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a mess a mama's barbeque -- nm - pixitude Apr 10, 18:08
I can never tell if these Variety reviews are good or bad: Battleship. - GregW Apr 10, 17:56 6
- The so-called irony in the last paragraph is such a blasé trope that it might as well be called yawnrony. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 10, 18:27
- Variety reviews are generally more about predicting box office than if the movie's good or not. -- nm - the liioulu with wind chill Apr 10, 18:08
- Ouch that Rihanna line is reeeal low -- nm - MDH Apr 10, 17:59 3
  - Eh, if she's back with Chris Brown, why should we care anymore? -- nm - Qale Apr 10, 18:11
  - I was astonished that any editor would let that line through, but then I realized the dickishness wasn't from the Variety review. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 10, 18:09 1
    - I don't know her at all, but at some point you have to say, maybe it's me. -- nm - GregW Apr 10, 18:17
Five wild pitches by Freddy Garcia tonight. -- nm - Krusty Apr 10, 17:55
FREESE! -- nm - flavorize Apr 10, 17:54
where the heck's amanda? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 10, 17:53 2
- peephab - pixitude Apr 10, 17:55
- greenhorn on the Wizard? -- nm - peglegpete Apr 10, 17:54
nubby has ridiculous folk related email. -- nm - TFox Apr 10, 17:50 2
- did we lose him somewhere? -- nm - b. Apr 10, 17:54 1
  - ::looks up:: ::starts rumor:: -- nm - b. Apr 10, 17:54
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Julian! Sure did miss her. -- nm - Qale Apr 10, 17:34
so even though i went about 13 rounds today at work, they are taking us out for korean BBQ - pixitude Apr 10, 17:33
You should be kissed every hour, every minute. -- nm - Dano Apr 10, 17:31
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- eh, it was a 1 in 5 chance. Not that long odds. -- nm - Reagen Apr 10, 17:27
Come to Papa, Nail. -- nm - Reagen Apr 10, 17:25 2
- This happened because I wished you good luck with your draft pick. - David Apr 10, 17:55 1
  - Decade of David! -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Apr 10, 18:09
So a little boy is digging in his sandpit and he finds a lamp. Ever hopeful the boy ... - Karl_S Apr 10, 17:24 1
- hah. it is funny because the Wayne parents get dead -- nm - pixitude Apr 10, 17:25
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- I usually just spell it out then delete and continue to draw -- nm - Mobile J Apr 10, 17:30 3
  - I do that too. But a message feature would be easier. -- nm - Krusty Apr 10, 17:46 1
    - yes -- nm - J Apr 10, 17:53
  - Or I use FB's messenger. -- nm - Fuzzy Apr 10, 17:39
I'm wondering what just went down at the high school. As I left the library, it looked like every police cruiser and motorcycle in town was - MojaveMeg Apr 10, 17:19 5
- Randy Orton said he'd go to the papers if he had to. -- nm - Qale Apr 10, 17:31
- the dragnet is closing in, lady -- nm - pixitude Apr 10, 17:23
- these days one kid texts another 'I'm gonna kill you for that" and its full SWAT responce -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 10, 17:22 2
  - Yes, I bet it was a text. -- nm - TFox Apr 10, 17:23 1
    - That's the only way it'll get covered by the lame stream media! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 10, 17:27
Today's paranoia on how Obama will steal the 2012 election. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 10, 17:05 19
- This reads like an advance excuse for losing. - David Apr 10, 17:19 9
  - Gotta start early. So they can be comfortably in their bunkers by November. -- nm - Mop Apr 10, 21:33
  - The thing is, I think either Obama is going to win or he's going to *really* lose. I don't think a repeat of 2000 is happening. -- nm - Qale Apr 10, 17:30 6
    - I think that everyone who would benefit from a dramatic race is trying their darnedest to make it look like that's what it'll be -- nm - Beryllium Apr 10, 17:32 5
      - So, like, the mainstream media? -- nm - Mop Apr 10, 21:34
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        i have an idea that the economy has been slowly but steadily improving - pixitude Apr 10, 17:38 1
        
        Gas prices could go higher. And when those do Obama's popularity goes down. - the liioulu with wind chill Apr 10, 17:48
        
        "Instagram." ... *votes for obama* -- nm - Beryllium Apr 10, 17:35
  - And that's a good thing. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 10, 17:29
- I can't believe gov2u is the best shady partner organisation they could come up with. watch out! they'll try and engage you in the process! - mafic Apr 10, 17:19 1
  - Oh my, we might have more participation and fairer elections! -- nm - the liioulu with wind chill Apr 10, 17:20
- But the CEO lived in Chicago, that should be proof enough that he's a buddy of Obama -- nm - Guigue Apr 10, 17:13 2
  - Don't forget that Michelle Obama vacationed in Barcelona, where this company is based! -- nm - Roger More Apr 10, 17:16 1
    - What connections did the former company have? -- nm - the liioulu with wind chill Apr 10, 17:17
- "According to Michael Savage" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! -- nm - Qale Apr 10, 17:12
- "First get GOP to hold pre-primary debates." -- nm - the liioulu with wind chill Apr 10, 17:09
- "Ctrl+F 'Diebold' - no results" -- nm - Reagen Apr 10, 17:08
- Well, if the Florida Department of State rejected it... -- nm - Roger More Apr 10, 17:08
Is Paul Petrino fired, too? - David Apr 10, 17:02
the NHL Draft should really involve drawing more than one ball to make it interesting. -- nm - Reagen Apr 10, 17:00 2
- Holy shit. lottery spoilers - Beaker Apr 10, 17:19 1
  - they're the new penguins. except with worse people to choose from. -- nm - mafic Apr 10, 17:20
Shit. I sit on my library queue for half a year, and suddenly 6 DVDs come in simultaneously. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 16:40 2
- That's how it goes. - the liioulu with wind chill Apr 10, 16:42 1
  - i'd think cause nobody there was doing it regularly, then one day somebody does, i figure its how librarians punish interns - zeitgeist Apr 10, 16:50
Ender update (via Twitter): "6 hours in and no news, which is probably good news." -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 16:33
A good little map that points out handy locations for when the Zombies arrive -- (link) - J Apr 10, 16:29 9
- So Atlanta's not as good a place to hide out as - say - Montana? -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 16:35
- Lana? -- nm - Archer Apr 10, 16:33
- you never see zombies on the beach in any of the movies. i bet the beach would be a safe place to chill out - pixitude Apr 10, 16:33 6
  - i think its a visual production problem, zombies on a beach don't look diff from bums, punks, campers etc -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 10, 16:55
  - They go in the water often, you could try I guess but you wouldn't last long -- nm - J Apr 10, 16:34 4
    - if i was worried about outrunning them on solid ground, i'm even less worried about them out-swimming me -- nm - pixitude Apr 10, 16:36 3
      - once they do find you, where are you going to run/swim to? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 10, 16:52 1
        
        down the shore to where they aren't -- nm - pixitude Apr 10, 16:57
      - WWZ: the dude with the surfboard made it -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 10, 16:40
My annual Guaranteed To Be Wrong� NHL Playoff Picks - Reagen Apr 10, 16:22 12
- *laughing* -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 10, 17:03
- STL got really lucky with SJ as the draw. They've looked *terrible* the past couple of weeks. -- nm - spamlet Apr 10, 16:57
- Hawks will make it at least one more round. -- nm - the liioulu with wind chill Apr 10, 16:40
- Yep, they're wrong -- nm - J Apr 10, 16:28
- You son of a bitch. -- nm - David Apr 10, 16:27 7
  - he has Detroit beating Nashville, which you should be happy about... -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 16:35 6
    - I should be happy about my team losing? Weird. -- nm - David Apr 10, 16:40 5
      - some Canadians just do *not* understand hockey, David -- nm - prayformojo Apr 10, 16:52 3
        
        look at Beaker - pixitude Apr 10, 16:58 2
        
        did Brian Burke deliver you his apology letter personally? Not like he has anything else to do... -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 17:00 1
        
        my Leafs got nothing to apologize for! - pixitude Apr 10, 17:05
      - cause he's wrong! -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 16:42
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"Now that Facebook bought Instagram, 'The Social Network 2' will have to be directed by Wes Anderson." -- nm - con_carne Apr 10, 16:13 1
- Funny or Die already has the trailer. -- (link) - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 16:42
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- New Orleans is hiring! -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 16:35
- Woo pig suey! -- nm - David Apr 10, 16:27
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- Worse than your Zubaz picture? -- nm - amoxy Apr 10, 16:02 5
  - yeah, i'm not sure that it's possible that we could hold him in lower esteem than we do now -- nm - prayformojo Apr 10, 16:03 3
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      - How dorky could a pre-law college kid at a Christian scho.... - spamlet Apr 10, 16:58 1
        
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If you like the "Magic City" page on Facebook, you can watch the first 3 episodes there for free. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 16:00 2
- I 'tronned to see if anyone here watched it - pippy's c+ is what I feared, after seeing a review somewhere. bummer. -- nm - b. Apr 10, 16:04 1
  - I'm leaping straight into episode 1 despite the fact that I have other online video. I'm very intrigued. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 16:06
The creamy tomato soup that the Kitchen Treaty posted sounds great - also, I'm not sure what's pictured in the cover photo, but it looks yummy -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 10, 15:56 7
- I need to make another batch of her Vegetarian Baked Beans - I think I'm down to one serving in the freezer. Sooooo good! -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 10, 16:51
- COOL! thanks for linking this - it's been tough coming up with entertaining recipes for my half and half friends - this is a great idea! -- nm - JenBro Apr 10, 16:09 2
  - yeah, keep KT and Hazel Bloom handy - she posts tons of creative, easy to make stuff - prayformojo Apr 10, 16:12 1
    - I was with a friend this weekend that had beriatric (sp?) surgery in December - and I thought a really smart person would start marketing "ready made" - JenBro Apr 10, 16:15
- I need to remember to link this in the sidebar. :) Also, someone should launch a vegan+carnivore spoof. - Beryllium Apr 10, 16:02
- yay, kare! (I've somehow missed the launch, although I have been to HB since it started!) -- nm - b. Apr 10, 16:01
- i can a cup from mendocino farms saturday that was *perfect* -- nm - pixitude Apr 10, 15:58
Have you seen the trailer for Simon Pegg's 'A Fantastic Fear of Everything' yet? -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Apr 10, 15:53 1
- WTF was that? -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 15:58
I wanna know exactly what Vermin was searching for that turned up that picture... - Stephen Apr 10, 15:53 3
- There's a Google+ feed called 'Discovery Erotic'... -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Apr 10, 15:58 2
  - I think it's called "Discover Erotic", and I'd like to thank Marcel for this. See? Google+ is good for something! -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 16:24 1
    - Nope, now that I'm at home, I see that it is indeed "Discovery Erotic". That's the Discovery channel in the 900 range on the cable grid. -- nm - Mop Apr 10, 21:30
these are *dressage* horses. -- nm - Reagen Apr 10, 15:51
little victories poll: what's yours today? (me: just getting through it) -- nm - pixitude Apr 10, 15:49 29
- increasingly feeling like I might have pulled off the biggest project of my career. - Mel Profit Apr 10, 17:19 3
  - bigger than Operation Good Deed? - pixitude Apr 10, 17:21 2
    - The Janitors are still smiling at me but I'm sure they're talking about me in Spanish. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 10, 17:23 1
      - "El Loco Desnudo Borracho con las ChiChis Pastel." nm - ralph wiggum Apr 10, 17:32
- None - TFox Apr 10, 16:45
- DIL procedures updated to a more workable flow for my people which will make theirs and my life much easier. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 10, 16:07
- Completing predawn 3.9 mile run -- nm - JD Apr 10, 16:01 1
  - on purpose, and not, like, someone chasing you? -- nm - b. Apr 10, 16:05
- New boss put the truck away for me this morning. Might do it every Tuesday. My back thanked him. -- nm - Qale Apr 10, 16:00
- Avoided all the leftover Easter candy here in the office. - Dr.Vermin Apr 10, 15:59
- Seeing Abby's hand/eye coordination improve 300% over night - prayformojo Apr 10, 15:57
- I'll go with survival, too. -- nm - b. Apr 10, 15:57
- Today kicked my butt. -- nm - Dano Apr 10, 15:55 1
  - You are still alive...(nm) - amoxy Apr 10, 15:56
- Eating Healthy - amoxy Apr 10, 15:55
- running a meeting this morning where the speaker never showed up - today challenged me - JenBro Apr 10, 15:54
- getting the asperger's kid to show his work. -- nm - Reagen Apr 10, 15:51 4
  - oh, and getting the last of the creme eggs at the store. -- nm - Reagen Apr 10, 15:53 3
    - OH! thanks for reminding me - I gotta go on my way home to see if there's any hershey coconut cream kisses left -- nm - JenBro Apr 10, 15:55 2
      - and burn them all as hazardous waste? I like your thinking. -- nm - Reagen Apr 10, 16:16 1
        
        nope - I'm going to hoard them :) -- nm - JenBro Apr 10, 16:25
- just a full day of successful software testing. -- nm - loosilu Apr 10, 15:50 7
  - I just had a healthy dollop of success testing some...hardware. nm - Dignan Apr 10, 15:51 6
    - top secret? anything you can give us a hint about?? -- nm - pixitude Apr 10, 15:53 5
      - Without giving *too* much away: 8===D- - - ¬ nm - Dignan Apr 10, 15:56 4
        
        *marks this post NSFW* -- nm - JenBro Apr 10, 16:12 3
        
        it's just a really long smiley face -- nm - pixitude Apr 10, 16:14 2
        
        Thanks, bra. nm - Dignan Apr 10, 16:15 1
        
        B=====D -- nm - pixitude Apr 10, 16:17
[an error did not occur while processing this Later, Skater and Later, Skater: On Tour are now on Kindle directive] -- (link) - Qale Apr 10, 15:48
Rockies pitcher uses Twitter to ask if someone wants to have a catch... -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 10, 15:46 5
- Rivers Cuomo from Weezer tweeted his soccer coach didn't show up and would someone come kick the ball around with him. The park he was at was 4 - jnine Apr 10, 17:04
- That's awesome! -- nm - Krusty Apr 10, 15:49
- ...and someone takes him up on it -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 10, 15:46 2
  - and took photos, too -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 10, 16:10
  - that's great - hope they did it. -- nm - b. Apr 10, 15:48
Well, that's interesting. Maybe more important than Moore's Law -- computing *efficiency* doubling at a similar rate. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Apr 10, 15:44

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