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LYC: I discovered neti pots this week. Wonderful. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 12:30 6
- No way in hell. Water in my sinuses drives me crazy. -- nm - TWuG Feb 13, 12:33 1
  - the water doesn't go in your sinuses. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 12:33
- I'm still trying to figure out how not to drown with mine. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 12:32 2
  - don't tilt your head back. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 12:34
  - I've found it's easier with slightly warm/hot water. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 12:33
- love mine. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 12:32
OK, this made me laugh, from Jayson Stark's spring training preview: - TFox Feb 13, 12:29 1
- #1 --- Utley. #2-eternity. The rest - Will Hunting Feb 13, 12:34
What punishment would *you* give these two judges. What remedy would you propose for those they sentenced? -- (link) - TWuG Feb 13, 12:28 13
- you did this on purpose! - zork Feb 13, 12:33
- Cumulative sentence of who they sentenced under this in those same detention centers. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 13, 12:32
- *locks cell/ throws away key* - dogbert183 Feb 13, 12:32
- the 7 years + loss of benefits actually seems quite just - Reagen Feb 13, 12:31
- hanging by their scrotums while thier victims kick them in the head repeatedly. -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 12:30 5
  - you're sudden outburts of pure hatred to others sometimes scares me -- nm - CQ Feb 13, 12:32 1
    - I actually kind of pretty much joking there. -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 12:33
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    - free booze as long as you're willing to do what you need to do to get it from the unicorns. -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 12:32
    - Jesus wouldn't kick them in the head, that's for sure -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 13, 12:32
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  - Do the records get sealed, expunged? -- nm - TWuG Feb 13, 12:31
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oh David....The Evil Dr. Uwe Boll wants *YOUR* money to make a movie.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 13, 12:28 3
- Postal was worse than I could have ever imagined. -- nm - Qale Feb 13, 12:33
- "If not, he says he will return most of the cash to investors with at least $40 from each payment being returned should the film not get made." - Reagen Feb 13, 12:29 1
  - I know. I almost want to do this. -- nm - Remlik Feb 13, 12:30
nmbspawn - Diva Feb 13, 12:23
LYC: The stimulus bill would fast-track two new science buildings on my campus. -- nm - nubby Feb 13, 12:22 2
- and build the biggest one of those spark antennas in the United States. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 12:23 1
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So, I've got a problem. - ty97 Feb 13, 12:22 24
- when you *are* home make sure you spend some time with both your parents doing *outside the home things*. - Andie Feb 13, 12:37
- She just moved. She's lonely. She needs friends that are local. -- nm - TWuG Feb 13, 12:31
- 1. You have to remember that you aren't responsible for your mother's emotions. 2. If she's very sad/depressed/etc maybe she should go get some - Trish Feb 13, 12:30 1
  - Not depressed or anything but maybe *I* need to go on a nice trip thru Califormia wine country or something. - Diva Feb 13, 12:35
- I think it'll be tough on her at first, but eventually it will all be fine. She'll get over it and come to like it -- nm - CQ Feb 13, 12:28
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- get her a dog -- nm - decline Feb 13, 12:27 3
  - poor dog. -- nm - zork Feb 13, 12:28
  - not the same thing but (spoilers) - ty97 Feb 13, 12:28 1
    - "Dad you need to spend more time with mom and keep her occupied. -- nm - lileve Feb 13, 12:29
- You just needed to vent. She will be fine in the end. You do need to live your own life and in your own place. -- nm - lileve Feb 13, 12:26
- my father and i had/have a similar dynamic. as much as i miss him, being 3000 miles away has not been a totally bad thing for me -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 12:26
- some of my best life decisions are those when i tried to be as selfish as possible. i think you need to do the same thing. - kare Feb 13, 12:24 4
  - word. "Mom, I'm too old to be living at home. Sorry, if that isn't what you want but it's what I need." -- nm - zork Feb 13, 12:26
  - I agree (possibly vehemently) with every word of your IM. - ty97 Feb 13, 12:26 2
    - you've both benefitted from the situation up to this point. but you've got a life to live, and you can still be great friends even when you don't live - kare Feb 13, 12:30
    - I agree with your IM. you're feeding it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 12:29
- That sounds a lot like my mother and me. - nubby Feb 13, 12:24 5
  - Did she say "a husband or a wife yet"? -- nm - Diva Feb 13, 12:28 4
    - spoiler - nubby Feb 13, 12:29 3
      - really? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 13, 12:31
      - We probably should watch what we say on your Facebook then, eh? -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 13, 12:31
      - Oh. -- nm - Diva Feb 13, 12:31
- go to the doctor to get a cream for that -- nm - zork Feb 13, 12:23
is the ST link posted in our facebook group? i would hate to think we're all trackdownable and stuff. -- nm - kare Feb 13, 12:21 5
- I don't think it takes much sleuthing once you see the name. :) -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 12:22 4
  - true. dammit. hey beryl, can we change the URL again?! -- nm - kare Feb 13, 12:25 3
    - i hate that Ex-Friend could totally see this. the comments i just made isn't really conducive to carrying on a healthy cordial acquaintanceship. - kare Feb 13, 12:33 2
      - don't worry about her another second, at all. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 12:34 1
        
        yeah! - kare Feb 13, 12:37
Huh, the neighborhood redneck drug dealers are having their furniture re-po'ed. - Will Hunting Feb 13, 12:19 5
- "AMANDA!!!!!! AMANDA!!!!!!!" - kelly Feb 13, 12:23 2
  - whoa. -- nm - zork Feb 13, 12:29 1
    - ????? -- nm - kelly Feb 13, 12:36
- wow, the economy sucks if drug dealers can't make their payments -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 12:21 1
  - ... in $100 bills -- nm - zork Feb 13, 12:28
ST Pop Quiz -- 7 Democrats voted no on the stimulus bill. Which 6 states were they from? -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 12:19 10
- remaining answers - znufrii Feb 13, 12:33
- Montana, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, N. Dakota and S. Dakota....and possibly Washington. -- nm - Trish Feb 13, 12:24 1
  - Oregon *ding* - znufrii Feb 13, 12:26
- Florida -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 12:22
- Was 1 Heath Shuler? -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 12:22 2
  - *ding* -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 12:23 1
    - Guess we know what job he's running for next. - Will Hunting Feb 13, 12:34
- 6 states that will still get billions and they'll take them despite voting no -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 12:20
- Idaho -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 13, 12:20 1
  - *ding* -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 12:20
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- you're right, that is far more inter....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 12:18
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- can't you just read it for us and provide cliff notes? -- nm - decline Feb 13, 12:18 6
  - Here's 1 summary - Strongbad Feb 13, 12:27 4
    - $400 million for "Exploration" at NASA - woohoo! lets go to mars -- nm - decline Feb 13, 12:31
    - And ruin my wonderful 3-day weekend consisting of Cirque, NASCAR and a day off work? Riiiight. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 12:28 2
      - (under Jack's reply) -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 12:28 1
        
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Gotta saw, the last two big reveals on Lost have been tragically unsurprising (spoils) - Mop Feb 13, 12:17 4
- These have been "unsurprising" because we're at the point in the story where things get tied up and resolved. -- nm - TWuG Feb 13, 12:23
- but see you are used to TIme Travel stories, lots of the tv watchers are not. -- nm - Remlik Feb 13, 12:22
- I'm actually enjoying very much that instead of opening new doors, they're closing all the old ones with satisfaction -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 13, 12:19 1
  - I grant you (and TWuG) this. Nice to be wrapping up these loose ends. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 12:25
I will say this. Vock was born to play in the spread/Wild Hog formation. -- nm - David, Drunken Adulterer Feb 13, 12:15 6
- That's Wildcat formation...not Wild Hog. - Will Hunting Feb 13, 12:17 1
  - It was Wild Hog because Arkansas ran it. Razorbacks are hogs. -- nm - David, Drunken Adulterer Feb 13, 12:21
- Brooking going to take less money? or get cut? -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 12:17 3
  - It sounds like he's gone, but a pay cut and agreement to be a backup could still happen. - David, Drunken Adulterer Feb 13, 12:19 2
    - The interview on AJC is a little inaccurate, IMO - Strongbad Feb 13, 12:22 1
      - I haven't seen the article, but he's been criticized since he got here. - David, Drunken Adulterer Feb 13, 12:30
LIR Qale: Lost Odyssey took 4 discs and I'd like to think Square is going to go for epic proportions. -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 12:14 2
- It's gotta be at least 4. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 13, 12:16 1
  - 8 would be wicked, but I think 6 is likely tops. -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 12:22
"my muffin thinks you're crazy and she wants you to go." -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 13, 12:14
i actually wasn't sure if i should even be reacting to the unfriended thing. you guys made me feel better. ;) - kare Feb 13, 12:14 13
- Wait, what did you think was juvenile? - kelly Feb 13, 12:32 2
  - going to the effort of facebook unfriending me feels juvenile. - kare Feb 13, 12:36 1
    - hmmm...okay. -- nm - kelly Feb 13, 12:39
- reward yourself and buy a hoodie! - Remlik Feb 13, 12:23 1
  - oh! i need to check my karebud email! -- nm - kare Feb 13, 12:26
- and if you don't want me to use nukes from orbit, I could use a sniper rifle -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 12:18 2
  - *you*, despite the res-related teasing, are a true friend, facebook or otherwise. - kare Feb 13, 12:19 1
    - :) -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 12:22
- how could you tell? - pigby Feb 13, 12:15 4
  - well... i am almost to 200 friends so, um, i have been paying attention a little more to the number (i know, i am not proud of this) - kare Feb 13, 12:18 1
    - 200? - pigby Feb 13, 12:19
  - number of friends goes down? -- nm - zork Feb 13, 12:16 1
    - only when you defriend one of your own, i thought -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 12:17
st poll, like dis better 7: Facebook or twitter. Books or Movies. Romantic Dinner out or In. Flowers or Chocolate. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 13, 12:14 5
- facebook, movies, out, flowers -- nm - lileve Feb 13, 12:22
- Facebook, movies, out, chocolate. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 13, 12:19
- facebook, movies, out, chocolate -- nm - Don Homer Feb 13, 12:17
- FB, movies, dinner In, flowers -- nm - CQ Feb 13, 12:16
- hmm. facebook. both. in. flowers. -- nm - Callisto Feb 13, 12:15
Repost: Joanna Pacitti d-q'ed from American Idol. -- (link) - Mop Feb 13, 12:13 7
- so Mop == Znufrii ... Bery needs to code the board to reject NYT links -- nm - zork Feb 13, 12:15 6
  - NYT needs to stop writing articles about American Idol. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 12:18 5
    - people need to stop posting links to places that require registration - zork Feb 13, 12:24 4
      - you're not registered for NYT? why not? -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 12:28 2
        
        why should I. and why should they make it more difficult to see their ads? -- nm - zork Feb 13, 12:30 1
        
        so you can read the stories? use bugmenot if you're all weird about it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 12:31
      - Can't remember the last time I logged in to read a NYT article. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 12:25
ST Poll: If you lost a bet forcing you to apologize to someone, who would it be? - oblique, better than nubby Feb 13, 12:12 16
- A friend of a friend near whom I drunkenly said things that in retrospect sounded severely racist but were totally about something else that he ... - zork Feb 13, 12:21
- Christianity, Judaism and Islam -- nm - con_carne Feb 13, 12:18
- crash. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 13, 12:16
- the world -- nm - dogbert183 Feb 13, 12:15
- Bronson Pinchot -- nm - CQ Feb 13, 12:15
- Jean Chretien maybe, but he'd likely not see the humour in it. Maybe Paul Martin instead. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 13, 12:14
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- Becky -- nm - Epiphany Feb 13, 12:14
- Jack Dawson -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 12:13
- Toronto Maple Leafs. -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 12:13 1
  - Toronto. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 12:14
- My brother. - Will Hunting Feb 13, 12:13
- Pope Benedict. - Trish Feb 13, 12:13
- no idea. there's too many options. -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 12:13
- Disney World. Or maybe Matthew McConaughey. - Callisto Feb 13, 12:12 1
  - Alright, alright! -- nm - David, Drunken Adulterer Feb 13, 12:13
LIR loosi: the thing is the French Canadian guy was trying to have a french accent, he just failed miserably -- nm - Guigue Feb 13, 12:11 1
- ah, my ear's not that good. :) -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 12:12
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all I know is that all other halo'ers should learn to fear the - tRuMaN Feb 13, 12:11 8
- bring that weak tea at me, bring it -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 12:12 7
  - *throws the tea in your face* - tRuMaN Feb 13, 12:15 6
    - I like how you keep weaseling on your IMs. The kernel of self doubt is growing, its going to sprout, - crash davis Feb 13, 12:15 5
      - there is no self doubt, there is only me, driving a warthog as David laughs manically and kills everyone in sight. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 13, 12:17 4
        
        I see you two in a warthog and I think its time for a double kill medal -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 12:19 3
        
        the thing is, you see us in a warthog and you think about a double kill medal. I see you and anyone else in a hog, and I get a double kill medal. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 13, 12:21 2
        
        keep telling yourself that, if it makes your death easier to swallow -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 12:23 1
        
        we shall see tiny man. we shall see. and just so you know, when you are being beaten down, constantly, - tRuMaN Feb 13, 12:25
I just happened to be nowhere near your neighborhood. -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 12:11 5
- I'm audi 5000 -- nm - CQ Feb 13, 12:16
- please for the love of all that is Holy - write a screenplay called Midnight Twinkie Run -starring HotKiss - Epiphany Feb 13, 12:15 1
  - Baby Got Back is the credits song -- nm - pigby Feb 13, 12:15
- ~/na nanana na nanana na na/~ -- nm - paul westerberg Feb 13, 12:14
- Gesundheit -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 12:13
monkeys flinging bacon. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 13, 12:10

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