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Fallout: New Vegas coming this fall, teaser coming ... right now -- (link) - tRuMaN Feb 4, 08:06
Radiohead and Wilco have posted mp3s of live shows, and are asking for voluntary donations for Haiti in return. -- (link) - TFox Feb 4, 08:05 1
- And the Wilco link. -- (link) - TFox Feb 4, 08:05
Happy Birthday CrankYanker! -- nm - MDH Feb 4, 08:03
Love when my cup of tea comes out just right. Tea, water, milk, sugar perfectly balanced. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 4, 07:59 11
- Word. Of course, I could never figure out how Picard could drink Earl Grey without milk/sugar. Black teas can be so harsh -- nm - flavorize Feb 4, 08:03 4
  - It's the only way I drink tea. Milk and sugar just ruin it - decline Feb 4, 08:10
  - love strong black teas but not EG (blech) -- nm - zork Feb 4, 08:05 2
    - having ate in London, drinking a cup of dirt would probably taste good. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 08:07
    - Yeah, EG can be very hit and miss (depending on brand). My current black tea is Super Irish Breakfast by Stash -- nm - flavorize Feb 4, 08:07
- I've moved of late to a smidgen less milk, half a spoon of sugar, and leaving the tea bag in the cup while I drink it. - Loyola Feb 4, 08:02 4
  - And hopefully you will know exactly what you did when you hit that perfect cup. Yeah, this one was pretty good. Temperature etc. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 4, 08:07 1
    - That's the thing though isn't it. You could be in a rush making the quick cup and when you take a sip of its brilliance you're left saying to yourself - Loyola Feb 4, 08:09
  - I put in lots of milk and sugar but it needs it because I make it really strong -- nm - zork Feb 4, 08:03 1
    - I find the sugar actually competes with the flavour of the tea rather than enhance it. - Loyola Feb 4, 08:05
- agreed -- nm - zork Feb 4, 08:00
I have an important message to those of you in the Toronto area ... - zork Feb 4, 07:59 2
- why? -- nm - Andie Feb 4, 08:00 1
  - because - zork Feb 4, 08:01
WTH.....who creates a one page PDF that is 26 MB and then it takes five minutes to download from their server. Idiots. -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 4, 07:58 2
- see, they need your money to upgrade their servers -- nm - zork Feb 4, 07:59
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The PS3 ad guys who came up with the VP of Gaming series deserve raises and stock in teh company. - Will Hunting Feb 4, 07:55 8
- sony just reupped the deal with that ad agency, which includes keeping that guy in those commericals. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 4, 07:59
- Ooo, is this a new one? I want to see it. Those commercials are wicked. -- nm - Shaun Feb 4, 07:58 5
  - here it is, is basically for MAG, but its great. -- (link) - tRuMaN Feb 4, 08:00 4
    - Nice! I'd still like to try MAG, but I think I'm FPSed out for the moment. -- nm - Shaun Feb 4, 08:03 3
      - i still love the commercial about ratchet and clank's weapons. and the one with the grandma. - tRuMaN Feb 4, 08:05 2
        
        The internet one's still my favorite. "It's like having a bathroom without an aromatherapy candle. It gets the job done but... come on!" -- nm - Ender Feb 4, 08:07 1
        
        yeah, that one is good too. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 4, 08:09
- About time there was a normal ad for PS3 -- nm - budice Feb 4, 07:57
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  - I think the instant WOM (cell phones, FB, Twitter) hurts movies a lot too these days -- nm - flavorize Feb 4, 08:00 1
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  - yes they do -- nm - ebert Feb 4, 07:58
All that talk about coma people and no one mentions the movie Sublime? - sycor Feb 4, 07:51 1
- never heard of it. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 07:51
Current win streaks in the NHL. Capitals: 11 games/Senators: 10 games/Kings: 7 games/Coyotes: 5 games. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 4, 07:47 4
- Canes had a rough one against the Flames last night. Hard hits, cuts etc. Look for Joni Pitkanen basically flying into the Carolina bench where his - HdnAgnda Feb 4, 07:58
- The Sens is really interesting cause its after losing 5 in row where they looked terrible. -- nm - AJRimmer Feb 4, 07:50
- In the NBA apparently the longest winning streak for the Nets this season is 1. -- nm - Dano Feb 4, 07:49 1
  - yeah, but they've had four of them -- nm - prayformojo Feb 4, 07:50
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- Hotkiss likes ML's wall post. -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 4, 08:03
interesting little snippet from movie From Paris With Love ,,,not really spoilerish? - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 4, 07:42 4
- nubby v. Beryllium - court of movie trivia will now come to order Feb 4, 08:00
- No, it was completely accidental. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 07:45 1
  - heh. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 07:46
- It's been in the TV ads. And yes it was. -- nm - nubby Feb 4, 07:43
So ... I probably missed all the discussion about NCIS's "Oral Happiness" social networking site for dentists, right? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 07:41
I hate people. We have a PC that is set up to ship incoming faxes to a printer.... - groiny Feb 4, 07:40
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FWIW, here's the place my brother may or may not be getting -- (link) - ty97 Feb 4, 07:39
It's been almost 6 hours and my mouth still tastes like fish. -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 07:33 9
- I usually gargle some mouthwash after I perform oral. -- nm - groiny si Feb 4, 07:35 3
  - do you know how dirty a vagina is??? nm -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 07:40 2
    - its not that bad -- nm - dog's mouth Feb 4, 07:55 1
      - why do you smell of peanut butter? nm -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 08:02
- you changed teams? -- nm - TFox Feb 4, 07:34 4
  - that's the joke I was looking for. Gets the point across without being crude. -- nm - zork Feb 4, 07:35 3
    - you mean like this? nmbl -- (link) - groiny Feb 4, 07:44 [Backboard] 1
      - live by the sword ... -- nm - zork Feb 4, 07:46
    - i wouldn't go so far as to say it wasn't crude... but yeah, i could have gone worse. -- nm - TFox Feb 4, 07:36
Towards the bottom of this link, apparently the real life "Soloist" recorded a CD a few weeks ago (with Flea). -- (link) - TFox Feb 4, 07:32
Done....and I didn't burn down the house. - Will Hunting Feb 4, 07:31 17
- WTF is going on here? WTF just happened? Defcon 1! Defcon 1! -- nm - Local power station Feb 4, 07:34 1
  - Why is my electric bill $1000.00????? nm -- nm - Will Humping Feb 4, 07:47
- I'm not a handy man at all, but even I can install a light fixture. Well done!! -- nm - Shaun Feb 4, 07:33 14
  - I would not even want to attempt it. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 07:45 11
    - I didn't wanna waste the money for a dude to come out and do all of 5 instructions. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 4, 07:46 10
      - electricity concerns me. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 07:47 9
        
        Same here....I was nervous the entire time. - Will Hunting Feb 4, 07:52 8
        
        I think it's good to be nervous when doing that stuff. -- nm - zork Feb 4, 08:03
        
        my luck I would be up on a ladder and the wife would flip a switch. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 07:54 6
        
        That's why you turn off the relevant breaker. -- nm - Shaun Feb 4, 07:55 5
        
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        lucky for me, I am leaving everything to my dog when I die. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 08:01 3
        
        What am I going to do with 6 cases of lube and 17 strings of Benwa Balls? -- nm - Groiny's dog Feb 4, 08:03 2
        
        same thing I do with it. - groiny Feb 4, 08:05
        
        tell me about it - he left me used benwa balls -- nm - groiny's cat Feb 4, 08:04
  - Shocking -- nm - Redmond Feb 4, 07:39 1
    - *golf clap* well played -- nm - lafarrow Feb 4, 07:57
If I had a daughter in her early teens, I'd make her watch An Education and listen to Taylor Swift's "15" on an endless loop. -- nm - Dano Feb 4, 07:30
From B2: It was a former resident of my City calling from Australia looking to get their health card renewed.... - Walt_Disney Feb 4, 07:28
*puts Descartes before the horse* -- nm - znufrii (27 days) Feb 4, 07:25 1
- Isaac Newton was featured on last night's Nostradamus Effect. He figured that the Apocalypse will come in 2060 - zork Feb 4, 07:35
This Oliver Stone story from Jared Harris (Pryce on Mad Men) is grrreat. - Reagen Feb 4, 07:25 5
- that's an excellent story. -- nm - Andie Feb 4, 07:34
- Why does that weird symbol thing occur in a cut/paste? -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 4, 07:29 3
  - Because I'm too lazy to properly handle that stuff -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 07:41
  - I hate so-called smart quotes -- nm - zork Feb 4, 07:31
  - Canadians just spell weirdly. -- nm - Dano Feb 4, 07:31
College Students have found a new way of cheating by having freelancers bid on their assignments.....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Feb 4, 07:24
Now this is a perfect example of irony.....Man killed by dogs after saving them from death .....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Feb 4, 07:23
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if you want to die, please think of svetlana kuznetsova. if you want to live, think of maria sharapova...nm - x Feb 4, 07:20 1
- *snork* -- nm - zork Feb 4, 07:21
Real estate LYC: My brother has offered on a(nother) place. Two issues - ty97 Feb 4, 07:16 5
- ooh, beaded curtain! -- nm - TFox Feb 4, 07:18 4
  - I have.....concerns. - ty97 Feb 4, 07:25 3
    - Garages typically have 3 walls, right? With the 4th wall being the door. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 4, 07:31 2
      - break the fourth wall, whydontcha! -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 07:51
      - man cave! -- nm - Andie Feb 4, 07:35
Fun Fact: Ke$ha wrote over 200 songs for her debut album, so those are apparently the best 14. -- nm - Dano Feb 4, 07:16 11
- and she thought Tik Tok would never be a hit and didn't want to release it (it is now #1) -- nm - decline Feb 4, 07:23 6
  - I heard it for the first time yesterday. Terrible but catchy. Hope I don't hear it very often... - Cuzzin Todd Feb 4, 07:29
  - (now in its 7th week at #1) -- nm - Tim Feb 4, 07:29 1
    - pfffffffft... -- nm - Black Eyed Peas Feb 4, 07:30
  - Of course that dude would be a hit. He's one of the most badass movie robots ever. -- nm - TFox Feb 4, 07:25
  - It's pure and utter crap, but it's catchy and enjoyable. - ty97 Feb 4, 07:24 1
    - This is the best song on the album. -- (link) - Dano Feb 4, 07:29 [youtube]
- If we break all her fingers, will that stop her? -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 07:17 3
  - It's possible that she wrote the songs while in a vegetative state. -- nm - Dano Feb 4, 07:18 2
    - I don't think she's ever experienced any other state. -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 07:22
    - you mean likely. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 4, 07:19
I wish public Google Calendars were searchable. Anyway have a good google calendar of theatrical (and DVD) movie release dates? - Don Homer Feb 4, 07:16
My boss over IM: "I'll be in Orlando tomorrow. You and I need to go do lunch early next week." - JaxSean Feb 4, 07:15 5
- I'm predicting a good outcome -- nm - zork Feb 4, 07:19 2
  - two chicks at the same time? -- nm - Don Homer Feb 4, 07:20 1
    - and how many cups? - zork Feb 4, 07:30
- Best wishes... and it's sad that this issue is so prevalent that I'm confused, but I thought this was already decided. - Dano Feb 4, 07:18
- (best wishes) -- nm - Don Homer Feb 4, 07:16
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- That boxer mix Chamomile is gorgeous. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 07:56 1
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- Go Carson! -- nm - Shaun Feb 4, 07:30
- Eenu shouldn't be cleared to play. He looks like he's already had too many concussions. -- nm - TFox Feb 4, 07:20 1
  - (And Chamomile looks like she was in The Fantastic Mr. Fox.) -- nm - TFox Feb 4, 07:20
- My money's on Mason. -- nm - Diva Feb 4, 07:18
- I want Jersey Boy. - Callisto Feb 4, 07:18 1
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*imagines he's playing tennis* -- nm - znufrii (27 days) Feb 4, 07:14
"The researchers then decided to see if they could use the approach to communicate with a patient." - TFox Feb 4, 07:14 11
- So he's a misdiagnosed "locked in" patient. Good to know. But is he happy living that way? - TWuG Feb 4, 07:22 3
  - I wasn't getting in to that at all. I just wanted to see you catch up with the class. I'm glad you made it. -- nm - TFox Feb 4, 07:23 2
    - Some days your a fucking ass. Today ends in a "y" so it must be one of those days. Sorry I bothered trying to discuss this with you. -- nm - TWuG Feb 4, 07:26 1
      - TWuGgles! -- nm - TFox Feb 4, 07:27
- Unless he gets up out of bed and beats Roger Federer in a game of tennis, I'm not buying it. -- nm - TWuG si Feb 4, 07:21 5
  - The brain is odd. And that one guy is significant only in that his doctors misdiagnosed him. - TWuG Feb 4, 07:25 4
    - The point is, this test/procedure to test brain alertness, and general ability to answer yes or no questions didn't exist heretofore. - Loyola Feb 4, 07:36 2
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        I agree. I think it's also important to be mindful when discussing this that there may be people among us who have gone through this scenario, or are - Loyola Feb 4, 07:47
    - I can't even tell who you are talking to. -- nm - TFox Feb 4, 07:27
- I think they are trying to see if they can ask someone questions and determine their answer based on activity - SyrDragon Feb 4, 07:20
Hey Northeast, it's raining fairly hard here right now. -- nm - Dano Feb 4, 07:14
in a vegetative state is where I'm a viking. -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 07:14 1
- dreaming of being a viking? how cute. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 4, 07:15
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