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i must be getting sick. i had to open windows this morning at home, and i have *on purpose* gone outside several times today, without a coat, just to - Andie Jan 3, 12:03 2
- hot flashes? -- nm - auld lang zeitgeist Jan 3, 12:05 1
  - preggers - Epiphany Jan 3, 12:05
ESPN: Penn State's top 3 candidates are Franklin, Golden and Munchak. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 3, 12:01 1
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The Scientific Odds That Using a Cell Phone Will Make You a Bad Driver... - x Jan 3, 11:54 1
- Never tell me the odds! -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 12:00
free kindle down load on becoming better at finances/debt - Pocket Your Dollars: 5 attitude changes - Epiphany Jan 3, 11:53
Final report says the car Paul Walker was in was doing 100+ mph when the crash occurred. -- (link) - TWuG Jan 3, 11:52
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- Too Many Secrets -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 11:59
- Stories like this - Strongbad Jan 3, 11:57
- *scales fall from eyes*....nm - x Jan 3, 11:56 1
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- And it's name shall be... Skynet. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:54
Yahoo Fantasy Golf PSA: Week 1 starts in the next hour! Extremely fun fantasy sport! - Strongbad Jan 3, 11:50
So I signed up for "Important Alerts" from work at work. Apparently when I signed up I gave them every conceivable method to contact me. When the Snow - Mel Profit Jan 3, 11:47 9
- THERE IS DONUTS IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM!!!!!!! (sent via beeper, email, text, VM, building PA, bull horn and afro drum dance squad -- nm - auld lang zeitgeist Jan 3, 12:04
- Mel's text to Diva: "I am just going outside and may be some time." -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:53 1
  - If the snow is over a foot, bring out a shovel! -- nm - Mel si Jan 3, 11:54
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  - L4 -- nm - Qale as Folk Jan 3, 11:52
  - "what do you make of this?" - groiny Jan 3, 11:51
- We have this on campus. When there's a test (which is all we ever get), desk phones, mobile phones, and e-mail goes nuts. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:50
- No warnings about the soup, tho? eh? -- nm - OAE -- Antarctica, Old Explorer Jan 3, 11:50 1
  - absolute fuckers. I mean...that's important. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 3, 11:55
From TWiT's Tech News Today, their Top 10 Tech Stories of 2013. Go! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:45 35
- websites getting hacked? -- nm - zork Jan 3, 12:04
- #10 remains. It's a new government regulation. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:58
- something by Dean Kamen -- nm - peglegpete Jan 3, 11:56
- Gotta be something related to some big app like Snapchat -- nm - oblique Jan 3, 11:54 1
  - No apps beyond mention of the Twitter IPO. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:56
- That MS dipshit getting fired -- nm - Shaun Jan 3, 11:54 1
  - They folded that into the console wars. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:55
- Surface Pro -- nm - Shaun Jan 3, 11:53 1
  - No. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:53
- Windows 8, iOS 7 -- nm - oblique Jan 3, 11:51 1
  - No, Apple announcements (iPhone 5S/5C, iPad Air, iOS 7) is #8. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:52
- In addition to Xbone, Microsoft is on the list twice more. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:51 1
  - It's telling how far they've fallen that their CEO retiring (#3) and them buying Nokia (#7) doesn't register on ST. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:57
- Teslas catching on fire. -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 11:50 1
  - No. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:50
- 4K TVs -- nm - Shaun Jan 3, 11:49 2
  - Nope. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:49 1
    - That's probably huge in 2014, too. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:49
- 3D Printers? -- nm - Strongbad Jan 3, 11:48 1
  - Not on the list, but look out in 2014. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:49
- Twitter IPO? -- nm - Strongbad Jan 3, 11:48 1
  - #4 -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:48
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  - Wearable tech, #6 -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:48
- Bitcoin -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 11:46 1
  - #2 -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:48
- PS4/XBone. -- nm - Shaun Jan 3, 11:46 4
  - When it should have been 3DS dominance. -- nm - Qale as Folk Jan 3, 11:52 2
    - I'm strongly considering getting a Vita. -- nm - Shaun Jan 3, 11:58 1
      - I'd wait until at least summer. -- nm - Qale as Folk Jan 3, 11:59
  - #9 -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:48
- Some nerdy dude does some nerd things and all the nerds go crazy for it! -- nm - CQ Jan 3, 11:46 1
  - Edward Snowden, #1. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:48
- Death of Blackberry. BitCoin -- nm - TWuG Jan 3, 11:46 1
  - #5, #2 -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:48
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- Soylent Green :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 3, 11:37
Postmodern Jukebox does an awesome mashup of their 2013 covers. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:32 [youtube]
American gangster, D. My God what an awful film. -- nm - loyola Jan 3, 11:28 6
- took myself a nice long rejuvenating nap in the middle of it. woke up and it still sucked. but teh costumes were great. -- nm - Diva Jan 3, 11:38
- American hustle rather. -- nm - loyola Jan 3, 11:29 4
  - wow, a film so bad it gave you flash backs to another crappy film - Epiphany Jan 3, 11:49 3
    - I liked 'American Gangster'. -- nm - Diva Jan 3, 11:52 2
      - I was expecting something else - not sure what but not that. That is okay, I still got Virtuosity -- nm - Epiphany Jan 3, 11:55 1
        
        yeah that was some crazy fun. -- nm - Diva Jan 3, 11:55
and in the best news I have heard this year : My BIL is in jail. - groiny Jan 3, 11:27 28
- couldn't have happened to a nicer guy -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 12:02
- orange is his color :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 3, 11:42 2
  - it really says something when 6 aunts and uncles, and your mother, or sisters would rather - groiny Jan 3, 11:47 1
    - :))) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 3, 12:01
- Welcom to OZ!! -- nm - peglegpete Jan 3, 11:30
- congrats? -- nm - zork Jan 3, 11:30
- Honey, I mortgaged the house and sold the car to bail out my brother. -- nm - groiny's wife Jan 3, 11:29 2
  - I would then be in jail as well, because I would stab her in the face with one of my swords. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 11:31
  - this -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 11:30
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  - Jay-walking -- nm - decline Jan 3, 11:30 17
    - assault on his other sister. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 11:31 15
      - jeebus - that would do it -- nm - Epiphany Jan 3, 11:50 3
        
        she prolly wouldn't give him no damn money. - Diva Jan 3, 11:54 2
        
        all I really know is - groiny Jan 3, 11:58
        
        prolly -- nm - Epiphany Jan 3, 11:55
      - whoa. -- nm - Diva Jan 3, 11:38
      - Ooofff. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:38
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        I am sure there is more to the story, because the other sister is batshit crazy too, but I am not interested - groiny Jan 3, 11:45
      - well, that's not nearly as funny as jay-walking - decline Jan 3, 11:36 6
        
        people should go to jail in an amusing fashion for our benefit! - Andie Jan 3, 11:37 5
        
        I did not tell you all, I saw him on Christmas Eve (the night he was locked up) - groiny Jan 3, 11:42 4
        
        Wrong holiday. -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 11:46 1
        
        yeah, I mixed up my eves. -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 11:47
        
        that was not the night he was locked up, that is my mistake. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 11:43 1
        
        ah -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 11:46
    - Blocking the box -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 11:31
Oh, and from B2. I became a fan of the Red Wings thanks to Old Man Wirtz selling my favorite players. - spamlet Jan 3, 11:25 7
- the Wirtz kids must have been sca-reaming to themselves about how their dad was running it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 11:30 6
  - My favorite was that they didn't even wait for the funeral to put the home games on tv. - spamlet Jan 3, 11:32 5
    - The overhaul of the entire operation after his death was remarkable. They must have been planning for years. It was executed flawlessly and within a - pmb Jan 3, 11:36
    - did you ever read Net Worth? - Reagen Jan 3, 11:34 2
      - That's the book. Someone mentioned it at some point but I couldn't remember what it was. I need to. -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 11:37
      - they pretty much were. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 11:35
    - that was a classic turn of events. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 11:32
Suspected World War II-era bomb detonated in Germany. one dead, 13 injured, surrounding homes damaged -- (link) - zork Jan 3, 11:25
I bought the base Civ5 and the Gods and Kings expansion. I'm good, right? - spamlet Jan 3, 11:24 1
- That's fine. Gods and Kings added a *lot* to the base game. - Tim Jan 3, 11:25
Two Japanese Soccer Stars Play Team Of 55 Kids On Game Show -- (link) - Beaker Jan 3, 11:22 1
- In North Korea, it would be a team of 55 *starving* kids. With vastly different results. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:29
So how did you learn the rules / strategy / lore of the sport for your fave team? - JD Jan 3, 11:20 9
- instant replay, the endless endless yammering of Bob Costas and Dick Button. - Diva Jan 3, 11:42 3
  - Dick Button?????? - groiny Jan 3, 11:52 2
    - back when he was commentating he knew everything there was to know and he would tell you. - Diva Jan 3, 11:57 1
      - I assume he was basketball, because I have never heard that name before. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 11:59
- for tactics, i learned a lot from zonalmarking.net.... - x Jan 3, 11:36 2
  - whoops, there was supposed to be a link to the zm linkroll.... - x Jan 3, 11:41 1
    - heh, i read thid q as "how do you". i thought you were asking. i should read b2's sometimes...nm - x Jan 3, 11:44
- my grandfather was an avid baseball player and followed it pretty closely. - groiny Jan 3, 11:30
- Cubs fans have their history beaten into them through decades of losses thus perpetuating the cycle of misery for generations to come -- nm - oblique Jan 3, 11:27
So remember when that ship was stuck in Antartica and they had to use another ship to rescue the crew well that ship is now stuck -- (link) - eag Jan 3, 11:20 1
- still lovin' that global warming .... -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 3, 11:51
Andie, I think I was a bit too subtle on B2 - ty97 Jan 3, 11:16 3
- Those weren't the three wise men, they were three of the disciples. -- nm - Roger More Jan 3, 11:24 1
  - ahh, I glanced quickly, my bad (though point stands, and is probably amplified) -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 11:26
- As for the Pope, I definitely believe he has renewed interest (and/or reduced disinterest?) in the Church for some people. - ty97 Jan 3, 11:19
How The Sochi Olympics Became A $51 Billion Quagmire -- (link) - Beaker Jan 3, 11:14 12
- Stay tuned: this will be News -- of all sorts, no doubt. -- nm - OAE -- Antarctica, Old Explorer Jan 3, 11:52
- Despite the money, I assume that the facilities will be sub-par, there will be no snow, and no economic impact to the region. Plus, terrorism. - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:27
- Step 1: Put corrupt Russians in charge. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:15 9
  - Step 3: Profit! -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 11:15 8
    - What does Mel have to do with this? -- nm - eag Jan 3, 11:16 7
      - You missed Step 2: Get naked, cover yourself in Crisco, and sing Christopher Cross songs to nursing home patients. -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 11:22 5
        
        aka bilking them out of retirement funds ala Zero Mostel (in the only "The Producers" that matter) style. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 3, 11:24
        
        That would get him shipped to siberia in Russia -- nm - eag Jan 3, 11:22 3
        
        I think it's warmer in Siberia right now. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 3, 11:25 1
        
        chawl -- nm - Diva Jan 3, 11:42
        
        That's all part of his evil plan. - ty97 Jan 3, 11:23
      - I'm all about Profit. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 3, 11:18
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- Ancient Aliens! -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 11:18
- Ah, the Antikythera mechanism. A wonder of history. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:14
Jerry Jones wants 4 more teams into the playoffs -- (link) - Beaker Jan 3, 11:13 4
- Shocker. NFL Owner wants more revenue. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 3, 11:16
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- So long as one of them is the Cowboys. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:13 1
  - *snort* -- nm - Epiphany Jan 3, 11:52
Nova Scotia pulls police off roads because of intense blizzard (except Code 1 emergencies) -- (link) - Andie Jan 3, 11:12
So an update on the new years eve family implosion - eag Jan 3, 11:11

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