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kelly: I'm hearing rumors that at Springsteen's DC/BMore shows, he'll be playing Born to Run start to finish -- nm - MDH Sep 25, 08:18
"What could you not live without, internet-wise, these days?" Andie asked yesterday. My answer: paying bills online - prayformojo, xynastic Sep 25, 08:17 4
- I write less than one check a month, generally for subscriptions and donations. About the only time I go into a bank is the rare times I have a large - MojaveMeg Sep 25, 08:25
- Online banking in general. I can't imagine having to physically go somewhere or mail something to pay a bill. -- nm - Shaun Sep 25, 08:19 2
  - The automated aspect, for me. Everything is set to pay weekly, monthly, bi-annually, etc. -- nm - Spawn Sep 25, 08:23
  - I do it all the time, of course I drive around town every day so it's easy for me -- nm - CQ Sep 25, 08:21
Emma Thompson's mother is an effective witch. -- (link) - LMS Sep 25, 08:14
Gypsy, the new cat is the first of our cats to decide to climb Stan the T-rex. - TWuG Sep 25, 08:08 1
- Heh, I once made a dreamcatcher for a friend and she hung it on her livingroom wall. Took her a while to figure out where the - MojaveMeg Sep 25, 08:22
The Making of Borderlands: Claptrap Episode 2. -- (link) - Shaun Sep 25, 08:00 4
- cool. - tRuMaN Sep 25, 08:03 3
  - It works ok I guess. -- nm - WoW and EQ Sep 25, 08:06 2
    - not really the same though. - tRuMaN Sep 25, 08:07 1
      - EQOA on the PS2 worked just fine. -- nm - Shaun Sep 25, 08:08
Another great One Hit Wonder -- (link) - amoxy Sep 25, 07:55 [youtube] 3
- A) this song is absolutely amazing B) It won't be a 1 hit wonder once Aubrey O'Day (Danity Kane) release her version -- (link) - MDH Sep 25, 07:59 [youtube] 1
  - Uh, a remake doesn't count as new, as in canceling the OHW of it. -- nm - Spawn Sep 25, 08:22
- horrible. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 25, 07:56
Things I did not know....the 4th highest batting average qualifier in baseball history is not in the hall of fame. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 25, 07:52 2
- Joe Jackson? -- nm - amoxy Sep 25, 07:53 1
  - Nah, some dude who played in the 30's..I didn't even really recognize the name. - Will Hunting Sep 25, 07:54
One more Survivor thing...did anyone else watch the Preview of this season? (spoiler spec) - Jim Sep 25, 07:50 1
- That hadn't occurred to me (speculation) - Roger More Sep 25, 07:59
i didn't think this made sense: "Sept 9: FBI agents see Zazi drive away from his home in Aurora, Colo., in a rented car. - prayformojo, xynastic Sep 25, 07:40
Leaving for the island now ... sheesh, busy weekend so far! :) Ciao -- nm - Beryllium Sep 25, 07:34 3
- Have a great time tomorrow and congratulations! -- nm - amoxy Sep 25, 08:01
- Good luck, and congratulations! -- nm - kelly Sep 25, 07:42
- Going by sub? -- nm - HdnAgnda Sep 25, 07:35
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- Yeah, you could hear it when all the various local reporters were doing their live shots - Brian Sep 25, 08:14
- There have been helicopters flying over my house all week. - Fuzzy Sep 25, 07:44
- They interviewed 7 protesters on Leher News Report on PBS. They were ALL pierced tatted up stoners that sounded like stoners. - Redmond Sep 25, 07:38 2
  - didn't they see Live Free or Die Hard? -- nm - Roger More Sep 25, 07:48
  - they interviewed stoners who sounded like stoners? shocking! -- nm - znufrii Sep 25, 07:45
- What sort of restraint(s) do they deserve? -- nm - znufrii Sep 25, 07:35
Enter your boxoffice predictions -- (link) - oblique Sep 25, 07:31
Okay, I think this is working now. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 25, 07:30
Stupid cookies. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 25, 07:26 3
- I'd bet this is the only time you'd refer to cookies as anything other than "delicious". -- nm - kelly Sep 25, 07:29 1
  - I thought the post was an impostor. -- nm - Redmond Sep 25, 07:31
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LYC: Bah....what is with karma this week? I heard from a friend that my name was mentioned at a conference as "the" expert for small business... - Walt_Disney Sep 25, 07:20 1
- time for you to start hitting on those hot girls. -- nm - loosilu Sep 25, 07:24
Wipeout open call Saturday. Pixie needs to take one for the ST team. - Redmond Sep 25, 07:20
Okay, any particular reason all the Handle/Username details would revert after every post to Kelly's details? - kelly Sep 25, 07:15 1
- sticky cookie? -- nm - znufrii Sep 25, 07:16
Dano, thanks for the Paranormal Activity report -- nm - prayformojo, xynastic Sep 25, 07:14
*explains to the dog his portion of the bed is non-existant* - Will Hunting Sep 25, 07:13
Community went from promising to awful in the span of a week. - Will Hunting Sep 25, 07:12 3
- I was literally just going to post the same exact thing. I give it one more episode and then I'm done. - Jovian Sep 25, 07:20
- That's a shame, you missed the ending montage. -- nm - Ender Sep 25, 07:13 1
  - Unless it was the blonde and the Mad Men chick re-enacting Wild Things...I missed nothing. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 25, 07:14
Ticketmaster, you suck. - kelly Sep 25, 07:07 6
- they are the devil and I don't know how they sleep at night -- nm - Epiphany Sep 25, 07:09 2
  - Very well, on beds made out of the finest linens, stuffed with the finest, softest $100 bills. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 25, 07:10 1
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- But did you get them? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 25, 07:08 1
  - But of course. *giddy* - kelly Sep 25, 07:11
- ALL YOUR FEE ARE BELONG TO US! -- nm - Ticketmaster Sep 25, 07:08
A student posted on Facebook her "friend stats". All of these (except music) were completely unsurprising. - nubby Sep 25, 07:04
Phillips has first submission in $10 million contest for LED bulbs. -- (link) - znufrii Sep 25, 06:52 2
- They're awfully hard on CFLs in that article. -- nm - Ender Sep 25, 07:00 1
  - maybe because they suck? :) - znufrii Sep 25, 07:17
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- That was some start! (Spoils) - HdnAgnda Sep 25, 06:51 5
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      - You caught the Oceanic billboard in one of the scenes, yes? -- nm - HdnAgnda Sep 25, 07:33 2
        
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        I will have to check that out at home. I may watch the re-broadcast tonight as well. -- nm - HdnAgnda Sep 25, 07:38
Survivor spoils - Jim Sep 25, 06:40 28
- speculation - Dano Sep 25, 07:09 1
  - you may be right (vague spoilers) - prayformojo, xynastic Sep 25, 07:14
- I don't know how anyone can think E. Russell is likable. And of all things they do blur on screen they have to start doing that - HdnAgnda Sep 25, 06:55 19
  - But that's his schtick...and he makes no claims otherwise. He has potential to be one of the great characters on this show. - Jim Sep 25, 06:59 18
    - Great character? We have wildly different views. He doesn't even register on the love to hate scale for me. It is just out and out hate. -- nm - HdnAgnda Sep 25, 07:02 14
      - Here's what I love about Russell. He has a strategy. And it's one that's never been tried before. - Jim Sep 25, 07:05 13
        
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        spoils - Roger More Sep 25, 07:19 11
        
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        (spoils) - Roger More Sep 25, 07:27 7
        
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        Further...yes it is an interesting tactic...which is why I'm liking him and find him fascinating. - Jim Sep 25, 07:33 1
        
        It is an interesting strategy I will grant you that, but no way I am liking him - amoxy Sep 25, 07:50
        
        And, something they implemented since you stopped watching is (spoils) - Jim Sep 25, 07:32 3
        
        as to the last point, i wonder what the producers reaction to that was - prayformojo, xynastic Sep 25, 07:33 2
        
        Who knows? No one's ever just randomly started to look before. - Jim Sep 25, 07:35 1
        
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        spoils - prayformojo, xynastic Sep 25, 07:25 1
        
        and (spoils) - CovingtonCat Sep 25, 07:28
    - Just like other great Survivor camera-hog douchebags, such as Coach and Johnny Fairplay -- nm - Roger More Sep 25, 07:02 2
      - I liked Fairplay too. Not Coach though...because Coach actually believed what he said...that made him a scary dude, IMO. -- nm - Jim Sep 25, 07:03 1
        
        Fairplay tried too hard, for me. But yeah, Coach was just delusional -- nm - Roger More Sep 25, 07:04
- (spoils) - Roger More Sep 25, 06:49 2
  - What I'm saying is (spoils) - Jim Sep 25, 07:02 1
    - (spoils) - Roger More Sep 25, 07:08
- about Yasmin - nubby Sep 25, 06:44 1
  - Oh I am so glad that she is *my* Survivor Pick Em this season! Hooray! And if you saw my rant earlier this week about (spoils) - HdnAgnda Sep 25, 06:49
- your point about russell is key -- nm - prayformojo, xynastic Sep 25, 06:42
Interesting. 538 rips Strategic Vision polling apart and suggest a possibility of "fraud" with their numbers. -- (link) - Don Homer Sep 25, 06:34 1
- fatality. -- nm - znufrii Sep 25, 06:42
Since this board is loaded with health stuff: Found out more about my friend's lung cancer (which is really bone cancer in his lung). - loosilu Sep 25, 06:32 3
- Yikes to your friend. I wish him the best -- nm - amoxy Sep 25, 07:51
- good advice, and good thoughts for your friend. -- nm - znufrii Sep 25, 06:33 1
  - fwiw, the prognosis is good because of the type of cancer. but right now he has a hell of an obstruction in his lung. -- nm - loosilu Sep 25, 06:34
Yes Gallbladder, I feel you. Please stop. -- nm - lileve Sep 25, 06:26 1
- Ouch...Are you on medication for it? -- nm - amoxy Sep 25, 07:50
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- Sorry about that man -- nm - amoxy Sep 25, 07:52
- Get well soon. -- nm - lileve Sep 25, 06:23
STIS: Does anyone have an email address for moose? I have Hawaii questions for him. -- nm - loosilu Sep 25, 06:19 10
- question 2: what is moose's actual name? good lord, I don't know. -- nm - loosilu Sep 25, 06:26 7
  - moose a moose. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 25, 07:07 1
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  - Marvin. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 25, 06:29
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    - done. Please no one post it here if you know since he seems to like his privacy. -- nm - loosilu Sep 25, 06:30
  - Maybe he doesn't want you to know! - Don Homer Sep 25, 06:27 1
    - I used to know, just blanking out. -- nm - loosilu Sep 25, 06:29
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  - you da man. -- nm - loosilu Sep 25, 06:25
so, wow/LYC: update on coworker's brother who stopped breathing during routine surgery - prayformojo, xynastic Sep 25, 06:18 3
- My goodness. I don't know what to say but that I hope for the best. -- nm - lileve Sep 25, 06:23
- yikes -- nm - Don Homer Sep 25, 06:18
- omg. hope he is ok. -- nm - loosilu Sep 25, 06:18
Fan asks Oregon Ducks coach Chip Kelly for refund after loss at Boise State, gets a check for $439 in return. -- (link) - Don Homer Sep 25, 06:09
Today is National One-Hit Wonder day -- (link) - amoxy Sep 25, 06:05 [youtube] 1
- That is celebrated for one night in Bangkok and one night only. -- nm - HdnAgnda Sep 25, 06:36
Repost from last night (w/more info): Amusement park cancels Halloween celebrity skeleton display. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Sep 25, 05:37
Wellford mayor retracts foot chase ban; still crazy -- (link) - nubby Sep 25, 05:25
Your animal photo for the day (Horse Scratching) -- (link) - CQ Sep 25, 04:32 [Image] 1
- are his front legs tied? but the background is fantastic -- nm - prayformojo, xynastic Sep 25, 05:27
Happy Friday!! -- nm - Don Homer Sep 25, 04:31
Filming has begun on Ashes to Ashes series 3 (potential spoilers) -- (link) - LMS Sep 25, 03:31
My work day started at 9:30 AM with an amazing meeting, and ended at 2 AM with me still not able to sleep - Mr. Havens Sep 25, 03:06 1
- I'm happy for you. -- nm - lileve Sep 25, 06:16
This post is not only bizarrely typical of ST but one that will get us all on the do not fly list -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 25, 00:33 [Backboard] 6
- in case you care, I decided to go with aerosol release at a ball game. haven't decided what pathogen. -- nm - loosilu Sep 25, 05:11 1
  - Disguised as a foghorn? -- nm - LMS Sep 25, 05:15
- laughing.... I remember one time my co worker called me up to discuss our dirty bomb scenario (I think it was Detroit again) and I was working onsite - loosilu Sep 25, 05:10
- I'm suprised I'm not already on the list for sneaking past x-ray at SFO with my badge using doors in 2002 lol, almost missed my flight to vegas... -- nm - Stacy Sep 25, 01:04 2
  - and the director of SFO knows cuz I told him, we are friends, he asked me not to do it again, but I dont work at the airport anymore so I couldnt. -- nm - Stacy Sep 25, 01:06 1
    - well just as long as you didn't miss your flight to vegas -- nm - captain assface Sep 25, 01:36
"You didn't kill any of them, did you?" -- nm - David Sep 25, 00:13
so ... the guests should be arriving any minute now. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 25, 00:05 2
- ah, that's them ... time to go -- nm - Beryllium Sep 25, 00:22
- *waits some more* -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 25, 00:13
A don't come to ST for a few days and I miss all the Hotkiss stuff. Bummer :( -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 25, 00:02 2
- what did I miss? -- nm - loosilu Sep 25, 06:19
- and the condom discussion -- nm - Stacy Sep 25, 00:05
that anti-internet file on B2 crashed my computer, it wanted acrabat reader and I said no and windows crashed... -- nm - Stacy Sep 25, 00:01 1
- err rather IE crashed. -- nm - Stacy Sep 25, 00:01
Go ahead and superfetate to get things moving. -- nm - psilotum Sep 24, 23:58
so. sleepy. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 23:58

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