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When I get to Gloucester/Rockport should I go on a whale watch (there are lots of whales off Cape Ann right now) or -- (link) - CovingtonCat Aug 13, 07:59 [youtube] 6
- I live up there - still whales to be found into September -- nm - Harry Lime Aug 13, 08:12
- whales -- nm - spamlet Aug 13, 08:04
- Whales - always Whales first! :) -- nm - JenBro Aug 13, 08:02 2
  - Did you even watch the video?!? - CovingtonCat Aug 13, 08:06 [youtube] 1
    - Yes - and it looked cheesy!!! Especially the part where they walked down the docks - heh -- nm - JenBro Aug 13, 08:08
- of course -- nm - Beaker Aug 13, 08:02
Oddity concerning Atlanta's (NFL) schedule this year: - prayformojo Aug 13, 07:54
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- Assumed it's Biden unless optherwise stated, would be my guess. But there'll still be a vote at the convention, yes? - TWuG Aug 13, 07:58 2
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  - I would be very surprised if there wasn't a vote at the convention. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 07:59
- He's announced. -- nm - MDH Aug 13, 07:56 2
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    - He announced months ago in a video. -- nm - MDH Aug 13, 07:59
- Assumed. -- nm - Krusty Aug 13, 07:55
- *picks Mitt Romney as VP nom* -- nm - Obama Aug 13, 07:54
Stallone talking Expendables 3.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 13, 07:51 18
- Geena Davis and Whoopi Goldberg -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 11:25
- who's left that hasn't been in 1 or 2? Steven Segal maybe? the pommel horse from Gymkata? -- nm - Beaker Aug 13, 07:54 16
  - Weathers, Gibson, The Rock -- nm - Remlik Aug 13, 08:03
  - Wesley Snipes, if he ever gets out of prison. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 08:02 1
    - I just read he turned 50 a couple of weeks back and Spike Lee visited him in prison for his b-day to talk about when he gets out -- nm - decline Aug 13, 08:04
  - Michael Dudikoff? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 08:01
  - Zabka? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 08:00
  - Seagal was offered a role, he needs to accept if they offer again. -- nm - MDH Aug 13, 08:00
  - Mel Gibson... -- nm - Beaker Aug 13, 07:59
  - Carl Weathers. Jim Kelly. Jim Brown. -- nm - Roger More Aug 13, 07:57
  - Don Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock -- nm - ceregon Aug 13, 07:57
  - Mr T? -- nm - LMS Aug 13, 07:57
  - Woody Allen. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 07:57
  - Jeff Speakman, The Perfect Weapon! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 07:54 1
    - also, Mojave Meg! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 08:02
  - Billy Blanks -- nm - decline Aug 13, 07:54 2
    - maybe go ninja and have Sho Kusagi. Jackie Chan too maybe? -- nm - Beaker Aug 13, 07:56 1
      - he's retired -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 07:56
Only in Pennsylvania -- (link) - decline Aug 13, 07:50 1
- That's just lazy. Also, that is the town most of my relatives are from. -- nm - MDH Aug 13, 07:52
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- Remind me - I'm not sure I saw it - but you are working for one of the Supreme Court Justices now right? Which one? -- nm - JenBro Aug 13, 08:00
PFMojo: Duck, Nag's Head, or Corolla? -- nm - rollo Aug 13, 07:48 1
- Corolla - prayformojo Aug 13, 07:53
Stolen from FB: Stranded jet skier breaches JFK's $100M security -- (link) - ty97 Aug 13, 07:43 9
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  - Raytheon best be getting sued. -- nm - ty97 Aug 13, 07:49 1
    - it really is embarrassing. -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 07:50
- wow. but also, holy crap. he swam three miles then climbed over an 8 foot fence. -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 07:47 5
  - in the dark - after drinking -- nm - decline Aug 13, 07:53
  - yeah, but terrorists are basically lazy, and mostly from the desert. -- nm - mafic Aug 13, 07:49
  - new olympic event? -- nm - ceregon Aug 13, 07:48 2
    - he needs to do the Ironman. and also, they arrested him. They should give him an award for exposing the breach. -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 07:49 1
      - he obviously needs to work on the 3rd leg: avoiding arrest -- nm - ceregon Aug 13, 07:52
My BFF made a really cool FB post this morning, explaining what she would love to see in the upcoming campaigns: Dialogue with respect for each other. - loosilu Aug 13, 07:39 2
- I hope the nonstop bashing isn't the new normal, but I'm afraid it is. -- nm - ceregon Aug 13, 07:58 1
  - I don't see it as new. It started 4+ years ago. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 08:03
One of my films The Awakening opens this Friday in the US - you can watch the first 10 minutes online. - LMS Aug 13, 07:39 5
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  - We've been busy. -- nm - LMS Aug 13, 07:55 3
    - It looks very cool. -- nm - decline Aug 13, 07:56 2
      - I'd give it a B, I have problems with the ending but it's really good up till then. -- nm - LMS Aug 13, 07:58 1
        
        My girlfriend will love it. I've already saved it at Netflix in case we don't get to the theater to see it. -- nm - decline Aug 13, 08:00
Monday morning movie poll: Jurassic Park 3: A - oblique Aug 13, 07:35 7
- Journey 2: C. -- nm - kelly Aug 13, 08:01
- bourne: B+ maybe. the campaign: C+ maybe. newsroom up until last night: A-. my horrible trashy romance-ish novel: addicting. - TEAM PANDA Aug 13, 07:53
- Atlas Shrugged Part 1 C(ould have been worse), co-worker's wedding and reception B+ -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 13, 07:50
- Bourne A-, Campaign B+, Hope Springs B, Step Up 4 C- -- nm - ceregon Aug 13, 07:48
- Walking Dead Season 1 : A -, only because it was too short. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 07:44
- Olympic Closing Ceremonies: a few B moments, but mostly Zzzzzzzzzzzz. -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 07:41
- Does not compute. -- nm - MDH Aug 13, 07:41
Win7 question. In XP when you pushes the start button you could access a quick list of recent documents you had worked on. Does Win7 have anything - sycor Aug 13, 07:33 7
- on my work computer there's a little right arrow next to all my recently used programs. click on that and it shows you items the program recently used - mafic Aug 13, 07:39
- Ah I found it. Thanks guys! -- nm - sycor Aug 13, 07:38
- Yes. right click on the Win7 button and choose Properties - oblique Aug 13, 07:34
- When you click the start button, The list on the right should have something that says 'recent items' -- nm - decline Aug 13, 07:34 1
  - you may need to turn this on. right click on the start button -> properties -> in the privacy section -- nm - decline Aug 13, 07:35
- I mouse over, say, word, and it gives me recent word docs I've worked on. does that help? -- nm - TEAM PANDA Aug 13, 07:34 1
  - hmm mine doesn't do that. I wonder if the IT guys modified it somehow. Stupid government computers. -- nm - sycor Aug 13, 07:36
*flex* -- (link) - oblique Aug 13, 07:33
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- Wow, that draft would be fun. I thought my league was deep, drafting 238 players. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 07:36 1
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It will be 107 here in Chico today. What about you? -- nm - amoxy Aug 13, 07:31 5
- 82 and rainy. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Aug 13, 07:53
- 86 -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 13, 07:43
- High of 71. -- nm - ty97 Aug 13, 07:37
- Only 86 for a high today. -- nm - Krusty Aug 13, 07:36
- 100. I am not amused -- nm - Epiphany Aug 13, 07:34
Supercut of the most maniacal laughs in the movies. -- (link) - mara Aug 13, 07:31 [youtube]
As oblique was the only player, he wins CTTP but loses PIRR - 2100 - CovingtonCat Aug 13, 07:31 2
- woohoo! -- nm - oblique Aug 13, 07:33
- travel safe! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 13, 07:32
Summer colds suck -- nm - amoxy Aug 13, 07:27 7
- I am not sure if I have a summer cold or if this is ragweed allergies. I suspect the second. -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 07:40
- Yes, they do. I'm just (sort of) getting over one. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 13, 07:30 1
  - same here -- nm - decline Aug 13, 07:31
- I shook one off a few weeks ago with Airborne. *flex* - Strongbad Aug 13, 07:29
- neti pot? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 07:27 2
  - Don't have one in the house, but will go out later and get one at the drugstore - amoxy Aug 13, 07:30 1
    - make sure to get some distilled water to put in it. -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 07:32
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- Romney is the middle/independent guy so he got ryan to rally the hard core republican -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 11:27
- I see it as the opposite. Ryan is the deficit guy, and I man with relatively new ideas. Plenty of independents care about those things. -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 08:05
- I think it was an attempt to shake things up. He's seeing his numbers and chances dwindling and made a bit of a lightning rod choice to stir things - pmb Aug 13, 08:00
- Rumor going around that Romney knew he was losing in Nov. so he picked Ryan to get his name out there as the next Presidential contender. - MDH Aug 13, 07:44 3
  - Because there is a great history over the past ~20 years of failed VP choices getting nominated in 4 years? - Strongbad Aug 13, 07:49 1
    - yeah, but out of those 4, criminal, abandoned the party, and phlebitis (a good republican body!) -- nm - mafic Aug 13, 07:56
  - yeah, romney doesn't seem like the type to put... well... anything above self-interest. -- nm - mafic Aug 13, 07:48
- I think he went for "attack dog/fire up the base". Which makes me wonder what his plan is for attracting the middle. - TWuG Aug 13, 07:36
- Fits the trend I've noticed over the past couple months, he's been consistently doubling down on the base whenever he has a chance to go moderate - znufrii Aug 13, 07:34 12
  - Couldn't the same be said for Obama? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 07:38 11
    - There is always an appeal to the base. That isn't being debated. The question is where is Romney's appeal to the middle? - TWuG Aug 13, 07:43 5
      - I agree with you that Obama has lived in the middle over the last 4 years vs. the extreme left - Strongbad Aug 13, 07:47 3
        
        honestly, whether Obama is doing the same thing is irrelevant to the critique. - znufrii Aug 13, 07:55 1
        
        (and yes, it is a critique, not an "accusation") -- nm - znufrii Aug 13, 07:56
        
        Obama's been doing both. Romney hasn't done much of anything to appeal to the center yet. -- nm - TWuG Aug 13, 07:52
      - Inside, edit "Romney *hasn't* moved" -- nm - TWuG Aug 13, 07:44
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      - Not the change on Immigration Policy? - Strongbad Aug 13, 07:41 3
        
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        I disagree that the gay marriage flip was designed to appeal to independents - Strongbad Aug 13, 07:50 1
        
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- I think it's more he's trying to add excitement to the ticket. - Inigo Aug 13, 07:31 6
  - I'm reading this (long) nymag art re: Ryan now. -- (link) - TEAM PANDA Aug 13, 07:33
  - Ryan is not exciting. He is a policy wonk -- nm - amoxy Aug 13, 07:32
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    - He's the most exciting out of the short list of 4 Romney had. -- nm - Inigo Aug 13, 07:33 2
      - Portman would have been a better pick and may have swung Ohio. Ryan won't swing Wis. - TWuG Aug 13, 07:39 1
        
        Portman was the safest pick. - Strongbad Aug 13, 07:40
- Would any of the short-list contenders have appealed to independents, in your opinion? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 07:28 8
  - bobby jindal. or huntsman, but I don't know how seriously he was considered. -- nm - mafic Aug 13, 07:37 3
    - Huntsman, I definitely agree. Jindal, less so. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 07:39 2
      - Jindal would have been very interesting. -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 07:44 1
        
        Don't get me wrong, I think Jindal would have been a great pick. - Strongbad Aug 13, 07:48
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    - Maybe Rubio also? -- nm - amoxy Aug 13, 07:31 2
      - Rubio is about as "Tea Party" as you can get. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 07:32
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- When they look past his pretty face, he is a extreme social/fiscal conservative - amoxy Aug 13, 07:28
I could ask for my birthday off, but I'd likely be told not to come in the next day either. - spamlet Aug 13, 07:26 3
- We actually get our birthday as a paid day off. You can float it to another day as needed, though. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 13, 07:29 2
  - one of my past employers did that. Loved it. -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 07:34
  - that's very nice -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 07:33
We get any day of the week of our birthday as a vacation day. I took my actual birthday because it fell on a Monday. -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 07:25
~always look on the bright side of life~ -- nm - Beaker Aug 13, 07:25
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Went through our clothes yesterday. Got 3 massive bags for Goodwill. - Beaker Aug 13, 07:24 12
- awesome! I brought three bags of clothes to Goodwill on Saturday after my organizer came over. -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 07:34
- I did my shoe shelf - have a laundry basket full of shoes going in the trash - Epiphany Aug 13, 07:31 4
  - after we went through my shoes, *all* of my shoes (winter and summer) now easily fit in my main closet. -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 07:35 3
    - it makes me feel great to be so organized! yeah I have no shoes on the floor in front of my shelf - it now looks the way it should -- nm - Epiphany Aug 13, 07:44 2
      - I even have a little extra space! very fen shui. It actually feels really nice. -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 07:44 1
        
        :) -- nm - Epiphany Aug 13, 07:55
- I cleaned our garage this weekend. Put 3 bikes on the curb. Gone in hours. Have maybe 7 full hefty bags of crap going to the dump tomorrow - oblique Aug 13, 07:29 1
  - I put some board games in the common area with a note: "FREE! No missing pieces!" They were gone in an hour. -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 07:36
- I did this yesterday as well. I'm so over having stuff. -- nm - TEAM PANDA Aug 13, 07:26 2
  - how many shoes did you get rid of? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 07:27 1
    - none this time. maybe next weekend I'll look at shoes. or tonight. or maybe I'll go shoe shopping. -- nm - TEAM PANDA Aug 13, 07:28
- I have got to do this as well, I have way too many things that I have not worn in years. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 07:25

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