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Celeb BDays: Adrianne Curry(32), Marisa Miller (36), Soleil Moon Frye (38), Asia Carrera (41), Geri Halliwell (42) -- nm - Broot Aug 6, 10:16 4
- Is this a new game? MFFFK? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 6, 10:19 1
  - No, it's MFKKK - ty97 Aug 6, 10:29
- For some reason, I read that as Marissa Mayer and was stunned that she was 36. - ty97 Aug 6, 10:19
- Yes. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 10:17
remember how yesterday i was stressed out over not being able to talk to my advisor over the thesis work and some of you said not to worry? well . . - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 6, 10:04 20
- i would start by forwarding that department head email to each of the professors and ask how this can be dealt with by the deadline. - Andie Aug 6, 10:15 13
  - this is the more effective tact. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 6, 10:22
  - well, i *am* hoping that when the dept. head sees my email, she'll personally go visit the professor in question and . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 6, 10:20 4
    - well, if i haven't heard back from the dept. head in the next hour and a half, i think a phone call will be necessary . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 6, 10:29 2
      - why are you so averse to the phone? just pick up the phone and make a call. why wait? *BE POLITE.* -- nm - peggy ann m Aug 6, 10:35 1
        
        well, i am trying to give her fair chance . . . but yeah, i'm really pissed and stressed at the same time, and i know that some phone calls are . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 6, 10:36
    - Seriously...at this point, I'd stop with the emails and call the Dept head. -- nm - Jim Aug 6, 10:25
  - I would also reply to dept head: I've been trying to contact (prof) lately to no avial. do you have better contact info than (email) and (phone)? - peggy ann m Aug 6, 10:20 6
    - Word. At some point, the time for emails is over and phone calls need to be made. - Jim Aug 6, 10:24
    - i actually semi-did that a couple of weeks ago when i spoke to another professor, telling him that I was having trouble contacting her and did he have - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 6, 10:22 4
      - so you ratted her out to her *peer*? that's not how we do it. he has no skin in this game. -- nm - peggy ann m Aug 6, 10:27 2
        
        well, i wouldn't say that i ratted her out . . . it was more a passive-aggressive "i'm trying to reach (this person) and haven't had any luck. do you - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 6, 10:30 1
        
        I'd argue same diff. -- nm - peggy ann m Aug 6, 10:35
      - honestly, i would just ask for an extension tomorrow if you haven't heard anything via official channels by then. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 10:23
- at this point I wouldn't be afraid to throw your advisor under the bus. - Mel Profit Aug 6, 10:12 2
  - yeah, i just emailed the department head "politely" explaining my troubles, and we'll see what is said from there . . . meanwhile . . . i am trying .. - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 6, 10:18 1
    - given how anxious you are, I think you need to be super careful not to come off as aggressive in email or in person re: this. - peggy ann m Aug 6, 10:28
- And they wonder how bell towers happen. -- nm - Spawndroid Aug 6, 10:10
- Wow, we were sure wrong on that one! LOL! -- nm - ST Aug 6, 10:05 1
  - Nicely done, mara -- nm - JD Aug 6, 10:08
Washington, D.C., Tops Forbes 2014 List of America's Coolest Cities -- (link) - ty97 Aug 6, 09:52 2
- When I think cool, #4 does not come to mind. - Strongbad Aug 6, 10:16 1
  - Riverside is cooler than Boston? Sacramento is cooler than LA? This list is bonkers. -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 10:29
Watched Divergent last night. Not that great C- (spoilers) - amoxy Aug 6, 09:50 6
- They need to recast the Mary Jane part. Big. Time. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 09:55 1
  - You hit the (not) jackpot, tiger! -- nm - Spawndroid Aug 6, 10:08
- The age difference in the book is 18 to 16. -- nm - Jim Aug 6, 09:54 3
  - Which would be fine but in the movie she looks 15 at times and he 35 -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 10:02 2
    - Well, he is actually 7 years older than her...so yeah. -- nm - Jim Aug 6, 10:14
    - But I did enjoy Kate Winslet as the villian. She was very good -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 10:02
Cleveland Browns name QB Brian Hoyer as the starter for first preseason game against Lions on Saturday. -- (link) - Broot Aug 6, 09:50
LMS congrats on a new home -- nm - peglegpete Aug 6, 09:41 2
- Woot!!! -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 09:42 1
  - It's not mine yet! -- nm - LMS Aug 6, 10:01
EW: Kevin Spacey as Veep, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Frank Underwood - HoC -- (link) - Broot Aug 6, 09:40
A satirical animation of The Exodus Song, which incidentally I didn't realize had lyrics by Pat Boone. -- (link) - mara Aug 6, 09:39
The problem wasn't him sharing his personal business on social media, it was him sharing his horrendous grammar on social media. -- nm - Ender Aug 6, 09:38 3
- Based on what happened, the fact that the shared it, and the grammar, I just assumed he was drunk. -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 09:40 2
  - word. -- nm - peggy ann m Aug 6, 09:40 1
    - indeed -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 09:41
THR: Terminator 5 is called .. Terminator: Genisys -- (link) - Broot Aug 6, 09:37
Thing I knew: George Takei (and family) were held in WWII internment camp. Thing I did not know: His grandmother was killed by the Hiroshima bomb -- (link) - ty97 Aug 6, 09:37
I do wonder how many day 1 WWE Network subscriptions were. I signed up a few days before WrestleMania so my sub runs through the end of September. -- nm - Tim Aug 6, 09:28 1
- I would expect the overwhelming majority to be day one since they had that free week offer. - David Aug 6, 09:40
He may be on vacation but PFM wrote an exceptional Snowpiercer quiz before he left. -- (link) - David Aug 6, 09:13 3
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- very good quiz -- nm - pippy on a ferry Aug 6, 09:34
- Crushed it! -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 6, 09:31
truth is, I share more info with ST than I do even my closest "real" friends. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 09:06 39
- and yet we've never seen a picture of your penis. -- nm - colin Aug 6, 09:35 14
  - Not much to talk about -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 09:44
  - well, YOU haven't. -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 09:35 3
    - you're so selfish. -- nm - colin Aug 6, 09:38 2
      - shellfish? -- nm - guy si Aug 6, 09:39 1
        
        subtle circumcision references? -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 09:41
  - speak for yourself. -- nm - peggy ann m Aug 6, 09:35 8
    - plenty more where that came from! -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 09:36 7
      - No wonder your "friends" don't help. - Inigo Aug 6, 09:42 6
        
        hey, I am proud of what I bring under the table. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 09:44 5
        
        the clap? -- nm - David Aug 6, 09:46 4
        
        you can feel free to go down there and check. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 09:51 3
        
        I'd sooner swallow a bowl of ebola. -- nm - David Aug 6, 10:08 2
        
        How can you tell the difference? -- nm - Spawndroid Aug 6, 10:09
        
        that can be arranged. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 10:08
- Agreed. When I offered to help you move (even though you are way up there)? I would have, yet there are few RL friends I would. - Star-Lord Aug 6, 09:09 23
  - *makes note* you're gonna help me move 35 longboxes and everything upstairs to downstairs when I get new carpet -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 09:15 9
    - (I already agreed to that, dumb dumb). -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 09:16 8
      - I was worried but I unloaded the new mower a couple hours ago, so my back can still take it. - Star-Lord Aug 6, 09:17 7
        
        Self propelled with a higher motor is the way to go. Why did you go electric? Can it cover your yard? -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 09:26 6
        
        This one replaced another electric. I love my planet. - Star-Lord Aug 6, 09:27 5
        
        The one place where I'm a lousy liberal is the environment. Whatever green is, I'm not that. -- nm - David Aug 6, 09:41 2
        
        you don't pocket mulch? -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 09:47
        
        Heathen! - Star-Lord Aug 6, 09:42
        
        you`re gonna mow the whole planet?! -- nm - mud Aug 6, 09:28 1
        
        If it was a rider I might! - Star-Lord Aug 6, 09:29
  - I am finding most of these "real" friends are disappointing. - groiny Aug 6, 09:13 12
    - Hence why neighborhoods aren't the same these days, how much do you really know about neighbors? - Broot Aug 6, 09:19 10
      - i had a nice neighbour experience last night - i left my keys in the lock, and someone knocked to hand them back to me. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 09:47 1
        
        ....after making a quick copy. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 09:51
      - we're trying to organize a block party precisely to get to know more of our neighbors. -- nm - znufrii Aug 6, 09:35 5
        
        my neighborhood is half student, half normal person so this would never work for us. - peggy ann m Aug 6, 09:42 2
        
        we've got a couple houses of that age group on our block. - znufrii Aug 6, 09:43
        
        'Where's the beer pong table?' -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 09:43
        
        yucky. My new neighbors will be miles better than my current ones. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 09:36 1
        
        specifically to meet the neighbors who've all moved to our block within the past two years - znufrii Aug 6, 09:38
      - I only really see my neighbors when I help the ones on either side of me with snow shovelling. Otherwise I ignore them the rest of the year -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 09:26
      - lol. Was wheeling the recycling bin to the curb last night on the new neighbor was doing the same (he is the fireman). First time talking to him. - Star-Lord Aug 6, 09:24
    - There are a lot of drawbacks to keeping so few RL friends, but this is one of the advantages. - Star-Lord Aug 6, 09:15
i am annoyed at every thing today (i blame the subway system).. going to a wedding this Saturday, it's at a beach resort... - Andie Aug 6, 09:06 34
- Bah...show up when you show up. I'd almost guarantee they'll get you in a room at 3, if that's when you show up and the room is clean. -- nm - Jim Aug 6, 09:09 1
  - i think we will chance it, i just don't want to get ready for a wedding in a pool cabana if it isn't. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 09:12
- we tend to show up at hotels whenever we want and they'll check us in as long as we have a reservation for that day. - Diva Aug 6, 09:08 27
  - she said i was welcome to come earlier and it was noted that i requested early check in, but it couldn't be guaranteed... - Andie Aug 6, 09:11 20
    - I'm telling you...if you get there about 2 - 2:30...you'll easily be checked in with time to get ready. - Jim Aug 6, 09:14 17
      - yep. -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 09:15
      - that's true. i can just sit there in front of them. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 09:14 15
        
        the kindly brontosaurus will get you what you want. -- (link) - znufrii Aug 6, 10:00 1
        
        Weird. Seems more like a T. Rex type pose than brontosaurus. -- nm - mara Aug 6, 10:04
        
        what would be cool is if you just started putting on deodorant right there in the lobby. That'll get your room ready. -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 09:16 10
        
        lol -- nm - pippy on a ferry Aug 6, 09:21
        
        honestly...a slowly escalating scene, done over the course of half an hour, in the lobby...will get the room ready. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 6, 09:20 8
        
        i don't own a curling iron, but i might borrow one, and just sit on the floor with a mirror and start doing my hair. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 09:21 7
        
        you should sing slightly off-key as you wander around looking for an outlet. -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 09:26 4
        
        ... in my bathrobe. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 09:27 3
        
        if they really call your bluff, go to the lil convenience shop, buy toiletries and casually walk back to the lobby... - Mel Profit Aug 6, 09:30 1
        
        Right. *while brushing teeth loudly* "Where's your sink?" -- nm - Inigo Aug 6, 09:34
        
        and bunny slippers of course. -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 09:29
        
        this reads like an Audrey Hepburn bit which you could totally pull off... - Mel Profit Aug 6, 09:25 1
        
        laughing at the IM -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 09:26
        
        That's the spirit. But I'd get there closer to 2. If you show up at 3 and THEN have to wait, you could be screwed into changing in the cabana. - Jim Aug 6, 09:16 1
        
        alright, that's the plan. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 09:17
    - while reading your IM I'm imagining you making repeated "aggressive" finger quotes. - Diva Aug 6, 09:13 1
      - pretty much. :) -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 09:14
  - this is what I usually do, but there have been at least 2 times where they made me wait until their official check-in time -- nm - decline Aug 6, 09:11 5
    - get out! - Diva Aug 6, 09:12 4
      - I've had that happen too at a lot of places. -- nm - Broot Aug 6, 09:13 3
        
        wow - I must be lucky. -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 09:17 2
        
        the couple of times it's happened we usually end up going to eat... - Mel Profit Aug 6, 09:31
        
        I must be too, then...I've never had that happen. We have had a couple times where our room wasn't cleaned yet... - Jim Aug 6, 09:19
- That's infuriating. Doesn't make any sense. -- nm - Inigo Aug 6, 09:08
- Good grief, are they trying to get guests to pay for an extra day by checking in the night before? -- nm - mara Aug 6, 09:07 2
  - she suggested that when i just called, yes. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 09:08
  - ("They" meaning the resort, not the couple.) -- nm - mara Aug 6, 09:08
she's a good egg. She's just not ready for anything serious.... - Remlik Aug 6, 09:02 3
- Young and crazy is young and crazy. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 09:10 2
  - She turned 30. it's amusing to me really.... - Remlik Aug 6, 09:17 1
    - 30 is the new 20. - Star-Lord Aug 6, 09:18
Shaun, in our league, we have to play 3 women if we want a 10 person field...catcher, pitcher and 2nd base is standard - Will Hunting Aug 6, 09:00 5
- We needed to play 3 as well. We'd pretty much roll pitcher, catcher, 2B as well. Never corners. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 09:04 3
  - We're fortunate in that all but one of our women are competent but that one girl scares the hell out of me. - Will Hunting Aug 6, 09:09 2
    - Our least capable female was usually the catcher, with 1B and 3B covering the plate if necessary. -- nm - Shaun Aug 6, 09:14 1
      - Yeah, that's our standard, but she 'insisted'. We were like, whatever, we're up 19-4. - Will Hunting Aug 6, 09:22
- Whether a player is man/woman should not matter, same with gay/straight, black/white, and so on. -- nm - Broot Aug 6, 09:02
ST became Cheers so gradually I barely even noticed. -- nm - David Aug 6, 08:57 10
- on a much grander scale, it is. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 08:58 9
  - With fewer libations -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 09:01 3
    - (except David yesterday) -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 09:03 2
      - the past two months clearly. -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 09:08
      - , -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 09:06
  - We do even know most of our real names. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 6, 09:00 1
    - even when I do I don't use them -- nm - pippy on a ferry Aug 6, 09:12
  - Norm! -- nm - Broot Aug 6, 08:59 2
    - It's a dog-eat-dog world, and you're wearing milk bone underwear. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 6, 09:00 1
      - this . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 6, 09:49

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