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Bill Gates is winning the Ice Bucket Challenge. -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 12:29 5
- Dude from yesterday with the helicopter was still better. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 12:45
- big time. -- nm - loosi in the sky with diamonds Aug 15, 12:43
- Yeah, there was some nice touches in his video. - Will Hunting Aug 15, 12:38 1
  - Love the slo mo. -- nm - loosi in the sky with diamonds Aug 15, 12:43
- I hear the ALS society is thrilled with the campaign and have received $6 million so far. -- nm - zork Aug 15, 12:34
ST Poll. LA City Council considering $50,000 jackpot to encourage people to vote. Question: - con_carne Aug 15, 12:20 16
- Terrible candidates get in *now* without an voting incentive. A. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 12:27 1
  - For me, the problem here is more - con_carne Aug 15, 12:35
- I'm leaning towards A. People vote for all sorts of stupid, ill-informed reasons anyway -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 12:27
- I don't think it's a *terrible* idea; it's just kind of sad. -- nm - mara Aug 15, 12:27
- Heard that last night....A. - Meg Aug 15, 12:26
- b -- nm - peglegpete Aug 15, 12:26
- i can't really see a problem, doesn't Australia fine you if you *don't* vote? - Andie Aug 15, 12:25 5
  - I find myself leaning toward this option. And also for forgetting e-voting and sticking with paper ballots. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 12:37
  - Yes - though the fine is only $120ish and it's rarely enforced. -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 12:26 3
    - interesting - under what circumstances *do* they enforce it? -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 12:32 2
      - I expect if the non-voter is being a jerk about it. Let me see. -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 12:33 1
        
        OK, so what happens is that if you don't vote you're sent a letter asking "why not?" - Roger More Aug 15, 12:38
- B -- nm - Ender Aug 15, 12:24
- leaning towards A. -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 12:24
- B -- nm - Strongbad Aug 15, 12:24
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in This Week in Shocking Martial Arts Developments, we read that Abby got her Super Brown belt, by somehow successfully breaking a board using the - prayformojo Aug 15, 12:20 10
- yay for Abby -- nm - zork Aug 15, 12:33
- good for her! she's gonna need that ninja sh!t when the ghosts finally break out of the attic -- nm - decline Aug 15, 12:32
- Don't let Meg see this lest she look for an Apprentice. - Mel Profit Aug 15, 12:27
- "I will have 3 scoops of ice cream tonight...or else you are the board" -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 12:26
- bra-vo! -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 12:26
- Wow! -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 15, 12:23
- Athena has taught her well - oblique Aug 15, 12:23
- abby!! -- nm - Diva Aug 15, 12:21
- She'll be beating you up in no time! -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 12:20
- vntk! - znufrii Aug 15, 12:20
Pursuit suspect crashes into warehouse in Huntington Park, reveals probably grow house..... -- (link) - Meg Aug 15, 12:18
"Console gaming is dead - everything good is happening on PC right now" -- (link) - zork Aug 15, 12:11 4
- I don't buy it. PC games might be technologically better, but almost nobody has a PC that can actually run those games at that level. -- nm - Ender Aug 15, 12:30 1
  - my "PC" at home is a 2009 mac mini, so, yeah -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 12:34
- PC gaming has been dead to me for a long, long time. Console gaming is getting close. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 12:25
- That's hilarious. For so long, the collective wisdom has been the opposite. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 15, 12:20
Big Brother evictees spoils - peglegpete Aug 15, 12:01 2
- DOOOOOM! -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 12:11
- Wow. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 15, 12:11
I forgot how much I liked Tori Amos' "Boys for Pele"... - Mel Profit Aug 15, 11:56 2
- I saw that she was 50 and I was like "WHAT?" - ty97 Aug 15, 12:00 1
  - It caught me off guard as well. - Mel Profit Aug 15, 12:02
Delhi College of Linguistics Presents How To Talk Australians, Pt. 1 -- (link) - con_carne Aug 15, 11:53 [youtube]
creator of the pop-up ad apologizes for ruining the internet -- (link) - znufrii Aug 15, 11:52 1
- because nobody else would ever have thought of that -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:54
LIR: 4,2,1,3 -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:51
MO'ne Davis isn't the first girl from Philly to make waves playing baseball -- (link) - znufrii Aug 15, 11:47
The NFL’s All Make-or-Break Team -- (link) - Beaker Aug 15, 11:38 4
- Huh, no Andy Dalton or Ryan Tannehill. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 15, 11:44 3
  - Dalton's being judged on a curve...sure, he might not go deep in the playoffs, but 3 trips to the playoffs for the Bengals? - Will Hunting Aug 15, 12:39
  - Dalton just got *paid*. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:48 1
    - nmbl -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 15, 12:12
Some bad news about the new 49ers stadium. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 15, 11:35
ST: Weekend Plans Poll: GO! -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:29 31
- Cleaning and getting ready for going-away party for my dude's daughter on Saturday; playing music and staying with friends in Bloomington on Sunday; - mara Aug 15, 12:18
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- make a chocolate mousse that is light & fluffy -- nm - peglegpete Aug 15, 11:59
- Orlando tonight (concert), Tampa Saturday (One Republic concert), drinking and eating a lot in between and on Sunday. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 15, 11:58
- Clean House, The Giver tomorrow, Poker Tomorrow night, Church Sunday -- nm - amoxy Aug 15, 11:54
- Surprising my mother on her birthday if all goes to plan. -- nm - David Aug 15, 11:52 1
  - Nice! - Krusty Aug 15, 11:55
- pub tonight. date tomorrow and fishing on Sunday -- nm - decline Aug 15, 11:48
- 9 Mile run. Watch DVR'd Everton match after that. And then...well, no and then. 8-) -- nm - JD Aug 15, 11:44
- Maybe a movie. Help my daughter pack for school. Leaving Monday. -- nm - pmb Aug 15, 11:42
- backyard bbq with some good friends, visiting mom in the nursing home -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 11:42
- Work tonight, work tomorrow, work Sunday. Probably going to be a busy one with some schools going back in. Summerslam Sunday is my WWE Swan Song maybe - Qale Aug 15, 11:39
- The Viper Room 21st Anniversary show and dog training. -- nm - jnine Aug 15, 11:39 1
  - Cool. I was looking at those shows but figured I needed a break at some point ;-) -- nm - JD Aug 15, 11:43
- dinner with Diva and then going to see an old friend's show tonight... - Mel Profit Aug 15, 11:37 2
  - re: shopping Sunday - - Diva Aug 15, 11:39 1
    - yep. CnB is gonna get money yo. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 15, 11:41
- A work friend has invited everyone over for soup tonight. Going to a farmer's market tomorrow, where I'll probably sneer at the poor quality of - Roger More Aug 15, 11:34 5
  - Oh, and gin pahit experimentation. -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:35 4
    - Gin Pahit is an alcoholic drink made with gin and bitters, as enjoyed in colonial Malaya. The name means "bitter gin" in Malay. -- nm - con_carne Aug 15, 11:36 3
      - Yes, my wife has been reading Somerset Maugham books, in which gin pahits are continually drunk by the characters - Roger More Aug 15, 11:40 2
        
        I saw Somerset Maugham & the Gin Pahits at the Palladium back in 1993 -- nm - prayformojo Aug 15, 11:50
        
        Nice. I like bitter cocktails. And I like alcohol that tastes like alcohol - con_carne Aug 15, 11:44
- Gallery opening tonight, gonna check out Upright Citizens Brigade theater tomorrow! -- nm - con_carne Aug 15, 11:34
- Greece! - znufrii Aug 15, 11:34
- Either: see doctor about the swelling, or play softball again on Sunday. -- nm - Max Aug 15, 11:33
- biking/swimming/jogging/panicking. also dinner with friends Saturday night. -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 11:32
- Drinks with friends tonight, errands tomorrow, Let's Be Cops, Australia planning/packing! -- nm - MDH Aug 15, 11:31 1
  - Don't be cops. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:39
- Helping brother and his fiance move in to their new house tomorrow. Probably see the new Woody Allen tonight. -- nm - Ender Aug 15, 11:30
- oldest has a soccer Championship tomorrow, then to the Lake -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:29
Sam just bricked in Frodo's mouth...I...don't remember this part at all -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:26 1
- steamers of the rings -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 11:43
We can never just enjoy things: female co-writer of GotG given no credit by James Gunn in interviews. -- (link) - Tim Aug 15, 11:25
And we just got word a co-worker passed away yesterday morning. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 15, 11:24 1
- ugh. sorry. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 15, 11:27
Walking Dead Spoiler Speculation - amoxy Aug 15, 11:23 1
- B2 -- nm - volnelk Aug 15, 11:31
Can we talk front door colors for a minute? - Ender Aug 15, 11:19 4
- I'd go with the color of the deck; or maybe even take the door color deeper into the rust-red family. -- nm - mara Aug 15, 12:21
- i like contrasting doors, but you are limited with thebrown shutters. i would probably be tempted to do shutters and door glossy black. -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 11:34
- I would leave it white as you also have white window frames and white garage door, and painting a screen door is a PITA -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 11:26
- I'd go contrasting, like black. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 11:23
Work does realize that if they *schedule* me 40 hours, they're going to end up having to send me home on Sunday when I end up having more like 43. - Qale Aug 15, 11:19
Gene Simmons is an insensitive fucking douchebag. - amoxy Aug 15, 11:19 6
- Maybe he's getting ready to tour with Matt Walsh. -- nm - landbeck Aug 15, 11:53
- he sounds depressed -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 11:27
- him saying this shocks me. he has always been about mkaing money, can't see why he'd do this to hurt that -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:21
- Richard Simmons is an insensitive fucking douchebag. - Qale Aug 15, 11:20 2
  - Heh, you missed a great one last night. Godzilla was the best Riff-Trax I have seen - amoxy Aug 15, 11:22 1
    - I wanted to go. I had money to go. I had time to go. But instead I stayed home and wrote stuffs online with my friend. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:27
ST should start a campaign to get the OED to add "hatey boner" -- nm - Let's Be Dano Aug 15, 11:18 11
- is that a precursor to "angry spanking"? -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 11:29
- I put it on the Urban Dictionary. -- (link) - Qale Aug 15, 11:28 9
  - my definition is more like ... - zork Aug 15, 11:53 8
    - Uh... no. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 12:02 1
      - I wondered why people like using the term so much -- nm - zork Aug 15, 12:19
    - I guess I've misunderstood what people meant by it -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:56 2
      - ML would never feel that way about John Edwards. -- (link) - Roger More Aug 15, 11:59 1
        
        OK, I is dumb -- nm - zork Aug 15, 12:00
    - cripes -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:55
    - -15 Qale Points for making me wish I hadn't clicked on this. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:54 1
      - Throw in another -15 for me. -- nm - mara Aug 15, 12:22
ST should do more of those destination vacations where 10-20 people rent a vacation home. - David Aug 15, 11:15 31
- There's lots of giant houses for rent on Maui, for example - Reagen Aug 15, 11:21 2
  - And Athena's abilities clearly have their limits in Hawaii! -- nm - David Aug 15, 11:22
  - pfm ruined that by making Hawaii haunted -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:22
- Amanyara -- (link) - J Aug 15, 11:21
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  - that could be fun...not cheap, but fun nonetheless. -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 11:32 3
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      - fine, I'll just go to Greece instead. -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 12:20
    - a group in a house can keep the price down -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 12:01
  - Where's PTown? -- nm - nubby Aug 15, 11:31 7
    - The tip of Cape Cod. (Just the tip) -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:32 6
      - You can come to Boston and then take the ferry (it has a bar on it) over. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 15, 11:50 5
        
        Forget a house, we need a summer houseboat. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 12:03 1
        
        Or a riverboat steamer! Then we can sail up and down the old Mississip'! -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 12:06
        
        Yeah. we could probably do that. -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 12:02
        
        YONH!! -- nm - Diva Aug 15, 11:59
        
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  - The bf and I would go. -- nm - MDH Aug 15, 11:30
  - You'll pry me out of the Crowne Point Hotel at your own peril. - Mel Profit Aug 15, 11:20 3
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      - re IM: heh-heh-heh-heh-heh... -- nm - Diva Aug 15, 11:46
      - wine has become a favorite in the MelDeevs as well lately. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 15, 11:28
  - *twitch* -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:18
- We should just buy resorts. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 11:17
- It's too bad nobody here likes looking at pictures of houses on the Internet -- nm - con_carne Aug 15, 11:16
- this was kind of ST : Myrtle Beach. - groiny Aug 15, 11:16 3
  - Come on back, now, ya hear! -- nm - nubby Aug 15, 11:17 2
    - did you fumigate the bed I slept in yet? -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 11:17 1
      - "Why does it continue to burn so?" "The flames are....mesmerizing" -- nm - prayformojo Aug 15, 11:19
- then they get picked off one by one? -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:15 1
  - you are the weakest link, goodbye! -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 11:16
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Weekend at Bernie's 3 -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:13
Now I want to rent a beach house. ST? -- nm - con_carne Aug 15, 11:12 2
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  - ST : Beach House, streaming live! -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 11:13
Best sandwiches in the city! -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:11

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