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Barney Frank wants to be a Senator -- (link) - ty97 Jan 4, 06:14
Radio PSA: for those wondering what to do until April, there's 5 episodes of Doctor Who on R4 Extra next week, that feature the 8th Doctor. - LMS Jan 4, 06:03 1
- Or you could pick up Merlin Season 4 tonight on SyFy. -- nm - Jim Jan 4, 06:08
charlie? out "sick." alana? out sick. camille? out sick. nicci? going home sick. mandy? slack day!!! -- nm - amanda Jan 4, 05:50 3
- Well - the silver lining is - what limited candy may be there is all yours? -- nm - DJenBro Jan 4, 06:11
- Wait, don't you have work (for 5) to do? -- nm - spamlet Jan 4, 06:00 1
  - accounting reports for december haven't run yet. so we're all just in "do less important stuff" mode. that's why everyone is sick: - amanda Jan 4, 06:17
December jobs report: +155,000, 7.8% unemployment -- nm - znufrii Jan 4, 05:41 1
- Stupid hurricane! -- nm - Spawn Jan 4, 05:42
Hopefully this weekend, Geno Atkins gets to show America just how good he is vs. the Texans - volnelk Jan 4, 05:38 1
- Glad to see Michael Johnson playing well. Loved watching him in college. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 06:09
Ultra High-Definition television and �sensor-ization� of existing gadgets expected to dominate the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas (starts Monday) -- (link) - Beaker Jan 4, 05:25 2
- I think plants asking me to be fed would drive me completely over the edge. - Mel Profit Jan 4, 05:45 1
  - "Feed me, Melmore!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 4, 05:46
not sure where ML got that their might be a deal soon in the NHL lockout, but the guys on TSN up here were livid over the whole thing this morning - Beaker Jan 4, 04:58 3
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  - huh, maybe the guys up here are trying to keep hopes low cause they were not impressed on the morning broadcast -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 06:06
- it was all over twitter -- nm - J Jan 4, 05:49
Dan "The Beast" Severn (54) has decided to retire from MMA competition -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 4, 04:57 4
- I enjoyed his and Shamrock's run in the WWF -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 04:59 3
  - I enjoyed Shamrock until I found out more about him out of the ring. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 05:04 2
    - he never struck me as the most balanced individual -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 05:13 1
      - He's admitted to heavy steroid use. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 05:22
Kelly, if your hair is going to be real short you might want to take Nathan with you when you get it cut. - CovingtonCat Jan 4, 04:25 1
- If I can arrange it so my kids can hear my voice before they see me, it will sometimes be weeks before they've noticed I shaved my beard. -- nm - landbeck Jan 4, 04:36
Jan 4, 1847 � Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government. -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 03:23 4
- I'll give you $50 for it -- nm - Rick from Pawn Stars Jan 4, 05:14
- 1912 � The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal charter. -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 03:25 2
  - 1999 � Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota. -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 03:26 1
    - 2010 � Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, is officially opened. -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 03:26
for your late night giggles...or maybe material or weird dreams, a newspaper's archive of Ice Capades publicity stills, the first one is...weird -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 4, 00:41
I am looking at flights that take ~5 hours. I am strangely tempted to get a flight with 1 spot so that I can at least get up and walk around. Flying - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 3, 22:28 28
- there's the train. That takes two or three days. -- nm - tl Jan 4, 01:04
- You don't get up and walk around during the flight? -- nm - tl Jan 4, 00:59 1
  - Not usually. -- nm - Spawn Jan 4, 05:41
- slacker -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 4, 00:54
- I would guess that more than half the *$#^@ stories are from stops/plane changes. I *hate* plane change stops. -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 4, 00:45
- Heh, 5 hours. That's like the shortest flight I can take to get anywhere interesting from Perth. - mafic Jan 4, 00:17
- I am mocking you in my head right now. -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 22:34 6
  - I know haha.. I just don't know how you do it. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 3, 22:39 5
    - You just do it because there's really no other choice - ty97 Jan 3, 22:40 4
      - I like the long flights. -- nm - mafic Jan 4, 00:19 3
        
        I prefer a 9-10 hour redeye over a 6 hour redeye, that's for sure. - ty97 Jan 4, 00:37 2
        
        I can't sleep on moving things. I slept 2 hours on the flight to Australia. None at all on the way back. - spamlet Jan 4, 06:02
        
        I wouldn't mind the long red eyes if I could sleep. - tl Jan 4, 01:03
- My trip to Spain is going to take upwards of 20 hours. Only 4 of those hours are on the ground. -- nm - Mop Jan 3, 22:32 14
  - I can not imagine that. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 3, 22:38
  - Are you flying the wrong direction? It's 4 hours Oregon to Chicago, 8 hours Chicago to Spain. -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 22:34 12
    - 3 hours to Dallas, 9 hours to Spain. It's on the way back that they get me. 11 + 4. - Mop Jan 3, 22:49 11
      - American Airlines? -- nm - Meg Jan 3, 22:58 10
        
        now that the pilots cut a deal, they shouldn't be as bad - charlie Jan 3, 23:02 9
        
        The pilots are fine (they appear sober and they land the plane. I'm happy). The FAs are hit and miss. - ty97 Jan 4, 00:39
        
        I've got about 100k miles with them that I need to use. Trying to decide where to go. -- nm - Meg Jan 3, 23:04 7
        
        D.C.! - Kelly Jan 3, 23:06 6
        
        I should. 44 years in the U.S. and I've never been to D.C. -- nm - Meg Jan 3, 23:13 4
        
        You really should go. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 04:49
        
        Lot's of nice, free museums. -- nm - tl Jan 4, 01:01
        
        You'd love it, I think. -- nm - Kelly Jan 3, 23:52
        
        "officially" *wink wink* -- nm - charlie Jan 3, 23:15
        
        yes, go torment max -- nm - charlie Jan 3, 23:10
Overheard at Jewel...."You know why they call that Cherry Garcia? That's because he's the leader of Phish. My brother told me that." -- nm - tl Jan 3, 22:20 1
- Reminds me of the Wayne's World days when I overheard two young kids talking about "that new band, Queen" -- nm - oblique2013 Jan 4, 05:27
OK, get this. Dylan McDermott was born Mark Anthony McDermott. He changed his name to Dylan when... - Mop Jan 3, 22:11 2
- hmmm odd -- nm - Epiphany Jan 4, 05:39
- that's ufcked -- nm - zork Jan 4, 00:12
Your tax dollars went to great use today. Had a homeless guy who doesn't take his meds so that his condition can deteriorate so that he an get free - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 3, 22:09 5
- "People would do anything to receive the care he does" - Like becoming mentally ill and homeless? -- nm - Dano Jan 4, 05:28
- are there no prisons? are there no workhouses?? -- nm - charlie Jan 3, 22:18 1
  - No poorhouses, hobo camps, or bus rides out of Whoville?! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 00:24
- They closed many of the psych clinics in Illinois. Some of thepatients will have to do that to get proper care. - tl Jan 3, 22:17
- there are variations of this in every community, there was an article in my local paper how some drunk getting sober saved tacoma probably 100k a year -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 22:12
�Drivin drunk � classic ;) but to whoever�s vehicle i hit i am sorry. :P� -- nm - what not to post on FB Jan 3, 21:39
again if you haven't seen the KDOC NYE show featuring Jamie Kennedy, Macy Gray and Bone Thugs and Harmony..watch this six minute hot mess clip -- (link) - Remlik Jan 3, 21:37 2
- Only one person makes it out of there with their career alive. - tl Jan 3, 21:48
- Kathy Griffin d I d what?!?! -- nm - tl Jan 3, 21:40
From twitter, I have now heard the phrase "al-Gorezeera". Me likey. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 21:30
why if Gerard Depardieu moves to Belgium he might have to even give up the millions in French public film subsidies that make actors like him so rich -- (link) - charlie Jan 3, 21:21 6
- I remember when brittish movie stars moved to france to get away with less taxes...what about Monaco? isn't that a tax haven? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 21:28 2
  - the Stones also exiled -- nm - peglegpete Jan 3, 21:31 1
    - Def Leppard moved to Ireland -- nm - Epiphany Jan 4, 05:41
- I'm not finding that story at the link. -- nm - Mop Jan 3, 21:25 2
  - "Wild Bunch Exec Protests High Costs Of French Filmmaking" - charlie Jan 3, 21:27 1
    - Huh. What does the hand that feeds you taste like, Vincent? - Mop Jan 3, 21:34
The Will on ID are new. tonight is James Brown, and next week is Jimi Hendrix -- nm - peglegpete Jan 3, 21:20 1
- I really like this show. -- nm - Krusty Jan 3, 21:37
Bar Refaeli and Kate Upton to star in Super Bowl ads this year. -- (link) - Mop Jan 3, 21:18 2
- "It's not what you see; it's what you don't see � but you know is there." - psilotum Jan 3, 22:08
- Naked! -- nm - Bacon Jan 3, 21:26
Sofia Vergara's boob pops out during New Year's Eve fight. -- (link) - Mop Jan 3, 21:14 1
- one zorkmid to you -- nm - zork Jan 4, 00:14
Congratulations, Bacon! -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 3, 20:51 1
- Thx, Nubby. I wish Chip Kelly all the best. He really elevated our program. -- nm - Bacon Jan 3, 20:55
Ow, my arm is sore from carrying Schatz home from the park yesterday.... - Meg Jan 3, 20:50 2
- get one of those slings new moms have their newborns -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 20:55 1
  - Well I hope we don't make a habit of it :/ -- nm - Meg Jan 3, 21:02
Oregon has had the weirdest damn time fielding punts tonight -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 20:34
"Molecules" - amoxy Jan 3, 20:33 3
- right? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 20:34 2
  - Loved that part but (spoilers) - amoxy Jan 3, 20:35 1
    - on the contrary, the show's been overdue for something like that -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 20:37
evil dead spoils question - Beryllium Jan 3, 20:28 5
- Nope first one was the bad horror, the second played fro laughs -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 3, 20:29 3
  - bad? Clarify. Carefully. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 20:34 2
    - True horror done less than stellar, they redid and embraced the cheese -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 3, 22:27 1
      - Heathen. It's low budget, but brilliant filmmaking. -- nm - Reagen Jan 4, 05:53
- nay. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 20:29
@FiestaBowl: To those wondering: there have only been four 1-point safeties in NCAA history. So that was rare. -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 20:22 8
- Deadspin says twice. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 3, 20:43 2
  - One was Div 2, another was Junior College. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 3, 20:48 1
    - NAIA Div. 2, so neither of those are NCAA. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 3, 20:50
- Not watching. What is a 1 point safety? -- nm - pmb Jan 3, 20:29 4
  - Kansas State blocked an extra point, caught it in the field of play, lateralled it to another player who ran backwards and was tackled in the end zone -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 20:33 1
    - So...it was a wash! -- nm - David Jan 4, 06:02
  - The defense recovers a blocked kick, then runs backwards into the endzone. I am sure I have never seen that happen before either, so it could be an - GregW Jan 3, 20:32 1
    - When did College Football start allowing blocked extra points to be returned for 2 points? - amoxy Jan 3, 20:38
Chicks, babes and other sweet ladies, there's going to be one hell of a sexy party in the Ladies Room tonight - Phil Knight in the Ladies Room Jan 3, 20:06 1
- ~meeting in the ladies room, be back real soon~ -- nm - Vanity Jan 3, 20:26
1 point safety!! Never seen one before but I will take it -- nm - Bacon Jan 3, 19:56 3
- Yahoo Sports still hasn't figured out what to do with it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 20:11
- That has got to be the most obscure rule. I have been following college football closely for over 40 years and never heard of it. -- nm - GregW Jan 3, 19:57 1
  - I've seen it once before. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 19:58
one point safety .. wtg kst! -- nm - budice Jan 3, 19:55 1
- One point? -- nm - JD Jan 3, 19:56
fun pixie fact: "Cheryl" from the orignal Evil Dead was a client at the old marketing job - charlie Jan 3, 19:52 1
- super fun fact, bra. nm - obviously sarcasm Jan 3, 19:55
yeah, if these were playoff gamezzzzzzzzzz -- nm - charlie Jan 3, 19:51 2
- TROJANS FTW!! -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 04:18
- I would say you are full of crap but as a USC fan you are the foremost expert on boring football. -- nm - Bacon Jan 3, 19:57
Bery, my bank acknowledged an ongoing attack. -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 19:49 3
- Did they start last night? -- nm - tl Jan 3, 20:52
- *mumbles an unintelligble sarcastic remark* -- nm - Bane Jan 3, 19:57
- so did mine -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 19:56
So what would you like to do with our fellow ST'ers? (Clean version...well mostly) - JD Jan 3, 19:48 8
- Go to a strip club with Bacon. Visit a swanky L.A. restaurant with Pixie. - Mop Jan 3, 20:51 2
  - Well if I'd known...we could have done swanky...but I am partial to the Azteca :) -- nm - Meg Jan 3, 21:07
  - Dude, say the word and we will have a night of fun at Stars. -- nm - Bacon Jan 3, 21:02
- ? -- nm - tl Jan 3, 20:48 2
  - It appears to the be the usual loosi/liioulu confusion. -- nm - Qale Jan 3, 20:55 1
    - That makes sense now. -- nm - tl Jan 3, 20:58
- Vegas! -- nm - Flavorize Jan 3, 20:20
- avoid them - charlie Jan 3, 19:49
I have all kinds of credit at Amazon. I keep looking at things I'd like, then...... - Meg Jan 3, 19:40 5
- You're doing it wrong. -- nm - Jeff Bezos Jan 3, 20:38
- Is this a poll? I currently have $27.69 balance on my Amazon with $5 more coming whenever Swagbucks sends it. Usually two weeks. -- nm - Qale Jan 3, 19:45
- I have a $900 gift cert for them. Had it for a year -- nm - Bacon Jan 3, 19:42 2
  - Lightning deal with happy ending! -- nm - Amazon Hooker Jan 3, 19:45 1
    - Palomino Club was cheaper than that -- nm - Bacon Jan 3, 19:47
KNOBS! -- nm - Bacon Jan 3, 19:40
[an error occurred while processing this short haired directive] -- nm - Qale Jan 3, 19:40
Surf's Up! -- nm - peglegpete Jan 3, 19:36

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