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Twitter behavior that fascinates me: - David Nov 3, 16:48
i saw the new RS at the checkstand and upon first glance i thought it said "The Awesome Gayness of Jack Johnson" - Guy Nov 3, 16:48 1
- it didn't ? -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 3, 16:50
i didnt care for City of God. there... i said it. - Guy Nov 3, 16:47
now's the time for all good Leafs fan to come to the aid of their team -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 3, 16:46 2
- c'mon Leaf fans. they can't wait forever for both of you! -- nm - peglegpete Nov 3, 16:52 1
  - blrup -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 6, 20:38
New York Times writer doesn't like the new V -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 3, 16:44 4
- unlike everyone who is trashing him with their follow up posts, he has seen it. - peglegpete Nov 3, 16:57 1
  - Also unlike everyone else trashing him, he seems unable to comprehend why aliens would provide names we can pronounce. -- nm - Ender Nov 3, 17:23
- The 9 minute preview I saw didn't do much for me. I have a feeling it'll be just as heavy-handed as the original. - TWuG Nov 3, 16:45 1
  - but there's Bailey ! -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 3, 16:46
body count for that Cleveland rapist turned serial killer has been updated to 10 -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 16:43 1
- yeesh. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 16:48
according to E! Canada this is where Glee guy was last night - lkf Nov 3, 16:43
hmm, a 6.2 earthquake in samoa (again) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 16:39 3
- Must not have caused any damage reports yet -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 16:40 1
  - maybe it was too far away from land to be an issue -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 16:40
- Russell farted? -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 16:39
I have never seen a "virtual blackjack" table before. It looks... idiotic. -- (link) - TFox Nov 3, 16:33 3
- or avoid skirting the blackjack dealer -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 3, 16:49
- It looks like a way of skirting hiring laws. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 16:34 1
  - It's so they can have a 'casino' without a change in state law that would allow them to have table games. - TFox Nov 3, 16:36
Seeing Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel live on two separate occasions is so not the same as seeing S&G. - TFox Nov 3, 16:29 1
- but you can see them together on Monterey Pop - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 3, 16:45
brief interview with Mike Franks of NCIS (Gibb's old boss).... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 3, 16:17
Honest to god, Hollywood could not have staged this any better -- (link) - coyotes Nov 3, 16:16 2
- blocked here - can you summarize? -- nm - Guy Nov 3, 16:49
- we've got real coyotes in our area apparently - and there's a full moon out -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 3, 16:47
Why the hell is that trash truck sitting outside my window bleeding his airbrakes?? - MojaveMeg Nov 3, 16:15
Bragging on SheFox: she is pretty certain she just passed her teacher's assistant certification exam. - TFox Nov 3, 16:15 6
- Congrats! Just don't let her watch season 4 of The Wire. -- nm - Dano Nov 3, 16:36
- That's great! -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 16:30
- WTG!! -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 3, 16:23
- Yeehaw! Now she'll just need to visit the bar after school. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with less wax Nov 3, 16:21
- WTG, SF! -- nm - con_carne Nov 3, 16:19
- good for her! :) - -- nm - b. Nov 3, 16:16
Now, easiest class? Microeconomics. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 16:14 19
- bowling -- nm - CQ Nov 3, 16:38
- Any number of Advertising classes. - Dr.Vermin Nov 3, 16:25
- the classics department cash grab course. - mafic Nov 3, 16:25
- The Sociology of Everyday Life - con_carne Nov 3, 16:21 6
  - Final exam: Make a sandwich. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 16:23 5
    - More like: Why do we make a sandwich the way we do? :-) -- nm - con_carne Nov 3, 16:25 4
      - "Because it tastes good. 'A', please!" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 16:26 3
        
        (I read this in the style of Stephen Colbert.) - nubby Nov 3, 16:31 1
        
        yes, that was the intent :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 16:31
        
        Because it is socially unacceptable to walk around with bacon grease and mustard on your hands... -- nm - con_carne Nov 3, 16:27
- Proof that I had no idea what I was doing when I got to college: Volleyball. - JaxSean Nov 3, 16:17
- Human Sexuality -- nm - David Nov 3, 16:17 2
  - Final exam: Seduce a fellow student. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 16:18 1
    - ...without yourself being seduced. (nm) - nubby Nov 3, 16:21
- Linear algebra. - nubby Nov 3, 16:16 3
  - I say this in the nicest possible sense: - Reagen Nov 3, 16:17 2
    - In my defense, it wasn't a very well-thought-out class. - nubby Nov 3, 16:20
    - hee. -- nm - b. Nov 3, 16:18
- business math. it was ridiculous for me, and the teacher knew it. -- nm - b. Nov 3, 16:16
Racoons ride free after midnight (as one commenter says) -- (link) - mara Nov 3, 16:13 [flickr]
Parents telling their children not to listen to authorities.......scary. I've heard several mothers telling the news that they instructed their kids - CrankYanker Nov 3, 16:12 1
- On the other hand he parents not listening to authorities about the swine flu vaccine are mostly middle class and better educated. -- nm - the liioulu with less wax Nov 3, 16:14
Reminder: new Weezer CD is $3.99 on Amazon mp3 today, so go Berymander! -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 3, 16:11 1
- oooh... Devendra Banhart has a new album out - thanks for the reminder -- nm - Guy Nov 3, 16:50
there's a $1M space on the wheel now? - zork Nov 3, 16:10 3
- Did you see that receipt down there? Living is getting expensive. -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 16:15
- I think it gives you the chance to go for $1M if you make it to the end. -- nm - b. Nov 3, 16:13 1
  - Yup, and solve the final puzzle (which I know you meant, but it's essential to understand it -- it doesn't happen that often). -- nm - mara Nov 3, 16:14
I miss old cnn.com. And it makes me sad, because it's gone for good. nm - Jovian Nov 3, 16:05 4
- You'll say the same thing when they change in 5 years, you'll wish they didn't change. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 16:07 3
  - what if its getting worse? the 1st was better than the 2nd, the 2nd better than the 3rd, but worst than first? -- nm - Guy Nov 3, 16:51
  - Facebook Syndrome. -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 16:07 1
    - Yup. (Although when they made the change to more twitter-like, they lost me.) - JaxSean Nov 3, 16:09
Heroes is mainly frustrating. -- nm - the liioulu with less wax Nov 3, 16:04 9
- And I can't figure out what's going on with Glasses guy. -- nm - the liioulu with less wax Nov 3, 16:10 6
  - did someone 'Hatian' you? -- nm - peglegpete Nov 3, 16:11 5
    - Did we see her before? -- nm - the liioulu with less wax Nov 3, 16:13 3
      - not on Heroes, but she is a former DA on L&O in the Orbach days -- nm - peglegpete Nov 3, 16:13 2
        
        And a detective on Angel. -- nm - Ender Nov 3, 16:19 1
        
        I meant on Heroes. -- nm - the liioulu with less wax Nov 3, 16:20
    - nevermind. if they did, you wouldn't know :( -- nm - peglegpete Nov 3, 16:13
- they seem to be writing the Sylar stories better, and spoiler - peglegpete Nov 3, 16:10 1
  - That's part of the frustration. -- nm - the liioulu with less wax Nov 3, 16:11
one hour to V -- nm - zork Nov 3, 15:59
The axes are falling at work. Chef was fired. Resturant manager was laid off. YEAH! -- nm - lileve Nov 3, 15:59 4
- hoping to be able to get EI soon? -- nm - zork Nov 3, 16:07
- I'm guessing you aren't the chef or manager. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with less wax Nov 3, 16:05 2
  - Well, I am *now*! -- nm - lileve si Nov 3, 16:05 1
    - hee -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 16:07
V gets a new showrunner.... - Remlik Nov 3, 15:57
You thought your dinner out was expensive? -- (link) - nubby Nov 3, 15:55 13
- $7,000 TIP! - amoxy Nov 3, 16:02 2
  - i'm sure the managers took most of that -- nm - zork Nov 3, 16:03 1
    - but at least they did it correctly, as in, basing it on the pre-tax total. -- nm - zork Nov 3, 16:06
- "2 Parmesean Chunks: $28" -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 15:59 3
  - I could see paying that because I love a really good Parmesean -- nm - amoxy Nov 3, 16:07 1
    - yeah - 14 bucks for parmesean, 40 bucks for spaghetti, that sounds fine. 15 grand for 3 bottles of wine ... that gets a bit sketchy. - Beryllium Nov 3, 16:08
  - "TWELVE BUCKS for WATER?" -- nm - rich guy Nov 3, 16:03
- reminds me of hearing a story about 4 French businessmen who ran up a $21,000 wine tab - znufrii Nov 3, 15:59
- "Dinner Out is a go." -- nm - $282,000 Nov 3, 15:59
- we were at a restaurant that brought out leather-bound volumes for the wine lists. Saw bottles for $45,000 - zork Nov 3, 15:58 2
  - swine lists? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 15:59 1
    - people who order those must be eating from the trough a lot -- nm - zork Nov 3, 16:00
- I love that the tax and gratuity alone is over ten grand. -- nm - Tim Nov 3, 15:57
Here's why American health care costs so much: -- (link) - mara Nov 3, 15:51 6
- I'd like to see a comparison based on those charts between the prices charged, and the amount that is actually paid... -- nm - znufrii Nov 3, 15:58 4
  - for the charts that display the Medicare fee schedule amount, assume private plans are paying at least that in contracted rates in most cases. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 16:00 3
    - ah. thanks. -- nm - znufrii Nov 3, 16:02 2
      - let me revise: there are probably still some plans who maintain a price advantage relative to Medicare, but its a few percentage points, nothing major -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 16:03 1
        
        and at the very end, the chart on hospital utilization provides a key hint as to why the for-profit hospitals really started pushing for price hikes. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 16:10
- mara, you are awesome. that packet of charts is fascinating. - TFox Nov 3, 15:55
Wow, TWuG, thanks for that link. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 15:51 1
- No problem. That was one of the first few shows of hers I watched and the evenhandedness of it really sold me on watching her. -- nm - TWuG Nov 3, 15:54
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- "They could have made this clearer." -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 16:10
- ... and thus, the inherent unfair bias of Proposition 8's wording is fully revealed -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 15:48
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to host the Oscars -- nm - Dano Nov 3, 15:46 12
- *Awesome*. -- nm - kelly Nov 3, 15:52
- That'll result in some chuckle. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 15:49
- That's awesome! The SNL Oscars? -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 15:49
- They were pretty solid together on SNL. (nm) - musubi Nov 3, 15:49
- I hate Alec Baldwin. He is the biggest ass -- nm - CQ Nov 3, 15:47 4
  - You are a rude, thoughtless, arrogant pig for saying that. -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 15:51
  - He plays one on TV. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 3, 15:50 1
    - well, much like tracy morgan, he basically just plays himself. - Beryllium Nov 3, 15:52
  - ...and CQ likes em tight. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 15:48
- I like that a lot. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 15:47 2
  - I like it more than you do. -- nm - Max Nov 3, 15:47 1
    - Kid, you like your face more than I do. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 15:48
I make a good chili. I'd like to learn to make a good pad thai and jambalaya. -- nm - kelly Nov 3, 15:46 1
- Tell me when you plan to make your pad thai, so that I can book my flight. - con_carne Nov 3, 16:10
Anyhoo, I ask because I was advising today, and I told the kid that "this is probably the hardest class you take", and I teach it. - nubby Nov 3, 15:45 14
- Note that my hardest class was memorable because of the crappy teacher. So ... keep that in mind ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 15:50 7
  - Nubby can certainly relate to that -- nm - con_carne Nov 3, 15:53 2
    - Truth. -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 15:57 1
      - soft. -- nm - Max Nov 3, 16:00
  - my hardest-due-to-frustration class was because of a crappy teacher, too. (not that nub. could ever be anywhere close!) -- nm - b. Nov 3, 15:51 3
    - as far as I know, he's not South African, so he's nowhere in the same league as my worst teacher ever. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 15:53 2
      - my guy was for an econ. class. he had us read "the little prince" and sit outside while he told us stories about himself and flirted with a couple of - b. Nov 3, 16:01
      - (I swear, it's worse than Mandingo on House! :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 15:54
- Which physics? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 3, 15:49
- How hard is it? -- nm - student Nov 3, 15:47 4
  - It's not that hard... to me. (Analytical Mechanics) -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 15:50
  - If you have to ask, you get an F. -- nm - Professor Nubby s.i. Nov 3, 15:50
  - It's so hard that instead of a taking a final exam you have to [blank] -- nm - Dano Nov 3, 15:48 1
    - write it. -- nm - Fannie Flagg Nov 3, 15:50
St Poll: What is your favorite food that friends/family cook for holidays/special occasions (ie, not an ordinary daily occurence)? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 3, 15:43 10
- Lasagna with Bechamel. Turkey stuffing. Maybe also crepes. - con_carne Nov 3, 15:50
- first thing that came to mind: my mom's potato cheese casserole. -- nm - b. Nov 3, 15:50
- My mom's cheescake. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 3, 15:48
- Honestly, I love my mother's green bean casserole. - kelly Nov 3, 15:46
- my aunt makes an awesome chicken and shrimp curry every Christmas -- nm - CQ Nov 3, 15:45
- mashed potatoes and brussel sprouts and gravy. (Although I mix it together myself.) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 15:44 1
  - AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! -- nm - trish si Nov 3, 15:56
- For my birthday dinner I always made my mom make a dish that we called "slop" -- nm - Dano Nov 3, 15:44
- Pork crown roast with sausage stuffing at my mom's house. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 15:43
- Turkey stuffing. -- nm - Loyola Nov 3, 15:43
Every word I say is true. - TFox Nov 3, 15:42 1
- you lie -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 3, 15:43
I dont know if ST is aware of this VGCats ripoff of Colbert -- (link) - tRuMaN Nov 3, 15:42 1
- also, this covers halo pretty well. -- (link) - tRuMaN Nov 3, 15:44
it ain't no lie. -- nm - b. Nov 3, 15:42

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