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Ohio Art, maker of Etch-A-Sketch, its stock is up over 200% today -- (link) - amoxy Mar 22, 08:56 4
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- that's funny. -- nm - znufrii Mar 22, 08:58
- In which Wall Street finally embraces HSX-style reset trading. -- nm - ty97 Mar 22, 08:58
- heh -- nm - Don Homer Mar 22, 08:57
Happy birthday, Shat. -- nm - nubby Mar 22, 08:56
Tom Brady has tweaked his Pats contract to give the team an extra $7.2 million in cap space this year -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 08:53 2
- I really like when he does this. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 22, 08:56 1
  - well he does have Super Model type money now -- nm - Pippy Mar 22, 09:09
Stop snowing. I don't wanna be stuck in Nickelback country another minute. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 22, 08:53
Michael Bush agrees to terms with the Bears, per league source. Four years, $14 million. -- nm - budice Mar 22, 08:47 5
- maybe I should have signed when I had the chance -- nm - matt forte Mar 22, 09:00
- WTF? -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:48
- as a Forte owner can I just say...shit -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 08:47 2
  - and that looks to be a fantastic deal for the Bears -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 08:50 1
    - only $7 mil guaranteed too -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 08:55
Also, I'm going back a couple weeks I think, but the synchronized cycles episode of Modern Family was uproariously funny. -- nm - TFox Mar 22, 08:47 1
- Relate much? -- nm - groiny si Mar 22, 08:57
" I'm gonna take a nap, think about it, maybe buzz one out." - Pippy Mar 22, 08:42 7
- rub one out...buzz one out -- nm - budice Mar 22, 08:48
- "...and masturbate until my fingers bleed." - znufrii Mar 22, 08:45
- Okay - con_carne Mar 22, 08:44 1
  - I have really grown to love Happy Endings -- nm - Pippy Mar 22, 09:08
- Hmm. I have heard "zip one out" before. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:43 2
  - but, see, buzz ........ nevermind. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:45
  - As in, "Whip it out and zip one out." -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:44
Bill Maher: Please Stop Apologizing -- (link) - znufrii Mar 22, 08:39 3
- At first I thought Bill Maher was constantly apologizing, - amoxy Mar 22, 08:44 2
  - *sigh* - znufrii Mar 22, 08:47 1
    - I know - amoxy Mar 22, 08:53
"While The Daily Show thrives on highlighting absurdity, the American press is largely incapable of calling it out" -- (link) - ty97 Mar 22, 08:38
Today's ST Meme: "narrative narrative narrative SQUIRREL" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:36 1
- purple monkey dishwasher -- nm - mafic Mar 22, 08:37
boston.com Love Letters: I Resent My Husband's Parenting Style (and I hate my stepson) - Diva Mar 22, 08:34 10
- This sounds familiar. - kelly Mar 22, 09:08
- dad's gotta see it first, nothing you can do. rock bottom and so on. -- nm - mafic Mar 22, 08:59
- "Nothing changes except the mood of our relationship, so it's not worth fighting about." - ty97 Mar 22, 08:44
- walk away -- nm - decline Mar 22, 08:42
- do you want to grit your teeth the rest of your life, stress out and be miserable? or do you want a normal life? Pick. - Pippy Mar 22, 08:40
- threesome -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 08:39 1
  - ewwww. -- nm - znufrii Mar 22, 08:41
- uh... hmmm. when my father was in this situation, the bitch divorced him over trying to parent her kids, so... - TFox Mar 22, 08:39
- Hey...I got this email the other day! -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 22, 08:38 1
  - yes. yes you did. - Diva Mar 22, 08:39
NCAA rumor of the day: Cuonzo Martin to Illinois -- nm - Strongbad Mar 22, 08:33 4
- Cuonzo shot that down yesterday. - Kim Pine Mar 22, 08:47 3
  - If I were you, I'd go after Leonard Hamilton. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 22, 08:50 2
    - He was supposedly lobbying for it. I don't think they've contacted him, though. - Kim Pine Mar 22, 08:53 1
      - There are very few coaches in the country I'd rather have build my program up than Hamilton - Strongbad Mar 22, 08:55
Tronning "narrative" is pretty interesting. - mara Mar 22, 08:28 20
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  - I think you may be over-reacting or misinterpreting, but I'll try to be more careful in the future. -- nm - mara Mar 22, 08:36 16
    - Though since 3/6 znu DOES account for 9 of the 18 uses of the word. -- nm - Ender Mar 22, 08:39 15
      - ...and? - znufrii Mar 22, 08:43 10
        
        Also, I just plain like the word. It is useful as hell when talking about the media. :) -- nm - con_carne Mar 22, 08:52 1
        
        well...yeah. -- nm - znufrii Mar 22, 08:53
        
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        well, you never know when I might decide to break it down in terms of character archetypes instead... - znufrii Mar 22, 08:48 3
        
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        (kabuki theater YouTube video) - TFox Mar 22, 08:49 1
        
        *likes* -- nm - znufrii Mar 22, 08:49
        
        It is like hunting for an animal that decides to quit running. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:47
        
        For most people that might mean nothing, but for you it just reinforces the mainstream narrative. -- nm - Ender Mar 22, 08:46
        
        didn't you know? people keep records here. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:46
      - sometimes stuff gets stuck in your head. mandy has the dreidel song (sorry in advance, mandy!) and znu has "narrative". - TFox Mar 22, 08:41 3
        
        the words get etched into his brain-tapestry -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:44 2
        
        His invisible paper. -- nm - The Bub Mar 22, 08:45 1
        
        *likes* -- nm - znufrii Mar 22, 08:53
- are those all jack? (this is a fun game. don't tell. let me guess.) -- nm - calculator and sandals jones Mar 22, 08:31 1
  - I deliberately chose three different people, but you got one right. -- nm - mara Mar 22, 08:31
so, we play no score scrabble, right? which means that any word for which you can come up with a valid definition is playable. - calculator and sandals jones Mar 22, 08:22 6
- I would accept SCHWINGERS but I would reject FATHERERS. Is that someone who makes men into fathers? Kids? Wives? weak. -- nm - Max Mar 22, 08:32 4
  - If "fathering" is a word, it seems like "fatherers" should be. -- nm - mara Mar 22, 08:33 2
    - right. but what does it mean?? -- nm - calculator and sandals jones Mar 22, 08:34 1
      - He fathered a child. He is a child fatherer. One of many child fatherers? - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:35
  - obvs SCHWINGERS is a word. it's so contentious to challenge anything. -- nm - calculator and sandals jones Mar 22, 08:32
- NJ Jet Antonio Cromartie is the most notable fatherer of the entire Jets organization -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 08:24
Tech Tidbit: Linus Torvalds declined a personal offer from Steve Jobs to join Apple -- (link) - budice Mar 22, 08:18 57
- Jobs was a tough cookie to work with: one needed an emotional ... - Old Antarctic Explorer Mar 22, 08:48
- Smart move for him not taking the job. -- nm - lileve Mar 22, 08:38 1
  - Not necessarily. It would have been better than Transmeta ... heheh -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:39
- Uh... who? -- nm - Beaker crashing his car in Florida Mar 22, 08:19 53
  - It immediately made me think of Torvald Utne. - Kim Pine Mar 22, 08:25 6
    - which immediately made me think of the Utne Reader - pixitude Mar 22, 08:29 5
      - Which immediately made me think of Uter Zorker. -- nm - Krusty Mar 22, 08:36
      - Which eventually made me think of the Sony Reader, which runs a flavour of Android, which is based on Linux, which was created by Linus Torvalds. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:32
      - Which immediately made me think of Lisa Simpson -- nm - con_carne Mar 22, 08:31
      - Which immediately made me think of the Weekly Reader. -- nm - mara Mar 22, 08:31 1
        
        which made me think of the Weekly Standard -- nm - znufrii Mar 22, 08:32
  - he of the blanket in Peanuts -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 08:20
  - Watch where you are driving! -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:20
  - (he invented linux) -- nm - decline Mar 22, 08:20 43
    - Oh. ST Poll: Who all knew this? -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:20 42
      - Me -- nm - ty97 Mar 22, 08:59
      - Me -- nm - lileve Mar 22, 08:38
      - Ayup. -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 22, 08:32
      - not me - Pippy Mar 22, 08:32 6
        
        I'm more upset I didn't know Helen of Sade. -- nm - Pippy Mar 22, 08:32 5
        
        things I didn't know until just now...we have the same birthdate. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 22, 08:36 1
        
        Happy birthday Mel and Pippy!!! -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:46
        
        You know, that thread set me off on listening to a bunch of Sade on Spotify - con_carne Mar 22, 08:35 1
        
        I've been looking in the mirror every morning since and singing 'Smooth Operator' as I get ready for work. - Diva Mar 22, 08:52
        
        it looks like more people knew Linus than Helen. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:33
      - me -- nm - ceregon Mar 22, 08:32
      - yep. -- nm - mafic Mar 22, 08:32
      - not me -- nm - amoxy Mar 22, 08:26
      - Me, of course. Did you know that he was spoofed in the movie Swordfish? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:25 2
        
        yeah, the hacker at the beginning -- nm - decline Mar 22, 08:26 1
        
        imdb says his name was "Axl Torvalds". Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:28
      - Torches and pitchforks! Burn the witch for posting about a topic that has less that the widest possible appeal! -- nm - con_carne Mar 22, 08:24 17
        
        heh, no. I was just curious how common the knowledge of the name of the man that created linux was. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:27 13
        
        narrative narrative narrative - con_carne Mar 22, 08:31 2
        
        look, a squirrel! -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:33 1
        
        *RAGE* -- nm - con_carne Mar 22, 08:36
        
        I'm curious how many people know the name of RMS/Richard M Stallman :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:30 9
        
        yup -- nm - ty97 Mar 22, 09:00
        
        Never heard of him. -- nm - Krusty Mar 22, 08:40
        
        not me. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:32 3
        
        He's like the Alan Moore of bearded supernerds. He's an evangelist for GNU (GNU's Not Unix), a set of computer programs and interfaces that allow - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:34 2
        
        thanks. :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:35 1
        
        (He's a living legend and a complete joke at the same time. Very unique individual. heheh) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:35
        
        he is much less widely known I would think -- nm - decline Mar 22, 08:32 1
        
        Hmm. See, I knew who he was but not the first. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:33
        
        Everyone. - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:31
        
        this. You know, it says in the headline that he invented Linus. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:26 2
        
        It does? Really? Thank you for helping. It probably says that in the article, as well. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:28
        
        linux -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:26
      - me. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:24
      - I did. -- nm - Krusty Mar 22, 08:23
      - I was watching some doc on Science Channel a couple of months ago and this was mentioned. -- nm - Diva Mar 22, 08:22
      - didn't know, but it is what I would have guessed if asked -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 08:22
      - Me -- nm - Ender Mar 22, 08:22
      - Me. -- nm - Mop Mar 22, 08:22
      - I did -- nm - znufrii Mar 22, 08:21
      - nope. name was familiar, but i wouldn't have placed it -- nm - prayformojo Mar 22, 08:21
narrative narrative narrative narrative narrative narrative -- nm - amoxy Mar 22, 08:17 9
- *RAGE* Stop using words that accurately reflect what you're describing! -- nm - TFOX si Mar 22, 08:20 8
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    - *RAGE* Must mock znufrii's intelligence and/or enthusiasm at every juncture! RAWR!!! -- nm - Spawn Mar 22, 08:35 6
      - *AD HOMINEM ATTACK* -- nm - Strongbad Mar 22, 08:56
      - *retreats to his safe place* - znufrii Mar 22, 08:36
      - SFKeyboard problems. was supposed to be this si -- nm - SpawnFoxDawson Mar 22, 08:36 3
        
        Damn, a SpawnFoxDawson hybrid would be rather epic. - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:38 2
        
        FEAR -- nm - znufrii Mar 22, 08:39 1
        
        heh. You know we love you. - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Mar 22, 08:40
The suspect in a three-attack killing rampage jumped from a window to his death while firing his weapon as police were entering his apartment early - Beaker Mar 22, 08:16 8
- But didn't he die of a gunshot wound to the head? Did he kill himself mid-jump? -- (link) - mara Mar 22, 08:35
- Or that weapon had a helluva recoil. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 22, 08:34 1
  - You seem to know a lot about firearms, lady -- nm - Mel si Mar 22, 08:46
- I hope I wasn't the only one who immediately thought "Have you ever fired one gun whilst jumping through the air?" -- nm - mara Mar 22, 08:31 1
  - "Is it true that there is a place in a man's head where, if you shoot it, it will explode?" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 08:46
- obviously he was done watching The Raid -- nm - ceregon Mar 22, 08:20
- Matrix style? -- nm - Beaker crashing his car in Florida Mar 22, 08:18 1
  - Good Guys style -- nm - Pippy Mar 22, 08:30
Pawn Shop, Bail Bonds, Pawn Shop, Bail Bonds, Pawn Shop, Bail Bonds, Pawn Shop, Bail Bonds, Pawn Shop, Bail Bonds -- nm - Beaker driving in Florida Mar 22, 08:14 4
- I know! I took a bus once from Tampa to Miami and I couldn't believe it when I saw it. - Diva Mar 22, 08:16
- Don't forget the gun shop! -- nm - Don Homer Mar 22, 08:15
- Crap. -- nm - Beaker crashing his car in Florida Mar 22, 08:15 1
  - accident free! -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 08:15

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