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I love these high class expensive mobile phones that have crappy guts. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 16:41
As a pleasant surprise, Jack Black knows when to reel it in. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Oct 2, 16:40 1
- "without pulling any vocal tricks" is inaccurate, but sure, nice job. -- nm - Max Oct 2, 17:05
These pictures from mars are pretty cool -- (link) - con_carne Oct 2, 16:33
Feel better about your day. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Oct 2, 16:32
Have we seen this tumblr of Terrible Real Estate Agent Photos? (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Oct 2, 16:32 1
- What the---?! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 16:35
This week on General Hospital -- (link) - Todd Manning Oct 2, 16:27 [youtube]
"Michael Jackson promoter found not negligent in singer's death" -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 16:14 5
- nmbl -- (link) - Beaker Oct 2, 16:15 4
  - If this isn't a link to zork's post below, you're doing it wrong. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 16:17 3
    - Did you do z-snaps while posting that? -- nm - Roger More Oct 2, 16:18 2
      - No, I'm waiting for Remlik to post the news before I do that. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 16:21 1
        
        Excellent! -- nm - Roger More Oct 2, 16:27
Canadian TV PSA: Republic of Doyle starts tonight -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 16:14
The Blacklist or How To Do Things the Hard Way When Just Telling Them My Plan Would Be So Much Easier - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 16:08 3
- Where is the fun in that? -- nm - Spawn Oct 2, 16:13 2
  - exactly. He *is* telling them. Just his own way with his own reasons -- nm - Remlik Oct 2, 16:15 1
    - What can I say ... I'm a born teacher. -- nm - Spaderman si Oct 2, 16:22
My job title has become "Maker of Meetings." Or maybe "King of Getting Sh*t Done." - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 15:58
23andMe Patents Designer Baby System, Denies Plans to Use It -- (link) - con_carne Oct 2, 15:55 6
- I Prefer A Child With High Probability of Colorectal Cancer. - Spawn Oct 2, 16:32
- Anything that reminds me of Gattaca by definition sucks. -- nm - David Oct 2, 16:00 1
  - Wrong called, they said, hey. -- nm - Qale Oct 2, 16:42
- Good Lord, I hope not. It looks like they designed it in Hypercard! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 15:57 1
  - *two people on ST chuckle politely* -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 15:59
- Just like Valve and "Half-Life 3"! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 2, 15:57
Submarine surfaces in Milan street -- (link) - CovingtonCat Oct 2, 15:54 2
- I'm more impressed with te 150km inland it got than getting through pavement. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 15:58 1
  - I think more people would have fallen for it if they'd done it in Venice. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 16:04
Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimber! -- nm - Bitcoin Oct 2, 15:53 2
- "You mean leaving a potential financial trail to my criminal activities is a bad idea?" -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 15:55 1
  - 142 to start the day, 105 and dropping now. They're crashing harder than Amanda Bynes. -- nm - David Oct 2, 15:59
Wheezywaiter is OK but I wish John Green had done this episode of Metal Floss. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 15:49 [youtube]
oof....12-18 inches of snow in Yellowstone by Friday -- nm - Remlik Oct 2, 15:47 6
- Welcome to October, bitches! -- nm - Mother Nature Oct 2, 15:56
- And no one there to shovel it. -- nm - CovingtonCat Oct 2, 15:48 2
  - send Crash Davis! -- nm - Remlik Oct 2, 16:16
  - Those poor bears!!! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 15:51
- If it snows in Yellowstone and there are no rangers to measure it, did it really happen? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 15:48
- Close it! - Cuzzin Todd Oct 2, 15:48
Microsoft Office 2013 is a dick. DOC? XLS? What's what? - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 15:45
so the new show Reign is just a Game of Thrones knockoff with beautiful people right? -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 15:44 1
- I figured it was just a midieval Gossip Girl. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 2, 15:46
Huh. I have nearly $125 sitting in my PayPal account. I just might make rent this month. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 15:41 1
- Well, that sounds good. With a dash of uh-oh. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 2, 16:28
How does my ranking system of top tv dramas fly here? - Jovian Oct 2, 15:41 6
- Because of your asterisk, everything else is invalid. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 2, 16:14
- Dexter shouldn't trump shit...but Iagree with most of your best tv show listing -- nm - Beaker Oct 2, 15:43 3
  - the 1st few seasons of Dexter were decent. But after Trinity it quickly went in the toilet -- nm - Remlik Oct 2, 15:45 2
    - yup, it died after Trinity. But up to then? I thought it was fantastic tv -- nm - Jovian Oct 2, 15:47 1
      - yeah it was solid. -- nm - Remlik Oct 2, 15:48
- DLC -- nm - Spawn Oct 2, 15:42
This week's photography class assignment was to do a self portrait... this is what I came up with. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 2, 15:38 6
- If there's no nudity, what's the point? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 15:46 2
  - I'm not wearing any pants in the photo. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 2, 15:47 1
    - Well OK then! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 15:47
- You should photoshop something creepy into another pane. -- nm - Spawn Oct 2, 15:41 2
  - He already photoshopped his face into one of them. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 15:42 1
    - Beat me to my own self-depricating response. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 2, 15:43
Meet the cast of the Latin American version of Breaking Bad. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 15:37 5
- But in Columbia, it plays as a comedy. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 2, 15:44 4
  - Meth is a big joke in South Carolina? -- nm - Roger More Oct 2, 16:20 2
    - AFAIK, in South Carolina, it's one of the food groups. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 2, 16:31
    - Obscuuuuuuure. Nobody lives in South Carolina. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 2, 16:30
  - *rimshot* -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 15:48
Jury: AEG hired Murray. Murray was competent to perform duties. -- nm - zork Oct 2, 15:37 2
- Good. Now let it go, Katherine (and every other hack who's been egging this on). -- nm - CovingtonCat Oct 2, 15:45 1
  - The Jackson family will appeal the decision, of course -- nm - con_carne Oct 2, 15:48
Interesting, the president of NATO was just on cspan saying today is the annual lobbying day for theater owners, they're all in DC today but can't - Max Oct 2, 15:34
Stolen from Maddow: This is a funny tweet. -- (link) - David Oct 2, 15:34
San Francisco 49ers safety Donte Whitner has legally changed his name to Donte Hitner -- (link) - Beaker Oct 2, 15:34 1
- Hitnerland Who's Who -- nm - Beryllium Oct 2, 15:35
Donte Shicklegruber must have already been taken. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 15:24
Don Homer, at least you can get free popcorn from AMC. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Oct 2, 15:22
Well, this is awesome. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Oct 2, 15:10
Is there really that much of a difference between pork loin and pork tenderloin if I'm going to marinate it overnight? - kelly Oct 2, 15:10 5
- if it's tenderloin, it should be very tender already and wouldn't need a long tenderloin - zork Oct 2, 15:35 [Image] 2
  - Long tenderloin -- that means people, right? -- nm - Mara Oct 2, 16:41
  - err, wouldn't need a long marinade -- nm - zork Oct 2, 15:35
- Never tried it. Generally speaking, marinades that contain acid (such as citrus) have tenderizing qualities - con_carne Oct 2, 15:27
- I could not remember either, so I google image searched both. they look the same -- nm - peglegpete Oct 2, 15:16
Why Boehner doesn’t just ditch the hard right -- (link) - con_carne Oct 2, 15:06 1
- A fascinating - and terrifying - read. It tells you just how chaotic the GOP is and how hard it's going to be to get a CR. - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 15:31
How Star Trek Into Darkness Should Have Ended (spoilers) - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 15:06 [youtube]
So, we're two episodes into Weeds. Not really feeling it. Does it get better? - Dr.Vermin Oct 2, 15:04 7
- It was one of those like it but never loved it shows for me. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 2, 15:21
- Nah, there aren't many "come into its own" moments later on, like other series have - con_carne Oct 2, 15:11
- I'm into the second season. I enjoy it. It's got some very good moments. I do think it gets better with time, but YMMV. -- nm - pmb Oct 2, 15:09
- watch the British House of Cards and the 2 sequels -- nm - peglegpete Oct 2, 15:09 1
  - Mmmmmmm. Nice! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 2, 15:12
- I made it to ep 5 and stopped. Yeah wasn't feeling it either -- nm - amoxy Oct 2, 15:05 1
  - did you get Naked Nancy? -- nm - Remlik Oct 2, 15:49
Small biz/entrepeneur health ins, used to be you could join a trade association or local chamber of commerce and buy coverage through that group, but - zeitgeist Oct 2, 14:56
Not even two days into the US Government Shutdown and I have had to tell a client information hes looking for wont be available... - Walt_Disney Oct 2, 14:54 6
- How long until the rest of the world just puts a great big "X" over the U.S. on their map of the world? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 15:20 2
  - I'm sure Kim Jong Un already has. -- nm - Qale Oct 2, 15:58
  - HERE BE IGNORAMI -- nm - Beryllium Oct 2, 15:26
- Canada is not shut down. call them -- nm - peglegpete Oct 2, 15:17 1
  - "From" Canada. - Spawn Oct 2, 15:25
- Do what we're doing, import it in a kid's diaper bag..... - Will Hunting Oct 2, 14:59
16 sources that cover the shutdown obsessively, according to Digg -- (link) - con_carne Oct 2, 14:52 1
- SlackerTalk is #4. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 14:54
Esquire doesn't pull punches: Meet the Morons Who Caused the Shutdown -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 14:49 5
- No Ted Cruz? -- nm - amoxy Oct 2, 14:52 2
  - He apparently doesn't even place in the race for Top Crazy. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 14:54 1
    - Cruz is just wrong, not crazy, there's a difference -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 2, 14:57
- Largely older, white Protestant males, all of them fishing to succeed Bachmann as the Queen of Crazy. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 14:52 1
  - I picture a crown, sash, scepter and bouquet of flowers. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 14:54
what pmb said. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 2, 14:46 3
- yes. pmb is right on this. - Diva Oct 2, 16:27
- dunno. what he said. -- nm - colin Oct 2, 14:49 1
  - It just applies to everything I say. - pmb Oct 2, 14:53
soo getting caught late today. But those B99 and SHIELD ratings have me bummed - Jovian Oct 2, 14:46 12
- fix the shitty lead in to B99 and you fix the numbers. -- nm - Max Oct 2, 14:49 3
  - oh agreed. it should have been paired up with New Girl and Mindy should have never been renewed. - Jovian Oct 2, 14:50 2
    - Mindy is good stuff.. what you on? -- nm - colin Oct 2, 14:52 1
      - Oh I know. I enjoy that too. But its ratings are dropping a bunch too. - Jovian Oct 2, 15:05
- also, Person of Interest does *not* like its new time slot either. grrrr -- nm - Jovian Oct 2, 14:49
- The plus three numbers will tell the whole story. -- nm - David Oct 2, 14:47 5
  - As long as Shield can pull in 3.0 + every week - eag Oct 2, 14:54 4
    - good thing is that The Voice on Tuesdays is not perm -- nm - Jovian Oct 2, 15:06 3
      - I dunno how long DWTS usually last but I would move Shield to monday before Castle -- nm - eag Oct 2, 15:13 2
        
        And even though there have been some reservation on here about Shield - eag Oct 2, 15:15 1
        
        oh Im loving it. Its just gonna get better too. So Im fully onboard -- nm - Jovian Oct 2, 15:25
- I blame the Shutdown -- nm - Beryllium Oct 2, 14:47
I applied to my dream job yesterday. Based in Mountain View. I have a good in with the hiring manager. Eeeee! - colin Oct 2, 14:39 10
- Best of luck! -- nm - Krusty Oct 2, 15:23
- interesting. I thought machines were used for condom testing. good luck!! -- nm - peglegpete Oct 2, 15:03
- good luck! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 2, 15:02
- Netscape is hiring! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 14:40 5
  - Netscape exists still? -- nm - colin Oct 2, 14:41 4
    - Heh, no. AOL bought them ages ago. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 14:45 2
      - All Things D: Tonight the Lights Go Down on Netscape's Silicon Valley HQ -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 14:46 1
        
        "AOL bought Netscape in late 1998 for $4.2 billion" - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 2, 14:48
    - so is Qualcomm. here i thought they only ever made Eudora. -- nm - colin Oct 2, 14:42
- Good Luck! -- nm - amoxy Oct 2, 14:40
Jury reaches a verdict in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial. Verdict to be read at 6:30 ET. -- nm - CovingtonCat Oct 2, 14:34 3
- I need a fact synopsis about this trial so I can get all judgy when the verdict comes in - Epiphany Oct 2, 15:04 1
  - Jackson family claims AEG hired the doctor who killed Michael, so should be liable for all of Michael's future earnings. - CovingtonCat Oct 2, 15:13
- We can't deal with this right now!!! -- nm - CNN Oct 2, 14:51
Tim, what ST meant to say was that we love and support you during what has to be a frustrating day. -- nm - David Oct 2, 14:33 4
- Thanks. I understand what you're all saying and why you're saying it. - Tim Oct 2, 15:04 1
  - Tim, what you see in her is fictitious. I say that politely but firmly. - David Oct 2, 15:41
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  - Don't make me cripple Jimmy Graham. -- nm - David Oct 2, 14:37
Houston Bob's Burgeresque Special. -- (link) - colin Oct 2, 14:30 [Image]
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- "Please, no! I don't have dental insurance!" -- nm - Max Oct 2, 14:32
- well not any more, thanks to you. -- nm - colin Oct 2, 14:30

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