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- It's a double negative, at best -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 13:43 1
  - I don't think it's really a double negative. It's basically saying I don't have enough information to do both admitting and denying, but since they - pmb Feb 13, 13:46
- It should be "either" not "neither". It's not English. -- nm - pmb Feb 13, 13:43 3
  - This. -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 13, 13:50
  - "Either" and "or" not "neither" and "nor". -- nm - pmb Feb 13, 13:44 1
    - And probably a "the" before "information". -- nm - Ender Feb 13, 14:04
- we don't know enough to not know what you're saying -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 13, 13:43
International Space Station astronauts make Star Wars poster. -- (link) - Andie Feb 13, 13:30 2
- David thinks the are slackers and should get back to work. -- nm - Ultron Feb 13, 13:46
- that's great; and this, this is a story in and of itself: Chinese-born, Texas-made NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren. -- nm - b. Feb 13, 13:34
Canadian Politics: Stephen Harper's chief spokesman is leaving the Prime Minister's Office seven months before the next federal election -- (link) - Beaker Feb 13, 13:28 1
- I don't get why they link it to John Baird resigning -- nm - Beaker Feb 13, 13:28
I dislike when you're expecting a soft cookie and you get extra crispy. - Mel Profit Feb 13, 13:16 31
- YOU privileged over indulged spoiled brats....wah..my cookies too hard, my cookies too soft...you know what they get for a cookie in Haiti? - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 13, 13:36 7
  - I'm not unreasonable...cookies can't be Too Soft. Too Hard is another matter. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 13, 13:41 3
    - since you were promoted to the top floor, your tastes have changed, it's like we hardly know you any more -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 13, 13:51 1
      - the mel we used to know was a cookie monster and Cookie Monster's just go nomnpmnomnomnom -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 13, 13:53
    - I like them somewhere in the middle -- nm - eag Feb 13, 13:41
  - oh, I'll trade you these soft ones my mom got for your crispy ones, I hate gooey ones unless hot outta the oven -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 13, 13:39 1
    - and let's talk about those healthy pieces of crap where they sneak in oat bran -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 13, 13:40
  - African kids would be happy to have just that -- nm - eag Feb 13, 13:38
- WTF is up with that? If Jim/Spawn 2016 does happen, this will be addressed. -- nm - Ultron Feb 13, 13:17 22
  - What's a Jim? -- nm - amoxy Feb 13, 13:25 5
    - Something that may be replaced with Mel, soon. - Ultron Feb 13, 13:29 4
      - I'm looking for some vengeance against ML for throwing me off the ticket last time. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 13, 13:42 3
        
        Exactly. Think you could pull from his base. - Ultron Feb 13, 13:47 2
        
        we need and administration that can get stuff done and to get stuff done you need someone who does stuff -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 13, 13:55
        
        i totally have the M and the L voting block locked up. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 13, 13:49
  - What about raisin cookies masquerading as chocolate chip? Can we fill the prisons with those people instead? -- nm - spamlet Feb 13, 13:20 15
    - *votes for spamlet* -- nm - Love is in the Baron Feb 13, 13:31
    - "Off to Gitmo they Go!" is our slogan. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 13, 13:27 2
      - *laugh* -- nm - b. Feb 13, 13:32 1
        
        it begs for a 50s style political jingle ala ~Let's All Go to the Movies~ -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 13, 13:39
    - Attica! Attica! horrible nasty tricksies! -- nm - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 13:26
    - Instead? In addition. -- nm - Ultron Feb 13, 13:24
    - heh, I posted this before, but it still amuses me. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 13, 13:24
    - Oatmeal raisin cookies are the single greatest thing God has created. - Will Hunting Feb 13, 13:21 7
      - More for us! Yeah! -- nm - kelly Feb 13, 14:08
      - You are clearly confused with chocolate chip. It's easy to do because people make them to look alike. -- nm - spamlet Feb 13, 13:38
      - who ARE you? -- nm - Beaker Feb 13, 13:26
      - You're on the drugs. -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 13:25 2
        
        All the more cookies for me then! -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 13, 13:29 1
        
        From the responses it appears you can have them all. :-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 13:34
      - You get a special place in cell! -- nm - Ultron Feb 13, 13:25
weird. several times recently, I've noticed misuse of "weary" when wary or leery is meant. - b. Feb 13, 13:11
Whoo...DOW closed above 18K...I was expecting the usual Friday sell-off. -- nm - Meg Feb 13, 13:11 1
- DAX up 3% in 2014 and 12% in 2015 -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 13, 13:39
spoils for Crimson Peak trailer . . . - call me Ishmael Feb 13, 13:08
Fun w. infographics: Everything you ever wanted to know about love, in 25 maps and charts -- (link) - prayformojo Feb 13, 12:40 1
- not everything, pfm, not everything. (maybe I should move to virginia.) -- nm - b. Feb 13, 12:47
these eyes...are crying, these eyes have seen a lot of love but they'll never see another one like I had with you -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 13, 12:40 2
- there is no reason for me to like this song and yet I do -- nm - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 12:49 1
  - majestic -- nm - Ultron Feb 13, 12:49
Tell me something I don't know -- nm - prayformojo Feb 13, 12:37 49
- The girl who does the Job billing tore her knee up last summer. Just found out her surgeon had HIV and ripped through 2 gloves and their blood got - amoxy Feb 13, 13:23 7
  - I definitely did not know this -- nm - prayformojo Feb 13, 13:47
  - Jebus! -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 13:46
  - oh my gawd. -- nm - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 13:27
  - Did the doctor know and performed surgery anyway? -- nm - David Feb 13, 13:27 1
    - Looks like there was an attempted cover up. She is looking at big bucks -- nm - amoxy Feb 13, 14:01
  - whoa. -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 13:26
  - :( - -- nm - b. Feb 13, 13:25
- I heard ok go's latest song on my way in this morning (spotify-new this week, anyway), and it was kind of disturbing. (profanity in/at link.) - b. Feb 13, 13:18
- One of my co-workers brought gefilte fish to our potluck. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 13, 13:04 10
  - big fan of Rush Hour 2? -- nm - Beaker Feb 13, 13:33
  - Why does your co-worker hate everyone in the office? - Krusty Feb 13, 13:30
  - homemade or jarred? (that can make a huge difference!) -- nm - b. Feb 13, 13:13 3
    - Jarred. And creamed herring. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 13, 13:15 2
      - my guess: he hates potlucks and is sabotaging it so no-one ever wants to do another one. -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 13:27
      - ick! -- nm - b. Feb 13, 13:19
  - hey, what did you end up bringing? - Andie Feb 13, 13:07 3
    - I did red velvet cupcakes. I used the Jason heads to sprinkle all over the area where we had the food. :) - Kim Pine Feb 13, 13:08
    - (also - gefilte fish, who *does* that?) -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 13:08 1
      - I think he's conducting a social experiment or something. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 13, 13:16
- the retired guy that my mom hired to mow her lawn, etc, for a few summers, apparently declared his love for her one day and asked permission to - Andie Feb 13, 13:01 9
  - The last line of this kills me. -- nm - Ultron Feb 13, 13:03 6
    - slays -- nm - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 13:28
    - yes -- nm - Beaker Feb 13, 13:26
    - it really does. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 13, 13:17 3
      - You have to wonder if he made numerous declarations at the same time. - Ultron Feb 13, 13:19 2
        
        the spouse gets the house, and many pensions, seriously it's why lots of folks become home health aids -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 13, 13:48
        
        oh, probably. -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 13:28
  - I bet that makes neighborhood bbq's awkward -- nm - decline Feb 13, 13:03 1
    - (she really likes the neighbour actually) -- nm - Andie Feb 13, 13:04
- Will Shatner once ran for President. - Mel Profit Feb 13, 13:00
- The IRS just released much needed guidance/relief for small businesses in complying with the new tangible property regulations. - spamlet Feb 13, 12:55
- At top speed, a typical F1 car ingests enough air in one minute to fill about 600 standard party balloons. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 13, 12:52 3
  - Listen gub'nah...we're going to need less trivia and more job creation. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 13, 12:57
  - They should totally do that. Have race cars filling and releasing balloons as they circle the track. -- nm - pmb Feb 13, 12:54
  - lol. WSS: At top speed, a typical F1 car driver ingests enough air in one minute to fill about 600 standard party balloons. - -- nm - Ultron Feb 13, 12:53
- i am wearing a sweater today. -- nm - Truman Feb 13, 12:47
- Michael Jackson is on my radio right now. Home Alone kid is rapping -- nm - Beaker Feb 13, 12:47
- There's a seven foot bronze statue of Bruce Lee in LA Chinatown that's temporary, but it's been so popular they're thinking of making it permanent - con_carne Feb 13, 12:45
- Apple has a secret lab outside of Cupertino, CA that is hiring hiring automotive technology and design experts for a mystery project - decline Feb 13, 12:44 1
  - well, it's not secret anymore! -- nm - b. Feb 13, 12:48
- Cops on traffic stops touch the back of the vehicle they pulled over to leave their fingerprints - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 12:39 6
  - cops wear gloves, type or radio in, record the plate info before exiting -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 13, 12:43 1
    - The finger print is the ultimate evidence. -- nm - Ultron Feb 13, 12:51
  - Yup. -- nm - Ultron Feb 13, 12:41
  - huh -- nm - prayformojo Feb 13, 12:41 2
    - Roo's wife who is in the police academy mentioned it and it sounded so odd I dismissed it - then I saw a cop actually do it -- nm - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 12:48 1
      - Every time I get oulled over I watch for it. Well, after I asked why the second time it happened, that is. -- nm - Ultron Feb 13, 12:49
- Angelina Jolie was offered the opportunity to direct "Fifty Shades of Grey" but she declined. -- nm - budice Feb 13, 12:39
THR: Gina Carano Joins Ryan Reynolds in Fox's 'Deadpool' -- (link) - budice Feb 13, 12:30
The Men Behind the Curtain: Inside FIFA’s Sinister (and Pretty Entertaining!) Presidential Race -- (link) - Beaker Feb 13, 12:30
Maybe this is why target canada lost so much money ... -- (link) - Beryllium Grey Feb 13, 12:20 3
- Loss leader. :) -- nm - Love is in the Baron Feb 13, 12:25 1
  - I like this term for a band name -- nm - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 12:26
- I gotta get me some fucking toys\ -- nm - Beaker Feb 13, 12:22
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"Big Bird's Twitter account just dropped the most spectacular first Tweet of all time" -- (link) - Max Feb 13, 12:05 8
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- direct link -- (link) - Max Feb 13, 12:05 6
  - heehee. -- nm - b. Feb 13, 12:11 5
    - That would be a good first tweet for the Pillsbury Doughboy, hee hee. -- nm - Max Feb 13, 12:12 4
      - maybe *giggle*? :) - -- nm - b. Feb 13, 12:23 3
        
        50 Stages of Dough -- nm - Max Feb 13, 12:24 2
        
        be fresh with me, and you'll get popped, for your pleasure and mine. (one of the worst things about fsog books... - b. Feb 13, 12:30 1
        
        this reminded me that I heard, on radio news this morning, about an audi ad that's a spoof of the elevator scenes. very amusing. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 13, 12:35
what people do/don't notice is interesting. I can have 6 inches or more cut off my hair, and no one says anything. wear glasses to work once, and - b. Feb 13, 11:58 7
- The last acquaintance that I did that and I said I liked nearly started crying as she did not want that much cut-off. - Ultron Feb 13, 12:36
- Hmmmm - I notice people's hair cuts - but glasses stand out too. do you like the Josie Maran shadow? - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 12:08 5
  - the one I have is a rosy gold that came in a mixed-item set. it's pretty, but I wouldn't buy another -- it's too brightly shimmery for - b. Feb 13, 12:20 3
    - yes I do know. My days of entire shimmer are long gone - but I see it on other people and I love it. - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 12:26 2
      - I actually typed something about.. - b. Feb 13, 12:37 1
        
        LOL * cheers* I got the same eyes. -- nm - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 12:40
  - ~I've got demon eyes and they're looking right through your anatomy.~ -- nm - Marshall Lee Feb 13, 12:12
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- wtf, Oregon? first the PDX carpet, now this? -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 12:42
- Copy of his resignation letter here.... -- (link) - budice Feb 13, 12:19
- bb'ing just made me remember that I meant to look up what was up with the police being at his residence yesterday. nothing came of that? (and, duh, - b. Feb 13, 12:02
- Sometimes the affairs of state have to take precedence over the...affairs of state. -- nm - spamlet Feb 13, 11:58
- No he hasn't...yes he has..no he hasn't.....yes he has. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 13, 11:57
The Cards hero is #22. - David Feb 13, 11:19
now *that* is how a gothic horror movie should look! -- nm - mud Feb 13, 11:19 10
- ok, you said 'gothic' . . . and now i'm curious as to what it's specifically in reference to, if anything at all . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Feb 13, 11:32 9
  - Gothic_fiction -- (link) - mud Feb 13, 11:49
  - Are you asking "What trailer?" or "What is your definition of Gothic?" - Mop Feb 13, 11:34 2
    - well, if your comment is directed to me personally, i'm asking what trailer it references, I guess . . . - call me Ishmael Feb 13, 11:50 1
      - Crimson Peak trailer, linked on B2. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 11:52
  - Hiddles AND Jax in the same movie? I may expire in October -- nm - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 11:34 4
    - I'm not sure I even saw Hunnam in the trailer. Does he play the pretty blonde girl? -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 11:35 3
      - You dare disparage Charlie Hunnam? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 13, 11:41 1
        
        Hell no! He makes a very pretty girl. -- (link) - Mop Feb 13, 11:45 [Image]
      - *giggling* - spoils - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 11:35
I love that after Tekzilla got canceled, Patrick Norton just re-launched the format... AGAIN. -- (link) - Mop Feb 13, 11:18 [youtube]
Mmmmm.... Wine clubs. -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 11:18
Thanks Fashionista Blog! How to dress for dominating your partner this Valentine's Day -- (link) - Mop Feb 13, 11:16
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- *Tigger hops in...big gassy smile...leaps...tackles ML...gives him Love...gets up...stands over him...points and screams - Nekkid Crazy Mel Feb 13, 12:44
- No. -- (link) - Mop Feb 13, 11:37 [Image]
- Love lamp. -- nm - Ultron Feb 13, 11:15 4
  - Lava lamp. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 13, 11:23 3
    - love shack ! -- nm - call me Ishmael Feb 13, 11:27 2
      - Shacka lacka -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 13, 11:30 1
        
        Lacka virgin! -- nm - Loyola Feb 13, 11:33

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