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Sgt Slaughter's nephew was recently killed in Afghanistan as part of the military actions underway. -- (link) - Will Hunting Aug 11, 04:43
I'm off to Myanmar! -- nm - Super Bill C. Aug 11, 04:36
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of JFK, dies at 88. -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 11, 04:19 4
- :( -- nm - Jelly Aug 11, 05:14
- is this Maria's mom? -- nm - Stacy Aug 11, 05:09 2
  - Wiki says yes. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 05:14 1
    - thanks :) -- nm - Stacy Aug 11, 05:15
Tonight my TV broke and started smoking so I called 911, they sent 2 almost 3 firetrucks. The 14 firefighters concluded the smoke was coming from my - Stacy Aug 11, 01:52 4
- you called 911 because your t.v. was smoking? slight bit of overkill there -- nm - CQ Aug 11, 02:55 1
  - not really my stainless teel entertainment ecenter is too big and heavy for me to move to be able to unplug some unknown cable. -- nm - Stacy Aug 11, 04:00
- Why I never watch Rescue Me. -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 11, 02:48
- which is actually perfect timing also with my new 2 year HD triple play contract I got into for my best friend and previous roommate :) -- nm - Stacy Aug 11, 01:56
talk about feeling old, History chan is doing 80's tech and I'm seeing all the way kewl toys I drooled over, cell phones the size of a lunchbox, sony - zeitgeist Aug 11, 00:54
We got Rock Band 2 for the Xbox 360 today. - JaxSean Aug 11, 00:37 8
- The drums are fine but I feel like I might break the pedal. -- nm - Tim Aug 11, 00:52
- I like RB so much more than GHWT it isn't funny. - Trish Aug 11, 00:46 3
  - We hardly ever play GHWT anymore. But I do like the GH guitars *tons* better. - JaxSean Aug 11, 00:50 2
    - Yeah, not a fan of RB guitars. -- nm - Tim Aug 11, 00:51
    - the RB guitar is too squishy in the strum bar. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 00:51
- Heh, our GH:WT drums (360) at work broke in two weeks. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 00:38 2
  - We re-bought RB2, and those drums have been flawless since -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 00:38 1
    - Oh, I think the quality is as good (or better), but for some reason the "feel" is much more toy-ey. - JaxSean Aug 11, 00:45
Happy Birthday, MojaveMom!!! - JaxSean Aug 11, 00:33 4
- Happy birthday! -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 11, 05:26
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Jelly Aug 11, 05:14
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! -- nm - gullible 'lia Aug 11, 00:50
- Yeah! Happy birthday! :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 00:36
I keep considering something like this: Creative Labs Vado HD 720p Pocket Video Camcorder with 8 GB Storage and 2x Digital Zoom ($99 Gold Box deal) -- (link) - JaxSean Aug 11, 00:28
Video Game deal: $5.98 for Xbox Sega Superstars of Tennis -- (link) - JaxSean Aug 11, 00:22
Today's Amazon MP3 special: exclusive edition of Cobra Starship's Hot Mess, featuring two versions of the hit "Good Girls Go Bad" for $3.99 -- (link) - JaxSean Aug 11, 00:19 1
- Heh. "Pete Wentz Is The Only Reason We're Famous." -- nm - Tim Aug 11, 00:23
OK, I suspect I left the paper in the car. I'll try to find it on my way to work tomorrow. (It tells me the time cut-offs for food intake) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 00:07
Anyone got any hot tips for renting a car (near O'hare)? -- nm - psilotum Aug 10, 23:52 2
- loop a few large metal washers or hex nuts on a yard long wire, swing fast towards the back window, jam a screw driver in the ignition and twist hard - zeitgeist Aug 10, 23:57 1
  - Hang on a minute while I tighten the car seat! -- nm - psilotum Aug 11, 00:01
four score and seven anuses ago -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 23:37
I can't seem to find the piece of paper that details what I need to know prior to my surgery. Uh oh. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 23:34 1
- The location of the nearest McDonalds. - psilotum Aug 10, 23:48
TDS should have that panel more often - Sam Bee, Aasif Mandvi and John Oliver just killed - amoxy Aug 10, 23:17 1
- Makes a note to watch it tonight. -- nm - LMS Aug 11, 03:01
If there is a health care townhall meeting around here, I think I'll find a civil service job application and C&P something about applying for the job - zeitgeist Aug 10, 23:15 3
- You know, for a phrase that doesn't even exist in the bill, it sure does pop up a lot. In addition, we already have ethics panels and professional - Trish Aug 11, 00:32 2
  - I think most of us see that. The crazy people see what the talking heads tell them to see. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 00:35 1
    - The worst are the elderly people already enrolled in Medicare. Nothing will change (unless they get rid of the boondoggle drug plan) It's like they've - Trish Aug 11, 00:44
"I don't want to hurt Bender's feelings, but this food tastes better - amoxy Aug 10, 23:10 5
- "This is a full 10% under the fatal amount of salt." "I shouldn't have had seconds." -- nm - David Aug 10, 23:11 4
  - what's great there is that it's a sea creature complaining about too much salt. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 23:19 3
    - THAT'S what's great? Hey, jackass, over here! Look! I'm a robot that can cook! -- nm - Bender, the robot who can cook Aug 11, 00:06
    - "So, Elzar, what will you be cooking for Morbo to devour with his mighty jaws? " -- nm - amoxy Aug 10, 23:21 1
      - I think Morbo would be really angry to find out he is listed as a -- (link) - amoxy Aug 10, 23:24
hey ST - thanks for the island finder help earlier -- nm - JenBro Aug 10, 22:45
Amoxy, here's the link to Kim's Butch Cassidy column. -- (link) - David Aug 10, 22:42 1
- Excellent -- nm - amoxy Aug 10, 23:08
I missed the West Coast Hour. Anything good happen? -- nm - Redmond Aug 10, 22:40 5
- and when was West Coast Hour on ST? -nm - 'lia Aug 10, 22:48
- bacon coffee -- nm - peglegpete Aug 10, 22:41 3
  - That was during the Central Time Hour -- nm - Redmond Aug 10, 22:42 2
    - when did they get an hour? -- nm - peglegpete Aug 10, 22:51 1
      - i know, right? - nm - gullible 'lia Aug 10, 22:52
Cattle Rustling back on the rise -- (link) - Reagen Aug 10, 22:34 1
- what's worse is the horserustling going on in the south where that meat is popular amoung some immigrants and they butcher the animal right there -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 23:20
yay! Pee Wee Herman is coming back to the stage -- (link) - farmer ted Aug 10, 22:16 5
- wow. I saw the show at the roxy in '81. Man, I feel old. (nm) - howie Aug 10, 22:29 4
  - the HBO broadcast was a comedy epiphany. sad that Phil Hartman won't be here to play -- nm - farmer ted Aug 10, 22:33
  - I was born in '81. (October.) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 22:29 2
    - that was ten years after I graduated from highschool and about the time I left collage -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 00:00
    - great. now i feel older. (nm) - howie Aug 10, 22:36
Had a good day at getting rid of junk stuff. 2 box fans, 1 used up BBQ, 1 old bike, 1 old computer chair. - BAD Aug 10, 22:00 3
- how long did it take per item? - 'lia Aug 10, 22:05 2
  - half hour for the bike, hour for box fans, 20 mins for computer chair, and a hour and a half for BBQ - BAD Aug 10, 22:08 1
    - crack is BAD - 'lia Aug 10, 22:15
Hmm, upon investigation, my supermarket sells caffeine-free pepsi in 12-back 355ml cans ... and diet caffeine-free in 2L bottles (and cans) - Beryllium Aug 10, 21:34 4
- It's probably much cheaper, though... they're usually priced at a 3:1 (cans to 2-liters) ratio here. -- nm - Jelly Aug 11, 05:14
- 2L cans? -- nm - Mop Aug 10, 21:40 1
  - *ahem* Sorry, I was non-specific. diet sans-caf�ine pepsi comes in 2L bottles and 12x355mL cans -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 21:45
- (I got a regular bottle of caffeinated pepsi for tomorrow, which will be somewhat of a stressful day, and caffeine-free A&W rootbeer for this evening) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 21:34
The lenticular hologram on the slipcase to my Watchmen blu-ray is just stunning. Best hologram I've ever seen. -- nm - Mop Aug 10, 21:30
I see from my entertainment feed that Brooks & Dunn have broken up. This should not be news. - Mop Aug 10, 21:28 3
- not news, but still sad - 'lia Aug 10, 21:48 2
  - Word, big fan of Brooks & Dunn. -- nm - Stephen Aug 10, 21:57 1
    - I've seen them a couple times live, they put on a good show. Lots of fun onstage. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 22:00
I shouldn't have had that cup of coffee. -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 21:02 24
- I am really craving a pepsi right now, but the caffeine would absolutely *ruin* me for work tomorrow -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 21:08 23
  - How I envy you people. I've built up a huge immunity to caffeine. The dosage need to keep me awake would kill an elephant. -- nm - Mop Aug 10, 21:26 16
    - My problem is that caffeine doesn't stop me from feeling tired, it just prevents me from sleeping. *SO* aggravating. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 21:33
    - Just don't drink as much. -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 21:26 14
      - are you familiar with the concept of caffeine withdrawl? -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 21:31 6
        
        I went cold turkey with coffee when I was 12 (which tells you just how early I started). The headaches were like death. -- nm - Mop Aug 10, 21:42
        
        Ween yourself off. -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 21:34 4
        
        leave me out of this!! -- nm - Ween si Aug 10, 21:38 1
        
        What happened to that guy? -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 21:40
        
        I apologize - apparently you got the impression I was asking for advice. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 21:38 1
        
        No I understood. -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 21:39
      - From your lips to Redmond's ears. -- nm - Mop Aug 10, 21:29 6
        
        *gags* cough cough. :) -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 21:29 5
        
        *slaps lileve on the back, offers mental brillo - 'lia Aug 10, 21:31 4
        
        I'm already married! ;) -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 21:33 3
        
        but lia isn't. Yet, -- nm - Redmond Aug 10, 22:46 2
        
        who is married, to whom around here? -- nm - gullible 'lia Aug 10, 22:51 1
        
        Here is mine... -- (link) - lileve Aug 11, 06:04 [Backboard]
  - No kidding, I'm tired yet not enough to fall asleep. -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 21:15 5
    - nmblileve - 'lia Aug 10, 21:23 4
      - Sure thing but I'm ready to pass out so maybe tomorrow. Is that ok? -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 21:26 3
        
        sure, tomorrow is fine - 'lia Aug 10, 21:29 2
        
        Ok. Check this out for now. It gives you color palette ideas. -- (link) - lileve Aug 10, 21:30 1
        
        i'm heading toward kaffe fassett jewel tones - 'lia Aug 10, 21:36
For Redmond -- (link) - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 21:00 1
- OH MY GOD! -- nm - Redmond Aug 10, 21:36
Aaron Boone (open-heart surgery) finished 0-for-2 in his first rehab game Monday with Double-A Corpus Christi. - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 20:56 3
- He finished *alive*, right? I'd call that a win. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 21:00 2
  - Hell yeah -- nm - Dave Dravecky Aug 10, 21:01
  - If he makes back to the bigs, he's a lock for Comeback Player of the Year. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 21:01
If you're gonna run with the big dogs, you'd better learn to piss in the tall grass -- nm - 'lia Aug 10, 20:55 4
- But I can't aim. I don't have that part. -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 20:56 3
  - *gently leads lileve back to sit on the porch with the puppies -- nm - 'lia Aug 10, 20:58 2
    - I swear mommy I'm not drunk! :) -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 21:00 1
      - weebles wobble but they don't fall down - nm - 'lia Aug 10, 21:06
and just as i predicted, Connor Cruise will play scumbag Daryl in the Red Dawn remake -- nm - farmer ted Aug 10, 20:46 2
- you were due to get one right eventually. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 20:47 1
  - vegas sportsbook, here i come -- nm - farmer ted Aug 10, 20:49
Jeremy Renner should be cast as Nathan Fillion's long lost half brother in Castle. -- nm - Max Aug 10, 20:45 3
- he's the funny, not-boring one? -- nm - farmer ted Aug 10, 20:45 2
  - *SLAP* -- nm - Max Aug 10, 20:46 1
    - bam says the lady! -- nm - Remlik Aug 10, 21:14
it's a guilty pleasure but the hamhanded exposition and "clever" little foreshadowing in Cameron's script makes Titanic just that much guiltier - farmer ted Aug 10, 20:40 4
- but he got the discussion of Freud bang on target! -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 20:45
- that annoyed me in Life on Mars - Reagen Aug 10, 20:42 2
  - people like kitsch. I suggest that such annoying, cheap writing is pure kitsch. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 20:53
  - yes. oh yes. -- nm - farmer ted Aug 10, 20:43
I'd almost feel bad for Palin, but she brought all of this on herself. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 20:34 4
- did something happen today with her? -- nm - Remlik Aug 10, 20:39 1
  - The Comedy Central boys are putting her through the ringer. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 20:43
- she must be miffed that her *husband* was the answer on Millionaire ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 20:35 1
  - Soon to be ex-husband? Can't wait 'til he starts hanging out with Jon Gosslin. -- nm - Mop Aug 10, 21:24
today marks 20 years since one of the best baseball and life experiences I have had. nm but: -- (link) - b! Aug 10, 20:33 6
- gah, that's a lot of illtimed breakage. -- nm - Max Aug 10, 20:39
- Wow, I was up in Chico at the time, listening to a very staticly KNBR. - amoxy Aug 10, 20:38
- That takes real guts. I could never do that twice. Ow. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 20:37
- he's still alive? - farmer ted Aug 10, 20:35 2
  - Just lost his arm, but beat the cancer -- nm - amoxy Aug 10, 20:39
  - same here. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 20:36
I wish there was caffeine-free pepsi. (I mean, I know there has been in the past ... I just wish I *had* some.) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 20:29
is television dead? -- (link) - farmer ted Aug 10, 20:28
pacrat: If you are still looking for those Kenny Wayne Shepherd tracks, email my id at gmail. -- nm - not2fast Aug 10, 20:22 2
- not2fast... u have mail -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 10, 20:47 1
  - It is on the way. The file is over 7MB, so let me know if it doesn't get through. -- nm - not2fast Aug 10, 21:04
halo3 so doesnt want to give me the marathon man achievement. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 10, 20:21 1
- You have to do everything sequentially. You have to start at the beginning of level 6 then play through the final one on level 9. -- nm - David Aug 10, 22:40
what kind of retard loses the title to their car? - Guy Aug 10, 20:20 8
- oh no, I'll bet I'm far far and away more retarded than you loosing a title to a car.... - zeitgeist Aug 10, 20:59
- USAA to me: "You've paid off your auto loan. You never sent the title as we requested so we were never able to establish a lien." -- nm - Max Aug 10, 20:24
- the dead car? why would you need title?? -- nm - farmer ted Aug 10, 20:22 4
  - to sign it over to the insurance company and get what little damn money im going to get out of the ordeal -- nm - Guy Aug 10, 20:23 3
    - how much could it possibly be at this point? and wouldn't you be getting it from the dude who hit it anyway?? - farmer ted Aug 10, 20:33 2
      - dude had no insurance. im getting uninsured coverage money. they'll probably sell it for parts. -- nm - Guy Aug 10, 20:41 1
        
        Cash for Clunkers? -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 20:46
- I told you racing for pinkies was a bad move. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 20:21

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