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Benjamin Button - C+ and I'm feeling generous. (Spoilers) - LMS Jan 24, 08:09 1
- I agree with your first sentence, but... - nubby Jan 24, 08:27
Anyone ever done? or know someone who did the " Cookie Diet"? -- nm - Epiphany Jan 24, 08:04 2
- I thought the were pretty expensive cookies. And ABC says it's not a good idea. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 24, 08:08 1
  - Damn that Charlie Gibson! -- nm - Dano Jan 24, 08:40
Amazon mp3 deal: The Verve's "Urban Hymns" for $1.99. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 24, 08:03
Hey Aston Villa, get your crap together. Jeez -- nm - CQ Jan 24, 08:01
normally I don't do stuff like this but - ICANHASMETALLICA? -- (link) - Reagen Jan 24, 07:58 [Image]
I have the apartment to myself and I am *not* hanging up the wet bathmat! - Mel Profit Jan 24, 07:50 18
- If you start leaving the toilet seat up, then we are talking Rebel! -- nm - Redmond Jan 24, 08:24 1
  - we might have to re-issue his Man Card. -- nm - Remlik Jan 24, 08:25
- you go Mel!! You go! -- nm - Remlik Jan 24, 08:01
- wet bathmat? don't you dry yourself off before you get out of the shower? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 24, 07:57 8
  - who does that? That's why you have a bathmat -- nm - CQ Jan 24, 08:01 6
    - But stepping out of the shower all wet is cold! Dry off before stepping out. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 24, 08:04 4
      - cold? you live in effin Florida. How is it cold!? pansy -- nm - CQ Jan 24, 08:05 3
        
        Air conditioning. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 24, 08:10
        
        CQ calling Sean a pansy - ty97 Jan 24, 08:08 1
        
        *laughing* -- nm - CQ Jan 24, 08:12
    - my brutha. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 24, 08:02
  - Mel airdries -- nm - ty97 Jan 24, 07:59
- aww. - kelly Jan 24, 07:56
- and I'm watching "Jumper". [nm] - Mel Profit Jan 24, 07:56 4
  - oh no! It may already be too late! -- nm - Reagen Jan 24, 07:57 3
    - I may be alright...I'm watching "300" now. - Mel Profit Jan 24, 08:01 2
      - Is Gerard Butler the actor that's appeared in the most successful films while remaining completely anonymous? - Reagen Jan 24, 08:15 1
        
        who's gerard butler? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 24, 08:25
Iowa woman arrested for theft after failing to return library book -- (link) - Beaker Jan 24, 07:48 9
- I hope nobody finds this surprising. My library loses thousands of dollars worth of materials every month. -- nm - mara Jan 24, 07:58 8
  - How much do you spend on recovery? Or is there insurance? -- nm - nubby si Jan 24, 08:09 3
    - I don't know. And I should add that that's all types of loss -- not just items checked out and not returend. -- nm - mara Jan 24, 08:16 1
      - (That is, a lot of it is stuff that isn't where it's supposed to be and may be stolen.) -- nm - mara Jan 24, 08:16
    - sfan -- nm - CovingtonCat Jan 24, 08:10
  - I wonder what the Indy library system loses. -- nm - Remlik Jan 24, 08:08
  - I am extremely surprsed, actually. - kelly Jan 24, 08:02 2
    - You'd be surprised at the number of people who are okay with letting small debts sit on their credit report for years and years. -- nm - mara Jan 24, 08:09 1
      - The local library here required credit card information in order to get a library card. - kelly Jan 24, 08:11
You know what's annoying? When you aska seller on ebay a question about postage costs, they don't reply, nobody bids on it and the relist the exact - Loyola Jan 24, 07:37
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- I do like these. However, I thought last night's episode - JaxSean Jan 24, 07:56 1
  - yeah it was a chess piece show. Move the pieces into position for the final stories. -- nm - Remlik Jan 24, 08:08
Free Zappos VIP Membership until 5 PM (PST) today. (what does VIP membership even mean?) -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 24, 07:31 1
- (oh, I guess it means "Get GUARANTEED FREE OVERNIGHT Shipping.") -- nm - JaxSean Jan 24, 07:32
Dead espn.com: your website still sucks and makes me sad everytime I forget how sucky it is and click on it for my sports news. -- nm - Beaker Jan 24, 07:28 2
- I might Dear...but dead succinctly sums it up for me -- nm - Beaker Jan 24, 07:28 1
  - meant *me spell no well* -- nm - Beaker Jan 24, 07:31
Zsa Zsa Gabor�s Madoff Losses May Be $10 Million, Lawyer Says -- (link) - Loyola Jan 24, 07:26
Okay, Daniel Radcliffe with a beard is very strange... no idea how they're going to make him look younger for the last movies. -- nm - secretslacker Jan 24, 07:22 4
- Make him shave? -- nm - Dano Jan 24, 07:24 1
  - this idea is so crazy it just might work! -- nm - Beaker Jan 24, 07:25
- They can employ the Benjamin Button technology if necessary. -- nm - Diva Jan 24, 07:24
- look at what they did in B Button. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 24, 07:23
Obama lifts ban on abortion funds -- (link) - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 24, 07:21 1
- I *knew* he wasn't a Republican. Just knew it. -- nm - Loyola Jan 24, 07:24
Canadian PSA: Lotto 6-49 is $43 million tonight (tax free, lump sum) -- nm - Beaker Jan 24, 07:18
(refurb) Xbox 360 20 GB HD for $150. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 24, 07:05
ST Hell is the Red Sox Box Office "Virtual Waiting Room" Poll -- How long until I get picked to purchase tickets? -- nm - znufrii Jan 24, 07:02 4
- Oh, this is brilliant. - znufrii Jan 24, 07:31 1
  - Only Standing Room tickets are left. - znufrii Jan 24, 07:40
- 312.50 minutes ! -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 24, 07:15 1
  - *cancels plans for bowling this afternoon* -- nm - znufrii Jan 24, 07:16
Amazon Gold Box: in the Shadow of the Moon (a GREAT doc!) at half price -- (link) - secretslacker Jan 24, 06:26 1
- Nevermind... it just sold out. Dammit. -- nm - secretslacker Jan 24, 06:26
Welcome to Intercourse -- (link) - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 24, 05:22 9
- not as good but we have a Belchertown. - Mel Profit Jan 24, 07:05 2
  - Hi! -- nm - Meems Jan 24, 07:22 1
    - baybee! -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 24, 07:48
- Middelfart who goest except to change trains? -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 24, 07:05
- I've actually been to Intercourse. -- nm - nubby Jan 24, 05:43 4
  - but I've never been to me -- nm - nubby si Jan 24, 06:12 3
    - but I been to Oklahoma -- nm - nubby si Jan 24, 06:15 2
      - La Paloma, Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo, Tocopilla, Barranquilla and Padilla. I've been everywhere man, I've been everywhere -- nm - nubby si Jan 24, 06:29 1
        
        I've never been to Spain, but I kind of like the music. -- nm - mara Jan 24, 08:20
ST too early in the morning poll: Should there be a 9/11 holiday? A police dept with no ties to 9/11 thinks so. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Jan 24, 03:34 6
- No. -- nm - znufrii Jan 24, 06:53
- 11/11 would also cover 9/11 right? -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 24, 04:21 1
  - No. 11/11 is Veterans Day which honors military veterans. -- nm - CovingtonCat Jan 24, 04:29
- This reminds me of my boss, who *still* has shabby printouts of the burning towers and the crying eagle. Enough already, time to move on. -- nm - con_carne Jan 24, 03:54 1
  - I have a postcard with the NYC skyline with them there... - Mel Profit Jan 24, 07:53
- I think making it a holiday will only lead having it be all about BIG SALES like memorial day -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 24, 03:49
CNN reports that the Brazilian amputee model has died :( -- nm - Beryllium Jan 24, 01:33 3
- oh no, how sad. -- nm - loosilu Jan 24, 06:26
- Oh, that is such a sad story. -- nm - kelly Jan 24, 05:55
- off-color joke - nubby Jan 24, 05:48
ST poll: Where would you like to wake up tomorrow? - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 24, 00:24 6
- a beach house in the maldives. -- nm - b! Jan 24, 00:56 3
  - no worries - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 24, 01:40
  - . . . bringing pixie food and cold drinks -- nm - pigby just isn't that into you Jan 24, 01:02 1
    - ...to clear the table, because he's the houseboy; and i am ohsohelpful to staff. -- nm - b! Jan 24, 01:07
- In a world without malware. A world where you don't get a book deal out of killing someone and getting away with it. - Beryllium Jan 24, 00:34
- 1992 -- nm - pigby just isn't that into you Jan 24, 00:24
also, chill the f out -- (link) - pigby just isn't that into you Jan 24, 00:00 [flickr]
ugh, there needs to be a word for when you spend a whole night on facebook finding people you had been out of touch with -- nm - pigby just isn't that into you Jan 23, 23:56 1
- "depression" -- nm - nubby Jan 24, 05:49
Southwest drops airfares. many others follow - peglegpete Jan 23, 23:33
So, Guy passed on tonight and I already had made other plans. Sounds like he isn't feeling to well, he was gonna no eat dinner. -- nm - Stacy Jan 23, 22:35 4
- i hope he didn't pass on -- nm - pigby just isn't that into you Jan 23, 22:42 3
  - if he did, Inspector Callahan will find out why. -- nm - peglegpete Jan 23, 23:03 1
    - Or Adrian Monk ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 23:17
  - I'm sure he is gonna be fine, he was talking about going to Pier 39 tommorrow. -- nm - Stacy Jan 23, 22:58
I feel kinda dirty for watching Skins, but it's a very good show, actually. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 23, 22:03 2
- Is that the show on BBC? I've felt dirty just watching the commercials -- nm - Stephen Jan 23, 22:13 1
  - Yeah ... the very same. I got it off Netflix on a friend's recommendation. - ReluctantCynic Jan 23, 22:16
~ain't gonna hurt nobody~ -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 21:43 4
- ~ ain't nobody, does it better ~ -- nm - pigby just isn't that into you Jan 23, 21:44
- I see you're playing Halo this evening. - Will Hunting Jan 23, 21:44 2
  - HA! nice. Was doing solid tonight actually. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 21:45 1
    - You totally missed Alanis Fest. - Trish Jan 23, 22:43
Is this real? -- (link) - J Jan 23, 21:38 1
- I would say so, I mean the limo has 8 inches of lamination, consider his body guards are wearing the exact same overcoat. -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 23, 23:19
I hate this.....you get a solid stack of chips, then run into a monster hand vs the only other big stack at the table. - Will Hunting Jan 23, 21:36
Just finished watching season 4 of Hell's Kitchen......... - MojaveMeg Jan 23, 21:33 3
- Smoking also tends to go along with stressfull jobs -- nm - Ender Jan 23, 21:50 2
  - Oh, I know that! There just seemed to be undue emphasis on it. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 23, 21:57 1
    - i remember thinking similarly when i watched it. - b! Jan 23, 22:13
Slickdeals saying PS3 price drop on the 28th... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 23, 21:29 7
- pssst... that's from Jan 22 2008. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 23, 21:32 4
  - ah damnit. I saw the Jan 22 post. that's what put me off. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 21:44 1
    - That's kinda what I figured. I was confused when I read that BluRay/HD comment quoted below. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 23, 21:48
  - maybe they're still putting 2008 on their posts? -- nm - pigby just isn't that into you Jan 23, 21:37 1
    - "as the Blu-ray format continues to pick up steam against the HD DVD format, and the PS3 also continues to pick up momentum." - Cuzzin Todd Jan 23, 21:47
- but SOny denying it... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 23, 21:31 1
  - Where's Ken Kutagari when you need him? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 23, 21:33
~ blinded by the light...wrapped up light a deuce, another runner in the night... ~ -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 23, 21:25
I went out to an Indian bar last night, and then an Indian restaurant. - ty97 Jan 23, 21:22 2
- Thai97? -- nm - nubby Jan 23, 21:39 1
  - Nice ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 23, 21:52
Oh, and I'm watching Max Payne (the movie). -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 23, 21:09 2
- I didn't think it was that bad, really. -- nm - nubby Jan 23, 21:10 1
  - So far, it's pretty damn good. Not "outstanding," but well worth the Netflix. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 23, 21:14
Finally! Back online! - Stephen Jan 23, 21:06 11
- welcome back! - b! Jan 23, 22:18
- Hooray! - ReluctantCynic Jan 23, 21:17 5
  - SIR: Are you now, or have you ever been a communist? -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 23, 22:12
  - Seriosly? Congrats - Stephen Jan 23, 21:20 3
    - Yep -- seriously. - ReluctantCynic Jan 23, 21:28 2
      - Are you here or there? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 21:29 1
        
        Based in Portland, but I'll be back in DC a few times a year. - ReluctantCynic Jan 23, 21:32
- We were wondering where the Sam Hill you've been! -- nm - nubby Jan 23, 21:09 3
  - We were? - Will Hunting Jan 23, 21:10 2
    - Gee thanks Will! - Stephen Jan 23, 21:17 1
      - Yeah, I get that alot. - Will Hunting Jan 23, 21:22
I was wrong about the Bushmills 10-Year... - znufrii Jan 23, 20:55 2
- Best. Post. Ever. - ReluctantCynic Jan 23, 21:07
- (the third being courtesy of yours truly) -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 21:00
I feel stupid on this. I have an expected value question. - Will Hunting Jan 23, 20:52 6
- you need to win 55% to break even. -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 20:56
- 55% - nubby Jan 23, 20:56 4
  - Can you show me the math? - Will Hunting Jan 23, 20:59 3
    - (+0.90) x + (-1.10) (1-x) = 0 - nubby Jan 23, 21:01 2
      - my head just exploded -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 23, 21:17 1
        
        CSI:ST? -- nm - nubby Jan 23, 21:28

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