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We went to Five Guys Friday. One of the women working the grill was the Assistant Director at Abby's daycare - prayformojo May 14, 11:25 4
- In some ways, it's one of the more important jobs you can have, especially how much two-income families rely on it. Yet they are some of the worst - Don Homer May 14, 11:26
- or she likes the employee discount, which is totally understandable. -- nm - TFox May 14, 11:25 1
  - true that -- nm - prayformojo May 14, 11:27
- daycare generally pays shit, as far as I've heard. -- nm - loosilu May 14, 11:25
Time and Newsweek competing over magazine covers is like if bands competed over who has the best album packaging -- nm - con_carne May 14, 11:22 2
- About 2 years ago Newsweek went from halfway decent news mag to nothing but opinion pieces. - TWuG May 14, 11:27
- ?? Magazines do compete like that, always have. -- nm - loosilu May 14, 11:23
Dear Prudence: My boyfriend's doll... - Don Homer May 14, 11:22 9
- she's stayed with him HOW long? -- nm - loosilu May 14, 11:25
- *snork* -- nm - TFox May 14, 11:24
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  - so fake, it was an episode of House a couple of weeks ago. -- nm - loosilu May 14, 11:25
- "a life sized, real looking doll " ? Lars? - decline May 14, 11:24 1
  - Do her doll parts smell salty?? -- nm - groiny si May 14, 11:28
- Oh Come on, THREESOME! -- nm - amoxy May 14, 11:24 2
  - this -- nm - tRuMaN (insane, possibly) May 14, 11:26 1
    - *giggling* - Epiphany May 14, 11:29
here's my Monday Monday ST Poll ... the word "jipped" (meaning to be robbed or cheated of something) ... do you find it to be an offensive word? ... - i'm not dead yet ! May 14, 11:21 10
- your chance of offending an actual gypsy is less than if you said something about being jewed - zeitgeist May 14, 13:08
- There's no "possible" about it - gyp is clearly a reference to gypsies. And yeah, it's offensive -- nm - Roger More May 14, 11:28
- I don't but I've been told it's offensive. I try not to use it but I still do sometimes. -- nm - Krusty May 14, 11:26
- Technically a slur, yes, but even though Mrs.V has some gypsy blood in her, it doesn't particularly bother either of us. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 14, 11:26
- I've always thought of it as being spelled "gypped" - znufrii May 14, 11:25 2
  - and fwiw, when they censored the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary - znufrii May 14, 11:27
  - Me too. -- nm - Krusty May 14, 11:26
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- I don't like it and try to avoid it. -- nm - loosilu May 14, 11:24
- We've had this discussion on ST, since it is a slur against one or more posters ... sort of. -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 11:23
heh, this is crazy ... "this is what developing for android looks like" -- (link) - Beryllium May 14, 11:21 4
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  - A lot of handset makers put their own GUI over top the base Android OS - TWuG May 14, 11:30
  - All the different hardware companies put their own unique touches on it as well. -- nm - Don Homer May 14, 11:25
  - There's software fragmentation and hardware fragmentation competing against each other, and you have to test against all that. - Beryllium May 14, 11:25
Joyeux anniversaire, Mlle Loosi! -- nm - marcel May 14, 11:16 1
- merci bien! -- nm - loosilu May 14, 11:17
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy -- (link) - znufrii May 14, 11:16 3
- Nice, so glad he's going to jail for what he did. I find it really funny that he got into bed with Monseratte who - Krusty May 14, 11:25 1
  - they deserved each other, that's for sure. -- nm - znufrii May 14, 11:25
- yeesh -- nm - JenBro May 14, 11:20
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- If you name your child after a NJ hairdresser on a reality show, you deserve your fate. (nm) - spamlet May 14, 11:21
- I wonder if Arya is shooting up the list (not in the top 20... yet) -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 14, 11:18
- "Hey kids, we're eatin dinner tonight! C'mon Aiden, Jayden, Cayden, Brayden, Gayden, Hayden, Zayden, Kayden, Caidan, Maiden, ..." -- nm - Don Homer May 14, 11:16 1
  - "Q-bert" -- nm - prayformojo May 14, 11:19
Eric Affholter missing - here's the story. -- (link) - CrankYanker May 14, 11:10 1
- Golf clubs ?? -- nm - MojaveMeg May 14, 11:19
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Maybe I'm nuts, but I think of NBC's new comedies, both Animal Practice and Guys With Kids seem promising. - TFox May 14, 10:55 12
- I will check this out. I assume it's not a dumb-looking and offensive as the trailers for 'What to Expect When You're Expecting' - Dr.Vermin May 14, 11:02 7
  - Do you mean the Carter's commercial? -- nm - oblique May 14, 11:09 4
    - You and Spawn: here. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin May 14, 11:16 [youtube] 3
      - isn't this when you usually lecture people about not having a sense of humor? -- nm - loosilu May 14, 11:19 2
        
        I'm more just illustrating how having a kid changes your perspective. I'm not saying it's not funny. - Dr.Vermin May 14, 11:23 1
        
        You're so sensitive. -- nm - loosilu May 14, 11:27
  - i haven't seen one frame of it, so who knows. - TFox May 14, 11:07
  - ? -- nm - Iron Spawn May 14, 11:04
- their drama Revolution definitely has my attention. As does ABC's drama Last Resort - Jovian May 14, 10:56 3
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  - I just heard about Last Resort today and will check it out. - Mel Profit May 14, 10:57 1
    - its from Shawn Ryan. So it might actually do well. -- nm - Jovian May 14, 11:05
Shoot me now! - Stephen May 14, 10:54 4
- clearly no. ST posters are disappearing left and right. no more! -- nm - Jovian May 14, 10:56 1
  - Mostly from the left, but he'd be from the right. -- nm - spamlet May 14, 11:05
- *bang* -- nm - Iron Spawn May 14, 10:55 1
  - It must be Lawyer - Office Manager Day! - Mel Profit May 14, 11:17
I'm going to start a band called The Magnificent Baratheons. -- nm - David May 14, 10:53 1
- (Joffrey not included) - Kim Pine May 14, 11:14
46 year old USC, Packers wide receiver missing. Girlfriend dropped him off at a Metrolink station where he began hiking. He's not familiar with area - CrankYanker May 14, 10:42 1
- Sounds a little like the FBI agent they've been looking for. -- nm - MojaveMeg May 14, 10:54
Huh. Dale Hunter won't return as Caps coach -- (link) - prayformojo May 14, 10:42
Florida investigation into non-registered voters -- (link) - Strongbad May 14, 10:42
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- So Ray Rice for Finley + T Rich? I want Rice. -- nm - Strongbad May 14, 10:43
- this is a funny question, but standard settings? any reason QBs are more valuable than in other leagues? -- nm - TFox May 14, 10:41 5
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    - then i'd keep Ray Rice. -- nm - TFox May 14, 10:43 3
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        Despite your obvious attempts to bait my fandom, no. -- nm - TFox May 14, 10:51 1
        
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I just found Loosi's birthday cake -- (link) - zork May 14, 10:39 [flickr] 5
- she looks great for 70 -- nm - peglegpete May 14, 11:05
- wow, it took me a minute (wipes my glasses, oh yeah, better) to wonder where's the cake, did you screw up the link -- nm - zeitgeist May 14, 11:02
- fantastic -- nm - Epiphany May 14, 10:58
- awesome! -- nm - loosilu May 14, 10:49
- No Penis cake? -- nm - eag May 14, 10:40
museum humour -- (link) - zork May 14, 10:36 [Image] 1
- I was expecting to see some Lennon glasses or a Ringo mustache on one of them. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 14, 10:53
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- He can have a passport done by cfl kickoff -- nm - Will Hunting May 14, 10:38
- Strongbad wants a kajillion dollars. -- nm - Strongbad May 14, 10:36
From the seems like I just back files: Coachella 2013 Advance Sales start Thursday - JD May 14, 10:30
HWDYK note #1: A quiz for Once Upon a Time and *two* for Survivor (by Roger More) are up now -- (link) - prayformojo May 14, 10:26 8
- HWDYK note #2: We published our 2,000th quiz on Friday. Wanted to say thanks to everyone here for their continued support/lack of active obstruction. - prayformojo May 14, 10:28 7
  - Nice! Thanks for giving us so much fun and a place to contribute. And thanks to everyone that's contributed, the quizzes are awesome and a lot of fun - Krusty May 14, 11:06 2
    - Thank you for your remarks....and the Swedes (or whoever it was) will be eagerly awaiting the BBT quiz -- nm - prayformojo May 14, 11:11 1
      - Hahaha. :-) I hope they come back and take the next one. - Krusty May 14, 11:14
  - You people are the salt of the Earth in a world full of pepper! -- nm - David May 14, 11:01
  - Thats great! -- nm - kelly May 14, 10:35
  - Woohoo! Thanks to everyone for your support! -- nm - Kim Pine May 14, 10:31
  - Congrats! -- nm - TWuG May 14, 10:31
Ok Kim...how was the show? -- nm - Mel Profit May 14, 10:25 5
- It was really great. Lots of fun. - Kim Pine May 14, 10:30 4
  - That is fan.tastic. That's a good album for him to play all of. - Mel Profit May 14, 10:32 3
    - It was just him, all by himself. Very raw. - Kim Pine May 14, 10:33 2
      - Oh, and opening act was a local dude. -- nm - Kim Pine May 14, 10:34 1
        
        We all harbor the same secret wish... - Mel Profit May 14, 10:38
Rihanna does the body paint, not much mystery left (nsfw) -- (link) - The Incredible Budice May 14, 10:24 9
- Note to body paint artists: lizard scales /= sexy -- nm - Stephen May 14, 10:55
- "Don' chu be looking at me like that" -- nm - zork May 14, 10:35
- I'm ready for her 15 minutes of fame to come to an end. -- nm - Fuzzy May 14, 10:30 6
  - the world needs sex symbols. -- nm - Mel Profit May 14, 10:39
  - ??? I really enjoy her music. -- nm - Strongbad May 14, 10:36 2
    - me too, and I love seeing what she wears too. -- nm - loosilu May 14, 10:50
    - I find Rihanna backlash super-amusing, honestly. -- nm - TFox May 14, 10:45
  - She's the living embodiment of Barney Stinson's Hot/Crazy scale -- nm - prayformojo May 14, 10:34 1
    - I love her unwillingness to " care" simply cause the media thinks she should. - Epiphany May 14, 10:43
Santa Monica parking meters now have "automatic flush" technology; when you leave a space, the meter resets to zero time. -- (link) - CrankYanker May 14, 10:18 12
- Here you get little ticket to put in your window and if you still have time left after you leave you can park - Krusty May 14, 11:17
- If they're gonna pull that shit, then you should be able to hit a 'refund' button and get back your unused money before you leave. - Dr.Vermin May 14, 10:22 10
  - Here if you pay by cell phone, you can tell it when you've left and only pay for that period - Reagen May 14, 10:50 1
    - /moves south -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 14, 11:03
  - I'm kinda torn on the issue; when I put money in a meter, I know I'm not gonna get it back so it's no loss to me. At the same time, there should be - CrankYanker May 14, 10:46 4
    - mech coin meters wasn't practical to make them give refunds, but electronic ones, if they can 'know' when you leave then they should required to charg - zeitgeist May 14, 11:00 2
      - You guys have those EZ Pass things for the toll roads? Maybe they could expand the functionality there. - Dr.Vermin May 14, 11:05 1
        
        that would be far too good of an idea to actually happen -- nm - znufrii May 14, 11:07
    - Yeah, it's the double-payment that will occur that sticks in my craw. - Dr.Vermin May 14, 10:56
  - cosidering most cant raise new revenue from taxes - tRuMaN (insane, possibly) May 14, 10:24 2
    - Fees for street lights and stormwater/drainage are pretty common here. -- nm - Strongbad May 14, 10:46 1
      - holy hell - they are getting super ridicilous with it -- nm - Epiphany May 14, 10:51
Lunch poll for the roll - JenBro May 14, 10:16 22
- Ramen. Bills are due this week. :-( -- nm - Krusty May 14, 11:18
- blueberry yogurt here ... wasn't that hungry today 'cause I had a McD's egg mcmuffin for breakfast -- nm - JenBro May 14, 10:57
- sushi, diet coke. - Andie May 14, 10:36 2
  - I ended up getting 2 $25 Can.Tire GCs on Friday - zork May 14, 10:42 1
    - hey, at least you got something useful! -- nm - Andie May 14, 10:43
- Some leftovers at home - amoxy May 14, 10:33
- chicken fingers with grilled veggies -- nm - Epiphany May 14, 10:31
- Jimmy John's #8 - oblique May 14, 10:27 4
  - Billy Club? -- nm - JaxSean May 14, 10:30 2
    - I dunno. It was roast beef and ham I think -- nm - oblique May 14, 10:32 1
      - yes, billy club - I have a Jimmy Johns menus on my file cabinet - Epiphany May 14, 10:52
  - cheap bastard. nm -- nm - groiny May 14, 10:29
- glass of carrot juice. yum. -- nm - colin May 14, 10:27
- pork loin with applesauce, roasted potatoes, carrots, and snap peas. water, coffee, tiny cup of vanilla froyo. -- nm - TFox May 14, 10:21
- leftovers. -- nm - tRuMaN (insane, possibly) May 14, 10:21
- Wendy's. 2 bacon-double cheeseburgers and value fries. - JaxSean May 14, 10:20 2
  - have you always drank diet coke or is that new? I can't handle the aspartame myself - does weird stuff to me. -- nm - JenBro May 14, 10:55
  - Will? -- nm - oblique May 14, 10:32
- I have leftover Subway that I'm about to eat. -- nm - Kim Pine May 14, 10:20
- leftover steak (I know, its so weird to have some, like leftover wine...damn diet) -- nm - zeitgeist May 14, 10:20
- Leftover homemade pizza. - Dr.Vermin May 14, 10:20
- likely Subway. nm -- nm - groiny May 14, 10:18
I wonder if they would ticket you for posting to ST while walking. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 14, 10:14 6
- I'd get a lot of fines -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 10:46
- Tickets you for firsting. -- nm - tRuMaN (insane, possibly) May 14, 10:15 4
  - JenBro would owe quite a bit then -- nm - eag May 14, 10:15 3
    - hahahaha ... check my IM :) -- nm - JenBro May 14, 10:17 2
      - What IM? -- nm - eag May 14, 10:39 1
        
        sorry - on my "first" that wasn't really a first :) -- nm - JenBro May 14, 10:52

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