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You learn the most random stuff on wikipedia. Did you know that the track "Renegades" from Jay-Z's "Blueprint" album, featuring Eminem... - TFox Mar 2, 06:37 4
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  - Me! I didn't! -- nm - TFox Mar 2, 06:38 2
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      - The song kinda sucks anyway. - TFox Mar 2, 06:42
this is my new desktop background. -- (link) - jones Mar 2, 06:37 [Image]
Why the West won't take on Syria -- (link) - Beaker Mar 2, 06:33
I just got an email about one of our Relay For Life teams' fundraiser, and the lady called it a "Gold fist toss." - JaxSean Mar 2, 06:24 1
- that's a good one. -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 2, 06:29
Just ordered something from amazon. The estimated delivery date is Sunday. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 2, 06:15 1
- I've contracted with Amazon to make Sunday deliveries in the Rolls Royce....it's only $500 extra. -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 2, 06:19
Nominated as early front-runner for prettiest goal of March. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Mar 2, 06:14
Something I learned this week: as nice as mlb at bat is, it's a shitstain compared to nhl gamecenter. - TFox Mar 2, 06:12
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- yup. -- nm - znufrii Mar 2, 06:17
You totally don't care, but our governor just had a veto overturned 111-1 in the House and 39-0 in the Senate. (nm) - nubby Mar 2, 05:57 3
- what was it about, and who was the one? - mafic Mar 2, 05:59 2
  - It was about using SC money to improve GA's port, when we're trying to improve our own. - nubby Mar 2, 06:19 1
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renter question? ok. renter question. I live in a building that has five apartments. - jones Mar 2, 05:45 12
- when they leave the room without seeing you, pull the plug, let them come back to a barrel full of soggy soapy clothes a couple times -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 11:07
- "out of order" sign -- nm - budice Mar 2, 06:02
- I'd check with the landlord. The laundry facilities are a perk for renters. Having "friends of renters" monopolize the machines - TWuG Mar 2, 05:59 2
  - yeah, I would prefer not to be seen as a bitch. I could ask karl (the landlord) to mention something without saying it was me - jones Mar 2, 06:15 1
    - As dumb as this is, you almost need to ask them in a supplicating way. - TFox Mar 2, 06:21
- they might get a talking to if you told the landlord. my neighbours think I ratted them out to the property managers because not long after I moved in - mafic Mar 2, 05:58
- I guess it depends how much it bothers you. I think that's a bigger renter offense than strollers. - TFox Mar 2, 05:57 3
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    - Well right, but let's hope they're decent but thoughtless people, not criminal masterminds. - TFox Mar 2, 06:07 1
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- The landlord would be concerned if he rented to 2 people and now there's four living there ("all" the time and doing laundry - that's pretty much - CrankYanker Mar 2, 05:54
- quick dry cement -- nm - Beaker Mar 2, 05:50
The target date funds in my 401K are not performing well enough for me. Get excited: we can talk investments later! -- nm - ty97 Mar 2, 04:59 9
- FDIVX FTW! -- nm - Strongbad Mar 2, 06:13
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- One might argue that you want your investments to tank while you're young, then shoot up when you're about to retire. - nubby Mar 2, 05:04 5
  - They aren't tanking, just stagnating. I think self-mixing my allocation might do better than the target date fund. - ty97 Mar 2, 05:06 4
    - What does "do better" mean? Go up in value? Only if you plan to change investments regularly. - nubby Mar 2, 05:49
    - I always self-mix. we're not typical people. -- nm - jones Mar 2, 05:45 2
      - Yeah, I'm in six funds in mine, I think. -- nm - TFox Mar 2, 05:58
      - me too. my boitches! -- nm - mafic Mar 2, 05:56
- semi-related: I did an early draft of my taxes last night...yay refund! -- nm - Beaker Mar 2, 05:00
March 2, 1933 � The film King Kong had its premiere at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. -- nm - Beaker Mar 2, 04:37
Looks like Don Cherry has joined Twitter....the odds for his firing have been taken off the board -- (link) - Beaker Mar 2, 04:31
Bulldog adopts 6 wild boar piglets -- (link) - CovingtonCat Mar 2, 02:48 1
- for dinner! -- nm - Beaker Mar 2, 04:26
Penny arcade nailed it -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 00:45
Rick Santorum thinks about gay sex....(more so than gay people think about gay sex) -- nm - Facebook Poster Mar 2, 00:42
Is everyone okay? - David Mar 1, 23:37 4
- I have been busy editing and uploading Hawaii pictures. Next I will be posting tons of wedding pictures. - Noloha, Bacon Mar 2, 00:10
- I'm catching up on TV. Justified at the moment. :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 00:10 1
  - also, I am listening to my neighbor freak out about their malfunctioning garage door ... I hope they don't wake up kieran. - Beryllium Mar 2, 00:12
- we're all hiding from our new same sex spouses that we had to marry this afternoon -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 2, 00:04
The Despicable Me 2 teaser is all kinds of annoying. -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 22:47 4
- "If your little brother annoys you, just punch him in the face like the minions do." -- nm - what kids see Mar 1, 23:43 1
  - don't need no minions to teach me that - pixitude Mar 1, 23:45
- Baa baa baa...baa baa potato! - Stephen Mar 1, 22:52
- so it's a Despicable Me trailer then -- nm - pixitude Mar 1, 22:47
I continue to be utterly impressed by my son's reading comprehension re: Harry Potter (spoilers, I guess) - Mop Mar 1, 22:45 1
- neat :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 1, 23:04
you've seen the pic of Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins in "Dark Shadow" right? -- (link) - pixitude Mar 1, 21:38 2
- ... I couldn't find a link for the 'after' picture -- nm - Beryllium Mar 1, 22:40
- It looked exactly as expected all things considered. -- nm - Qale Mar 1, 21:40
Just saw the trailer to the Moth Diaries. "Hey, that kinda looks like... yep... Montreal." - Mop Mar 1, 21:37 2
- you need to link this stuff, mop. you should know that by now. -- nm - jones Mar 2, 05:47
- Also, you'd think a movie about an all-girls school with vampires would bring the sexy more. -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 21:38
While I do like earning interest on my checking and savings accounts at the credit union, those pennies really only serve to screw with my accounting. -- nm - Qale Mar 1, 21:32
"Hotel Hell"? Really? One day, there will be a world where Gordon Ramsey hosts all reality shows. -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 21:32 5
- American Donkey Idol -- nm - Beryllium Mar 1, 21:34 4
  - Are you suggesting we put a Donkey Show on television? -- nm - Qale Mar 1, 21:38 3
    - No, I'm suggesting we put a donkey show on FOX -- nm - Beryllium Mar 1, 21:42 2
      - There already is one. It's called "Fox and Friends" and it comes on at 7am every day. -- nm - Trish Mar 1, 21:44 1
        
        "But who would want to see that, Randal?" -- nm - Elias Mar 1, 21:49
90 minutes of David Simon from UMD tonight -- (link) - pixitude Mar 1, 20:59
dp3 is FB replying to the voice of Morbo/Calculon. I may die of jealousy. -- nm - David Mar 1, 20:58 2
- "Beligerent and numerous." -- nm - Reagen Mar 1, 21:00 1
  - I HATED JIM!!! -- nm - David Mar 1, 21:07
Pip, I disagree with your FaceOff analysis (spoils) - TWuG Mar 1, 20:49 4
- Sue is ALL sorts of crazy. - Mel Profit Mar 1, 20:54 3
  - spoils - Ender Mar 1, 21:15 2
    - What I do like is that... - Mel Profit Mar 1, 21:28
    - I think that's it. -- nm - TWuG Mar 1, 21:24
Hawaii 5-0 spoils - Beryllium Mar 1, 20:35
I just watched Survivor and I question the intelligence involved in (spoilers) - Dano Mar 1, 20:32 1
- This is a common feature of the (spoils, I guess) - Roger More Mar 1, 20:40
John Carter 9 out of 10..... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 1, 20:26 1
- Interesting I've heard the same, the film surprises folks -- nm - budice Mar 1, 20:31
Pulp Shakespeare - performed on stage -- (link) - Reagen Mar 1, 20:19 [youtube] 4
- Oh, and Mel - this exists -- (link) - Reagen Mar 1, 20:57 3
  - Whenever I read parts of this I'm amazed at the talent this took. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 1, 21:00 2
    - If I wasn't familiar with the movie I think it'd be a bit baffling - but that I can follow it completely says something special. - Reagen Mar 1, 21:02 1
      - "Whither the money, Lebowski?" -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 1, 21:33
Awake is trending #1 on Get Glue -- nm - Stephen Mar 1, 20:16
JP Arencibia and Tim Kurkjian ... this is fun -- (link) - Will Hunting Mar 1, 20:14 1
- *snork* - TFox Mar 1, 20:20
how the Geek Market is saving the pron industry -- (link) - Remlik Mar 1, 20:07 5
- geeks buy porn even if the actors are not dressed as comic characters. and there have been comic versions since the 1970's -- nm - peglegpete Mar 1, 20:26 4
  - People BUY porn? -- nm - Ender Mar 1, 20:31
  - yeah but not with budgets north of 6 million. -- nm - Remlik Mar 1, 20:30 2
    - obviously you have the wrong clients -- nm - peglegpete Mar 1, 20:33
    - I bet this movie takes me.....19 viewings to see the entire movie -- nm - Noloha, Bacon Mar 1, 20:32
Awake was excellent -- nm - Jovian Mar 1, 20:01 4
- yes -- nm - Beaker Mar 2, 03:15
- What network? -- nm - Noloha, Bacon Mar 1, 20:34 1
  - NBC -- nm - nubby Mar 1, 20:42
- I'm half way through. Very good -- nm - Epiphany Mar 1, 20:07
Is Ad Aware still considered benevolent? - Mel Profit Mar 1, 19:56 9
- Ad Aware isn't on my good list for a while. AVG neither. I use Avast, Malwarebytes, Spybot Search/Destroy, and ccleaner - Qale Mar 1, 21:24 3
  - just out of curiosity...why has Ad Aware fallen out of favor with you? -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 1, 21:46 2
    - If I recall correctly it got bad about bundling stuff with the program, was slow, conflicted with programs, etc. -- nm - Qale Mar 1, 21:51 1
      - Thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 1, 21:58
- i have used it recently, i was able to bypass the toolbar. though i use malwarebytes mostly now. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 1, 20:11 1
  - I use Malwarebytes as well. - Mel Profit Mar 1, 20:13
- I haven't used it awhile as I use Spywareblaster and spybot and microsoft security essentials. -- nm - Remlik Mar 1, 19:57 2
  - I use Trend Micro PC/Spybot and Ad Aware. - Mel Profit Mar 1, 20:01 1
    - I use a Mac. - spamlet Mar 2, 04:54
Zynga's launching their own game site. I don't think it's such a hot idea. They need Facebook just as much as Facebook needs them. -- (link) - Qale Mar 1, 19:50 3
- I imagine people will use it about as much as they use the popcap site. -- nm - mafic Mar 1, 20:02 1
  - Relatedly: I'm surprised that EA hasn't destroyed popcap yet. -- nm - Qale Mar 1, 20:04
- Now spawn can play -- nm - Beryllium Mar 1, 19:56
Awake minor spoiler - nubby Mar 1, 19:44
Loosi, even tho you are not watching PR All Stars, this week is a fascinating challenge worth watching. info/spoiler inside - peglegpete Mar 1, 19:44
That's Wilder Valderrama? -- nm - nubby Mar 1, 19:34 2
- Pretty crazy the let him in a network show -- nm - Epiphany Mar 1, 20:06
- yep. still dating Disney teenagers! -- nm - Remlik Mar 1, 19:36
TNA wrestler Jesse Sorenson is out for a year due to neck injury -- nm - Remlik Mar 1, 19:24 1
- It's kind of a miracle that he didn't end up paralyzed or worse. -- nm - Tim Mar 1, 19:27
Worlds most expensive restuarant? getting close to $2,000 per couple -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 1, 19:14 2
- For that price I better get dinner, a bottle of Cristol, and 3 hookers for the weekend. -- nm - Noloha, Bacon Mar 1, 19:26 1
  - and for dessert we have a neopolitan sandwich -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 1, 19:29
Everyone warns you about the terrible twos.... - Stephen Mar 1, 19:03 4
- Took away an hour of tv... from how much tv? -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 1, 22:33
- maybe he learned the phrase from them -- nm - peglegpete Mar 1, 19:08
- Just equip a Nanny charm. -- nm - nubby Mar 1, 19:08 1
  - Hee! I just sent you some:) -- nm - JenBro Mar 1, 20:01
YOUR ALL SHINY! -- nm - lileve Mar 1, 18:58 1
- but are we happy? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 1, 18:59
If not for ST this poster would probably have meant nothing to me..... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Mar 1, 18:56 [flickr] 7
- Relatedly: That bet on Hunger Games is starting to look sadder. -- (link) - Qale Mar 1, 20:11
- "did we say book club? we meant the actual Hunger Games, kid" -- nm - pixitude Mar 1, 19:24 1
  - Having spent a couple of afternoons in the same area as the teen after-school crowd, I'm good with that. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 1, 19:35
- I have not read Hunger Games, but 10 seems mighty young for it. -- nm - Qale Mar 1, 19:23 3
  - I wondered about that. I'd thought of it as a teen/adult book. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 1, 19:33 2
    - it is. -- nm - Remlik Mar 1, 19:59
    - Everyone survived Flesh, Blood, and Bone from Goblet of Fire; none of the kids went insane with fear. - TFox Mar 1, 19:42
This board left intentionally blank. -- nm - ty97 Mar 1, 18:53 2
- shiny! -- nm - mud Mar 1, 18:56 1
  - Put it in the ground where the flowers grow ... -- nm - JenBro Mar 1, 19:54

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