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Man, what a beautiful day. Sipping some lemonade with the breeze flowing through the room. nice -- nm - CQ Jun 27, 10:05 3
- Pants removal permission granted -- nm - con_carne Jun 27, 10:07
- Amen, would you like for me to schedule a half-day vacay? -- nm - Siri Jun 27, 10:06 1
  - I was done working at 10am. I don't feel guilty at all! hahahahah -- nm - CQ Jun 27, 10:08
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- sing Red Ships of Spain -- nm - Max Jun 27, 10:03
- Hablas Estados Unidos? -- nm - CQ Jun 27, 10:03
- Se habla Ingles -- nm - Siri Jun 27, 10:01 1
  - "I speak Ingalls" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 27, 10:10
Is there a good reverse phone lookup for wireless numbers? - Dr.Vermin is jejune and vituperative. Jun 27, 09:46 6
- This one looks free and seems to work. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin is jejune and vituperative. Jun 27, 09:54 5
  - I added this as a job tool - thanks -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 27, 10:05
  - Dude, nice! Thanks so much. Like Krusty, I'm super grateful for ST and everything you guys do. -- nm - Dr.Vermin is jejune and vituperative. Jun 27, 09:54 3
    - I know that feel, bro. Anytime! -- nm - Dr.Vermin is jejune and vituperative. Jun 27, 09:55 2
      - Hey, you -are- vituperative! -- nm - David Jun 27, 09:59 1
        
        "be the change you want to see" -- nm - Dr.Vermin is literal Jun 27, 10:06
Muse News update - their new song written for the Olympics will get it's first radio airing in just over an hour. -- (link) - LMS Jun 27, 09:46
Google I/O keynote: Android up to 400M activations (from 100M last year) 1M daily activations -- nm - budice Jun 27, 09:43 2
- Android: Jelly Bean announced as version 4.1 with improved screen responsiveness -- nm - budice Jun 27, 09:48 1
  - Bluetooth pairing by tapping device on screen -- nm - budice Jun 27, 09:55
I just received a delivery and I can't thank you guys enough. :-) - Krusty Jun 27, 09:42 3
- Awesome! Turn the headset up to max so that you can -really- hear me yell. -- nm - David Jun 27, 09:57 2
  - Heh. :-) - Krusty Jun 27, 10:01 1
    - Speaking of rushing forward to your own death, you're up in A&A. -- nm - spamlet Jun 27, 10:05
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- This is Dewayne Wise karma. -- nm - David Jun 27, 09:56
- Are you just f***ing with me? -- nm - Krusty Jun 27, 09:43 3
  - Damn it! - Krusty Jun 27, 09:45 2
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      - :-) I'm getting started late today. - Krusty Jun 27, 09:53
Google officially announced Nexus 7 tablet...$200 for 8GB, $250 for 16GB + $25 credit -- (link) - budice Jun 27, 09:35 3
- I guess I don't have to worry about what to get the gf for Christmas this year. :-) - Krusty Jun 27, 10:05
- Nice. Not sure if it's a "Fire" killer as it's lacking the Instant Video part that Amazon provides - oblique Jun 27, 09:39
- specs... - budice Jun 27, 09:37
ooh, I just got to hold a Raspberry Pi ... it's even smaller than I thought it would be. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 27, 09:31 2
- that's what she said! -- nm - oblique Jun 27, 09:35 1
  - turtle turtle -- nm - Beryllium Jun 27, 09:43
I feel like there's something wrong with me because I don't want to quit my job to go back to school. -- nm - amanda Jun 27, 09:29 38
- Try working for a university where you can go back to school for free...and you still don't want to do it. - Jim Jun 27, 09:54 5
  - I *am* jim van nest, you idiot!! (75% off, plus $5k from my unit for prof dev.) -- nm - amanda Jun 27, 09:55 4
    - Ah...so you have that extra incentive too. For me, I didn't enjoy college that much, and I have no need to go back. -- nm - Jim Jun 27, 09:57 2
      - you need to go back to school to learn about which schools offer free tuition to employees! -- nm - Max Jun 27, 09:58 1
        
        There ya go...you've just given me a goal. I'm signing up tomorrow! -- nm - Jim Jun 27, 10:01
    - nice. -- nm - znufrii Jun 27, 09:56
- You are in business, right? I once took this community college Marketing class that absolutely knocked my socks off - con_carne Jun 27, 09:43 2
  - I'm in education. -- nm - amanda Jun 27, 09:56
  - speaking of, I still need to officially withdraw from the marketing class I was supposed to be taking online this summer... -- nm - znufrii Jun 27, 09:53
- As someone who has done this ... *counting* ... three times now, it's what you make of it. -- nm - Reagen Jun 27, 09:39
- why would you go back to school? -- nm - znufrii Jun 27, 09:38 13
  - learn things. open doors. feel better. -- nm - amanda Jun 27, 09:40 12
    - anything in particular? -- nm - Reagen Jun 27, 09:41 11
      - it's such bullshit, but there really is a glass ceiling here if you don't have an MEd. so I could get that, I guess. -- nm - amanda Jun 27, 09:58 7
        
        I can't remember who it was who was recently fired for lying on his resume, but I wouldn't care, because of the stupid glass ceiling issue. - Max Jun 27, 10:02 5
        
        "...oh, and those sales numbers I reported last month were... sorta made up. But they made you feel good, right?" -- nm - Dr.Vermin is jejune and vituperative. Jun 27, 10:05
        
        "you are smart enough to snow me. here, have a promotion." -- nm - amanda Jun 27, 10:04 1
        
        "Your corner office comes with a private candy butler." - Max Jun 27, 10:06
        
        Yahoo CEO. -- nm - Reagen Jun 27, 10:03 1
        
        oh, hm, well, if I were Yahoo I'd be wanting someone to blame, too. -- nm - Max Jun 27, 10:04
        
        Ooh, I just got a vision of five years from now. - Reagen Jun 27, 10:00
      - SKRT101: How to Dress Like a Proper Adult, Not an Adult Actress -- nm - Max Jun 27, 09:44 1
        
        SWT153: What to do When the Candy Coffers are Empty -- nm - amanda Jun 27, 09:57
      - pole dancing is listed as a fitness course out here in SoCal .. :) -- nm - budice Jun 27, 09:42
- fifteen years out, I still have never wanted to go back to school. not even for a minute. -- nm - loosilu Jun 27, 09:31 2
  - Often, people have little choice if they want to succeed -- nm - con_carne Jun 27, 09:36 1
    - of course. that would be "needing" to go back. -- nm - loosilu Jun 27, 09:36
- It's age, the older you get, the more BS school seems to be. -- nm - budice Jun 27, 09:31 9
  - word -- nm - znufrii Jun 27, 09:45
  - I suppose. it's not that I don't feel like I have more to learn, it's that I like my job enough to go to school part-time while I work. -- nm - amanda Jun 27, 09:39 3
    - damn, wish I had that luxury. - znufrii Jun 27, 09:41 2
      - you *do* -- there's fed aid available. you just have to think you'll make enough when you get out to pay it back. -- nm - amanda Jun 27, 10:04 1
        
        yeah, already made that mistake once... - znufrii Jun 27, 10:08
  - But also the more BS work seems to be. -- nm - Roger More Jun 27, 09:34 3
    - word. -- nm - znufrii Jun 27, 09:44
    - I hear ya...I am just pushing paper right now -- nm - amoxy Jun 27, 09:35
    - but work pays YOU, not the other way around, so it wins. -- nm - loosilu Jun 27, 09:35
- You're all grown up! - spamlet Jun 27, 09:30
Oh, and does anyone else use Spotify on the iPhone? - spamlet Jun 27, 09:26 4
- Thanks guys. I'll try a reinstall. -- nm - spamlet Jun 27, 10:01
- I'm having a few issues, but it's just more minor annoyances. - Kim Pine Jun 27, 09:49
- no issues. -- nm - amanda Jun 27, 09:30
- I have it, but haven't used it, cause I didn't want to pay -- nm - Truman Jun 27, 09:27
Anyone else have unused Groupon/GoogleOffer/AmazonLocal vouchers? I have like 5 from Fandango, Starbucks, and Subway -- nm - budice Jun 27, 09:25 2
- I have zero and I likely won't buy any more - they aren't good deals these days -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 27, 09:33 1
  - Amen to that. I haven't seen a deal I've been remotely interested in getting in months. -- nm - sycor Jun 27, 09:42
st poll: Water - do you prefer....tap? bottled? sparkling? flavored? iced? or...water? I'm allergic -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 27, 09:09 34
- Filtered. Tap water has a funky smell from all the algae in the reservoirs. -- nm - GregW Jun 27, 09:46 1
  - oh hell, I wouldn't even drinking from a tap around here -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 27, 09:51
- Tap water with four or six cubes of ice. -- nm - Krusty Jun 27, 09:43
- flavored seltzer. -- nm - loosilu Jun 27, 09:28
- Holy Water is too good for you? :) -- nm - peglegpete Jun 27, 09:27 1
  - it burns, burns like fire! -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 27, 09:28
- Water. Don't care really about it's source usually -- nm - Truman Jun 27, 09:26
- Tap. -- nm - Shaun Jun 27, 09:21
- Trickling right off the glacier. -- nm - Dr.Vermin is jejune and vituperative. Jun 27, 09:19 1
  - That ain't no lie. Best water I've ever had! -- nm - Jim Jun 27, 09:20
- I prefer Nestle bottled water over everything else. -- nm - J Jun 27, 09:19
- I'm bottled. but Ozarka makes a lemon sparkling water that is heavenly -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 27, 09:17
- From the garden hose. -- nm - 1970s bc/nc Jun 27, 09:16
- I hate water too. Gotta have some flavor packs. And I prefer filtered water or bottled water. -- nm - sycor Jun 27, 09:15
- As long as it's cold, I don't care if it's tap or bottled (within reason) - spamlet Jun 27, 09:14
- not picky but cold tends to be better - zork Jun 27, 09:13
- cold, filtered...genuine draft -- nm - budice Jun 27, 09:12
- Tap. No ice. -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 27, 09:12
- Cold. I like the filtered water from my fridge, but I drink bottled all the time, too. -- nm - miffed67 Jun 27, 09:12
- tap -- nm - znufrii Jun 27, 09:12 1
  - no ice -- nm - znufrii Jun 27, 09:12
- Filtered tap, tons of ice. -- nm - nubby Jun 27, 09:11
- Being allergic to water has got to be an inconvenience -- nm - con_carne Jun 27, 09:11 4
  - its a joke me and my brother make. Ive never seen him drink any - he claims he's allergic - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 27, 09:15
  - Which is why Pippy developed "Shower in a Can." The first waterless body cleaning spray. Now in fresh pine scent! -- nm - bc/nc Jun 27, 09:14 2
    - I'll be rich! -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 27, 09:16 1
      - Adjustable nozzle for hard to reach places sold separately. -- nm - 1970s bc/nc Jun 27, 09:17
- Bottled. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 27, 09:10
- I hate drinking plain water, so if I must, I have to have those flavor packets on hand. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 27, 09:10 2
  - since when did you start referring to testicles as "flavor packets"? -- nm - zork Jun 27, 09:12 1
    - explains your fruit punch flavored forehead. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 27, 09:13
- I prefer the filtered water that comes from our fridge. - Kim Pine Jun 27, 09:10
- Cold -- nm - eag Jun 27, 09:10
- tap -- nm - prayformojo Jun 27, 09:09
Jax, the Asus Transformer is probably the top Android tablet out there right now. - Reagen Jun 27, 09:07 5
- Aye, if I was in the market for a top tier Android tablet, it'd be the Transformer Prime in a heartbeat. -- nm - Shaun Jun 27, 09:12
- *shrug* I see Asus, I think Emerson. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 27, 09:10 1
  - You should try one out. I think you'd be impressed. -- nm - Reagen Jun 27, 09:21
- That's the one I had my dad buy. He really likes it -- nm - oblique Jun 27, 09:08 1
  - I think I sell one every time I detach the dock in public. They should pay me commission. -- nm - Reagen Jun 27, 09:10
Dexter Holland at yesterday's Offspring album release party in HB (pic) -- (link) - budice Jun 27, 09:07 [Image] 3
- 98.7 said they had a (no doubt sponsored) party at a Taco Bell yesterday - con_carne Jun 27, 09:15 1
  - Chronic Tacos actually -- nm - budice Jun 27, 09:23
- good to see Jake Busey doing something with himself. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 27, 09:07
NPR Music's summer music preview is up. New shit I'm looking forward to: Nas, Avett Brothers, The Antlers -- (link) - nubby Jun 27, 09:02 22
- no yeasayer invalidates this list. -- nm - amanda Jun 27, 09:16 2
  - Agreed, but I think they'd covered them in a recent episode. -- nm - nubby Jun 27, 09:18 1
    - be on my side. MY side. -- nm - amanda Jun 27, 09:57
- Who in the Blue Hell are the Avett Brothers? -- nm - David Jun 27, 09:11 13
  - Speaking of, they are on the cover of the new issue of Relevant, but the issue isn't online yet. -- nm - spamlet Jun 27, 09:23
  - I love that people fall for it every time. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 27, 09:14 1
    - I guess when I think about David, "makes jokes about Avett Brothers" doesn't immediately spring to mind. -- nm - nubby Jun 27, 09:15
  - Does not compute. - nubby Jun 27, 09:13 3
    - I also have no clue. - groiny Jun 27, 09:14 2
      - I've played them on Turntable! - spamlet Jun 27, 09:15 1
        
        I am sure I would recognize it, but still no clue. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 27, 09:17
  - Indie band that got HUGE over the past 2 years. They're one of the bigger bands on the scene now. -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 27, 09:13 4
    - Especially among friends of the wacky tabbacky. -- nm - nubby Jun 27, 09:14 3
      - They're hugely popular around here (and we saw them after a Braves game last year). -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 27, 09:15 2
        
        I'd thought so, which is why I was confused. -- nm - nubby Jun 27, 09:15 1
        
        It's not joke per se, simply a way of flirting with my wife. - Other David Jun 27, 09:34
  - This is what I'm saying. -- nm - Reagen Jun 27, 09:12
- I'm waiting for No Doubt & Greenday -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 27, 09:09
- The only other new music I'm waiting on is Shiny Toy Guns. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 27, 09:08 1
  - A crapload of stuff is coming out in like August and September -- nm - con_carne Jun 27, 09:10
- Ooh, new Christian Scott. - Kim Pine Jun 27, 09:07
- Members of Spoon and New Bomb Turks are forming a supergroup. I just love that. - con_carne Jun 27, 09:07

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