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OK alternative Pip - got extra tickets to the Dollyrots tonight - wanna go meet Kelly with me :) -- nm - ShakenNotSterned Nov 7, 08:31
I'm just posting this because it made me laugh -- (link) - MDH Nov 7, 08:30 [Image]
Secret Stalker poll - link to some music that is on your wish list -- (link) - LMS Nov 7, 08:29 4
- I already have Vol 1 -- (link) - CovingtonCat Nov 7, 15:33
- Link -- (link) - Kim Pine Nov 7, 08:31 1
  - After watching the classic albums documentary the other month I was thinking I need to get this. -- nm - LMS Nov 7, 08:37
- Tracey Thorn, "Tinsel and Lights" -- nm - Moneypandie Nov 7, 08:30
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- Pfft. Another chick. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Nov 7, 08:28 1
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"Is this just math you do as a Republican to make yourself feel good, or is this real?" - znufrii Nov 7, 08:26 1
"Heidi Heitkamp" is just fun to say. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 08:26
Oh Heff, I bet you were. Hugh Hefner's tweet from last night: - Jovian Nov 7, 08:25
This is interesting. Per Marketplace, the UAW wrote into its contracts with the big 3 that all workers get Election day off. -- nm - spamlet Nov 7, 08:24 1
- I heard that yesterday when people were saying Chrysler gave their workers the day off. Turns out every auto worker had the day off. - Krusty Nov 7, 08:27
Sarah Palin looked very haggard last night. That was actually kinda scary looking. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 7, 08:24
Sweet. Another cat scan in my future - Truman Nov 7, 08:24 9
- for what? nm -- nm - groiny Nov 7, 08:24 8
  - A little complicated to describe - Truman Nov 7, 08:27 6
    - Hopefully it's nothing and it gets cleared up easily. - Krusty Nov 7, 08:30
    - well, yeah, get that shit checked out! nm -- nm - groiny Nov 7, 08:29 1
      - My doc is trying to - Truman Nov 7, 08:31
    - I actually thought this was related to your cat. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Nov 7, 08:28 2
      - Nope. Sorry. Plus that joke got used on me when I was like 9 - Truman Nov 7, 08:29
      - he swallowed his cat? nm -- nm - groiny Nov 7, 08:29
  - cats -- nm - decline Nov 7, 08:26
My thousand years of darkness have started pretty bright and sunny today. A little nippy, though. OBAMA! -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Nov 7, 08:22 1
- Yesterday was cloudy and murky here. Today, bright sunshiny day. Coincidence,? -- nm - Truman Nov 7, 08:33
I ownder how Romney feels now that he has no secret service guys with him? - Spawnfall Nov 7, 08:20 4
- "can we come out now?" -- nm - His 8 other wives Nov 7, 08:22 1
  - "can we come out now?" -- nm - Mitt's Sons Nov 7, 08:23
- He's got guys for that. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Nov 7, 08:21
- he can finally start swearing. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 08:21
12 Month Live card, $35 shipped -- (link) - Master Kilbo Nov 7, 08:19 15 1
- Mmm I need one but they don't ship to Canada... :( -- nm - Guigue Nov 7, 08:29 1
  - SS Alert! -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 7, 08:31
- Rock on...just bought 2. Thanks! -- nm - Jim Nov 7, 08:27
- Will it get cheaper at Christmas? i have six months left. -- nm - spamlet Nov 7, 08:26 4
  - $35 is about as cheap as I've seen it except for the Newegg deal with the Halo game -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 7, 08:26
  - They stack. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 08:26 2
    - Yes, but if it will go to $30, I can wait. -- nm - spamlet Nov 7, 08:27
    - I should have registered my last one as soon as I got it. It's somewhere in the house and I don't know where - Master Kilbo Nov 7, 08:27
- Damn limited availability. Hopefully they don't run out before this evening. -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 08:21 6
  - I just bought two. Get moving! -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 7, 08:22 5
    - See above. Can't order until I get home. *stares at watch* -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 08:23 4
      - can I order for you? -- nm - amanda Nov 7, 08:26 3
        
        Nah. I appreciate it but if it runs out there will be more. My account is good until January. - Krusty Nov 7, 08:32 2
        
        I'm ordering now if you want me to grab you one. -- nm - spamlet Nov 7, 08:34 1
        
        Thank you, but I'll wait until I get home. I really appreciate the offer. -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 08:40
Today I'm having Chinese food in honor of our new overlords -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 7, 08:17
FREE TV IS HERE! FREE TV IS HERE!!! - David Nov 7, 08:16 6
- What's this story? My "Amazon screwed up my TV order" story enclosed. - Mop on Mac Pro Nov 7, 08:27
- *likes* -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 7, 08:23
- What is this? I like free. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 08:17 3
  - Amazon says "We're sorry" the right way. -- nm - David Nov 7, 08:18 2
    - Their customer service is really good. One of the better ones I've dealt with. -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 08:20 1
      - Enjoy your free TV! -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 08:20
Has Nate Silver posted anything today? Wondering if he is rubbing some noses in feces this morning? -- nm - Beakraker Nov 7, 08:15 2
- *walks in, clears throat...waits for silence..............drops mic...walks out* -- nm - Nate Silver Nov 7, 08:16
- not since his wrap-up at 2:30am -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 08:16
The RNN decision desk is reversing its earlier call of a possible win for MDH - Reagen Nov 7, 08:10 17
- Stupid sexy Florida.....I think that's going to be all I missed nationally. - Will Hunting Nov 7, 08:16 13
  - umm...because they're Democrats? -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 08:16 1
    - No no, that's why you guess with reservations...and hope you gave yourself a cushion....they then come in under. - Will Hunting Nov 7, 08:19
  - Seriously? 303 was my pick. Yours too? -- nm - Spawnfall Nov 7, 08:16 10
    - IIRC, I said 304. So close. -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 08:22
    - Ack, you me and znu? - Spawnfall Nov 7, 08:17 4
      - *grins* -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 08:18 3
        
        First pixie comes back, now this? - Spawnfall Nov 7, 08:20 2
        
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        I have meetings Thursday, *Saturday* and Thursday. - Spawnfall Nov 7, 08:22
    - Yep and I picked a few of the Senate races for the GOP just becuase something had to go their way.... - Will Hunting Nov 7, 08:17 3
      - don't remember my exact picks, but I'm pretty sure I overshot on the house and missed a couple of the Senate races -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 08:30 1
        
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      - Nice. I did not do Ray Ray's contest as there was no google doc or anything. - Spawnfall Nov 7, 08:19
- I'm curious, is the the pop vote/house gains math? B/c I nailed EC, every swing state, every senate race, and every ballot measure. -- nm - MDH Nov 7, 08:15 1
  - You're blocked on PV math. If you'd guessed HI instead of VT it'd be all over. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 08:17
- What a newb. -- nm - Spawnfall Nov 7, 08:15
How was the Fox News coverage last night? -- nm - LMS Nov 7, 08:10 4
- There were two truly surreal moments within a half hour of one another. -- nm - David Nov 7, 08:19
- cage match -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 08:15
- Karl Rove is cray-cray -- nm - amoxy Nov 7, 08:14
- whiney and batshit crazy by the end of the night - Jovian Nov 7, 08:12
CNN just called Montana for Tester -- nm - Eag Nov 7, 08:09 5
- In a weak economy, in a world where the Democratic nominee barely got 50%....the GOP lost in Montana and Indiana - Will Hunting Nov 7, 08:11 4
  - In a weak economy, in a World where the Democratic nominee... -- nm - Don LaFontaine Nov 7, 08:15 2
    - "No 'in a world'." -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 08:16 1
      - "I like it here!" -- nm - David Nov 7, 08:19
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I missed CNN talking about Senate races....they were too busy last night watching John King molest that video board. - Will Hunting Nov 7, 08:08 16
- I really like that! Then the bearded guy kept interrupting him when he was explaining something really profound about how the state would go by - Loyola Nov 7, 08:11 2
  - omg this was killing me all night. When they kept going to these poll stations for raw numbers. - Jovian Nov 7, 08:13 1
    - Yeah and your man was giving it all "I have this on paper, the actual results paper!" - Loyola Nov 7, 08:16
- I found the board fascinating for about an hour but when that's all they had my eyes started to glaze over. - ThunderProfit Nov 7, 08:10 1
  - I liked when he pressed a button and whoosh it showed all the counties in blue or red from 08. Then whoosh, back to today's state of affairs. - Loyola Nov 7, 08:13
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  - Just don't doitonairrrrrr. -- nm - Diane Sawyer SI Nov 7, 08:12
  - I dunno how many gays are in the GOP ..... I didn't see too many GOP winners - Will Hunting Nov 7, 08:09 8
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      - They need to fix that...it's a growth industry for politics from what I can tell. - Will Hunting Nov 7, 08:12 5
        
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        Does CA get it back on the ballot by 2014, or do they wait till 2016? -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 08:14 3
        
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        Hell, at the rate things are going SCOTUS may just make the decision for everybody. -- nm - TWuG Nov 7, 08:15 1
        
        Activist judges! -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 08:16
    - hee to the IM - Pippygalore Nov 7, 08:10
UMD's Dez Wells has been ruled eligible immediately. -- nm - MDH Nov 7, 08:06 5
- Oddly, he was immediately named Starting QB. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 7, 08:08 3
  - and then promptly fell into a nearby vat of boiling oil - prayformoJaws Nov 7, 08:10 2
    - Subpoll: Which is funnier, the header or the IM? - David Nov 7, 08:18 1
      - The Header. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 7, 08:18
- Enjoy. Careful what you wish for. -- nm - Xavier fan Nov 7, 08:07
I"m putting hot sauce on something *right now* -- nm - prayformoJaws Nov 7, 08:04 1
- don't burn yourself -- nm - Beakraker Nov 7, 08:04
Taylor Swift is downstairs -- nm - LMS Nov 7, 08:01 11
- photo with you! -- nm - You Only Remlik Twice Nov 7, 08:06 4
  - Got to get past her 3 bodyguards first, unless they're for Freddie Lundberg. -- nm - LMS Nov 7, 08:18 3
    - THE Freddie Lundberg? :) -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 7, 08:20 2
      - Clearly you know your footballer/underwear models. -- nm - LMS Nov 7, 08:31 1
        
        Not another clothing model discussion...not another...no sirree bob. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 7, 08:32
- "Oh My God. Like this is like the BEST downstairs I have ever seen...and Thank You for like the BEST welcome ever, who knew like people liked me" -- nm - Taylor Swift Nov 7, 08:03
- try not to date her on your way out to the parking lot. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 08:02 1
  - L4!! -- nm - Pippygalore Nov 7, 08:09
- Hide your 17yr old interns. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 7, 08:02
- euphemism? nm -- nm - groiny Nov 7, 08:02 1
  - something along the lines of either never never ever going out with her again, or ... - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 7, 08:02
I expected more halo, less politics, last night - Truman Nov 7, 08:00 16
- *looks at Spawn* -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 7, 08:06 9
  - Dude. I had to delete a bunch of stuff from the xbox hard drive to make room for the beast. - Spawnfall Nov 7, 08:07 8
    - I have the 4GB model but I bought a 250GB xbox (non-slim) hard drive off ebay cheap and then bought the plastic caddy for the slim in order to use it - Master Kilbo Nov 7, 08:09 2
      - That seems like a lot of work. What do you actually save? -- nm - spamlet Nov 7, 08:20 1
        
        Install the full game, reduces the disc spin to very few moments, usually means faster load times, etc -- nm - Truman Nov 7, 08:35
    - dude, it took like 10 minutes to install disc 2, which is really all you needed to install. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 7, 08:08 4
      - WIth the office set-up, I am 3 feet form the x-box. I hate noise and do not want it spinning any more than necessary. - Spawnfall Nov 7, 08:13 2
        
        time to buy a new machine. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 7, 08:14 1
        
        I am hoping for good Black Friday options. I will put this one back out in the family room so I can play in either room. - Spawnfall Nov 7, 08:16
      - I installed Disc 1 also (which is what took me so long to come back) -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 7, 08:09
- yup. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 7, 08:00 5
  - crash actually logged on when I was logging off about 1am -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 7, 08:06 4
    - not much else to do in Idaho at 1:00 AM. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 7, 08:08
    - With Halo 4? -- nm - Spawnfall Nov 7, 08:08 2
      - *nods* -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 7, 08:08 1
        
        Awesome. -- nm - Spawnfall Nov 7, 08:21
I'll be long in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 07:58
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- heh -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 07:59
- The stars kinda overlap....with 34 pairs...revolving around the sole lonesome star..... - Will Hunting Nov 7, 07:58
Damascus seeing heavy fighting. Opposition groups targetting Palestinians now as well -- (link) - Beakraker Nov 7, 07:57
Argh - I didn't search through Economist back issues to get LIR -- (link) - Roger More Nov 7, 07:57 [Backboard] 7
- don't pretend like you didn't enjoy it! -- nm - mafic Nov 7, 08:06
- I've been thinking this for a few years now. -- nm - ThunderProfit Nov 7, 08:01
- I wonder if we can get people to recognize this with the newfound method of "math". -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 08:00 2
  - OK will make people get tested for math before they can get welfare. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 08:02 1
    - That's so crazy it just might work!! -- nm - mara Nov 7, 08:02
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- That is *fantastic*. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 7, 07:57
With all the new tech like the magic wall i miss tim russert's little white board -- nm - Eag Nov 7, 07:56

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