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Ahhhh, a cup of hot tea and some almond biscotti on this rainy November day. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 13, 11:37 1
- dittos.. green tea and hazelnut biscotti... -- nm - colin Nov 13, 11:43
Best Buy Black Friday deals... - David Nov 13, 11:37 7
- Just looking for a Black Friday Panasonic Blu Ray player deal. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 13, 11:43 1
  - wait for it. If anyone ever did the $ 150 deal - they would fly off the shelves -- nm - Pippy Nov 13, 11:43
- Circuit city black friday deals: 2 for 1. On stores, not products. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 11:41
- gracias -- nm - Pippy Nov 13, 11:41
- Underwhelming. -- nm - TFox Nov 13, 11:41
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ST Poll courtesy of BB post. What show(s) do you watch because your S.O. watches them? - HdnAgnda Nov 13, 11:36 17
- I would have likely dropped Dirty Sexy Money if it hadn't become a "date" show this year. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 13, 11:59
- Dirty Jobs & Myth Busters, UFC stuff. He now watches: Supernatural cause of me - Pippy Nov 13, 11:43
- I wanted to drop Heroes but he likes it. He watches The Office now. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 13, 11:40
- Gossip Girls, Grey's Anatomy, One Tree Hill, The Bachelor, Survivor. -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 11:40
- Dr. Phil, sometimes. And Supernanny. Shows like these are meant to make other people feel about their own lives. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 11:40 1
  - you accidentally the whole crushing psychological media paradigm -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 11:40
- Chuck, Earl, Ghost Hunters (kinda). - kelly Nov 13, 11:40
- The Office - Will Hunting Nov 13, 11:39 1
  - *smack!* You need your woman to get you to watch that? :) -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 13, 11:41
- I read while she watches Judge Judy and America's Next Top Model, but the stuff still leaks in. She did get me hooked on Project Runway. -- nm - emoticripple Nov 13, 11:39 2
  - I do end up watching a lot of judge judy and people's court, but I have my iPhone, so I surf ST at the time. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 11:40 1
    - She's crazy for it, I swear. Every day, right after work. -- nm - emoticripple Nov 13, 11:42
- I gotta say that Kim and I are really good about finding stuff we'll both like. - David Nov 13, 11:38
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  - Jon & Kate *PLUS* 8. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 11:37 2
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    - (Also, there's a canadian show called Sarah's House that I also tend to watch with her) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 11:39
Hotkiss, my brother used this progam when worked in Ireland for a year - decline Nov 13, 11:35 3
- hmmm, looks like they do not do programs for US citizens to work abroad? I think they are somehow affiliated with BUNAC which I linked below. - loosilu Nov 13, 11:37 2
  - strange, because both my brother and his bil just went and worked - there was no schooling involved -- nm - decline Nov 13, 11:39 1
    - when did they go? IIRC, back in 1996, those two orgs were associated. Maybe BUNAC did the work permits at the time. can't remember. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:41
I've warmed up to the title Quantum of Solace. It's mysterious in a cool way unlike Phantom of Menace. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 13, 11:33 2
- TPM was mysterious? -- nm - celedhrymandias Nov 13, 11:38 1
  - I guess so in that I still don't know (or care) what it means. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 13, 11:40
Well, you can't argue with that. Obama did say it. -- (link) - Mop Nov 13, 11:33 [youtube] 18
- and I'm worried about as much as I was the time McCain said "my fellow prisoners"...given the millions of words the candidates used during the - crash davis Nov 13, 11:43
- Civilian National Security? You mean like the Police? -- nm - oblique Nov 13, 11:40 1
  - Like in Britain where they use the national police force to impose government will on people. Or Canada. Don't trust the RCMP! -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 11:42
- The FBI? -- nm - celedhrymandias Nov 13, 11:37 4
  - No, no. Another national security force. Like FEMA, but this one is publicly known. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 11:39 3
    - But something like a police force or an emergency force like firemen in 'roids? -- nm - celedhrymandias Nov 13, 11:44
    - Well, he doesn't say another. If you're referring to funding existing civilian forces, heck yeah -- nm - oblique Nov 13, 11:40
    - And, presumably, transparent. The military is nothing if not opaque. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 11:39
- Fingermen? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 11:36 2
  - Who fingers the fingermen? -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 13, 11:42
  - Oh! I get it. A public servant variant of the National Guard. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 11:37
- "Just as well funded" - Loyola Nov 13, 11:36 4
  - If Obama starts letting civilians self-enforce driving laws with RPGs... - M.Obama Nov 13, 11:38 3
    - *laughing* -- nm - Loyola Nov 13, 11:42
    - I'd start with arming bus drivers...and then cabbies.... -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 11:39
    - sfan -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 13, 11:38
- *Pictures wearing the red suit from 'V'.* -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 13, 11:35
- THE PEACE CORPS IS COMING FOR YOU!!!! -- nm - Guy Nov 13, 11:35
I don't think I want ebay telling me how much I have spent on the last 31 days... - celedhrymandias Nov 13, 11:32
Looks like there's an indie film shooting in Montauk. Jeff Daniel and Lisa Kudrow -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 11:29 2
- Paper Moon? -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 11:30 1
  - Straight to Video - Pippy Nov 13, 11:31
Jeebus give me strenght! A coworker just complained, "That's stupid," when told that The Office didn't actually film tonight's episode in Winnipeg. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 13, 11:25 6
- good grief, do they think they film every scene in every tv show in the city it's set in? -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 11:26 5
  - Honest to Remlik, I'm sure my jaw dropped uncontrolably. (Though everyone watching tonight... - Name Withheld By Request Nov 13, 11:31 3
    - I've been eating Lays Ketchup lately. They're decent, but not quite the same. Both are way better than the Pringles variant, though. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 11:34 2
      - I find Lays too greasy and certainly too thin for dip. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 13, 11:38 1
        
        I only dip plain chips, not ketchup chips. Ripple chips are best for dipping. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 11:43
  - I saw it on TV so it must be true. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 13, 11:28
I love that the friend from Can't Buy Me Love is Earl Hickey's neighbor now. - David Nov 13, 11:22 4
- reminds me one of the snobbiest things Ive I heard someone say once... - Jovian Nov 13, 11:25 3
  - Top Chef spoilers... - David Nov 13, 11:28 2
    - completely... (spls) - Jovian Nov 13, 11:36 1
      - Top Chef spoilers - David Nov 13, 11:40
kilbo...help skepticism is not paranoia... - Mel Profit Nov 13, 11:19 14
- I'm not kilbo, but - crash davis Nov 13, 11:28 3
  - the brown shirts acted like a mafia or talaban tribe, they physically attacked key people in opposition -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 11:33
  - the reaction to Obama blows my mind. am i really this naive (dont answer that). -- nm - Guy Nov 13, 11:30 1
    - It really is shocking to see how many people actually supported and liked Bush finally coming out of the woodwork. - Beryllium Nov 13, 11:32
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  - All that crap that I was against, I'm still against. -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 11:34 1
    - However, a reboot isn't hypocrisy. If one executive order is needed to rescind a previous executive order, that is just resetting to zero, in my book -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 11:36
  - Glenn Greenwald is already hyperventilating on this topic... -- (link) - znufrii Nov 13, 11:34
  - you may as well brush up on your Marx now. people who cant recite the Obama pledge of allegiance will be the first to go. -- nm - Guy Nov 13, 11:31
- I do think 2012 is going to be a fascinating campaign in that... - David Nov 13, 11:27 1
  - That's what I'm saying! -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 11:28
- And it's not paranoia if they really are out to get you. -- nm - TaurusII Nov 13, 11:21
- I want a lot of that E.B. stuff repealed, but I doubt that any politician in their right mind would allow that to happen. - Beryllium Nov 13, 11:21
- frig...help = healthy. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 13, 11:19
loosi - any yarn line in particular? there are lots of soft ones. -- (link) - Guy Nov 13, 11:18 7
- well, I was hoping for a sock yarn (which usually has nylon for strength) -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:19 6
  - i just asked around and they say Felici is the softest (but striped) and Essential is also very soft -- (link) - Guy Nov 13, 11:23 5
    - really, what about Imagination? it has alpaca. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:24 4
      - those are really popular. i just felt some swatches seem nice. - Guy Nov 13, 11:27 3
        
        is it fuzzy? -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:29 2
        
        yes. its quite fluffy and has a little halo (sp?) but not as much as mohair -- nm - Guy Nov 13, 11:34 1
        
        fine by me, mohair makes me sneeze. Love alpaca. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:35
Got a bit of closure today re: Hoda/Fritz - secretslacker Nov 13, 11:17
I'm helping a friend wire his house for Ethernet tomorrow. If we get done early, what are the chances we can walk up and buy tickets for JB22? -- nm - oblique Nov 13, 11:16 1
- Slim to none. Unless you get done *really* early. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 11:18
Quantum of Solace is an anagram for 18,258 better titles -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 13, 11:15 3
- got my tickets for 10pm Friday yesterday, w00t -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 13, 11:16 2
  - 7:30 free show man-date tonight! -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 13, 11:16 1
    - 8:00 p.m. date-date tomorrow! -- nm - manchild Nov 13, 11:30
Do you know why a religious minority got vilified and persecuted? They paid to vilify and persecute another minority. - David Nov 13, 11:15 5
- They aren't being persecuted. Vilified yes, but persecution is not the correct word. - crash davis Nov 13, 11:21 4
  - I was just using the words in play but I completely agree with your point. -- nm - David Nov 13, 11:27 1
    - oh I know you were, I just wanted to make that point -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 11:28
  - word. that term is so misused today -- nm - Guy Nov 13, 11:25 1
    - word -- nm - historical Nov 13, 11:26
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- Both good choices, but Warner's been more consistent. -- nm - Samara Nov 13, 11:26
- Warner -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 11:18
- Why don't you just let us manage your teams for you? -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 13, 11:16 1
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"We're going to use our right to deny other people what they feel is their right. But we don't want them to exercise their right to not give us money" -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 11:14
Google quest: is there an actual list of prop 8 supporters (businesses to avoid) I found the Chron database but you have to enter names to see, not a - zeitgeist Nov 13, 11:14 1
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dear CQ: fine, gloves. Whatever, I can knit anything. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:13 10
- a beanie perhaps? -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 11:16 2
  - banana hammock -- nm - decline Nov 13, 11:21 1
    - absoeffinlutely -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 11:22
- I'm going to collect my samoyed's hair again, that makes fantastic scarves -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 11:15 1
  - how is that new doggie working out? -- nm - Pippy Nov 13, 11:26
- gloves are a little trickier though, without having an actual hand to work with... -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 11:15 2
  - I'd probably do fingerless. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:16 1
    - that would work, too. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 11:16
- can you knit a motorcycle? or a pterodactyl? -- nm - decline Nov 13, 11:14 1
  - *nods head, looks at loosi expectantly* -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 11:15
Z: I got a recent e-mail linking me to a BBC article about a plane crash as evidence the situation was real and dire. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 13, 11:13
kilbo, why was your post directed at Hawthorne? Good lord, that's not his blog is it? -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 11:13 8
- wait....what? - znufrii Nov 13, 11:22
- Unless there's another Kevin on there with him, yes, it is -- nm - oblique Nov 13, 11:14 6
  - My God, he's mental. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 11:22 3
    - I was kinda suprised by it as well -- nm - oblique Nov 13, 11:23 2
      - Me, not so much. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 13, 11:25
      - Here I thought it was a link he sent via email or something like that... -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 11:24
  - link sil vous plait? -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 11:14 1
    - Here. RE: Obama -- (link) - oblique Nov 13, 11:15
here's the original AP article on Paul Broun - I cannot believe an elected official is spewing this bullshit -- (link) - Guy Nov 13, 11:12 1
- *prints off a million pamphlets with these words on it for December's fundraising mailing* -- nm - DNC Nov 13, 11:21
More SS polls! Do you collect anything? Do you like cooking? Do you like diamonds or rubies? Do you like things to have or things to use/do better -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 11:12 17
- glass stir sticks ( swizzle?), butterfly stuff. I like to bake more then cook. I would love knittable socks -- nm - Pippy Nov 13, 11:34
- I don't really collect anything exactly, I like to cook, diamonds *and* rubies - Callisto Nov 13, 11:23 1
  - oh. I do have lots of dolphin things, if that counts as collecting. -- nm - Callisto Nov 13, 11:25
- Collect: magnets. Cook: yes. Prefer diamonds, either use or have. -- nm - kelly Nov 13, 11:22
- I'm a minimalist cooker alone but I like experimental combinations. Old books and fake phone numbers. Emeralds. -- nm - Max Nov 13, 11:17 1
  - "fake phone numbers" is funny. andrea collects cell phones and dudes with weak hears. -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 13, 11:30
- cook all the time, don't collect anything really, rubies, things to use -- nm - decline Nov 13, 11:15
- anything elephants, love it, neither, use/do -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 11:14 2
  - what about elephant socks? -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:16 1
    - grrrr heh -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 11:17
- collect: skulls. Cooking yes. Emeralds or sapphires or other blue/green stones. Use/do. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:14
- not really, yes, aquamarine (though really prefer white metal), use/do -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 11:14
- collect-only sand from beaches i visit. cooking-yes. rubies. use/do if i had to choose. -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 11:13 4
  - i collect sand too! did we know this about eachother? - kare Nov 13, 11:15 3
    - i do *exactly* the same thing! - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 11:18 2
      - kare - mine isn't that big, only been doing it since 2002 (i think) - i eventually want a really narrow shelf, high up on a wall, with just a line of - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 11:19 1
        
        cool! they add up fast. :) i thought i had a photo on flickr, but i don't see it. i have a shelf and do close to the same thing - kare Nov 13, 11:25
First Michelle Obama biography. -- (link) - Loyola Nov 13, 11:11 1
- I'm proud of the publishing industry for the first time in my life! -- nm - M.Obama Nov 13, 11:36
My school indeed has such programs but I don't want to go with a group of other students or study abroad. I just find that going with a set group mean - Hotkiss Nov 13, 11:10 17
- I just googled "teach english in hong kong" -- (link) - psilotum Nov 13, 11:21 4
  - those programs are great, usually they want you for a year though. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:22 3
    - my sister did one of those in Japan, she's been there two and a half years now. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 11:29
    - Right, and it's not like I'm well versed in being a teacher. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 13, 11:22 1
      - you wouldn't need to be. but it's not a "summer job" kinda thing. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:23
- HK: the big obstacle is visas and work permits. Usually you need a special program to get those. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:12 9
  - It's hard to go alone? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 13, 11:13 7
    - For NZ , an org called BUNAC used to have a visa program, don't know if they still do. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:15 5
      - they do. here you go, Work NZ. Keep in mind that our summer is their winter, so you'd be getting a winter job. -- (link) - loosilu Nov 13, 11:17 4
        
        oops, that page is for UK citizens. This is for US citizens. -- (link) - loosilu Nov 13, 11:19 3
        
        Thanks a bunch -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 13, 11:23 2
        
        oh, and I think you should consider the UK as well. If you liked NY you'd like London. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:35
        
        I used this program to go to the UK, and they are very reputable. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:33
    - it may be impossible to work there legally otherwise (esp Hong Kong). -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:15
  - ...and I have done it with a group, and never saw a single person from the group. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:12
- you don't, you know, *have* to hang out with that group... -- nm - kare Nov 13, 11:12
- http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Jobs-Worldwide-2 008/dp/1854583875 -- (link) - mara Nov 13, 11:12
One of my charlie's angels is in love with me for my umbrella. The trap is set. -- nm - Max Nov 13, 11:08 2
- describe your umbrella? -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 11:11 1
  - big and stiff. -- nm - Max Nov 13, 11:17

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