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Before I make a fool out of myself on Facebook. There is a billboard I see on my way to work for a local FM news station my friend works at - oblique Jun 28, 06:26 10
- it's right. "light is on." = "light's on." -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 06:27 9
  - Maybe I'm daft, but Light's is possessive. Can you just abbreviate any work with the same construct you use for "it is". Can I say Amada's coming? - oblique Jun 28, 06:28 8
    - "Amanda's coming over for dinner" - you probably say that sort of thing every day -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 06:32 1
      - I guess I would *never* write it though -- nm - oblique Jun 28, 06:32
    - It seems wrong because it's spelt "Amanda" -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 06:30
    - sure you can. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 06:29 4
      - btw, that sound you hear is the sound of my English degree withering and dying -- nm - oblique Jun 28, 06:30 3
        
        There's a kids book (little blue truck) that says "I've big important things to do" ... - Beryllium Jun 28, 06:38
        
        School's out. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 06:32 1
        
        Damn you and your Alice Cooper logic - oblique Jun 28, 06:38
speaking of tablets, I'm not finding any cases I love for the ipad 3. suggestions? -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 06:24 3
- Here you go: Tory Burch -- (link) - decline Jun 28, 06:27
- I only use otterboxes but I really like this logitech -- (link) - oblique Jun 28, 06:26
- get a kindle fire? -- nm - decline Jun 28, 06:25
Wimbledon spoiler - what the H happened in the Sharapova match? - prayformojo Jun 28, 06:18
Belly dancers outside the Court ahead of Obamacare decision (pic) -- (link) - budice Jun 28, 06:13 [Image] 4
- Not complaining, but why? -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 28, 06:18 3
  - Belly dancers need health care too. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 28, 06:21 2
    - Occupy navel! -- nm - Lint Jun 28, 06:48
    - Wouldn't a restraining order against Groiny be more cost-effective? -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 28, 06:21
Did I say 103 in Raleigh this coming weekend? Hahaha. Sorry I meant 105 - possible all time record in Raleigh ever. -- nm - bc/nc Jun 28, 06:12
Condo owners have their unit sold out from under them without their permission, for a pittance. -- (link) - znufrii Jun 28, 06:11
is it ironic that itunes wont start on my macbook pro. - tRuMaN Jun 28, 06:07 2
- *rainbow wheel* - oblique Jun 28, 06:10 1
  - yes, yes they do. and yes, yes it is doing that. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 28, 06:10
One more reason to watch MNF with the sound down. Chris Berman to be play-by-play announcer -- (link) - amoxy Jun 28, 06:07
housing market on the road to recovery, this time for sure! -- (link) - znufrii Jun 28, 06:03
GPS study shows that drivers slow down dramatically when they are promised a $25 prize at the end of each week of safe driving. -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 28, 06:00 1
- I wonder if this falls under the Hawthorne effect? :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 06:35
Little news flash, Pop. Harold ain't so perfect. - amoxy Jun 28, 05:54
Did we know this? Saturday (June 30) has an extra second ("leap second") tacked on at the end of the day... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 28, 05:54 7
- Poll: How do you plan to spend your leap second? - bc/nc Jun 28, 06:06 6
  - watching porn. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 28, 06:12 5
    - You watch porn while we play Halo? - oblique Jun 28, 06:14 4
      - and yet i still play better than everyone.... - tRuMaN Jun 28, 06:16 3
        
        I won't be around Friday night (I'm sure you're all crushed) - oblique Jun 28, 06:18 2
        
        your diablo mistress? -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 28, 06:20 1
        
        Taking my son downstate - oblique Jun 28, 06:24
JP Morgan loss likely to top out at $6 or 7 billion, may go as high as $9 billion, worst case. -- (link) - znufrii Jun 28, 05:54 1
- awesome. Too big to fail! -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 05:54
Tablet wars: sizing up the competitors (Compare specs for 5 tablets fighting for their share of a booming market) -- (link) - Beaker Jun 28, 05:30 8
- No Kindle Fire? Boo. - JaxSean Jun 28, 06:06 7
  - The thing that most tablet makers (including Microsoft) really fail to understand is that people really aren't buying tablets based on specs - oblique Jun 28, 06:09 6
    - msoft totally doesnt that get with its two models and naming structure. it does get that some people - tRuMaN Jun 28, 06:22
    - My gTab has been sitting not turned on for probably 6 months now. I'm not in the market for a tablet for a long time. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 28, 06:20 4
      - I still use my gtab daily. -- nm - decline Jun 28, 06:21 3
        
        Laptop at work, desktop at home, phone when I'm mobile. - JaxSean Jun 28, 06:22 2
        
        For us, the iPad has basically replaced the notebook at home. - spamlet Jun 28, 06:28 1
        
        yeah, I haven't turned on the netbook in months. I also rarely sit in front of the pc anymore - unless working -- nm - decline Jun 28, 06:32
Yay! last work day before vacation & don't go back until July 11th - WOO! Wonder how long I'll be here today trying to get everything done :( - JenBro Jun 28, 05:24
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- A, they like the attention they're getting. - spamlet Jun 28, 06:25
- A -- nm - decline Jun 28, 06:24
- "It would be sort of neat if scotus used smoke signals, like the Vatican (though Scalia's dissents would be angry little black puffs)." -- nm - budice Jun 28, 06:10
- I'll play pessimist, A -- nm - Xenu Jun 28, 05:55
- I'll play optimist, B. 6-3. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 05:50 15
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    - Or maybe Alito rips off his suit to reveal he's a manchurian candidate a la Souter and it's 7-2! -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 05:56 2
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        *head explodes* -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 06:05
    - Legally (rather than politically) what do you think the right decision is? -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 28, 05:55 7
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      - here's his analysis from the other day -- (link) - znufrii Jun 28, 06:00 2
        
        thx for re-posting this. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 06:02
        
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      - You have to really twist yourself into knots to get an anything other than upholding the full law. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 05:56 2
        
        well, at least there will be some entertainment there, should they overturn it. -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 06:06 1
        
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    - Roberts joining Kennedy in the majority? -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 05:55 2
      - yes (and writing the opinion) -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 05:56 1
        
        I read somewhere that Roberts is likely writing the opinion, either way. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 05:57
- B - znufrii Jun 28, 05:33
- D, which I think is a bad move. Either uphold it all or strike it all. Option D will make a big mess. -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 28, 05:32
- D is my main guess...I'd be shocked if it's A. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 28, 05:27
- D - Strongbad Jun 28, 05:23 3
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    - then to further answer my question below - Strongbad Jun 28, 05:33
  - Here's the best summary I've found - Strongbad Jun 28, 05:29
Congress reaches deal on Transportation bill, first since 2005 -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 28, 05:21
Turkey has deployed anti-aircraft guns and other weapons alongside its border with Syria.... -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 05:21
Long running Canadian magazines dropping print, going digital only (Autotrader, IT World and others) -- (link) - Beaker Jun 28, 05:11 5
- Probably time to let the Mountie Fancy subscription expire anyway. -- nm - bc/nc Jun 28, 05:52
- Until I got my ipad a few months ago I was down to just 1 or 2 magazine subscriptions (which I rarely read). I have about 6 digital subscriptionsnow. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 05:13 3
  - I have 5 subscriptions, all of them photography mags. I still prefer the dead tree format for those. -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 28, 05:18
  - I get two magazines and both relate to work (CA and IIA magazines). Everything else I just read for free on the tubes -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 05:16
  - my friends and I share subscriptions. no reason to pay for wired twice. no reason to pay for the new yorker twice. - amanda Jun 28, 05:15
Federal Judge sides with FL attempt to identifying and removing ineligible voters from voter rolls -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 28, 04:58 2
- "Sure, you can do it....just do a better f'n job of it, jacktards." -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 28, 05:38 1
  - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 05:38
Should I take donuts to work today? Or just get a donut for me? - amanda Jun 28, 04:44 6
- A couple weeks ago, I wrote to DD asking why their yellow-cake 'butternut' donut is available in so few stores (in fact I know of only one store in - bc/nc Jun 28, 05:02
- Sheetz, DD, or other? -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 04:51 4
  - if I would have gotten donuts for all, the weg. I stopped at snappy's because it was closest. - amanda Jun 28, 05:14 3
    - ah. (our Weg just opened about a week and a half ago!) -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 05:17 2
      - Did thousands show up as predicted (recalling the ST discussion on here a week or two ago). -- nm - bc/nc Jun 28, 05:53 1
        
        yep, afaik. We went the next evening (last Monday) just to walk around and it was still insane. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 05:57
NFL: Cowboys are strongly considering going into the season with only 2 QB's on Roster (Romo & Orton) -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 04:40 3
- Patriots may be entertaining trade offers for one of their backup QB's (Hoyer/Mallet) -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 04:41 2
  - Chiefs SS Eric Berry is 100%. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 04:42 1
    - Broncos RB Knowshon Moreno could potentially be cut before the season begins. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 04:43
Well the new Muse song is the full on Queen tribute. -- (link) - LMS Jun 28, 04:25
96-106-103-102-97 -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 04:13 7
- 106-104-104-103-100 (today may be the hottest day in 60 years) - spamlet Jun 28, 06:24
- 90 91 90 86 84. I love this town. -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 04:43
- 99-105-107-103-96. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 28, 04:14 4
  - Our alltime record for June is 102 in 1936. Alltime record overall is 105 in July 1980. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 04:51
  - I can't believe the heat everyone is getting. It's going to be 100+ in pretty much half the country. - Jelly Jun 28, 04:24 2
    - 17 degrees Celsius here right now and has rained for 6 straight days...trade? -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 04:35 1
      - If the heat were mine, I'd happily trade. - Jelly Jun 28, 04:48
No matter what the decision is today from the SCOTUS, Americans aren't happy -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 28, 04:05 5
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  - Do you think Obama's chance of winning re-election are increased or decreased if the entire bill is upheld? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 04:55 3
    - Decreased if it's upheld....increased if it's struck down. - Will Hunting Jun 28, 05:32
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      - I don't see it changing either way. - Strongbad Jun 28, 05:03
ahh the hockey handshake line there is noth.....wait; did that adult just trip that 13 year old kid? Why yes, yes he did. Kid broke his wrist. -- (link) - Beaker Jun 28, 03:44 1
- I hope the sentence involves the other team lining up to punch him in the sack. -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 28, 05:14
1880 � The June 28, Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan. -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 03:37 3
- 1914 � Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife are assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli of World War I. -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 03:37 2
  - 1919 � The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, bringing fighting to an end in between Germany and the Allies of World War I. -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 03:38 1
    - 1997 � Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II � Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Holyfield's ear. -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 03:40
Rock, Paper, Robot -- (link) - CovingtonCat Jun 28, 02:42 2
- Lizard, Sock? -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 04:34 1
  - Spock even -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 05:05
So with my upper body hampered by weakened shoulder joints, I focused on lower body exercises on Tuesday. Sure enough... - Mop Jun 28, 00:06
I am watching Tivoed episodes of NYC 22, and it is rather good. Too BAD it was cancelled. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 27, 23:50
Tom Hanks on Nora Ephron -- (link) - Remlik Jun 27, 22:29 2
- that's amazing. -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 06:14
- Thanks for posting this! -- nm - JenBro Jun 28, 05:07
Missed the poll on b2. Here is my grade school lunch box. -- (link) - Fuzzy Jun 27, 22:20 2
- Mine. Wish I had it now. -- (link) - jnine Jun 27, 23:10 1
  - This model is in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. -- nm - jnine Jun 27, 23:11
Well, it's not quite djing, but they are playing my mix on the dance floor right now at my usual club. -- nm - Qale as Folk Jun 27, 22:20
miffed, there was some crazy woman on LiveJournal a couple years back who wrote this whole big screed about Joss - Reagen Jun 27, 22:09 1
- here is the article... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 27, 22:16
Fine.. I will entertain during West Coast Hour. A few weeks ago when I was working the knife and gun club (Fri and Sat night in the trauma ER), we had - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 27, 22:05 7
- this coming tuesday & wednesday nights should be wild in the ER -- nm - peglegpete Jun 27, 22:57
- and then he was a she, and I said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side. -- nm - Lou Reed Jun 27, 22:46
- Ouch! -- nm - Karl_S Jun 27, 22:13
- By a jealous girlfriend? -- nm - amoxy Jun 27, 22:12 1
  - We weren't totally sure, but possibly by some other guy because of a girl. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 27, 22:14
- Entertain, not traumatize. -- nm - the liioulu with popcorn Jun 27, 22:08
- Gah! -- nm - Reagen Jun 27, 22:07
"Have you ever been beaten half to death by wooden rakes?" - Beryllium Jun 27, 21:55
West coast time sure is darn boring. Almost as boring as, hmm, i got nothing -- nm - Truman Jun 27, 21:52 5
- as... accounting? -- nm - Mop Jun 27, 22:02 1
  - Hey! Watch it! Accounting is not...um... - amoxy Jun 27, 22:12
- I don't remember, but it was probably Star Trek or Combat -- nm - peglegpete Jun 27, 22:02
- Holly Hobbie! -- (link) - miffed67 Jun 27, 21:59
- Show me your lunch box!! -- nm - Bacon via droid Jun 27, 21:54

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