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LYC: why I could not go to the office Friday. -- (link) - loosilu Jul 6, 06:22 2
- *installs Marine One landing site on lawn* -- nm - Spawn SI Jul 6, 06:23 1
  - you'll have to vacate your house. -- nm - loosilu Jul 6, 06:24
Rupert Grint recovering from swine flu. -- (link) - loosilu Jul 6, 06:12
Red-band trailer for new Diablo Cody film "Jennifer's Body" (with Megan Fox) online: -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 6, 06:12 3
- Yeah...I' -- nm - Jim Jul 6, 06:22 2
  - um...I was gonna say...I'm ready for the Megan Fox fascination to end already. -- nm - Jim Jul 6, 06:22 1
    - It's ok; her body makes me stutter like that too. -- nm - TFox Jul 6, 06:25
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How about an electric motorcycle...from Best Buy? -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 6, 06:07
Stupid changing 401(k) vendors. - znufrii Jul 6, 06:04
Toyota Plans for Plug-in Production in 2012 -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 6, 05:47 18
- wow, i thought toyota was smarter than that.. - colinski Jul 6, 06:04 2
  - what, exactly, is your primary opposition to the cap and trade bill? the cap and trade mechanism itself? - znufrii Jul 6, 06:08 1
    - there are many... - colinski Jul 6, 06:28
- The fourth comment post says it all -- nm - J Jul 6, 05:58 4
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    - Yep. They need to deliver soon for their credibility to be taken seriously. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 6, 06:03
    - we'll see, it ships a year sooner -- nm - J Jul 6, 06:01 1
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- 12-18 miles? Ugh. The technology for the batteries is apparently very slow in progressing. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 6, 05:50 1
  - yes it is atleast if they shall contain some Watt's and be afforable and transportable -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 6, 05:58
- Toyota hopes to sell its plug-in hybrid for about $48,000. -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 6, 05:49 7
  - that and "will run 12 to 18 miles on battery power alone at full charge" sounds...underwhelming. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 6, 05:50 6
    - Kinda...but think about how many trips you make around your house... - Jim Jul 6, 05:52 5
      - sure, but that's easily 12 miles per trip. -- nm - loosilu Jul 6, 06:08 1
        
        "but I have plenty of trips that are less than 12 miles round trip." -- nm - Jim Jul 6, 06:14
      - For me, it would be a sell if they had all their Hybrids run on electric only up to 45 or 50 mph. - JaxSean Jul 6, 05:56 2
        
        is the 12 to 18 'miles' or 'miles per hour'? -- nm - Andie Jul 6, 06:15
        
        and cities will be less polluted -- nm - zork Jul 6, 06:14
Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara dies. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 6, 05:45 1
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Oh, Marion Barry, will you *ever* win? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 6, 05:11 2
- Bitch set him up. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 6, 05:16 1
  - and stole his fish! -- nm - zork Jul 6, 06:16
Today's Amazon mp3 special: Paul Oakenfold's new album, Perfecto Vegas, $3.99 -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 6, 04:08
I want those f'ing birds outside my window to die. - nubby Jul 6, 02:52 4
- get a dog. His barking will keep the birds away -- nm - decline Jul 6, 05:59
- we have birds and now a lovely automated beeping coming from somewhere... - Mel Profit Jul 6, 04:48 1
  - It's Charlie, calling Diva in for another case. - nubby Jul 6, 04:49
- At least I get the diner all to myself. -- nm - nubby Jul 6, 03:41
whooooooooo--Late night snack.. PB and Nutella.. ok back to bed.. -- nm - Matrix_Mafia Jul 6, 01:13
Just finished watching Eastern Promises. Interesting movie, I think I liked it more than I liked A History of Violence. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 22:54 4
- I don't want to choose. I found them equivilently awesome. -- nm - TFox Jul 6, 06:25
- I disagree. I fould Naomi Watts's performance particularly lacking, and the plot twist thoroughly unsatisfying. -- nm - znufrii Jul 6, 05:56 1
  - the fight scene in the bathhouse, houwever, was spectacular. -- nm - znufrii Jul 6, 06:11
- I think Eastern Promises is a better film too. Intrigued to see if they do make a sequel. -- nm - LMS Jul 6, 04:56
shirt.woot has random shirts tonight -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 22:52
*whimper* lyc: i've got a sunburn -- nm - 'lia Jul 5, 21:37 29
- thats odd... i thought all Texas were use to the sun since they sit in the saddle 36 houers a day drink one cup of coffee a week and make their own sm - Danedukenuuk Jul 5, 23:00
- you just had a burn two weeks ago (and I told you how a woman in a bikini and a turkey are similar) - zork Jul 5, 22:17
- Me too. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 22:02 7
  - ah, but it's a little different for you - 'lia Jul 5, 22:07 6
    - This is why you get sunburnt in your favourite bra -- nm - Karl @ back from holiday Jul 6, 00:22 1
      - "JUICY" -- nm - Karl's unfortunate sunburn Jul 6, 06:57
    - I can't believe you left that detail out of your first post! -- nm - psilotum Jul 5, 22:11 3
      - *tosses psi the bottle of aloe vera - 'lia Jul 5, 22:16 2
        
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        Well, since you twisted my arm. - psilotum Jul 5, 22:18
- me too. showering was painful -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 5, 21:41 10
  - Soak in a lukewarm tub for a half hour, does wonders -- nm - amoxy Jul 5, 22:10
  - cool water, aloe vera gel and ice cubes are a necessity at times like this - 'lia Jul 5, 22:04 8
    - aspirin is good as well -- nm - loosilu Jul 6, 04:22
    - *volunteers* -- nm - zork Jul 5, 22:13 6
      - get to work! - 'lia Jul 5, 22:16 5
        
        i like how you assigned psilotum your back and left the front for me! -- nm - zork Jul 5, 22:18 4
        
        i don't know him as well - - 'lia Jul 5, 22:20 3
        
        besides, I'm a SRT -- nm - zork Jul 5, 22:24 2
        
        *how fascinating - 'lia Jul 6, 05:53 1 1
        
        heee - zork Jul 6, 06:12
- In the Texas sun? you forgot sun screen? chick you *know* better. ha. - Epiphany Jul 5, 21:39 7
  - PiPPY! Where you been sweetheart? Friday was the Scabs at Antones! - 'lia Jul 5, 21:44 6
    - I was out of town for like 10 days straight with family - very limited internet access - glad to be home - Epiphany Jul 5, 21:51 5
      - Yes, we missed you... - MojaveMeg Jul 5, 21:52 4
        
        I am very sorry - I should have posted something before I left - I know yall worry. - Epiphany Jul 5, 21:54 3
        
        as elvis would say: you were TCB - 'lia Jul 5, 21:59
        
        someone called you?? - peglegpete Jul 5, 21:58 1
        
        Hee!! You called me as well - you guys are sweet checking on me. - Epiphany Jul 5, 22:04
health care industry hires 350 former gov't officials, spends $1.4 million a day, to lobby Congress on the reform bill -- (link) - dug Jul 5, 21:19
Hey Sean, I'm think of heading to St. Augstine.. any good, I'm this Justin does FL kick, before I leave.. -- nm - Matrix_Mafia Jul 5, 21:08 9
- meh. it's touristy. - JaxSean Jul 5, 21:36 4
  - yeah ok.. hmmm ok.. I'll think about before making that 3 hr trip, haven't been to Jax either - Matrix_Mafia Jul 5, 21:41 1
    - Well, let me know if you're in the area. - JaxSean Jul 5, 21:44
  - Isn't there a Ripley's Believe it or Not there? -- nm - JenBro Jul 5, 21:38 1
    - Yep. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 21:48
- Leaving? For where? -- nm - nubby Jul 5, 21:09 3
  - LA not Lower Alabama but Los. Angles -- Finishing up film school in early AUG. WHOOOO maybe interning with.. - Matrix_Mafia Jul 5, 21:13 2
    - Yay, stay tuned for the next L.A. gathering...... - MojaveMeg Jul 5, 21:17 1
      - hmmm wow my 1st HSX gathering... haha.. Also I'm wondering if any of the players who in the industry - Matrix_Mafia Jul 5, 21:19
It's midnight on a Sunday, and some douche is setting off fireworks a few neighborhoods over. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 21:03 2
- Don't call me a Douche -- nm - Matrix_Mafia Jul 5, 21:08 1
  - stop setting off fireworks, then!!! :) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 21:36
You know what Thursday is, right? It's Big Brother season premiere day. -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 20:54 3
- The only interesting thing about the UK version of Big Brother is that the housemates don't know MJ has died. -- nm - LMS Jul 6, 04:54
- and it has already started. the players moved in today. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 5, 21:17 1
  - any interesting characters this time? twists? worthy of buying the live feed? -- nm - JenBro Jul 5, 21:36
ok - late night poll ... what's your favorite Hitchcock film? - JenBro Jul 5, 20:54 23
- The 39 Steps -- nm - LMS Jul 6, 04:53 1
  - I like The Lady Vanishes even more, out of his earlier work. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 6, 05:20
- I can tolerate the ones with Cary Grant in them. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 6, 04:49
- 1) Rear Window. 2) Notorious. 3) Vertigo. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 6, 04:23
- Rear Window. -- nm - loosilu Jul 6, 04:23
- To Catch a Thief. -- nm - David Jul 6, 04:18
- Notorious. -- nm - kelly Jul 6, 04:00
- Rear Window -- nm - amoxy Jul 5, 22:13
- north by northwest. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 21:41
- Rear Window (it was the first one I saw.) -- nm - psilotum Jul 5, 21:26
- To catch a thief -- nm - 'lia Jul 5, 21:17
- BIRDS.. hands down one of the greatest movies ever made by Hitchy -- nm - Matrix_Mafia Jul 5, 21:07
- Rear Window -- nm - Jovian Jul 5, 21:05
- Shadow of a Doubt. -- nm - Diva Jul 5, 21:03
- Not really a fan of any of them. I guess Psycho or North by Northwest. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 21:02
- I think North by Northwest. (nm) - Tim Jul 5, 21:02
- From the ones I've seen, Rear Window -- nm - Guigue Jul 5, 21:00 1
  - Yeah, I need to see more. -- nm - nubby Jul 5, 21:01
- Rear Window -- nm - Stephen Jul 5, 21:00
- Dial M for Murder, I think. -- nm - nubby Jul 5, 20:58
- The Trouble With Harry -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 20:57
- Psycho, althoug of the earlier ones, Foreign Correspondant with Joel McCrea and Laraine Day is fun. -- nm - mara Jul 5, 20:56
- North by Northwest -- nm - dug Jul 5, 20:55
Hey b - eag Jul 5, 20:47 7
- hey e. - b! Jul 5, 20:49 6
  - If he needs resources - eag Jul 5, 20:53 5
    - he just started another town next to his first one. - b! Jul 5, 20:56
    - The fact that he only sentt 20 slingers was kind of funny - eag Jul 5, 20:56 3
      - his attacks didn't serve his military well. when i looked, he had like 14 slingers and 1 ram ship. - b! Jul 5, 20:57 2
        
        He sent 20 and lost 17 - eag Jul 5, 21:03 1
        
        ouch. - b! Jul 5, 21:06
STIF: I just realized my monitor has another inupt for "DVI-D." What's that? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 20:39 5
- Can handle digital graphics, unlike a DVI-I, which handles digital and analog. -- nm - Jelly Jul 5, 20:41 4
  - Oh, and here's a DVI link for you. -- (link) - Jelly Jul 5, 20:44 3
    - So what would use that type of plug? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 20:45 2
      - If you had a cable for your video card, which would provide a digital signal to your monitor, this is where you'd plug it in. - Jelly Jul 5, 21:11 1
        
        ok cool, thanks. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 21:23
Freaking jury system lied! It said that if you do a 1 hour orientation you can come up to 2 hours later. My arrival time moved up from 8:30 am to 9:15 - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 20:38 3
- just bring back the star chambers. much less inconveniencing for people -- nm - dug Jul 5, 20:40 2
  - You are just happy that they will never pick you for a juror. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 20:42 1
    - Drink lots of beer the night before and a pot of coffee the morning of, keep having to go like every 5 minutes, believe me no lawyer nor judge wants a - zeitgeist Jul 5, 21:00
(sigh ) Cary Grant & Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief *LOVE* ( on TCM for a bit yet ) -- nm - JenBro Jul 5, 20:36
I know you have to let your friends firgure out things for themselves but sometimes it's difficult. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 5, 20:35 15
- he didn't know there were seeds when he bought it! leave him alone!! -- nm - b! Jul 5, 20:36 14
  - STPOD. -- nm - Subversive Jul 5, 20:45
  - At least I'm happy with the wine purchase. (Though now I'm not sure whether that's technically wine) -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 20:38 12
    - why wouldn't it be? does it say something else on the label? like.. tequila? - b! Jul 5, 20:42 11
      - "Eet tastes like beer." -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 20:46
      - Wild Vines Frutezia Passion Blend -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 20:44 8
        
        ah, wine cooler! ;) - - b! Jul 5, 20:46 7
        
        It's the 80s all over again! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 5, 20:50 6
        
        And thank you for your support -- nm - Bartles and Jaymes Jul 5, 21:09
        
        is that why you're wearing an off-shoulder shirt and leg warmers? -- nm - b! Jul 5, 20:52 1
        
        No. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 5, 22:53
        
        "And thank you for your support." (nm) - Bartles and Jaymes Jul 5, 20:52 1
        
        Doh...you beat me to the punch. - Stephen Jul 5, 21:10
        
        Just let me figure it out for myself! -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 20:51
      - "Welch's" -- nm - Tim Jul 5, 20:43

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