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Flyin to Seattle for TGiving...VX783 from lax...takeoff in 40 mins for those playing the home version -- nm - budice Nov 25, 12:19 3
- safe travels! -- nm - Don Homer Nov 25, 12:23
- virgin america -- nm - budice Nov 25, 12:21 1
  - those boarding scans are *personal* -- nm - thanksgeisting Nov 25, 12:55
who had wednesday in the couch delivery sweepstakes? (as long as it's before thanksgiving...) -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Nov 25, 12:14
Secret Stalker Poll: would you want something with your " sign" on it? something religioius? something pervy? something with your initial on it? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 12:14 11
- i'm an atheist minister...what's my symbol? -- nm - thanksgeisting Nov 25, 12:57
- no. no. no. maybe, but only if it were small. -- nm - Andie Nov 25, 12:38
- Yes to the sign (Leo). Otherwise no. -- nm - Meg Nov 25, 12:31
- no -- nm - peglegpete Nov 25, 12:27
- yes to all. I'm a Taurus -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 12:24
- pervy -- nm - budice Nov 25, 12:19
- no to all. -- nm - elf kelly Nov 25, 12:18
- down with that sort of thing. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 12:17
- the scales are so sexay. um negatory to all -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 25, 12:16
- [insert penis symbol here] - oblique Nov 25, 12:15 1
  - *giggling* you are funny today -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 12:24
Does anyone have a good link to the upcoming deals for Friday and Monday? - Krusty Nov 25, 12:11 2
- I use fw for almost everything shopping related. -- (link) - peggy ann mcamanda Nov 25, 12:13 1
  - I always forget about using that site. Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Nov 25, 12:19
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So do we have any Kingdom Hearts fans amongst us? Qale? Anyone? - Jim Nov 25, 12:06 6
- lil pip is - I will send her your email addy if that is okay. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 12:10 5
  - Groovy...have a Christmas gift thing I need someone who is a fan to check out for me. -- nm - Jim Nov 25, 12:11 4
    - okay I sent it - she is at work right now though. She put the new Zelda between worlds DS3 game on her xmas list -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 12:12 3
      - thankeee said -- nm - Jim Nov 25, 12:19 2
        
        egads...I meant: thankee sai -- nm - Jim Nov 25, 12:19 1
        
        you can thank me after she actually emails you back. She's not as bad at Trish but she gets distracted -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 12:23
well crap. less than 4 minutes in too -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 25, 12:05 1
- down 2 in the first 10. wtf? -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 25, 12:14
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- This reminds me of car sales strategy "This offer is only good today!" -- nm - Strongbad Nov 25, 12:07
Lorde's "Royals" is a pretty good song, but "Team" is a great song. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 25, 11:57 7
- No! You're not making me watch the clown video again. No way!.... OK, fine. I'll do it. -- nm - Was Bar Was Nov 25, 12:15
- Two straight singles about rejecting mass media and with small town insecurity is a bit samey. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 12:04 2
  - Although I love the line "I get a little tired of being told to throw my hands up in the air/ so there". - pmb Nov 25, 12:08 1
    - it is - I just watched it. Heh, I think we are a little tired of that. She's like Enya's hipster daughter or something -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 12:13
- I've decided Royals is a manifesto against reality TV. I just don't know anybody who does all those things she says she's against -- nm - con_carne Nov 25, 12:02 2
  - Rich Kids of Instagram do it. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 12:05
  - more pop music imagery, but yeah. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 12:03
Stupid required work password change, I keep typing in the wrong password today -- nm - Truman Nov 25, 11:56
The long range forecast says snow for Dec. 4th/5th. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 11:52 1
- the short range forecast is calling for rain/snow on Wednesday -- nm - decline Nov 25, 11:54
A Royals Thanksgivukkah parody. -- (link) - TWuG Nov 25, 11:51 [youtube]
I need to figure out how to mail my SS stuff. - Truman Nov 25, 11:48 1
- I'm trying to decide between 2 items - both quite heavy. Maybe time to check out pre-paid boxes. -- nm - Meg Nov 25, 11:59
Steubenville schools superintendent indicted for obstruction in the rape of a 16-year-old girl by two high school football stars... -- (link) - Don Homer Nov 25, 11:45 7
- Good. "Three other adults, including an elementary school principal, were indicted on lesser charges." Good. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 11:56
- Mop? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 25, 11:46 5
  - ML? -- nm - Don Homer Nov 25, 11:49 4
    - No, ML only posts about Trent and Teddy these days. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 25, 11:50 3
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        What's happened to NUUUUUUUUUUUUUK? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 25, 11:55 1
        
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Hmmm. The MLS averages 18,500 fans per game. Miami is a notorious sports town for NOT going to games. Why not build a 75,000 seat MLS stadium? -- (link) - volnelk Nov 25, 11:43 3
- All the cool cities are doing it! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 11:43 2
  - Naw, kc was/is the best mls stadium built recently, it only holds a little less than 20k -- nm - Truman Nov 25, 11:45 1
    - It's the perfect size. Fans are up close and right on the action. That stadium is class -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 25, 11:56
Here we go again. #6 in the "20 'Best' College Towns in America". -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 11:42 7
- Ithaca is gorges -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 25, 11:58
- Their criteria is pretty thorough, mind you. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 11:53 2
  - Ah, they called Madison a "Small Metro" not a college town. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 25, 11:56 1
    - Explains Ann Arbor's exclusion too. -- nm - pmb Nov 25, 12:03
- No Madison? FLAG. -- nm - volnelk Nov 25, 11:45
- I call BS on Blacksburg. That place sucks. - Strongbad Nov 25, 11:44 1
  - I call BS on state college. (I am *very* sour on this town after this weekend.) -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Nov 25, 12:07
...Just don't *love* your library. LAPD on the case of a surge of sexual activity in the bathrooms at Downtown LA's Central Library -- (link) - con_carne Nov 25, 11:29 3
- Strip Club in OC is called The Library... -- nm - budice Nov 25, 11:42
- time to take a little vacation... -- nm - Stacks the Fun Loving Library Hooker si Nov 25, 11:31 1
  - buwhaaa! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 11:43
Playing with facial recognition on the Xbox One and PS4. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 11:25 4
- I mean, who wears a hat when they play games anyway? -- nm - volnelk Nov 25, 11:31 2
  - I'm usually in top and tails. -- nm - Was Bar Was Nov 25, 12:11
  - The Bandit. -- nm - Spawn Nov 25, 11:32
- omg! the PS4 can't recognize hats. Game over man, the system is dead! -- nm - decline Nov 25, 11:30
While QB Rating is goofy, QBR has somehow topped it. Tyrod Taylor for the Ravens through 1 pass yesterday. It was not caught. - Will Hunting Nov 25, 11:18 5
- Does it take into account dropped passes? Ed "Featherstone" Dickson dropped it. -- nm - Inigo Nov 25, 11:30 1
  - I don't think ESPN knows what it takes into account. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 25, 11:32
- Depends on what it went through. -- nm - Spawn Nov 25, 11:29 1
  - Judging by this grading scale, a cornerback, a safety, and then his receiver's hands. - Will Hunting Nov 25, 11:30
- It's the Canadian judge's fault. They're nice to everybody. -- nm - Was Bar Was Nov 25, 11:27
"This is gonna end *terribly*!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 11:08
interesting write up/obit for the former CEO of Progressive Insurance - I didn't know the bit about his marijuana consumption. -- (link) - JenBro Nov 25, 11:05 1
- I mean, the company was called "Progressive". -- nm - nubby Nov 25, 11:09
I guess it must be 6 months. My Comcast discount expired. - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 11:03 7
- Dude! your posting this week has made me consult the stars ... and what I feared is apparently true ... Jupiter is in retrograde! - JenBro Nov 25, 11:07 4
  - I don't know. What does mandy say? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 11:20 3
    - are you guys the same sign? -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Nov 25, 11:53
    - it's odd though - because I just won a raffle drawing - had the 50$ check in my mail box this weekend - was drawn on 11/20 - JenBro Nov 25, 11:32 1
      - Here, let me get you some more salt to pour in my wound. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 11:41
- call and threathen to leave, they will give it to you again. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 11:03 1
  - you don't even need to do that. -- (link) - peggy ann mcamanda Nov 25, 11:14
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Pretty exciting local development news. Architect Frank Ghery to reveal his plan for Grand Avenue, across the street from his Walt Disney Concert Hall -- (link) - con_carne Nov 25, 11:00
More NFL: Geno Smith has 1 TD and 10 INT in his last 6 games. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 25, 10:58 2
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  - the plan was to make Sanchez look like a good option. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 11:02
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- sounds great, where do I sign up!!! nm -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 10:55
- "id give my left nut..." -- nm - budice Nov 25, 10:54
A handy listing of all the RBs injured this week -- (link) - Beaker Nov 25, 10:53 1
- Do I own them? Then they got injured. -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 10:54
I recreated DH's 11 team 8-8 tie. Here's the tiebreaking procedures: - Reagen Nov 25, 10:50 1
- 11 teams enter 1 team leaves. NFL Thunderdome! -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 10:51
Anyone know how Capstern's kickstarter game is doing? -- nm - oblique Nov 25, 10:50 1
- Someone should look into it. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 11:00
FYI: Looks like capstern's board game hit his kickstarter goal of $18k. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 25, 10:50 1
- oops -- nm - Mopbad Nov 25, 10:50
HOLY...! 125 new episodes in my Cnet podcast queue. They've lumped all their shows into one feed. Ugh. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 10:45
are there any "real time" games out there (xbox, playstation, etc.) where you can find out things that others have done in the game? ... like, .. - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 25, 10:44 11
- There was a game out a year or two ago where you could leave messages for other people playing the game - decline Nov 25, 10:49 1
  - game was Demon's Souls -- nm - decline Nov 25, 10:53
- There's that game with the tv show interaction but I don't know the production status of it. -- nm - Max Nov 25, 10:46 2
  - Defiance -- (link) - Max Nov 25, 10:47 1
    - is anyone playing this? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 25, 11:00
- How close is Xbox Minecraft to this? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 10:46
- I'm playing EVE Online which is *insane* when it comes to a true sandbox environment - oblique Nov 25, 10:45 4
  - all the good online gaming threads at Cracked have some EVE stories in them -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 11:46
  - my friend John plays this - has been for years - I'm going to have him show it to me this visit :) -- nm - JenBro Nov 25, 11:09 2
    - my cowworker plays, he showed me and I was like..... - groiny Nov 25, 11:10 1
      - LOLOLOL ... I'm that way with most games honestly -- nm - JenBro Nov 25, 11:18
Congratulations to Capstern on the 100% funding of his Kickstarter. -- nm - nubby Nov 25, 10:43 9
- Yay! ^5 -- nm - JenBro Nov 25, 11:09
- woot woot! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 10:48
- awesome! -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 10:45
- worth a stripper or two -- nm - budice Nov 25, 10:45 2
  - I believe that was the $200 perk. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 10:48 1
    - For $500 you got an Audi. -- nm - pmb Nov 25, 10:50
- That's awesome! Congrats! -- nm - Krusty Nov 25, 10:45
- Excellent. *drums fingers together, then spits off to the side* -- nm - NASCAR Lawyer Nov 25, 10:44
- Nice! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 10:43
Apparently, Thanksgiving used to mean going out to dinner for a night on the town. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 10:42 12
- Which reminds me... I'm probably going to go out to some restaurant for dinner on Thanksgiving. The alternative... is not pleasant. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 10:44 11
  - sauteed dustbunnies you collected from under the couch served over a bed of melancholy? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 10:53
  - chinese on thanksgiving is great. a neat way to meet people, actually. everyone's alone. everyone has a story. - peggy ann mcamanda Nov 25, 10:51 9
    - There's a 24/7 dinner-type place here known for its pies. They're doing a Thanksgiving menu. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 11:00 2
      - I think that is kind of exactly the kind of place I would want to avoid on thanksgiving. I would want to be somewhere nonthanksgivingish. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Nov 25, 12:08 1
        
        Alone in my living room is the kind of place I want to avoid on Thanksgiving. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Nov 25, 13:26
    - from a board awhile back -yes, if we refi Lil Pip's school loan, we will be needing your referral info. I will have her call them. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 10:53 5
      - oh, rock on. I got here super early this morning to do my application; I'm waiting to be accepted. - peggy ann mcamanda Nov 25, 10:56 4
        
        heh - I'm curious to see how this process goes. I just want out from underneath Sallie Mae - Epiphany Nov 25, 10:58 3
        
        my loans are AES and VSAC, but I have always felt like something very fishy was happening. - peggy ann mcamanda Nov 25, 11:03 2
        
        I'm surprised your variable rate is so high - meaning - if you got that - I'm going to get less - Epiphany Nov 25, 11:12 1
        
        my rate was 6.8 to begin with because my loans were grad. yours are probs at 3.4% for the most part. - peggy ann mcamanda Nov 25, 11:50
also of note: the team with the current #7 pick is only a game out of the playoffs. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 10:42 1
- PLAYOFFS? Playoffs? Let's get to .500 before we...oh. I guess we're in. -- nm - Jim Mora Nov 25, 10:45
LIR: David: Finally got my harmony remote programmed to hit the Tivo button when turning everything on. What idiot at Tivo thought Live TV should - oblique Nov 25, 10:41
Crossword fans: Kickstart this. I did it this year and it was fun. -- (link) - nubby Nov 25, 10:40 3
- I loved these crosswords. I'm totally doing it again. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Nov 25, 10:41 2
  - Speaking of crosswords, have you ever seen the video of David Kwong creating one? - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 25, 10:51 [youtube] 1
    - Sweet. Magic is cool. -- nm - volnelk Nov 25, 11:38
as we all know, I have a fish in my office. as we all know, it's thanksgiving and the university is closed and locked all weekend. you have to request - peggy ann mcamanda Nov 25, 10:40 7
- that reminds me I need to come and feed my betta as well this weekend - Epiphany Nov 25, 10:48
- Dear Chrissy, Be cool. It's a small fish and it makes the day brighter. -- nm - Krusty Nov 25, 10:44 3
  - seriously! can I give you her email address? (note that last year, they broke into my office and turned off my lava lamp.) -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Nov 25, 10:52 2
    - well, I can almost see that as a potential fire hazard, but a fish? -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 10:56 1
      - potential water damage? I have no idea - I'm sure I'm not suppose to have either - Epiphany Nov 25, 11:00
- this ought to b interesting ... will the fish be fed? does it turn carnivorous? -- nm - budice Nov 25, 10:44
- what kind of fishie are we talking about here? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 25, 10:42

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