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The Rolling Stones: 12/13 and 12/15 Prudential Center, Newark, NJ - $115-830 -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 09:06
EA: Whoops. Issues coupon for free game to users. Does not lock it to one per account -- (link) - oblique Oct 15, 09:02 2
- Couldn't have happened to a better(evil) company. - Krusty Oct 15, 09:07 1
  - They're the St. Louis Cardinals of video game developers. -- nm - David Oct 15, 09:11
Still trying to wake up and its almost 9am -- nm - budice Oct 15, 08:58
what major American city do you hate today? first one that gets two votes wins. -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 08:58 9
- Same as always, Boston. -- nm - Krusty Oct 15, 09:03
- Phoenix -- nm - decline Oct 15, 08:59 3
  - nice call. -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 09:01
  - Winner! now I need to find it on a map so I can hit it -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 09:00 1
    - turn left at alburquerque -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 13:00
- Dallas -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:59
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- Minnesota -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 08:58
- Phoenix -- nm - budice Oct 15, 08:58
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- Although I make it a rule never to trust people with alliterative names, I see her point. They have all the time in the world to hold unmoderated - Max Oct 15, 09:07 1
  - Jerry, jerry, jerry! -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 09:07
- She might ask us follow-ups! We didn't agree to actually being questioned! - spamlet Oct 15, 08:55 1
  - Pretty much. Audience members don't get follow-ups so it's really easy to say "great question, here's a great answer to something completely - TWuG Oct 15, 09:03
- would suck if they got their way, imho. -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 08:55
- Yeah, she wants to rule that shit. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 08:54
nmbMojaveMom - did you see the new SexTerra? -- (link) - CrankYanker Oct 15, 08:52 [Image]
Little Nemo in Google Land is... amazing. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Oct 15, 08:49 6
- That was very cool. -- nm - Krusty Oct 15, 09:09
- yes. -- nm - peglegpete Oct 15, 08:52
- mop? -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 08:50 3
  - the Google Logo is a tribute to the comic strip which started today in 1905 -- nm - peglegpete Oct 15, 08:52 2
    - Yeah, I posted it was cool a few boards ago. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 08:55 1
      - Thus, I am not permitted to say it is cool. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Oct 15, 09:05
Medicare vouchers would raise premiums for most seniors, study finds... -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:49
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This bookstore does not forgive Lance Armstrong... -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:43
So, our anniversary night out Saturday night was a bit of a letdown - prayformojo Oct 15, 08:40 20
- You want help sinking the boat, you just say the word. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 08:52
- Sorry to hear. This is why we usually don't try something new for occasions. We like to go 'where everyone knows our name'. ;-) -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 15, 08:45 2
  - Yeah, but just about everyone in at least two counties "knows your name" :) -- nm - Meg Oct 15, 08:49 1
    - L4 - yeah, "Spielberg" -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 15, 08:50
- Sorry. Reality has a way of undermining these things, doesn't it? -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 08:45 2
  - PS I would make it my mission to get a refund for the boat. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 08:51 1
    - Yeah, I don't think it's going to be that difficult - prayformojo Oct 15, 08:53
- good for you to make the best of it though and not let the disappointments ruin the nigth -- nm - JenBro Oct 15, 08:43
- any nudity? -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 08:43
- Well, with your courtship and marriage up to this point being so damn exciting, I can see why this was a letdown. - kelly Oct 15, 08:43 2
  - Thanks. I'd hired a whole team of writers to put that together, so I'm glad it was well received -- nm - prayformojo Oct 15, 08:44 1
    - It was great. -- nm - kelly Oct 15, 08:47
- Sorry to hear :-( Where was dinner? -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 08:41
- :/ -- nm - Epiphany Oct 15, 08:41
- sorry to hear that. Congrats though! (What restaurant?) -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:41 5
  - Buck's Fishing & Camping -- nm - prayformojo Oct 15, 08:44 4
    - Sorry to hear. Shoot me a message next time, I'd be glad to offer suggestions. The mgmt there is awful. - MDH Oct 15, 08:45 1
      - ooh, I'll have to hit you up in the future. -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 08:48
    - *googles* Hmm, you weren't making that up! -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:45 1
      - it was down hil ever since john candy died -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 13:00
lir b3 i think: our early votimg lines were pretty long the whole last week of ev in 2008. -- nm - mara Oct 15, 08:39 1
- I'm surprised that didn't cause them to shorten the early voting times this year then. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:40
Video shows what happens when an Audi cuts off a truck and give trucker the finger.....(link) - Walt_Disney Oct 15, 08:36 [youtube] 1
- that's it? - znufrii Oct 15, 08:38
I assumed that the "alternate Halloween" days/times had to do with bedtime. - kelly Oct 15, 08:33 10
- Halloween when it's still daytime sucks imo. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:38
- tangent, I'm a little sad that according to our neighbors, Halloween isn't really a big thing on our block. - znufrii Oct 15, 08:36 4
  - Heh. I wish it was like that around here. - kelly Oct 15, 08:38 3
    - i would (seriously) put out a sign on my lawn that says "No Costume, No Candy". - Andie Oct 15, 08:54 1
      - I really don't trust the kids around here. The development has enough problems with them (sheriffs are called frequently). - kelly Oct 15, 08:59
    - jz's mom was here this weekend and told us that in her town, only kids under 12 can trick or treat to keep that from happening. - amanda Oct 15, 08:47
- bah...bedtimes get extended on Halloween. It's only 1 night a year. :) -- nm - Jim Oct 15, 08:34 3
  - Our halloween hours in the town end at like 7pm. Off to bed! :) -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 08:37 1
    - regulation ruins everything -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 09:01
  - *shrug* -- nm - kelly Oct 15, 08:37
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ST Poll: What are you reading? Me: One Second After - oblique Oct 15, 08:27 28
- Just finished Kicking and Dreaming (Nancy and Ann Wilson autobiography). Now back to A Dance with Dragons On deck Tgers Claw (latest Dan Brown) - JD Oct 15, 08:55
- Farewell to Manzanar -- nm - Meg Oct 15, 08:44
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  - Sounds like a real page turner. ;-) - Krusty Oct 15, 08:51 2
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      - Noted, thanks. :-) - Krusty Oct 15, 09:10
- Long story but in the middle of 3 books: Cloud Atlas, Cussler's The Thief, and Andy McDermott's Empire of Gold -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 08:40
- Fifty Shades of Grey -- nm - budice Oct 15, 08:36
- I started Casual Vacancy for real last night. - David Oct 15, 08:34
- 11/22/63 I'm really liking it so far. -- nm - Jim Oct 15, 08:32
- Darkly Dreaming Dexter -- nm - ceregon Oct 15, 08:31 7
  - What do you think of it? I love the idea and the show is fantastic. But the writing is so bad, book 3 made me stop reading. -- nm - Jim Oct 15, 08:34 6
    - Ditto. Its horrible. I think it actually turned me off the show, it's so bad. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 08:40 4
      - The show only stuck with Book 1. It veered off after that and has been outstanding. -- nm - Jim Oct 15, 08:44
      - This does not compute -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 08:42 2
        
        After the self-help season, stopped watching -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 08:46 1
        
        (coincided with reading Moloch book) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 08:47
    - The writing is bad, but since it's told in the 1st person, I "hear" it in Dexter's voice from the tv show, which makes it bearable. - ceregon Oct 15, 08:38
- Re-Reading Cloud Atlas (I love it so much) and also Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories by Algernon Blackwood. -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 15, 08:31
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  - I love this kind of story but it truly makes me scared for humanity - oblique Oct 15, 08:33 1
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- Hangman's Daughter -- nm - psilotum Oct 15, 08:29
- I'll be starting The Twelve tomorrow. -- nm - decline Oct 15, 08:29
- nothing right now. -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 08:29
- Started Too Big to Fail instead of Hunger Games 3. - spamlet Oct 15, 08:28
- I....got bored with that book. I'm about 1/3 of the way through and so far, not a single character stands out. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 08:28
- Just started The Signal and the Noise. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:28
ST Poll -- What's your first world problem today? -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 08:27 51
- I paid $400 for baseball tickets. -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 08:48 3
  - that's a problem? -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 08:53 1
    - Some would say, yes. -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 08:56
  - Thereby celebrating evil -- nm - David Oct 15, 08:49
- Dumped a kayak over the weekend and lost my glasses. My backup pair is 10 years old - amoxy Oct 15, 08:48 2
  - I gather that can cause headaches, so ... Ouch. But yay for kayaking! Fun times. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 08:51 1
    - I stopped by Walmart thinking I could get a cheap pair of reading glasses - amoxy Oct 15, 08:52
- Our sales assistant seems to have me confused with tech support. -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 15, 08:46
- I burned squash in the oven last night, and now the downstairs reeks of burned food. -- nm - kelly Oct 15, 08:44
- Just found out the HOA we landed (so far) wants me to attend their annual meeting on Wednesday. - Spawn Oct 15, 08:43
- The Papa John's discount today is only 42%. -- nm - Shaun Oct 15, 08:42
- Having to wait until Sunday for the next Walking Dead episode. - JenBro Oct 15, 08:42 3
  - Stupid DISH making me watch it on the internet -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 08:51
  - yeah, this episode got me back. - znufrii Oct 15, 08:44 1
    - spoilers (from Talking Dead) - JenBro Oct 15, 08:48
- lemon roll vs. frosted pumpkin muffin. (both.) -- nm - amanda Oct 15, 08:38 8
  - seriously? - znufrii Oct 15, 08:41 7
    - choosing. choosing is the problem. -- nm - amanda Oct 15, 08:44 6
      - I choo choo choose you both! -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:45 5
        
        that's what I'm saying! (I also got strawberries and cantaloupe.) -- nm - amanda Oct 15, 08:47 4
        
        Link -- (link) - Amanda Oct 15, 08:49 3
        
        yum! (where was this from?) -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:50 2
        
        suite 128. "where all diets go to die." -- nm - amanda Oct 15, 08:51 1
        
        I'll be there in 3 hours. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:52
- I lost my GPS this weekend. -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 08:36
- $5 gas -- nm - budice Oct 15, 08:33 2
  - Gas went down $.30 in the past 2 weeks here to $3.55. Weird. -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 08:39 1
    - where is that? not here. -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 08:56
- Also, my doctors office moved and it now takes two buses to get there. -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 08:33 1
  - You're a guy; what do you need to go to the doctor for?? -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:34
- got a lame government reporting requirement dumped on me...i have to prove we're a college with enrolled students -- nm - ceregon Oct 15, 08:33
- My car insurance finally went up. But it's only 7 bucks more a month, so not catastrophic. -- nm - Qale Oct 15, 08:32 3
  - And it comes with a free frogurt? -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:34 2
    - Um.... no? -- nm - Qale Oct 15, 08:35 1
      - that's bad. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:35
- I ran out of scotch last night. :( -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:31
- I can't afford a personal chef -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 08:31
- I hate my well paying job where I adore my boss and coworkers -- nm - Epiphany Oct 15, 08:30
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  - "Slept?" aka sling accident -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 08:40
  - you have my sympathies - znufrii Oct 15, 08:31
- the teeny little screw on my computer glasses fell out late Friday and i still need to get it fixed. my glasses are, yes, scotch taped together till - Andie Oct 15, 08:30
- The FCC ruled over the weekend to allow encryption of basic cable. I'm probably going to have to cancel Comcast basic basic and go OTA - oblique Oct 15, 08:28 7
  - Wait, why is the encryption a problem? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 15, 08:30 3
    - Yet another walled garden. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 08:37
    - I get all my TV into my MythTV DVR via unencrypted ClearQAM service via Comcast basic basic cable - oblique Oct 15, 08:31
    - you'll need a box to decode the signal. no more plugging right into tv's -- nm - decline Oct 15, 08:30
  - Can you get OTA out by you? -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 08:29 2
    - Yes, I've looked into it and the antenna's aren't too big. I just didn't want to have to mess with it -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 08:30 1
      - That's good. For my parents, it says they might be able to get 7 and 32 OTA with a very large antenna and amplifer. - spamlet Oct 15, 08:38
- I'm reduced to basically wanting the Yankees to win the World Series -- nm - prayformojo Oct 15, 08:28
Rebuilding years are hard, but they pass. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 08:26 5
- Posted without comment. -- (link) - David Oct 15, 08:29 [Backboard] 4
  - My first two players on the fantasy points chart for the past 4 weeks are at #24 and #25 in BF. And sadley - oblique Oct 15, 08:55
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  - I am just glad to see you are above .500 this year. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 08:46 1
    - *drinks your tears* -- nm - David Oct 15, 09:09
headshot! -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 08:25 1
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