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and I am out for the holidays. I just want to say one thing to everyone..... - groiny Dec 21, 10:23 2
- have a good one -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 10:25
- Merry Christmas, Groiny. -- nm - No. 1 Stephen in the nation! Dec 21, 10:25
another sign the apocalypse has begon -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Dec 21, 10:18 1
- I'm responsible for at least a half dozen of those. -- nm - Was Bar Was Dec 21, 10:19
SF vs Sea is really messing up my lineup this weekend. Do I stay with Wilson and Lynch, or put in Ben against the Bungels? - GregW Dec 21, 10:15 5
- I think SF/Seattle score will be 13-10 -- nm - amoxy Dec 21, 10:16 3
  - Just checked Fabiano's column on NFL.com and he has Wilson listed as a top starter. -- (link) - GregW Dec 21, 10:21 2
    - I like him this week, but can't start him over Cam. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 21, 10:23 1
      - No, that is unfortunately my opponent this week. -- nm - GregW Dec 21, 10:27
- The 4-5 games where both teams have nothing to play for are throwing me. So hard to predict who's going to care and who won't. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 21, 10:16
square enix extended its winter game sale to a lot more portable device games i guess - tRuMaN 24601 Dec 21, 10:13
Anyhooo....we went to help out at Abby's class holiday party yesterday - prayformojo Dec 21, 10:08
I remember playing Combat on Atari when I was younger. I so wanted 3 biplanes that looped together and shot other biplanes. - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 21, 10:05 5
- yeah, but when you shot your friend, his brain did not splatter on the wall and you got bonus cred for the "headshot" achievement. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 10:06 3
  - no, that's what happened when my best friend shot himself. guns are fun -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 21, 10:08 2
    - no bonus credit though. just a dead friend -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 21, 10:08 1
      - granted that was about 5-6 years later though. -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 21, 10:11
- combat, good times. I was the expert at the triple-bank shot -- nm - znufrii Dec 21, 10:06
Color me surprised. The AMC locally is doing a 10pm Christmas Eve showing of Les Mis - oblique Dec 21, 10:02
FF: With GRONK out, I think I'll roll with Austin and Lloyd at WR. - Strongbad Dec 21, 10:00 1
- No matter which of my defenses I start, I have to start a WR that's playing against it. - Was Bar Was Dec 21, 10:16
ST Poll#likeaskidrowhobo - What's your fave hangover food. (I know we've done this one before, but I could use some ideas today.) -- nm - Diva Dec 21, 09:59 14
- Pancakes. They absorb any alcohol that's left and the syrup helps with the sugar withdrawal. -- nm - jnine Dec 21, 10:24 2
  - hmm... -- nm - Diva Dec 21, 10:26 1
    - if you add hash browns and bacon, you have the salty and the greasy too. -- nm - jnine Dec 21, 10:35
- potato skins filled with bacon, cheese, green onions, and doused in sour cream. greasy and salty -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 21, 10:06
- In college we always ate Hardee's with hangovers -- nm - oblique Dec 21, 10:03
- Anything salty for me. Fatty and salty is even better. - musubi Dec 21, 10:03
- Bacon, egg and cheese on a bagel with a side of french fries. -- nm - Krusty Dec 21, 10:01 2
  - Sounds good. And lots and lots of water -- nm - amoxy Dec 21, 10:05 1
    - Yup. I drink a big glass before passing out and then all day the next day. -- nm - Krusty Dec 21, 10:08
- Bloody Marys. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 21, 10:00
- sausage egg and cheese on a kaiser roll -- nm - decline Dec 21, 10:00
- pork roll*, egg and cheese on a kaiser. - znufrii Dec 21, 10:00 1
  - and a greyhound -- nm - znufrii Dec 21, 10:02
- For some reason, I crave salty carbs when hungover. I usually go with potato chips and clear soda. -- nm - mara christmas, movie house! Dec 21, 09:59
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So do we even care about X-Factor's winner last night? - Jovian Dec 21, 09:49 1
- Not much, I kind of expected it. Carly is obviously far better, but she is young and will probably be a star on her own. -- nm - GregW Dec 21, 09:56
Glen Mazzara out -- (link) - prisoner 24601 Dec 21, 09:49 4
- wtfrig? -- nm - Diva Dec 21, 09:59
- Dammit! -- nm - amoxy Dec 21, 09:58
- we know you get twenty times the ratings of Mad Men but we had to back a drumptruck full of money up to their lot! - AMC Dec 21, 09:54
- mother F. after the best season they have had. -- nm - Jovian Dec 21, 09:52
Ooh, MSNBC is playing Wilco's I Am Trying to Break Your Heart. -- nm - David Dec 21, 09:47
Great article on "Lee Child" and how he came up with Jack Reacher -- (link) - Beaker Dec 21, 09:44
OAE hax chat q: they don't like to use real, wasteful wrapping paper, so they use newspaper or brown paper bags instead. why all the funny looks? - prisoner 24601 Dec 21, 09:43 6
- LOL, I just noticed your subject heading. -- nm - mara christmas, movie house! Dec 21, 10:01
- I wrap mine in baby seal pelts and crushed endangered condor egg shells -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 09:52
- Eff em. If they can't appreciate a gift because of the wrapping, they don't have to accept it. (nm) - musubi Dec 21, 09:49
- So you want to save the environment, yet you keep buying commercially produced crap to give as gifts. -- nm - Max Dec 21, 09:46
- Buy recycled wrapping paper. Why do you have to ruin christmas? -- nm - oblique Dec 21, 09:46
- "I'm big about sustainability, Agenda 21 FTW!" -- nm - znufrii Dec 21, 09:45
its nice to see that the NRA has picked a new boogeyman though. blame those damm video games -- nm - tRuMaN 24601 Dec 21, 09:42 25
- them dvd's can really cut your hand -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Dec 21, 09:47
- This has been their tactic since Columbine. -- nm - David Dec 21, 09:46 4
  - most arent going to remember that. and another round of the crazy stupid "scientific" papers will come out with - tRuMaN 24601 Dec 21, 09:47 3
    - I think they might because news groups are compiling video of how they have done the same thing with every tragedy since 99. -- nm - David Dec 21, 09:57 2
      - When does Stewart get back from vacation? - TWuG Dec 21, 09:59 1
        
        i expect it to be about why not just go the next logical step and put all our kids into - tRuMaN 24601 Dec 21, 10:14
- "new"? -- nm - znufrii Dec 21, 09:45
- they've been blaming entertainment for decades -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 21, 09:44 1
  - its easier to blame anyone but ourselves. -- nm - tRuMaN 24601 Dec 21, 09:45
- truthfully, it does concern me a bit that my 10 year old nephew is really good at Black Ops. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 09:43 15
  - The fact that he's good at it would not disturb me. The desensitization to violence might. -- nm - ty97 Dec 21, 09:56 1
    - meaning, that one gets good at something by playing it ALOT. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 09:57
  - why? seriously, why does this concern you? - tRuMaN 24601 Dec 21, 09:45 12
    - It would concern me. - musubi Dec 21, 09:47 2
      - point, i wasnt implying that a 10yr old should be playing black ops - tRuMaN 24601 Dec 21, 09:48 1
        
        I don't doubt it. It's a fair concern though. - musubi Dec 21, 09:54
    - 1. he is 10, he should not be playing Black Ops. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 09:45 8
      - thats a problem with his parent, not him. he wants to play it, just like you would if you were than age. - tRuMaN 24601 Dec 21, 09:46 7
        
        true, but it is certainly a reason, as a whole, that this is a problem. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 09:47 6
        
        Violent video games and movies are available all over the world. We're the only country with a problem on this scale. -- nm - Kim Pine Dec 21, 09:49 1
        
        true, and there is a decent chart somewhat showing this already out there. -- (link) - tRuMaN 24601 Dec 21, 09:52
        
        Guide him to SciFi games. -- nm - David Dec 21, 09:48 3
        
        the damage is already done. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 09:48
        
        We need more Halo players :) -- nm - oblique Dec 21, 09:48 1
        
        Halo is not much different, really. - groiny Dec 21, 09:49
Hrm. Listening to the Les Mis soundtrack. (spoilers) - oblique Dec 21, 09:41 7
- how is Hugh sounding? (good I hope) -- nm - Diva Dec 21, 09:42 5
  - very -- nm - oblique Dec 21, 09:43 4
    - awshum! -- nm - Diva Dec 21, 09:43 3
      - When I saw the video clip of him doing the soliloquy I was disappointed (spoilers) - oblique Dec 21, 09:47 2
        
        i've been tamping down my geek in order to not get too excited about this, but it's starting to come out. -- nm - Diva Dec 21, 09:57 1
        
        I'm getting *shivers* -- nm - oblique Dec 21, 09:59
- this is my shocked face. - tRuMaN 24601 Dec 21, 09:42
moose, I am not saying to settle for the fast solution. - groiny Dec 21, 09:39 54
- The point is, it's *not* a solution. Changing the names of the dead doesn't keep them from being dead. (nm) - musubi Dec 21, 09:41 53
  - can you give me a solution other than "take away guns"? - groiny Dec 21, 09:42 52
    - You know that no one is proposing that *take away guns* is the solution, nor is it the only solution. - Kim Pine Dec 21, 09:47 34
      - Hee. /looks one line down -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 21, 09:49 33
        
        Well, okay. Most of us aren't. :) -- nm - Kim Pine Dec 21, 09:49 32
        
        It's short-hand. I know that taking away *every* gun isn't feasible in the world. - musubi Dec 21, 09:51 31
        
        I agree with you. Full removal is impractical; drastic reduction is not. -- nm - David Dec 21, 09:55 25
        
        Yup. I honestly wish we could remove *every* gun. But i know that's not realistic. - musubi Dec 21, 10:01 24
        
        so, all the law abiding citizens who have never used their guns in a crime will turn theirs in. - groiny Dec 21, 10:05 23
        
        crazy kids with law abiding parents wouldn't have gun readily at hand to go shoot up an elementary school, for one. -- nm - znufrii Dec 21, 10:08
        
        You'll see a drop in domestic homicides. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 10:07 16
        
        (And suicides.) nm - Dignan Dec 21, 10:15 3
        
        I don't much care about those, because there are many ways to skin a cat. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 10:16 2
        
        If you choose to not care, I can't make you. (nm) - musubi Dec 21, 10:20
        
        Suicides dropped 65% in Australia after their anti-gun plan was enacted. - Dignan Dec 21, 10:19
        
        again, optimism. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 10:11 11
        
        It worked in Australia. nm - Dignan Dec 21, 10:13
        
        This is such a BS response. You don't think it's easier to *kill* with a gun than some other tool? - musubi Dec 21, 10:13 8
        
        thinking that crime rates will decrease because you take law abiding citizens protection away is optimism. - groiny Dec 21, 10:15 4
        
        It's *proven* to work in other countries. - musubi Dec 21, 10:18 3
        
        And lifejackets don't make water any more breathable, they just keep it out of *your* lungs. - Dr.Vermin Dec 21, 10:21 2
        
        i don't even know what this means. -- nm - Andie Dec 21, 10:21 1
        
        It's an honest-to-god sincere attempt to analogize guns with life jackets. nm - Dignan Dec 21, 10:24
        
        I still go back to the 2 school disasters. One in Sandy Hook, One in China - amoxy Dec 21, 10:15 2
        
        We'll get to the knives next. - Dr.Vermin Dec 21, 10:18 1
        
        Oh I get it that is sarcasm -- nm - amoxy Dec 21, 10:23
        
        Nope.....there are a substantial number of domestic homicides that aren't prefaced by legal action - Will Hunting Dec 21, 10:13
        
        Then there are less guns for killing people. For the billionth time, it doesn't stop *EVERY* gun crime. - musubi Dec 21, 10:07 4
        
        you do not see that criminals have guns, while good citizens don't would not cause an problem? nm -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 10:09 3
        
        Citizens have guns now, does that stop crime? Good citizens with guns *at best* re-direct crime. - musubi Dec 21, 10:12 2
        
        Good citizens with guns can prevent crime. Read up on the mall shooting in Oregon. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 21, 10:14
        
        there are lots of factors in stopping crime. - groiny Dec 21, 10:13
        
        we should certainly take them away from people who cannot use and/or secure them responsibly. -- nm - znufrii Dec 21, 09:53
        
        it is an interesting debate, because I do believe that - groiny Dec 21, 09:52 3
        
        The Sandy Hook guns were legal. - musubi Dec 21, 09:59 2
        
        that is not what I am saying. - groiny Dec 21, 10:01 1
        
        The first step is making it illegal to even possess them. Just making them illegal doesn't make them disappear. - musubi Dec 21, 10:05
    - Take away the guns is the best solution. I don't care if it's the hardest. - musubi Dec 21, 09:46
    - it's been done (succesfully) everywhere else. we're not that special -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 21, 09:45 3
      - Oh, indeed. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Dec 21, 09:51
      - I love your optimism. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 09:47 1
        
        either we accept the current reality or we choose to change it. i choose to not accept it -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 21, 09:49
    - So, because the fight is hard, let's not do the one thing that would actually work? - TWuG Dec 21, 09:44 11
      - no, lets do SOMETHING while we wait for that other thing to happen. - groiny Dec 21, 09:46 10
        
        "DO SOMETHING, ANYTHING, EVEN IF IT CAUSES OTHER PROBLEMS" is a bad way to do things. (nm) - musubi Dec 21, 09:52 2
        
        even if it MIGHT cause other problems. - groiny Dec 21, 09:53 1
        
        Say it's not hundreds. Say it's just 20 (seems a low rate considering the # of guns you'd be adding), then aren't you just replicated the tragedy - musubi Dec 21, 09:58
        
        I'm not a proponent of busy work if that busy work is both expensive and ineffective. -- nm - TWuG Dec 21, 09:48 6
        
        ok, so then we accept the reality that we could very well have more of these "incidents" while we wait. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 09:51 5
        
        You accept that even if you do the supposed "solution" of armed guards, more of these incidents can happen? - musubi Dec 21, 09:53 4
        
        we can't say it would help or it would not. - groiny Dec 21, 09:54 3
        
        again, yes, we have - as Kim pointed out, there was a guard in Columbine. -- nm - Andie Dec 21, 10:20
        
        We can make educated guesses. And those educated guess suggest that it's creates more problems than fixes. - musubi Dec 21, 09:55 1
        
        I certainly don't accept this premise. Do you suggest that having armed police on the streets makes the streets less safe? - Dr.Vermin Dec 21, 10:06
Here's what you do TWuG. From the street, throw your gun through a police station window with the note: "Ho Ho Ho, now you have my gun. Merry Xmas." - Bad Idea Jeans holiday gift suggestions Dec 21, 09:37 3
- I want to live to see 2013, so no. :-) -- nm - TWuG Dec 21, 09:38
- "I've got more" -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 09:38 1
  - Right, or "happy Day 2 of Hannukah" if you have multiple gifts. Suit to fit. -- nm - Max Dec 21, 09:39
light years. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 09:35
/calls a cease-fire. - Dr.Vermin Dec 21, 09:34 4
- Good luck with that. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Dec 21, 09:49
- *throws a knife at your hand* Your enemy can't pull the trigger if he doesn't have a hand! -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 09:37
- ~damn it feels good to be a gangsta~ -- nm - Strongbad Dec 21, 09:37
- I've got two guns. One for each of ya. -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 21, 09:35

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