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David Alert: Reddit AMA, I was Goofy at Walt Disney World for over 20 years! (This post is not for those who wish to preserve the Disney Magic) -- (link) - con_carne Dec 8, 09:18 1
- 20 years? Wow. I always imaged this was a job with a lot of turn-over. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:19
The best thing about the Microsoft purchase of LinkedIn is that I'll never have to remember my goddamn LinkedIn password again. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:10
I accidentally put on 2 necklaces today. i obviously have nothing on phil. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 09:09 1
- I mentally inserted a comma before the last word. :) -- nm - Baron Zero C Dec 8, 09:14
Georgia man who killed on cop and injured another yesterday is reportedly dead. -- (link) - ty97 Dec 8, 09:08
Heh. Reddit Showerthought is pretty much on the nose with this one - con_carne Dec 8, 09:03
guys, courtney ran away last week and her boyfriend hid her out just over the state line at his grandmother's house. - university of amanda jones Dec 8, 08:57 30
- I missed several episodes of this show. I don't know who Courtney and Phil are. -- nm - sycor Dec 8, 09:18 2
  - nobody does! - university of amanda jones Dec 8, 09:20
  - I don't think anyone can ever really *know* Courtney and Phil. That's the problem. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 09:20
- *wonders if the grandmother is in trouble too* -- nm - JenBro Dec 8, 09:02 23
  - phil's mom knew he was taking her, so she's in some trouble too. and she's a *teacher* locally, so... that might be bad. - university of amanda jones Dec 8, 09:05 22
    - can't he face federal charges too? -- nm - decline Dec 8, 09:08 10
      - I asked. right now it's just things like child endangerment and lying to the cops etc. they'll get into this more once they find him - university of amanda jones Dec 8, 09:11 9
        
        Get out! Phil is in the friggin wind!! -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 09:12 1
        
        Run Phil! Run! - ty97 Dec 8, 09:13
        
        Have they, um, checked his grandmother's house? -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 09:11 6
        
        he was there when they drove up to get courtney, but local cops said that they couldn't hold him (some warrant complexity, I think) so - university of amanda jones Dec 8, 09:14 5
        
        I have this vision of him running through a wooded lot - no leaves on the trees - branches leaving scratch marks on his face and hands - falling down - JenBro Dec 8, 09:16 4
        
        dogs..are there baying dogs?? -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 09:21 1
        
        YES ... god - how could I have forgotten the dogs! -- nm - JenBro Dec 8, 09:23
        
        hope he remembered his shoes. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 09:19 1
        
        ROTFLMAO -- nm - JenBro Dec 8, 09:23
    - Is phil also a teenager? -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 09:07 10
      - he's 20. appar he quit his job a month ago to plan this drama with courtney so he's also been stealing money from his parents. - university of amanda jones Dec 8, 09:08 9
        
        this should be on Bravo. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 09:10
        
        it's all very romantic -- nm - decline Dec 8, 09:10 4
        
        I'm pulling for these crazy kids to make it! -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 09:10 3
        
        it feels very 70s and Jodie Foster should be in it with feathered hair, a satin jacket and clogs. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 09:11 2
        
        Little Foxes: Part 2 teenage runaway boogaloo -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 09:23 1
        
        hells yes. -- nm - Diva Dec 9, 06:29
        
        We're the kids in America, whoa-oh -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 09:09 2
        
        good earworm. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 09:14
        
        lol -- nm - JenBro Dec 8, 09:11
- what's a helleborine tramp? -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:59 2
  - not sure, but I might enjoy finding out. -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 09:00 1
    - *likes* -- nmbg -- (edited) - Spawn Dec 8, 09:01
TNF: OAK@KC - Turf issues. Reports of ice on the field overnight. -- (link) - budice Dec 8, 08:52 4
- Whatever slows down Amari Cooper is approved. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 8, 09:03
- George Toma to the rescue! -- nm - Baron Zero C Dec 8, 08:57
- they should go buy a bunch of hairdryers and defrost that -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:53 1
  - for fields that don't have underground piping, that's not inaccurate -- nm - ML Dec 8, 08:56
R.I.P. Greg Lake, 69 -- (link) - mud Dec 8, 08:48 3
- Damn it. 2016 can kiss my ass. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 08:55 2
  - I Believe In Father Christmas -- (link) - mud Dec 8, 08:59 [youtube]
  - heh -- (link) - budice Dec 8, 08:58
some background on the new secretary of labor.... - x Dec 8, 08:44 9
- Humans should only pay money, never expect it in return. - David Dec 8, 09:00
- He's also against both a minimum wage increase and overtime protection. -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:48 7
  - "Under a Trump Presidency, the American Worker will finally have a president who will protect them and fight for them." -- nm - Trump in PA on 6/28/2016 Dec 8, 08:51 3
    - There's no disconnect here. In GOP speak, this means cutting away regulations that stifle growth. -- (edited) - Mop Dec 8, 08:52 2
      - More like 12 month old robots going into the coal mines. And Amazon's almost fully automated supermarket. Driverless trucks -- nm - JD Dec 8, 08:55 1
        
        Cynical but true. We're looking at a jobless future and we need to find a way to deal with that. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:11
  - Secretary Against Labor -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 08:50 2
    - That describes many of his cabinet posts so far. I agree with Dawson from yesterday, the extreme right turn in the face of a popular vote loss is - pmb Dec 8, 09:02
    - but he loves women in bikinis -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:59
They must have changed some spawn sites, because I can now sometimes catch a Pokemon from my couch. - ty97 Dec 8, 08:34 5
- That's usually the problem with Spawn sites. -- nm - Qale Dec 8, 08:59 1
  - You git what you git and you don't throw a fit. -- nm - Spawn Dec 8, 09:00
- I am hoarding pidgey candy in case there is a double xp event over xmas. I have over 900 pidgey candy. -- nm - university of amanda jones Dec 8, 08:53 1
  - I'm happy to catch pidgeys as I need a number more before I'm ready to use my last (*sniffle*) lucky egg on an evolution bonanza -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 08:55
- They heard you had trouble walking over to the next block for the still-open Subway, so they're throwing you a bone -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 08:39
What are office parties? What are offices? -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 08:33 3
- ty97 at home -- (link) - Spawn Dec 8, 08:41 1
  - Even before I clicked, I knew. Still funny. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 08:43
- you should have one in your house today -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:33
I feel like someone else here is using Project Fi. If you load the Fi app there is a snowflake. - sycor Dec 8, 08:31
I'd forgotten Microsoft had bought LinkedIn. Deal has closed and Microsoft has announced their future plans. -- (link) - Mop Dec 8, 08:28 1
- Think Tinder but with resumes -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 08:29
Dangit, one of the gifts I ordered off Amazon is shippiing from China. Guess I better have a backup plan. -- nm - Baron Zero C Dec 8, 08:24 3
- I understand....it's impossible to find good quality Lemon Wacky Hello stateside -- nm - prayformojo Dec 8, 08:26
- like go to China and pick it up? -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:25 1
  - Actually I was thinking of dialing up General Chang. -- nm - Baron Zero C Dec 8, 08:38
Houston has decided on Lane Kiffin -- nm - budice Dec 8, 08:22 1
- and his beer-flavored nipples. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 08:23
Guns N' Roses tickets: purchased. - Name Withheld by Request Dec 8, 08:21 2
- 13 is more accurate. Remlik and I were quite pleased. -- (link) - Spawn Dec 8, 08:46 1
  - I've watched a couple of decent boots on YouTube and have been pleasantly surprised at Axl thus far. - Name Withheld by Request Dec 8, 09:35
The snow barely made an impact, but the freezing rain has come with a vengeance. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 08:20
6.8-magnitude earthquake strikes off north coast of California -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 08:16 13
- Excellent. That'll relieve tension on all the West Coast faults for centuries. We're good, people! -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 08:24 11
  - Hey now. If STers get to joke about earthquakes, then Californians get to joke about literally every other kind of natural disaster/phenomenon - con_carne Dec 8, 08:35 10 1
    - Uh, mop and myself are both on fault lines. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 08:36 9
      - "The Big One" jokes then -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 08:47 6
        
        Two words: Cascadia Fault. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 08:50 5
        
        someone go pull The Rock off a movie set and get him prepped -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 08:55 2
        
        "My God, civilization has been wiped out completely! The roads, buildings... all gone!" "No, this is just Oregon." -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 09:13 1
        
        Ore-gone - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:18
        
        C'mon man - con_carne Dec 8, 08:53
        
        One band name: Subduction Zone -- nm* - Beryllium Dec 8, 08:53
      - here in MA we've had quakes and tornadoes in the last couple of years. (the World is literally falling apart.) -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 08:37 1
        
        Thanks Trump! -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:38
- No tsunami warning. Probably a foreshock of the Boxing Day quake I predicted. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 08:20
The Browns confirmed that Robert Griffin III will start on Sunday against Cincinnati. -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 08:12
Falcons sign CB Robert Alford to 4-year extension, worth $38M ($21M guaranteed) -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 08:09
Oh good...the toddler is squealing. - Mel Profit Dec 8, 08:04 10
- Is this a drop off situation? is your cube the new firestation safe place? -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 08:09 5
  - It seems to be a Child Care issue. Mom having to bring Cindi in. I'm cool with it. It's different. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 08:12 4
    - This is quite common around here. I've collected coloring books and random toys on a table in a corner for this reason. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 08:14 3
      - Sure Mop - decline Dec 8, 08:15 2
        
        It's sad that I've already thought of two worse burns than this. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 08:17 1
        
        I'm pulling a punch as well. we're getting old. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 08:19
- She probably just needs a toy. Give her your stapler to play with -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:05 2
  - a couple permanent markers -- nm* - Beaker Dec 8, 08:10 1
    - I do have a few pairs of scissors... -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 08:12
- Don't touch it or the mom won't take it back. -- nm - Baron Zero C Dec 8, 08:05
Our office holiday party will take place on the 20th. There will be no restrictions or limits to cocktails. And there is always an after party where -- (edited) - Diva Dec 8, 08:00 24
- ours is tomorrow at 1 - close up office and party here - pot luck and office buys whatever booze we want. I just got cheese for my dish from the - JenBro Dec 8, 09:06 4
  - sounds divine! -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 09:08
  - hmm...I'm liking the sound of that cheese board... -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 09:08 2
    - this cheese shop has been SUCH a blessing - the girl knows her stuff and gets some great cheese -- nm - JenBro Dec 8, 09:10 1
      - man, I *heart* me a good cheesemonger. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 09:12
- *applies for a job* -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 08:32
- Ours was yesterday - it was a cash bar only and the drinks were expensive at Dave & Busters - Epiphany Dec 8, 08:08 6
  - how does the ugly sweater match with the sweggings? Is this a look you can make happen? -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 08:20 5
    - meh - the ugly sweater was too high class for the sweggings - it had two bags of press on bows on it. - Epiphany Dec 8, 08:30 4
      - and my sweggings had the magnet protector still on it - I had to get it taken off last night - Epiphany Dec 8, 08:31 3
        
        I feel bad about the gas but the entire Sweggings Saga is making me laugh. - Diva Dec 8, 08:35 2
        
        I had a chest full of BOWS! - Epiphany Dec 8, 08:41 1
        
        How festive! -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 08:44
- Please come home smashed... - Mel Profit Dec 8, 08:05 4
  - It took me 25 minutes to get to bed. - Diva Dec 8, 08:19 3
    - *giggling* -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 08:35
    - The 12 mins it took you to brush your teeth were some of the funniest mins I've experienced. -- (edited) - Mel Profit Dec 8, 08:26 1
      - ah - I see. Sent you an email. - Diva Dec 8, 08:28
- nice. Ours is a dinner this Saturday night. 1/2 the people going don't drink -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:05
- our office holiday party is friday from 3-5. there will be no drinks. it is also a retirement party for craig, our VP, who is not respected by anyone - university of amanda jones Dec 8, 08:04 3
  - tailgate! -- nm - groiny Dec 8, 08:14
  - you should slip Craig a mickey to get the party rolling -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:08 1
    - you have no idea how much I don't want to go to this thing. it is my sincerest hope that I can duck out before craig makes his speech. - university of amanda jones Dec 8, 08:12
- !! -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 08:04
72,000 of the 260,000 donations Planned Parenthood has received since Nov 8th have been from "Mike Pence" -- (link*) - Beaker Dec 8, 07:54 4 1
- *reminder* I have to do this still. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 07:59 1
  - yonh. -- nm - Diva Dec 8, 08:00
- I wonder what he'll spend his tax rebate on. -- nm - Roger More Dec 8, 07:55 1
  - *finger to nose* -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 08:17
this bloomberg piece on how google is finally reining in spending at alphabet has the best description of google ever.... - x Dec 8, 07:54
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- Wasn't there some fishy stuff about her leaving the US Atty gig? -- nm - decline Dec 8, 07:56 1
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- I wonder how that even works. So you write a report and... what? It gets buried? They threaten to fire you if you don't change the data? -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 08:23 2
  - The Pentagon just got caught burying their report on $125B in graft. Smothering a climate change report ain't no big thing -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:33 1
    - (not graft, inefficiency) -- nm - Roger More Dec 8, 08:37
- We're assuming all these people will be confirmed, I guess? -- nm - mara Dec 8, 08:01 7
  - they'll all sail in. republicans stick together. it how they took the party of no to controlling near everything.... - x Dec 8, 08:07 1
    - small-r republicanism is a farce. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 08:29
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  - Why wouldn't they be? -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 08:02 2
    - I thought there might be a few moderate Republicans in the Senate who wouldn't vote to confirm, but I really have no idea. -- (link) - mara Dec 8, 08:20 1
      - unfortunately, they will probably all toe-the-line rather than go against the party -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:21
  - I don't see anything to stop the confirmations -- nm - decline Dec 8, 08:02
- epa...nm - x Dec 8, 07:56
- yeah, EPA is probably in for the worst of it -- nm - decline Dec 8, 07:53
This is a Raw Story link (apologies, can't find better source): NY Firefighter set fire to own home, apparently tried to blame it on Black Lives Matte -- (link) - ty97 Dec 8, 07:51 2
- There's a link to the WBNG article right in the story. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 08:16
- sounds reasonable -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 07:52
The next 4 years of the Labor Department's commercials are gonna be lit! -- nm - decline Dec 8, 07:50

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