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Desean Jackson wants a raise -- (link) - Beaker Jan 6, 11:21
Dates for returning shows in January - Beaker Jan 6, 11:19 1
- my beloved deadline gives us new and returning in one place -- (link) - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 6, 11:24
Democrats urge more diversity for Ga. bench -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 6, 11:15
power bck on for now . went from 67 in the house to 42 pdq -- nm - Remlik Jan 6, 11:14 2
- that quick in two and a half hours? did they use bunched up newspaper for insulation? -- nm - J Jan 6, 11:19
- whoa. what's the temp outside like ? -- nm - decline Jan 6, 11:16
"It's so cold in Minnesota that I threw a cup of water in the air and by the time it hit the ground, I still hated living here." -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 11:13 1
- heh -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 11:15
New Hampshire girl licks flagpole, and... -- (link) - Max Jan 6, 11:04 6
- Next year's host for the 24 hour A Christmas Story marathon is... -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 11:12
- Speaking of which and relatred too there is this exchange betwen Curt and Erin on the fox pre game show yesterday -- (link) - eag Jan 6, 11:09
- will her nicname in school now be hotlips? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 6, 11:06 3
  - The Girl with the Stretched Out Tongue -- nm - Jovian Jan 6, 11:09
  - "Scary New Trend Among Teens: Poling" -- nm - FoxNews! Jan 6, 11:07 1
    - I must be cracking up, I am laughing and giggling far too much over this -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 6, 11:23
What was your favorite Theo Walcott moment of the year, Arsenal fans? -- nm - CQ Jan 6, 11:03 1
- I'm sure you could guess what most would say today....but ya that news sucks. -- nm - J Jan 6, 11:06
Had a filling replaced this morning. The novocaine is just about worn off & I'm no longer drooling. But there's no way I'm walking to work now. - CovingtonCat Jan 6, 10:59 1
- you don't to found in a couple weeks with your feet sticking up out of a snow bank -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 6, 11:04
Mike Sherman is out as the Dolphin's OC. -- nm - CQ Jan 6, 10:55 3
- This will be the first time since high school that Tannehill had someone other than Sherman calling his plays. -- nm - David Jan 6, 11:13
- I want Mike Evans or OL in the draft. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 11:04 1
  - OL all the way -- nm - CQ Jan 6, 11:10
They're closing schools tomorrow? -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 6, 10:39 16
- Some of ours have closed already, yes. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 6, 10:50
- All of ours were closed today. (Metro Atlanta) -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 10:47
- I wonder if some of those locations have no heat. -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 10:46 1
  - No, they have to. It gets into the 20s/30s every winter. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 10:52
- ok, now that's just getting silly. You are just getting cold, right? no snow or ice or anything? -- nm - decline Jan 6, 10:41 11
  - Yep. Granted, it's supposed to get down to 20 degrees here tonight, which is going to blow away some records, I think. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 6, 10:51 1
    - Also, that county is in the middle of the state, so some of the roads could actually ice up early morning. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 10:51
  - I keep hearing that the concern is for kids waiting outside for transportation, and the risk of frostbite. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 10:46 6
    - Yeah. Might as well take them off and make them up if need be in spring. -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 10:57 1
      - we've already used all of our snow days and eaten a day into spring break. we've had a ton of bad weather this year even already. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 6, 11:18
    - I've heard of snow days, yes, but this? I didn't know it was possible - con_carne Jan 6, 10:55
    - yeah -- again, this is why I think the university might have to close. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 6, 10:49 1
      - But imagine if your uni closed every time it hit 20? -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 11:13
    - The primary concern here is school buses, operation and their routes. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 10:47
  - we're just getting cold as well. I bet our schools close. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 6, 10:45
  - There's no jacket stores down there! -- nm - CQ Jan 6, 10:43
power out now for 2nd hour. may hit a hotel -- nm - Remlik's phone Jan 6, 10:36 5
- go to amy and spawn's house! cheap excuse for a party! -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 6, 11:02 1
  - they live to far away from me. roads are closed by emergency order. -- nm - Remlik Jan 6, 11:10
- check for power as a requirement b/f you check in, eh - OAE -- Antarctica, Old Explorer Jan 6, 11:01 1
  - very good idea -- nm - Remlik Jan 6, 11:11
- damn. -- nm - Diva Jan 6, 10:58
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- I'm going to a conference in Portland in April! Woo! Far away, exotic Portland! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 6, 10:36 1
  - great comic book scene there. -- nm - Remlik Jan 6, 11:13
- Find me and the bf a decently affordable trip to Australia, kthx. -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 10:35 1
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LYC: I baked a couple of cap fulls of vanilla extract in a mug for 30 minutes. House smells delightful -- nm - CQ Jan 6, 10:26
I love my lap-cats...I just wish they'd leave willingly when I want to stand up :) - Meg Jan 6, 10:17 5
- Aww were they happy to see you Meg? -- nm - JenBro Jan 6, 10:44
- The "go limp" trick is a cat's truest power. -- nm - David Jan 6, 10:23 3
  - It's the only way to get out of the Siamese Finger Trap. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 10:36
  - And was the main reason I chose him in the first place...first time I picked him up he melted :) -- nm - Meg Jan 6, 10:29
  - combined with sensing when you're five minutes from getting up. -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 10:27
Happiness is discovering that That Touch of Mink is now available for UV digital conversion. -- nm - David Jan 6, 10:16
You know how I was counting my luck stars I got out of Chicago yesterday? American cancels 750 flights Monday, jet fuel supplies frozen in Chicago -- (link) - ty97 Jan 6, 10:11 4
- I really wonder if the university might close tomorrow. we're on limited bus service which means that many employees have no choice but to walk from - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 6, 10:16 2
  - My brother's uni closed today for the cold. Prior to this, they closed for the 2011 blizzard, and 9/11. - ty97 Jan 6, 10:17 1
    - we had a late start in ... 2008? because of an ice storm. we *never* close. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 6, 10:19
- Savor this victory -- nm - prayformojo Jan 6, 10:15
I didn't watch psych last season. spoiler q - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 6, 10:10 3
- Spoilers - David Jan 6, 10:14
- Spoils as far as I know - Will Hunting Jan 6, 10:12
- Not that I remember. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 10:12
It looks like Cutler's 7 year deal is really a 3 year deal with no signing bonus. -- (link) - Inigo Jan 6, 10:05
Breaking Jey Blue shot down in 4 airports due to storm -- (link) - eag Jan 6, 10:04 8
- This sounds like the fourth person in a game of Pass It Down. - David Jan 6, 10:22
- And this appears to be related to new FAA crew rest rules that everyone knew were going into effect last week. How did they screw this up so badly? -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 10:19
- I love Jetblue, but they can NOT handle IRROPS at all. - ty97 Jan 6, 10:14
- Thats a rather extreme thing to do - Jovian Jan 6, 10:06
- *panics* - oh, shut down. : ) -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 10:06
- Jet -- nm - eag Jan 6, 10:05 2
  - And, hopefully, "shut", not "shot". -- nm - TWuG Jan 6, 10:06 1
    - Need to clean my keyboard -- nm - eag Jan 6, 10:07
and maybe, just *maybe*, I'll calculate my NY state taxes correctly this year. - znufrii Jan 6, 10:03 1
- unless you got the super double secret tax rules book, you'll never get it right. -- nm - colin Jan 6, 10:05
Grantland reads ST, they take on the Old Spice commercial -- (link) - Beaker Jan 6, 09:52 6
- It is the greatest commercial I have seen in years. -- nm - CQ Jan 6, 10:23
- Good Lord. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 6, 10:08
- WTF? -- nm - znufrii Jan 6, 10:04
- I saw this commercial yesterday. It is probably the creepest commercial I've ever seen -- nm - decline Jan 6, 10:03 2
  - creepy, but amazing. -- nm - colin Jan 6, 10:05 1
    - I would like to see the looks on the Exec's faces when they showed that for the first time in some meeting. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 10:11
5 things I learned as a cop (that movies won't show you) -- (link) - Beaker Jan 6, 09:47 2
- i tried reading cracked a few days ago... it was pretty "meh"... -- nm - colin Jan 6, 09:49 1
  - I agree, Christmas was not a good string of articles for them (but this and the prison guard one from awhile back are interesting) -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 09:50
25 deaths from the flu in Texas so far. No stats on hospital admissions because the flu is not a "reportable" disease in Texas. - GregW Jan 6, 09:41 2
- Because FREEDOM! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 6, 10:37
- We got the flu in late October... I was surprised... so was the clinic. -- nm - colin Jan 6, 09:44
Sigh, I clicked on Madonna's fb photo she just posted. A former STer is tagging photos as if he is in them. -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 09:37 5
- Missing the stalkee/stalker thing, sorta? -- nm - OAE -- Antarctica, Old Explorer Jan 6, 09:48
- oh, that's sad. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 09:41 2
  - It is. :( -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 09:55
  - Granted, a lot of people seem to do it on facebook (36 on that picture) but I feel like it's probably different -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 09:42
- Shhhhh. - Spawn Jan 6, 09:39
UK TV PSA: The 7.39 new David Nicholls 2 part drama with David Morrissey and Olivia Coleman starts tonight. -- (link) - LMS Jan 6, 09:35
ST Poll -- On a scale of 1 to 10, how eager are you looking forward to doing your taxes this year? - znufrii Jan 6, 09:28 24
- 5 I always seem to be waiting on stuff ... forms I need from banks and all that - it's a drag. -- nm - JenBro Jan 6, 10:47
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- I'm normally a 9. I'm probably a littler lower this year due to some complications causing me a bit of trepidation. -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 09:39
- 9. simple this year. -- nm - colin Jan 6, 09:36
- taxes are a double edged sword and are never good news - decline Jan 6, 09:34 1
  - ... and if I am getting a big refund, I f-ed up on my withholdings. -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 09:37
- 4. It's going to be a complicated year probably. -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 09:34 9
  - On the plus side, it's the last year you have to file a state return -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 09:40 8
    - Hmm. - Qale Jan 6, 09:44 7
      - Only one Federal return - and did you actually get paid anything in TX in 2013? -- nm - Meg Jan 6, 09:50 3
        
        I did. A scant bit from both the theatre and the grocer. -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 09:54 2
        
        Ah, right, I'd forgotten the theater. -- nm - Meg Jan 6, 09:56 1
        
        But TX doesn't have income tax. Ergo, no tax form to file. -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 11:24
      - No, one Federal return and one GA return. - spamlet Jan 6, 09:50 2
        
        I've been debating that. - Qale Jan 6, 09:56 1
        
        unless you listed an address in GA as your permanent address for your jobs in TX, you're probably ok. -- nm - colin Jan 6, 10:03
- Maybe a 6? I'll get a refund which is great, but I have to file in a bunch of states due to work travel. -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 09:34
- I *love* taxes. I've already gone provision shopping for tax night (licorice and red wine, yo.) -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 6, 09:32
- 4. My wife started selling stuff this year and I have to figure all that out. -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 09:31
- 9 or 10 - Head of household with three dependents. Bring on the refund. -- nm - Inigo Jan 6, 09:30
- 9. We're expecting a monster refund. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 09:29 1
  - yeah, that definitely helps - znufrii Jan 6, 09:30
- 8. love our refund -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 09:29
- *shoots you in the face* -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 09:28
David, can any disc be converted? Or does it need to have a UV code? -- nm - Inigo Jan 6, 09:27 6
- I think we need to be specific with terms. - David Jan 6, 09:30 2
  - I should really just do this. someone should tell me to just do this. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 6, 09:33 1
    - Just do it! -- nm - Nike Jan 6, 09:43
- Certain titles are available for disc-to-digital. Most studios (not Disney) support it. - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 6, 09:28
- I don't know that any disc can be converted but Vudu has a list where you can look up stuff. -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 09:28 1
  - I don't know that it has to have a UV code, but not every disk can be converted. - spamlet Jan 6, 09:28
Saintsssss in the SOOOPERBBOOOWWLLLLLL -- nm - Lafarrow Jan 6, 09:26 11
- I'd reverse Chiefs/Colts game and I don't even like Alex Smith -- nm - pippy bells Jan 6, 09:30
- How did they do the last time they played Seattle? -- nm - David Jan 6, 09:27 5
  - all accorridng to the super genius plan my friend - Lafarrow Jan 6, 09:28 3
    - What sort of super genius plan involves getting humiliated? -- nm - David Jan 6, 09:31 2
      - If it involves Laf, it's an inevitable part of the process. -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 09:32 1
        
        You only learn about yourself while crying -- nm - Lafarrow Jan 6, 09:33
  - Beast Mode happened -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 09:28
- *chuckle* -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 6, 09:27
- Way to go, David. -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 09:26 2
  - burn candlestick to the freakin ground -- nm - Lafarrow Jan 6, 09:28 1
    - word -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 09:28
isittaxseasonyet.com -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 09:24 4
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- isitnascarseasonyet.com -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 09:25 2
  - isitChristmasyet.com -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 09:25 1
    - isitSummeryet.com -- nm - decline Jan 6, 09:26

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