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So who do I call at Microsoft about this pretty red ring on my Xbox? -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 09:30 5
- I'm blaming the Legendary maps. Corrupted or something. If I delete DLC, can I download it again without cost? -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 09:37
- Call us instead. -- nm - Nintendo Jan 31, 09:35
- that sucks -- nm - J Jan 31, 09:33 2
  - Tell me about it. Codes 1-3-4. General hardware failure. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 09:34 1
    - 1-800-4MY-XBOX -- nm - Remlik Jan 31, 09:36
Kung Fu Panda sweeps Wall-E in all categories at the Annie Awards: -- (link) - TFox Jan 31, 09:21 5
- It's a hard knock life, Wall-E. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 31, 09:28
- That's bad. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 31, 09:28
- BULLSHIT! whatthehell is that shit about?!!? -- nm - Buzz Jan 31, 09:27 2
  - They're animators. And while Wall-E is obviously the superior film, KFP did have some big-swinging-dick action sequences. - TFox Jan 31, 09:29 1
    - If it lost it all and still won Best pic, I'd be a little bit angry, but not much. KFP is good, Wall-E is genius. - Buzz Jan 31, 09:35
MONKEY!! -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 31, 09:20 1
- I'll take "Shock the ______" for a thousand, Alex." -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 31, 09:25
*89* per cent of money line action is on the Cardinals. - Reagen Jan 31, 09:14
Heroic Map Pack: downloading. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 31, 09:13
hee, is Mel around? My cable channel is showing the Candlepin Challenge. -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 08:53 3
- well it is Saturday morning... - Mel Profit Jan 31, 08:56 2
  - satruday, I'm pretty sure! wasn't it always channel 38? and haved you taken Deevs to candlepins? -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 09:10 1
    - It was channel 38 and at one point channel 6. - Mel Profit Jan 31, 09:16
I answer most of Mel's BSG questions with "why reinvent the wheel?" - Reagen Jan 31, 08:52 4
- it's annoying beyond measure and takes me right out of the show... - Mel Profit Jan 31, 09:23 3
  - They're flying the equivalent of the USS Arizona. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 09:39 1
    - It's like navigating the space shuttle by sexton. It's incongruous -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 31, 09:48
  - but at least their trying to do something serious - Mel Profit Jan 31, 09:24
TNA Wrestling has offered ousted Illinois Gov Blajoevich a job to mange the bad guys. -- nm - Remlik Jan 31, 08:35
I can't access this link from work, but here's a "Battlestar Galactica Timeline" -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 31, 08:26 1
- It goes through the first half of S4, none of the last three eps. -- nm - Chicken Little Jan 31, 08:28
I've been up since 5:45 am, I've had a bowl of frosted Mini-wheats, 5 Krispy Kreme doughnuts, and am drinking a Mtn Dew. - JaxSean Jan 31, 08:24 12
- I'm stuck at work, and there are no snacks anywhere. -- nm - Amy Jan 31, 08:34 10
  - *calls bakery to have giant chocolate chip cookie cake delivered* -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 31, 09:03
  - I'm at sasha's. these people sleep *so* late and don't keep any food in the house. I might have to eat my fingers. -- nm - candy hearts love mandy lane Jan 31, 08:36 8
    - Do you find yourself wondering, as I often do, why no place delivers donuts? - Cuzzin Todd Jan 31, 08:51 6
      - Bloomington IN has a delivery bakery. -- nm - Amy Jan 31, 08:55 2
        
        Not as common or ubiquitous as Domino's though. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 31, 08:59 1
        
        Which is stupid. -- nm - Amy Jan 31, 09:21
      - I'm sure you can in NYC. -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 08:54 2
        
        Sure but from a bakery not a Krispy Kreme type of store. -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 09:00
        
        Yeah, but who the hell would want to live *there*? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 31, 08:59
    - I'm dealing with it by watching illegal Twilight. -- nm - Amy Jan 31, 08:39
- (and I'm at work!) -- nm - JaxSean Jan 31, 08:25
"The team behind the upcoming movie Coraline has sent 50 handmade boxes featuring props from the movie to 50 different bloggers." -- (link) - Chicken Little Jan 31, 08:19 2
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 08:55
- That's very cool. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 31, 08:20
Hey, that's great. My ING account information was stolen. - Chicken Little Jan 31, 08:12
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- hopefully someone puts him in a sack and burries him alive -- nm - J Jan 31, 07:57 3
  - I know there'll be a lot of this type of thing, but I disagree with it. What he did was reprehensible,but in my opinion he's paid his debt to society. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 31, 08:14 2
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      - The Falcons certainly made out well with their choice. -- nm - Jelly Jan 31, 08:31
Father throws 4-year old daughter off bridge during rush hour. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 31, 07:44 3
- oh dear god. -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 07:51
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  - exactly. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 31, 07:52
US refiners brace for strike this weekend; gas prices could rise -- (link) - Beaker Jan 31, 07:19
Why does Google now say "This site may harm your computer" after EVERY result? -- nm - secretslacker Jan 31, 06:39 14
- 'cause google's busted. -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 06:44
- And then I get this shit when I try to go to the results - secretslacker Jan 31, 06:41 12
  - Are you using Chrome? -- nm - TWuG Jan 31, 06:43 11
    - Nope, Safari... same as I've used every day for the last X years.... - secretslacker Jan 31, 06:47 4
      - Yep. I'm getting the same issue with Chrome. Very weird and very not good for Google. -- nm - TWuG Jan 31, 06:50
      - I'm thinking some code monkey's getting fired. it still does it with all the google pages if you google "google" -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 06:49 2
        
        I get a Server Error when I try to contact Google Support... - secretslacker Jan 31, 07:00
        
        Okay, so it's not just me then... this just kicked in this morning apparently. -- nm - secretslacker Jan 31, 06:56
    - If so, go to "options" under the wrench icon and "under the hood" check and see how restrictive - TWuG Jan 31, 06:46 1
      - Wrench icon? Is that a Chrome thing? I just deleted my Google cookies wiht no luck -- nm - secretslacker Jan 31, 06:48
    - he's a mac dude. does chrome exist for mac? -- nm - candy hearts love mandy lane Jan 31, 06:46 3
      - I'm not sure. I know I'm not able to replicate his problem, though. -- nm - TWuG Jan 31, 06:48 2
        
        You don't get "This Site May Harm YOur Computer." after every entry on Google? Does anyone? -- nm - secretslacker Jan 31, 06:49 1
        
        Sorry. Thought you were directly navigating using a browser. I replicate your problem using the search engine. It looks like it's on their end, not - TWuG Jan 31, 06:51
Drew Peterson's latest fiance moves out after Peterson's appearance on "Nightline". -- (link) - Diva Jan 31, 06:35
Taken: $9.8 mil Friday...looong -- (link) - Beaker Jan 31, 06:29 2
- crud. I changed my $29.1M guess to $36.1M on FB BOP. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 31, 06:55 1
  - Crud - i was going to go with $24.5M. If I'd remembered to do it. Woulda been way off on the other two though. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 31, 07:51
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it is so unbearably hot at sashamart. how do people live with coal stoves? I'm dehydrated. -- nm - candy hearts love mandy lane Jan 31, 06:11 8
- coal? how dickensian. -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 06:28 2
  - did dickens die of heat exhaustion? -- nm - candy hearts love mandy lane Jan 31, 06:37 1
    - uh, sure. that can cause a stroke, right? -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 06:46
- I have a gas heater... but I put a big pot of water on it to keep the air hydrated -- nm - secretslacker Jan 31, 06:13 4
  - I don't live here so I can't really do that. it's kind of unbearable. I might leave and go shopping. - candy hearts love mandy lane Jan 31, 06:30 3
    - argh! I can't leave because the only clothes I have are my jammies! everything else I brought is in the washer! - candy hearts love mandy lane Jan 31, 06:34 2
      - crap. this also reminds me that I left my laudry outside. hope it doesn't rain tonight, 'cause I'm not going to get it. -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 06:53
      - we can be unbearable heat soulmates. at least I have humidity. -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 06:51
maybe I should get Guitar Hero .. -- (link) - Marcel Jan 31, 05:36 1
- Now that I have a TV set, Rock Band is probably a couple months away -- nm - secretslacker Jan 31, 05:50
Australian (Tennis) Open Spoiler (?) - Diva Jan 31, 05:29 1
- and not to leave out... - Diva Jan 31, 05:30
Jeez. 22 days ago I sold an item on eBay. The dipsh*t buyer never paid or responded in any way. I had to 15 days in order to relist it - Don Homer Jan 31, 05:09 3
- when you declared the first buyer as Non Paying and relisted, ebay sent them a warning letter, they paid not to be dropped, don't worry, refund -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 31, 10:50
- Be sure to take the same amount of time refunding it as he took to pay it, and probably contact EBay first so he doesn't hit you with a bad comment -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 06:19
- These are the types of annoying things that keep me off eBay. -- nm - Jelly Jan 31, 05:38
Hot damn that was a kicka$$ episode of BSG last night. That one stays on the DVR for a bit. Marc Bernardin's recap at EW inside -- (link) - HdnAgnda Jan 31, 05:07
A dose of their own stem cells "reset" the malfunctioning immune system of patients with early-stage multiple sclerosis,reversing their disability. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Jan 31, 03:54
Want to get out of jury duty? Let Facebook help you with that. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Jan 31, 03:35
"In terms of fiscal-stimulus proposals, it would be unfortunate if the best Team Obama can offer is an unvarnished version of Keynes's 1936 "General - Loyola Jan 31, 02:49 2
- They might have a poin if only their prefered methods of interest rate reductions and tax cuts hadn't failed - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 31, 04:57 1
  - Barro's actually fairly liberal. what I don't buy is using war economy as a comparison here. government paying for things the government then takes - mafic Jan 31, 07:11
SITWAP GOP elects first black national party chairman -- (link) - Loyola Jan 31, 02:38 1
- Pretty funny that the party that is so against affirmative action elects a guy solely because he's black. With only 4 of them nationally, he had - Don Homer Jan 31, 05:44
"Political campaigns have become an experience. They do not require cognitive or self-critical skills. They are designed to ignite pseudo-religious - Loyola Jan 31, 02:30
The "Buy American" Rider...didn't we learn anything from Smoot-Hawley ? -- (link) - Loyola Jan 31, 02:14
Bacon Explosion 2: Introducing ... MANCOOKING: Swiss Meat Roll -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 31, 00:50
where's guy? LAT story about young anarchist who went to New Orleans hoping to replace capitalism with an exchange economy -- (link) - pigby Jan 30, 23:46
Question: What is the movie you like that you can't watch it more than once? - Sheep Jan 30, 23:35 9
- I think I've only ever seen Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List once each. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 31, 08:42
- I see most movies I like more than once. -- nm - secretslacker Jan 31, 06:02
- amoxy? -- nm - b! Jan 31, 00:00
- Requiem for a Dream. - Will Hunting Jan 30, 23:39 2
  - I'm not entirely sure you win. My real answer is there are none, but I could say Irreversible. -- nm - Dano Jan 30, 23:44 1
    - Ugh -- nm - Epiphany Jan 31, 05:44
- Michael Clayton ... although I'll rewatch it eventually -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 23:37
- none, if i like it i'll usually watch it more than once -- nm - pigby Jan 30, 23:37 1
  - Right. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 31, 05:45
bah -- nm - pigby Jan 30, 23:31
Crash Davis, leader of men. -- nm - David Jan 30, 23:30 1
- punching bag of Catwoman -- nm - pigby Jan 30, 23:31
Okay, back from Day 1 of the Film Festival -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 23:27 6
- Did you enjoy it? -- nm - Dano Jan 30, 23:43 5
  - I did. Saw two films, The Fix (B) and Rez Bomb (A-). -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 23:44 4
    - Film Festivals are fun! -- nm - Dano Jan 30, 23:45 3
      - Indeed! And I thiiiink Josh Jackson was there, but I'm not sure. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 23:46 2
        
        Looks like he was probably there with the film that was the Opening Night Gala. -- nm - Dano Jan 30, 23:57 1
        
        If he was there at all, yes. That, plus the stretch SUV, makes me think at least *someone* interesting was. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 23:59
cool clown blog for trish: Spitzle! -- (link) - pigby Jan 30, 23:17
woo! police chase!!! -- nm - pigby Jan 30, 23:10 5
- damnit, I *toldja* not to drive home -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 30, 23:25
- Whoo, in Cerritos. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 30, 23:14 3
  - '01 Kia...did not think they could go that fast. -- nm - BAD Jan 30, 23:25 2
    - ~ K-K-K-Kia! ~ -- nm - pigby Jan 30, 23:28
    - Yep, the Channel 7 anchors seem amused by that :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 30, 23:27
*smacks the side of ST with his palm* be less boring! -- nm - pigby Jan 30, 22:53 8
- Are we the only two at home on a Friday night? -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 30, 22:56 7
  - well, RC & b. too - pigby Jan 30, 22:57 6
    - We really need a west coast gathering. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 30, 22:58 5
      - Ahem to that sister -- nm - amoxy Jan 30, 22:59 4
        
        Anyone want to come to Modesto in March? ;-) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 30, 23:00 3
        
        No -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 30, 23:05 2
        
        Heh, I don't either, but I'm kinda obligated :( The conference is always fun, but.........Modesto?!? -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 30, 23:06 1
        
        gateway to yosemite -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 30, 23:25
Mapping The Spread Of Walmart -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jan 30, 22:52 1
- And Target. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jan 30, 22:52
couple of BSG thoughts (major spoils) - Jovian Jan 30, 22:18
Two changes to American Idol this season... - Chicken Little Jan 30, 22:07
just say -- nm - pigby Jan 30, 21:58 10
- say anything -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 30, 22:04 8
  - anything goes -- nm - Chicken Little Jan 30, 22:07 7
    - igby goes down -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 30, 22:23 6
      - you're *funny* -- nm - pigby Jan 30, 22:38 4
        
        funny face. -- nm - b! Jan 30, 22:49 3
        
        facepalm -- nm - Sheep Jan 30, 23:03 2
        
        the palm beach story. -- nm - b! Jan 30, 23:05 1
        
        The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle -- nm - mara Jan 31, 05:39
      - get down on it. - b! Jan 30, 22:34
- that BSG was gut wrenching -- nm - Jovian Jan 30, 22:00

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