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I hope Vanessa Hudgens' career stalls a few more times. -- nm - Todd Manning Aug 6, 11:50 4
- Link? -- nm - David Aug 6, 11:51 3
  - there's a link in the first news hit i saw. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 6, 11:56
  - Superficial.com had them up but took them down yesterday after her lawyer(s) said they were taken when she was 17. Hi Winger! -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 6, 11:52 1
    - *hair toss* *smile* -- nm - Kip Aug 6, 11:54
Today's work-provided lunch is Thai food. - Beryllium Aug 6, 11:49 1
- tell me more about this ... does something happen with the lunch or is it just a work perk? -- nm - JenBro Aug 6, 12:14
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- holy crap, it's thursday?? -- nm - Max Aug 6, 11:49 4
  - crikey, it's august?! -- nm - Beryllium (getting hitched in September) Aug 6, 11:50 3
    - Wait, it's 2009??! -- nm - mara Aug 6, 11:50 2
      - A.D.?! -- nm - Plato Aug 6, 11:51
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- not fast enough -- nm - lileve Aug 6, 11:48
GI Joe midnight show - ticket purchased. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 11:43 9
- This is one of those 'I'll see it so you don't have to viewings.' -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 6, 11:53
- Best wishes. -- nm - Max Aug 6, 11:47
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  - hee. I remember your boxster-goal days. what are we funding now? -- nm - b. Aug 6, 11:52
- You're determined to keep those hives, aren't you? nm - Dignan Aug 6, 11:44
- It got 7 out of 10 from one of the guys at ComingSoon or something. So it should be entertaining, at least. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 11:44
- you really do like you some Channing Tatum -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 11:44 2
  - I'm hoping he dances in this one too. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 11:47 1
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I'm going to Canada's Wonderland tomorrow! Biggest roller coaster in Canada, here i come! -- (link) - Andie Aug 6, 11:41 3
- That looks *fun*. -- nm - TFox Aug 6, 11:43
- Calgary needs something better than Calaway Park. - Reagen Aug 6, 11:43 1
  - bah, just ride an emu at the zoo -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 11:43
bleah. Apparently fb still not working for me, but working for other friends in the city. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 11:41
With my move and set-up expenses, my brother's graudation gift, etc, my primary credit card was sitting near its limit. - ty97 Aug 6, 11:40
Teehee. Trish said rear-end. -- nm - Qale Aug 6, 11:37 1
- Well you know she likes her some good - ty97 Aug 6, 11:38
You know, I dislike it when I spend two months working on a project at work, and then someone dismisses it with a handwave. - Beryllium Aug 6, 11:35 4
- i shall now "grr" on your behalf. -- nm - b. Aug 6, 11:37 1
  - appreciated :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 11:42
- whatever. *dismissive handwave* -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 11:36 1
  - *handwaves ST* -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 11:36
Clive Owen alert: The Boys are Back trailer -- (link) - Dano Aug 6, 11:29 2
- There's... some dust in the air. -- nm - Mop (face it, the scale says 240 lbs) Aug 6, 11:38 1
  - i have no chance. -- nm - b. Aug 6, 11:44
I'm finding it funny that the Right is getting blamed for scaring seniors into believing that the new health care plan will lead to a shortening of - Stephen Aug 6, 11:25 5
- How does a health care plan shorten people's lives? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 12:41
- what an odd paralell to draw. -- nm - mafic Aug 6, 11:31 2
  - I know. How is Bill Maher relevant to the healthcare debate? Is he a high-profile liberal? -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 11:38 1
    - more because of what ty said. - mafic Aug 6, 11:41
- Are these items logically exclusive? - ty97 Aug 6, 11:29
Snuggie Dog. That's right. It's Snuggie. For dogs. -- (link) - Mop (face it, the scale says 240 lbs) Aug 6, 11:24 6
- It would be better if it was made from real dogs. -- nm - BB Aug 6, 11:29 3
  - I used to know someone that knit sweaters from her dogs' hair. -- nm - mafic Aug 6, 11:31 2
    - Samoyed fur is actually quite good for knitting. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 11:32 1
      - And it comes off like crazy. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 11:32
- apparently a friend of a friend has to get one for his greyhound because they have poor insulation and will freeze in winter. (?) -- nm - Max Aug 6, 11:25 1
  - yep. That's where the red popsicles come from. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 11:26
*looks left - then right* Happy B-Day Hdnagnda - Man Men in T minus 10 days! -- nm - JenBro Aug 6, 11:18 3
- Thanks JenBro! Oh and a thought about a future plot point. They must must must.... - HdnAgnda Aug 6, 11:56 1
  - wait ... there's ties with scenes from Mad Men at Banana Republic and you are going to use them to tie up women in bed? - JenBro Aug 6, 12:16
- The most manly men in the world! Man Men! -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 6, 11:22
Leno on Top Gear. They list his cars. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 6, 11:17 [youtube] 2
- Thanks for posting this. -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 11:37
- his story about the gang member ridealong is great (around six minutes in) -- nm - Max Aug 6, 11:25
Whoever had that Kenyan birth certificate idea... -- (link) - BB Aug 6, 11:15 4
- I presumed I was not first. - ty97 Aug 6, 11:19
- hi! and psst. - b. Aug 6, 11:16 2
  - :( - ty97 Aug 6, 11:20 1
    - *pat* -- nm - b. Aug 6, 11:21
it's gray outside. :( - -- nm - b. Aug 6, 11:09
LYC: Locked Up Abroad is such a great show, scary but very good television. -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 11:08
"You Do Not Have Health Insurance" - Loyola Aug 6, 11:07 27
- i've always seen the US system as a modern version of fudalism -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 6, 11:19 2
  - This is my favourite post I've read that seeks to show what the health insurance companies are really like; - Loyola Aug 6, 11:23 1
    - There's some good stuff in there for sure. Some of it is a little spinny, but a lot of the core points are sound. -- nm - TFox Aug 6, 11:31
- well, if everyone had coverage, you could assume that more people would be seeking medical attention, which could reduce the resources devoted to your - mafic Aug 6, 11:17
- That's... silly. You have insurance as long as you have a policy. Same as every other kind of insurance on the planet. -- nm - TFox Aug 6, 11:09 22
  - Heath insurance is the only kind of insurance I know of where there are entire departments devoted to coming up for reasons to deny your claim. - Trish Aug 6, 11:15 18
    - Trish! did you see the brown recluse spider bite news? -- nm - Max Aug 6, 11:38
    - I wonder how many people at Aetna lost their job when my claim was approved. - BB Aug 6, 11:20
    - I don't like that side of things either, but I don't think it's unique to medical insurance. - TFox Aug 6, 11:18 5
      - Say somebody rear-end your car. They are clearly at fault, the estimate to fix is $2k. Would you put up with months of unanswered phone calls, "lost" - Trish Aug 6, 11:26 1
        
        Of course I wouldn't. I'm not trying to assert I would either. There are plenty of fair and easy criticisms of heinous behavior from health insurers. - TFox Aug 6, 11:30
      - but at that point you're already dead, so it doesn't matter quite as much. -- nm - mafic Aug 6, 11:24 2
        
        Need I mention ICBC? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 11:26 1
        
        it's still better than the system in AB (which is the only other one I've used). - mafic Aug 6, 11:28
    - Simply put, it should not be a for-profit industry. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 6, 11:18 9
      - in other words it should be a goverment job! -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 6, 11:22 8
        
        Then the Government can deny treatment to keep you alive because it's "to costly"....But, at least you get to feel all warm and fuzy about it -- nm - Scorpion Aug 6, 11:28 5
        
        well atleast they won't have to do that for profit -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 6, 11:35 3
        
        For-deficit isn't better than for-profit. The plan doesn't even come within miles of even breaking even -- nm - Scorpion Aug 6, 11:37 2
        
        This is certainly a part of the plan I would like to see revised. -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 11:41 1
        
        I can get behind a plan offers real coverage to those who need it wihtout over-reaching, and lays out how they're going to pay for it. -- nm - Scorpion Aug 6, 11:45
        
        "too costly" is a very real problem though. Ignoring "too costly" can have very bad consequences. -- nm - TFox Aug 6, 11:35
        
        There is a corporate construct known as a "non-profit" that could handle it without being directly attached to the government. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 11:25 1
        
        Like my company, as one example. -- nm - TFox Aug 6, 11:29
  - Until your claim gets denied so they can pad their bottom line. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 6, 11:11
  - The overall point is not a bad. We all have transient health insurance. - ty97 Aug 6, 11:11 1
    - Sure. -- nm - TFox Aug 6, 11:14
LIR: Ender. I understand the organizers are telling the participants to "shout," interrupt speakers, argue out of turn, behave angrily & classlessly. - con_carne Aug 6, 11:06 21
- Probably lost on B2: I whole-heartedly support a conversation on health care from all side. - ty97 Aug 6, 11:09 1
  - I don't think anyone reasonable disagrees with you here about that. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 11:16
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  - Dick Armey. - znufrii Aug 6, 11:09
  - Groups such as FreedomWorks. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 6, 11:09 1
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  - Organizers. It's in the story that I linked on B2 (which unfortunately is audio-only). The only name I remember is Limbaugh. -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 11:08 6
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      - The fact that they're small shows how fringe they are. The smallness of these groups is also in the NPR story I linked on B2. -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 11:18 2
        
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        Just watched that ad. "They've called out the mob" = hilarious. Even made me sympathize with the protesters a little. -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 11:27
      - I do not have cable, smartypants, and no I have not seen this commercial you;re talking about. -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 11:15 1
        
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  - You know, "them". -- nm - Ender Aug 6, 11:07 7
    - To be fair, this seems to be from fringe groups. Some figured out that Town Hall meeting have become an effective way for Congressmen to reach voters - con_carne Aug 6, 11:15 1
      - I'd hardly call FreedomWorks a "fringe group" - znufrii Aug 6, 11:39
    - *puts on tinfoil hat* -- nm - Loyola Aug 6, 11:07 4
      - gah! I always think of River Phoenix on the couch between those two kids in that movie ... so hilarious -- nm - JenBro Aug 6, 11:12 3
        
        :) Joaquin maybe? -- nm - Loyola Aug 6, 11:16 2
        
        egad I'm a lame brain today ... yes ... certainly not River - sheesh - and I swear I'm not drinking even. -- nm - JenBro Aug 6, 11:17 1
        
        Heh, easy mistake to make. -- nm - Loyola Aug 6, 11:20
Jack - this is just another of those things where we just don't grok each other - Reagen Aug 6, 11:03 11
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  - DId you ever get an answer from him? -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 11:21 4
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      - How long are you going to wait before cancelling 2nd room? -- nm - Subversive Aug 6, 11:23 2
        
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        Being audity-like, I'd send one more e-mail saying "I am canceling at X:00 ET today/tomorrow" - ty97 Aug 6, 11:43
  - well it was sarcastic - Reagen Aug 6, 11:10 1
    - as long as you didn't reference mouse hunt ... you're ok :D - JenBro Aug 6, 11:13
- Tonight, I'm Gonna Grok You, Tonight! -- nm - This ... Is ... Dawson Tap! Aug 6, 11:03 2
  - I don't care if it's David's shtich, but... two hours. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 11:05 1
    - It takes a village. -- nm - David Aug 6, 11:14
Did ST know this: Gmail doesn't allow through .exe files. Even if they are zipped. I understand that .exe can be harmful, but how am I suppose to send - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 6, 11:01 12
- there are workarounds. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 6, 11:03 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 6, 11:08
- Rename it with .zzz extension, send it to your friend, then they rename it back to .exe extension. -- nm - Subversive Aug 6, 11:03 2
  - we do this ALL the time with DOD email. -- nm - loosilu Aug 6, 11:07
  - Good idea. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 6, 11:04
- yousendit.com? I'm not sure about their policy, just mentioning them. -- nm - Max Aug 6, 11:02 6
  - there are plenty of services like that, although I've never used them. (One benefit of having my own web hosting ... :)) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 11:03 5
    - I use yousendit all the time and endorse them. -- nm - Max Aug 6, 11:07 4
      - Yeah, I used that one before too. Pretty good. I just found is strange that gmail blocks them automatically. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 6, 11:08 3
        
        I don't know of any e-mail program that allows .exe files to be sent. That's just good sense. - Subversive Aug 6, 11:09 2
        
        Yahoo does, according to the link b posted above. They scan it first. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 6, 11:14 1
        
        Interesting. Well, the zzz thing works, I've done it many times. -- nm - Subversive Aug 6, 11:20
I imagine there'd only be trouble if there was a stripper union. -- nm - mafic Aug 6, 11:00 10
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  - deported to siberia to work in the salt mines. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 11:04 6
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      - if you run into a half-vietnamese australian girl named laura, tell her I said hi. - mafic Aug 6, 11:11 4
        
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        the bathrooms have these things that are like urinals, only for vomit. complete with handles. -- nm - mafic Aug 6, 11:15 1
        
        spoiler! -- nm - b. Aug 6, 11:18
        
        one thing I can tell you is that you're not allowed to dance on the tables - Reagen Aug 6, 11:14
- Strip clubs have amateur night all the time. I see no reason for elf-calling. -- nm - TFox Aug 6, 11:03 1
  - unless she was really REALLY short ... but even then .. "little person" is probably more PC -- nm - JenBro Aug 6, 11:15
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- Like I said, talent will never be Crabtree's problem. -- nm - David Aug 6, 11:15
- ninny. -- nm - b. Aug 6, 11:01
- Yeah, cause you'll go higher in the draft after sitting out of football for a year. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 11:01 1
  - He won't have to compete with Darrius Heyward-Bey for that coveted #1 WR spot. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 6, 11:02

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