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just straigtening some receipts, and it reminded me to whine: my local wendy's has raised their full-size salad prices to almost $7. oof. -- nm - b. Jun 25, 10:55 4
- so much easier to eat value menu cheeseburgers. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 10:59 1
  - no beef for me. they do make the best cheapie with no meat, though. -- nm - b. Jun 25, 11:03
- + h -- nm - b. Jun 25, 10:56
- Just had one of their waffle cones! -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 10:56
This is MLK's invitation to LBJ's signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 25, 10:47
15 Predictions of how Mad Men should end (spoilers) -- (link) - amoxy Jun 25, 10:45 1
- s/predictions/fantasies/ -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 10:46
What does the new piece with the checkmark in Candy Crush Saga do? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 10:43 2
- i've never played the game but i'm guessing it has something to do with crushing your candy -- nm - charlie Jun 25, 10:44 1
  - *sends you another request for an extra life* -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 10:47
Like Couchsurfing, Easynest is a service for travels who say "I don't need two beds - hey stranger, come share my hotel room!" -- (link) - Max Jun 25, 10:38 10
- recommended by a travel expert on the radio: MileValue.com and ThePointsGuy.com for finding the best way to get/use air miles. -- nm - Max Jun 25, 10:50
- i did this to ty the first time we met. -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 10:42 5
  - I shared with a young guy from an online group, too, and would for some from here; but a stranger, nuh-uh. -- nm - b. Jun 25, 10:48 4
    - *slicks back hair* -- nm - zork Jun 25, 10:51 3
      - eww. licks back hair? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 10:52 2
        
        *licks eyebrows* -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 10:52 1
        
        *cups your crotch* -- nm - Crocodile Dundee Jun 25, 11:04
- Don't rape me... or steal my iPad, OK? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 10:41 1
  - oh, max already has an iPad - charlie Jun 25, 10:42
- i've been doing this at Max Hotel for years -- nm - charlie Jun 25, 10:40
Has it really been 4 years from when Micheal Jackson died? - amoxy Jun 25, 10:34
Pink Floyd reunite to pen op-end about how Pandora is screwing artists... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 25, 10:29 1
- now I have a Money earworm -- nm - zork Jun 25, 10:35
I watched the first episode of that Devious Maids show and it's hilarious, almost like watching tabloid tv. - zork Jun 25, 10:14 1
- Cherry-ish? -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Jun 25, 11:01
Kanye is interested in doing a Jetsons movie. Kanye? Jetsons? -- (link) - amoxy Jun 25, 10:13 8
- That's all wrong. When I think of a weird musician's interpretation of The Jetsons, I think of Frank Ocean. -- nm - Max Jun 25, 10:42
- The Yetzons -- nm - charlie Jun 25, 10:35
- this reminds me that Will, Jada, Jay-Z, and some others are doing a NYC version of Annie with Jamie Foxx (not as Annie) for release Christmas 2014 - zork Jun 25, 10:34 1
  - oh, doing as in producing. Foxx and a young girl (obvie) will act in it. -- nm - zork Jun 25, 10:50
- There will be black people in the future? - 60's tv audiences Jun 25, 10:15 3
  - Your IM...made about $13mil in 2005. -- nm - Jim Jun 25, 10:18 1
    - I must have spent it all without knowing it. I need to invent an IM that makes that much today. -- nm - zork Jun 25, 10:22
  - Yes. Working my parties dressed as slaves. -- nm - Paula Deen si Jun 25, 10:16
The screen on my new Nook HD+ is kinda tacky. My fingers don't glide across it like on my phone or iPad. Strange. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 10:10 2
- Try washing your hands. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 10:13 1
  - I think I have to wash the screen. It's really annoying. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 10:13
How can I be feeling overwhelmed and stressed and frustrated with work, when nothing is happening? - Beryllium Jun 25, 10:10 4
- Here, let me help. MAKE ST BETTER! MORE FEATURES! HASHTAGS! AVATARS! DO IT! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 10:11 2
  - ST would need to cover my annual salary for me to concentrate on it like that. - Beryllium Jun 25, 10:20 1
    - *crunches some numbers* hmm, I'd have to have 200+ paying customers to go full-time -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 10:27
- I have one word for you - oblique Jun 25, 10:11
Yeah, so we just finished Series 3 of Downton Abbey. Um (spoils) - Jim Jun 25, 10:07 17
- spoilers - Diva Jun 25, 10:08 16
  - spoilers - ty97 Jun 25, 10:11 6
    - Spoils - Jim Jun 25, 10:13 5
      - But (spoils) - ty97 Jun 25, 10:18 4
        
        spoils - Roger More Jun 25, 10:23 1
        
        What he said was (spoiler) - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Jun 25, 11:03
        
        I'm mad at everyone. There...how's that? -- nm - Jim Jun 25, 10:22 1
        
        everyone? You`re mad at me? Why? Why are you mad at me? I didnt do nuthin -- nm - mud Jun 25, 10:29
  - So (Spoils) - Jim Jun 25, 10:10 8
    - I'm not sure. It could very well be. More's the pity. *smh* -- nm - Diva Jun 25, 10:14 7
      - I still, by the way, can't put my finger on why I like the show so much (spoils) - Jim Jun 25, 10:16 6
        
        please....you know Branson and Jan Brady will be getting together... - Remlik Jun 25, 10:27 1
        
        Ew. -- nm - Diva Jun 25, 10:29
        
        for me it's a guilty pleasure all dressed up in finery and frippery. - Diva Jun 25, 10:23 3
        
        That sums it up pretty well. Being invested in the characters was something I didn't expect. (spoils) - Jim Jun 25, 10:26 2
        
        heh. spoiler - Diva Jun 25, 10:27 1
        
        Wow, so insignificant that I (spoiler) - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Jun 25, 11:05
The trailer for The Conjuring isn't really selling me. I don't see a lot to separate it from the slew of other The Last Exorcism-ish release of recent -- nm - prayformojo Jun 25, 10:05 2
- Norma! -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 10:47
- but we told you in the trailer - it's *not* a possession! -- nm - Conjuring producers Jun 25, 10:09
ST is crawling today. We need more SCOTUS rulings. -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 10:02 2
- Maybe you need fewer? -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 10:05 1
  - that's the conclusion that I drew from the data - zork Jun 25, 10:11
"four hundred and seventy-two years ago, I met you on opposing sides of an intergalactic battlefield. And when you won...." - prayformojo Jun 25, 09:58 9
- That show has moments of brilliance - oblique Jun 25, 10:06 8
  - I rewatched a couple of episodes from the 2nd half of the season over the weekend, and *really* laughed hard - prayformojo Jun 25, 10:08 7
    - It was easily my favorite new show last season. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 10:11
    - what show is this? should I be watching? (god I love TV) -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 10:10 5
      - I hated the pilot but I flipped over pretty strongly because of its offbeat humor. -- nm - Max Jun 25, 10:14 1
        
        I'll see if I can watch on xfinity. -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 10:20
      - The Neighbors and you should definitely check it out. Very funny. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 10:11
      - The Neighbors, and yes you should - prayformojo Jun 25, 10:10
      - Did you watch Under the Dome? Did you? -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 10:10
This is why I will get a PS4. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 09:57 [youtube] 1
- Has potential to be awesome. -- nm - Shaun Jun 25, 10:13
have you ever taken a bite of something and really not like it much at first and then take another bite of it and really dig it? - Diva Jun 25, 09:41 7
- yep. definitely happens sometimes. unless the first bite seems really "wrong" I always try a little more, at least. -- nm - b. Jun 25, 10:59
- I get that with wine a lot, not because it needed to breathe a bit but more cause I need to switch taste gears from beer all the week before -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 10:40
- cunnilingus -- nm - charlie Jun 25, 10:36 1
  - you should probably try it with a non-disease ridden whore. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 10:56
- pretty sure yes, but can't think of an example now. -- nm - zork Jun 25, 10:03
- see, usually if I do not like the first bite, I do not go back for a second. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 10:01 1
  - i didn't hate it. at first it was just meh so I gave it another chance and was not disappointed. -- nm - Diva Jun 25, 10:06
LYC: I think I will be relatively satisfied tomorrow if - ty97 Jun 25, 09:40
Renewing the Voting Rights Act and continuing to base the formula on elections information from 1972 was begging for a constitutional challenge. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 09:35 7
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- the cynic in me want to think that that's why the GOP was so eager to support the renewal at the time. - znufrii Jun 25, 09:51
- Does this mean my plan to distribute highway funding based on the number of carriages in each state in 1873 is in trouble? -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 09:45 4
  - A little, but not as silly as this post. -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 09:56
  - don't be silly. - znufrii Jun 25, 09:55 2
    - See, your problem is thinking that I'm trying to make a point. -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 10:07 1
      - right -- nm - znufrii Jun 25, 10:08
another news blooper compilation -- (link) - zork Jun 25, 09:26 [youtube]
Yikes "In addition to Agbim, semi truck drivers have killed at least six pedestrians on NYC surface streets in the last 10 months." -- (link) - ty97 Jun 25, 09:25 3
- BAN TRUCKS!!!!! nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 09:26 2
  - At least the high capacity ones. Do we really *need* trucks with more than 4 wheels? What are these people compensating for? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 25, 09:32 1
    - the best defense your kids walking to school have against a bad driver in a high capacity truck is a good driver with a big truck -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 10:45
road trip, anyone? -- (link) - znufrii Jun 25, 09:20 1
- We're going to Niagara next week. First time for the kids. Then spending the 4th at Cedar Point. Pure awesome -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 09:25
Maurice Jones-Drew will not be charged in connection with an alleged bar fight over Memorial Day weekend -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 09:15 2
- Wait, that's *good* news for my BF team. WTF? -- nm - spamlet Jun 25, 09:38
- I should hope not. A lot of people fight about Memorial Day weekend. -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 09:18
Recent Brennan Center for Justice report on implications if section 5 of Voting Rights Act were to fall... - Don Homer Jun 25, 09:15 3
- Presumably these restrictive measures would still be illegal, they would just have to be challenged after the fact? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 09:38 1
  - which leads me to believe that there won't be much change, at least in the near term - znufrii Jun 25, 09:41
- And an interesting series of Voting Rights Act maps... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 25, 09:21
Canadian university students happy with their sex lives -- (link) - Beaker Jun 25, 09:13 3
- Duh. Sex is what college is for. -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 09:23
- that's a lot more "friends with benefits" situations (13%) than I would have expected... -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 09:16 1
  - It struck me as low for college -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 09:23
I know it's been a long time and stuff, but an, I am *so freaking happy* I left kaplan. -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 09:07 5
- I think we all know that I switched jobs within my company in 2007 after chasing the new job for 8 months. - ty97 Jun 25, 09:11
- man I could go for some Manchester olive salad for lunch. -- nm - Max Jun 25, 09:09 2
  - word. but that's all it had. salad's not enough, max! - amanda Jun 25, 09:15 1
    - closest Wegman's is 21 miles away! -- nm - Max Jun 25, 10:17
- poor Gabe -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 09:07
Hodor, expressed as a flowchart (I wonder what the accompanying Venn diagram would look like) -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 25, 09:04 1
- The complement of the null set. -- nm - Was Bar Was Jun 25, 09:25
It's like Stephen Harper and the Conservatives are taking a page out of the GOP playbook, except the national media is having none of it. - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 08:59 8
- "strong, intelligent, objective media."? -- nm - mud Jun 25, 09:36 1
  - Strong, my ass. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Jun 25, 09:45 [youtube]
- yeah it is getting rather pathetic -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 09:02 5
  - I think the saddest thing is they really don't need to do this. -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 09:23 3
    - This is what I was thinking - either they're truly scared of him, or they don't realize they might unwittingly help him -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 10:00 2
      - Yep. It just gives the impression they don't have any real ideas for the future. -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 10:04 1
        
        (Really, they should let the NDP do the dirty work) -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 10:04
  - Justin is Canada's Hillary. 2 years before an election, and the right is doing everything they can to knock down the candidate. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 09:04
Rick Santorum's new job... movie studio exec -- (link) - MDH Jun 25, 08:56
Just paid the balance of my registration/tuition for August...just as well I stocked up on cheap groceries yesterday :/ -- nm - Meg Jun 25, 08:55
Rosie Parks board! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 25, 08:51 4
- I believe only her friends called her Rosie. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 09:04 2
  - Given that her name was Rosa, this would make sense. (Derp!) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 09:05 1
    - I believe that was my point, but I'll check. - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 09:12
- Rosie Parks and Recreation Board? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 08:53
andrea!! andrea!!!! email time!!! -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 08:48
OUYA console hopes to entice gamers with 'a different kind of play' -- (link) - Beaker Jun 25, 08:47 1
- Videogame console boasts open-source system, retails for $99, on sale June 25 -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 08:47
Snowden is apparently still at the Moscow airport in a "secure transit zone" over which Russia has no authority. -- (link) - spamlet Jun 25, 08:46 8
- The tables have turned, Russia is now the good guys relatively speaking. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 08:57
- The Terminal 2! -- nm - znufrii Jun 25, 08:53
- Huh? I think the article's pretty clear that Russia has authority, but is choosing not to exercise it -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 08:51 2
  - I was going by what Russia is claiming. - spamlet Jun 25, 09:01 1
    - I missed this - both Putin and Kerry's statements are full of it, but that's diplomacy -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 10:25
- Right. It's Thunderdome in there. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 08:51
- That's also where they re-broadcast Major League Baseball games with implied oral consent. -- nm - Was Bar Was Jun 25, 08:51 1
  - Dios mio! -- nm - spamlet Jun 25, 09:02
Moose sex corridor in NB/NS -- (link) - Beaker Jun 25, 08:43 8
- because they've been asked to stop doing it in the elevators? -- nm - zork Jun 25, 09:22
- Moose sex is not enough. I demand moose marriage! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 09:05 4
  - Woulkd you accept baby moose in back of cop car? -- (link) - Beaker Jun 25, 09:07 3
    - I was just wondering if there were any moose out on the Rock and what other animals are out there -- nm - zork Jun 25, 09:31
    - Wow. Give a medal to the Mount who delivered that one! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 09:13 1
      - *Mountie -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 25, 09:13
- *clicks link, sighs disappointedly* -- nm - musubi si Jun 25, 08:47
- wow, I had to read that post multiple times. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 08:46

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