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Boy born with 24 fingers and toes -- (link) - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 5, 09:08 1
- The article doesn't say if they're leaving them. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 09:11
Airline pricing rant, LYC - ty97 Feb 5, 09:04 6
- Hawaii still part of the US? -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 5, 09:09
- try a round-the-world ticket. -- nm - mafic Feb 5, 09:07 2
  - also, did you see -- (link) - ty97 Feb 5, 09:09 [Backboard]
  - Doesn't seem to be an option, because only two continents. - ty97 Feb 5, 09:08
- Is there another place you could go between Japan/India instead of US that would make it that cheap too? -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:06 1
  - I have to start and end in the US of course - ty97 Feb 5, 09:07
the Ted episode of Scrubs this week as stellar with the Ukele girl. -- nm - Remlik Feb 5, 08:57 4
- seasons don't fear the reaper -- nm - crash davis Feb 5, 12:49 1
  - and Remlik, - crash davis Feb 5, 12:50
- i hope Ed isn't permanently fired -- nm - pigby Feb 5, 08:59
- Word. Loved it. - Subversive Feb 5, 08:58
Is Taken as awesome as it looks? I can't recall wanting to see a movie this much in quite some time. -- nm - Subversive Feb 5, 08:52 2
- It's going to the top of my DVD list when it comes out next week. -- nm - LMS Feb 5, 09:10
- B+ -- nm - Jovian Feb 5, 08:57
Can we do a book poll? what are you reading and do you recommend it? -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 08:49 58
- I always fail so hard at these :-/ - con_carne Feb 5, 09:07
- a friend of mine loaned me The Power of Intention to help me through my existential crisis. - znufrii Feb 5, 09:03 2
  - Wayne Dyer? new age pap. you'll feel better though. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 09:05 1
    - and the ideas aren't anything I didn't read about in my Neale Donald Walsch phase 10 years ago. - znufrii Feb 5, 09:07
- Amsterdam, by Ian McEwan. I like it as much as I have his other books that I've read. - Callisto Feb 5, 09:02
- Young Stalin (nm) - Brian Feb 5, 08:58 2
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    - Very good so far. I'm right around the 1905 revolution (nm) - Brian Feb 5, 09:06
- The Alienist by Caleb Carr, great book -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 08:58 3
  - I loved the historical aspect and the descriptions of that era - amoxy Feb 5, 09:03
  - Alienist is great ... highly recommended -- nm - rollo Feb 5, 09:03
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- oh, and for Preston/Child fans: Child's Terminal Freeze comes out in just over 2 weeks (24th) -- nm - decline Feb 5, 08:58 1
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- Just finished The Graveyard Book (which, in a fit of prescience, I checked out from the library 2 days PRIOR to its winning the Newberry). Yes, great. - landbeck Feb 5, 08:57 5
  - *sobs* -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 08:57 4
    - I'm letting my librarian brother-in-law read it next. It's been through almost a dozen family members in two weeks. -- nm - landbeck Feb 5, 09:01 3
      - I was supposed to get a signed copy of it for christmas from my brother ans sister-in-law. - znufrii Feb 5, 09:02 2
        
        *wince* Those pre-award covers are probably more collectible now. *comfort* -- nm - landbeck Feb 5, 09:03 1
        
        f*cking post office! -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 09:04
- Currently reading Stardust, just finishing script called Pride and Predetor, reading The Graveyard Books next. -- nm - LMS Feb 5, 08:55 1
  - The Graveyard Book is wonderful -- nm - The Coraline Cat Coalition Feb 5, 09:02
- The Ridiculous Race yes, Outliers sorta -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 08:54
- Still reading New Moon... -- nm - kelly Feb 5, 08:54
- Death Star and no...I'm 200 pages in and waiting for something to happen. - Mel Profit Feb 5, 08:54
- Ancestors of American Presidents 2nd Ed.! -- nm - Max Feb 5, 08:53
- No time for fiction these days. It's all about the VCP test prep. - Subversive Feb 5, 08:52
- Just about finish re-reading HPOT7. Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 08:51
- Starting Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell this weekend hopefully. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 08:51
- I just started Netherland by Joseph O'Neill, good so far. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 08:51 5
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    - Can I touch you??? - Krusty Feb 5, 08:53 2
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        I'm not surprised the fans came out and showed him the love. - Krusty Feb 5, 08:58
    - I don't think joe torre will let you wash his hand then anyway. -- nm - mafic Feb 5, 08:53
- last dark tower book. can't say I would. -- nm - mafic Feb 5, 08:51
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  - Cone has nothing better to do apparently. Anything about O -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 08:54 3
    - *sfek* Anything about O'Neill yet? -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 08:54 2
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        Interesting...I'll probably pick it up next week. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 08:59
- Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith - highly recommend it -- nm - decline Feb 5, 08:50
- I read one chapter of Friday Night Knitting Club. It's awful. I don't know why anyone would want to read fiction about reading. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:50 12
  - Well you know that the backstabbing and intrigue and manipulation of those knitters is intense. - Walt_Disney Feb 5, 08:52 2
    - OMG, it's going to be a movie with Julia Roberts. Everybody promise to boycott this contrived piece of shit. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:53 1
      - oh good God... -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 08:57
  - er, fiction about knitting. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:50 8
    - either, really. :) -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 08:51 7
      - This reminds me. A friend gave this to me thinking I would love it. What's the polite way to say I hated it? -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:55 6
        
        "Thank you." -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 08:57 4
        
        she wants to discuss it, is the problem. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:57 3
        
        "While I love knitting, I really didn't enjoy the style of the book, so I didn't get very far". -- nm - landbeck Feb 5, 09:00 2
        
        thanks. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 09:03
        
        Yup, just be honest and tell her it's not for you. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 09:01
        
        (not a gift, a loan) -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:56
- Winter Prey. I'm working my way through the Prey series which is excellent -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 08:50
- i'm starting New Moon (a little late to the Twilight saga) tomorrow. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 08:49
- Just started Hot, Flat, and Crowded. Can't say yet. -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 08:49
LYC: There are hot sweaty workmen in my office doing putting together new furniture....anyone want to watch? - Walt_Disney Feb 5, 08:47
10 days until the 500! -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 08:47
"Anybody can get past a dog. But *nobody* fucks with a lion." - nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 08:42 4
- "Looking back, the lion was a bad idea. That's why Dr. Shockla is gonna hook us up with a monkey. I'm gonna teach it taekwondo. " -- nm - decline Feb 5, 08:44 2
  - "Don't judge me, monkey." -- nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 08:48 1
    - That's right monkey, play my head. -- nm - decline Feb 5, 08:49
- Bolt: The Director's Cut -- nm - Max Feb 5, 08:44
A picture to get Remlik excited -- (link) - LMS Feb 5, 08:42 4
- HAHA! He still has the mustache! And Skelton looks totally different. -- nm - Remlik Feb 5, 08:45 3
  - This one is quite nice too - LMS Feb 5, 08:48 2
    - what Life on Mars season 3? See my thought was that in Ashes to Ashes (Sam Tyler spoilers)..... - Remlik Feb 5, 08:51 1
      - It would be Ashes to Ashes season 3. - LMS Feb 5, 08:57
My standardized test taking technique was to start from the front until I got to a question I wasn't sure of or got stuck on and then go from the back - Dano Feb 5, 08:39 4
- My test taking techniqie was to just know the answers. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 08:41
- My test taking technique was to read through the entire thing before starting. - Beryllium Feb 5, 08:40
- So you go both ways. Gotcha. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 08:40 1
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*tricks STers into sending him nude photos* - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 08:39 3
- you don't have to trick me, big boy. -- nm - mafic Feb 5, 08:42
- Haven't you had enough seeing TubGirl this morning? -- nm - amoxy Feb 5, 08:40
- *gets rid of his iPhone* -- nm - Dano Feb 5, 08:40
Looking at that video gave me a brainworm. -- nm - nubby Feb 5, 08:37 6
- Okay I am a little freaked out about the whole not washing hands spreads a brainworm thing. I would have liked a bit more - HdnAgnda Feb 5, 08:42 4
  - You didn't know there are worms in poop? -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:43 3
    - Either I didn't know or I chose to block it out of my mind. In any case, this doesn't bode well for future handshaking. *goes into What About Bob? - HdnAgnda Feb 5, 08:53
    - YAIAGF! -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 08:45 1
      - *worm* factory. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:46
- *eats a ham on rye* -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 08:38
Callisto: I had to name all the articles covered, is that what you mean? -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:37 4
- it *sounds* like it's a rider (which is probably not what you want to hear). - Callisto Feb 5, 08:38 3
  - can you explain? you mean I can't get coverage? -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:39 2
    - Oh, sorry. I think you probably can. - Callisto Feb 5, 08:43 1
      - oh, I see. I will get the policy and call the agent tomorrow. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:43
"Climbing up on Salisbury Hill, I could see the city lights" -- nm - amoxy Feb 5, 08:37
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- I swear I've seen guiltless in airports before, but recent attempts at RSW and ORD (Term 3) turned up done. - ty97 Feb 5, 08:38 23
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    - that's what makes the city beautiful. I love the fact that where I live we have none of that stuff. -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 08:40 21
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        There has to be a big strip mall like that right next to a Path or Metro-North station, right? - ty97 Feb 5, 08:43 13
        
        K-Mart in Penn station, heh -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 08:45 8
        
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        I love the partners and crime book store on Greenwhich ave, So awesome -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 08:53 2
        
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        still, nothing here compares to Powell's City of Books in Portland... - znufrii Feb 5, 09:01
        
        it's the Mecca of author signings. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:47
        
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        plus the TGiFridays here suck donkey balls, because they're franchised. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 08:47 1
        
        I will never forget going to the TGI Fridays in Manhattan, years ago. - kelly Feb 5, 08:53
        
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        it's the closest NYC has got though -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 08:46 2
        
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        Oh, I get why it doesn't work - ty97 Feb 5, 08:50
      - people like you were always hitting me up to drive them to Ikea. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:41 5
        
        ikea? ugh. -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 08:42
        
        we've got one of those in Brooklyn, now. - znufrii Feb 5, 08:42 3
        
        and Target, and Walmart, and I can't remember what else. Oh the beach. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:42 2
        
        we've got a Target too. No Wal-Mart though... -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 08:43 1
        
        If you ever live in the city and own a pickup truck, you should charge by the hour. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:45
"I call it caribbean drano." -- nm - mafic Feb 5, 08:36
Harrington, Hoffman, Sabbatini, and Donald -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 08:36
YAIAWF! -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:36
All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them. -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 5, 08:35
This will DEFINITELY creep you out. I'm not normally squeamish, but it almost gave me nightmares. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 5, 08:35 [youtube] 13
- I know its part of nature, but things like that creep me out. I had to close the window before the end of that :( -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 5, 08:42
- so cool -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 08:38
- you spider people crack me up. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:36 10
  - Sorry, but a spider with a 12-inch legspan that can eat a mouse ... that's a bit creepy. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 08:37 9
    - don't know what they were really called, but in Peru I saw chicken spiders, so-called because of their apparent ability to eat chickens. scary. - mafic Feb 5, 08:41
    - No... that's SWEET. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 5, 08:39
    - Our summer camp had fishing spiders who lived under the rafts. Over 6" legspan, and they could catch and eat fish who swam nearby. - TFox Feb 5, 08:39 1
      - Nice :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 08:39
    - are you a man or a mouse? -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:39
    - Well, it's useful -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 08:37 3
      - I should get one of those to replace my cats. - znufrii Feb 5, 08:39 2
        
        sounds like it would eat kittens. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 08:41 1
        
        seriously, they deserve it. - znufrii Feb 5, 08:43

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