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almost -- nm - Beaker Oct 10, 03:43 1
- almost -- nm - Beaker Oct 10, 03:43
LYC: I have an eye infection. Went to Emergency monday night and was prescribed antibiotic drops. Saw an ophthalmologist yesterday and he upgraded me - zork Oct 10, 03:37 1
- Get better! -- nm - JaxSean Oct 10, 06:05
Libyan Prime Minister kidnapped by former rebels in reprisal for capture by U.S. forces of a Libyan al-Qaeda suspect. He was released hours later -- (link) - zork Oct 10, 03:28
Ringtone set. Xylophone. What's your wake up sound? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 00:11 2
- Waking Up Beside You by Stabbing Westward. -- nm - Qale as Folk Oct 10, 00:40
- first one was the crowing rooster, that was just too annoying, now 'cessium' which is a rythmic doorbell with 3 or 4 tones - zeitgeist Oct 10, 00:24
And, Happy Birthday to Qale, too! -- nm - Stephen Oct 9, 22:03 5
- happy b-day! -- nm - Diva Oct 10, 05:46
- Happy Birthday -- nm - zork Oct 10, 03:38
- d-navassa'tel* viduus -- nm - HBD in romulan Oct 10, 00:36
- Yep happy bday -- nm - eag Oct 9, 22:39
- Happy birthday! -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 22:04
Get me my oils! -- nm - Reagen Oct 9, 21:25 2
- Painting or massage? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 21:27 1
  - neither. -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 21:28
I'm irrationally kinda bummed that I got ST Happy Birthdays on FB but as much on ST itself. Just wanted to vent that cause I feel comf. with y'all - con_carne Oct 9, 21:02 42
- happy birthday! -- nm - Diva Oct 10, 05:46
- I haven't been on ST for a few days, otherwise I totally would have wished you a happy birthday. - zork Oct 10, 03:34
- Aww...David should always be loved and appreciated. I heart you, David. -- nm - samara Oct 10, 00:56
- Happy bday -- nm - eag Oct 9, 22:01
- So, uh, yeah! Happy Birthday! -- nm - Stephen Oct 9, 21:48 1
  - Thanks, man. -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 22:04
- But the ones on FB are much more personal and compact. All right there on your timeline - the ones on ST are scattered over a number of - Meg Oct 9, 21:47
- I'm terrible about wishing happy birthdays. Some weird irrational quirk. - Beryllium Oct 9, 21:26 6
  - Yeah. It sorta takes something out of me when I wish those. - con_carne Oct 9, 21:33 1
    - DuQuchmoHjaj qoSlIj. (in klingon for that ST slant) -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 10, 00:33
  - I always feel like I should have a better birthday greeting. Something original. or in Turkish -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 21:28 3
    - Turkish? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 21:30 2
      - Let's make one up: Binlerce mumlar görmek için yaşamak -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 21:34 1
        
        Froeliche Anniversaire!!! -- nm - the liioulu with insects Oct 9, 21:36
- Enough about you. Let's talk more about your brother. -- nm - David Oct 9, 21:20 5
  - His twin always liked my NYC mayoral posts more. -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 21:27 1
    - It's America's mayor, I get that it matters. I think I'm just taking it out on you that not all candidate's names were as gold as "Weiner." -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 21:30
  - Wait, it's con_queso's birthday? Happy birthday con_queso! -- nm - Roger More Oct 9, 21:23 1
    - Indeed. I have my birthday twin, and then I just have my twin. -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 21:27
  - That no-goatee-having scallywag? -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 21:22
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - pmb Oct 9, 21:16
- Happy Birthday meaty! -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 21:13
- Aw. I feel better already -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 21:09 3
  - Should have mentioned Qale, my birthday twin! That's two STers! -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 21:10 2
    - BB 11about halfway down. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with insects Oct 9, 21:11 1
      - Happy Birthday!! -- nm - the liioulu with insects Oct 9, 21:31
- But I'm OK and stuff -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 21:05 12
  - I know life just happens and people forget to check this and that, when they normally would have - con_carne Oct 9, 21:07 11
    - All kidding aside, I am unclear about makes you melancholy. -- nm - David Oct 9, 21:38 8
      - Don't know quite how to articulate it. Just a happy birthday wish from somebody you care about (in this case ST!), that's all. -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 21:49 1
        
        (For real: I'm just being paranoid that I see other people getting those and not myself. Again, irrational.) -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 21:55
      - I couldn't quite grok the OP, but I think he means that Facebook sucks. Am i wrong? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 21:41 5
        
        nmbl -- (link) - con_carne Oct 9, 22:08 [Backboard]
        
        That's not, it, but I understand the confusion. Lemme think about it -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 21:43 3
        
        Oh, I think I get what you meant now. STers using FB instead of ST for that. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 21:46 2
        
        No, not even that. Forget I mentioned FB. - con_carne Oct 9, 22:00 1
        
        It's because the day crew doesn't pay attention to the night crew. - the liioulu with insects Oct 9, 22:07
    - I really aint around much in the day. So bappy hirthday. -- nm - tRuMaN (monkeys still in beta) Oct 9, 21:08 1
      - Mr Big Man with his big new job who can't even Turntable on a proper desktop computer anymore! - con_carne Oct 9, 21:16
- Happy Birthday -- nm - amoxy Oct 9, 21:05
- Happy Birthday! (via ST) :-) -- nm - MDH Oct 9, 21:05
- (Happy birthday!) -- nm - JaxSean Oct 9, 21:04
Facebook knows that Amy's latest profile pis is sexy, because it is trying to show me it pretty much all the time -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 20:52
Thought about starting AHS, then I saw it also recorded the last two minutes of Paranormal Activity and thought better of it... -- nm - Ender Oct 9, 20:52
Whoa, Virginia Tech to play Tennessee at Bristol Nascar Track in 2016. 150-160,000 fans -- (link) - MDH Oct 9, 20:30 3
- Do we think they will actually sell that out? -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 20:40 2
  - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 10, 05:24
  - 3 Hours from UT and 1 hour VT, I think this could be big. Apparently Daytona wants to host UF/FSU too. -- nm - MDH Oct 9, 20:56
American Horror Story: Coven is a tad predictable. But I'm going to see where it goes. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 9, 20:29 5
- wait a second ... (sorry I'm really late to this one, but ...) if it's predictable, then why are you watching to see where it's going -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Oct 10, 10:13
- Anyone else pronouncing this as *coe*-ven after American Movie? - con_carne Oct 9, 20:36 1
  - I can't not. - Reagen Oct 9, 21:14
- Is it Coven with a Long "O?" -- nm - Dano Oct 9, 20:31 1
  - Or this. -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 20:36
Slight adjustment from this mornings overnights Shield,NCIS,Voice up .1 Goldbergs and Chicago Fire down .1 -- (link) - eag Oct 9, 20:13
So-ph-ia! -- nm - amoxy Oct 9, 19:55
~Fucking magnets, how do they work?~ -- nm - Spawn Oct 9, 19:47 1
- Yeah! Magnets, bitch! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 19:47
Anyone get Europa Report from Netflix yet? -- nm - Dano Oct 9, 19:34 6
- It's next in my Netflix queue, right after The Complete Toto Songbook: The Movie -- nm - prayformojo Oct 9, 20:32 4
  - Then I assume after that, it's Asia? -- nm - Dano Oct 9, 20:35 3
    - sure as kilimanjaro rises like olympus above the serengeti. -- nm - mafic Oct 9, 20:42 2
      - I guess only time will tell. (nm) - Dano Oct 9, 20:44 1
        
        Heh -- nm - Epiphany Oct 9, 20:45
- After Europa and Europa, Europa I don't gonear any movie with Europa in the title. -- nm - the liioulu with insects Oct 9, 20:09
#JaguarsPickupLines : "Without you I'm like a pass from Blaine Gabbert, incomplete. " -- nm - budice Oct 9, 19:19
Further adventures in grocery shopping - where do you expect to find salsa in your local market? -- nm - Meg Oct 9, 19:13 41
- Um, just make your own :-) -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 20:58 1
  - I keep a jar of the cheap stuff on hand. I use it a lot, but not enough to keep the fresh kind on hand. -- nm - Meg Oct 9, 21:19
- Chips aisle and an encap between the snacks and butcher -- nm - MDH Oct 9, 20:09
- Ethnic aisle and chips aisle. -- nm - the liioulu with insects Oct 9, 19:58 1
  - And deli section for the "fresh" stuff. -- nm - the liioulu with insects Oct 9, 19:59
- Of course it didn't help that there was now power in the store, except for the registers and a couple of emergency lights.... - Meg Oct 9, 19:47 3
  - Let me guess. Was this because of the first-in-the-season "storm?" - con_carne Oct 9, 20:31 1
    - I think they'd just blown a breaker somewhere. Power was on all around them and their registers were working - just no lights. -- nm - Meg Oct 9, 20:43
  - Dammit - *NO* power -- nm - Meg Oct 9, 19:48
- bad salsa: chip aisle. good salsa: international aisle. great salsa: refrig section next to hummus. -- nm - amanda Oct 9, 19:46 4
  - Absolutely. -- nm - Ender Oct 9, 20:47
  - Marry me -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 20:08
  - also, I have to say that we just got trader joe's here and their "bad" salsa (in jars, non refrig) is good to great. I could eat a whole jar - amanda Oct 9, 19:49
  - Oh man, I forgot about that. Same here. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 19:46
- In the chips aisle. -- nm - Reagen Oct 9, 19:45
- Mexican and Japanese/Chinese section, plus a smaller selection in the chip aisle -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 19:44 1
  - Mexican/Chinese/Japanese/Korean/Indian. It's all mixed together. - Beryllium Oct 9, 19:44
- Amoxy must shop in my market. I've always found it in the 'Mexican' section, along with canned peppers, hot sauces, etc., or with the chips and dips. - Meg Oct 9, 19:37
- Condiments aisle, international aisle, and snack aisle. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Oct 9, 19:36
- in a pinch, you can always buy onions, tomatos, lime, celantro, and peppers & make your own -- nm - peglegpete Oct 9, 19:31
- refrigerated. near the cheese, saurkraut, yogurt, etc. -- nm - peglegpete Oct 9, 19:19 1
  - and their deli section -- nm - peglegpete Oct 9, 19:20
- Several places. Cold area for fresh salsa (near pickles, yogurt, etc.), also taco aisle, plus chips aisle. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 9, 19:19
- In the "Mexican" aisle and in the salty snacks aisle. -- nm - TWuG Oct 9, 19:17
- mine has it in like three different places. the unaustralian aisle, the chip section, and fancy ones in the organic section. -- nm - mafic Oct 9, 19:16 14
  - Does the Unaustralian aisle have Paul Hogan giving you a disapproving look as you enter it? -- nm - Reagen Oct 9, 19:44 1
    - "You can eat it, but it tastes like shit" -- nm - Paul Hogan si Oct 9, 19:52
  - You know what's weird here? Coconut milk is often in the coffee/tea aisle. And Marmite is next to the yeast and other baking products -- nm - Roger More Oct 9, 19:20 11
    - I can never find coconut milk anywhere, regardless of continent. it's my supermarket kryptonite. -- nm - mafic Oct 9, 19:23 10
      - Mmmm. Thai curry. -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 20:11
      - It's in the first aisle walking in the door at my Thriftys ... same aisle as the Risotto. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 19:45
      - *makes a mental note if I am your secret santa this year* -- nm - peglegpete Oct 9, 19:28
      - asian aisle....salsa is found ..canned in the mex section (next to the asian) also in the deli area and in the green grocer where they have 'fresh' in - zeitgeist Oct 9, 19:28
      - The non-Australian aisle - it should be with the Thai curries and rice noodles. -- nm - Roger More Oct 9, 19:25 5
        
        it *should* be, but then like half the time it's with all the other tinned items, or with baking goods or milk substitutes. - mafic Oct 9, 19:43 4
        
        That's weird - especially in Perth. -- nm - Roger More Oct 9, 19:45 3
        
        I also had this problem in Canada though. -- nm - mafic Oct 9, 19:48 1
        
        Where did you shop in Canada? 7-eleven? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 19:48
        
        they move it around just to mess with me. -- nm - mafic Oct 9, 19:48
- Ethnic foods aisle. -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 9, 19:15
- Sauce aisle or in the fridge aisle -- nm - amoxy Oct 9, 19:14
"I won." - Spawn Oct 9, 19:00 8
- Now you're through season 4... (spoilers) - David Oct 9, 19:11 3
  - I had it figured out but it was still awesome. Loved (spoil) - Spawn Oct 9, 19:14 2
    - M!!! -- nm - Spawn Oct 9, 19:25 1
      - Started on Season 5 I see -- nm - amoxy Oct 9, 19:26
- welcome to the party, pal. -- nm - Remlik Oct 9, 19:10
- Yup -- nm - amoxy Oct 9, 19:01
- I love it when a plan comes together. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 19:01
- Hell yeah! nm - ralph wiggum Oct 9, 19:00
So, I had a productive week. Repainted bathroom(after removing wallpaper border), hung cabinet and towel bar, removed other wallpaper elsewhere ... - Beryllium Oct 9, 18:57 4
- laundry, dishes? -- nm - peglegpete Oct 9, 19:01 1
  - Actually, yes, that too. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 19:02
- (What?! It's not Friday?!) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 18:59
- "Keep us posted!" nm - pfm si Oct 9, 18:59
American Indian Group Puts the Racism of Some Sports Logos Into Context -- (link) - MDH Oct 9, 18:55 8
- That is not the approach I'd have taken. -- nm - Roger More Oct 9, 18:55 6
  - Not the first approach they've taken -- nm - the liioulu with insects Oct 9, 19:09 4
    - Using denigrating stereotypes like that will offend others and distract from their message. Here's a clearer example of why the mascot is racist -- (link) - Roger More Oct 9, 19:29 3
      - I believe the point is to show how they see it. And that to Native Americans it is exactly the same. -- nm - the liioulu with insects Oct 9, 19:54 2
        
        People are highly capable of missing the point. -- nm - Roger More Oct 9, 20:00 1
        
        And many have missed it so far. -- nm - the liioulu with insects Oct 9, 20:17
  - You just want a Toronto Fords hat -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 19:08
- Also, the Onion nailed The Redskins name change... -- (link) - MDH Oct 9, 18:55
Spawn, you are moments away from seeing the first part of Breaking Bad I ever watched. - David Oct 9, 18:52
Two emails today claiming to be from AT&T/Yahoo admin/support wanting me to verify/confirm my information...sent from an AOL address :) -- nm - Meg Oct 9, 18:50 1
- obviously, for such critical work they need to use a more reliable service -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 9, 19:29
I wonder what that blogger thinks about Joss Whedon's relationship with his wife. -- nm - Reagen Oct 9, 18:48
#DING -- nm - Reagen Oct 9, 18:48 1
- Side note: on one of the Breaking Bad podcasts, they had one of the casting people on. (spoilerish) - ralph wiggum Oct 9, 18:51

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