2
  - Oh, my noives... -- nm - Moe Feb 2, 15:20
  - yep -- nm - Remlik Feb 2, 15:14
- yup, its the nerves in the arm that is the problem. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 2, 15:02
- "if the nerves in his arm had regenerated" means they haven't -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 15:00 1
  - That is how I read it too. Cleared as far as he can't injure himself further, but not ready to play? -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 15:01
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- And I said, "I star-sixty-nined you!" They admitted it was the Taliban. Then I had a great laugh over what transpired. - Jesse Jackson Feb 2, 15:01
- maybe his partner was cheking who is on his speeddial, or he butt dialed and didn't know -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 2, 15:01
Worst cover band in the world covers Pink Floyd -- (link) - Remlik Feb 2, 14:58 [youtube]
Where's TFox?!? "Surprise! All five members of My Morning Jacket are DJing on Turntable RIGHT NOW." -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 2, 14:54 4
- blah. Logging on with facebook now will force me to have the "Timeline" format. *skip* -- nm - JaxSean Feb 2, 15:34
- C&P of song list, for the curious - con_carne Feb 2, 15:09
- Nobody is awesoming except the band members to each other. This is funny. -- nm - con_carne Feb 2, 14:57
- On the bus, but that would be glorious. -- nm - TFox Feb 2, 14:55
New York to Brussels $232.39 round-trip -- (link) - ty97 Feb 2, 14:50 9
- um, that looks like that is for each way, not round trip. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 2, 15:10 2
  - It's round-trip,all-in. -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 15:11 1
    - oh, I see with 1 stop. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 2, 15:12
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- ST In Bruges -- nm - Max Feb 2, 15:08
- $292 out of Chicago....might be time to fly to Brussels for a weekend.... -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 14:55
- how can this be half as much for me to fly to north carolina -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 14:54 2
  - OH, you want to breath air on that flight? That will be $700 -- nm - Airline Hidden Fees Feb 2, 14:55
  - It most likely a mistake fare and will go away quickly. -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 14:54
LYC: Work sweetness. We got a big order that was also not forecasted/pretty unexpected. It's been the talk of the office. - con_carne Feb 2, 14:47 1
- great kid. now don't fuck it up -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 14:49
Blind Items! "Which C list film actress from a popular franchise, just got a tattoo on her inner thigh that says 'Great Wall of Vagina' - Beaker Feb 2, 14:45 5
- emma stone! heh -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 15:24
- I'd like to think this is Elizabeth Banks. -- nm - Max Feb 2, 15:05
- Elisha Cuthbert. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 2, 14:50
- Ginny Weasley -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 14:48
- Is Meagan Fox considered C list? I have no clue how that works -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 14:47
Anything good happen today, ST? -- nm - kelly Feb 2, 14:45 15
- nothing. we r waiting on a baby -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 14:51 14
  - Yeah, it's going to be a while. Possibly tomorrow night. Maybe. -- nm - kelly Feb 2, 15:01 12
    - Royally leading up my super bowl plan to start his education - Will Hunting Feb 2, 15:04 1
      - Leading equals hosing -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 2, 15:06
    - Superbowl Baby!! Hold out for that! Come on, hold out. -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 15:03 9
      - First player to score a TD in the superbowl that should be the kjids name -- nm - eag Feb 2, 15:10 8
        
        or just the initials T.D. Hunting. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 2, 15:12
        
        "And Osi Umenyiora picks up the fumble and runs it in for the touchdown. Giants 6 Pats 0" -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 15:11 6
        
        You and me were thinking the same thing - eag Feb 2, 15:16 5
        
        Now I am thinking about boobies. How about you? -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 15:20 4
        
        How did you guess? -- (link) - amoxy Feb 2, 15:22 3
        
        #2 -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 15:25
        
        Uh no -- nm - eag Feb 2, 15:22 1
        
        I meant uh no to redmond -- nm - eag Feb 2, 15:23
  - I know....its like the baby has not realised how many of us want to see him. -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 2, 14:54
Orcish Helm of Waterbreathing. This... this is actually helpful. -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 14:33 18
- one of the Dragon Priest masks has Underwater on it. -- nm - Remlik Feb 2, 14:58 1
  - Well I certainly don't want to be fighting any of those. They skitter backwards shooting magic at me. -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 15:29
- i carry a helm around with that enchantment - tRuMaN Feb 2, 14:34 15
  - Protip: Disenchant the helm at an Arcane Enchanter table and then enchant something instead that weighs a lot less, like a ring or necklace. -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 14:37 14
    - if i could wear more than one ring, that would be awesome. - tRuMaN Feb 2, 14:44 13
      - get that double enchantment ability. -- nm - Remlik Feb 2, 15:00 2
        
        thats a lot of skill points to get. - tRuMaN Feb 2, 15:15 1
        
        I am in the 90's in 3 things Archery, Smithing, Enchanting - groiny Feb 2, 15:16
      - 1 ring, 1 necklace, 1 gauntlet, boots, armor, helmet, shield. - groiny Feb 2, 14:49 8
        
        So many things, like enchanting, that I haven't even attempted, or have barely scratched the surface of so far... -- nm - Stephen Feb 2, 15:11 7
        
        I am at 97 Enchanting, hopefully by tomorrow, I will be at 100 - groiny Feb 2, 15:13 6
        
        yeah, i need to start enchanting stuff. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 2, 15:14 5
        
        also get a few of the ENCHANTERS FILTERS potions. - groiny Feb 2, 15:15 1
        
        use your alchemy to help your enchanting and vice versa - Reagen Feb 2, 15:33
        
        It levels up quickly. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 2, 15:14 2
        
        no, its leveled up, i just need to use it. - tRuMaN Feb 2, 15:15 1
        
        it is one of your skill perks, yes. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 2, 15:17
      - Rings are already way overpowered. -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 14:45
I need a synonym for "Opportunities" and drawing a blank and MS Thesaurus suck....Any suggestions? TIA!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 2, 14:30 3
- umm, like these? - tRuMaN Feb 2, 14:32 2
  - carpe diem -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 2, 14:58
  - Accident? Fighting Chance? LOL...interesting. There asre some good words in there though...thanks very much :) -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 2, 14:45
NPR defends Lana Del Rey, the "self-made" pop star. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Feb 2, 14:23 12
- NPR should resign! -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Feb 2, 15:28
- LANA!!!!!! nm -- nm - Archer Feb 2, 14:29
- here's what i say about her: i saw her on TV and she was *effing terrible*, so until i see something un-terrible, i don't care what she does. -- nm - TFox Feb 2, 14:25 9
  - Elsewhere, some correspondent made a pretty good case for something called the ten thousand hour rule for artists. - con_carne Feb 2, 14:36 6
    - "It takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at something." ... - Beryllium Feb 2, 14:40
    - Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 14:37 4
      - I don't think it's his original idea though, because I saw it mentioned in a chess book at least ten years before Gladwell's. -- nm - Max Feb 2, 14:45 2
        
        then why aren't you a Grandmaster today, Max? - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 14:46 1
        
        I played 10,000 chess games on yahoo, but they were 1-minute blitz games. -- nm - Max Feb 2, 14:47
      - Thank you! -- nm - con_carne Feb 2, 14:40
  - she sings like an otter. -- nm - Max Feb 2, 14:25 1
    - she's not a bird, she's a JUGBAND! -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 14:26
I guess Georgians are lucky Handel lost that election. - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 2, 14:22
Should sales of sugar to kids be regulated like tobacco and alcohol? -- (link) - znufrii Feb 2, 14:20 1
- I think children should be banned from any establishment unless they have a license to shop. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 2, 14:21
" Sometimes a movie arrives out of the blue that announces the arrival of considerable new talents." - Roger Ebert Feb 2, 14:18 26
- Porkies -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 14:49
- twilight -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 2, 14:29
- Garbage Pail Kids -- nm - con_carne Feb 2, 14:29
- The Outsiders -- nm - CQ: Giving Love To All Feb 2, 14:29
- Breakfast Club. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 2, 14:25
- Mary maggie macy may or whatever -- nm - JaxSean Feb 2, 14:24 2
  - "Tinker Tailor whatever whatever" -- nm - con_carne Feb 2, 14:25 1
    - "This kid, Gary Oldman, might just have a future..." -- nm - Roger Ebert Feb 2, 14:32
- Encino Man -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 2, 14:24
- The Jerk. - Beryllium Feb 2, 14:23
- G-Force -- nm - Max Feb 2, 14:21
- A Better Life -- nm - con_carne Feb 2, 14:21
- Is it historical or current? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 2, 14:20
- Clerks -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 14:20
- Chronicle. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 2, 14:20 8
  - You are correct. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 14:33 5
    - If only it were directed by David DeCoteau or even Victor Salva. -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 14:44 4
      - So the stars could get raped? -- nm - TFox Feb 2, 14:51 3
        
        What is this? -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 15:00 2
        
        rape is forced sex against your will. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 2, 15:13 1
        
        But that's not what's important right now. -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 15:19
  - i think this makes sense. -- nm - TFox Feb 2, 14:25
  - This. -- nm - Roger More Feb 2, 14:24
- "and sometimes, there's Jack & Jill" - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 14:20
- Gone With The Wind - CrankYanker Feb 2, 14:19
- Red Dawn -- nm - amoxy Feb 2, 14:19
At sunset we made love like sea otters. *That* was a pretty good day. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 14:17 9
- Are sea otters good at making love? The whole "no legs, just a flipper" would seem to make it pretty clumsy. -- nm - pmb Feb 2, 14:22 2
  - Have you seen a dolphin gangbang? There's your answer. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 14:25
  - Nitpick: otters have legs. But think "aquatic acrobatics". - Roger More Feb 2, 14:24
- This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather. -- nm - Max Feb 2, 14:20
- why couldn't I have *that* day? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 14:18 4
  - don't blame us if groiny shows up in a big furry costume. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 2, 14:21 3
    - you would be following me around calling me "daddy" nm -- nm - groiny Feb 2, 14:28
    - i will blame you. and only you. -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 14:27
    - What costume? -- nm - amoxy Feb 2, 14:22
we don't need no education -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 14:16 2
- we don't need no rent control -- nm - ceregon Feb 2, 14:17
- we just need a wikilinks link in your brains. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 2, 14:16

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