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Microsoft and Mega Brands to make construction toys based upon the video game Halo.... -- (link) - Walt_Disney Feb 3, 07:46
OMG, I almost lost my lucky pocket rock today. Found it on the floor near my cubicle. (Actually, it's more a worry rock than a lucky rock.) -- nm - mara Feb 3, 07:46 3
- oh, mara: Have the tax forms/packets arrived at libraries yet? -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 07:48 1
  - Yes. But they aren't printing or giving out all the forms they used to. -- nm - Amy Feb 3, 07:49
- If you found it when you didn't have it. Then you are already lucky. The worry part, can't say. -- nm - Redmond Feb 3, 07:47
SITWAP: Not happy with their own tax revenues, Massachusetts seeks sales tax on purchases made in other states. -- (link) - TaurusII Feb 3, 07:45 5
- New York already does this. - znufrii Feb 3, 07:46 4
  - so does canada. -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 07:48
  - How do they manage that? -- nm - TaurusII Feb 3, 07:48 1
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The Christian Bale remix. NSFW (swearing) -- (link) - Dano Feb 3, 07:43
"At this point i am going to play whatever insipid emo / rock /punk / pap whatever and get all the hot rock chicks." -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 3, 07:43
ST Poll: Did you go to Denny's to get the free breakfast? -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 3, 07:41 12
- I'm not sure denny's is worth it even when it's free. alright, maybe the moons over my hammy, but grand slam? no way. -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 07:48
- No, I forgot, and now I'm home with a sick kid. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 3, 07:46
- I haven't forgiven them since they got rid of the Dagwood sandwich. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 3, 07:46
- Not since they closed (and knocked down) the one I used to eat at on Tuesday mornings. -- nm - TaurusII Feb 3, 07:45
- hell no, for a littany of reasons. - ty97 Feb 3, 07:45
- No, not a place I would normally eat -- nm - Epiphany Feb 3, 07:43 3
  - They have whip cream :) -- nm - Redmond Feb 3, 07:45 2
    - Why does your whip need cream? -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 07:45 1
      - The weather's been really dry lately. -- nm - TaurusII Feb 3, 07:49
- No. I don't do restaurant give-aways of any kind because I don't like lines. -- nm - mara Feb 3, 07:42
- No because I don't want to have to buy a second seat when I fly to Vegas. -- nm - Redmond Feb 3, 07:42 1
  - if you keep eating a piund of bacon a week on BLT Thursday your gonna have that problem anyway -- nm - Stacy Feb 3, 07:47
"Reaper" coming back early on March 3! (And moving time slots, to be up against...American Idol?) -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 3, 07:38 1
- They should just call it "Reaped." -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 3, 07:39
Oh, speaking of eye surgery, let's talk Lasik. - ty97 Feb 3, 07:38 13
- Related question -- In surgeries that involve shaving or shaping the cornea, does that ever grow back or will the cornea always be a little thinner? -- nm - mrfuzzy, Steelers fan Feb 3, 07:50
- There are ones that are around $750 an eye here....and you can get financing for it. -- nm - Democrats in US Congress Feb 3, 07:43
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  - You've seen under $1,000 an eye? Holy crap. - TFox Feb 3, 07:40 8
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      - It cost me $5500 total in 2002. Insurance made that down to $3600. - Will Hunting Feb 3, 07:42 5
        
        My insurance will pay exactly zero (effers!). B -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 07:43 4
        
        Most don't. -- nm - TFox Feb 3, 07:46
        
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        I would have suspected they'd discount some, given the savings from future eye benefits they won't have to pay. -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 07:47 1
        
        Vision insurance generally pays for itself completely, especially when it is bought separately. - TFox Feb 3, 07:49
    - Hai Doctor Nick! -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 07:41
- $312.50 -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 3, 07:39
SITWAP: *taurus signal* Former football great Lawrence Taylor may be on next Dancing with the Stars. -- (link) - TaurusII Feb 3, 07:32 3
- awe-SOME! -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 07:36
- Hopefully he's drug-free. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 3, 07:34 1
  - Apparently, for about 10 years. -- (link) - TaurusII Feb 3, 07:40
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- Now, I wonder who we'll get for Health & Human Services. - Will Hunting Feb 3, 07:33 16
  - It's not easy finding a qualified tax dodger. -- nm - Ender Feb 3, 07:39 3
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      - I miss the days we blamed this on the illegal help. - Will Hunting Feb 3, 07:41
    - Sure it is - ty97 Feb 3, 07:40
  - it'd better be worth it. - znufrii Feb 3, 07:39
  - Performance czar withdraws candidacy -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 3, 07:39 5
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    - That's what I'm talking about! -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 3, 07:44
    - okay, that's just silly. -- nm - znufrii Feb 3, 07:42 2
      - Seriously, so much for this draconian "vetting" process they talked about months ago. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 3, 07:46 1
        
        Do you seriously think a tax lien of less than $1000, which was resolved over 3 years ago, is sufficient to disqualify an otherwise worthy person from - znufrii Feb 3, 07:48
  - Tax Cheats!!! What would happen to us if we did the same? -- nm - Redmond Feb 3, 07:35 4
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      - *audits Jack Dawson* -- nm - I R S Feb 3, 07:43
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    - We'd be politicians, apparently -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 07:36
ahh, my friends little girl who just turned two fell and broke her leg. but her cast is purple and *sparkly*. it's actually pretty cool. - Andie Feb 3, 07:29 33
- Now all the kids in daycare are going to want one!!! -- nm - TaurusII Feb 3, 07:33
- *throws herself downstairs to get another cast* -- nm - 2-year-old Feb 3, 07:33
- I remember when I needed a cast on my left leg. Having the hot fibreglass wrap applied was nice. -- nm - Shaun Feb 3, 07:31 17
  - random andie fact: i have never had a cast (which is sort of miraculous, cause i'm pretty klutzy.) -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 07:32 16
    - I broke a rib slam dancing when I was in high school. Major pain and you can't breathe--but they don't do anything for it. -- nm - Amy Feb 3, 07:37
    - I got a cracked shin from playing no equipment tackle football with friends in Grade 10. -- nm - Shaun Feb 3, 07:34
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      - I am one of only a few people I know that never broke a bone or dislocated something......I have stiches though from when my mother threw a rock a my - Democrats in US Congress Feb 3, 07:41 2
        
        Democrats never break bones? -- nm - Redmond Feb 3, 07:42 1
        
        That's cuz they're spineless!!!! - War Hawk Feb 3, 07:46
      - Broke my arm in 1st grade. Cut my lip and needed 6 stiches in... also 1st grade. -- nm - Redmond Feb 3, 07:36
      - None here. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 3, 07:35 2
        
        Well I think I broke a toe once. It was all purple but healed after a while. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 3, 07:36 1
        
        Same here (big toe). Doctor just taped it to the next one, told me to take it easy for a few weeks. -- nm - TaurusII Feb 3, 07:41
      - no broken bones, no stitches either. -- nm - znufrii Feb 3, 07:35
      - Me neither. -- nm - kelly Feb 3, 07:34
      - I've had 2. - Will Hunting Feb 3, 07:34
      - me either -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 3, 07:34
      - i broke a baby toe once, that's it! -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 07:33
    - Me either. Stiches a couple times, but no casts. -- nm - TFox Feb 3, 07:33
- This just made me picture Jacen with a broken leg. - TFox Feb 3, 07:30 12
  - I'm freaked about Logan's eye surgery. What are we going to do? Put him in a cone head? - Amy Feb 3, 07:36 6
    - Jacen was pulling his eyeshades off when he was 2 days old, under 5 lbs, under his jaundice lamps. - TFox Feb 3, 07:39 5
      - We just had the glow worm blanket. I had to nurse him with that on. Worse was the apnea monitor. - Amy Feb 3, 07:44
      - What is a jaundice lamp? -- nm - Redmond Feb 3, 07:41 3
        
        The treatment for jaundice is lots of direct light, which breaks up the cells and gets the blood back to normal. - TFox Feb 3, 07:45
        
        It looks just like a grow-light for plants. They put the jaundiced babies under it to simulate sunlight. -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 3, 07:43 1
        
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  - This happened to my son when he was 3. It was really sad but he was such a little trooper about it. -- nm - mrfuzzy, Steelers fan Feb 3, 07:32
  - oh, my friend is way more upset than the two year old. - Andie Feb 3, 07:32 3
    - My guess is Jacen would be cool before we even got to the hospital. - TFox Feb 3, 07:35
    - Did the medical staff give them the inquisition? -- nm - mrfuzzy, Steelers fan Feb 3, 07:33 1
      - they're in a small small town, i really doubt it. -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 07:34
SNL upcoming: Bradley Cooper/TV on the Radio 2/7, Alec Baldwin/Jonas Bros. 2/14, -- nm - JaxSean Feb 3, 07:28 1
- I'm still peeved at myself for skipping TV on the Radio when they came here. -- nm - TFox Feb 3, 07:31
LYC: Early Daytona 500 odds - Strongbad Feb 3, 07:28
Three free PC games from Amazon to debut their new game downloads service -- (link) - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 3, 07:27 1
- Jewel Quest looks pretty neat. -- nm - TFox Feb 3, 07:29
nubby alert: quantum teleportation -- (link) - znufrii Feb 3, 07:27
SITWAP: What every Halo player wants from his Secret Santa. -- (link) - TaurusII Feb 3, 07:27
SITWAP: *Batman signal* First look at Neil Gaiman's "What ever happened to the Caped Crusader?" -- (link) - TaurusII Feb 3, 07:23 2
- Nice. Looks to be a damn sight better than RIP. At least Gaiman can structure a story so readers can follow it. -- nm - TWuG Feb 3, 07:27 1
  - I know idea what have about talking you're. -- nm - Grant Morrison Feb 3, 07:30
This is cool. Students call ISS with home built radio -- (link) - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 3, 07:21 3
- "Operation First Contact is the graduating project for 34-year-olds Gino Cunti"... oh dear. -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 07:23 1
  - I agree with Cunticumber? -- nm - nubby Feb 3, 07:25
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more over, the steel provision is probably illegal under NAFTA. -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 07:19 2
- Thats not fair trade....We demand fair trade. We demand the ability to set our own terms that benefit the workers of America!! -- nm - Democrats in US Congress Feb 3, 07:33
- probably not worth the candle, either. - znufrii Feb 3, 07:23
Guess who didn't do his online quiz. (nm) - nubby Feb 3, 07:16 3
- the one who pleaded that he made a mistake and it wouldn't happen again? -- nm - decline Feb 3, 07:20 2
  - *ding* -- nm - nubby Feb 3, 07:23 1
    - so I guess taking the hard line with him was the right tact. - decline Feb 3, 07:33
Dear Octuplets Mom, go away!!! We don't care. -- nm - Redmond Feb 3, 07:16 2
- We care. Just not in a positive way. -- nm - TWuG Feb 3, 07:19 1
  - Let me be clear also. I care for the health and well being of the kids. I wish they were put up for adoption though. She's clearly an idiot. -- nm - Redmond Feb 3, 07:20
SITWAP: Not News: Large person made to buy two seat on flight. News: The seats are not adjacent. -- (link) - TaurusII Feb 3, 07:16 15
- I'm *so* glad I finally fit comfortably in the seat. My worst experience was in a seat that had a particularly short seatbelt and I had to ask for - MojaveMeg Feb 3, 07:40
- I avoided flying Southwest after their 'charging fat people for two seats' rules became known. But.... - ty97 Feb 3, 07:20 11
  - Their policy is actually quite fair, IMO. You are only charged for the 2nd seat if the flight is full. -- nm - mrfuzzy, Steelers fan Feb 3, 07:42
  - if someone doesn't fit in one seat, i understand it too. it seems mean, but you are paying for your space on a plane - Andie Feb 3, 07:26 6
    - Plus, you know, weight calculations. -- nm - mara Feb 3, 07:41
    - yeah, someone has to cover the extra cost, and in these cases I don't think it should be the airline - Roger More Feb 3, 07:31
    - That said, screaming crying babies should have to be seated out on the wing. - Redmond Feb 3, 07:29 2
      - or at least forcefed heavy doses of sedatives -- nm - znufrii Feb 3, 07:31 1
        
        I can go for this. Wait!! I can better that. Give everyone BUT the baby heavy doses of sedatives. - Redmond Feb 3, 07:32
    - Or if you're using 1.5 seats, the person beside you should only have to pay half! -- nm - Shaun Feb 3, 07:27
  - Southwest has some of the smallest seats compared to other companies I've found. -- nm - Stacy Feb 3, 07:25 2
    - Doing some quick checking, appears that most US Airlines that fly the 737 has a 17.2 inch seat width. Southwest has 17.0 - ty97 Feb 3, 07:30 1
      - 2 summers ago I flew Alaska with my 40 inch waist, now that I'm a 45 inch waist I'm not so sure I fit in only 1 seat -- nm - Stacy Feb 3, 07:38
- Nice photo. (Is it just me or does she look really sweaty? ew.) -- nm - JaxSean Feb 3, 07:18 1
  - Cairns in the wet season gets pretty hot and sticky -- nm - Roger More Feb 3, 07:26
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- triple-*ugh* -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 3, 07:34
- *yawn* -- nm - Shaun Feb 3, 07:23
- *does a happy dance* -- nm - kelly Feb 3, 07:18
- Another season, another Sox cap that I've lost and probably need to replace. -- nm - TFox Feb 3, 07:15
- Daytona 500 in 12 days! -- nm - Strongbad Feb 3, 07:15
- *confused* -- nm - RC's Mom Feb 3, 07:14 5
  - PItchers are the one on top... -- nm - secretslacker Feb 3, 07:17 3
    - top...behind...same difference -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 3, 07:28
    - not necessarily. -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 07:21 1
      - Well, I guess that's true... -- nm - secretslacker Feb 3, 07:23
  - love, love this story -- nm - Epiphany Feb 3, 07:15
- Placing us squarely in the worst 11 day period on the sports calendar. -- nm - David Feb 3, 07:13 1
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Nice... - secretslacker Feb 3, 07:12
It's Twosday -- nm - Redmond Feb 3, 07:11
Just found out Madonna's tour starts up again in July and I can still get 2 more vip seats with my membership...must have willpower to not buy tickets -- nm - Stacy Feb 3, 07:10

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