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Needs a roll. -- nm - Shaun May 30, 05:47
Nothing worse than the first day back at work after a vacation. ugh. -- nm - znufrii May 30, 05:24 3
- lol vacation. Cry some more sally. -- nm - Shaun May 30, 05:46
- at least you got to go on vacation. why so negative always, nancy? -- nm - amanda May 30, 05:46
- catching up on the backboards, I amend my statement. There are some things worse than the first day back at work after a vacation. - znufrii May 30, 05:41
UFC 164: Josh Barnett vs. Frank Mir -- nm - Strongbad May 30, 04:29 2
- That should be headline a FX show not a PPV. -- nm - ajrimmer May 30, 05:14 1
  - I'm wondering if Mir hangs it up at this point if he loses. -- nm - Strongbad May 30, 05:37
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- They did a good job of hiding the director in ads, but I guess it didn't make much of a difference. -- nm - Jelly May 30, 04:57 1
  - I thought it looked interesting at first and wanted to see it, until I found out the director. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 30, 05:06
- needs more Tim Curry -- nm - Strongbad May 30, 04:26
- needed more of Carlton dancing to Tom Jones. -- nm - Beaker May 30, 04:24
Wake up -- nm - prayformojo May 30, 03:16
Euro photog merges old snap shots with modern view of same location with fascinating results -- (link) - zeitgeist May 30, 00:37
ha! geoguessr just dropped me outside my mom's house in Dawson. -- nm - mafic May 29, 23:47 1
- (0.002km, 6479 points) -- nm - mafic May 29, 23:50
Here comes MERS-CoV. As someone might say... DOOM! -- (link) - Dano May 29, 23:38 2
- *devolves symptoms* -- nm - timPhone May 29, 23:43 1
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How come Michael Cera gets to be an executive producer for Arrested Development? -- nm - Mop on Chrome on iPad May 29, 23:17 3
- Remember how he held out til the bitter end? -- nm - Epiphany May 30, 03:52
- it could be a writing credit -- nm - charlie May 29, 23:18 1
  - probably. he was in the writers room for pretty much the whole duration. -- nm - Andie May 30, 04:40
Happy Zelda Oracle of Seasons and Ages on the 3DS day! -- nm - Qale May 29, 23:07 1
- what about 3DO? -- nm - charlie May 29, 23:08
curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! -- (link) - mafic May 29, 23:05
man puts his 6 week old baby in the freezer to stop the crying -- (link) - peglegpete May 29, 22:40 2
- yeah, local ahole....that wasn't the worst of it, multiple broken bones -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 23:41 1
  - you can tell the sheriff was worried about what might happen to him, the photo shows him in padded outfit which they use ... - zeitgeist May 29, 23:44
what foods should I get at Costco tomorrow? I already plan on getting ribs & sausages to smoke & grill. -- nm - peglegpete May 29, 22:23 5
- don't you want some brisket? -- nm - zeitgeist May 29, 22:27 1
  - Smart & Final is usually a lot less than they are on big slabs of brisket -- nm - peglegpete May 29, 22:28
- meat. -- nm - loosi at home May 29, 22:27
- I'd check if they have the good blueberries in, plus the Parisienne salad kit, and maybe Santa Sweet grape tomatoes. -- nm - i.b! May 29, 22:26
- Onions? -- nm - nevermind May 29, 22:26
what does cazar animales\ mean? - loosi at home May 29, 22:08 19
- I hate when I get dropped in a panorama. -- nm - mafic May 29, 22:47
- oh, Argentina? -- nm - i.b! May 29, 22:15 1
  - maybe!!! -- nm - loosi at home May 29, 22:15
- animal hunt -- nm - nevermind May 29, 22:12
- Spanish "hunt animals" according to Google. -- nm - Meg May 29, 22:11 14
  - ah, well it is prohibited. and I might be in Venezuela. -- nm - loosi at home May 29, 22:15 13
    - oh, update! just passed a roadside shrine (with cross) to someone who died there. def latino - loosi at home May 29, 22:26 7
      - Sheeit. We do that here in LA. -- nm - con_carne May 29, 22:37
      - East side of Latin America, probably. Meg's guess sounds good. - nevermind May 29, 22:29 5
        
        ooh, thank you. still driving. -- nm - loosi at home May 29, 22:31 4
        
        aaaaaand, it was Mexico. Between Tampico and Mexico City. -- nm - loosi at home May 29, 22:34 2
        
        I'll try to remember that.;) -- nm - nevermind May 29, 22:38
        
        Tequila Sunrises for everyone! -- nm - peglegpete May 29, 22:35
        
        Crazy Gringo!! You are destroying the Nazca Lines :((( -- nm - local May 29, 22:33
    - Medanos de Coro National Park in Venezuela. Desert landscape, hunting would most likely be prohibited. -- nm - Meg May 29, 22:21 4
      - I like this, a lot. -- nm - loosi at home May 29, 22:27
      - and now I go look to see what geoguessr is, heh. -- nm - i.b! May 29, 22:24 2
        
        say goodbye to your life. -- nm - loosi at home May 29, 22:26 1
        
        it's giving weird/incorrect info. on iPad. I tested two close places, and it showed a guess difference of thousands of miles. - i.b! May 29, 22:54
geoguessr: Where am I? desert scrub, red dirt, drive on the right, distance is in km. - loosi at home May 29, 22:01 10
- Tel Aviv -- nm - peglegpete May 29, 22:16
- Dupont Circle? -- nm - peglegpete May 29, 22:15
- morocco? -- nm - i.b! May 29, 22:12
- Brasil? Portugal? or Spain? - nevermind May 29, 22:05 2
  - could be. -- nm - loosi at home May 29, 22:08 1
    - Spain, Argentina, Mexico? -- nm - Meg May 29, 22:15
- South Africa -- nm - peglegpete May 29, 22:02 3
  - they drive on the left. -- nm - loosi at home May 29, 22:03 2
    - India -- nm - peglegpete May 29, 22:12 1
      - They also drive on the left. Google. Nm - ralph wiggum May 29, 22:16
On the subject of Pixar...this is where I'm stopping over on the way home from CO. -- (link) - Meg May 29, 21:14 2
- kill Mater for me -- nm - charlie May 29, 21:16 1
  - -20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad May 30, 04:06
LYC observation. I have made friends now with many artists, talented, and some famous. So far, I have yet to meet an artist who reads. - loosi at home May 29, 21:06 7
- huh. while I know some who fall there, I know a number of others who don't. - i.b! May 29, 21:19 6
  - (it was Julia Cameron, btw, which I'd read myself.)-- nm - i.b! May 29, 21:21 4
    - oh, that sort of doesn't count. :) for many reasons. -- nm - loosi at home May 29, 21:23 3
      - It's suggested reading by a lot of art teachers. - nevermind May 29, 22:07
      - it was the book she was reading, but it's fine. carry on with your own data points. -- nm - i.b! May 29, 21:25 1
        
        I'm not claiming it's scientific or anything. -- nm - loosi at home May 29, 21:26
  - interesting. well, it's not like they hate books or anything. - loosi at home May 29, 21:21
~ We're only making plans for Nigel. We only want what's best for him. ~ - zork May 29, 20:48 2
- oh you 40something. -- nm - loosi at home May 29, 21:58 1
  - Huh. The original charted in Canada, but not the US. - con_carne May 29, 22:12
"chewin it" podcast with Bill Paxton -- (link) - charlie May 29, 20:48
hey max, there's an open spot on Cap'n Sig's crab boat for ya - charlie May 29, 20:46
John Dies at the End: B+ - nubby, Astro-lord, koozie aficionado May 29, 20:45 2
- Yeah. I thought it was pretty fun even though it ran out of steam a little. -- nm - Dano May 29, 21:01 1
  - Lots of fun -- nm - amoxy May 29, 21:05
This is very cool; my old Reserve unit's latest mission gets some news coverage. -- (link) - Stephen May 29, 20:40 7
- What village? Couldn't hear what he said. -- nm - nevermind May 29, 20:54 4
  - Newtok. I knew both of the Warrant Officers they interviewed, Valero and Grobler, back when they were enlisted. - Stephen May 29, 21:01 3
    - are you a warrant officer? -- nm - loosi at home May 29, 21:07 2
      - No, no! I resisted that urge (and prodding). - Stephen May 29, 21:09 1
        
        too bad, WOs are sexy! helicopters! - loosi at home May 29, 21:26
- An Eskimo village sinking due to global warming? What nonsense! Slacker Inuit just want to move on the government dime! -- nm - Mop May 29, 20:42 1
  - this sounds like a job for the Travel Channel :) -- nm - peglegpete May 29, 20:44
Master Chef question - con_carne May 29, 20:39 10
- 'nother question for you good folks - con_carne May 29, 20:55 1
  - yes. (spoils) - i.b! May 29, 20:55
- always baffling to me that some people obviously haven't done practice runs at home. - i.b! May 29, 20:49 4
  - But they all have the chef's ego and arrogance perfected :) -- nm - Meg May 29, 20:51 3
    - well... - i.b! May 29, 20:59 2
      - Yup, it's like people who go on Survivor but have no idea how to start a fire. -- nm - Stephen May 29, 21:04 1
        
        exactly. -- nm - i.b! May 29, 21:11
- Who won? Red or blue? -- nm - Mop May 29, 20:42 1
  - Those idiots in red will kill each other before they could fry an egg. Oh wait. - con_carne May 29, 20:44
- Yep. They're looking for competence in basic skills. -- nm - nevermind May 29, 20:42
Go Sharks!!! -- nm - Bacon on Google Nexus 10 May 29, 20:38
Holy crap, Mad Men. - kelly May 29, 20:28 7
- yeah, but it would be hard to top the closing line of the previous week - zeitgeist May 29, 21:25
- spoilers - amoxy May 29, 21:06 5
  - Spoilers - kelly May 29, 21:21 4
    - spoilers - amoxy May 29, 21:41 2
      - Spoilers - kelly May 29, 21:44 1
        
        spoils - amoxy May 29, 21:59
    - Also (spoilers) - kelly May 29, 21:25
Seems we really are in the middle of kitten season. The shelters and rescues are overflowing with them :( - Meg May 29, 20:23 6
- Listen to Bob Barker people. Fix your horny pets!! -- nm - Bacon on Google Nexus 10 May 29, 20:46
- :( - -- nm - i.b! May 29, 20:28
- we'll take them all :) -- nm - chinese restaurant May 29, 20:27 3
  - These two are at the county shelter...I think they've misplaced a decimal in the stated age..... -- (link) - Meg May 29, 20:32 2
    - They are. I'd believe 2.5 months. -- nm - nevermind May 29, 20:35 1
      - Yep. -- nm - Meg May 29, 20:38
ST Quiz, CTTP rules. I am looking at a photo of a parking rate sign in front of Disneyland, circa 1960. What is the rate? - con_carne May 29, 20:20 15
- Yeah, I think we're following the same pages on FB. -- nm - Mop May 29, 20:35 1
  - Vintage Los Angeles, here - con_carne May 29, 21:11
- quarter. -- nm - i.b! May 29, 20:26 9
  - jerk -- nm - charlie May 29, 20:31
  - *ding* -- (link) - con_carne May 29, 20:29 [Image] 7
    - that wagon is awesome! I wonder what was special about "date nite." -- nm - i.b! May 29, 20:33 6
      - google images has a number of flyers for them. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! May 29, 20:45 3
        
        looking at these, it sounds fun - they could bring them back as a retro thing. - i.b! May 29, 20:55
        
        Well now this just sounds decidedly less cynical than my explanation -- nm - con_carne May 29, 20:52 1
        
        hee. they had fireworks at them, too. -- nm - i.b! May 29, 20:57
      - I'm guessing they had to drum something up before they thought of the fireworks thing -- nm - con_carne May 29, 20:36
      - well, you see. when a man and a woman like each other enough to have a "date nite" . . . -- nm - charlie May 29, 20:36
- $2 -- nm - JaxSean May 29, 20:25
- $.50 -- nm - charlie May 29, 20:22
- $1 -- nm - nevermind May 29, 20:21
So... it might not be a good idea to fly to St. Paul, MN tomorrow. :/ Yikes, look at the weather. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) May 29, 20:15 5
- LOLgirl wants to go there for the weekend?? -- nm - peglegpete May 29, 20:42
- I don't think I've seen "strong storms" in a 5-day graphic forecast before - good luck! -- nm - i.b! May 29, 20:31
- earlier did you get the word you were looking for? I was wondering if lucite was it. -- nm - zork May 29, 20:20 1
  - I just called it plexiglass -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) May 29, 20:41
- there's no good time -- nm - charlie May 29, 20:15
And tonight killed me that I don't have cable. - spamlet (iPhone) May 29, 20:11 4
- I grew up on hockey on the radio. -- nm - nevermind May 29, 20:13 3
  - Foster Hewitt! -- nm - zork May 29, 20:18 2
    - Old Mr Wirtz didn't believe in TV for home games. - nevermind May 29, 20:20 1
      - Which is one reason I'm a Wings fan. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) May 30, 04:45
it's not what you think -- nm - charlie May 29, 20:09

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