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While you all got the Star Trek trailer before Bond, I got The Boat That Rocked trailer, not sure which was more disappointing. -- nm - LMS Nov 20, 05:30
Net gain of 43 votes in Franken's favor so far in the MN Senate recount. -- (link) - Don Homer Nov 20, 05:21 1
- err -27 and -70 -- nm - Don Homer Nov 20, 05:21
ooh, it's stanley kubrick week on one of the channels here. the shining just started. -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 05:16 1
- That's *Shinning*. Do you want to get sued?? -- nm - Don Homer Nov 20, 05:23
Dear Gmail: I'm not a 14-year-old girl. (Really, I'm not). I don't need colors and themes. - ty97 Nov 20, 05:12 16
- they probably just got a look at your Ipod. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 20, 05:26 3
  - My IPod, oddly, would probably 90% reflect angry 19-year-old male. -- nm - ty97 Nov 20, 05:27 2
    - ...in a dress and high heels. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 20, 05:28 1
      - I would not subject myself, my masculinity, or the eyes of the world to that. -- nm - ty97 Nov 20, 05:29
- I went with Dusk theme, though I'm not crazy about any of them. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 20, 05:22
- I must be the last person on Earth who doesn't have this option. -- nm - nubby Nov 20, 05:22
- then set it back to original, y'old curmudgeon. -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 05:19
- Dear Gmail: I'm also not a 14-year-old girl. But I want my ninja theme! - Callisto Nov 20, 05:14 8
  - I like the ninja theme, although ultimately I picked another one. - kelly Nov 20, 05:29
  - I'm normally not one for this kind of thing, but the ninja theme is pretty wicked. -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 05:18 1
    - (the best part, you star conversations with a ninja star!) -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 05:20
  - Dear Gmail: Me too! -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 05:18 4
    - you're such girls. -- nm - ty97 Nov 20, 05:18 3
      - *revokes your gay card* -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 05:19 2
        
        things that are gay: rainbows, butterflies, dance music, penis. Things that are not gay: Ninjas, Dog racing, JackDawson. -- nm - ty97 Nov 20, 05:25 1
        
        Irrefutable. But I'm sure there's a rainbow theme. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 05:27
gm has asked the fed to allow its financing arm gmac to become a bank holding company and has applied for funds out of the $700 billion bailout....nm - x Nov 20, 04:57 6
- The Feds have been letting *everyone* reclassify as a bank holding company so they can dip into the pot. - ty97 Nov 20, 04:58 5
  - Maybe we can reclassify SlackerTalk as a bank holding company. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 20, 05:06 1
    - That's officer thinking right there. I hereby name you ST's first CEO -- nm - ty97 Nov 20, 05:12
  - i would rather have abbott and costello running things than bernanke and paulson.....nm - x Nov 20, 05:02 2
    - I agree. What are the rules about replacing the Fed Chairman? - ty97 Nov 20, 05:10 1
      - Larry, Moe, and Curly. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 05:12
Arizona Gov. Napolitano is choice for Secretary of Homeland Security. (There goes the good chance to unseat McCain in 2010). -- (link) - Don Homer Nov 20, 04:44 1
- which is a great way to get McCain on board... - Mel Profit Nov 20, 05:28
LYC: In 24 hours I'll be on a plane somwhere over the north Atlantic. - ty97 Nov 20, 04:34 4
- bon voyage! -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 05:12
- my neck hurts allready -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 20, 04:49 1
  - I told you not to get that tattoo -- nm - Guy si Nov 20, 04:57
- I'll wave. -- nm - LMS Nov 20, 04:45
Reegs is going to destroy me in Astronauts this week. -- nm - nubby Nov 20, 04:32
on the bright side: i just added to my positions in agricultural commodities and base metals!.....n - x Nov 20, 04:07 5
- Are these specialty markets? - ty97 Nov 20, 04:12 4
  - i just hold a couple of commodity index tracking funds in my ira. they're etf's that trade on the stock exchange.... - x Nov 20, 04:24 3
    - love the disclaimer :) - ty97 Nov 20, 04:32 2
      - honestly, i cringe here when advice is given without some sort of disclaimer or statement that doesn't acknowledge... - x Nov 20, 04:38 1
        
        true enough, I tend to consider it a given. - ty97 Nov 20, 04:40
brave new world: junk bond rates spike over 20% for the first time... - x Nov 20, 03:56 1
- 17% of the S&P 500 are 'junk bond' issuers? Wowzers. -- nm - ty97 Nov 20, 03:58
looking at 2006 figures, foreign automakers employed 402,800 american workers who earned an average salary of $63,458.... - x Nov 20, 03:36 2
- I concur. And even wrote my Congressman and Senators - ty97 Nov 20, 03:59 1
  - i have a feeling that both john kerry and james mcgovern are getting tired of hearing from me....nm - x Nov 20, 04:05
so, want to see what's making the local news here? it's creepy, yet still kind of cute. -- (link) - mafic Nov 20, 02:48 2
- poor kitty. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 20, 04:40
- Awwww. - kelly Nov 20, 04:22
bernanke fiddles while rome burns... - x Nov 20, 02:37
New Southpark tonight did a hilarious send up of the whole "Twilight" teenybopper phenom. - Trish Nov 20, 01:32 1
- It had a really great laugh-out-loud moment (spoiler) - nubby Nov 20, 04:16
do ya think its funny, turning rebellion into money? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 20, 00:50 1
- punks not dead! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 20, 01:19
gah! coding graphs and charts is a pain in the ass. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 00:44 2
- You're almost making me feel guilty for playing Half-Life for the past hour. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 20, 00:46 1
  - Oh, I was coding for fun. Unfortunately, I absolutely *hate* pixel-placement positioning, which is a downside when using code to draw -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 00:53
i'll fess up now: i'll be first in line to see the 3-D Beauty & The Beast - pigby Nov 19, 23:58 5
- No you won't. I'll knock your ass out of the way to be first in line. - Trish Nov 20, 01:27
- did you hear about those Barbi stores in So America where you can get make overs and hair styles? buy barbi fashions -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 20, 00:45 1
  - Barbie is to Beauty and the Beast as The Jonas Brothers is to Alice in Chains. - Trish Nov 20, 01:40
- Fucking furries. -- nm - Qale Nov 20, 00:45
- And how long ago did you give your stones up? -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 20, 00:10
I didn't realize that the 30th anniversary of Jonestown was yesterday (18 November 2008). -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 23:49 2
- real tramatic time, San Fran is a surprisingly small city, only 600+ thousand so a lot of citizens died that day, and Jones was so totally wrapped up - zeitgeist Nov 20, 00:44
- *pours RC a cup of kool aid* - pigby Nov 19, 23:50
Colbert's "word" tonight was brilliant -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 23:39
uh oh: scientists partially reconstruct dna sequence of the wooly mammoth -- (link) - pigby Nov 19, 23:37
Two minutes ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 23:34 1
- two dollars! -- nm - pigby Nov 19, 23:35
SITWAP: Yellow-pages publishers on the brink of extinction. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 23:27 1
- I don't know. We still get 3 different brands each year. -- nm - psilotum Nov 19, 23:33
Is it me or is Redmond kinda turning into a twitter? -- nm - Stacy Nov 19, 23:22
CY probably they would only cite for cell phone usage while driving is when they looking to pull you over anyway, or for driving while blond - zeitgeist Nov 19, 23:16
Lousy Canadians. -- nm - David Nov 19, 23:08 4
- I waited an extra 13 minutes. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 23:49
- yea, we suck - mud Nov 19, 23:14 1
  - he's just annoyed because I don't want to put emphasis on fighty threads :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 23:29
- No louses here. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 23:09
Too bad Max isn't around. Monarchy: The Royal Family is on PBS, complete with the Queen's entire pack of corgis. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 23:03 3
- i wonder what Pastor Max would say about corgis? do they have souls?? -- nm - pigby Nov 19, 23:04 2
  - And if they do, must they be baptised in order to go to heaven after they die? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 23:08 1
    - oh dear - pigby Nov 19, 23:12
heh Hillary's people emailed me they are still seeking donations to payoff her debt. -- nm - Stacy Nov 19, 22:54
Subversive, I just bought a Soweto Gospel Choir album. Thanks. -- nm - psilotum Nov 19, 22:53
large clump of dark matter hanging out near our solar system -- (link) - pigby Nov 19, 22:48 1
- Sorry. I had Mexican last night. -- nm - God Nov 19, 22:53
i cannot, for the life of me, get youtube to load on Google Chrome - which is odd - since Google owns them -- nm - Guy Nov 19, 22:47 5
- I can't either, but I found the problem -- it's not Google, it's Flash. - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 22:49 2
  - May need an upgrade. The latest version of Flash is 10.0.12.36. -- nm - Qale Nov 20, 00:47
  - ah. thats an interesting dilemma for Google. -- nm - Guy Nov 19, 22:49
- probably because you're Incognito. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 22:48
- Chrome sucks -- nm - Stacy Nov 19, 22:47
Would someone please tell David that it is entirely unfair to taunt me when I am prohibited from responding to his threads? - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 22:45
Fifty-Seven minutes ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 22:39 4
- We can save fourteen point two five worlds in that time! -- nm - Madonna and Justin Timberlake Nov 20, 00:48
- The sentence was tough but fair. PS: You know who else liked The English Patient? Osama Bin Laden. -- nm - David Nov 19, 22:41 2
  - He loves volleyball too and plays with his children and grandchildren. - Trish Nov 20, 01:37
  - I hear he likes caves. - Beryllium Nov 19, 22:42
Will woot ever sell all their sansa players? - celedhrymandias Nov 19, 22:32
Puppy Lady playing with the puppies. -- nm - BAD Nov 19, 22:29 1
- My favorite time of night. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 22:41
Loosi, are 12-16" knitting needles allowed on international flights? -- nm - peglegpete Nov 19, 22:25 4
- they are no longer worried that you might knit an afghan during the flight -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 22:44
- you're making a distinction between international and domestic flights? I wouldn't want them on a crop duster! -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 19, 22:30 2
  - it's a minor plotpoint in a tv show tonight, and I wanted to see if the writers were right -- nm - peglegpete Nov 19, 22:31 1
    - depends how officious the security dude is feeling. - mafic Nov 19, 22:42
Another TT/HSX couple: Ultimate Frisbee and Blue Duck. -- nm - Trish Nov 19, 22:12 3
- They forgot Skagnetti/Redbird -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 19, 22:37
- did I miss a listing? -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 22:18 1
  - B3 -- (link) - MojaveMeg Nov 19, 22:23 [Backboard]
CY re B2 redmond. - peglegpete Nov 19, 22:12 1
- ha, I was thinking more along the lines he never made it into the plane, but stumbled into a closet at the airport instead. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 19, 22:14
so two of my roommates just got home, and clearly think they have the place to themselves, and are having a big screaming argument all over the house. - mafic Nov 19, 22:11 21
- those wacky Aussies -- nm - Guy Nov 19, 22:43
- Walk out of your room wearing nothing, go into the kitchen to grab a beer and walk back in your room, never saying a word or even looking at them -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 19, 22:39 3
  - VB! -- nm - psilotum Nov 19, 22:48
  - This is my favorite answer. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 22:42 1
    - mine too (except they've stopped) -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 22:43
- Open door and yell *SHUT THE FUCK UP I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!* -- nm - Cuzzin Toddfurky Nov 19, 22:33
- Drop something heavy. -- nm - psilotum Nov 19, 22:20 1
  - Like a discussion about karma, man. Heavvy -- nm - Neil Nov 19, 22:21
- you'd just be embarassed when you discover that they're really f*cking. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 19, 22:19 1
  - that'd be the weirdest sex ever. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 22:20
- they're the ones who should feel awkward. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 22:18 4
  - sure, but maybe I don't want to make them feel awkward, see? -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 22:20 3
    - they made the choice. Me, I'd just walk in and tell them to STFU, they're bothering me. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 22:22 2
      - fair enough. doesn't really bother me though, as long as it wraps up relatively quickly. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 22:26 1
        
        BANG! THUD. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 19, 22:33
- Baz Luhrmann should make the bigscreen version of your show -- nm - pigby Nov 19, 22:13 1
  - for $150 million. I think you're on to something here. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 22:21
- Walk out into the living room, fire a pistol into the air and yell, "ENOUGH!" -- nm - Trish Nov 19, 22:13 2
  - I have flares. maybe I'll just shoot a flare at them. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 22:16 1
    - Make sure you have a camcorder set up first--you have to upload the results to Youtube. - Trish Nov 19, 22:32
- order a pizza and come out when it is delivered? -- nm - peglegpete Nov 19, 22:13
It's like Facebook wants me to watch Blackadder on TiVo while attending a Braves game. (nm) - David Nov 19, 22:11 9
- Facebook really wants me to be friends with Jesus - Mr. Havens Nov 20, 00:11
- Facebook desperately, i mean DESPERATELY, wants me to go to Cinetopia -- nm - Guy Nov 19, 22:44
- Facebook tells me to burn things. -- nm - Cuzzin Toddfurky Nov 19, 22:34 2
  - David would be a good start. Look how easy he would burn if you just set a match to him. - Facebook Nov 19, 22:38 1
    - Facebook is already tying up loose ends on the last series of murders. -- nm - David Nov 19, 22:40
- No, I want you to kill people. Lots of people - Facebook Nov 19, 22:15 1
  - I know who I'd start with. -- nm - David Nov 19, 22:33
- Facebook wants me to eat acai berries so I can date "quality" "professional" men. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 22:12 1
  - Facebook wants me to shave, brush my teeth, and use my computer less. Do they have spycam in my house? -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 19, 22:16
Anytime someone attacks me on MobWars, I put them on the HitList and let some bigger badder mothereffer kill them instantly. - CrankYanker Nov 19, 22:09 2
- Me too. Got lots of money, but need more mob members... -- nm - Stephen Nov 19, 22:11 1
  - I need both, but I sell sh*t just to get enough money to put a contract out on them. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 19, 22:13

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