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who would like to hear about mother's upcoming Three's Company vacation in Hawaii? - Andie Apr 29, 12:20 9
- It's the trip about the misunderstanding. -- nm - David Apr 29, 12:27
- mom's gonna get lucky! -- nm - decline Apr 29, 12:24
- ~come and knock on our door~ -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 12:23
- good on your mom for going. :) -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 12:23
- I say the hell with it, have a blast on vacation. -- nm - MDH Apr 29, 12:21 4
  - oh, i think it's great, it's just a little odd, the grouping. -- nm - Andie Apr 29, 12:23 3
    - Norm sounds gay. - Diva Apr 29, 12:26 2
      - hmm, i didn't ask that question. i think i will. -- nm - Andie Apr 29, 12:26 1
        
        I was trying to make it really fit Three's Company. -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 12:56
ST should be able to get *some* funding, I mean, come on ... -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 29, 12:17
Ran into the Bluebird man at the ranch today. He was monitoring our two nestboxes and let me take a look in one. -- (link) - Meg Apr 29, 12:10 [flickr] 2
- Awesome! :-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 12:28
- :D -- nm - b. Apr 29, 12:14
Destiny: ToO reveal is done. Highlights inside. - Shaun Apr 29, 12:03 15
- It seems like a monumental waste of time for teams that can't win at least 70% of their matches. -- nm - David Apr 29, 12:13 14
  - Some of the boosters could help greatly too, like forgive a loss and get 2 wins for 1. - Shaun Apr 29, 12:20 9
    - God help the STer who costs Tru the seventh win. - David Apr 29, 12:22 8
      - According to a Bungie tweet, there are 9 win nodes: -- nm - Shaun Apr 29, 12:24 2
        
        Wrapping up now. Wonder why they didn't show what happens when you rack up nine wins on a single Passage. Oh, well. Thanks for tuning in! -- nm - Shaun Apr 29, 12:24 1
        
        Yes, that was almost as strange as his jacket. -- nm - David Apr 29, 12:29
      - David " I have a plan, follow me.....": - Gjallergroin x 3 Apr 29, 12:24 3
        
        And while that was a huge mistake... - David Apr 29, 12:29 2
        
        FYI, I did not see you the first time, and the second, I was looking to decide where to go first. - Gjallergroin x 3 Apr 29, 12:31 1
        
        Was, "I'm going out and may need a revive in a second" too vague? -- nm - David Apr 29, 12:32
      - yeah, blame the last guy alive for dying. nm -- nm - Gjallergroin x 3 Apr 29, 12:23
  - I dunno, I kinda like it. nm -- nm - Gjallergroin x 3 Apr 29, 12:16 2
    - You understand that if you lose a third of your games, you get nothing, right? - David Apr 29, 12:20 1
      - sure. -- nm - Gjallergroin x 3 Apr 29, 12:22
  - (I watched the stream.) -- nm - David Apr 29, 12:14
Good thing the PC police is not too active on my Facebook. I made a silly joke of "Look, no one goes see the Orioles, move the team to Montreal!" and - Guigue Apr 29, 12:02
Game Over: This is the stupidest housing idea I have ever heard of: D.C. developer bets big on apartments with shared eating (and more)spaces -- (link) - MDH Apr 29, 12:02 11
- Sounds like the places we lived in in London in the '60s. Two floors of bedrooms shared a bathroom and kitchen. - Meg Apr 29, 12:21
- Millennialist ruin everything -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 29, 12:13
- Whenever you go to the kitchen you meet your neighbours? Anything could happen. -- nm - Loyola Apr 29, 12:11
- This is extreme, but I do think there is a trend toward somewhat smaller apartments with larger more luxurious shared spaces. Honestly I think it's - pmb Apr 29, 12:08 7
  - yep, condos are basically going this way. smaller units but more common spaces, including lounges, etc. -- nm - Andie Apr 29, 12:14 1
    - Suckers -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 29, 12:20
  - I cannot wait until this opens. It's going to be a college dorm, and the same things are going to happen. -- nm - MDH Apr 29, 12:09 4
    - In this particular instance it does sound like it will recreate the swinging singles pads of the 60's. -- nm - pmb Apr 29, 12:20
    - If a serial killer moves in he'll turn it into a murder factory. -- nm - Loyola Apr 29, 12:13 2
      - The Following Season 4. -- nm - MDH Apr 29, 12:19 1
        
        AAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Jovian SI Apr 29, 12:20
Baltimore Residents Urged To Stay Indoors Until Social Progress Naturally Takes Its Course Over Next Century -- (link) - ty97 Apr 29, 11:57
If Jeff Samardzija gives up 6 runs in an inning and there's nobody there to see it, does it affect his ERA? -- nm - pmb Apr 29, 11:57 1
- well, he just killed my shot at draft kings daily today -- nm - Gjallergroin x 3 Apr 29, 12:08
I wonder if I can order, like, a gallon of this stuff. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 29, 11:53 3
- oo, or maybe this. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 29, 11:55 2
  - No, you misread that. It gets the true love OFF you. It exfoliates it. -- nm - Ender Apr 29, 11:56 1
    - dang, my search for a human version of catnip continues. -- nm - b. Apr 29, 11:59
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- STAUFFER!!!!! -- nm - Gjallergroin x 3 Apr 29, 12:18 1
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It's heeelarious that this game is being blacked out -- nm - prayformojo Apr 29, 11:44 3
- Don't look, Ethel! -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 29, 11:51
- It's available on Baltimore's usual TV network though. -- nm - Ender Apr 29, 11:49
- okay, *now* I'll riot. -- nm - Max Apr 29, 11:46
Randy Boehning (ND State House Rep), voted against gay rights, outed via Grindr. His name was "Top Man" -- (link) - MDH Apr 29, 11:40 2
- Randy Boehning? That has to be his gay porn name right? -- nm - pmb Apr 29, 11:41 1
  - I didn't even realize that until you said it. -- nm - MDH Apr 29, 11:43
::blows kiss in pope's direction:: he spoke out today re: equal pay for equal work and - b. Apr 29, 11:34
Selfie sticks have gone too far! -- (link) - ty97 Apr 29, 11:29
So some thoughts on last nights AoS (spoils) - eag Apr 29, 11:28
(Dawson probably knows this already). Dante de Blasio, son of the NYC mayor, is going to Yale. -- (link) - ty97 Apr 29, 11:28 3
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Apparently the internet rage machine took offense to the Adam Eaton tweet posted earlier. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 11:27 2
- no surprise. I thought it, and the other fun suggestions were amusing; but I could see some taking them as diminishing the reason. - b. Apr 29, 11:30
- of course they did. nm -- nm - Gjallergroin x 3 Apr 29, 11:28
Oops, I got partly sucked into working on my day off. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 11:22
I thought I heard cheering when the Os just scored. Are the employees watching the game? -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 11:20 4
- It looked like there were people watching from rooftops. Did they sing the national anthem? -- nm - pmb Apr 29, 11:27 1
  - There are people watching from the gates as well as the hotel. I guess that's what the radio is picking up. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 11:47
- There were definitely cheers just now. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 11:23
- canned cheers -- nm - decline Apr 29, 11:20
ST Poll: What on the dock on your phone? - spamlet Apr 29, 11:19 20
- I have groups on the dock. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 11:57
- Phone, text, camera, email, browsers -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 11:54 1
  - But I have multiple, that's just the main one. -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 11:54
- Only Phone, Messages, Home and Camera - I have a Blackberry so its set up differently -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 29, 11:46
- Gmail, Camera, Phone, Messages, Apps. (I also had no idea it was called a Dock.) - JaxSean Apr 29, 11:38
- Mail, Messages, Phone, Contacts. never even thought about changing them. -- nm - Max Apr 29, 11:37
- Phone, Hangouts, Camera, Chrome, Apps -- nm - Ender Apr 29, 11:33
- phone, mail, internet, newstand -- nm - Roger More Apr 29, 11:27 6
  - (and I haven't heard this called a dock. A dock is something I plug my phone into) -- nm - Roger More Apr 29, 11:29 5
    - This. -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 29, 11:48
    - Maybe it's an iOS thing then. The dock is the bit in OS|X similar to the taskbar in Windows. - spamlet Apr 29, 11:30 1
      - I have an iPhone (though it's not like I read up on how to use it). And why use a term that's already used for something else you do with your phone? -- nm - Roger More Apr 29, 11:35
    - I'm still not clear on what he's referring to -- nm - prayformojo Apr 29, 11:29 1
      - it's the bottom row of app icons that doesn't change when you move through different screens of icons. -- nm - b. Apr 29, 11:31
- personal: phone, messaging, contacts, chrome, apps; work: default, which is phone, mail, safari, music (I have never tapped that) -- nm - b. Apr 29, 11:23
- Phone, Messages, Avocado, Mail -- nm - oblique Apr 29, 11:23
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- what's a dock? -- nm - decline Apr 29, 11:20 2
  - Are my posts being translated for you? - spamlet Apr 29, 11:21 1
    - oh! that thing. phone, contacts, messages, chrome -- nm - decline Apr 29, 11:24
stupid MLB.tv thinks I'm in Newark, DE and is blacking out the Orioles game. -- nm - decline Apr 29, 11:13 2
- Quit trolling for college girls and go home. -- nm - MLB.tv Apr 29, 11:15 1
  - college girls? way too mature for me. - decline Apr 29, 11:20
Rats. Calvin Peete died. -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 29, 11:02 1
- I remember him being a very accurate driver, but that 1983 figure is absurd. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 29, 11:07
omg, you know what drive me crazy? when you tell someone on Monday that you can't give them an answer till Thursday (about a non-critical meeting tha - Andie Apr 29, 11:00 1
- It gets better -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 29, 11:14
Destiny: Trials of Osiris twitch reval in about 6 minutes. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 29, 10:54 1
- Grab your max gear and your quick revive armor. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 29, 12:07
"Okay, moving on to Step Up 2: The Streets..." -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 29, 10:54
All is okay with me and the little Inigos. - Inigo Apr 29, 10:52 6
- Yeah!! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 29, 11:41
- yay, happy vacation! -- nm - b. Apr 29, 11:21
- have a great vacay! -- nm - Andie Apr 29, 11:16
- You leave and everything turns to shit -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 29, 10:54
- Did you know there was going to be trouble and got out of dodge? - decline Apr 29, 10:54
- Sounds like a good time for a vacation though. :-) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 10:53
mmmm, pet koala. -- nm - amanda Apr 29, 10:52
One of the things I really like about Charity:Water is that public donations are used for the well projects, and operational costs by corporate donors - JaxSean Apr 29, 10:52 2
- It's good but nearly impossible to replicate. - iSpam Apr 29, 11:00 1
  - But...I'd like to live in shouldbe land.-- nm - JaxSean Apr 29, 11:03
Dawson signal: This article argues that (if/how) SCOTUS rules for gay marriage could hurt other progressive causes -- (link) - ty97 Apr 29, 10:49 1
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You've probably seen this Dubai thing but just in case you haven't... -- (link) - David Apr 29, 10:47 [youtube] 14
- that's a big ball of HELL NO. -- nm - Remlik Apr 29, 11:25
- Bonus points if you do the Hans Gruber face. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 29, 10:59 3
  - The one daredevil they hold by his ankles is clearly starting to freak out. - David Apr 29, 11:03 2
    - Gotta love the guy in the wheelchair going airborne. That's awesome -- nm - oblique Apr 29, 11:04 1
      - Yup. -- nm - David Apr 29, 11:06
- I've been skydiving and I see this and go "hell no." -- nm - MDH Apr 29, 10:58
- things are clenching on me that will not release. omfg -- nm - oblique Apr 29, 10:56
- yeah, screw that. -- nm - decline Apr 29, 10:50
- I want to zip line on to a speed boat. -- nm - Max Apr 29, 10:50 1
  - Double Oh Max -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 10:59
- NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONON ONONONO -- nm - ty97 Apr 29, 10:48 3 1
  - Oh, regression bug report. This broke the width. Another thing I missed in the rewrite. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 10:52 2
    - damn you! - decline Apr 29, 10:53 1
      - Okay, I'll add you to the list of people without bug tracker access. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 10:54
Starwood Hotels to Explore Options Including Sale -- (link) - ty97 Apr 29, 10:46 2
- hmmmm -- nm - Epiphany Apr 29, 11:43
- And the travel credit bloggers go insane. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 11:17
In light of anti-Muslim ads, MTA Bans Political Ads From Appearing on Subways and Buses -- (link) - ty97 Apr 29, 10:45 23
- And who and how are they defining a "political ad" Thats where the real issue is for me. -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 29, 11:06 1
  - anything with words on it -- nm - decline Apr 29, 11:07
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  - IANAL but that was my initial reaction. - ty97 Apr 29, 10:50 14
    - Content neutral -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 29, 10:57 9
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        But they're DOING SOMETHING! - spamlet Apr 29, 11:31 6
        
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        I don't either but a public entity shouldn't be doing obviously unconstitutional things. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 11:40 4
        
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        Technically MTA isn't a public entity - professor smartbrain Apr 29, 11:42 2
        
        It's directly supported by tax dollars. That's a public entity. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 11:48
        
        Well, they're not a business, so they're not people. -- nm - Mitt Apr 29, 11:44
    - NFL is a nonprofit, so aren't we still subsidizing their speech ban? -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 10:56 3
      - They gave up their tax exempt status -- nm - ty97 Apr 29, 11:00
      - not any more - and even when they where nonprofit it was a weird non-profit - decline Apr 29, 10:59 1
        
        Okay then: -aren't, +weren't -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 11:04
- Next stop: no ads -- nm - Max Apr 29, 10:48 1
  - and a fare hike -- nm - decline Apr 29, 10:51
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- effin' gov't trying to take away our rights! -- nm - decline Apr 29, 10:46 1
  - I expect a lawsuit. NYCLU is already complaining. -- nm - ty97 Apr 29, 10:47

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