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hmm, my aunt and uncle where in vegas over the weekend, my aunt appearently had a massive heart attack - tRuMaN Nov 2, 10:25 2
- oof. prayers and such for you and yours. -- nm - TFox Nov 2, 10:30
- dude, that sucks. - znufrii Nov 2, 10:29
tru, be careful running over spiderants. If you run over enough and then a big ass one spawns, he can destroy your car if the shield is low enough. -- nm - Shaun Nov 2, 10:22 3
- meh, they tried. I keeled them. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 2, 10:23 2
  - It'll happen! And then you're stuck fighting for your life and against a tough spiderant :) -- nm - Shaun Nov 2, 10:25 1
    - spider-ant spider-ant does whatvever a spider-ant can -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 2, 10:31
Talking to someone on phone, why yes I'd love to hear every single thing that happened you today. -- nm - Loyola Nov 2, 10:21
My Halloween rant: - !qnsnw Nov 2, 10:18 7
- brilliant job on your handle -- nm - peglegpete Nov 2, 10:29
- I thought Halloween was great. Saturday night. Full moon. Warm weather. Home game for the football team. Probably never gonna see that again. -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 10:25 1
  - Kids walked on my lawn to look at my big display. *shrug* I put it there, I suffer the consequences. - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 10:30
- Eff Halloween. Eff it in its eye. Especially eff it on weekends like this, when there are two nights of the parties. -- nm - TFox Nov 2, 10:23 3
  - Frowny face -- nm - con_carne Nov 2, 10:27
  - TFox's war on Halloween. -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 10:24 1
    - For all my whining, it was blissfully quiet at my house this year. Just kid kids, no teens, no apparent shenanigans on my block, so that was all good. -- nm - TFox Nov 2, 10:26
/* It's a beautiful day */ - U2 - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 2, 10:13 5
- have fun -- nm - peglegpete Nov 2, 10:18
- i had nosebleeds for it when it was here in Sept. it was great! -- nm - Andie Nov 2, 10:15 3
  - ditto here - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 2, 10:21 2
    - don't blame you, i considered it too. -- nm - Andie Nov 2, 10:21 1
      - talking about elevation! - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 2, 10:29
My photos from Halloween in West Hollywood. Lots of crazy stuff, as usual. -- (link) - con_carne Nov 2, 10:11 6
- Who's the girl in green supposed to be? -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 10:28 2
  - spoiler - con_carne Nov 2, 10:30 1
    - I got that vibe from the suspenders and buttons, but didn't get the green hair. I'm hesitant to say, thought... - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 10:32
- Was this just a big street party? -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 10:27 2
  - Yup. - con_carne Nov 2, 10:29 1
    - Awesome! -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 10:33
...which begs the question, what was the worst article? -- (link) - Dano Nov 2, 10:09
guys! guys! want to help my group win a competition at our conference? this is one of my favorite games ever: we need to come up with a theme casino! - arizon-da Nov 2, 10:08 48
- Harley-Davidson. Itchy 'n Scratchy's Casinoland. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 2, 10:27 1
  - I have always said that a HD branded casino would make *mad* bank. *mad.* -- nm - arizon-da Nov 2, 10:29
- Amish casino. -- nm - Inigo Nov 2, 10:26 1
  - You want to succumb to the evils of gambling and satan? Well ... first you have to whittle a roulette wheel out of this block of wood. Get whittlin'! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 10:28
- Mad Men has started a 60's resurgence. nm - Dignan Nov 2, 10:26 3
  - Baccarat! -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 10:31
  - yeah, I actually wrote that down. it's not bad at all. -- nm - arizon-da Nov 2, 10:28
  - Yes, this idea could work nicely. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 10:27
- Sopranos. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 10:23 9
  - They have a name for mob-run casinos. They're called "casinos". -- nm - Ender Nov 2, 10:25
  - "the mob" actually isn't bad. but is it passee because the sopranos is over? -- nm - arizon-da Nov 2, 10:24 6
    - probably a little too close to home for Las Vegas, given the historical ties between gambling and organized crime -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 10:25 1
      - Wasn't there talk of a Museum to Organised Crime in Vegas? (during the surplus spending time) -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 10:27
    - hmm, I was thinking it might be ... ok ... how about Breaking Bad? :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 10:24 3
      - few things are more inviting than a meth trip. -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 10:26 1
        
        "HEY EVERYBODY! Free Candy!!" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 10:27
      - ooh, or a Mad Men theme -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 10:25
  - (With free therapy sessions!) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 10:24
- Hip Hop. Everything gilded in gold and busty women falling out of their skimpy outfits. Oh, wait, that's every casino in Vegas. -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 10:21
- Welcome to Hell, (everything flames, black lighting, red leather, etc.) - Andie Nov 2, 10:18
- A London-themed casino would fit a niche that hasn't yet been filled on the strip. - ReluctantCynic Nov 2, 10:17 15
  - berlin would have been awesome before the wall fell. OMG, I love this idea. let's go back in time! -- nm - arizon-da Nov 2, 10:21 8
    - Exactly. You could divide the casino into eras, kind of like what they did at The Paris. - ReluctantCynic Nov 2, 10:24 3
      - There's a bar in Melbourne called Berlin, and it's divided into West Berlin (which is filled with comfy couches) and East Berlin (which is much greyer -- (link) - Roger More Nov 2, 10:26 2
        
        I think it could work in Vegas, it's retro-chic -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 10:31
        
        That's awesome ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 2, 10:30
    - bring back the Cold War! - znufrii Nov 2, 10:22 3
      - Berlin from the freewheeling 1930s was my thought (Cabaret, Marlene Dietrich, etc) but there'd be a huge PR downside -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 10:24 2
        
        If Caeser's roaming the hall at Ceaser's Palace, I think we all know who the mascot would be here... -- nm - Ender Nov 2, 10:29 1
        
        "Heil Jackpot!" -- nm - Ender Nov 2, 10:29
  - China or Japan could work too. -- nm - Ender Nov 2, 10:18
  - Out of interest, is there a Chinese-themed casino in Las Vegas? -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 10:18 2
    - Not yet, but an Asian-themed hotel/casino is supposed to open off the strip sometime next year (I think). - ReluctantCynic Nov 2, 10:22
    - Imperial Palace? -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 10:19
  - I've seen plenty of people with bad teeth on the strip -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 10:17 1
    - Actually, I kind of like Will's idea better, anyway. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 2, 10:18
- Something Irish. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 2, 10:16 1
  - Yes! -- nm - Patches O'Houlihan Nov 2, 10:19
- Tomorrowland - what the future looked like in the sixties. Croupiers wearing George Jetson type shirts, etc -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 10:16
- Atlantis -- nm - Dano Nov 2, 10:09 8
  - Like the one in the Bahamas and Dubai? -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 10:20 1
    - I think more like the Lost City -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 10:28
  - what would we have? lots of fish in the lobby and stuff? -- nm - arizon-da Nov 2, 10:13 2
    - Build it under water -- nm - Dano Nov 2, 10:16
    - 3 times an hour the main floor floods. -- nm - Ender Nov 2, 10:16
  - "Atlantis City" nm - Dignan Nov 2, 10:10 2
    - "Atlantic City". Just don't wander too far from the crowds. It could be dangerous. -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 10:21
    - me likey. -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 10:12
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- Good thoughts for you and yours. (nm) - !qnsnw Nov 2, 10:21
- Ugh. Y'all will be in my thoughts and prayers. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 2, 10:17
- good thoughts. -- nm - Andie Nov 2, 10:12
- *good vibes* -- nm - Dano Nov 2, 10:09
My Halloween count was 180+. I thought I was gonna run out for a long time so I kept giving out 3+ more candies to each. - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 09:58 1
- I let them pick their own out of the bucket, and I find it kind of interesting how they go about it. - Ender Nov 2, 10:01
what on earth is salchicon? - ty97 Nov 2, 09:53 4
- are you in Spain? Forget the salsichon - have the serrano ham. -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 10:01 1
  - We only ever called it "jamon", but it's that prosciutto stuff. I agree with Roger More. Get this. -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 10:19
- It's a Spanish sausage, I guess you can say it's like salami, but less spicy. -- nm - celedhring Nov 2, 09:54 1
  - It looked like salami, that's why I bought the sandwich. - ty97 Nov 2, 09:56
Have we discussed the drunk Ewoks on the Today Show yet? -- (link) - Reagen Nov 2, 09:51 7
- *humps your leg* -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 10:30
- Fantastic. Today should have them back at Christmas so they can be drunken elves. -- nm - Diva Nov 2, 10:19
- Utterly fantastic. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 2, 10:09
- That's awesome. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 2, 10:07
- At 4:15 he may have actually redeemed their very existence. nm - Dignan Nov 2, 10:01
- The grey one seems to pretty much be doing his job, but the brown one really kicks it into gear about halfway through. I was struggling not to LOL. -- nm - Ender Nov 2, 09:58
- They were hilarious. The show went totally out of control :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 2, 09:58
So, dropping the Bears defense was a mistake. - !qnsnw Nov 2, 09:50 3
- That may have been the worst I've ever seen a team play and win by 24 points. - pmb Nov 2, 09:58
- it was a great one week pickup for my Caveman squad -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 09:51 1
  - I enjoy how I won this week. -- nm - Shaun Nov 2, 10:13
***PSA*** see that box at the top of the page....today is November 2nd !!! Don't be coming back in a few days, whining that you forgot to sign up :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 2, 09:44 5
- *pressure* -- nm - b. Nov 2, 09:49
- what's the usual budget for this? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 2, 09:48 3
  - If you get me or Andie, $100. Anyone else, $20. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 2, 09:58
  - the sign-up poem says $10-20 at most. -- nm - b. Nov 2, 09:50 1
    - that's *official*. some people spend more, but, that's not necessary. -- nm - Andie Nov 2, 10:21
Poll; What age were you when you first joined facebook, and what motivated you to do so. - Loyola Nov 2, 09:44 30
- I joined several years ago, shortly after Facebook opened up to anyone. And I joined to connect to my fraternity brothers. - ReluctantCynic Nov 2, 10:26
- Let's see, 2006? So I was 32. The 22-year-old intern talked me into it. I believe this was just before it opened up to everyone. - Dr.Vermin Nov 2, 10:21
- Dunno. A few years ago? Because they had opened it up to not just be High School people, and thought it might be the next MySpace, but better. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 2, 09:59 1
  - It was purely for universities first, then came the high schools, and then everyone else. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 2, 10:15
- n/a. Because people kept dying and I had no idea/info. : ( -- nm - Diva Nov 2, 09:58
- 55because it was in the news and ST, but strangely I've kept in touch with a larger range of family than I was ever aware of before so its been an - zeitgeist Nov 2, 09:52 6
  - I had you pegged as being 35-40. -- nm - Loyola Nov 2, 10:16
  - I have every application ever suggested to me blocked from contacting me and blocked from my feed (except scrab, obvs). facebook isn't about that for - a-maine-da Nov 2, 09:54 4
    - Yeah, I block all apps as well. Except wordscraper, but I just play that with my sister. -- nm - Callisto Nov 2, 09:55 2
      - I feel like my friends get frustrated because I won't play, like, mafia wars. but I don't want to be associated with a game that makes people - a-maine-da Nov 2, 09:59 1
        
        *cries* -- nm - D.Mac si Nov 2, 10:04
    - Yup me too. I always block apps that pop up on the news feed. Very annoying. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 2, 09:55
- I was required to when I went back for my MBA. so 23. -- nm - a-maine-da Nov 2, 09:51
- 18 or so.. peer pressure. My undergrad was one of the first universities to be added. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 2, 09:50
- 32 or 33. I was a college student and I wanted to stalk my fellow students. -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Nov 2, 09:50
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  - you're the subject of the new movie ? -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 2, 09:51 2
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      - Stpehen Soderbergh's next movie is about the birth of Facebook. Stars Justin Timberlake -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 10:02
- 29. Peer pressured by college friends, but now hopelessly addicted. -- nm - celedhring Nov 2, 09:48
- I'm part of the immensely popular social networking site, Book-face. (nm) - !qnsnw Nov 2, 09:48 1
  - heh -- nm - TFox Nov 2, 10:23
- 33? playing some word game with TTers -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 09:47
- 39. Because of you guys. -- nm - TWuG Nov 2, 09:47
- 63/64? Back around the time HSX was in it's orange phase and we weren't sure where our new home would be. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 2, 09:46
- 39. I did it for stuff I was trying for work. -- nm - Callisto Nov 2, 09:46
- 33, curiosity -- nm - Roger More Nov 2, 09:45
- Peer pressure -- nm - prayformojo Nov 2, 09:45
- 30/31......the games. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 2, 09:44
- N/A -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 09:44
happy birthday, grny! :) - -- nm - b. Nov 2, 09:40 5
- Oh yeah! HB groiny. -- nm - Shaun Nov 2, 10:10
- happy birthday! -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 09:52
- Happy b-day to the groin *and* to the Dakotas! (nm) - !qnsnw Nov 2, 09:48
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 09:44
- The word. -- nm - Loyola Nov 2, 09:43
I thought this was funny; Bad moods can actually be good for you, with an Australian study finding that being sad makes people less gullible, improves - Loyola Nov 2, 09:29
Somebody spoil me on an easy detail from BSG - con_carne Nov 2, 09:28 3
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  - Anders -- nm - Jovian Nov 2, 09:29 1
    - Ah. Thanks to you both. -- nm - con_carne Nov 2, 09:31
Weekend movie: Away We Go (A). This might be my favorite movie of the year so far. - JaxSean Nov 2, 09:28 10
- I wasn't a huge fan of it....I get what they were trying to do...but (spoils) - Will Hunting Nov 2, 09:39 7
  - I think they were doing both. (spoils) - JaxSean Nov 2, 09:57 6
    - There might not be very many people that are *quite* that far, but there are people that are close. Trust me. -- nm - TFox Nov 2, 10:17
    - Well, maybe they were doing both but (spoils) - Will Hunting Nov 2, 10:06 4
      - I would argue (spoils) - TFox Nov 2, 10:21 3
        
        the Gyllenhall segment was among the most painful minutes I've seen in a long time - Will Hunting Nov 2, 10:25 2
        
        *sigh* - kelly Nov 2, 10:29
        
        OK, I stand corrected. That was more intentionally painful than intentionally entertaining, I agree. (spoils) - TFox Nov 2, 10:27
- ditto. Have you seen Management? -- nm - Max Nov 2, 09:29 1
  - Suzanne watched it over the weekend and said it was really slow. - JaxSean Nov 2, 09:32
Nacressa's business partner is, apparently, named Darlow. - Andie Nov 2, 09:25 3
- moljvp - !qnsnw Nov 2, 09:34
- I'd believe it. -- nm - Loyola Nov 2, 09:27
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