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okay - i'm ready for cake now. - Diva Dec 12, 10:59 4
- How have you ruined Christmas this year? -- nm - nubby Dec 12, 11:01 1
  - of course. The process began shortly after Thanksgiving and will come to full fruition by Christmas Eve around 11:30 pm. - Diva Dec 12, 11:06
- How about a Mandarin instead? -- nm - amoxy Dec 12, 11:00 1
  - *takes you out* -- nm - Iron Man Dec 12, 11:02
Today's discounted print at The Oatmeal - Thomas Edison's Nightmare - is hilarious. -- (link) - Mop (187 lbs) Dec 12, 10:55
Going to a seminar on Affordable Care Act this afternoon. Looks like it will be pretty slanted against ACA - amoxy Dec 12, 10:54
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- Everyone should be. He is a stud. -- nm - David Dec 12, 10:55 2
  - meh. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 10:56 1
    - Career OBP of .381 is anything but meh. -- nm - David Dec 12, 11:00
NCIS spoilers - Beaker Dec 12, 10:49
Only three weeks left until there's a month of great sales on Lean Cuisine meals! -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 10:49
5 km wide asteroid just missed earth today -- (link) - Beaker Dec 12, 10:43 6
- doesn't the earth's gravity effect their path so the next time they are pulled in a little closer, like that comet that crashed into jupiter? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 12, 11:07
- I read that too fast and didn't see "million". -- nm - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 10:46
- what is that? it's the 12th? sorry, I get dyslexic sometimes. I'll be back in a few days -- nm - mayan asteroid Dec 12, 10:45
- Warning shot -- nm - Mayans Dec 12, 10:44
- "Missed it by *that* much!" -- nm - znufrii Dec 12, 10:43 1
  - obviously, the asteroid was a warning shot over the bow by agents of CHAOS ... -- nm - i'm not stocking-stuffed yet ! Dec 12, 10:56
newageflix has Bourne Legacy UV for $6. Is it worth it? (I never saw it in theaters but I have most of the other Bourne films) -- nm - Kilbo Baggins Dec 12, 10:38 7
- CAG has it for $3-$4. -- nm - David Dec 12, 10:56
- waste of time. wait until it's on free TV. -- nm - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 10:43 1
  - works for me -- nm - Kilbo Baggins Dec 12, 10:46
- It's a below average Bourne, but mildy better than the generic action pic IMO -- nm - MDH Dec 12, 10:40
- every time I see a commercial for the DVD release I think it is one for the new Reacher movie with Cruise -- nm - Beaker Dec 12, 10:39 2
  - I've just finished the first two books, fun read. Reacher is quite the badass -- nm - Beaker Dec 12, 10:40 1
    - and based on the movie trailer, while Cruise doesn't have his size from the books, his mannerisms and outlook seem spot on - spoilers - Beaker Dec 12, 10:45
nmb Mel... - Krusty Dec 12, 10:37 4
- leghump at gee mail dot com. -- nm - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 10:41 3
  - Haha. :-) That's right. -- nm - Krusty Dec 12, 10:43 2
    - I blame ML for that email address... - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 10:46 1
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weather forecast prank -- (link) - zork Dec 12, 10:36 1
- That's pretty good. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 12, 10:39
From Andy Borowitz (I chuckled): Race for White House Wide Open After Hillary Leaves Office in 2024 -- (link) - MDH Dec 12, 10:31
Amazon Lightning Deal: The Big Lebowski (Limited Edition) [Blu-ray Book + Digital Copy] - $11.69. -- (link) - GregW Dec 12, 10:31
Yum, got some Mandarins at the store yesterday - amoxy Dec 12, 10:31 9
- Yep, the bag I bought last week are at their peak of ripeness/deliciousness. -- nm - Meg Dec 12, 11:03
- Iron Man 3 ! -- nm - Beaker Dec 12, 10:49
- So what is it with "Cuties"? I don't recall those being such a big thing when I was a kid. They're clementines, not mandarins - Kilbo Baggins Dec 12, 10:49 5
  - I remember them when I was a kid, but they weren't that popular -- nm - amoxy Dec 12, 10:55
  - I think it's the marketing. Parents buy them and kids try them cause they are sold as "for kids"... - Jim Dec 12, 10:55
  - I've never really understood the difference between clementines, mandarins, satsumas, etc... -- nm - znufrii Dec 12, 10:51 2
    - Apparently clementines are a variety of the mandarin -- (link) - Kilbo Baggins Dec 12, 10:53 1
      - yeah, I'm pretty sure we used all those terms interchangably as kids. -- nm - znufrii Dec 12, 11:05
- is that what they're doing w/ the unwanted Chinese babies now? -- nm - i'm not stocking-stuffed yet ! Dec 12, 10:34
EPL PSA: sources say Arsenal are going to be making an announcement shortly. My guess? maybe Wenger is gone -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 12, 10:20 2
- yeah, that would be my guess. -- nm - znufrii Dec 12, 10:21 1
  - it would still be surprising. -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 12, 10:34
The other scary part of Scalia's rant was how he completely dismisses the Bill of Rights - amoxy Dec 12, 10:16 5
- Which is truly absurd on a host of levels. First, isn't what is supposed to distinguish us from the dictators the fact that we take those rights - pmb Dec 12, 10:41 2
  - How do Strict constructionist's deal with the 3/5th's rule? - amoxy Dec 12, 10:44
  - when you get pmb to swear you know you're truly loathsome. -- nm - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 10:42
- tinhorned? Does he mean tin pot? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 10:19 1
  - tinhorn is an old west term IIRC -- nm - Beaker Dec 12, 10:20
This is cool - a gravity-powered light. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 12, 10:14 1
- That's fantastic -- nm - prayformojo Dec 12, 10:19
RGIII is practicing today -- (link) - MDH Dec 12, 10:12 1
- *shakes head* -- nm - allen iverson Dec 12, 10:19
oh hey it's 12:12 -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 10:12
here's a poll: when was the last time you donated a thing (not cash, a thing) to charity? - amanda Dec 12, 10:11 37
- Last month for the historical society's holiday sale. - Meg Dec 12, 10:58 1
  - Oh, and the Lego set for the toy drive at the library - last week. -- nm - Meg Dec 12, 11:01
- I'm a permanent volunteer - Old Antarctic Explorer Dec 12, 10:44
- I volunteer tutor a couple hours a week at my college -- nm - ceregon Dec 12, 10:41
- I give to others on a regular basis, one on one. I used to go out in the rain and give people at bus stops a ride home in the limo. - CrankYanker Dec 12, 10:36 5
  - we can attest to your excellence in this regard. - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 10:39 4
    - heh, 'half light speed'?.... I think I scare people sometimes, kinda like a taxi driver but I speak English, know where I'm going, and yes in control. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 12, 10:47 3
      - at one point I looked at the speedometer and winced... - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 10:49 2
        
        and that's my promo commercial right there! lol -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 12, 10:52 1
        
        you power slide a limo around corners and bootleg uturns? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 12, 10:53
- 2 or 3 times a year some charity (women's shelters usually) calls to collect stuff -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 12, 10:28
- Last Wednesday. 4 bags of misc stuff. -- nm - GregW Dec 12, 10:28
- Food to food bank yesterday -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 10:25
- Not sure if this counts, but we just took a big ole tub of books down to the library and donated them. - Jim Dec 12, 10:25 1
  - Everything counts, nice job. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 12, 10:33
- Goodwill, about 6 weeks ago -- nm - CovingtonCat Dec 12, 10:24
- I gave clothes a few weeks back. Furniture a couple of months ago. -- nm - Krusty Dec 12, 10:24
- I'm donating time... - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 10:19 6
  - very awesome, but now we have to discuss if time = thing. -- nm - dogbert Dec 12, 10:33
  - this is awesome -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 10:30
  - Very nice. -- nm - Krusty Dec 12, 10:26
  - ...for a few pints -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 12, 10:21
  - very nice. -- nm - Andie Dec 12, 10:20 1
    - I figure this is something manageable. - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 10:35
- 2 weeks ago donated 100 kids DVDs and assorted books to the library; donate clothing as kids grow out of it every 4-5 months or so -- nm - Beaker Dec 12, 10:18 1
  - last week donated some toys to the Foodbank; Saturday dropping off pet food and garbage bags to the SPCA -- nm - Beaker Dec 12, 10:19
- baby clothes and diapers for Sandy victims about 2 weeks ago. -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 12, 10:17
- Saturday. Toys For Tots. - TWuG Dec 12, 10:16
- a few months ago, a bunch of clothes. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 10:14
- Last year when I moved I donated a bunch of clothes to goodwill -- nm - decline Dec 12, 10:13
- last week, to commission new works for my friend's choir -- nm - znufrii Dec 12, 10:12 2
  - my bad reading, oops -- nm - znufrii Dec 12, 10:14 1
    - we gave a bunch of stuff to purple heart when we moved. -- nm - znufrii Dec 12, 10:17
- does dropping things off at goodwill count (we don't get receipts)? that was about a month. - Andie Dec 12, 10:12 3
  - yes. that counts. -- nm - amanda Dec 12, 10:13 2
    - and i gave blood in November! that's a thing! -- nm - Andie Dec 12, 10:15 1
      - whew, I do this too. I was about to say nothing because giving cash is easy and I like all my stuff -- nm - dogbert Dec 12, 10:18
Since it is on the Internet -- (link) - ty97 Dec 12, 10:11 3
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  - yeah, we got the e-mail last week but I didn't really want to say anything until it was public -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 10:35 1
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heh. Did you know that if you Google "festivus" you get an easter egg? :) -- (link) - Kilbo Baggins Dec 12, 10:11
who's more beholden to outdated thinking on gender stereotypes? -- (link) - znufrii Dec 12, 10:10
Kids not on the same nap schedule makes CQ annoyed. -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 12, 10:03 4
- btw, I was not serious about the replay post yesterday. - zork Dec 12, 10:11 2
  - no worries, but I was surprised anyone actually cared about a Villa v Norwich Capital One Cup quarterfinal match, heh :) -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 12, 10:15 1
    - and I apologize for being cranky. I'm gonna go ahead and blame these damn kids -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 12, 10:16
- Nyquil -- nm - decline Dec 12, 10:04
Future historians will wonder why the guy averaged 63 yards a reception in 2012 didn't get the ball more. -- nm - David Dec 12, 10:02
"40 Reasons Honey Boo Boo Became A National Treasure In 2012" Some of these were laugh out loud funny to me -- (link) - MDH Dec 12, 10:02 2
- The HBB party I went to was the best party since the crazy rapture party. I'm bummed they aren't doing anything for the Day After To-Maya -- nm - ceregon Dec 12, 10:42
- heh. -- nm - zork Dec 12, 10:42
You guys took math in school, right? -- nm - nubby Dec 12, 09:57 40
- only cause they made me -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 12, 10:26
- LYC: here's my argument on the issue. 1 - .9 = 0.1 (a small number), 1 - .999 = 0.001 (a smaller number). 1 - .999999 = 0.000001 (a very small ... - zork Dec 12, 10:26 1
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- When my daughter asks for help on her physics homework: - JaxSean Dec 12, 10:10 12
  - I still remember the monkey/gun problem from high school physics. -- nm - David Dec 12, 10:13 4
    - This one? -- (link) - nubby Dec 12, 10:23 [youtube] 2
      - hey, I didn't see any monkeys being shot. you should have had vibrating sand like the next video - dogbert Dec 12, 10:29
      - That's the one! *thumbs up* -- nm - David Dec 12, 10:28
    - "You're shopping at an ikea. You notice an armed monkey. What do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO?" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 10:15
  - you give her nubby's phone number? -- nm - znufrii Dec 12, 10:11 3
    - .......I think I might do this next time she asks. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 12, 10:12 2
      - and right about now groiny is wishing he had paid more attention in physics class -- nm - Kilbo Baggins Dec 12, 10:13 1 1
        
        dude - groiny Dec 12, 10:15
  - "Things have changed since then." -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 10:10 2
    - Plus I'm old. I can't remember what I had for lunch last week, let alone some concept I went over in 1987. - JaxSean Dec 12, 10:11 1
      - to be honest, I have no idea how I passed Physics in HS, let along pull out the B that I got. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 10:23
- in between hits of acid, sure. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 10:06
- once or twice. the exact number of years doesn't matter because I'm learning now that all numbers are equal -- nm - dogbert Dec 12, 10:04
- I love math and I'm not getting involved in that argument. - Krusty Dec 12, 10:04 1
  - ~Math and Krusty sittin in a tree~ -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 12, 10:05
- I mainly remember short skirts and the smiles when I got caught staring at them. -- nm - David Dec 12, 10:01 4
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    - Ms. King hit on me in front of my gf when I was 20. -- nm - David Dec 12, 10:11 2
      - you must have looked very pretty in your short skirt -- nm - dogbert Dec 12, 10:21 1
        
        If hairy legs are your thing, sure. -- nm - David Dec 12, 10:23
- I did. But I didn't take theory classes, and I'm mostly just fooling around on B2 based on floating point math in programming. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 09:59 5
  - (Floating point math is an extra shortcut computers take ... it's how you can get things like 0.2 + 0.2 + 1 = 1.3999) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 10:01 4
    - maybe this is why in ika my crystal mine shows 599 workers, but I still produce 600 product - dogbert Dec 12, 10:07 2
      - There's a lot of fudgery at work in floating point math, it's very bad to use it for things like financial transactions -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 10:08 1
        
        sidenote: Guess what one of my projects at work is doing? - Beryllium Dec 12, 10:08
    - *confused gaze* -- nm - znufrii Dec 12, 10:01
- I got a 4 on my AP Calculus exam. - znufrii Dec 12, 09:59 1
  - I got a 4 on alot of math exams too... -- nm - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 10:04
- I took a lot of subjects in school but that really doesn't mean anything, does it? -- nm - Kilbo Baggins Dec 12, 09:59
- I wouldn't say Took so much as Had Forced Upon. -- nm - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 09:58
- some of us even got our degree in it - decline Dec 12, 09:57 4
  - I need to make a list of Unity Deniers. I'll call them "Niners". -- nm - nubby Dec 12, 09:59 3
    - I volunteer to be in charge of 7 of 9 -- nm - Kilbo Baggins Dec 12, 10:06
    - *likes* -- nm - TFox Dec 12, 10:05 1
      - I'm certain that this is the origin of that gang in The Shield and Sons of Anarchy. -- nm - nubby Dec 12, 10:07
kachow -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 12, 09:57

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