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Hey truman, I am 2370 from 114. Almost went up three levels on that. -- nm - Spawn Jan 30, 21:31
Sam Rockwell is freaking good as ever in Seven Psychopaths. -- nm - Max Jan 30, 21:24
Baltimore couple met the last time the Ravens were in the Super Bowl. he promised to get married when they made it back -- (link) - charlie Jan 30, 21:18 5
- Why is my Tivo not recording Modern Family? -- nm - Mop Jan 30, 21:23 4
  - it's a repeat. -- nm - kelly Jan 30, 21:25 3
    - WTF. It is (Gloria is still pregnant). But I haven't seen it. How did this happen? -- nm - Mop Jan 30, 21:28 2
      - Mop, the things that have already happened that you haven't seen yet could fill seven days of primetime. -- nm - Max Jan 30, 21:31 1
        
        Twice. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 21:36
I bet the Onion writers felt dirty and cheap after putting this one up -- (link) - Reagen Jan 30, 21:18
January 31, 1919. - Jackie Robinson's born. -- nm - tl Jan 30, 21:16
I'm afraid to look at wiggie's link about Southie. - Mel Profit Jan 30, 21:11 6
- You are safe. It's a parody of Real Housewives, not an actual TLC type show. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 30, 21:13 5
  - Speaking of tacky Boston things, did you ever go to Narcissus in Kenmore Square? nm - ralph wiggum Jan 30, 21:21
  - You guys know that a reality show called Southie Rules just premiered on A&E, right? -- (link) - Dignan Jan 30, 21:18 3
    - Yeah, I saw the parody video in Boston Magazine and they were specifically saying the parody was an antidote to the upcoming Southie Rules thing. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 30, 21:23
    - *pitches "Disgrace Your Hometown" to TLC* -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 21:21 1
      - They tried a mob ladies thing for Chicago, it bombed. - tl Jan 30, 21:26
Today's IPO: Left Behind -- nm - charlie Jan 30, 21:10 6
- The rapture stuff or the Sarah Palin story? nm - Dignan Jan 30, 21:11 5
  - now with more Nicholas Cage -- nm - charlie Jan 30, 21:12
  - *hopes it's the second one* -- nm - tl Jan 30, 21:12 3
    - I finally read 'Going Rogue.' Tried to pass it on to my friends - nobody wants it...guess I'll donate it back to the bookstore :) -- nm - Meg Jan 30, 21:17 2
      - they had a pallet load of them at the Dollar store -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 30, 22:05
      - Maybe the ducks will like it. -- nm - tl Jan 30, 21:19
Yakupov has a style. -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 21:02 1
- Yakupov Smirnoff? - Beryllium Jan 30, 21:08
I just used the phrase "inordinately inconvenient" in an email to Groupon Support. - Beryllium Jan 30, 21:02 1
- resend with the thanks. -- nm - tl Jan 30, 21:09
"I am helping Kreiger turn Ray into a cyborg" -- nm - amoxy Jan 30, 21:00
In the course of human events, you must...Surrender your shirt! -- nm - David Jan 30, 21:00
econometrics is basically the unholy demon-spawn of statistics, calculus, and matrix algebra. -- nm - mafic Jan 30, 20:54 7
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  - econometrics or the other three? I liked the others on their own, but econometrics is about the worst part of them all rolled together. -- nm - mafic Jan 30, 21:03 1
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- They couldn't have fit rope climbing in there somwhere? -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 20:57
- and you took a class in this? of your own free will?? -- nm - charlie Jan 30, 20:56 1
  - twice, but not exactly of my own free will. required for the degree. -- nm - mafic Jan 30, 21:01
- You say that like there's another kind of spawn of those three things -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 20:55
Nicholas Hoult on Kimmel tonight. -- nm - Dano Jan 30, 20:48 2
- I recorded the rerun of Matt Damon Live, hopefully I'll get a chance to watch it some time -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 20:50 1
  - First half is the best part. -- nm - tl Jan 30, 21:40
Patty Andrews of the Andrews sisters passed away at 94 -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 30, 20:44 1
- I had no idea any of them were still alive. I actually dug their music early on. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 30, 21:09
The girl who performed at the inauguration and was shot and killed in Chicago? She was featured in an anti-gang PSA -- (link) - ty97 Jan 30, 20:42 [youtube]
Loosi, do you ever take out DC or other close big cities? -- nm - peglegpete Jan 30, 20:40 1
- all the time. I have nuked myself hundreds of times. I get bored. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:59
black marlin v. boat. who ya got? -- (link) - charlie Jan 30, 20:38 1
- Saturday on SyFy. -- nm - Mop Jan 30, 20:39
that map needs to be bigger! -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:31 9
- you mean zoomed it? I will try tomorrow. there is a mapquest overlay but I could not get it to work -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:36 8
  - most surprising part of this post: people still use mapquest. -- nm - mafic Jan 30, 21:03 1
    - I use whatever Google links me to. -- nm - tl Jan 30, 21:17
  - I think I am inside the circle -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:36 5
    - maybe 10 megatons was too small. when I change to kilotons it is absolute annihilation. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:37 4
      - er, mega is more than kilo. -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 20:59
      - We are very hilly here too, so that blast wave is going to do weird things. Hills as high as 1200ft from almost Sea Level all over the place -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:38 2
        
        which direction are you from ground zero? -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:39 1
        
        WNW -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:39
lets see...oilers last cup final showing? -- nm - budice Jan 30, 20:25 4
- sorry...nhl on..quiz quest -- nm - budice Jan 30, 20:30 1
  - oh. 2006. -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 20:32
- Two Oilers One Cup? -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:28
- *puppy dog head tilt* -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 20:28
Bacon won't say whether he was in the radius. I think he didn't look at the map. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:24 26
- I was playing Halo. Yes I was in the radias. I said 2 miles from beaverton -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:25 19
  - but, which 7-eleven? -- nm - znufrii Jan 30, 20:26 17
    - The one that won't take a two dollar bill -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:27 9
      - Not to be confused with the one that had a hawk attack a rat at the front door -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:27 8
        
        sent to your gmail now. so please look at it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:28 7
        
        too small -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:32 6
        
        but my best guess is I am safe. I am NW and the blast went south -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:33 5
        
        Oh wait. That black circle might get me -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:34 4
        
        next time I will shift the winds. how far are you from the 7 eleven? -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:37 3
        
        5 miles WNW ish -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:37 2
        
        ok, you're dead. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:39 1
        
        You missed Guy though -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:40
    - the one on his FB page -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:26 6
      - *phew* not the one near the house I grew up in, then... - znufrii Jan 30, 20:27 5
        
        They are south. She blew up Beaverton -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:28 4
        
        they moved back to Beaverton a few years ago. -- nm - znufrii Jan 30, 20:31 2
        
        do you want the map? -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:38
        
        She blew em up -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:32
        
        probably more. 10 megatons. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:29
  - which color? -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:26
- what map? -- nm - znufrii Jan 30, 20:24 5
  - the blast map I sent him. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:25 4
    - I never saw it -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:26 3
      - yahoo mail? do I have the wrong address? -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:26 2
        
        Oh crap that is my junk email addy. - Bacon Jan 30, 20:27 1
        
        ohfer. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:27
The Americans (spoilers) - amoxy Jan 30, 20:20 5
- I really want to like this show, but I can't get into it. - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 30, 20:32 3
  - The overt over the top politics were not needed and it faded at the end - amoxy Jan 30, 20:38 2
    - I want that Tusk remix. -- nm - Remlik Jan 30, 20:46 1
      - The soundtrack was really good -- nm - amoxy Jan 30, 20:57
- OW! -- nm - Remlik Jan 30, 20:28
ha! I just found out my fieldy's sister is a model who used to date david copperfield. -- (link) - mafic Jan 30, 20:16 1
- so, she's a professional beard. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:21
Heh, just got linked on fb to a hiking magazine has a "learn the truth about bears" heading - Beryllium Jan 30, 19:58
freakin brains: now they can edit memories retroactively -- (link) - charlie Jan 30, 19:48 6
- This must be why I so vividly recall my trip to Mars. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 30, 19:56
- This is news? - Spawn Jan 30, 19:51 4
  - "edit" doesn't just mean cutting out, but adding things you didn't think you perceived in the moment -- nm - charlie Jan 30, 19:52 3
    - easy peasy -- nm - Gilderoy Lockhart Jan 30, 20:10
    - I think I remember something about this, from my days back in the barbershop quartet. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 19:54 1
      - *drops coffee mug on floor* nm - ralph wiggum Jan 30, 20:08
Carla Gallo went from "unobtainable goddess" to "shrill harpie" really, really rapidly. -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 19:42
Boy meets girl. boy loses girl, boy gets girl back. As beautiful a story as there ever was. -- (link) - znufrii Jan 30, 19:40 [youtube] 6
- But how does it push the medium? I want details Disney. -- nm - tl Jan 30, 20:23 4
  - It's right there in the video details, "seamlessly merges computer generated and hand drawn animation techniques." -- nm - Stephen, on a Quest for Six! Jan 30, 21:31 3
    - I missed that everytime I read it. Still doesn't really explain it. - tl Jan 30, 21:36 2
      - It's *seamless*. But I agree that it doesn't explain it; I think a "making of" video would be required. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 21:38 1
        
        May be a trade secret right now. -- nm - tl Jan 30, 21:41
- I love this. -- nm - Kelly Jan 30, 20:02
Bacon, how have you planned for an earthquake? because, seriously, you are in for a big one. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 19:32 25
- I have a survival bag. We grab it and go. I rarely let the car get below 1/2 tank of gas. -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:22
- By living in a one-storey house in a lightly populated and flat area. -- nm - Mop Jan 30, 20:20 4
  - flat isn't necessarily good. you can get liquefaction as a result of earthquakes in some areas. generally river plains, deltas, flood plains... things - mafic Jan 30, 20:47 1
    - River plains? Flood plains? Around here..? - Mop Jan 30, 20:56
  - have you anchored your furniture? I did, and I was thankful. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:21 1
    - I don't own any furniture. -- nm - Mop Jan 30, 20:38
- Right now I am playing Halo with the gang. So that is training me to kill for food -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 19:57 8
  - quick, what do you do when the earth shakes? This applies to the Halo gang too. NEW MADRAS FAULT! they are so fucked. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:22 7
    - I was in the 89 quake. What you do? You sit there and wait for it to stop. - Bacon Jan 30, 20:24 6
      - anchor your furniture. don't put heavy shit over your bed. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:27 5
        
        Where else am I supposed to store my anvil? -- nm - Dano Jan 30, 20:30 1
        
        Garage, that's where mine is. -- nm - tl Jan 30, 20:37
        
        Earthquake sex is almost as good as end of the world sex. -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:28 2
        
        now that is something I hadn't thought of, and now I have to try. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:30
        
        Not if there's shit on your bed. What is this, Cleveland?!?! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 20:28
- For comparison, we have an EQ kit by the garage door with water, food, first aid, blankets, etc. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 19:39 9
  - I went lighter. Water purification tablets. We have water everywhere like you up there -- nm - Bacon Jan 30, 20:23
  - Right. Like your garage door opener is gonna work in a crisis. -- nm - Mop Jan 30, 20:21 4
    - that's what the accelerator is for. I've always wanted to drive through a garage door. -- nm - mafic Jan 30, 20:48 1
      - no, no, don't destroy the defensive perimeter! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 20:50
    - There is a real door too :P -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 20:27
    - Mine does. - tl Jan 30, 20:24
  - I have to buy a kit, but I do have water and a few other needed things -- nm - peglegpete Jan 30, 19:47
  - For further comparison, I have none of this -- nm - charlie Jan 30, 19:40 1
    - Not true: you have a cardboard box you can barter with -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 19:41
Interesting fact I heard, from "Radio Row," today. Ray Lewis has a tattoo, of Ray Lewis, on his inner thigh - Flavorize Jan 30, 19:29 13
- Yo dawg... -- nm - Xzibit Jan 30, 19:59
- Ugh. -- nm - MDH Jan 30, 19:46
- Isn't he gone yet? I almost wish the Patriots had won... - Cuzzin Todd Jan 30, 19:37 6
  - I was actually rooting for the Patriots to win because of Ray Lewis. They couldn't even do THAT right. -- nm - Jim Jan 30, 19:49 4
    - man can't dictate when Ray Lewis has his retirement party. only God can dictate that -- nm - charlie Jan 30, 19:53 3
      - You take Ray Lewis off the Ravens, I could root for them - amoxy Jan 30, 20:10 2
        
        I don't know, Suggs is pretty obnoxious too. -- nm - Stephen, on a Quest for Six! Jan 30, 21:33
        
        Word. -- nm - Jim Jan 30, 20:17
  - one more ride, baby -- nm - charlie Jan 30, 19:39
- Does that Ray Lewis have a tattoo? -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 19:30 2
  - Yes, Ray Lewis wearing only a Mark Sanchez jersey. -- nm - TFox Jan 30, 19:33 1
    - It's a neverending cycle. We are through the looking glass here, people! nm - ralph wiggum Jan 30, 19:42
- it's God's will -- nm - charlie Jan 30, 19:30

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