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Left 4 Dead 2 demo is available to xbox 360 & PC download. (link to PC download:) -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 3, 20:45
so, I am thinking of making chili in the slow cooker. Do we think it's OK to prepare everything the night before, and refrigerate it overnight, then - Beryllium Nov 3, 20:41 12
- absolutely, without question. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 20:42 11
  - even with ground beef in the equation? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 20:42 10
    - In the fridge? Don't see why not. -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 20:43 9
      - now i'm wondering where bery usually keeps his ground beef before he cooks it... -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 20:44 8
        
        No, I mean mixing everything together after browning the ground beef. At that stage, is it going to negatively impact things to refrigerate overnight -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 20:45 5
        
        no, but...ground beef? get a chuck roast and cut it into 1/2 inch cubes, brown that (in several batches because if the cubes are crowded together... - zeitgeist Nov 3, 20:51
        
        The worst thing that would happen is all the flavors would blend together better into extra chili deliciousness. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 20:47 3
        
        Mmm. I think I can live with that. Now, is there any unwritten rule against using tomato soup in chili? :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 20:48 2
        
        I'd use a couple cans of diced tomatoes -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 3, 20:52
        
        Canned diced tomatoes would be better. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 3, 20:51
        
        In the cow? -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 20:45 1
        
        How MOO doin'? -- nm - Qale Nov 3, 20:48
Second episode of Fast Forward gets an A. -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 20:36 1
- Yeah, well... - amoxy Nov 3, 20:46
ugh, more layoffs at E! - big time shamu Nov 3, 20:21 6
- still keeping my head down. we lost 3 in my department (nm) - howie Nov 3, 20:23 5
  - It's still a scary world out there. If I was willing to work full-time in south country I'd have more options, but there's very little here locally.. - MojaveMeg Nov 3, 20:33
  - hang in there. i keep telling myself everything in the biz is cyclical - big time shamu Nov 3, 20:28 1
    - I've been let go before and I survived. (nm) - howie Nov 3, 20:36
  - They keep this up, Seacrest will be doing your job, too, soon. -- nm - Mop Nov 3, 20:28 1
    - maybe I can get a job keeping his stalker at bay. (nm) - howie Nov 3, 20:33
Without commenting on anything else, I want to say this: Stephen Lang is cool as crap. He'd be great as an X-Man -- nm - Max Nov 3, 20:21
I knew turnout was high, but... - BB Nov 3, 20:21 3
- Welcome to Afghanistan. -- nm - Mop Nov 3, 20:31
- That must be how Karzai learned to run an election -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 3, 20:25
- Vote early, and often :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 3, 20:23
So that is Avatar. - nubby Nov 3, 20:18
how is musubi gonna "light up" crash at basketball when he's like 4'10" and 300 pounds of spam-crafted physique? -- nm - big time shamu Nov 3, 20:17
STNN News is projecting .... - eag Nov 3, 20:15 1
- That's how I want to die. nm - Dignan Nov 3, 20:16
The two movies in the Top 10 of Paste's 50 Top movies of the Century that most of us hadn't heard of are rated 1 3/4 stars and 2 1/4 stars on Netflix. -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 3, 20:12 6
- I love the Dardennes brothers. -- nm - Dano Nov 3, 20:34
- *laughing* are you sure? or is that what they think you'll say, because your taste sucks? - TFox Nov 3, 20:14 4
  - 2.9 and 3.3 averages. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 20:17
  - Ah, you're right. But check it: -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 3, 20:16 [Backboard] 2
    - That 17% must be all the really good movies. (My star rating for The Son skews slightly higher than the member average.) -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 20:18 1
      - I love that movie, too. Wouldn't put it on that list, but gets an A+ from me. -- nm - celedhring Nov 3, 20:37
TDS has me rolling. -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 20:09 3
- The "Fox News" bit was brilliant last week. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 20:13 2
  - Which day was it on? nm - Dignan Nov 3, 20:14 1
    - October 29. Here: -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 3, 20:22
Torchlight Demo quick first impressions - Qale Nov 3, 20:07 6
- I downloaded it tonight too, and had a similar opinion. It was even giving me back-in-the-day little lag moments for the real throwback experience. - TFox Nov 3, 20:09 5
  - I was hungering for a decent Diablo knockoff until D3 comes along, so I'll try this. Thanks for bringing it up. -- nm - celedhring Nov 3, 20:45
  - I was wondering if maybe some of the problems for me was playing it in 1600 x 900. - Qale Nov 3, 20:13 3
    - I played for all of 10 minutes, explored the town, entered the mine, played the first level. - TFox Nov 3, 20:17 2
      - I played for about 2 hours. - Qale Nov 3, 20:25 1
        
        Really, if given the choice between multiplayer or having both a shared chest for all your characters and the ability to create legacy weapons... - TFox Nov 3, 20:29
Who would qualify for this critic's job? -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 3, 20:06
Medical Marijuana is winning in Maine -- nm - Dano Nov 3, 20:01 5
- WCSH just reported that with 38% of the precincts reporting, Yes is winning by less than 300 votes. - BB Nov 3, 20:10 1
  - Sweet. znufrii better brace himself for some extra burns in the morning. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 20:13
- but how many people want to be stopped by cops, and have them see med. weed info printed on the lisence? - peglegpete Nov 3, 20:08
- , most of America still on crack -- nm - Max Nov 3, 20:04
- i bet there's gonna be a lot of sick people at those gay weddings -- nm - big time shamu Nov 3, 20:03
Great NCIS tonight. I really like the character of Gibbs' mentor. (spoiler question) - David Nov 3, 20:01 4
- I think random. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 20:33
- really? You liked that but not V? - Max Nov 3, 20:22 2
  - Yes. I like good writing and dislike bad writing. Go figure. -- nm - David Nov 3, 20:25 1
    - you may like the lesser of two evils, but caricature is not good writing. -- nm - Max Nov 3, 20:29
Sons of Anarchy gets another A this week. -- nm - Remlik Nov 3, 20:01
Rick Mercer ranting about swine flu (and health canada's terribly-implemented site about it) -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 3, 19:57 [youtube]
So long, legal prostitution in RI. We hardly knew ya, -- (link) - TFox Nov 3, 19:52 5
- you'll just have to keep smoking that black market pole i guess -- nm - big time shamu Nov 3, 19:53 4
  - *golf clap* -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 19:55
  - ST Shiv of the week. -- nm - Remlik Nov 3, 19:54 2
    - *cuts the rope tied to the piano* -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 19:55 1
      - HAHAHAHA! -- nm - Remlik Nov 3, 19:59
From the Atlantic (Wire), 5 Theories on the Meaning of Today's Elections -- (link) - Mop Nov 3, 19:41
LeMoyne? - BB Nov 3, 19:37
What do black cats have to do with yams? -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 19:33 3
- noun. cf. Gullah nyam. eible black cat plucked and stewed. -- nm - Max Nov 3, 19:40 1
  - ST Balderdash? -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 19:43
- omg (spoiler) - nubby Nov 3, 19:39
V. Not bad. -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 19:27 3
- Thought it was a good set-up. Did a few things differently than I expected. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 3, 19:49 2
  - Yup. I like that (spoil) - Spawn Nov 3, 19:51 1
    - I want a Marc Singer cameo -- nm - amoxy Nov 3, 20:48
who is Cas? - JaxSean Nov 3, 19:25 2
- Castiel, Angel of the Lord? -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 19:30 1
  - [Denied] - JaxSean Nov 3, 19:31
silly Leafs -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 3, 19:20
So it's looking like I'll get to vote again next month. -- nm - Dano Nov 3, 19:13 3
- Kasem got enough votes? That surprises me. -- nm - Qale Nov 3, 19:14 2
  - Norwood has been hanging around 46-47% all night. Not sure that she'll be able to get over 50%. -- nm - Dano Nov 3, 19:15 1
    - Obviously the effects of City Council and the Mayor affect me even though I live OTP - Qale Nov 3, 19:21
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Jax - that video you linked on B2 happened in June of this year. - kelly Nov 3, 19:11 1
- Nicey. The other video angle is more choke-up-pable, though. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 19:23
Jeez the election is Maine is tight -- nm - MDH Nov 3, 19:10 10
- I wonder if Colin registered to vote when he moved. Prolly not. -- nm - Qale Nov 3, 19:57
- Just like [censored]! -- nm - Max Nov 3, 19:43
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  - With 28% reporting, Yes on 1 is now winning... - BB Nov 3, 19:25
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      - There are 4 wards in Portland yet to report, plus Augusta, Bangor, Brunswick, SoPo... - BB Nov 3, 19:32 2
        
        Is there an automatic recount if the results are within a certain margin? -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 3, 19:35 1
        
        I think it's within .25% - BB Nov 3, 19:39
- they got their election sh!t tight, yo -- nm - big time shamu Nov 3, 19:12
Seachickens release Edge. -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 19:09
Racist La. JP resigns after backlash on his refusal to officiate interacial unions - zeitgeist Nov 3, 19:09
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- Yeah, this is a legit surprise. Guess Corzine was disliked more than we thought. -- nm - Tim Nov 3, 19:22 1
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- maybe Bloomberg didn't buy enough guys -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 3, 19:07 2
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    - Bloomberg bought the NYT? -- nm - BB Nov 3, 19:35
Is there any way to turn off the chat function on Facebook? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 19:01 24
- Go ahead, but I will just talk to you here and email you. And call you on the phone, and show up at your house. -- nm - Redmond "Go Ducks!" Nov 3, 19:03 1
  - testify. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 19:14
- You can go into options and mark yourself as offline. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 3, 19:02
- Click on it, click on options, click go offline. I think it stays off then, no? -- nm - Qale Nov 3, 19:02 20
  - OK I'll try that, thanks. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 19:07
  - I think the only solution is to stay off Facebook. - JaxSean Nov 3, 19:04 17
    - that's what happens to people who can't figure out how to log out of chat. - loosilu Nov 3, 19:13 6
      - I don't mind chatting with *some* people, but I'd like to block others. (The annoying ones.) - JaxSean Nov 3, 19:16 5
        
        If you can figure out lists, you can turn some of them off and keep the other ones on. -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 19:23
        
        Don't think you can just *ignore* me, Jax. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 3, 19:17 3
        
        *becomes a fan of Damages* -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 19:26
        
        I love your crimped hair. -- nm - Max Nov 3, 19:25 1
        
        I'm quite a hellcat in the kitchen. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 3, 19:26
    - "The only winning move is not to play." -- nm - BB Nov 3, 19:11
    - You can also appear offline to certain people. Notice how I'm never online when you look? ;) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 3, 19:09 4
      - all I ever seem to notice is you making wiseass answers to my status. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 19:14
      - Honestly, I never look. - JaxSean Nov 3, 19:10 2
        
        Not sure you can do it by individual, but if you "group" your friends, you can appear offline to certain groups. - Cuzzin Todd Nov 3, 19:16
        
        are your friends organized in lists? If so, you can turn off individual lists in the chat list. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 19:16
    - you're no fun! - reluctantcynic (en treo) Nov 3, 19:06 1
      - They can pay for the webcam shows. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 3, 19:08
    - I fixed that problem immedately by not friending any family. -- nm - Qale Nov 3, 19:05
    - I keep myself always logged out. Nobody can chat with you then -- nm - Redmond "Go Ducks!" Nov 3, 19:04
  - si. that's what i did in fact. -- nm - reluctantcynic (en treo) Nov 3, 19:03
and way LIR i know, but i'd totally be in for an ST-collective nanowrimo. -- nm - reluctantcynic (en treo) Nov 3, 19:00
I was thinking of changing car insurance companies, but after researching two different ones and getting the exact same quote as what I have currently - Qale Nov 3, 18:59 8
- they only say it "could" save you. apparently, you're not savable, but we all knew this anyway. :) -- nm - CQ Nov 3, 19:01 1
  - But I wanna be in good hands. Flo's starting to creep me out! -- nm - Qale Nov 3, 19:03
- maybe you should try a third? my agent checked a bunch for me. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 19:00 5
  - I suppose so. I felt like 130 a month was high for my age, clean record, and all that. Harrumph. -- nm - Qale Nov 3, 19:01 4
    - it also is related to your car. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 19:15 3
      - Yeah. Which until it's paid for, I'll still have to have more coverage. Blast! -- nm - Qale Nov 3, 19:22 2
        
        hmmm, don't think the coverage is related to your loan. More the book value and rate of theft wehere you life. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 19:28 1
        
        sigh "where you live" -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 19:28
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Any election that reinforces your world view = important. Any election that questions your world view = irrelevant. -- nm - BB Nov 3, 18:55
i get it, but why are mathematicians worth a point more than physicists? -- nm - reluctantcynic (en treo) Nov 3, 18:55 4
- physicists look like Denise Richards, mathematicians like David Krumholtz - peglegpete Nov 3, 19:04
- We're more inately curious, I guess. -- nm - nubby Nov 3, 18:56 2
  - and observant, too. -- nm - reluctantcynic (en treo) Nov 3, 19:02 1
    - huh? - nubby Nov 3, 19:04

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