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ok, so like wednesday afternoon i have a 2 hour (or more) interview - tRuMaN Jul 9, 09:22 32 1
- You ate something with cheese in it last night without knowing it was there. -- nm - spamlet Jul 9, 09:29
- Priapism? -- (link) - budice Jul 9, 09:26
- Dentist -- nm - decline Jul 9, 09:25 3
  - went friday. car appointment was last tuesday (interview) -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 09:25 2
    - perfect. you need fillings. -- nm - loosilu Jul 9, 09:26 1
      - spontaneous dental hydroplosion. -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 09:28
- hmm, i have a distant relative whose funeral is wednesday afternoon. thats the one thing the boss never even questions, funerals - tRuMaN Jul 9, 09:24
- I used " dentist" appointment last week when I went -- nm - Epiphany Jul 9, 09:24
- Dude, if you keep agonizing over every tiny detail of this whole process, you're gonna go nuts. - Jim Jul 9, 09:24 14
  - i'm not agonizing, i am trying to not get fired. - tRuMaN Jul 9, 09:27 11
    - He's done a serious head job on you - he wants you sweating it all the time. Honestly - he's never going to fire you. like ever. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 9, 09:32 2
      - maybe, but i will admit, even through all this - tRuMaN Jul 9, 09:34 1
        
        I get it. I totally get it. And when I left the crap ass company for the great company - I transferred that loyalty. its about a good work ethic and - Epiphany Jul 9, 09:37
    - I have an appointment. "What kind?" "A personal appointment." Don't forget, you know where he buried all the bodies. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 9, 09:29
    - fired for taking a day off, when you have time due? - groiny Jul 9, 09:29 1
      - he has fired people, since i have been here - tRuMaN Jul 9, 09:30
    - "Good morning bossman, I've been up shitting all night. In fact, I'm shitting as we speak, I won't be in today. See ya tomorrow." -- nm - Jim Jul 9, 09:28 3
      - i have a meeting that morning that i cant skip. - tRuMaN Jul 9, 09:29 2
        
        you're never going to leave that place, are you? -- nm - zork Jul 9, 09:30 1
        
        i am, if its the last thing i do. even though st doesnt understand, and likes to criticize me - tRuMaN Jul 9, 09:31
    - I'm not feeling well and won't be in. *click* -- nm - zork Jul 9, 09:28
  - "have you ever sold out?" (it's making *me* nuts.) -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 09:27
  - yep. just boldly say you won't be in. if you don't respect yourself and what you're saying, why should anyone else? -- nm - zork Jul 9, 09:26
- didn't you say you had like a zillion days due to you? nm -- nm - groiny Jul 9, 09:23 3
  - yes, and using them is like pulling out all my teeth at once - tRuMaN Jul 9, 09:24 2
    - just eat a few bars of ex lax, shit on the floor, and say you gotta leave. - groiny Jul 9, 09:24
    - dentist. doctor. cable guy is coming -- nm - Epiphany Jul 9, 09:24
- I'll call you at work, pretend to be your neighbor,and say there's a gas leak and you need to come home right away. -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 09:23 4
  - ...and do it in my sexy-voice -- nm - amanda si Jul 9, 09:25 1
    - oh sure. -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 09:26
  - what are you gonna be able to do about a gas leak? nm -- nm - Boss Jul 9, 09:24 1
    - rescue my cat, obviously... -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 09:28
Lance Armstrong sues to block USADA's doping charges -- (link) - Beaker Jul 9, 09:18 2
- I'm not even an Armstrong Lover per se but they have harrassed the crap out of this man for years. they need to let it go already - Epiphany Jul 9, 09:30 1
  - too right -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 9, 09:38
Weekend Viewing: Spaced Series One: B+ -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 09:17 1
- "It's a strange mix of lateral thinking and extreme violence." - David Jul 9, 09:23
Speaking of cars, we got some good news on the car front today. - kelly Jul 9, 09:17 14
- sweet. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 09:28
- aww, nice! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 9, 09:27
- So great to hear good family news from an STer. - MojaveMeg Jul 9, 09:24
- that is fantastic news! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 9, 09:23
- nice! -- nm - znufrii Jul 9, 09:20
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  - I'm a Nissan lover, but I owned a Civic a few years back and it was a good car. - kelly Jul 9, 09:24
  - Yup, happy with our CR-V and Pilot after we sold our Civic -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 9, 09:23 1
    - Our Honda never gave us a problem in 5 years and Kim moons over the new CR-V like it's a schoolgirl crush. -- nm - David Jul 9, 09:24
  - Yep, I have loved both Accords I owned (and love love love my CRV). -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 9, 09:19 4
    - ny new car ( to me anyway) will likely be a CRV -- nm - Epiphany Jul 9, 09:23 3
      - i just didnt like the look of them - tRuMaN Jul 9, 09:26 2
        
        I have to agree I like the look of our '04 better than these new ones -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 9, 09:42
        
        I saw a blacked out one - it was " fione". - Epiphany Jul 9, 09:28
AP has hired Rusty Hardin as his attorney (he just got Roger Clemens off) - Beaker Jul 9, 09:16 2
- with both hands? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 9, 09:17 1
  - With all of Clemen's roids, it only took two fingers. -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 09:18
All I know is *I* wouldn't die for any of your sins. -- nm - nubby Jul 9, 09:12 7
- you haven't seen mine then, yet. - znufrii Jul 9, 09:19
- "You would need more lives than a cat to die for all my sins." -- nm - budice Jul 9, 09:16
- Wuss. -- nm - David Jul 9, 09:15
- perhaps if I could share in some of them first, like Pippy's. -- nm - zork Jul 9, 09:12 3
  - some of them were committed while wearing a nun habit. - Epiphany Jul 9, 09:17 2
    - psst. - zork Jul 9, 09:20 1
      - LOL!!!! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 9, 09:25
ugh, Usher's 11 year old step-son declared brain dead by doctors after jet ski accident -- (link) - Beaker Jul 9, 09:10 3
- that is terrible, I was hoping he would pull through. And even though they are battling it out in court - Usher got her a chartered jet - Epiphany Jul 9, 09:18
- :( I was expecting to see that oft-repeated jet ski image but this seems real -- nm - oblique Jul 9, 09:10
- oh, that's horrible. -- nm - Andie Jul 9, 09:10
all hail zeno' -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 09:08 1
- ahem. zeno's: -- (link) - amanda Jul 9, 09:08
Microsoft: Windows 8 release - �late October� -- (link) - budice Jul 9, 09:06
Philip Seymour Hoffman has been cast as Plutarch Heavensbee in Catching Fire. -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 9, 09:06 2
- truman beat you to it by a month. :-) -- nm - MDH Jul 9, 09:16 1
  - yet, but kim does it with more style. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 09:16
TWuG: I see your Darwin + Soul and raise you ... SOULTRON! -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 9, 09:05 [flickr] 1
- Nice! -- nm - TWuG Jul 9, 09:13
(Because I wondered) The Vatican's top astronomer says that believing in aliens is not opposed to Christianity. The big news here is -- (link) - ty97 Jul 9, 09:05 5
- "Oh, how convenient! A theory about God that doesn't require looking through a telescope. Get back to work!" -- nm - Roger More Jul 9, 09:07 1
  - You were doing fine until everyone blew up. -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 09:07
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- Is it the same one Galileo used? - Beryllium Jul 9, 09:06
- Someone doesn't read Ex Machina. -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 09:06
Fuck you, science! -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 08:56 2
- Science killed my father! -- nm - Beaker Jul 9, 09:07 1
  - Science doesn't kill people, people with science kill people -- nm - National Science Association Jul 9, 09:14
Dawson re: seeing the Katy Perry movie. 81% of the audience was female, 72% <25 according to Cinemascore -- nm - MDH Jul 9, 08:55
Oh, and good-ish news on the car - znufrii Jul 9, 08:54 29
- ironically, that sounds a lot like what they had to replace on mine last week. - tRuMaN Jul 9, 08:55 2
  - mine expired in May - znufrii Jul 9, 08:56 1
    - ugg. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 08:56
- holy crap. how *old* is your car? -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 08:55 13
  - 2006 - znufrii Jul 9, 08:55 12
    - wow. and I thought newton was costly. (he's a 2001.) -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 08:56 7
      - total amount of work put in this year so far is now around $2000 - znufrii Jul 9, 08:57 6
        
        can't you buy a new one for that amount ? -- nm - decline Jul 9, 09:01
        
        newton: $760. (he's going to the doctor on thursday, though.) -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 09:00 3
        
        What?!? *hides underneath the bed* -- nm - newton si Jul 9, 09:01 2
        
        awwwww. (even my car's stand ins are adorable.) -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 09:01 1
        
        *rolls over for a belly rub* -- nm - newton si Jul 9, 09:08
        
        and probably another $500 worth of work in the near future just for necessary upkeep. -- nm - znufrii Jul 9, 08:59
    - Is it a Ford?? -- nm - Don Homer Jul 9, 08:55 3
      - Chevy Cobalt -- nm - znufrii Jul 9, 08:55 2
        
        Time to push that puppy off the nearest cliff and start anew. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 9, 08:59
        
        VWs are *not* more expensive. no way. -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 08:56
- and - znufrii Jul 9, 08:54 11
  - Replacement glove box? WTF happened to your car? -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 08:57 10
    - oh, I broke that over a year ago, just never got around to getting it replaced until now -- nm - znufrii Jul 9, 09:08 7
      - I realize you are not used to cars, but - ty97 Jul 9, 09:13 6
        
        design flaw - znufrii Jul 9, 09:16 4
        
        too much stuff != design flaw -- nm - zork Jul 9, 09:22 3
        
        no, the design flaw is the crappy molded plastic the thing is made out of, which snapped at the slightest amount of stress. -- nm - znufrii Jul 9, 09:25 2
        
        also that there's no clear indication as to how much it will actually hold. -- nm - znufrii Jul 9, 09:28 1
        
        but you *knew* that you were putting in more than you should, right? -- nm - zork Jul 9, 09:29
        
        there was no pillow to bite at the time? -- nm - zork Jul 9, 09:15
    - unicorns -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 08:58 1
      - it's the only logical explanation. -- nm - znufrii Jul 9, 08:59
ST gets surprisingly fired up about aliens. - ty97 Jul 9, 08:53 54
- The two arguments flow because Christianity generally claims that the human race is God's unique creation - oblique Jul 9, 08:57 20
  - and we have to believe what's in the Bible because it's the word of God - zork Jul 9, 09:01
  - I get the trouble that Christians could have with aliens fitting their beliefs, but some still do believe in aliens. - ty97 Jul 9, 08:59
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    - *generally* The bible doesn't talk about aliens but there's a line of reasoning to be picked up - oblique Jul 9, 09:01 12
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        I'm open to it, personally - oblique Jul 9, 09:07
        
        so the question is, how many baby mamas does God have strewn about the universe? -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 09:06 5
        
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        in which all movie goers will be confused by the plot that totally ignores this - tRuMaN Jul 9, 09:19
        
        Can't wait. Can't wait. Can't wait. -- nm - David Jul 9, 09:14
        
        Gaia ... That's the name of a woman you wouldn't want to piss off. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 9, 09:07
        
        "Good Bible." -- nm - Mal si Jul 9, 09:07
      - thats a fairly nuainced thought - tRuMaN Jul 9, 09:02 2
        
        I would welcome the debate if we ever find alien life. I think there's a lot in people's minds about Jesus that would be significantly challenged - oblique Jul 9, 09:05 1
        
        true -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 09:11
      - what about in Genesis where giants roamed the earth? -- nm - loosilu Jul 9, 09:02
  - Does it? I don't remember being taught that there were no others. but I was raised Catholic. :) -- nm - loosilu Jul 9, 08:59 2
    - I felt it was implied in my upbringing but not as an official Church teaching that I was told about. -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 09:00 1
      - I did not feel it at all implied, and I went to church every week, and went to Catholic school for 16 years. - loosilu Jul 9, 09:01
  - failed experiments - tRuMaN Jul 9, 08:59
- effin' nubby -- nm - Roger More Jul 9, 08:57
- It's an idea that "captures the imagination." *waves fingers around in a "captures the imagination" gesture* -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 08:56
- "We're shredded wheat, man. We're grated cheese!" -- nm - David Jul 9, 08:54
- My thoughts: #1 If they come all of the way here, I doubt they crash, #2 I doubt it's to say hello. - MDH Jul 9, 08:54 21
  - #1 -- mechanical things break ... it ain't that aliens are the korean women of the solar system. - Will Hunting Jul 9, 09:03
  - I think there's precious little reason to come here *unless* you want to say Hello. - TWuG Jul 9, 09:00 7
    - but maybe they're allergic to water...huh, think about it. -- nm - Beaker Jul 9, 09:02 6
      - That's a Signs/WotW ref, right? - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 9, 09:12 5
        
        WotW for sure, no way in Signs (which I liked) - Beaker Jul 9, 09:14 1
        
        Are you saying that the aliens in Signs (spoiler) - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 9, 09:22
        
        amazing how a species that advanced would forget about that possibility. -- nm - zork Jul 9, 09:13 2
        
        It's not that they forgot. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 9, 09:19 1
        
        which is why you send probes first to examine the conditions where you plan to go. -- nm - zork Jul 9, 09:21
  - IMO, it's totally to say hello just like we would. I don't believe they would come all this way and do secret observations/tests for decades (esp. ... - zork Jul 9, 08:57 11
    - One reason we go to other planets is to study them and find out if they have/had resources -- nm - MDH Jul 9, 09:02 3
      - yes ... and? -- nm - zork Jul 9, 09:03 2
        
        They'll come and take our resources! (Hello Bruckheimer) -- nm - MDH Jul 9, 09:06
        
        Yes and... marry our cousins! -- nm - Shelbyvillian Jul 9, 09:05
    - "I was checkin' out some daisies!" -- nm - Max the UFO Jul 9, 08:59
    - The fact that you think we'd just go to say hello proves you are Canadian and not from the US. -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 08:58 5
      - well, the Viking and Voyager craft are carrying Hello messages. -- nm - loosilu Jul 9, 08:58 4
        
        and naked pictures -- nm - Roger More Jul 9, 08:59 2
        
        pron is insidious -- nm - zork Jul 9, 08:59
        
        Kate Upton for Ms Universe! -- nm - Beaker Jul 9, 08:59
        
        *ding* -- nm - zork Jul 9, 08:59
- That's because people refuse to accept it's superior to Alien. -- nm - ceregon Jul 9, 08:54 3
  - I see you ate a double helping of WRONG for breakfast this morning. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 9, 09:06
  - nice -- nm - Beaker Jul 9, 08:56
  - *golf clap* -- nm - zork Jul 9, 08:55
- one of our more enjoyable debates in a long time. -- nm - loosilu Jul 9, 08:53
- Korean Jesus is definitely not something of this world -- nm - prayformojo Jul 9, 08:53 1
  - Korean Elvis, though, is -- nm - amoxy Jul 9, 08:54
- i thought B2 was interesting, -- nm - Andie Jul 9, 08:53
I do not believe in B2 -- nm - oblique Jul 9, 08:52 7
- I *so* want an "I WANT TO BELIEVE" poster for my office. -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 08:54 3
  - You mean like this? -- (link) - oblique Jul 9, 08:58
  - A guy down the hall from me has one of those. (nm) - howie Jul 9, 08:58 1
    - I like that it doesn't exactly take a stance. -- nm - amanda Jul 9, 09:01
- I often wonder if ST/TT is a figment of my imagination -- nm - amoxy Jul 9, 08:53 1
  - You've got a messed up imagination, man -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 08:55
- well, we don't believe in you, either. -- nm - B2 Jul 9, 08:52

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