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- Tigers win that deal, even giving up a very good CFer. Yanks then don't have the pieces to trade for Halladay unless they go Montero, Joba & Hughes. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:04
- Whoa. That's a hell of a deal. (nm) - musubi Dec 8, 10:01
- latest i saw on that on ESPN was that two of those teams had basically walked away from the table. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 10:00 1
  - Yankees trading with themselves... -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 10:02
- Other than Granderson, I've not heard of any of them. -- nm - Jim Dec 8, 10:00
- never heard of any of those players -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 09:59
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- Sweet, I already have lots of purple gear from my Laker stuff! - musubi Dec 8, 09:56
all that this morning because her mother had stomach pains. What the hell was that "advanced life support" business? -- (link) - zork Dec 8, 09:48 1
- tums? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 09:58
The giant in this scene from 300 is in my office today! -- (link) - Guigue Dec 8, 09:45 [youtube]
Google Chrome for Mac is finally beta-testing. Now, let's see if it's as good as some of you say it is... -- nm - Mr. Havens Dec 8, 09:38 2
- well, I'm guessing it won't be as stable as it is on other OSes ... heh ... but Sergey Brin wants it, so I'm sure it'll be ship-shape soon -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:40 1
  - So far, I am not seeing much of a difference. Even the themed skins is reminiscent of other browsers -- nm - Mr. Havens Dec 8, 09:43
psa for Netflix instant viewers: Moonlight Serenade with Amy Adams is available today. -- (link) - Max Dec 8, 09:37
F*@K!!! I just found a full box of Penguin Mints in my desk. - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 09:32 3
- when you take one, does your breath now smells of feesh? -- nm - peglegpete Dec 8, 09:44
- open it and leave it in the lunch room or reception area -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:33 1
  - That's a good idea. I've done it before with other treats I stumble across. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 09:35
(not that there's anything to suggest that this is the case but...) Why would Tiger Woods want to stay with his wife? - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 09:30 41
- to save his empire. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 09:53
- Half his money. -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 09:33
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- maybe he loves her? - Elf Andie Dec 8, 09:30 36
  - See, I don't get this. *maybe* if it were a single indiscretion. - musubi Dec 8, 09:44 28
    - i'd think of it this way: Tiger gets married, tries to stay faithful, it works for like a year (six months? a week?), and then he cheats. - TFox Dec 8, 09:59 3
      - I'm not saying that I know where the line was crossed that he clearly no longer respects her, but someone on that continum, it happened. - musubi Dec 8, 10:08
      - pretty much but I think he started before they got married but I guess he thought that wiped the slate clean -- nm - zork Dec 8, 10:01
      - And somehow...an old Swedish lady ends up in the hospital! -- nm - Jim Dec 8, 10:00
    - I think it shows he doesn't respect her, but he still could love her. - Inigo Dec 8, 09:51 5
      - IMO, the two things go hand in hand. Real love *requires* respect. (nm) - musubi Dec 8, 09:53 4
        
        That would be acts of love, not a feeling of love. Two different things, imo. -- nm - Inigo Dec 8, 09:55 3
        
        We shall have to agree to disagree here. (nm) - musubi Dec 8, 09:57 2
        
        i think you are applying your own morals and emotional 'rules' to someone else. - Elf Andie Dec 8, 09:58 1
        
        Plus his connotative meaning isn't in line with the already established dictionary meaning of love. - Inigo Dec 8, 10:01
    - I'm surprised at how many STers are doing this about Tiger. Trying to apply rational thought to indiscretions about sex and love. - con_carne Dec 8, 09:48 10
      - That's not what I'm saying though. He is neither the first nor last to do what he did. - musubi Dec 8, 09:51 9
        
        He doesn't have to still love her, if he simply believes he still does. He can fool himself into thinking this, if it means keeping half a billion. -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:53 8
        
        love is a feeling, if you feel it, it's real. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 8, 09:53 7
        
        I hate to keep beating this drum, but money is also something that people love. A lot. -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:57 3
        
        and? -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 8, 09:57 2
        
        Why does it matter whether the love is real or not? Sometimes, it's just something that people say, and we can't unprove it. -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:59 1
        
        afaik, Tiger has said nothing. this started with MY comment that maybe he loves her. - Elf Andie Dec 8, 10:00
        
        So when Hotkiss comes in next week totally head over heels over the latest cute barista she saw, is that real love? (nm) - musubi Dec 8, 09:55 2
        
        *lasting* love is something more, i totally agree. but how else do you define a feeling other than 'i feel it.' - Elf Andie Dec 8, 09:56 1
        
        That's what I'm saying though. Tiger might still have feelings for Elin. He had lots of reasons to stay with her. - musubi Dec 8, 10:00
    - well, *you* dont. and *i* don't. - Elf Andie Dec 8, 09:46 6
      - Regardless of whether he had feelings for his various indiscretions, it's about his treatment of Elin. - musubi Dec 8, 09:50 5
        
        Boy, if only "respect" was worth a damn in divorce court, or the court of public opinon. -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:51 2
        
        WTF does divorce court have to do with anything? (nm) - musubi Dec 8, 09:57 1
        
        You are talking about things that can't be proven, so you have no way to judge, and neither does anyone else. -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 10:03
        
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        trust me, i'm not condoning the behaviour. but i don't think we can all say that his actions are a reflection of his emotions. we have no idea. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 8, 09:51
  - Agreed. And, to keep his stuff. -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:32 3
    - Who gets by with only one Escalade? I mean, what is this... Africa? -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 09:33 2
      - This is funny, but of course there is also the principle of the thing. Yes, even in Tiger's case. -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:42
      - *laughing* -- nm - Loyola Dec 8, 09:34
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  - I can see that, but he has to accept that she probably doesn't love him any more. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 09:31 1
    - sure, but that wouldn't stop him from trying. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 8, 09:31
- kids -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 09:30
Ndamukong Suh for Heisman! -- (link) - not2fast Dec 8, 09:29 6
- If I had a vote, it'd be Ingram, Suh, Gerhart. (nm) - musubi Dec 8, 09:31 4
  - As long as McCoy doesn't win... (look at his #'s vs good competition), I'm good. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:32 3
    - It made me absolutely sick that Texas won, despite that *horrendous* clock management. Teams that badly run don't deserve to win. - musubi Dec 8, 09:35 2
      - I didn't see the game, I just saw a stat that said McCoy's avg'ed like 175yds with 2 TDs and 7 INTs vs top-75 Passing Defenses or something mediocre. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:38
      - Also, Texas owes that win to Suh being so good. If he didn't break through Texas's line so quickly, McCoy would have run the clock to zero. (nm) - musubi Dec 8, 09:36
- *curls in a fetal position when group photographs are taken* -- nm - Colt McCoy Dec 8, 09:31
90-yr old Medal of Honor recipient ordered to remove flagpole from front yard or face legal action. -- (link) - kelly Dec 8, 09:27 45
- Since when is a flagpole an eyesore? -- nm - Fuzzy Dec 8, 09:49 4
  - most of the time -- nm - zork Dec 8, 09:51 2
    - Seriously? I never realized people were so offended by flagpoles. I've always enjoyed seeing the flag flown from a flagpole rather than a bracket. -- nm - Fuzzy Dec 8, 09:53 1
      - eyesore doesn't have to mean you're offended. The other things though is that some people think that flags represent a lot of meaningless deaths. -- nm - zork Dec 8, 10:03
  - It's a flag. The reason they exist is to call attention to themselves. -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:50
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  - You articulated what I was thinking. -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:43 1
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- I posted an earlier update on this story here a couple weeks back. Startlingly enough, I have to side with the HOA. - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 09:36 13
  - Yup. And like the article (HOA) says, "it's not about the flag, it's about a flag pole." -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 09:38 12
    - Word. Real simple...go get one of those flagpole thingys that screw into the side of your house and fly the flag there. -- nm - Jim Dec 8, 09:47
    - Yeah because everyone knows flagpoles are evil. -- nm - Loyola Dec 8, 09:38 10
      - They pretty much ruin the landscape, IMO -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:41
      - HOA's ain't about evil. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:39 8
        
        They're about uniformity. *remembers the steps involved in building the fence* - kelly Dec 8, 09:41 7
        
        Not really uniformity, but an agreed upon set of guidelines to keep the value of the community up. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 09:45 6
        
        that's precisely my problem with them. They create a warped sense of what makes a community valuable. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 09:51 4
        
        I thought the people paying money (and less money for characteristics) create the sense of a community's value. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:55 2
        
        nmb Will - kelly Dec 8, 09:57
        
        actually, you're confusing it with property values. - znufrii Dec 8, 09:57
        
        "Cla-a-a-a-ssic Peg." -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 09:53
        
        I honestly don't have a problem with that. - kelly Dec 8, 09:48
- *shrug* He should remove it. He can fly the flag from a post on his house. - JaxSean Dec 8, 09:35 1
  - I agree with you 100%. - kelly Dec 8, 09:38
- I've seen homeowner's associations do much crazier things than this. I can't think of a reason why this rule would exist. -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:31 16
  - eyesore factor? - znufrii Dec 8, 09:34 15
    - if i buy a house and i want to put *anything* on my lawn, or paint my house *any* colour, i don't want someone telling me i can't. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 8, 09:39 8
      - You won't want that when the person next to you paints their house Neon Orange, which then drops the appraised value of *your* home $100,000, you will - JaxSean Dec 8, 09:49 1
        
        see where i live (well, lived, the new neighbourhood is pretty sterile) people did stuff like this all the time. - Elf Andie Dec 8, 09:50
      - Thing is, if you buy a house in a planned community that has an HOA, you accept that someone *can* tell you that as condition of buying that house. - musubi Dec 8, 09:41 1
        
        i get that. i just think they're insane pretty much in general. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 8, 09:41
      - If someone started a HOA here with rules on what you can and cannot do there would be just complete and utter war. Seriously. -- nm - Loyola Dec 8, 09:40 3
        
        here too. (toronto at least, i'm sure in suburban areas they'd welcome it.) -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 8, 09:41 2
        
        (maybe i'll do a walk this weekend in my old neighbourhood and take some pics of the crazy stuff people have done. - Elf Andie Dec 8, 09:44 1
        
        If someone wants to live in a pink pyramid next door to me I wouldn't be bothered. - Loyola Dec 8, 09:49
    - And he can. Just not on a flag pole erected in his front yard. He can fly it on a flag post on his house. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 09:36 4
      - which is nowhere near the same thing, imho. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 09:41 2
        
        Right...one is IN THE YARD; the other is ON THE HOUSE. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:43 1
        
        different in the sense that one has a formal ritual attached to raising/lowering the flag - znufrii Dec 8, 09:47
      - Of course, this is all reminding me of "Cars," and making me smile. :-) -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:38
    - On second thought, I would consider such a thing an eyesore as well. Also, this is a HOA we're talking about. Who said anything about rights? -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:36
- i really hate your HOAs. They're insane. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 8, 09:29 1
  - Word. So much for the land of the free. -- nm - Loyola Dec 8, 09:31
- why do they hate America? - znufrii Dec 8, 09:28 1
  - ~ For The Greater Good ~ -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 09:32
I need some lineup help as well...this is a winner take all game in my money league - Jim Dec 8, 09:25 1
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Holy crap, this was funny. -- (link) - mara Dec 8, 09:24 [Backboard]
In pictures: Lyon Fete des Lumieres -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 09:18
Joke I heard today; - Loyola Dec 8, 09:17
favorite holiday hot drink: mulled wine. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 09:15 2
- You know, I've had warm spiced wine before and it was heavenly. - con_carne Dec 8, 09:21
- my mom makes a good hot punch with pineapple juice, apple juice and cinnamon sticks -- nm - sycor Dec 8, 09:18
FF advice: Pick 2 WR to start: R. Wayne vs DEN, M. Austin vs SD, D.Mason vs DET, S. Moss @ OAK, D. Henderson @ ATL. - musubi Dec 8, 09:13 14
- I think you gotta go Wayne (lose with your studs) and I'd pick Mason out of the 2nd tier. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:27 4
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    - Depends, is it his on-week or his off-week? - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:45 2
      - How does that no apply even moreso to Mason though. - musubi Dec 8, 09:47 1
        
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- I'd wager Champ will be on Wayne most of the day...fwiw. -- nm - Jim Dec 8, 09:15 7
  - The question though, is if that makes Mason, Henderson or Moss a better play than Wayne? - musubi Dec 8, 09:19 5
    - I'm a strong believer in "play your stud regardless of matchup"...but Mason against Det sounds tempting. -- nm - Jim Dec 8, 09:26 4
      - Dammit. That's exactly why I'm asking. - musubi Dec 8, 09:28 3
        
        I think I gotta go with Will above. Wayne and Mason. Dump Austin. -- nm - Jim Dec 8, 09:33 2
        
        Admit it...you felt dirty typing those words. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 09:34 1
        
        Most definitely. So much so, I may change my mind. :) -- nm - Jim Dec 8, 09:58
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10F. -- nm - Agent.Vermin is praying for cloud cover Dec 8, 09:13 1
- 47F -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:16
I've been stalked! Thanks, El Fandie! - prayformojo Dec 8, 09:13 1
- :) enjoy! -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 8, 09:24
I'm a clean slate of egg nog. Anything you guys tell me about it, I will take at face value, because I just don't know. - con_carne Dec 8, 09:11 12
- cold, hot, I'll pass either way. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 09:20
- don't use hardboild eggs -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 09:14
- Think of it as liquid custard. -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 09:14 3
  - I dunno. I'm a big fan of custard in general, but not so much of egg nog. (nm) - musubi Dec 8, 09:21 1
    - Crazymabob. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 09:25
  - Sounds like something I would absolutely guzzle down. Intriguing. -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:17
- It'd be similar to melting down a milkshake and drinking that hot. - Cuzzin Todd Dec 8, 09:12 3
  - ~my eggnog brings all the boys to the yard~ -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 09:36
  - Except even more custard-y. ugh. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 09:14 1
    - Yeah - thicker than a melted shake would end up being. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 8, 09:16
- LIR: Also, I never question an Irishman about his whiskey. -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 09:11 1
  - I add in those other things in the morning so I don't feel like a complete alcho at 9am drinking it neat. Anyway, hot whiskeys rule. -- nm - Loyola Dec 8, 09:21
Geffen Records President that if Aerosmith were to get a new singer it ought to be Lenny Kravitz... - Remlik Dec 8, 09:07 1
- I think the rest of Aerosmith needs to go on a long hiatus as well. - con_carne Dec 8, 09:10

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