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Friday the 13th: What a great day for layoffs - Jammed Uzi Feb 13, 07:14 5
- If your boss comes in wearing a hockey mask... RUN! -- nm - secretslacker Feb 13, 07:19 1
  - lol -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 13, 07:21
- start downloading files. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 07:14 2
  - ... in the process of doing that. Just the most personal ones. -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 13, 07:17
  - "Dear Michael.doc" -- nm - nubby Feb 13, 07:15
Effing FCC! I was 5 days from not having to see those damn transition crawls anymore. "FCC Orders Some Stations to Halt DTV Switch" -- (link) - Ender Feb 13, 07:14 3
- maybe if you switched to digital you wouldn't see them :) -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 13, 07:15 2
  - Oh no, station management isn't smart enough for that, they throw it on everything. Cable, Satellite, even the digital HD signal. -- nm - Ender Feb 13, 07:19 1
    - just stop watching tv -- nm - decline Feb 13, 07:26
st needs a full time poll statistician to keep track of the results. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 13, 07:11 6
- You're hired -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Feb 13, 07:12 4
  - I withdrawl my name for the nomination. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 13, 07:12 3
    - Is that the Southern version of withdrawing? -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 07:14 1
      - yes -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 13, 07:15
    - when I was growing up, if someone said "We need to do this," my dad would call it "volunteering". -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 07:13
- Just ask the American public to do it. They are apparently experts in everything. -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 07:12
this is funny - a friend of mine was given a new green iPod nano for V-Day, this morning, engraved. - Andie Feb 13, 07:08 22
- tell her she should think of it as him saying that she (the Valentine) is more important than the occasion (just a day). - TFox Feb 13, 07:16 3
  - or maybe she could be happy that her boyfriend gave her an ipod and she's kind of a bitch for nitpicking the capitalization. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 07:18 2
    - well, *that's* a little bit overboard. - TFox Feb 13, 07:21 1
      - totally, and it's her husband, of like 15 years. -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 07:36
- the lack of punctuation would drive me crazy. does apple not engrave commas? -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 07:14 2
  - i have the feeling this is Mark's fault, not Apple's. -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 07:16 1
    - At least she still loves him. Her iPod says so -- nm - Guigue Feb 13, 07:16
- crazy-making. She'll have to get a case thingy for it. -- nm - Amy Feb 13, 07:13
- [email protected] -- nm - lileve Feb 13, 07:12
- the d isn't the only thing wrong -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Feb 13, 07:11 1
  - oh, she knows (she's a copywriter!). but it's the 'day' that's bugging her. -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 07:12
- misspelling would be way worse. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 07:10
- That lack of punctuation is a bit maddening. -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 07:10 8
  - It's probably on 2 different lines at least -- nm - Guigue Feb 13, 07:13 7
    - it would have to be i think, just for space. -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 07:13 6
      - I think we need a photo. - ty97 Feb 13, 07:16 5
        
        it's in her facebook status at the moment - i'll tell her we need a pic. -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 07:16 4
        
        that's kinda mean. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 07:17 3
        
        oh, it's not, really. on her public page she said 'it makes me love him more.' - Andie Feb 13, 07:20 1
        
        ah, ok. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 07:21
        
        oh, pshaw. if it was a sensitive topic, it wouldn't be in a Facebook status. -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 07:18
- definitely insanity inducing -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 13, 07:09
St poll, like dis better: mints or gum. soda or beer. cake or pie. soup or salad. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 13, 07:05 28
- mints, beer, pie, soup -- nm - Roger More Feb 13, 07:15
- Mints, soda, pie, soup. -- nm - kelly Feb 13, 07:11
- gum soda pie salad -- nm - Redmond Feb 13, 07:10 2
  - worst salad ever. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 07:11 1
    - word -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 13, 07:12
- Gum, Usually Soda, Pie, depends on time of Year -- nm - amoxy Feb 13, 07:10
- gum, beer, cake, soup -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 07:09
- Gum, soda, cake, soup -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 13, 07:09
- mints, beer, pie, soup -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 07:09 3
  - this, of course, is my true answer -- nm - CQ Feb 13, 07:13 2
    - i mean, soda's cool and all, but I've got an option? toss me a beer, please. -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 07:14 1
      - agreed. I'm such a soda freak, but there's just something about a beer -- nm - CQ Feb 13, 07:16
- Mints. Beer. Cake, unless the pie was made by my mom or my brother. Salad. -- nm - mara Feb 13, 07:09
- Yes. Soda. Yes. Soup (but not butternut squash). -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 07:09 1
  - so, how did the haloing go after I left - tRuMaN Feb 13, 07:10
- mints, soda, cake, salad. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 07:09
- Mints, caffeinated soda, cake (frosting) and soup. -- nm - Amy Feb 13, 07:08
- Gum. Soda. Cake. Soup -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 13, 07:08
- gum, soda, cake, soup -- nm - lileve Feb 13, 07:08 1
  - Woo! -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 07:13
- gum. pop. pie. depends on what kind of soup. - oblique, better than nubby Feb 13, 07:07
- mints, soda, pie, toss-up. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 13, 07:07
- gum, Pibb, cake, soup -- nm - Jim Feb 13, 07:06
- mints, soda, pie, and soup -- nm - CQ Feb 13, 07:06 1
  - oh yeah! -- nm - kelly Feb 13, 07:12
- Gum. Beer. Cake. Soup. -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 07:06 2
  - *high five* -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 07:10 1
    - The lack of beer responses is pretty sad. -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 07:14
I love my work. Out at 1:30 AM, back in at 8:30 AM - Mr. Havens Feb 13, 07:05 1
- And Friday the 13th opens today. That's uber exciting! -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 07:07
Thanks again to everyone that has donated to lil miss ccc's "Operation Cookie" fund to send cookies to soldiers. 2 cases from ST! Still not too late - The Calico Cat Coalition Feb 13, 07:03
Report: Curt Schilling Has An Opinion On A-Rod -- (link) - TFox Feb 13, 07:02 5
- funny. -- nm - Diva Feb 13, 07:06
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- I would be shocked if he didn't have an opinion on A-Rod - amoxy Feb 13, 07:03 2
  - I don't think he has an opinion about you -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 13, 07:08 1
    - ~You probably think this song is about you~ -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 07:08
Light reading material for ST, here are links to the stimulus bill as of 9:30 this morning - Strongbad Feb 13, 06:57 29
- brilliant, thanks -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 06:58 28
  - Still no electronic fully-searchable version -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 06:58 27
    - well, it's a start -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 07:01 26
      - 1,071 pages -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 07:03 25
        
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        Seriously. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 13, 07:20
        
        I would like to believe that members of Congress could digest and understand the implications of spending $800B and how before voting on it. - TFox Feb 13, 07:13 6
        
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        Just *trust* 'em! They say it's a good bill! Who are we to second-guess? - Dr.Vermin Feb 13, 07:18 4
        
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        I would hope that would be one of the minimum job requirements: to read and understand the bills you vote on. -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 07:19 2
        
        Though all they need to read/review this time are the changes to what they voted on already. - ty97 Feb 13, 07:22
        
        or at least understand it, even if you have other people do the reading for you. -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 07:20
        
        In the name of more ethical and transparent government, they said all legislation would be posted for 48 hours before final passage. - Strongbad Feb 13, 07:12 13
        
        they also said they'd have in on the president's desk by Monday. - znufrii Feb 13, 07:13 2
        
        ethics and transparency... sorry, you've been voted off the island. - Strongbad Feb 13, 07:15 1
        
        but seriously, do you think it would have changed anything in the bill? - znufrii Feb 13, 07:19
        
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        Yet. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 07:15 8
        
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        Pass the bill on Monday. Who cares. -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 07:17 6
        
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        The criticizers aren't elected to vote on the bill; we aren't the ones who need to read it. - TFox Feb 13, 07:23
        
        the congresspersons who are expecting to go on their President's Day recess? -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 07:19 2
        
        ok, then fuckitall, Tuesday. -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 07:20 1
        
        well, they're out the entire week. -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 07:22
        
        I do. - ty97 Feb 13, 07:19
        
        You expected them to follow their own 48-hour guideline? ha! -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 07:07
so ST is good at this kind of thing: I need pictures of island nation leaders/dictators - mafic Feb 13, 06:56 22
- The wiki page has a bunch of leaders of Madagascar, inclusing many women -- nm - Guigue Feb 13, 07:16 2
  - Forgot the link -- (link) - Guigue Feb 13, 07:16 1
    - Ranavalona I is probably the most notorious of the lot - had a partucularly bloody reign IIRC -- nm - Roger More Feb 13, 07:23
- Mohamed Nasheed, President of the Maldives -- (link) - decline Feb 13, 07:11 [Image]
- Prince Roy of The Principality of Sealand -- (link) - decline Feb 13, 07:09 [Image]
- Olafur Grimsson, president of Iceland. -- (link) - loosilu Feb 13, 07:04 [Image]
- Marcus Stephen, president of Nauru. -- (link) - loosilu Feb 13, 07:03
- How about Hawaii before it was a state? -- (link) - mara Feb 13, 07:00 5
  - obscure is good (fictional too!) -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 07:02 4
    - Emperor of Lilliput? Except he's so tiny. Heh. -- (link) - mara Feb 13, 07:08
    - Emily and Richard Lestrange -- (link) - Roger More Feb 13, 07:03 2
      - Ralph -- (link) - Roger More Feb 13, 07:04 1
        
        Chuck Noland. Hmmm... no-land... I get it! -- (link) - Roger More Feb 13, 07:05
- Augusto Pinochet -- (link) - CQ Feb 13, 06:58 [Image] 2
  - chile's not much of an island. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 07:00 1
    - yeah, see I fail at reading -- nm - CQ Feb 13, 07:00
- Fulgenico Batista -- (link) - Roger More Feb 13, 06:58 3
  - nice. more historical context is always good. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 06:59
  - Lee Kuan Yew -- (link) - Roger More Feb 13, 06:59 1
    - Johanna Sigurdasdottir -- (link) - Roger More Feb 13, 07:00
- Jack -- (link) - oblique, better than nubby Feb 13, 06:57 [Image] 1
  - ooh, I like. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 06:58
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- Where the hell is Chuck Shumer? His comments about IndyMac started the trouble - Mr. Havens Feb 13, 07:08
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- American Consumers, Federal Government since Carter, American Consumers, - tRuMaN Feb 13, 06:57
- But amazingly enough...the American Consumer is ahead of Bush... - Jim Feb 13, 06:53 2
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  - I just went through this (and was going to post the link). I think I gave just about all of them a 10. -- nm - Diva Feb 13, 06:54
These are some sweet fast shutter shots of hummingbirds. Amazing -- (link) - oblique, better than nubby Feb 13, 06:47 [flickr] 5
- what kind of camera would you need to catch a hummingbird in midflight? -- nm - decline Feb 13, 07:00 3
  - One that shoots out a net? -- nm - mara Feb 13, 07:20
  - actually, I got the link from this great article on Strobist detailing the setup the guy used -- (link) - oblique, better than nubby Feb 13, 07:08
  - probably one that operates at 1000fps or faster probably - tRuMaN Feb 13, 07:01
- I particularly like this one. -- (link) - znufrii Feb 13, 06:50 [flickr]
looks like the NEA funding got cut from the bill as well. -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 06:47 4
- never mind, I just realized I'm still looking at a pre-conference version of the bill. - znufrii Feb 13, 06:58 1
  - Look above! -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 06:58
- Good. Definitely not the right place or time for it. -- nm - TWuG Feb 13, 06:56
- Stimulus! err... Recovery and Reinvestment! -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 06:55
Happy Pitchers-and-Catchers-Report Eve! *NM* - Ender Feb 13, 06:47 6
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- so only 6 more months until a baseball game tha matters then. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 06:50 3
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    - F***ing Denkinger!!! -- nm - Cards fans who can't get over it Feb 13, 06:54
  - Depends on who you're a fan of, I guess. Some might argue that it'll be decades before a game really matters for the Cubs. -- nm - Jim Feb 13, 06:52
- Y'alls teams is slackers. My boys have been long tossing since yesterday. -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 06:48
Duck & Cover. -- nm - lileve Feb 13, 06:47 1
- I'm certain this should be under my post. -- nm - Jim Feb 13, 06:50
*Uncaps my Sharpie* -- nm - Jim Feb 13, 06:46 9
- "I'm not done with you yet. Come to bed." - JaxSean Feb 13, 06:57 7
  - And yes...even talking to him, that was hot. They have seriously upped her hotness in Season 2. -- nm - Jim Feb 13, 07:00
  - What show is this? -- nm - kelly Feb 13, 06:59 1
    - Life. -- nm - Jim Feb 13, 07:00
  - what?! I mean, look at him! Look at her! Then look at him again! Am I the only one seeing this?! -- nm - Max Feb 13, 06:58 3
    - Keep in mind, she has serious issues underneath. - JaxSean Feb 13, 07:06
    - Ok..so you've met me. If you met my wife, you'd know why I can relate so well to this guy. -- nm - Jim Feb 13, 06:59 1
      - Dude! You could score her! He's bottom of the barrel! -- nm - Max Feb 13, 07:04
- I love the show, but of all the unbelievable things in it, "I'm not done with you yet" just boggles me. -- nm - Max Feb 13, 06:56

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