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Thanks for helping me get through thsi 9hr workday, ST. No matter the topic, it at least kept me distracted the whole time. -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 27, 13:49 3
- We didn't even get around to discussing which is better for repelling intruders, a wok or a floor brush. *sigh* -- nm - Loyola Jul 27, 13:52 2
  - Wok, no contest, and if you think otherwise U R dum. -- nm - Subversive Jul 27, 13:53 1
    - You would say wok you big wokhead. -- nm - Loyola Jul 27, 13:54
We've got triple-digital temps this week. What's the weather like in your neck of the woods? -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 27, 13:45 16
- Sunny, breezy, perfect -- nm - con_carne Jul 27, 13:54
- high 70s here. following a weekend of insane thunderstorms and massive road-washing-out rainfall. -- nm - Andie Jul 27, 13:53 2
  - You forgot about the penny sized hail that feel on my head yesterday!!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 27, 13:56
  - here's a pic of a rain-induced sinkhole - 14m deep (that's about 42 ft) -- (link) - Andie Jul 27, 13:55
- 76 degrees in Santa Clara -- nm - ceregon Jul 27, 13:51
- 80. It's cooled off some from last week. Still higher than normal humidity though. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 27, 13:50
- 80s w. thunderstorms. -- nm - znufrii Jul 27, 13:49
- 88. (the daily thunderstorm will probably be arriving soon.) -- nm - kelly Jul 27, 13:49
- 79 and partly cloudy -- nm - CQ Jul 27, 13:48
- wow, expecting record temps by wednesday, well over 90, may even hit 100 in our area - zeitgeist Jul 27, 13:48
- Coldest summer on record. nm - Dignan Jul 27, 13:48
- Mid 80 -- nm - Jelly Jul 27, 13:47 1
  - 's and humid for the rest of the week. -- nm - Jelly Jul 27, 13:48
- Right now 8 degrees, so whatever that is in farenheit. -- nm - Loyola Jul 27, 13:46
- regionally-elevated double digits -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 13:45 1
  - (Translation: "fucking hot" :)) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 13:46
Inigo, sellout.woot has a 37" refurb Sylvania LCD for $419 +$5. -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 27, 13:44 1
- I think he said no tv until the cc is straightened out. -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 13:48
More roommate drama, suggestions welcome. - ceregon Jul 27, 13:38 17
- potential new roomate needs to get off his lazy ass and find a place on his own. and quit crying like a little piss ant -- nm - CQ Jul 27, 13:51
- send new friend to Craigslist - The Site For Degenerates. -- nm - Diva Jul 27, 13:45 1
  - (don't forget the little trademark symbol.) - TFox Jul 27, 13:46
- old guy gets precedence. New guy sucks it up and finds a place. These things fall through all the time, that's life. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 13:44
- help your friend find a new place. -- nm - b. Jul 27, 13:42 3
  - I forwarded his info to profs I know that rent to students, but he's going to end up paying more for a less nice place and being further from campus -- nm - ceregon Jul 27, 13:47
  - Not a bad idea -- nm - con_carne Jul 27, 13:44
  - this is the correct answer. - Hotkiss Jul 27, 13:44
- Shoot your friend you like least in the face. -- nm - Loyola Jul 27, 13:42
- gotta go with old roommate. new guy is out of luck (i mean, i know why you feel bad, but stuff happens.) -- nm - Andie Jul 27, 13:41 1
  - or alternately, let the hottest one move it -- nm - Andie Jul 27, 13:43
- Easy: old roommate sleeps with you. (serious answer inside) - nubby in NC Jul 27, 13:40
- Dude needs to just f*cking deal with reality and not get all pissy. - znufrii Jul 27, 13:40
- rent to the highest bidder -- nm - marcel Jul 27, 13:40
- Share your bed. - redmond Jul 27, 13:39 2
  - Doh. My dog wouldn't like that though. -- nm - ceregon Jul 27, 13:41
  - Boom -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 13:40
it came from a lunch outing. - b. Jul 27, 13:37 1
- Another half hour or so and I'm out of here...... - MojaveMeg Jul 27, 13:45
Why do I want to make all the campers cry with Rudy, when I could just make them feel awesome with crane kick power? -- nm - TFox Jul 27, 13:37 25
- Other notes: Sandlot is genius, no one saying The Mighty Ducks is fail, and I would love to show Murderball... - TFox Jul 27, 13:38 1
  - (also, I haven't seen Hoosiers. Always wanted to. Maybe that would fly...) -- nm - TFox Jul 27, 13:45
- if you want to show Karate, just show it already. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 13:38 22
  - I want someone to top the idea! Work for it! -- nm - TFox Jul 27, 13:39 21
    - Battle Royale -- nm - Roger More Jul 27, 13:54
    - Cool Runnings -- nm - con_carne Jul 27, 13:40 1
      - i love this movie. -- nm - TFox Jul 27, 13:40
    - (The first idea was Shaolin Soccer, which is so batshit insane I thought it'd be awesome, but they looked at us like we were nuts.) -- nm - TFox Jul 27, 13:40 17
      - Battlefield Baseball! -- (link) - Jelly Jul 27, 13:44
      - I assume someone said Bend It Like Beckham, right? Or is that too new? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 13:43 15
        
        A couple times. I was meh on that movie when I saw it; bored me to death. - TFox Jul 27, 13:43 13
        
        It's a *horribly* directed movie. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 13:47 1
        
        i think i also thought this. -- nm - TFox Jul 27, 13:47
        
        it was about girls playing *soccer*. - Beryllium Jul 27, 13:44 10
        
        (To put that in perspective, that's the same emphasis as "girls playing *tennis*" and "girls playing *beach volleyball*") -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 13:45 9
        
        girls playing beach volleyball > girls playing tennis > girls playing soccer -- nm - TFox Jul 27, 13:46 8
        
        Wrong wrong wrong. Soccer girls = tennis girls and both are > beach volleyball girls. - Subversive Jul 27, 13:52 2
        
        well, I think part of his logic centers around how much pantie he can see. - Beryllium Jul 27, 13:55 1
        
        (Or would that be "panty", technically?) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 13:56
        
        u r dum. -- nm - kelly Jul 27, 13:47 3
        
        Nyjer Morgan. -- nm - TFox Jul 27, 13:49 2
        
        not me! -- nm - kelly Jul 27, 13:51 1
        
        so? - TFox Jul 27, 13:52
        
        I disagree with your priorities. - Beryllium Jul 27, 13:46
        
        (hi kelly! heh.) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 13:43
I have to take these lame skillsoft quizzes and it's killing me how poorly the questions are worded. I wish I could c & p for you guys. -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 27, 13:37
B'Way PSA -- Avenue Q closing Sept 13th. :( -- nm - znufrii Jul 27, 13:36 4
- And then coming to Providence in October! - TFox Jul 27, 13:37 3
  - I so want to see Wicked. -- nm - kelly Jul 27, 13:41
  - Jersey Boys is wonderful -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 27, 13:39
  - nice lineup. - znufrii Jul 27, 13:38
Coyotes bidders offer plan to play games in Saskatoon and Halifax -- (link) - Reagen Jul 27, 13:36 4
- It boggles my mind that someone might get to buy the team for ~$150M when Balsille is willig to pay ~$212M. - Subversive Jul 27, 13:47 2
  - It apparently was not that straightforward. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 13:50 1
    - Well, clearly. But it could be, and if I've sunk hundreds of millions into a money losing team, I'd sure want to take the best offer. -- nm - Subversive Jul 27, 13:51
- Remarks Winnipeg and Hamilton: F*#&!!!! -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 27, 13:41
Moon Bloodgood joins Spielberg's new show... - Remlik Jul 27, 13:34 1
- I found her totally blah on Burn Notice, so that's good. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 13:36
I am now one of you. What server does ST play Ikarium on? -- nm - Inigo Jul 27, 13:32 3
- .org delta -- nm - marcel Jul 27, 13:34
- .com delta -- nm - CQ Jul 27, 13:33 1
  - .com! come play with me. -- nm - b. Jul 27, 13:37
photo of Madonna's roided out arms -- (link) - Epiphany Jul 27, 13:28 [Image] 30
- Now *that's* funny. -- nm - Loyola Jul 27, 13:48
- this ad may be .. suboptimal now -- (link) - marcel Jul 27, 13:38 [youtube]
- BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL! - con_carne Jul 27, 13:37 1
  - HHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! -- nm - lileve Jul 27, 13:46
- ew. -- nm - Diva Jul 27, 13:36
- She is ripped. we need an abs shot. I want to bounce Susan B Anthony's off them. -- nm - H-Mogul Jul 27, 13:34
- Gain weight woman. -- nm - lileve Jul 27, 13:32
- poor lady is on shredders -- nm - CQ Jul 27, 13:32
- Someone call Ripley and tell her to get into her Dock Loader because the Queen still lives. - Mel Profit Jul 27, 13:29
- also - i think i'm going to make that my facebook pic for a day -- nm - Andie Jul 27, 13:29
- IWHT -- nm - redmond Jul 27, 13:29 2
  - the face and cleavage area look normal as hell. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 27, 13:31 1
    - implants and injections -- nm - lileve Jul 27, 13:33
- do we think that's real? because that's *hideous*. -- nm - Andie Jul 27, 13:28 16
  - I'm almost certain that it's real. nm - Dignan Jul 27, 13:33 8
    - yep, googling shows that her arms always look like that. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 13:33
    - (and it looks like she's wearing one of those Halloween skeleton shirts.) nm - Dignan Jul 27, 13:33
    - oh, i've seen lots of pics, but that seems ... enhanced. -- nm - Andie Jul 27, 13:33 5
      - I'm wondering if the shadows have been deepened or something. -- nm - mara Jul 27, 13:34 4
        
        harsh TV lights? -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 13:35
        
        yeah, i know they're bad, but i think this is touched up a bit -- nm - Andie Jul 27, 13:35 2
        
        Yeah, that's what I meant -- some kind of touching up that basically deepens the shadows or increases contrast or something. -- nm - mara Jul 27, 13:36 1
        
        I could see that. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 13:39
  - I think maybe real. The British tabs have been publishing photos of her arms recently. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 13:31
  - it almost has to be photo shopped - right? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 27, 13:30 5
    - I just googled "madonna arms" and came up with a lot of similar looking ones. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 13:33
    - i'm thinking yes. -- nm - Andie Jul 27, 13:31 3
      - Andie... -- (link) - lileve Jul 27, 13:34 [Backboard] 2
        
        nice. :) - Andie Jul 27, 13:35 1
        
        Yes but I'm sure you could make some connections and get another job from that job. -- nm - lileve Jul 27, 13:45
Does Seabiscuit count? -- nm - kelly Jul 27, 13:28 1
- I vote Goal, it has some life lessons besides the soccer action -- nm - MDH Jul 27, 13:31
FWIW, I was actually set to buy this TV (or the 46" version of it) - Inigo Jul 27, 13:27 2
- Excellent TV (OMG! When did they start doing "Touch of Color" in anything other than red?) Sucky situation. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 27, 13:43
- I bet consumerist would like to hear from you. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 13:28
ten minutes of bike schadenfreude -- (link) - marcel Jul 27, 13:26 [youtube] 1
- I feel no sympathy for the helmetless idiots. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 13:27
Victory! -- nm - CQ Jul 27, 13:24
Canucks: The loonie is up to $0.93 - time for cross-border shopping again. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 13:24 5
- Heh, I transferred some funds just this morning. The one time I'd probably benefited from a delay, they had the wire through in about 3 hours :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 27, 13:28
- I don't know what currency to make fun of any more. -- nm - loosilu Jul 27, 13:25 3
  - Greenspanbacks? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 13:25
  - The Vietnamese dong. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 13:25 1
    - ding! -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 27, 13:44
con_carne: You mean Tin Cup, right? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 13:23 1
- Sure, why not. :) -- nm - con_carne Jul 27, 13:33
REB2: We set a date for a movie well in advance. Get the (family mamber) sitter set up, and everything. -- nm - Spawn Jul 27, 13:22
The Cutting Edge 3 -- nm - Dano Jul 27, 13:22 2
- I suggested The Cutting Edge. Love that movie. -- nm - TFox Jul 27, 13:36 1
  - toe pick! -- nm - kelly Jul 27, 13:46
*throws the ball in slow-motion* -- nm - con_carne Jul 27, 13:22
Somebody call 9-1-1, shawty fire burning on the dance floor, whoa-oh -- nm - ty97 Jul 27, 13:21
TFox, Rudy is high on the (short) list of movies that can reliably bring tears to my eyes. - Dr.Vermin Jul 27, 13:21 1
- ...then make them fight a genius bear. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 27, 13:28
Brent Spiner's twitters are pretty amusing, for those who care. -- (link) - TWuG Jul 27, 13:20 1
- I had to unfollow him, the tweets were beginning to eat away at my brain. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 13:21
The Best Of Times -- nm - CQ Jul 27, 13:20
Men With Brooms -- nm - znufrii Jul 27, 13:20 5
- ugh. -- nm - Andie Jul 27, 13:20 4
  - Paul Gross just can't avoid the sitcom mentality. -- nm - Reagen Jul 27, 13:21 3
    - Loved him in Slings and Arrows. - znufrii Jul 27, 13:22 1
      - Passchendaele was his most recent feature. -- nm - Andie Jul 27, 13:26
    - He should be the bad guy in Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 -- nm - Beryllium Jul 27, 13:22
The Greatest Game Ever Played -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 27, 13:19 1
- the coldest story ever told. -- nm - b. Jul 27, 13:28
An error occurred while processing this television purchase. -- nm - Mr. Havens Jul 27, 13:19

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