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The PA Republican candidate for the US Senate has blundered into the abortion issue (nmbl) - Brian Aug 27, 15:05 4
- seriously, how do these people get to the positions they're in? -- nm - mafic Aug 27, 15:10 2
  - money, and snake oil salesmen like speaking abilities. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 27, 15:12 1
    - but clearly he doesn't have the last one! -- nm - mafic Aug 27, 15:17
- So it's all about *his* feelings...the mother's concerns don't count :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 27, 15:09
is it too early to start drinking? - tRuMaN Aug 27, 15:03 3
- sun tea -- nm - Epiphany Aug 27, 15:10
- semi-relatedly. you know the expression "it's 5 o'clock somewhere." apparently in australia it's "it's noon somewhere." nation of drunks, I tell you. -- nm - mafic Aug 27, 15:07 1
  - And South Africans have sundowners, and "it's always sundown somewhere" :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 27, 15:10
Why Joey researches spleen injuries, I'm running out to dinner. Kim and I will be afk for an hour. -- nm - David Aug 27, 14:57
Wow. Just talked to a good friend of mine...she's supposed to be a grandmother any day now! Turns out there's some...issues. - kelly Aug 27, 14:52
not that this is really news, but TO was dropped by the Seahawks, thus screwing my planned Mr. Irrelevant pick -- nm - crash davis Aug 27, 14:52 9
- heh, the last pick in our draft was Mr. Irelevant, Tim Tebow -- nm - CQ Aug 27, 14:57
- Hasselbeck still available -- nm - Brian Mulroney, Prime Sinister Aug 27, 14:52 7
  - thanks Brian...who is going to win the Grey Cup this year? -- nm - crash davis Aug 27, 14:53 6
    - go stamps! -- nm - mafic Aug 27, 14:55 5
      - what the heck, Go Stamps! -- nm - crash davis Aug 27, 14:56 4
        
        geographically they're probably the closest team to you. it's only natural. -- nm - mafic Aug 27, 15:02 3
        
        Looks like the Lions are slightly closer. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 15:03 2
        
        but idaho's a lot more like southern alberta than BC. really it's a natural fit. -- nm - mafic Aug 27, 15:05 1
        
        avoiding going through the mountains would make Stamps easier to go see -- nm - zork Aug 27, 15:13
I checked my FB feed for a minute and Crazy Conspiracy Guy is posting again. - Mel Profit Aug 27, 14:51 2
- Has he worked Neil Armstrong into it yet? -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 15:00 1
  - I'm sure that big faker Neil did something. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 27, 15:05
Don Homer is up -- nm - stewie Aug 27, 14:46
I told my SO that her chicken really was just pining for fjords - zeitgeist Aug 27, 14:46
Anderson Cooper sent cannolis to new mom, Snooki -- (link) - zork Aug 27, 14:45 1
- its an old scilian message, it means Snookie you got a fat ass but you're sweet and I like you -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 27, 14:49
And, in other news, a local police station is evacuated when a citizen walks in to surrender a WWII mortar round... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Aug 27, 14:41
Remains of 3 U.S. servicemen killed in Vietnam in 1969 have been identified and returned to their families... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Aug 27, 14:35
sitmop - Patriots release WR Donte Stallworth. -- nm - Diva Aug 27, 14:35 1
- Yeah Branch! -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 27, 14:50
Anybody here have good/bad experience with Spirit Airlines? Cheapest fares I'm finding by far. (nm) - musubi Aug 27, 14:32 11
- i've heard awful awful things about Spirit from friends and colleagues -- nm - gLu Aug 27, 14:46
- they charge for everything. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 27, 14:33 9
  - Don't all airlines do that nowadays? (nm) - musubi Aug 27, 14:33 8
    - Thanks all. - musubi Aug 27, 14:52
    - I was told this weekend - the only bag you can carry on as a personal item is a back pack. all other luggage is considered a " bag" - Epiphany Aug 27, 14:50
    - Spirit is currently being sued over "passenger usage fees." - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 27, 14:45
    - *makes sure I have enough change to use the pay toilet -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 27, 14:37
    - no. - groiny Aug 27, 14:34 3
      - they've already figured it into the price right? -- nm - Remlik Aug 27, 14:35 1
        
        When I flew to Myrtle Beach, Spirit was 99 bucks each way, Southwest was 150 - groiny Aug 27, 14:41
      - That's the exception though, isn't it? (nm) - musubi Aug 27, 14:34
LYC Repost: My 14-team Keeper $$ League draft from over the weekend - Strongbad Aug 27, 14:32
David....I am having trouble logging into BOP again to see the draft order :( -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 27, 14:22 8
- Was Not Was is up in Vampirates -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 27, 14:34
- Hey, I just msg'ed you on FB. - kelly Aug 27, 14:28 2
  - Sorry....I just picked....had not had a chance to check FB. -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 27, 14:33 1
    - no problem. -- nm - kelly Aug 27, 14:53
- The quick answer is that it is your pick now. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 27, 14:24 1
  - Chad Ochocinco is still available. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 27, 14:26
- You're on the clock. Do you need me to reset your password? - David Aug 27, 14:23 1
  - Done -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 27, 14:25
Rosie O'Donnell - married! -- (link) - Andie Aug 27, 14:14 4
- her wife is way cuter than she is. sorry - had to say it. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 27, 14:51 1
  - That's how money works. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 27, 14:53
- and linkthrough ... Miley doing a guest stint on 2.5 Men -- (link) - zork Aug 27, 14:40
- the ink is barely dry on Tom's divorce and she managed to snag him already? -- nm - zork Aug 27, 14:36
Woo-Hoo! Caveman finished one round! -- nm - amoxy Aug 27, 14:10 1
- C'mon spawn, they're uncomfortably close to us now! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 27, 14:10
David --- the astro-edit was oopsed -- Kilbo took Moore, Reagan took Garcon. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 27, 14:04 20
- Is that because those people dropped out? -- nm - Karl_S Aug 27, 14:45 1
  - Nope -- simple goof becuase the one pick line was traded a few times, matching david's commentary length. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 27, 14:46
- Already fixed, thanks. -- nm - David Aug 27, 14:07 17
  - *looks around the table and pushes all-in with his pocket deuces* - Will Hunting Aug 27, 14:08 16
    - *I* didn't keep Jason Witten. - David Aug 27, 14:16 15
      - New rule: Playoff teams can talk smack. The rest need to earn that privelege first. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 27, 14:18 14
        
        Please pay attention. You're not going to be a playoff team. You just wasted a pick on a guy with a ruptured spleen. -- nm - David Aug 27, 14:22 13
        
        Lacerated -- and given my keepers, I'm a podium team at worst. - Will Hunting Aug 27, 14:23 12
        
        9 misfortunes? I'd like to see that. -- nm - David Aug 27, 14:29 11
        
        Unless I have a Samara-season where 5 of my guys break legs, I'll be playoffs - Will Hunting Aug 27, 14:30 10
        
        Ah, the early days of spring training when the Houston Astros are sure they can compete... -- nm - David Aug 27, 14:33 9
        
        This would be much better smack talk if you weren't #9 last year and I wasn't #2. - Will Hunting Aug 27, 14:35 8
        
        I don't know about David, but you weren't #2, spamlet was -- nm - crash davis Aug 27, 14:43 6
        
        2nd seed into the playoffs, iirc, 2nd or 3rd in points in the playoffs. - Will Hunting Aug 27, 14:44 5
        
        Yahoo clearly states spamlet was 2nd. They even gave him a trophy -- nm - crash davis Aug 27, 14:45 4
        
        Joey is like Sarah Palin. He makes the determinations about wrongdoing and league standings. -- nm - David Aug 27, 14:48
        
        David's fanboy teams are the reason Boise State is becoming a member of the Big East....target the proper villain here! - Will Hunting Aug 27, 14:47 2
        
        I could live in the past and talk about the halfway point last season but since I'm already winning this draft, what's the point? -- nm - David Aug 27, 14:50
        
        Wait a minute, David is the reason BSU joined the Big East? I'm revising my thinking about hime -- nm - crash davis Aug 27, 14:49
        
        When your top 3 running backs miss half the reason, remember this post and understand karma. -- nm - David Aug 27, 14:40
owner built suburban ranch house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright goes on the market for the first time, built by a school teacher over 15 years -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 27, 14:03
last minute chance as some $HSX .... - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 27, 14:02
Vamps, we're really slacking this year. No clock today, right? - Krusty Aug 27, 13:56 12
- No clock since we weren't sure to start today, right. -- nm - David Aug 27, 14:07 6
  - WTF - groiny Aug 27, 14:16 5
    - I'm pretty sure most of them view this as punishment. -- nm - David Aug 27, 14:18 4
      - *ding* - Krusty Aug 27, 14:20
      - To be fair, this is less time drafting and more time thinking up quips about redmond's teams...... -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 27, 14:18 2
        
        I wanna draft in October. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 27, 14:19 1
        
        You're a caveman...isn't this possible? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 27, 14:21
- didn't you pick up a copy of Black Ops??? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 27, 14:02 4
  - I did, we played together. -- nm - Krusty Aug 27, 14:03 3
    - You ever going to play it? - groiny Aug 27, 14:04 2
      - I was just killing time and didn't want to play anything too time consuming. If you're on and playing I'll throw it in and join you. - Krusty Aug 27, 14:08 1
        
        ok. - groiny Aug 27, 14:15
I am about to go out the door kilbo and Ray-Ray... -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 13:47 2
- you're up if you're still here -- nm - oblique Aug 27, 13:57 1
  - David, I'm heading home. sent you a forum message for my pick - oblique Aug 27, 14:03
wasn't it obvious that Max's intern was propositioning oral sex? - zork Aug 27, 13:45
poll: Are you color blind? me, no, but my dad is color-weak. -- nm - loosilu Aug 27, 13:43 31
- no, but my ex was and it was kind of weird. -- nm - mara Aug 27, 15:10
- nope! -- nm - gLu Aug 27, 14:48
- I do color-grading for TV ads so thankfully, I don't. I'm sensitive to bright light though (could be because I'm a redhead...) -- nm - Guigue Aug 27, 14:11 6
  - do you have light coloured eyes? people with blue and lighter greens are, apparently, much more sensitive to light. - Andie Aug 27, 14:12 5
    - I have average brown eyes yet can't stand to be outside without sunglasses and used to have a few pairs of really $$ revos -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 27, 14:39
    - me too. -- nm - loosilu Aug 27, 14:34 1
      - no sparkly vampires for you two -- nm - zork Aug 27, 14:37
    - Green but not too bright. I'm not even sure I'm more sensitive than anyone else, but I know I'm easily blinded by oncoming cars, where other people - Guigue Aug 27, 14:14 1
      - Not too "light", not bright -- nm - Guigue Aug 27, 14:15
- I don't, but my wife does, and any boys we might have will be. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 14:00 4
  - i thought it was really quite rare in females? -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 14:01 3
    - yep, double recessive x-linked. -- nm - loosilu Aug 27, 14:02
    - extremely. something like 0.04%. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 14:02 1
      - lucky her! -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 14:02
- Nope. Wouldn't have been able to have my last MOS in the Army if I was... - Stephen Aug 27, 13:58
- nyet -- nm - peglegpete Aug 27, 13:54
- Yes. Not completely red/green, but enough to have issues with some things. - TWuG Aug 27, 13:53 3
  - fun trivia: Red-Green colorblindness is called Daltonism. -- nm - loosilu Aug 27, 13:53 2
    - somehow I knew it was Spawn's fault. -- nm - mafic Aug 27, 14:12
    - ...when it's caused by too many roundhouse kicks to the face from a mullet-wearing bouncer. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 27, 13:56
- color blind test. I got 10/10. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 27, 13:53 8
  - 10/10 -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 27, 15:08
  - 10/10 -- nm - gLu Aug 27, 14:50
  - 3. I wish I were joking. -- nm - David Aug 27, 14:26
  - 10 -- nm - pmb Aug 27, 14:05
  - 9/10 -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 27, 14:01
  - 9/10 but it didn't like the way I typed something, although I had trouble with D. I also often have trouble with ... - zork Aug 27, 13:58
  - 10 -- nm - spamlet Aug 27, 13:58
  - me too -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 13:55
- Dad is. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 27, 13:51
- Nope. -- nm - Krusty Aug 27, 13:47
was Van Gogh colorblind? Check out his paintings with color-blind simulating filters. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 27, 13:43 2
- we just watched the Kirk Douglas film about him on the weekend -- nm - zork Aug 27, 13:52
- "We thought he was a genius, turned out the mothereffer just couldn't see" -- nm - spamlet Aug 27, 13:51
damnit, david -- nm - oblique Aug 27, 13:43 2
- Don't blame me. Blame the power of information. -- nm - David Aug 27, 13:44 1
  - Reagan, Spawn and then I go again (10 minutes, people!) -- nm - oblique Aug 27, 13:50
boyfriend draft! -- nm - loosilu Aug 27, 13:39 5
- I'm not an expert, but I would rank Robert Pattinson as a good sleeper pick -- nm - crash davis Aug 27, 13:41 1
  - well scouting reports indicate he's weak on defense, so you can go out without him knowing about it for months -- nm - Remlik Aug 27, 14:25
- You ladies can get in the jello pool and fight for who gets the top pick. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 27, 13:40 2
  - you want me to fight Meg? *blanches* -- nm - loosilu Aug 27, 13:41 1
    - Fine, just becuase you treat the draft with the same respect Redmond does, doesn't bode well for your chances at long-term success. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 27, 13:42
I figured Jennings wouldn't get back to me but there was no way I was reaching in Round 2. - spamlet Aug 27, 13:37 4
- ... They were not keepers? -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 13:38 3
  - It's likely the other Jennings (Greg) isn't kept in Movie Boss. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 27, 13:44
  - Rashad Jennings was not a keeper, no. -- nm - spamlet Aug 27, 13:40 1
    - Ah, forgot about his weird named ass. -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 13:43
I'm guessing H&R Block doesn't count as tax experience in the way they mean it -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 13:33 2
- I tried readling all this crap about Mitt Romney's 2010 tax return release and I got lost. Stuff is too complicated for me -- nm - crash davis Aug 27, 13:37 1
  - "Do you have any tax experience?" ... "Yes, I read Mitt Romney's tax returns. And understood them." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 13:48
Big Brother update POV spoiler - peglegpete Aug 27, 13:32
*bubbles wraps Jason Witten* -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 27, 13:32 1
- As someone that lost their spleen, I can confidently say - Spawn Aug 27, 13:36
CONTINUE THE DRAFT!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 13:30

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