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Suspected serial killer arrested in Winnipeg -- (link) - Beaker Jun 25, 10:08 1
- we so need pixie to make the dignan joke here. -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 10:09
Full version of 'The Newsroom' episode 1 available o youtube. -- (link) - GregW Jun 25, 10:07 [youtube] 2 1
- (legally) -- nm - nubby Jun 25, 10:12 1
  - Stick it to me. -- nm - Max Jun 25, 10:24
New Angry Birds game - Angry Birds Heikki - ties in with Formula 1 Grand Prix. -- (link) - Mop Jun 25, 09:59
chapstickers, do you know about these keychain koozy thingies? -- (link) - zork Jun 25, 09:56 3
- Blistex FTW! -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 10:00 2
  - Nivea lip balm.....even better! -- nm - miffed67 Jun 25, 10:13 1
    - my favorite lately are chicken poop and this -- (link) - amanda Jun 25, 10:14
New season of Burn Notice... meh. New season of White Collar in 2 weeks... Yay! -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 09:45 3
- John C. McGinley on Burn Notice... Maybe it's enough to offset Fiona's "woe is me!" storyline, but I doubt it. - Mop Jun 25, 10:14
- s2 epi 2 of White Collar and Suits on here tonight -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 09:47 1
  - (plus epi 5 of s6 of Psych) - Monday is my favorite summer TV day. easily -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 10:00
*grumble grumble* Costco says the Galaxy S3 is coming out the 28th. *grumble* -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 09:38 2
- *pets his S3 while grinning like a cheshire cat* -- nm - JaxSean Jun 25, 10:13
- *KACHOW* -- nm - Strongbad Jun 25, 09:40
I learned a new vocabulary word today "breastaurant" -- nm - Strongbad Jun 25, 09:36 7
- seems everyother espresso coffee stand has barely restrained boobies in the window -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 11:02
- I knew this word, but only from reading Capstern's posts on ST. (I won't make that mistake again) -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 09:39
- I have heard it was well -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 09:39
- Like Hooters, Twin Peaks and Tilted Kilt? That works. -- nm - GregW Jun 25, 09:38
- Hooters? Tilted Kilt? Twin Peaks? Bikini's? Those kinds of places? -- nm - miffed67 Jun 25, 09:38 2
  - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 25, 09:39 1
    - Ha! First time I've heard that, but I'll have to remember it. Clever! -- nm - miffed67 Jun 25, 09:40
Testing your knowledge of Texas cities. Are there any on this list that do not immediately tell you they are in Texas? - GregW Jun 25, 09:34 27
- The only one I wouldn't be certain was in TX is Wichita Falls. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 10:18
- Mesquite and Wichita Falls. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 10:10
- I lived in Texas so I'm not a fair sample, but all of those are very easy-to-recognize as Texas cities for me. - ty97 Jun 25, 10:05 2
  - Yes, but according to their website, they have no direct connection to the Alamo that is in San Antonio. -- (link) - GregW Jun 25, 10:10
  - you...don't remember the Alamo? -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 10:06
- Pippyville -- nm - Bacon Jun 25, 10:00 1
  - heh -- nm - Epiphany Jun 25, 10:04
- didn't know about Midland, Sugar Land, or Wichita Falls, but I pay attention to TX stuff more than some having Texan citizenship. -- nm - zork Jun 25, 09:59
- I know Wichita Falls becase I drove through it once. The ones I didn't know were Sugar Land and Beaumont. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 09:58
- Brownsville. Every other one immediately makes me think of Texas. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 09:50
- Ok, from those left I was most concerned about Midland and Odessa. Are those well known? -- nm - GregW Jun 25, 09:41 6
  - Isn't FNL set in Midland-Odessa? -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 10:08
  - I know Odessa from Heroes. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 09:57
  - I only knew of Midland because I used to follow Minor League Baseball closely. -- nm - nubby Jun 25, 09:43 1
    - That is where Woody Harrelson is from. - Spawn Jun 25, 09:45
  - I wouldn't say either are well known, but I knew Midland from its connection to the Bush family, and Odessa from an Encyclopedia Brown story. - Roger More Jun 25, 09:42
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- Mesquite - for those of us more familiar with Nevada. Maybe Wichita Falls (think Kansas) Beaumont seems a little...generic? -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 25, 09:39 3
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    - Oh, I know it is, but if I didn't see it in context I might not be sure. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 25, 09:41 1
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- the ones I don't recognize are - Strongbad Jun 25, 09:39
- I've never heard of Beaumont, and if I didn't know they were in TX I'd have guessed Kansas for Wichita Falls and Florida for Sugar Land. Also, a town - Roger More Jun 25, 09:37 1
  - Yep, an eastern Dallas suburb. -- nm - GregW Jun 25, 09:39
- These are all obvious to me, but then I'm Texan. I don't know what an out-of-stater would think. -- nm - miffed67 Jun 25, 09:37
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- What do I look like, Powers Booth? - Mel Profit Jun 25, 09:35
Craiglists is... weird. - Spawn Jun 25, 09:26 1
- Are your rentals mostly student? I should know this. -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 09:45
In 49 out of 50 states in the Union, you need a doctor's note to be permitted to apply sunscreen in school. -- (link) - Mop Jun 25, 09:21 1
- Gotta love bureaucratic logic. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 09:25
david would be drolling over this dash entertainment center -- (link) - tRuMaN (what?) Jun 25, 09:17 [Image] 1
- Yeah, that's just what we need. -- nm - spamlet Jun 25, 09:27
The FB page for "Iron Man" just posted this "cosplay outfit" Dayum. -- (link) - Magic MDH Jun 25, 09:08 [Image] 4
- sexy! -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 09:13 3
  - I was expecting something...sexy -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 09:20 2
    - Indeed. Disappointment, by Spawn. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 09:57 1
      - This post is begging for an "Amy SI" :) -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 10:00
here is a video of a b-52 training mission, from mission briefing to landing. -- (link) - tRuMaN (what?) Jun 25, 09:07
Georgia could get legal boost from high court ruling on immigration law -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 25, 09:01 3
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  - *shrug* just c&p from the article -- nm - Strongbad Jun 25, 09:32 1
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st Pants poll: Your keys go in which pocket? your wallet goes in which pocket? Your cellphone goes where? What else do you carry on a daily basis? -- nm - tRuMaN (what?) Jun 25, 09:00 40
- keys: left front, wallet: right front, cell phone/bberry: jacket pocket or in my bag, or with wallet if no other option. -- nm - znufrii Jun 25, 10:09
- (disclosure: I'm a lefty) front left: cash & keys, back left: wallet, right: phone & sometimes a handkerchief (front/back varies) -- nm - zork Jun 25, 09:51
- phone and chapstick, front left. gum front right. gary minds my wallet, keys, ipad, magazine, pen, earphones. -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 09:49
- Keys - front right. wallet - back right. lip balm and change - left front -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 09:48
- cash wallet back left, key wallet back right, cell phone front left, keys front right, empty all pockets when sitting. -- nm - Max Jun 25, 09:48
- Keys front left, money clip front right. Cell phone in shirt pocket. Too afraid to break it. -- nm - GregW Jun 25, 09:36 2
  - ::watches you bend over and phone fall from pocket, shattering on the ground:: -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 09:43 1
    - "Seriously?" -- nm - commercial part 2 Jun 25, 09:48
- Keys, Badge - front right, Phone - front left, Wallet - back left -- nm - budice Jun 25, 09:29
- Keys front right, phone front left, wallet back right. -- nm - nubby Jun 25, 09:21
- keyfob: front right. Cell: front left. Wallet: back right. Nothing else. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 25, 09:16
- Keys - front left. Phone - front right. Wallet - front lower right (cargo pocket). -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 25, 09:14
- Wallet back left. Keys + money (in money clip) front left. Cell front right -- nm - decline Jun 25, 09:13
- Wallet: back left. Cell: front left. Keys: front right -- nm - Jovian Jun 25, 09:10
- front-right, back-left, front-left -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 09:10
- I don't think that word means what you think it means (at least in the UK it doesn't). -- nm - LMS Jun 25, 09:09 3
  - just the other day I came across a graphic showing Americans and Brits think of when they hear the words pants and suspenders. Can't recall which site -- nm - zork Jun 25, 09:49
  - He keeps them in his fanny pack? -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 09:12
  - "Your trousers are pants." -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 09:10
- Wallet (back right), Phone (either of front pockets), Keys (either front pockets). My keyring has my bikeshare key-fob, but that's all I carry. -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 25, 09:07
- Keys and change in left pocket. Cellphone and gum in right pocket. Wallet in back pocket. -- nm - spamlet Jun 25, 09:05
- Keys right front, wallet left rear, cash left front, cell right belt clip. (nm) - howie Jun 25, 09:05
- Keys and money in right pocket. Cell in left. I carry a bookbag everyday with a bunch of crap in it. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 09:05 1
  - But I rarely carry a wallet, I hate them. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 09:06
- answer to all: In my jacket, not my pants -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 09:04 3
  - you wear a jacket all year round? -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 09:05 2
    - 90% of the year, yes ... some days I migrate stuff to my cargo pants pockets. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 09:17
    - He lives in Canada -- nm - Bacon Jun 25, 09:12
- Wallet, Phone front right, keys left frong -- nm - Bacon Jun 25, 09:04
- Keys: front right. Wallet: Back right. Cellphone: hip holseter -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 09:03 1
  - dork alert! -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 09:05
- All that goes in my purse. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 25, 09:02 3
  - Also: buckles. -- nm - Other David Jun 25, 09:18
  - Even when I have a purse half of it ends up in my pockets...it's a habit I'm trying to break. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 25, 09:04
  - That sounds like a great idea. -- nm - Groiny Jun 25, 09:03
- Front Right, Back Right, Front Left, change and receipts -- nm - Strongbad Jun 25, 09:02
- Keys front left, cell front right, wallet back right and the only other thing is chapstick in with my keys -- nm - J Jun 25, 09:02
- Keys left, money clip right, mobile in right cargopocket, chapstick in left cargo pocket. -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 09:01 1
  - Also, I have a four different key rings with various overlaps so I can carry a smaller number. -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 09:02
- Keys go in front left pocket, cell phone in front right pocket, wallet in back right pocket. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 09:01
I was afraid the blood lab would be crowded on Monday morning...wasn't. Six vials of blood and a breakfast sandwich later, I'm ready for the week :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 25, 08:57 3
- I just had V8 -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 08:59 2
  - Heh, I'd forgotten this was a vampire oriented society...guess that should read 'blood given' - 'sandwich eaten' :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 25, 09:03
  - Via IV? -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 09:00
Whoa. Art made of painstakingly formed Rubik's Cubes. -- (link) - con_carne Jun 25, 08:52 [Image] 3
- That's very cool. -- nm - pmb Jun 25, 08:56
- Painstakingly formed Rubik's Cubes? - Spawn Jun 25, 08:53 1
  - Each tile swallowed individually. -- nm - Mop on FireFox Beta on EVO Jun 25, 08:55
Wow, the Atlanta Hawks did something right. - David Jun 25, 08:47 7
- Good move. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 25, 09:00
- they folded? nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 08:47 5
  - Hey GirlCar, enjoy the dessicated corpse of Kevin Youkilis. -- nm - David Jun 25, 08:55 4
    - I can't believe I got a chance to be at Youk's last game. It was an honor to watch him grind out at bats. - Mel Profit Jun 25, 09:29 2
      - My team lost and I *still* thought that was awesome. - David Jun 25, 09:54 1
        
        And the game he had yesterday is typical Youk. An infield single and a triple. - Mel Profit Jun 25, 09:59
    - compared to what we have been putting out there ar third base, he is like Brooks. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 09:17
The French on Mad Men is atrocious... - Guigue Jun 25, 08:46 4
- I agree and the solution is that Megan should be spanked. -- nm - Max Jun 25, 09:50
- So, French as it's spoken in Quebec then? -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 09:01 2
  - They're actually supposed to be French Canadian! :) -- nm - Guigue Jun 25, 09:18 1
    - I know! So it's true to life. -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 09:38
LIR pip - my friend broke his hankle 2-3 times in school. He usually use a dish towel and used that white medical tape. Duct tape wouldn't be very - sycor Jun 25, 08:46 11
- thanks. thanks everyone - I hadn't thought of medical supply - I can check there too. He will get some towels in the mean time -- nm - Epiphany Jun 25, 08:52 10
  - Oh man! Did SM break his ankle? - miffed67 Jun 25, 09:26 6
    - yes - chipped his calcaneous ( heel bone) - in a Cam boot -- nm - Epiphany Jun 25, 09:29 2
      - he was wearing one before chipping the bone? -- nm - zork Jun 25, 10:00
      - Ouch! :( -- nm - miffed67 Jun 25, 09:38
    - she hobbled him. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 09:27 2
      - he'd deserve it!! - Epiphany Jun 25, 09:29 1
        
        more like keep him handy for your urges -- nm - zork Jun 25, 09:57
  - Maybe the crutches aren't set to the right height. He shouldn't be putting his body weight on his arm pits. - Krusty Jun 25, 08:56 2
    - good to know -- nm - Epiphany Jun 25, 09:28 1
      - I hope he heals quickly. I broke mine as well so I know what he's dealing with. - Krusty Jun 25, 09:34
Jessica Simpson....Huge tracts...of land -- (link) - amoxy Jun 25, 08:45 5
- is that a vein or blue crayola marker? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 09:07
- you are up in cc -- nm - tRuMaN (what?) Jun 25, 08:53 3
  - thanks. Walking into a meeting now, will make my move in about an hour -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 08:57 1
    - too long. skip meeting, play game. -- nm - tRuMaN (what?) Jun 25, 08:59
  - *checks pants* -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 08:55
New car smell! -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 08:44 3
- Fresh paint smell! -- nm - znufrii Jun 25, 08:47 1
  - unstained seats smell! -- nm - tRuMaN (what?) Jun 25, 08:53
- old brain rotting smell! -- nm - Max Jun 25, 08:44

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