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XKCD Conquerclub map taking shape (they got permission) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 23, 11:08 5
- And I just made Lieutenant. Had to say it quickly before it disappears. -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 11:10 1
  - congrats! -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 11:11
- *splurt* -- nm - Paralegal Oct 23, 11:10 2
  - sfan -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 11:11 1
    - I figured you'd like that one :) -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 11:11
Apparently i am now the co-owner of a used Mazda. I don't even know the model. and it's brown. - Danger Girl Oct 23, 11:08 12
- a brown mazda? --nm - decline Oct 23, 11:10 2
  - I've only seen it on the 90s models (and the MPV. Eww.) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:11
  - oh god. if it has racing stripes, i'm ending the relationship. -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 11:11
- Brown? Mazda? - JaxSean Oct 23, 11:09 8
  - i don't care about the mazda part so much. i think brown WITH mazda sounds horrid. - Danger Girl Oct 23, 11:11 1
    - "Brown With Mazda" sounds like a great band name -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 11:11
  - Hey Jax: Zoom-Zoom! - Mazda3i owner Oct 23, 11:10 1
    - heh -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 11:10
  - Doesn't really feel like a Danger Girl-Mobile... -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 23, 11:10 1
    - maybe it's like the Nerd Herd car from Chuck, with a secret button that transforms it into a super spy car? - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:11
  - My 2005 Mazda3 is dark blue/purple. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:10 1
    - Mazdas in "pacific blue" are quality. I used to have the mazda 6 in that colour. -- nm - Loyola Oct 23, 11:11
I don't know if "Big10 Battleground Polls" are reliable but the batch of polls they released today are ugly for McCain. -- (link) - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 11:08 1
- Discussed at 538 -- (link) - TWuG Oct 23, 11:12
The parents' realtor is here. She's suggesting it's better to not list the house until after election day. - ty97 Oct 23, 11:07 2
- Financial markets are generally unstable prior to an election simply because it's unclear which way the country is going to go. - Mop Oct 23, 11:10
- well, with all the people fleeing planet earth... -- nm - colin Oct 23, 11:08
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- Ashley is your associate? -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 11:11
- oh man, this is what my last boss was like. "you're fired for not being a mind reader." -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 11:10
- what a jerk. -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 11:09
- "the job of paralegal is to be shit on and take it." - JaxSean Oct 23, 11:08 1
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- God, what a tool. Do they teach tooling in Law School? -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 11:08
- As a binder creator, here's how I handle that: "I'm fedexing the docs over and you can insert them your own damn self." -- nm - Max Oct 23, 11:07
- F*ck off and die bitch! -- nm - Paralegal Oct 23, 11:07
- oh, that's crap -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 11:06
Why is a mathbook so sad? -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 11:05
Heh. I follow "HenryPaulson" on Twitter. His latest tweet: - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 11:04
David, I posted that video to a sports reporter forum. The first response: - Reagen Oct 23, 11:03 1
- Hilarious. - David Oct 23, 11:05
zeitgeist, don't bother friending me, I'm banned. -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 23, 11:01 5
- Nooooo, eh, it guess its not worth getting back to the game, it sucks, do I have you facebooked? - zeitgeist Oct 23, 11:04 4
  - haha, not there either. Try.... - CrankYanker Oct 23, 11:05 3
    - hmmm, this one should work... -- (link) - CrankYanker Oct 23, 11:07 2
      - crap I hate myspace -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 11:09 1
        
        I only use it to have a page where clients can view pics/videos etc. and to network with venues and bands that I drive. -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 23, 11:11
After discussing Chick-Fil-A this morning, this Healthy Choice Baked Chicken frozen lunch is *really* not tasty. :( -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 11:00 3
- should have had a steamer! -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 11:03 1
  - they weren't on sale this week. :( -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 11:06
- bet it's healthy though! -- nm - colin Oct 23, 11:00
Wow. A student just admitted to me that he was addicted to crack cocain. -- nm - nubby Oct 23, 10:58 20
- "Was" isn't an option when you're dealing with crack cocaine. Keep an eye on him, engage in conversation, ask him how he's doing from time to time. - CrankYanker Oct 23, 11:09 1
  - Thanks for the advice. -- nm - nubby Oct 23, 11:11
- Call him Josh Hamilton from now on. -- nm - David Oct 23, 11:03 1
  - and then take him to McDonalds. -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 11:05
- "Quiz question #3: How much force would a 300 hundred pound inmate generate on a 150 pound inmate during a "collision"" -- nm - Max Oct 23, 11:02 1
  - L2. -- nm - nubby Oct 23, 11:03
- oh man. what did you do? -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 11:01 3
  - If it were "is", I'd have been required to make a few phone calls. - nubby Oct 23, 11:03 1
    - ah. good. -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 11:06
  - Played some Grandmaster Flash -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 11:02
- one of my cohort is addicted to methadone (he uses it for pain mgt, but still...) - pixie loves mandy lane Oct 23, 11:01
- was or is? -- nm - colin Oct 23, 11:00
- so? "was" is ok. "is" would be bad. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 10:58 5
  - Was. - nubby Oct 23, 11:02 4
    - You're not around the cocaine. Congratulate him/her for recovering. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 11:10 1
      - I did. - nubby Oct 23, 11:11
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      - *freaks out* -- nm - nubby Oct 23, 11:07
- (Cocaine. Or can we start referring to Sarah Palin as Co-Cain?) -- nm - nubby Oct 23, 10:58 1
  - McCocaine? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 10:59
I need to get lunch, I need to return something to microcenter, and I have a meeting in 2 hours. ? - tRuMaN Oct 23, 10:56
wow. HSX has blocked itself from the wayback machine.. - colin Oct 23, 10:56 6
- huh? -- nm - hotkiss7348 Oct 23, 10:57
- it was on there I thought. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 23, 10:57 4
  - well.. talk.hsx.com/films isn't.. -- nm - colin Oct 23, 11:00 3
    - oh, films seems to be -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:04 1
      - ah.. didn't tack the index on -- nm - colin Oct 23, 11:07
    - misc is -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:02
When online, virtual cyber relationships go bad -- (link) - Beaker Oct 23, 10:53 2
- watch out Spawn. - Danger Girl Oct 23, 11:09
- uhh..... -- nm - colin Oct 23, 10:58
Dr. Pepper to honor the offer of a free Dr. Pepper when Chinese Democracy comes out.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 23, 10:52 8
- You know, I never really thought of Axyl as much of a pepper. -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 11:11
- Is it wrong that I'm kinda getting geeked up about this disc? - Jim Oct 23, 10:55 5
  - No, but I wouldn't set your expectations too high. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 10:56
  - I'm not psyched, but I'm intrigued. -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 10:55
  - I'm looking forward to it in a trainwreck kind of way. I hope to surprised. -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 10:55 2
    - I'm with you. This is gonna get panned by critics. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 10:57
    - I've heard most of the stuff that leaked and for the most part, I liked it. - Jim Oct 23, 10:56
- do.not.want...either ofthem -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 10:53
Gallup Poll: Obama 50% McCain 43% -- (link) - Inigo Oct 23, 10:50
LYC work stuff - I had to laugh when my defense attorney sent in a summary of a depo: No nice way to say this - he looks like a child molester - Epiphany Oct 23, 10:49 6
- *looks* like one? sheesh, I've been to the sexual predator commitment center (to do a wedding) and believe me they look more normal than normal folks -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 10:55
- why do you *have* attorneys? why don't i know this? -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 10:52 4
  - meh - just defense attorneys scattered all over the US - they answer to me - *evil manical laugh* -- nm - Epiphany Oct 23, 11:13
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  - they pay her to work. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:53 1
    - And instead she posts here! ARRRGGH! *shakes fist* -- nm - steveII4 Oct 23, 10:59
Supernatural video...can;t see it in Canada I gather...supposed to be uber cool...is it? -- (link) - Beaker Oct 23, 10:46 1
- Yes it is - think of " Heat of the Moment" head bob action by Dean in Mystery Spot last season - Epiphany Oct 23, 10:48
Anti-Hottie of the Day -- (link) - znufrii Oct 23, 10:45
Neat Trivia Fact from Chris Matthews last night. When was the last time the Republicans won the White House w/o a Bush or Nixon on the ticket? -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 10:43 22
- I was about to say Reagan, duh, but then remembered that's when the Bush die-nasty started. (boy who'd figure I'd miss the spymaster) -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 11:03
- Washington -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 10:47
- spoiler - znufrii Oct 23, 10:46 16
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    - 1944 (FDR & Truman) New York & Missouri. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 10:59 5
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        Missouri's a swing-state, I wouldn't call it the south as part of any voting bloc - Will Hunting Oct 23, 11:05 2
        
        Missouri's always been an odd case. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 11:12
        
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    - Depends, is Kentucky in the South? Missouri? - Roger More Oct 23, 10:58 3
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        we'll go with that. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 11:03 1
        
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    - Presidential elections are awesome for inventing meaningless streaks and statistics. - TFox Oct 23, 10:53 1
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  - *ding* That was a neat fact. -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 10:46 2
    - I came across it recently somewhere, don't remember where... -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 10:47 1
      - he said Carville told him that. -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 10:48
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  - Nixon. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:47
  - *bzzt* -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 10:45
"Candy-O" might be my favorite Cars tune not on the first album. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 23, 10:42 9
- I think you might mean "Cruiser" -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 10:45 5
  - I don't know when that was released but I'd guess that it was written early. - Mel Profit Oct 23, 10:47 4
    - yeah I liked it a lot. Moving In Stereo is awesome as well. -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 10:49 3
      - bzzt! it's on the first album. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:50 2
        
        did not know that. I have two different greatest hits collections. -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 10:51 1
        
        worth getting the first one. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:52
- YM "Let's Go". -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:42 2
  - maybe, I'll have to see. - Mel Profit Oct 23, 10:46 1
    - ~she's got wonderful eyes / and a risque mouth~ -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 10:46
so, for NWBR. it's not as well put together as I might like (it's late here), but here's your response. - mafic Oct 23, 10:41 3
- We'll pick this up again. I'm a decentralizers as well, however I think most Canadians, regardless of province, still... - Name Withheld By Request Oct 23, 10:46
- (basically, I don't think "they just keep asking for more money and autonomy and don't really want to contribute." is particularly valid, since every - mafic Oct 23, 10:46 1
  - Yes and no. Many premiers have been federalist - Lougheed, Peterson, even a guy like Wells would have an argument to the claim. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 23, 10:49
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- Your Mickey Mouse is one big stupid dope! -- nm - Pregnant Lou Gossett Jr. Oct 23, 10:44
- that's the *other* Mickey Mouse. (see how useful birthday will be?) -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 10:41 3
  - there's actually a huge number of Mickey Mouses in the phone book nationally. - Reagen Oct 23, 10:45
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  - *nice* -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 10:43
It's stuff like this that makes me ever more encouraged for an Obama victory -- (link) - znufrii Oct 23, 10:39 3
- You like people condemning each other and calling each other names in comment threads? {nm} - Banzai! Oct 23, 10:44 2
  - ummm...no. - znufrii Oct 23, 10:46 1
    - Oh...the picture ;) - Banzai! Oct 23, 10:53
Facebook question: I have one Friend who, when I go to his Profile, there is no option to write on his Wall. Why is that? - con_carne Oct 23, 10:39 8
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- limited profile. -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 10:40
- he has you on limited profile. like dawson has me. -- nm - pixie loves mandy lane Oct 23, 10:39 5
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    - I can't see it. haven't been able to since we broke up. -- nm - pixie loves mandy lane Oct 23, 10:43 3
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        it's in the privacy settings. -- nm - pixie loves mandy lane Oct 23, 10:58
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For a networking/social site, it sure is difficult to friend someone on HSX, or know someone wants to friend you. -- nm - Inigo Oct 23, 10:36 16
- not only that, but you have to know their port name, not the user handle they used in TT IE: I've been trying to friend a couple of you bery cy but - zeitgeist Oct 23, 10:52 2
  - You can use Dr Tron to consolidate that info, sort of -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 10:57 1
    - that's true, but say, can you compile a list? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 11:07
- I confirmed a friend, but it never showed up. -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 10:42
- I got an email telling me ty97 wanted to be my HSX friend - The Digital Mariner Oct 23, 10:41
- the Beta showed everyone else's friends too, don;t think this version allows that though -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 10:40
- For a Web2.0 site, it requires a shocking amount of page loads to get things done. What, no ajax? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 10:40
- and there's nothing to do once you're friended them either. - Roger More Oct 23, 10:39
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  - I invited you to be my friend - ty97 Oct 23, 10:44 1
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  - friended -- nm - Roger More Oct 23, 10:40
  - Coincidentally, that's who friended me. He's just in it for the cash though. -- nm - Inigo Oct 23, 10:38 3
    - insomnia lately (I know: ME. So sad.). I sat there with the poster list, and the hsx site - ty97 Oct 23, 10:45
    - ty97 wants to be to HSX as Tom is to Myspace --nm - The Digital Mariner Oct 23, 10:42
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So, at new HSX my rank is now 571,772. -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 10:33 5
- Crap first. -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 10:37
- ranking is broken, and it's a low priority to fix it -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 10:34 3
  - What else is broken as opposed to just hated? -- nm - hotkiss7348 Oct 23, 10:35 2
    - Movie Mogul and Box Office Battle are broken, whatever the hell they are. -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 23, 10:41
    - The portfolio view is broken: No sorting, scrolling is fucked up, no way to visually differentiate shorts from longs -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 10:39

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