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wait, that last vote wasn't on the resolution itself, but on whether or not to call the question on adopting the resolution? - znufrii Feb 13, 08:09 2
- You have to vote to close debate and go to a vote. - ty97 Feb 13, 08:10 1
  - it's fascinating stuff... -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 08:11
roll this board, I have another poll ready -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 13, 08:08
nobody really cares, but it's like if I don't tell you guys it's not all that true: some really interesting stuff is happening in the whole job search - candy hearts love mandy lane Feb 13, 08:05 13
- good. hopefully it will be clear that the problem is with them and not you -- nm - Roger More Feb 13, 08:11
- "near impossible to place." Are they smoking crack? Aren't you #2 in the school? -- nm - lileve Feb 13, 08:10
- "Thanks for your support. PS U SUK" -- nm - Max Feb 13, 08:09
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- I got told the same thing by various headhunters/placement groups when I looked for a job last time. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 13, 08:07 6
  - it's so disheartening, isn't it? it makes me almost physically ill. "categorically, you suck." -- nm - candy hearts love mandy lane Feb 13, 08:08 5
    - if they're so smart, what are they doing working there? -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 08:12
    - You don't suck. -- nm - lileve Feb 13, 08:10
    - They are so wrong. First of all, you have already had professional positions so you have proven hirability. And, adding a degree only makes you more -- nm - hirable. Amy Feb 13, 08:10 2
      - it's an insane thing to say to a previously employed mba student with great marks. - Andie Feb 13, 08:13 1
        
        It's an insane thing for any job placement person to say to anyone. -- nm - Max Feb 13, 08:14
- bam! - ty97 Feb 13, 08:07
- I don't believe they told you that :-/ -- nm - con_carne Feb 13, 08:06
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- you're designing dresses now? - reluctantcynic (en treo) Feb 13, 08:05
- forces you to register. hurray, spam. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 08:03
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Argh...just spilled a mug of coffee all over my calculator. No power now - any chance it'll recover?? - MojaveMeg Feb 13, 07:58 3
- yeah, I've done that a bunch of times. if you can open the case with a mini screwdriver that helps. - loosilu Feb 13, 08:00 2
  - and you might need to do a little cleaning with a q-tip and isopropyl alcohol. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 08:01
  - Lite Creamer :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 13, 08:01
Marcel, the game is working for me again at least -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 13, 07:57
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- Noon. Tuesday. -- nm - Max Feb 13, 08:00 1
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- 2:15 -- nm - CQ Feb 13, 07:58
- 4:59pm -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 07:56
Who would like a street named after them later in life? Anyone feeling kindly enough to cut and paste the following Blue Jays blog for me? -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Feb 13, 07:55 7
- now to decide on my street name. - mafic Feb 13, 07:59 3
  - mafic way.... -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 13, 08:11
  - Hope you like being called "George" - TWuG Feb 13, 08:00 1
    - George St, in the Hammock District -- nm - Roger More Feb 13, 08:01
- George Avenue, please. - TWuG Feb 13, 07:59 2
  - I figure I'll be in place to deliver sometimes in 2028. Be sure to follow up. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 13, 08:06 1
    - Will do. :-) -- nm - TWuG Feb 13, 08:14
Oh my...do we really need the 'stretch marks' sidebar?? Quit talking about the octumom photo!! -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 13, 07:52 3
- That octomom photo is much scarier than FRI11 could possibly be. -- nm - Ender Feb 13, 07:55
- That's probably left over from me rolling around this morning. -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 07:53
- Redmond Injury Attorney! -- nm - con_carne Feb 13, 07:53
I'm not usually a "that's not my job" person, but sometimes... it's just not my job. -- nm - Dano Feb 13, 07:48 1
- You have to go to the supermarket eventually anyway. Just get me the KY. I'll pay you. -- nm - Max Feb 13, 07:50
I'm longing FRI13 and shorting the big bad bank and that addictive shopper -- nm - CQ Feb 13, 07:44 23
- same. I think couples are more likely to see HJNTU this weekend -- nm - Roger More Feb 13, 07:53
- I don't know anyone who wants to the the shopper movie. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 07:50 3
  - It looks cute! -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 07:51 2
    - it does. and you and I have talked about isla fisher. (will you take positions for me? I'm in class.) -- nm - candy hearts love mandy lane Feb 13, 08:07
    - *retches* -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 07:52
- Same here though I have a stop order to flop SHOPA if it drops below $45 -- nm - secretslacker Feb 13, 07:49
- I think I'm long on all 3 -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 07:49
- I'm doing the same as CQ. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 13, 07:48
- Long 'em all. (nm) - nubby Feb 13, 07:48 4
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    - I liked it... so yes. -- nm - secretslacker Feb 13, 07:50 2
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        I dunno... I had high expectations cause of Tykwer and I dug it. -- nm - secretslacker Feb 13, 07:54
- speaking of, kelly, you want to take a guess on Shopaholic? - TFox Feb 13, 07:45 8
  - how did you guys play HJNTU? -- nm - Diva Feb 13, 07:47 7
    - N/A -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 07:48 6
      - (unless, maybe we did by accident?) -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 07:48 5
        
        I thought you guys did stuff marketed towards women? (We are talking CHICK fund here, right? - I'm confused.) -- nm - Diva Feb 13, 07:49 1
        
        No, we do, we just haven't been doing it all that actively of late. -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 07:52
        
        I bought it a while back - not sure if you got rid of it at one point to have $$ for another opener, though. -- nm - kelly Feb 13, 07:49 2
        
        nope, it's there, still long. :) -- nm - kelly Feb 13, 07:51
        
        ahh, I see. -- nm - Diva Feb 13, 07:50
- er FRI11 -- nm - CQ Feb 13, 07:45
Brand new set of contacts this morning, and I can barely see! - Subversive Feb 13, 07:43 5
- uh, that's not good. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 07:46
- heh, I had my almost one year lasik check up last week. - tRuMaN Feb 13, 07:44 3
  - Oh, I'm totally getting it as soon as I can afford it. Been on the wish list for years. - Subversive Feb 13, 07:45 2
    - yeah, we found a - tRuMaN Feb 13, 07:46 1
      - if I didn't need ears, I would have had lasik by now. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 07:52
Only 14 more parka entries to go :) -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 07:39 3
- daily entries have dropped off! keep going! -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 07:41 2
  - Whoo!! I think I've entered every day since you posted it here. Maybe missed a day or 2 max. -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 07:49 1
    - *BLEEP* I've completely forgotten to enter even once. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 13, 07:55
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- That's a pretty big manga/anime thing. Remlik has a customer who special orders it. -- nm - Amy Feb 13, 07:49 3
  - he doesn't get that. He gets stuff that's close but not quite that. -- nm - Remlik Feb 13, 07:59 2
    - I'd still never order it. -- nm - Amy Feb 13, 08:01 1
      - I totally don't blame you. Diamond is dropping the adult order forms, - Remlik Feb 13, 08:11
- wow. no wonder it got banned/// -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 13, 07:48
- The whole "it's ok, because it's only a cartoon" thing has gone totally and utterly off the effing deep end. -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 07:47
- Here's a review that rates the game -33 overall. Gruesome details inside (NSFW) -- (link) - Guigue Feb 13, 07:45
- people are so messed up. -- nm - kelly Feb 13, 07:41
- I'm only laughing at the fact that someone actually came up with this. effin crazy -- nm - CQ Feb 13, 07:41
- Japan's got issues, man. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 07:39
Hugh and Drew? -- (link) - Andie Feb 13, 07:28 4
- Ew and Drew. -- nm - con_carne Feb 13, 07:52
- Better choice then most of her other bf's/husbands. At least hes funny and reasonably good looking -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 13, 07:38 1
  - Bite your tongue!!! -- nm - Justin Long Fanclub Feb 13, 07:55
- Stay away from Brittany, Trent!!! SHe might ruin you! -- nm - secretslacker Feb 13, 07:37
FDA announces drug to address perkiness -- (link) - TWuG Feb 13, 07:28 3
- *calls Drew Barrymore to see if she'll be a test subject* -- nm - FDA Feb 13, 07:29 2
  - heh-heh. -- nm - Diva Feb 13, 07:32
  - This made me laugh :P -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 13, 07:31
"$30 million for mice! You've gotta be kidding!" "We took it out last night." "Will the gentleman yield on that point?" "No." "!!!" -- nm - CSPAN Feb 13, 07:28 3
- Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot. -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 07:29 2
  - I *love* "Yield?/No." exchanges regardless of who does it. It's so entertaining. The loser must be ready to go postal. - Max Feb 13, 07:43 1
    - The voice votes are fun, too. -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 07:44
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- This is why complaints about lobbyists writing bills is total hypocritical crap. -- nm - Max Feb 13, 07:46
- No, I get that, and I get that this isn't 1,000 pages of brand new information in this case either. But... - TFox Feb 13, 07:30 8
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    - Actually, the reporting requirements for retirement plans in the act are very good and useful -- nm - decline Feb 13, 07:37 3
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        oh absolutely :) -- nm - decline Feb 13, 07:38 1
        
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    - it may or may not be, depending on the volume of changes worked into the bill, which they can't really know until their staff gets through it. - TFox Feb 13, 07:37
    - SOx auditors. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 07:35
    - even *I* think Sarbanes-Oxley was a stupid bill. - znufrii Feb 13, 07:35
- wait, they don't? *cries* - znufrii Feb 13, 07:27
St poll, like dis better 2: beach or mountain resort. snow or rain. beer or wine. pants or shorts. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 13, 07:25 19
- erm....neither? If it's below 55 degrees, might as well be snow. Beer. Pants -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 07:50
- Beach, rain, beer, shorts -- nm - con_carne Feb 13, 07:44
- beach, snow, beer, shorts -- nm - lileve Feb 13, 07:40
- Beach, rain, beer, shorts. -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 07:34
- beach, rain, beer, shorts. (I wish I could wear shorts to work again. That ruled.) -- nm - JaxSean Feb 13, 07:34
- beach, snow (I know, but I want both), wine, pants -- nm - Amy Feb 13, 07:33
- beach, rain, beer, shorts -- nm - CQ Feb 13, 07:31
- mountain, snow, yes, whatever's situationally appropriate. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 07:29
- Mountain, snow, beer, shorts -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 13, 07:29
- beach rain wine shorts -- nm - decline Feb 13, 07:28
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- mountain, snow, beer, pants. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 07:27 1
  - yep -- nm - TFox Feb 13, 07:30
- mountain, rain, wine, and pants. -- nm - Jelly Feb 13, 07:27
- yes, yes, yes, pants. -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 07:27
- mountain. snow. wine. pants -- nm - Roger More Feb 13, 07:27
- wow, this is all 'lesser of 2 evils' - beach, rain, beer, pants. -- nm - kelly Feb 13, 07:27
- Generally speaking: beach, snow, beer, shorts. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 13, 07:26
- beach, rain, wine, pants -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 07:26
*shrug* Lack of capitalization/punctuation would drive me crazy, too. - kelly Feb 13, 07:24 2
- I think it's not bitchy at all. I also think if you put it in a case, not seeing it every day will change it from crazy making to cute and funny. -- nm - Amy Feb 13, 07:32 1
  - ok. *shrug* -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 07:39
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Ok, who broke it? - Marcel Feb 13, 07:22 4
- I think mary did when editing her domain. I think I fixed it but it might take some time for DNS to propogate the change around -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 13, 07:33
- damnit. hold on -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 13, 07:24 2
  - Are we using 3-day or 4-day numbers -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 07:25 1
    - refresh. refresh. refresh. refresh. refresh. refresh. refresh. - Marcel Feb 13, 07:33
One alternative, since Jack asked for one. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Feb 13, 07:22 7
- they lost any hope of credibility, to me, when they - tRuMaN Feb 13, 07:40
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  - Hmm. I guess it's progress... - Dr.Vermin Feb 13, 07:32 1
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- I don't think that's a politically tenable solution. -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 07:23
- They lost me at "Stimulus is unconstitutional." -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 07:23 1
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,/~ The fundamental loneliness goes whenever two can dream a dream together. ,/~ -- nm - mara Feb 13, 07:21

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