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NBC just announced Webb will be starting in place of Ponder -- nm - amoxy Jan 5, 15:33
Aaah Trish, good move getting Houston's kicker. I almost picked him then changed for the Seahawks kicker. -- nm - Bacon Jan 5, 15:25
Cincy has 61 yards in total offense? And it is the 3rd Qtr? - amoxy Jan 5, 15:23 1
- AJ Green is killing my Fantasy Team, 0 points -- nm - Bacon Jan 5, 15:23
Wow, there is a 15min flight from Tucson to Las Vegas. 15min, I didn't think they had such short flights. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 5, 15:09 7
- Different time zones? -- nm - ty97 Jan 5, 15:18 2
  - Yep, an hour apart, so it's probably a 1hour 15minute flight -- nm - ty97 Jan 5, 15:19 1
    - Oh, that makes sense. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 5, 15:27
- Colorado Springs to Denver was 12minutes. - Will Hunting Jan 5, 15:14
- short? you can fly LAX to Palm Springs -- nm - peglegpete Jan 5, 15:12 2
  - SFO to OAK, just on the other side of the bay, you can see the planes land from the other. -- nm - z Jan 5, 15:27
  - and from Cape Cod to BOS. -- nm - Diva Jan 5, 15:14
Hines Ward should stick to dancing. -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 15:07
Wise or not. I am going to Barnes & Noble tomorrow and buying a Nook. -- nm - Jovian Jan 5, 15:01 1
- would you like mine? - Remlik Jan 5, 15:07
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  - Stay Retired!!!! -- nm - tl Jan 5, 14:52
Texans fans suck. It's an effin playoff game, make some damn noise losers -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Jan 5, 14:26 3
- YOU SUCK SHAUB! -- nm - Houston fan Jan 5, 14:35
- I was just thinking this was the quietest crowd. It is like they are all hungover. -- nm - GregW Jan 5, 14:34 1
  - and this is with artificial advantage.. they closed the roof -- nm - SG3 Jan 5, 14:35
Maybe I'll adjust to it, but holy freeholy is Windows 8 ever an aggrivating and nonsensical system - Reagen Jan 5, 14:24 8
- Adjust the power settings so it turns off after x minutes then you don't need to worry about it. Or ... - Karl_S Jan 5, 15:33
- OK, it's getting moderately less irritating. But I don't think I'll ever get over that power thing. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 15:31
- I thought maybe 2013 would be the "Year of Windows on the Desktop" finally, but no. It's still plagued by driver issues. - Beryllium Jan 5, 14:40
- you could tell from the start they won't get half the stuff they're attempting right until Windows 9 -- nm - SG3 Jan 5, 14:34
- In dealing with my crashing hard drive I decided to replace Vista and chose 7 over 8 based on buzz like this. - Max Jan 5, 14:30 1
  - I recall the same anger at the move from 3.1 to 95 ("Where the fuck is my stuff!") so it's possible that it's just initial frustration - Reagen Jan 5, 14:32
- True, visited a MS store. Just all Lost in Translation. -- nm - budice Jan 5, 14:27
- I'm very glad I didn't go through with the upgrade -- nm - J-Nexus Jan 5, 14:26
Shaub! -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Jan 5, 14:22
Nice interception -- nm - prayformojo Jan 5, 14:22
Cincinnati has maybe a top 3 WR in the NFL. They have -17 passing yards. - the wron element, bad guy Jan 5, 14:22 1
- Wow, great play by Cincy D. Texans look meh, Cincinnati a tad worse overall until now. -- nm - budice Jan 5, 14:23
Vikings QB Christian Ponder out on the field throwing now. Looks OK. Talking to the trainers too. -- nm - budice Jan 5, 14:20 3
- Ponder's throws were soft and no longer than 15 yards. Not sure what to make of that -- nm - budice Jan 5, 14:25 2
  - sounds like he's 100% -- nm - SG3 Jan 5, 14:28 1
    - heh -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 14:29
NHL: Lockout is over. Camp opens Jan 12. 50 game season -- nm - budice Jan 5, 14:14 7
- yesterday I posted about a half off ticket offer to portland team...maybe same for other teams -- nm - z Jan 5, 15:33
- It's not on ESPN or NHL.com. Who is reporting it? -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Jan 5, 15:21
- TSN getting scooped on this is shameful (still nothing on their site) -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 14:22 1
  - I don't think there is anything to scoop... Yet -- nm - J-Nexus Jan 5, 14:24
- Heard this an hour ago but couldn't find anything concrete on it. -- nm - J-Nexus Jan 5, 14:18
- Owners' Strike is Over!!! -- nm - tl Jan 5, 14:15
- go Leafs go! -- nm - charlie Jan 5, 14:15
So yesterday I purchased my first e-book for my Kindle and today I just broke my Kindle in half as I got out of my car. - Jovian Jan 5, 14:14
Wow. $10M for Lance Berkman. - TFox Jan 5, 14:13 1
- that's too much. -- nm - Diva Jan 5, 14:14
STIS - what can i do to help/fix a loud fan on an old laptop? - Andie Jan 5, 14:03 9
- This might help -- (link) - tl Jan 5, 14:19
- Vac it out, to start with. -- nm - Spawn Jan 5, 14:04 7
  - do i have to take things apart for that? -- nm - Andie Jan 5, 14:05 6
    - Compressed air if you can aim at the exit grill -- nm - budice Jan 5, 14:07 5
      - that. And also just take a vacuum cleaner to the vents if you don't have that.... - Remlik Jan 5, 14:20
      - I don't like to send the dust back into the system, though. -- nm - Spawn Jan 5, 14:09
      - cool, thanks. -- nm - Andie Jan 5, 14:08 2
        
        if you have a small screwdriver, take the outer case off so the dust is totally out. -- nm - peglegpete Jan 5, 14:20 1
        
        i took the outer case off and vacuumed - it's much better. i'll get some compressed air and do that soon. -- nm - Andie Jan 5, 14:27
sitwap: GOP Congressman who begged for Katrina aid votes against Sandy aid... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 5, 13:48 5
- so, nothing's changed -- nm - z Jan 5, 14:00 1
  - It has changed. - Spawn Jan 5, 14:01
- Hypocrites. (It's more than one congressman) -- nm - tl Jan 5, 13:54 2
  - What is so stupid about all this is if you are in a flood zone, you *must* have flood insurance per the federal gov. - Spawn Jan 5, 13:56 1
    - Okay, then we change the bill. The states that last got food insurance payouts have to pay the next ones that do if they don't pass the bill. -- nm - tl Jan 5, 14:15
Saturday picks! Houston/GB -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 13:41
Might be able to squeek in still. NFL playoff superbowl fantasy football. 9 of us in already - Bacon Jan 5, 13:30 3
- Urban Legends Fake Amber Alert -- nm - tl Jan 5, 13:35 2
  - Oops, -- nm - Bacon Jan 5, 14:30 1
    - Right link, Now we have 10 people -- (link) - Bacon Jan 5, 14:31
sitwap: Walk of the Earth (the 5-person group that made Gotye's song on one guitar) performing Taylor Swift's "Trouble" acapella. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 5, 13:14 [youtube] 5
- wub wub makes everything better -- nm - SG3 Jan 5, 13:41
- Their Gotye cover with all of them playing the guitar is amazing -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 13:41
- Their original stuff sounds like Everything with a chick. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 5, 13:37
- holy shit. that's awesome. -- nm - Tim Jan 5, 13:36
- Fantastic. Love the camera shake. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 5, 13:22
London 2013 will be happening on April 5th to the 9th. Pubs be wary. Milwall be scary. -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Jan 5, 13:07 1
- You don't like us, We don't care! -- nm - J-Nexus Jan 5, 13:47
Crash, you need Myron Mixon's cookbook. I have made the brisket & baby back ribs so far. they turned out better than any previous. -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 5, 13:05
I don't remember this scene from Goldmember -- (link) - zork Jan 5, 13:03 [youtube] 1
- You need to rewatch it, then. -- nm - Spawn Jan 5, 13:05
Dammit, WWF says that "quim" is not a valid word -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 13:00 5
- What about "mewling"? -- nm - Spawn Jan 5, 13:02 4
  - I don't have the right letters to try that yet. But thankfully I have the Z, so it can't be used against me. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 13:04 3
    - ;-) -- nm - z Jan 5, 13:49
    - you can't do quiz? -- nm - zork Jan 5, 13:07 1
      - No. I didn't have Q and Z at the same time, I got the Z after playing Q -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 13:14
I got an interview to an Arizona program (yay, should be a great program). But it is now messing up my traveling schedule. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 5, 12:51 1
- Ooh, I think you'd be much happier there than back east. I know I would :) -- nm - Meg Jan 5, 13:08
Hyundai Tournament of Champions will try for 36 holes Sunday and 18 on Monday, as a shortened 54-hole event -- nm - budice Jan 5, 12:44
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I'm sure varying things cost differing amounts in the UK, but I was so pissed yesterday watching Gordon Ramsey's "cooking on a budget" show when he - crash davis Jan 5, 12:31 5
- that's like Anne Romney saying she does grocery shopping. Throwing things in a cart is buying, not shopping. -- nm - zork Jan 5, 13:01
- Heh, I remember the days - back in Canada - when we used to buy halibut because we couldn't afford beef. -- nm - Meg Jan 5, 12:47 3
  - Now people buy beef because they can't afford halibut. -- nm - tl Jan 5, 13:55
  - one of my friends grew up in a small fishing town in Newfoundland, said only the poor kids ate lobster. - mafic Jan 5, 12:49 1
    - When my family was poor, I started to eat what I thought was homegrown caviar - Guigue Jan 5, 12:51
@JayGlazer: "Vikings players and QBs haven't been told if Webb or Ponder starts." - SG3 Jan 5, 12:22 2
- @JayGlazer "As of 30 minutes ago Vikings players were still trying to find out who is starting" - SG3 Jan 5, 12:59
- Oh c'mon! You're killing us here Leslie! -- nm - Vegas Oddsmakers Jan 5, 12:23
Cats get thier own social network -- (link) - Remlik Jan 5, 11:54 5
- "sharing information to take over the world" -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 12:00 4
  - They're well on their way: Cat caught sneaking saw, phone into Brazil prison -- (link) - Trish Jan 5, 12:36 3
    - C'mon -- nm - Pixie SI Jan 5, 12:38 2
      - Man - Pixie SI Jan 5, 12:39 1
        
        c'mon man -- nm - charlie Jan 5, 14:51
Since it was posted on the bb's, here's a "Where Are They Now" video of the Dancing Baby" -- (link) - No. 1 Stephen in the nation! Jan 5, 11:52 [youtube] 2
- That was disturbing -- nm - amoxy Jan 5, 12:39
- You go stand in the corner and think about what you did!!! -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Jan 5, 12:32
yep - 10 minutes into the season premiere of 'Merlin' and we have hawt shirtless knights. -- nm - Diva Jan 5, 11:46 1
- It's like when they made Xena and Gabrielle kiss... - Mel Profit Jan 5, 12:36
A Facebook thread discussing what people want in my neighborhood in 2013 includes 'grocery store and less gangbanging and shooting'. - ty97 Jan 5, 11:39 5
- Same way over a lot of Chicago. You go one block one way and it's nice, one block another and it's rough. -- nm - tl Jan 5, 14:12
- *votes for more gangbanging and shooting* -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Jan 5, 12:29
- I saw somewhere (CNN?) recently that there are more gun dealers in the US than grocery stores and McDonald's ... combined. - zork Jan 5, 11:46 2
  - inflated by numerous collectors,wheeler dealers, storage unit salvers, i mean a gun nut's horde is a dealers inventory - zDroid untethered, the D is *not* silent Jan 5, 12:03 1
    - we never salt a unit with the guns in plain sight -- nm - Auction Hunters producers Jan 5, 12:15
I don't get why The Impossible is getting such a low theater count... - Guigue Jan 5, 11:10 1
- Zero Dark Thirty is going wide next week. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Jan 5, 12:30
@ChrisWarcraft: Hard Mode enabled. Boss Challenge: Cheese Head and the Sconnie Henchlings. Rewards - 25% exp, gold, Falcon Key -- nm - Tim Jan 5, 10:45 6
- I want the Vikings to make it to the Super Bowl just for Kluwe's tweets. - Tim Jan 5, 10:58 5
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    - He'd be the highlight of Media Day. Yes, even over AP. -- nm - Tim Jan 5, 11:30 2
      - who the hell is Game Informer Magazine? -- nm - NFL Suits Jan 5, 11:52 1
        
        Only the magazine with the 4th highest US circulation! But really, the highlight would be some foreign reporter wonder why - Tim Jan 5, 11:57
  - Hopefully you will enjoy his Achievement FAIL tweets. -- nm - Spawn Jan 5, 11:02
another reason the 70s were better: crazy-ass textbook illustrations -- (link) - charlie Jan 5, 10:31 1
- Oh, it's true. It's damn true! -- nm - Kurt Angle Jan 5, 10:56
Four Killed, Including Gunman, During Hostage Situation In Aurora, Colorado -- (link) - budice Jan 5, 10:22 2
- Damn you Hollywood and video games! DAMN YOU!! -- nm - Wayne LaPierre Jan 5, 10:26
- I was just quoting Speed! -- nm - Dano Jan 5, 10:25
I guess they did air commercials for Texas Chainsaw Massacre. -- nm - Dano Jan 5, 10:15 7
- I saw more commercials for Not Fade Away and that averaged $142 per theater yesterday i.e. 14 people saw it per theater. -- nm - secretslacker Jan 5, 11:03 2
  - I think finally seeing Chainsaw commercials might have had something to do with watching Means Girls and Bring It On - zork Jan 5, 11:19 1
    - Hah-hah, you guys watch old people TV -- nm - con_carne Jan 5, 15:22
- I didn't even know about it until the poll here yesterday, then noticed a boatload of commercials last night. -- nm - zork Jan 5, 11:02
- I've seen commercials for it quite a bit. -- nm - No. 1 Stephen in the nation! Jan 5, 10:46 1
  - Same here. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 5, 10:47
- reading the wikipedia entry (big spoilers) - Tim Jan 5, 10:22
the big concern for that Chinese day is if it were to backfire and his son became the Greatest Video Game Player Ever. - Reagen Jan 5, 10:10 3
- except that over there he would be recruited into a pro gamer league and make $100k per year -- nm - zork Jan 5, 11:20
- It's almost like The Game, set inside Halo. -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 10:12
- "dad" -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 10:11
Bruce Springsteen's debut album, Greetings From Asbury Park, is 40 yrs old today. - Kelly Jan 5, 10:10 6
- I'm calling shenanigans .... The Boss isn't that old ... -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 5, 10:14 3
  - he's around 63 -- nm - Remlik Jan 5, 10:28 2
    - oh, wait. .... sorry, i didn't flip my "facicious" toggle switch there ... sorry :) -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 5, 10:30 1
      - Ah. My sarcasm detector is way off lately -- nm - Remlik Jan 5, 10:33
- whoa -- nm - prayformojo Jan 5, 10:14
- Seems longer than that. -- nm - Spawn Jan 5, 10:12

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