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eeeeek Sacha Baron Cohen�s Nude GQ -- (link) - grammar Jun 16, 13:30
playing devil's advocate: I think crazy mom's issue is not with a single cupcake, but with developing a sugar addiction - Guy Jun 16, 13:26 4
- It's not oversimplified. She was practically snatching goodies out of kids' hands. -- nm - con_carne Jun 16, 13:31
- Speaking from experience, the surest way to make something an addiction is to deny it to a child, or otherwise make a stink about it. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 13:29 1
  - right. her actions might be creating more of a desire. - Guy Jun 16, 13:32
- PUT IT IN THE BOX!!! -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 13:27
Penny Arcade unleashes three new comics. We get to vote on which one we want to see more of. -- (link) - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 16, 13:25
Speaking of TV on DVD, I can't believe The State is finally getting released *next month*. -- nm - TFox Jun 16, 13:24 6
- To celebrate, I'm buying $240 worth of pudding. -- nm - David Jun 16, 13:26 2
  - I can get you a great deal. -- nm - Mandy's friend, the puddin master Jun 16, 13:28 1
    - Each individual cup has a barcode redeemable for airline miles. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 16, 13:32
- Are you going to buy it then and let it sit unopened for a year, or just wait the year first? -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 13:24 2
  - Probably the latter. -- nm - TFox Jun 16, 13:27 1
    - Good man. -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 13:28
Why am I getting emails from Circuit City? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 16, 13:21 4
- They're baaaa-aaaccckkk -- (link) - ty97 Jun 16, 13:24 2
  - huh. interesting. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 16, 13:29 1
    - It's just the CompUSA TigerDirect guys. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 16, 13:31
- zombie electronics giant is stalking you from the grave! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 13:23
Zicam users be aware: Can cause loss of sense of smell -- (link) - TWuG Jun 16, 13:18 1
- Again? Quit freaking me out! -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 13:19
The more I think about it, the more I accept that the BSG finale is easily one of the best payoffs for a series finale *ever*. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 16, 13:15 18
- I'm halfway through season 4. Is the series over? After how many seasons? - Guigue Jun 16, 13:25 1
  - Season 5 is the final season, I believe. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 16, 13:27
- It's still pretty bleh. -- nm - Inigo Jun 16, 13:25
- S5 needs to come out on DVD *now*, so I can finally be in the know -- nm - con_carne Jun 16, 13:23
- Insanity: this has been sitting on the DVR for months. I have watched every episode but this one. -- nm - TFox Jun 16, 13:21 1
  - Let me tell you (spoilers) - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 16, 13:27
- it actually made me like the show a lot more... - Mel - Wolf Pack of One Jun 16, 13:21 1
  - Doesn't that mean you're ignoring most of seasons 3, 4 and 5 though? (nm) - musubi Jun 16, 13:33
- Eh. It was perfectly fine, but best ever? Nah. - musubi Jun 16, 13:18 9
  - MASH was meh, and Cheers was just "life goes on". -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 16, 13:28
  - word - Spawn Jun 16, 13:20 6
    - I admit that I was wrong in spending $10 at Target for the DVD. (nm) - musubi Jun 16, 13:21 1
      - I can live with that. -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 13:21
    - and The Shield/ -- nm - Remlik Jun 16, 13:20 3
      - The finale to The Shield was brutal. I wouldn't be able to watch that arc again. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 16, 13:28 2
        
        yep. but it was awesome. -- nm - Remlik Jun 16, 13:30
        
        Every STer needs to watch The Shield. - con_carne Jun 16, 13:30
  - and the MTM show -- nm - Ted Baxter Jun 16, 13:19
if my mom was still making my decisions for me, i'd be in a world of hurt. - kare Jun 16, 13:15
i love it when the sandwich shop gives me two bags of Lays - one to dump on each half. extra crunchy! -- nm - Guy Jun 16, 13:12 3
- Oh, no you don't. -- nm - MeMe Roth Jun 16, 13:14
- Chips on a sandwich? Truly, this is a strange world. -- nm - TWuG Jun 16, 13:13 1
  - Not as good as french fries on a sandwich, but still good. Especially on tuna. -- nm - TFox Jun 16, 13:15
Kinda surprised this wasn't already the case, though, given the bottoming out of the economy I probably shouldn't have been -- (link) - TWuG Jun 16, 13:11 4
- Has the economy really bottomed out? -- nm - con_carne Jun 16, 13:14 3
  - I was searching for the word "tanked" but it was lost somewhere, so I grabbed "bottomed out" instead. -- nm - TWuG Jun 16, 13:17 2
    - I think "bottoming out" is good, though. - con_carne Jun 16, 13:21 1
      - that's usually what it means, yes -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 13:22
Cool animated short film (4.5 minutes long) -- (link) - Dano Jun 16, 13:09 [youtube] 1
- i would kill to find a copy of Clump and Chump...btw... -- nm - colin Jun 16, 13:18
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- Man. McDaniels is never going to win this fan base over. Ever. -- nm - TFox Jun 16, 13:14
- Who else wants out? -- nm - amoxy Jun 16, 13:14
- im guessing Brandon isn't a Kyle Orton fan -- nm - Guy Jun 16, 13:13
- I'll be very curious to see what he's worth on the open market. - David Jun 16, 13:07
- Fuck yeah! -- nm - Bears Jun 16, 13:06
re: the digital tv transition, our condo put out a notice that the established frequencies were wrong nationwide which is why people were missing stns -- nm - Max Jun 16, 13:01 2
- I don't even know what that means. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 16, 13:04 1
  - Wait... does it have something to do with Obama's missing birth certificate, or maybe aliens? -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 16, 13:05
What the hell box did I check on Pandora that they keep playing country music for me? -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 16, 12:57 2
- Skynet... in da house! -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 12:58 1
  - Skynet has decided: I like country music. No arguing with a machine. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 16, 13:04
Wait. There are things that Dawson considers 'not ST-appropriate'? - ty97 Jun 16, 12:56 13
- our lil Jack is growing up. -- nm - Mel - Wolf Pack of One Jun 16, 13:12 7
  - don't even get me started on you. - ty97 Jun 16, 13:14 6
    - I kept most of my late 20s from TT. - Mel - Wolf Pack of One Jun 16, 13:22 5
      - you're just saving it all for the shocking memoir, you selfish bastard -- nm - ty97 Jun 16, 13:28
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        can you paraphrase, using common househodl foodstuffs to illustrate? -- nm - znufrii Jun 16, 13:25 2
        
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        L. A. M. E. -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 13:36
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  - I kinda slightly am. - ty97 Jun 16, 13:05
- he doesn't want to come across as *too* gay here... -- nm - colin Jun 16, 13:01
- jealous! -- nm - nubby Jun 16, 12:58
- I could show you emails. - Spawn Jun 16, 12:57
Where a kid is babysat is a product of the age of the child. - TWuG Jun 16, 12:55 1
- *ding* - Spawn Jun 16, 12:57
my place isn't safe for *adults*. -- nm - loosilu Jun 16, 12:52 4
- you really should clean occasionally :) -- nm - peglegpete Jun 16, 12:56 2
  - If she cleans then the Dermestidae will die. -- nm - TWuG Jun 16, 12:57 1
    - and then how will I get the skulls clean? -- nm - loosilu Jun 16, 12:58
- "To turn on the lights, form a circuit with your hand." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 12:53
My internet connection this week is worse than Moose's taste in comedies. -- nm - David Jun 16, 12:49
*confiscates B2's cupcakes* -- nm - znufrii Jun 16, 12:48 1
- ..eats hem all. -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 12:51
plus, what if the kid finds your porn collection! -- nm - colin Jun 16, 12:47 3
- or swinger information. -- nm - Remlik Jun 16, 12:49
- you mean, you're not supposed to leave it laying out when you have kids over at your place? -- nm - znufrii Jun 16, 12:48 1
  - it's part of the "learning experience" -- nm - colin Jun 16, 12:50
Because having someone other than a parent watch the child is already disruptive enough to the child. Being in a familiar environment helps. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 16, 12:47 51
- Although really, that is probably more us parents overthinking it and being overprotective than it is a real problem. - TFox Jun 16, 12:50 7
  - i think so. but then again, i will probably be as overprotective as they come. -- nm - kare Jun 16, 12:52
  - To each their own. -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 12:51 5
    - I think we're thinking of different situations though. Like, Jacen stays over at Grandma's house all the time. - TFox Jun 16, 12:52 4
      - ...but I'd never send him to stay at a new babysitter's house, but if it was a good friend and some place *he* had been a bunch... - Spawn Jun 16, 12:54 3
        
        well, i was specifically referencing myself, auntie karen, as babysitting close friends' and relatives' kids. doing them a favor. - kare Jun 16, 13:00
        
        Yup. (nm) - musubi Jun 16, 12:55
        
        fair enough. -- nm - TFox Jun 16, 12:54
- Ayup. kare, don't you think your pets would be more comfortable being watched at your pad, than carting them somewhere else? - musubi Jun 16, 12:50 19
  - i cart the pets to the doggysitter's place every time, because i am concerned about making it as convenient as possible for the person who is already - kare Jun 16, 12:51 18
    - So you wouldn't *rather* have the sitter watch them at your pad? - musubi Jun 16, 12:54 17
      - i babysit all the time. i do it at their house. it's fine. it's just interesting to me that the parents don't tend to think about how, when i have to - kare Jun 16, 12:58 16
        
        I don't think you're giving (most) parents enough credit for recognizing how much a babysitter does. - musubi Jun 16, 13:03 1
        
        maybe not. *again,* i recognize i probably don't fully understand, because i've never been a parent. -- nm - kare Jun 16, 13:07
        
        Depending on the circumstances I think most parents don't think it's a much greater inconvenience for you. - pmb Jun 16, 13:02
        
        The big question: Are you getting paid or doing them a favor. If it's a favor then you might suggest trying it once at your place - TWuG Jun 16, 13:00 12
        
        oh, and no, of course i'm not getting paid -- nm - kare Jun 16, 13:08 1
        
        (it's usually way fun and great quality time with the kiddos and it's totally worth it.) -- nm - kare Jun 16, 13:08
        
        i've suggested before. "but it's so much easier..." - kare Jun 16, 13:01 9
        
        Also, it is hard to know what Logan is going to want each night. I could pack-up 90% of his stuff and still not have the one thing he wants. -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 13:05 7
        
        after the fiftieth "I WANT MY BOBA FETT!", kare may end up agreeing :) -- nm - con_carne Jun 16, 13:12
        
        How old is Logan now? - TWuG Jun 16, 13:07 1
        
        2.5 -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 13:21
        
        see, and this is the kind of thing i would not understand because i am not a parent. i am not trying to bash all you parents here! - kare Jun 16, 13:06 3
        
        Oh, I know. It is just that I have always known this. I mean, I had been around little kids and it is not too difficult to figure out how they think. - Spawn Jun 16, 13:24 1
        
        mmkay. -- nm - kare Jun 16, 13:32
        
        No I didn't think you were. Nor was I trying to bash you. Just trying to help you understand a possible differnent POV. - musubi Jun 16, 13:14
        
        Oh, with some parents it isn't even about the kid, they just don't want the hassle of - TWuG Jun 16, 13:04
- Yeah. This is prettty obvious. No way I am making Logan stay some strange place unless I am there with him. -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 12:49 4
  - Logan, this is a strip club. -- nm - Dano Jun 16, 12:52 1
    - He would be such a pimp. -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 12:53
  - not only would I take him somewhere else, I'd give him a compass and a map and tell him to find his own way home. -- nm - znufrii Jun 16, 12:51 1
    - and once he gets old enough, I'm just leaving him witha compass. -- nm - znufrii Jun 16, 12:57
- A stranger's house is mentally stimulating. They might have trouble falling asleep that night. -- nm - con_carne Jun 16, 12:49
- i can understand this to an extent too. though one would argue a change of scenery may be kinda fun for a kiddo. - kare Jun 16, 12:49 16
  - I think it depends on a lot of things. The age of the kid, the personality of the kid, the babysitter. It's mostly that it's easiest for the parents - pmb Jun 16, 12:56
  - Change of scenery isn't what babysitting is about though. - musubi Jun 16, 12:53 14
    - fair enough. most parents i've babysat for (friends and family) obviously feel the same way - kare Jun 16, 12:55 12
      - well, there's a couple distinctions here. one, if its a favor, that's a little different than someone I'm paying,. - TFox Jun 16, 12:57
      - You know it's often a chore to just load kids into the car and pack all the stuff they will need for the stay, etc. right? -- nm - con_carne Jun 16, 12:57 7
        
        What she's saying is, she knows it's a chore either way, but shouldn't the one asking the favor do more of the chore part? -- nm - TFox Jun 16, 12:58 6
        
        Yeah, kare recognizes that parents have part of the chore. I just think neither side is wrong is asking for what they want. - musubi Jun 16, 13:00 5
        
        yeah, i agree. i do think the fact that even family doesn't let the kids stay with Aunt Kare is a hair weird. - TFox Jun 16, 13:02 4
        
        no no, sorry, nieces and nephews *have* actually stayed with me over the years. - kare Jun 16, 13:04 3
        
        i see what you are saying, and i'm with you. - TFox Jun 16, 13:06 2
        
        This is the thing. I think *most* parents try to make it flexible for friends/family. Her situation is the outlier, not the norm. (nm) - musubi Jun 16, 13:07 1
        
        And to be fair, maybe her sit is the norm, and I'm just not understanding it. (nm) - musubi Jun 16, 13:19
      - No, I think parents recognize this is an inconvenience for the sitter (well, at least I do), but it's part of the job requirement. - musubi Jun 16, 12:57 2
        
        Besides, kare could call the BF over and be naughty. - con_carne Jun 16, 12:58 1
        
        ha. nah, i told him a boy's night was mandatory. -- nm - kare Jun 16, 13:11
    - Especially for overnight. An afternoon? Sure. -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 12:55
RIDE THE BUS!!! -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 12:46 13
- ight now it's running every 30 minutes -- (link) - Stacy Jun 16, 12:47 12
  - I'm at Greystone and Corbett, bus stop in question is at Market and Castro. Training is at Market and Church. Underground rail runs along Market St. -- nm - Stacy Jun 16, 12:52 8
    - We're having this conversation about a 1.6 mile trip? -- nm - ty97 Jun 16, 12:59 1
      - si lol -- nm - Stacy Jun 16, 13:02
    - did you look at hopstop.com? -- nm - znufrii Jun 16, 12:56 5
      - werd they suggestted staying on the ubs instead of also using the underground which is way faster. -- nm - Stacy Jun 16, 13:01 4
        
        not really, over such a short distance - znufrii Jun 16, 13:02 3
        
        the 9:13 bus gets you home at 9:22, taking the 9:15 train, and transfering to the bus gets you home at 9:47 -- nm - znufrii Jun 16, 13:05 2
        
        I could kiss you :) -- nm - Stacy Jun 16, 13:06 1
        
        511.org has a fantastic trip planner for the bay area, if you need it for future use. -- nm - znufrii Jun 16, 13:07
  - If I scream it again will it help? -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 12:50 2
    - but on B2 you said drive the car -- nm - Stacy Jun 16, 12:52 1
      - I am offering you positiveresponses toboth answers so you can choose the one you really want. -- nm - Spawn Jun 16, 13:06

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