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I hate when you can make a word with all 7 letters in WWF but can't put it on the board anywhere. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 13, 08:02 2
- (ydk, but I managed to find a place.) -- nm - Don Homer Apr 13, 08:04 1
  - This doesn't appear to have been a move in our game (unless the network is lagged), so ... Yay! :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 08:08
A one-point increase in Walk Score is associated with between a $700 and $3,000 increase in home values -- (link) - ty97 Apr 13, 07:56 13
- I'm shocked the percent is that high for wanting to walk to get groceries. - Don Homer Apr 13, 07:59 12
  - You never just run out of milk or eggs or somethin' in the middle of the week? -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 08:05
  - I walk there all the time, but it's easy since I only buy for me. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 08:03
  - we live walking distance to a grocery store, easily, but can't walk there. it's silly and frustrating -- nm - prayformojo Apr 13, 08:02
  - If groceries are walkable, you can go more often and buy less at a time. - ty97 Apr 13, 08:02 1
    - this -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 08:03
  - We live near the grocery store - it's very convenient to just pop out whenever you need something ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 08:00
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    - w/o a car, often, this is the only option. ok if you live in an urban 'hood. - Old Antarctic Explorer Apr 13, 08:03 3
      - Have you seen ty's urban-related Atlantic Cities posts the past few weeks. More and more people everywhere live like this now. -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 08:06
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      - what you do is, drop off the laundry (fluff and fold), then get groceries on the way home. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 08:04
    - We live even closer to a laundromat, but we have our own laundry room ... Heh -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 08:02
The Supreme Court of Canada today struck down a law that allows police to tap telephones without a warrant in an emergency. -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 07:51 1
- Canada: Upholding the US Constitution better than the US. -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 07:51
Obama's 2011 tax return... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 13, 07:47 3
- That's a pretty nice refund. -- nm - volnelk Apr 13, 08:02 1
  - He didn't refund it -- he applied it to his 2012 tax. - ty97 Apr 13, 08:04
- And Biden's... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 13, 07:48
Another LYC: Saw a Lime Green Ferrari rolling down Wilshire last night. -- nm - budice on fire Apr 13, 07:47
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- Bring a card though. -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 08:07 1
  - (they'll want to keep it) -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 08:07
- I think with destination weddings of that scale, it's generally more understood that attendance would be in lieu of a gift. -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 08:00
- My sister's wedding cruise is costing us $2742, and that doesn't include getting down to FL plus hotel the night before. - Don Homer Apr 13, 07:56 1
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- sounds like a great getaway for you guys -- nm - Epiphany Apr 13, 07:55
- I probably would have sent a gift and not gone. - ty97 Apr 13, 07:50 2
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  - word -- nm - decline Apr 13, 07:54
LYC: vanity plate just seen - con_carne Apr 13, 07:43 9
- nice! there is one in my neighborhoods that's OMBWTF -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 07:45 2
  - sign. OMGWTF -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 07:45 1
    - sigh -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 07:49
- saw a fun one a couple months ago - znufrii Apr 13, 07:45
- I saw one earlier, took me a bit.... - groiny Apr 13, 07:45
- key that car. -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 07:45
- My favorite is still the one I saw on a Jeep - oblique Apr 13, 07:44 2
  - there is an Infiniti that parks outside my office the plates are - groiny Apr 13, 07:45 1
    - now that is very clever -- nm - Epiphany Apr 13, 07:54
FWIW, there was a booing of at the Cubs game Tuesday. In the first inning, even. - ty97 Apr 13, 07:43 21
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  - I do need to go to Citi Field sometime -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 07:46 19
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      - "I'm going to see baseball! My life is hard!" -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 07:59 2
        
        heh -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 08:04
        
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    - I'm planning to at some point this summer. - TFox Apr 13, 07:47 14
      - (my brother's comment: "or, if you want to spend a little more, we could go see the Staten Island Yankees.") -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 07:47 13
        
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        I'd come up for that. -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 07:54
        
        and i hear the ferry ride is a pretty boss pre-game transport method too. -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 07:51 7
        
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        Perhaps we just need a baseball weekend - ty97 Apr 13, 07:54 5
        
        I'd be happy with a Mets/SI double header. -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 07:59
        
        you could probably catch the Brooklyn Cyclones as well... -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 07:56
        
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        I thought SI was like NYC's Alabama -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 07:57 1
        
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        $20 includes food?! -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 07:51 2
        
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        IM: Shocked -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 07:52
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- and here on the East coast NJ is considering declaring drought conditions - decline Apr 13, 07:48
- this means something completely different back East. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 07:45
- I hate this time of year. -- nm - spamlet Apr 13, 07:44
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- 4:45!! I'm there -- nm - Epiphany Apr 13, 07:53
- Reminder: Everything I heard out of SXSW said 1) It's great 2) Don't watch/read anything even trailers. 3) See it immediately to avoid spoilers. -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 07:38 1
  - There's a BBC article about whether or not trailers gives too much away, which I'm not reading until I've seen it! -- nm - LMS Apr 13, 07:50
- I so wish I had time this weekend for a Raid/Cabin double feature. -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 07:37
Leo. The Beach. Done. -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 07:36
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From b2: I agree Leo was prettier than Kate in Titanic. Now it's reversed in a big way. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 07:25 2
- Unrelated, I was talking with a friend about Draw Something and he said he got "Winslet" as a word. I would've drawn a big ship sinking and a boob -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 07:27 1
  - Vermy drew the nude drawing scene (very very well). kelly drew the flying scene. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 07:28
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- Hey, for $800 he can buy a single E-Book for his ipad -- nm - Bacon Apr 13, 07:26
- who?? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 13, 07:25 1
  - Bruce Wayne's dumber brother -- nm - amoxy Apr 13, 07:37
CloudOn seems a little too good to be true. Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) on the ipad for free? -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 13, 07:22 7
- It'll be free until they run out of VC money -- nm - decline Apr 13, 07:26 1
  - I like that we are all re-learning how wacky dot com business models work -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 07:41
- Like many startups, it's free...for now. Just like Instagram getting bought for $1B, something has to give at some point -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 07:26 4
  - I know their plan is to charge for IE and installing games locally. - spamlet Apr 13, 07:28 3
    - According to this article, they are paying MS licensing fees for the software. -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 13, 07:34 1
      - And MS has already sued them, which is why they made the change in Kilbo's message below. - spamlet Apr 13, 07:37
    - Considering they already had to move from Windows 7 to Server 2008, I'm sure MS is already kicking their ass -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 07:29
The survey on the boston.com sports page this morning: "Should fans boo or cheer the Red Sox at the home opener?" - TFox Apr 13, 07:05 39
- this is not going to be pretty. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 13, 07:41
- they should boo the shit out of the management upstairs. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 13, 07:30 9
  - oh, if i had tickets this weekend, there would be a "Terry Deserved Better" sign in the stands. -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 07:31 8
    - He's become a God to some of us. - Mel Profit Apr 13, 07:46
    - the more I hear about this, the more pissed off I would be if they were my team. - groiny Apr 13, 07:33 6
      - they don't know how to release people without kicking their asses on the way out. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 07:39 5
        
        which is classless, really. - groiny Apr 13, 07:40 4
        
        preach -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 07:41 3
        
        the White Sox parting with Frank Thomas was kind of ugly, but he was a jag bag. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 13, 07:42 2
        
        would you say that was more the exception or the rule? it seems to be the rule for the Red Sawx front office. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 07:46 1
        
        well, it happens more often now, but usually the person leaving snipes, and the management snipes back. - groiny Apr 13, 07:47
- Why would they even ask? -- nm - spamlet Apr 13, 07:14 4
  - people like being miserable here. they cling to it the way others cling to/hope for happiness. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 07:15 3
    - yes. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 07:22
    - i'm about to block a couple kids from my high school class on Facebook over it. - TFox Apr 13, 07:17 1
      - *shakes head* -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 07:19
- yes. yes it is. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 07:12 14
  - This question confuses me? -- nm - MDH Apr 13, 07:13 13
    - i responded to Fox's IM. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 07:14 12
      - I just meant the whole "should we boo" comment confuses me. I figured you'd have the detail being in Boston. -- nm - MDH Apr 13, 07:29 11
        
        they're 1-5, MDH! nevermind that every baseball team in the league will have a 1-5 stretch at some point this season. - TFox Apr 13, 07:30 10
        
        I see no overreaction in this mentality -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 07:37
        
        Shambles. -- nm - MDH Apr 13, 07:34 8
        
        and people are still very pissed about the way last year ended. books will be written about it. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 07:38 7
        
        This part is understandable -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 07:45
        
        never mind that the C's looked awful just two months ago, and are killing shiz now. ditto for the Bruins. - TFox Apr 13, 07:44 5
        
        the radio callers are great. It's quality stuff -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 07:47
        
        word. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 07:47
        
        Hey Massholes... - Mel Profit Apr 13, 07:47 2
        
        right. it's like the entire fanbase became that family that wins the lottery, blows it all on Maybachs and coke, and then crashes and burns. -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 07:48 1
        
        The thing is... - Mel Profit Apr 13, 07:54
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- before or after Beckett gives up 5 dingers? -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 07:08
- (and for fun, guess the current results.) -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 07:06 5
  - i looked. heh-heh... -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 07:16
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  - 60/40 in favor of booing. -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 07:06 2
    - this is right. 62/38. -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 07:24 1
      - *shakes his head in amazement* -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 07:29
bleeding cool reports that a scene for the avengers was shot last night -- nm - remlik Apr 13, 06:56 15
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  - Spoilers - LMS Apr 13, 07:55
  - I will let you know in 24 hours. -- nm - MegaSpawn Apr 13, 07:31
  - After seeing Cap say (spolier?) - Capstern Apr 13, 07:19
  - kid, i get a disaster vibe from your face -- nm - prayformojo Apr 13, 07:02
  - It might be the post-credits scene that will tie it to Iron Man 3. -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 07:00
  - AICN's notes about the extra scene are that it's the post-credit curtain call. -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 06:58 8
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      - I saw a post from Edgar Wright yesterday that was glowing in its praise of the film. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 13, 07:03 6
        
        ican't wait to see it. mel is so cool - we were watching DVR stuff the other night and he knew without saying that I wanted to watch - Diva Apr 13, 07:21 5
        
        Like, I'm jazzed for it but this movie has done something to you. - Mel Profit Apr 13, 07:43 2
        
        ooh - when shall we go? -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 07:45 1
        
        before the Massholes show up. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 13, 07:48
        
        I'm excited for it too. And for Cabin in the Woods this weekend. - Kim Pine Apr 13, 07:32 1
        
        yep me too! I'm going this weekend no matter what. I don't want it spoiled for me. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 07:40
What was your favorite public campaign funding moment? -- (link) - znufrii Apr 13, 06:55
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- yeah, she's cool. We like her a lot -- nm - CQ: In Suspension Apr 13, 07:07
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- I've done that. - pmb Apr 13, 07:15
spawn has a spot on the floor. -- nm - remlik Apr 13, 06:50 1
- Says the man that upgraded from two twin beds to one king. -- nm - MegaSpawn Apr 13, 07:34
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