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So when I'm on some famous talk show one day talking about my writing and editing process I can now say I have Peeps and a Coca-Cola at my desk. - Qale Feb 21, 11:23 1
- Make a Peeps float! -- nm - psilotum Feb 21, 11:25
handy link for the next 25 hours -- (link) - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 21, 11:17
If there are any STers who ride motorcycles or scooters, please, please wear a helmet. I just saw a dude on a scooter get crushed by a 4x4. - Inigo Feb 21, 11:15 9
- requred by law here -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 21, 11:18 3
  - It is here too, but that doesn't stop some people. Including this guy. -- nm - Inigo Feb 21, 11:19 2
    - so he get's the 4x4 AND a fine - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 21, 11:20 1
      - I don't think you could come up with a fine that could match his injuries. -- nm - Inigo Feb 21, 11:23
- As in, you witnessed it? -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 11:15 4
  - Yes, about 50 feet away from me. Gave my story to the police. - Inigo Feb 21, 11:18 3
    - Geez. I'd be shaken up for days. -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 11:19 2
      - It was, still is, horrible. I always thought movies exaggerated car crashes. -- nm - Inigo Feb 21, 11:22
      - How do you think I feel? nm - Stegosaurus in a dented Ford Explorer Feb 21, 11:21
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- It's a tarp!!! -- nm - Admiral Ackbar Feb 21, 11:24
- 1. There is no "TARP" anymore. 2. There was a regime change in the government during all this. 3. The goal is to get the whole economy right, not just - your business. -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 11:14
- this was one of the more interesting scenes in that Frontline. -- nm - pigby Feb 21, 11:13
ML (nmbML) - nubby Feb 21, 11:04 2
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  - Well remember that wasn't the actual rate, just the effective rate. Anyhoo. -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 11:08
Though still enjoyable. That was one of the weaker episodes of BSG in awhile. -- nm - Jovian Feb 21, 11:00 4
- BSG at its worst is still better than 98% of the claptrap on TV. -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 11:02 3
  - yep. bad episode, but still better than a lot of tv -- nm - Remlik Feb 21, 11:15 1
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  - exactly. I was actually to add something along those lines in my IM nm - Jovian Feb 21, 11:04
97% of American households could see tax savings as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Stewie Feb 21, 10:58 5
- $626! WooHoo! -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 10:59 4
  - ^5. -- nm - Remlik Feb 21, 11:07
  - Hmm, $666! -- nm - Stewie Feb 21, 11:03 2
    - Fitting. -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 11:04
    - wow $0 -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 21, 11:04
Strip and Knit with Style - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 21, 10:57
China and Pakistan forgo dating and move straight to 3rd base. -- (link) - Loyola Feb 21, 10:57 2
- coming next, penetration and seamen -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 11:05 1
  - will it be a Pakina or a chinastani? -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 21, 11:06
Ridge: We were wrong to torture -- (link) - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 21, 10:52
Michael Crabtree needs foot surgery and will be out until after the draft -- nm - Stewie Feb 21, 10:48 1
- botany fantasy league? -- nm - the ides of march love mandy lane Feb 21, 10:55
sitwap: Emmitt Smith out at ESPN -- (link) - Beaker Feb 21, 10:42
Now watching: Deadwood season 2 -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 10:39
SITWAP: Everybody lies about why they use Facebook. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Feb 21, 10:35 5
- I'm such a voyeur when it comes to other people's lives. -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 10:50
- Hmmm the seven wrong things about that article. You would have think they would have gotten 1 thing right. -- nm - Redmond Feb 21, 10:47
- Can't figure out if this is meant to be humor... is Newsweek supposed to be funny? -- nm - secretslacker Feb 21, 10:44 1
  - Newsweek is a joke anyway. -- nm - Loyola Feb 21, 10:50
- thats not true -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 21, 10:40
Finally caught LOST from Wednesday (spoils) - amoxy Feb 21, 10:27
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arrest in Chandra Levy case "imminent" -- (link) - pigby Feb 21, 10:13 2
- sounds like someone is going to need a lawyer dear STlawyers :) -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 21, 10:27
- Loosi? wat did ju do? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 10:25
wrestling: Eric Bischoff who got his start with Verne Gagne...comments on the sad situation.... - Remlik Feb 21, 10:05
Madea to be a very nice long (38 for the weekend), Fired up a little over 6 and Jason a 85% drop (or so I read...and ouch) -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 10:00 1
- erc -- (link) - Beaker Feb 21, 10:01
loosilu, look at this watch, blue *and* gold -- (link) - Loyola Feb 21, 09:53
"The Dow trading below its November lows and closing at its lowest for seven years is hugely significant and is ominously a major sell signal in its - Loyola Feb 21, 09:23 13
- First time the Dow ever hit this level was at the end of May 1997. -- nm - Max Feb 21, 11:23
- sell Low, buy High! -- nm - Stewie Feb 21, 09:27 2
  - so true -- nm - dumbo dippinfanny Feb 21, 10:26
  - Are you sure that's right? Cause something seems off in that advice... - Cuzzin Todd Feb 21, 09:54
- I'm always wary of The Guardian. It seems they have just as much of an agenda as many press outlets here in the States. -- nm - Qale Feb 21, 09:25
- do you just type "we're all screwed" into google each morning? -- nm - Reagen Feb 21, 09:25 1
  - It's evening here. -- nm - Loyola Feb 21, 09:27
- I'd see it as a major BUY symbol. -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 09:25 5
  - I wish you luck. -- nm - Loyola Feb 21, 09:26 4
    - Dollar cost averaging. Helps take some of the luck out of the equation. -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 09:30 3
      - But then technically, according to that method of investing, every close of the Dow could be viewed as a buy signal. -- nm - Loyola Feb 21, 09:33 2
        
        if the close i low it has to be yes -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 21, 10:36
        
        Yup. -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 09:38
Okay, okay. I'm taking back Nick and Norah today. You won't have to hear me gushing about it anymore. I had to get one more time w/ commentary on it. -- nm - Qale Feb 21, 09:20 2
- I should get this next. thanks for reminding me. -- nm - the ides of march love mandy lane Feb 21, 09:29 1
  - I'll certainly snap it up at Blockbuster when they deminish their copies from like 40 down to a few. -- nm - Qale Feb 21, 09:36
People in Ireland are mad as hell and just aren't going to take it anymore! - Loyola Feb 21, 09:07
iPhone game saves a local family's home. -- (link) - HdnAgnda Feb 21, 08:57
Google dismisses 'Atlantis find' -- (link) - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 21, 08:34 5
- Maybe it's marked with an A, like this -- (link) - Scorpion Feb 21, 08:50
- That's hilarious! "Experts had said this was one of the possible sites of the city..." - Mop Feb 21, 08:47 3
  - Exactly! -- nm - UFO experts Feb 21, 09:26
  - "is in all likelihood a mythical fabrication" -- nm - Loyola Feb 21, 09:02
  - is it under water?...that a possible site right there -- nm - Atlantis Experts SI Feb 21, 08:51
Street Fighter IV kicks ass. -- nm - Shaun - Caveman Champion Feb 21, 08:26
BSG spoiler - amoxy Feb 21, 08:11 7
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  - spoiler - nubby Feb 21, 10:51
- One question. Didn't Adama...(spoil) - HdnAgnda Feb 21, 08:28 1
  - yeah when he realized how bad it was.... - Remlik Feb 21, 08:46
- I was falling asleep while watching last night and decided to stop. I'll re-watch it today. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 21, 08:25
- I sensed a lot was cut out. -- nm - Remlik Feb 21, 08:14 1
  - BSG must be, by far, the show with the most over filming of any show currently in production. - Mop Feb 21, 08:26
An easy to use, overwrite-as-you-go file deleter for sensitive files. And it's free. -- (link) - mara Feb 21, 08:02 6
- Here's another one, wipes slack-space also, can even be scheduled - Scorpion Feb 21, 08:37
- mara is looking for lawyers and deleting files...what did she do? -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 21, 08:16 4
  - It's been a while since anyone's heard from steve114. -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 08:18
  - *hums and looks away* -- nm - mara Feb 21, 08:16 2
    - next up: links for travel to exotic places... - Mel Profit Feb 21, 08:21 1
      - I need to join the fantasy money laundering league. -- nm - loosilu Feb 21, 08:21
Speculation on the Obama housing plan does two things that piss me off and one thing that damns homeowners. - Mop Feb 21, 08:01 5
- I don't see how it inflates prices - Ty97 Feb 21, 09:10
- More and more as they show more and more homeowners lamenting their plight on the news and such I'm thinking... - Cuzzin Todd Feb 21, 08:37 2
  - A. the destitute poor who got big homes on bogus loans are already out of the door, B most of the people who might be helped are the ones who would - zeitgeist Feb 21, 10:24
  - Artifically propping up any aspect of this economy will just prolong the torture. - Mop Feb 21, 08:59
- The market doesn't have to catch back up for people to sell - Stewie Griffin Feb 21, 08:14
SITWAP: Yet another explanation of the credit crisis, but it's nicely done. -- (link) - nubby Feb 21, 07:52 4
- Great stuff. That last part is very compelling. Why lend to sub-prime borrowers? Because if they default, the bank gets the house and... - Mop Feb 21, 08:34
- Every once in a while, I ask myself "How did all this start again?" - Mop Feb 21, 08:04 2
  - No, it was a matter of degrees. We all sat like frogs in a pot while the heat was turned up. -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 08:07 1
    - I was thinking along those lines the other day. Very apt. -- nm - Loyola Feb 21, 09:10
Oooooh. So there was a miniseries before S1 of BSG..! That explains why the first episode made no sense -- nm - Guigue Feb 21, 07:48
ML and other lawyers: there's no way to get a lawyer's win/loss record, is there? -- nm - mara Feb 21, 07:32 12
- Even if you could, it probably would be misleading. Getting a murder rap knocked down to battery is still a "loss" if you count convictions as a loss. -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 07:50
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  - You know, usually there are old codgers hanging around court rooms as entertainment, most of them know the good ones -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 10:27
  - Okay, that's what I thought. Thanks! -- nm - mara Feb 21, 07:46
- Is it draft time in Fantasy Barristry? -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 07:34 7
  - No, but you know Mara, always preparing for next season. - Subversive - VCP Feb 21, 07:37 6
    - Seriously. Last season I got stuck with Lionel Hutz again. - nubby Feb 21, 08:00 2
      - I got Johnnie Cochrane in the 3rd round in '95, that was a good season for me. - Subversive - VCP Feb 21, 08:48 1
        
        he was your franchise barrister? -- nm - the ides of march love mandy lane Feb 21, 09:31
    - I am totally guilty of loving this exchange. (do off-season decisions count towards in-season stats?) -- nm - candy hearts love mandy lane Feb 21, 07:46 2
      - I have no contempt of you for that. -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 08:03
      - Me, too. I though seriously of twittering it. -- nm - mara Feb 21, 07:48
Episodes from both seasons of Damages only 99 cents on iTunes, plus the S2 premiere is free. -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 07:11
ShamWow parody by the same guy that did the Snuggie parody -- (link) - nubby Feb 21, 07:02 [youtube]
'No US rights' for Bagram inmates -- (link) - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 21, 06:47 2
- Fine by me. - Mop Feb 21, 07:48 1
  - well that would mean they are to be given 5 bucks a day from the US right? - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 21, 08:33
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Police hospitalised over HP sauce -- (link) - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 21, 06:35
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- spoiler - nubby Feb 21, 06:40 3
  - spoiler - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 21, 06:58 2
    - [spl] - sensualseduction Feb 21, 07:02
    - spoiler - nubby Feb 21, 07:02
'Oscars list' dismissed as fake -- (link) - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 21, 06:32 2
- ... by pretty much everyone who heard about it. -- nm - mara Feb 21, 07:09
- "the event's auditors were still counting votes." - secretslacker Feb 21, 06:45
finger-wiggle -- nm - Marcel Feb 21, 06:31
thanks for the site, Jax. Can I get a STopinion on watches? Watch A. -- (link) - loosilu Feb 21, 06:21 11
- I like this one better - seems softer. The blue face on the other is nice but the band looks clunkier to me. -- nm - CovingtonCat Feb 21, 06:49
- Watch B. not as flexible as two-tone, but I love the blue. -- (link) - loosilu Feb 21, 06:21 9
  - never mind, I got Watch B. -- nm - loosilu Feb 21, 06:50
  - A - it looks more classy -- nm - Epiphany Feb 21, 06:49 4
    - I got no class, babe. -- nm - loosilu Feb 21, 06:50
    - (d'oh!) -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 06:50 2
      - oh Nubs - the 7 up - cherry with antioxident - it is great!! tastes better then regular cherry 7-up - Epiphany Feb 21, 06:52 1
        
        "The burn means it's working!" :) -- nm - nubby Feb 21, 06:56
  - never mind, I got Watch B. -- nm - loosilu Feb 21, 06:49 2
    - LOL -- nm - Epiphany Feb 21, 06:50 1
      - bleah, now I'm having buyer's remorse. shouldn't be too late to change. hmmm. -- nm - loosilu Feb 21, 06:58
kneesy-earsy-nosey -- nm - Marcel Feb 21, 06:17
Last night, Kelly and I watched the actor-commentary on Tropic Thunder. Downey is remarkable in going back and forth in his roles. - Will Hunting Feb 21, 06:16

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