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how was puppycam found? everyone at work is watching it all of a sudden and I'm worried that the line between work and tt/st has been breached -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 15, 16:47 4
- Mel or Diva found it a couple of weeks ago if I remember -- nm - amoxy Nov 15, 16:53
- It was on the news last night -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 16:50
- it's all your fault. way to go, puppycam ruiner -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 16:50 1
  - not me, I've only looked at it once. I'm worried that someone mentioned it on facebook and they found it - dogbert183 Nov 15, 17:01
Quantum of Solace C+ By the way I went with someone that hadn't seen the first one. She was lost for the plot. They don't give back story - Redmond Nov 15, 16:44 1
- I didn't think you needed to see Casino Royale first. The plots were pretty exclusive (spoilers) - Hotkiss Nov 15, 16:51
You want to know how bad my day has gotten? - znufrii Nov 15, 16:43 7
- Hipster beer, eww -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 15, 16:52
- Did your multimillion dollar mansion burn down with your impressionist art collection and sports cars? - zeitgeist Nov 15, 16:49
- You still recovering from seeing Daniel Radcliffs jewels last night ? -- nm - eag Nov 15, 16:46 1
  - It was actually really good. *THE PLAY*, I mean. -- nm - znufrii Nov 15, 16:47
- wooohooo! - psilotum Nov 15, 16:44 1
  - I wish. - znufrii Nov 15, 16:46
- *wince* -- nm - nubby Nov 15, 16:44
Liiloulu you around? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 15, 16:38
Obama's marxist agenda to include push for 8-team college football playoff -- (link) - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 16:29 2
- Change has arrived! -- nm - psilotum Nov 15, 16:36
- You know else wanted an 8-team college football playoff? - mara Nov 15, 16:33
Hmm, I don't generally crave sweet stuff but picked up a bag of Quaker's caramel-corn Quakes. Mistake!! -- (link) - MojaveMeg Nov 15, 16:27 5
- you're dividing your stash into gram bags?...ah, memories -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 16:50 1
  - :-) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 15, 16:53
- Man, those are soooo good -- nm - amoxy Nov 15, 16:38
- Love those - they are on sale here for .50 if you buy 10 bags -- nm - Epiphany Nov 15, 16:33 1
  - I think we have a similar deal, but I only bought 2 bags at $1 each. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 15, 16:52
hmm, so is anyone gonna show up for halo tonight? -- nm - truman Nov 15, 16:24 2
- Crash is on a date with Trish, but they should be back before 10 EST. -- nm - the darcy Nov 15, 16:38
- Yeh hopefully Joseph and Peter will partake of Halo tonight - eag Nov 15, 16:36
Damn, I love the end of Open Range. -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 16:20
hmm, should I make myself a cake, which probably only 1/2 of which's bater will make into in the cake pan. -- nm - truman Nov 15, 16:13 2
- Ah, why not? That way it should cook quicker :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 15, 16:22 1
  - hmm, good point. -- nm - truman Nov 15, 16:24
trekkie hatey for the new Star Trek trailer makes me happy - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 16:08 13
- This has "bomb" written all over it -- nm - eag Nov 15, 16:24 3
  - That's what I've been thinking for months... until I saw that trailer. -- nm - secretslacker Nov 15, 16:34
  - *hands eag his glasses* -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 16:33
  - i think it will do crazy business -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 16:25
- i never go to see it, I get into the theatre late, and missed it. - truman Nov 15, 16:15 3
  - a bootleg is on youtube. it looks like it should inject new life into the franchise - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 16:18
  - on B@ -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 16:16 1
    - B2, that is -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 16:16
- Just like Episode 1. 2 & 3!!! -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 16:15 1
  - now they know my pain! -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 16:16
- *ahem* - ReluctantCynic Nov 15, 16:14 2
  - i'm well aware what you prefer - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 16:16 1
    - Sith-lover! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 15, 16:18
Joshua is seriously one of the creepiest movies I've ever seen and I still can't believe how little money it made. -- nm - secretslacker Nov 15, 15:53
fear the turtle -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 15:50
Bacon rules. -- (link) - mara Nov 15, 15:47 3
- And of course it was a Democrat...(nm) - amoxy Nov 15, 16:12
- I asked Kevin Bacon about the Footloose remake the other day... - secretslacker Nov 15, 15:55
- Simple. No one touches my bacon. No one gets hurt. -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 15:50
Santa Ana Canyon fire has now claimed 265 homes and apts according to AP. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 15, 15:37
wait, mtv has an entire show based on people playing rock band in front of a crowd? -- nm - truman Nov 15, 15:30 1
- please don't tell trish -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 15:33
*sigh* There's no hydrant water in Yorba Linda so the homes are just burning to the ground while fireman watch. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 15, 15:25 3
- That's sad. Hopefully they have very good insurance. - Beryllium Nov 15, 15:26 2
  - I heard someone in the Montecito area mention that. Their fire danger was considered too severe. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 15, 15:28 1
    - Yeah, I saw a guy being interviewed because his house didn't burn. He spent thousands of dollars clearing brush and other recommendations from the - CrankYanker Nov 15, 15:37
quanum of solace was a pretty good bond flick (spoilers) - truman Nov 15, 15:20 10
- spoil - Spawn Nov 15, 15:52 3
  - maybe, maybe not. spoilers - truman Nov 15, 15:55 2
    - spoil - Spawn Nov 15, 16:04
    - Based on the box office returns, seems audiences would prefer they not do that. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 15, 15:56
- I haven't seen Casino Royale yet (yeah, sue me!) but I'm seeing Quantum tonight. Will I be missing out? -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 15:21 5
  - it is a direct sequel, so yeah -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 15:54
  - Yeah, you seriously should watch Casino ROyale first, but I'll be curious to see what you think. -- nm - secretslacker Nov 15, 15:37
  - the craig bond films are a pretty good reboot of the franhise - truman Nov 15, 15:22 1
    - but to sum up,.yes, since quatum is a direct contiuation of the first movie - truman Nov 15, 15:55
  - Absolutely. Casino Royale is Part 1 of 2, sort of. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 15:21
I am about to hand in the crappiest paper I will ever write. 27 pages of utter bullshit. - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 15, 15:19 6
- You realize you'll probably get an A on it. That's just the way things work :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 15, 15:26 3
  - one wonders at this stage in the game if they actually read the crap or assign grades randomly. -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 15, 15:35 2
    - do they force a grading curve on the class? - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 15:39 1
      - not in qualitative classes. quantitative classes almost all have curves. if you get a B- in a quant class in second year, you've almost failed. C is - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 15, 15:56
- Acceptance is the final stage. No, wait, beer is the final stage. Beers all around! -- nm - mara Nov 15, 15:19 1
  - Whoo-hoo! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 15, 15:35
Home insurance question: If your neighborhood is burning and you're upside down on your mortgage, would it benefit you to set fire to your house? - CrankYanker Nov 15, 15:15 4
- 1st they pay your actual cash value at the time of the fire - if you rebuild - they pay replacement value - Epiphany Nov 15, 16:32
- I think good policies are based on replacement cost, but I don't know how that interacts with your mortgage. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 15, 15:25
- Well, I think the question here is simply: What is a house's insured value? - Mop Nov 15, 15:19
- depends how it's ultimately valued for insurance purposes i suppose -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 15:18
So, last night's dinner included gourmet cheeses, escargot, foie gras, sweetbreads, buffalo sliders, arugula salad, filet mignon, and creme brulee. - CrankYanker Nov 15, 15:08 10
- I dislike foie gras and champagne, but the other stuff sounds very good -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 15:08 9
  - We didn't order the champagne, they had it waiting for us when we got there..... it was soooo good, we decided to stick with it for the night. - CrankYanker Nov 15, 15:13 2
    - Anything for you, Mr. Spielberg! -- nm - mara Nov 15, 15:14 1
      - *laughing* They held a booth for 90 minutes for us....it's the restaurant in the Performing Arts Center where my client dines before each performance - CrankYanker Nov 15, 15:24
  - Dude. Sweetbreads. You forgot to mention how much you dislike sweetbreads. -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 15:10 5
    - I don't know if I like them or not. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 15:10 4
      - You just need to know what they are to know you don't like them. -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 15:14 3
        
        Yikes. I see what you mean. The bread part means "flesh". Heh. Somewhat misleading. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 15:25 2
        
        Ours was thyroid. *blech*, but it was really good. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 15, 15:26 1
        
        Isn't that how Sylar gets the hero's powers? -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 15:31
Okay, here's a short version of the SlackerTalk To Do List -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 15, 14:58 23
- Built-in killfile that's not browser/platform specific -- nm - secretslacker Nov 15, 15:39 1
  - Several people don't like that idea, but it's in the list near the bottom. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 15:41
- I think it was kilbo who suggested edit/delete of unreplied threads. -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 15:34 1
  - i don't like that - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 15:36
- Thread collapsing! -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 15:19 4
  - That's a good idea...and boards that are longer than 150 posts -- nm - secretslacker Nov 15, 15:39
  - SlackerTalk . . . crumbling - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 15:25 2
    - I c'n't do it, c'ptain! She's be'ng held together with string and duct tape! -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 15:30
    - Can't... reach... utility... belt! -- nm - mara Nov 15, 15:29
- How about making the page wider (or variable dependent on window width?) -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 15:15 1
  - that sort of stuff would have to wait for after the template item to be done -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 15:22
- Here's a couple I didn't see (or I just missed) - Mop Nov 15, 15:14 3
  - Added. Thanks. (I'm not sure if I'll implement the view counter ... might make the display too cluttered) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 15:21 2
    - I hate this idea, if you want feedback on suggestions. I feel like some posters might feel marginalized and others might feel stalked. -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 15, 16:45
    - I just want something to make me feel even more inferior. No one reads my posts! - Mop Nov 15, 15:27
- what about SlickerTalk? -- nm - M Nov 15, 15:05
- where's "ban Spawn"? - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 15:01 1
  - Why would he do that? Guys want to be me and chicks want to be with me. - Spawn Nov 15, 16:01
- templated format? is there an example of this? -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 15, 15:00 4
  - It's more of a backend change. The goal would be to make it look exactly the same as it does now, but completely separate the HTML from the code -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 15:01 3
    - *snicker* -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 15:02 2
      - kid, your FACE is a backend change. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 15:04 1
        
        can we put in requests for specific backend changes? -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 15:05
Pulp Fiction mara is equal parts scary and sexy. -- nm - nubby Nov 15, 14:53 3
- pulp fiction mara! -- nm - the liioulu with wraps Nov 15, 14:58
- check out the big brain on Brian! -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 14:56
- I don't remember asking YOU a God damned thing! -- nm - mara Nov 15, 14:56
Offer a woman chocolate from a box of 30, she'll take one piece. Offer a woman chocolate from a box of 6, she'll take three. -- (link) - nubby Nov 15, 14:49 1
- greedy bitches -- nm - pretty awesome pigby Nov 15, 14:51
Fire turning what was a beautiful day into a dark ominous scary day. Smoke coming up over our local hospital. - CrankYanker Nov 15, 14:47 [flickr] 1
- I know it's still a way from you, but the way it's behaving in general I was hoping you were watching it. - MojaveMeg Nov 15, 15:01
Paljon kiitoksia, hyv�� y�t�! -- nm - M Nov 15, 14:40 3
- sumosk? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 15, 14:44
- Say "what" again! I dare you!! -- nm - mara Nov 15, 14:43 1
  - Mita? -- nm - the liioulu with wraps Nov 15, 14:45
Howdoyoudo. My bond is DCRAI. -- nm - Jammed Bondage w/ an uzi Nov 15, 14:35
I really wonder, since this is Year 4 of the Weis experiment; how much rope does ND actually give him? - Will Hunting Nov 15, 14:26 2
- Isn't his buyout like $16 million? (nm) - David Nov 15, 14:28 1
  - Since NBC reupped, no prob for them. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 16:14
sends fireextinguishing thoughts to the CA STers -- nm - M Nov 15, 14:24 1
- It's truly ugly. It's like twilight outside from the smoke. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 15, 14:25
"Crap chute" is cracking me up. (Even funnier, maybe, is sometimes I remember it as "poop chute," and then think, no, wait, that's not it.) -- nm - mara Nov 15, 14:21 2
- seriously. the word crap, though, is almost never not funny. -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 15, 15:01 1
  - what the crap?! -- nm - maxine Nov 15, 15:11
�itisi nai poroja! -- nm - M Nov 15, 14:21 5
- Ahem!!!! - the liioulu with wraps Nov 15, 14:25
- English, motherfucker! Do you speak it?!! -- nm - mara Nov 15, 14:24 3
  - Hey, you're in America! - M Nov 15, 14:24 2
    - Como se llama usted? - the liioulu with wraps Nov 15, 14:26 1
      - close enough .. - M Nov 15, 14:29
*berymanders reelzchannel.com* -- nm - David Nov 15, 14:20 9
- *sends Beryllium a spider to support ST* -- nm - Callisto Nov 15, 14:20 8
  - Of what value? -- nm - David Nov 15, 14:21 7
    - mine has eight legs, so $250. -- nm - Callisto Nov 15, 14:22 6
      - Woohoo! *deposits spider in the boat account* -- nm - Bery SI Nov 15, 14:23 5
        
        How many spiders would he need to buy a yacht? -- nm - David Nov 15, 14:26 4
        
        one - M Nov 15, 14:28 3
        
        like his one? -- (link) - the liioulu with wraps Nov 15, 14:30 [Image] 2
        
        they're everywhere -- (link) - M Nov 15, 14:32 1
        
        eek! -- nm - the liioulu with wraps Nov 15, 14:38

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