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I always attempt to have decent nails, but today's color is particulary eye-catching to me. like I keep noticing it. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 16, 13:58 [Image]
I have a Ruby Rod earworm from Fith Element going today - eag Jul 16, 13:52 1
- out....standing -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 14:09
what talk show will interview someone who bought a family pack of brass knuckles?....the jerry springer show doesn't count...too obvious -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 13:50
hey bery - just fyi, when I click on "your activity," the link column is empty. -- nm - b. Jul 16, 13:47 1
wait...you can resize the Message field in ST? - Mel Profit Jul 16, 13:37 10
- why? -- nm - mud Jul 16, 13:53
- It's a Chrome thing -- (link) - oblique Jul 16, 13:48
- what? -- nm - Andie Jul 16, 13:45 5
  - I just happened to catch the corner and dragged it to a different size. - Mel Profit Jul 16, 13:51
  - in the message box, you can drag the bottom right corner (at least on a pc). -- nm - b. Jul 16, 13:46 3
    - ^in chrome. it's not showing in ie for me. -- nm - b. Jul 16, 13:46 1
      - Showing in Firefox for me. -- nm - mara Jul 16, 13:50
    - who knew? -- nm - Andie Jul 16, 13:46
- I assume Bery granted David three wishes, and this is one of them -- nm - Roger More Jul 16, 13:42
- And still no orange option? -- nm - ty97 Jul 16, 13:38
along with some proposed changes, reddit says it will hide but not ban hate communities. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 16, 13:36
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- He'll end up sealed in a barrel of maple syrup. -- nm - TWuG Jul 16, 14:01
- in a world where they sell brass knuckles in family packs? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 13:57
- He's Canadian, they are all sweet and nice. -- nm - ty97 Jul 16, 13:42 5
  - and almost certainly is not Luka Magnotta. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 13:47 1
    - *almost* -- nm - mud Jul 16, 13:55
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    - Saketinis!! -- nm* - Coolio si Jul 16, 13:45
  - unless there's a pig farm involved. (ack!) -- nm - b. Jul 16, 13:43
- 3 -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 13:36
- it's probably fine. -- (edited) - Andie Jul 16, 13:35 10
  - heh -- nm - ty97 Jul 16, 13:37
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    - yes, and we get to know people better here than in the kind of situation you described (depending on how long they've chatted). - b. Jul 16, 13:41 5
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        the point, at least at first, is primarily adult fun time, no? if they hit it off in chatting, that ups the odds - b. Jul 16, 14:01 2
        
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        maybe it'll turn into something more. :) - -- nm - b. Jul 16, 14:04
      - I should maybe add: except when there are long cons in the mix. -- nm - b. Jul 16, 13:50
    - There's probably more to why he changed the location (like he dated a guy in NYC, or is interested in a guy in NYC) - Inigo Jul 16, 13:39
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- 1 -- nm - eag Jul 16, 13:33
- 2. -- nm - Russian Judge Jul 16, 13:32
- I don't like it. Feels kinda Craig's List Killer. I give it a 9. -- nm - emoticripple Jul 16, 13:32
now amazon is just showing off - the router I ordered yesterday morning was delivered here earlier today. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 16, 13:30 [Backboard] 2
- Yep, that's the direction they're moving - regional distribution centers and their own contracted couriers. - Meg Jul 16, 13:51 1
  - yah, they've been doing that for some time here; but delayed shipping choices are still usually delayed for me, at least for some days. - b. Jul 16, 13:54
not for nothing but I came up with a pretty nifty phrase, if I do say so myself, for next year's Will Hunting NCM post. I can't wait. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 16, 13:24 4
- I imagine you composing these with screen shots and a continuity consultant -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 13:25 3
  - I do worry I'll forget. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 16, 14:00 2
    - calendar (+ reminder) it! -- nm - b. Jul 16, 14:01 1
      - genius. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 16, 14:02
Who wants to hear the family drama in my house today....... - Walt_Disney Jul 16, 13:21 7
- have a backyard? weather ok? backyard campout! -- nm - b. Jul 16, 13:32
- i would allow Dad and wifey to stay in and 'rest up from your trip' and take MIL to a movie or something. - Andie Jul 16, 13:31
- Just one night? Split the hotel room with Grandpa Disney. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 16, 13:29
- Sounds like you and your daughter need to go catch a movie and something to eat tonight. Stay away. Far away. -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 13:25
- I'd buy a hotel room for someone stat -- nm - oblique Jul 16, 13:24 1
  - I was thinking he and Mrs. Disney should get a room and leave the other 3 to watch Princess D. ;) -- nm - Meg Jul 16, 13:25
- Uhm... you need to change that plan somehow. -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 13:22
heh -- (link) - Spawn Jul 16, 13:21
Chris Hardwick to keep "talking bad" going on netflix, 2 years after it ended....really what they should do is combine that with ... - zeitgeist Jul 16, 13:13 2
- A free ranging pop-culture talk show wouldn't be bad, either. -- nm - Mop Jul 16, 13:41
- Better Talk Saul. done. get on this AMC -- nm - Beaker Jul 16, 13:17
The Lesnar Effect: How Brock Has Led WWE to a New Era of Wrestling Legitimacy -- (link) - Beaker Jul 16, 13:12
lyc - 3 different kinds of Klondike Bars - mint chip, cookie dough, salted pretzel - JenBro Jul 16, 13:08 1
- cookie-dough klondike bars. oh no. -- nm - oblique Jul 16, 13:12
LYC: Once we get the basement cleared out looks like we're going to be starting to put in a recording studio in our basement - oblique Jul 16, 13:02 12
- all you need is a mixer, a mic and a whole bunch of egg cartons -- nm - decline Jul 16, 13:05 5
  - And a computer. Too bad kilbo is shit at those -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 13:30 1
    - since we're not recording multi-track at once I don't even really need a mixer -- nm - oblique Jul 16, 13:31
  - vac-uum -- nm - Donnie Jul 16, 13:18
  - fill the insulation space with sand (I dunno its what this audio producer in San Fran said he did to his basement to isolate background noise) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 13:09
  - basically, we're actually looking to start with something like this -- (link) - oblique Jul 16, 13:07
- sub-basement? -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 13:03
- also, basement was a bit repetitive there - oblique Jul 16, 13:03 4
  - Did you have fun at my old stomping grounds? - spamlet Jul 16, 13:03 2
    - Hampshire? Yeah, the D300 summer show (Honk!) is there and we're doing tech week this week - oblique Jul 16, 13:04 1
      - Yup. Make sure to go to the Chik-N-Dip for ice cream after. -- nm - spamlet Jul 16, 13:06
  - ah -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 13:03
LIR: PrayForMojo -- We hippies are totally with you in your . . . - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Jul 16, 12:57
#PrimeDayFail Is a Billion Times Better Than Amazon's Prime Day -- (link) - Beaker Jul 16, 12:51 9
- LOL " At least on Black Friday you can go to the store and punch someone to get the items you want" -- nm - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 16, 12:56
- I just saw this -- (link) - ty97 Jul 16, 12:52 7
  - In XXL no less. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 13:18
  - Did the Diane Keaton fan-club go in for shirts and add an extra 000 to the order? - Will Hunting Jul 16, 13:12
  - who doesn't need a 5 pack of brass knuckles? -- nm - Beaker Jul 16, 12:53 4
    - or a plate of ham - oblique Jul 16, 12:53 3
      - was that real? I thought that one had to be fake. -- nm - Diva Jul 16, 13:34 1
        
        I thought they were all fake? -- nm - b. Jul 16, 13:38
      - I would love to see Diane Keaton eating ham while wearing brass knuckles -- nm - ty97 Jul 16, 12:54
Actual Headline: "Marshawn Lynch Coaches Youth Football Camp with Chicken Wings Stored in Socks" -- (link) - Ender Jul 16, 12:50 2
- it's because -- (link) - Diva Jul 16, 12:55 [Backboard] 1
  - This is my favorite story of the day. -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 13:07
"In an event being dubbed a first, the jury found the prosecutor, on J Dawson, guilty on all counts" -- nm - ty97 Jul 16, 12:49 1
- A first? Wait for it... -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 12:58
Trivia for Amanda: Amazon opened on this day in 1995 and the first book sold was - decline Jul 16, 12:48 8
- 2001, Willow and The Lion In Winter on DVD, both of which I still have -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 13:15
- my first were October 2000 - 3 books - decline Jul 16, 13:14
- September 1998. The Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy. -- nm - spamlet Jul 16, 13:13
- 1998 - HP-UX and AIX books for work -- nm - oblique Jul 16, 13:11
- the very first thing i bought was in 2002, and it was a book for work. The second thing? ... - Andie Jul 16, 13:10 1
  - LOL -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 13:11
- made me look - I think my first order was may 27, 1997. - b. Jul 16, 12:59
- Books 2 thru 50 were all different James Patterson books. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 16, 12:58
Sycor, the ECTO-1 LEGO set is VERY nice. The car is a very solid build. -- nm - TWuG Jul 16, 12:47 4
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  - Agreed. The BTTF Delorean doesn't feel as solid, but definitely looks cool. -- nm - TWuG Jul 16, 14:03
- "LEGO" is never the wrong answer to any question. -- nm - Mop Jul 16, 13:34
- Good to hear. -- nm - sycor Jul 16, 12:58
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- See in my mind Jack is already this world famous lawyer and hes been doing this type of stuff for years. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 16, 13:23
- Cool. Go get em. -- nm - pmb Jul 16, 13:22
- "Politics! The Roman Senate is the best legislature that money can buy. It starts with the lawyers...and all the way up to the judges! Shit." -- nm - History of Jack's World, Part One Jul 16, 13:16
- You mean exactly the thing people think lawyers do all the time! -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 12:55 8
  - Similar to people assuming accountants do nothing but personal taxes. -- nm - spamlet Jul 16, 13:04 6
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      - Ben Affleck, b****! -- (link) - spamlet Jul 16, 13:25 4
        
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        I would have thought the "you were the bomb in Phantoms, yo" reference was enough to notate a joke. -- nm - spamlet Jul 16, 13:40
        
        Nothing!! -- nm* - Diva Jul 16, 13:33 1
        
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  - which in reality is something very few lawyers actually do. -- nm - decline Jul 16, 12:56
- if Judd Nelson's legal career has taught me anything, you need to bring a huge vibrator into the court in your briefcase -- nm - Beaker Jul 16, 12:51
- That's awesome! Best of luck and don't let him/her off the stand until they give up the goods*. - Krusty Jul 16, 12:50
- Do good: I'm on jury duty starting on the 20th: we're both expected to - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Jul 16, 12:48
- Make sure you establish your truth-handling ability. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 12:47 3
  - "Was there any evidence at all of foul play?" "You mean besides the dead body?" -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 12:49
  - "I have something to tell you...something which may shock and discredit you...and that thing is as follows...I'm not wearing a tie at all!" -- nm - prayformojo Jul 16, 12:48 1
    - "Club tie" and "half windsor knot" always makes me think of Apu -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 12:50
- Go get 'em, kid! - prayformojo Jul 16, 12:47
- You can do it!! how exciting -- nm - Pippy the Blank Slate Jul 16, 12:45
- Make 'em cry!! -- nm - decline Jul 16, 12:43 2
  - Jackie Onions!!! -- nm - Diva Jul 16, 12:44 1
    - L4 (so funny) -- nm - JenBro Jul 16, 13:07
- *sets up a Facebook invite for everyone you know, orders several dozen non-metal flasks* - ty97 Jul 16, 12:43 3
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    - Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I may be just a simple urban crackwhore lawyer, but...(ppoints finger in anger) even *we* have standards -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 12:50
    - karaoke bar it is! -- nm - ty97 Jul 16, 12:47
Please Send good thoughts my way, trying to do PR and I got a blue screen. -- nm - amoxy Jul 16, 12:41 1
- I came back up, but the computer is a little wonky -- nm - amoxy Jul 16, 12:42
"Voters pick Auburn to win SEC, but second in West behind Alabama" -- nm - David Jul 16, 12:38 1
- *puppy dog head tilt* -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Jul 16, 12:48
After years of scribbling, crossing out, and rewriting to-do lists on stickies and notepads, I've gone to a flashcard system that is working well. -- nm - Max Jul 16, 12:33 12
- They will pry OneNote from my cold dead laptop clutchin' hands. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 16, 13:09
- I use the notepad on my phone -- nm - JenBro Jul 16, 13:09
- no sharpie & writing on your arm? -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 16, 12:43 1
  - I write on my hand all the time. I was just thinking the other day that the proliferation of non-ballpoint pens has made that a - b. Jul 16, 12:46
- Welcome to the 19th Century! -- nm - decline Jul 16, 12:40
- I upped my game to Evernote. - pmb Jul 16, 12:39 3
  - I got a free tablet for having FIOS, so I've been using OneNote on it to scribble grocery lists which I can quickly glance at on my phone. -- nm - Max Jul 16, 12:41
  - I've started using Trello (sort of) at work -- nm - oblique Jul 16, 12:41 1
    - Trello is great for large project planning -- nm - Andie Jul 16, 13:32
- next up.. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 16, 12:37 1
  - heh, from 11 years ago - hipster pda. -- (link) - b. Jul 16, 12:43
- Almost as cutting edge as Amanda's palm pilot -- nm - jangles Jul 16, 12:36
Some Children Left Behind -- nm - ty97 Jul 16, 12:26 2
- too bad george wasn't one of them -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 12:52
- I can help! -- nm - Kirk Cameron Jul 16, 12:33

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