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I quite enjoy Kevin Malone, Pie Math Savant. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 19:36
I really dislike Kansas's uniforms - prayformojo Jan 28, 19:30
rwst -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 28, 19:30
Smart phone question....we are about to enter the smart phone arena and are being offered 1G of data per month...will we need more, this seems low. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 28, 19:30 14
- I slack, fb a little and go to a few links we post, I did 1 gig last month...but no movies and no music streaming -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 28, 21:18
- It depends on your usage and how much of the time you are on wifi. -- nm - psilotum Jan 28, 19:40
- I typically don't go over 150mb, but I am pretty much always on wifi and I don't stream anything. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 19:36 1
  - ok, cool, I'm thinking maybe this might work. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 28, 19:38
- I've used 305MB since January 9th. I check FB, Google News, Weather, and ST quite a bit. I don't stream much video though. -- nm - Qale Jan 28, 19:35 3
  - This is good to know, thanks! I have a 200MB limit on my dumb phones but never go past it...I thought smart phones would take a lot more. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 28, 19:37 2
    - They certainly can. I deliberately try not to be a complete Phone Zombie. -- nm - Qale Jan 28, 19:38 1
      - yeah, I know we'll have to use them in moderation but I don't want to be completely restricted. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 28, 19:41
- Get Sprint and don't worry about data usage. I love my plan. -- nm - Bacon Jan 28, 19:31 5
  - We're leaning toward AT&T thru Costco since the phones are so damn inexpensive there. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 28, 19:32 4
    - You bought your first wife two porches I think you can afford 2 Samsungs and a Sprint plan -- nm - Bacon Jan 28, 19:33 3
      - T-mobile seems to have a good plan -- nm - Remlik Jan 28, 19:39
      - haha - CrankYanker Jan 28, 19:35 1
        
        She was hot though -- nm - Bacon Jan 28, 19:44
Hey, New Tom Cruise is the WWE Champion again! -- nm - David Jan 28, 19:24
WTG, Kentucky! -- (link) - znufrii Jan 28, 19:21
Had Day 1 of my ACLS training. Blah, have to go study for day 2. *shock* -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 19:14 4
- ooooh, is it not exciting? I would have thought so. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 19:15 3
  - Are you shocked? -- nm - Bacon Jan 28, 19:20
  - It actually is. But also rather scary since as an intern I may have to run codes if I arrive first. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 19:16 1
    - You should watch the early seasons of Scrubs now. -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 19:30
I'm doing a service call tomorrow and I think I'll ask this other girl out. - Mop Jan 28, 19:12 16
- every time i think something like this might be a good idea i remember the scene in Adaptation where Charlie asks out Judy Greer -- nm - charlie Jan 28, 19:20
- Stick with strangers at this stage. You'll be soooorry. - Bacon Jan 28, 19:16 1
  - Maybe I should just do like that guy in the viral video and ask every girl on campus to marry me. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 19:18
- But if you ask one from work then you can't ask the other from work. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 19:13 9
  - If that rule were true, I'd have move to another town after the first girl. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 19:17 8
    - Dude, go on dates with women from Salem, Albany, Springfield, and Eugene. -- nm - Bacon Jan 28, 19:22 1
      - Just to start with -- nm - Bacon Jan 28, 19:22
    - I remember you posted something about a 50k town, do you actually live in a 50k town? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 19:18 5
      - College town. 90% of the people in town are students, faculty or staff. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 19:21
      - yes he does. - Spawn Jan 28, 19:19 3
        
        This is what happens when you call it Beavertown, USA. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 19:21 1
        
        Playmate of the Year, 2011! And Sara Jean Underwood, FTW! -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 19:30
        
        50k is almost the size of my undergrad (if you combine all the schools on campus). -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 19:20
- is she over 20? -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 19:13 2
  - Doesn't matter as this one is not for keeps. -- nm - Spawn Jan 28, 19:13 1
    - true. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 19:14
BOWLING! what do you bowl? I will throw in my hat for being the worst ST bowler ever. I have never broken 100. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 19:10 12
- Early twenties I used to average 170. Now about 130. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 19:47
- My high as a kid was 240-something. Now, in usually a 130-140 the once every two years I bowl. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Jan 28, 19:37
- best game was probably 160 or so. I'm lucky to break 100. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 19:28
- Average around 200 or so. -- nm - MDH Jan 28, 19:24
- Broke 200 once. Probably avg in the 110-120 range - JD Jan 28, 19:21
- Pretty damn good...200+ avg -- nm - budice Jan 28, 19:12
- 175/180...bowled for many years -- nm - BAD Jan 28, 19:12
- League starts next week! My average is 117. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 28, 19:11 1
  - My high is a well-documented 199. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 28, 19:12
- no idea. the last time I bowled, some ST'ers were not yet born -- nm - peglegpete Jan 28, 19:11 1
  - *Looks at BAD* :P -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 19:12
- I think I am around like 150-170? (I guess I will find out tomorrow). -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 19:11
What was you favorite Justice League is going to finally be made moment, comics fans? -- (link) - Spawn Jan 28, 19:04 11
- You have to figure there are people there who know how big of a mistake this is. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 28, 19:30
- Counting on Superman box office is like counting on Mark Sanchez. -- nm - David Jan 28, 19:16 1
  - Yeah, makes me sad but it was little more than a pipe dream that DC would actually pull off another successful franchise. - Spawn Jan 28, 19:18
- *Wonder twin powers...activate...shape of a giant fist!* -- nm - RemlikkilmeR Jan 28, 19:11 1
  - is that, like, a Finnish name? -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 19:14
- Dammit!! I told DC Morgan Edge & I would finance the whole thing. -- nm - Bruce Wayne Jan 28, 19:10
- if Superman opens big expect JLA to be greenlit big time. But not till 2016 -- nm - Remlik Jan 28, 19:09 2
  - No, when it flops they kill future plans. -- nm - Spawn Jan 28, 19:11 1
    - until they can hire JJ Abrams :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 28, 19:13
- so it's going to be made then -- nm - charlie Jan 28, 19:09
- Shrug. It makes sense that a new CEO would examine priorities. But this only means "let's wait until this spring". -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 19:09
Jonathan Coulton covers Glee's copy of his cover of Baby Got Back -- (link) - znufrii Jan 28, 19:03 20
- #117 on iTunes. I think it cracked the top 100 sometime over the weekend. -- nm - Tim Jan 28, 19:10 1
  - his BGB is legendary. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 19:12
- #SoFullofWin -- nm - David Jan 28, 19:08 1
  - #1 in Singer/Songwriters on Amazon right now. #2 is Katy something or another. -- nm - David Jan 28, 19:08
- good for him. what a bunch of mofos. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 19:06
- He really ought to whine more, because I don't think he has enough just yet. -- nm - Qale Jan 28, 19:06 14
  - so, he should just lie down and let corporate media take advantage of his work without complaint? hey, maybe they'll use lube next time... -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 19:10 7
    - Adapting an original work doesn't make it an original work. They adapted his adaptation of an original work. -- nm - Qale Jan 28, 19:12 5
      - the *entirely new melody* he wrote for the song was original. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 19:15 1
        
        Which they plopped their annoying Glee karaoke vocals on. But more power to Jonathan for harnessing the power of the interwebs. -- nm - Qale Jan 28, 19:18
      - why should they bother adapting it when they can just appropriate it, wholesale? oh wait, that's exactly what they did. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 19:15
      - They stole his idea. If that's illegal, the law is wrong. -- nm - David Jan 28, 19:13 1
        
        If that's not illegal. It sounds like Ice Ice Baby/Under Pressure type theft -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 19:17
    - -"take advantage of" +"wholly appropriate" -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 19:12
  - Yeah, I like the guy, but that horse is out of the barn, been led the water, and beaten to death. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 19:08 5
    - It helps that people want to hate Glee. -- nm - Qale Jan 28, 19:10 3
      - It also helps that Ryan Murphy, Glee and Fox seem to have entitlement issues. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 28, 19:12 2
        
        Ryan Murphy is like the Bill Belichick of show runners. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 28, 19:26
        
        they're a bunch of mothereffin, entitled mofos. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 19:16
    - I think you're wrong. And I want to see Fox & Glee squirm. - Beryllium Jan 28, 19:10
Advances In Trauma Care Coincide With Decrease In Gun Deaths - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 19:03
Forget just documentary, Searching for Sugar Man is one of the best movies of the year. -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 19:02 18
- It is no Argo. -- nm - Spawn Jan 28, 19:02 17
  - I'm a bit confused by the general ST Argo hatey. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 28, 19:05 16
    - It's good, but a BP winner? No. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 19:14 2
      - Right, it's an amazing story told quite well and deserving of praise and maybe even a nomination. -- nm - David Jan 28, 19:19
      - Oscarbation. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 19:16
    - I loved it. -- nm - Remlik Jan 28, 19:10 2
      - As did I. -- nm - Spawn Jan 28, 19:13 1
        
        Ditto. -- nm - MDH Jan 28, 19:25
    - i didn't hate it. but it's thoroughly average -- nm - charlie Jan 28, 19:09
    - is there hatey? I LOVED it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 19:07
    - I don't think it's hatey so much as surprise that it has become THE movie. -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 19:07 5
      - Ok, I've just been misunderstanding the vibe. Carry on, everyone! nm - ralph wiggum Jan 28, 19:14 4
        
        It's just the vibe of the thing. -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 19:21
        
        no, ralph. you put it out there now stand by your decision! -- nm - charlie Jan 28, 19:19 2
        
        Congrats. Your dumbness confused her. -- nm - Spawn Jan 28, 19:20 1
        
        wigs digs the hot dumb guy action -- nm - charlie Jan 28, 19:22
    - It simply has a few vocal detractors ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 19:07 1
      - who are the haters? -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 19:07
I feel cheated! Vine has already filtered all the good hashtags! -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 18:58
I had missed the Evil Dead red band trailer. Holy snikeys. - JaxSean Jan 28, 18:47 1
- That's why I'm lamenting that the NC-17 isn't nudity related. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 19:22
My college dorm had mixed gender floors with shared bathrooms. No idea what Ally McBeal restrooms were like. - psilotum Jan 28, 18:47
I proposed to Mrs. BAD in a bowling alley...how romantic -- nm - BAD Jan 28, 18:46 13
- it's better than a chopped '49 mercury :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 28, 18:57
- Haha. Give us the full story. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 18:47 9
  - 3 weeks after we met...had to ask hert 3 times before she said yes -- nm - BAD Jan 28, 19:01 8
    - three weeks!!!! how did you know? -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 19:08 4
      - She was the only girl who agreed to go out with him so he had to act quickly. :P -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 19:09 3
        
        whatevs!!! I always know right away. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 19:11 2
        
        I knew from the first time I met her...story inside - BAD Jan 28, 19:16 1
        
        We were married 3 months after we first met... -- nm - BAD Jan 28, 19:16
    - :) But why the bowling alley? :P -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 19:05 2
      - I was in a bowling league and she went along to watch -- nm - BAD Jan 28, 19:07 1
        
        Fancy, so how good were you? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 19:08
- Well.......at least you didn't strike out -- nm - Bacon Jan 28, 18:47 1
  - *whips off sunglasses* YEAAAAAAAAH! nm - ralph wiggum Jan 28, 18:48
Paul Giamatti as Rhino? -- (link) - Reagen Jan 28, 18:46 13
- Whatever. I didn't expect that Alfred Molina would make a good Doc Occ (or that Doc Occ would have made a good movie villain). -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 19:00 10
  - Why not? Molina is brilliant in everything. -- nm - David Jan 28, 19:04 9
    - Well, yeah. I accept that now. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 19:07 3
      - I've greatly underestimated Molina in the past. He is, indeed, truly great. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 19:16 2
        
        He's better in Chocolat than Johnny Depp. JOHNNY DEPP! -- nm - David Jan 28, 19:20 1
        
        And he's better in Abduction than Taylor Lautner! -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 19:23
    - You throw me the whip I throw you the idol -- nm - Bacon Jan 28, 19:05
    - *and* he's related to Steve Coogan. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 19:05 1
      - Nobody's perfect. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 19:20
    - Mop lacks both vision and common sense. -- nm - Spawn Jan 28, 19:05 1
      - He doesn't lack them - he is seemingly unencumbered by them. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 19:11
- Don't make me angry. - Miles Jan 28, 18:59
- Harvey Pekar would have wanted it this way -- nm - prayformojo Jan 28, 18:48
California's proposed earthquake early warning system is being described as very expensive at $80 million - meanwhile - Meg Jan 28, 18:41 9
- They'll need it to escape quickly when the earthquake hits. -- nm - Max Jan 28, 18:50 1
  - Did you learn nothing from 10.5? Earthquakes chase trains down the track and swallow them ;) -- nm - Meg Jan 28, 18:56
- The LA Times had an article this weekend on the bullet train. They didn't even buy the land yet. And isn't it supposed to go to the Bay Area, I can - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 18:48 5
  - and everyone in the bay area is saying nimby. -- nm - psilotum Jan 28, 18:53 1
    - Now they can take the Bullet Train down to LA and visit their stolen water -- nm - Bacon Jan 28, 18:54
  - Eventually yes, but the initial stage is something like Bakersfield to Fresno. -- nm - Meg Jan 28, 18:51 2
    - I was just in Bakersfield. It wasn't as BAD as I thought. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 18:53
    - OMG, that is funny shit -- nm - Bacon Jan 28, 18:52
- once you pass a hundred mill, who cares! -- nm - psilotum Jan 28, 18:44
The Following spoiler - prayformojo Jan 28, 18:36 2
- misread: The Following spider -- nm - Max Jan 28, 18:40
- My wife says it is the worst show ever and suggests that the PVR might malfunction during recording - Beryllium Jan 28, 18:39
three miles to go -- nm - charlie Jan 28, 18:36

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