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TIL the Daym Drops guy who reviews fast food on YouTube has a show on the Travel Channel now. -- nm - Tim Dec 14, 12:45
hat to hightail it to urgent care b/c Abby woke from her nap coughing up blood - prayformojo Dec 14, 12:44 1
- Yikes! Hope she's all good now. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 12:58
Boston Bruins forward Shawn Thornton was given a 15-game suspension by the NHL for attacking Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 12:41 3
- How many games did the guy who kneed the prone player in the head get? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 12:41 2
  - 5 -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 12:50 1
    - Yeah, put me down for a lot more than that. - Will Hunting Dec 14, 12:52
So the latest in my job hunt saga. Still can't get in touch with anyone at Kroger about this missing email. However! I went to my group interview at - Qale Dec 14, 12:40 10
- Good news! My brother worked for HEB in high school/college - ty97 Dec 14, 13:11
- I've worked with H.E.B. from the supply side and always felt they were very professional and rather upscale. - Meg Dec 14, 13:04
- Hoping that this is where you were supposed to be and things will settle down a bit. -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 12:53 1
  - YES! YES! YES! - Qale Dec 14, 13:00
- Yay!! Glad it is looking very promising. What happened with the movie theater gig? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 14, 12:43 3
  - It was a shitshow from the word go. I know right away that it wasn't going to work out. -- nm - Qale Dec 14, 12:44 2
    - Bummer. But this new one sound great. *crossing fingers* -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 14, 12:50
    - That sucks so much. I was hoping that would be a good job for you to get you going in the new town. -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 12:45
- Very nice! Best of luck and I hope this one is a much better job for you. -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 12:42 1
  - Thanks. Yes. I feel really good about this one. -- nm - Qale Dec 14, 12:45
Savvy bar-tailed godwit equipped for climate challenge -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Dec 14, 12:40
i love lamp -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 12:20
Go Navy! - Krusty Dec 14, 12:08 1
- *throw* Ugh! -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 12:13
GO ARMY! SINK NAVY! - IrishStephen Dec 14, 12:03 1
- This! -- nm - Bacon Dec 14, 12:08
Go army. -- nm - Truman Dec 14, 12:00
NORAD annually tracks Santa's progress because a wrong phone number was once published in a newspaper advertisement. -- (link) - mara Dec 14, 11:37
Interstellar teaser (vid) - stewie Dec 14, 11:22 [youtube] 3
- What is that? Guy builds rocket in his back yard? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 14, 11:27 2
  - Plotwise, it kind of looks like his Contact. -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 12:17 1
    - That's not allowed. He already did Contact. Maybe it's a sequel. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Dec 14, 13:10
What exactly is a Chanticleer? - IrishStephen Dec 14, 11:19 2
- Canterbury Tales. -- nm - nubby Dec 14, 12:08
- The original mascot of Rutgers -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 11:20
There are Santas, who must be lost, loudly drinking in my neighborhood -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 11:17 7
- They're all over. I saw some way uptown by 96th st and a bunch at Union Sq. doing some shopping. - Krusty Dec 14, 12:11 1
  - those are not santas. they are all aliens invading the planet -- nm - peglegpete Dec 14, 12:21
- Just the idea is SantaCon is ridiculous. -- nm - nubby Dec 14, 12:09 3
  - To the contrary, it's exactly what I would expect from a bunch of Jersey frat boys - ty97 Dec 14, 13:06
  - Do they have a SantaRave on Saturday night? Do they take off the suits to have Con sex? -- nm - Qale Dec 14, 12:41
  - (of, not is) -- nm - nubby Dec 14, 12:09
- I hope one of them has a sack and a special gift for you :) -- nm - peglegpete Dec 14, 11:21
Arizona/Michigan was a fine game -- nm - prayformojo Dec 14, 11:12
The Bub has that I don't believe in Santa look on his face. -- nm - Bacon Dec 14, 10:39 2
- He believes in Santa, he just is not always fond of the Helpers. - Spawn Dec 14, 12:43
- Tell him that he is definitely white like Jesus. -- nm - Qale as Folk Dec 14, 11:11
Crazy story from last night's news - T-Mobile says they cancel deceased man's service because his widow waited a month to call them... -- (link) - Meg Dec 14, 10:32 1
- Err - *can't* cancel -- nm - Meg Dec 14, 10:34
It's weird to consistently see indie films in the lower ranks of the box office top ten each week. - Tim Dec 14, 10:08 1
- It is the natural conclusion if studios releasing fewer major productions. -- nm - David Dec 14, 10:11
A Zuckerberg.....in the body of a Wikelvoss -- nm - prayformojo Dec 14, 09:52 1
- He takes everything from them. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Dec 14, 10:26
The Post Office got me! - spamlet Dec 14, 09:40 1
- Dropping like flies now -- nm - Bacon Dec 14, 09:41
the saga of the Judds is getting crazy...from CDAN - Remlik Dec 14, 09:38
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- Haha! Dope. *smh* -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 12:12
- I figured you'd missed your office Christmas party due to lack of notification -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 11:26
- Also, Santacon: East Village, Lower East Side & Brooklyn -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 09:37
- *laughing* - ty97 Dec 14, 09:33
- Wow, that's such a rookie mistake. I am surprised to see someone like you make it. -- nm - Bacon Dec 14, 09:25 1
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Tim, YGM. - David Dec 14, 09:04
"How do I go about looking at the document, other than the ways you're suggesting?" Um, if there were another way, I'd include it in my suggestions. -- nm - mara Dec 14, 09:02
Everton. It was Fulham but still nice to add to goal differential -- nm - JD Dec 14, 08:55 5
- hey i'l be watching premier league replays this afternoon, so i'd appreciate no spoilers...nm - x Dec 14, 09:00 4
  - My apologies. Will be more careful in the future - JD Dec 14, 09:58 1
    - no big thing, it happens. that wasn't the main game i'm gonna watch anyway....nm - x Dec 14, 10:18
  - oh that Arsenal score ! -- nm - mud Dec 14, 09:28 1
    - spoils - J Dec 14, 11:09
i spent the morning watchin man of steel, was everyone bu diane lane and kevin costner on some kind of tranquilizer? (spoils?) - x Dec 14, 08:53 7
- Man of Steel may be the most humorless script I have ever seen. - David Dec 14, 08:55 6
  - exactly. it's like they decided that they really needed to make a serious movie about a guy whose planet blows up and then starts flying around... - x Dec 14, 09:08 5
    - oh, spoils here maybe sorta....nm - x Dec 14, 09:11 4
      - Oh shit! The planet blows up? -- nm - Bacon Dec 14, 09:23
      - ! he actually flies? -- nm - mud Dec 14, 09:16 2
        
        i feel terrible about ruining it for you....nm - x Dec 14, 09:22 1
        
        nevermind that, your Hobbit comments of last night have poisoned our relationship forever anyway -- nm - mud Dec 14, 09:27
I'm really enjoying this season of Top Chef -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 08:53 2
- me too. i'm a little mad i'm snowed in up in ny catching up on that is usually my friday night entertainment...nm - x Dec 14, 08:55
- Still, you lack hip tang. -- nm - David Dec 14, 08:54
I miss College Football -- nm - prayformojo Dec 14, 08:51 6
- join crash`s ST Bowl Pick'em -- nm - mud Dec 14, 08:58
- At least you can look forward to Navy kicking the crap out of Army today. -- nm - David Dec 14, 08:52 4
  - There was a time when it was much more competitive. Navy should probably be investigated for paying recruits! heh -- nm - IrishStephen Dec 14, 10:51
  - Grrr! -- nm - Bacon Dec 14, 10:18
  - Boo! - IrishStephen Dec 14, 10:09 1
    - 11 straight! My father's boys always destroy your boys! -- nm - David Dec 14, 10:15
is this predictable? I kind of really like generation cryo. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Dec 14, 08:26
China has reached the moon -- (link) - Remlik Dec 14, 08:25 17
- well, you know, it's all done w/ outdated computers and movie special effects these days -- nm - i'm not the Ghost of Christmas Past yet ! Dec 14, 09:44
- Using only Commodore 64s, apparently! -- nm - David Dec 14, 08:38 11
  - Woah, we only have Vic 20s -- nm - North Korea Dec 14, 09:45
  - LOAD "MOON_LANDER" ,8,1 -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 08:42 9
    - I wonder if even 3 other STers get this joke. - David Dec 14, 08:53 8
      - We had a subscription to BYTE magazine and dutifully typed in those pages of pages of code to get graphical games to work. - Reagen Dec 14, 10:30 4
        
        yeah, but it helped me to program my TI while I was bored in math class. -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 11:11
        
        I think it would be more of an 80/20 split -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 10:37
        
        Not only did I do that but I remembered the frustration that came from making a typo here and there. -- nm - David Dec 14, 10:37 1
        
        Modern IDEs are so helpful for this :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 10:37
      - (you know I do) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 10:01
      - at school, we had Commodore PETs and I had an Apple ][+ clone. Knew a lot of 64 owners. -- nm - zork Dec 14, 09:20
      - :-) I loved my Commodore 64. - Krusty Dec 14, 08:58
- They'll be hungry for another accomplishment in about an hour. -- nm - Max Dec 14, 08:37 1
  - Civ 7 has become self-aware -- nm - budice Dec 14, 08:50
- Scheiße -- nm - moon nazis Dec 14, 08:33 1
  - L3 -- nm - budice Dec 14, 08:48
Google buys Creepy-ass Robot Makers Boston Dynamics -- (link) - Reagen Dec 14, 08:12 2
- I hope they rename it Massive Dynamic. - Beryllium Dec 14, 10:01
- they`ll need something to battle the Amazon Drones! -- nm - mud Dec 14, 08:36
Dr. Who: Regeneration Cold....the companions beg the 12th Dr. to stay.... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 14, 07:54 [youtube] 5
- Ah, Not Literally. I saw them at leakycon. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Dec 14, 08:51
- Omg!! Soa! Spoils - Epiphany Dec 14, 07:58 3
  - just wait. -- nm - Remlik Dec 14, 08:01 2
    - It felt a little... I mean a tad...anti climatic - Epiphany Dec 14, 08:03 1
      - well spoils.... - Remlik Dec 14, 08:25
A Dutch furniture designer created containers to catch extruded plastic waste in a local factory. The result is some very cool furniture. -- (link) - mara Dec 14, 07:53
No one won Lotto Max either, so it's now $50M + 50 $1M prizes. -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 07:53 2
- Don't tell me that, I haven't checked my ticket yet -- nm - J Dec 14, 09:00 1
  - Spoilers!! You are still poor -- nm - Bacon Dec 14, 09:03
It's like she never existed. I'm on my 2nd day of trying to reach the person who conducted my interview following up on an email I never received. - Qale Dec 14, 07:27 4
- "She hasn't worked here for *years*!" -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 07:34 3
  - It was ten years ago on a night just like tonight. Why, tonight's the anniversary. Worst accident I ever seen. -- nm - Cuzzin Toddnog Dec 14, 07:39 2
    - and her last screaming words were something about...revenge from beyond the grave...instrument of your destruction coming in the form of the letter Q - prayformojo Dec 14, 08:18 1
      - If this doesn't come through for me, I very well might turn heel. -- nm - Qale as Folk Dec 14, 08:26
Take only as directed. -- (link) - mara Dec 14, 07:06
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Canadian Politics: Bitter divisions inside Stephen Harper's cabinet over Toronto Mayor Rob Ford recently erupted on the floor of the House of Commons -- (link) - Beaker Dec 14, 06:50 4
- Conservative Finance Minister supports Rob Ford. Is a close friend. Noted. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 14, 07:07 3
  - olf *family* friend, to be precise. -- nm - Andie Dec 14, 07:26 2
    - He's Ford's supplier! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 14, 09:08
    - I sort of get it, in that someone they know is struggling in public and they don't want to see him taking shots, but all the more reason for him to - Reagen Dec 14, 08:25
Infidels, all of you. -- nm - tRuMaN with a flashing helmet and a beedo module Dec 14, 06:48
There are currently two versions of "Say Something" in the iTunes Top 10 (including #1) and 3 in the Top 40. -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 06:33
mmmm, fresh popovers with real butter & Amish F.R.O.G. jam - CovingtonCat Dec 14, 05:44
Sneak peek of Wahlburgers -- (link) - CovingtonCat Dec 14, 03:00 1
- Say hi to your mother for me. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Dec 14, 07:17
NPR: a survey of european medieval paintings suggests that there was a lot of non whites among societies -- (link) - ruddy the red nosed zeitgeist Dec 14, 00:21 1
- Of course, colleges take these kind of photos to promote their campuses too... -- nm - Max Dec 14, 00:28
yay, we're back -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 00:21 1
- Don't let it happen again - Epiphany Dec 14, 08:01
"Honestly ... you're the angriest man I have ever known." -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 23:32
the meteor shower is peaking in the next 3-4 hours. -- nm - peglegpete Dec 13, 23:17
Bacon, I predict that the jackpot will be approaching $700M on tuesday. the last time one got this big, it went up $300M in 3 days -- nm - peglegpete Dec 13, 22:34 6
- The party I'm going to throw just keeps getting bigger and bigger. - Mel Profit Dec 14, 06:59
- This is why we didn't win on Tuesday and Friday. It's *destiny*! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 13, 22:42 3
  - read this on taxing winnings -- (link) - peglegpete Dec 13, 22:47 2
    - Washington State doesn't have any income tax. -- nm - Bacon Dec 14, 08:06
    - JaxSean... you are needed. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Dec 13, 23:01
- I'd offer to help out but I have to be on a train by Tuesday afternoon. I'm in for tickets though. -- nm - Meg Dec 13, 22:38
4 days until we win MegaMillions!!! -- nm - peglegpete Dec 13, 22:27

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