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Poop in his hand! Poop in his hand! -- nm - Dano Jul 23, 17:39
Has anyone seen any evony ads here today? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 17:37 2
- Kanye, Kanye, Kanye. - the liioulu with thunder Jul 23, 17:38
- I miss the boobs already! -- nm - Beaker Jul 23, 17:37
so did we ever hear the final result of the David Carradine death investigation? -- nm - zork Jul 23, 17:27
If you haven't seen it here is the catch that saved the perfect game. -- (link) - Beaker Jul 23, 17:16 2
- Wow, great catch! -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 17:19
- nice. without the PG, itd still be play of the day methinks -- nm - Guy Jul 23, 17:18
"Use Somebody" jumps to #11 on this week's Billboard chart. as #2(!) on iTunes, it's a mortal lock for the top ten next week. (nm) - Tim Jul 23, 17:05 3
- Their album is pretty good. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 23, 17:06 2
  - It's basically this decade's answer to Journey. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 17:11
  - its ok compared to their previous stuff. -- nm - Guy Jul 23, 17:10
Current dewpoint: 70. Yuck. - prayformojo Jul 23, 16:55
DVD's today: From Hell and Chuck & Larry Get Married both in $5 bin at Walmart -- nm - Beaker Jul 23, 16:51 1
- from hell is excellent. and the graphic novel is even better. -- nm - reluctantcynic (en treo) Jul 23, 17:01
�Anthony! Anthony!� - 40 years later -- (link) - CovingtonCat Jul 23, 16:50 2
- The original ad... -- (link) - CovingtonCat Jul 23, 16:50 1
  - years later he did an ad for an intalian restaurant with the tag line "Ever wonder where Anthony eats the rest of the week?" (nm) - howie Jul 23, 17:09
Interesting that Buerhle is the second pitcher to face the minimum in two complete games. The other being? -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 16:45 2
- I'm confused. did he walk someone and then get a double play for his no hitter? -- nm - GWAA Jul 23, 17:24 1
  - picked him off. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 17:27
Dawson has clearly never watched a Sox game before. Hawk is the biggest homer in sports, worse than the idiots on YES. -- nm - Tim Jul 23, 16:44 6
- White Sox? They're the worst I've ever heard. -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 16:52 5
  - hey, I like Steve Stone. - the liioulu with thunder Jul 23, 17:01 4
    - I have no problem with announcers being biased, I just think they're as biased as I've seen since Rizzuto. - Krusty Jul 23, 17:07 1
      - They are both former Sox players. - the liioulu with thunder Jul 23, 17:11
    - That's like being pro-McCarver. -- nm - David Jul 23, 17:06
    - He gone! -- nm - Tim Jul 23, 17:02
The PBS budget ax falls on Mr. Rogers - Brian Jul 23, 16:43 2
- Does not compute -- Mr Rogers is already done, your costs are sunk. What real costs are associated with airing it now? - Fuzzy Jul 23, 17:32 1
  - royalties to his estate, perhaps? -- nm - znufrii Jul 23, 17:34
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- JP Losman is officially the #1 draft pick of that other league now. -- nm - David Jul 23, 16:55
T.R. Knight walked away from his $14 million "Grey's Anatomy" contract. - What an idiot. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 23, 16:34 10
- I'll save him a cot at the shelter. -- nm - Shelley Long Jul 23, 16:37 1
  - The Dunkelman Center for Actors -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 16:39
- He's in a play. - the liioulu with thunder Jul 23, 16:37
- Having worked in a hostile workplace in the past, I can kind of understand it. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 16:35 6
  - hostile? they shitcanned the guy who didn't like him -- nm - Beaker Jul 23, 16:52 1
    - That doesn't necessarily mean it got less uncomfortable to work there. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 16:55
  - For $14 M.. seriously. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 23, 16:40 3
    - I would have a hard time turning my back on that kind of money, from my current perspective. - Beryllium Jul 23, 16:41 2
      - I am sure he was paid well before ...but an extra $14M isn't a small amount. Consider as he says he is getting a small and smaller role in the show. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 23, 16:42 1
        
        He's a stage actor. He's got plenty to look forward to there. - the liioulu with thunder Jul 23, 16:44
Some photos of The Middleman table reading at Comic Con. -- (link) - Remlik Jul 23, 16:32 1
- I hope Gleason gets a new show soon, to say nothing of the others. She did an episode of Friends where she basically played Ida. It was great :) - Beryllium Jul 23, 16:33
I'd like to say I don't care, yet here I am posting that Tim Tebow is a virgin. -- (link) - Mop (235 lbs) Jul 23, 16:22 12
- I've seen his girlfriend's tits. He's lying. -- nm - David Jul 23, 16:55 8
  - The ring in the bikini pic here must be made out of some kind of alien technology. -- (link) - Reagen Jul 23, 17:18 1
    - Anna Benson is going to be forgotten so quickly once Ms. faux-Tebow becomes more famous. -- nm - David Jul 23, 17:34
  - those are very drool-worthy -- nm - zork Jul 23, 17:11
  - agreed -- nm - Guy Jul 23, 17:08
  - Damn peephole cameras! -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 23, 17:04
  - he might be arguing status on a technicality. -- nm - reluctantcynic (en treo) Jul 23, 17:03
  - Maybe he meant he was a veagan. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 16:57
  - or he's holding a winning lotto ticket and refusing to cash it. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 16:57
- "I didn't come halfway across the country to have to listen to some clown try to TMZ himself into the moment." -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Jul 23, 16:26 1
  - Now I remember who Stephan on Jeopardy rieminds me of. - the liioulu with thunder Jul 23, 16:27
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if eag is paying attention, could he call me. -- nm - truman mobile Jul 23, 16:04 1
- Yeah give me a minute -- nm - eag Jul 23, 16:07
ooh ooh, I have a great idea...get one of those huge excerise balls, make it into a trackball, you sit on it and wiggle your butt around to move the.. - zeitgeist Jul 23, 16:04 3
- Oh you know what they should do for a web browser? Have a button that brings up the address bar right in the middle of the screen of whatever webpage - Loyola Jul 23, 16:07 2
  - keyboard shortcuts are your friend ... alt-d will do it -- nm - zork Jul 23, 17:12
  - Hmm...I think you may have hit on a new definition of lazy. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with thunder Jul 23, 16:08
Also LIR - wasn't it kare that was yelled at by her hot yoga instructor for having to leave the room? -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 23, 16:03 1
- I think so. -- nm - mara Jul 23, 16:17
LIR, I didn't find your rental car thread very Enterprise(ing) - MojaveMeg Jul 23, 16:02 9
- What was wrong with your car? -- nm - BAD Jul 23, 16:03 8
  - Pretty much everything :/ - MojaveMeg Jul 23, 16:13 7
    - Hope you have something left for your trip -- nm - BAD Jul 23, 16:18 1
      - Plastic, baybeee!! -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 23, 16:21
    - The cash for clunkers promotion starts today! -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 23, 16:15 4
      - Meg is not a clunker -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 23, 16:30 2
        
        Especially the new slimmer model. -- nm - the liioulu with thunder Jul 23, 16:35
        
        :-) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 23, 16:33
      - I know, but I don't want anything that qualifies. Everything gets about the same mileage as I'm getting now. - MojaveMeg Jul 23, 16:19
Con_Carne, your post on B2 about Americans buying big tvs and granite countertops reminds me of something. - Loyola Jul 23, 15:59 11 1
- Consumer spending is fine, but people can't go out and buy national infrastructure, nor stop the huge subsidies to health insurance companies - con_carne Jul 23, 16:15 1
  - I'm bidding on something on ebay being sold by concarne, guess what it is -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 23, 16:32
- /favourited/ - Dr.Vermin Jul 23, 16:09 8
  - I hope thats not recognized because its not true - Stewie Jul 23, 16:25 4
    - Except that it's gov't regulation that forced the creation of a lot of those "shit mortgages". - Dr.Vermin Jul 23, 16:29 2
      - You're not even close on this one. - Stewie Jul 23, 16:36 1
        
        "Republicans or Democrats... they're all guilty." I'm fine with this. - Dr.Vermin Jul 23, 16:40
    - This is what I'm trying to say. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 16:28
  - and yet, *de*regulation of the mortgage market gave banks and lenders carte blanche to fuck themselves in the ass ... - Beryllium Jul 23, 16:11 2
    - I'm all for regulation... - Dr.Vermin Jul 23, 16:27 1
      - total B.S. - Stewie Jul 23, 16:32
from the BB about the Jeff Smith Bone material.....new material.... - Remlik Jul 23, 15:58
Shipped today from Deep Discount: 5th Element, Dark City, LA Confidential. Watchmen on backorder. Blu-ray all. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 23, 15:55 2
- love Dark City & LA Confidential -- nm - Guy Jul 23, 16:32
- Oh, and Matrix 10th anniversary. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 23, 16:01
Boom Boom Pow -- nm - eag Jul 23, 15:45
JD, I'm hearing a fair bit of 'recovery' news here right now. - Subversive Jul 23, 15:44 17
- From what I have heard, the US economy bottomed around early April and for Canada about a month later. - Walt_Disney Jul 23, 16:04 10
  - Canada's hit was not nearly as hard, though -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 16:09 9
    - And the Canadian dollar has been moving up nicely. Back to over 91 cents US. - MojaveMeg Jul 23, 16:17 5
      - I think the populace of Canada has basically told the government to not let it hit par again ... :) - Beryllium Jul 23, 16:18 4
        
        Americans don't come and shop then. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with thunder Jul 23, 16:20 3
        
        Screw the Americans....I want the Canadians to buy from us :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 23, 16:22 1
        
        The Europeans do that. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with thunder Jul 23, 16:29
        
        exactly :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 16:21
    - Ours was much later than the US and I think the bottoms will be similar but our will bounce back much quicker... - Walt_Disney Jul 23, 16:14 2
      - Yeah, I don't think we have any housing market equivalents to Detroit or Florida, thankfully -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 16:15 1
        
        Detroit hasn't been in good shape for awhile. - the liioulu with thunder Jul 23, 16:17
- It took 8 years to totally trash the economy to brink of a 'great depression' I don't think Obama can wave a magic wand to fix it any better than - zeitgeist Jul 23, 15:56 2
  - More like 3 decades. This catastrophe has been a long time in the making. -- nm - not2fast Jul 23, 16:16
  - But the Republicans (Rush) thought he could after all they're bitching that he's failed after 6 months in office. -- nm - the liioulu with thunder Jul 23, 16:01
- Kim has talked about a lot of recovery jobs here. - David Jul 23, 15:53
- Also (LIR), the Marketplace people emphasize that the majority of the stimulus has yet to be spent. - con_carne Jul 23, 15:48 1
  - Which begs the question, if the stimulus was so important that a vote had to be taken on it before members had even read it... - Stephen Jul 23, 16:02
~ July, July, July-y-y... never seemed so strange. ~ -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 23, 15:44
Thanks everyone for you assitance on the BB....and I have a question for Andie.... - Walt_Disney Jul 23, 15:40 3
- Walt - Andie Jul 23, 15:53 2
  - Andie.... - Walt_Disney Jul 23, 16:03 1
    - at least once per week. -- nm - Andie Jul 23, 16:08
Canada's internet sweetheart, Amber MacArthur, operates out of Charlottetown. They have 'net access in PEI now? -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 23, 15:39 8
- they even have internet access in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 15:44 2
  - Even polar bears need iPods! -- nm - Steve Jobs Jul 23, 15:47 1
    - Yes, I saw it the first time, steve. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 15:49
- Any nudity? -- nm - con_carne Jul 23, 15:44
- Who? And are you serious? -- nm - Subversive Jul 23, 15:43 3
  - One of the funnier posts to me here recently was Mop complaining about someone being too obscure to mention. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 16:22
  - I said *Amber MacArthur*! -- (link) - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 23, 15:46 [Image]
  - The scary thing is that while his joke was a joke...some of the areas outside of Charlottetown have only recently gotten "good" internet - Walt_Disney Jul 23, 15:46
No New Gnus is Good Gnus! -- nm - Gary Gnu Jul 23, 15:38
Dear Payless: Alaska King, please. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 23, 15:35 4
- I was paged? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 23, 15:38
- is that like "nubbah, please"? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 15:36 2
  - Dignan promised me that Payless gave me crabs. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 23, 15:37 1
    - Dignan never means real crabs, he's only encountered crotch crabs. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 15:38
Email from my Rep: The Chart the Democrats DON'T Want You to See - nubby, Astronauts champion Jul 23, 15:35 7
- Ha. Send him back an email saying; - Loyola Jul 23, 15:38 3
  - I actually did write back, saying - nubby, Astronauts champion Jul 23, 15:39 2
    - Wait till there's a six week waiting list for toothpicks and plastic wrap. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 23, 15:41 1
      - And Reagen called *me* a chicken little. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Jul 23, 15:46
- *modifies this post so that "Republican efforts to reform health care" links to the movie Old Yeller* -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 15:37 2
  - Yell-rolled! -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 23, 15:37 1
    - *bang* -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 15:38
FRIG! Poll: Mouse or trackball? -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 23, 15:35 9
- if you are having problems with your wrist or fingers, a track ball just transfers the pain to another area, in someways makes it worse - zeitgeist Jul 23, 15:54
- I likey the trackball. WACOM tablet trumps both, of course. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 23, 15:39 1
  - Wack 'em? Now that'll make my wrist tired! -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 23, 15:40
- Mouse -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 23, 15:37
- Mouse. Trackballs make my fingers tired -- nm - con_carne Jul 23, 15:37
- Trackball. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 23, 15:37
- Mouse. Probably because I haven't had much experience with trackballs, though. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 15:35 1
  - me, too. definitely not the standing mouse thingie, though. (I just ordered a mouse wrist-rest a few minutes ago.) -- nm - b. Jul 23, 15:44
- Mouse. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Jul 23, 15:35

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