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Holy Cow: white cross on forehead of calve freaks some people out -- (link) - Beaker Dec 9, 09:33 2
- Mmmm...steakmata. -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 9, 09:35 1
  - *golf clap* Nice. (nm) - musubi Dec 9, 09:36
STIS: How long does a credit check stay on your credit report? - kelly Dec 9, 09:30 11
- If she gets her free credit report from the tri-report site, that won't ding her credit score at all. If she *applies* somewhere, that may ding her a - JaxSean Dec 9, 09:36 4
  - (Though the annualcreditreport.com will only let her see what's on her report, it won't compute the number.) -- nm - Ender Dec 9, 09:38 3
    - One of them you can pay additional for that, iirc. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 9, 09:39 2
      - Yeah, but I don't think that gets you your real FICO score, that's the fake Vantage score. -- nm - Ender Dec 9, 09:40 1
        
        I was pleasantly surprised by my score as quoted by the auto dealer. I thought it was somewhere in the high 700s, came back as low 800s. - MojaveMeg Dec 9, 09:54
- About a month, IIRC. -- nm - TFox Dec 9, 09:33 1
  - Although, she may not be wrong about the having no chance at a mortgage part. - TFox Dec 9, 09:34
- Buying your credit score doesn't ding your credit, only actually applying for credit does. -- nm - Ender Dec 9, 09:31 3
  - And when actually applying for credit, multiple applications within a couple weeks of each other only count as one check. - Ender Dec 9, 09:33 2
    - And if buying a credit score, get it from myfico.com, not the actual credit bureaus. - Ender Dec 9, 09:37 1
      - yes - this. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 9, 09:40
LYC Milestone: 1 million points for Folding@Home. - Jelly Dec 9, 09:24 2
- are you part of the hsx group? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 9, 09:25 1
  - Yup. -- nm - Jelly Dec 9, 09:26
The "new" Scrubs is failing becuase I like *none* of the new Med students and they lost almost all the strong secondary characters. - musubi Dec 9, 09:24 31
- Carla wanted full time status and bigger paycheck and Bill Lawerence couldn't do it. -- nm - Remlik Dec 9, 09:30
- I do like Drew as well. Is it wrong that I didn't even notice that Elliot was gone? {nm} - Banzai! Dec 9, 09:29
- Janitor's gone??? I'm glad I didn't waste the time to check it out. - Agent.Vermin Dec 9, 09:28 2
  - He was on the first episode (or second, I forget). - JaxSean Dec 9, 09:30 1
    - First episode. (nm) - musubi Dec 9, 09:33
- So, just like the last 3-ish seasons of House? -- nm - Jelly Dec 9, 09:28 5
  - House's issue is it held on to Cameron, Chase and Foreman AFTER we got 13, Taub and Kutner. - TWuG Dec 9, 09:34 1
    - Right. - Jelly Dec 9, 09:37
  - *WRONG* House is still solid. (nm) - musubi Dec 9, 09:31 2
    - I think it's been slightly better than meh, but the first 3 seasons were so great, it's hard for me not to be disappointed. -- nm - Jelly Dec 9, 09:33
    - "Oh look, it's three years ago!" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 09:32
- RE Your last sentence: Exactly, I'm fairly sure he's playing the EXACT same character. -- nm - Ender Dec 9, 09:27 1
  - Except nowhere near as well. It's sad really. - musubi Dec 9, 09:29
- I think it could get better if these three things occur: - JaxSean Dec 9, 09:27 2
  - They need to dump Cole altogether. He's awful. {nm} - Banzai! Dec 9, 09:30 1
    - I just don't like how (spoils) - JaxSean Dec 9, 09:33
- And Franco's l'il bro -- another eye-candy bit. -- nm - OAE Dec 9, 09:26
- I actually like Drew (#1). - Callisto Dec 9, 09:26 1
  - He's the most tolerable (hot aussie chick notwithstanding), but I don't think they've found a voice for him either. - musubi Dec 9, 09:28
- There's an actress on Degrassi that looks *exactly* like Dr Cox's wife, but about a decade younger. Maybe more. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 09:25 4
  - Paula Brancati is the 20 year old version of Christa Miller. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 09:29 3
    - good god. she really is. -- nm - Remlik Dec 9, 09:32
    - I want to go to there. -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 09:31 1
      - Word. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 09:31
- but what about the hot australian girl? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 9, 09:25 6
  - I stand corrected. She *is* absurdly hot. - musubi Dec 9, 09:26 5
    - apparently she spends most of her waking hours in a bikini. -- (link) - Reagen Dec 9, 09:36 [Image]
    - Link? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 9, 09:27 3
      - Work firewall is preventing solid linkage, but her name is Nicky Whelan. Google her. (nm) - musubi Dec 9, 09:31 2
        
        Um, wow. -- nm - pmb Dec 9, 09:34 1
        
        Yup. (nm) - musubi Dec 9, 09:36
The Bible is Christianity's Greatest Hits. There are the biggies, but there are also a whole lot of outtakes. -- nm - Bill Maher in Religulous Dec 9, 09:15 5
- "Includes: Stone the Adulterer! and "That Cloth Has Two Fibers" and the #1 Hit "I Ate WHAT!?" -- nm - TWuG Dec 9, 09:22 4
  - Good thing I wasnt living in those times -- nm - Tiger Woods Dec 9, 09:25 3
    - No, only women were adulters. Men could have as many partners as they wanted. -- nm - mara Dec 9, 09:26 2
      - ~ Those were the days, my friend / we thought they'd never end ~ -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 9, 09:27 1
        
        ~/Gee, our old LaSalle ran great... Those were the Dayyyyysssssss!/~ -- nm - TWuG Dec 9, 09:30
does anyone on st have one of those induction style stovetops? - tRuMaN Dec 9, 09:13 2
- I think they have to be a magnetic metal like cast iron. I'm sure there are other (more expensive) options. -- nm - Fuzzy Dec 9, 09:19 1
  - ok, many of the ones I see are a triple layer base - tRuMaN Dec 9, 09:20
TT Hump Day poll: Who has the better ass. Jessica Biel or Emily Blunt? -- nm - CQ Dec 9, 09:12 15
- Emily Blunt's bottom -- (link) - LMS Dec 9, 09:33 [Image]
- 1:31...... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 9, 09:31 [youtube]
- I'll need physical viewing. Please send them both to my house this weekend and I will get back to you. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 9, 09:21
- I honestly don't know what Emily Blunt looks like. (nm) - musubi Dec 9, 09:18 6
  - Here ya go: -- (link) - kelly Dec 9, 09:33 [Image] 1
    - and another... -- (link) - kelly Dec 9, 09:36 [Image]
  - (me neither) -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 09:19 3
    - From Dan in Real Life -- (link) - Will Hunting Dec 9, 09:21 2
      - that photo doesnt help answer the question though. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 9, 09:22 1
        
        As best I can find -- (link) - Will Hunting Dec 9, 09:23
- What the below people said. Google image search is giving me nothing for "Emily Blunt's ass" -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 9, 09:14
- I think this requires photographic evidence to help us decide. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 9, 09:13
- Need ample photograph evidence to make a decision. - Will Hunting Dec 9, 09:13 1
  - spoils - prayformojo Dec 9, 09:15
- feel free to use links to justify your choice -- nm - CQ Dec 9, 09:13
i thought today was hump day, not political/religious views day. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 9, 09:12 2
- humping can have both political and religious aspects, though. -- nm - reluctantcynic (en treo) Dec 9, 09:17
- It's misdirection day - adventy97 Dec 9, 09:13
To be fair and give context: Even as an athiest I accept that the Bible does contain some historically accurate information and does provide some very - TWuG Dec 9, 09:06 11
- (pet peeve: it's "atheist.") nm - Dignan Dec 9, 09:09 4
  - a theist? where?! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 09:32
  - I'm athier than thou. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 09:13
  - It's musubiosis. -- nm - TWuG Dec 9, 09:11 1
    - I'm agnostic. (nm) - musubi Dec 9, 09:12
- easy to do when you pick *that part* to be the final say-so in how you live a Christian life. I've read it to the end and that's not what the end - oblique Dec 9, 09:09 3
  - Then it seems an awful lot of Christians haven't bohered to read the Bible to the end. Because there's an awful lot of God hates homosexuals - TWuG Dec 9, 09:14 2
    - I agree wholeheartedly - oblique Dec 9, 09:17
    - why should they bother reading it, when they have a nice preacher to tell them what it means? -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 09:15
- Word. - znufrii Dec 9, 09:08 1
  - I got it in, and got the eff out. -- nm - Tiger Dec 9, 09:08
Worst hump day ever. (nm) - Fuzzy Dec 9, 09:05 1
- Wait for it. -- nm - Spawn Dec 9, 09:06
While in the Navy, crossed over Equator and International Dateline at the same time, becoming a Golden Shellback -- nm - BAD Dec 9, 09:04
Quiz results, in the awesomeness of an SI slideshow. -- (link) - Shaun Dec 9, 09:00
YDCBID: My business class upgrade seems unlikey to clear. 15 hours in coach. I...can't imagine. -- nm - adventy97 Dec 9, 08:57 6
- Emergency exit row is a must. -- nm - Spawn Dec 9, 09:04 1
  - The only saving grace is that i'm in 31H -- (link) - adventy97 Dec 9, 09:08
- *chucks a packet of pretzels at you* -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 08:59 2
  - There will be three meals or something ludicrous like that. -- nm - adventy97 Dec 9, 09:00 1
    - That's right, I forgot where you were flying to. Ugh. -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 09:02
- I care. -- nm - Luke Skywalker Dec 9, 08:58
LIR: Jax. See B2. Adam and Eve/Genesis/etc as literal events, no, but they do serve to describe some important ideas of Christianity such as - oblique Dec 9, 08:55 55
- "Ways that can be understood" seems disingenuous if we both acknowledge that taking them literally is misunderstanding them. -- nm - mara Dec 9, 09:00 9
  - I'm no scholar and can't speak to the proper term for it all, but these are things handed down from generations, not some modern summary of the ideas - oblique Dec 9, 09:04 8
    - Sure. I'm saying it's not very realistic to claim it's "easy to understand." People have disagreed about its meaning(s) for centuries. There's nothing - mara Dec 9, 09:09 7
      - I didn't mean to say it was "easy to understand" in that respect, just that those allegories/stories/metaphors serve that purpose to illustrate those - oblique Dec 9, 09:10 6
        
        If a story is supposed to illustrate an idea, but many people who read it don't actually get that idea, then can you truly say it's illustrating - mara Dec 9, 09:11 5
        
        This is all what priests and preachers are for. If you don't get it this Sunday, that's OK. Come back next Sunday. - con_carne Dec 9, 09:21
        
        "Go forth and spread your fruit" means different things to musubi and Dignan, that's for sure. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 9, 09:14 2
        
        one meaning of which is a felony is at least 23 states... -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 09:15 1
        
        This is making me laugh :-) -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 09:27
        
        people get stuff wrong all the time and for all I know, I could be completely ass-backwards - oblique Dec 9, 09:14
- depends. Some Christians do take it all literally. -- nm - adventy97 Dec 9, 08:59 2
  - Even the parts that contradict the other parts. -- nm - TWuG Dec 9, 09:01 1
    - "I even kept kosher just to be on the safe side." -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 09:02
- Here's the problem I have with that, if those are not to be taken as literal events, why should we take any of it as literal events? -- nm - Jim Dec 9, 08:58 25
  - The Bible is a collection of books. Some historical, some not. It's not all one big work by one dude. -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 09:01 2
    - (unless God is your dude) -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 09:01 1
      - heh -- nm - JaxSean Dec 9, 09:12
  - Why is it an all or nothing proposition? -- nm - oblique Dec 9, 09:00 19
    - because then it saves people the trouble of figuring out which is which... :) -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 09:01
    - Well, kinda, it does, IMO. If you're telling me "these parts of the book...they're not to be taken as literal events...but THESE are" it calls into - Jim Dec 9, 09:01 17
      - do the events need to be "valid" to have meaning? -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 09:04
      - Are you even differentiating between the Old and New Testament here? There's only about a thousand years' difference between them... -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 09:04 6
        
        Why should it matter though. Did God change his mind in those thousand years? As I understand it, they're both supposed to be The Word Of God. - musubi Dec 9, 09:06 5
        
        Frankly, I think TV evangelists have confused us a lot on how we should take the Bible. "Believe this entire book" is simply not a majority view. -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 09:09 3
        
        What with differing adherence to church doctrine, I don't doubt it. My question is with regards to church doctrine though. - musubi Dec 9, 09:16 2
        
        For my denomination, they have had this to say: - oblique Dec 9, 09:21 1
        
        "In fact, to deny the possibility that evolutionary processes were used is seen by some as an attempt to limit God's power." - TFox Dec 9, 09:35
        
        The OT God was all piss and vinegar. The NT God is all sweetness and light. - TWuG Dec 9, 09:09
      - It's not like it's one giant story. It's many different writings collected in one cover -- nm - oblique Dec 9, 09:03 8
        
        But, if we're to accept it as The Word Of God, as most religions tell use, it's not *really* different tomes under one cover, right? (nm) - musubi Dec 9, 09:04 7
        
        again, you're taking the literalist view. I don't subscribe to the idea that every word of the bible was straight from God's mouth to someone's hand - oblique Dec 9, 09:06 1
        
        I don't believe I'm being literalist, but I do appreciate that you are engaging those who question The Book. - musubi Dec 9, 09:11
        
        Here's how it seems to me: It is when it's convenient to say it is. It's not when it's convenient to say it's not. -- nm - mara Dec 9, 09:05 4
        
        And when I asked, if this is the word of God, why were parts excised and others added? - Will Hunting Dec 9, 09:06 3
        
        Islam had it right. They won't even let translations be referred to as the Koran. -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 09:09 2
        
        Nah, imo, Islam has it wrong too, but at least they have a logical consistancy to their Book. (nm) - musubi Dec 9, 09:13 1
        
        that's more what I meant. -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 09:22
  - does it matter, really? -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 08:59 1
    - Of course not. This way they can pick and choose what they tell people is right. -- nm - Spawn Dec 9, 09:06
- "So, science fiction" me to my priest. - Will Hunting Dec 9, 08:56 15
  - There's a point though...around the time of Abraham...that it becomes more historical and those events become the chronology of the Jewish people - oblique Dec 9, 08:59 1
    - This was very early teachings when he was going on about the beginning of the Bible. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 9, 09:01
  - you probably could have said the same thing more tactfully. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 08:58 10
    - Or the priests could have found a way to explain why God can violate the laws of physics by, you know, being Godly. -- nm - TWuG Dec 9, 09:00
    - It's an allegory to help get our teaching across. - Will Hunting Dec 9, 09:00 8
      - I'm guessing it's the word "fiction" that ticked him off. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 09:01 7
        
        Then really, teaching a book that's not factual might not be the best manner to avoid fiction. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 9, 09:02 6
        
        parts of it are factual. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 09:02 5
        
        So is the best science fiction. See the circular logic here? - Will Hunting Dec 9, 09:05 2
        
        It's a historical fiction. -- nm - CQ Dec 9, 09:07 1
        
        Same connotations......I can very easily see a situation where the Jews are fleeing Pharoah - Will Hunting Dec 9, 09:08
        
        And... parts aren't. It's the teaching of the parts that aren't as if they are that is troublesome -- nm - TWuG Dec 9, 09:04 1
        
        Exactly. -- nm - Jim Dec 9, 09:07
  - Gee, I wonder why? -- nm - kelly Dec 9, 08:57 1
    - Being confronted with reality can be a traumatic exprience. -- nm - TWuG Dec 9, 08:59
"He must never know about AquaTed." -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 08:54 3
- Two things: (1) Better Off Ted is still excellent. (2) Scrubs would have been better off staying off the air. (nm) - musubi Dec 9, 09:01 2
  - Wrong and wronger. -- nm - Spawn Dec 9, 09:04 1
    - David is right about you. (nm) - musubi Dec 9, 09:07
East and west, explained. -- (link) - znufrii Dec 9, 08:53 1
- It's staggering how often XKCD expresses things that I think about. - musubi Dec 9, 08:56

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