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Hey Jim, do you know what the deal is here? - David Apr 25, 13:01
from bb, jovian re: AI - b. Apr 25, 12:45 2
- spoils - Jovian Apr 25, 12:56 1
  - spoils - b. Apr 25, 13:07
Creighton's Doug McDermott will return for his senior year - prayformojo Apr 25, 12:44 8
- Dammit. I had him in a Hawks jersey in my head. -- nm - David Apr 25, 12:55 3
  - Now we know why he stayed! -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:56 2
    - Life advice: never buy jokes from Pixie. -- nm - David Apr 25, 13:01 1
      - WTF else am I supposed to do with all those pixie points he keeps sending me? - Spawn Apr 25, 13:02
- there's a fair number of hoop kids i thought would go pro who are staying in school. it's kind of nice....nm - x Apr 25, 12:47 3
  - Louisville surprised me, as well. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:48 2
    - yeah, i was sure russ smith would go. i mean, his old man said he was going to go pro..nm - x Apr 25, 12:50 1
      - Would like to be a fly on the wall. - Spawn Apr 25, 12:51
happy birthday, andie!! :) - -- nm - b. Apr 25, 12:40 1
- HBD! -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 12:42
Listening to (survivor spoils) - Jim Apr 25, 12:32 7
- It was also interesting that (spoils) - Jim Apr 25, 13:00 2
  - spoils - Roger More Apr 25, 13:05
  - Happens every season now it seems! (your last line) -- nm - Jovian Apr 25, 13:03
- That last sentence is no surprise. -- nm - David Apr 25, 12:56
- Spoiler - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 25, 12:37 2
  - nah (spoils) - Jovian Apr 25, 12:58 1
    - Agreed - Roger More Apr 25, 13:01
Ah. I just discovered the world of USB 3.0 docking stations for your laptop. Nicey-nice. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 25, 12:31
Hey Truman, you're an accountant, right? - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 25, 12:29 47
- It's complicated. -- (link) - mara Apr 25, 12:38 1
  - Thanks! Reading the profile, I see how we would likely get struck by the penalty. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 25, 12:41
- honestly, she could be totally wrong as well. it depends on a lot of things really. - tRuMaN Apr 25, 12:37 4
  - I'll send over the PDFs right away! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 25, 12:39 3
    - *punches you in the face* - tRuMaN Apr 25, 12:42 2
      - same as it ever was -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:43
      - might? -- nm - groiny Apr 25, 12:43
- I'd always heard the opposite. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 25, 12:32 3
  - no ... Truman passed his CPA - he really is an accountant! - JenBro Apr 25, 13:25
  - it depends greatly on total income, as well as the disparity between the incomes, etc. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 25, 12:36 1
    - among other things, yes -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 25, 12:37
- live in separate house? - zork Apr 25, 12:31
- otoh, married people live longer and save on health insurance -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 12:31 33
  - People without children are inherently happier than those with children. - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 25, 12:32 32
    - ok, you are lucky you had that IM -- nm - groiny Apr 25, 12:33 31
      - I've read a report that said that, but I stand by my assertion that they simply have not known the joy of parenthood. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 25, 12:34 30
        
        or they are just highly selfish. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 25, 12:35 29
        
        jeez, judge much? -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 12:37 16
        
        read it again. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 25, 12:39 15
        
        not sure what you mean. I see two choices. -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 12:39 14
        
        if you have children, and you are unhappy, odds are it is because you are selfish. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 25, 12:45 13
        
        With all due respect, wait until your kids are teenagers. I adore my kids and definitely put myself in the category of being happier for having them, - pmb Apr 25, 12:59 2
        
        oh, I hear you, my daughter is starting to become a bit of an issue.... - groiny Apr 25, 13:01
        
        I am not waiting because I am talking about right now. - Spawn Apr 25, 13:00
        
        OH, ok. I was thinking you were talking about childless people. - loosilu Apr 25, 12:46 9
        
        no, if you do not want kids, that is totally your preogative. - groiny Apr 25, 12:48 1
        
        that's fair. I'm sure if I had them suddenly, I would make it work. - loosilu Apr 25, 12:49
        
        There is nothing wrong with people being happy and not realizing what they are missing. Happy is happy. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:47 6
        
        Maybe I have things that you are missing. maybe we all have what we *should* have. -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 12:48 5
        
        But see, I had those things you have and they were great for a time, and then I wanted more. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:50 4
        
        that sounds - loosilu Apr 25, 12:51 3
        
        And what does it matter to you what other people think of your life choices anyway? -- nm - con_carne Apr 25, 12:58
        
        sure -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:54 1
        
        To clarify, to get more, I had to also give up more. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:56
        
        Exactly. I did not have kids before I did because I knew that to be the case. - Spawn Apr 25, 12:36 11
        
        I was not wanting kids. I went along because, well, you know. But it all changed the instant he was born. - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 25, 12:38
        
        my kids have made me a much better person. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 25, 12:37 9
        
        Until you posted that, I never really thought about it, but I truly believe I've known more guys who became "better people" as parents than women. - mara Apr 25, 12:47 5
        
        well, for me, I had to learn to curb my temper, which was always horrible. - groiny Apr 25, 12:50 2
        
        that's actually quite noticeable. -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 12:52 1
        
        well, much moreso in person, than on here. - groiny Apr 25, 12:53
        
        Laws yes. - Spawn Apr 25, 12:49
        
        heh. I do know some women who became worse people. -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 12:47
        
        the bar was pretty low though. ;) -- nm - Don Homer Apr 25, 12:40 1
        
        this is also very true. - groiny Apr 25, 12:41
        
        For sure. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:37
- wha????? -- nm - groiny Apr 25, 12:31
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- Hopefully they plan to leave them there for a day or two. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:15
- Infrared cameras. "He appears to be moving into a smaller adjacent room and sitting down..." -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 25, 12:14 2
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    - I prefer flashbangs to flashmobs. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:16
- any at Tim Tebow's home?? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 25, 12:13
Pippy - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 25, 12:10 1
- ahhh. I hear ya. hopefully the advisor girl comes around - Epiphany Apr 25, 12:14
I do love making fun of the Boston Marathon Bombers for not knowing how ATMs work. - Mel Profit Apr 25, 12:03
So apparantly everything is new on television tonight. -- nm - Jovian Apr 25, 12:03 11
- Yep, new BBT tonight. Just learned that Bob Newheart guests next week. -- nm - zork Apr 25, 12:08
- I am most excited for POI. -- nm - Max Apr 25, 12:04 7
  - this and Elementary. -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 12:30 1
    - Sherlock is back? Sweet! -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:30
  - Project Runway!! -- nm - mara Apr 25, 12:25
  - yea. I just wish I was caught up. -- nm - Jovian Apr 25, 12:24
  - I don't think there was a new eppy in a while -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 25, 12:14
  - Yup. It quickly became a top 5 show for me. -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 12:06 1
    - ditto. -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 12:11
- Yup. NBA and NFL Draft. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:03 1
  - heh. they were doing a mock draft on espn before. (cant they just wait!) -- nm - Jovian Apr 25, 12:05
Who wants 2016 polling?? Early numbers in New Hampshire- Paul 28, Rubio 25, Christie 14, Bush 7, Ryan 7, Santorum 4... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 25, 12:02 9
- I think this falls under OFFS. -- nm - spamlet Apr 25, 12:19 1
  - It didn't make it to the results page, but I have to believe this was the most popular response the pollsters heard. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 25, 12:58
- paul and ryan, not the same person? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 12:14 2
  - (Rand) Paul and (Paul) Ryan -- nm - Don Homer Apr 25, 12:15 1
    - Imagine the awesome graphics for the lawn signs and bumper stickers! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 25, 12:41
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- I do! Heck *everybody* does over here in the baseme- I mean, 'campaign room'! Come look! - Dr.Vermin Apr 25, 12:06 1 1
  - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 12:09
- 2016 Clinton vs. Paul -muahahahahhahahahaha -- nm - Jovian Apr 25, 12:04
i need to win the lottery. - tRuMaN Apr 25, 12:02 2
- Yes, you do. :-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 12:07
- Put $100 on KC to win the Super Bowl. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:03
George W Bush takes up painting. I can't say he is all that good, but -- (link) - Andie Apr 25, 11:57 6
- he should take drawing lessons. nothing improves painting more than being able to draw. -- nm - zork Apr 25, 12:35
- it keeps him out of trouble. You know who's surprisingly good? Prince charles. -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 12:30 3
  - Not having a job helps. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:33 1
    - beats hookers and crack. -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 12:37
  - here -- (link) - loosilu Apr 25, 12:32
- i'd buy one but: (1) i'm dead, and (2) the bomb blew my arms off so it would be kinda tough to hang by myself - dead drone bombing kid Apr 25, 12:01
This is rather interesting, in light of the sudden 1% drop (and recovery) in the Dow after the fake AP tweet earlier this week. -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 25, 11:56 4
- "On the day President Kennedy was assassinated, theDow fell by about 3%, but prices recovered within a week. The effect on prices was largely confined - Don Homer Apr 25, 11:57 3
  - the stock market was controlled by a handful of brokerage houses and a couple dozen independents, I'll bet they didn't even have a news ticker running - zeitgeist Apr 25, 12:13
  - it's sort of hard to compare markets across time. in the 60's, the average us stock was held for something like 7 years. by 1987, the period was 2... - x Apr 25, 12:08
  - and now they halt trading if someone sneezes -- nm - zork Apr 25, 12:03
You know what's fun? Going to take a shower, not getting any hot water, and checking on the water heater to see if there's something wrong and - Stephen Apr 25, 11:52 6
- at least it's easier to deal with there than in a basement -- nm - zork Apr 25, 12:09 2
  - True, and thankfully even with the boxes that did get wet (most) of the contents didn't get wet. - Stephen Apr 25, 12:22 1
    - in our last place, some valve on the HW heater failed and water started to pour out (in the basement). Luckily I happened to be down there and heard s - zork Apr 25, 12:25
- One of us! (sadly) - prayformojo Apr 25, 11:54
- ugh, sorry, that really sucks. -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 11:53
- Fun!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 11:53
Listen to Alexander Graham Bell's voice... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 25, 11:51 3
- "Do you understand the words coming out of my mouth?" -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 25, 12:33
- so we can digitize it but we can't filter out the static? lame -- nm - charlie Apr 25, 11:55 1
  - That is what makes it authentic! -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 11:58
Skyrim LEGENDARY Edition is coming to PC, XBox, and that other console on June 4th. It'll be $60 and include all DLC. -- (link) - Qale Apr 25, 11:51
tired: LIBOR rate fixing wired: ISDAfix rate fixing -- (link) - charlie Apr 25, 11:51 3
- eh, they've figured out that the public really doesn't care so they can operate with impunity....nm - x Apr 25, 11:54 1
  - pretty much -- nm - charlie Apr 25, 11:56
- one bitcoin to rule them all! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 25, 11:53
CNN can now confirm DC police have identified a person of interest in the assassination of President Lincoln -- nm - Wolf Blitzer Apr 25, 11:45
Trinity Church Split on How to Manage $2 Billion Legacy of a Queen -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 25, 11:45 1
- tough decisions -- nm - dead drone bombing kid Apr 25, 11:47
pig bomb... - x Apr 25, 11:42 11
- Bacon was attacked by a wild boar in Hawaii. - loosilu Apr 25, 11:54 1
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- I still have yet to see Pig in the City - prayformojo Apr 25, 11:46 1
  - it's pretty dark....nm - x Apr 25, 11:48
- i was feeling bad until i realized it was in Florida -- nm - charlie Apr 25, 11:44 5
  - They are real - Spawn Apr 25, 11:46
  - um, no. wild pig populations are in 47 states....nm - x Apr 25, 11:46 3
    - Marin co (across golden gate bridge from san fran) has a real problem with feral pigs and Red jacket guns did an episode on making a specialty weapon - zeitgeist Apr 25, 12:19 2
      - They really are evolution at work. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:20 1
        
        soon there will be nothing left but muslims and pigs -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 12:30
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This just in to CNN . . . the Kansas City Chiefs have the Boston Marathon bombing suspect in custody -- nm - CNN si Apr 25, 11:42
Did It In a Minute -- nm - Mr. Havens Apr 25, 11:40 1
- *jealous* -- nm - Mrs. Groiny si Apr 25, 11:41
'Raining money': Belgians urged to return stolen cash -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 25, 11:40 1
- Good luck with that. -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 11:47
So PFM, which stop are you going to? -- (link) - Spawn Apr 25, 11:39

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