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Astronauts League Power Rankings - crash davis Oct 15, 12:32 4
- heh -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 12:33
- I thought the picture associated with scoring drought was of Pixie? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 12:33
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  - #1 in our hearts, #1 in wins. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 12:33
The Good Eats 10th anniversary special is phenomenal. -- nm - David Oct 15, 12:31
Poll: you and three friends are going to play cards. What game will you probably play? - TFox Oct 15, 12:27 29
- texas hold em -- nm - Epiphany Oct 15, 12:35
- Now probably hold 'em, but back when I was in the service it was always spades or hearts -- nm - Stephen Oct 15, 12:32
- Wizard. -- nm - Shaun Oct 15, 12:30
- Spades, hearts, or hold'em. -- nm - nubby Oct 15, 12:30
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  - Are we still talking about cards? -- nm - nubby Oct 15, 12:30 1
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- Spades, Hearts or Rook. Probably Spades. -- nm - David Oct 15, 12:29
- Spades or King's Corner -- nm - Guy Oct 15, 12:28
- strip poker -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 12:28
- The Race Card. -- nm - Tubby Bigot si Oct 15, 12:28 2
  - Hey, me too! - Al Sharpton Oct 15, 12:30 1
    - We're both tubby and bigots! We have so much in common! - Tubby Bigot si Oct 15, 12:33
- Asshole -- nm - con_carne Oct 15, 12:28 6
  - i thought that was a 3 person game -- nm - zork Oct 15, 12:30 3
    - you need at least 4, iinm -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 12:32
    - the more the merrier the way we play it. - Andie Oct 15, 12:32 1
      - *bites tongue* - zork Oct 15, 12:33
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  - can you believe he gets meaner when he's drunk? - Roger More Oct 15, 12:28
- Spades. -- nm - Krusty Oct 15, 12:27
- Hand-and-Foot -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 12:27 1
  - My friend taught me this game, and I love it -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 12:32
- Queen and What Follows. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 12:27
- Euchre, almost always. -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 12:27
- Hand and Foot...though I prefer Spades. -- nm - Jim Oct 15, 12:27 1
  - My ST Hand-and-Foot-playing soulmate! -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 12:28
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- 25 -- nm - Loyola Oct 15, 12:27
Inspired by the Disney video: Fun with TiltShift! I used a picture of mine to create a tilt/shift effect that's a little more realistic (link) - Guigue Oct 15, 12:26 [flickr]
Doggone it...I missed all the Rush stuff!!! Just want to throw my two cents in: - Jim Oct 15, 12:24 7
- Honestly - he couldn't do any worse than Al Davis -- nm - Guy Oct 15, 12:28 3
  - The main reason that Al Davis is still allowed to own an NFL franchise is the fact that he died 8 years ago. nm - Jim Oct 15, 12:30
  - Same argument as with Balsillie in the NHL....just cuz you got corrupt/incompetent already in...why use that as your admission bar? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 12:29 1
    - Exactly. -- nm - David Oct 15, 12:31
- I used to always use the Broncos on Madden. -- nm - Loyola Oct 15, 12:26 2
  - Was that in the Elway/Davis days? -- nm - Jim Oct 15, 12:27 1
    - No when Portis was playing for them. He scored all my touchdowns. Greatest player *ever*! -- nm - Loyola Oct 15, 12:32
wow, the TIFF sent us a bunch of delegates' names and contact info to interview them. I'm looking phone numbers for everyone from Miramax, Paramount, - zork Oct 15, 12:22 3
- Zork... - lileve Oct 15, 12:27 2
  - you want his phone number? -- nm - zork Oct 15, 12:30 1
    - No, I can just knock on the door. I used to have his office number when I worked at a company in town. -- nm - lileve Oct 15, 12:31
I was thinking about starting a revolution but then I met a really nice girl. -- nm - Loyola Oct 15, 12:20
Panic Face King is pretty funny. - David Oct 15, 12:19
Can't we get a helicopter up for this instead of a spiraling puddle-jumper plane - Will Hunting Oct 15, 12:18 3
- I don't want to imagine what the landing will be like; I hope crews can be on-scene ASAP -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 12:19 2
  - I hope that area of CO has underground power/telephone lines, rather than above-ground -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 12:26 1
    - oh, rural ... that could be good, too -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 12:30
ST Poll -- have you ever played pinochle? -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 12:18 20
- no it looks complicated -- nm - Epiphany Oct 15, 12:27 1
  - It's not - it's a lot like other trump games. Just need a different deck IIRC. -- nm - Deevil Oct 15, 12:29
- whats that? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 12:26 2
  - Some sort of gay sex game. -- nm - Loyola Oct 15, 12:26 1
    - and winning is a pain in the as$? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 12:27
- No. I think it's interesting that only the east coast STers are saying yes - con_carne Oct 15, 12:23 4
  - The men on my block when I was growing up played it and dominoes at night outside in the summer. - Krusty Oct 15, 12:35
  - my parents used to play with other church people. it sounded boring to me, but i was 10. -- nm - Guy Oct 15, 12:30 1
    - My parents used to be in a club that played this on Friday nights. -- nm - Deevil Oct 15, 12:31
  - That is interesting. I played it growing up on the west coast... - znufrii Oct 15, 12:26
- i bought a book to learn it many years ago but never did. I know it's 3 people and uses two Euchre decks -- nm - zork Oct 15, 12:23 2
  - you can play with either 3 or 4 people. -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 12:27 1
    - (I prefer 4) -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 12:29
- Nope -- nm - Stephen Oct 15, 12:22
- Yup. -- nm - Krusty Oct 15, 12:21
- yes, I've been taught a couple of times. -- nm - decline Oct 15, 12:21
- I... don't think so. -- nm - TFox Oct 15, 12:20
- yes -- nm - Dano Oct 15, 12:19
- No. -- nm - Loyola Oct 15, 12:19
- yes. -- nm - Deevil Oct 15, 12:18
looks like one side is collapsed -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 12:15 4
- Better get that checked out, big time shamu -- nm - con_carne Oct 15, 12:16
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  - Yes. -- nm - Inigo Oct 15, 12:22
  - it's awful. -- nm - b. Oct 15, 12:17
Where is Superman when you need him - eag Oct 15, 12:14 2
- he could help, but Batman would do it more intelligently -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 12:17
- Reading his writer's copy of Character Development for Dummies. He'll be busy with that for decades. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 12:16
it's going to be cold & rainy through the weekend. i *really* miss having a fireplace -- nm - prayformojo, Xynast Oct 15, 12:13 2
- do you own the house? put in a wood stove, I mean its a good emergency backup when the grid is down - zeitgeist Oct 15, 12:32
- Replace "the weekend" with "October" and you've got our weather. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 15, 12:19
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That Crooks and Liars link on Tubby Racist is OUTstanding. -- nm - David Oct 15, 12:10
The boy's name is Falcon - GWAA Oct 15, 12:08 6
- I wonder how far he could actually go. He's already about 60 miles away from launch -- nm - decline Oct 15, 12:13
- The dog's name is Ocelot. - Spawn Oct 15, 12:11 3
  - nah, it's the afternoon - zork Oct 15, 12:24 1
    - These are spies on the other side of the planet. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 12:31
  - that's got to be one *confused* dog... -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 12:13
- and what are the odds many other knuckleheads will try to make something like this now - GWAA Oct 15, 12:11
Work Rant: Our bookkeeper takes files (the entire file) when she works on something and it just gets added to the pile on her desk. - Andie Oct 15, 12:08 4
- When my mother pulls out the crystal she asks about a missing piece, askes who broke it. - lileve Oct 15, 12:29
- :) Sounds like she's under pressure on Thursdays. -- nm - Loyola Oct 15, 12:11 2
  - she's in one day a week. i get nothing done on thursdays. -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 12:21 1
    - then you might as well do that stuff -- nm - zork Oct 15, 12:26
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- What did Jim Zorn say about Donovan McNabb? -- nm - Dano Oct 15, 12:07 1
  - "I can't figure out any plays that would work for him either." -- nm - Jim Zorn Oct 15, 12:07
- Oh for the love of God...just accept he's fired and stop whining like little children. - Will Hunting Oct 15, 12:06 7
  - I heard they were going to bring in a peanuckle player to assist the bingo player with the revamp. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 12:10 6
    - pinochle -- nm - Dano Oct 15, 12:11 5
      - I sounded it out!!! -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 12:12 4
        
        I spelled it correctly!!!! -- nm - Dano Oct 15, 12:13 3
        
        Mine read more like a Redskins press release!!! -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 12:16 2
        
        I haven't actually played it in a while though. -- nm - Dano Oct 15, 12:16 1
        
        I haven't played in *ages* -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 12:16
But honey, you said I had to find a new hobby! What could possibly go wrong with a small nuclear reactor in our son's room? -- nm - husband Oct 15, 12:05 2
- are you thinking og Loriot's "Weihnachten bei Hoppenstedts" - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 12:11 [youtube]
- vapowizer! -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 12:06
Five weeks after I return to work, I've finally made it through all my podcasts. - Mop (233 lbs) Oct 15, 12:04
barring some big upsets, I expect Boise State to drop a little bit in the polls -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 12:02 8
- well Oklahoma beating Texas should help -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 12:04 1
  - this is the problem with a program you like getting good, you end up doing things you think you'd never do - crash davis Oct 15, 12:10
- Yeah, they've gone from dark horse title gamers to 2nd tier BCS only. - Will Hunting Oct 15, 12:03 5
  - I think they should do suprisingly well in the computer thing though because of how well Oregon and Tulsa have done -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 12:04 4
    - They might, but that's only for the now....everyone else will have bigger games upcoming. - Will Hunting Oct 15, 12:07 3
      - right now, I'm not really thinking they deserve a title shot, but I think a BCS berth is still in the cards -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 12:09 2
        
        Oh, if tehy're undefeated, history says they'll be BCS bound. No doubt. - Will Hunting Oct 15, 12:10 1
        
        you're right, but all I want is another Fiesta Bowl, so I think this season might end well for me -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 12:14
~ up up and away in my beautiful, my beautiful balooon ~ -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 12:01
Znu from B2. Yes, I think that was the intent. -- nm - Inigo Oct 15, 12:00 2
- whoohoo! - racist znufrii Oct 15, 12:01 1
  - To be clear: I don't agree with it, but I can see the intent. -- nm - Inigo Oct 15, 12:02
They should just have the boys at the Air Force Academy land a predator on top of the balloon and force it down! -- nm - decline Oct 15, 11:59 5
- I propose sending this guy. "Hold out your arms and I'll grab you!" -- (link) - Max Oct 15, 12:07 [youtube]
- A small missle would help the helium leak out. - Spawn Oct 15, 12:01 3
  - get those navy snipers that took out the pirates to do something. -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 12:02 2
    - Got to give the kid's dad credit though. He built a quality aircraft. -- nm - decline Oct 15, 12:06 1
      - It probably has defensive features that would take out the snipers. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 12:32
Yeah, let's wait until this kid is rescued. Right now, it's a 6-yr-old who doesn't even know if anyone knows where he is. -- nm - Mop (233 lbs) Oct 15, 11:59 16
- - -- (link) - Reagen Oct 15, 12:01 [Backboard] 15
  - It can rip and plummet to earth. He can open the hatch and fall out. - Mop (233 lbs) Oct 15, 12:03 14
    - and... its likely the boy has passed out by now - Guy Oct 15, 12:10 3
      - It is right around naptime. -- nm - TFox Oct 15, 12:14
      - Soon? It may be another 5 hours. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 12:13
      - it's only at 8000 feet -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 12:10
    - its enveloped, so a puncture won't make him plummet, he'll slowly start to drift down -- nm - Guy Oct 15, 12:07
    - rip on what? a 10000 foot high tree? -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 12:05 8
      - I'm not following, but currents and other things could cause it to crash in a variety of ways. Hit a mountain, lose altitude quickly, etc. -- nm - pmb Oct 15, 12:33
      - bad seam (sic) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 12:06
      - Birds. - Spawn Oct 15, 12:06 5
        
        my only concern is the hatch he got in. -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 12:15
        
        low flying whiches or a high flying harry potter -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 12:07
        
        Godzilla could also get angry at it, I guess. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 12:06
        
        plus birds are mean...except Kevin...but he's a girl -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 12:06 1
        
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punch it, Chewie -- nm - big time shamu Oct 15, 11:59
Man in cat facepaint addresses male breast cancer: Get over "this macho crap". -- (link) - Mop (233 lbs) Oct 15, 11:59
me nap now -- nm - Truman Oct 15, 11:58 2
- rest up for Vidmaster -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 11:59
- At work? -- nm - eag Oct 15, 11:59
Up! -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 11:58 3
- Ironically, when I paste the link to the MSNBC video into Digsby and have it shortened, it ends up as http://digs.by/YUP -- (link) - oblique Oct 15, 12:02
- Up 2 the sequel -- nm - eag Oct 15, 11:59 1
  - 'Up 2:Up Yours!'? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 15, 11:59

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