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Max: Jimmy Eat World. And really? It's been five years. -- nm - nubby, Lord Astro Jun 27, 13:21 1
- Unless you count chamber music... - Max Jun 27, 13:30
The greatest children's book in the history of the world. -- (link) - spamlet Jun 27, 13:21 5
- that's great...nm - x Jun 27, 13:25
- So the monster at the end of the book turns out to be Grover. BFD -- nm - Roger More Jun 27, 13:24 2
  - DUDE, Spoilers! -- nm - znufrii Jun 27, 13:25
  - ^^^^^^ [spoiler alert] - zork Jun 27, 13:25
- poor Comic Sans -- nm - zork Jun 27, 13:24
why is spawn here? - charlie Jun 27, 13:20 1
- Now is your big chance! -- nm - Roger More Jun 27, 13:22
What the hell are the Pirates doing with (a share of) the best record in baseball? -- nm - znufrii Jun 27, 13:00 2
- Just wait. It'll go away. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 27, 13:06 1
  - I should hope so. what month do they think this is, April? -- nm - znufrii Jun 27, 13:07
here's my radar. what time do we think it stops raining? -- (link) - amanda Jun 27, 12:57 4
- 10 minutes after you want to get home. -- nm - spamlet Jun 27, 13:18 1
  - No, 10 minutes after she gets home. -- nm - Spawn Jun 27, 13:19
- november -- nm - dogbert Jun 27, 13:06
- 5:30 -- nm - Don Homer Jun 27, 12:58
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- Is that the one from Nevada? -- nm - TWuG Jun 27, 13:03 1
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i need to find more musically diverse friends. - Truman Jun 27, 12:56 1
- Nice! That sounds like it'll be a cool show. -- nm - Krusty Jun 27, 13:11
David Chase's eulogy for James Gandolfini -- (link) - charlie Jun 27, 12:51 1
Former Phillies and Marlins catcher Darren Daulton hospitalized with two brain tumors... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 27, 12:49 1
- that sucks. He's on the local sports radio here (I listen almost every day) and does lots of local stuff. Supposed to be the niced guy ever. -- nm - decline Jun 27, 12:51
PSA for Americans: Remember, you too can enjoy the fun of three-down football. CFL opener tonight: Winnipeg! Montreal! Rouges! Live on NBCSports! -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 27, 12:44 3
- too bad that the Argos already ruined your new stadium for you -- nm - zork Jun 27, 13:03 2
  - Pre-season? Are you seriously giving me lip about a pre-season game? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 27, 13:08 1
    - ruined is ruined :-p -- nm - zork Jun 27, 13:24
21 year old raises largest seed (VC) round in silicon valley history - $25M for "a mysterious payments app" called clinkle. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 27, 12:39
College Football Fans: Here's your over/under on total regular season wins for teams in major conferences - Strongbad Jun 27, 12:38
turner classic movies fall event: will show documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey and 119 films covered in same - x Jun 27, 12:37 2
- aww man, no "Joe Dirt"? -- nm - charlie Jun 27, 12:42
- Wow, that's fantastic -- nm - prayformojo Jun 27, 12:40
HE WOKE UP! checked his messages then jumped sprightly off the place where the mat was placed -- nm - zork Jun 27, 12:36
I will laugh for days on end if the Hawks draft Mason Plumlee tonight. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 27, 12:34 17
- i was pissed last night when the nba.com mock draft had the c's taking him....nm - x Jun 27, 12:40 4
  - No matter where he goes, fans are going to cringe. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 27, 12:40 3
    - Somebody on another board is trying to sell that Plumlee is "better than Tyson Chandler" -- nm - Strongbad Jun 27, 12:50 2
      - "There are only so many athletic 7-footers in the world!" -- nm - Strongbad Jun 27, 12:52 1
        
        Other Hawk fans are hoping they suck next year and are already hoping for Andrew Wiggins. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 27, 12:57
- I would be surprised if they did, at least in round one. They are more worried about the future than players who help now. - David Jun 27, 12:38 11
  - The names the AJC are throwing out there - Strongbad Jun 27, 12:39 10
    - They'll have to go up for Karasev. Dieng makes a lot of sense for them. - David Jun 27, 12:43 8
      - i like dieng a lot, actually. he's a smart defender and a good rebounder (esp. offensively...nm) - x Jun 27, 12:47 3
        
        He is the same age as Plumlee but his situation is different since he can legitimately defend the rim. - David Jun 27, 12:52 2
        
        yeah, i don't know about that at all. i think dieng's upside is pretty big... - x Jun 27, 13:23
        
        every time I see this name I think you're talking about Chumlee from Pawn Stars -- nm - znufrii Jun 27, 12:54
      - Oh, and I think they covet Kentavious Caldwell-Pope but I think he requires a trade up. -- nm - David Jun 27, 12:46 1
        
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      - I've also heard rumors of them trading up for KCP -- nm - Strongbad Jun 27, 12:46 1
        
        Heh. -- nm - David Jun 27, 12:46
    - (assuming they keep their 2 picks) -- nm - Strongbad Jun 27, 12:40
Those spicey carrot muffins are very tasty...especially when spread with Laughing Cow creamy swiss cheese :) - Meg Jun 27, 12:32 1
- my SO wants a carrot cake for her BD, going to do this recipe from Geo Washington...its a bundt cake style -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 27, 12:35
Are we allowing for the possibility that Tim Tebow is now solving crimes in his spare time? -- nm - David Jun 27, 12:29 5
- CSI: Stupid Crimes Division -- nm - GregW Jun 27, 13:28
- *It means he gets results, you stupid Chief!* -- nm - prayformojo Jun 27, 12:37
- He's cleansing the Pats of there sins -- nm - eag Jun 27, 12:34
- God would not let him play on a team with a potential multiple murderer -- nm - Beaker Jun 27, 12:33
- or setting up others to look like they've committed crimes - zork Jun 27, 12:32
Seattle/oregon folks: a friend here is looking for a '69 vw bug in good condition - zeitgeist Jun 27, 12:27 4
- Good call: no salt used on the roads = healthier undercarriage for . . . - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Jun 27, 13:07
- did you suggest that he drop some more acid? -- nm - loosilu Jun 27, 12:28 2
  - Very possible to find one around there. - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:32
  - she's a dead ringer for Bette Midler so it does seem fitting (more so than my SO who wants a corvette but drives like someone with vw vancamper -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 27, 12:31
The front pages of yesterdays Chicago Sun-Times (who recently fired their photography staff) and the Tribune (who did not)... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 27, 12:27 10
- and the Sun-Times used the same pic the day before -- (link) - zork Jun 27, 12:41 2
  - Sun-Times.com -- nm - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:43 1
    - My mistake. The paper it seems. -- nm - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:45
- And the 48 pages belong to the Trib, not the ST. -- nm - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:37 3
  - Really? Wow. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 27, 12:39 2
    - Yep, Have both of them from yesterday. -- nm - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:39 1
      - It's too bad there isn't better visual separation in the tumblr post, that makes it so much worse -- nm - Beryllium Jun 27, 12:47
- We are all just cogs in the great machine, so we should be interchangeable, right? heheh -- nm - Beryllium Jun 27, 12:36
- I was wondering how that was going to work out with the sports pages. - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:31
- *sheds a tear -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 27, 12:29
(how in the hell is it still only 3:30??) -- nm - Max Jun 27, 12:25 6
- I asked the same question 12 hours ago. -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Jun 27, 13:08
- ser i ous ly. (where did you end up last night? I ended season 1.) -- nm - amanda Jun 27, 12:31 2
  - We are in sync! I can't believe they just... I'd love to be in a theater for a movie that pulls that kind of scene at the end of ep 8. - Max Jun 27, 12:38 1
    - (end of 9, I mean. the big one.) -- nm - Max Jun 27, 12:39
- werd. i can't effin believe it. -- nm - Diva Jun 27, 12:25
- how the hell is it 3:30 already? -- nm - zork Jun 27, 12:25
In other good sports news for Chicago - Marmol has been designated for assignment. Weehee!!!! - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:24
David - IIRC, Grey was, in fact, beautiful. They also murmor alot in that world -- nm - Jim Jun 27, 12:22 2
- I was joking. The repetitive nature of the repetitive books is to repeat one thought: Grey is attractive. - David Jun 27, 12:26 1
  - Oh, I know. I got to listen to the audio book from St. Louis to New Orleans. - Jim Jun 27, 12:52
An interesting Celtics/Nets trade rumor... - David Jun 27, 12:21
Decorating surveillance cameras with party hats to celebrate George Orwell's birthday. -- (link) - loosilu Jun 27, 12:16 2
- don't forget the camera built in to your monitor -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 27, 12:38
- "When I remember that Orwell predicted we'd be talking in some form of 'newspeak' by now, I just LMAO." -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 27, 12:28
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- Senate seat -- nm - Beaker Jun 27, 12:22 3
  - only in Canada -- nm - zork Jun 27, 12:37 2
    - and Illinois -- nm - Strongbad Jun 27, 12:41 1
      - State Senate. -- nm - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:46
- 17. -- nm - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:19
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  - I remember reading about that case, because it was the longest sentence ever (at least at the time?). nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 27, 12:21 1
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  - I was going to go with... - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:20
  - out of curiosity, how much did his co-conspirators get? -- nm - znufrii Jun 27, 12:19 3
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      - What financial penalties? -- nm - Roger More Jun 27, 12:26 1
        
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- Zero! This is best settled out of court. -- nm - SEC Jun 27, 12:18 1
  - Where he doesn't accept or deny guilt! -- nm - spamlet Jun 27, 12:24
- That's easily a Gekko Level Four Attack ... five years. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 27, 12:18
- I'd give 10 but I'd expect him to get 30+. -- nm - Max Jun 27, 12:17
- 17 years. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 27, 12:16
- 30 years minimum -- nm - decline Jun 27, 12:15
- life -- nm - Spawn Jun 27, 12:14
Here's some bullshit that I reckon we can ALL get behind... er, against. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin, uniter Jun 27, 12:11 9
- Give him the full 13 years! This undermines the banking system more than any insider trading -- nm - Roger More Jun 27, 12:29 2
  - then foreclose on his parent's, wife's, girlfriend's house even if they don't hold the paper, heck even if they own it free and clear -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 27, 12:33 1
    - Don't forget the fees for doing that. -- nm - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:35
- It cost $6000 to clean chalk off a sidewalk? - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:18 4
  - contractor sure, the actual guy hosing it off only get minimum wage -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 27, 12:23
  - If the alleged calculation is over 100 times requiring cleaning, I could see that figure. But 13 years for non-permanent marking is abusive. -- nm - Max Jun 27, 12:19 2
    - It usually wears off by itself if it's in a high traffic area. Or a quick swipe with a broom. - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:21 1
      - I used to see it often in San Fran, it looks smeary like cleaning up water colors with a paper towel, has to be pressure washed to make pristine -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 27, 12:41
- WTF? - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:15
that guy sleeping one off on the roof across the street is still there and is now posed like Lode Runner -- (link) - zork Jun 27, 12:05 [flickr] 7
- I hope he wore sunblock. -- nm - loosilu Jun 27, 12:09 6
  - Exactly what I was thinking....and I'd guess 'no' -- nm - Meg Jun 27, 12:11 5
    - It's quite cloudy here today, although I know they don't block all the UV rays. -- nm - zork Jun 27, 12:12 4
      - I've had some of my worst burns on overcast days (and i was not out all day) -- nm - loosilu Jun 27, 12:13 3
        
        he's not a pasty ginger -- nm - zork Jun 27, 12:25 2
        
        I'm delightfull pale. - loosilu Jun 27, 12:28
        
        But his buns have been baking for quite awhile. - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:27
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- I just heard his appeal on the bail hearing was denied - amoxy Jun 27, 12:07
- I assume that someone who was with him the night of lloyd's death flipped regarding both that case and this one. -- nm - amanda Jun 27, 12:04
- you're breaking all the news today! -- nm - Don Homer Jun 27, 12:04 3
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    - I figured it was another one. A-Hern gets around! -- nm - Spawn Jun 27, 12:07 1
      - Could be. Padewan may surprise us yet. -- nm - Marvin Harrison Jun 27, 12:27
I just did something very unnatural. - ty97 Jun 27, 12:01 13
- Are you in Japan again? Cause that sounds like something they would concoct -- nm - amoxy Jun 27, 12:05 3
  - sounds like a Paula Deen recipe if you think about it too hard -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 27, 12:08
  - Bought them at Target in Florida. They had sherbert flavored too. -- nm - ty97 Jun 27, 12:06
  - Nonsense. unless the oreos were square, then it might be possible. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 27, 12:06
- there was a gun to your head, right? -- nm - dogbert Jun 27, 12:04
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- ewwwwww. -- nm - amanda Jun 27, 12:03
- peed sitting down? -- nm - Trishibuster Jun 27, 12:02 1
  - I do that all the time and have never been in trouble for leaving the seat up - zork Jun 27, 12:03
- Does is taste like one? -- nm - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:02 3
  - It tastes much like watermelon gum. Very sugary fake. -- nm - ty97 Jun 27, 12:06 2
    - I saw them at Target last weekend, and that's what I would have expected. they are pretty, though! -- nm - b. Jun 27, 12:22
    - Ew, don't want that in a cookie. -- nm - the liioulu with Jun 27, 12:07
Amy turned 25 today, right? Cause when I saw her in Vegas last time, she was underage - amoxy Jun 27, 11:59
Sic semper tyrannis! -- nm - loosilu Jun 27, 11:59
would it kill you? -- nm - charlie Jun 27, 11:59 1
- if it did, it probably wouldn't make you happy -- nm - dogbert Jun 27, 12:03

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