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U.S. Banks Had Their Second-Best Year Ever in 2012 -- (link) - ty97 Feb 27, 08:20 2
- Obama! -- nm - mara Feb 27, 08:24
- I am sure all my overdraft fees played a part in that. n -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 08:22
The Philly Creme Cheese was a little moldy on on end of the block, so I'm eating the other end. Am I going to die? -- nm - Qale Feb 27, 08:16 2
- just cut off the moldy stuff, isn't that what the pizza place does? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 12:40
- Yes. Everyone dies. -- nm - mara Feb 27, 08:23
YDC: But I've been working on cleaning up my facebook friend list - MDH Feb 27, 08:15 6
- i honed it a couple months ago - i didn't actually defriend, but i made it so i only got the most important updates and i got rid of almost all the - Andie Feb 27, 08:20 1
  - Right? I went to HS in MD, and went to UMD, so everyone just sent friend requests. I don't keep in touch with HS people, so most are going. - MDH Feb 27, 08:22
- I didn't delete people, per se. I just put them on the restricted list and then hid them from my feed. - spamlet Feb 27, 08:20
- I try to stay right around 350. and I actively manage friend lists. managing my online brand is very important to me. -- nm - amanda Feb 27, 08:19
- Good job using the system the way you want rather than the way Zuck wants. I try to keep mine lean too, much to the annoyance of others. -- nm - Qale Feb 27, 08:18
- There is a better way. - Spawn Feb 27, 08:17
If you like the soundtrack to Looper and old ladies, you'll like this week's Top Gear. -- nm - LMS Feb 27, 08:14
Behind the government's case against the big beer merger. -- (link) - znufrii Feb 27, 08:14
NYTimes offers free articles at Starbucks -- (link) - oblique Feb 27, 08:10 2
- Chrome incognito mode gets around the paywall. :-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 27, 08:16
- Photo of tea and coffee being poured courtesy of Starbucks. Mashable are no dummies either. -- nm - con_carne Feb 27, 08:15
Canadians and interested Americans: An interactive simulator of the Ontario Budget: (link) - Walt_Disney Feb 27, 08:06
Is Family Guy new this week? I'm wondering if Seth didn't save all his celebrity bashing material for his show (Peter hosts and goes crazy on everyon) -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 08:05
Mancow? That guy is still...working? -- (link) - oblique Feb 27, 07:57 3
- Channel 50 is still on? -- nm - spamlet Feb 27, 07:59 1
  - The only time I watch it is when the Bears are on ESPN in primetime and I get that broadcast because I don't have ESPN -- nm - oblique Feb 27, 08:12
- he has a show on from 6 to 8 every morning on channel 26 I think. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 07:58
Listening to some sat music yesterday made me wonder if today's young kids who know Wahlberg from 21 Jump Street know he was Marky Mark? -- nm - oblique Feb 27, 07:54 14
- I totally knew Marky Mark, but my brother didn't know of his music career (he's 3 years younger) -- nm - MDH Feb 27, 08:10 2
  - but you didn't know the beatles. Kids today. -- nm - loosilu Feb 27, 08:18
  - *sigh* -- nm - ty97 Feb 27, 08:17
- I would be shocked if they ever heard of Marky Mark. -- nm - loosilu Feb 27, 08:01 3
  - I guess the same might be said for Will Smith now that I think of it -- nm - oblique Feb 27, 08:09
  - not the Funky Bunch -- nm - zork Feb 27, 08:04 1
    - err, not=nor - zork Feb 27, 08:04
- Why did I put 21 jump street in there. damnit -- nm - oblique Feb 27, 07:54 6
  - I put it down to extreme old age. -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 07:55 1
    - Pretty much -- nm - oblique Feb 27, 07:56
  - WTF is "sat music?" -- nm - con_carne Feb 27, 07:55 1
    - Satellite -- nm - oblique Feb 27, 07:55
  - I meant Ted -- nm - oblique Feb 27, 07:55 1
    - (or The Other Guys) - oblique Feb 27, 07:55
Is this tweet morally dubious? - nubby, Astro-lord Feb 27, 07:52 4
- I wouldn't say morally dubious - but the switch from "We are saddened by this loss of life" to "Go local sports team!" is jarring -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 08:09 1
  - It's a hashtag already in use, which will bring the tweet to the attention of more people. -- nm - mara Feb 27, 08:15
- It's Twitter. I'm sure we can find someone somewhere who thinks so. -- nm - con_carne Feb 27, 08:04
- I don't think so. -- nm - mara Feb 27, 08:02
If interested: Canada's Supreme Court has ruled in their free speech vs hate speech case. -- (link) - Beaker Feb 27, 07:50 13
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  - Yes - but including speech that "ridicules, belittles or otherwise affronts the dignity of (people)" in the definition of hate speech is not. -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 08:03 9
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      - It was celebrating them! -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 08:12
      - What if you hate boobs? -- nm - Dano Feb 27, 08:05 6
        
        why do you hate Diva? -- nm - zork Feb 27, 08:08 3
        
        Diva = boobs? -- nm - oblique Feb 27, 08:09 2
        
        thanks -- nm - zork Feb 27, 08:10
        
        Cover your kneecaps! - SyrDragon Feb 27, 08:10
        
        umpossible. -- nm - dawson si Feb 27, 08:07
        
        Nobody liked a boobist Dano. -- nm - ty97 Feb 27, 08:06
- I think that's a decent compromise. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 07:55 1
  - this was my thought as well -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 07:59
Jax: HtDA Pre-Sale info is out... - Mel Profit Feb 27, 07:47 5
- I don't think so. Can you post? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 27, 08:17
- that means he'll have to come to Boston... -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 07:52 3
  - Right on. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 27, 07:59 2
    - He will also need to bring the lovely and talented MrsJax and we'll all have to go back to Mike's. -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 08:03 1
      - Right on. - Mel Profit Feb 27, 08:22
in this town, rents go up an average of 8% per year. I have been in my apartment since december of 2010. my rent has gone up less than 1% in that time - amanda Feb 27, 07:47 26
- i think landlords raise rates more when renting out an empty unit, good tenants get less than market raises because the owner wants them to stay - ceregon Feb 27, 08:08 3
  - this is partially true: in this town, rents typically go up slightly less for renewers. how good you are has nothing to do with it. -- nm - amanda Feb 27, 08:14 1
    - Renewals are *money*. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 08:16
  - No down time, no refurbs, no utilities, no hassle. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 08:13
- and free chicken -- nm - Dano Feb 27, 07:57
- neither my last place nor this place I'm in now have increased while I lived there -- nm - decline Feb 27, 07:54
- 8% for occupied apartments? That seems really high. - Krusty Feb 27, 07:51 19
  - university town. my apartment, when I was in school in 2009, was $705 per month. it's $898 now *and* heat, which used to be included is no longer. - amanda Feb 27, 07:55 2
    - Sheesh. That is way too high. The vast majority of people don't see their income keep up with that kind of increase. - Krusty Feb 27, 07:59 1
      - see below. the university, which is the biggest employer in town, had no salary increase in - amanda Feb 27, 08:03
  - college town -- nm - decline Feb 27, 07:53 12
    - As I said below, we are college, but every year there are hundreds more rental units. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 08:01 5
      - we're actually getting 2500ish more beds in the next nine months. these units are bus-distance to town, though -- - amanda Feb 27, 08:05 3
        
        I am not exagerating when I say the last 12-15 years there have been no less than 200 units added each and every year. - Spawn Feb 27, 08:09 2
        
        here, read this - amanda Feb 27, 08:12 1
        
        Yeah, that looks like here. Now multiply that over 25 years, and you have it. - Spawn Feb 27, 08:15
      - I doubt there is very much development going on there -- nm - decline Feb 27, 08:04
    - Why would that matter? Can college kids afford that kind of a raise? Seems like they would have a lot of turnover with those raises. - Krusty Feb 27, 07:55 5
      - College towns would have a lot of turnover anyway. -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 08:11
      - because there is no rent control and landlords know they have students by the short hairs -- nm - decline Feb 27, 07:56 2
        
        and its not like you can commute. State College is in the middle of nowhere -- nm - decline Feb 27, 07:57 1
        
        patryk's rent goes up 5.5% for early sign per year (if you renew by 2/28, you get a discount), but his salary has effectively not changed in 4 years. - amanda Feb 27, 08:02
      - where else are they going to live? all rents go up that much. -- nm - amanda Feb 27, 07:55
  - Radically high, in fact. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 07:52 2
    - You'd have to apply for permission to raise it that much here. -- nm - zork Feb 27, 07:53 1
      - We have so many new units being built every year, the city does well to not *drop* rates. - Spawn Feb 27, 08:00
boston.com Love Letters - Friendship After A Cheat - Diva Feb 27, 07:43 6
- If she is willing to pick this fight, she isn't over him. -- nm - David Feb 27, 08:09
- Cheating's pretty much a deal breaker for me...but if you're willing to stick it out... - Jim Feb 27, 07:52
- she screwed up, there are consequences. losing a friend is one of them. she needs to agree and move on -- nm - Epiphany Feb 27, 07:50 1
  - and she knows that too. that's why she told LW she was going to FB happy b-day to the guy who cuckolded him. - Diva Feb 27, 07:54
- nail her mother/sister/best friend and call it even -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 07:46
- OFFS. -- nm - loosilu Feb 27, 07:44
Ok, legal types...the gun thing from B2. Question (and I would love for this to stay on topic)... - Jim Feb 27, 07:42 14
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  - That makes sense. Thanks. -- nm - Jim Feb 27, 07:46
- IMO, this is like calling the cops because there is a black guy wandering around the hood. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 07:43 11
  - being black is not a conscious action. carrying a gun is. -- nm - znufrii Feb 27, 07:45 5
    - I don't know...what if they tried NOT to be black? Have they even tried??? -- nm - Jim Feb 27, 07:47 1
      - reminds me of the school scene in The Other Guys -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 07:47
    - and they are both completely legal. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 07:46 2
      - no one's challenging that. - znufrii Feb 27, 07:48 1
        
        and thebottom line, is that they had no right to stop and hassle the kid. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 07:49
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    - why? kid is wandering around minding his own business, and gets the cops called on him. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 07:45 3
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        Trevon Martin would disagree. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 07:46 1
        
        C'mon dude...he was wearing a hoody and everything! -- nm - Jim Feb 27, 07:54
Yeah, I totally missed this from the red carpet show... -- (link) - znufrii Feb 27, 07:42 4
- When did she ask for permission to use "The Man". I sure didn't say I was OK with it. -- nm - zork Feb 27, 08:02
- This writer has a point, but they lost me at the comparison to slavery -- nm - con_carne Feb 27, 07:52
- Be happy with that, after all you don't get to pick your nickname -- nm - Howard "Froot Loops" Wolowicz Feb 27, 07:48
- Wait, they called her the name that was given to the recent winter storm? That is worse than calling her a c-nt! -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 07:44
I'm still kind of shocked that our shooting got such national coverage. - nubby, Astro-lord Feb 27, 07:38 5
- Eh, I only heard about it on ST -- nm - con_carne Feb 27, 07:53 1
  - yup, I have no idea what he is talking about. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 08:10
- gun stories are going to continue to be big ticket media items for a while -- nm - Epiphany Feb 27, 07:49
- Obama! -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 07:39
- slow news day? -- nm - loosilu Feb 27, 07:38
Fine, I'll just come right out and say it: I thought We Saw Your Boobs was funny. nm - Jim Feb 27, 07:37 9
- Heh. I just went and watched it on YouTube. For some reason I was confusing Seth McFarlane with Seth Green - oblique Feb 27, 08:00
- agreed. -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 07:45
- Threadjack: Oscars� �We Saw Your Boobs� Bit Spikes IMDb Ratings for the Films -- (link) - con_carne Feb 27, 07:45 1
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- Due to the reaction shots, I will agree. - Spawn Feb 27, 07:41
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- Definitely. I couldn't stop thinking about SJP in "State & Main". -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Feb 27, 07:38
- agreed. -- nm - znufrii Feb 27, 07:38
- as did I. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 27, 07:38
I need a haircut. Guess what the local barber charges for a haircut. -- nm - CQ Feb 27, 07:36 11
- $0, mrs. zork cuts my hair and I colour hers (did just last night actually) -- nm - zork Feb 27, 08:13
- cut mine last night. Just grab a pair of clippers and go to town -- nm - decline Feb 27, 07:58
- $33 for me but I go to a salon and get it washed and blown.....too many horror stories at the cheap places. -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 27, 07:57
- $11 here -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 07:50
- $20 -- nm - con_carne Feb 27, 07:39 2
  - close enough $22 and that's for a regular haircut. no wash, no straight razor and foam for the sideburns and neck, just scissors and clippers. -- nm - CQ Feb 27, 07:41 1
    - That is akin to robbery. - Spawn Feb 27, 07:50
- $15 -- nm - loosilu Feb 27, 07:38
- $ 1 Bob! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 27, 07:37
- $14 -- nm - Bacon Feb 27, 07:37
- $5 -- nm - znufrii Feb 27, 07:36
Oprah -- nm -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 27, 07:34
for pips: You would need an exotic pet license to own a sloth. -- nm - loosilu Feb 27, 07:33 5
- Is there a sloth police who checks? -- nm - budice Feb 27, 07:35 4
  - yes, but you can outrun them. -- nm - loosilu Feb 27, 07:36 3
    - L4 -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 27, 08:09
    - lol. okay, I'm out if there is a smell issue. - Epiphany Feb 27, 07:37 1
      - the ones I dealt with stunk. two toed sloths are sweet. Three toed sloths are nasty and they bite. - loosilu Feb 27, 07:38
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- *waves UV light across B3* -- nm - budice Feb 27, 07:34

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