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Super Zombies!!!!! -- (link) - Beaker Mar 11, 19:24 1
- it was decent -- nm - Remlik Mar 11, 19:27
Cramer confirmed for TDS tomorrow. -- nm - nubby Mar 11, 19:24 1
- wow -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 11, 19:36
Paul McCartney and Ringo Star concert sells out at 7 seconds.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 11, 19:24 2
- now imagine how much faster it would have sold out without ringo -- nm - pigby Mar 11, 19:25
- *giggles* *puts them up on their sister site for 10 times cost* -- nm - Ticketmaster Mar 11, 19:25
"I would be happy if you stopped." -- nm - David Mar 11, 19:18
oh my. i think Nic Cage might be topping his Wicker Man performance with "Knowing" - pigby Mar 11, 19:09 15
- Did you not see Next? -- nm - Max Mar 11, 19:19 10
  - I liked Next - Stephen Mar 11, 19:21 7
    - Did you not see... Paycheck? -- nm - Max Mar 11, 19:26 3
      - I did, way back when. I don't see any similarities between the two. -- nm - Stephen Mar 11, 19:28 2
        
        they're both about changing the future to escape in a chase by using clues from the future. -- nm - Max Mar 11, 19:32 1
        
        Paycheck with Mel Gibson? -- nm - Redmond(first ST Killzone2 night is 03/18 5PM PDT) Mar 11, 19:33
    - word to the IM -- nm - Beaker Mar 11, 19:22
    - I really enjoyed it too. Surprisingly so. -- nm - Redmond(first ST Killzone2 night is 03/18 5PM PDT) Mar 11, 19:21 1
      - me to -- nm - Remlik Mar 11, 19:21
  - I knew you were going to post this. -- nm - Redmond(first ST Killzone2 night is 03/18 5PM PDT) Mar 11, 19:20
  - no -- nm - pigby Mar 11, 19:19
- Does he punch someone from Idaho wearing a Sasquatch outfit? -- nm - Remlik Mar 11, 19:12 3
  - Why would he want to punch a person dressed up as a cute sasquatch? -- nm - ty97 Mar 11, 19:13 1
    - to top punching someone in a bear suit. -- nm - Remlik Mar 11, 19:21
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South Park - nubby Mar 11, 19:06 2
- hehe -- nm - lileve Mar 11, 19:07
- (^ spoiler) -- nm - nubby Mar 11, 19:07
STIS -- Need help configuring network on my roommate's new laptop - znufrii Mar 11, 19:03 2
- Aside from A) ensuring the PCs are in the same workgroup, and B) manually typing in the UNC ( \\MachineName\ ) I can't think of anything. - Beryllium Mar 11, 19:23
- load XP onto your roommate's laptop? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 11, 19:14
Looking at the trailer for Resident Evil 5, it looks like... - nubby Mar 11, 19:02
Since earmark means "To reserve or set aside for a particular purpose." Shouldn't we hope most spending is earmark spending? - Dano Mar 11, 18:59 14
- depends on the purpose -- nm - danedukenuuk Mar 11, 19:10
- other spending is for wave purposes. -- nm - Max Mar 11, 19:02 1
  - particular/wavuliculal duality? -- nm - nubby Mar 11, 19:04
- It's only causing his grief because he made such a huge deal in the campaign about stopping it. And today he signed a bill full of earmarks. - Redmond(first ST Killzone2 night is 03/18 5PM PDT) Mar 11, 19:02 10
  - With no opinion on this particular bill, I just hate the general idea that all earmarks are bad. - Dano Mar 11, 19:06 4
    - Well I agree with Obama wanting to change the process. They sneak them into the bill without most members knowing they are there. -- nm - Redmond(first ST Killzone2 night is 03/18 5PM PDT) Mar 11, 19:08 3
      - This is what he had on his campaign website about earmarks - sgtmike Mar 11, 19:12 2
        
        It's not just what was on his website it's what he said on the campaign trail - Stephen Mar 11, 19:17 1
        
        Yes, next time. He announced the new standards - sgtmike Mar 11, 19:24
  - In the campaign McCain said he would eliminate earmarks - sgtmike Mar 11, 19:04
  - Actually it was McCain who made the big stink about earmarks -- nm - amoxy Mar 11, 19:03 3
    - They both did -- nm - Stephen Mar 11, 19:18
    - Well the news is showing many Obama quotes tonight. -- nm - Redmond(first ST Killzone2 night is 03/18 5PM PDT) Mar 11, 19:04
    - i guess he's not allowed to make their names famous in the Senate -- nm - pigby Mar 11, 19:04
AI spoiler - mara Mar 11, 18:57 3
- HSX is 2 for 2 so far. 6 warrants are up, 6 are down and 1 hasn't moved yet. -- (link) - not2fast Mar 11, 19:00
- Who are your early favorites? -- nm - nubby Mar 11, 18:57 1
  - Tongiht was the first time I ever watched. That said, just based on very small snippets seen tonight, I like - mara Mar 11, 19:11
AI spoiler, the second bootee is... - nubby Mar 11, 18:56
God, could that ComCast ad be any more annoying? -- nm - nubby Mar 11, 18:54 4
- "I can see your butt" -- nm - amoxy Mar 11, 19:29
- not the greatest prayer I've ever heard, but I'll see what I can do, my nubby -- nm - God Mar 11, 18:59 1
  - I didn't think even you could say that word. -- nm - nubby Mar 11, 19:01
- I bet we can find somewhere online the old curcuit city pop up ads for you :) -- nm - peglegpete Mar 11, 18:55
"I want you to stomp on my foot. as hard as you can." -- nm - Don't talk about Footsie Club Mar 11, 18:46
Wow, 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead' is one dark friggin movie. - Expert Vermin Mar 11, 18:42 6
- yes it is - not one shred of happiness anywhere - Epiphany Mar 11, 18:44 3
  - Are you sure? I had some happiness in seeing - Gwaahjo Mar 11, 18:47 2
    - Perv - Epiphany Mar 11, 18:56 1
      - no arguments :) -- nm - Gwaahjo Mar 11, 18:57
- With a title like that you were expecting Wall E? -- nm - Redmond(first ST Killzone2 night is 03/18 5PM PDT) Mar 11, 18:43 1
  - No, it's generally what I expected, just.... moreso. -- nm - Expert Vermin Mar 11, 18:56
"Now I know what you're asking: Lex. . . where did it all go wrong?" -- nm - Lex Luthor Mar 11, 18:38
Wow, CBS News is critical of Obama signing the bill with all the earmarks in it. "he retreated behind closed doors to sign the bill full of earmarks" -- nm - Redmond(first ST Killzone2 night is 03/18 5PM PDT) Mar 11, 18:36 9
- Don't earmarks only account for 1% of total spending? I thought I've heard this before. -- nm - Krusty Mar 11, 18:39 5
  - If you are on the East Coast you might have heard 3 hours ago. But the news story just aired for me. -- nm - Redmond(first ST Killzone2 night is 03/18 5PM PDT) Mar 11, 18:41 3
    - I haven't watched the news today. I wasn't sure if that 1% was right or just something someone said erroneously. -- nm - Krusty Mar 11, 18:43 2
      - They didn't say. They used words like many, and stuffed full of. I am more commenting on the tone of the CBS story. - Redmond(first ST Killzone2 night is 03/18 5PM PDT) Mar 11, 18:45 1
        
        I see...and you're right. I hope more news agencies do the same. - Krusty Mar 11, 18:50
  - but they're EARMARKS! -- nm - pigby Mar 11, 18:40
- katie couric is NOT a journalist, and I am happy I am dead -- nm - Edward R Murrow Mar 11, 18:38 2
  - I wasn't any better *holds a made up news story in hand* -- nm - Dan Rather Mar 11, 18:40 1
    - bullshit. you were good at your job :( -- nm - Edward R Murrow Mar 11, 18:48
What is Ikariam? -- nm - lileve Mar 11, 18:35 4
- It's when a bunch of guys gather around one small asian woman... - Expert Vermin Mar 11, 18:37
- nmbl -- (link) - mara Mar 11, 18:36 2
  - *leaves town* -- nm - Epiphany Mar 11, 18:38
  - Drat. Probably blocked at work. -- nm - lileve Mar 11, 18:38
Clay Matthews is fast. - David Mar 11, 18:34
AI spoiler - nubby Mar 11, 18:33 4
- And this is unlike every one of his crowds how? - Gwaahjo Mar 11, 18:39
- more like ... - zork's junk Mar 11, 18:34 2
  - Young White Women are supposedly the larget group that purchase hip hop music. -- nm - lileve Mar 11, 18:36 1
    - largest. I'm tired, I need to go to bed. -- nm - lileve Mar 11, 18:36
3/14 is National Pi Day? -- (link) - JaxSean Mar 11, 18:31 5
- Every year. -- nm - nubby Mar 11, 18:33 4
  - I think it's only 15.9265% of the time. -- nm - David Mar 11, 18:35
  - Wasn't there something last month? - JaxSean Mar 11, 18:35 2
    - supposedly square root day, although really it should have be square day -- nm - zork's junk Mar 11, 18:36 1
      - and this ... -- (link) - zork's junk Mar 11, 18:38 [Backboard]
*screeching halt* - ty97 Mar 11, 18:31 11
- AT hates Kanye people -- nm - Stephen Mar 11, 18:44 2
  - it's not that we hate him, we will just never be able to love him as much as he loves himself - Epiphany Mar 11, 19:22
  - ugh...stupid iTouch - Stephen Mar 11, 18:48
- I think if they added him - had to add P. Diddy -- nm - Epiphany Mar 11, 18:37
- No. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 11, 18:31 6
  - I'm shocked - ty97 Mar 11, 18:32 5
    - Not really a rapper, more of a producer than anything else. -- nm - Krusty Mar 11, 18:35 4
      - I stand corrected. -- nm - Krusty Mar 11, 18:51
      - That thing I hear him doing on the radio, all the time, ain't producing :) -- nm - ty97 Mar 11, 18:40
      - I dont agree with this, he's a rapper now. I actually asked specifically about Kanye, and no one felt he needed inclusion. - TFox Mar 11, 18:38 1
        
        Maybe it's too soon. -- nm - ty97 Mar 11, 18:40
Win a South Park season 12 DVD set from Wired: -- (link) - JaxSean Mar 11, 18:29
CBS orders 4 scripts for 2009-2010 season of How I Met Your Mother. -- (link) - JaxSean Mar 11, 18:24 2
- It feels kind of odd not having to worry about HIMYM being on the bubble. -- nm - Ender Mar 11, 18:57
- Sweet! Now get rid of Ted. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 11, 18:25
I'd like to apologize to anyone I offended or pissed off by commenting about the picks on the last board. -- nm - Krusty Mar 11, 18:24
AI spoiler: the first one booted is - nubby Mar 11, 18:22
AI spoiler - mara Mar 11, 18:21
phew -- nm - zork's junk Mar 11, 18:21
There you go Vermin, haha -- nm - Gwaahjo Mar 11, 18:20
emily blunt + sparkly tights = pixie thumbs up! -- nm - pigby Mar 11, 18:16 7
- Emily Blunt looks like someone punched her in the upper lip and it swelled directly down over her teeth. -- nm - Max Mar 11, 18:39 1
  - i wasn't looking at her mouth -- nm - pigby Mar 11, 18:46
- earned a 'fail' for lack of a link -- nm - Remlik Mar 11, 18:19 2
  - from Jimmy Fallon last night -- (link) - pigby Mar 11, 18:21 [hulu] 1
    - Speaking of, I really liked Amanda Peet's quick Ally Sheedy in Breakfast Club impersonation. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 11, 18:26
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  - expressio unis NON exclusio alteris -- nm - pigby Mar 11, 18:18
re: Idol twist, it must be a unanimous thing -- nm - zork Mar 11, 18:12 8
- I'm certain (spoils) - ty97 Mar 11, 18:25
- Does that mean (possible spoilers) - not2fast Mar 11, 18:22 4
  - I believe it's - Gwaahjo Mar 11, 18:23 3
    - So for that - not2fast Mar 11, 18:26 1
      - spoiler - nubby Mar 11, 18:34
    - right. -- nm - nubby Mar 11, 18:24
- and the Ford video was fairly cool -- nm - zork Mar 11, 18:16
- spoil - Gwaahjo Mar 11, 18:16
Chuck Norris wants to be President of Texas after it secedes from the union - Stewie Mar 11, 18:12 1
- if chuck norris cast his vote not other voting is nessesary -- nm - danedukenuuk Mar 11, 18:17
lir - apparently both warm and sake, depending on flavor and origin. -- nm - reluctantcynic (en treo) Mar 11, 18:10
My biggest gripe about rap music is all the nameless females who sang choruses on rap songs. - ty97 Mar 11, 18:10 13
- my biggest gripe about rap is that it is called music -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 11, 19:18
- Heck, half the time the chorus is just a recording from the 70s. -- nm - Ender Mar 11, 18:15
- *that's* your biggest gripe with rap music? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 11, 18:13 1
  - *nods* - ty97 Mar 11, 18:16
- Very true. Older phenomenon, but happened a lot. -- nm - TFox Mar 11, 18:11 4
  - Yes, more of an early 2000s (maybe late 90s too) phenomenon -- nm - ty97 Mar 11, 18:26
  - It's happened at least as recently as Gravel Pit. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 11, 18:19 2
    - Talk about a non-mainstream single right there. :) -- nm - TFox Mar 11, 18:20 1
      - It's really good, but I never heard it on the radio. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 11, 18:21
- Especially when the choruses being sung were much more compelling then the rap. -- nm - Stephen Mar 11, 18:11 3
  - I left that part out, as I figure it's true for people like you and I, and false for people like TFox and Krusty - ty97 Mar 11, 18:12 2
    - Its fair though. In all honesty, if discussing this bracket got some STers to try out and like some artists they never gave a chance before... - TFox Mar 11, 18:18
    - true :) - Stephen Mar 11, 18:15
LIR: for TFox -- (link) - zork Mar 11, 18:08 [Backboard] 3
- That is cool news. They are an interesting story. -- nm - TFox Mar 11, 18:09 2
  - Eazy bought one of my professors paintings. Kind of funny story. - lileve Mar 11, 18:15
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Chapter 5 of the new Harry Dresden novel Turn Coat -- (link) - Beaker Mar 11, 18:08

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