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US weekly unemployment aid applications fall to 324K, lowest in 5 years; sign of fewer layoffs. -- nm - Don Homer May 2, 05:37
This is for Reagen: What if Starks made good decisions. -- (link) - TWuG May 2, 04:52 2
- Are they taking suggestions? spoils - Roger More May 2, 05:38
- ha! -- nm - prayformojo May 2, 05:00
Bradley Cooper has dropped out of Jane's Got a Gun - who should replace him? -- (link) - LMS May 2, 04:31
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- How is it that the forecast here doesn't have the remnants of your storm? Predicting high 60s and sunny until Tuesday, at least. -- nm - zork May 2, 05:24
- yikes! -- nm - Don Homer May 2, 04:40 1
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Wake Up! -- nm - LMS May 2, 03:37
Emilia Clarke is to play a stripper in James Franco's film. -- (link) - LMS May 2, 03:14 1
- Approved. -- nm - volnelk May 2, 04:21
Domestic jungle cats -- (link) - CovingtonCat May 2, 02:41
Crabalocker fishwife Pornographic priestess Boy, you've been a naughty girl you let your knickers down -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 01:51
Killers...2 solid hours..wowzers -- nm - budice May 1, 23:16 1
- woo! did they do "world we live in"? was Brandon in full, hot GQ mode? -- nm - b! May 1, 23:19
The county animal control shelter is running an adoption fair this weekend....I really shouldn't go.... - Meg May 1, 23:02
this is something. I went to check if yelp! left a review of mine up, after a past experience of being filtered for no good reason. to a subsequent - b! May 1, 22:24 8
- the price of b.'s principles - charlie May 1, 22:28 7
  - "Yes we`re a restaurant but let`s not worried about service & food." I'm still coming up with comparisons. - b! May 1, 22:36 6
    - won't somebody please think of the children! or the animals or whatever. -- nm - mafic May 2, 00:21
    - come to think of it, seems half of SCOTUS opperates like your IM -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 23:36
    - just take the Lassi - charlie May 1, 23:04 1
      - he said nothing to me, that was to another reviewer. I didn't even rate a bizarre, cheap bribe. - b! May 1, 23:11
    - Vegetarian restaurant? -- nm - Meg May 1, 22:50 1
      - nope, a Thai place. they do say they contribute to helping elephants, but it totally gives the illusion - b! May 1, 23:08
The cops are at the neighbors again. These are new neighbors, not the one's with the kid who would show up in our house at 12:30 AM. -- nm - Dano May 1, 22:18
season finale of The Americans = TreMendous -- nm - mud May 1, 22:12
i demand that b. try this SF ice cream made from liquid nitrogen and report back her review -- (link) - charlie May 1, 21:52 8
- nmb -- (link) - psilotum May 1, 22:13 1
  - that's one of the places I was referring to below. very good/interesting. -- nm - b! May 1, 22:27
- Now you're making me want a Flip Burger liquid nitrogen milkshake -- nm - Dano May 1, 21:57 1
  - +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad May 2, 04:37
- so you're hiring someone to drive me up there? ok! -- nm - b! May 1, 21:54 3
  - I heard an interview with them a couple of years ago - the wagon was memorable, as was the method. - b! May 1, 22:06
  - i'm availible, but what are their points? -- nm - Meg si May 1, 22:02 1
    - *all* the points. -- nm - b! May 1, 22:07
Turkey Burger? no thanks, Consumer reports says its the filthiest food out there -- (link) - zeitgeist May 1, 21:48 1
- why yes, I did have a turkey burger for dinner. -- nm - b! May 1, 21:55
From what I see in the trailer, this might be the sexiest Alexander Skarsgaard performance. (What Maisie Knew trailer) -- (link) - Dano May 1, 21:48
Con_carne, are you watching Nova? -- nm - Meg May 1, 21:37 7
- Next: Secrets of the Dead: Bugging Hitlers' Soldiers -- nm - PBS May 1, 21:43
- spoil me! -- nm - con_carne May 1, 21:39 4
  - Just lots of really good archaeology. -- nm - Meg May 1, 21:43 3
    - "look at the way he dusts that artifact with the brush. sublime" -- nm - charlie May 1, 21:47 1
      - some of these species were alive until the seventies! -- nm - con_carne May 1, 21:50
    - Catching it. It's amazing. - con_carne May 1, 21:44
- No, but I am now - con_carne May 1, 21:38
another beautiful performance on AI tonight. so good. nm but: -- (link) - b! May 1, 21:36
Steph Mcmahon has dropped 80 pounds and looks ripped.... -- (link) - Remlik May 1, 21:21 1
- Yikes. She used to be very cute when she first started appearing on Raw. -- nm - Tim May 1, 21:26
Spawn, Remmy, should I see Iron Man 3 in 3D? -- nm - Mop May 1, 21:20 5
- I saw it in 2D, it looked great. A lot is shot a night so with the 20% light loss with 3D you won't see much. - LMS May 2, 02:51
- I didn't. I'm happy with that decision. -- nm - mafic May 1, 23:56
- No, don't even bother giving Marvel more money than you have to -- nm - pawnS May 1, 21:33
- I've not seen it yet. -- nm - Remlik May 1, 21:21 1
  - SPawn...I just got us tickets for tomorrow night at 9p -- nm - Remlik May 1, 21:38
Very cool, pencil-drawn 3D artwork. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request May 1, 21:17
Heh, I'd meant to post about a friend who has a friend who knows a guy in search and rescue who said those two hikers were on a little 'trip' when - Meg May 1, 20:56 4
- hot BDSM action ensued. -- nm - con_carne May 1, 20:59 3
  - I thought perhaps they were up there looking for datura but I guess they took their own supplies with them. - Meg May 1, 21:07 2
    - one of my roommates did something similar on LSD. - tl May 1, 21:11 1
      - maybe they did Ecstasy cause that's supposed to be really dehydrating -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 21:35
whadda ya know, Paul Walker's filming a new movie -- nm - charlie May 1, 20:42
b., I thought of a lifehack for those lifehacks - zork May 1, 20:36 1
- very creative! :) - -- nm - b! May 1, 21:38
Danish scientists expect HIV cure breakthrough within months -- (link) - charlie May 1, 20:33 14
- great. I have to wonder about "affordable cure" though. -- nm - Don Homer May 2, 04:39
- ThIs one will be a big deal to me as it's a disease I can remember hearing news reports about as a kid. - Name Withheld By Request May 1, 21:24 2
  - AIDS made news because it killed people. Somebody call me when Herpes is cured -- nm - con_carne May 1, 21:29
  - assuming it is accurate, i never expected it to reasonably happen in my lifetime -- nm - charlie May 1, 21:26
- Let's not go using each other's needles just yet. -- nm - Max May 1, 20:46 9
  - Unprotected sex for everyone! -- nm - Mop May 1, 21:01 7
    - Only the sexy people! -- nm - Morris Day May 1, 21:20
    - I have a friend who works for a HIV non-profit and she is more scared of getting Hep C than HIV -- nm - ty97 May 1, 21:02 5
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      - I'm sensing a good prank here... -- nm - Max May 1, 21:12 3
        
        You have Hep C. Ha Ha, just kidding. It's only HIV. -- nm - Dano May 1, 21:16 2
        
        Calm down, calm down. I was only kidding - charlie May 1, 21:17 1
        
        Plus you're pregnant. It wasn't me. Well the Hep C was me. -- nm - Max May 1, 21:21
  - "and then I thought when am I going to get back to Haiti again?" -- nm - charlie May 1, 20:49
Police Tweet: bit of disturbance at 5th and Jackson btw Superheros and clowns. Everything under control #seamayday -- nm - yes they sent in the clowns May 1, 20:24
This is what I imagine ceregon's house is like. -- (link) - Dano May 1, 20:17 [youtube] 1
- Not enough BBJs. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord, koozie aficionado May 1, 20:22
nobody really cares, but ann and steve got their house!! rejoicing for all jones conspirators commences in 3... 2... 1... rejoice! -- nm - amanda May 1, 20:16 1
- They're going to need a team of people deciding on rugs and lamps and paint! -- nm - Max May 1, 20:38
Was he Kriss or Kross? Chris Kelly found dead in his home. -- (link) - Stephen May 1, 20:15 2
- He was "Mac Daddy". The other one was "Daddy Mac". - kelly May 1, 20:19 1
  - Nice. -- nm - Krusty May 1, 22:23
I'm sick of firemen always winning! -- nm - Max May 1, 20:00
Sorry, Pete. - David May 1, 19:55 5
- Bros before.... uh... forget I said anything. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 May 1, 20:05
- no worries! -- nm - Remlik May 1, 19:56 3
  - I was just scoping up money. Ultimate level is kicking my ass -- nm - Remlik May 1, 19:56 2
    - Hmm, I thought that was Ultimate level. - David May 1, 19:57 1
      - heh. no it wasn't. It did raise the level of the bad guys and better loot as well. -- nm - Remlik May 1, 20:08
Big Brain Theory physics spoiler question - peglegpete May 1, 19:44
Another job application question - Dano May 1, 19:41 15
- not a problem to use someone for both -- nm - zork May 1, 20:42 1
  - btw, I replied a bit late to the thread asking about whether to mention lack of degree... - zork May 1, 20:47
- You should totally feel free to email Ann about this stuff. Really. She's a wizard. -- nm - Amanda May 1, 20:11 1
  - Yeah... - Dano May 1, 20:15
- How can you help it that your previous experience is also one of the people who agreed to write a letter of rec? -- nm - con_carne May 1, 19:46 9
  - I'm saying if I have two references listed from previous experience, and then three different letters then that's 5 references. -- nm - Dano May 1, 19:47 8
    - I would err on the side of just giving the most recent contacts in both cases - con_carne May 1, 20:09 7
      - nubby is academic and that is the standard in the academic world (you should not see your letters). Maybe the rule varies in the "real world" -- nm - James Bond (aka phone) May 1, 20:26 6
        
        Yeah, my advice is not for people applying to academic/PhD-type jobs, no -- nm - con_carne May 1, 20:32 5
        
        I don't see it as particular to my field. I cannot conceive of any case in any field where it would be okay to see your letters. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord, koozie aficionado May 1, 20:36 4
        
        Eh, when I worked in college recruiting, we had a site where people routinely submitted their letters of rec themselves. - con_carne May 1, 20:50 2
        
        as I said before, I've seen it both ways for recs/refs. calls/emails are more common than letters for corporate jobs, in my experience. - b! May 1, 21:46
        
        (that would be a provisional transcript... official transcripts would of course be sent officially by the school) -- nm - con_carne May 1, 20:56
        
        in my experience (and mrs. zork's), people write a letter for you when you leave and give it to you to use as you want -- nm - zork May 1, 20:40
- theyre just confiming you lived there -- nm - budice May 1, 19:43
Fringe Season 4 spoilers - amoxy May 1, 19:14 1
- You'll just have to watch to find out. -- nm - tl May 1, 20:48
I am a chris kluwe fan (no surprise), but sometimes... right now, he's having a moment after reading obama's "loyalty day" proclamation. - b. May 1, 19:07 1
- Yeah, he's coming across a bit nutty. -- nm - Stephen May 1, 20:28
That Timbers link from B2 is awesome! -- nm - Bacon May 1, 19:06 2
- very cool. they have the largest average attendance in the league (over 34,000) -- nm - zork May 1, 20:55
- soccer makes everything better -- nm - charlie May 1, 19:11
meetup.com is stupid, their messaging system sucks, if you run late, need to look up/confirm address, guess what... - zeitgeist May 1, 19:04 1
- Yeah, they then show up under "past events" which is on the main page. -- nm - kelly May 1, 19:30
dang. chris kelly, one of the kriss-kross boys was found dead tonight at his home in atlanta. *34* nm but: -- (link) - b. May 1, 19:00 5
- :( -- nm - Andie May 1, 19:30
- Sad, and they had just announced a reunion. -- nm - MDH May 1, 19:24
- Sad. :-( -- nm - Krusty May 1, 19:09
- that is sad (but something tells me that's not an actual crime scene photo) -- nm - charlie May 1, 19:01 1
  - yahyah, the first two links I tried had crappy autoloading stuff. -- nm - b. May 1, 19:03
the male vs. female reminded me of something I thought of this morning. I see Teslas regularly, sporty and sedan; but I don't recall seeing a female - b. May 1, 18:52 2
- maybe they're waiting for the auto-parallel park feature to be added? - charlie May 1, 18:57 1
  - all that static electricity frizzes their hair -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 18:58
please spoil me. who was booted on survivor tonight -- nm - peglegpete May 1, 18:51 1
- spoil - CovingtonCat on Fire May 1, 18:54
The Queen of Versailles is *not* what i was expecting. -- nm - Andie May 1, 18:48 3
- The question is who do you hate more, him or her -- nm - JaxSean May 1, 19:03 2
  - I was actually surprised at how sympathetic I found them. -- nm - Dano May 1, 19:07 1
    - I like her actually, mostly. More than him. -- nm - Andie May 1, 19:24
stop, wiggums, stop -- nm - charlie May 1, 18:48 9
- No! It's awesome! -- nm - con_carne May 1, 18:58 7
  - This is my challenge for wiggum to post another link for the new board - con_carne May 1, 19:01 6
    - As though pixie's post didn't encourage her enough. "No, don't pour the holy water on me!" -- nm - Roger More May 1, 19:03 5
      - Just one more. Show another mirror to the face of society. -- nm - con_carne May 1, 19:07 4
        
        You can look at the whole site yourself! But if you want me to curate, here is media hype vs actual deaths (link) - ralph wiggum May 1, 19:14 2 1
        
        11000 people were killed by wasps? - the wrongelement, bad guy May 1, 19:23
        
        I might not be as sober as you are right now -- nm - con_carne May 1, 19:22
        
        guess she OD'd on the 'nip -- nm - charlie May 1, 19:11
- Information overload -- nm - amoxy May 1, 18:52
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- Smh. -- nm - Krusty May 1, 18:52
well, well, wel. you can never tell -- nm - peglegpete May 1, 18:38

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