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fructose is poison -- (link) - znufrii Oct 22, 10:47
Life According to Sam last night on HBO was a really well do documentary -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 10:39 1
- Is this the 17YO who's aging too fast? - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Oct 22, 10:44
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ooohhhh, free flu shots if I go into the office tomorrow -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 10:31 4
- $15 at costo! -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 10:46
- do it! -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 10:42
- I think they need to sweeten the pot. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 22, 10:34
- yeah, I need to take advantage of that one of these weeks when I'm in the office. -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 10:31
Been on hold with the IRS for ________ minutes... - amoxy Oct 22, 10:31 11
- depends ... are you playing Price is Right Rules? -- nm - Obligatory Halloween Moniker Change Up Oct 22, 11:02
- 312.50 -- nm - budice Oct 22, 10:48
- Everybody's probably just calling to sign up for Obamacare -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 10:38
- My cow orker called them a few months ago. 2 hour 29 minute wait. -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 10:37
- 69 -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 10:32 1
  - Too high but I may get there! -- nm - amoxy Oct 22, 10:32
- 42 -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 10:31 1
  - Closer but no -- nm - amoxy Oct 22, 10:32
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  - Too low -- nm - amoxy Oct 22, 10:32 1
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I always thought that medical consent for procedures needed to be obtained by the person doing the procedure. However, it seems in fancy hospitals the - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 22, 10:26 1
- I was just reading the chapter in this book about autopsies, and how rare they're becoming, in large part because it's uncomfortable getting consent. - Dr.Vermin Oct 22, 10:41
Watch the Previously Unreleased 2012 Pilot for Sarah Silverman NBC Comedy 'Susan 313' -- (link) - con_carne Oct 22, 10:26 1
- I'm *shocked* they didn't pick that up! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 22, 10:56
OS X Mavericks price tag: free. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:25 4
- too bad our current computer can't get past SL. -- nm - spamlet Oct 22, 10:45
- that's pretty revolutionary. wonder what MS will do. -- nm - mayor amanda jones Oct 22, 10:29 1
  - They can't match, MS doesn't make the hardware. -- nm - spamlet Oct 22, 10:52
- What's this now? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 22, 10:29
donde esta covington cat? -- nm - mayor amanda jones Oct 22, 10:15 1
- Kentucky -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 10:43
TMQ headline: "Peyton Manning is unstoppable. But when the lights are brightest, a different No. 18 shows up." -- (link) - Remlik Oct 22, 10:12 9
- The bright lights confuse the targeting mechanism in the laser rocket arm. -- nm - Was Bar Was Oct 22, 10:28
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  - Yeah, help me with something...did Peyton allow 39 points? - Jim Oct 22, 10:40 5
    - You cannot stop lazy journalism from being lazy. -- nm - David Oct 22, 10:42 4
      - I just hate that kind of low hanging fruit bullshit. "He lost in the first game 8 out of 11 years". How many of those 11 years would his team have - Jim Oct 22, 10:44 3
        
        It is stupidity like this that keeps Deadspin in business. - David Oct 22, 10:49
        
        well even when Peyton was here the knock on him was that he can't carry a team to second one. Which is crap. -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 10:47 1
        
        Peyton didn't drop an onside kick. That Playboy chick's husband did. -- nm - David Oct 22, 10:50
- F--- THEM! F--- THEM IN THE EAR! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 22, 10:18
*sigh* Angry Birds Go. You know I'll pay 4.99 for it. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 22, 10:12
From December, so you may have seen this already. Heart performs Stairway at the Kennedy Center. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Oct 22, 10:10 [youtube] 2
- that is available for purchase as an mp3 at amazon -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 10:13
- Ann's voice is great for that song -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 10:12
ST poll name an actor or actress that you thought was gonna be big but has kind of fizzled or disappear - eag Oct 22, 10:10 32
- Shannyn Sossamon, and Diane Kruger kind of. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 10:49
- Skeet Ulrich -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Oct 22, 10:46
- Steve Zahn, maybe? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 22, 10:43 4
  - Every time I see his name I am bound to say his casting was awful in "Sahara." - MDH Oct 22, 10:45 3
    - Go sit in the corner. He was awesome as Al, even if the casting wasn't by the book. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 10:49
    - I haven't read the books but I caught Sahara on tv this past week and thought he was fun in the role. More than just a sidekick. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 10:47 1
      - They just went for a different vibe with the movie. I liked the action/adventure focus of the books, but enjoy both. -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 10:49
- Brigit Fonda had a few good years and just poof.... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 10:43
- Colin Farrell, Stephen Dorff, Scott Speedman, Skeet Ulrich, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabret, Lindsay Lohan (sorry Mean Girls) -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 10:42
- Julia Campbell -- nm - peglegpete Oct 22, 10:38
- The tentpole movies haven't done much to make Sam Worthington a household name. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 10:37 1
  - He was another actor the industry tried to force as an A lister. That was never happening. -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 10:38
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- Rachel Leigh Cook - con_carne Oct 22, 10:23
- Barry Pepper. -- nm - loyola Oct 22, 10:16 1
  - Still love seeing his work. -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Oct 22, 10:46
- Harry Connick Jr. -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 22, 10:16 1
  - You can pry my Harry Connick Jr. from my cold dead fingers -- nm - PBS Oct 22, 10:47
- Rachel McAdams kinda settled very quickly into low-key movies that leave next to no impact at the box office. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 10:15 4
  - I think at one point you could have reasonably said, "Yeah, I can see her getting a Best Actress nomination by the time she's 40." - Max Oct 22, 10:41 3
    - Yeah, she was a young, talented, attractive person who seemed like a professional actress.... - Will Hunting Oct 22, 10:48
    - Yes to all of this -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 10:41 1
      - Ditto. -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 10:42
- Richard Greico -- nm - amoxy Oct 22, 10:13
- Josh Hartnett -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 10:12 5
  - do you have me killfiled?? -- nm - mayor amanda jones Oct 22, 10:30 3
    - I didn't even look at the responses. *great minds* -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 10:37
    - You did type John. -- nm - Inigo Oct 22, 10:31 1
      - wow. I did. how'd that happen? -- nm - mayor amanda jones Oct 22, 10:36
  - This was going to be my answer. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 22, 10:16
- john "suri's dad" hartnett -- nm - mayor amanda jones Oct 22, 10:10
I get that my program caters to working adults and stuff happens, but people need to be told not to bring their kids to class? - znufrii Oct 22, 10:07 3
- ann used to get notes from her career svcs reminding her to shower before interviews. never can be too careful. -- nm - mayor amanda jones Oct 22, 10:11 2
  - was that note just for her or for the class in general? -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 10:13
  - oooh, thanks for the tip! :) -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 10:12
Hmph. Last week's movie round-up: Now You See Me (C+), The Fifth Estate (B-), Gravity (B) -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 22, 09:59 4
- The Fifth Estate, E. Captain Phillips, C- -- nm - loyola Oct 22, 10:04 3
  - E? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 22, 10:08 2
    - I really didn't like it. -- nm - loyola Oct 22, 10:08 1
      - O -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 10:29
LIR: ty97 - you are surprised ComputerWorld is still publishing? As long as the NY Times and the Wall Street Journal keep going, CW will be there. - GregW Oct 22, 09:58
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- Well, a lot of conservative ideas come out of fear of various things, so... -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 10:27
- Romney is coming for your vagina! -- nm - Obama ads, 2012 Oct 22, 10:26 1
  - Must have missed those... -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 10:31
- It looks like the ad's been pulled from YouTube. Someone's not proud. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 22, 10:20
- They work. If they didn't, people would stop doing them. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 22, 10:08
- Remember NY when you could get mugged at anytime? I miss that. -- nm - Danny Castellano si Oct 22, 09:59
- I think much less of candidates that go negative or use scare tactics. - Krusty Oct 22, 09:56
- I never thought we were past that, but I find the ads desperate (much like Lhota's campagain) -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 09:56 1
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Did you see Deathproof and Planet Terror? What letter grades did you give them? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 09:53 3
- Death Proof: Great, Planet Terror: Okay -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 10:08
- B, D- -- nm - loyola Oct 22, 10:04
- B- and A+, but I saw them together as Grindhouse which bumps that average up to an A -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 09:55
OK sports fans, get ready to waste the rest of the day: Six Degrees of Kevin Garnett -- (link) - Beaker Oct 22, 09:47 1
- Connect any two NBA, NFL, and MLB athletes in history—even if they played different sports. -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 09:47
I'm beginning to suspect that Mike Duffy is a Liberal agent planted to destroy the Conservative government. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 22, 09:42
I totally want to do this one of these years... -- (link) - znufrii Oct 22, 09:40
Stupid sexy Amazon. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 09:36 5
- First Costco, now Amazon...guess my budget will be the better for it :/ -- nm - Meg Oct 22, 10:28
- Just in time for the holidays -- nm - budice Oct 22, 09:40
- *licks fingertips, rubs nipples* -- nm - Prime Oct 22, 09:39 1
  - Well generally you don't actually ever get any of my money. Only Swagbucks' advertisers' money. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 09:42
- I guess I should just be happy they still didn't purge my ebooks from their site. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 09:38
Last Tuesday's John Green Vlogbrothers video started with 12 seconds of silence. 12 amazing seconds of silence. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 22, 09:28 [youtube]
Jack, I posted the direct link in a reply. It works for me but it's a PDF. -- nm - spamlet Oct 22, 09:27 7
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  - I get a 'server not found' error. Probably a DNS issue. Should clear up in a few hours. -- nm - GregW Oct 22, 10:03
  - try downloading it and opening with adobe instead of your browser? -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 09:39
  - Maybe it's blocked? When I get back.I'll find the original link to see maybe if it's a leaky payroll issue. -- nm - spamlet Oct 22, 09:36 3
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      - No, I meant by them. I got it from a major website so the redirect may cause the paywall to reject it. - spamlet Oct 22, 10:44
      - Uh oh. -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 09:37
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- I think I'm going to run to Baby's Bad Ass Burgers at 1:30. (Food truck.) -- nm - Bloody AxeSean Oct 22, 09:55
- I had two slices and a bottle of water. -- nm - Krusty Oct 22, 09:55 2
  - Of bread? Of Cake? Of Pie? Of Life? -- nm - Bloody AxeSean Oct 22, 09:56 1
    - :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 22, 09:58
- I have a parking pass for the next three weeks. salad lunch galore! -- nm - mayor amanda jones Oct 22, 09:54
- Sushi. - Dr.Vermin Oct 22, 09:52
- (I know STers have been going on diets lately, but this is a little out of hand) -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 09:51
- warmed chicken broth -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 09:33
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- salad. chips. soda -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 09:29
- not sure yet, but it's gotta be light. birthday dinner date tonight - Woo!! -- nm - Diva Oct 22, 09:29 7
  - Honey, if you post it on here, you-know-who is going to see -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 09:31 4
    - ? -- nm - Diva Oct 22, 09:39 3
      - That's better - con_carne Oct 22, 09:41
      - spoilers - Spawn Oct 22, 09:40 1
        
        tee-hee! -- nm - Diva Oct 22, 09:41
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    - a Hot Babe - yes I am, thank you. :) - Diva Oct 22, 09:40
Okeh, les amis. We have disappointed the President of the United States. How do we top that? -- nm - CGI Oct 22, 09:27
I do believe I'll be breaking up with Costco at renewal time...they no longer seem to care about *my* needs. -- nm - Meg Oct 22, 09:25 3
- Poor Costco. I don't think they quite understand what it means when Meg 'breaks up' with you. -- nm - Diva Oct 22, 09:27 2
  - *shorts the stock* -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 09:34
  - That - and losing my $50/mo - could be devastating :/ -- nm - Meg Oct 22, 09:32
I hear amazon is increasing free shipping to $350. -- nm - Todd Manning Oct 22, 09:24 1
- Yeah, the sites that help you fill your order to get free shipping are pretty much a link to everything they sell, now. -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 09:37
round 2 of classes start tonight - znufrii Oct 22, 09:22 5
- Managerial = Cost Accounting? - spamlet Oct 22, 09:34 1
  - looks like it. - znufrii Oct 22, 09:36
- What program are you doing? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 09:27 2
  - here -- (link) - znufrii Oct 22, 09:29 1
    - major will be either Business Administration or Marketing -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 09:29
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- Just to be clear: Wiki -- is an app allowing **anyone** access to content. Wikipedia -- - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Oct 22, 09:36
- *gets out the golf shoe* -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 09:25
- If this is *literally* true, that would be fantastic - prayformojo Oct 22, 09:24
- Heh, someone changed their wiki page! -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 09:23

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