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The guy who lives in the condo below me works for Groupon. - ty97 Nov 9, 07:11 1
- maybe he got his condo through Groupon? -- nm - loosilu Nov 9, 07:13
Ct scans are much quicker than MRI scans. Note, it took them almost as much time to find a vein as it did for the scan - Truman Nov 9, 07:08 4
- Yup -- nm - Bond Nov 9, 07:10
- felt warm, didn't it? nm -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 07:09 2
  - Thank goodness the tech warned me. - ty97 Nov 9, 07:13
  - Yes. The nurse said some people say it felt like they - Truman Nov 9, 07:12
SITWAP: Guy proposes at Star Trek con during (very expensive) "get your photo taken with the cast" thing. -- (link) - mara Nov 9, 07:05
There is no doubt in my mind that we are going to avoid the (sorry David) Fiscal Cliff. The news loves hyping the possibility of it though. - Bacon Nov 9, 07:04 3
- Unless Paul Krugman gets his way... -- (link) - znufrii Nov 9, 07:11
- I think someone gives to avoid it prior to 1/1 but I'm not sold yet. - ty97 Nov 9, 07:07
- This is generally my feeling as well, at least one 60-90 day extension. - TFox Nov 9, 07:05
Ebert gives Skyfall and Lincoln 4 stars each -- (link) - prayformoJaws Nov 9, 07:03 1
- (and The Bay 2 1/2) -- nm - prayformoJaws Nov 9, 07:03
Ashley Judd won't rule out (to US Weekly) a possible 2014 Senate run. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 9, 07:00 5
- I love AJ movies like Double Jeopardy. - ty97 Nov 9, 07:03
- *formats his phone's hard drive* -- nm - Anthony Davis si Nov 9, 07:02
- i know this is in US Weekly but this idea has been bandied about in more serious circles. -- nm - Deev Another Day Nov 9, 07:02
- please please yes. -- nm - loosilu Nov 9, 07:01
- Don Homer! -- nm - decline Nov 9, 07:01
The Kraut Hammer embraces amnesty for illegal immigrants. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 9, 06:56 3
- Wow. Though I don't necessarily agree that "The principal reason they go Democratic is the issue of illegal immigrants" -- nm - prayformoJaws Nov 9, 06:58 2
  - If what he says there is accurate, (I don't know), it's a constituency that seems to be at least a horse-race; not a 2:1 drubbing for the Dems. - Will Hunting Nov 9, 07:07 1
    - If I were a Republican, I'd be afraid the damage is already done. - spamlet Nov 9, 07:09
Wash. Gov Race: Inslee + 55-60K by last report - Old Antarctic Explorer Nov 9, 06:54
boston.com Love Letters - Am I Moving Too Fast? - Deev Another Day Nov 9, 06:53 22
- One whole weekend with a boy! You should order an adult beverage at dinner too! Oh, the possibilities. I'm giddy just thinking about it -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 9, 07:14
- you're fine. your family needs to MYOB. -- nm - loosilu Nov 9, 07:03
- she's 25, she went away with her boyfriend of a few months for a weekend, and her family is flipping? - Moneypandie Nov 9, 07:02 9
  - I love that she's 25 and her mother just gave her 'The Talk'. -- nm - Deev Another Day Nov 9, 07:04 5
    - "a vagiwha? where is it? i can do what with it? with like anything? no? just penises? wait, not penises?" *headtilt* -- nm - TFox Nov 9, 07:07
    - "honey, if you go away with this boy, he might expect to take certain .... liberties... with you. - Moneypandie Nov 9, 07:06 3
      - *hands her an Emma Pillsbury from "Glee" pamplet that says 'It's Fine To Wait Until You're 35'* -- nm - That Mom si Nov 9, 07:09
      - 50 Shades of Grey? Wow, thanks for the book, Mom -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 07:08 1
        
        heh -- nm - Moneypandie Nov 9, 07:08
  - If she wasn't such a slut this would be a problem. -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 07:04 1
    - ik, r? -- nm - Rush si Nov 9, 07:05
  - heh, you should have seen my mom flip when my sister did that at at 32. -- nm - loosilu Nov 9, 07:03
- As long as you're sure you are not rushing into a commitment like marriage, party on Garthette. - ty97 Nov 9, 07:00
- Sounds like someone just wanted to see her letter in the paper. What a ridiculous "problem". -- nm - Jim Nov 9, 06:59
- tell them to step the eff off, it's none of their business. - znufrii Nov 9, 06:57
- wait. wait. what? -- nm - amanda Nov 9, 06:55 6
  - If you go with your boyfriend to London without a ring on your finger, you're obviously a psychopath. -- nm - TFox Nov 9, 06:57 5
    - only london? so I'm cool then as long as I stay domestic? -- nm - amanda Nov 9, 07:03 2
      - No one has ever questioned the appeal of foliage season. -- nm - TFox Nov 9, 07:04 1
        
        "separate hotel rooms though, right?" -- nm - Moneypandie Nov 9, 07:05
    - but, if you have a ring on your finger, you only did it because your siblings got married and you didn't want to be left out. -- nm - Moneypandie Nov 9, 07:03 1
      - My interpretation: Siblings are a little too pleased with themselves. -- nm - loosilu Nov 9, 07:04
Attention, everyone. I'm having a terrible time with browser confusion today - prayformoJaws Nov 9, 06:48
How odd: Server 500 error on Facebook this AM -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Nov 9, 06:47 5
- It's been really slow this morning. -- nm - TWuG Nov 9, 07:05
- I have encountered it intermittently though I figured it was due to slow internet in my hotel. - ty97 Nov 9, 06:50 3
  - nope. they've been having issues. -- nm - decline Nov 9, 06:59
  - Yes, hence 'odd' -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Nov 9, 06:51 1
    - (Yeah, you dickhole.) -- nm - TFox Nov 9, 07:00
TV News: Chicago Fire gets a full season pickup, Whitney gets 5 additional scripts -- nm - MDH Nov 9, 06:34
Jenny McCarthy tried to have sex with a tree -- (link) - zork Nov 9, 06:31 4
- again? -- nm - Rise Above Nov 9, 07:08
- at least she is sticking with her own IQ level. -- nm - loosilu Nov 9, 07:05
- And this is the spokesmen for Non Vaccinations for Kids. Sounds about right. -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 06:55
- She mistook the tree for Keiran Lee, who's almost as big as a tree. -- nm - nubby Nov 9, 06:34
Opening Bell! - ty97 Nov 9, 06:30 4
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  - Seriously. The stock market is totally legal gambling. it doesn't even make sense half the time. -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 06:39
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  - Dollar cost averaging bitches! - ty97 Nov 9, 06:40
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- Words 1, 3, and 4 would have sufficed. - ty97 Nov 9, 06:25 3
  - ty97 a needy? - TFox Nov 9, 06:54 2
    - Considering my copious ST typos that's about right. -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 06:56 1
      - Using "copious" isn't going to fool us. -- nm - TFox Nov 9, 06:57
Good grief, Viginia Tech is weak this year. *Powerfully* weak -- nm - prayformoJaws Nov 9, 06:22 1
- I knew that after their 1st game. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 06:33
NFL: Will Jacksonville finish 1-15? - Strongbad Nov 9, 06:21 1
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This weekend I need to watch Red Dawn - prayformoJaws Nov 9, 06:16 7
- I'm 7 episodes into Firefly based on recommendations here. It's very good. -- nm - Loyola Nov 9, 06:17 5
  - favorite so far? -- nm - Pippygalore Nov 9, 06:26 3
    - The one with Christina Hendricks. She seems not as tall as she does in Mad Men. -- nm - Loyola Nov 9, 06:28 2
      - I never thought about that - but you are right. - Pippygalore Nov 9, 06:46 1
        
        Tell me all about it when I get back in a few hours :) -- nm - Loyola Nov 9, 07:11
  - only a few more to go :( -- nm - prayformoJaws Nov 9, 06:21
- it's so cheesy good. do we know that this is the official movie of me and my mom? it's our bonding movie. -- nm - amanda Nov 9, 06:17
Now, my question. Where are all the JCP shoppers going? -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 06:12 4
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  - Do you buy clothes at on-line? - ty97 Nov 9, 06:22 2
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      - I don't buy lots of clothes either. - ty97 Nov 9, 07:01
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- Never read the book, but I was very meh on the trailer. -- nm - MDH Nov 9, 06:50
- Was I the only one that thought the CGI was... lacking? -- nm - nubby Nov 9, 06:19
Kazakhstan newspaper has claimed that Obama won the election, in part, as a result of an amulet that was given to him by the Kazakh president; -- (link) - Loyola Nov 9, 06:11
Good grief, Everything's Coming Up Millhouse for me today - prayformoJaws Nov 9, 06:09 2
- I keep thinking your handle is prayformoJews. -- nm - nubby Nov 9, 06:19
- We've already serviced our car and been to the doctor. Now we're about to hang a tv. I feel like a Marine. -- nm - David Nov 9, 06:12
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- All that running around in my underwear put money in my pockets. I can focus on working in interesting movies without having to worry about supporting -- nm - Mark Wahlberg Nov 9, 06:13 2
  - myself -- nm - Mark Wahlberg Nov 9, 06:17
  - I'm pissed at him for not doing nude scenes until after he let the Marky Mark hotness fade. - ty97 Nov 9, 06:14
last night, I took my new mirror over to jonathan's (he's screwing hooks into it so I can hang jewelry from it -- have you guys seen my mirrors?). I - amanda Nov 9, 06:06 1
- In fairness, you could have been the notorious mirror bandit. -- nm - Loyola Nov 9, 06:08
The Jon Gruden to the Eagles rumor is one of the laziest in recent sports journalism. - David Nov 9, 06:06 4
- Jimbo Fisher to Auburn! -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 06:16
- Wait, so those two know each other? -- nm - Ruddiger, veteran Philly beat writer Nov 9, 06:07 2
  - Headline: Philadelphia fans just as stupid as UT fans. - David Nov 9, 06:11 1
    - (first football job) -- nm - David Nov 9, 06:13
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- Wife hates Sears (all Lands End stuff) but loves JCP. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 06:17
- I know a clothes store where their sale is on all year. -- nm - Loyola Nov 9, 06:03 2
  - that's not a sale then, that's regular price. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 9, 06:07 1
    - I know. They advertise it as sale though. -- nm - Loyola Nov 9, 06:11
- JCP and Sears just need to give up -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 06:02 3
  - I might buy my new bed from sears, but hadn't stepped in the store in years before considering them for that. - amanda Nov 9, 06:07 2
    - I went in early this year for a key copy. They do keys, but couldn't copy my key. -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 06:09 1
      - right? don't make the album, honey! -- nm - amanda Nov 9, 06:13
- I actually have several friends who say the new jc penney kicks ass. (do they still sell U II cosmetics, does anyone know?) -- nm - amanda Nov 9, 06:01 5
  - When I was in JCP about a year ago it looked upscaled and improved *but* they seemed to be offering the same men's stuff. - ty97 Nov 9, 06:11
  - My wife has found some really kickass work clothes there recently, at very good prices. And they stock 'tall'! -- nm - Don Homer Nov 9, 06:06 1
    - oh, really?? kiss your wife from me -- I had no idea. *now* I will go shopping. -- nm - amanda Nov 9, 06:08
  - Ours has a Sephora in it. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 9, 06:02 1
    - yes -- nm - Don Homer Nov 9, 06:07
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- I'm looking forward to a down stock market day so I can buy in -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 06:00
- Fuckin' Obama! -- nm - Jeff Kent Nov 9, 05:58
Martha Marcy May Marlene major spoilers - nubby Nov 9, 05:52
Black Friday: Walmart has announced they're opening on Thursday at 8:00 PM. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 05:36 19
- Walmart Black Friday Ad -- (link) - budice Nov 9, 05:48 5
  - Kmart -- (link) - budice Nov 9, 05:48 4
    - Target -- (link) - budice Nov 9, 05:50 3
      - BestBuy -- (link) - budice Nov 9, 05:51 2
        
        Holy crap, that Toshiba TV is ridiculous. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 05:51
        
        Sears -- (link) - budice Nov 9, 05:51
- Another piece of evidence that Black Friday has become irrelevant. -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 05:39 12
  - I don't know what time we're open. I honestly think I might quit by then. -- nm - amanda Nov 9, 05:44 11
    - I wonder if it's even been decided yet? Some retailers decide last minute. - ty97 Nov 9, 05:48 10
      - I wouldn't be surprised at this point to see someone counter Walmart and open at 7:00. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 05:51 3
        
        I'm not sure. Wal-Mart and K-Mart are the only retailers I can think of that have opened on Thanksgiving. - ty97 Nov 9, 05:55 2
        
        Toys R Us maybe? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 05:57 1
        
        Good point, I think they have started doing that. -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 06:01
      - I do as well. if I could choose when I worked, I'd do it. -- nm - amanda Nov 9, 05:51 5
        
        I usual got scheduled for the close shift on Black Friday. Total letdown. - ty97 Nov 9, 05:52 4
        
        I was morning last year, which is outside my availability. I took off work to do it. this year, I could only do night - amanda Nov 9, 06:00 3
        
        I'm off day job on day after so that's fine, but I go to Florida for Christmas so no-go -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 06:01 2
        
        I won't give up my life. that's my deal. -- nm - amanda Nov 9, 06:42 1
        
        $ 4 crock pots!! -- nm - Amy SI Nov 9, 06:47
I'm going to have a wonderful day. I want all of you to go out there and have one hell of day for yourselves also. -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 9, 05:25 1
- *walks into oncoming traffic* -- nm - Loyola Nov 9, 05:58
We need to talk about the 'Shiny Happy People' video. -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 05:24
Counsellor dedicated to 'freeing' people from homosexuality has been arrested on charges of molesting two young men -- (link) - ty97 Nov 9, 05:21 1
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You can now get your own (free!) Rise Above pin from CNBC. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 9, 05:15 1
- And of course not available to Canadians.. I should change the channel for that. Waiting on the Timothy Geithner interview. -- nm - Under the Influence Nov 9, 05:20
Ashley Judd won't rule out 2014 run against Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell... -- (link) - Don Homer Nov 9, 05:10
:( missed Kare posting last night? darn *wonders how the kidlet and dogs are getting along* -- nm - Casino JenBro Nov 9, 05:05
And so it begins -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 04:53

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