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The one thing I'll take away from the conversation below is that 2 1/2 Men has replaced According to Jim as a metric. - crash davis Jan 28, 13:06 2
- Because we're trying to never again mention According to Jim. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 28, 13:09
- i'd probably watch 2 and 1/2 Men over any Seth McFarlane - tik tok Jan 28, 13:07
Spawn, look! 12 ft. HDMI Cable! -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 28, 13:05 3
- I got 15 foot ones for a better price! ($11 total) - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 28, 13:07 2
  - Unfortunately, HDMI cable isn't going to get you on to Xbox live. - JaxSean Jan 28, 13:08
  - Nah, why ruin a perfect string of ducking us? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 28, 13:07
12 Foot v1.3b HDMI Cable $4.99 * + $5 shipping -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 28, 13:05
Was there a BOC on Woot? I can't seem to get the page to come up. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 12:57 6
- According to my woot off tracker there's still 10.2% left of the monitor. -- nm - pmb Jan 28, 13:00 5
  - But I can't get in either. -- nm - pmb Jan 28, 13:01 4
    - Oop, back up now. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 13:03
    - Famous Maker 27� LCD Monitor with HDMI -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 28, 13:02
    - weird. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 13:02 1
      - It killed my woot off tracker too. Now I can't get into it. -- nm - pmb Jan 28, 13:07
If any of you deadbeats get invited to my wedding, this is your lovely parting gift. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jan 28, 12:56
Cro 27 : 23 Den - Danedukenuuk Jan 28, 12:52 7
- The team who only conceded 23 goals must have had a good goalkeeper. -- nm - Loyola Jan 28, 12:58 3
  - they have plus Ivano Balic - Danedukenuuk Jan 28, 13:02 2
    - Happens. (I guess) -- nm - Loyola Jan 28, 13:06 1
      - yes you have to play consistently at you're very best in all games - Danedukenuuk Jan 28, 13:12
- Crap. I thought Denmark would beat the spread. -- nm - pmb Jan 28, 12:56 2
  - Just you wait until curling season begins heating up. Provincial playdown recaps, here I come! -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 28, 12:59 1
    - a european championship is not a provincial championship - Danedukenuuk Jan 28, 13:05
NWBR, the Jays had two players on that MLB special last night. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 28, 12:50 3
- Wow. That's encouraging then. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 28, 12:53 2
  - I think the article linked earlier (by Beaker?) should be encouraging, too. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 28, 12:59 1
    - I read it and I hold my judgement on that one for two reasons: - Name Withheld By Request Jan 28, 13:04
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- We be fast, and they be slow. -- nm - flavorize Jan 28, 12:49
Dear ST: Today's boston.com Love Letters writer wrote a 7 paragraph letter wondering why the guy she broke up with doesn't want to talk to her. - Diva - gay for figure skating Jan 28, 12:48 13
- I like the long ones. More crazy. -- nm - Loyola Jan 28, 13:01
- probably cause she is a 7-paragraph kind of woman -- nm - tik tok Jan 28, 13:00
- Good for him. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 12:58
- easy to solve - Danedukenuuk Jan 28, 12:57
- She wants him to be there for her - and he has the gall to not be her victim - Epiphany Jan 28, 12:55
- how can it not be an accepted fact that if both parties can't handle friendship, then, it doesn't happen? -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 12:49 3
  - Because it's only important what I want. - Letter writer Jan 28, 12:50 2
    - And meredith was awesome as usual. She in no uncertain terms told the LW nicely to give the man some space and stop calling him. - Diva - gay for figure skating Jan 28, 12:54 1
      - L3 to the IM -- nm - Epiphany Jan 28, 12:56
- Thanks for not reproducing the 7 paragraph letter here -- nm - Roger More Jan 28, 12:49 3
  - Of late, I've been trying not to post the letters that seem extremely long and silly. - Diva - gay for figure skating Jan 28, 12:51 2
    - I'm not sure what it is about her column that attracts such long-winded people. Hax q's seem more abbreviated -- nm - Roger More Jan 28, 13:01 1
      - i pull hax q's from the live chat. her column prints longer letters -- nm - tik tok Jan 28, 13:02
i *like* our bookkeeper a lot, but she can drive me nuts professionally - Andie Jan 28, 12:47 1
- She might be trying to start a conversation and can't think of anything good to start one. Or she's a little nuts. -- nm - Loyola Jan 28, 13:04
The ACC is actually kinda hard to rank. - nubby Jan 28, 12:46 1
- not the best venue to see the Tragically Hip -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Jan 28, 12:55
my boss just picked his nose than rubbed off whatever he got onto the bottom of my desk. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 28, 12:46 1
- he plans to record that as your bonus and make you pay taxes on it too -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 12:47
Was tuesday really the last Better Off Ted? - musubi Jan 28, 12:42 31
- Nothing's official yet. -- nm - Ender Jan 28, 13:04
- "Have you two been drinking?" "Lil' bit." - JaxSean Jan 28, 12:58 2
  - "I *am* a good mentor!" (nm) - musubi Jan 28, 13:00 1
    - "Now.....STRIKE!" - JaxSean Jan 28, 13:02
- if "Ted" was a star, say Jon Hamm, this show would be huge; shows need stars. Look at Modern Family -- nm - flavorize Jan 28, 12:47 22
  - Jon Hamm is a star? Is that a joke? - David Jan 28, 12:59 4
    - He also has Emmy noms and better national exposure - Reagen Jan 28, 13:03 3
      - He's a cable television actor, albeit a good one. - David Jan 28, 13:04 2
        
        I think you get a little more heat, but it ultimately ends the same way - Reagen Jan 28, 13:07 1
        
        Exactly. -- nm - David Jan 28, 13:08
  - I don't know that I agree. BoT is a little too absurd for mainstream audiences. - Reagen Jan 28, 12:52 8
    - Agreed. I love it so much. But my brother thinks its completely absurb. -- nm - Jovian Jan 28, 13:04 1
      - It *is* absurd. That's the point. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 13:06
    - Well to be fair, Scrubs did last about 7 seasons. With no discernable "stars". - musubi Jan 28, 12:54 5
      - Scrubs also goes for "heartwarming", which BoT treats as an allergen. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 12:55 4
        
        Don't get me wrong, I get what you're saying, but there is still an inheirent injustice in a univers where Two and Half Men gets gonzo ratings - musubi Jan 28, 12:58 3
        
        People are stupid, moose. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 13:03
        
        I think it was a victim of movable time-slots. I think everyone should buy Season One on DVD. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 13:00 1
        
        I'm seriously considering it, despite never having seen an episode -- nm - Roger More Jan 28, 13:00
  - ? What is the "star" of Modern Family? Ed ONeil? Julie Bowen? (nm) - musubi Jan 28, 12:48 7
    - you have 3 recognizable, TV stars -- nm - flavorize Jan 28, 12:50 4
      - Al Bundy and ??? - oblique Jan 28, 12:50 3
        
        Julie Bowen has done a lot. -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 12:51 2
        
        You just want her to star in the TV miniseries "Andie" -- nm - Roger More Jan 28, 12:54 1
        
        i would be so okay with her playing me! -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 13:01
    - Correct answer: Sophia Vergara's cleavage. - musubi Jan 28, 12:49
    - For my money it's Sophia Vergara. -- nm - pmb Jan 28, 12:49
- Boop! - oblique Jan 28, 12:45 2
  - "Wow, with you there's no middle ground. You either don't care at all, or care one hundred and crazy percent." (nm) - musubi Jan 28, 12:47 1
    - and I have to say, the nut punch was very funny as was the corpse in the elevator. "Deal with it" *makes hand motion* -- nm - oblique Jan 28, 12:49
- there's some unaired ones, but nothing on the schedule. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 12:43
"Wednesday night�s episode...was largely unremarkable, save for what might�ve been the most profound moment in Avril Lavigne�s public life to date." - Name Withheld By Request Jan 28, 12:38 10
- To be fair, I got a distinct feeling from that one that we missed a lot of the conversation that went on. - Ender Jan 28, 13:09
- It's clearly 2, but she's also thinking "If I were married and had three kids, would I have started a musical career?" -- nm - Roger More Jan 28, 12:47
- I like Katy Perry. -- nm - Shaun Jan 28, 12:44 1
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- I noticed that, too, and had similar, if not as detailed, thoughts. -- nm - nubby Jan 28, 12:43
- That's pretty fair. I tend to think she cared enough to say "no." -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 12:42
- I vote for the second one. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 12:40 2
  - word -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 12:45
  - Yep -- nm - flavorize Jan 28, 12:44
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NYC SWubway camera shows video of man hugging, kissing and snuggling a chicken -- (link) - Beaker Jan 28, 12:38 5
- Improv Everywhere is getting *out there*. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 12:47
- I'm glad there aren't cameras everywhere chronicling all the weird shit I do. (nm) - nubby Jan 28, 12:44
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- "... and then it gets weird" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 12:38 1
  - an angry, spitting cobra comes into frame at 1:32 -- nm - Max Jan 28, 12:43
Welsh Tesco bans shopping in pyjamas - lone canadian leafs fan Jan 28, 12:37 1
- again? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 28, 12:53
I know that the WAC has a lot of work to do to gain football respectability, but that SI mock draft helped put a smile on my face -- nm - crash davis Jan 28, 12:34
the Australina women's open is about as un-hoped for as it could be for me. -- nm - prayformojo Jan 28, 12:33 1
- TSN - lone canadian leafs fan Jan 28, 12:34
i swear i need a structural engineer to help decipher the information that just ended up on my desk -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 28, 12:27 9
- Idiot. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 28, 12:52
- If it's round, the answer is pi. The answer is always pi. (nm) - musubi Jan 28, 12:32 6
  - hmm, but what abou structural work on a "train" system for a water treatment plant? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 28, 12:34 1
    - Have you tried "pi"? (nm) - musubi Jan 28, 12:36
  - What if the answer is pi*r^2? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 12:32 3
    - All that means is the radius is 1. - musubi Jan 28, 12:33 2
      - What if it's pi*ChuckNorris? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 12:34 1
        
        Chuck Norris loves pie. Get upset about that cake-lovers. (nm) - musubi Jan 28, 12:35
- just remember ... you can tell an engineer ... but not much ;) -- nm - JenBro Jan 28, 12:30
this is exceptionally good goalkeeping - Danedukenuuk Jan 28, 12:25
"The Andre Dawson news is great. Haven't been this happy since Ugueth Urbina announced he would enter prison as an Expo." -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 12:24 2
- can you explain the collusion mentioned in The Stars Dave Perkins article? - lone canadian leafs fan Jan 28, 12:28 1
  - 4 years old and only sort of aware of baseball. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 12:36
Saints defensive game plan: try to injury Peyton Manning -- (link) - tik tok Jan 28, 12:23 12
- Peytie Pie (and the offense) will adjust as he did during the AFC Championship. The Jets weren't exactly hanging back last week. -- nm - Diva - gay for figure skating Jan 28, 12:30
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  - This will sound lame but I caught the NFL Replay of that one last night (I didn't see the game). Who handed out the fumble coupons? Cripes. -- nm - Shaun Jan 28, 12:27 5
    - I did find it amusing that the announcers felt the need to point out that someone held onto the ball when there wasn't a fumble. -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 12:34 3
      - That's a bit like observing that a cashier successfully accepted money in exchange for products, right? :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 12:35 2
        
        Well it was Joe Buck... -- nm - Shaun Jan 28, 12:37 1
        
        so, how's artie lang doing, anyway? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 12:38
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- Knocking down the QB isn't a new gameplan. -- nm - TFox Jan 28, 12:25 2
  - And it was so nice to see Favre on his ass so often. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 28, 12:29
  - Word. I fully expect to see a couple 15-yarders early in the game. - Jim Jan 28, 12:27
- They all think it. No one's supposed to say it, though. -- nm - Mop (227 lbs) Jan 28, 12:24
Crash, in terms of overall academic prestige, I think the Pac10 goes: - musubi Jan 28, 12:21 7
- Berkeley is consistently ranked higher than Stanford in academics. -- nm - jnine Jan 28, 13:11
- also: perusing B2, I see we share our academic perception of Arizona institutions. - musubi Jan 28, 12:26 3
  - I just worry that RC is going to hunt you down -- nm - crash davis Jan 28, 12:28 2
    - They're above the 'zona schools at least. :) (nm) - musubi Jan 28, 12:29 1
      - :) -- nm - crash davis Jan 28, 12:31
- while we could go back and forth on the top, I must say I think you nailed the bottom very well -- nm - crash davis Jan 28, 12:25 1
  - that's what she said! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 28, 12:29
Now I know for sure that I will never use Bridgestone Tires or watch an NFL game again -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 12:19
I actually did forget about Vandy. They do win the SEC. (nm) - musubi Jan 28, 12:18 2
- They're always a force in basketball and baseball. -- nm - David Jan 28, 12:21 1
  - Thing is, I know this rationally, but somehow, I just never remember that they're in the SEC. (nm) - musubi Jan 28, 12:22
I would love to get his autograph on one of those notices. That would be the awesome. -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 12:18
David, you'll love them a little less after watching. - Dano Jan 28, 12:18
It's snowing here. Hope it melts quick! -- nm - lileve Jan 28, 12:18 1
- Baby! -- nm - Mop (227 lbs) Jan 28, 12:23
and another penn. by Cupic -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 28, 12:16
man offers his testicle for Super Bowl ticket -- (link) - tik tok Jan 28, 12:15 8
- Pete, you're doing the half-time show. I'm pretty sure you get to see the game, too. -- nm - Mop (227 lbs) Jan 28, 12:24
- That's nuts -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jan 28, 12:23
- of course he did, he keeps them in Amy's purse. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 28, 12:18 2
  - don't forget Remlik keeps one around his neck -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 12:19 1
    - naw, he pussied out. He only has an ear necklace. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 12:24
- Greg Oden? -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 12:18
- Mastercard...priceless -- (link) - oblique Jan 28, 12:17 [youtube]
- what an Einstein -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 28, 12:17
/locks B2 in a tiny room forever -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 28, 12:15

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