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Dish, News Corp, BSkyB pour money into Roku. -- (link) - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 10:03 1
- According to GigaOm, this deal means that developers of independent international channels are being kicked off. -- (link) - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 10:05
Facebook to report first earnings since IPO today... -- (link) - Beaker Jul 26, 09:54 2
- buy! buy! buy! -- nm - decline Jul 26, 09:59 1
  - or based on zynga's news... sell sell sell!!!! -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:01
mmmm, i love 'building bbq' day, too bad it's raining and miserable out. - Andie Jul 26, 09:52 1
- isn't it kind of crunchy though? -- nm - decline Jul 26, 10:00
if you have not seen this, it is worth a look (batman & robin vs Bane) -- (link) - groiny Jul 26, 09:52 [youtube] 2
- LOL. Also, the fight choreography is pretty good. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 10:08
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you know what is impressive? - groiny Jul 26, 09:49 1
- "That's not a knife. This is a knife." -- nm - Max Jul 26, 09:52
Repost! How to wake up a kid with Breed by Nirvana -- (link) - con_carne Jul 26, 09:48 [youtube] 1
- (eleven million views!) -- nm - con_carne Jul 26, 09:49
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I keep wanting to tweet that twitter is down. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 09:45
Rising 8th Grade QB commits to the Washington Huskies -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 26, 09:41 1
- *wonders how he never thought of this first* -- nm - Jerry Sandusky Jul 26, 09:44
Sweet. FIL just finished adding a slide and "fort" to our swing set he made last year. Also added a bball hoop. -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 09:41
My parents are *insisting* on staying with us when they visit. - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 09:39 3
- you know what you have to do. send in the kids at 6 am to jump on them and the air matteresses. that will show em -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 09:42 2
  - Why should the kids sleep in so late just for the sake of grandma and grandpa? - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 09:43 1
    - *giggling* -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 09:49
SCORE!!!! Full text of the Jackson siblings' letter. it's a doozy. -- (link) - loosilu Jul 26, 09:36 6
- They're also demanding a copy of Obama's gift certificate, and Romney's tax returns. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 09:38 5
  - *snort!* - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 09:41 4
    - heh. (but that said, can we start a Taxers movement for romney's returns yet?) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 09:44 3
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        You're right. I demand to see Romney's birth certificate. - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 09:53
        
        *gazes lovingly at my Obama birth cert mug.* -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 09:51
Holy crap. If they got the whole movie as right as that trailer...... Holy crap. - ty97 Jul 26, 09:28 12
- REB2: Pippy, I've been trying to come up with a synopsis but can't really. - ty97 Jul 26, 09:32 2
  - good to know. *buy book* *avoid trailer* -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 09:46
  - thanks - I need a new book to download - I will purchase this one tonight. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 09:41
- Go see it at TIFF -- nm - Dano Jul 26, 09:30 1
  - Don't tempt me (it has to be sold out, right?) -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 09:34
- The Watch? -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 26, 09:29
- what's teh controversy over it? -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 26, 09:29 5
  - I didn't know there was one. Is it over the book, or the adaptation? -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 09:31 4
    - http://hsxtt.com/index.php?post_id=2288099&bo ard_id=14601&username=David -- (link) - world's most beautiful creature Jul 26, 09:32 [Backboard] 3
      - David was referring to the fact that the international trailer was not officially released and the studio is stopping it - decline Jul 26, 09:33 2
        
        Right. -- nm - David Jul 26, 09:35
        
        oh rock on. -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 26, 09:34
This is new. In my latest consulting contract gig for a long time client, they added that I am not allowed to say "I told you so." - ceregon Jul 26, 09:28 4
- You reputation proceeds you? -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 26, 09:30 3
  - There was a divisive situation. I was in the minority and have subsequently been proven right. - ceregon Jul 26, 09:36 2
    - I love when that happens -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 09:40
    - Nice. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 26, 09:38
I wonder if the time has come to collectively wind down our Ikariam play, if only maybe on Dot-Org. - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 09:27 12
- Also: we have 2 significant accounts available on .org if anyone wants them -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 09:51
- Anyone that wants to quit, can. I will not be. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 26, 09:29 10
  - this -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 09:50
  - turn over will happen. - Mel Profit Jul 26, 09:32 3
    - Exactly. As long as both servers are active, I will play both. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 26, 09:37 2
      - even if they died off on .org I'd just join V or Scruf or someone like that -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 09:52
      - Truthfully, if everyone abandons org I'd just find a new alliance on not start over again on com -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Jul 26, 09:48
  - Nor will I. -- nm - Stephen Jul 26, 09:31 2
    - You want in on this smooth mop action? -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 26, 09:32 1
      - How can I resist! -- nm - Stephen Jul 26, 09:48
  - I'm sticking with you until the end. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 09:31 1
    - ::hugs his mop:: - The Dark Spawn Jul 26, 09:32
The lead singer of Shonen Knife is 51. This makes no sense to me. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 26, 09:27 16
- Why? Cobain would be 44. -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 09:27 15
  - This crossed my mind yesterday: If you could go back in time and save Cobain, knowing that there would be no Foo Fighters... would you? -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 09:36 10
    - no - he has to go. I need the Foo -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 09:43 4
      - Next to killing Hitler, saving Cobain is the top issue that the Time Travel Authority has to deal with. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 09:52
      - The first couple albums alone far exceed anything Nirvana ever put out, IMO -- nm - con_carne Jul 26, 09:45 2
        
        I recognize that Nirvana was a leader in a musical movement but I agree with you all the same. - Epiphany Jul 26, 09:47 1
        
        Nirvana is queso fresco, Foos are aged cheddar. Both are great. One is just finer and goes down better. -- nm - con_carne Jul 26, 09:54
    - Would there really have been no Foo Fighters if Cobain had lived, tho? I'm thinking Dave Grohl would've eventually lit out on his own either way. - miffed67 Jul 26, 09:38 4
      - If Cobain lives, Foo Fighters are to Nirvana as Wings are to the Beatles. - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 09:41 2
        
        Yeah, I get that, but he's free to say, "when pigs fly" too. Lots of bands have done it. -- nm - miffed67 Jul 26, 09:50
        
        If we are allowing non change in singer, I go with The Police and Sting. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 26, 09:43
      - Exactly. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 26, 09:38
  - I refuse to concede that someone in Shonen Knife is that old. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 26, 09:31 3
    - ~/ Have a goodtime tonight /~ -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Jul 26, 09:35
    - Kim Gordon is 59. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 09:33 1
      - no she's not. *fingers in ears* -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 26, 09:37
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- photoshop -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 12:30
- all of the above -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 09:52
- Internet Explorer and Outlook -- nm - oblique Jul 26, 09:45
- Lotus Notes, Word, SAS. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 26, 09:42
- Outlook and then word. -- nm - pmb Jul 26, 09:39
- Excel -- nm - amoxy Jul 26, 09:37
- Chrome, Firefox, IE. Yep, I use all 3 depending on the goal. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 09:35
- Word and Excel -- nm - David Jul 26, 09:34
- Excel, natch. - spamlet (iPhone) Jul 26, 09:34
- Outlook. and then Excel. -- nm - znufrii Jul 26, 09:33 1
  - (emails are most of my "work product") -- nm - znufrii Jul 26, 09:34
- Excel and Telnet into the mainframe -- nm - con_carne Jul 26, 09:33
- Sharepoint & eForm. - Will Hunting Jul 26, 09:32
- Word -- nm - Stephen Jul 26, 09:32
- excel -- nm - Andie Jul 26, 09:30
- other - its called Juris -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 09:30
- Our ERP system. Currently AS400. -- nm - miffed67 Jul 26, 09:29
- of those? Excel. -- nm - decline Jul 26, 09:29 1
  - otherwise custom software developed inhouse -- nm - decline Jul 26, 09:34
- Access. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 26, 09:29
- MicroStation -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 09:29
- Lotus Notes. -- nm - ty97 Jul 26, 09:29
- Hyperion -- nm - ceregon Jul 26, 09:28
- excel almost exclusively. -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 26, 09:28
- Open Office Suite. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 09:28
Primer DVD has shipped -- nm - con_carne Jul 26, 09:27 3
- isn't this on youtube for free? -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:02
- Does that mean you've already watched it? -- nm - Dano Jul 26, 09:27 1
  - He's gonna review it for us last Tuesday. -- nm - Inigo Jul 26, 09:29
Mitigating Prudie's earlier advice, comes this winner. - miffed67 Jul 26, 09:25 29
- Whores get whorepresents. You get nothing. -- nm - Max Jul 26, 10:33
- I know that gift receiving is one of the four accepted ways people view love, but it's always seemed disfunctional to me. - Inigo Jul 26, 09:43 7
  - what are the other three? -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 26, 09:50 5
    - Sorry, I got it wrong. It's 5 love languages. - Inigo Jul 26, 09:55 1
      - this is interesting -thanks -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 10:00
    - cooking steak, anal, swallowing. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 26, 09:51 2
      - You must really love your man alot -- nm - oblique Jul 26, 09:56
      - heh. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 26, 09:56
  - its unfortunate in this case that Daddy spoiled her mother - thus creating an unrealistic expectation in the daughter - Epiphany Jul 26, 09:46
- There is nothing romantic about a schedule. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 26, 09:42
- That's a fantastic reply. -- nm - David Jul 26, 09:36
- don't we normally post question first then answer later? so that we can have "F your father" replies? -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 26, 09:31 4
  - I'll put a spoiler space in from now on. -- nm - miffed67 Jul 26, 09:33 3
    - No no, you're blowing your wad. Post questions, give us about 30 mins to complain about what an idiot the letter writer is, then post the response. -- nm - Roger More Jul 26, 09:37 2
      - LOL, blowing my wad, huh? I did it this way, because there's no gaurantee I'll be on the board in 30 minutes to post the answer. OR that the board - miffed67 Jul 26, 09:40 1
        
        dont' worry - we'll still get our " F the Doorman"s in -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 09:44
- Did Prudie use "recapitulate" properly? -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 09:30 3
  - No, she didn't. I thought that was odd, too. -- nm - miffed67 Jul 26, 09:41 2
    - Seems she was trying to say "recapture". -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 09:42 1
      - coule be "replicate" mangled by spellcheck -- nm - rollo Jul 26, 09:46
- Greedy Ho! and Daddy Issues. I like the advice -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 09:29
- she has a crush on her dad. -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 26, 09:27
- That might be my favorite advice from her ever. -- nm - Inigo Jul 26, 09:27
- nailed it. -- nm - znufrii Jul 26, 09:26 5
  - And nail the nanny, too. If wife-y is that desperate for your attention, she'll let you. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 26, 09:32
  - also, OFFS! -- nm - znufrii Jul 26, 09:27 3
    - Right? I was like, are you kidding? I'd LOVE for my husband to even give me ONE gift a year... - miffed67 Jul 26, 09:31 2
      - my sistah. I'd be suspect if I got a gift out of the blue. - Epiphany Jul 26, 09:49 1
        
        LMAO, right? Mr. Miffed even gets all cuddly and lovey, and I'm like, "ok....what's up?" Ha! -- nm - miffed67 Jul 26, 09:52
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Gay Day? I was... unaware of this. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 26, 09:21 12
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- also - all days are gay. haaa - Epiphany Jul 26, 09:23
- yes Friday August 3rd at Chick F i la - Epiphany Jul 26, 09:22 9
  - FAIL. They have family nights once a month. That would be a better time. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 26, 09:24 6
    - Ooo, I didn't know they have family nights! That WOULD be better! -- nm - miffed67 Jul 26, 09:26 5
      - Yeah, they are themed. First Tuesday of each month IIRC. - The Dark Spawn Jul 26, 09:34 4
        
        It varies by location. Our closest one does it every Tuesday, while the one at the mall is Wednesdays. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 26, 10:01
        
        Yeah, their politics do suck. I hate that anyone feels they should take a stand against this group or that group, etc. - miffed67 Jul 26, 09:36 2
        
        This. -- nm - miffed67 Jul 26, 10:00
        
        Live and let die. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 26, 09:39
  - Win! - miffed67 Jul 26, 09:23 1
    - woot! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 26, 09:26
You have Mickey Smith to thank for B1. - David Jul 26, 09:21

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