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Dogs terrified of walking past cats: A video compilation. -- (link) - loosilu Dec 6, 07:33 7
- this is great ... I only wish Pixie were seeing it! -- nm - JenBro Dec 6, 08:17
- unsurprising spoilers - ty97 Dec 6, 07:38 1
  - yep. - loosilu Dec 6, 07:41
- ha. -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 07:36 1
  - the cats are just totally calm, and giving them the same stare. -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 07:37
- I got an ad in front of this for 'Chase Private Client'. Apparently the ad people think I make a lot of money -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:35
- Smart dog -- nm - Bacon Dec 6, 07:34
The Rise and Fall of Blackberry: An Oral History... -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 6, 07:32
This is awful, from facebook: Paul Walker, Nelson Mandela, Carrie Underwood's career. #ItHappensInThrees -- nm - MDH Dec 6, 07:31 11
- Carrie's acting career perhaps. She's fine otherwise. -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:32 2
  - Agreed. The singing was excellent. The acting was poor. She's a singer. This won't hurt her. Honestly I didn't hate it as much as others seemed - pmb Dec 6, 07:39 1
    - I didn't hate it either. she clearly worked very hard on it. -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 07:44
- my wife shut it off about 10 minutes in, and put the movie in instead. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 6, 07:32 7
  - It got much better after the initial shakiness. She can't act, but overall...it wasn't bad. - Will Hunting Dec 6, 07:33 6
    - Agreed, though I really did think the singing (other than Moyer) was excellent. -- nm - pmb Dec 6, 07:43
    - My wife was happy with it but she doesn't have a real critical eye for that stuff. - spamlet Dec 6, 07:38
    - SOM is her favorite movie, and she really likes Underwood.... - groiny Dec 6, 07:34 3
      - People don't like to see the classics remade. I don't care who you try...no one will ever be able to be Dorothy. Don't even try. Ever. -- nm - Jim Dec 6, 07:37 2
        
        SoM is in that category. -- nm - Jim Dec 6, 07:37 1
        
        I am sure, even though it bored me to tears. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 6, 07:38
Awesome. Reimagining the Yule Log computer screen. (only 19 days until Christmas) -- (link) - Andie Dec 6, 07:29
(a) apparently McDonalds in Canada has introduced poutine and (b) 13 other location-specific McDonalds meals. -- (link) - Andie Dec 6, 07:24 7
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  - I have been berated here for eating McDonalds in foreign countries. -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:32 1
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- Ages ago in Quebec - McDonalds, Burger King etc all have poutine here (and it's terrible) -- nm - Roger More Dec 6, 07:27 2
  - unpossible. Poutine can not be bad -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:33 1
    - the thing about fast food poutine is that they all use cheap gravy that's really, really salty -- nm - zork Dec 6, 07:39
- i would totally eat this one: - Andie Dec 6, 07:25
So far my sunrise photo has 2300 views and 50+ favourites -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 07:18 2
- Dracula gave it a thumbs down. -- nm - Was Bar Was Dec 6, 07:23
- link? -- nm - Don Homer Dec 6, 07:19
JC Penney: Forward to the Past... -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 6, 07:15
YDC: My friend that was on Jeopardy searched on twitter re: his episode. Ugh, the homophobia is digusting. - MDH Dec 6, 07:15 6
- Oh I saw that one. Tricksy FJ. Tell him I approved of the exclamation point. Brought a big grin to my face. -- nm - Was Bar Was Dec 6, 07:45
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  - Wednesday, his name is Brock. -- nm - MDH Dec 6, 07:30 2
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      - We had a party at JRs to watch it. Something like 400 people packed into that tiny place. -- nm - MDH Dec 6, 07:35
- There are so many unhappy assholes in this world, I almost feel bad for them at this point. - ty97 Dec 6, 07:16
Is the WC draw on tv anywhere? When is it? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 07:14 3
- CBC is live streaming -- (link) - Beaker Dec 6, 07:28
- formalities begin at 11am ET, the draw itself is expected to begin around 11:30. I think it's on ESPN2. -- nm - znufrii Dec 6, 07:16
- Yes, in England, France, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, basically every country that isn't the USA. -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:16
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- well done. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 6, 07:13 12
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    - In the context of Cano as a player it's a joke, in the terms of a market with Ellsbury worth $22mil a year, it's reasonable. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 07:18 1
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    - for a negotiator Jay-Z is quite a musician... -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 07:17
    - is Cano his only client so far? -- nm - groiny Dec 6, 07:17 7
      - yeah, Durant's the reason he had to sell his stake in the Nets -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:20 1
        
        should have been under ML's post :) -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:21
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        I wonder how fast they will bolt if he bungles this all up. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 6, 07:20 3
        
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        sure, which can totally go the other way, especially if his tactics are in fact accurate. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 6, 07:22 1
        
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Boeing lays out its demands for locating 777X production in any given state. - spamlet Dec 6, 07:04 15
- This is pretty standard - and a lot of it is setting out what they need to run an aircraft assembly site. - Roger More Dec 6, 07:39
- And I hope all 15 locations tell Boeing to go fuck itself. - ty97 Dec 6, 07:05 13
  - Nope, Missouri is in special session right now to give Boeing whatever it wants. - spamlet Dec 6, 07:07 11
    - When I am Supreme Emperor of the United States, this stuff will be outlawed. - ty97 Dec 6, 07:10 8
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        *shoots hand into the air* - znufrii Dec 6, 07:21 1
        
        One hand in the air if you don't really care -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:23
        
        Supreme Emperors do not answer questions from commoners. -- nm - nubby Dec 6, 07:19
        
        See -- (link) - ty97 Dec 6, 07:15 [Backboard] 3
        
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        See -- (link) - ty97 Dec 6, 07:20
    - isn't SC the front runner? -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:08 1
      - Given that they already have the 787 production I would imagine so. - spamlet Dec 6, 07:09
  - this. -- nm - Diva Dec 6, 07:06
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So Peterson could have had any job in the last eight years and he chooses Washington? - Will Hunting Dec 6, 07:00 4
- One child graduates in May and the other enters high school in the Fall. It was more about that than the destination. -- nm - David Dec 6, 07:44
- My thoughts exactly. Now you move? Washington? -- nm - Volnelk Dec 6, 07:37
- yeah, seems like at best a lateral move...unless they backed a dumptruck full of cash up to his house -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 07:05 1
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OK people, we post a *lot* of threads with 'cancer' in them and a link to something. - ty97 Dec 6, 06:58 2
- Doesn't Bill Gates donate money to research every time someone posts a link about cancer? I'm pretty sure I've gotten an email saying he does. -- nm - TWuG Dec 6, 07:11
- yup -- nm - znufrii Dec 6, 06:59
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- It's brilliant. -- nm - David Dec 6, 07:37
- Couldn't get through it. The characters are just too unlikable. -- nm - ajrimmer Dec 6, 07:05
- enjoyed it while i was reading it. (non plot spoils, just general impression spoils) - Andie Dec 6, 07:03
- dude, when's the office holiday party? -- nm - CQ Dec 6, 06:58 3
  - ours is Wed. Dec. 18th and good too. - Diva Dec 6, 07:05 1
    - we have our office lunch next wednesday, and the big party January 18 (Theme this year: Rock N Roll.) -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 07:12
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- yes - some of us have read it. -- nm - Diva Dec 6, 06:57 3
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    - Enjoyed it a lot. Knew what was up early but still enjoyed the unfolding of it. Not happy with who they cast as Amy for the movie. - Diva Dec 6, 07:02
    - Most of ST really liked it. (I am in the minority) - ty97 Dec 6, 07:01
sriracha vodka? it was only a matter of time, I guess. -- (link) - znufrii Dec 6, 06:49 1
- hmmm Bloody Mary with Sriracha vodka would be good. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 6, 07:20
The Eiffel Tower lit up in the colors of the South African flag -- (link) - ty97 Dec 6, 06:48
Okay, that waitress sounds like Stacy. - David Dec 6, 06:45 17
- "...when she reportedly shaved her head and told friends she had brain cancer." Wasn't this a recent episode of This American Life? -- nm - nubby Dec 6, 06:52 11
  - How does a shaved head = cancer? Do they remove their eyebrows, too -- nm - landbeck Dec 6, 07:03
  - I don't think it was that recent (though they may have replayed it, I skip the reruns). -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 06:54
  - I remember a story linked here earlier this year (perhaps the same one covered on NPR?) -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 06:54 8
    - Oh! Yes, it was a long read, listed here. Did I post it? -- nm - nubby Dec 6, 06:55 7
      - this is the one -- (link) - znufrii Dec 6, 07:08 1
        
        znu for ST president! -- nm - nubby Dec 6, 07:11
      - that scammer ends up saying the same thing all those detached from reality shysters end up saying whenever they're confronted w/their lies. - Diva Dec 6, 07:00
      - Now I remember. I was thinking of a similar case that happened at my alma mater a few years ago when remembering farther back. -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 06:56
      - Not sure, but I remember it as one of the best reads linked here this year (we should do awards!) -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 06:56 2
        
        ty97 for Most Improved Poster! -- nm - nubby Dec 6, 07:00 1
        
        I am gonna be the top pick in the Boyfriend Draft! -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:01
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  - well, not "straight"... - znufrii Dec 6, 06:53 1
    - actually.......................... -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 06:54
- wow. -- nm - znufrii Dec 6, 06:47
- "engaged to Madonna" -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 06:47
Facebook has (at least informally) experimented with a Sympathize button -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 06:44 2
- makes sense, you can't really click "like" when someone posts something shitty -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 06:45
- link -- (link) - ty97 Dec 6, 06:45
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chaos is a dusting of snow on Portland Oregon roads. traffic accidents are snarling traffic -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Dec 6, 06:38 2
- Austinites couldn't even drive in rain. Even the prediction of snow shut the city down. -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 06:43
- THE RAIN IS COLD AND WHITE! THIS IS THE APOCALYPSE PEOPLE!!!! -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 06:42
Guardian live blog of the World Cup Final draw is killing it this morning -- (link) - znufrii Dec 6, 06:37
so, we saw The Kids in The Hall last night. Loved it. Half trip down memory lane, half middle aged jokes. - Andie Dec 6, 06:37 2
- cool, I hope they do a Canadian tour -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 06:43 1
  - they hinted that a tour was a definite possibility. -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 06:46
What a great idea. Send yourself an Amazon gift card email for a custom amount to use up the remaining balance on prepaid gift cards -- (link) - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 6, 06:36
Should I give this to one of my boss' boss (have more then one) or just add it as an addendum to the indecent report I'm going to make - H-Mogul Dec 6, 06:31
@PostReid: There are 83k fewer federal gov't jobs than in Jan. 2009. 148k fewer state gov't jobs, 495k fewer local govt jobs. -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 06:31 1
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Here is my draft email to coworker. Any suggestions appreciated. - Don Homer Dec 6, 06:30 15
- I agree with the others. Something seems off putting about this letter -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Dec 6, 06:41
- Something is just off with this. I think it's caused by the "I just wanted to remind you" line. "Remind" comes off in a bad way. -- nm - MDH Dec 6, 06:38
- honestly, i would be hesitant to say anything in writing. but it would depend on your office vibe. -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 06:38 2
  - yep -- nm - JenBro Dec 6, 07:23
  - *ding* -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 06:53
- Something doesn't sit right with me with that. Why not just take the coworker to lunch and just have a chat - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 6, 06:32 9
  - we've never had lunch 1-on-1 before, it would feel awkward to do that. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 6, 06:36 5
    - I'm not saying you take them to the Melting Pot or something :) Just grab some food and say "So, what do you think about [boss] leaving?" - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 6, 06:40 2
      - good idea, let the other person take the lead and then you can just try and direct the conversation without being overt about it -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 06:41 1
        
        thanks guys. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 6, 06:51
    - could you say something like 'can i buy you a coffee? i'd like for us to have a conversation about where things stand with (boss) gone and the work - Andie Dec 6, 06:39 1
      - yeah, that's probably a good idea. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 6, 06:40
  - Plus, there's nothing written down. It's hard to know these days what "discoverable" material can possibly mean months or years later. -- nm - landbeck Dec 6, 06:34 2
    - what would be wrong with it, per se? (I was also thinking of sending it to her personal email instead of work.) -- nm - Don Homer Dec 6, 06:37 1
      - I'm just thinking worse case scenario, if someone *else* sees it. Any chance the boss would be offended or vindictive that you are trying to undermine - landbeck Dec 6, 06:40
Marin mazzie to play Helen Sinclair in 'Bullets Over Broadway' the Bway musical. Zach Braff to play the John Cusack role David Shayne. -- (link) - Diva Dec 6, 06:30
Welcome back dick coater -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 06:26

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