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ST Pick-your-pasta Poll -- bow-tie, stuffed shells, or cheese tortellini pasta; marinara, vodka, or bolognese sauce. - znufrii Jul 21, 09:37 16
- tortellini w/marinara. (although I'd prefer meat tortellini!!) -- nm - kelly Jul 21, 09:49
- I absolutely hate bowtie, but I like pretty much everything else. And I like marinara and bolognese. - Beryllium Jul 21, 09:47
- bow-tie with bolognese -- nm - CQ Jul 21, 09:45
- from these choices, I guess bow tie and marinara. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 21, 09:43
- Farfalle, pesto -- nm - nubby Jul 21, 09:43 1
  - (of those choices, marinara) -- nm - nubby Jul 21, 09:44
- bow-tie, bolognese (though probably not those two together) -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 09:42
- Tortellini with vodka -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 09:39
- angel hair with shrimp -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 21, 09:39
- Stuffed shells with bolognese, because it's possible I've never tried either -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 09:39 1
  - wow. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 21, 09:39
- Of those choices? I'll say stuffed shells with marinara. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 21, 09:38
- angel hair with butter cream -- nm - Epiphany Jul 21, 09:38 3
  - if only that were one of the options in the cafeteria. :( -- nm - znufrii Jul 21, 09:39 2
    - cheese tortillini with pink vodka sauce - sorry, I did not understand the question -- nm - Epiphany Jul 21, 09:42 1
      - it's not your fault my cafeteria sucks. :) -- nm - znufrii Jul 21, 09:44
Mortgage brokers aren't really liked for their profession ha? Cuz.. they are very annoying and all want to feel special. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 21, 09:37 1
- What's this now? -- nm - Subversive Jul 21, 09:42
Your hottie of the day... -- (link) - Dano Jul 21, 09:37 [Image]
Oh, and started reading Brave New World yesterday on the subway, can't put it down. -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 21, 09:35 3
- Very good book. I'm having trouble picturing LDCAP as The Savage still. -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 09:43
- One of my favourite books. -- nm - LMS Jul 21, 09:40
- Then you can watch Demolition Man after you're done reading it. -- nm - Dano Jul 21, 09:36
I feel like I'm going crazy... -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 21, 09:34
not awesome: noticing that the other three muffins in the pack that you've already eaten one of have mold on them. -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 09:34 7
- You didn't taste it? Usually mold on baked goods adds a distinct flavour that's impossible to miss. -- nm - Subversive Jul 21, 09:42 1
  - Sadly, I know enough to disagree with this statement -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 09:44
- your canadian, I'm sure your health care system can take care of you in 3 to 6 months. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 21, 09:35 4
  - Or he could go to a walk-in clinic, wait ten minutes, get examined, and get a scrip for antibiotics which can then be filled in five minutes ... - Beryllium Jul 21, 09:45 2
    - The 10 minute wait is distinctly unlikely in Calgary. - Subversive Jul 21, 09:47 1
      - In the past five years, I've gone to a walk-in clinic approximately 1 times. - Beryllium Jul 21, 09:48
  - Yes, Reagen is our Canadian -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 09:36
creator of Middleman (and Lost writer) talks about the show, dvd and performance of the unfilmed 13th episode at Comic Con... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 21, 09:27 1
- Did they record that performance for the dvd? - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 21, 09:36
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- *is, again, glad to be a renter* -- nm - znufrii Jul 21, 09:35 1
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- why do they have to make it so Fin'g hard?!! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 21, 09:34 1
  - Word. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 21, 09:35
- one would think they could just loweer the selling price. that's how I did it. -- nm - mafic Jul 21, 09:33 3
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    - more specifically... - mafic Jul 21, 09:42
  - But then he would still have to pay stuff upfront. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 21, 09:34
- Can't things like this be done "under the table" to avoid situations like this with the bank? -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 09:30 1
  - Yeah, can't you just get a private contract with the seller? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 21, 09:31
Large comet or asteroid has slammed into the Jupiter. Missed by astronomers, captured by amateur. -- (link) - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 21, 09:27
st poll: if you look out your window (or the nearest one to you) what does the weather look like? - tRuMaN Jul 21, 09:27 17
- Sunny, breezy. -- nm - mara Jul 21, 09:40
- Spectacular, with the usual pollutiony haze -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 09:35
- what else. rain! -- nm - CQ Jul 21, 09:35
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- partly cloudy. -- nm - Remlik Jul 21, 09:34
- it's one of those days with lots of clouds but it's still bright out, looks like rain later maybe. -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 09:33 1
  - The sun always makes me sneeze if I don't have sunglasses on (photic sneeze reflex), and even on days like that (cloudy but very bright) I still sneez - Don Homer Jul 21, 09:38
- Perfect. -- nm - Callisto Jul 21, 09:32
- ominous clouds ( i don't need rain while moving ) -- nm - 'lia Jul 21, 09:32
- cloudy and rainy -- nm - decline Jul 21, 09:31
- Sunny. A bit hazy. Very nice. -- nm - pmb Jul 21, 09:31
- sunny, bright, hot -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 09:30
- a bit cloudy, a bit breezy, quite nice overall -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 09:29
- sunny with cloudy periods -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 09:28
- Clouds and rain, crappy day today. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 09:28
- Mostly cloudy. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 21, 09:28
- Clear blue skies, Very Hot -- nm - amoxy Jul 21, 09:27
from B3: 2 -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Jul 21, 09:26
Medieval battle records go online -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jul 21, 09:24 3
- Thomas, Lord Despenser: kills - 18, maimings - 22, rapes - 3, pillages - 6, overall ranking: jouster -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 09:28 1
  - I totally laughed inappropriately at this -- nm - Epiphany Jul 21, 09:39
- awesome -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 09:27
I ended up having to give a short-noticed presentation this morning to the former director (who is now an advisor to the director). - Don Homer Jul 21, 09:21 1
- VNP! -- nm - Dano Jul 21, 09:23
A court in Malaysia has sentanced a woman to be flogged with a rattan cane for having a beer in a nightclub.... -- (link) - Walt_Disney Jul 21, 09:19 1
- Not harsh enough imo. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 21, 09:22
I just got the strangest thing... two token from Flynn's Arcade (from Tron) and a Flash Drive with a GIF that makes no sense - Mr. Havens Jul 21, 09:17 3
- you going? -- nm - Remlik Jul 21, 09:18 2
  - Nope -- nm - Mr. Havens Jul 21, 09:18 1
    - ah to bad...looking for someone to pick up some exclusive figures for me. -- nm - Remlik Jul 21, 09:19
A man who had been sniffing gasoline burst into flames after a police officer Tasered him as he ran at officials carrying a container of gas...(link) - Walt_Disney Jul 21, 09:14 3
- this reminds me of how disturbing Love Liza was -- (link) - zork Jul 21, 09:19
- That was *awesome*! But, seriously, they should have just shot him. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 21, 09:18
- *blames the police and/or the taser* -- nm - Media Jul 21, 09:15
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- Rubber Sheets -- nm - amoxy Jul 21, 09:29
- A slanket -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 09:23
- A wine rack. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 09:19 2
  - Silly...Jack drinks the cheap in a box shit. Although he prefers cheap liquor. -- nm - Jim Jul 21, 09:27 1
    - and besides, like a bottle has any chance of lasting long enough to be put in a rack? :) -- nm - znufrii Jul 21, 09:32
- waterprrof bedlinnen with cuffs -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 21, 09:16
- The Amazing Aerogarden -- nm - JenBro Jul 21, 09:16
- booze -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 09:14
I think potter nailed gathering storm perfectly. this sounds condescending, but maybe it's something that doesn't translate well to america. - mafic Jul 21, 09:13 33
- I can maybe buy that. It did have a very British feel to it. - Callisto Jul 21, 09:15
- you may be right. *this* is our idea of what a gathering storm is -- (link) - prayformojo Jul 21, 09:15 [youtube] 1
  - Bah. There's not even any Fried Shrimp. - Reagen Jul 21, 09:18
- I just never for a moment thought that any of the key characters were in a moment's danger much less the entire society. - Will Hunting Jul 21, 09:14 25
  - my impression - mafic Jul 21, 09:20 16
    - But the logic still doesn't hold. (movie & book spoils) - Will Hunting Jul 21, 09:23 10
      - in the book... (SPOILERS) - Andie Jul 21, 09:36 7
        
        Yeah - Will Hunting Jul 21, 09:40 5
        
        *spoils* - Ender Jul 21, 09:57
        
        but - Andie Jul 21, 09:43 3
        
        To me, that would only serve to make certain he'd fight back - Will Hunting Jul 21, 09:47
        
        I'll refer you back to my post. - mafic Jul 21, 09:46 1
        
        (this should be for Will. stupid excess of latin) -- nm - mafic Jul 21, 09:46
        
        it was. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 21, 09:38
      - spoils - mafic Jul 21, 09:30 1
        
        Never once shone through to me in that sense. I don't buy it at all. - Will Hunting Jul 21, 09:31
    - Yes. - Callisto Jul 21, 09:23
    - it was a limp ending - tRuMaN Jul 21, 09:21 3
      - not to be overly defensive about the film, but - mafic Jul 21, 09:27 2
        
        Other than make the good guys look absolutely impotent in every manner. - Will Hunting Jul 21, 09:29
        
        I get the snape stuff, I just felt, let down by that ending. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 21, 09:28
  - one explnation to that I've read is - spoilers - Beaker Jul 21, 09:16 5
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    - sure, but - tRuMaN Jul 21, 09:18
    - I might buy that...but as of now, it's a glaring weakness. - Will Hunting Jul 21, 09:18 2
      - but but but (spoilers) - tRuMaN Jul 21, 09:18 1
        
        Truly..it was amazing mischief. - Will Hunting Jul 21, 09:19
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  - exactly. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 21, 09:14
- I get all that, I thought the mood was set well, I just thought (spoilers) - tRuMaN Jul 21, 09:14 3
  - in the end I think it comes down to practicality. it's 2.5 hours, and I can think of a lot of things I'd have liked to have seen, but not really - mafic Jul 21, 09:22 2
    - I woulda cut about 30 minutes of the (spoils) - Will Hunting Jul 21, 09:28
    - I would have cut - tRuMaN Jul 21, 09:25
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- What kinda league do you have LB's getting drafted?! -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 21, 09:13 1
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The wiggums North America tour confirms my suspicions. - ty97 Jul 21, 09:11 2
- Man, I wish I had an ass like Kylie's. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 21, 09:19 1
  - Would you settle for an assface? -- nm - Dano Jul 21, 09:23
Repost for the afternoon crowd: I may have some open spots in my Movie Boss Keeper League. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 21, 09:11
If there were indeed cameras in the room (what hotel has fvcking cameras in their rooms?) and the tape is gone, Ben could be in trouble... -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 09:11 1
- I was wondering that about cameras in the rooms as well. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 21, 09:13
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- Ehh...I'll find something. Gotta keep my head up. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 09:11 5
  - wait, umm, well, didnt you mention something while playing 1 vs 100 the other day. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 21, 09:12 4
    - Did I? -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 09:13 3
      - I thought you did. but I could have been hallucinating. - tRuMaN Jul 21, 09:14 2
        
        Yes but that won't be for a year or two. We'd like to have some decent savings before we move. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 09:15 1
        
        aww. k -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 21, 09:18
LIR: up to grade 8 I was always one of the shortest in class, but that summer I probably grew about a foot. - new Bad ad Jul 21, 09:08 8
- I was among the tallest in my schools until H.S. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 09:13
- On my 13th birthday (in April of 7th grade) I was 5'1". In October when basketball season was starting I was 5'9" -- nm - pmb Jul 21, 09:11 4
  - that's not bad but I'm literally talking over July and August I shot up at least 8 or 10 inches. -- nm - zork Jul 21, 09:13 3
    - it's not uncommon in some families - 'lia Jul 21, 09:30 1
      - i'm the tallest in my extended family. closest might be 5'10" -- nm - zork Jul 21, 09:44
    - I remember seeing kids shoot up like that over the summer. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 09:14
- My son is now taller than I am. I am 5'10 and he is now 5'11 - amoxy Jul 21, 09:10
- frickin' autonick -- nm - zork Jul 21, 09:10
I wonder in Potter 7....where they'll put the 7.1 climax and 7.2 starting point. (book spoils) - Will Hunting Jul 21, 09:08 2
- I heard book 7 spoils - eag Jul 21, 09:11 1
  - I was thinking (spoils) - Inigo Jul 21, 09:23
Barnes and Noble launches ebook services and reader. -- (link) - tRuMaN Jul 21, 09:06
Something for you to look foreward to...used to be 5'11" and am 5' 10" now -- nm - BAD Jul 21, 09:04 7
- I used to be 2" and am 3" now. -- nm - groiny si Jul 21, 09:25
- Yeah, Dad believes he is still 5'10" so he thinks I must be 6'1" (rather than 5'9") -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 09:06
- "New and improved BAD. Now in concentrated form!" -- nm - new Bad ad Jul 21, 09:05
- Sorry about the crappy first... -- nm - BAD Jul 21, 09:04 3
  - you're seeking forgiveness for that??? - Danedukenuuk Jul 21, 09:12
  - at least it was short -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 09:08
  - There are no crappy firsts. All firsts are good -- nm - amoxy Jul 21, 09:05

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