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Sullivan's Travels just started on TCM. if you have never seen it, it is a great film. -- nm - peglegpete May 2, 17:08
one of them, one of them. (apple talk, of the non-edible variety.) - b. May 2, 17:06 16
- I couldn't possibly love my MacBook Pro more. - Kim Pine May 2, 17:12
- My experiences with Macs and networks have been nightmarish. -- nm - Reagen May 2, 17:09
- they are about to introduce the line of overhauled MacBooks at WWDC in June (it is rumored) so it's a good time to either wait and see or get an older - pixitude May 2, 17:09 1
  - (MacBook *Pro*) - pixitude May 2, 17:10
- do it! (i wanna play Angry Birds) -- nm - barnaby bear May 2, 17:08
- Stick with the iPhone and iPad. Single click is the devil. -- nm - David May 2, 17:07 10
  - I've used the macbook of a coworker periodically. it's often felt like going backwards, mouse aside. - b. May 2, 17:20 1
    - I feel the same when I use a PC. It's a matter of habits -- nm - Guigue May 2, 17:23
  - Multitouch is God. -- nm - Beryllium May 2, 17:15 1
    - who's the caveman now, david? -- nm - pixitude May 2, 17:16
  - You mean Apple mice? They've had 3 buttons for years now -- nm - Guigue May 2, 17:12 5
    - those tiny scroll balls are lint magnets. -- nm - Reagen May 2, 17:13 1
      - I hate the way they feel. But they're gone anyway. It's all about touch now -- nm - Guigue May 2, 17:16
    - with the new multi-touch trackpads on the laptops, it's not even an issue -- nm - pixitude May 2, 17:13 2
      - I have so many multitouch macros set up ... I'd be lost without them. And single-touch is unconscionable. -- nm - Beryllium May 2, 17:30
      - Anyways I use a fully supported 9 button logitech mouse and it works fine - Guigue May 2, 17:14
Go Caps! -- nm - prayformojo May 2, 17:05
Politics is weird and Creepy -- (link) - amoxy May 2, 17:00
Michele Bachmann endorses Mitt Romney, also believes that there is no way Mitt Romney can beat Obama -- (link) - pixitude May 2, 17:00 1
- That was 119 days ago...The etch-e-sketch has been working overtime -- nm - amoxy May 2, 17:02
12 extremely disappointing facts about popular music -- (link) - zork May 2, 16:44 9
- Is that 7 or 8 articles today that have already been posted on the board? -- nm - amoxy May 2, 16:55
- I take issue with the concept itself. The nature of music, and the music industry, has changed drastically over the past two decades. It's unfair to - Beryllium May 2, 16:48 4
  - In the 70's it was often touted that some band sold more tickets, or sold out faster than the Beattles, well, duh, they were basically the first - zeitgeist May 2, 18:23 1
    - #6, the people who like Celine are the kind more likely to BUY a CD than the teens who liked Nirvana etc. and really hipsters love Marley which is a - zeitgeist May 2, 18:26
  - #9 is pretty even on all that. -- nm - the liioulu with brand new book May 2, 16:51 1
    - buying power of women. :) -- nm - Beryllium May 2, 16:57
- if they factored in population levels at the time of the music's release of the 2 artists being compared, I suspect some findings will change -- nm - peglegpete May 2, 16:47 2
  - population levels and disposable income and the buying power of women ... - Beryllium May 2, 16:49 1
    - Nothing really explains Billy Ray Cyrus. -- nm - the liioulu with brand new book May 2, 16:52
the FAA needs to settle the eff down -- (link) - zork May 2, 16:34 5
- And Qantas didn't even bother to tell us not to watch the in flight entertainment during take off or landing. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) May 2, 16:50
- He should be fined for the credit "Business Expert Grant Cardone" -- nm - Fuzzy May 2, 16:46
- I thought it was electronic devices with signals. Oh well.... - the liioulu with brand new book May 2, 16:41
- Upton's boobs, as jiggly as they are, could not possibly interfer with take off or landings -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 16:37 1
  - unless she is the pilot :) -- nm - peglegpete May 2, 16:44
Pixie News: Chole from 24 jouns Grey's Anatomy.... -- (link) - Remlik May 2, 16:23 2
- Question is, will she smile? -- nm - amoxy May 2, 16:24 1
  - Only if she can use her stun gun on someone. -- nm - the liioulu with brand new book May 2, 16:26
Kate Upton owns the internet. Youtube apologizes for pulling Cat Daddy & puts it back -- (link) - prayformojo May 2, 16:20 5
- That guy standing next to her is creeepy - amoxy May 2, 16:22 4
  - I want to know how this came about. Like "Hey, Kate, want to come over in a skimpy bikini and dance in my kitchen while I film you?" - Mop (198 lbs) May 2, 16:51 2
    - I'm pretty sure it was during the SI shoot and he's one of their photogs. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) May 2, 16:55 1
      - I'm going to go with my theory, thank you. It's what helps me sleep at night. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) May 2, 17:08
  - just a little bit -- nm - prayformojo May 2, 16:33
Anybody know what the cause of the Prevacid shortage is? -- nm - David May 2, 16:19 4
- .... -- (link) - the liioulu with brand new book May 2, 16:22 2
  - It was clumping in feeding tubes and got recalled. -- nm - the liioulu with brand new book May 2, 16:24 1
    - Thank you! -- nm - David May 2, 16:50
- Iranians? -- nm - Beryllium May 2, 16:19
Has anyone here tried Ben & Jerry's greek frozen yogurt? -- nm - kelly May 2, 16:00 1
- We picked up the Banana Peanut Butter the other day but haven't opened it yet. -- nm - JaxSean May 2, 16:25
So, after spending a good hour and a half to two hours going to every single office in the building handing out the "free coffee, cookies, and legal - Stephen May 2, 15:50 16
- 3 -- nm - tRuMaN May 2, 16:29
- 1 -- nm - JaxSean May 2, 16:26
- Three of you are very, very close! -- nm - Stephen May 2, 16:05 7
  - 3 and one was pregnant so that totals 3.125 -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 16:35
  - 1 And how many phone numbers did you get from hot Admin Asst's like yourself? -- nm - amoxy May 2, 16:08 3
    - Adam Ants - What Fuzzy Read May 2, 16:34
    - Come on! I'm a married man amoxy! -- nm - Stephen May 2, 16:22 1
      - Answer the question!! -- nm - Epiphany May 2, 17:51
  - 3 -- nm - the liioulu with brand new book May 2, 16:06 1
    - 1 -- nm - the liioulu with brand new book May 2, 16:07
- maybe the invite had too many disclaimers on it too, cookis may contain nuts or proessed on machinery to was used to make products with nuts - zeitgeist May 2, 16:04 1
  - "Coffee may be too hot to drink immediately." -- nm - the liioulu with brand new book May 2, 16:06
- 0 -- nm - amoxy May 2, 15:54
- 11. -- nm - kelly May 2, 15:53
- Two -- nm - con_carne May 2, 15:53
- 2 -- nm - CovingtonCat May 2, 15:53
Ben Franklin playing his glass xylophone... -- (link) - MojaveMeg May 2, 15:50 [flickr] 11
- is this something to do with French prostitutes? -- nm - Reagen May 2, 15:55 5
  - Ben refused to commit to such behavior - but not very convincingly :) -- nm - MojaveMeg May 2, 15:58 4
    - "admit" dammit. -- nm - MojaveMeg May 2, 15:59 3
      - that still works -- nm - Remlik May 2, 16:16 2
        
        don't make excuses for her -- nm - pixitude May 2, 16:18 1
        
        hey i don't want her executing a kill order against me. -- nm - Remlik May 2, 16:23
- And that should be glass harmonica. -- nm - MojaveMeg May 2, 15:53 4
  - harmonium, technically -- nm - pixitude May 2, 15:56 3
    - no wait, that's something else - pixitude May 2, 15:57 2
      - So. Dumb. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 2, 17:12 1
        
        not dumb enough to pay to see Lamevengers though -- nm - pixitude May 2, 17:12
Houston family locked in the restaurant when they refuse to pay the automatic 17% tip on the group's bill -- (link) - pixitude May 2, 15:43 4
- The restaurant is getting a lot of pubilicity - amoxy May 2, 15:46 3
  - Nope. I understand why they make tipping for larger tables mandatory, but you should get decent service as a result. -- nm - the liioulu with brand new book May 2, 16:38 2
    - I don't think I've ever seen it for groups larger than 5. Many families would trigger that policy. I'm curious what the legality of that is. -- nm - Fuzzy May 2, 17:03 1
      - I really doubt if it indeed is legal, except that most places that have it on the menu would say it is an additional service charge, not a gratuity -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 18:29
Good job, ST! You bought all the Gold Box Kindle Fires. -- nm - CovingtonCat May 2, 15:42
CamelCamelCamel is a *great* tool for watching prices at Amazon and making wishlists. That is all. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) May 2, 15:33 2
- ~Alice the camel has five humps. Alice the camel has five humps. Alices the camel has five humps. Go Alice go.~ - zork May 2, 15:45
- camel camel camel, you watch all of my prices . . . -- nm - pixitude May 2, 15:40
for Kim: These are my kid-size earphones. Love them. They never fall out during workouts. -- (link) - loosi May 2, 15:29
This is my current favorite song from Smash. - CovingtonCat May 2, 15:25 [youtube]
sitwap: NASA captures a nova exploding on video -- (link) - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 2, 15:24 1
- that happened millions of years ago and they are just NOW telling us about it -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 16:38
I wonder if my Kindle Fire arrived yet. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) May 2, 15:22
sitwap. "images" of a star being destroyed by a black hole -- (link) - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 2, 15:09 4
- That's just senseless. Why didn't anyone do anything? -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) May 2, 15:16 2
  - If we had that colony on the moon, I am sure we could have done something. -- nm - Jovian May 2, 15:18
  - Oh the HUMANITY! -- nm - eag May 2, 15:16
- And I thought this was about Lindsay Lohan -- nm - eag May 2, 15:14
Dell, you fucking suck. - Mop (198 lbs) May 2, 15:09 2
- Once I find them, I save them to a thumb drive for the next time. - Fuzzy May 2, 15:56
- they're not alone with the drivers thing. it's dumb. -- nm - b. May 2, 15:15
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- how much of that would actually be able to deduct, thoguh? -- nm - znufrii May 2, 16:31
- You, Yay. You'd work that open bar for all it's worth. -- nm - the liioulu with brand new book May 2, 16:08
- tax deductible? probably. depends how much I like the charity/cause. -- nm - mafic May 2, 15:23
- yay -- nm - Remlik May 2, 15:20
- Party with Will Smith and TLJ? I'm in. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) May 2, 15:17 9
  - forget them, I wanna party with Josh Brolin. nm -- nm - groiny May 2, 15:18 8
    - I have actually technically partied with Josh Brolin. -- nm - Dano May 2, 16:04 3
      - you didn't try to explain Primer to him i hope -- nm - pixitude May 2, 16:07 2
        
        I didn't have my flowchart. -- nm - Dano May 2, 16:17 1
        
        would have been good prep for MIB3 though -- nm - pixitude May 2, 16:20
    - Remember in Goonies, when you're on the bike, and you go off that cliff...? ... ... Did that hurt? -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) May 2, 15:19 2
      - "WTF were you thinking with Jonah Hex?" nm -- nm - groiny May 2, 15:19 1
        
        He's a good soul. After nailing Megan Fox, he felt he owed her something. - Mop (198 lbs) May 2, 15:22
    - and not THAT kind of party.... nm -- nm - groiny May 2, 15:18
- Nah. -- nm - con_carne May 2, 15:16
- That would be fun -- nm - amoxy May 2, 15:15
- for expenses over $25, it's always better to say it's entertainment - party on, jack! -- nm - b. May 2, 15:13 4
  - actually, that's $50, right? $25 for gifts, 50% for entertainment. -- nm - b. May 2, 15:14 3
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      - *laugh* it's been a while, but my recollection is that, if you're giving a business gift... - b. May 2, 15:21 1
        
        oh dear. I just realized I completely misread what you asked. nevermind! (I thought it was a pop quiz!) -- nm - b. May 2, 15:22
- i am trying to figure out how it would be tax deductible. - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 2, 15:10 2
  - maybe, maybe not. -- nm - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 2, 15:25
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- Hells yes! - Stephen May 2, 15:10
- What cause are they supporting? That matters :) -- nm - MojaveMeg May 2, 15:10
- yes - the tax deductible is the selling point for me -- nm - Epiphany May 2, 15:10 2
  - :-| -- nm - Josh Brolin May 2, 15:20 1
    - please don't worry, I'm grabbing your ass as I walk by - I got to get something for my $ -- nm - Epiphany May 2, 15:22
- yes -- nm - groiny May 2, 15:09
Huh? Roy Choi, Kogi Truck taco proprietor and credited for sparking current food truck craze, is thinking of quitting cooking, becoming vegetarian -- (link) - con_carne May 2, 15:07 2
- You don't have to leave cooking to become a vegetarian. -- nm - the liioulu with brand new book May 2, 16:11
- Dear Roy, stop dropping acid and/or shrooms, then the animals will stop talking to you... -- nm - Stephen May 2, 15:16
CARGO! (Again! Not a re-post) -- nm - flavorize May 2, 15:04
tempting. but i dont eat a lot of cookies. -- (link) - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 2, 14:58
Hmm, the highway sounds like a bit of a shit show right now. -- (link) - Beryllium May 2, 14:56
TWuG thanks on the Zurreal thing - I didnt get the mechanics - nice I was gonna be pissed if I was missing and losing the charm -- nm - Capstern May 2, 14:55
Please refresh my memory - $402 per share on HSX equates to how many millions in the opening weekend? -- nm - CrankYanker May 2, 14:44 6
- 132.5 -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 2, 14:57 1
  - not metric you euro zone elitist -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 15:03
- divide by 2.7 -- nm - pixitude May 2, 14:45 3
  - Thank you! -- nm - CrankYanker May 2, 14:46
  - 148.89 -- nm - Epiphany May 2, 14:45 1
    - this number makes remlik sadface -- nm - pixitude May 2, 14:49
LIving just enough, just enough for the ciiitttyyy -- nm - amoxy May 2, 14:37 5
- johnny lang? -- nm - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 2, 14:39 3
  - Stevie Wonder -- nm - amoxy May 2, 14:41 2
    - remember this mash up? -- (link) - Epiphany May 2, 14:44 [youtube]
    - k. - tRuMaN (oddly mispronounced) May 2, 14:41
- hey man, hold this for me.... -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 14:39
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- stopping bringing weird baboons and their nasty habits into this board ! -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! May 2, 15:01
- What you do in your spare time is really none of our business. -- nm - Reagen May 2, 15:00
- Gibby! -- nm - Qale May 2, 14:59

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