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ABC gives 'FlashForward' a full season - Trish Oct 13, 07:58 1
- Good to hear FF is continuing but Journeyman was on NBC -- nm - amoxy Oct 13, 08:00
Talk about the high administrative costs of healthcare. My company has to renegotiate its insurance deal every year. Does your company do this? - con_carne Oct 13, 07:57 3
- If they don't then your broker is screwing you. - Trish Oct 13, 08:03
- yes, our ins broker searches for new deals every year -- nm - decline Oct 13, 07:59
- Typically, my understanding is that the companies prefer this to locking in for a longer term, because who knows who might have a better deal. -- nm - TFox Oct 13, 07:58
Blockbuster available on Tivo today -- (link) - oblique Oct 13, 07:53 1
- I wonder if the product mix will differ at all from amazon or netflix. they are *so* late for this game. -- nm - amanda Oct 13, 07:57
We watched Anti-christ last night. Grade: WTF -- nm - Shaun Oct 13, 07:49
I haven't seen a single episode of Heroes this season. Should I? - celedhring Oct 13, 07:48 2
- I've been watching, but I jsut can't help but think "this could be a good show if they replaced every single character". - Ender Oct 13, 07:51 1
  - it looked like they were finally figuring out what to do with Peter, but it's too little too late. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 07:55
Display Settings Settings Questions? Slickdeals.net Frontpage Deals RSS Feed Set your settings/preferences: Text Size: Increase Decrease Page Widt -- (link) - tRuMaN Oct 13, 07:41 5
- wow, such overblown posting fail this earlier in the morning. - TFox Oct 13, 07:43 1
  - I have always loved (and sometimes hated) that you can't edit your posts in this board format. -- nm - celedhring Oct 13, 07:50
- wow, that copy and paste wasnt good, sorry. ignore this post, or laugh at it. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 13, 07:41 2
  - *points finger and laughs at you* -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 07:42 1
    - *pulls your finger* -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 13, 07:45
Oh, so *that's* how you're going to be. - znufrii Oct 13, 07:33 4
- I don't like auto withdrawals for just that reason. I online bank but I will decide when I pay and make sure that what I pay is the correct amount. -- nm - HdnAgnda Oct 13, 07:43 1
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- It's Comcastic! -- nm - Redmond Oct 13, 07:34 1
  - Time Warner, actually. -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 07:36
is there a mac person here who has two minutes to do me a fast, easy, legal favor? (thanks) -- nm - amanda Oct 13, 07:32 5
- Not sure if I can help, but I might have time to try before I head to work -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 07:42 4
  - I just need someone to connect to my server for me to look for something -- it's so quick, I swear. I'm emailing you. thanks. -- nm - amanda Oct 13, 07:45 3
    - got the email, got connected, but the connection just died - now my finder is locked up -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 07:57 2
      - I was able to get a file listing though, just can't copy the files - Beryllium Oct 13, 07:58
      - no worries. thanks anyway. -- nm - amanda Oct 13, 07:58
dane cook has 1.3 followers on twitter? really? -- nm - prayformojo, xynastic Oct 13, 07:16 20
- i dont think I have any. so that seems appropriate. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 13, 07:23 1
  - oh wait, I have one follower, but I think they sent me an autospam message. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 13, 07:31
- More disturbing is that Jeff Dunham has 1.7M. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 13, 07:23 15
  - (Oh, and was speaking FB followers, not Twitter. More coffee needed.) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 13, 07:34
  - the amound of ire this guy draws confuses me - prayformojo, xynastic Oct 13, 07:26 13
    - It's because people think they aren't *supposed* to like ventriloquists. Sort of like you aren't supposed to like Carrot Top. Hive-mind. -- nm - TFox Oct 13, 07:41 8
      - wow, such overblown blatant generalities this earlier in the morning. - tRuMaN Oct 13, 07:42 7
        
        that's *just* like morning ST. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 07:45 6
        
        well that is because in the morning, st is occupied by east coast elietists. it takes a while for the rest of us to wake up. - tRuMaN Oct 13, 07:47 5
        
        Typical reverse snobbery from flyover country -- nm - Roger More Oct 13, 07:49 4
        
        we prefer to be known as the "gooey middle of the american oreo" -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 13, 07:50 3
        
        If you want to be licked by the Brothers Manning, be my guest -- nm - Roger More Oct 13, 07:52 2
        
        ha! -- nm - prayformojo, xynastic Oct 13, 07:53 1
        
        clearly, I owe assists to you and Reagen -- nm - Roger More Oct 13, 08:01
    - He is so unfunny it almost makes me angry. There's comedians I don't care for but if others like them, that's cool, different tastes. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 13, 07:33 2
      - hmm, strange. I find him quite funny most of the time. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 13, 07:37
      - wow. huh. -- nm - prayformojo, xynastic Oct 13, 07:36
    - see, people are afraid of talking puppets. - tRuMaN Oct 13, 07:28
- er, 1.3 million. heh -- nm - prayformojo, xynastic Oct 13, 07:17
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CDN alert: Apparently Walmart is pulling another Batman:AA with Borderlands. $39.96 on Tuesday. -- nm - Shaun Oct 13, 07:01
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- It was pretty awesome to see how they just completely destroyed the Raiders. - Shaun Oct 13, 06:55 1
  - they could have easily put up 60 if they hadn't wanted to protect Manning's foot. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 07:02
- I love the possibility that we could have a Phillies vs. Yankees WS - decline Oct 13, 06:51 8
  - It's going to be Angels v Dodgers. - Redmond Oct 13, 07:01 7
    - I still want to see Yankees v. Dodgers - znufrii Oct 13, 07:02 6
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        even Angels/Phillies is interesting if for nothing else than the repeat championship potential -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 07:23 4
        
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        No Jack, I will not make out with you. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 07:38
        
        oh, sure. -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 07:29 1
        
        and, of course, with the Yankees involved you have the whole "storied franchise" thing in general... -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 07:36
- sure you say that now, but when it comes down to an Oreo licking contest in overtime... -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 06:51
- those boys can sure lick an oreo -- nm - prayformojo, xynastic Oct 13, 06:51 2
  - curse my verbosity! -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 06:51 1
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Could be a repost, but I never thought I'd see the day of a 200+ week in the BF. Don Homer Don Homer!! -- nm - Shaun Oct 13, 06:41 1
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Uncharted 2 today!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Shaun Oct 13, 06:38
I missed most of that 30 for 30 special on the Gretzky trade....why did it happen? - Will Hunting Oct 13, 06:23 6
- effectively it was a sale. - Reagen Oct 13, 06:27 5
  - wait, I'm wrong, it was $15 million. But just the same. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 06:31 4
    - Were the Oilers finances in trouble or just greed? - Will Hunting Oct 13, 06:33 3
      - Not so much the Oilers as Pocklington's other businesses - Reagen Oct 13, 06:39
      - Pocklington had a bunch of other business problems, if I remember correctly. - Subversive Oct 13, 06:35 1
        
        The Oil were so stacked that they won in '90 anyway. -- nm - Shaun Oct 13, 06:37
Consider the source, but: Peter Pocklington says that the Oilers and Maple Leafs almost traded cities in the 1980s. -- (link) - Reagen Oct 13, 06:21
Carlos Rogers bites the hand that feeds. - Will Hunting Oct 13, 06:16 2
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  - And if he's looking to go elsewhere (who wouldn't)....it's genius! -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 13, 06:20
LYC: For ST's viewing pleasure here is my new facebook picture -- (link) - MDH Oct 13, 06:04 [Image] 8
- Very cool! -- nm - nubby Oct 13, 06:26
- Try this... - Jim Oct 13, 06:23 [Image] 1
  - Thanks! Appreciated! -- nm - MDH Oct 13, 06:53
- Good pic, but you need to photo shop the red eye. -- nm - Redmond Oct 13, 06:05 4
  - That goes above and beyond my technological capabilities -- nm - MDH Oct 13, 06:12 3
    - Any photo program has red eye touch up. Click on it, then put the target cursor over the eye and click. - Redmond Oct 13, 06:15 2
      - K, thanks, I don't have my photo software anymore since I uninstalled my printer. I'll get a friend. -- nm - MDH Oct 13, 06:23 1
        
        Jim did it for you above. :) -- nm - Redmond Oct 13, 06:42
Senate Finance Committee expected to vote on and pass its version of health care reform today (finally!) -- (link) - znufrii Oct 13, 06:01 15
- Our Senator from Oregon (a Democrat) said he is going to vote against it. - Redmond Oct 13, 06:03 14
  - Do you know why he's voting no? - Will Hunting Oct 13, 06:28 1
    - I just caught the news teaser that he was voting no. Not sure why yet. -- nm - Redmond Oct 13, 06:40
  - Why? It's not as though all Democrats (or all Republicans) think the same way -- nm - Roger More Oct 13, 06:23 9
    - On most bills I would agree. However, Obama has almost tied his entire first term on this issue. - Redmond Oct 13, 06:42 1
      - Possibly - or possibly the legislation will just go back for another round of discussion and compromises. Your IM rings true. FWIW Wyden's decision - Roger More Oct 13, 07:09
    - whether they think the same way is immaterial to whether or not they vote the same way. -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 06:24 6
      - Sure - it's a combo of what their party tells them to do, what their constituents want them to do and what they want to do -- nm - Roger More Oct 13, 06:27 5
        
        well, what they want to do is get re-elected. - znufrii Oct 13, 06:30 4
        
        Sure - and for some members that involves following what voters want and for others what the party wants (I don't think we're in disagreement here) -- nm - Roger More Oct 13, 06:33 3
        
        I think it tends to the latter, especially for the GOP. - znufrii Oct 13, 06:35 2
        
        That's no surprise - the Republicans are more organised than the Democrats :) - Roger More Oct 13, 06:51 1
        
        and in addition to the factors you cite, the root cause of much of it is $$$ - znufrii Oct 13, 06:58
  - I'm more interested in Sen. Snowe's vote. So far she hasn't tipped her hand. - znufrii Oct 13, 06:07 1
    - (and if anything you should take Wyden's reticence as encouraging, I would think, at least regarding the substance of the bill) - znufrii Oct 13, 06:08
Heh. "We haven't had a Nobel Laureate in office since Jed Bartlet." -- nm - nubby Oct 13, 05:21
If I post kinda squinty today it's because I left my glasses at home -- nm - prayformojo, xynastic Oct 13, 05:08
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- I like to live dangerously. - nubby Oct 13, 05:14 3
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    - You helped enough re: Sims-Walker. Thanks again! -- nm - nubby Oct 13, 05:18 1
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- Shuttupp....I was hoping Spawn would do exactly this. - Will Hunting Oct 13, 05:07
LIR to Reagen from BBs. Congrats on droppign Heroes and not being sucked into the whole "Ooooh, Claire is gonna kiss a girl so watch" insult. If that - HdnAgnda Oct 13, 04:38
3.2. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 03:07 4
- Yeah, I would stop doing the morning measurement. -- nm - HdnAgnda Oct 13, 04:16
- how will we know when its done? -- nm - Karl Oct 13, 03:13 2
  - ... the 3.2 in the top corner? -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 03:16 1
    - nice catch does that mean i can send boats again now -- nm - Karl Oct 13, 03:18
cmon WB marketing, it's not too late for a WTWTA campaign that prominently features "Wild Thing" (the Joan Jett version). "On October 16th, mild goes - big time shamu Oct 12, 23:57 1
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by the way ... the dyson bladeless fan sounds dumb. Or, more specifically, it sounds like a vacuum cleaner, from what I read. - Beryllium Oct 12, 23:55 3
- it seems like if you're paying $300 for a fan, it should be *more* dangerous, not less -- nm - big time shamu Oct 12, 23:58 2
  - you might be interested in bigassfans. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 13, 00:09 1
    - but my ass is neither large nor requires fanning. -- nm - mafic Oct 13, 01:19
Tonight, on the internets: A single-serving sized portion of "The Crazy(tm)" -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 12, 23:50
I love the idea of Oakland trading Richard Seymour. -- nm - David Oct 12, 23:41 4
- "Sincerely, Richard Seymour" - Reagen Oct 12, 23:45 3
  - Seymour is a Raider fan, he does not want to leave. -- nm - Stacy Oct 13, 03:56 2
    - Even Al Davis would leave if he could. -- nm - Redmond Oct 13, 05:41
    - Everyone wants to leave the worst franchise in the league. - Will Hunting Oct 13, 04:08
man, phil keough's all lollipops and sunshine when you check in first at the pit stop - big time shamu Oct 12, 23:39 1
- he's a seventh-level Dan in crushing your hopes and dreams -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 23:44
I feel bad for all the people who went to bed at the end of the 3rd quarter. -- nm - Tim Oct 12, 23:28 1
- people do that? Lame-os. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 23:46
I just took a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test. It is rather dumb. I can probably get the results to swing anyway. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 12, 23:12 8
- I'll guess....ISTP. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 12, 23:21 5
  - I didn't get the results, the school gets them and then gives them to me (i think) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 12, 23:41
  - Hmmm. That's me. -- nm - psilotum Oct 12, 23:22 3
    - I forget what I rated as. INTJ or something silly like that. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 23:24 2
      - I tend to bounce between the Rationals, INTJ and INTP. - Reagen Oct 12, 23:26 1
        
        heh -- nm - JaxSean Oct 12, 23:31
- Work made me take one called "Predictive Index". I doubt the veracity of the psuedo-science behind it. - Beryllium (iPhone) Oct 12, 23:16
- It's not going to help you understand yourself if you try to manipulate the results. - psilotum Oct 12, 23:14
So what was the Firefly reference on Castle? -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Oct 12, 23:08
*sneaks up behind JaxSean with cream-pie* -- nm - psilotum Oct 12, 23:08 2
- Coconut, banana, or boston? - JaxSean Oct 12, 23:09 1
  - Boston -- nm - psilotum Oct 12, 23:12
The Hollywood Weiner -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 23:07
Dear Baby (my cat), - Stacy Oct 12, 23:07
Go ahead and start a [food fight] to get things moving. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 12, 23:06

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