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- If you can hold out for a 16-year-old then they can be your DD. -- nm - Ender Jan 5, 12:37
- Have a seat. -- nm - Chris Hansen Jan 5, 12:36 2
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Speaking of soccer: Does Yahoo have a World Cup pool? -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 12:34
$8,094,554 for Avatar on Monday, down 58% from last Monday. -- nm - David Jan 5, 12:32 4
- It's a pretty remarkable number. -- nm - Inigo Jan 5, 12:36 1
  - Yup, it should have fallen about 70%. -- nm - David Jan 5, 12:40
- schools in. -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 12:34 1
  - Indeed. The bus ride into work today was certainly back to normal. - con_carne Jan 5, 12:35
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- Wow...Cusumano getting a ST mention. He's hit the bigtime now! -- nm - Jim Jan 5, 12:33 3
  - Oh...and local reports are that Holliday will be done by the end of the week. -- nm - Jim Jan 5, 12:33 2
    - will be done what? nm -- nm - groiny Jan 5, 12:34 1
      - really? -- nm - Jim Jan 5, 12:35
i'm watching Hoarders on megavideo. Makes me want to go home and scrub things. - Andie Jan 5, 12:25 7
- I can never make megavideo work. is there a trick to it? I would love to watch hoarders. -- nm - amanda Jan 5, 12:28 6
  - it pops up a second window over the viewing screen that you have to close. -- nm - Andie Jan 5, 12:30 5
    - direct link to ep i'm watching - does it work? -- (link) - Andie Jan 5, 12:30 4
      - how long should it take to load? -- nm - amanda Jan 5, 12:32 3
        
        just loaded in under 10 seconds for me. -- nm - decline Jan 5, 12:33
        
        almost instant (10 sec?) -- nm - Andie Jan 5, 12:33 1
        
        (do you see a green circle in the middle? click that. then, a second window may open over it. close that and you get the green circle again. hit it - Andie Jan 5, 12:33
jet crash in chicago and you guys have nothing yet. jet crash is a hoax? -- nm - amanda Jan 5, 12:24 5
- ooh, local to me "A compact car got stuck in a massive sinkhole on Wilson Boulevard at 10th Street Tuesday morning." -- nm - Max Jan 5, 12:32
- Cargo Plane down in woods near Wheeling airport -- (link) - decline Jan 5, 12:27
- where did you hear that? -- nm - Andie Jan 5, 12:25 2
  - kienna in my office. (you say key-AHH-nna. I don't get georgia.) -- nm - amanda Jan 5, 12:27
  - CNN has a story of a small plane down near Chicago -- nm - Roger More Jan 5, 12:26
commentor on Casey Johnson: "She was raised as veal with a black Amex. Her life was a dollar sign and a camera flash." -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 5, 12:24 2
- I'm not convinced this person is real. With the Jets thing and the Tila Tequila and Paris Hilton things, her whole story makes her Lesbo Forrest Gump. -- nm - David Jan 5, 12:33 1
  - there's a "box of chocolates" joke here but I can't quite find it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 12:35
I know you're wondering....my dentist's office is less than a 10 minute walk away :) - MojaveMeg Jan 5, 12:22
Interesting stat from ESPN the Mag: baseball has more ball-in-play time per game than football. -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 12:16 36
- I'm assuming that includes all the shots of players adjusing and scratching their balls as well. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 5, 12:39
- I'd bet nfl hasn't been above 20 minutes/game in 20 years. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 12:28
- sure, when the final 2:00 takes 20 minutes to play. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 5, 12:18 30
  - This calculation ignores that. Hockey has 60 minutes and basketball has 48, because there is always action while the clock runs. - TFox Jan 5, 12:21 28
    - suck on this, b!tches!!! -- nm - Soccer, 90-plus minutes Jan 5, 12:25 22
      - game ends 0-0 tie. - groiny Jan 5, 12:26 21
        
        yeah, but the attitude that nobody scoring means nothing happens is pretty stupid. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 12:35 2
        
        running up and down a field kicking a ball does not impress me.... - groiny Jan 5, 12:37 1
        
        I know dynamic games are complicated, but it can't all be set plays. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 12:40
        
        yeah really. suck on that if you haven't fallen asleep that is -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 12:28 17
        
        it's still 90 minutes of play, regardless of the outcome. -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 12:29 16
        
        So's a one meter snail race, doesn't make it exciting. -- nm - Ender Jan 5, 12:33
        
        I could go watch kindergardners play duck duck goose and get more actual action. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 5, 12:33 6
        
        and if that was the question being discussed, you might actually have a point. -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 12:35 4
        
        referring to the 90 minutes of actual "action" seems like I am touching on that. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 5, 12:38 1
        
        the question at hand is not the amount of percieved action, but the amount of time the ball is in play. - znufrii Jan 5, 12:40
        
        I also happen to think that if you really think that there's no action in soccer you must be f*cking blind. -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 12:38 1
        
        it is like watching basketball players dribbling up and down the court, but not shooting. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 5, 12:39
        
        YEAH! -- nm - Cappy si Jan 5, 12:35
        
        If it's a combo of playing time + high scores, then obviously Australian Rules football is the superior sport -- nm - Roger More Jan 5, 12:32 1
        
        plus there's contact. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 12:46
        
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        not knowledge, just enthusiasm -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 12:32 4
        
        Your prediction that USA will finish third is testament to this :) -- nm - Roger More Jan 5, 12:33 3
        
        to this, and to drinking, yes. -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 12:35 2
        
        That's true - I'd forgotten your sober prediction that the US will win all the group games and be defeated in the quarter finals :) -- nm - Roger More Jan 5, 12:37 1
        
        and *that* can be credited solely to enthusiasm. :) -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 12:38
    - Hockey wins again! -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 12:23 4
      - I will never ever knock live, in-person hockey. It is awesomely fun to watch. -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 12:24 3
        
        Especially playoffs. -- nm - Shaun Jan 5, 12:32 2
        
        Even Calder Cup games around here are completely electric. -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 12:33 1
        
        I'll bet. I had the awesome pleasure of seeing 2 Sens/Leafs playoff games back in 2000 in Ottawa. Sens won both :) -- nm - Shaun Jan 5, 12:37
  - still faster than the final 2:00 in a close NBA game -- nm - crash davis Jan 5, 12:20
- I can believe it. - znufrii Jan 5, 12:18 1
  - I am not sure, I had the same thought when I read it. I suspect that they don't, actually. - TFox Jan 5, 12:19
- (on average) -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 12:17
Better Black Rock Coalition band: Living Colour or Fishbone? - TFox Jan 5, 12:15 6
- FB have been a local mainstay since the 90s. I guess people keep turning up to see them! -- nm - con_carne Jan 5, 12:22 3
  - Fishbone is also my answer. LC usually lose me on all the stylistic turns they take. - con_carne Jan 5, 12:25 2
    - this is 100% right. I never could have said it this well, though. -- nm - amanda Jan 5, 12:31
    - "Sunless Saturday" is one of my ten favorite songs ever, I bet. And "Bonin In The Boneyard" is the best slap-bass rock song I've ever heard. -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 12:28
- Living Colour. -- nm - Remlik Jan 5, 12:19
- Living Colour. Corey Glover was electric. Don't know if he still is or not...but LC is one of my favorite concerts ever. -- nm - Jim Jan 5, 12:17
perhaps the most enjoyable retrospective on last night's Fiesta Bowl...ST might appreciate #15, I also like #11 a lot -- (link) - crash davis Jan 5, 12:14 4
- "Peterson is the M Night Shylaman of the Fiesta Bowl." - Happy mu Year! Jan 5, 12:21 3
  - I almost spit out my coffee when I got to the "eventually" part -- nm - crash davis Jan 5, 12:22 2
    - I didn't watch the game in protest over the BCS matching up the two teams I most wanted to cheer for. - Happy mu Year! Jan 5, 12:29 1
      - one day, I'll trademark something here too -- nm - crash davis Jan 5, 12:32
not that i don't drink *ever* but just so rarely that i don't go to bars or anything only to drink -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 5, 12:09
I am very curious to hear the new Living Colour album. Not curious enough to buy it, but curious. -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 12:09 8
- What??? There's new Living Colour coming?? I had no idea. Now I'm curious -- nm - Jim Jan 5, 12:10 7
  - Not coming. Out, I believe. With excellent reviews on Metacritic. -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 12:11
  - I'm no glamour boy. - groiny Jan 5, 12:10 5
    - Worst lyric ever -- nm - Jim Jan 5, 12:12 4
      - When that video came out after "Cult of Personality," it was a headscratcher -- nm - con_carne Jan 5, 12:24
      - Whatta ya mean my credits no good? -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 5, 12:13 1
        
        "Truth hurts, doesn't it Arsenio?" -- nm - i'm not an obscure reference yet ! Jan 5, 12:36
      - whooooooo! nm -- nm - groiny Jan 5, 12:12
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- ;03 Patriots -- nm - Jim Jan 5, 12:09 1
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- Next: Colts -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 5, 12:09
- Raiders? -- nm - nubby Jan 5, 12:09
- Denver. -- nm - Shaun Jan 5, 12:08
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It is not a bar "deal", per se, but the bar we had most recently been regulars at let us play something called "the shot game". - TFox Jan 5, 12:05 1
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- me -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 12:03 3
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    - awesome. -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 12:07
    - Unicorns... unicorns... unicorns... -- nm - Znu Jan 5, 12:06
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- some people just aren't interested in it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 12:06 8
  - With you. - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 5, 12:07 7
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      - Ah. I consider orgasams a form/part of sex. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 5, 12:09 5
        
        That's why I wanted clarification on Jack's initial post. - Dano Jan 5, 12:10 4
        
        Hope I'm not overstepping (but particularly given your post below) - - pmb Jan 5, 12:36 2
        
        No overstepping... I wouldn't have brought it up if I was uncomfortable going there. - Dano Jan 5, 12:45 1
        
        Ok. Cool. - pmb Jan 5, 12:48
        
        That's cool. Like I said, that is sex. - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 5, 12:12
- Religion. -- nm - nubby Jan 5, 12:03 2
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    - I thought the whole point of abstaining for religious reasons is that you don't have to. - nubby Jan 5, 12:07
- Is masturbation considered sex? -- nm - Dano Jan 5, 12:03 4
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    - Then I have absolutely no problem at all voluntarily abstaining from sex. - Dano Jan 5, 12:05 2
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        I would never say never or absolutely not, but probably not. - Dano Jan 5, 12:18
- word -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 5, 12:02
Do Canadians in general not have a feel for "Heads or Tails", or is it just Bery? (nm) - Happy mu Year! Jan 5, 12:01 1
- "Or is it just Bery?" is a pretty good catchall. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 12:03
st poll: what sport do you just not get? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 5, 12:00 31
- Until I saw a game at the stadium, I would have said baseball. - Roger More Jan 5, 12:17 3
  - While I still love televised baseball, it is a game that must be experienced live for full enjoyment. (nm) - Happy mu Year! Jan 5, 12:25 2
    - is it just me, or has baseball coverage on TV gotten significantly worse over the last 10 years or so. - znufrii Jan 5, 12:31
    - It's like the Avatar of sports. -- nm - Dano Jan 5, 12:28
- Nascar - Pippy Bells Jan 5, 12:16 1
  - This is correct. -- nm - Fuzzy Jan 5, 12:19
- Baseball -- nm - con_carne Jan 5, 12:15
- Basketball -- nm - AJRimmer Jan 5, 12:12
- "sport"? cheerleading. Olympic sport? skeleton. sport sport? cricket. -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 12:07 12
  - since learning about it I get cricket as much as baseball. except you can still play for five days and maybe nobody wins. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 12:12 5
    - Well, at least cricket has had the self-awareness to realise it can be pretty boring and introduce new versions of the game -- nm - Roger More Jan 5, 12:14 4
      - fair enough, but even jazzed up cricket takes six hours. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 12:19 3
        
        I was thinking of Twenty20 -- nm - Roger More Jan 5, 12:25 2
        
        so was I, except wikipedia tells me that's only 3.5. I'm going to see my first twenty20 this weekend. looking forward to it. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 12:30 1
        
        Hooray! (I still have to see a hockey game, but the prices are astronomical here) -- nm - Roger More Jan 5, 12:34
  - Do you get luge, but not skeleton? It's kind of a semantic difference there. - Reagen Jan 5, 12:12 4
    - I always figure skeleton sledders are lugers who couldn't quite make it. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 12:14 2
      - I know people in both sports. It's more that the skeleton people are just crazier. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 12:19 1
        
        yeah. I figure it's more that the origin lies in failed lugers "I bet no one else will go head first!" - mafic Jan 5, 12:24
    - it's sort of "i don't get why skeleton is needed if we have luge." -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 12:13
  - cheerleading is a good one, too. -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 12:10
- nfl. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 12:06
- Curling -- nm - eag Jan 5, 12:05
- cricket -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 5, 12:04
- equestrian dressage -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 12:02
- football. -- nm - Andie Jan 5, 12:02
- Baseball -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 5, 12:02
- Cricket. As far as I can tell, it's baseball mashed with Calvinball. (nm) - Happy mu Year! Jan 5, 12:01
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  - perhaps I should have said "sport" -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 5, 12:02
- football -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 5, 12:01
Papyrus font designer writes letter to James Cameron for usage in Avatar -- (link) - Hotkiss Jan 5, 12:00 2
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  - and there seems to be some question as to if it's actually papyrus font. -- nm - sycor Jan 5, 12:07
Go US Junior Hockey team! - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 5, 11:59

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