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David, today I feel like this guy does -- (link) - crash davis Dec 31, 11:55 1
- the good thing about your IM, is that no matter how you are feeling - groiny Dec 31, 12:03
Ways to cope with feelings of depression after seeing Avatar ... -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 31, 11:49
Tamara, our goth girl cat who isn't much for snuggling, missed Kim so much she hasn't left our side in 18 hours. - David Dec 31, 11:36 10
- when we go away, even if we have a cat sitter, both ours lose about a pound and a half. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 11:41 7
  - If we go away, even just overnight, Samwise the cat gets really pissed off and won't have anything to do with us for the next 8 hours or so. - Trisha Dec 31, 11:46 6
    - my cat gilligan would make a point of sitting directly in your line of sight with his back to you, - mafic Dec 31, 11:56 3
      - that's hilarious. Do you ever get the FU tail flick? -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 12:03
      - *shun* -- nm - Beryllium Dec 31, 11:56 1
        
        it was hilarious. you could be doing anything and he'd walk up, stare you straight in the face, turn 180 degrees, and sit down and look at whatever - mafic Dec 31, 12:02
    - so cats = evil or dumb -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 31, 11:46 1
      - Neither. They are very smart, very loving and affectionate, and they aren't evil, they just have different values than you do, - Trisha Dec 31, 11:53
- maybe being alone with you broke her spirit? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 31, 11:39 1
  - It's possible. I barely saw her for four days. -- nm - David Dec 31, 11:41
See you in the New Year class of 09. -- nm - Loyola Dec 31, 11:33
I am looking forward to 2010-01-10 ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 31, 11:31 23
- I'm looking forward to 2010-01-02. I like palindromes. -- nm - mafic Dec 31, 11:44
- (2010-01-10 is the Chuck Season 3 premiere date. Two-hour season premiere :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 31, 11:40 10
  - Nice! -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 11:49
  - also, fwiw, I think NBC is bungling the premiere. The only ad so far I've seen says "Mondays"; but the season premiere is sunday ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 31, 11:42 8
    - The NBC ads I've seen mention the Sunday premiere. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 31, 11:55 2
      - that's promising. I don't get this whole sleight-of-hand moving shows around thing, though. Seems dumb. - Beryllium Dec 31, 11:56 1
        
        Maybe they think it makes it seem more like an event. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 31, 12:02
    - (On the other hand, there's a chance that I was watching Global at the time, which means it wouldn't be NBC that is bungling it) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 31, 11:42 4
      - I saw a commercial the other night that said Psych was moving to Wednesdays and the new eps would start Jan 27. -- nm - Trisha Dec 31, 11:49 3
        
        the same day and time as Leverage -- nm - Beryllium Dec 31, 11:50 2
        
        Only for 4 weeks, apparently. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 31, 12:07
        
        This is why we have a tivo AND a dvr, grasshopper. -- nm - Trisha Dec 31, 11:54
- "I thought I saw a 2." -- nm - David Dec 31, 11:35 7
  - "Don't worry Bender, there's no such thing as 2." -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 11:36 6
    - The only Futurama quote I like more is, "Just like Daddy puts in his dwink every morning. And then he gets maaaaad." -- nm - David Dec 31, 11:37 5
      - mine: "no fair! you changed the outcome by measuring it!" -- nm - mafic Dec 31, 11:45 2
        
        mine: "Did everything just taste purple for a second?" -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 11:56 1
        
        This one needs the inflection but: "I've *not* heard of them..." -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 11:58
      - "But.." "ONCE AND FOR ALL!" -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 11:39 1
        
        "Heh. Heh. Heh. You just lost five dollars." -- nm - David Dec 31, 11:43
- 01-02-2010! -- nm - Roger More Dec 31, 11:34
- what about 02-10-2010? -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 11:32
- i'm looking forward to 10-20-2010 -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 31, 11:32
"I guess this means we're not going to Disney World." - loosilu Dec 31, 11:26
ST Poll -- What are you drinking tonight? Champagne? Prosecco? Sparkling Wine? Other? - znufrii Dec 31, 11:26 24
- Beer and Champagne. - lileve Dec 31, 11:44 2
  - Beer and Cucumbers -- nm - what zork read Dec 31, 12:01 1
    - Pickles and Ice Cream? -- nm - lileve Dec 31, 12:28
- Most likely the same old box burgundy I drink every night :) - MojaveMeg Dec 31, 11:39
- probably red wine with dinner. Champagne for midnight toasts. -- nm - Diva Dec 31, 11:39
- Guiness. Probably cheap champagne at midnight. -- nm - decline Dec 31, 11:36
- Neo-Citran and vodka. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 11:36 1
  - That..... should be interesting. -- nm - Subversive Dec 31, 12:06
- Scotch or Bourbon if I drink at all. -- nm - Trisha Dec 31, 11:35
- red & champagne, mostly. -- nm - mafic Dec 31, 11:31
- Dry white wine, water, dry white wine, water...then I'm tanked - OAE Dec 31, 11:30
- Probably the 2 or 3 remaining Guinness Stout cans in my fridge. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 31, 11:30
- Champagne -- nm - Roger More Dec 31, 11:30
- beer -- nm - Beaker Dec 31, 11:29
- actually, I'll probably spend most of the night drinking red wine, and will switch to the bubbly for midnight... -- nm - znufrii Dec 31, 11:28
- Wine at dinner, then bottomless champagne 'til midnight. Of course, I'm assuming that means the servers will be bottomless...doesn't it? -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 31, 11:27
- diet code red mountain dew -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 31, 11:27
- Various bottles of wine. -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 11:27
- Coke Zero and coffee! -- nm - TFox Dec 31, 11:27 1
  - until your heart explodes. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 11:27
- nothing -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 31, 11:26 1
  - You sir are making such a bold choice :) -- nm - eag Dec 31, 11:38
- whatever they serve. -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 11:26 1
  - So if they serve goats blood - eag Dec 31, 11:40
Apparently today is the final day to turn in Baseball HOF votes...here's the list sent by Post-Dispatch writer - Jim Dec 31, 11:16 23
- Fax? -- nm - Beaker Dec 31, 11:31
- 6 correct. - Will Hunting Dec 31, 11:28 1
  - grrrrrrrrrrr -- nm - Trisha Dec 31, 11:41
- Trammell? -- nm - zork Dec 31, 11:25 3
  - I just checked and his numbers aren't very impressive. -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 11:28 2
    - Until Ripken begat ARod, Nomar and Jeter, Trammell's #'s are top-tier of any SS in history. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 31, 11:30 1
      - You may be right and I didn't compare his numbers to other players. - Krusty Dec 31, 11:34
- McGwire, really?!? The rest are deserving. -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 11:20 1
  - *growls* -- nm - David Dec 31, 11:20
- YEAH!!! -- nm - David Dec 31, 11:18 13
  - Yeah! It's time for number 11 to get the recognition he deserves for making a throwaway position into a key offensive strategy. - Trisha Dec 31, 11:34 2
    - Is Crash on cloud nine today? -- nm - David Dec 31, 11:35 1
      - Very much so. I've never seen him as agitated as he was during the 4th quarter. He was pacing like a lion, then screaming and hollering. - Trisha Dec 31, 11:40
  - Raines is way overdue. Then again he should have known better than to be the second best basestealer of all time. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 11:19 9
    - The stolen base has been the most frequently dismissed stat in baseball and I have no idea why. -- nm - David Dec 31, 11:23 8
      - There ain't many good at it; and why risk running yourself out of a 3-run HR in the 90's/00's -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 31, 11:30 3
        
        My thing has always been that if Dante Bichette can steal 30 in a season, other guys aren't trying hard enough. - David Dec 31, 11:34 2
        
        I think a lot of that is on managers, not the players. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 31, 11:43 1
        
        Blame the smaller ballparks and the lack of quality pitching. - groiny Dec 31, 12:04
      - I think because so many players are bad at it. But during his prime, there was no such thing as a single for Raines. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 11:26 3
        
        I'll never forget the time that fat Rick Mahler threw over to 1B 21 times in the same inning when he was on first. - David Dec 31, 11:31 2
        
        That's hysterical. -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 11:38 1
        
        I totally believe that Mahler was just trolling for boos on the last few throws over. -- nm - David Dec 31, 11:42
how are you supposed to distinguish between the criminal and the "combatant" who we are in an undeclared war against? - mr. squiggles Dec 31, 11:15
#5 -- (link) - Dano Dec 31, 11:11 13
- how is it that SYR is not higher? -- nm - zork Dec 31, 11:16 12
  - strength of schedule. -- nm - TFox Dec 31, 11:16 11
    - right, plus they've only played 1 big east game so far this year. -- nm - decline Dec 31, 11:21
    - if you compare the last 5 columns with W&M, they are better in each one - zork Dec 31, 11:19 7
      - 6 games against RPI 200+ teams hurts them. The Big East season will even that out. -- nm - Dano Dec 31, 11:22
      - so what does that tell you about the weight of strength of schedule in the RPI formula? -- nm - TFox Dec 31, 11:19 5
        
        I don't try to understand team rankings in any NCAA sport -- nm - zork Dec 31, 11:21
        
        (for clearer evidence of this, please see Long Beach State.) -- nm - TFox Dec 31, 11:20 3
        
        that's truly fucked up -- nm - zork Dec 31, 11:21 2
        
        All that stuff generally gets ironed out by the end of the season, but it does encourage good programs to play good programs. Which is a good thing. -- nm - TFox Dec 31, 11:23 1
        
        And this is basketball which is a real college sport so midseason rankings are basically irrelevant unlike football. -- nm - Dano Dec 31, 11:30
    - (which is why, sadly, W&M has nowhere to go but down, because their strength of schedule suffers in conference.) -- nm - TFox Dec 31, 11:17 1
      - Right, so they had to play better teams in non conference games. Though the CAA isn't that bad for SoS. -- nm - Dano Dec 31, 11:29
2 Fandango tickets, it is! -- nm - David Dec 31, 11:10
How did you prepare for a night of drinking when you were 21? and what do you do now? - CrankYanker Dec 31, 11:10 16
- 21--I'd eat a decent meal or big snack before I'd drink. Now, I rarely drink and I loathe being around drunks -- nm - Trisha Dec 31, 12:04
- At 21: went out. Now: usually leaving the bar before I even would've been there at 21. -- nm - Cuzzin Tauld Lang Syne Dec 31, 11:39 1
  - Ain't that the truth. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 31, 11:42
- woke up -- nm - Beaker Dec 31, 11:30
- prepare? -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 11:27
- preparation was having enough cash on hand. nothing has really changed, especially since at 21 I'd been doing it for several years. -- nm - mafic Dec 31, 11:26 1
  - I still can't put it away quite like I could when I was 17. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 11:30
- At 21: Get cash out of the ATM. Now: Don't drink. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 31, 11:16
- Went to the bar. Done. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 31, 11:15
- I never plan on going out and drinking excessively, it just happens -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 11:13 1
  - I'm not a big planner about anything anyway except work -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 11:15
- I don't think I prepared when I was 21, I just drank until the bar closed. Now I make sure to eat a nice meal before going out. -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 11:13 3
  - back then eating a good meal was not done because there would be a good chance of it coming back up -- nm - zork Dec 31, 11:14 2
    - Funny how that happens when you least expect it. I haven't figured out the "trigger". -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 31, 11:18
    - It would also cost me more to get drunk. ;-) - Krusty Dec 31, 11:17
- Prepare? *tilts head* -- nm - TFox Dec 31, 11:11
posit: planes are no longer the fear target they were in the '70s/'80s because they're now almost universally accessible. - mafic Dec 31, 11:08 3
- their accessibility is also a key link in our sense of inter-connectedness - znufrii Dec 31, 11:13
- I think they are but in a different way. - zork Dec 31, 11:11
- seems like that should make them a better fear target. -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 11:11
RogerMore, I included the word rarely, plus those were planted IEDs and not suicide bombers going by the unexploded devices found, IIRC -- nm - zork Dec 31, 11:03
My younger brother had another minor stroke Tuesday night at midnight but he's back at home today. Poor guy has had several in the last year. - CrankYanker Dec 31, 11:02 8
- Are his strokes "bleeds" or "clots"? - Trisha Dec 31, 11:28 1
  - Thanks. I don't really know what his diagnosis has been; he has a difficult time communicating; his brain hasn't worked right since the heat stroke. - CrankYanker Dec 31, 11:37
- Sorry to hear this. I hope things turn around for him. -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 11:15
- I hope everything turns out okay. -- nm - kelly Dec 31, 11:11 3
  - I've had my bag packed and airfare in the bank for the last 6 months expecting to get "the call" from Oregon. ;-( -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 31, 11:12 2
    - that's rough to be living with. don't forget the great recovery Kirk Douglas has had. -- nm - zork Dec 31, 11:17 1
      - It's hardest on my niece. I'm glad whenever she gets a chance to come visit us and get away from the stress in the house. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 31, 11:20
- I hope for the best for him. -- nm - lileve Dec 31, 11:10
*detonates B1* -- nm - zork Dec 31, 10:56
*nominates the IM for the most obnoxious facebook status meme* - znufrii Dec 31, 10:56 16
- never saw it. -- nm - loosilu Dec 31, 11:04
- Facebook is rapidly turning everyone into sixth graders. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 10:59 10
  - this explains why spawn hasnt joined -- nm - were gonna party like its tRuMaN Dec 31, 11:06 4
    - Not mature enough? - Cuzzin Tauld Lang Syne Dec 31, 11:07
    - maybe next year when he graduates fifth grade -- nm - zork Dec 31, 11:07 2
      - he has only been stuck in remidial 5th grade for like 30 yrs -- nm - were gonna party like its tRuMaN Dec 31, 11:07 1
        
        that "F" in "Plays well with others" is still holding him back, huh? -- nm - znufrii Dec 31, 11:14
  - ding! That's exactly why I rarely go there. Plus the next time I do, I'm going to have to unfriend my sister. - Trisha Dec 31, 11:05
  - It's like that movie, Facebookocracy -- nm - Beryllium Dec 31, 11:03
  - I only use it to determine which of my friends have secret crushes on me -- nm - Roger More Dec 31, 11:02 2
    - *taps foot angrily* -- nm - Mrs. RogerMore Dec 31, 11:04 1
      - heh - she'd rather I keep track of them all :D -- nm - Roger More Dec 31, 11:37
- heh love it -- nm - Stephen Dec 31, 10:58
- that's pretty dumb. -- nm - CQ Dec 31, 10:58
- It's too concise and communicative for you, huh? -- nm - TFox Dec 31, 10:57 1
  - I bet he'd be a fan if all the words were at least 5 syllables -- nm - zork Dec 31, 10:59

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