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Who watched Idol last night? Use of the word "solid"? - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:35 6
- Saw it. Don't remember the context. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 10:43
- How was it used? (To do someone a solid is to do them a favour, whether it was asked for or not) -- nm - Loyola Jan 28, 10:36 3
  - I don't remember the exact quote. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:37 2
    - Adjective or noun? -- nm - mara Jan 28, 10:38 1
      - I don't remember anything more than it being weird and I've never heard it used that way. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:39
- I do you a solid, you do me a solid. -- nm - Antibus Jan 28, 10:36
I've never understood why someone would want to watch tv while they're working out. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 10:34 8
- I don't understand how anyone can just stand there and grind the peddles or tread the mill for 1/2 hour - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 28, 10:45
- I... don't understand. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 10:37
- What don't you understand? It's a way to pass the time, a nice distraction. - kelly Jan 28, 10:36
- SheFox has brought her DS to the gym to use on the recumbent bike. Grind out some levels, makes the workout fly. -- nm - TFox Jan 28, 10:36
- I can do cardio longer if I'm distracted with tv. I don't get bored. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:36 1
  - I guess I don't get the idea that distracting yourself from what you're doing is a *good* thing... :) -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 10:36
- Lifting weights, no. On the treadmill? Of course. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 28, 10:35
- what's to understand? -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:34
Zero Punctuation may be the funniest 5 minutes on the Internet. -- (link) - Mop Jan 28, 10:30 1
- well, the escapist also now has Unskippable, which is also fun - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:32
STIC: The boss is hosting an ice-breaker, and needs 'categories' to split people up into. Like "run a marathon" or "born in foreign country" - Dr.Vermin Jan 28, 10:29 23
- Plays a musical instrument. -- nm - mara Jan 28, 10:38
- Loves Northern Exposure vs Never Seen It -- nm - Max Jan 28, 10:36
- Served in the military. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:36
- "comfortable beefing at work". -- nm - TFox Jan 28, 10:34
- "Easy when plied with alcohol" "Willing to go both ways" "Swallows" "Spits" -- nm - TWuG Jan 28, 10:33
- we play this game in management classes. eye color. cat person vs. dog person. married their high school sweeteart. - the year of the ox loves mandy lane Jan 28, 10:33
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- left handed. has lost 50 or more pounds. has a master's degree. speaks three or more languages. has a dog named "max" or "lucy" - kare Jan 28, 10:32 5
  - the dog one is great. "has or has had" works a bit better. -- nm - the year of the ox loves mandy lane Jan 28, 10:33
  - oooh, this is Alaska. Pilot license. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:33 2
    - also, fishing ... is steelheading big in Alaska? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:34
    - Very good call -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:34
  - ha! -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:32
- "attracted to me" -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:32 1
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- Lived in more than "x" states, seen 1 of the oscar nominated movies -- nm - MDH Jan 28, 10:31
- 'has criminal record' -- nm - decline Jan 28, 10:31 1
  - laughing. -- nm - the year of the ox loves mandy lane Jan 28, 10:33
- Has a tattoo -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:31 1
  - Pierced, Circumcised... -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 10:33
- "Gay", "Not Gay". "White", "Not White". "Men", "Not Men". "Meets Expectations", "Needs Work". -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 10:31
- Has a boat license. Holds two passports. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:31
- "Those who voted for Palin"...."Those who voted for the other guy." -- nm - budice Jan 28, 10:31
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- heh, nice one -- nm - Loyola Jan 28, 10:35
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- my gym has 4 lcds, 3 on the same soap opera and the 4th on ESPN (wha? see there's a news chanel) I think the TVs have a default dhanel at start up -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 28, 10:43
- ... okay, 1) MTV/VH1 is crap, 2) ESPN and MW probably have non-auditory information to communicate -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:29 4
  - Closed captioning is your friend. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:31
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    - ... it's like driving a manual transmission with a gigantic stereo drowning out the engine noise. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:33
    - your gym is on Wall Street, right? 'nuf said. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 10:33
- Well, most places will change the screens if you, ya know, ask nicely. -- nm - kelly Jan 28, 10:28 2
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    - fwiw, at my old employer's gym, ESPN and the news channels were what 99.9% of the folks in there preferred. - kelly Jan 28, 10:37
Iceland gets world's first openly gay female PM -- (link) - Reagen Jan 28, 10:26 3
- Because I know you are curious too, here's a link with a photo -- (link) - con_carne Jan 28, 10:28
- i was going to ask for a pic before i read the "66-year old" bit -- nm - Guy is so happy to be back in Portland Jan 28, 10:28
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Adventures in cafeteria food, Episode 592, Mushroom Bisque: B+ - znufrii Jan 28, 10:24
Some ST lolcat fans might appreciate this one -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:23 [Image]
CY sighting! Hey, CY, who'd you drive at the SAG awards? -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 10:22
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- Deal is done...it's heilman for Cedeno & Garrett Olson. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 28, 10:24 1
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- Drink enough and they all get prettier. -- nm - BAD Jan 28, 10:19
Has everyone heard this cover of Ginuwine's Pony by Far? -- (link) - budice Jan 28, 10:16 5
- Here's a Youtube link for the song -- (link) - budice Jan 28, 10:25 [youtube]
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- I can't believe I'm saying this, but I really need to visit Myspace more often - con_carne Jan 28, 10:22
- That's awesome. -- nm - MDH Jan 28, 10:22
- Heard it on the radio last weekend and laughed my ass off. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:18
Apparently, my county has consistently the lowest unemployment rate of any county in the state. - Mop Jan 28, 10:14
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- I don't know if I'm outraged or just sickened. Someone will buy this. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 10:20 1
  - Think of them as charitable contributors to a more stable economy. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:22
- A dollar, Bob. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:19
- *tramples over everyone to buy one* -- nm - Black Friday customers Jan 28, 10:18
reposted for fun. I got some shirt.woots last night. This one was ... unexpected :) -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:11 [flickr] 1
- nice one! -- nm - Guy is so happy to be back in Portland Jan 28, 10:19
Ugh. This story about the California family suicide is horrible. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 28, 10:09 2
- :( -- nm - kelly Jan 28, 10:21
- Definitely the top story locally. And that hospital is about four blocks from my apt. - con_carne Jan 28, 10:15
The Graveyard Book is going to be a movie?! -- (link) - TWuG Jan 28, 10:07
X-Factor #39 (spoils, don't read this if you haven't read the comic) - Mop Jan 28, 10:05 1
- interview with Peter David.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 28, 10:11
So ST, tell me what you think. Will Sirius/XM survive? My wife and I are talking about getting it for her Prius. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 28, 10:04 9
- I would imagine so. Though I still laugh that so many thought the merger would be a good thing. ha. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 28, 10:09 4
  - It was a good thing based on what they promised at the time that they're not falling through with - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:10 3
    - I promise you a million dollars and cupcakes every day. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 28, 10:11 2
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      - DEAL! -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:13
- probably. -- nm - decline Jan 28, 10:06
- I hope. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:05 1
  - Although they're on my hatey list right now for forcing me to pay for Howard Stern channels if I want to hear NFL/NASCAR -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:06
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Is there anywhere you can wctah the latest episodes of Lost online? alluc.org doesn't seem to carry Lost -- nm - Loyola Jan 28, 10:04 2
- abc.com doesn't have them? -- nm - Gwaahjo Jan 28, 10:17 1
  - Doesn't allow non US viewing. -- nm - Loyola Jan 28, 10:21
SITWAP: Chicagoan Obama can't believe his daughters had a snow day. (linky) - Tim Jan 28, 10:04 26
- in my day, we walked 12 miles through snow... uphill.... both ways!!! -- nm - Guy is so happy to be back in Portland Jan 28, 10:22
- No, my poor children can't go to school today!! *takes them to the mall during their day off though* -- nm - Don Homer Jan 28, 10:12
- It's icy as hell out there and I wish I had stayed home. and I am a Northerner. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:12
- I get that way with friends I know in warmer climes. "You didn't go to work today... because of two inches of snow?!?!" -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 28, 10:11 10
  - dude, it depends on the location. two inches of snow on the roads cripples us in seattle. -- nm - kare Jan 28, 10:13 8
    - pfffffffft... wimps - Cuzzin Todd Jan 28, 10:15 2
      - you guys get nice dry snow. what we have today is like glass. I can drive on snow. ain't no one can drive on ice. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:28
      - dude, i'll fight you. i will. - kare Jan 28, 10:28
    - in the PacNW, it just gets *so* slippery. It's not like the prairies where you get stuck in the snow, or get a white-out - - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:15 4
      - and hilly as f*ck. -- nm - kare Jan 28, 10:27
      - yep... lots of wrecks. i had to take a detour around a bus that got stuck and blocked the whole street yesterday -- nm - Guy is so happy to be back in Portland Jan 28, 10:24
      - also it's such a relatively rare event, people aren't as equipped to deal with it. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 10:16 1
        
        Victoria's snowplow is basically one guy with a Bobcat -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:18
  - SheFox asked if I had work this morning. "Honey, I'm a grownup, with a car. Yes, I have work." -- nm - TFox Jan 28, 10:12
- That's pretty funny. -- nm - TFox Jan 28, 10:09
- hahah! The president, telling people to Nut Up. Neechay. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:09
- heh. Damn right. You guys are whimps -- nm - oblique Jan 28, 10:08
- Sounds like my first night in Richmond, when I saw on the news they were cancelling school because an inch of snow was FORECASTED. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 28, 10:08 8
  - Richmond probably has two snow plows total. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:12 7
    - It is possible to drive on snowy, unplowed roads. Incredible, I know, but true. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 28, 10:15 6
      - And in our nation, it's a great way to get sued when a school bus accident injures kids in a place that drivers can't drive in the stuff. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 28, 10:29
      - you know what, that's a great way to put your car in a ditch. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:28
      - I've done it, even around here. I got stuck at christmas, that was fun. - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:21
      - Anyone that lives on a side street has to do that here until well after the snow stops since the plows concentrate on the main streets. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 28, 10:17 2
        
        I used to have to do that in Ithaca for five winters. It's possible but it's dangerous and it sucks. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 10:29
        
        my parents cuoldn't get ouf of their street when it showed in Portland over Christmas - znufrii Jan 28, 10:19
Rick Sanchez is to serious journalism what Sarah Palin is to intellectual curiosity -- nm - TWuG Jan 28, 10:01 10
- I have no idea who this person is, and I'd like to keep it that way. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 10:26 1
  - He's easily got one of the biggest pulpits on TV. He's CNN's afternoon anchor. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 10:32
- that take down is a good example of who should be charged with the task of knocking JtP down a peg or two, though. - Reagen Jan 28, 10:04 5
  - I just laughed out loud at the visual of Mike Tyson knocking a 5th grader across the school yard. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 10:11
  - It's folks like Rick that keep Joe in the public eye. Who the fuck ever heard of pajamatv until the MSM started blathering about Joe the Moron going - TWuG Jan 28, 10:09 3
    - It's the Mainstream Media's fault! -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 10:11
    - yeah, it'll be curious to see if they learn anything from it. - Reagen Jan 28, 10:10 1
      - The mainstream media is baised. Not liberal or conservative. Their bias is towards sensationalism. If there's ratings, they're there. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 10:12
- So imagine what an insult it must be when he insult's someone else's journalistic integrity. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 10:02
- "Dirty" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:01
Spider art in Palm Springs. VW Beetle made into a spider along with other junk. This is cool. -- (link) - CrankYanker Jan 28, 09:56 [flickr] 1
- that has been there for over 20 years. -- nm - peglegpete Jan 28, 10:05
I am drinking a non-diet Dr Pepper right now - Beryllium Jan 28, 09:56 1
- Uranus is not warm. It is frigid. -- nm - oblique Jan 28, 10:03
Too bad the pump only holds about a TBSP worth of liquid... -- nm - kelly Jan 28, 09:56 5
- So you're saying it's a BAC meter/pump for you instead of Mel and I...cool. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 28, 09:58 3
  - and she's not understanding that we can supersize it or worse case...wear 2 or 3? -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 28, 10:04 2
    - Really, it can't be that hard ot up the pump motor a few notches, resize the container... - Will Hunting Jan 28, 10:06 1
      - we could have different settings... - Mel Profit Jan 28, 10:12
- Nowhere near enough, baby! -- nm - Austin Powers Jan 28, 09:57
Huh, never knew about this. The original Oscar winner for best documentary in 1969 had to return the award after a technicality was discovered - Don Homer Jan 28, 09:56
Aahhh.... QuarkXPress. It's good to be home. -- nm - lileve Jan 28, 09:53
this is kind of cool. Letterman is airing the Bill Hicks routine, that never aired in 1993, this Friday. Hicks' mother is going to be on the show. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 28, 09:51 12
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  - I stole his Easter bunny bit when I did standup a few times in Virginia. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 28, 10:10
  - As reagen says, I'm sure there's a bit of humour in the delivery. However ... lame. - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:08
  - Boy that does not hold up well at all. - Tim Jan 28, 10:06 1
    - that's not his best stuff. But a lot of Bill Hicks is in the delivery. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:07
- it's bizarre to me to read about people that died like 20 years ago and find out that they were the same age as I am now. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 09:57 4
  - imagine if he'd lived to see Dubya. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 28, 10:04 2
    - I think his head would have exploded. - Reagen Jan 28, 10:06 1
      - I saw something on Youtube that had you swapped out some names would have been perfectly applicable. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 28, 10:15
  - I get the same feeling about hot babes on TV and in movies - con_carne Jan 28, 09:59
- Very nice -- nm - con_carne Jan 28, 09:53
- awesome. awesome. awesome. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 28, 09:52
it's in the pose. -- nm - lileve Jan 28, 09:50 4
- *naked man* -- nm - oblique Jan 28, 09:51 3
  - "Two out of three times." -- nm - Tim Jan 28, 09:53
  - *superman pose* -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 09:52 1
    - *superman punch* -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 09:53
it's the glasses ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 09:50 1
- It's in my gases. -- nm - Uranus Jan 28, 09:50

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