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Double take. Our interviewee today is not actually named Ana Ng. Whew. -- nm - Polar Baron Jan 27, 05:57 2
- at least you'll be able to walk in the glow of each other's majestic presence -- nm - Dano Jan 27, 06:17
- "Huh, says here your requested salary is 'your half.'" -- nm - Tim Jan 27, 06:08
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- At least they didn't draw a bat and balls - oblique Jan 27, 06:06
- NSFW! -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 05:50
"ahhh THE Tax Man" "No, I'm A Tax Man, not THE Tax Man" -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 05:32 1
- "Dad's cranky. I saw him yell at a butterfly once. Called it a son of a bitch, told it to get out of his garden" -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 05:38
Oh wow, big storm surge in coastal MA -- (link) - ty97 Jan 27, 05:26
I have no idea if this is possible, but if I'm the airlines, I look at uncanceling some of PM flights - ty97 Jan 27, 05:06 10
- Glad you guys aren't getting it so bad. We're getting hammered hard. -- nm - Diva Jan 27, 05:16 4
  - stay hammered! (and safe.) -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Jan 27, 05:32 1
    - :) -- nm - Diva Jan 27, 07:05
  - Best of luck and stay warm! -- nm - Krusty Jan 27, 05:19
  - Yeah, sorry you didn't get spared like us :( -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 05:17
- NY travel ban lifted for all counties (except, it appears, Suffolk County on eastern Long Island) -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 05:08 4
  - Public transit still suspended (for now) -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 05:12 3
    - Yay! I ain't doin shit till tomorrow. My clients are home today and I'm about to watch my first movie. -- nm - Krusty Jan 27, 05:18 2
      - MTA will start again 'later this morning' on a Sunday schedule. -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 05:20 1
        
        Still ain't going anywhere. Tuesday fun day! Maybe I'll go make a snowman later. -- nm - Krusty Jan 27, 05:21
And there's just a light dusting on my car. - Tim Jan 27, 05:03
Greek singer Demis Roussos dies aged 68 -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 27, 04:55 [youtube]
pretty much everything here is closed. They just pulled the buses off the roads. Up to 40-50 cms of snow expected with high winds -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 04:26 2
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  - I really expect things to start opening back up by this afternoon, once the trains start running again. -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 05:18
16 Vintage Movie Theatre Etiquette Posters from 1912 (spoiler alert: a lot of them concerned hats) -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 27, 04:17
you can wake up now.....now that I've finished shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. -- nm - prayformojo Jan 27, 03:52
So now the storm is estimated 8-12 inches? That doesn't seem crazy. - Andie Jan 27, 03:38 12
- ain't 12 inches considderd bragging anyways? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 27, 05:32
- We were supposed to get six through last night. I think we have more and it's still snowing. -- nm - Amanda Jan 27, 05:15
- philly got about an inch. I've got about 4 here probably. still snowing now though -- nm - decline Jan 27, 05:06
- Yeah, 8-12 is nothing much overall. Definitely would not have caused all these shutdowns. -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 04:57 1
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- Stil coming down here a little, but didn't even get 2 inches so far. -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 04:46
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  - I'm very glad it mostly missed us and stayed out East. Hopefully everyone in the path is okay today. -- nm - Krusty Jan 27, 04:46
- yes. they did a great job pegging this one.. - Jovian Jan 27, 04:03
- (Win-win, really). But is it worse in Boston?) -- nm - Andie Jan 27, 04:01 2
  - Up to 60 cm they just said Boston got on the radio here -- nm - Beaker Jan 27, 04:05 1
    - Yeah, and huge winds there I just heard. The wind makes it much worse. -- nm - Andie Jan 27, 04:07
I had a LOT of caffeine today. Not sure if I can sleep at all. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 03:38
Alabama Politician Threatens to Out Colleagues Who Are Having Affairs -- (link) - Beaker Jan 27, 03:19
One thing about staying up late when you hadn't previously ... you hear new sounds. Like tiny feet skittering in the ceiling. - Beryllium Jan 27, 01:44 5
- get a cat -- nm - decline Jan 27, 05:07 1
  - We have two. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 07:19
- gnomes? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 27, 02:52
- hardware store...paint supply...steel wool, lots of it, go around the house and stuff it into any gaps you can find, if you can get a finger in.,... - zeitgeist Jan 27, 02:04 1
  - HowStuffWorks suggest copper wool -- (link) - oblique Jan 27, 06:16
baby was resting on my chest, twitched a bit, and kinda flung himself off. Silly kid. - Beryllium Jan 27, 00:14 3
- New nickname: Unstable Isotope. -- nm - Polar Baron Jan 27, 05:54
- :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 27, 00:21 1
  - He's all swaddled up, so he's like a cute little caterpillar -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 00:26
ok. the weather is starting to look nasty. I am flipping between CNN & TWC -- nm - peglegpete Jan 27, 00:03
I want to go walk around in the fog and take doomy photos, but ... baby. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 00:02
when ST was discussing intel properties that need to have their movie projects expedited, I don't think anyone mentioned Feist's Magician/Riftwar -- nm - zork Jan 26, 23:22
It's back! Our long, national nightmare of a half hour is over. -- nm - jnine Jan 26, 23:13 15
- Heh our local newscast actually mentioned FB and Instagram being back online... - Scots-IrishStephen Jan 26, 23:44
- Heh. This post is tempting me to replace the reply-counter at the end of posts with a fave-counter. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 23:15 13
  - The reply-counter doesn't really seem to serve much purpose. -- nm - Mop Jan 26, 23:19 12
    - the giving out Cappy awards job would really suck without it - zork Jan 26, 23:27 1
      - must be a common nickname for captain america -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 23:58
    - The new-post-indicator seems to have superseded the use case. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 23:21 9
      - a new post total up next to the page total would rawk -- nm - zork Jan 26, 23:23 8
        
        I stand by my assertion that message bumping/bubbling is the way to go. -- nm - Mop Jan 26, 23:27 7
        
        *bump* - Qale Jan 26, 23:48
        
        no, sometimes I see threads that I missed the first time when scrolling down to check for replies in other threads plus - zork Jan 26, 23:30
        
        Absolutely hate that concept. Forever threads are the devil. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 23:29 4
        
        yes. this. multiple board arguments would never die if they bumped every time somebody posted. -- nm - mafic Jan 26, 23:46 3
        
        There's a thread on a Victoria forum that is basically 86 pages of restaurant opening and closing announcements. 86 pages. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 23:48 2
        
        There are a few bits of gold there, though -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 26, 23:50 [Image] 1
        
        I love google translate. -- nm - mafic Jan 27, 00:01
FB back online -- nm - budice Jan 26, 23:12
Its not that the statement was ignorant, it was ignorance resin, its like you scrapped it off and boiled it down to a sticky condensed ignorance -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 26, 23:05
'A food delivery bicycle is not an emergency vehicle': De Blasio #PIXBLIZZARD #blizzardof2015 @PIX11News pic.twitter.com/B6hhM354zB - zeitgeist Jan 26, 23:00 1
- Social media has become an integral tool for communication in times of crisis and natural disaster. - Mop Jan 26, 23:02
Facebook is down. -- nm - Mop Jan 26, 22:33 27
- We have the NE blizzard and the asteroid now FB is down - eag Jan 26, 23:01
- It's been nearly 30 minutes. I think we all have to deal with the realization that we may be living in a post-Facebook world. -- nm - Mop Jan 26, 23:00 3
  - My fb time has been cut by almost 70% in the 6 months by me -- nm - eag Jan 26, 23:02 2
    - I hate facebook lately. I only use it for scrabs really. -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Jan 27, 06:13
    - FB has helped socialize locally, get out, and meet women. - Mop Jan 26, 23:04
- *finds out Facebook is down; goes to Facebook to post the news...* -- nm - Mop Jan 26, 22:52
- Yay! ST survives again by being unpopular! -- nm - Mop Jan 26, 22:40 5
  - the cockroach effect -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 22:47 4
    - We will be the last bastion of hope when all social media goes down - eag Jan 26, 23:10 3
      - In the back of my head I'm actually kicking around an idea that is very close to your IM. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 23:11 2
        
        You wanna make a terminator and send it back? -- nm - eag Jan 26, 23:13 1
        
        well, something like that, but for social media -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 23:53
- fb works but myvegas isn't....maybe there's some internet attacks going on -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 26, 22:36 1
  - nope, scrolled and nothing more was loading on fb either -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 26, 22:41
- Facebook, Instagram, Tinder, AIM, and Hipchat all appear to be offline. We’ll keep you updated when we hear more. -- nm - budice Jan 26, 22:35 6
  - Myspace as well -- nm - budice Jan 26, 22:46 3
    - Damn. -- nm - Justin Timberlake Jan 26, 22:55
    - Lol! -- nm - Mop Jan 26, 22:51
    - LMAO -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 22:47
  - sez Engadget -- nm - budice Jan 26, 22:36 1
    - Twitter messages indicate hacker activity -- nm - budice Jan 26, 22:43
- Instagram too, I hear -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 22:34
- working here. -- nm - loosi at home Jan 26, 22:34 4
  - DownForEveryone says it's not just me. -- nm - Mop Jan 26, 22:36 3
    - yep, died here tool -- nm - loosi at home Jan 26, 22:39 2
      - I'm not a tool! You're a tool! -- nm - Mop Jan 26, 23:01
      - See what you did - eag Jan 26, 22:58
Simpsons Musk Episode: Amazeballs. - Beryllium Jan 26, 22:32
ay ay ay. My college freshman roommate lost her mom this weekend, I went to offer condolences, but suddently she unfriended me. - loosi at home Jan 26, 22:29 4
- ah I see now. she deleted her FB account. -- nm - loosi at home Jan 26, 22:33 3
  - Well, all of facebook is down right now, so don't feel too bad. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 26, 22:34 2
    - working for me. -- nm - loosi at home Jan 26, 22:34 1
      - and there it goes. ok, thanks guys. bed time. -- nm - loosi at home Jan 26, 22:36
You know.. FTD (the flower company) is really sleazy. Their prices chance depending on what link you use to access them. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 26, 22:02 10
- you need a house with rose bushes -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 26, 22:32 1
  - Or a neighbor with a house with rose bushes. -- nm - Mop Jan 26, 23:03
- Try Proflowers and google coupons for both. They're usually online. -- nm - jnine Jan 26, 22:09 5
  - Proflowers has a much better selection of flowers too. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 26, 22:25 2
    - Actually Proflower does look better and appears slightly less sleazy. Thanks jnine and wiggums -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 26, 22:29 1
      - Order placed. Stick it FTD. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 26, 22:49
  - If you enter their site from a coupon link the prices chance to almost negate any coupon savings. They are sleazy. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 26, 22:10 1
    - Don't enter from the coupon site, get the code to use. -- nm - jnine Jan 26, 22:16
- See Also: VistaPrint -- nm - Qale Jan 26, 22:07
- "What kind of person are you ordering flowers for? Athletic, Sleazy, or Demure?" -- nm - Max Jan 26, 22:06
Reagen test driving the Juke would have inevitably ended with Nelson Muntz walking down the street with his pants down -- nm - rollo Jan 26, 22:01 2
- I actually had more room in it than in my current car. Just everyone else would suffer. -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 22:03 1
  - Get an Escape, plenty of room. (I have no idea if this is true of the new ones) - Beryllium Jan 26, 22:12
Well, this is good customer service. I posted a FB status a few hours ago, looking for DVDs of a show Nathan loves but is no longer on the air. Was - kelly Jan 26, 21:50 4
- I saw and thought ...that's pretty neat -- nm - Epiphany Jan 27, 04:37
- FB is down for me right now. Was it Imagination Movers? nm - ralph wiggum Jan 26, 22:27 1
  - yep! - kelly Jan 26, 22:39
- I saw! That's pretty damn neat. -- nm - MDH Jan 26, 21:55
Snow all sideways in Scituate, MA -- nm - budice Jan 26, 21:46 1
- Snow gettin real in the Bronx -- (link) - budice Jan 26, 21:52
wait, the score in the NHL all-star game was 17-12? those poor goalies. -- nm - mafic Jan 26, 21:46 1
- I'd have stayed in the T&C if I was that one dude. -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 21:52
I need menu help for my French Night. - Mop Jan 26, 21:15 15
- great, you are eating breakfast and dessert. avoiding quebec why? - loosi at home Jan 26, 22:38
- creme brulee -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 26, 22:27
- You said 7 women were going to attend? There must be chocolate of some kind. -- nm - tobor.2 Jan 26, 22:11
- What?? No tongue? -- nm - budice Jan 26, 21:34
- oh, the French people I know here *love* saucissons, if you can get the good stuff. -- nm - mafic Jan 26, 21:33
- go find a good french bakery. I think Opera and Foulette [decedent chocolate pastrys] are great desserts -- nm - peglegpete Jan 26, 21:29
- Oh, maybe some petit fours! -- nm - Mop Jan 26, 21:28
- Pain au chocalat? Tarte au whatever? -- nm - tobor.2 Jan 26, 21:24
- off the top of my head: macarons, or if you really want to impress someone: croque-en-bouche. -- nm - mafic Jan 26, 21:18 4
  - macarons et fromage? -- nm - Mop Jan 26, 21:26 3
    - Le Kraft Dinner. -- nm - Mop Jan 26, 23:05
    - yes that's great. you have a full dessert menu and then some. -- nm - loosi at home Jan 26, 22:40
    - macarons/macrons are cookies. this is my local great French bakery. look thru their products for ideas -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 26, 21:49
- french fries, french toast -- nm - Ultron Jan 26, 21:16 1
  - and to drink: Pay-roo! -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 21:20
LIR: The real reason they want you off the subways tonight. -- (link) - Ultron Jan 26, 21:10
I'm about to order FIOS. There may be some benefit to being referred by an existing customer - anyone here know? -- nm - Max Jan 26, 21:08 3
- ugh, I can save $540 over two years if I go with a contract and give up BBC, FXX, FoxSports2, Smithsonian, and sports networks. - Max Jan 26, 21:34
- they benefit -- nm - budice Jan 26, 21:10 1
  - Even if I don't get anything, I'll punch in a Refer a Friend Code if someone has one for me. -- nm - Max Jan 26, 21:20

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