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I deeply admire and respect the way that the victims of Prop 8 are organizing and attacking their persecutors. - David Nov 13, 09:37 2
- I'm conflicted. Do you really change someone's mind politically by attacking your opponents? -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:38 1
  - Punish economically those who would wrong you anonymously. -- nm - David Nov 13, 09:39
okay, i'm working on SS, i swear. Let's start the polls! Tell us the following: an author you'd like to read that you haven't & favourite colour! -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 09:28 17
- Pat Barker or Elizabeth Gaskell; red/royal blue. -- nm - Callisto Nov 13, 09:40
- I don't have an answer to the first half but I love the color blue. -- nm - David Nov 13, 09:38
- sometimes green, sometimes black. I'm considering starting John Sandford books -- nm - decline Nov 13, 09:32
- There should be some sort of "tag" for people to find these threads by :) like SS08: or something. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:31 2
  - i hate imposing a ton of 'rules' or making it 'here is what i want' - it's called Secret Stalkers! - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 09:33 1
    - oh! good point. Hadn't thought of it that way - username searches are definitely the way to go. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:34
- don't anybody dare get me a book, and my favorite color at this time is red -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 09:31 3
  - heh I got the complete set of World Book for Christmas one year. - Loyola Nov 13, 09:36
  - see, this is how you answer is the question doesn't apply - it helps your stalker! -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 09:34 1
    - of course, this pretty much means I'm getting a book now :) -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 09:35
- But what if there isn't an author one hasn't read yet that they'd like to? - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 09:30 2
  - then list some books you want to read. just give your stalker some useful info. -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 09:31 1
    - I'm not asking for me. I don't do SS. - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 09:33
- favorite colors: teal, black, and purple. will have to think about authors... -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:30 1
  - probably christopher moore - znufrii Nov 13, 09:31
- my answers: would like to read the Twilight books, favourite colours -orange, red, indigo -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 09:29
- (also, please don't think 'everyone knows what i like' - get over yourself, they really don't.) -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 09:29
*peeks at his 401(k), whimpers* - znufrii Nov 13, 09:27 8
- But think of it this way, as I do... your 401(k) is now able to buy more shares of the things you've been investing - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 09:32 4
  - yep...for people not retiring inhte next five years, this is actually a good thing for their 401k -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 13, 09:38
  - At these prices, I'll have a controlling interest in most Fortune 500 companies soon. -- nm - Tim Pawlenty and Bobby Jindal Nov 13, 09:36
  - exactly. and my company match is invested in a company stock fund, and our stock just passed $9/share in the downwards direction today. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:33 1
    - *will be* invested, I won't be getting my first matching until early next year. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:34
- I had to stop looking at. -- nm - Krusty Nov 13, 09:29 2
  - * mine. Too depressing right now. -- nm - Krusty Nov 13, 09:30 1
    - I don't know why I inflict it upon myself. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:32
Jack Dawson and znufrii. YGGM -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 09:27 1
- will get back to you tonight -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:42
Pivot Table Lady is back... - Mel Profit Nov 13, 09:12 14
- pivot ... pivot ... Pivot ... PIVOT (nm) - Dano Nov 13, 09:24
- Andie's pool hustling nickname? -- nm - zork Nov 13, 09:22
- I'm gonna go ahead and say that I have no idea what a pivot table is -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 09:15 6
  - it's an excel function useful for counting and categorizing data points -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:15 4
    - and I use excel too. go figure -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 09:16 3
      - *shrug* I used it for years without either needing pivot tables or knowing what they were... -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:18 2
        
        I've never needed this either. -- nm - Diva Nov 13, 09:21 1
        
        they're useful for exactly one of my current responsibilities, which involves making sense of a couple hundred lines of data. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:22
  - But I can't change a Pool Filter...we're even. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 13, 09:15
- The Special Ones...they all flock to you... -- nm - Diva Nov 13, 09:13 4
  - I just sent a... - Mel Profit Nov 13, 09:15 3
    - nmbmel - Diva Nov 13, 09:20 2
      - ...we really need to get an XBox 360 -- nm - Deevs Nov 13, 09:21 1
        
        crack. me. up. -- nm - Diva Nov 13, 09:29
I've never been to heaven, but I've been to Oklahoma. great, great song -- (link) - CrankYanker Nov 13, 09:12 [youtube] 1
- My theme song. ;^) -- nm - TaurusII Nov 13, 09:19
Good Vibrations! *laughing so hard right now* -- (link) - CrankYanker Nov 13, 09:09 [youtube]
Hrm, I have to start making a christmas list ... or, as my GF put it, a "Non-sailboat christmas list". -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:07 8
- things you want or things you need to buy for others? -- nm - zork Nov 13, 09:10 1
  - Things I want. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:11
- like what? I have mine on Amazon especially now that they let you add any URL to an item, even not on Amazon -- nm - oblique Nov 13, 09:09 5
  - No idea yet. I guess a new TV would be nice (especially if it was the Sharp Aquos 46" with dual HDMI inputs). Also, I still have a hankering for ... - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:10 4
    - I'm not sure lowering your specifications from 'Boat' to '46" HDTV -- nm - oblique Nov 13, 09:13 3
      - ...is what she meant -- nm - oblique Nov 13, 09:13 2
        
        it's exactly what she meant :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:32 1
        
        (Okay, I'm kidding - what with her workplace reducing her hours and also acting like jacktards and such, my list will be very much more tempered) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:33
Mop...I agree... - Mel Profit Nov 13, 09:07
I like to find a French language news (video) show to add to my RSS aggregator. Canada preferred, France otherwise. Suggestions? -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 09:04 4
- There might be a CBC News french podcast -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:05 3
  - Haven't found it yet. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 09:06 2
    - psst -- (link) - zork Nov 13, 09:09 1
      - That's text, unfortunately. No video. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 09:17
Microsoft is HSX-ing their Live portal! -- (link) - Mop Nov 13, 09:01 5
- I don't get this whole cloud computing thing - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 09:29 1
  - Well, I'll admit I'm a bit fuzzy on it too, but it sounds to me like sites like flickr could be considered a cloud-based photo album ... - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:37
- Orange it up! -- nm - oblique Nov 13, 09:03
- Is this going to launch in tandem with NXE on the 19th? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:02 1
  - Answer: No, it's not related to NXE. - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:04
Palin decides to make Jon Stewarts life a little easier -- (link) - crash davis Nov 13, 09:00 18
- Tim Pawlenty gives her very faint praise, if not a smack down - amoxy Nov 13, 09:15 2
  - Please stop mentioning us in the same breath as her. -- nm - Tim Pawlenty and Bobby Jindal Nov 13, 09:24 1
    - They both must be cringing, cause they both seem fairly intelligent and well spoken -- nm - amoxy Nov 13, 09:28
- When "Asked why she chose to hold her first formal news conference now, Palin replied, "The campaign is over." - Diva Nov 13, 09:10 2
  - Hey, people are always asking for honest pols that don't lay the spin on thick. It's an honest answer. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 13, 09:14 1
    - I disagree. -- nm - Diva Nov 13, 09:22
- Palin also criticized the media for wanting to "dissect the past" - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 13, 09:07 6
  - She is the gift that keeps giving -- nm - amoxy Nov 13, 09:08 5
    - i hope she runs in 2012 i hope the GOP put a lot of ressources behind her -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 13, 09:10 4
      - let's also hope that Obam's able to right the economy in the meantime, otherwise she might actually have a chance at winning. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:15 3
        
        Sarah Palin has as much chance of becoming President as Dan Quayle does -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 09:34
        
        righting the economy iis (i think) more than a one term job - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 13, 09:33 1
        
        on the whole, yeah, but he has to at least show some progress there... -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:35
- Palin decries 'extreme partisanship' - amoxy Nov 13, 09:06
- I don't understand what she's saying. Is she abandoned the extreme partisan agenda or accusing Washington of being the same? -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 09:06 1
  - She has abandoned it and is now a great conciliator -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 09:06
- Is that talk of a coup d'etat? -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 13, 09:04 1
  - nah, just the most divisive figure of the last election giving a speech against extreme partisanship -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 09:06
I keep trying to figure out what the Red Sox are going to do this offseason, and failing. - TFox Nov 13, 08:58 10
- If by Dunn you mean Texeira then I agree... - Mel Profit Nov 13, 09:04 2
  - And I think that is part of my thinking: I don't see any chance of them landing Tex. -- nm - TFox Nov 13, 09:05 1
    - You don't want him anyway. He's not worth anywhere near what he'll get. -- nm - David Nov 13, 09:28
- I'd hate to see Dunn here. No room for him anyway. -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 08:59 5
  - Well, if they can find room for Tex, they can find room for Dunn (who can play 1B and the corner OF spots). - TFox Nov 13, 09:01 4
    - And 5 straight years with 40+ HRs is really hard to ignore. (In fact, 4 straight years with exactly 40 is just fucking weird.) -- nm - TFox Nov 13, 09:03 3
      - and over 800 strike outs as well -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 09:07 2
        
        overrated as a stat, IMO. -- nm - TFox Nov 13, 09:07 1
        
        I don't. It's an out that hasn't accomplished anything. If there are runners on base it hurts the team. - Krusty Nov 13, 09:41
- Disney. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 13, 08:59
I (heart) Gail Collins. -- (link) - znufrii Nov 13, 08:54
pregnant man expecting . . . again -- (link) - pigby Nov 13, 08:53 2
- i guess he didn't know about that 'can't get pregnant while breast-feeding' was a myth either. -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 09:01 1
  - if you're breast feeding during sex, getting pregnant might be the least of your problems -- nm - pigby Nov 13, 09:03
BTW, do I have the biggest split between non-fiscal and fiscal? 48pts. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 13, 08:50 3
- freak -- nm - colin Nov 13, 08:56 1
  - Imagine how many more points it would be if I wasn't growing more conservative on abortion... -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 13, 09:08
- according to crash's list below, yes. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 08:52
STIS: how much is premium CC membership, and how do I tell if mine is still good? - colin Nov 13, 08:49 3
- If you do not have a premium membership or it has lapsed, it will show in your profile - amoxy Nov 13, 08:52 1
  - ahh.. gotcha. i gots silver. -- nm - colin Nov 13, 08:54
- $25 I think, and no idea. -- nm - Loyola Nov 13, 08:51
LYC: thinking of moving to Charlotte or Austin in the next year.. - colin Nov 13, 08:48 23
- If its Austin, let me know, I'll show you around some. -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 13, 09:36
- Now that ty is leaving I'd pick Austin. - Dano Nov 13, 09:18 1
  - re: your IM.. yeah, that's another consideration.. Charlotte not too active -- nm - colin Nov 13, 09:22
- For you...I'd think you'd enjoy the Austin music scene / culture much more than Charlotte. - JaxSean Nov 13, 09:01 3
  - this would be my choice, though I've never been to either... -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:03 2
    - I've been to Charlotte, and my wife has been to Austin. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 13, 09:05 1
      - I've been to Paradise, but I've never been to Me. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:06
- How do they feel about it? I would go for Charlotte. - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 13, 08:55
- NYC! -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 08:51 11
  - i would *love* to... but it wouldn't be with the current job... -- nm - colin Nov 13, 08:53
  - This is the correct answer to every "where should I move to" question. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 13, 08:53 9
    - for only a 5 year stretch. Of course I do miss the place sometimes -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 08:55 8
      - I'm thinking about 10 years for me. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 08:57 7
        
        yeah, that was Jessie's stint. about 10 years. I will be there in 2 days. Get your drinking cap on! Monday night football. -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 08:59 6
        
        thanks for the remind. looks like the weather's going to be crappy on Saturday so hiking is unlikely. - znufrii Nov 13, 09:02 5
        
        Supposed to be 95 degrees here. ;-) - CrankYanker Nov 13, 09:04 4
        
        see, some people actually like having different seasons during the year... :) -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:08 3
        
        yep. Do I still have your number? let me check -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 09:08 2
        
        if it's still the same, I got it -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 09:11 1
        
        still the same, yup. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:13
- Charlotte would be more in line with Atlanta. Austin would be a bigger climate/culture change. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 13, 08:50 1
  - I would pick Charlotte, but if I was your age I would go to Austin. Never been to either one, just picking on what I've read. Austin seems to - CrankYanker Nov 13, 08:52
- I'd pic Austin and I've never been there. -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 08:49
everyone please, it's important. If you don't know why I'm asking, please ... - zork Nov 13, 08:45
I love politics some days. Got to share a table at breakfast with two federal cabinet ministers and two new MPs. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 13, 08:45 1
- Run for Liberal leadership! -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 08:55
differences in scores - the number is the difference, followed by the name - crash davis Nov 13, 08:44
hustler poll: what should andie's pool shark nickname be? Ontario Fats? - pigby Nov 13, 08:43 8
- The Pink Canuck. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 13, 09:03
- Ball Buster - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 13, 09:00
- see why I try to only ask questions like that about guys on this board? -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:56 1
  - yours would be No Balls in the Corner Pocket -- nm - pigby Nov 13, 08:58
- well there's always the default option: lick_theballs -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 08:54
- 2 Ball In The Corner Pocket -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 13, 08:48
- Rack of Gibralter -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 08:44
- Stick Girl -- nm - zork Nov 13, 08:44
sounds like TFox and Mafic got their girlfriends from the same breeder -- nm - zork Nov 13, 08:43
NBC cancels My Own Worst Enemy and Lipstick Jungle -- (link) - oblique Nov 13, 08:43 4
- Lipstick Jungle is (was?) such a stupid title. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 13, 09:02
- *deletes all episodes of MOWE from tivo* - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 13, 08:57 1
  - Yup. I'll be doing that tonight. I'm still storing Crusoe, Eleventh Hour, and that back in time cop show -- nm - oblique Nov 13, 09:02
- It's nice that they finally caught up to the rest of us. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 08:55
One hour 'til Shakeout! -- (link) - CrankYanker Nov 13, 08:42

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