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DANGER ZONE. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 15, 18:20 [youtube] 2
- Wow, that is hilarious. -- nm - Bacon Aug 15, 18:29
- RIVERDANCE! -- nm - David Aug 15, 18:25
I am currently watching a broadcast at Bob's Discount Furniture Studio. - David Aug 15, 18:15
Garoppolo! -- nm - Let's Be Dano Aug 15, 17:57
Who is this a-hole and what does his tweet even mean? -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 15, 17:54 1
- Eh? What? - .... Aug 15, 18:00
Albertson's customer data/cards hacked from June to July (TV news alert) Meg? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 17:42 2
- :-) Not me...PLP -- nm - Meg Aug 15, 17:43 1
  - I almost always pay cash at the grocers, and am reasonably safe from this. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 18:04
The amount of cosplay I've seen in DC tonight for the World Pokemon Championship is stunning. -- nm - MDH Aug 15, 17:36 4
- Related: Couples, please realize The Last of Us cosplay ends up creepy. -- (link) - Tim Aug 15, 18:31
- What are you and Max wearing? -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 18:10 1
  - Right now I'm wearing a hospital gown to make sure my boys will survive! -- nm - Max Aug 15, 18:14
- So that's what it is. I just drove by a house with some great costumes out front -- nm - Max Aug 15, 18:10
SOUP -- nm - Tim Aug 15, 17:29
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- Prolly ran its course. Nothing much gained now. -- nm - budice Aug 15, 17:12
Things NOT to do: rub pain relief cream on your shoulder and then absent mindedly rub your eye... - Cuzzin Todd Aug 15, 17:06 6
- if it's a small area, use cotton balls or q-tips next time -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 17:31
- That's right up with, "Do not store your toothpaste and the Desitin on the same shelf in the bathroom." -- nm - landbeck Aug 15, 17:27 2
  - The Icy Hot shaped like a deodorant container also disturbed me. Don't accidentially reach for that in the morning. -- nm - Tim Aug 15, 17:30 1
    - I once prevented athlete's armpit -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 19:23
- I've done that a lot. becuase I'm an idiot. -- nm - Remlik Aug 15, 17:08
- "There's a pain in my eye" -- nm - budice Aug 15, 17:07
These abuse of power allegations are unfounded AND I WILL CRUSH ANYONE WHO BELIEVES OTHERWISE -- nm - Rick Perry Aug 15, 17:04 1
- I'm a f*cking steamroller -- nm - Eliot Spitzer Aug 15, 17:26
so now I own resumecreek.com, yojimbo.me, and spumescent.com -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 16:58 1
- Pokemon! -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 17:04
so if you can't block the plate by having a foot over the baseline, does that mean any rundown between third and home will be called interference once - dogbert Aug 15, 16:53
Fugitive mixed martial arts fighter War Machine was arrested Friday in California -- (link) - Beaker Aug 15, 16:45
Sorry Pusherman, Walmart will take over for you -- (link) - Spawn Aug 15, 16:44 2
- meh....people who shop at Walmart don't read. -- nm - Remlik Aug 15, 16:56 1
  - Comics are for people who don't read. -- nm - Walmart Shopper si Aug 15, 17:01
Tonight, I will be like bery. - Spawn Aug 15, 16:39 12
- You're going to give Hercules an A+? nm - Dignan Aug 15, 17:42 3
  - I haven't seen Hercules, because the concept and trailers make me think I'd rate it much lower than that -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 17:57 1
    - It was the most perfectly mediocre current movie I could think of. nm - Dignan Aug 15, 18:01
  - heh. something along these lines was my first thought -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 17:53
- Been there... you'll wish you were dead after the first mile. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 15, 17:07 2
  - Yeah. Still wondeirng how in my youth I could do that for hours and be no worse for the wear? -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 18:10
  - I'm not feeling last night's ride today. That means I was too cautious/reserved (but it was getting dark). -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 17:24
- Well, see if you can top 4.9 miles with an altitude variation of 411 feet -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 16:57 4
  - Only 3 miles, but averaged 11 mph. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 18:08 1
    - Excellent! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 18:20
  - I can top 4.9 miles with and altitude variation of 20 feet. - .... Aug 15, 17:02
  - Heh, runkeeper says I hit 18mph at one point -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 16:59
well, SITWAP, but this adds fuel to the conversation perhaps over Columbus in 1492 . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 15, 16:25 5 1
- I'd like to see an analysis of the wood. Was this an original ship, or was it built somewhere in the U.S.? -- nm - Meg Aug 15, 16:31 4
  - true . . . i don't think the article specifies, but I see your point -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 15, 16:34 3
    - It doesn't negate the Viking connection but would give some insight on whether they sailed around the coast or came across country. - Meg Aug 15, 16:40 2
      - They could've gotten there by boat. - .... Aug 15, 16:42 1
        
        Yep, I wasn't sure and hadn't taken the time to study the N.E. river systems. -- nm - Meg Aug 15, 16:44
it begins.\ -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 16:22 1
- (thankfully I have a fridge full of Corona) -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 16:23
Hehe. This is what I've been working on today. It's fugly, ain't it? -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 15, 16:22 5
- Hah, now I want to register a domain for it. yojimbo.me is available. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 16:28 1
  - and done -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 16:32
- How much do you want for your stapler? -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 16:23 2
  - There is no stapler. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 16:23 1
    - *sues you for false advertising* - Spawn Aug 15, 16:24
Just realized I don't have any active travel reservations...*twitch* - Meg Aug 15, 16:18 1
- Did we have anyone going to Vegas in late Oct early Nov? Not that I'd want to crash a honeymoon or anything:) -- nm - Meg Aug 15, 16:52
fellow racer says Stewart did everything he could to avoid hitting driver.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 15, 16:11 1
- The gas thing is what I have been saying all along. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 16:18
Enter to win tickets to see Cher in either Manchester, NH, Boston, or Hartford -- (link) - CovingtonCat Aug 15, 16:10
OMG, I want this slinky -- (link) - CovingtonCat Aug 15, 16:03 2
- you need the raybans, too :) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 16:05
- That's a "fool and his money" item if there ever was one. :-) -- nm - TWuG Aug 15, 16:04
A Texas grand jury has indicted Rick Perry on two felony charges -- (link) - ty97 Aug 15, 15:55
Hey guys. - Mop Aug 15, 15:46 22
- i am truly bummed that you're not around. if y -- nm - zork Aug 15, 18:42 1
  - sfek. -- nm - zork Aug 15, 18:44
- You seemed so good-naturedly impervious to all of the ribbing. - Dignan Aug 15, 17:54
- Glad you're OK. You always have friends here. - con_carne Aug 15, 17:23 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 17:54
- It's unfortunate you feel that way. I had been impressed by how well you were handling your divorce. I look forward to your return down the line. -- nm - David Aug 15, 17:12
- We'll miss you, and we'll leave a light on for you. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 15, 16:46
- Sorry to see you go. But I understand and empathise. - .... Aug 15, 16:24
- Sorry, and you are welcome back anytime -- nm - amoxy Aug 15, 16:15
- Coolio dude. -- nm - budice Aug 15, 16:02
- Big Hugs. Miss you -- nm - Epiphany Aug 15, 16:02
- It is good to see you and I hope you do consider coming back. (more) - ty97 Aug 15, 16:01 5
  - I should elaborate more on my first IM sentence - ty97 Aug 15, 16:04 4
    - and fwiw, when I said "as recently as wednesday" I was referring to you and jim tussling over the ferguson stuff. He's not been back yet. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 16:20 3
      - I noticed and was giving him some time before reaching out. - ty97 Aug 15, 16:28 1
        
        same is true for spamlet -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 16:28
      - Yeah, he is taking some time off. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 16:22
- You know where to find us if you need to. -- nm - Meg Aug 15, 15:55 1
  - Agreed. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 16:28
- Thank you for writing this out, and I'm completely on the same page when it comes to the foot thing. - Beryllium Aug 15, 15:54 1
  - .... - .... Aug 15, 16:28
- you are missed, and I hope that you return occasionally -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 15:54
Rocket Sauce (featuring Rocket Raccoon) -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 15, 15:28 1
- "Groot Beer" -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 15, 15:28
Dear rabbit that tried to eat my piri piri peppers: - Reagen Aug 15, 14:55 3
- afiak critters don't seem to be effected by peppers, though pepper spray can, spraying your crops with it doesn't deter deer or rodents -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 16:07 1
  - Or they just have higher/different tolerances. -- nm - .... Aug 15, 16:34
- check the garden perimiter. it may have died from heart failure :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 15:03
Great article on consumer debt collection (nmbl) - Brisn Aug 15, 14:53
my footy line up - zork Aug 15, 14:50
I wonder what other technical topic I could speak for an hour on? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 14:50
heh. Gov. Chris Christie gets into twitter fight with frustrated commuter over cancelled rail tunnel project -- (link) - znufrii Aug 15, 14:43 11
- He seems to say he doesn't eat cheesebugers. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 14:49 7
  - He did have the weak version of weight loss surgery. -- nm - Ender Aug 15, 16:38
  - ... or cheeseburgers. I hope no one eats cheesebugers. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 14:49 5
    - Cheese makes everything better. -- nm - TWuG Aug 15, 14:52 4
      - NOT BOOGERS. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 14:52 3
        
        You won't know until you try. - TWuG Aug 15, 16:05 2
        
        Funny, I extrapolated the opposite way. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 16:08
        
        You go first -- nm - Epiphany Aug 15, 16:07
- now why wasn't he on andie's Chris List? -- nm - Diva Aug 15, 14:46 2
  - He would have eaten the other Chrises. -- nm - pmb Aug 15, 15:00 1
    - Valid point -- nm - Epiphany Aug 15, 16:03
Hmm, another forum provider I follow had a 9-hour outage of some forums today ... ouch. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 14:41 1
- Heh, I think you'd be facing a lynch mob if that happened here ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 15, 14:51
I am thinking of flying to Canada on a one way ticket (with another one way booked to come home). - ty97 Aug 15, 14:32 5
- hmmm. you've been to how many countries in the past 5 years? Body cavity search!!, come right this way -- nm - TSA Aug 15, 15:46 1
  - Please sir. -- nm - Hot TSA guy Aug 15, 16:04
- I think that as long as you've booked your return flight before you depart, you should be ok. Right? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 14:39 2
  - I think as long as I have evidence? Just not sure. -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 14:40 1
    - Should be okay. I can only speak on doing this in Europe. But having a return ticket usually works. -- nm - .... Aug 15, 16:35
Reserved Theater Friday Sales: Giver/Expendables 3 behind Lets's Be Cops' Wed. Sales - MDH Aug 15, 14:30
Police: Drunk 13-Year-Old Drove Around Car Full Of Kids -- (link) - Beaker Aug 15, 14:24 1
- oh please -- nm - Steff McKee Aug 15, 14:27
that's weird, the air in our office turned off about an hour earlier than it usually does. - znufrii Aug 15, 14:00 2
- um...GO HOME -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 14:04
- "doom" really needs a rebranding -- nm - con_carne Aug 15, 14:03
The wife is making me watch Twilight tonight....feel for me -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 13:58 3
- Saving you form that Hobbit crap. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 15:46
- Ashley! er, I guess in context of your upcoming viewing: Alice! -- (link) - JD Aug 15, 14:11 [Image] 1
  - I never appreciated a pitcher's high kick until that game -- nm - zork Aug 15, 14:29
MVC or MVVM -- nm - zork Aug 15, 13:57 5
- I don't like MVC. People get too tetchy about what goes where; all that matters in HTTP-land is the request and the response. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 13:59 3
  - I'm just learning it now and things look easier because it expects pages to be in certain places so you don't have to be as explicit when referring to - zork Aug 15, 14:04 2
    - What language are you learning it in? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 17:23
    - It's handy in some ways, yes. And it forces codebases to be less horrible than they might otherwise be. - Beryllium Aug 15, 14:17
- argh, supposed to go under Bery's post about modernizing code -- nm - zork Aug 15, 13:57
Andie and RM, looks like an outage on the Bloor subway. I see lines of people outside waiting for buses. -- nm - zork Aug 15, 13:56 5
- Thanks. TTC just tweeted that regular service has resumed. -- (link) - Roger More Aug 15, 13:58 3
  - where are you working now? -- nm - zork Aug 15, 13:59 2
    - across the road from before -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 14:00 1
      - in one of the "blocks" then -- nm - zork Aug 15, 14:04
- grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. thanks for the head's up. -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 13:58
I've got this codebase that's so old it's basically antithetical to everything I believe in as a developer these days. And I'm slowly modernizing it. - Beryllium Aug 15, 13:55
hee, "mambo no 5" -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 15, 13:52 1
- best reply -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 15, 13:57
Al Gore suing Al Jazeera America over Current TV deal -- (link) - Beaker Aug 15, 13:47 1
- They've made it! They've really made it! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 13:48
what a field day for the heat, a thousand people in the streets, singing songs and carrying signs -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 13:46 1
- War is not healthy for children, and other living things. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 13:48
Christine -- nm - Stephen King Aug 15, 13:46 1
- I feel asleep last night watching Ride The Bullet. I blame you Stephen -- nm - Epiphany Aug 15, 16:06

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