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Canadians, I think we're finally almost ready to start our TFSA contributions. Recommendations? - Subversive May 28, 08:45 1
- i just saw some TD ad that mentioned they'll give you $10 for every $100 up to $200. check that out. -- nm - Andie May 28, 08:46
i just learned this: the title of the movie Life is Beautiful doesn't come from where i thought it came from - prayformojo May 28, 08:44
ST, meet patient zero. -- nm - loosilu on mobile May 28, 08:39 22
- That sucks. -- nm - JaxSean May 28, 08:50
- *dips laptop in boiling water* - colin May 28, 08:47
- A little late for that. -- nm - Spawn May 28, 08:47
- I've been out of the loop for a few days. Patient Zero for what? -- nm - HdnAgnda May 28, 08:44 3
  - the first ster to get swine flu I guess. -- nm - tRuMaN May 28, 08:47 2
    - Holy carp! ST's own P0? What now, Loosi? Lockdown at home? Official monitoring? -- nm - HdnAgnda May 28, 08:49 1
      - I'm in voluntary quarantine. -- nm - loosilu on mobile May 28, 08:52
- I knew it! -- nm - Nairobi airport woman May 28, 08:44 1
  - see, told you i didnt haveit in Nairobi. I didnt fee sick. *Now* I feel sick. -- nm - loosilu on mobile May 28, 08:53
- Redmond is effed. - TFox May 28, 08:44 2
  - Didn't he already have it? *notes the connection* -- nm - pmb May 28, 08:49 1
    - dont think he did. -- nm - loosilu on mobile May 28, 08:55
- link -- (link) - Andie May 28, 08:43 2
  - ha! -- nm - JaxSean May 28, 08:51
  - Can bery put a link at the top so we can take up a loosi collection for this stuff? -- nm - Spawn May 28, 08:50
- This would be cool if it was 3 weeks ago. -- nm - Shaun May 28, 08:43
- oh, wow. -- nm - Callisto May 28, 08:43
- No way -- nm - con_carne May 28, 08:40 3
  - Yep. -- nm - loosilu on mobile May 28, 08:41 2
    - So can we call this ironic? I'm never sure anymore. -- nm - Alanis Morrisette si May 28, 08:42 1
      - maybe! i knew i was at risk since it's in DC. -- nm - loosilu on mobile May 28, 08:44
- sucka -- nm - tRuMaN May 28, 08:40
Tony Eury Jr is out as Dale Jr's crew chief. - Will Hunting May 28, 08:35 2
- he's being a real bonehead this year -- nm - prayformojo May 28, 08:36 1
  - If his name was anything other than Earnhardt, he'd be bouncing around like any number of veterans...if he ever got to the Cup series -- nm - Will Hunting May 28, 08:37
OK, I rewatched the Bad Lieutenant trailer - this time with sound. - Beryllium May 28, 08:33
Has anyone here heard of something called "Couch to 5K"? I've seen some folks on FB discussing it. - kelly May 28, 08:26 11
- I do the Couch to Bed program nightly -- nm - con_carne May 28, 08:33
- yeah, I did it several years ago and definitely built up to being able to run more than 5k easily. - Callisto May 28, 08:31 8
  - I bought running shoes (at Costco) 2 weeks ago, with the thought that I'm going to try and start jogging. - JaxSean May 28, 08:38
  - Yeah, I'm not sure my knees can handle it - but I'd also think that getting in better shape (something I haven't tried in a few months now) would help - kelly May 28, 08:33 6
    - running is really hard on your knees, legs, etc. Lots of impact. - Callisto May 28, 08:37 5
      - I switched to rollerblading for this reason (it was my hips more than my knees). Much better. -- nm - pmb May 28, 08:41 1
        
        Yeah, lots less impact. -- nm - Will Hunting May 28, 08:43
      - Yeah - well, we'll see. If I try it at first and it's just too much, I'll stop. - kelly May 28, 08:41 2
        
        yeah, just be careful. - Callisto May 28, 08:44 1
        
        Oh yeah, mine make noises like that going up and down the stairs!! :) -- nm - kelly May 28, 08:47
- i did a program like that, it started very slowly, and worked. - Andie May 28, 08:29
Hooray.....Its foggy out...how foggy you ask? So foggy that I can not see the huge condo building across the street outside the window....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney May 28, 08:20
And apparently, this morning I'm so drowsy that I just spilled coffee on my lap -- nm - con_carne May 28, 08:19 1
- That'll wake you up. -- nm - Dano May 28, 08:24
Ha! Doctor Who moving to BBC America. Take that SyFy! -- (link) - TWuG May 28, 08:19 11
- Yeah, I would think SyFy is in many more homes -- nm - con_carne May 28, 08:24 9
  - BBC America is 10x better, so people need to call their providers. - Spawn May 28, 08:25 8
    - From what I've seen, I agree - con_carne May 28, 08:26 7
      - For mudering Farscape, I will always hate them. -- nm - Spawn May 28, 08:29 6
        
        I heard that (Farscape spoils) - con_carne May 28, 08:32 4
        
        They did a Sci Fi movie later which helped. A little. - Spawn May 28, 08:35 3
        
        Ah. "The Peacekeeper Wars", right? -- nm - con_carne May 28, 08:36 2
        
        I have been reading the comic. Not a fan of the art, but enjoying the gang. -- nm - Spawn May 28, 08:51
        
        ayup. -- nm - tRuMaN May 28, 08:39
        
        So yeah, I do hold a grudge. -- nm - Spawn May 28, 08:30
- But does that mean we will have to wait even longer for them? Or will they accelerate their airings to get caught up (since they are a year behind).? -- nm - Spawn May 28, 08:22
Wow, that is a BIG quake off Honduras. 7.1. Yikes. -- nm - Beryllium May 28, 08:17 2
- my business partner is from there and most of her family is still there. Needless to say, they are a bit shaken up -- nm - decline May 28, 08:28 1
  - Cute. -- nm - HdnAgnda May 28, 08:29
well, THIS ad sure goes out of its way to make its point. (ick) -- (link) - Beryllium May 28, 08:16 [Image]
ESPN laying off 100 people -- (link) - Beaker May 28, 08:15
Sweet - I just won a $25 Visa gift card at my departmental monthly meeting. -- nm - kelly May 28, 08:15 2
- or as we like to call it, your "raise" -- nm - kelly's boss May 28, 08:24 1
  - Well, yeah, I would have preferred permanent employment, but... - kelly May 28, 08:25
Billy Gillispie suing Kentucky -- (link) - Beaker May 28, 08:15
Time Warner to split off AOL. -- (link) - Diva May 28, 08:14 4
- "you've got fail" -- nm - dug May 28, 08:27 1
  - I am going to use this :) -- nm - con_carne May 28, 08:29
- "spit off AOL" heh. They sucked 10 years ago, and they suck worse now. - JaxSean May 28, 08:18
- worst merger ever. -- nm - znufrii May 28, 08:15
he's really pretty in pink: Fairfax High School's prom queen is a guy -- (link) - dug May 28, 08:09 3
- I'd have paid to seen the look on the presumed hetero Prom King... - Mel Profit May 28, 08:18 1
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- seriously, there's a kid named Unique Payne? I'd put that quote in just so I could print the name. -- nm - mafic May 28, 08:13
Sweet. Just got my tickets for Matt Wieters debut tomorrow night. -- nm - Inigo May 28, 08:09 2
- Very nice. -- nm - Will Hunting May 28, 08:14
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I just want to - JaxSean May 28, 08:08 13
- go home and play Fable 2 or TF2 -- nm - lileve May 28, 08:16
- what difficulty are you playing at? - tRuMaN May 28, 08:15 4
  - No, normal. I figure easy would be too easy. Rather push myself a bit. -- nm - JaxSean May 28, 08:17 3
    - ok, but you will probably get frustrated for a while. -- nm - tRuMaN May 28, 08:18 2
      - Probably. - JaxSean May 28, 08:22 1
        
        yeah. there is also the option of playing the campaign via - tRuMaN May 28, 08:29
- Oooh, did you get your package from Crash, yet? - Trish May 28, 08:12 3
  - Yes! I got it on Tuesday. I've been thanking him in IM's for a bit, but thank him for me, please! - JaxSean May 28, 08:16 2
    - Hee! I'll let him know. I don't think he's been around ST much the last few days. - Trish May 28, 08:21 1
      - well, sure, I mean, seriously. -- nm - tRuMaN May 28, 08:39
- I want to go home and play inFamous - decline May 28, 08:09 2
  - I finished the first real actual mission last night. I am just loving this game. I'm playing on Hard too :) Gotta lock up those trophies. -- nm - Shaun May 28, 08:46
  - I want to go home and play Ika...even though I am playing it at work :) -- nm - Beaker May 28, 08:10
Interesting last name on Chris. -- nm - Dano May 28, 07:59 1
- I bet Jihad Beauchman has trouble boarding planes. -- nm - Reagen May 28, 08:04
*sigh* I hate the end of the month, when I've used my bandwidth and my speed gets dropped to 64kbps. I feel like a bloody savage, having to wait for - mafic May 28, 07:57 4
- It will help you a lot if you go into your internet settings and turn off all graphics. - Trish May 28, 08:11 1
  - but then mafic couldnt look at porn. -- nm - tRuMaN May 28, 08:41
- Uggh, that's terrible! Who is your ISP? - Subversive May 28, 07:58 1
  - telstra. it's a mobile broadband thing, after 5 gigs you get slowed until the next month, or you up your contract. - mafic May 28, 08:01
FB question, if you *untag* a photo of yourself in someone else's album, do they get a notification? -- nm - Andie May 28, 07:53 27
- what the heck? I just got an email, a text, a letter, and a phone call from Facebook that you removed your tag! -- nm - Spawn s.i. May 28, 07:59 11
  - This might have been funny if everyone here was not perfectly clear on the fact that I know FB is teh evil. -- nm - Spawn May 28, 08:02 10
    - Everyone here also knows you have a FB page already. -- nm - JaxSean May 28, 08:03 9
      - We think he doth protest too much -- nm - con_carne May 28, 08:16 2
        
        I admit, I looked over Amy's shoulder at it *one* time and saw a pic of some grim-eyed dude and that was all I ever care to see on there again. -- nm - Spawn May 28, 08:18 1
        
        Heh -- nm - con_carne May 28, 08:24
      - Nope. I am debating this Twitter thing, but will never Face Book/My Space. -- nm - Spawn May 28, 08:11 5
        
        My wife finally started being active on Facebook, and a friend from high school contacted her. She talked to her for about 4 hours the other night. - JaxSean May 28, 08:14 4
        
        Amy had lunch with a dude from elementary school. He always dreamed of being a sports writer. - Spawn May 28, 08:21 3
        
        Ah. See, I suck at keeping in touch with people. This is very passive for me. - JaxSean May 28, 08:23 2
        
        I'm exactly this way, too -- nm - con_carne May 28, 08:26
        
        As do I. - Spawn May 28, 08:25
- Nope -- nm - con_carne May 28, 07:57 1
  - However, since this is obviously a pic of you drunk and half naked, be sure to post it on Flickr for us :) -- nm - con_carne May 28, 07:59
- no. -- nm - mafic May 28, 07:55
- no, facebook only shows positive things.. - colin May 28, 07:55 10
  - Evil hides it's true face. -- nm - Spawn May 28, 07:56 9
    - Is that why you won't get a FB page, since you'd be expected to put a pic of yourself on it? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 28, 08:16
    - ooh, Beryl should code a thumbs up/thumbs down next to each post so you can see if you're popular - colin May 28, 07:57 7
      - And avatars. - Spawn May 28, 07:59 5
        
        *thumbs down's this post* -- nm - JaxSean May 28, 08:00
        
        nice.. i'm all for this. - colin May 28, 08:00 3
        
        why would we all want avatars of Spawn's crotch? -- nm - JaxSean May 28, 08:00 2
        
        tangent.. - colin May 28, 08:02 1
        
        Bung Hall-io? -- nm - JaxSean May 28, 08:05
      - I know that's on a "thinking of adding" list for him -- nm - JaxSean with Shorttimer's Disease May 28, 07:59
- They get an email, a text, a letter and a phone call. -- nm - Spawn May 28, 07:55
ST Sleepy Poll: Complete this sentence, "I once woke up and was so drowsy that I _______________." - JaxSean with Shorttimer's Disease May 28, 07:50 23
- slammed into the locked bathroom door. -- nm - lileve May 28, 08:22
- Totally bonked my face, hard, on my desk and didn't wake up. It hurt like hell after I did finally wake up though. - Trish May 28, 08:18
- fell flat on my face because my right leg was completely asleep. - JaxSean May 28, 08:02
- thought the sun was rising in the west - amoxy May 28, 07:56
- tripped down the stairs. -- nm - Will Hunting May 28, 07:55
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- i've gotten up on the weekend, got showered and dressed and then realized it was saturday. -- nm - Andie May 28, 07:55 2
  - So, you don't shower or dress on the weekends? - Spawn May 28, 07:55 1
    - heh. - Andie May 28, 07:56
- couldn't remember if I needed to be at work... so I didn't go. - colin May 28, 07:54
- turned the alarm off when you only meant to hit snooze -- nm - Beaker May 28, 07:53
- Forgot to wake and bake -- nm - con_carne May 28, 07:52
- peed in the kitchen trash can thinking it was a urinal. (I was 13.) - TFox May 28, 07:52 10
  - my ex-brother in law did this in my old apartment when I first met him (he was 22 at the time) -- nm - decline May 28, 08:03
  - the other times you did that, it was because you were hungover. - Reagen May 28, 08:00 5
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      - This was more of a Najeh Davenport thing. -- nm - Reagen May 28, 08:06
      - I read "his one night stand." and thought you had him peeing on people. - mafic May 28, 08:04 2
        
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        *laughing* -- nm - con_carne May 28, 08:08
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    - oh, go cry about something wrapped up in an afghan. i was still awesome. -- nm - TFox May 28, 07:58
  - oh, and spoils - TFox May 28, 07:53
I've conquered my past, the future is here at last. I stand at the entrance to a new world I can see. - Spawn May 28, 07:49
That ain't no iguana. -- nm - Reagen May 28, 07:48 1
- ~ your girl is like chips, cuz now she's nachos ~ -- nm - JaxSean with Shorttimer's Disease May 28, 07:49

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