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Amazon's having a large Kindle sale on student books so if you like learning ... check stuff out. -- (link) - Will Hunting Jan 26, 06:35
My kingdom for Word 2003. - ML Jan 26, 06:33 7
- heh. I'm making my partner guinee pig Office 365 next month -- nm - decline Jan 26, 06:41
- New Menu and Ribbon throw people off. -- nm - budice Jan 26, 06:34
- You should come work here. We have Lotus 1-2-3 still in use -- nm - oblique Jan 26, 06:34 3
  - Nice, dBaseIII Plus and you're set -- nm - budice Jan 26, 06:36 2
    - Upgrade to Dos 6.22 while you're at it -- nm - budice Jan 26, 06:36 1
      - It's at least the Windows version of Lotus - oblique Jan 26, 06:39
- Word is now the worst application in the Office suite; has been since Word 07. -- nm* - Will Hunting Jan 26, 06:34
Man, there is nothing like knowing my neighbors don't have to work today to make me drag my feet and moan about having to go in. - Max Jan 26, 06:29 4
- speaking of, I *loved* "flurry road" last night. nice work, pix. -- nm - amanda jonas Jan 26, 06:38
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  - Side streets still not plowed, limited bus routes, problems with metro rail lines, but 2015 Bostonians would scoff at us. -- nm - Max Jan 26, 06:33
  - I will say it was pretty hard to walk to work. Lots of sidewalks in the neighborhoods not shoveled (downtown looked okay) -- nm - MDH Jan 26, 06:32
Didn't watch the roundtable much, but just saw the highlights. HRC shutting up that smug millenial was the best thing all night. -- nm - MDH Jan 26, 06:28
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- I'm pretty sure it is OK to dress up as Abraham Lincoln -- nm - oblique Jan 26, 06:28 3
  - Dawson in a Top Hat -- nm - budice Jan 26, 06:33
  - But by doing so you assume all liability for gunshot wounds. -- nm - Ender Jan 26, 06:32 1
    - SOP - oblique Jan 26, 06:33
- I'm no help here, our local theater dress code includes jeans and t-shirts. -- nm - Ender Jan 26, 06:27
- It is the Metropolitan Opera. You should dress nicely, suit would be preferable. Do not over drink and if you fall asleep don't snore. - Krusty Jan 26, 06:26 2
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    - That'll be fine. No casual attire is really the point. -- nm - Krusty Jan 26, 06:44
- Dress Up, Drink Booze (not overdone), Sleep (But be awake for the beginning) -- nm - budice Jan 26, 06:24
- sing along loudly as possible -- nm - Beaker Jan 26, 06:23
YDC: I really should have bought boots at some point this winter. Today with the melting it's awful. - Krusty Jan 26, 06:16 3
- buy boots now, they must be crazy on sale at this point. -- nm - Andie Jan 26, 06:16 2
  - I was looking but surprisingly they weren't really on sale like I expected. - Krusty Jan 26, 06:21
  - I have some for $100 -- nm - Amazon seller #1583 Jan 26, 06:18
A freezing rain advisory? Oh F**K you, Mother Nature. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 26, 06:10 8
- Probably won't help, but it least it's coming after the snow instead of before. - Jim Jan 26, 06:22 3
  - and, after it's over and frozen, you can do that fun walking on the crust thing, and crunch through. -- nm - Andie Jan 26, 06:28 1
    - "HELP! I fell through the crust and now I'm frozen here! Help!!!! Kelly, stop taking pictures!!!!!!" -- nm - Will Hunting in a few hours Jan 26, 06:29
  - That is true. Small blessings. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 26, 06:25
- When does that start? -- nm - kelly Jan 26, 06:13 3
  - Supposed to be up through noon with the watch; when it'll be warm enough to not freeze. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 26, 06:18
  - Just after the rain hits the ground. -- nm - Ender Jan 26, 06:14 1
    - Pffftt. -- nm - kelly Jan 26, 06:16
i feel pretty much worthless today. just woke up that way. great way to start the day. -- nm* - Truman Jan 26, 06:06 5
- here this will cheer you up -- (link) - ML Jan 26, 06:11 [youtube]
- You're good enough, you're smart enough and doggone it, people like you! -- (edited) - Krusty Jan 26, 06:11 2
  - traveling, already at the client's office, really cant wear headphones. its just one of those days i guess. -- nm - Truman Jan 26, 06:18 1
    - Try to find a distraction or something to watch for a few minutes that can pick up your spirits. - Krusty Jan 26, 06:23
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WI thieves steal over $160K of cheese. -- (link) - ML Jan 26, 06:04 2
- Double our security at the macaroni warehouse! -- nm - Max Jan 26, 06:24
- Did I do that? -- nm - Urkel Jan 26, 06:05
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- Unless the Academy can make Hollywood more representative of the population than this doesn't matter. It's as simple as getting more minorities - Krusty Jan 26, 06:00 20
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  - Moonstruck (1987). Mermaids (1990). Tea with Mussolini (1999). Stuck on You (2003). Burlesque. (2010) - ty97 Jan 26, 06:02 18
    - Why did you list those films? -- nm - Krusty Jan 26, 06:03 17
      - Bad films with a white cast? There are thousands! -- nm - Krusty Jan 26, 06:04
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        I didn't know she was in Stuck on You or Burlesque and I'm a bit confused as to his point. Was she nominated for roles in each film? -- (edited) - Krusty Jan 26, 06:05 14
        
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        *smh* I'm going back to bed. -- nm - Krusty Jan 26, 06:09
        
        I'm (mostly) playing around re: the 10 year rule and her eligibility. -- nm - ty97 Jan 26, 06:06 11
        
        But she has won/has been nominated, so does that not make her a member forever? - Dark Callisto Jan 26, 06:10 10
        
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        I actually don't know. I would think winning, at a minimum, should trump these other rules, but not sure if it does? -- nm - ty97 Jan 26, 06:11 1
        
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        Plus, how does keeping Cher in the voting bloc help any minorities? - Will Hunting Jan 26, 06:11 6
        
        nothing good comes from taking ty seriously. -- nm - Reagen Jan 26, 06:15 1
        
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        I take it Woody's exclusion is becuase he's not interested...Lucas the same? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 26, 06:20 2
        
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        #OscarSoProtestant -- nm - Max Jan 26, 06:23
The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (1/26) -- (link) - Beaker Jan 26, 05:51
LYC - we are replacing our old concave, in-the-wall, toilet paper holder this weekend. I was looking for a new one. How can this be over $100? -- (link) - Andie Jan 26, 05:45 5
- Amazon is polluted by all these third party sellers posting items at crazy prices - Guigue Jan 26, 05:51
- No product description? It could be plastic for all I know! -- nm - CQ Jan 26, 05:48 1
  - Right?!? How is there no info at all about the product? -- nm - Krusty Jan 26, 06:01
- try Bed Bath & Beyond. If you are signed up with them they send 20% off coupons too -- nm - Beaker Jan 26, 05:47 1
  - oh, i can find others, i just can't believe they would try to charge that much, -- nm - Andie Jan 26, 05:48
Jan 26, 1838 – Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States -- nm - Beaker Jan 26, 05:18 8
- 1926 - 1st live demo of mechanical TV by John Logie Baird -- (link) - LMS Jan 26, 06:28
- 1945 – World War II: Audie Murphy in action for which he will be awarded the Medal of Honor. -- nm - Beaker Jan 26, 05:20 6
  - his Wiki page is an interesting read -- (link) - Beaker Jan 26, 05:23 1
    - "They were killing my friends."[ -- nm - Beaker Jan 26, 05:29
  - 1966 – The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia. -- nm - Beaker Jan 26, 05:22 3
    - I need to look this up. I don't know what this is. -- nm - andie Jan 26, 05:27 2
      - I thought it was the "maybe the dingo ate your baby" at first... -- nm - Beaker Jan 26, 05:50
      - I had the same thought -- nm - ty97 Jan 26, 05:49
I feel like you could put any two NBA teams together and they still wouldn't be able to beat the Warriors 4 out of 7. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 26, 04:45 2
- ESPN floated a theory yesterday that the Spurs Bench would be a playoff team. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 26, 04:56 1
  - It's at least conceivable. They are so deep and the system they have is stellar. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 26, 05:55
TV PSA: New Girl, The Flash, HW Game Night, Grandfathered, Brooklyn 99, Grinder, Chicago Med, Agent Carter, Teen Wolf, Chicago Fire, Oak Island, -- nm* - Beaker Jan 26, 04:30 1
- The Expanse, The Shannara Chronicles, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jan 26, 04:31
Indeed, Facebook *is* a special place -- (link) - zork Jan 26, 04:25
I look forward to hearing who's face Blake Griffin broke his hand on -- (link) - Beaker Jan 26, 03:11
Not sure about the show, but the guy playing Lucifer is great. -- nm - nic to be determined Jan 26, 02:34 4
- yes -- nm - Beaker Jan 26, 03:03 1
  - and I thought the little girl was cute as a button -- nm - Beaker Jan 26, 05:40
- Is he using his real English accent or playing it American? -- nm - LMS Jan 26, 02:58 1
  - He sounds English to me, not sure if it's his usual accent. - nic to be determined Jan 26, 03:41
wake up! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 26, 02:30 1
- What are you doing up so early? -- nm - iSpam Jan 26, 06:02
wow, so this whole Bundy Birdland thing seems like a viral promo for The Outsiders (or the production of low budget cable series is really FAST) -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 25, 23:23
Legs. So. Sore. But I ran a large portion of 1.95km. At 12 minutes per km (I stopped at one point to take photos) - Beryllium Jan 25, 23:10 5
- I think we have a couple slackers who can shovel snow faster than that -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 25, 23:22 4
  - zeit. translation: great job, Bery.! it's terrific you got out there, and hopefully it will get easier soon! :) -- nm - b.! Jan 25, 23:49 3
    - I'm glad somebody here can speak and translate canadian for us. -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 26, 10:22
    - Ha! :-) -- nm - Krusty Jan 26, 05:40
    - Thanks :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 23:54
This is another of those "nothing to do in retirement" weeks - I have nothing on my schedule for Sunday! -- nm - Meg Jan 25, 22:25
Oak Island spoiler - Mop Jan 25, 21:51 1
- it's easy to find experts on each side -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 25, 22:10
I'm bored. Dance, monkeys! -- nm - Davi Jan 25, 21:34 4
- "You just can't unsee that." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 22:04 1
  - "Obamacare" -- nm - mud Jan 25, 22:26
- Sorry, heading to bed -- nm - amoxy Jan 25, 22:02
- 1906 circus monkees -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 25, 21:35
I'm not a huge Pokemon guy. I like Shuffle. I've dabbled in Black/White and X/Y. Their Superbowl commercial is good. -- (link) - Qale Jan 25, 21:23 [youtube]
Warriors taking it to the Spurs - amoxy Jan 25, 21:12 1
- now... - b.! Jan 25, 21:51
And now for a bedtime story - prayformojo Jan 25, 20:42 4
- this film really needs a smartly done sequel -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 25, 21:22 1
  - Directed by Renny Marlin -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 21:51
- Beautifully shot - con_carne Jan 25, 20:50
- *yoink!* -- nm - Left Shark si Jan 25, 20:49
Whoa (X-File spoilers) - amoxy Jan 25, 20:32 3
- And then (spoilers) - amoxy Jan 25, 21:02 2
  - One more (spoiler) - amoxy Jan 25, 22:24 1
    - They missed a golden opportunity with that (spoils) - Beryllium Jan 25, 23:05
Whitney Cummings has a lot of great things to say but... she's just not that funny - con_carne Jan 25, 20:31 4
- She use to sound witty now she sounds bitter -- nm - Epiphany Jan 25, 21:51
- She should steal some jokes from Amy Schumer -- nm - Bacon Jan 25, 20:53 1
  - She's like Amy Schumer but 10 years later and replace the food obsession with just more men -- nm - con_carne Jan 25, 20:58
- Agreed. Whelming. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 25, 20:47
So...they hate Reigns enough to keep giving him title chances? - Will Hunting Jan 25, 20:26 1
- "oh no, you have to fight your best friend and also Brock Lesnar! what ever shall happen?" - Tim Jan 25, 20:28
my wife's work is having a drawing contest for what kids think a school should look like. "Oh! I'll make a model first!" - Reagen Jan 25, 20:13
I know you're tired of the stick-man meme - so don't click - but this seemed relevant :) - Meg Jan 25, 20:12 2
- And these are translated from another language aren't they? -- nm - Meg Jan 25, 20:12 1
  - The one I got last night was from another culture altogether -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 25, 21:16
LIR Rock was way too happy to have been awake for 18 hours at that point. -- nm - Tim Jan 25, 20:01 1
- probably had some 8 hour energy shots! -- nm - Remlik Jan 25, 20:02
Now that was classic X-Files. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 19:53 12
- Grrr, I don't get it until February. -- nm - LMS Jan 26, 02:52
- Yup. Neither episode has been lights out, but both have entertained. - David Jan 25, 19:55 8
  - Spoils - Beryllium Jan 25, 22:16
  - This. The second episode was entertaining as hell. I miss this. -- nm - MDH Jan 25, 20:04
  - I haven't watched any yet, but I saw a not-really-spoilery review over the weekend that said.. - b. Jan 25, 20:00 3
    - Has Peter Boyle ever not been wonderful? - TWuG Jan 25, 20:03 2
      - totally. really missed. -- nm - b.! Jan 25, 21:52
      - yup. -- nm - Tim Jan 25, 20:15
  - It was also the Continuum employment guarantee episode. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 19:59 1
    - Yup -- nm - amoxy Jan 25, 20:05
- any cool explosions? -- nm - Max Jan 25, 19:54
- was pretty good. -- nm - Remlik Jan 25, 19:54

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