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oooh, David thinks i'm 'the freakiest', i'm so proud! -- nm - Andie Jan 30, 06:14
I'm barely even a member of this board. 13 posts a day. -- nm - Amy Jan 30, 06:08 1
- *revokes your membership card* -- nm - Don Homer Jan 30, 06:11
Whoever neglected to tell me about this is fired -- (link) - znufrii Jan 30, 06:06
Ted Haggard admits to relationship with second man. -- (link) - Diva Jan 30, 05:58 3
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- That is *very* surprising. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 30, 06:05 1
  - The New Life Church paid the 20 year old parishoner to keep quiet about it (they also gave him money for school and for "counseling"), but he demurred - Diva Jan 30, 06:08
Whoops. Gears of War DRM screwup makes the PC version uplayable after January 28, 2009. -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 30, 05:52
TT smarties: This is photoshopped, right? -- (link) - ty97 Jan 30, 05:52
Stimulus awards $2 Billion to lawmaker's son -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 30, 05:52 1
- No, that subject line isn't misleading at all. :) -- nm - znufrii Jan 30, 05:57
U.S. economy fell 3.8 percent in the last 3 months of 2008. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 30, 05:48
Stimulus Plan: Non-Existent Unemployed Climate Modelers Get $140 Million -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 30, 05:48 1
- *goes back to school to become a climate modeler* -- nm - znufrii Jan 30, 05:53
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D'oh! Maryland will start charging a monthly fee ($1.50) for all E-ZPass account holders, regardless of how often you use it. -- (link) - Springsteen Jan 30, 05:44 3
- Oh I don't like this. This is who I have my account set up with even though I only use it maybe twice a year for trips to NY. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 30, 05:55 1
  - Oh and now the Baltimore Sun wants me to register. Okay, Maryland goes on 'the list' today. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 30, 05:56
- screw you, springsteen. Like you can't afford that. bleh. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 30, 05:48
U2's newest single (Get on Your Boots) isn't particularly good, in my opinion. Disappointing. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 30, 05:38 1
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- This is a prime example of compounding stupidity with ego. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 30, 06:46
- *cries* -- nm - kelly Jan 30, 05:42 1
  - You'll know today, either way. -- nm - TFox Jan 30, 06:11
I went to Walmart before work to pick up Springsteen's new album. - kelly Jan 30, 05:29 2
- Ka-ching!! -- nm - Springsteen Jan 30, 05:38 1
  - Oh, it's going back. :) - kelly Jan 30, 05:43
that prisoner escape video on the backboards is hilarious. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 30, 05:22 1
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Jax, did you see the information on AMC's BP Showcase? It is Feb 21st. - kelly Jan 30, 04:26 9
- Excellent. Now I just need to figure out who's going with me: my daughter or my wife. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 30, 05:06 2
  - hmm. can't figure out how to buy tickets online. Might have to run over there this weekend. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 30, 05:08 1
    - Yeah, I can't figure it out either. Hrmph. -- nm - kelly Jan 30, 05:26
- That's a long day. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 30, 04:54 5
  - Yeah, it is. - kelly Jan 30, 05:20 4
    - Basically that's 10:30 am until 11:47 pm (assuming Frost/Nixon has no previews, which I doubt). - JaxSean Jan 30, 05:23 3
      - Condsidering I'd probably spend most of the day sitting on the couch, watching movies... - kelly Jan 30, 05:26 2
        
        My problem is that *I'm* ok with it...I'm not sure my daughter or wife will make it that long. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 30, 05:30 1
        
        I know this isn't a big deal or anything, but it's *really* annoying me that I can't find any info on how to purchase these tickets. - kelly Jan 30, 06:17
night -- nm - Stacy Jan 30, 04:01 2
- morning -- nm - Strongbad Jan 30, 04:11 1
  - good afternoon! -- nm - Sheep Jan 30, 04:21
Posts This Month: 1352. Posts Last Month: 1382 - JaxSean Jan 30, 03:56 4
- 437 last month and 526 (well, this post makes it 527) for this month. -- nm - Jim Jan 30, 05:57
- ? -- nm - Don Homer Jan 30, 04:53 1
  - See Bery's post below. -- nm - mara Jan 30, 04:54
- Huh, me, too. Posts This Month: 704. Posts Last Month: 697 -- nm - mara Jan 30, 04:29
Today's $.99 special: Reckless by Bryan Adams, -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 30, 03:50
Amazon Friday $5 deals: best of Radiohead, Disney star Demi Lovato, Keyshia Cole's latest, Secondhand Serenade, and Depeche Mode (Violator). - JaxSean Jan 30, 03:49
Disasters in baking - part 1 -- (link) - LMS Jan 30, 03:34
It might slow down the server to post this, but here goes nuthin' ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 30, 01:00 12
- Great feature, but I think the word counts/words per post are a little out of whack. - Jelly Jan 30, 06:17
- Nice! (The info, so you don't have to click on the link) - JaxSean Jan 30, 03:54
- ah yes ST's biggest blabbers :) -- nm - Stacy Jan 30, 01:21 8
  - well, everyone else, too, just not in the Blabby list :) -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 30, 01:26 7
    - This is *very* nicely done. Bravo, good man. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 30, 03:55
    - can you do a list of everyone or is that pushing the thing too far? -- nm - Stacy Jan 30, 01:36 5
      - *laughing* (just change the username, Stacy.) -- nm - JaxSean Jan 30, 03:56 4
        
        I think she means not just a top 10, a complete list like on the old kilbotron -- nm - Guigue Jan 30, 05:01 3
        
        Bery's other page lists your individual stats. You can bring up any user by changing the username. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 30, 05:06 2
        
        I know that. I'm saying I think she would like to have a list of all users in order of of post/words instead of just a top 10 -- nm - Guigue Jan 30, 05:08 1
        
        Ah, I see. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 30, 05:23
- ^-- new slackertalk feature, for those wondering. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 01:04
My ex flys out to NY tommorrow at 10:30 pm :) -- nm - Stacy Jan 30, 00:05
San Fran supervisor wants to ban 'head shops' from the Haight (would that be like Memphis banning BBQ ?) - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 29, 23:58 1
- Can they ban them in the Castro and the Polk too please? -- nm - Stacy Jan 30, 00:03
LOST spoilers for upcoming 4th episode (based on location shoots) -- (link) - psilotum Jan 29, 23:46
apparent lack of Inauguration Day security alarms Obama donors -- (link) - pigby Jan 29, 23:23 4
- what they fail to mention is that this event had more Secret Service than any event ever held previously, which was mentioned on TV -- nm - Stacy Jan 29, 23:40 3
  - which is just slamming the barn door shut if you have huge gaps in securing the people who have personal access to the president in the first place -- nm - pigby Jan 29, 23:44 1
    - exactly -- nm - Stacy Jan 29, 23:51
  - yeah, agents from all kinds of agencies, state patrol, and an army brigade in reserve. -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 29, 23:43
ollǝɥ -- nm - Stacy Jan 29, 23:13
After watching the entirety of Season 1, I can say Skins (the BBC series) is pretty damn good, boardering on brilliant. - ReluctantCynic Jan 29, 22:59 4
- FWIW, it's made by Channel 4, not the BBC. And it was Danny Boyle's daughter that suggested Dev Patel for Slumdog Squarepants. -- nm - LMS Jan 30, 04:15
- How long until you watch season 2? - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 29, 23:12 2
  - Probably a couple months. Whenever it comes out on Netflix. - ReluctantCynic Jan 29, 23:19 1
    - Looks like mid-April for the US release. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 29, 23:28
It sounds like the O's ave acquired Rich Hill from the Cubs (who else) for a PTBNL. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 29, 22:54
Obama calls the SB for the Steelers. -- nm - Remlik Jan 29, 22:52 2
- who else is he gong to call it for he has been saying all week he is a steelers fan -- nm - Stacy Jan 30, 00:07
- considering the jinx he put on Baltimore and Philly with his little train trip, i love it -- nm - pigby Jan 29, 23:03
Local Fox news anchor suggests dipping the Bacon Explosion in batter and deep-frying it :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 29, 22:47 1
- He's brilliant. Give that man a raise. Also ... allow me to take it one step further: Bacon Explosion Nuggets -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 22:48
If ST ever forms a band it needs to be called Ashley and the C*cknecks. -- nm - TWuG Jan 29, 22:38 1
- Opening act: "I Agree With C*ntcumber" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 22:45
This video claims it's ScarJo singing - is it really? This doesn't sound like her at *all*. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 29, 22:00 2
- I think I've heard one song from her before, and that's how I remember her. Jazzy and breathy. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 22:05 1
  - That style reminds me of a youngish Blossom Dearie. -- nm - Diva Jan 29, 22:08
I have one extra fortune -- who wants it? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 29, 21:51 6
- Forget fortunes... ::glomp, chu!:: -- nm - Qale Jan 29, 21:57 1
  - *glomp!* - ReluctantCynic Jan 29, 22:21
- ME!!! -- nm - psilotum Jan 29, 21:53 3
  - "You will have a fine capacity for the enjoyment of life." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 29, 22:20 2
    - Woohoo! - psilotum Jan 29, 22:21 1
      - And don't forget ... - ReluctantCynic Jan 29, 22:22
That girl who sang the Jason Mraz song should be rejected for her first song choice, alone. - Mop Jan 29, 21:46 2
- thank god your not one of the judges :) -- nm - Stacy Jan 29, 23:37
- she wasn't that great in general -- nm - Gwaahjo Jan 29, 22:16
The best/worst escape attempt ever -- (link) - Reagen Jan 29, 21:45
Iraq unveils a scupture of a large bronzed shoe to commemorate the shoe tossed at Bush's head. -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 29, 21:42 2
- the one I linked on B2 has a photo -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 23:41
- oh, the article.... - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 29, 21:43
hmm, bit of a power brownout. That's not good. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 21:39 1
- Hope you made it to the bathroom in time. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 29, 22:25
A Detroit congress woman is telling constituents to not move out if foreclosed, paper work is so messed up at all those merged loan bundles that if - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 29, 21:36 6
- That's good advice. Also, if you're upside down and are going to lose your house... - Mop Jan 29, 21:51 5
  - How does the "repaired credit" part work? nm - ralph wiggum Jan 29, 22:28 1
    - not in one year. -- nm - psilotum Jan 29, 22:31
  - the congress woman was suggesting that some people might be able to keep their house for free if the bank can't show the contracts to prove it. - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 29, 21:55 2
    - Agreed. But... if the documents cannot be found, can it be said that *anyone* owns that house? -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 21:56 1
      - the county recorder holds records of deeds, that's one of the basic functions of civilization as we know it -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 29, 21:59
Fun stuff, we did night photography in my photo class this week. Our instructor suggested some cool tricks. Check it out. -- (link) - Subversive - daddy x 2 Jan 29, 21:29 [flickr] 14
- here's a tip, set up a tripod, shoot one at late twilight about 1.5-2 stops under exposure then another when fully dark - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 29, 21:41 7
  - Question: Can you take multi pics on the same frame like you could do with film camera... -- nm - BAD Jan 29, 21:50 6
    - You don't need to now. Digital images can be overlaid with a graphics editor. -- nm - mara Jan 30, 04:39
    - I don't know, I know some early dslr were just a capture chip mounted in a 35mm body so they retained the functions of the old film cam bod - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 29, 21:57 2
      - I took a 4 flash multi of my daughter out in the trees...thus one picture, four daughters at different places. -- nm - BAD Jan 29, 22:02 1
        
        oh, most can still do bulb exposures. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 22:12
    - I think some cameras you can. My point and shoot won't, though. - psilotum Jan 29, 21:51
    - I've never seen a DSLR that can, but PS kind of makes that obsolete. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 21:51
- I took some nice ones in Tulum, but I haven't tried taking any with my new camera. I oughta read the manual for it. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 21:33 2
  - Did you get a DSLR? -- nm - Subversive - daddy x 2 Jan 29, 21:38 1
    - No, 10 megapixel waterproof point and shoot, but it can kinda do extended exposures. - Beryllium Jan 29, 21:39
- a shot I've been meaning to get for years is Eau Claire at night coming out of Prince's Island Park with a wide angle. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 21:32 2
  - also, there's some cool views of downtown from Mission. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 21:34 1
    - We were up in the penthouse at the top of the Senator Burns building at SAIT. -- nm - Subversive - daddy x 2 Jan 29, 21:35
Attention Dignan: If you can email me the HTML for those boards to the slackertalk gmail, I could input the nesting info into Dr Tron - Beryllium Jan 29, 21:19 1
- heh, I have a board from the 13th. "holy crap. some guy photoshopped a t-shirt into the picture - Guy Incognito Dec 13, 17:56 (10)" -- nm - Max Jan 29, 22:35
*pulls out a leech....passes out* -- nm - Remlik Jan 29, 21:18
I love the "Rube Goldberg machine" Hell's Kitchen opening credits -- nm - peglegpete Jan 29, 21:14
Pippy ... nmbpippy ... - ReluctantCynic Jan 29, 21:11
My son's recital was awesome. It was painfully funny. Watching a gaggle of 4-year-olds try to sing would make anyone smile. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 21:10
Oh those credit card fuckers raised my interest rate. - Dano Jan 29, 20:59 4
- that sucks, I love my company they are nothing but helpful -- nm - Gwaahjo Jan 29, 21:42
- That bites. Be sure to reference the names of everyone you spoke with about this when you call the company back tomorrow. -- nm - Diva Jan 29, 21:22
- Ugh!! you tell them tomorrow they will be lowering or you will be cancelling -- nm - Epiphany Jan 29, 21:07
- I've been burned by customer service enough times to subscribe to the "I'll believe it when I see it" camp. - Mop Jan 29, 21:05
Why do these people try to sing Whitney Houston? -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 20:58 7
- Their moms tell them they can. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 20:59 6
  - Also, when do the shows become live? -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 21:01 5
    - I think next week is Hollywood Week (aka Hell Week), so the following week is live selections. - Mop Jan 29, 21:06 4
      - what do you mean by live selections? The show goes live after hollywood til the idol is decided. the voting start the week after hollywood. -- nm - Stacy Jan 30, 02:01
      - I really love Hell Week, by the way. I think a whole show can be made out of such boiler room style auditions. It's brutal. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 21:08 2
        
        We could call it "Performance Zeitgeist Idol" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 21:34
        
        I can't wait. -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 21:09
Happy Cock Neck! -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 20:52 4
- After the first few strokes it was fine. -- nm - Diva Jan 29, 21:58
- This had me rolling on the floor just seconds before the Jeopardy test. I blame Guy for my poor performance. -- (link) - Mop Jan 29, 20:58 [Backboard]
- Feels like it comes sooner and sooner all the time. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 29, 20:52 1
  - or sometimes not at all -- nm - Redmond has a particular set of skills Jan 29, 20:53

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