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So, are we actually seeing more frequent shootings these past months or so or did the Aurora shooting just make - TWuG Aug 24, 09:38 1
- it feels like there are more events. These things were always news, it's not like they weren't covered. - Mel Profit Aug 24, 09:42
55 jokes in Arrested Development you may have missed -- (link) - mara Aug 24, 09:37 1
- No touching! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 10:01
Samsung over Apple in court battle in Korea -- (link) - Beaker Aug 24, 09:32
Canadian PSA: Lotto Max is $50 million tonight, with 14 additional draws of $1 million (lump sum, tax free) -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 09:30 11
- ST: pick a number (just one per post please, below 50) -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 09:31 10
  - 29 -- nm - Jovian Aug 24, 09:38
  - good. thanks all. -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 09:38
  - 27 -- nm - volnelk Aug 24, 09:37
  - 5 -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 09:36
  - 49 -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 09:36
  - 31.250 -- nm - oblique Aug 24, 09:36
  - 8 -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 09:35
  - 34 -- nm - Krusty Aug 24, 09:34
  - 23 -- nm - decline Aug 24, 09:33
  - 11 -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 09:31
Hunger Games thoughts (spoils) - Will Hunting Aug 24, 09:23 13
- Maybe I need to watch it again. - Spawn Aug 24, 09:27 12
  - I almost wish they had ended it before the game began and made a full 2 hours out of that, but there is no way that would work with audiences. -- nm - GregW Aug 24, 09:34
  - what exactly from the book did you think was missing from the movie? - znufrii Aug 24, 09:34 1
    - See below. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 09:34
  - I honestly don't think they could do a much better job unless they made it 3-4 hours long. - Will Hunting Aug 24, 09:28 8
    - I am still impressed by how they conveyed the sense of the arena without having the Katniss POV to lean on like the book did - oblique Aug 24, 09:35 3
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        It gives me hope for movies 3 & 4 -- nm - oblique Aug 24, 09:38 1
        
        They are going to need a lot of fixes for the ending of book 3. - Will Hunting Aug 24, 09:39
    - It was all too fast. The games seemed to last a couple days. spoils - Spawn Aug 24, 09:34 2
      - eh, didn't bother me, really. - znufrii Aug 24, 09:45
      - Spoil thoughts - Will Hunting Aug 24, 09:36
    - this -- nm - Beaker Aug 24, 09:29
I want -- (link) - zork Aug 24, 09:09
For Spawn and other parents with kindergarten kids: the best graduation present ever (you just have to start early) -- (link) - mara Aug 24, 09:04 7
- Dust day in ST for me - every time I check in my eyes are watering! :) -- nm - JenBro Aug 24, 09:17 1
  - take some damn Claritin. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 24, 09:19
- That's awesome. We've done letters on her birthday every year and will send them to her for her 21st. - spamlet Aug 24, 09:09 1
  - Yeah, I am doing that but I *love* the idea of people that are helping him grow giving their thoughts. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 09:15
- that's sweet -- nm - zork Aug 24, 09:07
- Thank you! -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 09:06
- i love this. -- nm - Andie Aug 24, 09:05
WOOT! Just dropped the boss off at the airport for his vacation, which means... - Stephen Aug 24, 09:03 1
- Glad he can still afford a vacation after the evil Facebook stuff. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 09:08
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- Run away! -- nm - Other David Aug 24, 09:10
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- dang, who's going to %$@* the spiders on the wall now? -- nm - zork Aug 24, 09:01
Do you ever use the "I'm feeling lucky" button on Google? They are making changes to it -- nm - zork Aug 24, 08:58 5
- So the house doesn't like the odds, eh? -- nm - Max Aug 24, 09:20
- no, with paid placement, I figure that I'd rather decide which result I want to click. -- nm - zork Aug 24, 09:01
- No, punk. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 08:59 1
  - hee -- nm - JaxSean Aug 24, 09:01
- Nope, unless by accident. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 24, 08:59
huh. I didn't have coffee today. -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 08:58 2
- who are you and what have you done with Znu? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 24, 09:01 1
  - ikr? -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 09:02
LYC: Someone I know through work had a baby boy and named them "Torsten." I have never heard this name before.... - Walt_Disney Aug 24, 08:58 5
- It's a Scandinavian name. I just finished a book on Ivar Krueger and his brother was Torsten. -- nm - spamlet Aug 24, 09:02
- I have a friend with that name, but it may be spelled Thorsten. But the H is silent. It's German. -- nm - sycor Aug 24, 09:02
- I think I knew a kid in grade school with that name. Definitely hear it on occasion. -- nm - zork Aug 24, 08:59
- Torsten Frings! -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 08:58 1
  - see -- nm - zork Aug 24, 09:00
Is it wrong that in addition to things like houses and boats and starting my own business, that I've started ... - Beryllium Aug 24, 08:53 2
- Yes. Yes it is. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 24, 09:00 1
  - But ... Lucille! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 09:01
PSA: 6 days till College Football season begins -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 08:50
I wonder if we will ever see Will McAvoy's brother Roy. -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 08:49
Question I was pondering yesterday: How will buskers continue to earn income in an increasingly cashless society? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 08:48 8
- Heh, I'm picturing them with card-readers attached to their smart phones :) - MojaveMeg Aug 24, 08:53 7
  - Or paypal. -- nm - Ender Aug 24, 08:57 1
    - PayPal has exposed a pattern of hostile behavior that is damaging its reputation -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 09:00
  - "Square" is probably the future for this, indeed -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 08:54 4
    - I believe this is the one we're looking at. -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 24, 08:55 3
      - Do you know if they can use the visa/MasterCard touch less or tap options? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 08:57 2
        
        I haven't really studied it in detail - leaving that to the member who actually has the smart phone :) All I really know is that you plug in a little - MojaveMeg Aug 24, 09:03 1
        
        cool :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 09:04
DH, I'd be going for the blackberries. - kelly Aug 24, 08:48 2
- Cool. We were just there, I think 2 weeks ago, for blackberries and peaches. They should have apples now too. - Don Homer Aug 24, 08:53 [flickr] 1
  - mmm...blackberries... -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 09:07
Mel from B2 - Geeky IDX talk - Jim Aug 24, 08:45 1
- This sounds like a divine gift. - Mel Profit Aug 24, 09:06
I just realized I'm a couple months into my tenth anniversary of posting stuff other than stock movements. Man, 2002 is a long way away. - Max Aug 24, 08:44
Poll! How do you break down your spending if you 'had to' spend $33K per month? -- nm - Andie Aug 24, 08:39 71
- I don't know but it goes somewhere -- nm - professional athletes Aug 24, 08:57
- my whiskey colelction would be unparalleled - znufrii Aug 24, 08:49
- question: does she pay taxes on the child support income? -- nm - zork Aug 24, 08:49 9
  - No, and neither does he. -- (link) - mara Aug 24, 08:52 5
    - No, wait, the earner still does. Neither mother nor child does. -- nm - mara Aug 24, 08:52 4
      - And he would get the dependent deduction unless she contributed an equal amount. -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 24, 08:54
      - that's how it worked for dave. he paid tax on his income. he paid his ex support. - Andie Aug 24, 08:53 2
        
        but it wasn't always that way, IIRC, plus I wasn't sure how it worked in the US. -- nm - zork Aug 24, 08:56 1
        
        well, that is how it is here, now. -- nm - Andie Aug 24, 08:57
  - Yes -- nm - decline Aug 24, 08:51 2
    - wait. not on child support (I was thinking alimony) -- nm - decline Aug 24, 08:51 1
      - This is correct. No on child support, yes on alimony. - spamlet Aug 24, 08:54
- Inside: - Andie Aug 24, 08:46 32
  - Depending on how long you're amortizing your furnishing over, you're way low on the furniture. - pmb Aug 24, 08:56 8
    - Yeah. We certainly aren't rich, but I look back on how little I made when I first started and can't believe we managed to survive. - Don Homer Aug 24, 08:59 5
      - I haven't bought new clothes in two years, yet my bank account is barely above cheque-to-cheque -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 09:13
      - we have this issue as well - I remember it being tough but we still had things - Epiphany Aug 24, 09:02
      - this. I'm a little nervous about my wife quitting most of her job. It's a hit on income but nothing compared to what I make - oblique Aug 24, 09:00 2
        
        Yeah, I've had to do this as well. We have some years better than others and it seems really difficult, but in some ways it's not that hard when you - pmb Aug 24, 09:05
        
        just make that boy of your's get a job - decline Aug 24, 09:01
    - I have to agree on furnishing. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 08:57 1
      - So you mean I can't buy stuff off craiglist anymore? - oblique Aug 24, 08:58
  - How the hell could you spend $2000 at restaurants AND on groceries in the same month? - Jim Aug 24, 08:49 11
    - lots of very expensive wine, I'd imagine. - znufrii Aug 24, 08:55
    - Forget Denny's and IHOP, Chili's here we come! -- nm - amoxy Aug 24, 08:51
    - It's easy when you buy the most expensive of everything. And restaurants would include picking up the tab for friends. -- nm - Roger More Aug 24, 08:51 1
      - yeah, i was being frugal. -- nm - Andie Aug 24, 08:51
    - I could spend $2000 on restaurants in a week, easy. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 08:51
    - really nice restaurants. plus i had 'bills' in that second $2000. - Andie Aug 24, 08:50 4
      - Shit, I missed the "bills" part of that. I was trying to figure out what the hell you were buying at the grocery store for $2k/month. :) -- nm - Jim Aug 24, 08:57 3
        
        New car, caviar, four star daydream, think I'll buy me a football team. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 09:01
        
        that wouldn't be hard, good butcher cuts of meat, nice wine. -- nm - Andie Aug 24, 09:01 1
        
        nice linens, fresh flowers -- nm - zork Aug 24, 09:02
    - David's favorite post of today: "Volt. Lots and lots of Volt." - Will Hunting Aug 24, 08:50
  - Don't forget the car. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 24, 08:49
  - I like it. I like it a lot. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 24, 08:48
  - right, but you still have 10k to spend, what else could you need? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 24, 08:48 7
    - An alarm system & security for all the stuff you're buying -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 08:51
    - A car or two, and a driver. -- nm - kelly Aug 24, 08:48 2
      - or car service in the city. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 08:51
      - oh, see, i forgot that. good one. -- nm - Andie Aug 24, 08:49
    - More anything. - Will Hunting Aug 24, 08:48
    - need? i don't NEED anything. i buy things for my friends, i charter a plane once i a while, i buy a second vacation property. i'd figure it out. -- nm - Andie Aug 24, 08:48 1
      - Hairstylist, manicures, personal trainer. easy peasy. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 09:02
  - *nods* -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 08:48
- Eating out and alcohol would probably consume a much higher % than it should. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 24, 08:46 1
  - should this be under the hookers post? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 24, 08:46
- Travel. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Aug 24, 08:46
- "You spend the money in your pockets." -- nm - Other David Aug 24, 08:45 3
  - ... which is why plastic is so dangerous. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 08:47 2
    - which is why I do not have any. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 24, 08:48 1
      - I don't carry any cash - and when I do, it's usually just coins (up to toonies, so it could be ten bucks in coins) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 08:49
- I'd eat a thousand dollar bald eagle egg for breakfast every day. -- nm - Max Aug 24, 08:44 1
  - egg? - groiny Aug 24, 08:45
- that is a lot of golf. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 24, 08:44
- Well, since it is supposed to be child support, I would give a little to the kids - amoxy Aug 24, 08:44
- travel somewhere every month for a week, nice condo somewhere, shopping every day, gambling every weekend, charity -- nm - Epiphany Aug 24, 08:43
- 2 houses -- $1m each .... 3 cars -- $25k each .... - Will Hunting Aug 24, 08:42 8
  - playing in every WPT event for a year would be fun. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 08:47
  - ... Au pair for the kid ... (former British SAS, natch) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 08:44 6
    - a top notch nanny in NYC earns well over 6 figures a year. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 08:52 5
      - I don't doubt it. I'm sure Alfred makes that much. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 08:54 4
        
        you don't want an au pair, they work only 40 hours a week. (my friends have had them). -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 08:56 3
        
        OK - you're right. I meant a live-in caregiver and tutor. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 09:07 2
        
        tutor? that'll be extra. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 09:10 1
        
        ... and bodyguard. All in the same person. I told you, Alfred. :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 09:35
- I'd go on a really, really great vacation. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 08:41 2
  - "Welcome to the IIS" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 08:42 1
    - *ahem* ISS -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 08:42
- Judiciously. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 08:41
- 40% Hookers, 60% Crack. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 24, 08:40

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