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Oregon worker dies when he falls into a spinning meat blender -- (link) - charlie Apr 30, 17:06 1
- Meat is Murder -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 17:08
There was just something so "Come to Butthead" about April Ludgate in the Women in Garbage episode -- nm - prayformojo Apr 30, 17:04
Fringe Season 4 spoilers - amoxy Apr 30, 17:03
I want this car....1988 Pontiac Trans AM GTA....a friend's husband almost sold it last night for $500 til she stopped him... - CrankYanker Apr 30, 17:03 2
- on our next episode of fast 'n loud -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 30, 17:21
- Can we call you the Bandit? - Bacon Apr 30, 17:06
Citing Christopher Dorner's complaints of institutional racism and corruption as valid, 40 other fired LAPD cops want their cases reviewed -- (link) - con_carne Apr 30, 16:52 3
- Don't his actions kind of make his argument moot whether he was right or wrong? -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 16:54 2
  - Neither Chief Beck nor the cops' union think so -- nm - con_carne Apr 30, 17:05
  - No, his actions were just the wrong way to react to racism and corruption. -- nm - CrankYanker Apr 30, 16:59
Thanks Dawson, (;)) as a result of sending my state rep an email on behalf on same-sex marriage I am now on one's mailing list. - tl Apr 30, 16:46 1
- Change that .....two of them. - tl Apr 30, 16:49
Offer REJECTED. Not even a counter-offer. Seller's agent says she's not budging after dropping the price 10k since it was first put on the market... - CovingtonCat Apr 30, 16:34 10
- This sucks, but definitely walk away. -- nm - ty97 Apr 30, 17:05
- Stick to your guns! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 30, 16:40
- I feel ya, bro -- nm - Peggy Olson Apr 30, 16:38
- aw, sorry, that sucks. -- nm - b. Apr 30, 16:36
- I know it sucks but the best thing you can do is clearly spell out you are interested at your price. If that's no good, never contact them again. - David Apr 30, 16:36 4
  - Yeah, my agent said, "if it's still on the market in August we'll go back in with the same offer" -- nm - CovingtonCat Apr 30, 16:38 3
    - I'd do $5k lower because they were jerks. I take these things personally. - David Apr 30, 16:40 2
      - Can't take it personally. It's emotional and nerve-wracking for both parties. - ty97 Apr 30, 17:04 1
        
        As you say feelings. - tl Apr 30, 17:10
- You can laugh at them gleefully when you're in your lovely new house and theirs is still on the market. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 30, 16:35
Rod Stewart did a small show at the Troubadour and posted the entire show here.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 30, 16:29
Spawn... BIHO on .org just got 20k pirate points. Not sure if he's near you -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 16:27
That Savages album is what might have happened if Siouxsie Sioux sang for Joy Division -- nm - con_carne Apr 30, 16:18
So, um, I'm *so* getting a tote bag. -- nm - Qale Apr 30, 16:16
Chickpeas are the new hot cash crop. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 30, 16:06 1
- Garlic Hummus = Tasty Goodness -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 16:08
Got my new grill! I will have to try this, this week. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Apr 30, 16:04
Tara Reid hosting TMZ today. -- nm - Todd Manning Apr 30, 15:58 11
- I forgot. Is she the one that was attacked in a dolphin tank or was it Lohan? -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 16:00 9
  - Lohan. - Spawn Apr 30, 16:02 8
    - If it was Lohan the dolphin would have been saving her life after she passed out in the pool face down. -- nm - tl Apr 30, 16:12 5
      - I disagree, dolphins are pretty smart -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 16:15 4
        
        Okay, it would have trying to get the trash out of the pool. -- nm - tl Apr 30, 16:21 3
        
        Okay that I can get -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 16:25 2
        
        Although all the drugs in her system would also dilute into the pool water killing all the dolphins before they could -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 16:26 1
        
        See..? It had to be Tara Reid. -- nm - tl Apr 30, 16:33
    - no, it was Reid -- nm - charlie Apr 30, 16:05
    - Heh -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 16:03
- yep -- nm - tl Apr 30, 15:59
actress on Girls and Brian Williams daughter is on shortlist for Fantastic Four movie... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 30, 15:49 1
- i swear this one will be good -- nm - charlie Apr 30, 15:52
Mop Alert! (I found this out several years ago and I totally agree with this study) - Bacon Apr 30, 15:38 16
- Wouldn't that be prickly or ticklish... you know? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 30, 16:27 9
  - that's the reason for the speficity of 10-day. for a lot of men, that means softening. - b. Apr 30, 16:42 8
    - Yeah, she got face burn because I was going with a 5 day beard. So I went to the longer 10 dayish and it prevents face burn. - Bacon Apr 30, 16:48 5
      - mop really wasn't talking bout the face -- nm - charlie Apr 30, 16:49 4
        
        I'm glad someone's on the same page! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 30, 16:57 2
        
        ::self-censored for the good of the community:: -- nm - b. Apr 30, 17:05 1
        
        I for one didn't bite on it. .......... -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 17:06
        
        Ah, well this was a first date so I don't know that information. It's 10 day now and no issues -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 16:50
    - But with a beard you might free food -- nm - con_carne Apr 30, 16:44 1
      - *smacks brain for immediately going to bearded lady thoughts* - b. Apr 30, 16:47
- If I had a 10-day beard, I wouldn't be getting anything -- nm - Karl_S Apr 30, 16:00 2
  - I cleaned shaved once and it wasn't a big hit with Hotcakes. She met me with the beard so I think that is what she likes me having. - Bacon Apr 30, 16:02 1
    - A line must be drawn in the sand! HERE!! -- nm - Capt. Jean Luc Picard Apr 30, 16:27
- still doesn't explain male fashion mags frequent $2k suit on a guy with a 3day weekend hangover -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 30, 15:41
- courtesy of The Hipster Institute -- nm - charlie Apr 30, 15:39 1
  - You can call us Humpsters now - Bacon Apr 30, 15:41
Study: Grocery delivery service is greener than driving to the store -- (link) - con_carne Apr 30, 15:23 1
- Because the stores make more GREEN when you use it -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 15:25
No!!! Not more smash!!! -- nm - Amanda Apr 30, 15:11 2
- Renewed for a 22-episode 3rd season on TBS! - Jovian Apr 30, 15:13 1
  - I think it's been banished to Satruday night burn off, though that could be done now. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 30, 16:00
holy hell, i don't know what to say about these last derby horses. "has four legs"? "known for running in right direction"?...nm - x Apr 30, 15:10 26
- Anyone see that 60 Minutes story on that female jockey? She was cute as heck -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 16:04 6
  - i didn't, but rosie naprovnik is tough as nails. she's a good jockey.... - x Apr 30, 16:09 2
    - Who cares about her horse, she's hot and that's good enough for me - Bacon Apr 30, 16:17
    - um, 10 f. he couldn't quite get there going 9 last out....nm - x Apr 30, 16:11
  - Is it Rosie/Anna Napravnik? - Will Hunting Apr 30, 16:06 2
    - She was 24 with red hair at the time of the interview. Going to check -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 16:07 1
      - Rosie Napravik, yes that was her -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 16:08
- "comfortable in a pack" "hugs the rail" "quality blowout" "no flattening out last time out" "determined ride" -- nm - CQ Apr 30, 16:03 1
  - this is also how i rate my dates -- nm - charlie Apr 30, 16:05
- Has a shiny coat & thinks oats are A-OK -- nm - prayformojo Apr 30, 15:46 1
  - (hyde or the horses?) -- nm - charlie Apr 30, 15:47
- put your money where your badmouth is. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 30, 15:41
- Hotcakes has never bet on the ponies. I think we are going to go down to the simulcast place and spend a day there. - Bacon Apr 30, 15:19 7
  - Only time I've ever done it was when we were all in Vegas for Preakness weekend...fun time. -- nm - Meg Apr 30, 15:45 2
    - I was losing my ass that day until I doubled up and won it all back and some on that Philly who's name I forget now. -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 15:48 1
      - And yes, that was a blast! I think at that time Jax was doing Drunken Bingo, and I bet he wishes he played the ponies with us. -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 15:49
  - cool. no great reason to check out the field before the draw tomorrow. but derby day is great for races in general... - x Apr 30, 15:33 3
    - I used to go every other Sunday with my Uncle and Grandpa to the ponies when I lived in Northern California. We played cards in between races. - Bacon Apr 30, 15:39 2
      - nice. it's always a fun day when i go. saratoga is a couple hours from me....nm - x Apr 30, 15:53 1
        
        Yeah, living in Portland I don't go either. We race when the weather sucks. They need to switch it to the Summer. -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 15:55
- enjoys long walks in the park, carrots with the greens left on, demarara sugar cubes, and the poetry of ogden nash. -- nm - b. Apr 30, 15:15 4
  - these are race notes, not trading cards!....nm - x Apr 30, 15:36 1
    - oic, in that case: is motivated to pass all other horses in a race because he gets nauseous staring at their posteriors; is incentived by the - b. Apr 30, 15:53
  - *bets the farm* -- nm - charlie Apr 30, 15:16 1
    - *Hands you a giant banana with dreadlocks* -- nm - pmb Apr 30, 15:17
- "mucilage-challenged" -- nm - charlie Apr 30, 15:13
The brief life and complicate death of Tommy Lasorda's gay son -- (link) - Beaker Apr 30, 15:08 1
- I remember reading that years ago, still impactful. (and, iirc, he dated glenn burke for a time.) -- nm - b. Apr 30, 15:29
1st ever website restored to its 1992 glory -- (link) - Beaker Apr 30, 15:06
The Hobbit House in Sea Ranch wasn't available. But here's the house I'll be renting for my early June vacation - ceregon Apr 30, 14:45 4
- That's a nice place, but it's no Hobbit House :( - Bacon Apr 30, 14:49 3
  - here's the hobbit house - ceregon Apr 30, 14:55 2
    - How is that a Hobbit house? First of all, it's above ground. There is no second of all... but it does look like a lovely place. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 30, 16:02
    - Oh hell yes. I love the inside and that fireplace. -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 15:00
daughter of Sandy Hook victim confronts Sen. Kelly Ayotte -- (link) - charlie Apr 30, 14:44 1
- sigh. 12 year old Jovian used to be so enamored with the 'Dont Tread On Me' flag. nm - Jovian Apr 30, 15:12
this ad for Windows Phone aimed at the "Samsung vs. iPhone" partisans reminds me a lot of ST -- (link) - con_carne Apr 30, 14:43 [youtube] 3
- i thought that ad was kind of amusing...nm - x Apr 30, 15:03
- Windows wants to kill the phone market like it's killing the PC Market -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 14:45 1
  - Microsoft is the new Hewlett-Packard - charlie Apr 30, 15:06
~I've never had a hand for solitaire. Its so unfair that I should have my chance and lose - I feel like I've been used ~ - Epiphany Apr 30, 14:38
hmm, so is this some sort of groundbreaking shift for Postmedia? "No more publishers at local papers"? -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 30, 14:27
Just Let Go: A Practical Guide to Not Hating Gwyneth Paltrow in Iron Man 3 -- (link) - con_carne Apr 30, 14:27 2
- don't go see Iron Man 3 - charlie Apr 30, 14:40
- Step 1 of 1: remember her ass in The Avengers. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 14:31
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Travyon Martin killer waives " stand your ground" law defense -- (link) - Epiphany Apr 30, 14:25
In case, like me, you were just waiting for this GIF. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Apr 30, 14:25 [Image] 3
- without a doubt. hey can you tell me how the last season *spoils* - Epiphany Apr 30, 14:26 2
  - Well... - Dr.Vermin Apr 30, 14:38 1
    - okay sounds familiar - thanks. - Epiphany Apr 30, 14:39
"Lenny Dykstra tobacco fountain" -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 14:16
Thinking of the earlier conversation about important advances over time...just saw this on the bookstore bulletin board - Meg Apr 30, 14:11 7
- Along the same lines (and I think I've mentioned this here before), but some mad genius caveman somewhere figured out bread. That's amazing when you - Reagen Apr 30, 14:22 5
  - And less genius but probably more just determination is our way back ancestor who tamed fermentation - JD Apr 30, 15:34
  - maybe someone left a skull full of prridge by the fire and went to sleep, it dried out while fermentation had started, but remember beer... - zeitgeist Apr 30, 14:44
  - what abou sliced bread? that was the best thing since......unsliced bread, i guess...nm - x Apr 30, 14:30 2
    - I'd bet the original sourdough was a lucky accident and the development of yeast evolved from that. - Meg Apr 30, 14:37 1
      - yeah. probably it happened by mistake, and the genius was the person who figured out saving a piece for the next batch was what kept things rising..nm - x Apr 30, 14:48
- v. nice. -- nm - b. Apr 30, 14:16
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- Ive heard nothing but great things. I almost pulled the trigger on this myself not too long ago. -- nm - Jovian Apr 30, 15:14
A Bandwagon fans guide to the NHL Playoffs -- (link) - Beaker Apr 30, 14:06 10
- "sorry, no more room on the Leafswagon" -- nm - charlie Apr 30, 14:37 4
  - Isn't the Leafwagon that new electric car? -- nm - Bacon Apr 30, 15:40
  - are there non-bandwagon Leafs fans? I've never heard of such a thing. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 15:34 2
    - "Why are you a leafs fan?" "I like the colour blue." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 30, 15:39 1
      - and a tradition of excellence -- nm - charlie Apr 30, 16:18
- Boo! -- nm - spamlet Apr 30, 14:28
- 6 of my least favourite teams in the top 8. No sale. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 14:21 1
  - *chomp* - b. Apr 30, 14:35
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  - game 1 tonight -- nm - Beaker Apr 30, 14:37
Picture of Kobe getting his sutures removed. The surgeon is dressed darn nice. I have also never heard of the surgery place. - James Bond (aka phone) Apr 30, 14:05 [Image] 6
- I've heard of them before, from surgeries on other athletes. -- nm - b. Apr 30, 14:11 5
  - here's some trivia: the Jobe there is Frank Jobe - he performed the first "Tommy John" surgery. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 30, 14:24 1
    - Looks like he was - James Bond (aka phone) Apr 30, 14:37
  - On second thought, it probably is better than any academic place. You want a spot that is like a factory. All they do is ortho 24x7. -- nm - James Bond (aka phone) Apr 30, 14:13 1
    - yep. academic can be better for unusual or less common things, though. -- nm - b. Apr 30, 14:15
  - and, heh, both my main surgeons always dress very nicely; but they usually lose the suit jacket. -- nm - b. Apr 30, 14:13
Apple to have the largest non-bank Bond issue ever ($17 Billion) to pay shareholders. -- (link) - Beaker Apr 30, 14:01
New Vegas restaurant Dinner In The Sky now accepting reservations -- (link) - con_carne Apr 30, 14:01 [vimeo] 2
- no thanks. the bathroom is too far away. -- nm - peglegpete Apr 30, 14:26 1
  - put trickle down economics to work -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 30, 14:38

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