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doodle: Grace Hopper -- nm - zork Dec 9, 06:45
these are awesome pictures - mug shots from the 20s. -- (link) - Andie Dec 9, 06:45 1
- I know it will never come back, but I would love to live in an era where men wore suits and hats ALL the time. I think it every time I see Boardwalk. -- nm - volnelk Dec 9, 06:51
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Was at the British Independent Film Awards yesterday, got to meet Tom Hardy and Jason Isaacs. -- (link) - LMS Dec 9, 06:35 7
- For a while it looked like Harvey Weinstein would be sitting at our table for the dinner, but he disappeared after 5 minutes. - LMS Dec 9, 06:50
- That's very cool! :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 9, 06:47
- Lucius! -- nm - zork Dec 9, 06:44 1
  - He was presenting a special award to Julie Walters. -- nm - LMS Dec 9, 06:46
- very nice! -- nm - Andie Dec 9, 06:42
- *swoon* - elf kelly Dec 9, 06:38 1
  - Very nice he was too. Got to chat about Wittertainment and Awake among other stuff. -- nm - LMS Dec 9, 06:44
Youtube: USAF Band Holiday Flash Mob at the National Air and Space Museum 2013 -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 9, 06:35 [youtube] 4
- "Daddy, what did you do in the Air Force during the war on terror?" "I played the harp son. I played the harp." -- nm - Ender Dec 9, 06:44 2
  - heh - znufrii Dec 9, 06:55
  - Hahaha! -- nm - Krusty Dec 9, 06:54
- Congress should investigate this waste of tax dollars! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 9, 06:37
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US and British intelligence agencies patrolling World of Warcraft -- (link) - znufrii Dec 9, 06:32 1
- And Second Life! Poor bastards. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 9, 06:33
This morning I learned that my childhood pediatrician office was built in 1741. And it was demolished this weekend. - ty97 Dec 9, 06:16
This story of a highway fatality ending with a drug bust is crazy (and sad.) -- (link) - Andie Dec 9, 06:10
have we had any dispatches from the alternate universe where the Ravens and Vikings scored at that pace the entire game? - Reagen Dec 9, 06:08
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- Just checking, when the 'Skins lose to Atlanta next week, that'll pretty much lock the Rams up with #2, right? - Jim Dec 9, 06:10 1
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I spent 45 minutes digging/de-icing my car today to get into it. I spent 15 of those minutes trying to open a locked door. - Will Hunting Dec 9, 05:57 1
- yeah, hate that -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 05:59
Why should I have expected anything less: Points on my bench (excluding QB): 49. Points on nubbys: 3.50. Difference in the matchup: 2 -- nm - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 9, 05:50 4
- Well, three of my bench players were concussed. - nubby Dec 9, 06:07 1
  - My FF curse for many years has been points on the bench. Mostly from having chosen poorly between poor players. I shouldn't - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 9, 06:17
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  - This game is for Da Coach! :) -- nm - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 9, 06:18
Garth Brooks on GMA, says that he is going to do a 2014 World Tour. -- nm - H-Mogul Dec 9, 05:49 1
- We enjoyed the CBS live special from Vegas a few weeks ago. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 06:14
If you're still playing the Drummer Boy game...don't click this link. But if you're not, you should check this out. -- (link) - Jim Dec 9, 05:41
as has been said, the early games yesterday were some of the most fun I've had watching football in a long time. -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 05:30
ESPN: Curt Schilling replacing Orel Hershiser next season on Sunday Night Baseball - Strongbad Dec 9, 05:26 2
- Not that I watched a lot anyway, but this guarantees I'll not watch at all. -- nm - Jim Dec 9, 06:07
- I'll be sure not to tune in. -- nm - nubby Dec 9, 06:06
Wigs' dad should report the $50 as income he paid to her on her W2. Count it as a bonus. -- nm - Amanda Dec 9, 05:26 4
- I think it's $50 *thousand* from this year alone. -- nm - zork Dec 9, 06:42 2
  - oh I got that. sorry. was on bus. pre coffee. I'm sure we've all been there. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Dec 9, 06:45
  - and if *she* ever got audited, they'd wonder why that position was paid $50k plus whatever her actual salary was, which would point back to him also. - zork Dec 9, 06:43
- I think not reporting it is a huge mistake. Why risk any possible mess for yourself to help out someone that stole from you? - volnelk Dec 9, 05:49
Well hello, Android 4.3 -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 05:01
Wake up -- nm - prayformojo Dec 9, 04:45
So, my FF curse continues. With Welker and Gronk out, I've managed to have all my A and B list players (except for Marshawn Lynch) hurt badly enough - Trish, (-11 F below zero) Dec 9, 00:18
Ika.org question: - Flavorize Dec 9, 00:14 13
- I'm working on something with this player. No attacks. - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:09 1
  - So long as he has the -Emp- tag, he will be attack. Cobra can hide his troops there and nothing he can do about it. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 9, 06:35
- no more attacks on ZYDN Alliance -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 03:22 10
  - WTF? Would you like my Diplomat hat? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 9, 06:35 4
    - sorry was talking with achtumg panzar. -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 06:37 3
      - he contacted me as I was pounding on that rob doofus. I'll send you the conversation in game and you can touch base. - Beaker Dec 9, 06:38 2
        
        When did this happen? Was this announced in-game? I walked all over ZhayedanAccount last night. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 9, 06:44 1
        
        heh, I sent this morning. -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 06:47
  - just sent in-game as well...also, Cobra forgot to move his navy, crushing them now (he'll lose around 1k ships) -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 03:59 4
    - boom, plus I get to kill another 175 mortars before this is over too - Beaker Dec 9, 04:37 3
      - make sure to rub that in his face on the forum. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 9, 06:08 2
        
        he withdrew, so I hit his neighbour and came back and sunk them all....hahahahhahahaha. Will post tonight -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 06:36 1
        
        wish my ships he nuked last night would show up though, need some backline support (ahve some on the way) -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 06:37
Thailand: "Criminal Court rejects arrest of 13 protest leader on treason charge" ... well, things are getting interesting there -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 23:55
I'm soooo busy this week...can't wait to be on that train in 9 days..... -- nm - Meg Dec 8, 22:02
Dr Patrick Bateman Who. -- (link) - Spawn Dec 8, 21:56
If you ask someone in Alaska if they speak English, they're legally permitted to shoot you. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 8, 21:39 7
- Yeah, I think they probably were just programmed to say that by that point. -- nm - volnelk Dec 9, 05:24 1
  - Totally. That was a funny moment -- nm - prayformojo Dec 9, 05:25
- even Vermin? -- nm - peglegpete Dec 8, 21:42 3
  - We are all legally permitted to shoot vermin -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 21:44 2
    - it's probably against the law *not* to shoot him -- nm - dogbert Dec 8, 21:55
    - And even encouraged. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 21:54
- English, mother fucker, do you speak it? -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 21:42
I won't post it until tomorrow, but finally will have a new DJ mix set for you find folks to bump and grind to. It'll feature: - Qale Dec 8, 21:25 5
- and for those of my generation. from 1971, The Allman Bros. Live at the Fillmore East, Deluxe edition - peglegpete Dec 8, 21:39 4
  - Well the Sylvester song is from 1978. And the Erasure is a *really really* old song just remade. -- nm - Qale Dec 8, 21:47 3
    - I appreciate the sentiment, but they are not close -- nm - peglegpete Dec 8, 22:37
    - I dont remember Erasure having a holiday song - eag Dec 8, 22:15 1
      - spoiler - Qale Dec 8, 22:23
Snowball fight on University of Oregon campus gets out of hand, makes international news. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 8, 21:06
Um. We're playing Duke? -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 20:51 2
- And what's wrong with that????? -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 21:34 1
  - Just not what I expected -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 21:43
What is that strange sound? Oh, it's freezing rain hitting my window. Awesome. -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 20:35 1
- Yeah, it's just a mess out there now. -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 21:12
Mop: I guess we know who we need to talk to if ST ever needs a PR rep. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 20:35 4
- ? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 8, 20:51 3
  - It's in reference to a photo you retweeted -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 20:57 2
    - It's a gorgeous picture of a gorgeous girl. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 8, 21:10 1
      - ... named SLACK -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 21:17
This is what happened to the fountain at the legislature building here in victoria .... -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 8, 20:24 [flickr] 5
- I might use this for the winter banner :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 20:28 4
  - Wonder if I'll see anything like this while I'm in Kansas? -- (link) - Meg Dec 8, 20:48 [flickr] 3
    - oh, ouch. the conditions to make that must be downright painful :( -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 20:49 2
      - That's what I thought when I first saw the pic. Turns out they formed in the usual way, then - Meg Dec 8, 20:59 1
        
        heh. Well, that's pretty neat. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 21:08
Notre Dame playing Rutgers in Yankee Stadium (the New Era Pinstripe Bowl). -- nm - GregW Dec 8, 20:22
21 Questions Asian People Are Sick Of Answering -- (link) - zork Dec 8, 20:08
Social worker girl texted me asking why i haven't invited her to dinner yet. -- nm - James Bond (on phone) Dec 8, 20:07 7
- Is she older than you? If so, well done. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 21:24 2
  - Yup. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 8, 21:33 1
    - I sort of joked last night, but you really are building the perfect threesome. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 21:50
- "You said that you were going to make me dinner. I was waiting for your invite." -- nm - zork Dec 8, 20:10
- Hey ST. We have a Playah! -- nm - Bacon Dec 8, 20:07 2
  - world -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 20:12 1
    - er word. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 20:12
Yesterday, the girl i went on a date with... She is a pharmacist. Started pharm school at age 18. I think she is like 22 now. - James Bond (on phone) Dec 8, 20:05 15
- Half your age plus seven. Works every time. -- nm - volnelk Dec 9, 04:00
- Had to get her home by her bed time. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 8, 20:55
- Are you hung up on the number or does she act too young? - zork Dec 8, 20:17 11
  - I was just thrown back a little, i thought she was at least like 25. She acts mature so we will see. -- nm - James Bond (on phone) Dec 8, 20:19 10
    - A mature 22-year-old is better than an immature 25-year-old. -- nm - David Dec 8, 20:45 1
      - yup, to go through Pharmacy schooling at that young of an age she would have to be fairly level-headed and mature -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 05:31
    - wait, she started medical school at 18? or pharm tech assistant at community college? -- nm - ruddy the red nosed zeitgeist Dec 8, 20:23 7
      - You can go straight to pharmacy school out of high school. it's a six year program. - Tim Dec 8, 20:28 5
        
        I thought pharmists were like doctors, premed and then medical school with a pharm specialty -- nm - ruddy the red nosed zeitgeist Dec 8, 22:35 1
        
        no, too much specialised knowledge needed that isn't the same as for an MD. UofToronto is changing it's degree from BSc in Pharm to PharmD (Doctor of - zork Dec 9, 06:41
        
        here you do two years of university and then apply to the pharmacy program which I think is another four years. -- nm - zork Dec 8, 20:53 1
        
        Essentially, yeah, it's two undergrad years and four professional years. -- nm - Tim Dec 8, 20:58
        
        and they have the *best* parties. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 20:35
      - Actually pharmacy school. Apparently some of them don't require college degrees. She is a fully licensed pharmacist now. - James Bond (on phone) Dec 8, 20:26
- deep thoughts.... -- nm - samara Dec 8, 20:13
that story that Trish told about the embezzler is something. -- nm - zork Dec 8, 20:05 2
- Believe it or not, she once called in because her live-in boyfriend had been constipated for a week and was going to take a bunch of laxatives and - Trish, (-11 F below zero) Dec 9, 02:32
- Sounds like she'd done it before and her ineptitude was just her stalling until she formulated a scheme to embezzle. - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 8, 22:21
Is Dodge really attacking the Passat in their commercials? - spamlet Dec 8, 20:00 1
- They are second to none. And by None they mean Ford and Passat -- nm - Bacon Dec 8, 20:03
I'll add Allison Janney to my Emmy list for MoS. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 19:44 4
- She'll get it for Mom instead. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 20:57
- Yeah, she's fantastic in that. The whole cast is, really. - kelly Dec 8, 20:04 2
  - Dunno. I was just watching last week's. - Reagen Dec 8, 20:09 1
    - Gotcha. (Last week's episode was my favorite of the season.) -- nm - kelly Dec 8, 20:09
As long as my BF game finishes close tonight, I'll take Dez vs. Alshon tomorrow. -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 19:43 2
- 2 point difference. I told you that I blew my wad last week with him. -- nm - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 9, 05:44 1
  - Even more frustrating the points I apparently have sitting on my bench - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 9, 05:45
Met a girl shannon at the bar today ... the more i felt her up the more she liked it -- nm - budice Dec 8, 19:40
Mop... - Mel Profit Dec 8, 19:32
I'm outty, happy hunting slackers -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 19:23
Ed Norton 48 hours ad is pretty amusing. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 19:20 1
- really funny stuff. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 19:30
we're back to Operation 7-9 - Reagen Dec 8, 19:10
Looks like this was a good week to be an odd-numbered seed in Vampirates. -- nm - Was Bar Was Dec 8, 19:09 2
- I was supposed to be killed. Gonna have to take next week more serious. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 19:27
- :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 8, 19:20
AJ Styles leaving TNA. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 19:00 6
- Er, wait, he's the champion and storyline feuding with Dixie... -- nm - Tim Dec 8, 19:02 5
  - he's taped episodes of Impact that will air in 2014... - Remlik Dec 8, 19:04 4
    - Those guys are beyond moronic. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 19:13
    - That's so TNA. -- nm - Tim Dec 8, 19:10 1
      - money is getting tight. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 19:11
    - WM 31 to be in Santa Clara, and WM 32 in Cowboys stadium -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 19:06
The snow was fine today but I just went outside and it's already one big sheet of ice. Tomorrow's gonna be a mess. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 18:54 2
- Schools here were canceled tomorrow 6 hours ago -- nm - prayformojo Dec 8, 18:57
- I'm hoping they're also wrong about the freezing drizzle tonight too. -- nm - the liioulu with glow in the dark nails Dec 8, 18:55
oops -- nm - peglegpete Dec 8, 18:49 1
- I did it again -- nm - Drew Brees Dec 8, 18:49

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