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Guess the state with the highest rate of teen births in 2010? Lowest rate? -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 10, 06:07 10
- lowest is new england somewhere. connecticut or new hampshire probably. -- nm - mafic Apr 10, 06:12 5
  - The lowest state not in New England or the mid-Atlantic is Minnesota. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 10, 06:14 3
    - what's the lowest red state on the list? - mafic Apr 10, 06:16 2
      - "What is it with you kids and my forbidden closet of mystery!" -- nm - Reagen Apr 10, 06:19
      - utah (36th highest) -- nm - Don Homer Apr 10, 06:17
  - Yup: NH lowest, then Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, NJ, Maine, Rhode Island. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 10, 06:13
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  - LA only #6. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 10, 06:11
- Mississippi. Hawaii -- nm - Andie Apr 10, 06:07 1
  - Yep, Mississippi #1. Hawaii actually in the middle (27th highest). -- nm - Don Homer Apr 10, 06:08
LYC - i went to a test screening of Deepa Mehta's new film last night. Way too much story for one movie! - Andie Apr 10, 06:04
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- Person of the Year?? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 10, 06:03
A few details about the Maryland winners (a trio who work in the public school system) of the Mega Millions jackpot... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 10, 06:02 11
- "The three winners congregated about 1 a.m., and by 4 a.m. were in touch with a financial adviser. In the week and a half that followed, - Andie Apr 10, 06:10 5
  - "all three want to invest their money and purchase homes" - dogbert Apr 10, 06:12 4
    - Buy low! -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 10, 06:20
    - pumpkin futures! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 10, 06:15 2
      - Soy! -- nm - Don Homer Apr 10, 06:17 1
        
        fcoj. -- nm - mafic Apr 10, 06:17
- there went my theory that crazy lady sold it for half. This group sounds like a great group to win it - they all had other jobs -- nm - Epiphany Apr 10, 06:09 4
  - also - everyone has been focusing on Maryland's winner when Illinois hasn't stepped up yet -- nm - Epiphany Apr 10, 06:09 3
    - so what you're saying is that I should probably look at my tickets at some point? -- nm - dogbert Apr 10, 06:11 1
      - Were you way down in Red Bud? - Kim Pine Apr 10, 06:20
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LYC: I just " song checked" the new song by Justin Bieber - ' Boyfriend" - Epiphany Apr 10, 06:02
Is facebook down for anyone else, perchance? -- nm - znufrii Apr 10, 05:59 3
- nope -- nm - J Apr 10, 06:00
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  - huh. - znufrii Apr 10, 06:02
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Study links dental X-rays to brain tumor risk... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 10, 05:41 3
- GMA was talking about this and they didn't actually look at medical records, just went off the memories of the patients - Epiphany Apr 10, 05:47 2
  - plus the Big Book of British Smiles -- nm - prayformojo Apr 10, 05:48 1
    - Dental plan! (Lisa needs braces!) -- nm - Don Homer Apr 10, 05:59
Ian Kinsler gets new deal with the Rangers (5 years, $75 mil with an option for a 6th) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 10, 05:25
Details on the NHL Draft Lottery being held tonight (showing on tsn) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 10, 05:14
So my flight to New York is booked - 22nd May - 5th June. Any idea how to get from JFK to Brooklyn cheaply? -- nm - LMS Apr 10, 04:56 4
- AirTrain to Howard Beach for the A train, get off at Jay St. and you're right in Downtown Brookyln. -- nm - znufrii Apr 10, 05:43
- I suppose it depends where in Brooklyn, but AirTrain + Long Island Rail Road? I think there are subway connections too. -- nm - Roger More Apr 10, 05:03 2
  - Nearest metro is Court, but I'll look into the AirTrain, thanks. -- nm - LMS Apr 10, 05:08 1
    - closest the LIRR gets you in Brooklyn is Atlantic Terminal, which means you'll still need to get on the subway to get to Court st. -- nm - znufrii Apr 10, 05:49
Happy Liver thoughts to Ender's dad! -- nm - Andie Apr 10, 04:34
The Maple Leafs have written a letter of apology to pixie -- (link) - Beaker Apr 10, 04:29
April 10, 1866 � The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh. -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 03:49 1
- 1874 � The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska. -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 04:33
So you know how I spent last night in the ER with my dad and didn't get home till 3am? - Ender Apr 10, 01:40 17
- good thought! -- nm - znufrii Apr 10, 05:52 1
  - +s -- nm - znufrii Apr 10, 06:07
- Best wishes. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 10, 05:42
- that's great! good luck to you all. -- nm - loosilu Apr 10, 05:02
- That is fantastic news. Best wishes for a quick and successful surgery. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 10, 04:52
- Looks like we're a go. They're flying my dad to Cleveland and my mom and I are on the road. -- nm - Ender Apr 10, 02:03 9
  - Woo hoo! Hope all goes well! -- nm - TWuG Apr 10, 06:16
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  - That's great. Fingers crossed. -- nm - Roger More Apr 10, 05:06
  - Great news! -- nm - Mobile J Apr 10, 04:41
  - Awesome! -- nm - EpipHany Apr 10, 04:23
  - wow - best of luck to you and your family. -- nm - Diva Apr 10, 04:13
  - All the best to you and yours -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 03:48
  - Like, Like, Superlike! nm - ralph wiggum Apr 10, 03:17
  - Wow. Best wishes! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 10, 03:06
- wonder's which ST'r will wake up in a hotel bathtub full of ice -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 10, 01:54
- Thats wonderful. - kelly Apr 10, 01:48
I just found some fantastic pics of the "pink moon" rising over New York City Friday night. They're breathtaking -- (link) - Trish Apr 9, 23:04 7
- thanks for sharing! -- nm - JenBro Apr 10, 10:52
- they are really cool -- nm - Karl_S Apr 9, 23:26
- Those photos are spectacular. -- nm - ty97 Apr 9, 23:10 4
  - I just made one my new wallpaper. It has to be a damn fine photo (like shirtless Thor) before I'll do that. -- nm - Trish Apr 9, 23:34 3
    - Thor? I dunno. If it's shirtless-Charlie Hunnam-level, I'll approve. -- nm - ty97 Apr 10, 00:08 2
      - I'm sure I was sitting opposite him on the tube a couple of years ago - it was the Sons of Anarchy baseball cap that raised my suspicions. - LMS Apr 10, 04:22 1
        
        Mmmmm -- nm - EpipHany Apr 10, 04:23
interesting thought I just had about the Hunger Games series (books -- no spoils) - znufrii Apr 9, 22:45 11
- Your point emphasizes the difference between writing for adults and writing for adolescents. - Trish Apr 9, 23:25 1
  - that's it, exactly. -- nm - znufrii Apr 10, 05:51
- see also: dan brown. -- nm - mafic Apr 9, 23:08 7
  - Dan Brown should be ashamed of himself. - Mel Profit Apr 9, 23:09 6
    - His work has gotten worse the more he writes. Angels & Demons > Davinci Code > The Lost Symbol - Beaker Apr 10, 05:23 1
      - I liked The Lost Symbol...it was audiobook, maybe that was the difference - J Apr 10, 06:09
    - He's the Thomas Kinkade of the Lit. World - EpipHany Apr 10, 04:24
    - Heh. He wrote what he wanted to and made millions. - Trish Apr 9, 23:33 2
      - I don't read a lot of those guys, but Brown is objectively a worse writer than King and a number of other pop writers - Reagen Apr 10, 06:03
      - Also, include Cussler and Clancy in that group. -- nm - Trish Apr 9, 23:37
- Bartender, cut this guy off. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 9, 23:05
I just saw the Blue Jays Home Opener TV ad. Good god, that's hilariously overdramatic. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 22:40 2
- Loved it. But I'm a sucker for produced stuff like this. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 9, 23:44
- they have to make leaf fans feel better about missing the playoffs somehow. -- nm - mafic Apr 9, 23:08
WANT!!!! -- (link) - znufrii Apr 9, 22:40 [youtube] 2
- Do uTube comments fall under the 'comment jar' rule? :) - MojaveMeg Apr 9, 22:47 1
  - usually yes, but I'll give you a pass because that's f*cking funny. -- nm - znufrii Apr 9, 22:48
Damn. I forgot to enable 'lending' for Later, Skater while enrolling it on Kindle. That might delay its release today. :( -- nm - Qale Apr 9, 22:38
Conquer Club alert: New game mechanic: "Trench Warfare" - psilotum Apr 9, 22:19 2
- are the eggs gone?? -- nm - the liioulu on a nook wifi Apr 9, 22:20 1
  - indeed -- nm - psilotum Apr 9, 22:25
Kelly - I left you a response on B2. -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 9, 22:10 1
- Thanks to you and mafic for the replies, they were helpful. - kelly Apr 10, 00:43
Almost 20% of 3rd Graders Have Cell Phones -- (link) - ty97 Apr 9, 22:03 8
- I dont know that my child will have one that early...but given how pay phones are now pretty much a thing of the past, I can see him having one - kelly Apr 10, 01:54
- D got one when she was 14, the summer we moved to Seattle. It made it a lot easier to keep up with her - Trish Apr 10, 00:01
- I'll be interested to see if my granddaughter (in high school) has one yet. Last time I heard it discussed, daughter's response - MojaveMeg Apr 9, 22:20 3
  - my coworker just gave her 12-year-old daughter her old one. she said if the phone company hadn't given her a free one, the kid wouldn't have one, but - mafic Apr 9, 22:40
  - The fact that daughter does not have one intrigues me. - ty97 Apr 9, 22:24 1
    - She doesn't work and has a land-line at home. Hubby has a work issued one. - MojaveMeg Apr 9, 22:27
- but still arent allowed to walkto school on their own -- nm - the liioulu on a nook wifi Apr 9, 22:10
- my theoretical children would probably get phones about the time they started doing things on their own. for me that was probably grade 4. -- nm - mafic Apr 9, 22:07
Watching Raising Hope, New Girl, and Happy Endings on the same night may be hazardous to your health. - Mop Apr 9, 22:00 1
- Agreed. Also, Community was superb last week. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 9, 22:23
SITWAP: George Zimmerman Releases Statement, Speaking for First Time About Trayvon Martin Case -- (link) - ty97 Apr 9, 21:59 9
- He is soliciting donations on his web site? Yikes. -- nm - David Apr 9, 22:48 1
  - Oh, I thought he generously launched the website to stop other sites from scamming "donations" off of zimmerman supporters -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 22:55
- he should keep in mind that it was life altering for trayvon too -- nm - the liioulu on a nook wifi Apr 9, 22:09 6
  - Of course. But I think Zimmerman's account of the situation in important. - ty97 Apr 9, 22:12 3
    - You've hit exactly on what sickens me about this case. "Based on what we know." - Cuzzin Todd Apr 10, 05:02
    - rightnow this less cabout the case but more about his wanting tobe seenas a victim - the liioulu on a nook wifi Apr 9, 22:17 1
      - I'm of two minds on this. - ty97 Apr 9, 22:23
  - trayvon would love to have his problems. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 9, 22:11
  - *ding* - znufrii Apr 9, 22:11
LIR: ty, your misimpression of my succintcness in conversation is informed by the fact that I'm in the process of getting sh!tfaced with JackDawson - znufrii Apr 9, 21:57 12
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- Hmm, so you have differing variations of drunkenness, depending on the company? -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 9, 22:14 10
  - oh sure. - znufrii Apr 9, 22:17
  - Have you met Dawson? -- nm - ty97 Apr 9, 22:15 8
    - you know he likes you when he wears a traffic cone on his face. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 9, 22:24 5
      - HSX boxers on his head and the traffic barricade around his neck. -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 9, 22:28 4
        
        that's the one. - Mel Profit Apr 9, 22:30 3
        
        He is a " cautionary tale" -- nm - EpipHany Apr 10, 04:28
        
        Hee :) -- (link) - MojaveMeg Apr 9, 22:41 [flickr] 1
        
        that's one handsome fella. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 9, 22:43
    - Indeed!! and Znu - you've seen the Quark pics :) - MojaveMeg Apr 9, 22:23 1
      - I was there for part of it... :) -- nm - znufrii Apr 9, 22:39
We settled this a long time ago. David is not to have any opinions about music, period. -- nm - rollo Apr 9, 21:53 17
- That B2 was, something. - spamlet Apr 10, 05:20
- let's not be so restrictive -- nm - pixitude Apr 9, 21:57
- I'm pretty sure you are confusing David with ty97 -- nm - ty97 Apr 9, 21:55 2
  - at this point you're a welcome bit of musical enlightenment. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 9, 22:04 1
    - oh dear -- nm - ty97 Apr 9, 22:06
- I'm feeling, oh, I'm feeling outshined. Outshined. -- nm - David Apr 9, 21:54 11
  - at least they're not Bush (and I like them but jesus Rossdale wrote some bad lyrics) -- nm - Remlik Apr 9, 21:56 10
    - "Should I Fly To Los Angeles? Find My Asshole Brother?" -- nm - Qale Apr 9, 22:05
    - Nirvana is the White Lion of the Seattle scene. -- nm - David Apr 9, 21:58 8
      - I'm not commenting on this post, but I love our willingness to go all-in. -- nm - ty97 Apr 9, 22:01 1
        
        :P -- nm - David Apr 9, 22:03
      - If I buy you a car will you calm down? - Mel Profit Apr 9, 22:01
      - good god, you're insane. -- nm - Remlik Apr 9, 21:59 4
        
        there were better bandsbut they never got big -- nm - the liioulu on a nook wifi Apr 9, 22:03 3
        
        there are always little bands that should have made it. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 9, 22:12 2
        
        yes -- nm - the liioulu on a nook wifi Apr 9, 22:18 1
        
        and just like that I got an email from my favorite little, never made it band. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 9, 23:00
As far as reality singing competitions go, that Australian 'The Voice' cast does not sound bad. -- nm - ty97 Apr 9, 21:51 3
- it's just... such an odd combination, but I suppose all the voices are like that. -- nm - mafic Apr 9, 21:59 2
  - I get that, but really Blake Shelton, Cee-Lo, Xtina, Adam Levine is totally random too. - ty97 Apr 9, 22:00 1
    - Very random -- nm - EpipHany Apr 10, 04:30
With the Braves pulling the pin, the Decade of David came to a crashing hault. - Spawn Apr 9, 21:50 1
- Chipper arrives to save the day tomorrow. -- nm - David Apr 9, 21:53

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