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My good deed for znufrii today: posting the Travelzoo deals I just got for Broadway shows over Thanksgiving. - TFox Nov 20, 10:11 3
- Finian's Rainbow looks promising -- nm - znu si Nov 20, 10:11 2
  - except it's a revival, not a "new musical" :) -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 10:14 1
    - Understudy is supposed to be really good... -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 10:14
That was some game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Toronto Maple Leafs last night. - HdnAgnda Nov 20, 10:07 5
- The Leafs are just downright embarrassing this year. -- nm - Andie Nov 20, 10:09
- Leafs lost. All is normal. -- nm - Shaun Nov 20, 10:08 3
  - Leafs suck. -- nm - Beaker Nov 20, 10:11 2
    - All is normal :) -- nm - The Dark Knight Nov 20, 10:12 1
      - Heh, even Batman agrees! -- nm - Shaun Nov 20, 10:12
Current Amazon lightning deal is Firefly Blu-Ray set for $35. -- (link) - TFox Nov 20, 10:06 2
- It might be except I bought the Firefly on DVD set when that was in lightning deal - GWAA Nov 20, 10:08 1
  - *smack* go watch it. -- nm - Beaker Nov 20, 10:10
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu spreads 'between patients' -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 10:05
I am glad that we discussed that "tops" and "bottoms" are both far less common than "flippers". - TFox Nov 20, 10:04
Match-fixing inquiry probes 200 European football games -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 10:02 6
- *wonders if the French are worried* -- nm - Beaker Nov 20, 10:02 5
  - The French don't *fix* games. They just cheat overtly. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 20, 10:14
  - Henry admits replay would be fair -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 10:09 2
    - I read a story yesterday (NY Times) that pretty much absolves Henry. What would you have done? - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 20, 10:16 1
      - I pretty much agree. If I cost my team qualification to the World Cup I am hated by my team-mates and loathed by my supporters - Roger More Nov 20, 10:20
  - no FIFA has already said "it can't be changed" - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 10:04
Boss: "Max, can you please come see me in my office?" - Max Nov 20, 10:01 11
- max: "what? for free??" -- nm - giganto Nov 20, 10:14 1
  - "Next time, you come to my office. Better yet, don't bother me. Call 411." "...can you show me how..." -- nm - Max Nov 20, 10:17
- so what was your answer to that poll the other day? -- nm - b. Nov 20, 10:09
- ... yikes. Now that's job security. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 10:04
- And he has an MBA, right? -- nm - amoxy Nov 20, 10:04 1
  - Harvard law. -- nm - Max Nov 20, 10:08
- rejoice, you're indispensable! - mafic Nov 20, 10:03
- *max head explodes* -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 10:03
- now that's something right there. Not sure what, but it's something -- nm - CQ Nov 20, 10:02 2
  - I don't know if this is ironic or coincidental or what, but I just realized the reason I'm tired today is that I was dreaming about solving equations -- nm - all last night. Max Nov 20, 10:08 1
    - Max's Dream Tip: Life is complicated.... -- nm - OAE Nov 20, 10:13
Glen Beck is on! -- nm - Beaker Nov 20, 09:50 4
- top? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:56
- *sprays Glenn Beck with a spray bottle* Bad, Glenn! Bad! Get off Beaker! -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 20, 09:52 2
  - I wonder which one is the catcher. -- nm - TWuG Nov 20, 09:52 1
    - Mop -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 09:54
I'd like to be the first to congratulate Mr. Dressup on becoming EU President. -- (link) - Reagen Nov 20, 09:40 10
- Casey is his go to "fixer" -- nm - Beaker Nov 20, 09:54
- They should have merged the head of the Commission and the Presidency into one job. Keeping them separate only results in the new Presidency being a - Loyola Nov 20, 09:47 4
  - But there's a paycheck, right? He gets paid for being a figurehead, yes? Otherwise, that would suck. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 20, 09:49
  - wasn't that the point? :) -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 09:48 2
    - the point is twofold - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 10:01 1
      - I don't use the word twofold enough. I like that word. -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 10:02
- I wonder what's in the tickle trunk today? oh look, it's an updated copy of the treaty of lisbon! -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 09:46
- Europe: the place where mediocracy is above average -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:42 2
  - The Pierre Principle. - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 20, 09:49 1
    - and we send 250 million (or whatever) voters to vote to get *THIS* - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:59
from the BB: Guy fails at independent probabilities. -- nm - Reagen Nov 20, 09:32 9
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  - your IM is hilarious in its inept simplicity -- nm - Guy Nov 20, 09:51 6
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    - Your mistake is in taking the probablility of coming back from 3TD in the 4th quarter as a whole. - Reagen Nov 20, 09:55 4
      - strategy on the field might reflect the true probability, but wouldn't the betting odds change? -- nm - Max Nov 20, 10:13 2
        
        can you explain that a little better? i'm not sure i follow. -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 10:14 1
        
        If a 10 touchdown game is more rare historically than a 9 TD game, at the 9th TD, aren't I going to bet against the game seeing a 10th in the game? -- nm - Max Nov 20, 10:21
      - This is so correct, it could not possibly be rationalized otherwise. - TFox Nov 20, 10:02
  - *benches Brady* -- nm - guy Nov 20, 09:41
not a good look for Lily Allen -- (link) - Zorkturi Nov 20, 09:30 [Image]
Score 1 for the wingnuts! -- (link) - znufrii Nov 20, 09:28 21
- I kinda can't believe they weren't audited already -- nm - Beaker Nov 20, 10:03 2
  - I think it is - just not audited by Congress -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 10:05 1
    - here are the current Fed audit processes - Roger More Nov 20, 10:08
- I'm all for auditing the Fed. Which is why this is never gonna happen. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 20, 09:51
- is the Fed not a privately owned bank in the US? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:40 5
  - it's like the European Central Bank, or the Danmarks Nationalbank -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 09:44 3
    - ECB and DKNB are goverment owned controled and run opreations in every aspect of them - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:45 2
      - Yes... and so's the Fed. It sets interest rates and is a lender of last resort, just like the European Central banks - Roger More Nov 20, 09:47 1
        
        local central banks always set the interest rates (and banks follow them when it's in THEIR interes) - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:54
  - nope. - znufrii Nov 20, 09:43
- Gotta love the headline: Megan Fox Wears Panties, Lifts Foot Above Head -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 20, 09:33 4
  - After seeing the photos last night, I thought, "Those were not as good as they should have been." -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 09:34 3
    - Playboy and Porn can't be far behind. - Epiphany Nov 20, 09:39 2
      - Go Krupa, go! -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 09:39 1
        
        Krupa is wayyyy to stuck up for pron - Epiphany Nov 20, 09:50
- And it's a bad thing to audit the Fed why? -- nm - TWuG Nov 20, 09:30 5
  - I don't think it's necessarily bad to audit any central bank, but it could be used as a tool to apply political pressure to an institution that's - mafic Nov 20, 09:34 3
    - what's the worst that could happen, a total collapse of the banking system? :) -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 09:38 2
      - I just think it's a bad idea to have all of congress second-guessing monetary policy, particularly since a lot of them don't know much of anything - mafic Nov 20, 09:53 1
        
        From my reading of the linked article, there is a provision explicitly prohibiting any interference with monetary policy. - znufrii Nov 20, 09:56
  - well, because its power in supporting the political and economic establishment relies on nobody knowing what it's actually doing - znufrii Nov 20, 09:33
You know what drives me nuts?: People who define success so narrowly that they'll have a hard time succeeding, then complain about how hard it is to - TWuG Nov 20, 09:24 3
- success in the workplace is not the only success in life - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:27 2
  - try telling someone that in performance review season -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 09:29 1
    - better in the spring i think :) - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:33
man, my insurance guy has the weirdest email writing style. - mafic Nov 20, 09:23 2
- They're poems. -- nm - mara Nov 20, 10:15
- priceline has insurance? - SyrDragon Nov 20, 09:27
FF help. Pick 2: PT Cruiser, LeSean McCoy, L.T., Slaton, or Forsett. - CQ Nov 20, 09:23 2
- McCoy and LDT -- nm - Beaker Nov 20, 10:16
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Brizzly (Twitter/Facebook web client) open for all now -- (link) - The wraith of oblique Nov 20, 09:21
I like how the ads for the Droid phone mention in the fineprint that "DROID is a trademark of Lucasfilm..." It really wasn't used in sci-fi lit before - HdnAgnda Nov 20, 09:21 14
- trademark only is a matter of using a non-generic mark on goods and services -- nm - giganto Nov 20, 10:16
- i think most references before that were to ANdroids but as Spawn mentioned Lucas was smart enough to file the paperwork -- nm - Zorkturi Nov 20, 09:27
- well, star wars has a lot of references to Droids, so maybe that is why. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 20, 09:24 3
  - I think the point of the post is astonishment that it was not used before, which it was, but Lucas copyrighted it. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 09:26 2
    - (trademarked, dummy) -- nm - giganto Nov 20, 10:15
    - Phillip K Dick should have done that first :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:36
- As much as people hate him, the man is a genius. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 09:22 7
  - why hate Lucas, some of his movies are perhaps not as great ad others but - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:23 6
    - Oh, I am a fan. THX-1138, American Graffiti... Good stuff. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 09:25 5
      - Duel and honestly the SW too - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:28 4
        
        Duel is Spielberg. -- nm - Reagen Nov 20, 09:36 1
        
        *ding* - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:37
        
        Oh, those go without saying. The Empire Strikes Back is my favorite movie of all time. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 09:29 1
        
        F**k you then!! -- nm - The Dark Knight Nov 20, 10:10
Whew! A plan for a Sunday morning 2am local time in Turkey implementation of service (7pm US EST Saturday night) is not going to happen. That means I - HdnAgnda Nov 20, 09:16 2
- sundays are mondays in turkey -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:19 1
  - That is true but still that 2am, when the in-country partner I am working with wants the customer onsite, hurts. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 20, 09:23
P.P.S. Don't forget to predict the box office today -- nm - The wraith of oblique Nov 20, 09:15
P.S. Last night's Survivor: Teh awesome! -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 20, 09:12 6
- Indeed. By the way...did we pick Survivors for this season and all that? - Jim Nov 20, 09:20 4
  - both my TAR and Survivor picks were both sorta beyotches - prayformojo Nov 20, 09:26
  - here's the post - you are still in -- (link) - Roger More Nov 20, 09:26 [Backboard]
  - i decided to play and was eliminated Week 1. :) -- nm - Andie Nov 20, 09:25
  - I remember I got (spoils) - Jovian Nov 20, 09:21
- word -- nm - Jovian Nov 20, 09:17
Who should inherit Oprah's job? -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 20, 09:10 32
- Sarah Palin, if the democrats in entertainment were very smart... - OAE Nov 20, 10:15
- Uma. -- nm - mara Nov 20, 09:13 1
  - nice -- nm - prayformojo Nov 20, 09:23
- Frank Caliendo. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 20, 09:13 3
  - He surprisingly wasn't as god-awful as I feared when he opened for Bill Engvall. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 20, 09:17 2
    - I just figured he could do the show as someone different every day. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 20, 09:17 1
      - Yeah, but unless it's Barkley, it likely won't be too funny. - Will Hunting Nov 20, 09:25
- The Lucy Pinder show! - HdnAgnda Nov 20, 09:13 1
  - God doesn't love us enough for that to happen. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 20, 09:28
- Rosie O'Donnell -- nm - CQ Nov 20, 09:12
- Krusty the clown. -- nm - Loyola Nov 20, 09:12
- Rosie O'Donnel -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:11
- Naked Joanna Krupa! - prayformojo Nov 20, 09:11 18
  - She would have to be naked because her face is not sute. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 09:14 15
    - *gasp* how dare you!! - Epiphany Nov 20, 09:19 13
      - Read your IM. Yes, her bod won't stop. Her face, not so much. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 09:21
      - i have to agree with spawn pritty average in my eyes -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:20 11
        
        Hmmm interesting - I was going to accuse Spawn of being anti-mikey but apparently she's not doing it for some folks - Epiphany Nov 20, 09:23 10
        
        Pippy, I'm with you. She was spectacular in Playboy. -- nm - pmb Nov 20, 09:31 2
        
        Yeah. Playboy. Nude. Put her in a winter coat and pants and I would not even give her a second glance. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 09:39
        
        She's an Angel. gorgeous - Epiphany Nov 20, 09:37
        
        the face is not especially interesting the Bod is OK but not amazing - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:25 6
        
        you might be the first person EVER who said she didn't have an awesome body. -- nm - CQ Nov 20, 09:26 5
        
        i doubt i'll know her name in a month she's pritty average - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:31 4
        
        I would say average for models. - Spawn Nov 20, 09:32 3
        
        I don't get Kate Moss - she's average as can be. - Epiphany Nov 20, 09:36 1
        
        Guess made her. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 09:37
        
        yep - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:34
    - *c*ute -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 09:15
  - ^high 5's! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 20, 09:14
  - here (NSFW) -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Nov 20, 09:13 [youtube]
- Jay Leno! - NBC Nov 20, 09:11

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