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why is someone microwaving a lunch that makes the floor smell like cheesy vomit? -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 11:29 2
- I always get so pissed off at people who are like, "sorry, my lunch stinks." if you know it smells bad, don't bring it to work! -- nm - amanda Mar 19, 11:30 1
  - could be worse, could have been fish. -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 11:31
So Cyprus unanimously rejected the bank tax. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 19, 11:26 1
- Not, say the Cypriot -- nm - con_carne Mar 19, 11:27
Gunman on campus in Bloomington, Indiana university. -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 19, 11:25 7
- Are you sure? -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 11:26
- Bloomington? I thought it was IUPUI. -- nm - mara Mar 19, 11:26 5
  - News flash said IUPUI...then said Bloomington. -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 19, 11:29 4
    - They're very likely mistaken then. -- nm - mara Mar 19, 11:32
    - Hmm. There is no (stinking) PU in Bloomington. -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 11:30 2
      - I just saw Remlik's post, I would defer to his sources. -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 19, 11:32 1
        
        ... what post? -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 11:34
This is pretty funny. The LazyHusband app! -- (link) - Don Homer Mar 19, 11:25
Bryce Harper taking orders for Natinals season tickets. -- (link) - Tim Mar 19, 11:25 2
- Somehow Cole Hamels just sees this as more incentive to throw at him. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 19, 11:31
- Everyone else said they were going to hit up the bar on their day off....junior still can't get in so he had time to kill. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 19, 11:28
I think one of the reasons I love hamburgers is because I played Burger Time a lot at the arcade. Making burgers was fun. Eating burgers is fun. Mmmmm -- nm - CQ Mar 19, 11:18 1
- I think my dislike of beer is related to my inability to master Tapper. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 19, 11:25
*needs to take a nap* -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 11:17
I saw the sine, and it opened up my mind. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Mar 19, 11:12 [youtube] 3
- mop? -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 11:21 1
  - No, with the hose out in the yard, he probably doesn't need one. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 19, 11:24
- I'm going to try this the next time I pee. -- nm - Max Mar 19, 11:15
*laughing* elementary school in L.A. has clogged sewage pipes so they brought in port-a-potties this morning. Parents are complaining about the - CrankYanker Mar 19, 11:12 1
- Can they still wash their hands? -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 11:28
Our office just received a free cherry pie courtesy of some mystery local advertising on behalf of the Cherry Blossom Festival. I am simultaneously - Max Mar 19, 11:11 5
- mmm, cherry pie. -- nm - amanda Mar 19, 11:20 4
  - tastes so good, make a grown man cry. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 19, 11:21
  - It smells damn good. As a bonus, it's not making any weird noises. -- nm - Max Mar 19, 11:21 2
    - it sounds like a vespa. -- nm - amanda Mar 19, 11:30 1
      - time to say ciao to the fridge. how old is it? -- nm - Max Mar 19, 11:31
Will, re your post on b2 Obama also wasn't running against a popular(ish) incumbent. - Stephen Mar 19, 11:06
Bery, do you have the spring logo picture ready for tomorrow? -- nm - peglegpete Mar 19, 11:02 2
- I live in Canada. Shit, spring starts tomorrow? It was 1C last night. There was ice on my neighbor's roof. - Beryllium Mar 19, 11:03 1
  - The price you pay for living in paradise, eh? -- nm - OAE -- aka OAE Mar 19, 11:34
IMO: After seeing multiple replays, both guys committed offensive interference last night. - Krusty Mar 19, 10:58
Still needs to pass the House, but Maryland Senate votes to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana... -- (link) - Don Homer Mar 19, 10:46 2
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Mar 19, 10:58
- "The worst state in the entire Union!!!!!" -- nm - Mark Levin Mar 19, 10:47
um...just to bring back hotkiss's topic...but the hypothetical *is* about a young man under 40. - fedup Mar 19, 10:42 13
- lurker attack -- nm - fedup Mar 19, 10:42 12
  - first hotkiss shows up then you? - zork Mar 19, 10:45 10
    - we need foodchem to complete the trifecta. -- nm - Tim Mar 19, 10:45 9
      - was foodchem the crazy ex who joined ST? - fedup Mar 19, 10:46 8
        
        here's the first of their two posts -- (link) - zork Mar 19, 10:49 [Backboard]
        
        nah, spammer who tried to sell us tasty spices and food additives - Beaker Mar 19, 10:47 2
        
        oh bc after i crashed the party, one of her exes also did...(or i thought he did, maybe he just lurked) -- nm - fedup Mar 19, 10:55 1
        
        why do you guys link him with her tho? -- nm - fedup Mar 19, 10:56
        
        no, it was our first spammer. -- nm - Tim Mar 19, 10:47 3
        
        How I miss that crazzzzzy kid -- nm - prayformojo Mar 19, 10:47 2
        
        i wonder how he found the site. -- nm - fedup Mar 19, 10:56 1
        
        we talk about food -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 11:05
  - hope you are all well. ok going back to work now. -- nm - fedup Mar 19, 10:45
Jenna-Louise was very cute on Ferguson last night, but his interview sucked -- nm - peglegpete Mar 19, 10:42 2
- She's also going out with Richard Madden from GoT. -- nm - LMS Mar 19, 10:59 1
  - really? they make a cute couple -- nm - peglegpete Mar 19, 11:10
Steve Kornacki moving in to replace Chris Hayes at Up. -- (link) - nubby, Astro-lord Mar 19, 10:42 1
- Looking at the show he does currently, both female hosts are total cuties. - Tim Mar 19, 11:12
Anyone discover any cool iOS/Android apps recently they want to share with ST? - Don Homer Mar 19, 10:40 24
- I need something good for my 3-yr-old. Most kids games either require reading or are too short. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 19, 11:27 1
  - My three year old likes Doodle Cookie and Banana Kong. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 19, 11:32
- not really mew, but if you're not using ITA OnTheFly for flight searches, you should. -- nm - colin Mar 19, 11:26
- Slingshot Racing is pretty good. -- nm - Ender Mar 19, 11:17
- I'm still enjoying 94 Seconds and Real Racing. -- nm - mara Mar 19, 11:04
- Real Racing 3! -- nm - Stephen Mar 19, 11:01 4
  - oh yeah, this too -- nm - decline Mar 19, 11:06 3
    - Have you noticed how aggressive the AI cars are? - Stephen Mar 19, 11:19 2
      - oh absolutely. especially as you progress to the higher cars. -- nm - decline Mar 19, 11:20 1
        
        heh yeah, I just love racing the McLaren and having to spend more money to repair and tune the car than I won in the race. -- nm - Stephen Mar 19, 11:28
- Like the March Madness one. -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 11:00
- Agreed on SSG2. I'm also really enjoying Sleepwalker's Journey. -- nm - TFox Mar 19, 10:59 7
  - And I've cracked open the world of Kairosoft's sim games, which may have been a mistake. - TFox Mar 19, 11:04 6
    - Game Dev Story caused me numerous sleepless nights. - Tim Mar 19, 11:13 4
      - "Ok, I'll just develop one more game..." -- nm - Ender Mar 19, 11:16 3
        
        woo, hall of fame! -- nm - Tim Mar 19, 11:22 2
        
        "Ok, I'll just develop one more game..." -- nm - Ender Mar 19, 11:23 1
        
        "Ooh, I can make a console...." -- nm - Tim Mar 19, 11:24
    - And I've posted it before, but Sailboat Championship is still my favorite mobile race game. - TFox Mar 19, 11:05
- Love CrossMe and CrossMe color. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 19, 10:57
- Rovio's new game 'The Croods' is very pretty but a little too Farmvilley for me. Lil' Vermin is loving Bad Piggies lately. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 19, 10:53
- Osmos and heroes of Kalevala are my current time wasters -- nm - decline Mar 19, 10:46
- MouseHunt has an app. - TWuG Mar 19, 10:42
- Tupsu was a free app on amazon a few weeks back. I really like it. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 19, 10:42
The Natalie Portman film Jane Got a Gun has lost it's director on the first day of shooting. -- (link) - LMS Mar 19, 10:37 4
- I have no directing experience whatsoever but I'm free for the next few weeks. Just putting it out there. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 19, 11:15
- "I worked with Lynne on set of We Need to Talk about Kevin and she is an absolute nightmare. Ego without a cause that one. They are better off!" -- nm - zork Mar 19, 10:43 2
  - Wow, that film was So Hard to Watch! -- nm - OAE -- aka OAE Mar 19, 11:35
  - I should point out, that's not a quote from me. - LMS Mar 19, 10:58
Writer copies New Yorker story and submits it to the New Yorker under a made up name. Gets rejected. -- (link) - Tim Mar 19, 10:37
Going to San Francisco. Arriving Friday late and leaving Tuesday around noon-ish. What does ST recommend? - TWuG Mar 19, 10:36 47
- The "View to a Kill" tour! -- nm - Roger More Mar 19, 11:20
- Re-enact the Bullitt car chase. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 19, 11:18
- Stay away from fisherman's wharf -- nm - ceregon Mar 19, 11:16 1
  - Crazy talk. -- nm - Stephen Mar 19, 11:20
- Sausalito tour. Scoma's (restaurant). Ride the streetcars. Muir Woods. If the weather's nice, walk or bicycle over the Golden Gate Bridge -- nm - Jammed Uzi Mar 19, 11:14 1
  - "Cable cars are fun - everyone gets on board and becomes a rhesus monkey." -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 11:23
- The Ferry Building on the weekends, with their farmer's market (more a boutique one these days) -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 19, 11:08
- Ghirardelli Square -- nm - con_carne Mar 19, 11:03 1
  - mmmm chocolate -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 19, 11:07
- A sourdough bread bowl of clam chowder at Fisherman's Wharf. -- nm - Stephen Mar 19, 11:03
- Dinner at Absinthe is a must -- nm - Mr. Havens Mar 19, 10:56
- Haven't been there in years, but... They have probably the best Chinatown on the West Coast - con_carne Mar 19, 10:52
- Helicopter in SF is on my bucket list and $225 seems cheap. -- (link) - CrankYanker Mar 19, 10:51
- Biking across the bridge is *tough* in spots but highly recommended - prayformojo Mar 19, 10:46
- A jacket. -- nm - Qale Mar 19, 10:46 5
  - Yup. Weather can change in the blink of an eye, not like in LA -- nm - con_carne Mar 19, 10:55
  - That's a given. :-) -- nm - TWuG Mar 19, 10:48
  - Heh. This -- nm - JD Mar 19, 10:47 2
    - that gets a heh, and my flower post gets ignored? - zork Mar 19, 10:50 1
      - The city is now all about startups and tech hipsters. ;) -- nm - JD Mar 19, 10:52
- the walk out chinatown to no beach to the wharf to catch your ferry to alactraz -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 10:44
- Wear flowers in your hair -- nm - zork Mar 19, 10:44
- Re-enact Donald Sutherland's pod people scream at the end of Invasion of the Body Snatchers in front of City Hall. -- nm - Jovian Mar 19, 10:43 2
  - nobody would notice nor get it with all the homeless and usual suspect protesters -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 11:08
  - well if he does that he has to do tour person's line from The Rock while at Alcatraz - Beaker Mar 19, 10:45
- There's a duck boat tour that is different than the rest...it's billed as "the only tour that goes under AND over the Golden Gate Bridge. It's awesome -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 19, 10:43
- I've never been, but some places I would love to see in my life: Golden Gate Bridge and park, the Presidio area and all those cool steep streets, and - Don Homer Mar 19, 10:43 3
  - The Bridge, the park/Presidio and Lombard street are on the list to at least attempt to fit in. -- nm - TWuG Mar 19, 10:44 2
    - If you make it to the Presido, the Walt Disney Famiky museum is there -- nm - JD Mar 19, 10:46 1
      - Family even -- nm - JD Mar 19, 10:48
- Musee Mechanique, and the submarines down in Fisherman's Wharf -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 19, 10:42 5
  - Fisherman's Wharf is on the list. My daughter insists we visit Chinatown, anything we need to know about that? -- nm - TWuG Mar 19, 10:43 4
    - No idea about there. You hop on the ferry to Alcatraz at like Pier 35 or so.....iirc the Wharf is like 39...and the Musee and sub are like Pier 46... -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 19, 10:45 3
      - Good to know. Is there a great deal of distance between the piers? -- nm - TWuG Mar 19, 10:46 2
        
        Not between those, but be careful when judging walking distances more inland. Lots of steep hills. -- nm - con_carne Mar 19, 11:31
        
        Not exactly...you're going to walk a bit, but not NYC blocks distances. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 19, 10:49
- Exploratorium, Academy of Sciences at Golden Gate Park (as well as the park in general) -- nm - JD Mar 19, 10:41
- you are a big baseball fan right? Do they give tours of their stadium? Candlestick Park still there maybe? - Beaker Mar 19, 10:40 2
  - Candlestick is way out of the way and football only these days. The area down by AT&T park is pretty cool and I'd recommend 21st Amendment Brewery - JD Mar 19, 10:44
  - I am the furthest thing from a fan of baseball, but thank you for the suggestion. :-) -- nm - TWuG Mar 19, 10:41
- the tomb of the Unknown Hippie :)) -- nm - peglegpete Mar 19, 10:39
- Musee Mecanique -- (link) - znufrii Mar 19, 10:38 5
  - also the ghirardelli chocolate factory -- (link) - znufrii Mar 19, 10:45 3
    - This might win the wife's vote. :-) -- nm - TWuG Mar 19, 10:47 2
      - It's handy because it's walking distance from Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39 -- nm - con_carne Mar 19, 11:09
      - and if you're interested in getting out of the city to do any hiking, Muir Woods -- (link) - znufrii Mar 19, 10:51
  - The laugh that auto loads on the URL is almost enough to nix that idea. :-) -- nm - TWuG Mar 19, 10:40
Thanks on B2 y'all. If anyone has a counter-argument to responding, I'd be interested in hearing it, but that was really helpful. -- nm - TFox Mar 19, 10:36 3
- Not to be negative in regards to this, but the worst thing that can happen is that they tell you the position has been filled. - Shaun Mar 19, 10:50
- I can see no reasonable reason NOT to inquire as to the status. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 19, 10:41 1
  - only if current boss catches wind wonders why he is so hot and bothered to leave - Beaker Mar 19, 10:42
7 days until Infinite. -- nm - David Mar 19, 10:35 3
- That trailer during Walking Dead last Sunday was so awesome. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 19, 10:57
- cannot.wait. -- nm - Jovian Mar 19, 10:36
- YEAH! -- nm - Tim Mar 19, 10:35
Inside what would be the biggest house in America -- (link) - ty97 Mar 19, 10:35 5
- "Queen of Versailles" is a very interesting look into that whole thing. I *almost* pity him. - JaxSean Mar 19, 10:47 1
  - I felt that way about her. I almost pitied her. (almost) But not him. Couldn't stand him at all. -- nm - Diva Mar 19, 10:51
- This is the guy who threatened to fire his employees if Obama3 was reelected, right? -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 10:37 2
  - And then Obama did win, and he gave them all raises! -- nm - Roger More Mar 19, 10:48 1
    - OBAMA! -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 10:49
guys. guys! guys!!! -- nm - amanda Mar 19, 10:34 4
- new tights? -- nm - zork Mar 19, 10:38
- They *are* awesome boots and, yes, you should buy them. :-) -- nm - TWuG Mar 19, 10:37 1
  - relatedly, here is my shoe story of the day (told via IM) - amanda Mar 19, 11:29
- there's a bounty of cookies in your office? 90% sale at love your body? -- nm - Max Mar 19, 10:36

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