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Feb 7, 1904 � The Great Baltimore Fire in Maryland began, and would destroy over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. -- nm - Beaker Feb 7, 05:34 3
- The Great Baltimore Fire was in Maryland? -- nm - TFox Feb 7, 05:40
- i wouldn't say that it was that "great" really -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 7, 05:39 1
  - hmm. let's ask hyde! - Don Homer Feb 7, 05:42
again I say: if you can find chicken poop lip balm on sale, I think you should buy it. it's kind of fabulous. -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 7, 05:28
Lesson learned -- when planning on holding the kid after a feeding, don't be wearing a nice dress shirt. - Will Hunting Feb 7, 05:26 10
- hee ... these ST "dad" posts make me smile :) -- nm - JenBro Feb 7, 07:21
- Alternatively, embrace the burp cloth. -- nm - TFox Feb 7, 05:31 4
  - Heh, our first (Andrew) literally never spit up. So we stopped using cloths after a week or two. - Don Homer Feb 7, 05:35 1
    - Sam went on Zantac, it was so bad. -- nm - TFox Feb 7, 05:37
  - Yeah, I had been, but he had some on his lips well after we cleaned him up that ended up on my shirt. - Will Hunting Feb 7, 05:33 1
    - I'm pretty sure it'll come out unless your wife is lactating acid. - TFox Feb 7, 05:36
- Are you home yet, or still at the hospital? (good luck!) -- nm - Don Homer Feb 7, 05:30 2
  - Kelly and the kidlet are in there till at least later today; but likely tomorrow - Will Hunting Feb 7, 05:32 1
    - cool. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 7, 05:38
- I always thought you wore a full body bib for your feedings... --nm - Beaker Feb 7, 05:29
Mandy alert: I caved today on Spotify (sorta) and started paying for Unlimited - prayformojo Feb 7, 05:06 1
- I'm trying to make it until my fiscal month closes (2/16). it's not pleasant. last night, I reached for my phone to - the amanda nones Feb 7, 05:27
Not only did Orly Taitz lose her birther lawsuit, but there was no defense present. -- (link) - nubby Feb 7, 04:36 2
- this is both awesome, and exactly how it should be. -- nm - mafic Feb 7, 05:12
- damn activist judges! -- nm - Beaker Feb 7, 04:51
mafic alert: Miners Xstrata, Glencore agree to $90B merger -- (link) - Beaker Feb 7, 04:32 2
- yeah, it wasn't as secret as that article makes out. -- nm - mafic Feb 7, 05:19 1
  - (xstrata talks with everybody. their expansion is based on mergers and acquisitions) -- nm - mafic Feb 7, 05:39
SeaWorld sued over 'enslaved' killer whales -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Feb 7, 04:11 2
- heh, just saw that. friggin' PETA nutters -- nm - Beaker Feb 7, 04:31 1
  - "Neither orcas nor any other animal were included in the 'We the people'... when the Constitution was adopted." - Danedukenuuk Feb 7, 05:25
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- thanks -- nm - Beaker Feb 7, 05:45
- (Heh, I had no idea Denis Leary was in it.) nm - Dignan Feb 7, 04:24 1
  - Kind of feels like for much of the film, he's the bad guy. -- nm - volnelk Feb 7, 05:01
- *blink* nm - Dignan Feb 7, 04:19 2
  - (killfile) - encyclopedia pixie Feb 7, 05:28 1
    - lol -- nm - JenBro Feb 7, 07:21
new Spidey trailer (we've replaced Hayden Christiansen with Andrew Garfield) -- (link) - encyclopedia pixie Feb 7, 00:36
really? best she could do? Sarah Michelle Geller is married to Freddy Prince Jr, - zeitgeist Feb 7, 00:22 4
- They've been married for about 10 years. - spamlet (iPhone) Feb 7, 04:30 2
  - this. One of the few that seem to have lasted -- nm - Beaker Feb 7, 04:32 1
    - careful you'll jinx it -- nm - JenBro Feb 7, 07:22
- Two very pretty people - birds with birds, bees with bees, and no one is stuck raising bird-bees. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 7, 00:31
this video map of seismic activity leading up to the 2011 Japan quake is *crazy* stick with it to 1:45 to get a real sense of how massive it was -- (link) - encyclopedia pixie Feb 7, 00:04 3
- whoa -- nm - JaxSean Feb 7, 05:56
- Wow. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 7, 05:06
- That's amazing. Very interesting, -- nm - volnelk Feb 7, 05:01
If that Richard Simmons look-alike becomes famous, and "slack-lining" becomes a thing, I'm going to have to reevaluate my stance on Madonna's halftime - Stephen Feb 7, 00:03 2
- mafic slacklined before it was a thing -- nm - Beryllium Feb 7, 00:16 1
  - tried it a few times, but it was never really my thing. there's always been a subset of rock climbers who do it though. -- nm - mafic Feb 7, 00:33
heee, ABC News is talking about Slacklining and showing bloopers because of the superbowl ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 23:59 1
- Heh -- nm - Stephen Feb 7, 00:04
My beard tastes like ice cream. - Beryllium Feb 6, 23:56
The Artist was slower than Meek's Cutoff. -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 22:34 6
- Spoilers - David Feb 6, 22:36
- you're insane -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 6, 22:35 4
  - I'm not saying it was terrible or anything, but it's a 100 minute movie that felt 150. -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 22:38 2
    - I wonder if people in 1929 would have been more patient with it because of conditioning. - Max Feb 6, 23:05 1
      - "who cares how long the movie is? the stock market's through the roof and we're going to be rich forever!" -- nm - people in 1929 Feb 6, 23:29
  - (i'll admit that it started to drag a skooch when he hits rock bottom) -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 6, 22:36
I guess today is "let's experiment with alternate ways of telling our stories" night ... liking castle so far :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 22:18 2
- Great episode, lots of fun! -- nm - Stephen Feb 6, 23:34
- ... also, I like the full-wall mural in his home office. Quite amusing, in a vertigo-inducing way. :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 22:19
Braves ditch the racist Indian caricature on their throwback unis in favor of the much more sensitive crossed tomahawks -- (link) - encyclopedia pixie Feb 6, 22:10 15
- PC madness. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 7, 00:38
- related: Braves take big risk by snoozing during the winter offseason -- (link) - encyclopedia pixie Feb 6, 22:26 9
  - You lessened the board by linking to a baseball analysis including haiku and fictional twitter hashtags. -- nm - David Feb 6, 22:31 8
    - All twitter hashtags are fictional ... right? - Beryllium Feb 6, 22:36 7
      - Not sure. Every time I think I've 'created one' I click on it and there are always at least a couple dozen before me. -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 22:41
      - #nobery -- nm - David Feb 6, 22:36 5
        
        I think you mean #knobbery -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 22:37 4
        
        #dontmakemecutyou -- nm - David Feb 6, 22:38 3
        
        #justinbieber -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 22:41 2
        
        #bieberhairdoambushwhileyousleep -- nm - Max Feb 6, 22:59 1
        
        #worstbedheadever -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 23:01
- Wahoo! -- nm - peglegpete Cleveland Indians Fan Feb 6, 22:16
- Hooray for our gradual improvement! -- nm - David Feb 6, 22:13 1
  - fractional iterative improvement, at least. heh. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 22:15
- No, no! They're for chopping down trees! Really! -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 22:11
Mitt Romney's kids set for life with $100 million trust fund -- (link) - encyclopedia pixie Feb 6, 21:55 3
- lucky buggers -- nm - Beaker Feb 7, 05:45
- **suddenly realizes my parents suck because they denied me the chance to be a trust fund baby -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 22:03
- Forcing them to build that fence pays off in the end. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 21:56
Say Good Night JenBro -- nm - JenBro Feb 6, 21:53 2
- thanks a lot, and we'll see you later -- nm - peglegpete Feb 6, 22:10
- Good night JonBoy -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 22:02
Drugs give me a largely impractical head of steam. -- nm - David Feb 6, 21:28 2
- I miss college. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Feb 6, 22:28
- Is this still about your eyes being dialated? -- nm - JenBro Feb 6, 21:35
congratulations Steelers. you may have just won the Todd Haley sweepstakes -- (link) - encyclopedia pixie Feb 6, 21:24 1
- Please oh please tell me you don't like him either. - David Feb 6, 21:27
*gives a thumbs down on the latest Teen's React on YouTube because they have Fred on there.* -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 20:58
You know, there should be a way to call your horse back to you in Skyrim when you're done fighting - Stephen Feb 6, 20:51 6
- I'm still confused why you're bothering with a horse. -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 21:14 4
  - Fast travel times are reduced. -- nm - nubby Feb 7, 04:34
  - More loot! -- nm - Stephen Feb 6, 21:21 1
    - Yeah, I'm sure I'm less effective walking around with all these 'carry' enchantments instead of other ones. -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 21:22
  - Yeah. Mine has caused issues by engaging in fights I've had no interest in. - TWuG Feb 6, 21:17
- The Lone Ranger never had this problem. -- nm - Roger More Feb 6, 20:53
Yikes. I hope no one here has a TrendNet security camera ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 20:47 6
- this is the new search engine to find them -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 6, 22:17
- wonders if skynet didn't send back in time from the future a marketing executive to rebrand them as a kinder gentler robotic killing machine -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 22:06
- i mean, just that one i hid in amanda's . . . - encyclopedia pixie Feb 6, 21:50
- Trendnet. Networks people trust. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 21:48
- Wow -- nm - Stephen Feb 6, 20:59
- yeesh -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 20:49
Amazon in the Process of Launching a Retail Store -- (link) - ty97 Feb 6, 20:24 8
- Before anyone jumps to too many conclusions, it's along the lines of an Apple, Sony or Microsoft store. Selling Amazon branded (ie. Kindle) products. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 21:56 2
  - so *not* a feed store? -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 6, 21:57 1
    - No, but you can still get that in their online store. -- (link) - Mop Feb 6, 22:11
- *killshot* -- nm - znufrii Feb 6, 21:28
- I heard an ad for an electronics store today (can't remember which one) that actually emphasized that you could "put your hands on" what you were - Stephen Feb 6, 21:01 1
  - camera stores had a major problem with this starting back in the 70's, got bad in the 80's (when most of your downtown photo stores failed) - zeitgeist Feb 6, 21:58
- Verizon and Redbox will cooperate to offer a streaming service -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 20:36
- . . . not called Best Buy -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 6, 20:27
local 11pm news: DC metro region gas is 46 cents higher than this time last year. -- nm - Max Feb 6, 20:06 1
- it's all your fault - encyclopedia pixie Feb 6, 20:08
dang. there's pretty much nothing you can do with 4816 british airway points, which means they're probably going to expire. -- nm - mafic Feb 6, 19:54 6
- FWIW, in the future you could credit BA flights to AA - ty97 Feb 6, 19:58 2
  - Maybe Qantas has a similar deal? They're all in the same alliance -- nm - Roger More Feb 6, 20:03 1
    - yeah, the BA points are a legacy from before I moved here. now everything oneworld goes to Qantas. -- nm - mafic Feb 6, 20:08
- No British magazine subscriptions? -- nm - JenBro Feb 6, 19:57 2
  - seems like only flights, hotels, and car rentals. best I can do is ~10% off a hotel in town. -- nm - mafic Feb 6, 20:03 1
    - Well ... CQ's going - To Londen I think? Score him some room service! -- nm - JenBro Feb 6, 20:05
A petition to make NBC apologize for not airing Miss Deaf America's signing of the anthem at the Super Bowl -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 6, 19:48 3
- I saw MIA's sing language. They showed that -- nm - Bacon via droid Feb 6, 20:52
- A petition to stop having controversies after every stinkin' Super Bowl - ty97 Feb 6, 19:48 1
  - Apologized to ty for controversies. -- nm - NBC Feb 6, 19:54
Photos you delete on Facebook. They're never really ever gone. -- (link) - Qale Feb 6, 19:47 1
- I'll never let go, Facebook picture. I'll never let go -- nm - Rose Dawson Feb 6, 19:48
ah, Crying Pats Fangirl, there there -- (link) - encyclopedia pixie Feb 6, 19:41 [youtube] 4
- delicious - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Feb 6, 22:20 1
  - stupid! -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 6, 22:24
- bwahahahah! -- nm - Remlik Feb 6, 19:50 1
  - i love that you can hear in the boyfriend's voice he's doing everything he can not to start laughing -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 6, 19:51
Auditions would go great for everybody if they suddenly had nonexistant full bands join in. -- nm - nubby Feb 6, 19:40
fossil discovery of first known animal in Namibia pushes back the timeline for life's development by another 100-150 million years -- (link) - encyclopedia pixie Feb 6, 19:35 6
- there has to be a nigerian prince joke buried here but I can't dig it up -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 6, 20:20
- Sponge Bob!!!!!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 6, 19:56
- and hyde was there! -- nm - Max Feb 6, 19:45
- "our great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother" ? I dont THINK so! -- nm - the lorax Feb 6, 19:43 2
  - needs a few more greats, lorax? -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 6, 19:46 1
    - my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-gre at-great-great grandmother Beatrice was no "hollow glob"! -- nm - mud Feb 6, 20:00
Castle spoiler .... - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 6, 19:34 2
- New Spartacus looks like a young Nathan Fillon -- nm - Epiphany Feb 6, 19:42
- Castle ate a full box donuts? -- nm - Remlik Feb 6, 19:36
Smart, smart, good thinking - disguising the baby as a salad. (cute outfit. :)) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 19:32
Because I took Tim's post as a photoshop challenge... -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Feb 6, 19:24 [Image] 8
- That should be viral. I'm making that viral. -- nm - Mop Feb 6, 21:01 2
  - I did my part. Retweeted twice on the tweeter. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 21:11 1
    - Did my part both on the Facebook and the Twitters. -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 21:30
- The stubby one on the left is Romano, right? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 6, 19:33
- need a Clooney back in there somewhere! -- nm - Remlik Feb 6, 19:29 1
  - Don't we all, Remlik. Don't we all. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 6, 19:57
- you are such a geek - prayformojo Feb 6, 19:28
- I award you one internet. -- nm - Tim Feb 6, 19:25
i'm a little red rooster, too lazy to crow for days. -- nm - peglegpete Feb 6, 19:24

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