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seriously, how is this my job... we built a new facility in Alabama. Someone just asked me to pick out artwork for the walls. - Andie Aug 18, 06:18 9
- The Thomas Kinkade Kollection -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 18, 07:01
- a bunch of pictures of that cat and "Hang in There!" -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 06:43
- Here's an idea. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 18, 06:31
- I would pick something heavy in purple and yellow.... -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 06:31 2
  - whatever i pick someone will hate it. -- nm - Andie Aug 18, 06:34 1
    - Purple and yellow in Alabama will probably unite everyone in their hate. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 07:04
- Heh..Its 'Merica. Nothing exotic needed. (War Eagle!) -- nm - budice Aug 18, 06:22
- Chris Peet! -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 06:21 1
  - "i ordered a bunch of framed Mapplethorpe pictures. You'll love them." -- nm - Andie Aug 18, 06:23
"I'm gonna teach you how not to have sex with someone." -- nm - David Aug 18, 06:06 5
- this is from? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 06:29 4
  - Last night's True Blood -- nm - David Aug 18, 06:43
  - His late teens and most of his 20's. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 06:32 2
    - hee -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 06:53
    - snort -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 06:34
I was going to get pissed at Cavemen for only having 4 teams post their keepers, but then I noticed Astros only have 4 as well. - Shaun Aug 18, 05:59 2
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- We're 34 hours away from the deadline...that's enough time for the Astronauts to finish a preliminary draft, trade everyone and still post keepers. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 06:07
Canada AM this morning mentioned the violence and the National Guard coming in, no mention of the media arrests or threats against them - Beaker Aug 18, 04:52
Hold on a second - Meghan Trainor is white? -- nm - Max Aug 18, 04:29 6
- There once was a girl from Nantucket... - Shaun Aug 18, 05:58
- I have no idea what this is. -- nm - peggy ann m Aug 18, 05:27 3
  - only because I love max and pfm did I just listen to 40 seconds of this crap. come on! america! why?? -- nm - peggy ann m Aug 18, 05:29 2
    - its catchy but it is not lasting. also nmbPeggy - Leftover spoiler questionish - Epiphany Aug 18, 06:06
    - I just listen to radio when I drive. It's not a regular thing, I swear! -- nm - Max Aug 18, 06:03
- I would have lost serious money on this bet -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 04:58
Protecting fair skin with China's 'face-kini' -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 18, 04:28
I just slept 12 hours yet I really want to go back to bed. -- nm - David Aug 18, 04:27
Rolf Buchholz, man with horn implants and 400 piercings, denied entry to Dubai (concerned he could be a practitioner of black magic) -- (link) - Beaker Aug 18, 04:24 1
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Mosul Dam retaken from militants by Iraqi and Kurd forces -- (link) - Beaker Aug 18, 04:22
It’s time to stop calling Rand Paul a tea partier -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 18, 04:10 6
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- Heh - the main reason cited is that he's made some recent statements reaching out to minorities. -- nm - Roger More Aug 18, 05:29 4
  - along with sentencing reform and social issues -- nm - Strongbad Aug 18, 05:46 3
    - Is that last part the case though? He's against same-sex marriage, is pro-life, opposes gun control, supports Hobby Lobby-style religious liberty, etc - Roger More Aug 18, 06:29 2
      - All I'm saying is it's one of the 3 reasons the link provides. Yes, it's unclear. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 18, 06:31 1
        
        I'm saying it's a bad article :) - Roger More Aug 18, 06:47
He was shot 6 times. It just keeps getting worse. -- nm - nubby Aug 18, 03:31
The Strain seems to be hitting stride now. The creepiness factor of this style of vampire is starting to work on me. - Under the Influence Aug 17, 23:58
I saw a dolphin today. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 17, 22:53 [flickr] 6
- Very cool! -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 05:38
- mmm whale is good food :) -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 17, 23:58 2
  - ... and we were in a Boston Whaler -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 00:01 1
    - drill baby drill - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 18, 00:08
- I like dolphins. dolphins are cool. -- nm - mafic Aug 17, 23:41
- Nice !! -- nm - Meg Aug 17, 22:55
Purple Rain is on VH1. For the life of me I will never understand what chicks see in this movie -- nm - Max Aug 17, 22:34 6
- How's the family? -- nm - David Aug 18, 04:23 3
  - I find out in an hour -- nm - Max Aug 18, 04:30 2
    - I said family, not family jewels. You really don't know Purple Rain. -- nm - David Aug 18, 04:51 1
      - L3 -- nm - JenBro Aug 18, 05:43
- they want to learn how to purify themselves in the waters of. Lake Minnetonka -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 04:10
- The Music -- nm - eag Aug 17, 22:36
How Many English Words Do You Actually Know? - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 17, 22:32 3
- 21/30. a few lucky gusses -- nm - Karl_S Aug 18, 05:01
- 28/30, mostly knew them, but also a few guesses. -- nm - mafic Aug 17, 23:40
- I'm impressed that you did so well. I got 29/30 but that included a number of lucky guesses :) -- nm - Meg Aug 17, 22:46
*sigh* now I'm thinking it's time I visited the mound sites back east...maybe the Cahokia complex? - Meg Aug 17, 22:31 1
- Interesting article about Chumach sites on Santa Rosa Island in the times today... - BAD Aug 17, 23:57
Early peek at the Ferguson PD incident report, according to twitter. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 17, 21:57 2
- how does one wrestle a gun from a cop from 20 feet away? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 22:29 1
  - telekinesis. obviously. -- nm - Andie Aug 18, 06:28
okay, in other news, if Scotland actually proceeds w/ a move towards independance from England, (monarchial question / consideration IM) . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 17, 21:26 24
- theyre gonna abolish royalty and make Sean Connery president for life -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 17, 23:59
- y'all a bunch of racists if you can't even consider Forest Whitaker as he is already the last king of scotland -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 21:49
- I honestly have no idea, but I nominate Ewan McGregor as King. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 21:41 9
  - I know that you've loved him for decades, but please wait a week and reconsider after you see Peter Capaldi as the Doctor :) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 21:44 2
    - he seems lovely and he can be the Grand Vizier. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 21:45 1
      - yes your Highness :) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 21:46
  - The Reign of Sir Sean Connery the First is the only choice for the first King of New Scotland. -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 21:43 5
    - Ray Park can be his minister of defense -- nm - eag Aug 17, 21:56
    - he's a hot Grandpa, which is very nice. But Ewan needs to be King, and I will be his Queen. - loosi at home Aug 17, 21:44 3
      - The scottish wouldnt allow you to be Queen - eag Aug 17, 21:58 2
        
        Loosi will be a loyal wife, and give Scotland many princes and princesses :) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 22:00 1
        
        Well I guess she can refer to the Auld Alliance to help her -- (link) - eag Aug 17, 22:03
- the union is complicated, there's about 400 years of history. James VI/I unified the crowns in ~1600, and there's the acts of union ~1700, - mafic Aug 17, 21:36 1
  - in 1996 the British govt. returned the Stone of Scone to Scotland -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 21:41
- Allow me to take my throne as The First King of New Scotland. - Beryllium Aug 17, 21:35 7
  - do you have a new hatchling on the way? -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 21:41 1
    - yes, due on Jan 20 -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 21:54
  - this brings a whole new batch of baby names into the mix :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 21:39 4
    - Considering that "Boyd" is chiefly Scottish, I'd say they were already in the mix. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 21:53 2
      - middle name Crowder -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 04:50 1
        
        love it -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 12:16
    - Sire. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 21:39
- there are experts who have laboured years tracing ancestries of who would be ruling what country. the BBC a few years back ran this special -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 17, 21:31 [youtube]
- King Ralph II -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 21:28
For all the claims, I have yet to see a protester with a gun or molotov cocktail. -- nm - budice Aug 17, 21:18 1
- There was one photo the first military night (fourth protest night?) that had them trying to light one. - Beryllium Aug 17, 21:58
so, i'm talking w/ a guy that I used to work with, who now does tattoo art and does some artwork on the side (like water colors), and I might be . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 17, 21:08
if I'm the President I'm bitching out the Gov now for not sending in the National Guard. And would do it for him -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 21:06 2
- see: Posse Comitatus. -- (link) - loosi at home Aug 17, 21:19
- ah, that's hairy. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 21:17
Someone finally goes there with the Ask Andrew W.K. column and asks What's with all of the partying? -- (link) - Dano Aug 17, 20:52 6
- he's ... surprisingly philosophical -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 20:58 4
  - He's a really bright guy. - Dignan Aug 17, 21:04 3
    - Though his answer makes David seem like the English Patient. Or Silent Bob. -- nm - Roger More Aug 17, 21:23 2
      - Five Word David? nm - Dignan Aug 17, 21:34 1
        
        I should have thought more about baseball. -- nm - David Aug 18, 04:27
- "I'm not here to be understood, I'm here to be experienced. I'm not here to impress you. I'm here to party with you." -- nm - Dano Aug 17, 20:53
Dang, Chris Kluwe lives in my area -- (link) - budice Aug 17, 20:48
Police now saying earlier reports of shots fired turn out to be fireworks. -- nm - budice Aug 17, 20:42
cricket in basement = slow decent into madness -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 17, 20:39 3
- You need a cat..... :) -- nm - Meg Aug 17, 22:00
- Yeah, I suggest you play cricket in the yard, or maybe the driveway. -- nm - Roger More Aug 17, 21:03
- I strongly recommend hearing loss. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 20:59
NYT: Autopsy Shows Michael Brown Was Struck at Least 6 Times -- (link) - budice Aug 17, 20:31 2
- none to the back, none apparently fired close up, no GSR on his body (clothes would be another report) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 20:57 1
  - several shots to his right arm (can you say defensive wounds?) -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 20:59
Heh, Minnie decided grilled tuna was pretty much okay...Moj won't have anything to do with it. -- nm - Meg Aug 17, 20:29 1
- I know eating just a wing sends your daily points thru the roof, but please please please, KFC. -- nm - Mojo Aug 17, 20:48
PBS is showing something called Red Hot Chili Pipers. It's a live concert of Celtic music versions of Red Hot Chili Peppers songs. -- nm - Dano Aug 17, 20:16 2
- SOunds like a good way to get information out of prisoners of war. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 17, 20:38 1
  - heh -- nm - JenBro Aug 18, 05:46
Al-jazeer says police fired tear gas only after protesters threw 'molotov cocktails' (why don't they call them gas bombs?) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 20:09 1
- Usually made of a liquid -- nm - con_carne Aug 17, 20:16
Disney played Aladdin tonight. watching now. Last time I watched this, I was on a mescaline trip. - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:58 2
- And dropped a custom farewell message to Robin at the end. - Will Hunting Aug 17, 20:03 1
  - thanks for the heads up :) -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 21:03
Ferguson: Cops know kids are in the march and they're launching canister after canister of tear gas according to twitter. -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 19:51 10
- Antonio French says shots were fired, so cops had to move in. -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 20:09 1
  - Chris Hayes of MSNBC just told by cops he'll be maced if walks past police line -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 20:10
- CNN has it, its the militarized police. Back to square one. -- (link) - budice Aug 17, 20:00
- For sure the media coverage is making it worse. They want to perform now. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 19:58
- Apparently after some Molotov cocktails were launched at them. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 17, 19:54 1
  - yikes. -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 19:55
- are they shooting rubber bullets again? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 19:53 3
  - yes. -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 19:56 2
    - on CNN right now. Man who was shot with rubber bullets was warned repeadtedly to stop approaching the police. -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 19:57 1
      - they're doing it for the cameras now. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 17, 21:00
"Tacos!" - TWuG Aug 17, 19:50
Holy shit. -- nm - Tim Aug 17, 19:50
New idea: I should try to go to New York for the US Open Labor Day weekend. -- nm - Dano Aug 17, 19:47 1
- yes. yes you should. -- nm - Diva Aug 18, 04:05
This Brock/Cena match is crazy. -- nm - Tim Aug 17, 19:45 12
- Cena wins.....next match is an I Quit match. my prediction. hope i'm wrong -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 19:46 11
  - spoils - Tim Aug 17, 19:48 8
    - Total. Domination. -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 19:49 7
      - from Trips Instagram -- (link) - Remlik Aug 17, 20:01 6
        
        Seth Rollins last seen listing the MITB briefcase on craigslist. -- nm - Tim Aug 17, 20:06 5
        
        ok...Brock holds the title till WM against Roman. Roman wins...Seth cashes in MITB -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 20:19 4
        
        Brock holds the championship for (roughly) 7 months? conceivable, but I don't see it happening . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 17, 20:27 1
        
        makes sense. -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 20:30
        
        I don't really have a lot of faith in Reigns anymore. Crowd pops for his big moves but he got exposed tonight. Orton carried the fuck out of him. -- nm - Tim Aug 17, 20:22 1
        
        I agree. -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 20:29
  - If Cena wins, undertaker should just beat the shit out of creative. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 17, 19:48 1
    - Spoils - Tim Aug 17, 19:50
Ferguson's exploding again. Where did Chief Johnson go? heheh -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 19:43
also, today I learned that the department of fisheries and wildlife administered Western Australia's aboriginal communities until the '50s. -- nm - mafic Aug 17, 19:37 1
- The colonial era took a long while to die. -- nm - Meg Aug 17, 19:42
yeah, so the train disruption this morning? it's because the storm last night broke a container ship's moorings, and it blew into the rail bridge. -- (link) - mafic Aug 17, 19:36 2
- Sheesh...talk about climate change. I don't ever remember anything like that in the 16 years I was there. Tornadoes?!? -- nm - Meg Aug 17, 19:41 1
  - yeah, they get pretty intense storms down south reasonably often these days. - mafic Aug 17, 19:44

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