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Damnit, how come no one told me Neil Armstrong died. You're all fired. -- nm - oblique Aug 27, 08:10 4
- this hit my FB feed this morning as well. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 27, 08:13
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- It happened last year. -- nm - Krusty Aug 27, 08:11 1
  - WTF? - oblique Aug 27, 08:12
The article about the possibility that Bobby Riggs threw the Billie Jean King match is really interesting -- (link) - mara Aug 27, 08:08
PC Gamer Alert: Bioshock: Infinite is $16 on GMG (GreenManGaming) now. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 27, 08:08
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- That's actually been bandied about quite a bit lately. - spamlet Aug 27, 08:13
Irony? Karma? Measles outbreak at church where vaccines are preached against. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 27, 08:03
Oh yay. Yahoo changed their regular Sports page too. Blah. -- nm - Shaun Aug 27, 07:58
John Boehner's conference call last week with Republicans was "ugly" (nmbl) - Brian Aug 27, 07:49 7
- It absolutely amazes me that this has become do or die issue for the extreme conservatives. It's so unbelievably petty (and I think it's generally - pmb Aug 27, 07:59 4
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    - I think they're heavily conservative/tea party districts where, as you say, they don't really understand the issue, but just keep hearing on Fox News - pmb Aug 27, 08:10 1
      - It's designed to fail. It will fail. - Strongbad Aug 27, 08:15
  - Unfortunately, one of the 3 things they want changed is reality. So, you know, good luck with that. -- nm - TWuG Aug 27, 08:04
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  - Clampett -- nm - JaxSean Aug 27, 07:56
#^%%#%% Time Warner. Just when might be getting caught up at work: Internet outage. -- nm - ty97 Aug 27, 07:47
LOL, Whoever plays me in week 8 of Cavemen, almost my whole roster is on BYE. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 27, 07:44 6
- Although you will likely only use him once, getting Flacco in the last round is pretty good value. -- nm - Shaun Aug 27, 08:00 1
  - yeah, I thought so too. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 27, 08:03
- *splooge* -- nm - Don Homer Aug 27, 07:48 1
  - I am gonna kick everyone's asses in the other weeks though. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 27, 07:49
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  - every one of my starting RB is off, and I have one backup RB who is playing. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 27, 07:46
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- I gave up on it after a few episodes. -- nm - MDH Aug 27, 07:34
- Nope. -- nm - Krusty Aug 27, 07:31 5
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    - Yup. The acting wasn't very good and the story has a good concept but is poorly written and executed. - Krusty Aug 27, 07:34 3
      - This. -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 27, 07:56
      - and the people are all really stupid and the plot is just implausible -- nm - decline Aug 27, 07:36 1
        
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- meh. pretty stupid -- nm - decline Aug 27, 07:29
I'm glad I don't live where I have to walk around in traffic. - JaxSean Aug 27, 07:23 28
- My survival skills have certainly sharpened since I began walking. California 'burbs are not pedestrian friendly. - Meg Aug 27, 08:10
- I bike 5.5 miles each way from/to the train station and work, down a long country road with not much shoulder. By law, I can take the lane, and - landbeck Aug 27, 07:38 14
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    - oh god me too. i will walk anywhere, but biking on the roads here seems like suicide. -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 08:01 2
      - It's a real problem here, although activists seem to be making a difference, and bike lanes are spreading -- nm - con_carne Aug 27, 08:08
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    - Haha. I love riding in the city. It's like the most dangerous obstacle course in the U.S. :-) - Krusty Aug 27, 07:46
    - I thought about taking a Citibike to run some errands when I was staying over one night. - znufrii Aug 27, 07:44 4
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        yeah, I've been doing separate days since the year. - znufrii Aug 27, 07:55 1
        
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      - Pussy. - Krusty Aug 27, 07:47
  - I yell a lot, but keep it to single words. "Shoulder!" when they take the corner and drift onto the shoulder. - landbeck Aug 27, 07:41
  - We have about 1 hit bicycle in the news every week here. I wouldn't do it for anything. -- nm - Bacon Aug 27, 07:40 1
    - Also many of them hit and runs so you don't even get the car isnurance to help pay for the medical expenses. - Bacon Aug 27, 07:41
  - True. Bike vs car, you lose. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 27, 07:39
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  - I also hate going to places where you have to pay to park. (So downtown here.) - JaxSean Aug 27, 07:42
  - I read a recent report that said that taking the train to work was significantly less stressful than driving to work. - Krusty Aug 27, 07:31 3
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      - I get it with your parents on the vacation but the train would make it much less work for you. - Krusty Aug 27, 07:37 1
        
        Also, I'm not anti-driving. I just haven't found a need for a car yet. I like cars, actually I love them. I know more about them than most - Krusty Aug 27, 07:40
- Driving is it's own stress though. It's not like you get in and the car does all the work. There are more aholes on the road for you to deal with - Krusty Aug 27, 07:26 4
  - True, but I like the feeling of being in control. (I hate being a passenger, too.) -- nm - JaxSean Aug 27, 07:38 2
    - I get that completely. My point was that driving is more stressful than walking in a big city. -- nm - Krusty Aug 27, 07:41 1
      - I find driving not stressful at all. (We have very little traffic here.) -- nm - JaxSean Aug 27, 07:44
  - *its* -- nm - Krusty Aug 27, 07:26
- Walking in traffic should be stressful. Get on the sidewalk, idiot. -- nm - ty97 Aug 27, 07:25
Map of NYC, L.I. and some of NJ by race. - Krusty Aug 27, 07:22 [Image] 4
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  - I believe Hoboken has seen a large shift in its demographics over the last decade. - Krusty Aug 27, 07:29
- What year is the data from? My neighborhood, in that map, looks more diverse than it feels IRL -- nm - ty97 Aug 27, 07:24 1
  - 2010 census numbers were used to make the map. -- nm - Krusty Aug 27, 07:27
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- link -- (link) - Dano Aug 27, 07:25 [Backboard] 1
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Another ika Q - spamlet Aug 27, 07:12 1
- Can't pillage if anyone is occupying a town. A portion of the pillage goes to the ally, but then the rest goes to you. -- nm - Bacon Aug 27, 07:25
I failed you all. Last night at Best Buy, I saw the most amazing mullet ever, but failed to get a picture. - Inigo Aug 27, 06:59
LYC: I wish I had a tape of my appearance on the Mickey Mouse Club. - Strongbad Aug 27, 06:55 2
- whaaaat? year, episode.. i'll find that. -- nm - colin Aug 27, 06:56 1
  - I have no idea what episode or year... I'm guessing 89-91? - Strongbad Aug 27, 06:59
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- It's hard to understand how he can kick so amazingly in the youtube video then struggle with kickoffs. -- nm - Inigo Aug 27, 06:54 5
  - setting up trick shots is a lot different than performing on the field in a game. -- nm - znufrii Aug 27, 07:09 1
    - But kicking the ball off a tee with no possiblity of anyone blocking it is as close to "setting up" as kicking gets. -- nm - Inigo Aug 27, 07:11
  - it's a consistency thing. my dad had a long leg, but lacked the accuracy to perform every time. - colin Aug 27, 07:08 2
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      - in this context, that's a strange way for me to describe my father. -- nm - colin Aug 27, 07:09 1
- I predict he'll be in somebody else's TC next season. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 27, 06:52
It should somehow be against the law to post an article title like this - Strongbad Aug 27, 06:51
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YDC: But Eminem's new single from "Marshall Mathers LP 2" (MM is one of my fav albums ever) is awful. -- nm - MDH Aug 27, 06:44
Grammar help question please - ty97 Aug 27, 06:41 5
- Does the reader know the requirements? "He had not submitted the form" -- nm - Meg Aug 27, 08:05
- B, but A would be right if you put "neither" in place of not. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 06:44 1
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- He had neither mailed nor faxed the form -- nm - znufrii Aug 27, 06:44 1
  - this -- nm - decline Aug 27, 06:47
how does one say on a resume that they went to school and didn't finish as nicely as possible. - Mel Profit Aug 27, 06:41 12
- Another question - 1 Page Resume?...an Absolute? - Mel Profit Aug 27, 07:36 5
  - I have several different versions but tend to use the 1-pager for applications. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 27, 08:04
  - If you are entry-level sure -- nm - con_carne Aug 27, 07:47
  - Honestly I think it may depend on where sending it. To a small firm like mine multi-page is no big deal but for big HR dept's where they get tons of - decline Aug 27, 07:38 2
    - Thanks. This is going out through my professional network and not going to be used in cold situations. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 27, 07:41 1
      - I'm sure a 2-pager would be fine then -- nm - decline Aug 27, 07:45
- good suggestions - thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 27, 07:06 1
  - and lord does my resume need a good clean-up. What I have listed as my current position is barely worth mentioning now. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 27, 07:07
- List relevant education, include training, certs, and college classes. -- nm - colin Aug 27, 06:51
- "Studied [insert major course of study here] at [insert school here]" -- nm - TWuG Aug 27, 06:46 1
  - This. Just make sure there is nothing that implies you completed the degree. -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 27, 07:02
- course of study - ongoing -- nm - decline Aug 27, 06:42
Brief story: My wife and I have a pretty consistent policy about slapping cars that almost run us over. Reasonable, right? - colin Aug 27, 06:40 35
- You people are going to get shot one day -- nm - con_carne Aug 27, 07:51 1
  - Yep, unfortunately that's the west coast response. Heck, I'm afraid to flash my lights at someone. -- nm - Meg Aug 27, 08:01
- There's a chapter in WWZ where Waingro talks about how combat doctrine was unprepared for Zombie warfare because the enemy had no instinct for self- - landbeck Aug 27, 07:34 1
  - *Wainio* -- nm - landbeck Aug 27, 07:36
- Your IM is flawed early. Most of those idiots don't think they are in the wrong. -- nm - ty97 Aug 27, 07:27
- I do something similar and I've never had someone get out of their car, just yelling at me. Good for her and I'm glad it didn't come to fisticuffs. -- nm - Krusty Aug 27, 06:54 2
  - I had someone get out and chase me just for shouting at them for taking a turn too fast - znufrii Aug 27, 07:01 1
    - Hahaha! I've come close to making people chase me but no one has yet. I say some nasty shit if they get loud with me. - Krusty Aug 27, 07:08
- I normally say 'I'm walking here". -- nm - LMS Aug 27, 06:49 2
  - i have yelled "EXCUSE ME!" on occasion. -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 06:58
  - Or the Miss Congeniality variant "I'm gliding here!" -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 27, 06:50
- your wife is awesome. -- nm - znufrii Aug 27, 06:47
- "Ok, come on, let's do this." And bows up, ready to fight. That's awesome. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 27, 06:45 1
  - She figured he'd get one swing in before he got mobbed.. - colin Aug 27, 06:47
- I don't slap, I bang my fist hard on their hood. I've been confronted once, and the same thing happened, plus the guy realized he'd lose. -- nm - MDH Aug 27, 06:43 2
  - Good for you. Yeah, you can always run if you need to.. they're not going to leave their precious car. -- nm - colin Aug 27, 06:47 1
    - I run down on the National Mall, and it's always people not paying attention. I'd love to see them chase me down. -- nm - MDH Aug 27, 06:50
- while I understand the impulse, this seems guaranteed to start confrontations. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 06:42 15
  - yeah, almost running someone over with your car is totally non-confrontational. -- nm - znufrii Aug 27, 06:46 7
    - Actually, most of the time, I'd wager it's not. I'm sure that every once in a while a driver IS trying to run someone over. - Jim Aug 27, 06:51 6
      - i do it because i honestly think they wouldn't even know they *almost hit a human* unless i did. - Andie Aug 27, 06:53
      - point is.. if you're within arm's reach, you're way too close. it's not like i'm charging cars and attacking them. -- nm - colin Aug 27, 06:53 4
        
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        jeez, give me a little credit.. i don't just go around slapping cars. if i decide to run in to traffic, that's on me. - colin Aug 27, 07:13 2
        
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        Or get callused. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 27, 07:32
  - I think confronting dangerous behavior is appropriate. Why wouldn't you? -- nm - colin Aug 27, 06:45 3
    - Not saying there's anything wrong with that. Just saying that if you reach out and hit someone's car... - Jim Aug 27, 06:51 2
      - yeah. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 06:55
      - ah ok. i used to really fear confrontation, but that's gone away in recent years. i'm much more prepared for it now,so i feel ok knowing the outcome -- nm - colin Aug 27, 06:54
  - Yeah...I get why you would slap the car. But I also wouldn't be surprised if the driver gets pissed about it. -- nm - Jim Aug 27, 06:44 2
    - I'm aware.. and people yell all the time. That was just the most extreme reaction. -- nm - colin Aug 27, 06:46
    - Yep. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 27, 06:44
- Go Allie! (i also slap cars that do that.) -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 06:41 1
  - We also got hit by a car (low speed, but still) in front of a theater. The guy followed us in saying he was going to call the police and cussing. - colin Aug 27, 06:43
That Sid Bream call isn't the same without Sean McDonough's voice cracking like a teenager. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 06:40
Tears for Fears covers Arcade Fire -- (link) - LMS Aug 27, 06:39 2
- That feels like the wrong order. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 06:40 1
  - Arcade Fire only plays Arcade Fire's music. Buddy. -- nm - colin Aug 27, 06:41
Freshman hazing, 15th century style -- (link) - znufrii Aug 27, 06:36 1
- ~spooooooky voooooooices~ -- nm - colin Aug 27, 06:49

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