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Live feed from the Mayor's office of marriage ceremony... -- (link) - Meg Jun 28, 18:16 1
- Yay!! *tosses rice* !! -- nm - Meg Jun 28, 18:22
I made my last student loan payment today. I am officially completely debt free. - Dano Jun 28, 18:13 10
- WTG....save for a down on a house? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 19:05
- Fantastic!! -- nm - kelly Jun 28, 18:22
- Hooray for you!!! I'm so so happy for you. -- nm - Amanda Jun 28, 18:21
- Party On Dano! -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 18:20
- also, VNP! the first however many thousand is the hardest -- nm - charlie Jun 28, 18:19
- the year's half over. give yourself until the end and save up as much money between now and then as you can -- nm - charlie Jun 28, 18:18
- Kudos! That's great. (And best wishes for finding a good job that you enjoy.) -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 18:18
- Yeehaw!!!!!!!! -- nm - the liioulu with Jun 28, 18:17
- Vegas, baby! -- nm - David Jun 28, 18:16
- Congrats!!!!!! Yes find a better job -- nm - Pippy Jun 28, 18:15
the news said wearing a thick dark shirt is about the same protection as using as SPF 50 sunscreen -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 18:04
Double!!! -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 18:00 1
- AJ! -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 18:06
The Conjuring commercial just on freaked me the fuck out *clap clap* -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 17:55
illegal pot growing in the Sierra/Nevadas are poisoning the local critters -- (link) - peglegpete Jun 28, 17:55
I really like the song from the ChristianMingle.com commercial. -- nm - David Jun 28, 17:53 3
- wait until you hear our song! -- nm - the Scientologists Jun 28, 17:56
- Music is the tool of the devil, neighborino. -- nm - Flandersers si Jun 28, 17:54 1
  - "Marge, remember when we used to make out to this hymn?" -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 17:58
he Browns are in tight against the Bears. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 17:46
We had free HBO In Demand for a few months at the beginning of the year. We grabbed S1-2 of Game of Thrones, among other shows, and they've been - kelly Jun 28, 17:43 20
- check your cable carriers website. they are bound to have a free weekend soon -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 17:48
- alternate solution... -- (link) - David Jun 28, 17:44 [Backboard] 18
  - We just talked about that - we're not sure we want to spend the money on something until we've seen at least a few episodes. - kelly Jun 28, 17:48 17
    - I could give you a link and you could pull a couple of episodes off the net to see if you like the show. -- nm - Under the Influence Jun 28, 17:55 1
      - We're just going to buy it after all - thank you, though! -- nm - kelly Jun 28, 18:04
    - Then do the $10 deal and see if you like it. It's a dollar an episode. -- nm - David Jun 28, 17:51 5
      - We decided to just pull the trigger - Will's asking if this requires us to register for the message board? -- nm - kelly Jun 28, 17:53 4
        
        Yes. Ordinarily I would offer to act as a go between but I'm in a blood feud with Paypal at the moment. -- nm - David Jun 28, 18:00 3
        
        Do you have an account here? Should we add you as the referrer? -- nm - kelly Jun 28, 18:04 2
        
        It doesn't work like that but thank you for the offer. - David Jun 28, 18:09 1
        
        Okay, thanks. -- nm - kelly Jun 28, 18:12
    - oh just buy the second best currently airing show on TV right now already. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 17:50 8
      - I might put it ahead of Breaking bad actually (assuming that is your #1) -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 17:54 1
        
        yes. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 17:58
      - (second? what's the first?) -- nm - kelly Jun 28, 17:51 5
        
        Paula Deen's Fried and Prejudice. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 17:55
        
        I'm guessing he'll say Breaking Bad. (Can't argue with that too much, except for Skylar, though I think I prefer Mad Men more overall.) -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 17:54
        
        Reagen loves him some Kardashians. -- nm - David Jun 28, 17:51 2
        
        I figured him for a Duck Dynasty fan -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 17:53 1
        
        Too much Beard Jealousy. -- nm - David Jun 28, 17:53
Accurate Intercourse?!?!?! -- nm - the liioulu with Jun 28, 17:42 3
- Its the new urban sports utility van from Honda, its upscale so will be sold under the Accurate brand -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 17:56 1
  - Eggselent. -- nm - the liioulu with Jun 28, 17:58
- Hell no! I'm done with that, only inaccurate 'course for me from now on. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 17:52
the radio is telling me that the first half of the Argos/Ti-Cats game has been really good -- nm - zork Jun 28, 17:39 2
- I can't take Swayze Waters seriously as a name. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 17:48 1
  - you won't have to for the rest of tonight, at least -- nm - zork Jun 28, 18:00
Guess The Lone ranger opening weekend Box office: -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 17:37 3
- 45 for the weekend, 70 for the 5-day. -- nm - Jelly Jun 28, 18:46
- Very tough call, I really don't sense much (any) demand for it... $1! - Cuzzin Todd Jun 28, 18:01
- 125 million -- nm - Pippy Jun 28, 17:48
For some reason there were a lot of people in 'Hawks wear downtown today. - the liioulu with Jun 28, 17:33
Two more plaintiffs in the Prop 8 case are expected to be married within the hour... -- (link) - Meg Jun 28, 17:14 3
- locally the number of ssm applications have jumped, I think more couples applied yesterday/today than the first week WA started... -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 17:19 2
  - Wonder if they were holding off in case Prop 8 was upheld and something similar might happen in WA? -- nm - Meg Jun 28, 17:22 1
    - we fought off a prop to block ssm, but there is so much legal limbo if you are married here and a couple states, but not federally for tax/ss...now... - zeitgeist Jun 28, 17:28
*thankful I didn't even consider playing Trevor Bauer* -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 28, 17:13 1
- *pats his Ryan Raburn* -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 17:23
So far its been a pretty good football game. -- nm - Under the Influence Jun 28, 17:10 1
- last night`s was tainted with a horrible non-call in the last minute that coulda decided the game -- nm - mud Jun 28, 18:18
hmm, anyone starting a new borderlands 2 charactor? - Truman Jun 28, 17:03 1
- Ooh, I will be on shortly -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 17:47
YDC, but The Neighborhood is campaigning hard to be my summer jam album -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 16:49 3
- I got tired of Sweater Weather *real* fast. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Jun 28, 16:59
- I'm listening to the first song now -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 16:54 1
  - oops. and I already hate you. -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 16:54
Who fans will love this. I saw Not Literally at LeakyCon. They did this Dr. Who parody music video. -- (link) - Mop on Macbook Air Jun 28, 16:49 [youtube] 1
- side, at least for today, you have to make your nick Mop Eye Moody -- nm - zork Jun 28, 17:20
Time for both ear buds -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 16:49
just walked along Church St. (main gay drag) and past the staging for the trans march. I wish I had taken a picture of the Gay Gestapo. Full on leathe - zork Jun 28, 16:46 4
- San Fran? I lived on Church St for a while (20 years ago) and it was a nowhere between the 3 gay neighborhoods - zeitgeist Jun 28, 17:26 2
  - Toronto - zork Jun 28, 17:34 1
    - If they can do a 60's mad men, they can do a 70's freak bros -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 17:59
- google earth? -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 16:50
Westboro Baptist Church calls Taylor Swift a "dirty, pirate hooker" -- (link) - Beaker Jun 28, 16:36 2
- so they've hired a new PR agency. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 16:45 1
  - (but can't count) -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 16:46
I love that most of the SI top 50 models are married/baby mommas of media moguls, athletes and other celebs. - David Jun 28, 16:22 1
- Elle and Kathy crush the more recent ones. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 16:35
Easily posed for 100 pictures at LeakyCon. - Mop on Macbook Air Jun 28, 16:15
Apparently when you park on a hill, you should always put your e-brake on. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 28, 16:14 17
- I brought this up on ST once. I use it all the time. Apparently, that's uncommon among Slackers. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Jun 28, 16:15 16
  - when I lived in San Fran it was automatic, even in flat parking lots much less the hills, but here, If I need to I first have to clean out all the CDs - zeitgeist Jun 28, 18:03
  - My sister never uses it. - the liioulu with Jun 28, 17:40
  - I use it every time I park. -- nm - Dano Jun 28, 17:39
  - I only used mine when parking on hills when I drove an automatic. With my standard, I use the ebrake every single time I park. -- nm - kelly Jun 28, 17:06
  - I use it parking on inclines, but not level streets -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 16:16 11
    - Force of habit. I turn on my headlights when I drive, I use the emergency brake when I park. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Jun 28, 16:17 8
      - Ah, my lighting/parking twin! BTW, I love your Mop Eye Moody costume. -- nm - zork Jun 28, 16:36 1
        
        thanks! -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Jun 28, 16:48
      - My car has automatic headlights. And fog lights. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 16:18 5
        
        fully automatic or just daytime running lights? You should have the full lighting on all the time. - zork Jun 28, 16:33 2
        
        newton has always-on headlights and a headlight on/off switch. I still turn it to "on" even though they're always on. -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 16:56
        
        fully automatic -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 16:41
        
        Pfft! Canadian! -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Jun 28, 16:30
        
        ... previous car also had automatic windshield wipers. *sheds a tear* I have to control them manually now. - Beryllium Jun 28, 16:19
    - and I cut the front wheels to the curb -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 16:16 1
      - I did this (still do) and always used my e-brake on past cars, with the brake set by hand; but my current car (camry) has it done by foot, and I don't - b. Jun 28, 16:21
just in case: amanda, I sent you an e-mail. -- nm - b. Jun 28, 15:59
Appeals court rules California should immediately begin issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples... -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 15:59 4
- Hooray! I wish I was still in San Francisco so I could cheer in City Hall again. -- nm - CovingtonCat Jun 28, 16:11 1
  - Yes!!! Great! NmbCCat - Pippy Jun 28, 16:39
- ... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 28, 15:59 1
  - that is a happy note to end the week on, woo! ::invests in florists, hotels, bespoke suit makers, etc.:: :) -! -- nm - b. Jun 28, 16:09
I predict several newspeople around the southwest this weekend will attempt to cook an egg on a car hood or sidewalk -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 15:54 3
- I've probably shared my family did this when I was a kid - we lived on street with a smallish incline. the egg went sliding down the sidewalk - it - b. Jun 28, 16:01 1
  - :))) -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 16:01
- I was in Dallas a couple years ago on the day the went above 110 for the first time in some big number of years. - Cuzzin Todd Jun 28, 15:58
Glenn "Doc" Rivers vs Bill "The Sports Guy" Simmons...who ya got?! -- (link) - Beaker Jun 28, 15:43 10
- Rivers. -- nm - Stephen Jun 28, 16:51
- Fistfight - Rivers. War of Words - Rivers. Anything else imaginable - Rivers. -- nm - David Jun 28, 16:28 3
  - nasal voice contest? -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 16:47 2
    - *shakes fist* You win this round. - David Jun 28, 16:52 1
      - * shakes two fists * -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 17:00
- I missed what happened until now, and oh, that's what was being referenced earlier. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 28, 16:13 1
  - I couldn't disagree more, I don't think Rivers quit on the Celtics at all. -- nm - Stephen Jun 28, 16:54
- I hate to say it but I agree with Simmons. -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 16:08
- Fistfight - Rivers, War of Words - Simmons -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 15:59
- Simmons. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 28, 15:56
google realtime stats feel very stalker-like when there's only 1 visitor to my blog per hour ... heh -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 15:28 2
- to be creepier, it's been the same person watching your blog for several weeks and has never logged off :) -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 15:36 1
  - ... in Cologne. yes. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 15:43
free tickets still available for some cities (including LA and Knoxville) for an advanced screening of "the way way back" nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 28, 15:09 1
- note, this may not work with Chrome for some reason; and, if you're not logged-in to the free account there, it may say it's not authorized or a code - b. Jun 28, 15:12
So Minnesota and Virginia are arguing over a Confederate Flag captured at Gettysburg? -- (link) - amoxy Jun 28, 14:53
Guidance on the Extension of Benefits to Married Gay and Lesbian Employees, Annuitants, and Their Families -- (link) - CovingtonCat Jun 28, 14:46
anyone like reeboks? an extra 40% off sale items (except crossfit and a few others) with code EXTRA40. there are adult and kid varieties. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 28, 14:45
Whoa, Renault 2014 F1 Engine is 1.6L V6 that pumps out 600 Hp -- (link) - amoxy Jun 28, 14:38 1
- Sorry, the 2013 revs to 18,000. This one only revs to 15,000 -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 14:39
Well, I made this. It's mildly funny, sort of. Damn, I wish Breaking Bad was back. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 28, 14:33 5
- I agree I wish it is back but the sad part is there are only 8 episodes left -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 14:36 4
  - Agreed. On the plus side, The Killing is turning out to be better than I expected. I had initially dismissed it in season 1 ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 15:03 3
    - I saw part of an episode last weekend. Looked good and I think I will give it another shot - amoxy Jun 28, 15:04 2
      - Season 3 is a new case and picks up some time later -- nm - JD Jun 28, 15:12
      - I haven't started Season 3 yet, working my way through Season 2. I think I have 2 episodes left. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 15:07
Peter Jackson just shot last scene with Ian McKellen as Gandalf -- (link) - amoxy Jun 28, 14:29 2
- Don't worry, he'll have hours of footage of it - Will Hunting Jun 28, 14:34 1
  - ooooh, and i hope there's a 20 minute coda after the movie really should have ended....nm - x Jun 28, 14:37
this photo of john travolta, with his daughter, reminds me a lot of rob lowe's character in "behind the candleabra" nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 28, 14:27
The money that can be made from syndication makes me woner why more "stars" don't do TV -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 14:26 2
- per episode, unless you're network (which is a fucking grind) i think stars can still make more doing one or two features per year at their quote -- nm - charlie Jun 28, 15:01
- It used to be considered low class, but I suspect it is now more about the long hours and near crap-shoot chances of making it work. -- nm - GregW Jun 28, 14:41
Exactly 7 hours of tennis. And I'm allowed to come back! -- nm - nubby, Lord Astro Jun 28, 14:26 1
- :) - -- nm - b. Jun 28, 14:28
There is a limit to casual dress for work - amoxy Jun 28, 14:20 5
- His money is still green, isn't it? -- nm - CovingtonCat Jun 28, 14:53 1
  - Oh we will still take his money for being a client, I doubt I will work with him to be his client -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 14:54
- you could never work in the tech industry. my brother's office is full of dudes in toe shoes and basically pajamas. -- nm - mafic Jun 28, 14:50 1
  - (except on formal fridays) -- nm - mafic Jun 28, 14:50
- Depending on whether he would accept it - you might want to give him some constructive criticism about business casual vs, business hell no. -- nm - JenBro Jun 28, 14:27
Voyager's epic journey: How long would it take you? -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Jun 28, 14:19
*ding* -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 14:17 2
- *dong* - Max Jun 28, 14:18 1
  - the witch is dead -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 14:21

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