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I'm the only one who cares: John Mayer shirtless on this week's Rolling Stone. -- nm - nubby Jan 20, 05:47 4
- I hope you're not pantsless right now. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 20, 06:02
- Does this make you want to run through the halls of your college building? -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 20, 06:01
- Depp too on the cover of GQ. -- nm - Krusty Jan 20, 06:01 1
  - Link inside... -- (link) - Krusty Jan 20, 06:01
One study indicates that 35% of 10-11 year-olds have cell phones, more than 15% of 8-9 year-olds, and more than 5% of 6-7 year-olds. -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 20, 04:51 2
- My son is 13 and he wants one. Absolutely not. -- nm - Fuzzy Jan 20, 06:04
- my daughters can have one when they turn 13. -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 05:13
Sox sign Papelbon - 1 year $9.35 million -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 04:49
8 dead in Virginia shootings. Suspect remains at large. -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 20, 04:30 1
- they're now saying that he surrendered w/o incident -- nm - prayformojo Jan 20, 04:58
1.5 million Graco strollers recalled, after some children's fingertips were amputated by hinges on them. -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 20, 04:28
Go here and vote for Better Off Ted. Please. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 20, 04:11
oh wow: U2, Jay-Z team for Haiti charity song -- (link) - ty97 Jan 20, 04:09
Happy birthday WaltDisney! -- nm - nubby Jan 20, 03:48 4
- Happy birthday!!! -- nm - Krusty Jan 20, 05:38
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 05:01
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - ty97 Jan 20, 04:00
- indeed, and to truman (yesterday) -- nm - zork Jan 20, 03:50
Oddest convergence of themes you'll see today. A Haiti earthquake survivor says that Woot Bag of Crap Saved His Life. -- (link) - ty97 Jan 20, 03:37
6.1 aftershock in Haiti at 6:03 Eastern time. It was twice as deep as the original -- nm - zork Jan 20, 03:27 1
- USGS linky -- (link) - zork Jan 20, 03:31
just watched Conan and Letterman ... (letterman spoils) - Beryllium Jan 20, 01:12
Scott Brown got more votes in Massachusetts tonight than McCain did in 2008. - Tim Jan 20, 00:03
the single worst contractor I ever worked with apparently has a show on the history network in canada. -- (link) - mafic Jan 19, 23:22 1
- the commercials makes them look very Mickey Mouse -- nm - zork Jan 20, 03:33
"Give two to three examples that stand out in your mind as significant learning experiences with your workshop instructor this semester." - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 19, 22:56
what joker thought it would be funny to add that superfluous "A" in the middle of "temperament" - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 22:56 12
- y'all know how I stand on the nucular thing -- nm - Dubya Jan 20, 03:52
- only people who speak correctly. -- nm - mafic Jan 19, 22:59 6
  - thank you, henry higgins -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 23:11 5
    - Why can't a woman be more like a man? -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 23:12 4
      - I'm bad. - b! Jan 19, 23:14 2
        
        She really ought to yiff in hell. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 23:19 1
        
        unknowing of the meaning of that term, I googled. - b! Jan 19, 23:23
      - that's why i will never let a woman in my life -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 23:14
- I pronounce is dis-po-si-tion. -- nm - b! Jan 19, 22:59 3
  - what a strange way to pronounce is (or it, either way). -- nm - mafic Jan 19, 23:06
  - is = it. -- nm - b! Jan 19, 23:04
  - Yes, Austin? -- nm - Basil Exposition Jan 19, 23:00
I told my daughter I was considering a cruise in September, and that I'd have an extra bed. I think she was looking up flights before we hung up :) - MojaveMeg Jan 19, 22:44 4
- *looks at mm with sad puppy dog eyes and a quivering lower lip* extra. bed? -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 22:51 1
  - Hee, maybe we can talk about that 4-day to Mexico..... - MojaveMeg Jan 19, 23:02
- Oh I taled to my dad tonight - eag Jan 19, 22:50 1
  - talked -- nm - eag Jan 19, 22:52
my ex boyfriend just IM'd me out of the blue after 1.5 months of silence to tell me he doesn't want to talk to me anymore. uh, okay?... -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 19, 22:32 23
- I just called to say I don't wanna talk to you anymore! Wait whut? -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 23:03
- ignore it and have a fun vacation -- nm - peglegpete Jan 19, 23:01 2
  - or, text back you're pregnant :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 19, 23:02 1
    - and that you'll talk to him when you're back from mexico. -- nm - mafic Jan 19, 23:05
- drunk texting -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 19, 22:53
- I bet this is how it plays out. If you answer "cool" he replies with "So how have you been?" -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 19, 22:48 9
  - don't you be encouraging that, mister! -- nm - b! Jan 19, 22:49 8
    - She should not reply. But if she did... I bet that would be his reply. :) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 19, 22:53 4
      - how about a potential mess-with-him power play? block him! (wait, wasn't he already blocked?) -- nm - b! Jan 19, 22:56 3
        
        I don't think he gets a message if you block him. So he will probably just think she is never online anymore. Not as fun. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 19, 22:58 2
        
        there used to be a way.. um, do I want to share this stalking tip? no! heh. -- nm - b! Jan 19, 23:02 1
        
        hehe -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 19, 23:03
    - I would bet my next paycheck that she responds to him. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 19, 22:52 2
      - oh, she may well have already done so. -- nm - b! Jan 19, 22:54
      - she can't go to mexico and leave that hanging. what if she gets lost in the jungle?! -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 22:53
- We call them ex-lovers now. nm - Dignan Jan 19, 22:47
- maybe he's just checking the accuracy of his address book. -- nm - mafic Jan 19, 22:41
- IT'S A TRAP! -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 22:39 1
  - word -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 19, 22:46
- you're going to ignore it, right? -- nm - b! Jan 19, 22:39 1
  - "Surely it would be rude of me not to at least acknowledge his message. And I'm sure he'd feel better knowing I think think about him." nm - HK si#letthepoorguymoveon Jan 19, 22:43
- ask him to send you naked photos -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 22:37 1
  - (I give horrible relationship advice. It's my thing. :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 22:37
Shaq is a genius. -- (link) - TFox Jan 19, 22:10
happy (wednesday) birthday, (our) walt disney! -- nm - b! Jan 19, 22:04
Hee! "Amanda Palmer and guest" at the Golden Globes. Slightly NSFW -- (link) - TWuG Jan 19, 21:55 2
- laughing at the caption. -- nm - loosilu Jan 19, 22:05
- IWHT -- nm - Redmond Jan 19, 22:04
Happy Birthday, Tru. Next year, I promise, we'll all chip in and get you that hooker. -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 21:52
I'm disappointed by the Democrats but not surprised. They're the party of failure. With Obama, I'm out right angry. - Mop Jan 19, 21:50 3
- pressed upon him? it was his own slogan. hope was his *brand* -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 21:54 2
  - Well, he wanted to call his autobiography "The Audacity of Realisti Governance" but the publishers pushed "Hope" on him. -- nm - Ender Jan 19, 22:06 1
    - +c -- nm - Ender Jan 19, 22:07
bill gates started twittering today. nm but: -- (link) - b! Jan 19, 21:45 2
- and have we discussed google fast flip here before? it being on the bottom of the news page prompted me to click around; and, share! - b! Jan 19, 22:00 1
  - In other news, bing.com's url shortening service "binged.it" is actually longer than their regular domain name. -- nm - Ender Jan 19, 22:11
Happy Birthday to the Truman! -- nm - Stephen Jan 19, 21:43
wow that was a bad performance -- nm - J Jan 19, 21:36 2
- Toskala again! -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Jan 19, 22:55
- "things most often heard in RC's bedroom" - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 21:42
LEGO has a design program where you can build it and then price out the cost for all the pieces. - TWuG Jan 19, 21:22 3
- If you could upload some pictures of an object and then have it "LEGO-ize" it, that would be ideal. -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 21:47
- Oh? Does that help with this problem? -- (link) - Qale Jan 19, 21:29 [Image] 1
  - :-) No. No, it does not. -- nm - TWuG Jan 19, 21:31
Heh, daughter just called to laugh about our tornadoes..... - MojaveMeg Jan 19, 21:11 3
- Daughter at DL had a fire alarm go off just as the sky opened up. Stood around outside for 1/2 hour getting soaked. -- nm - BAD Jan 19, 21:14 2
  - Ouch, that must have been ugly. Did you hear about the San Onofre siren going off at 4:30 this morning? - MojaveMeg Jan 19, 21:18 1
    - And we had two more days of BAD weather to see what else can happen -- nm - BAD Jan 19, 21:37
FYI, here's what pixie was talking about with Obama's first year vs Reagan's -- (link) - Reagen Jan 19, 21:11 8
- yes -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 21:13 7
  - and it appears that while Gallup had him just over 50 right before his inaugaration, he was in the upper 60s within a month. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 19, 21:21 [Image] 6
    - the "holy f, we really got rid of Carter" effect -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 21:24 5
      - And the Hostages are Home effect as a short-term shot in the arm. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 20, 04:40
      - And that's the thing really - the only people that never lost popularity to any big degree were Eisenhower and Kennedy. Every president's squandered - Reagen Jan 19, 21:39 1
        
        If the Dems do pass Health Care Reform, his popularity will go back up. - TWuG Jan 19, 21:47
      - AKA the "Holy fuck we got rid of Bush" effect. I have a lot that displeases me about Obama, but the Congressional Dems have been doing a damn fine - TWuG Jan 19, 21:29 1
        
        i don't know why anyone would think they would do anything different. short of retirement/death, incumbents almost never lose -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 21:33
So I live in the gay epicenter of the gayest city in America. No wonder the 2nd closest business to me is a gay strip club. -- nm - Dano Jan 19, 21:06 7
- Is it any good? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 19, 21:09 4
  - It's as good as a strip club can be, I suppose. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 21:18
  - Never been -- nm - Dano Jan 19, 21:10 2
    - RC, the boy needs an intervention. - ty97 Jan 19, 21:16 1
      - Like General Sherman, but much better accessorized. - ReluctantCynic Jan 19, 21:20
- The closest business closed, right? -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 21:07 1
  - The mini mart is still there but the attached strip club closed. -- nm - Dano Jan 19, 21:09
Whenever I feel stressed out, all I have to do is read the L5 page at the Wiki. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 19, 21:05 3
- Exactly. They are as funny or funnier than when I first saw them. -- nm - Redmond Jan 19, 21:08 2
  - Just like Jay Leno. No, wait, the opposite of that. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 21:17
  - Seriously. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 19, 21:09
Wow, Conan's .6th Anniversary is this week. Has it really been that long? -- nm - Ender Jan 19, 21:01 2
- Even if he has been muzzled, he's still making it hilarious. -- nm - TFox Jan 19, 21:02 1
  - Honestly, I don't know how much it is being muzzled vs just realizing you can only be so mean without coming off like an unfunny jerk. - Ender Jan 19, 21:08
Hey Idolcylopedias. Has anyone won Idol that Simon voted no for in the tryouts? -- nm - Redmond Jan 19, 20:59 7
- He hated Taylor Hicks. -- nm - not2fast Jan 19, 21:10
- this is what he said about taylor hicks, at audition time: - b! Jan 19, 21:10 4
  - "He did not think Taylor could be commercially successful" Doesn't he turn out to be right in the end? -- nm - Redmond Jan 19, 21:16 1
    - yes, as far as records, after the start; but he ended up making a decent musical actor career for himself. - b! Jan 19, 21:18
  - he also wasn't fully positive about some others, but you'd have to dig deeper to see how he voted. nm but: -- (link) - b! Jan 19, 21:12 1
    - Cool thanks all -- nm - Redmond Jan 19, 21:15
- I'm not sure we've seen everyone's try-out video so it's hard to tell. -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 21:01
Alright, one last repost then I won't bother you fine people anymore. DJ SemeUke's newest and easily best mix thus far. - Qale Jan 19, 20:57 6
- Cool! - ReluctantCynic Jan 19, 20:58 3
  - Nah, it ain't even close to being ravery. Ravery? Is that a word? - Qale Jan 19, 21:14 2
    - I'm with you. - ReluctantCynic Jan 19, 21:16 1
      - Well, okay... - Qale Jan 19, 21:20
- looks good! -- nm - b! Jan 19, 20:58 1
  - Thanks b! - Qale Jan 19, 21:14
Wait ... I'm confused. I don't see Bowie, Maryland on that list. - ReluctantCynic Jan 19, 20:53 14
- I repeat: Iowa City? - ty97 Jan 19, 20:58 11
  - Next thing you know, they'll be letting the gays get married in Iowa! -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 21:00 6
    - speaking of which, where is Cuzzin Todd? -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 21:01 5
      - he posted earlier today. - b! Jan 19, 21:15 4
        
        speaking of which, whatever happened to Not Todd? - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 21:16 3
        
        well... - b! Jan 19, 21:23 2
        
        speaking of which, whatever happened to NotNub? - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 21:33 1
        
        twirl, pretty boy, twirl. -- nm - b! Jan 19, 21:35
  - Have you ever visited Iowa City? You'd be surprised. - ReluctantCynic Jan 19, 20:59 3
    - Iowa is one of the (18?) states I have not yet visited. - ty97 Jan 19, 21:02
    - i'm surprised they even have horseless carriages in that hick backwater -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 21:01 1
      - At least they know how to handle a little rain ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 19, 21:03
- the worst commutes? - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 20:54 1
  - gayest cities -- nm - Dano Jan 19, 20:58
"And now for the rest of the story" -- nm - amoxy Jan 19, 20:52

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