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Bwahaha. The Cinematheque at the Aero's themed Easter double feature is (spoilers) - con_carne Apr 4, 07:56
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The GB Packers have rejected ALL proposed changes to their uniforms -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 07:51
I didn't hear that Goyte song until yesterday, but I just realized who his voice reminded me of a bit in the chorus. - ty97 Apr 4, 07:50
First clip from The Avengers featuring Black Widow and Agent Coulson -- (link) - Remlik Apr 4, 07:48 [youtube] 4
- *jiggle jiggle jiggle jump* -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 4, 07:58
- *wonders what the pron version will be titled* -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 07:49
- ooh, jiggly! nm -- nm - groiny Apr 4, 07:48
- they cut it too short. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 4, 07:48
Justified cast question (spoilerish) - Jovian Apr 4, 07:46 2
- yes -- nm - remlik Apr 4, 07:51
- Yes. Also some other notable credits. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 4, 07:51
In case you missed it, last night's Mega drawing was a total bust :( but fun while it lasted. -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 4, 07:41 4
- don['t tell me... the ticket you bought for YOURSELF was a winner! -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:44
- WTF Meg!!!!! - groiny Apr 4, 07:43 2
  - :). My office pool walked away with a cool $0.50 each. -- nm - decline Apr 4, 07:44 1
    - We had 14 people at $10 each - Strongbad Apr 4, 07:45
The Baylor Bears could beat 10 NBA teams! -- nm - Larry Brown Apr 4, 07:41
boston.com Love Letters: Are We Still Getting Married? - Diva Apr 4, 07:36 37
- I find it off that he titled it "Are we still getting married" when it' -- nm - Inigo Apr 4, 07:58 1
  - SFEK - ...when it's obvious they're not even a couple. -- nm - Inigo Apr 4, 08:00
- time to find a new girlfriend -- nm - CQ: Middle Reliever Apr 4, 07:49
- This dude couldn't get water out of a boot even with instructions on the heel. - TWuG Apr 4, 07:46
- i actually think she's going through some sort of mental episode. it sounds stranger than 'cold feet.' -- nm - Andie Apr 4, 07:46 2
  - My sister! -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 07:47 1
    - heh. -- nm - Andie Apr 4, 07:48
- "The Six Year Engagement" sounds like a good sequel...get on it, Jason Segal! -- nm - kelly Apr 4, 07:45 1
  - hi mommy. :) -- nm - Diva Apr 4, 07:54
- Gosh I really want more details here, but I see a few possibilities. - ty97 Apr 4, 07:42 7
  - insightful ty is insightful. -- nm - znufrii Apr 4, 07:47
  - I agree on #2. Something set her spidey sense off. -- nm - Inigo Apr 4, 07:45 4
    - My guess is that she's just bored with him. He's clingy. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:47 2
      - When you're bored, you don't snoop through your boyfriend's phone. - Inigo Apr 4, 07:49 1
        
        true, forgot that. yeah, something is up. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:49
    - this is my impression as well. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 4, 07:46
  - I agree with all of your IM -- nm - Epiphany Apr 4, 07:45
- Congratulations, you just saved a bunch of $$$ that you would've spent on a wedding + reception. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 07:40 1
  - and her credit card debt. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:41
- Walk away. She's already done so. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 4, 07:40
- She's living her life like they're broken up, He needs to do the same. -- nm - Inigo Apr 4, 07:40
- dude, you've been dumped and don't even realize it. - decline Apr 4, 07:40 8
  - I fully agree. so wtf is this chick doing still planning the party? (not asking decline specifically, just...you know?) -- nm - Diva Apr 4, 07:41 7
    - She's passive and non-confrontational? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 07:43 2
      - This. -- nm - decline Apr 4, 07:43 1
        
        so she's pushing him to do the breaking up of them. i recognize this. -- nm - Diva Apr 4, 07:49
    - This guy doesn't realize it, but she's getting hitched to someone else. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 4, 07:43 2
      - I don't know about that, but she's banging someone else for sure. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:43 1
        
        *scared* -- nm - Cows on the Farm si Apr 4, 08:20
    - going through the motions. scared to call it off. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:42
- Doorman. - znufrii Apr 4, 07:38
- just be glad you didn't marry her and I hope her name isn't on the house -- nm - Beaker Apr 4, 07:38
- girl wants out. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:38
- well, cousin, it is time to take you back to the city!!!! nm -- nm - groiny Apr 4, 07:38
- no - pixitude Apr 4, 07:38 2
  - this poor guy doesn't know whether he's coming or going. -- nm - Diva Apr 4, 07:38 1
    - going. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:39
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Brrr 37 degrees out but I just checked Las Vegas and they will be 82 today. 16 days I will be there -- nm - Bacon Apr 4, 07:31
MDH - and you think VIrginia is crazy. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:25 2
- Why is Virginia crazy? - con_carne Apr 4, 07:46 1
  - I'm sure that's illegal. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:47
Went to the ortho doc today. He says I still have a little ligament stretching, but the broken ankle bone is officially healed. -- nm - Ender Apr 4, 07:25 2
- woot!! renew your career as a break dancer! - Epiphany Apr 4, 07:28
- don homer! -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:25
Something I'd never heard before - woman in Texas survived the tornado by taking her two small children into the bathroom and - MojaveMeg Apr 4, 07:24 2
- that's brilliant. I bet they will tell that story for years. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:26
- similar to an army helmet or hardhat - zork Apr 4, 07:26
gas up another 17¢ per gallon last night on top of other similar increases in the last couple of weeks -- nm - zork Apr 4, 07:24
The War Against Youth: The recession didn't gut the prospects of American young people. The Baby Boomers took care of that. -- (link) - ty97 Apr 4, 07:21 34 1
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  - the difference in net worth between $11k and $3k helps make awesome percentage stats, but they both suggest young people are broke. - TFox Apr 4, 07:41 6
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      - I think the point is the enlarging difference between the groups, not the absolute current difference. -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 07:45 4
        
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        There was a poll that asked specially "Have you delayed ____ because of the recession" - ty97 Apr 4, 07:57 1
        
        I'm inclined to trust anything that looks like a Hatch Show Print. Real talk. -- nm - TFox Apr 4, 07:58
        
        sure, but it looks to my untrained non-economist eye that 25 years of inflation would help that 65 year old number... - TFox Apr 4, 07:49
- maybe they'll put down their iPhones long enough to do something about it - pixitude Apr 4, 07:37 14
  - I was also thinking that part of the problem is that young people spend a ton of money on unneeded crap - zork Apr 4, 07:42 13
    - iphones vs. student loans is nothing. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:45
    - Are people in their 20's really going for the large houses in gated subdivisions at the end of a cul-de-sac? - Strongbad Apr 4, 07:45 1
      - the only way they can do that these days is if Daddy buys it. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:45
    - not the under 30 folks I know. -- nm - decline Apr 4, 07:44
    - Young people can hardly get jobs, I'm not sure they are buying big houses. -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 07:44 8
      - I mean that when they do finally buy a house, it has to be huge to hold everything. -- nm - zork Apr 4, 07:47 7
        
        My experience with my 20-something friends is probably the exact opposite. -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 07:48
        
        I don't know ANYONE including folks in their 30s and 40s who could buy a big house right away. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:48 5
        
        We considered it... bank-owned foreclosures, of course. - Strongbad Apr 4, 07:50 4
        
        oh sure, ruin everything. :) - loosilu Apr 4, 07:52 3
        
        No. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 07:53 2
        
        good for you. :) -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:55 1
        
        GA Housing prices are much much different than VA/DC. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 09:05
- my dad warned me about this years ago. very depressing. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:30 7
  - High school social studies teachers mentioned it, and my generation is feeling it. - ty97 Apr 4, 07:35 6
    - I really feel for them, honestly. the student loan situation by itself is horrible. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:36 5
      - I do feel that the student loan situation would be helped immensely by market pressure. - TFox Apr 4, 07:38 4
        
        I think there's a long way to go before the elite colleges would feel the pressure. there are more than enough rich kids and/or kids willing - loosilu Apr 4, 07:40 3
        
        the elite colleges have billion dollar endowments. it's the other schools who depend on $20k+/year in federally-subsidized loans per student - pixitude Apr 4, 07:42
        
        well right, there's a ton of schools that cost more than $30k a year that aren't Harvard. -- nm - TFox Apr 4, 07:41 1
        
        but which one is going to be first to admit it? -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:42
- This article has been depressing me for a day now. -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 07:28 2
  - We need to Soylent Green these mofos! -- nm - Roger More Apr 4, 07:33 1
    - :-( -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 4, 07:37
Senior citizens continue to bear burden of student loans -- (link) - ty97 Apr 4, 07:08 18
- Clearly, the answer is to cut Pell grants -- nm - con_carne Apr 4, 07:48
- and everyone with a student loan continues to bear the burden of senior citizens -- nm - decline Apr 4, 07:19 1
  - We'll get to that article in a minute, actually. -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 07:20
- It's not clear how much is original loan money from traditional college age and how much is from school later in life. - ty97 Apr 4, 07:16 1
  - This is in response to zork -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 07:17
- Yes, pursuing a Masters Degree at 58 with no immedate benefit to your salary is a questionable decision. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 07:14 8
  - If you're taliking about the exemple in the article, I think she's 58 now, but did the degree in the 1980s -- nm - Guigue Apr 4, 07:22 2
    - Re-reading it, yes that appears correct. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 07:25
    - looks like it was a private loan. With a federal loan she should have deferred when she hit hard times, without it ballooning. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:23
  - I did it, but part-time at a state college. No loans. -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 4, 07:21 3
    - this is different -- you did it because you love it! and you could afford it. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:22
    - Yes, as loosi said below. Big difference between paying for it vs. borrowing money. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 07:21
    - And no ultimate financial gain - but I have a great hobby for retirement ;) -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 4, 07:21
  - it's fine as long as you can pay for it ... which they apparently can't. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:19
- because it takes that long to pay them off? -- nm - zork Apr 4, 07:12 3
  - Many have co-signed for children, grandchildren, etc. -- nm - mara Apr 4, 07:18 1
    - I bet this is a big chunk of it. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 07:19
  - The story eludes that they don't pay them for decades. -- nm - Bacon Apr 4, 07:12
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- Who x2? -- nm - con_carne Apr 4, 07:54
- The guy who would help Romney with independents the most is Ron Paul. -- nm - Inigo Apr 4, 07:35 2
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    - It's his only chance to win. And even then, it's far fetched. - Inigo Apr 4, 08:03
- Is this legal for US people? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 4, 07:20 2
  - Yes, but it has a $5/mo service fee. - spamlet Apr 4, 07:29 1
    - Apparently so, but it sounds like a hassle. "American banks don�t process credit-card transactions for Intrade, so its users mail checks to the -- (link) - mara Apr 4, 07:39
- I don't see Rubio getting involved. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 07:10 7
  - nor Christie. He feels he has a better chance at the Pres. nom in 2016 by staying away from the current disaster that is the GOP - decline Apr 4, 07:18 1
    - yea. if he is going to make a run in 2016 he definitely has to lose a ton of weight -- nm - Jovian Apr 4, 07:20
  - really? Does he not seem interested? I keep hearing his name bandied about for VP candidate. -- nm - Diva Apr 4, 07:14 4
    - He has repeatedly said he is not interested. - Strongbad Apr 4, 07:20
    - He wants no part of a sinking ship. - spamlet Apr 4, 07:16 2
      - If Rubio could hand Romney Florida though, would it really be so sinking? -- nm - ty97 Apr 4, 07:17 1
        
        Romney's team has shown me no ability to step up his game when necessary. - spamlet Apr 4, 07:29
- McDonnell would be my bet though for the price, I'd throw a little money down on Pawlenty. - spamlet Apr 4, 07:09 10
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    - It's the one guy that has less appeal than Romney, then. - spamlet Apr 4, 07:15 7
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        I don't see Rubio or Christie really going for it. - spamlet Apr 4, 07:33 1
        
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        What about Huck? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 07:27 2
        
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        Not to mention Huckabee. -- nm - spamlet Apr 4, 07:31
        
        Oh! Palin for the Win!! -- nm - decline Apr 4, 07:27
    - Yeah, the Romney Campaign doesn't need two sacks of flour -- nm - amoxy Apr 4, 07:11
A Burger King ad featuring R&B star Mary J. Blige singing about fried chicken wraps has been pulled, the Associated Press reports. -- (link) - ty97 Apr 4, 07:05 3
- I like to wash the fried chicken down with a nice watermelon smoothie! nm -- nm - Mary J Apr 4, 07:11
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- General's Fried Chicken - it's butt-kickin -- nm - Strongbad Apr 4, 07:06
cough cough -- nm - Andie Apr 4, 07:04

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