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Speaking of Ricky Gervais, I like his ads on TBS promoting the British version of The Office on Adult Swim. "I'll be playing the Steve Carrell part." -- nm - Ender Oct 14, 10:02 2
- hahaha yeah... his face is great -- nm - GWAA Oct 14, 10:03
- L3 -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 10:03
I've been out all morning. What's all the religion talk? Has the one true religion been agreed upon? -- nm - Mop (233 lbs) Oct 14, 10:01 4
- Yes. - znufrii Oct 14, 10:02
- Clearly, whatever it is, I am out. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 10:02 1
  - We've known you were out for a long time. -- nm - Mop (233 lbs) Oct 14, 10:02
- 'I was born a snakehandler, and I'll die a snakehandler." (nm) - musubi Oct 14, 10:02
Enough leftovers to have one taco this morning. Now I don't feel like having a "good" breakfast. Maybe I'll have some bbq chips. -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 14, 10:01
I belong to a church that a lot of the members are conservatives (Which I am not) - amoxy Oct 14, 10:00 1
- "Pastor, why can't God fix my fantasy football team?" -- nm - amoxy si Oct 14, 10:02
I'm reminded of a joke: Man dies and goes to Heaven. He is getting the orientation tour from St Peter... - TWuG Oct 14, 09:59
Everything I know about religion I learned from the Simpsons. - musubi Oct 14, 09:54 1
- But Dewey asking "What's the 't' on the wall for?" on Malcolm in the Middle remains a classic moment in TV history. -- nm - Mop (233 lbs) Oct 14, 09:58
I got all 10 right!! Take the "how useful would you be in advancing technology if you traveled back in time" quiz. -- (link) - mara Oct 14, 09:53 10
- 9 out of 10. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 10:19
- 6/10 - mediocre -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 10:00
- I only got 7, but I have to admit I guessed on half of them. (nm) - musubi Oct 14, 09:59 1
  - I know that I could create a generator ... it's theoretically possible that I could make an electric engine ... - Beryllium Oct 14, 10:01
- I got 7 right. Apparently I'm technologically useful. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 09:58
- that is interesting and fun to take, but I think a lot of the biggies were left out - crash davis Oct 14, 09:58
- I think about this question a lot, actually. -- nm - Max Oct 14, 09:54 3
  - I sometimes think more in terms of rebuilding society if I'm a survivor after something wipes most people out. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 14, 09:55 2
    - Quick! You can save only 3 books for all of civilization! Which ones? -- nm - Max Oct 14, 09:57 1
      - anarchy cookbook - Epiphany Oct 14, 09:59
Incidentally, dinner last night was fantastic - prayformojo, Xynast Oct 14, 09:52 10
- Very inventive way to have an anniversary. Glad it worked out. -- nm - Inigo Oct 14, 09:59
- Don Homer! (nm) - musubi Oct 14, 09:58
- nice (even though I am innately suspicious of all things pumpkin-flavoured) -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 09:55
- Nice!! -- nm - kelly Oct 14, 09:55
- yay! -- nm - Deevil Oct 14, 09:55
- Nice, good job -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 09:54
- mission accomplished! - znufrii Oct 14, 09:54
- congrats again -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 09:53
- woot woot - is Abby going to be a stunt woman when she grows up? geesh -- nm - Epiphany Oct 14, 09:53
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wpphoo! finally received my real opera tickets. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 09:51 2
- wpphooray!! -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 09:51 1
  - Now I just feel guilty that they had to reprint them and send them via Fedex when I received the original set last week - znufrii Oct 14, 10:00
If you like makeover shows you might want to check out Mary Queen of Shops tonight, she's the non-sweary Gordon Ramsey of clothes shops. -- (link) - LMS Oct 14, 09:50 1
- I've seen those ads on BBCA, and I have to laugh -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 09:53
I do not want Andie to enter that Canadian xbox + odst contest. I'd hate getting my butt whipped in Halo by a girl. - crash davis Oct 14, 09:48 4
- even Heidi Klum when she was delivering a baby girl the other day kicked your butt :) -- nm - peglegpete Oct 14, 09:51
- But you get routinely stomped by Remlik? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 09:49 1
  - interesting that you and tru simultaneously seized upon the same name -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 09:50
- like remlik. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 14, 09:49
lyc: I remember a boss who was having prayer meetings before work in the company conference room. I went to HR and asked if the room could be used - CrankYanker Oct 14, 09:46 15
- I am not a right-wing conservative, but I am a horny asshole. - Fuzzy Oct 14, 09:58
- because, they are morally correct, which means - tRuMaN Oct 14, 09:48 4
  - Those who pray the loudest, sin the hardest. - TWuG Oct 14, 09:49 3
    - the more pathetic the existence, the more elaborate the credentials. - znufrii Oct 14, 09:55
    - Similar to my favorite saying "The loudest person in the room is usually the weakest". -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 14, 09:54
    - I'm not saying every religious person is this way, but I agree. and those that do this tend to make this sort of - tRuMaN Oct 14, 09:51
- Is this true? - Spawn Oct 14, 09:48 1
  - absolutely true. The company was Autobytel. -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 14, 09:49
- I'll ask.....where his beliefs impacting your day to day work functions? - Will Hunting Oct 14, 09:47 6
  - "Hostile work environment" The potential existed for him being treated differently by the boss for not attending the meetings. - TWuG Oct 14, 09:51
  - Well, I was being politically correct. But, no, I really didn't care; I just wanted to mess with him because he was an ass. -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 14, 09:51 2
    - Ah. - Spawn Oct 14, 09:53 1
      - Sh*t, that means I'll have to see him again. -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 14, 09:56
  - As he said, he wanted to use the room for his own meetings. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:50 1
    - He did? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 09:51
Relatedly, I watched Year One last night. I still like Wholly Moses more. And related to that, I think Ricky Gervais is the new Dudley Moore. -- nm - Max Oct 14, 09:46 2
- I don't believe he's as skilled a pianist. -- nm - LMS Oct 14, 10:01
- That's an insult to Gervais, I think. Although his online presence (all that crap about his podcast) was a joke until itself. -- nm - Mop (233 lbs) Oct 14, 09:59
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- Fine. Lets talk about Blood Feud: A. I am tenth in points, but first in wins. - Spawn Oct 14, 10:02
- not true, there were no political discussions. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 14, 09:52 5
  - I swatsique Obama - Epiphany Oct 14, 09:54 4
    - wait, he is a native american now? -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 14, 09:55 2
      - well he wasn't born here so he's a transplant american - Epiphany Oct 14, 09:58 1
        
        no, he likes to play basketball, not football, so they wont want him either. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 14, 10:04
    - Hee! -- nm - mara Oct 14, 09:55
- The "I'm not hitting you" aspect of the Spawn/Loosi fights are kinda amusing. -- nm - Inigo Oct 14, 09:51 8
  - What's amusing to me is that in the general eye of ST only one person is to blame for them. nm - Jim Oct 14, 09:52 7
    - I don't think that's true at all. (nm) - musubi Oct 14, 10:01 1
      - Today, you are correct. - Spawn Oct 14, 10:03
    - I don't think that's true -- nm - Roger More Oct 14, 09:57
    - nope -- nm - Epiphany Oct 14, 09:56
    - No, Loosi is to blame too. Stop playing victim. -- nm - Inigo Oct 14, 09:54 2
      - Um...how am I playing victim? This is about Spawn/loosi. nm - Jim Oct 14, 09:55 1
        
        It's obvious what you're getting at here. - Inigo Oct 14, 10:04
- Wicked. (nm) - musubi Oct 14, 09:46
i really wish my parents would use flickr for photos, and just use the flickr facebook notification. - tRuMaN Oct 14, 09:44 6
- What do they use now? Gift them a pro account -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 09:48 5
  - oh, they just upload selected photos from their trips/hiking/whatever stuff - tRuMaN Oct 14, 09:50 4
    - Maybe they don't want their pictures public... -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 09:57 1
      - maybe. hey on the shared storage space - tRuMaN Oct 14, 10:05
    - i do the same thing your parents do. -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 09:55 1
      - oh, I know why they do it, I just wish I could see the photos at their full resolution - tRuMaN Oct 14, 09:56
For those who've never seen them - pics from my 2005 trip to Morocco... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Oct 14, 09:43 [flickr] 5
- ..and the 2nd set. We were there to see my S-I-L's son compete in the Desert Marathon.. -- (link) - MojaveMeg Oct 14, 09:44 [flickr] 1
  - In a burka. -- nm - Mop (233 lbs) Oct 14, 10:02
- Were you kidnapped? -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:44 2
  - Nope, but I did catch my B-I-L negotiating my price with one vendor... - MojaveMeg Oct 14, 09:49 1
    - Niiiiice. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:50
"A bulgar"? That's supposed to *clarify* what a quinoa is? - musubi Oct 14, 09:43 3
- Booooo! -- nm - cooking show audience Oct 14, 09:47
- *snort* -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 09:43 1
  - here: :) -- (link) - Andie Oct 14, 09:44
Artist creates beautiful drawings of mutated insects near Chernobyl. -- (link) - mara Oct 14, 09:43
Jeebuz. Facebook has 30,000+ servers and generates about 25TB of log data daily -- (link) - oblique Oct 14, 09:42 2
- Holy crap! Just LOGS?! -- nm - Mop (233 lbs) Oct 14, 10:01
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Actually, I don't *want" into the club. I don't believe the club exists. But if it does, the entry requirements are stupid. - TWuG Oct 14, 09:42 16
- I would never belong to a club that would have me as a member. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 09:48
- it's 'entry requirements' that make me a steadfast agnostic. nm - Jovian Oct 14, 09:48 4
  - *shrug* I'm not sure how you believe in Heaven without believing in God. Requirement met. -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 09:48 3
    - no no no, what I am saying its the conditions I was taught (raised as catholic) on getting into a place called heaven I dont buy. I dont believe in - Jovian Oct 14, 09:50 2
      - I guess that's why I'm not Catholic -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 09:53 1
        
        Like to roll the dice, huh? -- nm - God Oct 14, 09:58
- To me it's simple - oblique Oct 14, 09:47 5
  - So are you saying that an agnostic/atheist living a good life, doing the right thing and treating people with goodness, dignity and respect... - Jim Oct 14, 09:50 4
    - Like I said, Hell as I understand it is separation from God. You're already there if you're doing all those things because those things have nothing - oblique Oct 14, 09:52
    - Not to mention all those people that don't believe in the "right" god. - JaxSean Oct 14, 09:52
    - Yup. And as South Park has shown us, be sure it is the *correct* religion/god. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:51 1
      - christians are going to be very confused when the find out the should've been worshipping Vishnu to whole time... -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 09:52
- Your comparison loses me with the tangible vs the intangibles. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 09:46
- I was going to say, where are you even saying that you want in? -- nm - mara Oct 14, 09:43
- the cocaine in *unbelievable* -- nm - prayformojo, Xynast Oct 14, 09:43
- But he made you. That means... well... you are correct. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:43
speaking of food... i bought some organic turkey&cranberry sausage on the weekend. what do i serve that with??? -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 09:41 17
- gefilte fish -- nm - peglegpete Oct 14, 09:48 1
  - "Are you a fan of jellied balls of carp, or are you just being anti-Semitic?" -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 09:49
- organic red wine -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 09:44
- roasted herb red potatoes. -- nm - kelly Oct 14, 09:44 6
  - yep. I've got a great recipe for them as well. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 09:56
  - you got gmail -- nm - Epiphany Oct 14, 09:47 3
    - I got it - I'll be sending you some pics later. -- nm - kelly Oct 14, 10:00
    - is that the Veggie That Shall Not Be Named? -- nm - Max Oct 14, 09:48 1
      - twinkie is a vegetable god damn it! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 14, 09:57
  - this was my first thought and then I went all Thanksgiving-y... -- nm - Deevil Oct 14, 09:46
- stuffing? sweet or mashed potatoes? green beans? -- nm - Deevil Oct 14, 09:43 2
  - I've never been a fan of sweet potatoes, but having seen them be used on various shows differently, I'm going to give them a second try -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 09:44 1
    - My tendency is to do things to them that make them unhealthy. And delicious. :( -- nm - Deevil Oct 14, 09:47
- eggs florentine -- nm - crash davis Oct 14, 09:42
- Organic mashed potatoes with gravy? - Will Hunting Oct 14, 09:42 2
  - i was like 'rice? no. in pasta? no. in soup? maybe.." -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 09:43
  - mashed potatoes sounds good. i -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 09:42
"Remember how you used to make fun of me for being bald?...No, I'm not gonna make a joke. I'll let your mirror do that." -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 09:41
for those that care, the software at Giveaway of the day is actually useful. -- (link) - tRuMaN Oct 14, 09:40 1
- Have you been using it? -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:42
The God as nightclub owner metaphor is so cliche. (nm) - musubi Oct 14, 09:37 4
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- Heh. Note the difference between the Twitter status and the news article title in the link -- (link) - oblique Oct 14, 09:39 1
  - This was supposed to be a new post, not a reply. *sigh* -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 09:40
- Like he would encourage all that sinning. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:38
Come on Steve...we have some diem to carpe! -- nm - Jim Oct 14, 09:36 8
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  - word -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:39
  - FWIW, that's a line from Cloudy with a Clance of Meatballs. Which is very good, btw. -- nm - Inigo Oct 14, 09:38 3
    - Eh. It wasn't bad, but wasn't great. C+/B- -- nm - TWuG Oct 14, 09:43
    - *chance* -- nm - Inigo Oct 14, 09:38 1
      - It's better to burn out than to fade away? -- nm - Clance Brown Oct 14, 09:39
  - bzzzzzt! Wrong show. :) -- nm - Jim Oct 14, 09:38 1
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