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Colts owner Jim Irsay against Rush Limbaugh's bid to own the Rams -- (link) - Remlik Oct 13, 11:44
Credit to Jackson's estate for not dragging their feet on the Paul Anka thing. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 13, 11:42
Pippy, I just recently discovered the deliciousness of goat cheese (it's...from a goat!) myself, so don't feel bad. -- nm - Stephen Oct 13, 11:39 1
- I eat goat cheese, but its just not the same. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 13, 11:39
Taylor Swift/Michael Jackson lead AMA nominations. Is there a category for "Best Death"? -- (link) - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 13, 11:36 5
- They nominated Eminem for Artist of the Year, that's when they lose all credibility -- nm - MDH Oct 13, 11:44 1
  - It's 1996 all over again! -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 13, 11:45
- Taylor Swift is dead? -- nm - oblique Oct 13, 11:40 2
  - Where's Kanye?!?! -- nm - Buzz Oct 13, 11:41 1
    - "Taylor, i'll let you finish dying in a moment ... i just wanted to say that Michael Jackson had the best death of all time... - i'm not an Undead kanye michael jackson yet ! Oct 13, 11:54
heh...thanks for that info on the storm b! - Stephen Oct 13, 11:33
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- Flash Forward is getting sophisticated with its marketing. -- nm - Max Oct 13, 11:44
- nubby! we need an official opinion here please. -- nm - decline Oct 13, 11:40 5
  - Three letters: - nubby Oct 13, 11:43 4
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    - My own sort of crackpotty theory about time travel is that if it were possible, it would exist at all times through the universe. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 11:44 1
      - True. I like the idea that if time travel (to the past) were possible, we'd know about it by now. -- nm - nubby Oct 13, 11:47
    - so you're throwing down? that is it, after I capture Bigfoot, I'll start working on time travel -- nm - crash davis Oct 13, 11:44
- If they can prove that, it'll be pretty spectacular. -- nm - TWuG Oct 13, 11:39
- What's really going to bake your noodle is, would you have broken it if I hadn't said anything? -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 11:39
- Maybe they'll take out ARod while they're at it. -- nm - David Oct 13, 11:39
- That's so hilariously f*cked up. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 13, 11:37 4
  - My Halo 3 play is so brilliant that XBox fears it and sends coding out to stop my brilliance before it happens. -- nm - crash davis Oct 13, 11:38 3
    - hmm, so how does that explain your spastic attacks of violent reactions which unplug/turn off things. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 13, 11:39 2
      - time ripples man, its all time ripples -- nm - crash davis Oct 13, 11:39 1
        
        Ah...it's Superboy punching the Universe. -- nm - Remlik Oct 13, 11:41
- See! -- nm - Lincoln Childs Oct 13, 11:35 3
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    - And c'mon. Dan Brown? -- nm - oblique Oct 13, 11:40
    - you've got a point -- nm - crash davis Oct 13, 11:39
Interesting. The Laserium in Hollywood now has Nine Inch Nails and U2-themed shows. - con_carne Oct 13, 11:28 1
- i remember going to see a laser Led Zeppelin show on a date at the Planetarium many many moons ago. it was fun. -- nm - Andie Oct 13, 11:30
hey ct, you have a nfm up there right? - tRuMaN Oct 13, 11:28 1
- heh - I think Homemaker's (which is the 'big' furniture store here) is owned by them now. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 13, 11:30
Bery, not sure if this is a bug exactly, but recently I find that with regularity if I hit the back button from a post, it won't go the first time (I - pmb Oct 13, 11:24 6
- This happens to me too at work. We're running an older version of IE. -- nm - TFox Oct 13, 11:27
- what browser? Does it happen in all browsers, or just your primary one? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 11:26 4
  - I think I'm running ie7 here at the office. I have ie8 at home and I can't remember if this problem is happening. I think it is. -- nm - pmb Oct 13, 11:29 3
    - My office runs IE6. If it's an old IE problem, just ignore it. It's stupid that we're on IE6. -- nm - TFox Oct 13, 11:30 2
      - ditto. hate it. -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 11:31 1
        
        Imagine if I only had one IE window open with tabs. My computer would look so much cleaner to the coworker eye! -- nm - TFox Oct 13, 11:32
Time to upgrade to a serious camera. 10+ megapixels and a real lens. Budget under $500 - Dr.Vermin Oct 13, 11:24 31
- THANKS, you guys! I'm going to get researchin'... -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 13, 11:36 1
  - site with reviews -- (link) - decline Oct 13, 11:37
- SLR = Single Lens Reflex. Means you're seeing (almost) exactly what the lens will see. I got a Nikon D40 at Target on Clearance this wkend for $350. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 13, 11:32 5
  - This is the camera I own. I have no complaints, except that I am always tempted to buy more and more expensive attachments for it -- nm - Roger More Oct 13, 11:34 1
    - Great part is, those attachments will work with the newest camera too. You're not throwing away any investment there -- nm - oblique Oct 13, 11:38
  - Nice deal. I'd personally stay in the 8-10MP range but you're still going to get some great photographs from that. -- nm - oblique Oct 13, 11:33 2
    - I was considering that, but I figure this is my first attempt at an dSLR. - JaxSean Oct 13, 11:35 1
      - You'll be very happy with it. 6MP is plenty for up to 8x10 prints. No problem there. And be careful of the video - oblique Oct 13, 11:37
- what SLR really means is 1) it is not point and shoot (for the most part) and 2) lenses are sold separately and are expensive - decline Oct 13, 11:29 2
  - coworker bought a Sigma 30mm f/1.4 lens for his Nikon ... over 600 bucks -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 11:31 1
    - I spent $300 on one of the Canon telephoto lenses (it was last year's model ) -- nm - decline Oct 13, 11:34
- Look at the size of the sensor, not the number of megapixels -- nm - Roger More Oct 13, 11:26 2
  - That's what the girls tell the guys so they don't feel bad. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 13, 11:29
  - Yup. You can find great cameras like the Lumix or PowerShot variety that look great but ultimately have the same sensor as a cigarette sized camera -- nm - oblique Oct 13, 11:28
- look for a shutter mode you can hold open for more than 2 seconds. -- nm - Max Oct 13, 11:25
- 500? Canon powershot SI. -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 11:25 1
  - here you go, the latest model is Power Shot SX20 IS. 12 megapixels. -- (link) - loosilu Oct 13, 11:27
- It basically means you have a real piece of glass that can be changed with other real pieces of glass - oblique Oct 13, 11:25 8
  - um, I can do that on my non-slr PowerSHot. However, the difference is when you are sighting the photo, you look through the actual lens that takes the - loosilu Oct 13, 11:28 4
    - I've never seen an interchangeable lens on a powershot. -- nm - pmb Oct 13, 11:30 1
      - my powershot a640 could interchange with one other specific lens variant for that model. Not much of a feature. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 11:32
    - Which model powershot has an interchangable lens with the variety that an SLR has? I wasn't even aware any of them had even one option to change -- nm - oblique Oct 13, 11:30 1
      - Maybe not the variety, but that was one of the reasons I bought the Sony I did (that I lost). It had additional lenses. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 13, 11:34
  - Oh, and if you're looking for a recommendation. Canon Digital Rebel XSi. Real SLR, 12MP, $630ish @ Amazon and totally worth it compared to any PS -- nm - oblique Oct 13, 11:27 2
    - This is the camera I own. It is absolutely amazing. -- nm - decline Oct 13, 11:30
    - I've used an XSi for a few minutes ... they take great shots, even in untrained hands. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 13, 11:30 [flickr]
- 10 megapixels? Are you planning to print up photographic wallpaper? -- nm - TFox Oct 13, 11:25 4
  - This is irksome to me. That's not why you get high megapixels for. The real reason is simple: CROPPING. - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 13, 11:27 2
    - I hope you recover ok. -- nm - TFox Oct 13, 11:29
    - real photographers don't crop! - loosilu Oct 13, 11:29
  - my Pentax Optio W60 (waterproof point and shoot) is 10mp -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 11:27
Photoshop for the iPhone (free!) looks great. Did I mention... it's free? -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 13, 11:23
More like this, please -- (link) - znufrii Oct 13, 11:23
Ghetto Google Stree View car? -- (link) - oblique Oct 13, 11:22
Cnet cracks, gives a favorable review to an all-in-one touchscreen PC. -- (link) - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 13, 11:20
Reagen: In California, the calorie amounts were more prominent than the prices. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 11:18
*gives HuffPo the award for the worst front page headline of the day* -- (link) - znufrii Oct 13, 11:15
David...yeah, that's subpar.....but I'm still running worse than you recently. - Will Hunting Oct 13, 11:13 4
- do me a solid and wait til after this weekends games to start to rally, 'kay? -- nm - crash davis Oct 13, 11:16 3
  - Rally? - Will Hunting Oct 13, 11:17 2
    - my team sucks, the bright spots are my reach on Benson, Edwards getting traded, and I hope holding on to little Manning year after year will pay off -- nm - crash davis Oct 13, 11:18 1
      - the above post is with all due apologies to Reggie Wayne, he is having a Reggie Wayne type year -- nm - crash davis Oct 13, 11:19
LIR Loosi. My twin stayed at Playa del Carmen a couple of years ago. - con_carne Oct 13, 11:12
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- cool! here's the place I'm thinking of staying in Chichen Itza. -- (link) - loosilu Oct 13, 11:15 3
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    - yeah, my brother said the atmosphere is the reason to go. -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 11:22 1
      - plus... keep in mind I don't want to race through. I want to have time to do some sketching. (in between drinking and napping) -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 11:25
- I stayed at Dreams Tulum, just outside of Tulum (south of Cancun). - Beryllium Oct 13, 11:14
mmm ... Goldtimbits. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 13, 11:09
THanks to all for Cancun and PdC info on b2. -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 11:08 3
- when are you going ? -- nm - decline Oct 13, 11:08 2
  - haven't booked yet, but hopefully a week from now. lots of good prices. -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 11:17 1
    - so jealous :) -- nm - decline Oct 13, 11:20
nmb Qale - ceregon Oct 13, 11:04 1
- I could probably find a few uses for him. -- nm - Qale Oct 13, 11:23
I *really* need to rent out that spare bedroom. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 13, 11:02
loosilu would know this. If I caught a mouse in the house, could I keep it as a pet? (no euphemisms) -- nm - oblique Oct 13, 11:02 33
- No, you should use it as bait to catch a snake and then use the snake as bait to catch a mongoose, then keep the mongoose as a pet. -- nm - Ender Oct 13, 11:07 2
  - "One Red Paperclip Founder Mauled by Pet Kodiak" -- nm - Max Oct 13, 11:08
  - ~I don't know why she swallowed the fly, perhaps she'll die!~ -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 11:08
- mmm, hanta virus. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 11:05
- House mice as pets -- (link) - mara Oct 13, 11:04
- I wouldn't. you don't know where it's been (parasites, diseases, all that fun stuff). -- nm - mafic Oct 13, 11:03 17
  - what mafic said. Buy a mouse at the pet store, they're cheap. -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 11:06
  - I remember once killing a mouse on the farm then (grossness inside) - Reagen Oct 13, 11:05 15
    - why did I read the IM? I am going to have nightmares now -- nm - decline Oct 13, 11:06 14
      - that's not bad, you should have seen the stuff crawling out of the bloated deer carcass we hauled out of a pool. -- nm - CQ Oct 13, 11:13 5
        
        and? -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 11:19 1
        
        Come on, give me a break. I needed a place to sleep. -- nm - Luke Skywalker si Oct 13, 11:19
        
        Heh. I was about 12 at the time so it was more "Eww! Cool! Eww! Cool!" - Reagen Oct 13, 11:16
        
        This will be good. *grabs popcorn* -- nm - Loyola Oct 13, 11:15
        
        oh please, do go on. -- nm - mafic Oct 13, 11:14
      - I'm so not reading it. there's no way it could end well. -- nm - mafic Oct 13, 11:13
      - you cannot say I didn't warn you. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 11:10
      - right? -- nm - Andie Oct 13, 11:09
      - Now you're enticign other people to read the IM - Roger More Oct 13, 11:08 4
        
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        Dude...it's not like it's about defacation or anything...why so grossed out? -- nm - Jim Oct 13, 11:20
        
        It's nto *that* bad,,,, -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 11:13 1
        
        agreed, not really bad. -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 11:18
- why would you? -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 11:03 9
  - The question came up in response to my ongoing battle with catching mice -- nm - oblique Oct 13, 11:04 7
    - get a cat? -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 11:08 6
      - I have one. He was sleeping in the kitchen as the two mice were running around less than 6' from him. He's useless -- nm - oblique Oct 13, 11:09 5
        
        are you using snap traps now? -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 11:18 3
        
        No, I have these traps that look like hockey pucks. Caught one last night in one. Hoping to catch the other tonight - oblique Oct 13, 11:19 2
        
        PB is the best bait, I think. is that a live trap? -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 11:23
        
        kilbo is the real life Mouse Hunter! -- nm - decline Oct 13, 11:21
        
        Feed him less -- nm - Roger More Oct 13, 11:10
  - Every army starts with the first recruit. -- nm - Max Oct 13, 11:04
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- but i don't. the room is taken. Isaiah paid for all of 2009 in advance. People are asking about the garage or basement now. -- nm - ceregon Oct 13, 11:03 16
  - you should put up bunks in the garage, and sleep four to a room. - znufrii Oct 13, 11:04 13
    - I know this is one of ST's favorite fantasies, but I have never had sex with a male roommate. - ceregon Oct 13, 11:07 12
      - Hmmm...I've gone over my favorite fantasies and the "ceregon has sex with roommate" fantasy doesn't seem to be there. nm - Jim Oct 13, 11:12 1
        
        It's right there, under "CQ turns up unexpectedly to clean the pool" -- nm - Roger More Oct 13, 11:18
      - sex aside, I'm actually serious, you could put up bunks, and incorporate a business as a long-term hostel -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 11:09 7
        
        I'm sure that would require some type of licensing and special zoning and insurance and lots of other stuff -- nm - decline Oct 13, 11:11 6
        
        But maybe an arrangement could be worked out...*bow chicka bow bow* -- nm - Deevil Oct 13, 11:11 2
        
        especially with a garage full of sex-hungry, eager-to-please young men. -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 11:18 1
        
        It's a good thing that explaining the joke didn't make it less funny -- nm - Roger More Oct 13, 11:30
        
        "Excuse me, Mr. Clerk. Where are the forms for running a brothel?" -- nm - oblique Oct 13, 11:11 1
        
        "you've come to the right place, my friend." -- nm - ACORN Oct 13, 11:12
        
        could be worth looking into, if the demand is high enough... -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 11:11
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        Guilty as charged. -- nm - nubby Oct 13, 11:14
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    - Sorry...that's already occupied. Or something. -- nm - Jim Oct 13, 11:07

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