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Snow! -- nm - Congress, President Obama, et al. Nov 27, 07:05 3
- We get snow tonight and tomorrow night. Right now it's 22F and we have frozen fog. - Trish Nov 27, 07:14
- sfan -- nm - znufrii Nov 27, 07:05 1
  - I'm sure they're excited too. -- nm - loosilu Nov 27, 07:12
Jamaal Charles got Peyton Manning's autograph after their game -- (link) - Beaker Nov 27, 07:04 3
- I heard about this earlier, and don't know why this is news. Stuff like this will happen after literally every game. MLB too. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 27, 07:06 2
  - agreed. Peyton's a unanimous HOFer and one of the best QB's ever. I'd ask him too -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 07:06 1
    - It will happen with players around the league not just guys like Peyton or Brady. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 27, 07:07
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New State-by-state HS Graduation Rates are out, apples-to-apples comparison for the first time -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 27, 07:03 7
- The percentages of children with disabilities (IDEA) make me really sad. -- nm - kelly Nov 27, 07:13
- man, Nevada sucks -- nm - decline Nov 27, 07:09 2
  - Wow, I thought GA was bad. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 27, 07:16
  - Idiocracy is already here. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 27, 07:10
- good lord that's embarrassing for every single state. (I would argue it's not apples to apples since not all states have identical requirements.) -- nm - Don Homer Nov 27, 07:05 1
  - Well yes, and not every state has the same population - Strongbad Nov 27, 07:08
- WTG, Tennessee! GA's rate is downright embarrassing. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 27, 07:05
Chinese newspaper falls for The Onion naming Kim Jong-Un sexist man alive -- (link) - Beaker Nov 27, 07:02
Nothing like walking outside to 21 degrees to wake you up. -- nm - ty97 Nov 27, 06:59
NFL: Atlanta will clinch the NFC South with a W over Saints Thursday and a Broncos Win over Bucs Sunday. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 27, 06:56 8
- Several teams can clinch their division this week, not just the falcons. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 27, 06:58 7
  - Depending on the tiebreaker, Denver is the only other team who possibly could. - David Nov 27, 07:00 2
    - If we win, we clinch. I think we clinch if Diego loses also. -- nm - Jim Nov 27, 07:08
    - that's not true. Both New England and Baltimore can. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 27, 07:01
  - the Broncos must be close in that putrid division -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 06:59 3
    - Denver's in the exact same scenario as Atlanta, a current 4-game lead with 5 games to play. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 27, 07:00
    - here are all the scenarios... -- (link) - Don Homer Nov 27, 07:00 1
      - Huh. I stand corrected. -- nm - David Nov 27, 07:02
Appeals Court clears way for GA's "Show Me Your Papers" statute -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 27, 06:54
I get how this could be nice for small kids and all, but aside from that who in the world would buy a Wii Mini?? -- (link) - Mr. Underhill Nov 27, 06:49 3
- Isn't it basically the same thing Sony did with the PS3 after a while? -- nm - oblique Nov 27, 06:57
- And only in Canada, apparently. It's a head scratcher. -- nm - Inigo Nov 27, 06:56 1
  - Even weirder. In the small print it doesn't support any online features -- nm - oblique Nov 27, 06:58
Great deal on customized iPhone cases (there are regular cases available too, but you have the option to put your own picture on a case). -- (link) - kelly Nov 27, 06:49 1
- oops. wait. wrong link. THIS is the link for the iPhone cases! -- (link) - kelly Nov 27, 06:50
guys! guys! Hey Guys! I have news! GUYS! Seriously. - Mel Profit Nov 27, 06:46 14
- don homer! -- nm - loosilu Nov 27, 07:13
- LOL @ "trace exposure" -- nm - JenBro Nov 27, 07:08
- Merry Christmas to you! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 27, 06:59 1
  - this season is shaping up to be just marvelous. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 27, 07:00
- ha! -- nm - Diva Nov 27, 06:56 2
  - the last bit is delicious. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 27, 06:57 1
    - yep! -- nm - Diva Nov 27, 06:59
- Wait. - ty97 Nov 27, 06:49 5
  - that's the rumor. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 27, 06:56 1
    - heh -- nm - Epiphany Nov 27, 06:57
  - do you know women who wear Drakkar? nm -- nm - groiny Nov 27, 06:53
  - That rustling sound you hear is the sound of Ty perking up. -- nm - Roger More Nov 27, 06:50 1
    - No way. If something scares Mel, it is certain to terrify me -- nm - ty97 Nov 27, 06:56
- Wooooohoooooooo! - prayformojo Nov 27, 06:48
OECD warns of global recession if US hits the "fiscal cliff". In other words... -- (link) - znufrii Nov 27, 06:37 11
- i hate this term. it sounds way to catastrophic. -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 06:38 10
  - My biggest gripe is the suggestion that 'going over the cliff' will cause recession. It won't. - ty97 Nov 27, 07:00 4
    - but that's sort of it. you don't go back if you go 'over a cliff'. it's sounds final. -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 07:08 3
      - But we totally can. We can resinstate all the tax cuts all the funding, etc on January 5 for example. - ty97 Nov 27, 07:14 1
        
        sure, but this is why i hate the term. -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 07:28
      - Signed, Thelma and Louise. -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 07:08
  - It was designed to be catastrophic. -- nm - Roger More Nov 27, 06:49 3
    - Taxmageddon just never caught on. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 27, 06:52
    - Who's idea was this, again? -- nm - Congress, President Obama, et al. Nov 27, 06:52 1
      - As much as the current regime should shoulder the blame - Strongbad Nov 27, 07:12
  - (too) -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 06:39
Dudes, it's only 24 days (not counting today), till Doomsday. What's left on your Bucket List? -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 06:31 3
- Move to Venice for 5-6 months, write, and find that place that Bourdain said had the best risotto in the world and eat there. - Trish Nov 27, 07:06
- I want to make love on top of $ 500,000 worth of hundred dollar bills and then I think - Epiphany Nov 27, 06:59
- Salma Hayek -- nm - CQ Nov 27, 06:34
A friend just put this up on Facebook. I...don't know what to say about this. Have any of you heard of this? -- (link) - kelly Nov 27, 06:24 16
- This was a Futurama episode. And it didn't work. -- nm - David Nov 27, 06:55
- That's just creepy. -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 27, 06:35
- "Subsequent inversions would serve as insurance against unintentional survival of particularly robust passengers." - Jelly Nov 27, 06:33 1
  - agreed. that's funny. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 27, 06:38
- I saw this on QI a couple of weeks ago. The Nazis would have had a field day. -- nm - LMS Nov 27, 06:33
- A modest amusement proposal; g-LOCed to death. -- nm - landbeck Nov 27, 06:29
- I don't believe it. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 27, 06:29
- "Coming 2014 to Cedar Point" -- nm - Reagen Nov 27, 06:29
- Ha! Yes. Wrote a blog post about it a few years ago. -- nm - nubby Nov 27, 06:27
- it's certainly how I'd want to go, if I had the choice. -- nm - znufrii Nov 27, 06:27 5
  - sure, but i'm thinking if you are SO ill that you are at a point that death is preferable - Andie Nov 27, 06:29 4
    - of course. I'm not saying it's in any way practical. -- nm - znufrii Nov 27, 06:30 3
      - yeah, i know. and i agree, if i'm at the end and want to finish it, a roller coast WOULD rock. -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 06:32 2
        
        doing it...naked...drunk and on fire would be the way I'd want to go out. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 27, 07:15 1
        
        ...on the coaster. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 27, 07:15
- i don't even know how i feel about that. -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 06:25
Protesting farmers spray European Parliament with milk -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 27, 06:19
"SHA put up their smallest winning point total of the year" - oblique Nov 27, 05:22 15
- "This was the third time this season that Tendentious D lost by the biggest margin of the week." - Was Bar Was Nov 27, 06:30
- You're welcome. - spamlet (iPhone) Nov 27, 06:10 1
  - I was watching the stats on my Kindle while watching TV last night (I don't get MNF). At one point you were up but I think that muffed kick is what - oblique Nov 27, 06:13
- "Four of the seven losses for Miranda Reavers this season have come when their opponent had their highest-scoring week of the season." -- nm - nubby Nov 27, 05:52 1
  - Let's make that 5 -- nm - oblique Nov 27, 05:53
- "Frederick Falcons had the highest losing score in the league this season with 128.00 points." -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 27, 05:43 4
  - Who is Force Majure? I'd like to send them a bribe to ensure a win this week :) -- nm - oblique Nov 27, 05:46 3
    - You have it simple. You have to win while JF has to lose. - Will Hunting Nov 27, 05:48 1
      - Exactly. *sends dp3 a gift basket* - oblique Nov 27, 05:52
    - dp3. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 27, 05:46
- yo. -- (link) - Reagen Nov 27, 05:32 [Backboard] 3
  - Yes. I'm loving it. They put out a Halo 4 translator the weekend of the release. I can say that my 4 on 4 performance has probably doubled since I - oblique Nov 27, 05:34 2
    - I presume that the wired controller it works with can't be a guitar controller? -- nm - Reagen Nov 27, 06:30 1
      - Not sure. I've never seen how guitar controllers work on the 360 -- nm - oblique Nov 27, 06:35
- Astronaut playoff picture: Spiritual Pyromania can lock in their playoff spot with a win this week against the #3 team. In the hunt are SHA and - oblique Nov 27, 05:30
I take back what I said yesterday about the Halo 4 challenges. Finished both daily and both weekly challenges last night with a couple hours of play - oblique Nov 27, 05:21
happy snowing!! I think I will drive to work today and get a latte enroute. mmm, latte. -- nm - amanda Nov 27, 04:59 3
- drive to work??? your huskies are in form and all???? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 27, 06:17
- I'm jealous! I miss snow. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Nov 27, 05:10 1
  - we're getting an inch. I am wearing my snow boots *just in case.* -- nm - amanda Nov 27, 05:48
Good morning! It's Walking Dead Day in my class today! - volnelk Nov 27, 04:57 6
- Which reminds me, they've opened a 'Terminator Studies' dept at Cambridge University. -- (link) - LMS Nov 27, 05:55 1
  - Terminator 101 --- What is a Paradox? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 27, 06:29
- **sponsored by KFC** -- nm - Strongbad Nov 27, 05:02
- Awesome! Anyone named Merle, don't let 'em in. {nm} - Banzai! Nov 27, 04:58 2
  - Candidate #1- Fomer Miltary, 2nd year medical student, racist. -- nm - volnelk Nov 27, 05:00 1
    - what about the others?? -- nm - Don Homer Nov 27, 05:12
Interesting article about the challenges and changes underway at J.C. Penney... -- (link) - Don Homer Nov 27, 04:42
218 tickets purchased for Powerball - Woo! -- nm - JenBro Nov 27, 04:33 1
- so, roughly $600,000 per share lump sum after taxes if we win? not bad at all... -- nm - znufrii Nov 27, 06:11
Fiscal Cliff Update: Mortgage interest deduction going away? -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 27, 04:33 5
- *gets out my pitchfork* -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 27, 07:03
- DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!! -- nm - znufrii Nov 27, 06:48
- If they're serious, it should be on the table as an option. Same as everything else should be. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 27, 05:46 1
  - I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 27, 06:08
- um, no. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 27, 04:40
Grapefruit and pills mix warning -- (link) - LMS Nov 27, 04:12 1
- Should have checked B3. -- nm - LMS Nov 27, 05:28
NCAA College Football HC Openings: Here are the 9 as of today - Strongbad Nov 27, 04:11 1
- And here's how I'd rank these jobs - Strongbad Nov 27, 06:11
Nov 27, 1095 � Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont. -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 03:36 6
- 1924 � In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held. -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 03:37 5
  - Jimi Hendrix would have been 70. -- nm - LMS Nov 27, 06:14
  - spoilers for the Sean Penn movie Milk. - Beaker Nov 27, 03:39 3
    - dude, that's not a spoiler. that's called history. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 27, 04:41 1
      - yeah, I was erring on the side of caution this morning -- nm - Beaker Nov 27, 04:51
    - Really? -- nm - J Nov 27, 03:52
7 of the 8 Vampirates playoff spots are clinched, looks like Redmond vs. Budice for #8 -- nm - Strongbad Nov 27, 02:13 5
- 6/8 in Astronauts. spamlet and RC have been eliminated. Fighting for the 2 remaining are David, element, kilbo, and crash. -- nm - nubby Nov 27, 04:42 3
  - I don't think crash can make it. He has to beat me and net +170 over element to win in points if I'm reading it right -- nm - oblique Nov 27, 05:39
  - (And in this final week of the season, #1 plays #12 and #2 plays #11. Sheesh.) -- nm - nubby Nov 27, 04:52 1
    - But I'm not really a #11. I'm 5 or 6 in points, I think. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Nov 27, 05:08
- Budice needs to beat me in Week 13 and have NWBR beat Redmond. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 27, 02:16
huh, I had no idea until five minutes ago that one of the wachowskis had a sex change. -- nm - mafic Nov 27, 00:13 2
- (though it does explain why I haven't seen them referred to as the wachowski brothers in a long time) -- nm - mafic Nov 27, 02:31
- Lana. LANA. LANA! - Beryllium Nov 27, 00:19
I'm watching Crash Course w/ Richard Hammond and he's learning to be a cattle rancher. At one point he asks the cowboy he's with how many acres he - Krusty Nov 26, 23:09 3
- I guess it's kind of like asking someone how much money they make. more acres, more cows, more money. - mafic Nov 26, 23:23 1
  - I could see that being the issue. I guess I saw it like asking someone how big their house is which everyone does. -- nm - Krusty Nov 26, 23:41
- maybe they are running the cattle on public lands? rustling them cows? -- nm - Zirak Galeistur Nov 26, 23:15
I caught a moon ring ... and it's perfectly bisected by a contrail. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 26, 22:52 [flickr] 4
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- hah, and a chemtrail CTer found you. -- nm - Reagen Nov 27, 05:27
- "last night the moon had a golden ring" -- nm - Meg Nov 26, 23:06
- and an alien hanging on to the ring (what do they call them in scientology? zatans?) -- nm - Zirak Galeistur Nov 26, 22:58
good golly miss molly -- nm - peglegpete Nov 26, 22:39 1
- you sure like to ball -- nm - Zirak Galeistur Nov 26, 22:58

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