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Feels like I've never done such a haphazard job of packing. I've already re-packed once to get some of the weight out of the suitcase..... - Meg May 30, 22:10 1
- you know, the do have booze in texas -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 20:24
Oh good, I've been carrying around a lens for two weeks. -- nm - ..... May 30, 21:36
Another one of those "Look how we thought technology was so great only a few years ago!" video clips. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 21:36
Trying to find something to watch on netflix (canada) ... nothing amazing is leaping out that fits my current mood. -- nm - Beryllium May 30, 21:35 3
- I'm trying out a movie called Outlander, starring jim caveizel ... -- nm - Beryllium May 30, 21:44 2
  - it's not bad. not bad at all -- nm - Remlik May 30, 21:53 1
    - I watched the first 20 minutes or so. It was interesting. I'll probably go back to it. - Beryllium May 30, 22:19
Looks like the Russians have abandoned their insurgents inside Ukraine. Your on your own, boys. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 21:11 4
- they never were out for a war, they'd pulled back already, but abandoning rebels is an old tradition from way back - zeitgeist May 30, 21:42 3
  - They already got the potential rich oil reserves. -- nm - ..... May 30, 21:43 2
    - that...and the port -- nm - zeitgeist May 30, 22:29 1
      - and the ukraine's get chernoble still -- nm - zeitgeist May 30, 22:30
Nice. ikariam added the Demolish Completely button. -- nm - WSS May 30, 21:10 5
- What, for a whole town or just one building? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 21:35 1
  - Building. Warped a city for optimal pirating. Went from marble to glass (want to get back into research) so took down the stone mason to put up a - Spawn Lord May 30, 21:48
- i see some accidental total demolition jobs if people aren't paying attention :) -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! May 30, 21:23 2
  - i can't think of a reason to demolish one level, only have total knock downs to build something else - zeitgeist May 30, 21:34
  - heh. You have to enter in the code crap. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 30, 21:32
Carl Icahn, Phil Mickelson investigated by FBI and SEC for insider trading. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 21:10 5
- So appearing on all those business shows touting what he has bought finally caught up with him. That always annoyed me. -- nm - Under the Influence May 30, 22:10
- what gets me is that Lefty's a great golfer and is successful there . . . why then he would (allegedly) resort to insider trading to make more money - i'm not dead yet ! May 30, 21:25 3
  - Icahn's got boatloads of money. His defense will be: Your honor. I've already got all the moneys. Why would I cheat to get more? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 21:34
  - He's one of those guys who has more wealth than 99.5% of the world and whines hard about taxes. -- nm - Diva May 30, 21:28
  - Just cuz he's rich and famous doesn't mean he can't suffer from more more more more. - Will Hunting May 30, 21:27
So what kind of souvenirs should I look for next week...I really don't want/need 'stuff' but feel I should contribute to the local economy :) -- nm - Meg May 30, 20:58 7
- Wooden carved fishies for the kitts -- nm - JenBro May 30, 22:08 1
  - And they'd still prefer playing with an empty water bottle :) -- nm - Meg May 30, 22:12
- Where were you going again? -- nm - ..... May 30, 20:59 4
  - Roatan, Belize, and Cozumel...I figure rum is a given. -- nm - Meg May 30, 21:03 3
    - Rum, uh-huh. Silver? beaded animals? embroidery? coffee? cigars? -- nm - ..... May 30, 21:11 2
      - google: what to buy in the caribean...i would cut n paste but i'm mobile...huffpo, frommers etc have interesting articles -- nm - zeitgeist May 30, 21:32 1
        
        I googled. But I don't know what she likes. And as for cigars, don't go Cuban. ;) -- nm - ..... May 30, 21:33
Ok, that I've never seen...3 managers on the same baseball team ejected in one game. - Mel Profit May 30, 20:57 7
- Who's that, the pitching coach? What's the line of succession in the dugout? - Krusty May 30, 21:05 6
  - Big Papi....it's not like he's on the field doing anything else. -- nm - Will Hunting May 30, 21:25
  - catcher would most likely be freshest on the signals, maybe 1st base coach? - zeitgeist May 30, 21:23
  - Here you go... -- (link) - Mel Profit May 30, 21:22
  - Pinch hitter, practice catcher. ;) -- nm - ..... May 30, 21:12 2
    - Play by play guy, beer concession guy, parking attendant -- nm - Krusty May 30, 21:18 1
      - ....and eventually, 50 Cent -- nm - prayformojo May 30, 21:34
Huh, there's a big hullabaloo about Andrew Cuomo losing the Working Families party endorsement and possibly having a third party challenger from the - Tim May 30, 20:46 5
- He's losing my vote but not to another candidate. He's been a disappointment too often. - Krusty May 30, 21:09 4
  - I voted that line as well and I will likely do so again regardless of candidate. -- nm - Tim May 30, 21:11 3
    - I might not vote for governor. He's really not what I expected. - Krusty May 30, 21:14 2
      - He likes the rich part of NYC. He's the anti-Spitzer in that regard. - Tim May 30, 21:16 1
        
        I liked Spitzer. That hooker crap really disappointed me. -- nm - Krusty May 30, 21:19
What a great series this has been. Really well played. -- nm - pmb May 30, 20:41 1
- Yup but - Under the Influence May 30, 20:55
Somewhere, CM Punk is very happy. -- nm - Tim May 30, 20:40 7
- oh. just wait . . . he'll drop a pipe bomb eventually . . . -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! May 30, 20:49 4
  - article from the Tribune's RedEye yesterday refers to him as "retired at 35." - Tim May 30, 20:51 3
    - Hah! Game 7 is in Chicago. The PPV on Sunday is...in Chicago. - Tim May 30, 20:55 2
      - #loldirtsheets -- nm - Qale May 30, 22:15
      - and JR is doing a one man show this weekend in Chicago -- nm - Remlik May 30, 21:37
- Not tomention a few people around here. -- nm - ..... May 30, 20:41 1
  - There was cheering (yay) and singing in the street. -- nm - ..... May 30, 20:44
That was a great hockey game -- nm - prayformojo May 30, 20:40
Yippee!! -- nm - ..... May 30, 20:40
Patrick Kane has been unreal the last 2 games. -- nm - pmb May 30, 20:31
I can tell how the game is going by whether the guy next door says.... - ..... May 30, 20:31
I was wondering how our Jeopardy champ could keep her job while being on the show for so long until she told us earlier this week... - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 20:26
Crud -- nm - ..... May 30, 20:22
So Glenn Beck's excuse is "My father was raped repeatedly, so it's OK for me to mock rape"? -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 20:04 1
- Uhm.....no. -- nm - ..... May 30, 20:17
The Many Faces of Peggy Olson -- (link) - amoxy May 30, 19:54 2
- I didn't see one from -- nm - JenBro May 30, 20:17 1
  - Sfek - my all time favorite Peggy/Don scene -spoilers - JenBro May 30, 20:28
Did I miss the Friday gut check? - IrishStephen May 30, 19:52 9
- I just went long on Maleficent based on this post, my first trade since the good old days! -- nm - con_carne May 30, 20:55
- I'm short on both Malificent and Million Ways to Die -- nm - IrishStephen May 30, 20:43 1
  - I'm riding 'em short and hard, like a body-building elf. - Beryllium May 30, 21:11
- I cleaned up my starbonds and added a few. -- nm - ..... May 30, 20:23 1
  - And I rembered the reaaly irritating thing about starbons. - ..... May 30, 20:26
- You bastards may have drawn me back into the game, but I'll be damned if I'm ever going to micromanage my portfolio again to that degree. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 20:06
- I'm reluctantly staying long on maleficent. I think. I hate that I can change my mind still. -- nm - Amanda May 30, 20:05 1
  - Scrap that. I shorted. It's a post adjust short anyway. The upside potential to the long is limited at this point anyway. -- nm - Amanda May 30, 20:07
- I just flipped Maleficent short 'cause I'm not sure where I'll be for the adjust.... - Meg May 30, 20:04
Yay! Movie "The Score" just started on TNT -- nm - JenBro May 30, 19:40 10
- Angela Bassett looks good in this film... -- nm - JenBro May 30, 20:30
- Set - and filmed - in Montreal! Woo! -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 19:51 1
  - Steal outside the country - in the United States, steal in Europe, but Montreal ... live in Montreal.... -- nm - JenBro May 30, 19:55
- Deniro/Norton, right? -- nm - Beryllium May 30, 19:41 6
  - and ... IIRC ... one of Brandos last screen performances. Frank Oz directed. -- nm - JenBro May 30, 19:46
  - And Ms. Piggy directing -- nm - amoxy May 30, 19:44 4
    - Oh wow, I didn't know that. -- nm - Beryllium May 30, 19:46 3
      - me neither. -- nm - kelly May 30, 19:53
      - Yup. Frank Oz has directed a few films. In this case, Marlon Brando didn't like him and mocked his work as Ms Piggy. - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 19:51
      - Another one for the "obvious things people should know" thread. - Roger More May 30, 19:48
It's been about 12 hours so this is another reminder that NXT Takeover was awesome. - Tim May 30, 19:25 2
- was ready that Vince was stunned that nXt has become it's own brand -- nm - Remlik May 30, 19:26 1
  - I think Vince has to die before the main roster product stops being so stagnant. -- nm - Tim May 30, 19:30
Rght now, ownership would trade every single Indiana Pacer for a can of vienna sausage. -- nm - David May 30, 19:12 8
- If you are going to blow in a guy's ear you need to leave a rose on the pillow in the morning or you are going to get schooled in proper etiquette. -- nm - Under the Influence May 30, 19:20 5
  - Hey!! Have you joined the ST HSX league yet? -- nm - Meg May 30, 19:33 4
    - There's a league? How fo I join? -- nm - IrishStephen May 30, 19:50 3
      - ...do I join. -- nm - IrishStephen May 30, 19:51 2
        
        Right here....... -- (link) - Meg May 30, 19:58 1
        
        thanks! -- nm - IrishStephen May 30, 20:54
- They've had such a schizophrenic season -- nm - prayformojo May 30, 19:15 1
  - They seem to mirror HIbbert, probably the most inscrutable athlete in professional sports. - David May 30, 19:22
Dinner tonight is a strange stir-fry/saute of everything left in the veggie drawer. Actually quite tasty. -- nm - Meg May 30, 19:08 5
- We ate at a food court - I had a gyro - Will and Nathan had pizza. - kelly May 30, 20:03 1
  - :) -- nm - JenBro May 30, 20:31
- Cashews and Cheetos. I've pretty much given up for the week -- nm - con_carne May 30, 19:57
- Dinner tonight is a strange stir-fry/salute of everything left in the veggie drawer. Actually quite tasty. -- nm - WSS May 30, 19:11 1
  - RIF ;) -- nm - Meg May 30, 19:14
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- whaddup, Lefty? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! May 30, 19:21
- Wonder if Jack Dawson can make him cry? -- nm - Meg May 30, 19:06 3
  - that would be so awesome. -- nm - Diva May 30, 21:01
  - Pixie is a Phil fan IIRC - this is bad if true! :( -- nm - JenBro May 30, 19:50 1
    - Yeah. It might make him a world-weary grouch -- nm - con_carne May 30, 21:06
The Jeopardy champ on Tuesday came about 5 clues away from entering Final Jeopardy alone. - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 18:40 4
- What would you wager against yourself in Final Jeopardy? -- nm - Beryllium May 30, 18:51 3
  - Probably everything except $1. If you lose you're still the winner and have another shot at it tomorrow. -- nm - Meg May 30, 18:57 2
    - Yup, I'd do this. Especially if I was here, given all the money she's already got banked. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 19:38
    - Unless of course it was already a substantial amount ;) -- nm - Meg May 30, 19:07
"In the game of divorce, you win or you die." -- nm - Reagen May 30, 18:39 1
- That's cute, but no. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 18:40
The new About Last Night is a shoddily made movie but it's not completely unentertaining. -- nm - Dano May 30, 18:38 2
- You mean, like technically? Bad lighting? You can see the boom mic? Stuff like that? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 19:41
- I want to smack the editor. -- nm - Dano May 30, 18:50
WKRP reunion June 4th.... -- (link) - Remlik May 30, 18:31 8
- No Jan Smithers?? - amoxy May 30, 19:40
- Cool, but I think we can still get away with another reboot before Hessman dies. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 18:41 6
  - Johnny as station owner would be amusing -- nm - Remlik May 30, 18:43 5
    - I wonder who they'd cast as RoboJock -- nm - TWuG May 30, 19:04 4
      - There was an episode like this. Was it a Scrooge themed Christmas Carol episode? Eerily prescient. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 19:40
      - taking a page from what's happening, in a quirky set of events Johnny gets a station that was spun off from CChannel or soemthing... - Remlik May 30, 19:12 2
        
        are you talking about an "FM" reboot? Jimmy Buffett`s still around. -- nm - mud May 30, 19:28 1
        
        yeah except Phish would play the concert -- nm - Remlik May 30, 19:32
Just talked to daughter about final travel details for tomorrow..Her: "Don't be too horrified if G'daughter asks your opinion of her getting a tattoo" - Meg May 30, 18:31 1
- School her Meg! -- nm - JenBro May 30, 19:52
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IKA participants - it's a meat-grinder - crankyanker May 30, 18:20 4
- wow ... the hell? that looks like an almost global slaughterhouse fight -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! May 30, 19:24
- How did this happen? Since when are we at war? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 18:41 2
  - different server I believe -- nm - Beaker May 30, 18:47 1
    - I assumed it was on dot-com. But what's this Alpha world of which you speak? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 30, 18:48
MARCH MADNESS! -- nm - Spawn Lord May 30, 18:20 6
- I love you guys 8) - JD May 30, 18:24 5
  - *DISNEYLAND*!!! - David May 30, 18:26 4
    - I lost count at 13 visits -- nm - con_carne May 30, 18:55 1
      - I like you 13% more now. -- nm - David May 30, 18:59
    - Those of us that live within a couple of miles avoid it like the plague in summer. Traffic and pedestrian gridlock. - Meg May 30, 18:40
    - Oh, I really need to get going but you're gonna love this one - JD May 30, 18:35
JD, I replied after the board rolled. -- nm - David May 30, 18:18 1
- me too -- nm - JD May 30, 18:22
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I'm starting to think that Lance Stephenson is a bit of a psychopath -- nm - prayformojo May 30, 18:17 1
- I was fine with Lance last game, he's out of control today. -- nm - Remlik May 30, 18:51
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- next would have been "Women want to be with him, men want to be him" -- nm - prayformojo May 30, 18:18

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