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JenBro, Don Homer, I thought I posted the other excerpts here but I don't see them in the history.....will find them and post them....thank you for - CrankYanker Jan 8, 11:45 6
- have you got a working title yet? a "nom de plume" ? :) -- nm - JenBro Jan 8, 11:47 5
  - DRIVEN -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 8, 11:48 4
    - *;likes* ... from your posts here (years ago now) - I think the chapters about Britney will be the most interesting and probably the hardest to write - Minion si Jan 8, 11:51 1
      - (sfan) hahahaha -- nm - JenBro Jan 8, 11:51
    - Driver for the Stars -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 11:49 1
      - Driving with the Stars -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 11:49
Liberals ,liberals everywhere! -- (link) - ty97 Jan 8, 11:44
"You know... for kids!" -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 8, 11:39
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- I'm so glad that I'm not a Louisville fan. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 8, 11:44
Qatar World Cup won't be held in summer, says FIFA exec (looks to be between Nov 15 and Jan 15 at the latest now) -- (link) - Beaker Jan 8, 11:37 1
- That's going to make for an interesting season for lots of the pro leagues -- nm - JD Jan 8, 11:41
Deadspin reveals their voter -- (link) - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 8, 11:36 6
- If I'd known he had a vote, I might have taken a guess it was him. -- nm - Tim Jan 8, 11:54
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  - alternatievly, it might explain why he is so well known a bit (not that I blame him for doing it) - Beaker Jan 8, 11:41 3
    - I loathe him an am not surprised. -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 11:44 2
      - his reasoning makes sense to me -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 11:45 1
        
        Yeah but it is still "Look at me!" in nature. -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 11:48
i am suddenly *exhausted*. it hit me like a rock. - Andie Jan 8, 11:34
The full list: - Reagen Jan 8, 11:34 15
- We live in a strange world where 16 people who follow baseball think Greg Maddux is not a Hall of Famer yet somebody believes Jacques Jones is. -- nm - David Jan 8, 11:49 2
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    - And the Gambler! -- nm - eag Jan 8, 11:51
- And here the list for the next couple of years -- nm - eag Jan 8, 11:40 5
  - link -- (link) - eag Jan 8, 11:40 4
    - 2016 Griff Jr and 2017 Pudge -- nm - eag Jan 8, 11:49 2
      - Manny should but won't. -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 11:51 1
        
        Im not sure about Shef - eag Jan 8, 11:52
    - Carlos, Randy, Pedro, Sheff, Smoltz. -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 11:45
- Everyone not named Biggio and Piazza fell from last year's total. -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 11:38
- I want to know the 2 people that voted for JT Snow. -- nm - spamlet Jan 8, 11:36 2
  - Somebody thought this guy should get in! -- (link) - Reagen Jan 8, 11:40
  - I'd rather be ignorant about such villainy. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 11:36
- Thanks Reagen! (Techically there were 571 ballots, but 2 were blanks.) -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 11:35 1
  - "this pen is too heavy...." -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 11:46
*casts a spell on ST* -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 11:33 3
- I'm gonna put a spell on you. -- nm - Screaming Jay Hawkins Jan 8, 11:39 1
  - no, message ... but - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 8, 11:47 [youtube]
- counters your pagan Wicca spell-duggary shenanigans with my gypsy Evil Eye symbol -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 8, 11:38
Hmmm, NY State is taking over responsibility for LGA and JFK responsibility from the Port Authority. -- (link) - ty97 Jan 8, 11:32
Global warming applies only to Australia. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 8, 11:32 1
- I blame the kangaroos -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 11:33
Bah, hate unpacking and then not knowing whether things are worn or clean...laundry day today! -- nm - Meg Jan 8, 11:30 4
- it's about TIME ... been waiting for a fresh basket of clothes warm and folded from the dryer to lay on -- nm - Minion si Jan 8, 11:49
- I roll up clothes that are dirty. Folded = clean, rolled = dirty. -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 11:41 1
  - I usually bring a plastic bag to hold dirty clothes -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 11:48
- I have generally put dirty clothes in a trash bag or something then pack them that way I know those are dirty -- nm - eag Jan 8, 11:32
huh. There's a flash flood watch for the Trenton-Philly area. Apparently there is a huge ice jam on the Delaware near Trenton - decline Jan 8, 11:19 1
- a flood in this cold weather would be pretty much the worst possible thing. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 11:31
Greg Maddux received 97.2% (there were 16 idiots) while Glavine got 92%. - David Jan 8, 11:13 9
- Clemens: 35.4%, Bonds 34.7%, McGwire 11.0%, Sosa 7.2%, Palmerio 4.4%. - David Jan 8, 11:25 2
  - Goota wonder if years from now will the veterans comittee be more forgiving of the roid era players -- nm - eag Jan 8, 11:27 1
    - 15 years from now, the voters will be too young to have those grudges. Thank God. -- nm - David Jan 8, 11:28
- Sixteen people need to have their vote taken away from them. -- nm - Krusty Jan 8, 11:21 2
  - 571 people vote. I think 521 people need to have their votes taken away. -- nm - David Jan 8, 11:23
  - more than that. -- nm - Tim Jan 8, 11:22
- Piazza was 62.2% and Jack Morris was 61.5%. -- nm - David Jan 8, 11:16 1
  - Morris will have the odd claim of having the highest percentage of vote in any season without making the Hall of Fame. - David Jan 8, 11:19
- 83.7, trying to get the full list but the bbwaa site is crashed. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 11:14
They really, really need to reevaluate who actually gets to vote for the baseball Hall of Fame. -- nm - Tim Jan 8, 11:10
15 year-old Oklahoma high schol student suspended for casting a magic spell that caused a teacher to become sick... -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 8, 11:05 11
- A somewhat confusing follow-up. -- (link) - mara Jan 8, 11:48
- If you actually believe somebody has the ability to do that, would your really risk antagonizing them? -- nm - mara Jan 8, 11:41
- I dont get why Wicca is often refered to as a "pagan religion" and not just "religion" - Walt_Disney Jan 8, 11:25 2
  - there are plenty of family court cases where a woman lost custody of her kids because they feared they would be 'exposed' to witchcraft -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 11:29 1
    - I am not a witch! -- nm - Christine O'Donnell SI Jan 8, 11:37
- I'm confused. The article quotes 'year 2000', says last December and is dated Oct. 28 - decline Jan 8, 11:22 1
  - It happened in December 1999 and the article is from October 2000. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 8, 11:31
- "I keep telling you people, the Earth revolves around the *Sun*!!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 11:19
- 14 year old story. There was a Lifetime movie about this. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 8, 11:09 2
  - No, 15 year old, it says right there! ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 11:19 1
    - That girl is nearly 30 now. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 8, 11:40
This is such douchenozzle behavior: Annapolis police officers are ticketing home owners for warming up their cars. -- (link) - Inigo Jan 8, 11:01 10
- Car Talk on the subject of warming up the car in cold weather -- (link) - mara Jan 8, 11:50 1
  - "If it's bitterly cold out, like 10 or 20 degrees Fahrenheit" BAHAHAHAHA -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 11:52
- this is actually a wide spread law...cause methheads ride bicycles looking for the trail of white exhaust, jump in and drive off -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 11:05 4
  - Remote starters do not allow the car to go into drive. -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 11:42
  - Yep. It is a law meant to reduce auto theft. - TWuG Jan 8, 11:08 1
    - city gets a couple thousand in fines...whereas if they stake out a warming car and arrest a car theif, the city gets stuck with court and jail housing - zeitgeist Jan 8, 11:27
  - I can understand it in normal weather, but it was 5 to 10 degrees this morning. -- nm - Inigo Jan 8, 11:08
- f-ing pigs. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 11:03 1
  - f-ing lawmakers -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 11:07
- what a stupid ass law. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 8, 11:03
2014 HOF inductees: Maddux, Glavine, Thomas -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 11:00 18
- On the positive side, very well deserved for all three. -- nm - Inigo Jan 8, 11:13 1
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 11:30
- its gotta be pretty cool for ex-teammates to get voted in together -- nm - Jovian Jan 8, 11:11 1
  - First time in 67 years that two pitchers from the same rotation are voted in together. -- nm - David Jan 8, 11:16
- Greg Maddux 97.2% Tom Glavine 91.9% Frank Thomas 83.7% -- nm - budice Jan 8, 11:08 1
  - Ah, thank you! -- nm - David Jan 8, 11:14
- Rafael Palmeiro will fall off of the ballot, receiving less than 5% of the vote. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 11:07 1
  - For blaming another player without any evidence to back him up, he deserves to be off the list. -- nm - Inigo Jan 8, 11:12
- Craig Biggio recieved 74.8 percent. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 11:01
- Ooof. Biggio - 74.8% -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 8, 11:01 8
  - One vote. -- nm - David Jan 8, 11:02 7
    - Here is the math. - David Jan 8, 11:09 1
      - yeah, 428 would be less than 75%, they don't round up. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 11:10
    - two -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 11:08 1
      - Yeah, see above. -- nm - David Jan 8, 11:09
    - Like we needed more reason to hate that LA beat writer. -- nm - Inigo Jan 8, 11:02
    - That moron with the "Morris, I'm good..." ballot should be throttled. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 8, 11:02 1
      - As should anyone not putting Bonds or Clemens. *shrug* -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 11:03
My take of the Crowe family, in order of relative intelligence. - GregW Jan 8, 10:55 4
- I think it is tellign that (spoils) - groiny Jan 8, 10:57 3
  - That may be more about money. The family appears to be tapped out. -- nm - GregW Jan 8, 11:00 2
    - We mustn`t overlook the important thing about them - mud Jan 8, 11:07 1
      - she sure is -- nm - Jovian Jan 8, 11:09
ST Poll: What are you reading? Recently read? -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 10:52 29
- Working through Double Down. Just got to the parade of clowns. -- nm - spamlet Jan 8, 11:20
- Just finished Notorious (John Taylor) autobiography. Taylor was surprisingly good narrator and just started Doctor Sleep -- nm - JD Jan 8, 11:13
- books I got for Christmas: Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies and I Wear The Black Hat -- nm - Tim Jan 8, 11:09
- Fall of Giants - Follett -- nm - mud Jan 8, 11:08
- The Book Thief. It's meh. -- nm - TWuG Jan 8, 11:06 2
  - *GASP* -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 11:08 1
    - I'm reading it because I saw you loved it. - TWuG Jan 8, 11:10
- Bossypants by Tina Fey. It's not a long book, but I've reading it in small doses. Quite funny -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 11:06
- I started Chris Kluwe's book on kindle (sparklepony) but don't think I'm but 20-30 pages in. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 8, 11:05 2
  - When did the book come out? -- nm - spamlet Jan 8, 11:21
  - It's a lot of short essays about his opinions rather than a full book, really. I still like it though. -- nm - Tim Jan 8, 11:09
- In the past week, I've read Cardinal in the Kremlin and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 11:03
- John Adams by David McCullough and Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 8, 11:02
- *finally* about to start Snow Crash -- nm - Jovian Jan 8, 11:00
- The Day the Crayons Quit. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 8, 10:59
- Still slogging through Wool. I'll be glad when it's over. I also just started The Power of a Half Hour. -- nm - David Jan 8, 10:59 2
  - I thought I was the only who felt that it was a bit sloggy - Jovian Jan 8, 11:00 1
    - I have deepset admiration for the business model. The story itself is monotonous. -- nm - David Jan 8, 11:01
- Memoirs of a Geisha -- nm - Meg Jan 8, 10:58
- I am halfway through this fun read of a novel called "Confessions of a D-List Supervillian" by Jim Bernheimer. -- nm - GregW Jan 8, 10:57
- Ripper by David Lynn Golemon (kind of a Reilly-ish series) -- nm - MDH Jan 8, 10:56 1
  - I enjoyed these books -- nm - decline Jan 8, 11:00
- Just finished The Secret Garden. -- nm - mara Jan 8, 10:56
- Nexus by Ramez Naam -- nm - decline Jan 8, 10:55
- Book 5 of the Percy Jackson series (it has followed the Harry Potter method of storytelling so far, still, it is a decent read) -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 10:53 3
  - Have you read any of the Artimus Fowl series? If not, you might like them as well. - JaxSean Jan 8, 11:04 1
    - I've seen it around, thanks might check it out -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 11:32
  - Map of Time should be here this week and plan to read that next -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 10:57
- Special Topics in Calamity Physics. -- nm - Ender Jan 8, 10:53
JR Smith fined $50k for continuing to untie opposing player's sneakers during games -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 10:46
TVPSA: PSYCH returns tonight1 -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Jan 8, 10:43 1
- ! -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Jan 8, 10:43
From B2: Nicely done CY. Sort of related at the height of their notoriety, I wanted nothing more than to be Nicky Hilton's boy toy - JD Jan 8, 10:42 1
- she has always been the lesser of the 2 evils. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 8, 10:42
Mel, I don't see it as repetitive (Justified premiere spoilers) - David Jan 8, 10:35 16
- character motivation aside it's the same story telling device in that... - Mel Profit Jan 8, 10:44 11
  - I actually think the only true symmetry between the two is (spoilers) - David Jan 8, 10:58
  - One thing I love about the show and it showed in last night's episode - no spoilers - Mel Profit Jan 8, 10:46 6
    - and to that (spoils) - Jovian Jan 8, 10:50 2
      - also.....spoils.... - groiny Jan 8, 10:55
      - spoils..... - groiny Jan 8, 10:51
    - we always watch the last episode from the preceding season before starting the new one (same for GOT too) -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 10:49 1
      - you have to do that for GOT. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 8, 10:50
    - I wonder how it would have played out if you never watched an episode, and tuned in last night. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 8, 10:47
  - I also love the fact that....spoils - groiny Jan 8, 10:45 2
    - I also like the fact that...spoils - Jovian Jan 8, 10:46 1
      - I never noticed that he wasn't. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 8, 10:47
- And Wes (Justified spoilers) - David Jan 8, 10:39 1
  - well......spoils..... - groiny Jan 8, 10:42
- actor who plays (spoils) - Jovian Jan 8, 10:37 1
  - spoilers - David Jan 8, 10:42

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