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Social networking summed up in a pretty picture -- (link) - Hotkiss Oct 14, 08:46 [Image] 3 1
- Haha. -- nm - lileve Oct 14, 09:15
- where does ST fit in? -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 08:50
- Four letters: STIS -- nm - HdnAgnda Oct 14, 08:49
Banzai, I sailed around the horn last spring. the Patagonia area is fantastic -- nm - Redmond si Oct 14, 08:45 5 1
- Hilarious. -- nm - mara Oct 14, 08:47
- that takes on such a different meaning with that nick -- nm - zork Oct 14, 08:46
- heh -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:46
- frakkinn autonik :( -- nm - peglegpete Oct 14, 08:45
- euphemism? -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 08:45
I would like to say congrats to Guy for finally winning a game of Backgammon. - Spawn Oct 14, 08:45
Video footage from the Helfer/Park Maxim photo shoot (link) - Jovian Oct 14, 08:44
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- I find that the best way to avoid purgatory is to leave a little before or after rush hour. -- nm - pmb Oct 14, 08:55
- I had absolutely no idea anyone believed God forgives people to the same extent that they forgive others. -- nm - mara Oct 14, 08:49 2
  - "Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us..." - znufrii Oct 14, 08:54
  - That's ok, I forgive you. - pmb Oct 14, 08:54
- Screw all of them except #11. I'll just make sure I'm wearing a brown scapular and apparently I'm good. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 14, 08:47 5
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    - I'm pretty sure you get to bring an item with you. Like on Survivor. Just make sure you bring that instead of the flask. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 14, 08:52
  - It does seem to be all about the hats in Catholicism. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 08:49 2
    - Was that Carlin? -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:50
    - "Cooper, the hat...the hat is....the hat is on fire." ~song~ "No Cooper, the HAT IS ON FIRE!" -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 08:50
- I'm not Catholic, but I agree in #12 that every home should have a supply of holy water. Helps with both vampires and demons -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 08:46
- #13 is to stay off any Oceanic flights. -- nm - Jim Oct 14, 08:44 1
  - Dude, spoilers! ;-) -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 08:45
- 12/12. I am golden. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:44
Interestingly enough, Morocco DOESN'T HAVE A TRAVEL WARNING ON THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE! Nor does it have a Travel Alert. -- (link) - Spawn Oct 14, 08:42
canucks: daily entry contest for xbox+odst -- (link) - zork Oct 14, 08:42 2
- interesting. Although I already get enough phonespam from canwest/global -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:44
- and thanks Andie for the papermate link -- nm - zork Oct 14, 08:42
IMO assuming you're staying away from sketchy areas, locals are usually friendly and often trip over themselves to be help ready to help visitors. -- nm - Hotkiss Oct 14, 08:38 10
- IMO...I think those travel advisaries are WAY overblown as a "cover our ass" thing by the US. nm - Jim Oct 14, 08:44
- are you thinking about going to Morroco? ive long wanted to go there. - Guy Oct 14, 08:41 1
  - Yeah, just made my top 5 lifetime destination list after talking to a few friends this summer. - Hotkiss Oct 14, 08:44
- yep, the same as at home really. generally people are good, the world over, its the bad ones, everywhere that get the press. -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 08:40 6
  - (that said, there are places i wouldn't go alone. like there are areas of big cities in NA i wouldn't wander alone.) - Andie Oct 14, 08:42 5
    - what's NA -- nm - Hotkiss Oct 14, 08:45 2
      - North America -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 08:46
      - ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:45
    - That's true of any city -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 08:43 1
      - (kind of my point. :) but, i wouldn't go to, say, Guatemala City alone if i hadn't been there before.) - Andie Oct 14, 08:46
Tomlin isn't stupid enough to start Parker over Mendenhall, is he? also would you start Jackson or Maclin of the Eagles this week? -- nm - Guy Oct 14, 08:35
Heads up on Paranormal Activity - 800 theaters on Friday, about 2000 next week. -- (link) - Jelly Oct 14, 08:34 2
- oh, darnit -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:36
- adjusts my predictions down -- nm - Epiphany Oct 14, 08:35
Ok...so I want to go to White Castle at lunch...but I hear it's unsafe to travel there alone. -- nm - Jim Oct 14, 08:34 16
- Well, there is a lot of grease, which sounds like Greece, which is awfully close to Turkey... -- nm - Ender Oct 14, 08:42
- Pussy -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 08:40
- I mean...I can see where it would be rough for young western women to go to Whitey's....but I'm a big fat guy. I should be ok, yes? -- nm - Jim Oct 14, 08:37 3
  - It was good enough for the ladies of the eighties -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 08:38 1
    - Yeah...but that was the 80s...when things were good. -- nm - Jim Oct 14, 08:39
  - depends on whether they practice cannibalism, I think -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:37
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  - White Castle: Threat Level Green -- nm - Department of State Oct 14, 08:37
  - Does the Department of Health or the FDA count? :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:37
- well you might get kidnapped by Doggie Howser MD and then where would you be? - Epiphany Oct 14, 08:34 1
  - I wonder if he makes any coin from people having online blogs? - Spawn Oct 14, 08:36
- Doogie Howser will steal your sh!# -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 08:34 1
  - Laaaaap daaaaance! -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:35
- well, for your arteries, yes it is. :) -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 08:34
- You might get kidnapped by The NPH -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:34
- Just order room service. -- nm - Shaun Oct 14, 08:34
Ugh, it rained so much that my new office had some flooding. - ceregon Oct 14, 08:33
some mornings I worry that my friend Will H hasn't had his cream, sugar, and crystal meth in his coffee...I'm relieved this morning -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 08:32
ah, here we go - a link to my earworm this morning. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:29 [youtube]
Andie - in a few weeks, I'm doing one of those amazing race type things you did. I'll likely be hitting you up for some tips. :) -- (link) - Banzai! Oct 14, 08:28 1
- woo! awesome. -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 08:29
Mother had 15 abortions in 17 years -- (link) - budice Oct 14, 08:26 19
- *gives her a free lifetime supply of condoms* -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 08:32
- Mother? - Spawn Oct 14, 08:27 5
  - She's had two children after the marriage. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 14, 08:32 4
    - Note: I did not click. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:32 3
      - I had guessed, since it's in the second paragraph. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 14, 08:33 2
        
        Some things I don't care to read about. - Spawn Oct 14, 08:34 1
        
        word -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:36
- man, who would publish that memoir? ... or read it for that matter. - Beaker Oct 14, 08:27 11
  - It's a rather interesting article. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 14, 08:33 10
    - Not so much. I don't buy the claim of "abortion addiction". She's just wicked is all -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 08:37 9
      - Well...knowing someone who's read some of this book... - Jim Oct 14, 08:50 1
        
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      - saves us the trouble of actually dealing with the pathology and trying to heal someone if we can just write them off as being a "wicked person" - znufrii Oct 14, 08:44
      - I think that's a bad term as well. But I also think it underscores the ability to have an abortion for reasons other than - JaxSean Oct 14, 08:43
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        From what the article says, she knowingly got pregnant then got abortions knowing her husband wouldn't approve - oblique Oct 14, 08:56 1
        
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        sure, I post here all the time. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 08:40
        
        heh. Well, in some people's eyes, she's a serial killer. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:39
Thank you all for your opinions! Morocco has good potential because a friend of mine spent a semester there a couple years ago (solo female traveler, - Banzai! Oct 14, 08:25
LIR - Morocco. I said intense because (at least in the tourist areas) you are hassled all the time - for money, to buy something, for taking a photo - Roger More Oct 14, 08:22 2
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  - I'm comparing it to Istanbul and Mexico - though Morocco was the one I visited first - Roger More Oct 14, 08:28
TV Premier PSA: Nip/Tuck -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 08:19 8
- Ugh I still watch this despite the fact it's now like the worst/ most un-believable show on TV -- nm - MDH Oct 14, 08:28 2
  - I'm pretty much with you. The show sucks, but wife loves it. And I still can't believe what they put on non-pay network tv. -- nm - pmb Oct 14, 08:46
  - I just enjoy the ads for each season. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:28
- The Final Cut! -- nm - HdnAgnda Oct 14, 08:19
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  - Have we had season since (spoil) - Spawn Oct 14, 08:24 2
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      - Ah. - Spawn Oct 14, 08:25
TV tonight: Bones (we get tomorrow's early), GLee!, Supernatural (we get last week's late) -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:18 5
- you should have fun watching Supernatural -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 08:21
- Glee better bring better music this week. -- nm - HdnAgnda Oct 14, 08:19 1
  - I liked the mashups.... -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:19
- I'll be watching NCIS and Flashpoint (and probably Bones) tonight -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:18 1
  - I liked NCIS last night. -- nm - loosilu Oct 14, 08:19
re B2: yes truman, Thursday night Vidmaster....I may also be looking for a Firefight crew for an hour or so tonight - crash davis Oct 14, 08:16
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Captain Lou Albano has passed away. -- nm - Remlik Oct 14, 08:12 7
- *rewatches Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling cartoon series* -- (link) - budice Oct 14, 08:17
- oh my gosh ... so sad ... i grew up watching wrestling in the 80's and he was a staple ... -- nm - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 14, 08:17 1
  - or a rubber band, even -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 08:18
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  - Dr D David Shultz should slap the shit out of John Stossel in his memory -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:16
- ::UTube's Girls Just Want to Have Fun in memory:: -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:14
- RIP. Hope the WWE does something on their upcoming shows. -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:13
Flu shot countdown: 75 minutes. -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:12
re: Morocco. there is a threat of kidnapping westerners all over North Africa, including Morocco, so you have to be vigilant. However, I would love - loosilu Oct 14, 08:09 19
- plus, you might get to shoot a potential kidnapper. vacation win. -- nm - TFox Oct 14, 08:10 18
  - for HK: not sure what Roger means by "intense", but for me, I would not consider it a safe place for women to travel alone. - loosilu Oct 14, 08:11 16
    - Any moreso than Mexico City? Because I got a lot of "you'll get killed there alone" comments but it turned out to be super okay -- nm - Hotkiss Oct 14, 08:21 10
      - there is an ongoing active threat against Americans (and other westerners) courtesy of Al Qaeda. They mostly operate in ALgeria but there are plenty - loosilu Oct 14, 08:26 1
        
        my mother is going to Morocca with two female friends next year for their 70th birthdays. - Andie Oct 14, 08:29
      - I've been to both Morocco and Mexico City and Mexico City is far safer - Roger More Oct 14, 08:25 6
        
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        I should have said "felt safer" - in the tourist parts of Morocco there is a sense of intimidation that I never felt in Mexico City - Roger More Oct 14, 08:34 1
        
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        right? i mean if some guy in NYC offered you a 'good price for a gucci purse if you just walk down this alley with me" would you go? - Andie Oct 14, 08:34 2
        
        nah, they sell those right out on Canal St., no alley necessary. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 08:42
        
        There are few alleys in NYC. I specifically remembered that. -- nm - Hotkiss Oct 14, 08:35
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    - So, like a strip club that is a country. -- nm - TFox Oct 14, 08:12 3
      - um, without any nudity. -- nm - loosilu Oct 14, 08:12 2
        
        right. i'll pass. -- nm - TFox Oct 14, 08:13
        
        man, that chick has some hot ankles. -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:13
    - "No, you have to haggle!" -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 08:12
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Maxim: BSG ladies on the cover -- (link) - budice Oct 14, 08:08 [Image] 13
- "a day late and a dollar short" :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:17
- Yeah, that's about as *yawn* of a cover that they could have possibly made with the hottness of the cast -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 08:11 1
  - Yeah, a topless hug shot coulda been something. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:15
- Helfer just isn't hot. Add in that fact it isn't 2006....pretty useless cover. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 08:09 9
  - Next up: the women of Ally McBeal ! -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:14 8
    - No, some of them went on to be in something else. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:15 7
      - krawkowski and de rossi are doing *fine*. -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 08:16 4
        
        Flockhart has a show too, doesn't she? -- nm - loosilu Oct 14, 08:18 3
        
        mooching off Han Solo still isn't she? -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:18 2
        
        yes, but she's on Brothers and Sisters. Also, the guy who played one of the partners is on Numbers. -- nm - loosilu Oct 14, 08:19 1
        
        he was on 24 last season too IIRC -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:20
      - in that case ... next up: The men of ally mcbeal! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:16 1
        
        Robert Downey Jr? I'm in. -- nm - loosilu Oct 14, 08:18
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- word -- The don't hurry but be quick nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:08
- loosen up, john, it's your birthday. uh oh, I think he's a stiff -- nm - Max Oct 14, 08:08

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