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Season 4 may not be the end for Arrested Development. :-) - Krusty Feb 27, 12:38 2
- Tony Wonder! -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 12:39
- Yeah, that's weird. Reed was just saying "No more seasons". Now they're saying "Don't listen to the boss." -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Feb 27, 12:39
Did anyone else watch Golden Boy? What were your thoughts? (Spoilers?) - Stephen Feb 27, 12:35 6
- It's recorded. Chi McBride's the only reason it's on my DVR. - TWuG Feb 27, 12:37
- wasted space where Vegas belongs -- nm - peglegpete Feb 27, 12:37 1
  - agreed, I like Vegas -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 12:42
- did the ratings come out yet? -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 12:36 2
  - 1.8 share, 10.5 million viewers, a 62% retention of NCIS LA. -- nm - David Feb 27, 12:39
  - soft -- (link) - charlie Feb 27, 12:38
early Man of Steel screening reaction -- (link) - charlie Feb 27, 12:31 5
- and then the screener grew roots - Beaker Feb 27, 12:35
- Next year's Best Picture Oscar winner! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Feb 27, 12:35
- i'm going to wait a week after it come out to decide to go or not. DC has yet to make a really good superhero film -- nm - peglegpete Feb 27, 12:34 2
  - hi there -- nm - Batman Begins Feb 27, 12:36 1
    - *nods* -- nm - zork Feb 27, 12:38
Titanic to sail again -- (link) - peglegpete Feb 27, 12:29
I am dog sitting. It is snowing. And the dog demand to crap every time we go out. - ty97 Feb 27, 12:29 4
- they get used to a certain pattern, when his owner took him for a walk is when he crapped -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 12:45
- don't go out? -- nm - peglegpete Feb 27, 12:34
- I shoveled out a set of paths in the yard for them to be able to do business (and call it Sheltieville). Much of the time they just want to eat snow. -- nm - zork Feb 27, 12:34
- dogs are a pain in the arse -- nm - CQ Feb 27, 12:32
Bery, a feature request - Reagen Feb 27, 12:26 1
- oh, I'd like that, too, if it's not too much of a bother. -- nm - b. Feb 27, 12:39
Most of Earth's species "still unknown" -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Feb 27, 12:22 2
- that's hard to nail down, because the definition of species isn't clear. -- nm - loosilu Feb 27, 12:25 1
  - I think we can all agree that dogs and cats, living together = mass hysteria. -- nm - Dr.Venkman Feb 27, 12:36
really big fish for dinner: -- (link) - Andie Feb 27, 12:16 1
- back in Nov. or Dec. we saw a guy who caught a salmon in the Credit River that was so big he was dragging it. -- nm - zork Feb 27, 12:30
Well this is cool. I have walked by this building in my neighborhoods tons of times but never knew it was used for these things -- (link) - ty97 Feb 27, 12:11 1
- Great project! I hope they're successful. - Meg Feb 27, 12:32
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- woo-hoo! have you applied for non-government jobs as well that might pay better? -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 12:41 1
  - HAVE YOU BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT? HAVE YOU BEEN INJURED ON THE JOB, CALL US, YOUR PITBULL ATTORNIES FOR A FREE CONSULTATION -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 12:48
- The age old question if you want to do what you're passionate about or what will pay you. - spamlet Feb 27, 12:26
- Good to have the options. Now tell them you need another $50k. -- nm - TFox Feb 27, 12:20 7
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    - could/would you do stuff on the side? -- nm - zork Feb 27, 12:28 1
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    - but you work like no hours and have two months off per year, right? so you make far more per hour... -- nm - amanda Feb 27, 12:27 2
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        so you'll be working Saturdays -- nm - ty97 Feb 27, 12:30
  - ree-taain-er -- nm - charlie Feb 27, 12:21
- redefine "comfortable" -- nm - znufrii Feb 27, 12:14 10
  - the old guy was hit by a street car, witnesses ran up, covered him with top coats, asked if he was comfortable, he said, i make a living' -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 12:25
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      - in which you describe my life - ty97 Feb 27, 12:22
      - or, heaven forbid, move to Brooklyn? :) -- nm - znufrii Feb 27, 12:22 4
        
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        Right? You're totally a Queens boy -- nm - ty97 Feb 27, 12:25 2
        
        Staten Island -- nm - charlie Feb 27, 12:26 1
        
        New Jersey. -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 12:38
  - Just because your wife makes you do that does not mean Jorge can. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 12:16
Speaking of Gosling, I watched Remember the Titans last night. Also Hayden P? That was her? - oblique Feb 27, 12:02 4
- It's old enough to get its own tribute at the Oscars. -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 12:08
- sorry, did you say something? I was having a happy-place moment thinking about him taking his shirt off in "crazy stupid love" -- nm - b. Feb 27, 12:04 2
  - Oh my god, it's like you're photoshopped! That movie has my favorite comic scene in a while with the backyard fight - Will Hunting Feb 27, 12:05 1
    - that movie did come together well -- nm - Epiphany Feb 27, 12:35
elevator trick I heard this week: press the floor you want + the "close door" button at the same time for several seconds to be taken to that floor, - b. Feb 27, 12:02 3 1
- I swear I thought I had a "possible" up there. -- nm - b. Feb 27, 12:43
- Maybe, maybe not. -- (link) - mara Feb 27, 12:13 1
  - fwiw, it was from a radio show and they tried it, then many listeners did and reported back. - b. Feb 27, 12:38
for Bond: Pop Mechanics 100 most beautiful cars -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 27, 12:00 1
- only 5 are prewar, and the 1930's French 1 off aerodynamic cars are incredible and notably missing -- nm - peglegpete Feb 27, 12:37
why are all the celebrity couples i like splitting up? Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen reportedly split. -- nm - Andie Feb 27, 11:58 10
- it's been rough for him since leaving Parliament -- nm - charlie Feb 27, 12:08
- In other news, Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen were a thing -- nm - ty97 Feb 27, 12:06
- I didn't even know they were together. She needs to get back with the Gosling. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 11:58 7
  - for quite a while now. -- nm - Andie Feb 27, 11:59
  - Enty has implied that might be happening. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 27, 11:58 5
    - It should. Realistically, any single woman should - Will Hunting Feb 27, 12:01 4
      - I can't link it from here, but you should look for "Rachel McAdams Morning Glory gif" - Reagen Feb 27, 12:11 3
        
        Oh, you mean -- (link) - con_carne Feb 27, 12:36 [Image]
        
        I can dig that. Didn't think she had that much back there. -- nm - Shaun Feb 27, 12:16 1
        
        she's done a lot of squats or lunges or whatever. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 12:30
Weird Question but: Would you consider a interest rate of 10% high or low if you are trying to get a loan for a business? - Walt_Disney Feb 27, 11:54 9
- In the US, that's probably slightly high (though not outrageous) for a small company. In Canada, it's probably about right. -- nm - spamlet Feb 27, 12:01
- It completely depends on several factors. The kind of loan it is (secured or unsecured, if secured what kind of collateral and what priority), also - pmb Feb 27, 12:00
- that's hardly less than a good credit score credit card -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 11:59
- high. -- nm - Andie Feb 27, 11:58
- I would estimate that's high. Every other loan in the States at least is under that - Will Hunting Feb 27, 11:58 3
  - You're comparing apples and oranges. The market for business loans is entirely different. -- nm - pmb Feb 27, 12:01 2
    - Sure, but my thought is it's high and given the first few searches I found had 6-8%...my gut is right. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 12:02 1
      - Your gut is not necessarily right. You know nothing about the business, the type of loan or the purpose of the loan. - pmb Feb 27, 12:04
- High. -- nm - Loyola Feb 27, 11:57
Keith Ellison to Sean Hannity: "You are the worst excuse for a Journalist I have ever seen" -- (link) - amoxy Feb 27, 11:54
Mayer's decision was partially based on an analysis of VPN traffic which was a lot less than expected -- (link) - spamlet (iPhone) Feb 27, 11:49 6
- maybe they'll trim the fat, but they'll also lose some of their best and brightest. dreadfully short-sighted decision. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 27, 11:57
- That has got to be the lamest measurement. Almost worse than the old key-click counters some companies used. -- nm - GregW Feb 27, 11:54
- ... because internet usage is THE primo indicator for work accomplishments -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 11:52 2
  - I assume they allow offsite access to their private network for applications, files, etc. so it's not strictly measuring "internet usage". We have - Don Homer Feb 27, 11:56 1
    - Let me guess, you have to log in through the company portal ... - Will Hunting Feb 27, 11:59
- (On stopping working at home for Yahoo) -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Feb 27, 11:49
SITWAP: NFLPA President: It's Time for All Jocks to Embrace Diversity (I especially like this paragraph:) - nubby, Astro-lord Feb 27, 11:47 1
- Yet again, another University of Maryland Terrapin! We know how to raise them. -- nm - MDH Feb 27, 11:53
fox: you're my boo. nmbobvs - amanda Feb 27, 11:44 2
- [blushes] -- nm - R.Murdoch Feb 27, 11:51
- huggins. -- nm - TFox Feb 27, 11:51
Heather is home right now watching the front yard being dug up. She says that it reminds her of the appearance of the house at the end of - prayformojo Feb 27, 11:41 6
- Have they found the Indian bones yet? -- nm - Dano Feb 27, 12:01
- If I have learned anything about paranormal stuff, it's when the house is worked on, that the real fun starts. - Will Hunting Feb 27, 12:00
- you know that that box might contain gold doubloons or something that could pay for all this crap, right? - Andie Feb 27, 11:59
- Ask her how Athena is reacting to the digging. -- nm - MDH Feb 27, 11:43
- At least it's not like the house at the end of Poltergeist -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 27, 11:42 1
  - or Carrie -- nm - zork Feb 27, 11:43
From the BBs: Want to ripen bananas? Put them next to apples. -- (link) - TWuG Feb 27, 11:40 14
- They're ripe, though. They just don't turn color, they stay green. -- nm - kelly Feb 27, 11:41 13
  - costco bananas are so annoying to me. the issue is that they're overgassed vs. most other stores, maybe because of the volume. it presents here with - b. Feb 27, 11:45 3
    - I generally only buy two at a time on my produce runs. I got a couple of extras this week knowing I'd be on smoothies for a couple of days. -- nm - Meg Feb 27, 11:52 2
      - me, too - just one or two at a time. (banana share) - b. Feb 27, 11:59 1
        
        i tried buying 5 green on sundays to have one/day on my cheerios. but the friday nanas were always way too mushy - charlie Feb 27, 12:13
  - bannanas have to be gassed to yellow and apples will do that. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 11:44 3
    - but WillH lives in that house -- nm - zork Feb 27, 11:46 2
      - If it's green, I don't eat the banana, so this doesn't work for me. - Will Hunting Feb 27, 11:51 1
        
        I was referring to gas in that post -- nm - zork Feb 27, 12:27
  - It's probably just a different type of banana (there are lots). Maybe from Asia instead of South America? -- nm - decline Feb 27, 11:44 4
    - there's actually just one type. -- nm - loosilu Feb 27, 11:45 3
      - 90-something percent in the u.s. are the one variety, but I see a number of others here frequently. -- nm - b. Feb 27, 11:48 1
        
        yeah, we get the central american bananas sometimes. -- nm - loosilu Feb 27, 11:50
      - mmm, heirloom bananas -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 11:46
Full DOMA brief/listing of 300 companies that are included -- (link) - MDH Feb 27, 11:33 2
- DML Insurance Services, Inc. ha ha. (also, no BoA. no Comcast.) -- nm - amanda Feb 27, 11:51
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOGER! -- nm - Dr Johnny Fever Feb 27, 11:33 1
- Phone cops! -- nm - zork Feb 27, 11:38
Woot! IRS tax refund arrived today! It's so big. Like Ron Jeremy big. -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 27, 11:30 5
- mine was very large as well. -- nm - amanda Feb 27, 11:54 1
  - Mine's been large as long as I can remember. -- nm - Jim Feb 27, 12:06
- Time for a new Audi! -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 11:36 2
  - I'd rather just take a small vacation next month to see my dad, brother, sister-in-law, nephew and about-to-be-born niece -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 27, 11:39 1
    - But you could drive there in the new Audi!!! -- nm - Jim Feb 27, 11:53
"I am a ranger in Yosemite National Park and receive many letters from visitors. This is my favorite." -- (link) - con_carne Feb 27, 11:28 [Image] 1
- Even the signature says it. - Spawn Feb 27, 11:29
Hmm. It's still snowing. Decisions decisions. - Truman Feb 27, 11:26 4
- delay at the client fror a bit longer, than head home -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 11:27 3
  - I have worked as slowly as I can managed and I done already - Truman Feb 27, 11:28 2
    - say your tire blew and the tow co said they were jammed and it will take a few hours to get to you -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 11:42 1
      - my excuse is a lot more me that than actually. - tRuMaN Feb 27, 12:09
Crash, don't click on this -- (link) - oblique Feb 27, 11:24 [youtube]
LIR: Glass: Do I really want to be able to do things in the future that today I have to take my phone out of my pocket to do? - oblique Feb 27, 11:23 9
- if i live in NYC i don't need my glasses to tell me to how to get to the Strand. but more than that, i don't want the constant intrusions popping up - charlie Feb 27, 12:10 1
  - Most of Earth's species "still unknown" -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Feb 27, 12:21
- I extremely don't. -- nm - TFox Feb 27, 11:26
- Forget the "last ten feet" between computer and TV. How long until they bridge the inch-and-a-half and go from glasses to a mount on the optic nerve? - Det.Vermin Feb 27, 11:25 1
  - Our Brave New Neal Stephensonian World. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 11:30
- The demo video I saw felt like a tampon commercial. - Beryllium Feb 27, 11:24 3
  - two menstruation analogies in a row! -- nm - loosilu Feb 27, 11:29 2
    - I blame Seth MacFarlane -- nm - Qale Feb 27, 11:50
    - Know how hockey goalies and Polish/Irish/Newfie/whatever women are similar? - zork Feb 27, 11:37
I address my mail menopausally. - Det.Vermin Feb 27, 11:22 1
- .. with hot wax? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 11:23
Oh Trinidad (a neighborhood in DC) "Pepsi Machine Found to be Vending Malt Liquor" -- (link) - MDH Feb 27, 11:21
"Did you know? Rick Astley will lend you any of his Pixar DVDs except for one." - Beryllium Feb 27, 11:20 4
- BANHAMMER!!! -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 11:22
- I posted that a while back and got pummeled. -- nm - amoxy Feb 27, 11:21 2
  - Spawned! -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 11:23
  - heheh :) I suppose I should have tronned it -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 11:22
I am meeting'ed out for today -- nm - ty97 Feb 27, 11:19
If a deal is too good to be true... - Spawn Feb 27, 11:19 1
- You must have bought an Audi from Cappie -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 27, 11:41

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