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NPR contributor laments that rejection letters are passe -- (link) - con_carne Aug 19, 08:59 2
- it's no heroin. -- nm - mafic Aug 19, 09:01
- I should give lessons. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 08:59
Things I did not know: There is a member of Tony! Toni! Ton�! who has a current, somewhat successful solo career. -- nm - ty97 Aug 19, 08:53 3
- Also, Maxwell is back -- (link) - con_carne Aug 19, 08:56 1
  - Maxwell's Fall/ Spring tour made millions and this fall it's an arena tour - MDH Aug 19, 09:01
- Tony Bennett? -- nm - znufrii Aug 19, 08:54
So, I'm guessing Richard Hatch isn't going to make it to Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains? -- (link) - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 19, 08:51 3
- He petitioned to be released to participate and was denied. -- nm - Jim Aug 19, 08:52 2
  - Yet he was jailed for some kind of violation. Did he go anyway? -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 19, 08:54 1
    - It sounds like the violation was leaving his house to do an interview, but maybe I didn't pay enough attention while reading -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 08:56
TT Poll: If you use ITunes, post your most recent receipt you received. - ty97 Aug 19, 08:49 19
- Tweetie and Tumblr apps -- nm - lileve Aug 19, 09:01
- joel plaskett - three. in early april. most of the stuff I get these days is on emusic. so was that, but it worked out cheaper on itunes. -- nm - mafic Aug 19, 09:00
- La Roux "Bulletproof," :In for the Kill," 'Quicksand" Amazon MP3 2.97 -- nm - MDH Aug 19, 09:00
- Linkin Park - New Divide (my daughter bought it and she had a $10 gift card.) - JaxSean Aug 19, 08:59
- F*ck You by Lily Allen - Ty I am surprised by your purchase -- nm - Epiphany Aug 19, 08:58 3
  - I've been listening to that album a bit lately since I bought it when it was $2.99. It's fairly fun. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 19, 09:00
  - Surprised? Why? - ty97 Aug 19, 08:59 1
    - it's more of a hard rock and it's older - Epiphany Aug 19, 09:02
- I don't save those emails and haven't purchased anything in 2+ months. Last one purchased (don't read this Spawn) - Cuzzin Todd Aug 19, 08:53 1
  - I didn't realize they sent e-mails. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 19, 08:54
- I use iTunes for about 20 different video podcasts daily. My sysadmin's gonna kill me. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 19, 08:52
- I never buy music from them anymore. Amazon MP3 is where it's at. - Callisto Aug 19, 08:51 5
  - I try to download iTunes' weekly free song. Otherwise, I never buy from them. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 19, 09:01
  - I use Amazon MP3 some. I get miles for using ITunes though. - ty97 Aug 19, 08:54
  - sadly, no Amazon MP3 in Canada :( -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 08:52 2
    - I so wish they would get here. Puretracks is just not that good and I can't stand itunes. -- nm - Subversive Aug 19, 08:54 1
      - I use iTunes at work, on account of my iPhone ... just today, I got my ATI remote wonder plus to work with Vista ... now I can run iTunes in the - Beryllium Aug 19, 08:55
- Boatbookings.com iphone app (free ... and yet, totally not worth it) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 08:51 1
  - iTunes emails me receipts for all store downloads, including the free ones, and I've only ever paid for 2 iPhone apps ... - Beryllium Aug 19, 08:53
sitwap: 60 minutes creator Don Hewitt has passed. -- nm - Remlik Aug 19, 08:39 5
- *scans the field for the third news/reporter person* -- nm - G. Reaper Aug 19, 08:50 2
  - Cronkite, Novak, Hewitt. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 19, 09:02
  - That meatball sub looks questionable. Oh well, you only live once! -- nm - Sean Hannity Aug 19, 08:52
- Was it the ticker? -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 08:42 1
  - Thoratec -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 08:53
Big Brother: EW interviewed Jesse after his eviction (video). He's even dumber than you think (if that's possible). -- (link) - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 19, 08:38 5
- "Obviously, you thought something could happen with the coup d'etat" ... "The hakuna matata? Yeah." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 08:50
- my expectations are low on him. I have always felt that Lydia's stuffed unicorn is smarter than he is -- nm - peglegpete Aug 19, 08:46 1
  - EW would have had more success interviewing a bag of doorknobs. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 19, 08:50
- (the video is at the bottom of the China article) -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 19, 08:39 1
  - Chima. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 19, 08:39
Question for any of the married ST'ers or long term couples on the board..... - Walt_Disney Aug 19, 08:37 18
- Two people have told me the second they layed eyes on each other. - lileve Aug 19, 09:04 1
  - Two different people seeing the one, rather. -- nm - lileve Aug 19, 09:07
- I don't know - the commitment was always there but for the 1st few years - Epiphany Aug 19, 09:01
- about 7 years. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 19, 08:59
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  - I'm with MLcumber on this one. Maybe not after our first date...but I knew easily within a month. - Jim Aug 19, 09:02
- 3 months or so, I think. -- nm - Subversive Aug 19, 08:54
- About 8 years, I would say. -- nm - psilotum Aug 19, 08:51
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- 6 - 8 months. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 19, 08:49
- I have a close friend who got engaged to her husband on their first date ... married 24 years now. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 08:44 1
  - oh yes, and my aunt and uncle were engaged after about two months. married nearly 50 years. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 08:45
- 3 weeks engaged, 3 months married...that was 42 years ago... -- nm - BAD Aug 19, 08:40 1
  - awesome. :) I think everyone goes at their own pace and it's no one's damn business. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 08:46
- How old are the couple? -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 08:39 2
  - Middle 30's -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 19, 08:39 1
    - I've never been married, but for me it was *years* before we started talking about it. - con_carne Aug 19, 08:42
- It was about 6 months for me -- nm - amoxy Aug 19, 08:38
�We didn�t want to make a huge formal communication out of this pricing change, because we weren�t really adding any fees, and we were hoping..." - David Aug 19, 08:34 6
- Your cable company hard at work? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 08:36 5
  - (I'm guessing Paypal.) -- nm - kelly Aug 19, 08:37 4
    - They raised fees again? - Will Hunting Aug 19, 08:38 3
      - They added fees to something that hadn't had fees before, hoping to enhance the user experience, apparently. -- nm - David Aug 19, 08:43 2
        
        Anger and annoyance is an enhancement, right? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 08:44 1
        
        Here's the story Kilbo posted on his FB feed. -- (link) - David Aug 19, 08:47
Could get interesting...new hire here is already twittering about being bored at work. {nm} - Banzai! Aug 19, 08:33 5
- people at work are on his twitter feed? he deserves to be fired (or she, whichever.) -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 08:35 3
  - Well she started yesterday, and her name is associated with her Twitter account. A google search while doing a pre-hire background check found that. - Banzai! Aug 19, 08:37 2
    - You can make your Twitter feed private. Most people don't. -- nm - ty97 Aug 19, 08:47
    - heh. She deserves a prize -- nm - Remlik Aug 19, 08:38
- Great first impression there. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 19, 08:35
Being sent today - Passengers and Henry Poole is Here - I don't have high hopes for either. -- nm - LMS Aug 19, 08:30
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i wonder, in hindsight, whether Carter wishes he'd helped the Soviets to occupy Afghanistan instead of oppose it - farmer ted Aug 19, 08:29 1
- Has anyone ever invaded Afghanistan successfully? -- nm - BB Aug 19, 09:01
Did we know Robert Novak died yesterdaY? -- (link) - amoxy Aug 19, 08:26 1
- yes. -- nm - znufrii Aug 19, 08:32
That video gamer survey...of course they're depressed, they only surveyed people in Seattle, which has an extremely high rate of depression. - ceregon Aug 19, 08:26
Okay, I'll do a damned lot count! -- nm - Diva's Heffa Cow Orker Aug 19, 08:26 1
- *flees the interrogation* -- nm - Diva's heffa dumb a$$ trick cow orker Aug 19, 08:30
Oh, and I got T-Shirt Stalked yesterday... - amoxy Aug 19, 08:25 2
- heh, nice. -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 08:28
- Timmeh! -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 19, 08:26
VH-1 reality show contestant is a person of interest in a murder case... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 19, 08:23 2
- Rich murderer from Calgary! Is our intrepid Albertan reporter on the case? -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 19, 08:53
- Which will lead to their next show, Jailhouse of Love. -- nm - pmb Aug 19, 08:38
mmmmmmm Shadow Complex releases for Xbox Live today. - Jovian Aug 19, 08:21 2
- not sure really. - tRuMaN Aug 19, 08:22 1
  - nmbTruman - Beaker Aug 19, 08:26
"You can't go ballistic, and then expect people to see your side as the reasonable, thought out option." - Loyola Aug 19, 08:21 [Backboard] 16
- It really is like you cherry pick the one line argument that best sticks it to the Democrats on every issue. - Will Hunting Aug 19, 08:30 2
  - But you forget, I'm a moderate. - BB Aug 19, 08:37
  - Actually I'm fully in favour of a public option for healthcare and would ban every firearm in America, but carry on. -- nm - Loyola Aug 19, 08:32
- he hardly went ballistic. that chick deserved far worse -- nm - farmer ted Aug 19, 08:29
- If only the GOP base would listen to that advice. Frank was in a lose/lose situation. - TWuG Aug 19, 08:26 11
  - The problem is they need to change the minds of those in the middle. - Inigo Aug 19, 08:39 5
    - I completely agree with you that Obama has FUBARed this. I just don't think it's all that hurtful to call a moron a moron. - TWuG Aug 19, 08:54 1
      - Hitler would approve of this post! -- nm - BB Aug 19, 09:00
    - equating the two sides here is completely absurd. There's no "blurring of lines here", it's not "fighting fire with fire". - znufrii Aug 19, 08:46 2
      - The majority of American just aren't in favor of a full. government run. public health care option. - Inigo Aug 19, 09:00 1
        
        Yes, but one side is saying, "This is why you need to support us" and the other side is saying, "Cars radio newspaper Hitler kerosene." - BB Aug 19, 09:09
  - Inigo has the right idea. You don't fight fire with fire. You pour water on it and move on. -- nm - Loyola Aug 19, 08:28 4
    - Define: Water. At what point do we stop treating the Hitler Ladies as if their opinions are based in reality? Once you invoke Hitler you've pretty - TWuG Aug 19, 08:44
    - I tend to agree generally, but at what point do reasonable people get the chance to discuss real issues without wasting time having to put out fires - pmb Aug 19, 08:36 1
      - pmb, once again, nails it. (nm) - musubi Aug 19, 09:03
    - I see that as being precisely what he did. -- nm - znufrii Aug 19, 08:31
heh. At the top of the Blood Feud board, couls that be... yes! It is Brett Favre yellow and purple T-shirt!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 08:19
How many items are in your email In-Box? - amoxy Aug 19, 08:18 19
- 12184 unread, don'tknow how many have been marked as read -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 09:00
- Work: 1553. Gmail: 8775 in All Mail. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 19, 08:48
- 29 in my work e-mail in-box with only two unread. I should have that 29 in half by the end of the day. -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 19, 08:38
- Work: 273 (need. to. file.). Home: 70 (need. to. fil) -- nm - ty97 Aug 19, 08:28
- 30, I've managed to get it down from about 55 this week. -- nm - LMS Aug 19, 08:27
- Work: 492 Home: 404 -- nm - Ender Aug 19, 08:23
- 1 and it's read at work -- nm - Epiphany Aug 19, 08:23
- thousands. -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 08:23
- 50 odd -- nm - Loyola Aug 19, 08:22
- 61,234 in my inbox -- nm - Jovian Aug 19, 08:22
- gmail? 3,842 -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 08:21
- 8473 -- nm - pmb Aug 19, 08:20
- 17 on my work one (only 2 dated today) -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 08:20
- 1651 unread, 5769 total. -- nm - BB Aug 19, 08:20
- 14. I'm ruthless about organizing things into folders. -- nm - Subversive Aug 19, 08:20 1
  - ditto -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 08:20
- which email account? - tRuMaN Aug 19, 08:19 1
  - Work...I have given up orginizing my Gmail account -- nm - amoxy Aug 19, 08:24
- 126 -- nm - znufrii Aug 19, 08:19
hmm, the blood feud board will not load for me. I sense a conspiracy. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 19, 08:14 1
- a conspiracy of cartographers. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 19, 08:16
*ponders Nudie's trade offer in Caveman* -- nm - Beaker Aug 19, 08:12
The Golden Compass, B-. Sky Captain and the.. Oh, who givesafuck, D -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 08:08 11
- Sky Captain is a party for the rods and cones. Nothing more. -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 19, 08:25 3
  - Hey, how's the headaches? -- nm - Loyola Aug 19, 08:26 2
    - Much better today thank you for asking. Still had some pain earlier this morning but it is nothing compared to yesterday which was debilitating. -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 19, 08:28 1
      - Good to hear. -- nm - Loyola Aug 19, 08:31
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  - deal! -- nm - con carne is nailin' it! Aug 19, 08:17
- Flip those and you are about right. -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 08:10 4
  - Agreed. I don't think Sky Captain was a great film, but it was enjoyable. And the look was fantastic. - TWuG Aug 19, 08:27 3
    - It was good when I saw it first time on the big screen, watching it again on TV, not so great. -- nm - LMS Aug 19, 08:59
    - I think the relentless nostalgia in the movie wore on me fast -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 08:34 1
      - Also, Gwyneth was terrible, IMO -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 08:54
B2 is flat. -- nm - BB Aug 19, 08:05 4
- Still sexy to me. -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 19, 08:07
- B2 is a Nazi Radical -- nm - Epiphany Aug 19, 08:06 2
  - B2 is a Dining Room Table -- nm - Barney Frank Aug 19, 08:10
  - Hitler would have supported B2! -- nm - BB Aug 19, 08:06
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- Robert Lincoln was the founder of the firm where I started my career. - pmb Aug 19, 08:07 2
  - "why can't you be more like your brother?" -- nm - mafic Aug 19, 08:14
  - Very cool. -- nm - Inigo Aug 19, 08:07
- Small world. -- nm - Loyola Aug 19, 08:06

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