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I'm retarted. Does the Astronauts draft start tomorrow or next week? -- nm - nubby (iPhone) Aug 16, 10:43 3
- yes ... because it's spelled with a D not a T ;) hi nubby! -- nm - JenBro Aug 16, 10:47 2
  - Astronads? -- nm - Redmond Aug 16, 10:49
  - I'm CrAzY LiKe PiNeApPlE!!! -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 16, 10:48
I don't normally crosspost from Facebook to ST but it's Madonna. So yanno, I think I'm legally required to. -- (link) - Qale Aug 16, 10:37 [youtube]
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- i think they realized the only way to get anything passed will be to remove the public option, but that means - tRuMaN Aug 16, 10:34 3
  - I am someone that really wanted some significant change. I have been scewered by health insurance companies. - Redmond Aug 16, 10:44 2
    - sadly, politics is all about compromises. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 16, 10:49
    - They actually learned quite a bit from the Clinton fiasco. - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 16, 10:49
- Very disappointing. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 16, 10:31
- Crap! I really hope this isn't true. I'll be very upset if they get rid of the public option. - Krusty Aug 16, 10:23
- he will never get my vote again if they cave on this -- nm - farmer ted Aug 16, 10:18
- Without the public option, how does this bill help me? - ty97 Aug 16, 09:57 1
  - If the co-op model was executed properly... it would let everyone know how much of the other insurance providers fees are profit - Stewie Aug 16, 10:04
Say Hello to Tropical Depression Four, predicted to become Tropical Storm Claudette before making landfall on the Florida panhandle....today -- (link) - ty97 Aug 16, 09:31 2
- that was quick. Say Hello to Tropical Storm Claudette -- nm - ty97 Aug 16, 10:06
- "hello tropical depression four" -- nm - Redmond Aug 16, 09:45
Buy your dog an Eagles jersey from the teams official website! (linky) - Stewie Aug 16, 09:14 1
- Madden '10 drops Vick from 90 rating to 73 - Stewie Aug 16, 09:34
DeAngelo Hall has recorded his first fight during practice of the year -- nm - Stewie Aug 16, 09:12 5
- Watching the game the other night, I don't recall any Skins player celebrating more for doing less. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 16, 09:14 4
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    - Not really... he's above average for a #3 CB - Stewie Aug 16, 09:36
  - Springs had to be the best value at CB in the league every year since he replaced Champ... they'll miss him -- nm - Stewie Aug 16, 09:25 1
    - (besides some guys on rookie deals) -- nm - Stewie Aug 16, 09:26
Women: drink more beer - it's good for you -- (link) - CovingtonCat Aug 16, 07:48 2
- and it makes guys look better -- nm - ceregon Aug 16, 08:04
- Just one more benefit :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 16, 08:03
Can anyone access hsx this morning? I know....why would you want to? ;) -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 16, 07:33 4
- It's up now. DIST9 adjusts up TTRWF is a short -- nm - Roger More Aug 16, 08:33
- nope. -- nm - Diva Aug 16, 07:41
- Nope - CovingtonCat Aug 16, 07:40
- I haven't been able to get in -- nm - Roger More Aug 16, 07:37
Update on my request for local town halls. - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 16, 07:12 5
- I'm serious when I say that you should mention this to one of the bigger blogs like Talking Points Memo. - Reagen Aug 16, 07:22 1
  - I don't think it'd be near the same "fire" for a couple reasons - Stewie Aug 16, 08:59
- A website where I answer surveys often includes the question "do you feel Washington is out of touch with the rest of the country?" I think this - MojaveMeg Aug 16, 07:19 2
  - I'm almost convinced it's intentional, actually. - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 16, 07:21 1
    - Seems like the wrong approach to me - if it's inaccesible, no one show up but the obsessives - Roger More Aug 16, 07:37
You know how people often complain about how bad their passport photo is? Well, that could be a problem. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Aug 16, 07:10
Repost for those who saw District 9 last night - Alive in Joburg - the short film that became District 9 (spoils) - CovingtonCat Aug 16, 07:04 1
- Crap - would help if there was a link -- (link) - CovingtonCat Aug 16, 07:05 [youtube]
District 9. That earns an A grade. Most impressive. Even my way more critical than I friend thought the CGI (the interactions between human and alien) - HdnAgnda Aug 16, 06:37 3
- yeah - GWAA Aug 16, 06:52
- And now a spoiler question as above post is non-spoilery. - HdnAgnda Aug 16, 06:39 1
  - Spoils - CovingtonCat Aug 16, 06:56
Right, so, I just got back from District 9. (Spoils) - Beryllium Aug 16, 00:11 2
- Slight spoiler - David Aug 16, 00:23 1
  - yeah, no kidding. :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 00:28
rex grossman is already hurt? - tRuMaN Aug 16, 00:04 1
- Wow, I hope it's not the hand he holds the clipboard in. -- nm - Redmond Aug 16, 01:09
Thanks for the ipod answers on b2, had stepped out and just seen them now -- nm - J Aug 15, 22:38
women's MMA fighting? i'm gonna be the next Andy Kaufman -- nm - farmer ted Aug 15, 22:37 1
- Then what will Sacha Baron Cohen be left to do? -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 10:13
went to see district 9 tonight... spoilerish comments and a grade on the film inside... - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 15, 21:41 3
- I agree with this sentiment almost exactly (spoilers) - Dano Aug 15, 22:46
- I liked most of it, but didn't love it. My wife had to leave the theatre due to motion sickess. -- nm - Subversive Aug 15, 22:41
- pretty much agree with everything you say...my overall grade would be more of a C+/B- - J Aug 15, 22:40
Yay!! Looks like I may have fixed my camera. Couple of blasts of canned air on the lens seems to have taken care of the problem. - MojaveMeg Aug 15, 20:59 1
- i remember driving through Flagstaff (it's high up!) and past Monument Valley. i wished i could have stopped then too. how can mel not want to go - farmer ted Aug 15, 21:15
Time for Big Brother After Dark. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 15, 20:58 3
- Have we discussed the huge Big Brother news yet? -- nm - Mop Aug 15, 22:18 1
  - yes -- nm - peglegpete Aug 15, 22:25
- spoiler - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 15, 21:06
this article is terribly uninformative, which is annoying, because otherwise I'd be interested in taking photos of the subject -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 15, 20:57
xbox controller does not make a netflix remote well. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 15, 20:45 9
- It takes some getting used to that's for sure. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 15, 21:24 4
  - And if you're like me you keep accidentally hitting the top buttons when putting the controller down causing it to start rewinding. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 15, 21:25 3
    - Yup, that keeps happening to me as well. -- nm - secretslacker Aug 16, 05:53
    - I do this all the time when watching video. -- nm - Subversive Aug 15, 21:39 1
      - Was actually looking for remotes earlier today - they all say they work for it as a DVD player, wasn't sure if they'd work for instant watch too. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 15, 22:15
- what about the XBox remote control? (I have one ... I like it ...) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 20:45 3
  - Yep loved mine -- nm - eag Aug 15, 20:56
  - my harmony remote is supposed to control the xbox, but the xbox doesnt seem to want to - tRuMaN Aug 15, 20:46 1
    - weird. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 20:49
ok here I go Band of Brothers BluRay disc one ... - mud Aug 15, 20:29 7
- okay 2 eps watched - mud Aug 15, 22:35
- I dunno. Mixed reviews. - Mop Aug 15, 22:19
- mesa never seen it either -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 15, 21:19
- great stuff! Even better on BluRay. (nm) - howie Aug 15, 20:40
- welcome to the party pal. -- nm - Remlik Aug 15, 20:37
- nice! i'm jealous -- nm - GWAA Aug 15, 20:32
- Fuck yes. -- nm - lileve Aug 15, 20:32
Splenda with fiber? -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 20:15 1
- That could be fun. ;) -- nm - lileve Aug 15, 20:19
Planes for the air and water show were flying over today. I learned that I never want to live really close to an airport. -- (link) - ty97 Aug 15, 19:52 [Image] 3
- I live almost under McChord AFB, these were taken from a bridge about six blocks from home -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 15, 23:03 [flickr]
- btw, that's a super telephoto lens exaggerating the closeness. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 20:22
- it's not that bad. :) -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 20:22
Alden Ehrenreich looks like a cross between Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Ryan Phillippe, Emile Hirsch, and John Mayer. -- nm - Dano Aug 15, 19:46 4
- You are wrong. - Spawn Aug 15, 19:47 3
  - There was one scene in particular where he did a pouty lips thing that reminded me of Phillippe. -- nm - Dano Aug 15, 22:06
  - I agree with..... Spawn? -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 19:53 1
    - All the cool kids are doing it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 20:01
Say hello to Ana -- (link) - ty97 Aug 15, 19:37 8
- Odd - last year at the Relay For Life summit in Orlando I was driving down during a hurricane. Looks like I might be again this Friday. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 15, 20:26 1
  - stop doing the Relay For Life, for God's sake! -- nm - farmer ted Aug 15, 20:30
- It begins. Yikes. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 20:09
- Hold tight Jax. -- nm - lileve Aug 15, 19:49 2
  - ...and Ty's parents. -- nm - lileve Aug 15, 19:49 1
    - ...and everyone else in the area. :) -- nm - lileve Aug 15, 19:50
- let the anal puns begin -- nm - farmer ted Aug 15, 19:38
- and Bill -- (link) - ty97 Aug 15, 19:38
stephen, glad your dad is home. i hope he's in top form soon. -- nm - zork Aug 15, 19:36
hmm, preorder a zune hd, tempting. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 15, 19:32
"so. phone numbers. those things are crazy, right?" -- nm - farmer ted Aug 15, 19:30
TTTW: B-, dist 9: B+ -- nm - dogbert183 Aug 15, 19:22 3
- Yeah, just got home and I can agree with this rating, or maybe a straight B. -- nm - Subversive Aug 15, 20:23 2
  - btw, the fourth place wasn't meant as a jab but as an I see you climbing back into things statement - dogbert183 Aug 15, 20:52 1
    - No worries dude. :) I'm sure it'll all fall apart enough for me to tumble back into the 60's, but it's been a nice run. -- nm - Subversive Aug 15, 21:39
First four days of my trip diary and associated photos. This is where my camera died. Rest to follow after Thursday when I get my friend's photos. - MojaveMeg Aug 15, 19:04 [flickr] 5
- Sounds like you had fun except for you car...ouch -- nm - BAD Aug 15, 19:18 1
  - Oh, it got even 'funner' but I want the photos before I post the rest... - MojaveMeg Aug 15, 19:55
- wow, looks like it was a blast! -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 19:14
- was that a forest fire in the final pic? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 19:10 1
  - Apparently so, but they were letting it burn. We hadn't really noticed it because the wind was keeping the smoke low, but it really flared about then -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 15, 19:12
Hmmm. You can get HP movies 1-5 for $99.95 or HP movies 1-5 and the soundtrack for 6 for $90.91 - BB Aug 15, 19:03 1
- or you can get them all separate with 4 others for like 90 total -- nm - GWAA Aug 15, 19:07
UFC 100 replay on Spike HD -- nm - Stewie Aug 15, 19:03
Just watched From Dusk Till Dawn for the first time. Is watching the sequels worth it? -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 15, 18:53 1
- No. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 19:39
Because we like nature when it's being mean. Or just being stupid. -- nm - Veridian Dynamics Aug 15, 18:48
truman: Ouch. Sorry I had to go :( I tried dusting out the xbox with some compressed air, but I'm going to let it sit for a while before playing again -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 18:48 1
- my team won the next two i played, but jeesh, some of these guys are - tRuMaN Aug 15, 19:45
um ..well if that aint the damnedest thing I've ever seen in a movie -- nm - mud Aug 15, 18:47 13
- I agree with Jovian. It's quite a movie. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 15, 21:29
- it was the bomb digity -- nm - Jovian Aug 15, 19:18 1
  - I loved the [huge spoiler] - mud Aug 15, 19:40
- Dist9 -- nm - mud Aug 15, 18:48 9
  - no spoilers, I'm going to see it tonight ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 18:48 8
    - I'm pleased that so much -wasn't- spoiled - mud Aug 15, 18:55 7
      - Seeing it with Remlik tomorrow, and you could tell that the trailers were keeping it vague. Just the way they should. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 19:40 6
        
        don't let him get too scared now -- nm - farmer ted Aug 15, 19:59 4
        
        he should bring a teddy bear -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 20:08 3
        
        why do you think he goes with Spawn? -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 20:20
        
        He usually does. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 20:11 1
        
        doesnt everyo- nevermind -- nm - mud Aug 15, 20:15
        
        enjoy -- nm - mud Aug 15, 19:41
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B2: This is probably the link for the blu-ray deal via slickdeals. -- (link) - Jelly Aug 15, 18:40 2
- yup that's the one -- nm - GWAA Aug 15, 18:41 1
  - Just an FYI on another code i found that worked - GWAA Aug 15, 18:50
wb bluray deal -- (link) - tRuMaN Aug 15, 18:39 6
- wonders if one can use this to preorder lord of the rings in bluray.... -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 15, 18:42 5
  - Those are the theatrical editions, not extended, in case you didn't know. -- nm - Jelly Aug 15, 18:43 1
    - Wow, I'm 2 for 2 on this board. :) -- nm - Jelly Aug 15, 18:43
  - i think you could, but that lord of the rings isn't the extended cuts, so a lot of people were staying away from it -- nm - GWAA Aug 15, 18:43 2
    - a lot of people are gluttons for punishment -- nm - farmer ted Aug 15, 18:47
    - aww, ok -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 15, 18:43
hamburger roll -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 15, 18:34 1
- is it too late to get that on a keiser bun? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 15, 21:35

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