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Have you ever wanted to dress up as Anne Frank for Halloween? Well, too bad. The costume's been pulled. -- (link) - Mop Oct 17, 10:17 3
- wouldn't you love to have recordings of various product decision meetings? -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 10:22 2
  - I want to believe that they produced it for historical plays/projects or whatever, but the model smiling so cheerfully is in really bad taste. -- nm - IrishStephen Oct 17, 10:26
  - "So, we'll sell the Anne Frank costume, for the gals and the accompanying "his" hitler costume will just fly off the shelves. Easy money." -- nm - Flavorize Oct 17, 10:24
Thank the gods that IR has a different meaning in the NHL compared to the NFL. -- nm - Shaun Oct 17, 10:11
LYC - my new password creation method for work accounts is 'Name of Musical act + Year I First Saw Them." You should do it, it's fun. -- nm - Andie Oct 17, 10:02 7
- Speaking of passwords, everyone should be using two factor authentication for any and all accounts that have that feature. -- nm - Shaun Oct 17, 10:17
- Patterns on a keyboard for me, people ask me my password. Couldnt even tell them -- nm - budice Oct 17, 10:15
- I've fallen too many times for the ol' andieHack. Not again. -- nm - prayformojo Oct 17, 10:08
- my machine would lockdown when the pass is Rush1993 and I keep typing RushSucks -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 10:05 2
  - clearly your machine is smart. -- nm* - Remlik Oct 17, 10:06 1
    - The bummer with Andie's idea is that I hate long passwords and the only group with a shorter name than Rush that I can recall seeing is REM -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 10:08
- I'd run out of passwords pretty quickly... -- nm - IrishStephen Oct 17, 10:02
Star Trek Deep Space Nine photo shoot for Variety... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 17, 09:58 2
- I'd still let Terry Farrell follow me on Twitter - crash davis Oct 17, 10:06 1
  - Her and Chase Masterson. Terry is marrying Adam Nimoy, Spock's son -- nm - Remlik Oct 17, 10:07
my carpet installers are calling tomorrow morning to let me know what time tomorrow they're installing my carpet. this seems inconvenient. - amanda jones state university Oct 17, 09:58 1
- agreed -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 09:59
No Bull: There's a Bull on the loose in New York, Prospect Park -- (link) - budice Oct 17, 09:56 1
- now they need a fearless girl -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 10:22
"patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" -- nm - mud Johnson Oct 17, 09:54 2
- we call it "spurious nationalism" now -- nm - McCain Oct 17, 10:23
- I read this as "plagiarism," at first. -- nm - Flavorize Oct 17, 10:17
Han Solo movie officially titled => Solo: A Star Wars Story -- (link) - budice Oct 17, 09:49 3
- Will the Boba Fett movie be called "Boba" or "Fett"? -- nm - Mop Oct 17, 09:58 2
  - The Fett -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 10:23
  - Boba Sweat: My time in the Sarlacc Pit -- nm - Flavorize Oct 17, 10:06
It's Starbond adjust day. -- nm - LMS Oct 17, 09:49
Active Shooter Reported at Howard University; Investigation Underway -- (link) - ty97 Oct 17, 09:48
Hey ST, I'm curious if any of you have direct experience (you/your kid/students etc) with ABA (applied behavior analysis)? If so, could you email me? -- (edited) - kelly Oct 17, 09:48
A fad I've fallen hard for lately is salt. I've got pink Himalayan salt, black Hawaiian salt, fine white sea salt, coarse white sea salt, kosher salt, - crash davis Oct 17, 09:44 11
- So if I were making sea salt chocolate candies, I'd use coarse regular sea salt probably right? - sycor Oct 17, 10:08 8
  - I think coarse is the texture you want. And I just happened to be in the spice section of my Walmart and there was black Hawaiian -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 10:10 7
    - Having never used anything but regular salt, is there a big difference in the taste of pink and black and regular sea salt? - sycor Oct 17, 10:16 6
      - Just get some regular white sea salt and I think you'll be amazed by the difference between it and regular iodized. - crash davis Oct 17, 10:19 5
        
        Yeah for the candy I figured the white would be fine. I bought fine and coarse but haven't used them yet. - sycor Oct 17, 10:23 1
        
        as below I like the black on beef, but pink would work well too -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 10:25
        
        the IM is referring to the difference between black and pink and white -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 10:20 2
        
        My experience is much more limited, I feel like pink draws out flavors and fats a bit more. Put some pink on a steak or with your bread+butter, and - Flavorize Oct 17, 10:23 1
        
        yeah, the reason I go for black instead of pink on steaks is visual -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 10:24
- We have a local restaurant, named Salt. It gives you all of the above on your plate for different dishes and appetizers. Pink definitely rocks -- nm - Flavorize Oct 17, 10:05 1
  - That place sounds like it would be fun to visit for a meal -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 10:11
Damn, Kim, what a spanking. -- nm - Amoxy Oct 17, 09:35 1
- David'd Backyard Adventures Volume #105 is out? -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 09:36
(Dawson signal) It’s a Fact: Supreme Court Errors Aren’t Hard to Find -- (link) - ty97 Oct 17, 09:35 2
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where can I go for "how much is the stock market up from DATE to DATE?" thanks. -- nm - amanda jones state university Oct 17, 09:34
LIR from yesterday - PFM - Ozark ending and why it sucked *spoils* - Epiphany Oct 17, 09:27 2
- OK, but how did you *really* feel? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 17, 09:34 1
  - *snort* -- nm - Epiphany Oct 17, 09:39
I’m at a session about a workplace change our team is going through. Time so far dedicated to discussing the change - zero - Roger More Oct 17, 09:27 2
- Plus they started the meeting at 12:12. Who does that? -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 09:27 1
  - At 12, but people needed to get pizza, sit down, etc -- nm - Roger More Oct 17, 09:32
Houston Nutt Settles, Gets An Apology From Ole Miss -- (link) - Beaker Oct 17, 09:26
I'm so excited. - Covington Oct 17, 09:22 [youtube] 3
- if this is a pol, I'm so excited that I'm getting new carpet tomorrow!!!! -- nm - amanda jones state university Oct 17, 09:35
- plus zombie Sonny? -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 09:24
- Congrats! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 17, 09:23
Wait, you guys are dissing the Naked Egg Taco?! - IrishStephen Oct 17, 09:22 7
- TBF I don't like the concept of fast food eggs in general. That said -- (edited) - ty97 Oct 17, 09:26 1
  - This. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 17, 09:36
- I've never tried any of the Taco Bell breakfasts. I just can't bring myself to. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 17, 09:25 3
  - This is me with fast food breakfast: "But I've already taken a poop this morning. No time for that again." -- nm - con_carne Oct 17, 09:33
  - I can agree with this. I was envisioning it as a late night snack or some-such. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 09:28
  - The breakfast crunch wraps are also very good. - IrishStephen Oct 17, 09:27
- Not all of us. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 09:22
poll: would you eat this? -- (link) - amanda jones state university Oct 17, 09:21 31
- Sounds yummy. -- nm - jnine Oct 17, 10:18
- Yep--I'm sure it's tasty. I want to try charcoal ice cream -- nm - Flavorize Oct 17, 10:07
- I'd try it but I don't expect i would like it. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 17, 09:37
- I’d try it but I never really liked squash -- nm - Roger More Oct 17, 09:35 2
  - Also, would you try this? -- (link) - Roger More Oct 17, 09:36 1
    - do not want, I don't think. I would try it but not make it, I think. -- nm - amanda jones state university Oct 17, 09:38
- Sure, I’d try it. -- nm - kelly, bobcat Oct 17, 09:32
- I'd give it a try -- nm - Remlik Oct 17, 09:31
- Oh! By the way, if you still like making ice cream, I made the bestest Mango sorbet this weekend, by trying a new trick: invert sugar -- (edited) - Guigue Oct 17, 09:30
- Sure. Same way I'd eat pumpkin pie ice cream. -- nm - Shaun Oct 17, 09:27
- i luv luv lub butternut squash so yeah -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 09:24 4
  - you're an odd bird. -- nm - groiny Oct 17, 09:25 3
    - cube up a butternut, saute it with onions and spinach and I am happy -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 09:27 2
      - and kid, your face is the odd bird -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 09:27 1
        
        This was the correct response. -- nm - spamlet Oct 17, 09:29
- I can see that -- nm - con_carne Oct 17, 09:24
- sure, we just had a squash cooked like that with spaghetti sauce on top, tasty (low carb spaghetti) -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 09:24
- I'd totally taste it to find out -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 09:24 2
  - This. I expect it's more cinnamonny than anything. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 17, 09:26
  - This -- nm - Covington Oct 17, 09:24
- Vegetables don’t belong in ice cream! -- nm - IrishStephen Oct 17, 09:23 6
  - Good news, squashes are fruit! -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 09:30 5
    - His point still stands. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 09:32
    - Get this guy some tomato ice cream, stat! -- nm - IrishStephen Oct 17, 09:32 3
      - I’ve had tomato and basil sorbet, it was really good. (Not ice cream tho) -- nm - Roger More Oct 17, 09:35 2
        
        Yeah, the acidity of it would be a problem for ice cream - Reagen Oct 17, 09:53
        
        blergh -- nm - IrishStephen Oct 17, 09:52
- with extreme enthusiasm -- nm - Epiphany Oct 17, 09:23
- Hell. No. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 09:22
- NOPE -- nm - groiny Oct 17, 09:22
- oh yeah. totally -- nm - prayformojo Oct 17, 09:22
Updating something from yesterday: The Dark Tower is now Ultraviolet *AND* Movies Anywhere on Vudu. -- nm - David Oct 17, 09:17 4
- Does that mean it's now showing up in shared collections? -- nm - Mop Oct 17, 09:20 3
  - I haven't bought it yet. Give me a bit. -- nm - David Oct 17, 09:22 2
    - you are going to need to think about this. Its not a good movie -- nm - Epiphany Oct 17, 09:24 1
      - It's not, but we wanted to watch it in theaters. When that happens, I always buy the digital copy. -- nm - David Oct 17, 09:26
more godawful news from Florida: Pensacola child dies after 325-pound adult sat on her as punishment - crash davis Oct 17, 09:17
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus launch trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Oct 17, 09:16 [youtube] 1
- Why so mean to Nazis?! -- nm - Mop Oct 17, 09:21
"You should show her Space Balls. That's like Star Wars...with jokes!" -- nm - David Oct 17, 09:08 1
- (I'm absolutely head over heels in love with Me, Myself, and I.) -- nm - David Oct 17, 09:19
Today's magic words are: Switch providers. - Shaun Oct 17, 09:01 10
- Speaking of Switch, new Splatoon2 Nintendo Switch bundle with green and pink controllers -- (link) - budice Oct 17, 09:05
- Must be nice to have a choice. -- nm - spamlet Oct 17, 09:03 6
  - I actually don't, but they don't know that. Rogers is my only option for proper high-speed webz. -- nm - Shaun Oct 17, 09:06 3
    - Are there any third-party providers? I'm on the Videotron network, but eBox is my ISP -- nm - Guigue Oct 17, 09:32
    - no Fibre? -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 09:19 1
      - Nope. -- nm - Shaun Oct 17, 09:27
  - Really? You live in the sticks? -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 09:04 1
    - There are other providers but no real competition if I want decent service and speed. - spamlet Oct 17, 09:06
- yeah, I've got to call this week. -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 09:02 1
  - Screw calling. Just use the site's live chat or go to Facebook and message their account on there. -- nm - Shaun Oct 17, 09:04
LIR: Habit Burger is that place that Consumer Reports unexpectedly called the best burger chain in America a few years back - con_carne Oct 17, 08:59 2
- Yes, they’re very good; my only complaint is not being able to order a burger medium rare because they’re considered “fast food.” - IrishStephen Oct 17, 09:09
- And I just discovered it was the place I stopped at driving down the coast in 2011 :-) -- (link) - Meg Oct 17, 09:01 [Backboard]
Hayley Atwell dresses to impress at BFI Awards -- (link*) - budice Oct 17, 08:55 5
- she is so much better looking when not in photographs. - groiny Oct 17, 08:57 3
  - I'm going to agree -- nm - Epiphany Oct 17, 09:00 1
    - She's even more gorgeous in person! - IrishStephen Oct 17, 09:17
  - ... in bed. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 09:00
- Alternate link -- (link*) - budice Oct 17, 08:56
I am certain it can be that bad. That was the glossed up fake food photo meant to look appetizing and it looked gross - ty97 Oct 17, 08:53 5
- Spirit of Adventure ty, spirit! -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 09:04 1
  - This is not what I had in mind when I said breakfast taco! -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 09:08
- I don't think I would eat it. like, what's in it? is it taco meat? or is it eggs? eggs inside of eggs? isn't that cannibalism? -- nm - amanda jones state university Oct 17, 08:54 2
  - It's apparently a breakfast thing: potatoes, cheese, and bacon or sausage inside the egg taco -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 08:56
  - "Listen to your friend [patryk], he's a cool dude!" -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 08:56
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- My guess is that this happened because of airlines being very sensitive to this topic and wanting to show respect. - ty97 Oct 17, 08:57 3
  - "A flight attendant told her that singing "The Star Spangled Banner" would make passengers from other countries uncomfortable, she said." - IrishStephen Oct 17, 09:59
  - people seem way more interested in upholding the symbol of something instead of its spirit - Reagen Oct 17, 09:00 1
    - I liked the picture of the guy at an NFL game wearing a STAND FOR THE ANTHEM t-shirt while sitting on an American Flag blanket. -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 09:03
- These are important issues, Jose. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 08:53
Odds on new QB in GB this season per Bovada -- (link) - budice Oct 17, 08:51 4
- Hello Romo! -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 08:58 2
  - hmm, sit in a booth making millions or get beat on by 300 lbs giants making millions? decisions decisions -- nm - Beaker Oct 17, 09:20 1
    - Well, he has the best odds listed. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 09:21
- *giggling like a loon* - Epiphany Oct 17, 08:57
is a taco a sandwich? -- nm - amanda jones state university Oct 17, 08:50 3
- Much more so than a poptart, less than a torta -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 08:52 1
  - It's more a pita than a poptart, but still not a torta. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 17, 09:02
- More of a folded pizza. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 08:51
Less, indeed. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 08:50

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