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- Prop it up for Obama then finally put it out of its misery -- nm - budice Aug 27, 17:33 4
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    - i thought npr, or someone, had reported that originally we were looking good - tRuMaN Aug 27, 17:36 2
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        hmm, k. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 27, 17:40
Lilo is now officially a suspect in that jewelry theft case. She's already on probation for that previous case. -- (link) - zork Aug 27, 17:27 2
- Wow, that was a poorly written post. -- nm - zork Aug 27, 17:31 1
  - its ok zman .. the humor is in the proofread .. itsa Monday for all -- nm - budice Aug 27, 17:34
do I still have a chance to get a samsung galaxy phone? (I'm still using the original droid) if so, what model should I go for? (verizon network) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 27, 17:24 5
- I've read that there would be no affect on current models. Galaxy III seems to be universally loved. -- nm - zork Aug 27, 17:30 3
  - news said that apple wanted samsung to pull 8 models including all galaxies -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 27, 17:35 1
    - Not true, just the older versions. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 27, 18:26
  - 3 or 4 ST'ers have the S3 and love it. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 27, 17:31
- George Lucas is currently suing Samsung so you may want to hold off..could turn into a Sith Phone -- nm - budice Aug 27, 17:25
ML! Crash! ML! -- nm - nubby Aug 27, 17:23 1
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Systems have to be smart enough to overcome stupidity. - spamlet Aug 27, 17:21
weird. a friend from high school (who I haven't seen in about 5 years) just tried to set me up with a friend of hers from her undergrad in edinburgh. - mafic Aug 27, 17:17 2
- Have sex then blame the inevitable break-up on the friend. -- nm - David Aug 27, 17:19 1
  - "We were just too similar, it was like having sex with ourselves." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 17:22
It's good to have old Jericho back... Oh... that's Punk? Oh. -- nm - Qale Aug 27, 17:12 2
- I saw at least a dozen dudes in the white Best In the World shirt at the GP. - Tim Aug 27, 17:15 1
  - I'm not looking forward to playing against the worst of what Magic has to offer this weekend. -- nm - Qale Aug 27, 17:25
I am absolutely blood-boilingly livid right now. It's all I can do to remind myself that I am a trustworthy professional, and be calm. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 17:08 9
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  - You have to break some eggs to make a cake. -- nm - Absolute Greatness Aug 27, 17:31
- Still shaking mad, ten minutes later. That's generally a sign that I'm deeply angry. - Beryllium Aug 27, 17:14 4
  - see, *this* is why we drink, *this* is why most bars and taverns have happy hours -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 27, 17:38 1
    - Drinking and anger do NOT mix well in my family, not by a long shot. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 18:20
  - what are you drinking? i'll buy. and drive. -- nm - the Outer Limits Aug 27, 17:17 1
    - darn autonikz :) -- nm - peglegpete Aug 27, 17:18
- Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays!!!!! -- nm - nubby Aug 27, 17:08 1
  - That is an astute observation. Very astute, professor. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 17:09
I just accidentally saw 5 minutes of an episode of How I Met Your Mother. WTF, people? -- nm - Dano Aug 27, 17:07 3
- You mean How We Strung You Along With A Title That Means Nothing By This Point. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 27, 17:12
- Do not touch the controls of your television. For the next 60 minutes, we are in control. We can control the horizontal, and the verticle. -- nm - the Outer Limits Aug 27, 17:09
- Must have been a recent episode. -- nm - Tim Aug 27, 17:08
Max temp today was forecast for 87F. It's 96F at 5:00pm. At least the humidity's dropped to less than 20%. -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 27, 17:00 1
- I lied...it was 96F an hour ago...dropped to 93F now :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 27, 17:01
Nuditarian is up, then Beaker, groiny, Joshua P. -- nm - amoxy Aug 27, 16:59 1
- picked -- nm - Todd Manning Aug 27, 17:08
picked. -- nm - samara Aug 27, 16:47 2
- Shay, Foley(draft card is sent), Kelly and then... - Krusty Aug 27, 17:01
- No not that one! - Fuzzy Aug 27, 16:56
Oh, a bonus LYC for the weekend, to break up the draft posts. - Tim Aug 27, 16:36 3
- I get people watching my matches too, mostly to ask me why the hell I'm playing with whatever card I'm using at the time. -- nm - Qale Aug 27, 17:26
- If you change the word deck, to dick... -- nm - Absolute Greatness Aug 27, 16:41 1
  - Then you might be a juvenile. -- nm - Jeff Foxworthyish Aug 27, 17:00
If anyone is interested I have an open spot in my fantasy football league. Blood Feud rules and the draft is live Wednesday night. - Krusty Aug 27, 16:33 17
- Is this through Yahoo? - Reagen Aug 27, 16:40 1
  - Sorry, Redmond beat you to it. It's already 12 or I'd expand it to more teams. - Krusty Aug 27, 16:43
- This the league I was in last year? Sign me up! -- nm - Stephen Aug 27, 16:37 3
  - You are signed up. Only one guy from last year isn't returning. Bad timing for him, he got married last weekend and has been really busy. - Krusty Aug 27, 16:41 2
    - Oh, that's right lol - Stephen Aug 27, 16:59 1
      - :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 27, 17:33
- This is the league where I *lost* the championship game. - Absolute Greatness Aug 27, 16:36 8
  - that you made it that far speaks volumes of their skill. -- nm - mafic Aug 27, 16:39 7
    - It's mostly STers with like three of my RL friends. - Krusty Aug 27, 16:43
    - But see, I *won* both the other ST leagues. - Absolute Greatness Aug 27, 16:40 5
      - so you're not the Unifed Champ? -- nm - Remlik Aug 27, 16:51 1
        
        I am the first multi ST confrence champ. - Absolute Greatness Aug 27, 17:00
      - you're just lucky I don't play. - mafic Aug 27, 16:43 2
        
        He's just lucky in so many ways. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 27, 16:57 1
        
        In Blood Feud I have finished 4th: twice, 3rd: twice, 1st: three times. So, top 4 7/9 years. - Absolute Greatness Aug 27, 17:12
- Hook me up! - Bacon Aug 27, 16:34 1
  - Cool. I'll send the info shortly. -- nm - Krusty Aug 27, 16:35
Jack Ruby announces $100k reward for info leading to whereabouts and recovery of Stacy Peterson. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Aug 27, 16:31 4
- Jeff Ruby. Cincinnati millionaire restaurant owner. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 27, 16:52
- the same JR who shot Lee Harvey Oswald? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 27, 16:36 1
  - Errr, Jeff Ruby (I always think Jack when I think of this guy, I don't know why.) -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 27, 16:42
- Who? -- nm - Absolute Greatness Aug 27, 16:32
Ooh, I love double-dipping on loyalty cards. 6 motel nights on our trip = generated Wydham Rewards points, plus - MojaveMeg Aug 27, 16:30 7
- you have inspired me to look into using some of my canadian credit card points. they just sit there and do nothing. -- nm - mafic Aug 27, 16:41 3
  - I have enough miles right now for a couple of RT domestic flights and haven't actually paid for a flight in some years. I use my AAdvantage card for - MojaveMeg Aug 27, 16:48 1
    - yeah, I do the same. I have a qantas one here, and one in canada that allegedly guarantees me 'any seat on any flight' up to a certain price limit. - mafic Aug 27, 16:52
  - This upcoming June is the great Aeroplocalypse. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 16:44
- Oh a double dipper? *gives Meg the room with bedbugs* -- nm - Motel Aug 27, 16:31 2
  - Heh, even the bedbugs fear me :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 27, 16:39 1
    - They're just funny looking Mosquitoes and they don't carry the West Nile virus. :) -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 27, 16:47
I believe this was posted by the current person holding up our draft. -- (link) - Bacon Aug 27, 16:25 [Backboard]
Shaun is up, then Brian, amoxy and Nuditarian -- nm - amoxy Aug 27, 16:22
kilbo, Ray Ray and RC -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 16:07
Draft hours are 9am-10pm EDT? - nubby Aug 27, 16:03 13
- My tablet battery was empty and I was busy eating a bacon wrapped steak! - Spawn Aug 27, 16:14 9
  - The Great and Powerful David made an understandable and extremely rare error. - nubby Aug 27, 16:26 6
    - Aww dammit. You're right. And I was going to assing him someone lousy. -- nm - David Aug 27, 16:27 5
      - Err, assign. He asses himself. -- nm - David Aug 27, 16:27 4
        
        General Greatness, indeed. -- nm - Absolute Greatness Aug 27, 16:31 3
        
        See above re: assing -- nm - David Aug 27, 16:33 2
        
        No means no. -- nm - Absolute Greatness Aug 27, 16:38 1
        
        wHATEver, AbFab -- nm - David Aug 27, 16:49
  - Looks to me like you were 10 minutes past. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 27, 16:25 1
    - That is 4:56pm, our time. I posted I was hitting the road when there were 2 ahead of me. - Absolute Greatness Aug 27, 16:34
- That's correct. Dumbass has more one minute according to the BF clock. -- nm - David Aug 27, 16:05 1
  - Done. -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 16:06
- No that's Happy Hour! -- nm - budice Aug 27, 16:04
Blue Diamond Almonds Salt and Vinegar - Very Tasty - amoxy Aug 27, 15:47
Considering that the Democrat for Senator in PA is for overturning Roe v. Wade I guess the Republican has to go further right. -- nm - Dano Aug 27, 15:47 13
- I keep waiting for one of them to come out in favouring of outlawing dancing. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 15:51 3
  - Kevin Bacon fro President. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 27, 16:02 2
    - A President who does full frontal nudity? I'd vote for him. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 27, 16:05 1
      - Imagine if PResident was handled the same way as Miss America...Bikini competition lol -- nm - budice Aug 27, 16:06
- I don't think he can overturn Roe v. Wade by himself or at all. Is he trying to change abortion laws in PA? -- nm - Krusty Aug 27, 15:51 8
  - He's not saying that he can overturn just that it should be overturned. He would allow exceptions for rape and incest though. -- nm - Dano Aug 27, 15:53 5
    - rape AND incest now thats generousity at work right there -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 27, 16:30
    - how very big of him to allow that. - Epiphany Aug 27, 15:58 2
      - We are white men, hear us roar! Grrrrrrr! -- nm - Don Homer Aug 27, 16:05 1
        
        I guess so - I have no other idea why these peeps are going crazy over this topic. - Epiphany Aug 27, 16:05
    - Yeah, I misread your post. But how nice of him to allow for exceptions. -- nm - Krusty Aug 27, 15:55
  - I miss read what you wrote. Sorry. - Krusty Aug 27, 15:52 1
    - *misread* Wow, that's an ugly error. - Krusty Aug 27, 16:02
getting married...rocket-sparks...oh my morning client was a no show, bride said he as put in jail, his name, fellenberg -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 27, 15:41
Well, the Saints evacuated. - CovingtonCat Aug 27, 15:37 1
- L3 -- nm - peglegpete Aug 27, 15:38
LYC: During Grand Prix Boston (which for the purposes of the tournament was located in Worcester), I played a guy from Italy and a guy from Brazil. - Tim Aug 27, 15:37 10
- Downside: you had to spend time in Worcester. ;) -- nm - kelly Aug 27, 16:30 2
  - Hee. It was at the DCU Center. There was *nothing* to do there at night except drink. -- nm - Tim Aug 27, 16:32 1
    - in that general area anyway. -- nm - Tim Aug 27, 16:33
- Cool story and I hope you make top 10 in a big tourney one day. Is it all about the deck you use? Do the best players just have the best cards or - Krusty Aug 27, 15:59 4
  - Oh and it's all about top 8, 9th and 10th are crappy places to be :) (nm) - Tim Aug 27, 16:17
  - There's different formats for each event. - Tim Aug 27, 16:10 2
    - Thanks for the explanation. I was curious how it worked. My gf's brother plays in N.M. and I was afraid to ask - Krusty Aug 27, 16:21 1
      - Yeah, it's one of those things that once you start playing, you never really quit, you just take extended breaks. - Tim Aug 27, 16:22
- (my that was long and dorky, oh and the event had 1847 participants, 2nd largest event in North America.) -- nm - Tim Aug 27, 15:52
- that is very cool - good job there. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 27, 15:47
AND A MASTERS DEGREE IN COMMUNICATION! -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 15:32 5
- who was that guy? -- nm - Remlik Aug 27, 15:51 3
  - I'm still not convinced he wasn't an elaborate Bill Murray prank. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 15:52 2
    - who was that guy? I want to see his video. -- nm - Remlik Aug 27, 16:08 1
      - google my first subject, you'll get it. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 16:26
- If they get that guy as a featured speaker for the convention, I'll tune in. -- nm - Max Aug 27, 15:45
cavemen - Homer, tru, kim, amoxy -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 27, 15:30 2
- Kim, amoxy, Shaun, Brian -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 27, 16:14 1
  - Beaker, groiny, Joshua P. (x2) then Beaker x2 i think -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 27, 17:10
The good thing about being stuck in traffic in an L.A. freeway is that the 4G is damn good! -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Aug 27, 15:30 1
- The best thing is not to get stuck in it :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 27, 15:38
My Vamps pick is in. Have we passed Cavemen yet? -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 27, 15:20 9
- He should not have fallen to you. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 27, 16:06 2
  - Kelly was trying to trade up for him. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 27, 16:53
  - He was, but I have him in a couple of other drafts and hate getting a risky play on too many teams. I took Gates, which I think is safe and tradeable. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 27, 16:19
- Astronauts: 3-12, Cavemen: 2-2, Vampirates: 1-5 -- nm - nubby Aug 27, 15:43 3
  - Astornauts: 4-1!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 16:08
  - slow and steady wins the race -- nm - budice Aug 27, 15:47 1
    - Actually, fast and steady wins the race. -- nm - David Aug 27, 16:00
- We're awful human beings this year and deserve incessant mocking. - Krusty Aug 27, 15:26 1
  - Samara = Stacy -- nm - Bacon Aug 27, 16:28
Woohoo! Delta is allowing flight changes on Friday now. - spamlet Aug 27, 15:16 2
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  - 95% chance I'm coming your way. Good time to leave town. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Aug 27, 16:45
15 Tripadvisor reviews completed - 30 to go. - CovingtonCat Aug 27, 15:12 3
- I always feel like I should do this. but I also feel like tripadvisor should give me something for it. -- nm - mafic Aug 27, 15:17 2
  - They do! You get badges! And complimentary e-mail, thanking you for your efforts. - CovingtonCat Aug 27, 15:34 1
    - I'm one of those people who uses it extensively but never contributes...I should -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 27, 15:37

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