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St Poll: The Serenity (and crew) vs The Desinty (and sgu crew) -- nm - tRuMaN (insane, possibly) May 14, 12:08 2
- this is like polling if people prefer threesomes or handjobs. -- nm - TFox May 14, 12:10 1
  - I know right? -- nm - Epiphany May 14, 12:16
I'm so amused by the prospect of an OKC/Clippers Western Conference Final. - TFox May 14, 12:08
Ron Paul partially suspends campaign... -- (link) - Don Homer May 14, 12:06
st Poll: Pirates vs Zombies -- nm - tRuMaN (insane, possibly) May 14, 12:04 4
- thelast movie i saw the pirates were zombies, but I'll take zombies cause the pirates will get blind drunk and wake up to the worst hangover ever - zeitgeist May 14, 12:18
- Zombies -- nm - JenBro May 14, 12:16
- Pirates - Epiphany May 14, 12:09
- Zombies. -- nm - Krusty May 14, 12:05
In Focus- 50 Years Ago: The World in 1962... -- (link) - Don Homer May 14, 11:56 1
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Other baseball rule question - Guigue May 14, 11:56 7
- Yes. After he over runs first he can then turn and head to second but he does need to sort of get - Krusty May 14, 12:01 4
  - Mmm okay, once again conflicting opinions, but I get the jest of it. Thanks guys! -- nm - Guigue May 14, 12:05 3
    - His path has to be reasonable is what I meant. If he makes the turn in the outfield grass - Krusty May 14, 12:08 2
      - Ok, so as Reagen said, the path is defined by his original starting position and the base. Thanks! -- nm - Guigue May 14, 12:10 1
        
        Right and same as Spamlet, if he takes a direct path he should be fine. - Krusty May 14, 12:13
- Yes, the runner should go more or less straight to second though. - Reagen May 14, 12:01
- As long as he takes a direct path from where he turns to second base, he should be good. -- nm - spamlet May 14, 11:59
ST poll - tRuMaN or TrUmAn ? -- nm - JenBro May 14, 11:53 2
- monkeys! -- nm - Epiphany May 14, 12:03 1
  - FTW :) -- nm - JenBro May 14, 12:15
ST Poll: Witchdoctors vs UFOs -- nm - tRuMaN (insane, possibly) May 14, 11:52 3
- UFO -- nm - Krusty May 14, 12:02
- ufos, superior technology will always seem like magic to the unintitiated -- nm - zeitgeist May 14, 11:58
- I'd love SyFy to do this. -- nm - Mel Profit May 14, 11:54
Andie, those GCs would have been more useful if I had gotten them before the car breaking down up north. Oh well, it's still gravy. -- nm - zork May 14, 11:52
Survivor spoilers - David May 14, 11:50 12
- spoils - Roger More May 14, 11:54 3
  - spoils - Kim Pine May 14, 12:02 1
    - spoils - Roger More May 14, 12:03
  - FWIW (spoilers) - David May 14, 11:58
- The only thing I wish Probst had asked was (spoilers) - oblique May 14, 11:53
- spoils - TFox May 14, 11:53 6
  - spoils - Roger More May 14, 11:56
  - Kim (my wife, not the player) pointed this out. (spoilers) - David May 14, 11:56 4
    - Random thing that pisses me off about The Talk - con_carne May 14, 12:02 2
      - All I really know about the talk is that my beloved Aisha Tyler is on there. -- nm - David May 14, 12:04 1
        
        Nooooooooope! -- nm - Kim Pine May 14, 12:05
    - once (spoils) - TFox May 14, 11:57
AZ Ron Paul supporters boo Mitt Romney's son off of the stage -- (link) - MDH May 14, 11:50 1
- They did that to Pawlenty in OK as well. - spamlet May 14, 11:51
ST Poll: Voltron vs Power Rangers -- nm - tRuMaN (insane, possibly) May 14, 11:48 10
- Voltron. Still have them at my mom's house. :-) -- nm - Krusty May 14, 11:56
- Power Rangers - con_carne May 14, 11:53
- Voltron! -- nm - Beaker May 14, 11:53
- Power Rangers - Epiphany May 14, 11:52 3
  - you kind of had to be a boy in the 80s. -- nm - Mel Profit May 14, 12:11 1
    - If you felt like being popular, you could just get your parents to buy you the entire Voltron -- nm - con_carne May 14, 12:14
  - *stares at you blankly* -- nm - oblique May 14, 11:53
- I'm not sure why you even have to ask this question. Only MDH and JenBro will answer Power Rangers. -- nm - oblique May 14, 11:49
- Voltron... - Mel Profit May 14, 11:48
- Voltron -- nm - Roger More May 14, 11:48
ST Poll: The Jetsons vs the Flintstones -- nm - tRuMaN (insane, possibly) May 14, 11:47 7
- Jetsons -- nm - Krusty May 14, 11:56
- flintstones, all fred has to do is drop a rock on whatever infinite power supply the jetsons had and their space needle lifestyle crashes -- nm - zeitgeist May 14, 11:53
- Jetsons -- nm - Epiphany May 14, 11:51
- Jetsons. (nm) - spamlet May 14, 11:49
- Flintstones -- nm - Roger More May 14, 11:48
- Flintstones -- nm - oblique May 14, 11:47 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker May 14, 11:53
ST Poll: Ninjas or Samurais? -- nm - tRuMaN (insane, possibly) May 14, 11:41 18
- Samurai -- nm - con_carne May 14, 12:07
- ninjas were the seal team sixes of samurai -- nm - zeitgeist May 14, 11:56
- Ninjas, except if the samurai are ronin. -- nm - Roger More May 14, 11:46 1
  - Ronin...this is what I meant. -- nm - Mel Profit May 14, 11:46
- Samurai Ninjas! (I miss Kim Possible) -- nm - David May 14, 11:45
- Samurai... - Mel Profit May 14, 11:45 6
  - So many of the samurai films are about their decline. - con_carne May 14, 11:48 4
    - possibly the last warrior class to at least aspire to nobility. - Mel Profit May 14, 11:56 3
      - ...that dominated a society. - Mel Profit May 14, 12:00
      - thats *President* Eisenhower -- nm - zeitgeist May 14, 12:00 1
        
        touche'. -- nm - Mel Profit May 14, 12:00
  - Pizza Cats! -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 11:47
- Samurai -- nm - TFox May 14, 11:44
- Ninja -- nm - Epiphany May 14, 11:43 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker May 14, 11:53
- Ninja -- nm - Krusty May 14, 11:43
- Ninjasis -- nm - oblique May 14, 11:43
- Samurai -- nm - Spawn May 14, 11:42
Why would IE just suddenly stop working? I use Chrome most of the time, but I need to use IE to access my work email. - GregW May 14, 11:40 1
- so. many. possible. reasons. - zork May 14, 11:55
LIR: I don't find Rhianna attractive at all -- nm - oblique May 14, 11:39 22
- She's an artist who makes me feel like an old fart. I actually like her music and think she's attractive, but the sex side of her music and personna - pmb May 14, 11:56 1
  - My younger brother and I were watching her most recent SNL and at the same time pointed out that her crotch-patting move was vulgar, but - Max May 14, 12:14
- I think she's hot but *don't* like her music. -- nm - Dr.Vermin fell in love in a hopeless place. May 14, 11:47 2
  - when she's live, you can see/hear that she can't really dance or sing. -- nm - zork May 14, 11:56
  - This -- nm - con_carne May 14, 11:48
- She's Grace Jones but more conventionally pretty. -- nm - Reagen May 14, 11:44 10
  - My only complaint about her looks is that she looks like she has about 10% alien -- nm - con_carne May 14, 11:47 1
    - Don't spoil Battleship's twist! -- nm - Reagen May 14, 11:52
  - I had a thing for Grace Jones as a teenager. -- nm - Mel Profit May 14, 11:46 5
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    - Anyone shocked? Anyone? -- nm - Reagen May 14, 11:48 3
      - in the heart of preppy land USA, absolutely. - Mel Profit May 14, 11:52 2
        
        I think he met here. -- nm - spamlet May 14, 12:00 1
        
        I know. -- nm - Mel Profit May 14, 12:07
  - no way. Grace Jones is scary looking. -- nm - sycor May 14, 11:46 1
    - ummm ... exactly -- nm - zork May 14, 11:53
- she has legs for miles though -- nm - Epiphany May 14, 11:43 3
  - It's not the same when they end in a paper bag -- nm - oblique May 14, 11:44 2
    - those are eyes are wonderful. -- nm - Mel Profit May 14, 11:45 1
      - Huskies have pretty eyes too but I don't want to f them - oblique May 14, 11:46
- agreed -- nm - tRuMaN (insane, possibly) May 14, 11:41
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- He was high on Brady Quinn - amoxy May 14, 11:39
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  - Over "JaMarcus Russell was a no-brainer "? -- nm - David May 14, 11:42 3
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      - I think Gosselin had him six. There were a lot of red flags about his work ethic. - David May 14, 11:47
    - That line is technically true. -- nm - Reagen May 14, 11:43
- I love how he ranges from B+ to C-. - Reagen May 14, 11:35 3
  - He makes too much money from agents to badmouth their clients. - David May 14, 11:40
  - this post gets my lowest rating ever - prayformojo May 14, 11:38
  - That seems to be the norm in "grading" drafts. -- nm - Don Homer May 14, 11:35
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Between 'Brave' and Game of Thrones, I'm guessing participation at Renaissance Fairs is about to spike. Do we have any STers who do these? -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 14, 11:31 10
- We went to a few when we lived in Seattle. (alas, no dressing up) There was a faire in Gig Harbor that even had jousting. - Trish May 14, 12:13
- I believe Covington Cat has been to them - not sure how many though. -- nm - JenBro May 14, 11:55
- I went last year. Might go this year. -- nm - con_carne May 14, 11:41
- haven't been in ages. -- nm - znufrii May 14, 11:40
- we use to go once a year - but we now go to the horse track. ha. -- nm - Epiphany May 14, 11:38
- I don't know, but what also is about to spike: Old Ren Faire folks bitching about the influx of new people. -- nm - loosilu May 14, 11:33 2
  - Oh, I can definitely imagine. - Dr.Vermin May 14, 11:35 1
    - "Verily do I cast scorn upon thee." -- nm - con_carne May 14, 11:37
- We've gone in the past. Elephant rides! - prayformojo May 14, 11:32
- We have one nearby that we go to occasionally, but not dressing up. - TFox May 14, 11:32
for spammy - Briella is not a hairdresser, she's a high end makeup artist. - loosilu May 14, 11:29 [Backboard] 3
- is she from Tarth? -- nm - Roger More May 14, 11:31
- My point still stands. - spamlet May 14, 11:30 1
  - if so, the article is wrong. The show is about a salon, but she did some makeup work for them. - loosilu May 14, 11:31
I have to say that our Five Guys is uniformly just about the friendlies place that I've ever been to - prayformojo May 14, 11:28
If the pay is so terrible, why do people work at daycares? I mean, there's got to be a less exhausting way to make a marginal income. -- nm - TFox May 14, 11:28 16
- healthcare coverage?...even if the place is so low pay as to not have any, you need to prove some oncome for many comm free clinics -- nm - zeitgeist May 14, 11:50
- If you *have* kids, getting free daycare for them with your job is a huge perk. - Dr.Vermin May 14, 11:49
- "Well, what kind of cars do you see them drive?" "How should I know? Soon as I drop the kids off, I'm speeding away while laughing maniacally." -- nm - con_carne May 14, 11:41
- I believe the children are our future. -- nm - daycare worker May 14, 11:34
- From the people I know doing it, they want to be teachers and either can't or won't get the required education. - spamlet May 14, 11:29
- You'd obviously have to like young kids. Maybe some altruistic motive as well. -- nm - Don Homer May 14, 11:28
- if its a choice between day care or fast food... -- nm - znufrii May 14, 11:28
- usually the employees are women who didn't finish their degrees. -- nm - loosilu May 14, 11:28 8
  - Fishin' for a single sugar daddy! -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 14, 11:48
  - and you've discovered this through your vast interactions with numerous day care workers? -- nm - decline May 14, 11:30 2
    - More anecdotal evidence: this was the case with my sister while she was a day-care worker. -- nm - Roger More May 14, 11:36
    - friends and family who worked there and/or put their children in day care. - loosilu May 14, 11:31
  - At home day cares, maybe. At ours, all of the workers beyond the infant room have at least an Associate's degree - Don Homer May 14, 11:29 2
    - that's impressive. -- nm - loosilu May 14, 11:30
    - wow -- nm - prayformojo May 14, 11:29
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