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ST Baseball poll: The DH yay or nay? -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 08:27 16
- NAY!!! -- nm - Ender Jan 2, 08:36
- I'm indifferent, which is rare for an NL fan. I hate double switches. -- nm - David Jan 2, 08:33
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  - no one should like that. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 08:33
- I have mixed opinions, but it should be the same in both leagues. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 2, 08:32
- i change my answer. the league with DH should have it banned, the league without DH should be required to implement it. -- nm - tRuMaN 24601 Jan 2, 08:31
- yay, but in BOTH leagues. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 08:30 2
  - i agree -- nm - prayformojo Jan 2, 08:33
  - this -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 08:30
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  - this -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 08:31
- *shrug* -- nm - TFox Jan 2, 08:28
- nay -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Jan 2, 08:28
- football -- nm - ty97 Jan 2, 08:28
- meh -- nm - tRuMaN 24601 Jan 2, 08:27
- NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 2, 08:27
could someone explain to me how weight watchers online works? - tRuMaN 24601 Jan 2, 08:26 1
- You eat anything, yes there is an app. If you can stick to it, it's worth it. - spamlet Jan 2, 08:27
here is a really solid end of year podcast featuring Indie Music, EDM and other songs of 2012 from a buddy of mine... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 2, 08:25
Want a "fiscal cliff" explanation with a bunch of gifs you're likely to find annoying? -- (link) - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 2, 08:25
i am sending papers to someone named Candi Mellow. That's quite a name. -- nm - Andie Jan 2, 08:25 2
- yesterday somehow it came up that I went to 6th grade with a girl named penni moist. that's my "quite a name" for the week. -- nm - amanda Jan 2, 08:27
- You should meet her sister Marsha -- nm - oblique2013 Jan 2, 08:27
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- word. -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Jan 2, 08:22
- I'm sorry,nothing will top "Republicans play baseball like this, Democrats play baseball like this" -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 08:20
- did Musubi write it? nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 08:20
here's to awesome teachers. -- (link) - merry xmas and happy znu year Jan 2, 08:18 [youtube]
The 10 strangest parts of the fiscal cliff deal (nmbl) - Brian Jan 2, 08:18 10
- My favorite is: - David Jan 2, 08:25 3
  - I have no opinion on how this is being implemented, but algae is the best option for making biofuel. -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 08:28 2
    - Don't be serious and science-y right now. I'm mocking something. -- nm - David Jan 2, 08:32 1
      - Science Iz Serious Bidness! -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 08:34
- Ugh, ugh, ugh. #1 is not a sop to Goldman Sachs. - spamlet Jan 2, 08:22 3
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    - WIthout the active finance exception, even active businesses get Subpart F treatment on interest and rents. - spamlet Jan 2, 08:28 1
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- So, a tax break if you wear no pants on the subway or bus? - Spawn Jan 2, 08:21
- Too bad NJ couldn't get their stuff together for that F1 track in time. -- nm - MDH Jan 2, 08:20
Boehner confirms nothing will be done with the Sandy bill until the new Congress is sworn in. - David Jan 2, 08:17 4
- f*ckers -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Jan 2, 08:22
- Which means the bill passed by the Senate dies and everything has to start over. -- nm - ty97 Jan 2, 08:22
- worst. congress. ever. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 2, 08:21 1
  - That was the logical conclusion of a Tea Party backed congress. -- nm - David Jan 2, 08:27
Seriously --- the 75th guess out of 75 was the correct one? - Will Hunting Jan 2, 08:08 2
- I know, right? I've had them get down to the wire before, but never that far. -- nm - Jim Jan 2, 08:09 1
  - Actually, I woke up, thought I'd seen all 4 remaining #'s guessed and didn't check. - Will Hunting Jan 2, 08:10
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- yeah. it's a lot of fun -- nm - decline Jan 2, 08:08
Google Two-Step is a pain to set up, but I feel a lot safer now. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 2, 08:05 4
- Why was it a pain? - Spawn Jan 2, 08:06 3
  - Many different devices, setting them up on each one. - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 2, 08:08 2
    - the smtp verification on my home laptop keeps wearing off. it's so annoying. -- nm - amanda Jan 2, 08:28
    - Ah. Luckily, all my locations are private, so I only have to do it monthly. -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 08:12
Ok, so who plays Forbidden Island and wants to give me an abridged version of what it's about and how much fun it is? -- nm - Jim Jan 2, 08:03 9
- Thanks, everyone but Spawn. nm - Jim Jan 2, 08:08 1
  - No prob! -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 08:09
- We just got it. Basically, you have to cooperate to move around an island and collect items before the island sinks. - spamlet Jan 2, 08:06 4
  - is it a bit too old for a 6 year old? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 2, 08:08 3
    - My wife and I had to help our 8 year old. She got what was happening but the strategy was beyond her. -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 08:09 2
      - Yeah, nice part about that is even though they don't get it, the other players essentially help them along so it still works and they seem to have fun -- nm - oblique2013 Jan 2, 08:11 1
        
        cool, gave it to wifey for Christmas, will try it with the fam this weekend -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 08:12
- The First Rule of Forbidden Island is - Spawn Jan 2, 08:05
- here -- (link) - oblique2013 Jan 2, 08:05 [Backboard]
Apparently CDAN has more reveals -- nm - loosilu Jan 2, 07:57 2
- I hope they zing Brad Pitt's famous love of cashews. -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 07:58 1
  - some of the ones from yesterday were pretty funny. -- nm - loosilu Jan 2, 08:01
29 albums that are now 20 years old... -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 2, 07:50 40
- i owned quite a few of those. that must have been during the era i bought the most music. -- nm - Winter Wonderlandie Jan 2, 08:24
- Enter the Wu-Tang, Doggystyle, and Midnight Marauders all in the same year. - TFox Jan 2, 08:13 6
  - I own the first two of those, plus "Janet" and "Music Box" from that list. SMH. -- nm - MDH Jan 2, 08:18 4
    - Wow. 21, for me. -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 08:23 2
      - I was a kid. I'm sure I have songs from a bunch, but whole albums, not many. -- nm - MDH Jan 2, 08:28 1
        
        effin newb. -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 08:28
    - I'm shocked that I've only owned 16 of those albums. - TFox Jan 2, 08:22
  - Undertow came out that year too. - Mel Profit Jan 2, 08:17
- Most of which suck. -- nm - David Jan 2, 08:09 4
  - go drink out of a coconut. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 2, 08:15 2
    - 19 years from now, people will feel better about Call Me Maybe and Gangnam Style. -- nm - David Jan 2, 08:20 1
      - I highly doubt that. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 08:22
  - DLC -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 08:10
- To make you feel even older, here's some that turn 30 this year: Madonna's self-titled debut, She's So Unusal, Sychronicity. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 2, 08:01 1
  - No, not Sports by Huey Lewis and the News!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 2, 08:04
- that was a good year - oblique2013 Jan 2, 07:52 24
  - (and Candlebox) -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 08:06 16
    - I ruined the joke. I meant it was a good year (and also Candlebox was released). Not that I feel old because that crap is 20 years old. -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 08:07 15
      - I got the joke. I had a neighbor who played that damn song over and over again on repeat. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 2, 08:09 14
        
        I'm not the neighbor...but I could be. -- nm - David Jan 2, 08:16
        
        "Yah" -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 2, 08:13
        
        True story: I had never even heard of them until a couple years ago when I heard them on XM. - Spawn Jan 2, 08:11 10
        
        wait, which song? (I like candlebox. we all know this, right? lucy is a kickass CD.) -- nm - amanda Jan 2, 08:18 6
        
        No, I did not. As a newb to them, I am not sure how I feel about them. - Spawn Jan 2, 08:22 2
        
        my favorite song on that CD is rain. you should really try lucy (the second CD) as well. -- nm - amanda Jan 2, 08:26 1
        
        Send me some songs to try out. -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 08:27
        
        either one, really. - groiny Jan 2, 08:20 2
        
        Far Behind is the only one I have heard (that I know of). -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 08:21 1
        
        oh, I prefer "You" to Far Behind, but that is just me. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 08:24
        
        I do not know how this is possible. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 08:13 2
        
        I probably heard the song, but never knew who it was, I guess. -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 08:14 1
        
        ... (SFEK) but when I heard it a few years ago I thought it was a new band so I looked it up. -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 08:15
        
        I felt the need to apologize to a Costa Rican cab driver when the song came on the radio last year. (nm) - spamlet Jan 2, 08:10
  - there's a bunch of 'em that make me feel real old. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 2, 07:54 6
    - In fact, I refuse to acknowledge that list. -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 07:55 5
      - it's the same length of time to those albums as it is from when those were released to Dark Side of the Moon. -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 07:58 1
        
        Hush. -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 08:00
      - Ditto. Those albums are no more than 10 years old. - Mel Profit Jan 2, 07:57 2
        
        winning! -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 07:59 1
        
        I'm having trouble reconciling all the "beeper" references in "I Get Around" however. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 2, 08:11
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- Thank God. -- nm - David Jan 2, 08:02 3
  - Is Nolan being linked anywhere? -- nm - Strongbad Jan 2, 08:02 2
    - All three Falcons coordinators (including our special teams guy) have already interviewed for at least two jobs. - David Jan 2, 08:07 1
      - Losing Nolan will hurt you the most. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 2, 09:03
- Andy Reid to interview with KC prior to his interview with the Cards -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 07:53 1
  - somebody should try to make him a GM instead. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 2, 07:56
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- I played this over Christmas and had a blast. - Strongbad Jan 2, 08:01
- Wait until you see the expansions. Even more hilarious. -- nm - MDH Jan 2, 07:50 3
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    - Amazon. $10 for 20-25 new black cards and 80 white, including blank ones. -- nm - MDH Jan 2, 07:52 1
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- yeah, I've been waiting for them to get it back in stock. -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Jan 2, 07:47 1
  - They were in stock December 17th, sold out in 2 hours, and expected back end of Jan. -- nm - MDH Jan 2, 07:49
laughter. tears. curtain. -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Jan 2, 07:46 1
- but enough about your love life.... - Beaker Jan 2, 07:47
You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love movies. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Jan 2, 07:46
LYC: I still haven't watched Cabin in the Woods (and I've had it at my house for at least 3 weeks total now from the library at various times) -- nm - oblique2013 Jan 2, 07:44 16
- That movie was... not what I thought it was going to be -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 2, 07:55 2
  - ditto. That was the best bit of surprise in a movie in awhile. - Mel Profit Jan 2, 07:57
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- We had this problem with Blue Like Jazz. I just ripped it to avoid getting on the list again (we'll delete it once we watch it). -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 07:47 2
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    - I loved the book as well and made my wife read it. I'll let you know once I see it. -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 08:00
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  - they effed up by revealing the story from the very beginning of the movie. terrible idea. - Don Homer Jan 2, 07:47 8
    - Spoilers - amoxy Jan 2, 07:50 1
      - well, both but moreso the former. maybe I just didn't care for that stuff, but would have preferred it delayed some. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 2, 07:52
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      - *nods* -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Jan 2, 07:58
      - This. -- nm - MDH Jan 2, 07:56
      - I think I would have liked it to (sp) - groiny Jan 2, 07:50
      - agreed. totally different movie -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 07:48
    - this was my thought exactly. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 07:48
So when does my 2% paycheck drop begin? -- nm - ty97 Jan 2, 07:42 8
- So, what is the final result. What amounts go up by how much? -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 07:50 4
  - Truman posted the list of changes on B2 -- (link) - merry xmas and happy znu year Jan 2, 07:51 [Backboard] 1
    - Thanks to you both (well, all three, even). -- nm - Spawn Jan 2, 07:52
  - The 2% break you've been getting on your payroll taxes went away. Other than that, probably no changes. -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 07:50 1
    - *cancels plans for a second home* - Spawn Jan 2, 07:54
- probably with your next paycheck -- nm - decline Jan 2, 07:46
- don't know, but yeah, that's going to pinch a little bit. -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Jan 2, 07:45
- As soon as systems are updated. - spamlet Jan 2, 07:45

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