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""Hank, you know about the birds and the bees, right? Well, you know how some bees like other bees and some birds like other birds?" - nubby Jun 18, 09:43
Dear Euro 2012: why are both games today starting at the same time? -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 09:42 4
- to avoid shennanigans from the teams knowing the outcome of the previous game to fix the results - znufrii Jun 18, 09:45 1
  - duh, of course. right right -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 09:48
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- New race format. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 09:43
Local IT news: Radian 6 set to hire 300 IT people in NB -- (link) - Beaker Jun 18, 09:35
So this is Michelle Obama's commencement address yesterday. -- (link) - Mop (197 lbs) Jun 18, 09:28 [youtube]
I didn't hear 'Call Me, Maybe' at all this weekend. I am disappoint. -- nm - Qale Jun 18, 09:25 35
- Tangent: I caught the end of the early Friends ep where Ross and Rachel were having the "Maybe" talk about phone number and a date, last night. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 09:34
- I showed my 8 year old the Justin Bieber/Selena Gomez version...needless to say she loved it -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 09:28 9
  - I remember Bieber and Gomez doing a webcam cover *months* ago. It's this song? Surprised it's going viral only now. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Jun 18, 09:36 1
    - 42+ million hits ate youtube, I just hadn't shown it to her before -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 09:37
  - I am pleased, at least, that my 7 yr old son is not into pop at all. I fear it won't be the same for my daughters. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Jun 18, 09:34 6
    - our daughters lobe Bieber, Gaga, Katy Perry, etc etc. Thankfully I buy the music so most are songs I don't mind -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 09:36
    - Bub is almost... anti music. This annoys me, but I am trying to focus on the good side. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 09:35 4
      - what?? lets hope he is a late bloomer -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 09:44 1
        
        I mean, he loves a handful of songs, but not music in general. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 09:45
      - Introduce him to miniclip.com. Lose him forever. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Jun 18, 09:36 1
        
        Bub don't surf. - Spawn Jun 18, 09:38
- What about Call Me Semi-Charmed? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 18, 09:26 3
  - That was Friday I believe it was posted. It was pretty good, though I genuinely like Semi-Charmed. - Qale Jun 18, 09:36 2
    - I enjoyed it until the radios played it to death. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 18, 09:38 1
      - I guess I listen to too many stations so I don't usually get too burned out by songs. Or maybe I just have a higher buffer before annoyance. -- nm - Qale Jun 18, 09:42
- I watched the Miami Dolphins Cheerleader version remix. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 09:26 2
  - *high five* -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Jun 18, 09:33 1
    - The remix was weak, though. Stick with their original version. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 09:34
- Once on the drive into work this morning. Poll: You? -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Jun 18, 09:26 14
  - There was an NPR story about the song weekend before last -- nm - con_carne Jun 18, 09:35
  - on the radio or in my head? - kare Jun 18, 09:30 1
    - ~hey I just heard you and this is crazy, but be my earworm so drive me crazy~ -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 09:32
  - I actively seeked it out on Spotify to hear it. -- nm - spamlet Jun 18, 09:28
  - I have never heard this song. - znufrii Jun 18, 09:27 8
    - the joke ML posted at the top of B2 makes hearing it worthwhile in and of itself -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 09:29 5
      - but generally only when coupled with the news story that ... spawned ... the joke :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 09:30 4
        
        I'm sure the three people who know what Cthulu has to do with that story appreciate it very much -- nm - con_carne Jun 18, 09:34 1
        
        The Great Old One. Legendary hockey player. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 09:43
        
        Not for the faint of heart -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 18, 09:32
        
        ::ears... :: -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 09:30
    - Why do you hate hot cheerleaders? - Spawn Jun 18, 09:28
    - Give it a minute. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Jun 18, 09:28
  - above -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 09:26
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  - I was at two of the Peach Party events, a new circuit event that seemed quite successful. After hours was $40 bucks. - Qale Jun 18, 09:34
Not sure when this is hitting screens ( or DVD) but 7500 - looks pretty scary -- (link) - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 09:21 2
- William Shatner did this in 1973! -- (link) - Mop (197 lbs) Jun 18, 09:33
- mmm Jamie Chung. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 18, 09:22
ika.org question posted on to the alliance. Can you help a brutha out? -- nm - spamlet Jun 18, 09:17 6
- I answered. Never hurts to develop relationships in other Alliances. Plus it is more like a swap than anything -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 09:30
- my thought - tRuMaN (what?) Jun 18, 09:21
- Uh, "giving" resources is frowned upon by ika in general. - Spawn Jun 18, 09:20 3
  - Looks like SCRUF let up on the blockade now. Several hundred ships by MIN but I'm not in any danger of wine or anything like that. -- nm - spamlet Jun 18, 09:23
  - unless he is larger than spamlet. -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 09:21 1
    - True. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 09:32
LA's solution to school budget deficit? Let's teach them less and cut teacher pay. -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 18, 09:12 2
- And by LA you mean Texas, right? - Spawn Jun 18, 09:17
- wow. -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 09:15
Santorum says �no� to job in potential Romney administration -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 18, 09:08 1
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Bones of John The Baptist Possibly Discovered -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 18, 09:07 3
- *sigh* -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Jun 18, 09:37
- very cool - also " National Geographic Channel program about the discover premieres on June 17. - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 09:19
- or more likely just some random peasant -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 09:09
Seeing Against Me! this weekend, an interesting thought / conversation came up. - JaxSean Jun 18, 09:07 10
- An old friend (white/Jewish) married a black/Baptist girl, then got a sex change and they have remained together. - CrankYanker Jun 18, 09:22
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- Does the state recognize sex changes? -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 09:08 7
  - I... have no idea. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 18, 09:08 6
    - Just thinking, if they don't it is a moot point. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 09:09 5
      - So the state would still recognize her as a man? - JaxSean Jun 18, 09:11 4
        
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        From a logic stand point, I could see slow moving states having more trouble acknowledging that someone has changed their sex , than allowing gay... - Spawn Jun 18, 09:23 2
        
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        Cray Cray. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 09:27
LYC: Doing research for a client....a "regular" person is not allowed to perform marriage ceremonies in Ontario... - Walt_Disney Jun 18, 09:03
amoxy cc x2 -- nm - tRuMaN (what?) Jun 18, 09:00
Sandusky: "And I didn't go around seeking out every young person for sexual needs that I've helped" -- (link) - Beaker Jun 18, 08:58 8
- Offensive coordinators around the country are wondering how a guy this stupid could create such clever defenses. -- nm - David Jun 18, 09:06
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  - You know Lawyerin' Joe will do it. -- nm - nubby Jun 18, 09:21
  - ::fingers crossed:: -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 09:05
- ... only the ones that were cute. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 09:01 1
  - More of you need to watch Venture Bros. so I can make Sergeant Hatred jokes. -- nm - nubby Jun 18, 09:22
- looks like their going with a "personality disorder" defense now as well... -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 08:59 1
  - that's fine - all 12 of his personalities can be found guilty just as easily as one can -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 09:04
PGA: The last 15 majors have been won by 15 different golfers -- (link) - budice Jun 18, 08:57
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- So, itchy by the end of the week? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 18, 09:40
- At least one of our local cities is offering rebates to homeowners to tear out their water-hungry gardens and replace with xeriscaping. - MojaveMeg Jun 18, 08:58
- Someone posted a sign advertising rubber mulch at the end of our block - oblique Jun 18, 08:49 6
  - Ribbed. For herb pleasure. -- nm - bc/nc Jun 18, 09:04 1
    - *splurt* -- nm - Herb Jun 18, 09:22
  - speaking, we finally had someone come and mulch. - znufrii Jun 18, 08:49 2
    - we mulched with black bark over the course of the past week or so. i thought it would be cleaner when Daisy traipses through the beds. - kare Jun 18, 09:32
    - whispering, sweet. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 08:50
  - Just be sure it is not used. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 08:49
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- This is the one that Obama himself said he didn't have the power to do, correct? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 18, 08:55 6
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    - I don't have a link. I've heard it mentioned by several sources... let me see what I can find. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 18, 08:59 4
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        This part at the end of Napolitano's policy statement makes me think you're right - Strongbad Jun 18, 09:13 2
        
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        Cool, thanks. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 18, 09:18
- that was... not what i was expecting. -- nm - tRuMaN (what?) Jun 18, 08:51 1
  - me either. - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 09:02
Vilma walked out of hearing on bounty suspension claiming the process was unfair - per ESPN notification -- nm - spamlet Jun 18, 08:44 2
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- *snork* -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 08:44
LYC: I think I figured out the cause of my eye strain from last week - con_carne Jun 18, 08:39 2 1
- "Ballpeen hammer." -- nm - Billy Crystal si Jun 18, 08:44 1
  - I hate when that happens.... nm -- nm - groiny Jun 18, 08:50
sitwap: George RR Martin worried about finishing up the book series before the show needs them -- (link) - tRuMaN (what?) Jun 18, 08:37 1
- George RR Martin is not HBO's b!tch. - znufrii Jun 18, 08:52
whenever I get a spam mail notice at work, I always read "postini" in a Jawa voice -- nm - zork Jun 18, 08:31 1
- Jawa's are unintelligable - oblique Jun 18, 08:35
The first two episodes of Falling Skies season 2 were really good I thought. - Jovian Jun 18, 08:27 3
- I thought they were pretty blah, except (spoiler) - prayformojo Jun 18, 08:30 1
  - but (spoils) - Jovian Jun 18, 08:35
- Good to hear. Have not watched them yet. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 08:29
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- Oddly, it's rumored to buy into the Barnes and Noble eco-system rather than the Xbox (rebranded Zune) eco-system. Microsoft doesn't know it's ass... - Mop (197 lbs) Jun 18, 09:26 1
  - Or maybe I spoke too soon (moi?!) Cnet reports Barnes and Noble will *not* be part of the announcement. -- (link) - Mop (197 lbs) Jun 18, 09:28
i am sure no geeky fanboys will get this figurine and do bad things with it. -- (link) - tRuMaN (what?) Jun 18, 08:23 1
- looks like she's already doing things to herself in the second picture -- nm - zork Jun 18, 08:33
I sure hope the AC in the new house works - znufrii Jun 18, 08:23 16
- Hope? You had the system tested and serviced as part of the inspection process, right? -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 08:24 15
  - was too cold outside to test the AC units (window units, no central air) when we had the inspection back in March -- nm - znufrii Jun 18, 08:33 14
    - Oh, window units are cheap and easily replaced. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 08:35
    - on the plus side, one way or another, we'll get to see how urgently we will want to add installing central air to our list of projects... -- nm - znufrii Jun 18, 08:35 12
      - #1. I am shocked there are houses without it. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 08:36 11
        
        Hi! -- nm - Canada :) Jun 18, 08:46 4
        
        That is different. - Spawn Jun 18, 08:47 3
        
        Mostly, yup -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 08:51 2
        
        did the Oceanview House have it? I saw the wall furnances -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 18, 08:59 1
        
        No idea. Possibly. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 09:04
        
        given the age of houses where we're buying, it's more shocking when they have it. it wasn't exactly around 95 years ago. -- nm - znufrii Jun 18, 08:39 5
        
        Have they been unoccupied the last few decades? - Spawn Jun 18, 08:42 4
        
        except for one tricky problem - znufrii Jun 18, 08:46 3
        
        Tear them down. - Spawn Jun 18, 08:48 2
        
        but they're super cute! -- nm - znufrii Jun 18, 08:48 1
        
        Build it back cuter! - Spawn Jun 18, 08:49
Sorkin didn't watch the season of WW he wrote? - Will Hunting Jun 18, 08:15
Dear Java: I will never install the Ask Toolbar or whatever crapware you keep trying to push on me. -- nm - nubby Jun 18, 08:10 6
- We hates the toolbar addons, don't we, Precious? -- nm - Was Bar Was Jun 18, 08:23
- Threadjack: Anybody know why there have been three Win XP updates within about a week? -- nm - con_carne Jun 18, 08:20 2
  - One was an RDP vulnerability (allowing full remote control and viewing on certain configs) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 09:11
  - Thread-un-jack: Put it in your Ask Toolbar! -- nm - nubby Jun 18, 08:21
- Dear nubby, one day you will make a mistake, and then your browser will be ours. bwahahahahahah -- nm - Java Jun 18, 08:13
- they've moved on from pimping the Yahoo! toolbar, I see... -- nm - znufrii Jun 18, 08:11
Dance with your Mind! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 18, 08:05 1
- I just emailed Amy and requested 100 copies for the Indianapolis Library System. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 08:23
the arms race between the Cheaters and the Game companies (pc version of battlefield 3, but still) -- (link) - tRuMaN (CPA, failing all the time) Jun 18, 08:05
"What is your purpose on B1?" "To inspire people around the world" -- nm - zork Jun 18, 08:05

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