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Wow. The Up In The Air teaser and clip are like American Airlines commercials. -- nm - ty97 Sep 21, 08:47
I totally agree with this headline: Athletes Can Play Through Those Injuries -- (link) - oblique Sep 21, 08:46 1
- This is about ML, right? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 08:47
congratulations to Diva for becoming the first one to correctly answer BOP's weekly trivia question last week -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 21, 08:44 5
- Wheelhouse. -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 08:45 1
  - david came up with the question. i would have been stone cold stumped -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 08:46
- Dammit, that's Babe Ruth. - Will Hunting Sep 21, 08:45 2
  - I thought he said that about Herbert Hoover. -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 08:46 1
    - Yeah, one of the old white guys. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 21, 08:48
Inviting an opposite gender friend to attend a wedding with you in and of itself makes it a date? How did I not know this! -- nm - Hotkiss Sep 21, 08:43 11
- wait though - there IS an exception to this - and that is if both you AND the guy are friends of the couple and not dating anyone yourselves -- nm - JenBro Sep 21, 09:54
- *shakes head* - Spawn Sep 21, 08:47 2
  - Isn't it possible to go platonically? I mean... uh... - Hotkiss Sep 21, 08:48 1
    - I have done this in the past with a really good old friend. And he isn't even gay. -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 08:51
- Also, if you are still together in 3 months, you have to marry him. -- nm - Todd Manning Sep 21, 08:47
- Yes. -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 08:45
- Pretty much. (nm) - Will Hunting Sep 21, 08:44 3
  - Bah I don't get it. -- nm - Hotkiss Sep 21, 08:45 2
    - For one thing, it's customary that the +1 you bring is also your SO - con_carne Sep 21, 08:48
    - In its simplest form: boys have penises that they like using on girls. Absent explicit, repeated clarification, the default is to assume... - TFox Sep 21, 08:47
- how do you continue to not get this? -- nm - loosilu Sep 21, 08:43
LYC: I just got the call from the manager to pack up my desk and show up at HQ tomorrow morning. -- nm - loosilu Sep 21, 08:43 1
- Free day off! - BB Sep 21, 08:45
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- *snicker* -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 08:42
- I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read that. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 08:41
Hah. Orly Taitz's ex-client has filed an ethics complaint against her over the birther complaint. -- (link) - Reagen Sep 21, 08:38 1
- nice. -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 08:39
MIT students can predict if you're gay based on your online friends. -- (link) - oblique Sep 21, 08:30 14
- This is the stupidest study ever. I can do this in 3 seconds its called mutual friends, and profile information. - MDH Sep 21, 08:39
- Finally, we can settle this once and for all. -- nm - Andy Bernard Sep 21, 08:35 11
  - office spoils - prayformojo Sep 21, 08:40 9
    - temp -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 08:48 1
      - Weird. I did not see it even went through once, as I go: "An error occurred while rolling the board. An administrator will be notified." -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 08:49
    - temp -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 08:48
    - more spoils - Hotkiss Sep 21, 08:44 4
      - spoiler - Diva Sep 21, 08:47
      - Spoils - Will Hunting Sep 21, 08:47 1
        
        I need to rewatch the finale then -- nm - Hotkiss Sep 21, 08:49
      - um - Reagen Sep 21, 08:46
    - i got the feeling that was (spoiler) - Diva Sep 21, 08:43
  - VN -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 08:40
- KLTC. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 21, 08:33
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- he's good. mn, -- nm - groiny Sep 21, 08:32
- The Titans have to be disgusted to lose that games when one of their guys almost had 300yrds of offence. -- nm - Shaun Sep 21, 08:27
- I'm surprised Dickerson didn't go for more than that. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 21, 08:25
Jon Cryer? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 21, 08:21 3
- Shohreh Aghdashloo! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 08:36 2
  - Bless you. -- nm - LMS Sep 21, 08:38 1
    - heh -- nm - Don Homer Sep 21, 08:42
FYI: two awesome movies - Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz - available on blu-ray this week. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 21, 08:17 5
- When does Shaun go wide? -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 08:33 1
  - what do you mean? -- nm - Don Homer Sep 21, 08:41
- In other news Simon Pegg played with Coldplay this weekend at Wembley Stadium - LMS Sep 21, 08:26
- And very attractive pricing too, imo. $19.99 each on Amazon.ca. -- nm - Shaun Sep 21, 08:21
- Oooo, nice. -- nm - Shaun Sep 21, 08:18
I'm certain NBC is happy with Jay's first-week ratings. I did not previously notice how small his 18-49 audience was, though -- (link) - ty97 Sep 21, 08:04 1
- only old people think he's funny -- nm - farmer ted Sep 21, 08:30
Wasn't it great to see the largest live audience in NFL history witness Romo stinking it up and losing your arch-rivals? I liked it a lot. - Shaun Sep 21, 08:03 13
- I wouldn't get too excited dude...Romo giftwrapped that game for you and it still took a last second FG to win it. - Jim Sep 21, 08:21 9
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    - Really? With 250 rushing yards allowed? -- nm - Jim Sep 21, 08:36
    - I think NO is the best in the NFC right now -- nm - amoxy Sep 21, 08:31 3
      - Though thrashing the Lions and the Kevin Kolb-led Eagles isn't the hardest row to hoe. -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 08:35
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        If he stays injury-free, I will be surprised if Brees doesn't win MVP. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 21, 08:43
  - Though a road win against a division rival is nice any way you get it. -- nm - Dano Sep 21, 08:24 1
    - Especially now that they are 2-0 in their division. -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 08:41
  - *shrugs* A win in Dallas is always something to be excited about. Eli going 330/2tds with no running game was gravy. -- nm - Shaun Sep 21, 08:23
- The Jessica Simpson curse is over. -- nm - Dano Sep 21, 08:05 2
  - It's good to see Shaun get past that curse. -- nm - BB Sep 21, 08:08 1
    - Tony's Brett Favre heave-ho imitation on the 3rd INT was pretty solid. -- nm - Shaun Sep 21, 08:11
Hulu announces infinite play feature for your 24 hour viewing pleasure -- (link) - oblique Sep 21, 07:59 1
- I could have used this when I was catching up on Fringe or It's Always Sunny -- nm - Mop (233 lbs) Sep 21, 08:45
Jim....Lacey Von Erich....about 1:10 into the video -- (link) - Remlik Sep 21, 07:58 [youtube] 3
- Lacey Von Erich is Dixie Carter? -- nm - Todd Manning Sep 21, 08:28 1
  - Dixie Recked? nm -- nm - groiny Sep 21, 08:33
- *confused gaze* nm -- nm - groiny Sep 21, 08:00
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- Yippee. Now do that in football, and I might be impressed. -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 08:02 7
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    - SheFox had a brutal weekend. Owned Chris Johnson in one league, played him in another. And where she owned him, she ran into Frank Gore. - TFox Sep 21, 08:09 1
      - Speaking of unhappiness - yggm. -- nm - Diva Sep 21, 08:13
    - I posted last night that I am 2-0 x 2, and 0-2 x 2. - Spawn Sep 21, 08:09
    - *icy glare* -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 21, 08:06
  - or, alternatively, "take these two dice, and roll three consecutive nines." -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 08:04 1
    - Snake eyes! -- nm - Don Homer Sep 21, 08:05
- hatred. seething (self) hatred. How dare you top my 1st, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 3rd season?! -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 07:55 8
  - well, one league of his was called "Sunnyside Home of Retards League" nm -- nm - groiny Sep 21, 07:57 6
    - that, sadly, does not reflect well on either of us. -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 07:57 5
      - just give me the vamps crown now... -- nm - Samara Sep 21, 08:04 3
        
        I'm sure at some point you'll screw up again and trade me the pieces I need to beat you. -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 08:04 2
        
        bah...i still got the best keeper out of the deal. -- nm - Samara Sep 21, 08:11 1
        
        You got Steven Jackson? Weird. :) -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 08:12
      - why, I was not in that league! nm -- nm - groiny Sep 21, 08:01
  - (esp when both the 2nd and the 3rd are to you. urethraface.) -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 07:56
- *touches your zubaz* -- nm - oblique Sep 21, 07:54 1
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- bastard. - groiny Sep 21, 07:53
LYC: Somewhere around the office, they're taking around my replacement that I don't officially know about. - loosilu Sep 21, 07:48 21
- Will you get to meet them? That would be fun. -- nm - BB Sep 21, 07:52 4
  - who knows? I actually know her. she is far less qualified for this job than I am. -- nm - loosilu Sep 21, 07:52 3
    - So? Who cares? As long as you get to move to a different position, with new coworkers, isn't that good? -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 21, 08:04 2
      - we'll see what they have to offer me. -- nm - loosilu Sep 21, 08:07 1
        
        Hopefully it's good. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 21, 08:08
- hip??? nm -- nm - groiny Sep 21, 07:50
- You work for Hyatt Hotels? -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 07:49
- You're fired? -- nm - Don Homer Sep 21, 07:49 13
  - no, I'm a contractor. theoretically they should just move me to another contract. -- nm - loosilu Sep 21, 07:51 12
    - unless I quit first. :) Right now I'm fascinated just to see what they do. -- nm - loosilu Sep 21, 07:51 11
      - Weren't they just begging you to stay a couple weeks ago? -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 07:52 10
        
        They just wanted her to stay long enough to hire a replacement :p -- nm - BB Sep 21, 07:53 5
        
        *finger to nose* But had no intention of telling me so. -- nm - loosilu Sep 21, 07:54 4
        
        That's what happened to me at an old job. I had an offer to go elsewhere, and my boss made all kinds of promises so I'd stay - BB Sep 21, 07:56 3
        
        i've read that you should never accept a counter-offer from a current employer. -- nm - zork Sep 21, 07:59 1
        
        Now I know. -- nm - BB Sep 21, 08:02
        
        yup. -- nm - loosilu Sep 21, 07:58
        
        they're a mess. -- nm - loosilu Sep 21, 07:52 3
        
        So why don't you just apply for a new job elsewhere? Plenty of nice jobs in the govt. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 21, 07:56 1
        
        oh, I am. :) -- nm - loosilu Sep 21, 07:58
        
        ugh. - znufrii Sep 21, 07:55
Weekend movies? Fast & Furious: C-. Pretty sucktastic, even by F&F standards. -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 07:47 19
- n/a -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 07:53
- The Informant! (B), Blood Creek (C-) -- nm - Dano Sep 21, 07:53 1
  - and Lorna's Silence (B+) -- nm - Dano Sep 21, 07:54
- Cloudy w/a Chance of Meatballs: A-. Doctor Who Season 4: A. - JaxSean Sep 21, 07:53 1
  - I am jealous that you are this far ahead of me in Doctor Who - con_carne Sep 21, 08:18
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (D+). -- nm - Don Homer Sep 21, 07:51 3
  - + ???? nm -- nm - groiny Sep 21, 07:53 2
    - ?? D+: less than C-, higher than D. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 21, 07:55
    - It was in focus. (nm) - Will Hunting Sep 21, 07:54
- Green Mile: A+ -- nm - Ender Sep 21, 07:51
- Leatherheads B- -- nm - con_carne Sep 21, 07:51
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  - You are smart. -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 08:11
  - I rewatched it too. Only this time I noticed how every character referred to batman as "the batman" -- nm - Loyola Sep 21, 07:51 5
    - It is not his name, it is his title, IMHO. - Spawn Sep 21, 08:12
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    - actually, that is the normal way of referring to him -- nm - zork Sep 21, 07:58
    - That's odd, in my version they all referred to him as "Carl". -- nm - Ender Sep 21, 07:52 1
      - I think Joker called him "Hot Carl" at one point, too -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 07:53
The 49ers have filed a grievance against the Jets alleging tampering charges relating to the holdout of Michael Crabtree. -- (link) - Don Homer Sep 21, 07:47 1
- No way! The Jets would never do anything underhanded! -- nm - BB Sep 21, 07:49
"The doctors said he'll never play golf again." -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 07:46
Interesting WH blog post regarding the PRA and how it intersects with social media, etc -- (link) - oblique Sep 21, 07:44
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- hd space and price is about it -- nm - decline Sep 21, 07:54 1
  - oh and they come with the 3.1 software (which is $9.95 for older models to upgrad ) and the bigger ones have Voice Control -- nm - decline Sep 21, 07:56
- Pretty much just size and price but there are some rumors that it has support (at least at the hardware level) for 802.11n and FM transmitting -- nm - oblique Sep 21, 07:53
- The new one results in Apple getting more money. -- nm - Ender Sep 21, 07:52
- the evidence doll is more anatomically correct? - zork Sep 21, 07:49
- It's got a new hat! -- nm - Reagen Sep 21, 07:45
I would have also thought just having Will bite the battery terminal and twisting the bolts on his neck would work too. -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 07:41 2
- and risk that he eat the battery? nm -- nm - groiny Sep 21, 07:42 1
  - Worst case, you just run a wire from under the hood to the passenger seat. -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 07:43
$1 million Netflix prize awarded -- (link) - znufrii Sep 21, 07:36
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- congrats. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 21, 07:48
- aw man.. what tha--.... all over my brand new board ,..... -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 21, 07:38

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