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The best takedown of the idea that the New Deal didn't work that I've seen - Reagen Mar 9, 22:33
I'm not sure which I like better: Samoas or Thin Mints. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 22:29 8
- samoas. did you know they have a different name in some parts of the country? I bought some last week and it was coconut carmel something -- nm - peglegpete Mar 9, 22:34 5
  - I keep confusing them with "Samoans." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 22:35 2
    - same thing -- nm - peglegpete Mar 9, 22:36 1
      - One is a yummy cookie, one is a yummy breed of tanned island dwellers. - ty97 Mar 9, 22:37
  - carmel delites is it? I think I heard it depends on the bakery used. -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 22:35 1
    - Yes, there are two bakeries...half teh country gets names that are GS related, the other names that describe the cookie -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 10, 04:39
- Samoas. Though Thin mints in the fridge are a close second. -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 22:30 1
  - You, sir, are brilliant. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 22:31
i like reading about these: big roles that big stars turned down, e.g., Gwyneth as Rose in Titanic -- (link) - pigby Mar 9, 22:16
Sci-fi is completely not my genre. That said, might I still like reading Stranger In a Strange Land? - ty97 Mar 9, 22:16 1
- It is much more of a meditation on the human condition than standard 'sci-fi.' - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 22:18
Octomom's father has bought a house for them in La Habra. 4 bedrooms for 14 kids? -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 9, 22:14 18
- Wonder where they came up with the money? They were losing their house in Whittier. -- nm - BAD Mar 9, 22:22 3
  - Yup, Channel 5's explanation -- (link) - MojaveMeg Mar 9, 22:31
  - I think the parents may be separated. The Whittier house was the mom's. I think I heard something about the deposit coming from money she's been - MojaveMeg Mar 9, 22:29 1
    - Well, she is out of Whittier anyway...That house has twice the sq footage as mine does. -- nm - BAD Mar 9, 22:35
- News link -- (link) - MojaveMeg Mar 9, 22:20
- Stack 'em like cordwood. They'll be fine. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 22:19 2
  - That'll keep 'em warm, too. -- nm - psilotum Mar 9, 22:20 1
    - Oh! Good point! I didn't think of that. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 22:25
- she shouldnt even be allowed to keep them, they should be given to couples who actually want kids and cant have them. -- nm - Stacy Mar 9, 22:18 6
  - On what grounds do you take this mother's children away from her? - ty97 Mar 9, 22:21 2
    - Well, the grounds would be if she's not fit to take care of them. - psilotum Mar 9, 22:24
    - perhaps that will happen with her next batch of children, she wants more. -- nm - Stacy Mar 9, 22:23
  - thanks for the dispatch from Planet Scary. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 22:20 1
    - WTF does that mean? -- nm - Stacy Mar 9, 22:41
  - those mobs aren't going to war themselves -- nm - pigby Mar 9, 22:20
- each baby doesn't need a room right now. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 22:16
- the Octohouse -- nm - pigby Mar 9, 22:15
- One for each cohort. -- nm - psilotum Mar 9, 22:15
For those who are interested, I just started a few open games in Conquer Club. - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 22:09 3
- I joined a few. - psilotum Mar 9, 22:14 2
  - Me too -- nm - Stephen Mar 9, 22:23
  - Actually, anyone but amoxy is welcome to join. Amoxy still vexes me. - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 22:17
bah. Chris Cornell's new album is $2.99 today on Amazon (or at least it is right now) -- (link) - JaxSean Mar 9, 22:05
ha, i'm not even old enough to enter the CBS colonoscopy giveaway. by a year - pigby Mar 9, 22:00 11
- Is that legal? -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 22:08 2
  - it's their contest. they can put whatever conditions on it they want. -- nm - pigby Mar 9, 22:08 1
    - wasn't sure how that worked (like, for example sorta, you can't require someone to buy something in order to enter a contest) - ty97 Mar 9, 22:12
- What's the age cut-off? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 22:04 7
  - 40-79. (FML) -- nm - pigby Mar 9, 22:05 6
    - *enters the CBS colonoscopy giveaway* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 22:08 4
      - then send pixie in your place? - ty97 Mar 9, 22:10 3
        
        Is my plan that obvious? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 22:19 2
        
        you wear your bleeding heart on your sleeve - ty97 Mar 9, 22:22 1
        
        Hey, I'm just trying to help out a brother who is down on his luck. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 22:27
    - You don't post a day over 65. -- nm - psilotum Mar 9, 22:07
Okay... I always have this problem when writing in English... - celedhrymandias Mar 9, 21:58 6
- there was a war fought about that particular verb choice. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 22:04 1
  - Yeah! And look who won! - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 22:20
- This is where "American English" differs from "British English." - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 22:04
- I've always written it as singular, so "is". -- nm - TWuG Mar 9, 22:00
- is -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 22:00
- is -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 22:00
Heroes would go to commercial after a scene like that, dammit! -- nm - peglegpete Mar 9, 21:43 5
- I have the last two episodes on my tivo still to watch, sigh. -- nm - Stacy Mar 9, 22:02
- Is this the first episode of the Bryan Fuller Redemption? -- nm - celedhrymandias Mar 9, 21:59 3
  - next episode is his. -- nm - psilotum Mar 10, 00:57
  - not sure, but no Heroes next week. back in 2 -- nm - peglegpete Mar 9, 22:08 1
    - good it will give me a chance to catch up -- nm - Stacy Mar 9, 22:12
Way LIR, but I'm currently reading ... From Here to Infinity: A Beginner's Guide to Astronomy, by John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin. - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 21:29 4
- I just picked up The Scientist in the Crib from the library. -- nm - psilotum Mar 9, 21:58 3
  - How is it? Have you red enough to comment? - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 21:59 2
    - No, I just got it this afternoon. It's been recommended. - psilotum Mar 9, 22:05 1
      - Let me know how it is. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 22:08
Bored with random LOST thoughts (spoilers) - Gwaahjo Mar 9, 21:21 24
- Some thoughts... - Mop Mar 9, 21:47 16
  - spoiler - Gwaahjo Mar 9, 22:03 5
    - I'm not following (continued spoilers) - Mop Mar 9, 22:16 4
      - I see what you're saying, good points - Gwaahjo Mar 9, 22:19 1
        
        And I see what you're saying. - Mop Mar 9, 22:26
      - Speculation: They're with - psilotum Mar 9, 22:19 1
        
        NOOO!!!! (spoils) - Mop Mar 9, 22:22
  - regarding the plane - JaxSean Mar 9, 21:58 7
    - I'm not so sure about this. (spoils) - Mop Mar 9, 22:06 4
      - They were not among... - psilotum Mar 9, 22:17 2
        
        I believe it was on the - Gwaahjo Mar 9, 22:20 1
        
        thus, the supposition about the "crash" -- nm - psilotum Mar 9, 22:25
      - yeah, I realized this. Sayid, too. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 22:07
    - Spoiler - Gwaahjo Mar 9, 21:59 1
      - actually, maybe I'm wrong. - JaxSean Mar 9, 22:06
  - Spoils - Krusty Mar 9, 21:53 1
    - Also... - Krusty Mar 9, 22:05
- Spoils - Krusty Mar 9, 21:38
- My thoughts on some - JaxSean Mar 9, 21:38 5
  - Desmond and time travel (spoils?) - Mop Mar 9, 21:50 4
    - Well sure, since (spoils?) - psilotum Mar 9, 21:57 3
      - Is that speculation or do we know this? -- nm - Mop Mar 9, 22:02 2
        
        speculation -- nm - psilotum Mar 9, 22:06
        
        I don't think we do. - Gwaahjo Mar 9, 22:05
man, all the photos I took this evening have awesome colours and clouds -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 9, 21:20 [flickr] 1
- nice. very cool buildings. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 21:28
Happy Birthday, colin! -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 21:15 1
- ... -- nm - Colin S.I. Mar 9, 21:18
Who's cover of "Walk Like an Egyptian" was that? -- nm - Mop Mar 9, 21:15 1
- The Puppini Sisters. -- (link) - JaxSean Mar 9, 21:17
My mom just discovered the FML website on her own. - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 21:14 14
- "Today, I walked into the kitchen and accidentally broke my mother's vase. I said, "Accidents happen." She replied, "Yeah, like your birth." -- nm - amoxy Mar 9, 21:28 8
  - "Today, I finally got up the nerve to ask this really cute girl out I've had a crush on for over eight months. Turns out she isn't a girl. FML" -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 21:30 7
    - Today, I was writing an email to our entire company regarding a fundraiser we are taking part in for children and adults with disabilities. - amoxy Mar 9, 21:35 6
      - ok that's funny. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 21:38
      - Today, I got accepted to Yale University. My parents response: "We never expected you to get into college." - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 21:38 4
        
        Today, I was in the change room at the local YMCA. I went to use the hair dryer but couldn't - amoxy Mar 9, 21:39 3
        
        Today, my father came back from a business trip in Canada. He handed me an "I Love Canada" pen. He brought back an xbox 360 for my younger brother. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 21:44 2
        
        I don't get it. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 21:49 1
        
        See, an "I Love Canada" pen isn't nearly as good of a gift as an XBox 360, and ... - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 22:05
- I get addicted reading these - amoxy Mar 9, 21:23 1
  - I do, too. Some of them are remarkably funny. Or poingnant. Or both. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 21:30
- FYL -- nm - pigby Mar 9, 21:18
- I have no idea what this is? - ty97 Mar 9, 21:17 1
  - domain it now. that's the sort of name can be re-sold for a lot more -- nm - peglegpete Mar 9, 21:18
I think Gingrich is being brave to take on Limbaugh head on like this, just as Steele back pedals like a pussy. - Mop Mar 9, 21:11
What, no Gravediggaz?! No Pharoahe Monch? No Mos Def *or* Common? WTF, TFox! - TFox Mar 9, 20:59 15
- meh. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 21:05 1
  - what ty97 read: meth - ty97 Mar 9, 21:07
- Humpty Hump FTW!!! - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 9, 21:03 7
  - Young MC is hurt. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 21:05 6
    - He should be hurt that Bust A Groove is better than Bust A Move. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 9, 21:10
    - Sugarhill Gang is gonna roll up on TFox. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 21:07 4
      - No one hit wonders in this bad boy. - TFox Mar 9, 21:08 3
        
        *whipcrack* -- nm - Sir Mix a Lot Mar 9, 21:09 2
        
        Hey, you had (at least) 2 hits. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 9, 21:15 1
        
        Sugarhill Gang had three! Rapper's Delight, Apache and 8th Wonder! - JaxSean Mar 9, 21:41
- Dude, no Mos Def makes RC something something something ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 21:00 2
  - He is on the long list of "skillwise obviously in the top 32 but lack of mainstream exposure hurt him". - TFox Mar 9, 21:03 1
    - Okay -- that's at least logical. And consistent. - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 21:05
- Insane Clown Posse forever! -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 21:00 1
  - Juggalos unite! - Qale Mar 9, 21:05
pigby alert: Caroline in the City S2 on DVD tomorrow -- nm - nubby Mar 9, 20:56 3
- *gets idea for Least Essential DVD releases column* -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 20:58
- i don't think i've ever seen more than two seconds of it -- nm - pigby Mar 9, 20:58 1
  - were you excited at the Cathy segment of Weekend Update on Saturday? -- nm - Max Mar 9, 21:28
Krusty, as far as what I'm looking for: I guess I tried to build it so that was as open ended as possible. - TFox Mar 9, 20:55 5
- Sounds good to me. Now I just need to see the list. - Krusty Mar 9, 21:08 4
  - Here, by bracket of 8: - TFox Mar 9, 21:09 3
    - The only one on the list that I would replace is Missy. She sold a lot of albums but she's terrible. - Krusty Mar 9, 21:17 2
      - Thanks. I now feel reasonably confident this is in pretty good shape. :) -- nm - TFox Mar 9, 21:18 1
        
        Yeah, great job. Now I'm looking forward to the voting. -- nm - Krusty Mar 9, 21:21
where's wiggum and the other law talking guys? NYU Law Review's video about what today's law students really do on their laptop's during class -- (link) - pigby Mar 9, 20:54 [vimeo] 3
- wiggum is a guy now? -- nm - peglegpete Mar 9, 20:56 2
  - Wasn't she always? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 21:01 1
    - Only until '03. -- nm - nubby Mar 9, 21:03
Wait, no 2 Live Crew? - ty97 Mar 9, 20:53 2
- They probably fit in a category of "important, not that good." - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 9, 21:01 1
  - yeah, they have their place in history, but certainly are not Top 32 here -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 21:09
And the winner: Public Enemy. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 9, 20:51 1
- classic Cagney is always a winner -- nm - peglegpete Mar 9, 20:53
U-N-I-T-Y -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 20:51 5
- She sucked to leave off too. -- nm - TFox Mar 9, 20:55
- R-E-S-P-E-C-T. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 9, 20:52 3
  - d.a.n.c.e -- nm - Justice Mar 9, 20:58
  - EX-TER-MIN-ATE!! EX-TER-MIN-ATE!! EX-TER-MIN-ATE!! -- nm - Dalek Mar 9, 20:53
  - B-A-N-A-N-A--S -- nm - Gwen Vermani Mar 9, 20:53

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