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I think I'm going through The Wire too fast. - the nubbyphone Dec 31, 09:30 3
- Also, I'm starting to tweak when I get hungry. -- nm - the nubbyphone Dec 31, 09:40
- but don't stop otherwise it all becomes a blur when you try to remember where you were -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Dec 31, 09:38 1
  - i never had that problem, and i watched it over a couple years -- nm - GWAA Dec 31, 10:02
Looks like Matt Holliday could be staying in Tha Lou. Apparently the sides are ironing out a deal. - Jim Dec 31, 09:21 12
- 100 million dollars! nm -- nm - groiny Dec 31, 09:22 11
  - What's the numbers? 100M / 6 years? (nm) - Happy mu Year! Dec 31, 09:36 2
    - Supposdely there's framework for 2 deals. 1 5-year, the other 8-year. - Jim Dec 31, 09:37 1
      - 130 for 8? Jeebus. That's....wow. - Happy mu Year! Dec 31, 09:39
  - Yep...and I'm fine with that. nm - Jim Dec 31, 09:24 7
    - how long is Albert signed for? - groiny Dec 31, 09:25 6
      - He's signed through 2010 with a club option for 2011. So 2 more years. I would think he's easily a $250mil man. -- nm - Jim Dec 31, 09:27 5
        
        so you are looking at probably 40 million tied up in 2 players? nm -- nm - groiny Dec 31, 09:32 4
        
        Possibly, yes. Word is that if the Cards show a willingness to compete for a WS every season, Albert will likely give a hometown discount. - Jim Dec 31, 09:36 3
        
        Hometown discount for Albert is still $25, considering that he's likely worth $30M on the open market. (nm) - Happy mu Year! Dec 31, 09:38
        
        Who's gonna pitch??? nm -- nm - groiny Dec 31, 09:37 1
        
        That's a good question isn't it? I think the Cardinals owners are finally facing the fact that they're gonna have to spend some money - Jim Dec 31, 09:39
megawoosh -- (link) - zork Dec 31, 09:21 1
- Still think it's fake. -- nm - lileve Dec 31, 09:49
New nick time. (nm) - Happy mu Year! Dec 31, 09:19 1
- enjoy Jason Bay! nm -- nm - groiny Dec 31, 09:20
And that's the year at work. Done with that. -- nm - znufrii Dec 31, 09:09
ST Reality Check for NWBR time: The Christmas bomber - a Nigerian national on a travel visa - should he have been Mirandized and allowed to go silent? - Name Withheld By Request Dec 31, 09:05 31
- Interrogated by the army for a week, then hand him over to the cops. -- nm - Loyola Dec 31, 09:39
- as a point of order, anyone has the right to stop talking at any time regardless of whether they've been read their rights or not. - Reagen Dec 31, 09:35 4
  - Right, but in one circumstance, the authorities have to stop asking. In the order, they can keep trying. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 31, 09:39 3
    - IANAL, but that doesn't sound right to me. They can keep asking as many questions as they want, even to a mirandized person. - Happy mu Year! Dec 31, 09:41 2
      - A mirandized person can choose not to be interrogated without his lawyer present. They have to stop asking questions until the lawyer is present. -- nm - pmb Dec 31, 09:42 1
        
        Oh, yeah, that's it. But it's not an absolute, "You must stop asking questions." - Happy mu Year! Dec 31, 09:43
- Okay, while I mostly feel sympathic to the arguments that he deserves to lawyer up and such, can we consider something for a second: - Name Withheld By Request Dec 31, 09:31 2
  - Criminal. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 31, 09:38
  - His internet postings complained of being lonely. I'm guessing he was trying to hook up with the 72 virgins. - pmb Dec 31, 09:38
- people shouild always be allowed to go silent, as long as the repercussion is that they don't get on the plane. -- nm - mafic Dec 31, 09:09
- simple, interrogate the hell out of him and then shot him between the eyes afterwards -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 09:08 1
  - after pulling out his fingernails and toenails with pliers and blinding him with a hot poker to his eyes -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 09:09
- Gut reaction is: he gets mirandized like every other person arrrested in this country. -- nm - Jim Dec 31, 09:06 18
  - This is my answer, but not just gut reaction. It's our process, and we should abide by them. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 31, 09:09 17
    - agreed. -- nm - znufrii Dec 31, 09:11 16
      - I would agree if he was a U.S. citizen, but he's not. He's a terrorist. A person who tried to kill over 300 innocent people. He should be scalped -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 09:14 15
        
        so if he was a US citizen he should be afforded due process, but since he's not, no dice? bullshit. - mafic Dec 31, 09:23 7
        
        actually, if he was a U.S. citizen, he'd be committing treason. So, hung? -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 09:24 6
        
        not treason. Simply a criminal. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 09:33
        
        I will always think the death penalty is barbaric, but if that's your law, then dude has to live by it (if you can prove it). -- nm - mafic Dec 31, 09:31
        
        drawn and quartered. -- nm - decline Dec 31, 09:26 3
        
        Thomas Jefferson once shot a man on the White House lawn for committing treason (Swordfish?) -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 09:27 2
        
        if 18th century law reigns, I'd like some slaves please. -- nm - mafic Dec 31, 09:38 1
        
        Preferably sexy ones. (nm) - Happy mu Year! Dec 31, 09:42
        
        So it's because he's not one of "us" that it's ok? What if he was a McVeigh-style domestic terrorist? (nm) - musubi Dec 31, 09:15 2
        
        I'm just angry about it is all. Venting -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 09:19 1
        
        Fair nuff. I'd *like* to suspend that dudes rights, put him in a sound proof room and let Marcellus Wallace get medeival on his ass. - Happy mu Year! Dec 31, 09:22
        
        In which the US would sacrifice what makes us the US. Can't be down with that. -- nm - Jim Dec 31, 09:14 3
        
        "Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither." (nm) - musubi Dec 31, 09:16 2
        
        I was just about to say that -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 09:17 1
        
        So you're arguing Jim's point? (nm) - musubi Dec 31, 09:18
Holiday timekiller: HWDYK presents our 25 Favorite Quizzes from 2009 (including several written by STers) -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 31, 09:03 4
- Hmmm.... - kelly Dec 31, 09:07 3
  - *I* decided. You gotta problem wit dat?!?!? nm - Jim Dec 31, 09:16 1
    - :) - kelly Dec 31, 09:22
  - prayformojo used a dart board -- nm - decline Dec 31, 09:11
Stupid customer. Dude is worried that his pool water level is too high. He wants me to pump it down a bit. Anyone got an ice axe? -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 09:02 6
- dude... free money. -- nm - mobile mafic Dec 31, 09:04
- Buy one and add it to the bill. -- nm - lileve Dec 31, 09:03
- just use a blowtorch -- nm - decline Dec 31, 09:03 3
  - I tried to explain the ice concept and then the evaporation concept and then I said I'll take care of it in March when the thaw comes. -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 09:07 2
    - Is he worried the expansion will crack the pool? -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 31, 09:12 1
      - no, he's an idiot -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 09:16
Is BOP up? I get a connection timed out when trying to go there. -- nm - Inigo Dec 31, 08:58 1
- Nevermind. It works now. -- nm - Inigo Dec 31, 09:00
This is how I will be spending my afternoon...Link -- (link) - J Dec 31, 08:56
Avatar $18.4 million on Wednesday. $9.75 million for Sherlock Holmes. -- nm - Inigo Dec 31, 08:51
Mousehunters question - JaxSean Dec 31, 08:36 27
- you're gonna need gnarled cheese curd potions to convert your cheese to gnarled to go to the Lagoon -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 08:42
- Ok, I have to say it. This is even more dumb than Ika (or whatever). At least in that game, you get to pillage people. -- nm - Jim Dec 31, 08:42 21
  - *shrug* I actually do more on Mousehunt than I do in Ikariam at the moment, although I do both. - JaxSean Dec 31, 08:46
  - (inactive people who aren't there to fight back.) - TFox Dec 31, 08:44 19
    - I don't play either game...jusy saying that battling and pillaging are WAY cooler than mousing. :) -- nm - Jim Dec 31, 08:45 18
      - I'm sure they are both tedious to read about for non-players, for sure. - TFox Dec 31, 08:46 17
        
        this is why I never bring it up here and almost shot Guy when he started posting Conquer Club games #s again. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 08:48 16
        
        none of this stuff bothers me - MH, CC, Fantasy drafts, ika, - i just skip over it and look for something that might interest me. -- nm - Diva Dec 31, 08:54 6
        
        TBGs do come in handy sometimes... -- nm - znufrii Dec 31, 09:00 1
        
        are TBGs related in any way to UAIs? -- nm - Diva Dec 31, 09:01
        
        same here. You wanna talk about blood fued, cavemen, or znufrii's opera stuff, go right ahead. I'll pass -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 08:58
        
        That's why I try to start the thread with what it's about. If you don't play/care, skip it. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 31, 08:57 2
        
        FWIW, I didn't complain about the posts. I've come to accept that they simply aren't going anywhere. I was just pointing out that the mouse thing - Jim Dec 31, 09:02 1
        
        they're both boring as hell -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 09:05
        
        but with game numbers it's usually just the one post... -- nm - J Dec 31, 08:52
        
        This spike of chatter is going to die down soon too, I'm sure. -- nm - TFox Dec 31, 08:49 6
        
        Exactly. Unlike the endless fantasy football/baseball talk cycle. - Cuzzin Tauld Lang Syne Dec 31, 09:02 5
        
        when do we start picking our brackets for March Madness? -- nm - J Dec 31, 09:03 4
        
        um...March? -- nm - Jim Dec 31, 09:03 3
        
        don't be so damn literal -- nm - J Dec 31, 09:05 1
        
        heh...you confused "smart ass" for "literal" there, I think. :) -- nm - Jim Dec 31, 09:07
        
        That would be my guess. ;) -- nm - Cuzzin Tauld Lang Syne Dec 31, 09:04
        
        Not like anyone is talking about anything else, unless you're interested in knitting socks. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 31, 08:49
- I was just in that spot, and this link has a good list of what to try to get done while you are at Journeyman level. -- (link) - TFox Dec 31, 08:41 1
  - Ah, nice. Thanks. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 31, 08:43
- You don't need to catch all the mice, but you can't move to Gnarled Tree until you are a Master - amoxy Dec 31, 08:40 1
  - Ok, and is that how each area progresses? - JaxSean Dec 31, 08:42
shovel this - English defence - lone canadian leafs fan Dec 31, 08:25
Sorry, this is too funny for words - OAE Dec 31, 08:14 9
- um, yeah. anyway, older women are better -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 09:01 2
  - especially when they look as good as your wife - decline Dec 31, 09:03
  - You are SO wrong!!!! -- nm - cappy si # 7 Dec 31, 09:03
- If a dude my age was dating Helen Mirren, I'd give him a high five. -- nm - Inigo Dec 31, 08:49
- An older woman dating a younger man would be criminal? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 31, 08:40 3
  - That commenter is a loon. -- nm - lileve Dec 31, 08:45 1
    - Caw, caw, caw -- nm - OAE Dec 31, 09:44
  - FUCK! -- nm - Demi Moore Dec 31, 08:41
- I think I missed the funny. -- nm - Jim Dec 31, 08:36
VGChartz Game of the Year Awards (linky) - stewie Dec 31, 08:13 1
- more sheep following the herd -- nm - J Dec 31, 08:44
happy (slightly late) new year! -- nm - mobile mafic Dec 31, 08:12 3
- Late? Did I sleep through Thursday? (nm) - musubi Dec 31, 08:12 1
  - the power of dateline compels you! -- nm - mobile mafic Dec 31, 08:44
- time zone showoff! -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 08:12
Want to understand baseball nerds are talking about? Here's a good primer on WAR (Wins Above Replacement). (link) - musubi Dec 31, 08:04 2
- No. nm - Dignan Dec 31, 08:04 1
  - I think you're lying. (nm) - musubi Dec 31, 08:05
new Da Vinci painting may have been found in Boston. -- (link) - loosilu Dec 31, 08:01 27
- I think the fact that it's a portrait of the dude from ZZ Top indicates it's a fake. -- nm - pmb Dec 31, 08:05 5
  - ha! that's not the painting. that's a known self portrait. -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 08:06 4
    - Holy crap? DaVinci is in ZZ Top? Man that guy is talented. - pmb Dec 31, 08:09 3
      - I like it when he spins the guitar. Wonder how it never got caught in his beard. -- nm - Jim Dec 31, 08:09 2
        
        Loosi *did* say he was a genius. It's all coming together now. (nm) - musubi Dec 31, 08:13
        
        it's the model for the man in the pentangle sketch -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Dec 31, 08:12
- [ generic Dan Brown joke here] (nm) - musubi Dec 31, 08:04 18
  - I hate that mention of one of the great geniuses of all time is linked to a cheap hack. -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 08:05 14
    - How dare you call Da Vinci a cheap hack! (nm) - musubi Dec 31, 08:09 4
      - for the second time in this thread, you're late with the joke. -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 08:09 3
        
        And you are quite prompt with your wet blanketing, congratulations! - musubi Dec 31, 08:14 2
        
        someone's got to cover up your ... shining beacon. -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 08:15 1
        
        You just want to touch my....beacon. (nm) - musubi Dec 31, 08:17
    - There's also a Hudson Hawk joke in there somewhere -- nm - Roger More Dec 31, 08:07
    - I think you're being a little hard on DaVinci there. He did invent that helicopter thing... -- nm - TFox Dec 31, 08:06 7
      - See, this is why I should read things before making jokes. (nm) - musubi Dec 31, 08:09 5
        
        You should walk away from the computer before making jokes. -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 08:10 3
        
        And deprive you of the shining beacon of my wit, in this dark morass of TT? - musubi Dec 31, 08:12 2
        
        shining bacon of wit? -- nm - zork Dec 31, 08:57
        
        more ass? Sure. -- nm - Buttzilla Dec 31, 08:33
        
        generic -- nm - Roger More Dec 31, 08:10
      - Even if all we had of LdV were the 10-20 known paintings, he'd still be one of hte great geniuses of all time. He is all that as a painter. -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 08:07
  - Die in a brush fire. nm - Dignan Dec 31, 08:05 2
    - That's the prefered way to die, up there in the frigid tundra, no? (nm) - musubi Dec 31, 08:08 1
      - you know the saying....build a man a fire and he's warm for a day... - znufrii Dec 31, 08:10
- *wets self* -- nm - Dan Brown Dec 31, 08:03
- Don't even think about it, Dan Brown. nm - Dignan Dec 31, 08:03
AT&T dumps Tiger Woods -- nm - stewie Dec 31, 08:01
Sherlock Bourne: C- nm - Dignan Dec 31, 08:00
Nice (new) Banner, B! -- nm - OAE Dec 31, 07:58 11
- I think I missed you before. thanks!! -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 07:58 10
  - Oh. Cool! Sleeping better, are we? - OAE Dec 31, 08:00 9
    - :) Definitely. Love love love lavender. -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 08:02 8
      - Somehow -- it was a great match -- and handmade, too. - OAE Dec 31, 08:05 7
        
        do you do any needlework yourself? -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 08:06 6
        
        Yes, I'm furiously busy on about three knitting projects... - OAE Dec 31, 08:07 5
        
        really, what are you knitting? (you know I'm into that). I'm working on a pair of socks (with double thick soles), and an infinity scarf. -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 08:09 4
        
        I've graduated to afgans -- from scarves -- and currently... - OAE Dec 31, 08:10 3
        
        heh. I like sox because they're portable. Afghans are too big for me to deal with. -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 08:12 2
        
        one of these days I'm going to attempt socks... - znufrii Dec 31, 08:25
        
        I make them in pieces and leave the big pieces @ home! - OAE Dec 31, 08:15
LYC: NDA Update.. My friends are on to something big... - OAE Dec 31, 07:57 2
- I hope it works out well for them. :) -- nm - znufrii Dec 31, 07:58 1
  - Me too. It's interesting that the Internet bubble, the new one... - OAE Dec 31, 08:09
Burn Notice marathon, -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 07:57
I saw a clip from Jersey Shore last night for the first time. Why didn't anyone tell me that Idol got a reality show. -- nm - pmb Dec 31, 07:55
Can I get a witness??? -- nm - Jim Dec 31, 07:51

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