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do we want to know what ross's internship is? I was going to ABCD but it would have been so obvious. -- nm - amanda May 1, 11:17 4
- Hunting wolverines with a twelve gauge? -- nm - Napoleon Dynamite May 1, 11:22
- polar bear hunting -- nm - Beaker May 1, 11:19 1
  - it's called polar bear wranglin' -- nm - decline May 1, 11:19
- ice sculpting -- nm - decline May 1, 11:18
NYT: Researchers Put Sense of Touch in Reach for Robots -- (link) - Strongbad May 1, 11:14
News flash: Koozies actually do help keep beer colder -- (link) - znufrii May 1, 11:09 10
- This is nothing more than The Koozie Industry misleading the public. -- nm - Spawn May 1, 11:12 9
  - Who paid for the study? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 11:12 8
    - I would've gone with the Koozie Brothers, but this works too. -- nm - Strongbad May 1, 11:21 1
      - (under Big Koozie, I hate it when I do that) -- nm - Strongbad May 1, 11:22
    - Big Koozie -- nm - Spawn May 1, 11:13 5
      - laughing. -- nm - amanda May 1, 11:17
      - That was my favourite Sopranos character. -- nm - Reagen May 1, 11:16 3
        
        I saw Big Koozie open for Primus at the Desert Inn Grand Ballroom in July of 89 -- nm - prayformojo May 1, 11:19 1
        
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Work swerve. I'm not going to South Carolina for two weeks. Instead, I am going to PDX. - ty97 May 1, 10:59 4
- EEEEEEeeeee!!!! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 11:02
- *calls off ty97 warning* -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord, koozie aficionado May 1, 11:00 2
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  - You're going to get me in big trouble with HR. -- nm - Max May 1, 11:07
"You will be emancipated from tyranny and oppression, and restored to the dignified status of freemen." - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 10:56
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- and yet the best she could come up with was pouring some rubbing alcohol into the OJ? -- nm - decline May 1, 11:02 3
  - it is *really hard* to make ricin... -- nm - amanda May 1, 11:12 2
    - Seriously. That dude in Tupelo MS needed an advanced degree in kung fu to do it -- nm - decline May 1, 11:14 1
      - *snort!* -- nm - Diva May 1, 11:15
- Big things have small beginnings -- nm - David the Android May 1, 10:56
- oh god, I wonder if she's a phd student. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 10:56 3
  - Of COURSE she is! -- nm - Strongbad May 1, 11:07 1
    - heh, no, apparently not. it would have been too much of a cliche I guess. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 11:11
  - I don't know how this is worse than anything else. because it's stressful? -- nm - amanda May 1, 11:02
UEFA Champions: 2nd leg Barca v. Bayern one hour from now -- (link) - budice May 1, 10:46 2
- Go München -- nm - zork May 1, 10:52 1
  - You're Munchausen by proxy. -- nm - Was Bar Was May 1, 10:59
Star Trek Blu-ray sets. $39 for the originals, $30 for TNG. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 10:45 1
- For a second I thought this was all TNG seasons and was ready to buy. -- nm - Strongbad May 1, 11:09
So the McDonalds across from Wrigley is toast they can build a hotel? -- nm - ty97 May 1, 10:39 6
- I was there last night. Still standing :) But they did have this weird per-fab "Cubs Store" in the parking lot - oblique May 1, 10:41 4
  - It's been there for a while. The McD's still operates, but not for long. -- nm - pmb May 1, 10:45 1
    - It was a damn fine night last night to be at the park even if they lost. 80 and breezy. So nice -- nm - oblique May 1, 10:47
  - I'm sure it's still open but the plans for Wrigley reno show a hotel which appears to be in the space that McDonalds (and the pop-up gear shops) is. - ty97 May 1, 10:43 1
    - Yeah, it'll be destroyed. That's where the hotel is going. -- nm - volnelk May 1, 10:45
- how are they gonna charge 10 bucks for a burger in the park, if you can get one for a buck outside? nm -- nm - groiny May 1, 10:39
we now know who was responsible for calling the PGA and snitching on Tiger Woods after watching him take an illegal drop 0n the Master's 15th fairway -- (link) - Beaker May 1, 10:38 1
- Tiger? - charlie May 1, 10:42
Huh. I hadn't noticed that the nightclub in Temple of Doom had an interesting name. -- nm - zork May 1, 10:30 4
- C'mon now...don't make me watch Temple of Doom again...just give me the name of the club! -- nm - Jim May 1, 11:26
- loser -- nm - Spawn May 1, 11:12
- I caught that last time I saw it. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord, koozie aficionado May 1, 11:01
- I also hadn't. That's quite funny. -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 10:35
Have we seen the renovated Wrigley plans? Makes me wonder when they are going to do it. -- (link) - volnelk May 1, 10:28
Charlotte Bobcats owner gets married. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 10:27
This is going to be a long 2 hr flight. - spamlet (iPhone) May 1, 10:23 12
- Could be claustrophobic. Creating some additional space. -- nm - Spawn May 1, 11:04
- Don't worry, it will still appear to take even longer to someone observing from a stationary point of reference. #itsallrelativistic -- nm - Ender May 1, 10:45
- Had that happen going from Buenos Aires to Santiago. Couple sat down and reclined before the door even closed. - ty97 May 1, 10:37 1
  - sitting upright is *exhausting*. -- nm - Andie May 1, 10:55
- Get up several times during the flight. Grab roughly onto the seat in front when you do so. -- nm - Roger More May 1, 10:26
- Flight attendants are pretty good at spotting that. - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 10:26
- Open up your can of surströmming -- nm - amoxy May 1, 10:26 2
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    - and send a bouquet of Titan Arum to the guy -- nm - zork May 1, 10:47
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  - I have no problem with occasionally hitting the back of the seat trying to get stuff from my bag on the floor. - spamlet (iPhone) May 1, 10:27
  - You want spamlet to start dying? -- nm - zork May 1, 10:26
warning - unedited pics from the Boston Bombing - from the site "Cryptome" - which I had never heard of before. - JenBro May 1, 10:22 12
- What I say? -- nm - Werner Herzog May 1, 11:04
- I can't help looking. Some comments... - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 10:38 6
  - the sequence photos that show people providing aid and comfort to the victims and they tracked 2 or 3 different people from pre-blast to post-blast - JenBro May 1, 10:43 5
    - and the old tried-and-true methods (i.e. tourniquets) don't need to be tinkered with. -- nm - zork May 1, 10:49
    - it's amazing. I believe I would have stood there in a daze. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 10:49 3
      - to me the saddest pic is the EMT feeling for a pulse on the woman who was killed - I can't imagine there is any "training" that could prepare someone - JenBro May 1, 10:56
      - and emergency response is your thing. - zork May 1, 10:50 1
        
        not that kind. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 11:01
- yep those are bad. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 10:34 1
  - The absolute worst. -- nm - Spawn May 1, 11:02
- holy f***nuts but that's some serious messed up stuff .... - i'm not dead yet ! May 1, 10:29 1
  - it's horrific - I don't understand how anyone gets something like this in their head and hearts - it's just evil -- nm - JenBro May 1, 10:31
"I ain't vomiting. I already drank like 8 Bud lights and beer is too expensive" - amoxy May 1, 10:20
developer gives pirates a copy of its game, Game Dev Tycoon with one added twist -- (link) - charlie May 1, 10:14 1
- Someone help me get around people pirating my game that I made in the pirated game that I'm playing -- nm - Mrs. Thepoint May 1, 10:25
CNN: Boston bombing suspects expected to appear before a federal judge soon. - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 10:10 3
- I read that as feral judge -- nm - zork May 1, 10:14 1
  - [gnaws the gavel] -- nm - Hon.Vermin May 1, 10:58
- Suspect*S*. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 10:13
Yay, I been scheduled for an ambulance ride-along... in an area where I might actually need the bulletproof vest. Should be interesting. -- nm - James Bond (aka phone) May 1, 10:09
Krusty inspired poll question - if you were to have or do have a "safe" word - what would it be? - JenBro May 1, 10:08 4
- bombardier - Epiphany May 1, 11:18
- Heh. :-) Nope, it's Boston. -- nm - Krusty May 1, 10:46 2
  - :) you have to give it careful thought right? I'm thinking any verbs are automatically DQ'd ... names - also not a good idea - so that narrows it - JenBro May 1, 10:59 1
    - Haha. :-) The main thing is to make sure it's not something you'd say while excited. Too many words doesn't work. - Krusty May 1, 11:15
"ex gay" Christian blogger turns up on Grindr. but it wasn't for sex -- (link) - charlie May 1, 10:08
Because, you know, Canada. Thought Bubble has become Thought Cafe, with a shiny new web site. - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 10:08
Facebook has lost 10 million users in the US over the last year, according to research firm Nielsen... -- (link) - Don Homer May 1, 10:01 13
- *fist pump* -- nm - Spawn May 1, 11:04
- they forced me out. -- nm - amanda May 1, 10:57
- My brother posted on FB a few weeks ago that he was leaving and could be reached on Twitter. - ty97 May 1, 10:09 2
  - A friend of mine nuked hers because she didn't like seeing opposing political opinions in her feed. - Max May 1, 10:26 1
    - That stuff goes in phases for me. I've pretty well put anyone with annoying political views on limited updates. -- nm - Kim Pine May 1, 10:31
- YouTube is on the rise as a social network among younger users. It's... unusual. - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 10:05 7
  - and tumbler -- nm - Remlik May 1, 10:14 6
    - tumblr is really huge. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 10:21 5
      - I love, love tumblr - I probably dont' use it correctly though -- nm - Epiphany May 1, 11:20
      - Yet I despise it. It's little more than a LiveJournal rehash. The layouts are horrendous. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 10:28 3
        
        It's all the ugliness of myspace/geocities, but completely abstracted away by the raw API. So it's much better than that dreck. -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 10:34 1
        
        the UI is pretty sucky, but the kids are working around it. kind of like the wild west. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 10:35
        
        Oh honey no. -- nm - MDH May 1, 10:30
25/25 on the Iron Man quiz. -- nm - Shaun May 1, 10:01 2
- daymmmmn -- nm - Epiphany May 1, 10:01
- 20/25 -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 10:01
Hey, Steam... I wanna change my password. How the F*CK do I do that? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 09:57 4
- --- Search for keywords like �Steam Wallet�, �Team Fortress 2�, �change password�, etc. --- - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 10:01
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- easiest way is to log out and say you forgot your password. email gives you reset link. -- nm - colin May 1, 09:57 1
  - That's awesome. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 09:58
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- Do not touch Willie. That's good advice! -- nm - Roger More May 1, 10:07
Tebow has a job offer on the table... -- (link) - Remlik May 1, 09:52 3
- He got this one from another league: -- (link) - MDH May 1, 10:06
- Heh. Awesome. -- nm - JaxSean May 1, 09:55
- Magic Tim. -- nm - colin May 1, 09:53
Dr. Who spoilers....don't click if you don't want to know -- (link) - Remlik May 1, 09:51 8
- They call those spoilers? Pffffft -- nm - Mr. Havens May 1, 11:14
- *click* - loosilu May 1, 10:00
- I doubt I want to know. I like watching and being surprised. Hopefully this is something good in an upcoming episode to save this season. - JaxSean May 1, 09:56 4
  - I haven't watched the last two episodes, is it worth watching them? -- nm - amoxy May 1, 10:00 3
    - yeah I think so. -- nm - Remlik May 1, 10:02
    - eh. the last one yes. -- nm - loosilu May 1, 10:01 1
      - this -- nm - JaxSean May 1, 10:30
- (spoiler) - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 09:55
Jim, yeah, that is the tough part for me. - groiny May 1, 09:49 6
- I think I know the answer here...but ever think about softball? Just a much slower game, way less intense..but you still get the feel of playing ball -- nm - Jim May 1, 09:56 5
  - I hurt the knee this time playing catch, - groiny May 1, 09:59 4
    - Dude, that sucks balls. -- nm - Jim May 1, 10:13
    - i can't believe I'm saying this - but I sort of agreed with Bacon's post yesterday - that you might have been favoring the hurt leg to the detriment - JenBro May 1, 10:12 2
      - I have a thin neoprene brace on it to help support it a bit now. - groiny May 1, 10:15 1
        
        :( - JenBro May 1, 11:11
AC is still out today. Supposed to get 95 today in Chico -- nm - amoxy May 1, 09:48
I think the Finns are just f*cking with the world. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) May 1, 09:47 2
- "The sailors came across some Finnish islanders and decided to con them by selling the rotten fish to them. The Finns bought it and the sailors went - charlie May 1, 09:50
- "Sure, this is our language. No, really." -- nm - Reagen May 1, 09:48
can't buy me love -- nm - charlie May 1, 09:47
He's Jorah Mormont! -- nm - Reagen May 1, 09:47
Plane goes down in Mexico, killing federal police agents who had recently served arrest warrants on drug cartel members -- (link) - Epiphany May 1, 09:46 4
- The Zetas don't eff around. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) May 1, 09:48 3
  - guess not. my google alert notifcation was full of that video of the cargo plane crash. - Epiphany May 1, 09:51 2
    - They started out as former special forces guys that were enforcers for another cartel before going out on their own. - spamlet (iPhone) May 1, 09:53 1
      - yikes. I did not know this -- nm - Epiphany May 1, 09:54

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