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You ever have those moments where you're talking with a coworker about something normal, like liking Vietnamese food, and then - Reagen Jan 29, 14:40 4
- don't eats the fried food, they angrify the bloods -- nm - Satchel Paige Jan 29, 14:51
- Dr. Oz said so that one time on his show -- nm - mr. plow Jan 29, 14:41 1
  - metabolically, vinegar and alcohol are basically identical to your body - Reagen Jan 29, 14:44
- and these other stories from Around the Web -- nm - sponsored by ClickSucker Jan 29, 14:41
Why yes, I *was* cut off by someone almost missing their highway exit and very nearly hit today, thanks for asking. -- nm - Tim Jan 29, 14:26 4
- Welcome to L.A. pal -- nm - budice Jan 29, 14:31
- You know vat to do, white man from town. -- nm - Gypsy Jan 29, 14:30
- Really, what god, goddess or gypsy did you piss off? You seem to be suffering from a curse. -- nm* - nic to be determined Jan 29, 14:30
- ok, fine, I'll order more bubble wrap. geez. -- nm - b. Jan 29, 14:27
Peruvian volcano El Misti has awoken from its 600-year slumber -- (link) - mr. plow Jan 29, 14:25
I love getting shareholder proxy info even if I basically never use them - Reagen Jan 29, 14:25
i'm gutted they didn't send miss smuttah to the BAFTA Tea in LA -- (link) - mr. plow Jan 29, 14:24 [youtube]
"Chargers agree in principle to join Rams in LA." -- nm - ML Jan 29, 14:17 4
- This is my shocked face -- nm - iSpam Jan 29, 14:20
- Hope this increases the chances of Raiders going to Vegas. -- nm - Jovian Jan 29, 14:20
- (note that they haven't exercised their right to move, so this is the equivalent of placing a hotel reservation) -- nm - ML Jan 29, 14:19
- now with twice the teams that nobody will bother driving to Inglewood to watch -- nm - mr. plow Jan 29, 14:18
Just back from the grocery store...... -- nm - prayformojo Jan 29, 14:17 18
- and. Poll: in the store, you do open the carton to check to see if eggs are broken? I usually have to go through 4-5 cartons before I find one - prayformojo Jan 29, 14:19 14
  - It's rare that find a broken one, but since we buy brown eggs half of them are tiny, large my butt -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 29, 15:53
  - We don't really buy eggs. -- nm - David's Pad Jan 29, 14:41
  - Yes. So far, so good st Sams Club. I hardly ever find broken ones there. -- nm - kelly Jan 29, 14:28
  - Yes. I rarely find one that has a broken egg -- nm - amoxy Jan 29, 14:27
  - Yes. Never grab the top one. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 14:22
  - always a nd shift around eggs from other cartons if I have to. -- nm* - nic to be determined Jan 29, 14:21
  - Yes and what the hell do people do to eggs in your neck of the woods? -- nm - iSpam Jan 29, 14:20 3
    - right? at the same time, I never see other people checking the cartons -- nm - prayformojo Jan 29, 14:21 2
      - 4-5 is high, but I've had to check a few many times. also, I always check that I'm getting the latest date. some stores don't have them in order. -- nm* - b. Jan 29, 14:29 1
        
        (is it just me who reorders things sometimes?) -- nm - b. Jan 29, 14:30
  - Of course. Usually the first one I open is good to go -- nm - con_carne Jan 29, 14:20
  - always. -- nm - b. Jan 29, 14:20 1
    - this -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 29, 14:25
  - i haven't bought eggs in years, but when i do, yes -- nm - mr. plow Jan 29, 14:20
- I was surprised how hard it was to find semolina flour. Spent 20 damn minutes in the baking aisle. 20 different kinds of flour, no semolina - prayformojo Jan 29, 14:18 1
  - Bob's Red Mill -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 29, 22:38
- sorry, budget -- nm - mr. plow Jan 29, 14:17
Deadpool clip -- (link) - budice Jan 29, 14:15
Clinton Emails: None Were Classified When They Were Sent -- (link) - budice Jan 29, 14:12 11
- Surprise. -- nm - David's Pad Jan 29, 14:37
- Which of course, was not the original statement Hillary gave regarding the subject -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 29, 14:27 8
  - I mean, it's not like we can stop Republicans from looking for the pony. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 14:43 6
    - If only their politicians received this level of scrutiny... -- nm - David's Pad Jan 29, 14:44 4
      - You're right. NY Times is full of angry Republicans with a vendetta. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 14:49 3
        
        link to a positive NYT story about Hillary. i dare you to find one -- nm - mr. plow Jan 29, 14:50 1
        
        NYT is part of the VRWC? -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 14:55
        
        Thanks but I already knew I was right. -- (edited) - David's Pad Jan 29, 14:50
    - the "no takebacks" doctrine is well-settled law -- nm - mr. plow Jan 29, 14:44
  - busted, Hillary! - mr. plow Jan 29, 14:29
- same as it was six months ago -- nm - mr. plow Jan 29, 14:12
Ole Miss charged with rules violations in football, W bask and track by NCAA -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 29, 14:02 2
- (4 days before signing day) -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 14:05 1
  - someone I follow is there with her son right now, ahead of that. whoops. -- (edited) - b. Jan 29, 14:11
Looks like the US will buy 500 F-35s before we know if they even work. -- (link) - iSpam Jan 29, 13:39 8
- Noooooooooooo!!!! -- nm - Jersey Jan 29, 14:46
- Reminds me of the Bradley vehicle debacle -- (link) - budice Jan 29, 13:56
- Didn't anybody watch robocop? The bad guy's marketing plan, parts and maintainance over 20 years is why they underbid, $$ is on the back end -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 29, 13:53
- this is really bad. but we're committed to it. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 29, 13:44 4
  - They get paid to build them and then to tear them down and retrofit them! -- nm - iSpam Jan 29, 13:55
  - Deal of the Century -- nm - mr. plow Jan 29, 13:46 2
    - "just a little touch up, my man. just a little touch up." -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 29, 13:49 1
      - It'll fly -- nm - Bondo F-35 Jan 29, 13:50
GOP debate scores 12.5 million viewers. 2nd highest telecast in Fox News channel history. - Jovian Jan 29, 13:37 2
- but only half of what the first Fox debate drew (with Trump) last summer -- (link) - mr. plow Jan 29, 13:40 1
  - So when are you marrying Trump anyways? -- nm - Jovian Jan 29, 14:00
this new yorker radio podcast may be of interest to some here - lin-manuel miranda, marc maron, and the broads of "broad city" nm but: -- (link*) - b. Jan 29, 13:36 1
I have 86,000 Caps in Fallout 4. And 3,000 purified waters. - Jovian Jan 29, 13:27
I'm glad there's increasing transparency about this, but it's freaking scary. "drug shortages forcing hard choices on rationing treatments" nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 29, 13:22 8
- I'm still unclear as to the why? -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 29, 14:47 1
  - the third paragraph has what's behind most of it. with some less frequently used drugs, in particular, there can be one location that produces them - - b. Jan 29, 14:51
- as long as i get mine first -- nm - mr. plow Jan 29, 13:23 2
  - #Merica! -- nm - Qale Jan 29, 14:27 1
    - pharma bros gotta wu -- nm - mr. plow Jan 29, 14:31
- Noooooooo! -- nm - 420 enthusiasts Jan 29, 13:23 2
  - don't worry, there's plenty of weed, yo. -- nm - decline Jan 29, 13:25 1
    - There was a blurb on the news today about mass quantities being shipped out of Colorado. -- nm - GregW Jan 29, 13:34
Bungie ‏@Bungie 4m4 minutes ago Fair Warning: Round Three of Iron Banner matchmaking changes have been deployed. Details in the BWU within the hour. -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 13:11 3
- This sounds like a debacle. -- nm - David Jan 29, 13:38 2
  - And I see now that Bungies President quit today. They're having a bad week. -- nm - David Jan 29, 13:56
  - either that or Spawn's asking for 4 BDSM man dates. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 29, 13:50
Friday philosophy -- (link) - ty97 Jan 29, 13:10 1
- And this -- (link) - Spawn Jan 29, 13:16
The whole idea of the caucus system offends my inner dictator. I'll be relieved when we don't have to hear the word anymore. -- nm - Max Jan 29, 13:10 1
- Apparently only the democrats truly caucus, the reps do a straight vote, but you have to be there so that culls a few -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 29, 13:23
from way bb, that friday dance wasn't wrong, it was an excellent imitation of elaine benes's dance. :) - -- nm - b. Jan 29, 13:09
*snork* -- (link) - Spawn Jan 29, 13:06
a different kind of.. kitty break! nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 29, 13:05 1
- hey, that looks like the dopey cross-eyed worried k****n -- nm - mr. plow Jan 29, 13:24
ST Poll: Rank the 5 Star Trek Doctors (TV Series only). I rank them: - amoxy Jan 29, 13:02 12
- You are right I missed Polanski...She is so far down a turbo shaft, you can't see her -- nm - amoxy Jan 29, 14:06
- McCoy, The Doctor/Phlox, Bashir, Crusher - nic to be determined Jan 29, 14:00
- McCoy, Bashir, The Doctor, Crusher, Phlox. I loved the spy stuff Bashir did on DS9, plus he was friends with Garek -- nm* - Beaker Jan 29, 13:28
- 1 Bones.... 2 The Doctor... 3-5 are a toss up. -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 13:03 8
  - Crusher had her moments (where's Polanski?), Bashir was fun...Phlox could go out an airlock for all I care. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 29, 13:43 7
    - Where's Polanski? Hopefully on Rura Penthe. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 13:55 6
      - this is so geeky even I don't get the reference. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 29, 13:58 5
        
        It's OK, Mel. Not every species keeps their genitals in the same place. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 14:25
        
        and I do. rura penthe is the klingon jail planet where survival was usually less than one year. - b. Jan 29, 14:02 3
        
        it was in both "enterprise" and the 6th movie. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 29, 14:04 2
        
        *points* GEEK! -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 29, 14:10 1
        
        haha, I self-described that way. -- nm - b. Jan 29, 14:11
Sounds like Dirty Grandpa won a full Kermodian rant. May not wait until Monday to listen to the podcast. -- nm - iSpam Jan 29, 12:59
Hey Beaker, not quite. -- (link) - Spawn Jan 29, 12:58 3
- that is so wrong. -- nm - b. Jan 29, 12:59 2
  - But still funny. -- nm - iSpam Jan 29, 13:08
  - But when you think about the father and child aspects of the movie... -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 13:00
Yes I Can Haz A Dinger!!! -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 12:53
Massive search for 2 outstanding escapees going on a couple of miles south of here - and about - Meg Jan 29, 12:50 7
- Are people freaking out? I would imagine it's unnerving. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 29, 12:52 6
  - These guys really do not want to go down again, I'm surprised their gang hasn't done anything for them -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 29, 13:26 2
    - Only one of the remaining two is believed associated with the Vietnamese gangs. The *really* bad guy isn't. -- nm - Meg Jan 29, 13:33 1
      - Might explain why one turned himself in, cracked had an article on foreign words we have no concept of. ..in russia, gulag escapees would recruit a.. - zeitgeist Jan 29, 14:01
  - One friend lives near the Santa Ana riverbed where there was a great deal of activity earlier. - Meg Jan 29, 12:55 1
    - whoa. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 29, 12:56
  - I think if the two had got together and turned Hannibal in they would be free to go. -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 12:54
Monmouth Bench > Curtain of Distraction -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 12:44
woman who thinks she is a cat trapped in a human body break -- (link) - mr. plow Jan 29, 12:43 11
- #catlivesmatter -- nm - iSpam Jan 29, 13:00
- Nine LIves advertising -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 12:59
- Effing furries. -- nm - Qale Jan 29, 12:55
- heh, I saw this version the other night in snapchat. even more details, some of which were amusing. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 29, 12:47 7
  - "she has a superior sense sense of hearing and sight which allows her to hunt mice in the dark." -- nm - mr. plow Jan 29, 12:49 6
    - although the article says she claims never to have caught one. - Mel Profit Jan 29, 12:58 4
      - yep, also her sleeping in a sink. :) - -- nm - b. Jan 29, 13:00 3
        
        or trying to... -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 29, 13:01 2
        
        exactly. "well, meow, this isn't, meow, going, meow, quite the way I, meow, thought." -- nm - b. Jan 29, 13:04 1
        
        "*low cat growl*...who turned on the water again?" - Mel Profit Jan 29, 13:13
    - "Love to eat them mousies! Mousies what I love to eat. Bite they little heads off, nibble on they tiny feet!" -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 12:51
Still waiting on at least 4 1099s. Looks like NY State under withheld and NYC over withheld with makes no sense - ty97 Jan 29, 12:42 8
- I have like nine dozen 1099s this year. I should just pay someone to do my taxes honestly. - amanda jonas Jan 29, 13:06 3
  - (I've never done my own taxes) -- nm - decline Jan 29, 13:08 2
    - i stopped doing my own when i became self-employed. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 13:11
    - ^5 -- nm - Max Jan 29, 13:10
- you should just make some up in Word and print 'em off. It's not like the IRS checks that crap anyway -- nm* - decline Jan 29, 13:02
- Still need a w-2 and a 1099-int, and whatever I get from our current HSA -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 29, 12:45 2
  - And I just found the 1099. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 12:53 1
    - Keep looking. I am sure they are all there. -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 12:55
fun friday afternoon game: what is this creature? -- (link) - mr. plow Jan 29, 12:42 10
- A baby from "Home" -- nm - amoxy Jan 29, 12:58 1
  - *squick* -- nm - b. Jan 29, 12:58
- "I don't want to call it an alien, but it's definitely alien in form." -- nm - mr. plow Jan 29, 12:51 1
  - Awesome. -- nm - Trump Jan 29, 12:59
- elephant abortion -- nm - groiny Jan 29, 12:46
- it doesn't look like it's all from the same source, and I wonder if being soaked in alcohol affected it. -- nm - b. Jan 29, 12:45
- Baby Gizmo -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 12:44
- bat? -- nm - JenBro Jan 29, 12:44
- free pizza? -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 12:43
- chupacabra! -- nm - decline Jan 29, 12:43
~~For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—Nameless here for evermore. -- nm - decline Jan 29, 12:41
ST help - voting for me & my agency as Best Of - for insurance agency - insurance agent - friendliest service - WOO! Can vote more than once - - JenBro Jan 29, 12:41 9
- Did they data dump the entire phone book? There's a lot of categories -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 29, 13:19
- done! as with last time, I also voted for american spoon in a couple of places. :) - -- nm - b. Jan 29, 12:56
- oops - unintentional first here ... OH - and guess what else? We had Which Wich for lunch today too! - JenBro Jan 29, 12:44 6
  - y'all talking about it made me look for reviews of the one nearest to me - turns out it closed last fall, whoops. there is one closer to my mom.-- nm - b. Jan 29, 12:52 3
    - you have to fill out the order slip, which can be off-putting at first if you're not used to it -- nm - mr. plow Jan 29, 13:45 1
      - I remember that, other places have it, too, so nbd. I think maybe it was really hot in the restaurant. -- nm - b. Jan 29, 13:56
    - we actually had the first one the opened in Michigan (go figure?) - little Petoskey! -- nm - JenBro Jan 29, 12:55
  - It was ugly -- nm - JenBro's Shirt Jan 29, 12:45 1
    - giggles ... you would have DIED laughing ... I did NOT spill - but the agent sitting next to me - FIRST BITE - big plop dead center in his shirt - he - JenBro Jan 29, 12:54

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