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the biggest thing that I'm taking away from ST today is Anne McCaffrey and the Dragonriders of Pern - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 23, 20:51 1
- well, that, and that today has been a good posting day for me on ST ... i might yet make this month's personal quota on posts -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 23, 20:54
Freddy Rodriguez needs to do more action movies. He is bad ass in Planet Terror -- nm - amoxy Nov 23, 20:47 3
- it's funny you mention that. ... I was just thinking about that and Death Proof about an hour ago -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 23, 20:49 2
  - Planet Terror is on IFC right now -- nm - amoxy Nov 23, 20:51 1
    - did not know = about to go park it in front of the tv for a little while -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 23, 20:52
Awwsome! -- nm - Max Nov 23, 20:44
I love the FIAT commercial with the kid in the back seat - amoxy Nov 23, 20:38
OMG, I hate Windows 8. It made me feel like an 80-year-old grandma. - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 20:20 2
- It sucks. I have been fighting it for 11 months. it is horrible in every way. it makes me hate my laptop. - loosi at home Nov 23, 20:59
- So, it brings out the truth? -- nm - Truman Nov 23, 20:47
remember that girl I dated a few years ago when I asked on our first date what she was looking for in a relationship said "a big rock"? she just - dogbert Nov 23, 20:12 10
- Maybe you just misheard "rock." -- nm - JaxSean Nov 23, 20:16 9
  - oh, she wanted that too. on our third date I was still being a gentleman and she said "hey, I'm having sex tonight and I really hope that you will be - dogbert Nov 23, 20:38 5
    - I would say, "Rise above it, man, rise above it" ... but, well .... -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 23, 20:47 4
      - relatedly, I was talking to 1 of the guys in my fieldwork class this week, and he said that ... - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 23, 20:48 3
        
        That seems like an incredibly random proposition. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 20:50 2
        
        it was. he was a little embarrassed by it, I think. and i'm sure nothing came of it. - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 23, 20:51 1
        
        (but it is funny how the most random of things gets brought up in Small Town America) -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 23, 20:53
  - LOL! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 20:36
  - I want to show you all something really special ... I know, I'll have to ask these people to move back though -- nm - Robin Williams Nov 23, 20:31
  - Heh -- nm - Epiphany Nov 23, 20:31
I ordered a sriracha chicken melt at Subway today. I was asked if I wanted sriracha on it. -- nm - Dano Nov 23, 20:12 1
- < cricket chirp, cricket chirp > -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 23, 20:55
NBC's First Look is featuring Hopworks beer & bike bar in Portland.... -- (link) - Meg Nov 23, 19:52
Anyone use a vertical mouse? Are they easy to adapt to and do they help with wrist issues? -- nm - Dano Nov 23, 19:50 2
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- I switch off to a wacom graphic tablet now and then to let my mouse muscles rest. you can find intous2 for $50 or less - Thanksgeisting Nov 23, 20:03
...alleged gang member Tavon White had a sexual relationship with four jail guards while he was incarcerated. He impregnated all four... -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 19:37 2
- I read this as "Tavon Austin" -- nm - Strongbad Nov 24, 06:02
- They really need to bring back 'the wire' cause right there is a whole season's worth of entertainment -- nm - Thanksgeisting Nov 23, 20:05
We still need $325 to meet our Kiva goal. I should be good for $50 in December...anyone else? -- nm - Meg Nov 23, 19:26 6
- who are we loaning to? Im always overwhelmed looking through them, its like which hungry child to give a candy to -- nm - Thanksgeisting Nov 23, 20:20 3
  - I think we all pretty much go our own ways. By the time someone mentions a loan it's often been fully funded. -- nm - Meg Nov 23, 20:28 2
    - I only pick loans that have $25 left, so I'm always the last one to fund it. -- nm - elf kelly Nov 23, 20:30 1
      - That's what I try to do as well -- nm - J-Nexus Nov 23, 20:35
- I can do another 25$ next month. -- nm - JenBro Nov 23, 19:34
- I'm good for probably $75. -- nm - nubby Nov 23, 19:32
@JohnCornyn: Amazing what WH will do to distract attention from O-care -- nm - nubby Nov 23, 19:25 2
- Gotta love Texas Republicans -- nm - MDH Nov 23, 19:45
- @movieguypaul: if #Iran can make a deal with the White House, why can't Republicans? -- nm - nubby Nov 23, 19:27
Montreal goalie Peter Budaj's mask apparently has Ned Flanders on it. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 19:19
How are Kevin Hart and Chris Tucker different people? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 19:05 1
- How dare you! -- nm - MDH Nov 23, 19:14
I did an I'm On A Boat double feature: All is Lost and Captain Phillips -- nm - Dano Nov 23, 18:52 1
- No Cuba Gooding? -- nm - Was Bar Was Nov 23, 19:13
The State Department is announcing a deal to suspend the Iran nuclear program. -- nm - nubby Nov 23, 18:19 3
- LIke they wouldn't keep bomb making in a cave somewhere, or screw around like their BFF No Korea? would they lie to the great satan? naw, its good.. -- nm - Thanksgeisting Nov 23, 19:59
- Obama on TV at 10:15. -- nm - nubby Nov 23, 18:31 1
  - wow. -- nm - Remlik Nov 23, 18:47
Hunger Games makeup collections sure feel like they're missing the point. -- nm - Reagen Nov 23, 18:13 2
- Yeah, but the Hunger Games Young Miss's Li'l Arsenal wasn't fighting for shelf space. -- nm - Was Bar Was Nov 23, 18:27 1
  - Er, was. Way to screw up a perfectly cromulent joke. -- nm - Was Bar Was Nov 23, 18:28
Proposed date for Scottish independence named -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 23, 18:02 16
- SCREW YOU TREBEK! -- nm - Sean Connery Nov 23, 18:26
- Wait a minute......there's no Angus McLeod from North Kilttown! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 23, 18:13
- "Well we definitely have where the cart is gonna go..." -- nm - Reagen Nov 23, 18:12
- I think the UK just needs a new structure, one that grants more independent to its constituents yet still retains the UK in some form. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 18:07 9
  - Scotland and Northern Ireland both have their own legislatures. -- nm - Roger More Nov 23, 18:52 7
    - Exactly. The UK is already a hollow body. Why should Wales be less a partner than Scotland and Northern Ireland? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 19:06 5
      - What more independence could be granted, but still be short of full independence? -- nm - Roger More Nov 23, 19:11 4
        
        Does any legislation passed in London affect citizens of Scotland? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 19:15 3
        
        legislation passed in Bruxelles and Strasburg also affect scotland -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 23, 20:11
        
        I expect so - immigration and defence, for example. Scotland would also be bound by the UK's foreign policy and treaty obligations - Roger More Nov 23, 19:27 1
        
        Here's the list of reserved powers. (Energy would be the one that affects Scotland the most) -- (link) - Roger More Nov 23, 19:32
    - (Wales too, but I had to check that one) -- nm - Roger More Nov 23, 18:56
  - well, if / when Scotland goes independant, I don't think it'll be that big a deal. they already have a Parlaiment in place that... - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 23, 18:40
- not that I'd expect it to happen, but I wonder if / when they gain independance, will they consider ... - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 23, 18:06 2
  - are they gonna follow the The Bruce's or the Wallace's ????? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 23, 18:07 1
    - well, i'm tyring to remember my history ,,, i know the Scottish line took over at some point in London ... i just can't remember which family line - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 23, 18:38
All three of my kids were totally engrossed by the Doctor Who special, and they'd never seen a single episode. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 17:41 12
- I disagree with some b2 assessments. I think that was the best episode ever. -- nm - David Nov 23, 17:46 11
  - certainly a top 3. -- nm - Remlik Nov 23, 20:40
  - It did have one glaring flaw. (maybe minor spoilers?) - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 23, 18:56 1
    - Yup. -- nm - David Nov 23, 20:11
  - That's a low bar. (spoilers) - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 18:06 7
    - spoilers - amoxy Nov 23, 18:29 6
      - spoils - peglegpete Nov 23, 18:49 1
        
        True that. (spoils) - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 19:13
      - For my money, Lincoln was really phoning it in on the Gettysburg Address. -- nm - David Nov 23, 18:41 2
        
        Well, he was shot - amoxy Nov 23, 18:48 1
        
        Imagine if he'd been sober. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 19:19
      - You're all nuts. It was fantastic. -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 23, 18:30
"No, sir. All 13." -- nm - David Nov 23, 17:41 1
- spoils... - Remlik Nov 23, 20:45
Gronk not racist. Gronk just stupid. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 17:38
sitwap - Xbox launches innovative device for NFL fans -- (link) - crash davis Nov 23, 17:30 1
- That's a shitload of quotes but how about a description of what the tool actually does? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 17:37
Yeah... that stain stick was actually a bleach stick. Well, fuck. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 17:00
What the DUCK..?! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 17:00
I have been looking for a twitter feed for Anne McCaffrey, with no luck. - Spawn Nov 23, 16:29 4
- Yeah, you might want to check the Wiki. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 16:58
- About negative six feet. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 23, 16:56 2
  - I honestly thought she died about two years ago. -- nm - Qale Nov 23, 17:07 1
    - Because she did. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 17:18
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Favour for those so inclined. - Beaker Nov 23, 16:24 11
- it was also written up in Yankee Magazine around the same time (if you found this article I'd be grateful too) -- nm - Beaker Nov 23, 16:26 1
  - The search tools for the digital archive databases are unconscionable. Criminal, even. Google should just destroy them. Slacker librarians... - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 17:40
- I've tried to find it but no luck...are there still places that will transfer VCR tapes to DVDs around? -- nm - Beaker Nov 23, 16:25 8
  - there are converters you can hook up to your VCR and Computer -- (link) - marcel Nov 23, 16:34 7
    - I should have mentioned we also got rid of all our VCRs :) -- nm - Beaker Nov 23, 16:36 6
      - There seem to be number of places down here (including Walmart) that will convert to DVD for you. -- nm - Meg Nov 23, 16:40 4
        
        Costco!! -- nm - elf kelly Nov 23, 18:40
        
        It should be noted that the tape may have already degraded to a point where it's unplayable. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 17:39 2
        
        why do you hate me? -- nm - Beaker Nov 23, 18:33 1
        
        The magnetic film will *LITERALLY* slide off the tape. Stacking them vertically like books is the best way to preserve them. - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 19:22
      - maybe some of the old people on ST still have one :) -- nm - marcel Nov 23, 16:40
chatted with my doctor brother. he says a man on the plane kept passing out. he doesn't know why. - loosi at home Nov 23, 16:23 3
- They wouldn't let us deplane when the dude died on my flight either. -- nm - spamlet Nov 23, 20:23
- "I've got to go drinking on George Street!" *passes out* -- nm - Beaker Nov 23, 16:42
- Look at those bag fees! *faints* And look at the fee for a meal! *faints* Now you are charging me for an aisle seat? *faints* -- nm - Man on Plane Nov 23, 16:41
seen some documentaries on Doctor Who now. Jenna is by far the hottest companion. Then Freema, then Billie -- nm - marcel Nov 23, 16:13 4
- Suranne Jones -- nm - peglegpete Nov 23, 17:02
- Amy, Jenna, Peri, Ace, Martha, Rose. -- nm - Remlik Nov 23, 16:40 2
  - correction.... Amy, Jenna, River, Peri, Ace, Martha, Rose. -- nm - Remlik Nov 23, 16:41 1
    - River is not a companion, she outranks them all -- nm - loosi at home Nov 23, 19:50
btw - Alex Kingston (River Song) is also 50 this year -- nm - marcel Nov 23, 16:09 2
- I saw her boobs. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 20:18
- she's my favorite. :) -- nm - loosi at home Nov 23, 16:20
IDTTWAP: McCann is a Yankee. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 23, 16:07 10
- Take care of my boy. -- nm - David Nov 23, 17:42 3
  - :-) I liked him before the pinstripes but he'll look nice in them next season. -- nm - Krusty Nov 23, 17:48 2
    - Liar. -- nm - David Nov 23, 18:05 1
      - I did. He did very well for me in fantasy for many years. :-) - Krusty Nov 23, 18:46
- 5 years 85 million -- nm - amoxy Nov 23, 17:00
- My heart weeps. -- nm - nubby Nov 23, 16:50 1
  - I thought of you and David when I heard the news. I knew you wouldn't be happy. - Krusty Nov 23, 16:57
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  - I don't like the years but he'll be a nice improvement over what we have. Most of our minor league C's are busts or not ready. We couldn't go - Krusty Nov 23, 16:19
- IDCITWAP: Oops. My fingers don't work well when I rush. -- nm - Krusty Nov 23, 16:07
Nebr-Penn St going into overtime. -- nm - GregW Nov 23, 16:02
Almost Human - first two episodes thoughts: B+ - spoilers - Beaker Nov 23, 16:00 4
- I see what your saying - Epiphany Nov 23, 16:05 3
  - Yeah, that show doesn't have nearly enough death and destruction. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 23, 18:17
  - for sure to your IM, I just thought they needed - spoiler - Beaker Nov 23, 16:11 1
    - I've added it. Karl Urban is smokin hot -- nm - Epiphany Nov 23, 16:16
both Idaho and Florida State are covering their overs -- nm - prayformojo Nov 23, 15:56
from the backboards .. one of these days i'm gonna break down and start reading the Dragonriders of Pern series of books -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 23, 15:53 1
- and Cousin Todd just beats me to the fresh board reference -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 23, 15:53
Reposted from top of B2... RIP Anne mcCaffrey. - Cuzzin Todd Nov 23, 15:53 3
- Yeah, 2 years ago. -- nm - CovingtonCat Nov 23, 16:17 1
  - heh - So bummed by the headline didn't even notice the date! - Cuzzin Todd Nov 23, 16:27
- awww, rats -- nm - prayformojo Nov 23, 15:55
rolling for mega millions -- nm - Thanksgeisting Nov 23, 15:50
Red Robin for pre-parade burgers -- nm - Beryllium Nov 23, 15:46 5
- Somehow kieran ended up inside the restaurant without any shoes on. I blame the fake paws on the tiger costume he's wearing. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 23, 16:02 2
  - no shoes...no service? -- nm - Thanksgeisting Nov 23, 16:29 1
    - When you're dressed as a tiger, you ALWAYS get service. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 23, 17:39
- We stopped at the one in Daytona on the way back from Miami on Wednesday. It was a very well made burger. - JaxSean Nov 23, 15:52 1
  - RR burger meat seems like the same stuff they use in burger king or McDs...or maybe I'm just too used to gastropub fare where they grind chuck fresh -- nm - Thanksgeisting Nov 23, 16:31
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- Are they going to be representing the White division? - Strongbad Nov 23, 16:06
Woohoooo for what's goin' on in the desert -- nm - prayformojo Nov 23, 15:27

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