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poll how many posts are the on Craigslist offering bedwarming services freelance? - z-droid Jan 19, 13:57
Connecticut men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun is taking a leave of absence to deal with undisclosed medical issues. -- nm - David Jan 19, 13:51 1
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Hee - FLiP Burger Boutique is now following you on Twitter! -- nm - Dano Jan 19, 13:51 3
- You or AFF? -- nm - David Jan 19, 13:52 2
  - Me. I'm hoping to get something out of my New Year's Resolution. -- nm - Dano Jan 19, 13:53 1
    - Nice! Get him to liquid nitrogen a milkshake for you! -- nm - David Jan 19, 13:54
I'm sitting in the lobby of this military hospital waiting for my mom and the MLK display has his recently found speach on endless loop, arrghhhhh -- nm - z-droid Jan 19, 13:45
Looks like Tevez is exacting revenge upon his old team. Dayam -- nm - CQ Jan 19, 13:31
Amy wrote a terrific blog.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 19, 13:29 40
- The boy will grow up to be Ron Burgandy. -- nm - Dr.Vermin also has two guns! Jan 19, 13:56 1
  - spawn's going to teach him to say "scotchy scotch scotch ... tape" now -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:57
- My nephew was extremely violent at that age. Physically as well. As unpleasant a kid as you could ever hope to (not) find. - Dignan Jan 19, 13:55
- When did letting kids watch Ninja Turtles become a controversial decision? -- nm - Ender Jan 19, 13:47 7
  - when it was revealed that Michaelangelo was smoking crack, and Raphael was a schoolgirl flasher - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:50
  - A study found that it led to considering Donatello as an artist on par with Raphael, Leonardo, and Michelangelo. -- nm - crash davis Jan 19, 13:49 3
    - Heck, she's not even on par with her brother Gianni, let alone these guys. -- nm - Fuzzy Jan 19, 13:56
    - What did that study determine in regards to mutated rat sensei? (nm) - musubi Jan 19, 13:50 1
      - It did give the show props for making kids think a splinter is better than a shredder. -- nm - crash davis Jan 19, 13:51
  - It might be just me, but I think Amy's right. We don't know where or how to draw a line on violence with moose jr. - musubi Jan 19, 13:49 1
    - Violence isn't funny? Have you never seen a 3 Stooges film!?! *NM* - Ender Jan 19, 13:50
- That's awesome. We're going through the same thing with moose jr. (nm) - musubi Jan 19, 13:46
- kids have to be able to process what they find in their world in a healthy way. - znufrii Jan 19, 13:42 11
  - "Now we know. And knowing is half the battle!" -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 13:45
  - *tries to remember who told Guy off yesterday for not having child-rearing experience* ... heheh -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:44 9
    - To be fair, someone else's kid today could be my mugger tomorrow. - con_carne Jan 19, 13:49
    - *raises hand* -- nm - TFox Jan 19, 13:47 7
      - I can kind of claim that I do, since my brother is so much younger than me, but I really don't have all that much experience with it. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:48 6
        
        I would like to clarify that I have no problem with people without kids weighing in, at all. Having kids doesn't suddenly grant you debate eligibility - TFox Jan 19, 13:50 5
        
        I find that people without kids tend to have unrealistic opinions of "best practices", to borrow a fun MBA term. I include myself in this, of course. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:51 4
        
        There's a lot of truth to that. (nm) - musubi Jan 19, 13:55 3
        
        totally tangental - i've become obsessed with SuperNanny the last two weeks. - Andie Jan 19, 13:57 1
        
        Did you also watch The Shark Tank? -- nm - Dano Jan 19, 13:58
        
        yep. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:55
- Love it. And I think you are handling it really well. - MDH Jan 19, 13:40
- Boys are just violent. It's a tough thing to deal with as a parent. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 13:39 1
  - I think that's a reason why I don't want kids. Plus I have zero time to give to young kids. -- nm - Remlik Jan 19, 13:54
- love it! ... and when do I get *my* rocks? -- nm - zork Jan 19, 13:34
- Nice CQ shiv six posts down -- nm - Roger More Jan 19, 13:34 1
  - that kid is a smart one -- nm - CQ Jan 19, 13:39
- I was just reading this. - Mel Profit Jan 19, 13:33 2
  - It's tough, but we're also built to do it. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 13:50
  - yeah, it'll be an interesting adventure -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:39
- kid needs to watch more Jersey Shore with daddy -- nm - spwan Jan 19, 13:33
- Good on you, Amy -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 13:32
- Good stuff. (and iTunes decided to play "Daredevil Theme" for that one. *snicker*) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:31
- yep, that's really awesome. good work, amy. -- nm - TFox Jan 19, 13:31
- she's Spiderman! -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 13:30 2
  - "Pew Pew!" -- nm - Remlik Jan 19, 13:30 1
    - i think secretly she likes to make that sound -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 13:35
MouseHunters: I finally caught the Hope Mouse. #116,817 - TWuG Jan 19, 13:28 10
- Heh. SheFox just caught hers while we were on the phone. -- nm - TFox Jan 19, 13:56 1
  - *friends her to get her Horn clicks* -- nm - ST MHers Jan 19, 13:57
- neechay. I've caught 2 or 3 I think (but still can't catch the Lycan). -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 13:31 6
  - do you hunt in the mouseleum (sp?) ? I've picked off 8 while in there -- nm - dogbert Jan 19, 13:41 2
    - Yes, hunting with the Sinister Portal with the Explosive base, and using radioactive Blue. - JaxSean Jan 19, 13:50 1
      - I never used Moon Cheese, and used the exact same setup as you, fwiw. - TFox Jan 19, 13:57
  - I'm the opposite. Caught my 5th Lycan about an hour ago. Haven't caught a Hope yet. -- nm - Fuzzy Jan 19, 13:33
  - Im finally in the Catacombs finally got the trap for that area - eag Jan 19, 13:33
  - i've got four. - TFox Jan 19, 13:33
- I caught one last night in the GGT -- nm - eag Jan 19, 13:31
ml news network: guess who the most unpopular politician of all time, anywhere is? -- (link) - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 13:27 9
- the last line is quite interesting... - dogbert Jan 19, 13:44
- bush or clinton depending who you talk to -- nm - dogbert Jan 19, 13:42
- I'm amazed and disappointed how far Yushchenko's star fell (Ukraine) -- nm - zork Jan 19, 13:36
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- bush and stalin tied for second just behind hitler -- nm - z-droid Jan 19, 13:30
- as I was reading that, iTunes decided to play "Metallica - Die, Die My Darling" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:29
- Obama! -- nm - Mop (226 lbs) Jan 19, 13:28
- Robert Mugabe? -- nm - Roger More Jan 19, 13:27 1
  - i never win anything -- nm - idi amin Jan 19, 13:29
ugg, the task manager on this laptop is stuck in the icon tray, the green for usage keeps flickering, but I cannot restore it. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 19, 13:22 6
- crtl-alt-delete or right-click on taskbar and hit k -- nm - zork Jan 19, 13:23 5
  - how do I take something off my taskbar when my laptop starts up? - Remlik Jan 19, 13:28 4
    - umm, in vista, you can go to run, then type in msconfig - tRuMaN Jan 19, 13:37 2
      - won't do it. -- nm - Remlik Jan 19, 13:54 1
        
        well I'll be damned. I tried it again and it took. -- nm - Remlik Jan 19, 14:00
    - startup stuff I usually stop with HighjackThis! or Spybot -- nm - zork Jan 19, 13:30
This is Southern California people not Kansas we are not suppose to have tornando warnings - eag Jan 19, 13:18 10
- Sack up, Sally! -- nm - nubby Jan 19, 13:57
- yes there are countless films of LA tornado's on the Syfy channel :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 19, 13:28 3
  - They do happen. Once every couple years or so. -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 13:29 2
    - It looks like Hail is headed towards Mojave Mom's way in the hour or so -- nm - eag Jan 19, 13:32 1
      - Seems to be sliding by to the south of us right now - we got pounded about an hour ago. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 19, 13:43
- Is it the day after tomorrow already? -- nm - Dano Jan 19, 13:27 1
  - As long as John Cusack's okay, nothing else matters. -- nm - Callisto Jan 19, 13:30
- see, see, global warming, uh huh, didn't believe us -- nm - z-droid Jan 19, 13:22
- poor lil bubers shat himself :( -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 13:19 1
  - Dallas Raines seems to be giddy about this storm cell thats producing the warning -- nm - eag Jan 19, 13:23
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- *crap* - JaxSean Jan 19, 13:23
win a 2010 World Cup feast with Rik Mayall -- (link) - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 13:15
If Rupert 'Stiles' Stilinski ever got older, he'd be the guy who's currently in our offices interviewing for a job. -- nm - Max Jan 19, 13:14
Only because we posted about it yesterday: Royal Caribbean's decision to dock ships at Haitian resort creates controversy -- (link) - con_carne Jan 19, 13:14 22
- better than 1825 breach of contract claims -- nm - lafarrow Jan 19, 13:21 2
  - is it, lafarrow? is it?? -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 13:23 1
    - it is - lafarrow Jan 19, 13:25
- . . . on obscure internet message board -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 13:16 5
  - for about two minutes :) -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 13:17
  - imagine if a major news outlet mentioned us in passing? That would be a disaster ... heh -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:16 3
    - we would be buried under the colapse of 50 boards -- nm - z-droid Jan 19, 13:25 2
      - I'd have to split the board, public and members only, with public having a much higher roll counter -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:27 1
        
        ooh, and then we could vote on admitting new members by posting caliber? - TFox Jan 19, 13:28
- my mom reminded me of something last night... - Andie Jan 19, 13:16 12
  - coupled with the fact that it's on a realatively unscathed part of the country, therefore won't be interefering in any recovery efforts, I don't see t - znufrii Jan 19, 13:26 11
    - Yeah, I question the motives of the "passengers" who are complaining. - Ender Jan 19, 13:30 10
      - but that -- nm - TFox Jan 19, 13:31 8
        
        (frig) is pretty reasonable, no? i mean, we can slam them, but people don't sign up for cruises that have a "disaster relief" itinerary. -- nm - TFox Jan 19, 13:32 7
        
        It's not as if they're piling the dead up on the beach in Labadee. If they'd rather ignore it they can always just jump on a jetski. -- nm - Ender Jan 19, 13:35 2
        
        or just stay on the boat if they don't want to mingle with the great unwashed masses... -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 13:38 1
        
        they picked this itinerary. the people on shore are the same people they were expecting. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 13:45
        
        their onshore options haven't changed. they can go ziplining and drink punch if they want. or they can talk to the locals and get a real sense of - Andie Jan 19, 13:34 3
        
        even then they won't get a *real* sense of the disaster. - znufrii Jan 19, 13:39
        
        oh, i get that. i'm just saying, you take a random boat of 500 people at sea, and drop them off in Haiti right now... - TFox Jan 19, 13:35 1
        
        no question. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 13:36
      - *ding* -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 13:31
So ... six minutes of audition reel footage kicks almost every single episode of Heroes directly in the nards. Nice. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:12
*realizes that B2 is his long lost daughter and sings a song about it* -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 13:11 5
- Don't call me daughter. nm - B2 Jan 19, 13:12 4
  - Is it "she holds the hand that holds her down" or "she holds the hand, he holds her down"? - Inigo Jan 19, 13:25 2
    - I think it's the former. -- nm - b. Jan 19, 13:28 1
      - I've seen it both ways. Vedder would never confirm either or. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 13:29
  - the picture kept will remind me. . . . -- nm - jnine Jan 19, 13:21
heat transfer, shmeat transfer - where's my bedwarmer (of choice)? -- nm - b. Jan 19, 13:10 7
- OK, I think a cool bed would cause the blood vessels in your extremities to close, to keep your core warm. So a warm bed would encourage dilation of - loosilu Jan 19, 13:12 4
  - that's along the lines of what I was thinking. -- nm - b. Jan 19, 13:14 3
    - I got it after your last post. Related: Maybe I should apply for work at Holiday Inn. I'm an outstanding bedwarmer. - loosilu Jan 19, 13:17 2
      - yes you are -- nm - loosilu's lover Jan 19, 13:20 1
        
        way to merge two threads. :) *golf clap* -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 13:22
- please note: sometimes shmeat is just shmeat. -- nm - b. Jan 19, 13:11
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I wonder what time my lover is getting off work this evening. -- nm - TFox Jan 19, 13:10 15
- see, we sound more exciting this way. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 13:14 13
  - But it sounds really wussy in that New Year's Eve song. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 13:21 12
    - whatever. i also think all dates should be referred to as 'rendezvous' from now on. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 13:23 11
      - Either sounds fine. Just nobody sing it in falsetto or they risk bringing the wussy. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 13:28 1
        
        ~she's an easy lover~ -- nm - Max Jan 19, 13:29
      - trysts -- nm - Roger More Jan 19, 13:24 8
        
        dalliance. nm - Dignan Jan 19, 13:26 4
        
        this sounds like I'm meeting my gay guy friend. -- nm - loosilu Jan 19, 13:27 3
        
        for coitus. nm - Dignan Jan 19, 13:28 2
        
        ...and you'll need a shot afterward. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 13:33 1
        
        if you know what i mean -- nm - lafarrow Jan 19, 13:36
        
        or assignations. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 13:25 2
        
        Call it what you want, as long as it ends with "ass" - con_carne Jan 19, 13:28
        
        encounters? -- nm - loosilu Jan 19, 13:26
- I never close, baby -- nm - Wendy's Jan 19, 13:11
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oh crap... those *were* the droids I was looking for. -- nm - loosilu Jan 19, 13:09 2
- Here, have a death-stick. -- nm - nubby Jan 19, 13:15 1
  - is this what the kids call it these days - lafarrow Jan 19, 13:34

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