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argh! pledge drive week! -- nm - Max Feb 19, 13:25 1
- how can it be again so soon?! -- nm - b. Feb 19, 13:29
(spoils) - znufrii Feb 19, 13:21 10
- (spoils) - Will Hunting Feb 19, 13:22 9
  - (spoils) - znufrii Feb 19, 13:23
  - (spoils) - TWuG Feb 19, 13:23 7
    - (spoils) - Will Hunting Feb 19, 13:24 6
      - (spoils) - amoxy Feb 19, 13:24 5
        
        (spoils) - TFox Feb 19, 13:25 4
        
        *runs out from behind the door* "I KNEW IT!" -- nm - Miss Chanandler Bong Feb 19, 13:27
        
        (spoils) - TWuG Feb 19, 13:27 2
        
        spoilers - Beaker Feb 19, 13:27 1
        
        That's not a spoiler, that's the God's honest truth. -- nm - TWuG Feb 19, 13:28
Loosi, does the DOD 24 hour clock start each day in DC time? -- nm - peglegpete Feb 19, 13:19 2
- no, it's Zulu time. Greenwich. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 13:20 1
  - thanks. I was not sure where Zulu started -- nm - peglegpete Feb 19, 13:32
*bangs* head against the wall...was shorted the Talia Al Ghul figure for the new Batman Arkham figure release... - Remlik Feb 19, 13:13
nmb budice - CrankYanker Feb 19, 13:12
I love how our local blogger pretends like this is a big deal... -- (link) - znufrii Feb 19, 13:05 6
- They Destroyed the Oak Room! *slap* -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 13:06 5
  - yeah, that f*cking sucks - znufrii Feb 19, 13:09 4
    - I never went either. the death of WBCN hit me harder. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 13:11 2
      - I still can't really fathom that 'BCN is gone. - Mel Profit Feb 19, 13:14 1
        
        FNX wasn't near as important to me. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 13:16
    - *blubbering into the lapels of your evening jacket in a very unmanly fashion* -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 13:10
Time zones, motherf*cker, do you know which one you're in?! -- nm - znufrii Feb 19, 13:05 8
- Central. Though I think it'd be cool to do away with time zones, switch to a 24 hour clock - TWuG Feb 19, 13:12 7
  - DOD already does this. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 13:14
  - znufrii will adore this idea. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 13:12 5
    - meh... -- nm - znufrii Feb 19, 13:20
    - I was careful to address it to the appropriate audience. :-) -- nm - TWuG Feb 19, 13:14 3
      - You have just discovered UTC, aka Zulu time. -- (link) - loosilu Feb 19, 13:15 2
        
        I discovered it awhile ago and think it's so logical that it'll never be adopted. -- nm - TWuG Feb 19, 13:17 1
        
        we use it for our conference calls with DOD clients. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 13:18
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They destroyed the Oak Room. Repeat: The destroyed the Oak Room. - Mel Profit Feb 19, 13:02 10
- ouch, I just took a look - from old-school upscale to a totally different vibe. just the new name alone says a lot. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 19, 13:19 4
  - I want to wage Jihad. - Mel Profit Feb 19, 13:21 3
    - I'm very familiar with the two local Fairmonts - the S.F. one is particularly interesting. most of it is still old-school, gorgeous glamour-y; but - b. Feb 19, 13:28 2
      - I could totally get shnoockered in a bar called...The Tonga Room. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 13:29 1
        
        I lived in San Fran for 25 years and, sigh/shock...never went there. though its supposed to be awesome with a f'n barge floating in the middle - zeitgeist Feb 19, 13:32
- What is the Oak Room? -- nm - amoxy Feb 19, 13:13 1
  - old timey bar associated with an old time hotel. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 13:17
- I feel horrible that I missed this. Had I know they were "refurbishing" I would have gone and said goodbye with... - Mel Profit Feb 19, 13:08 2
  - They gutted the interior? Any idea if the interior went to an architectural salvage company? - TWuG Feb 19, 13:13 1
    - Thanks Twug for trying to be helpful. - Mel Profit Feb 19, 13:17
Champions League spoils - znufrii Feb 19, 12:58
Higgs Boson Particle May Spell DOOOOOOOMMMM For the Universe -- (link) - amoxy Feb 19, 12:56
SITWAP: The Royal & Ancient (R&A) and the US Golf Association will ban the "Long" Putter -- (link) - amoxy Feb 19, 12:50
Sweet fancy Moses, this new laptop is frackin' heavy - prayformojo Feb 19, 12:50
First BK ... then Jeep .. then MTV. But wait - the MTV one is looking like a pure publicity stunt. Cheeky buggers. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 12:40
kilbo, yes, the animated Hoodwinked. Declan seemed to be enjoying it so I didn't turn it off, I did, however, force myself to take a nap. - Stephen, signing his NLI to play for ST Feb 19, 12:39
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- Chris Hadfield accidentally switched off the comm while fighting off the alien invaders. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Feb 19, 12:47
- It was regained over an hour ago ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 12:36 7
  - Or was it? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Feb 19, 12:47
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    - Chubby Rain! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 12:47 1
      - Gotcha, suckas! -- nm - David Feb 19, 12:50
    - Waiting for the found footage -- nm - amoxy Feb 19, 12:45
    - misdirection! -- nm - decline Feb 19, 12:41
  - You really do need to get back to work -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 12:39
I've been away a while and want to talk baseball. Where'd the sports board go? -- nm - The Ghost of Mr. Havens Feb 19, 12:29 7
- I'm more than happy to discuss the coming of Shelby Miller and Oscart Tavares! -- nm - Jim Feb 19, 12:36 3
  - *strikes out Oscar, homers off Shelby* -- nm - Dylan Bundy Feb 19, 12:56 2
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      - *circles the bases, then runs out to the left field seats and catches himself a souvenir* -- nm - Billy Hamilton Feb 19, 13:09
- A couple guys are rehearsing for a podcast during Halo games if you want to join in :) -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 12:30 2
  - "slacker talk radio" ..... just saying. :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 13:18
  - There's going to be a ST baseball podcast? - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 19, 13:16
I doing a mindnumbing task all afternoon, and my podcasts are boring me to death. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 12:20
oh, from b2 - also, the increase in gas prices has been getting a lot of attention here; and I heard it on multiple national radio news reports, too. -- (link) - b. Feb 19, 12:18 6
- Our prices have increased daily for about the past month. We're up 0.54 in that period. With luck I won't need to fill up until just before my road- - Meg Feb 19, 12:26 2
  - *pictures Meg as Michonne with two armless/mouthless walkers tied to her bumper pulling her through the desert* -- nm - JenBro Feb 19, 12:28 1
    - This'll be a highway trip so - unless they can run a about 80mph - we'll need a plan b :) -- nm - Meg Feb 19, 12:29
- nmb b! (snake idea inside) - JenBro Feb 19, 12:24 2
  - thanks.. - b. Feb 19, 12:48
  - hahahaha ... that's supposed to be SNACK ... not snake - JenBro Feb 19, 12:25
FilmJerk's Oscar Handicap articles - The Ghost of Mr. Havens Feb 19, 12:17 13
- Nice! Welcome back. - Krusty Feb 19, 12:32
- How's it hanging? nm -- nm - Jim Feb 19, 12:21 7
  - Sleepily and too the left. Went back to college. School during the days, working at night, sleeping when I can - The Ghost of Mr. Havens Feb 19, 12:22 6
    - congrats. how is that coming along? -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 12:23 4
      - Going for a business degree. 4.0 last semester. This semester is a big of a struggle with the change in my work sked, but I cope - The Ghost of Mr. Havens Feb 19, 12:25 3
        
        that's fantastic. Good luck to both of you. it is worth it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 12:30 2
        
        This. -- nm - Krusty Feb 19, 12:42
        
        word. -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 12:31
    - Wow...busy, busy, busy! -- nm - Jim Feb 19, 12:23
- hi! -- nm - loosilu Feb 19, 12:19 1
  - Hello! -- nm - The Ghost of Mr. Havens Feb 19, 12:19
- Nice to see some sites haven't caved to the trendy "we must update our look every decade" movement :) - oblique Feb 19, 12:18 1
  - Considering I am, for the most part, retired from this kinda thing, it's lucky it's updated at all -- nm - The Ghost of Mr. Havens Feb 19, 12:20
Politics and population density. -- (link) - znufrii Feb 19, 12:16
Gee, I wonder why Mindy McCready killed herself. Anyway, in a classy move, Vivid Entertainment has halted distribution of her unauthorized sex tape -- (link) - con_carne Feb 19, 12:16
Floyd Mayweather Jr vs interim titlist Robert Guerrero May 4 in Vegas -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 12:15
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- Pixar was coopted by Disney so quickly. Such a disappointment. -- nm - TWuG Feb 19, 12:48
- I think Star Wars gets pushed to 2016. Maybe Xmas 2015. -- nm - Remlik Feb 19, 12:24
- Really? Toy Story 4? Really? - Will Hunting Feb 19, 12:14 7
  - i thought they explicitly said they were done with feature length Toy Story after 3. -- nm - TFox Feb 19, 12:25 5
    - They did after 2 as well. That's why Disney bought them. -- nm - spamlet (wearing the cone of shame) Feb 19, 12:43 3
      - Yes, but putting Lasseter as CEO should have meant the Disney culture picking up the best of Pixar culture. - TWuG Feb 19, 12:59 2
        
        I really liked Brave. Better than Toy Story 3 and Cars 2 -- nm - The Ghost of Mr. Havens Feb 19, 13:05 1
        
        Cars 2 is easily the worst Pixar film. -- nm - TWuG Feb 19, 13:24
    - Sh*t changes when hundreds of millions of dollars are involved - The Ghost of Mr. Havens Feb 19, 12:26
  - well its really only been like what? 17 days since Toy Story 3 was in theaters. -- nm - Jovian Feb 19, 12:15
- Hawthorne lives! -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 12:13
Woo! office is closing at 4 (due to weather) -- nm - JenBro Feb 19, 12:08 7
- *remember what i said about the game tonight* - prayformojo Feb 19, 12:12 6
  - didn't you see Spawn's post ... all is lost ... the curse hath been struck! -- nm - JenBro Feb 19, 12:17 5
    - that's not gonna cut it -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 12:18 1
      - *face crumples ... starts to sniffle ... hangs head* can't stand the pressure!!! -- nm - JenBro Feb 19, 12:27
    - wait a second ... this just occurs to me ... - JenBro Feb 19, 12:18 2
      - hahahahaha. like i'd ever place my entire life fortune on a big 10 game -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 12:48 1
        
        Again. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Feb 19, 12:52
*points and laughs at Arsenal* -- nm - znufrii Feb 19, 12:07 3
- I'm pvr'ing the game, but ya they are in complete disarray.... We need isn't long for the club -- nm - J-mobile Feb 19, 12:27 1
  - We need = Wenger -- nm - J-mobile Feb 19, 12:28
- oh, how cute! they're trying to score a goal... -- nm - znufrii Feb 19, 12:23
Saw a commercial for the History Channels show called The Bible...actually looks really interesting. Vikings of course looks to be awesome -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 12:06 3
- Isn't their Bible thing in 13 parts? Probably will watch, but Vikings looks great -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 12:07 2
  - the Vikings show is 9 which makes me happy all the more as a set end date helps storytelling. -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 12:09 1
    - cool. -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 12:12
Now those are some blinged out bugs. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 19, 12:05
Researchers in Vermont have coded the happiness level of 10 million goetagged tweetsto dervice the happiest/saddest states and cities -- (link) - ty97 Feb 19, 12:03
The Third Bullet by Stephen Hunter...started out really good, but now a slog to the finish (his last 3-4 books have been painful to read) -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 12:02 2
- and yet you keep reading them ? -- nm - decline Feb 19, 12:16 1
  - got to see what happens with Bob Lee Swagger! (Hard just to set aside a series of books...although I have dropped Clancy) - Beaker Feb 19, 12:17
I guess an animated feature called 'Escape From Planet Earth' was released over the holiday weekend. - Diva Feb 19, 12:02 15
- I thought it was going to bomb so I opened it in a smaller house, and had to move it to a bigger house by Sunday - The Ghost of Mr. Havens Feb 19, 12:23 1
  - My friend was complaining about that last weekend. She wanted to take her son to see something but the theater near her only had R rated films. - Krusty Feb 19, 12:44
- Saw the trailer for the Will Smith Earth(something) movie and thought the same. -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 12:05
- My wife and daughter went to see it while the boys were away. No complaints specifically -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 12:04 3
  - Ditto. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 19, 12:12
  - Well with rave reviews like that... -- nm - con_carne Feb 19, 12:06 1
    - With second tier animation, that's really the best you can hope for. -- nm - spamlet (wearing the cone of shame) Feb 19, 12:11
- From the distributor of Hoodwinked! -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 12:04 6
  - A couple of days ago I found out The Rock has a movie opening called 'Snitch'. I couldn't tell much of what was supposed to happen - Diva Feb 19, 12:16 5
    - He has to save his son from prison by working undercover for the DEA. - Stephen, Signing his NLI to play for ST Feb 19, 13:16
    - Sounds like the trailer for Faster -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 12:18 3
      - They should just combine the films into one and call it 'Faster, Snitch, Faster!...and More Furiouser!' - Diva Feb 19, 12:22 2
        
        The Fast and Furious movies are doing an impressive job of making me want to watch the whole series (I haven't seen any) -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 12:49 1
        
        the commercials for this last one have the same effect on me. - Mel Profit Feb 19, 12:52
- I saw commercials for it. I think I commented to my wife that it looks worse than Hansel and Gretel. -- nm - Shaun Feb 19, 12:03
Heh, I tried posting this gibson index comment on a BoingBoing article but it got removed (or maybe just moved to a moderation queue, hard to tell) - Beryllium Feb 19, 12:02 4
- ooh, nice, it appears to be back now -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 12:12
- Is the index supposed to be an entity? Would posting as "we" instead of "I" be helpful? -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 12:03 2
  - Perhaps. I should be working, really, not pushing social media ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 12:06
  - I have achieved sentience. -- nm - Index Feb 19, 12:04
I'll show you a place High on the desert plain Where the streets have no name -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 19, 12:02
*gulp* -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 12:01 3
- Okay so since its fresh in your head. The Passage/ The Twelve, who would you cast as? - Jovian Feb 19, 12:04 1
  - ohh. Colonel Greer = Timothy Olyphant -- nm - Jovian Feb 19, 12:06
- trade that hummer in for a prius -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 19, 12:02

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