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A bunch of MS servers are out of whack again. Boss is still snowbound in DC. Tech support has me on hold for 15 min. to find out if there is an ETR. - Diva Feb 8, 07:18
How in the hell can the America's Cup not be broadcast in America? -- nm - CQ Feb 8, 07:16 10
- because lets face it, the only thing more boring would be a grass growing contest -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 8, 15:20
- America is not a country, America is a boat. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 07:32 1
  - also, BMW-Oracle has a live feed that is supposedly very high quality -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 07:45
- Live feed, if it helps/works. -- (link) - TFox Feb 8, 07:30
- Which America? -- nm - nubby Feb 8, 07:19
- perhaps they are showing it in Canada? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 8, 07:18
- is it even happening? - znufrii Feb 8, 07:17 3
  - it was supposed to start today, but weather condition have delayed it until Wednesday -- nm - CQ Feb 8, 07:21
  - litigation is a rich person's sport, just as much as yachting -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 07:19
  - it's the most messy type of competition ever devised - Danedukenuuk Feb 8, 07:18
How much action is there actually in an NFL football game -- (link) - oblique Feb 8, 06:58 3
- Baseball is about the same. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 8, 07:05 1
  - does scratching your crotch count as action? -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 07:45
- it's no Handball game dammit -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 8, 07:01
LYC: I have just been told that I have to be ready to be an small business expert on new tax rules for a TV taping by 1:30 today..... - Walt_Disney Feb 8, 06:55 3
- what show?? (and good, you can explain to me what the hell i'm supposed to be doing now. i have a GST number.) -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 06:56 2
  - Its a Peel Region Rogers TV show called "In Business"......your situation inside.... - Walt_Disney Feb 8, 07:05 1
    - i was only GST before, so, blah, but yes, i'd LOVE what you are working on. -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 07:17
so, i had an *incredibly vivid* dream last night... anyone want to play dream analysis? - Andie Feb 8, 06:53 11
- email back from my friend who i dreamt about (quite interesting, actually).... - Andie Feb 8, 07:09 1
  - Well, that solves everything then, doesn't it? ;-) -- nm - Facto Feb 8, 07:12
- Sure, I know many Joanne Roses. It'll be a busy day for me now, checking on whether they are all fine... - Facto Feb 8, 07:06 3
  - ^ ^ ^ contains an IM -- nm - Facto Feb 8, 07:34 2
    - heh, I see why you had to point it out. The subject line doesn't hint that the IM is so involved :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 07:36 1
      - I weighed it over and came to the same conclusion ;) -- nm - Facto Feb 8, 07:38
- i've been one-track minded on this recently, but it read very Salinger-ish to me. - TFox Feb 8, 07:02 2
  - You're reading through his works in remembrance of him, seeing as he passed away recently.. ? -- nm - Facto Feb 8, 07:10 1
    - I've gone back and reread a couple of his short stories since, and I have a reread of the rest of it planned as soon as I finish my current book. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 07:11
- I read it but I am not sure what to think. 1) Seen any movies lately that have relevant imagery? 2) Are you aware of something that others may not be - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 07:00 1
  - i finished Duma Key over the weekend, so that could be the beach. and as for #2 - nope! -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 07:01
I'm not going to fire anyone over it, but I really wish someone had given me the hard sell on Vampire Weekend before now. - TFox Feb 8, 06:52 1
- I thought the new album was meh when I got it but am liking it more - stewie Feb 8, 07:15
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- I feel like we've been getting the same basic Clydesdale Bud commercial for about 5 years now. -- nm - Ender Feb 8, 06:56 2
  - I am so tired of them. Have been for a while. Oh lookit the horse and the (insert random animal here) be friends. Yay! *monkey with cymbals clap* -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 07:02 1
    - They're always among the top ones (in fact, when it started last night I said "Here's the top ad of the night probably") so don't expect them to - Cuzzin Todd Feb 8, 07:10
- The Dodge ad was awfully sexist I thought - Guigue Feb 8, 06:55 1
  - effective, though. -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 06:58
- We've hit that point in our lives when a commercial like Go Daddy or a film preview like Edge of Darkness has us detering Lil Agnda's attention to - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 06:52 1
  - It's nice to see that GoDaddy scored very low. -- nm - nubby Feb 8, 07:15
- the game was after 20:00 h on german TV so...no ads -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 8, 06:50
- Oh, I liked the "Punch Dub" one too. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 06:48 3
  - We saw a silver VW this morning and I punch-dub'd my wife. She said she was thinking the same thing. - JaxSean Feb 8, 06:54
  - Oh, and Favre in 2020. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 06:49 1
    - And I wish the NFL had bothered to license more than just that one Arcade Fire song for all their ads. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 06:57
- Really? The fiddling beaver made the top 10? ugh. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 06:45 3
  - Animals doing something "cute" will ALWAYS make the top 10. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 8, 06:46 2
    - and beavers are always Cute -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 8, 06:51 1
      - Word. -- nm - Penthouse Feb 8, 06:55
- Was I the only one that laughed real hard at Punxsutawney Polamalu? -- nm - Jim Feb 8, 06:44 6
  - One of the worst ones IMO. - nubby Feb 8, 07:14
  - creepy but funny. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 8, 07:03
  - I laughed out loud when they pulled him out of the burrow. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 06:49 1
    - That got the best reaction at our party. -- nm - Jim Feb 8, 06:56
  - nope, that one got a guffaw out of SheFox. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 06:45
  - no, that was amusing. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 8, 06:45
- i really liked the dorritos ads, and the snickers ad. - tRuMaN Feb 8, 06:38 4
  - I thought the Doritos ad in the coffin was awesome (and it was filmed here in RI). Also echo the kudos for Google. - TFox Feb 8, 06:42 3
    - Really? Among the worst (that I can even recall) I thought. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 8, 06:46
    - i thought that the dorritos dog bark collar one was hillarious. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 8, 06:42 1
      - That was made by some people in my area and according to the news this morning they won the big USA Today prize for it. $50,000 from Doritos and - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 06:49
Guess what, I slept right through the Superbowl. Good game? -- nm - CQ Feb 8, 06:24 38
- Did Roger Daltrey show his nipple? -- nm - LMS Feb 8, 06:42 3
  - Depends, by "show his nipple" do you mean "sing horribly"? If so, then yes. -- nm - Ender Feb 8, 06:57 1
    - heh. -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 07:13
  - did'nt see any piercings so that was booring -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 8, 06:45
- I thought it was pretty good. Lots of lead changes and momentum switches. It wasn't over by the 1st quarter and it remained competitive throughout. -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 06:36
- Prediction. The producers of next year's game will go with a more modern halftime act. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 06:35 29
  - I think they thought they were being clever: The CSI theme... In Miami.... Clever clever clever -- nm - Facto Feb 8, 06:51 2
    - To be fair any time they play one of their songs they've got about a 1/4 shot of playing a CSI theme song. -- nm - Ender Feb 8, 06:58 1
      - Yeah, but there are only 3 CSI HQ locations, aren't there? ;) Las Vegas, New York and Miami.. For an NYC sb they could play just about anything. Las - Facto Feb 8, 07:26
  - I doubt it. -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 06:46
  - I quite enjoyed The Who. Funniest part was my stepdad whining about all these "stupid newfangled rock bands" at the Super Bowl... - TFox Feb 8, 06:43 11
    - I enjoyed it quite a bit, but I've always dug The Who. -- nm - Jim Feb 8, 06:56
    - I like the set. What were those? LED pipe lights or something? -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 06:46 1
      - don't know, but the set was far more interesting to watch than the band... -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 06:48
    - jeebus, that's priceless. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 06:45 7
      - it's an annual tradition with him. bitch about R&B singers trilling too much during the national anthem... - TFox Feb 8, 06:59 6
        
        frankly, that annoys me too. - znufrii Feb 8, 07:05 2
        
        technically, eat my grundle. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 07:06 1
        
        yummy! There's nothing better than some nice fresh grundle for breakfast... -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 07:08
        
        Well, the R&B thing is legit! As soon as Queen L started in I was like "See you in 7 minutes." - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 07:04
        
        Did he actually use the word "new fangled"? I, for one, would not let him forget about that - Reagen Feb 8, 07:01 1
        
        i believe he did, though he'd deny it. he's friggin weird./ -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 07:03
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    - no even Tina Turner would have been significantly better -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 8, 06:41
    - We've already booked Wayne Newton. -- nm - Super Bowl Producers Feb 8, 06:38
    - There are, but most of them have already played the Super Bowl halftime show -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 06:37 9
      - Yup, they've run the gamut. McCartney, TP & the Hipbreakers, The Boss, The Who, The Stones. Most recent modernish act was Prince, right? I suppose - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 06:45 8
        
        Prince was modernish? He's been around just as long as Tom Petty. -- nm - Ender Feb 8, 07:00 2
        
        I would argue that Prince's 80's-90's stuff comes across as more youthful then Tom Petty given - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 07:08 1
        
        Really? Prince's genre of music hasn't even existed in 20 years. -- nm - Ender Feb 8, 07:10
        
        Here's a list. Looks like 2001-2004 was the peak for modernish artists, excepting Jacko in 93. -- (link) - TFox Feb 8, 06:54 2
        
        Like I said last night...they haven't had anyone under 50 since Janet showed her boobie. -- nm - Jim Feb 8, 06:58
        
        The big surprise (for me) from that list is how they only started booking big names in the 1990s - Roger More Feb 8, 06:57
        
        Prince had been around 20 years before his SB appearance, so that's stretching modernish :) I'd go with Jackson/Timberlake as most recent modernish -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 06:50 1
        
        And we all know how that turned out... -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 06:51
- It was okay, but even though it was close for most of the game, I didn't feel it was very tense -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 06:28 1
  - i'm settling for the highlites on ESPN. Seemed decent enough. -- nm - CQ Feb 8, 06:30
- meh -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 06:26
Facebook creating its own web-based email? -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 8, 06:21
war it is -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 8, 06:20 1
- yup -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 06:25
Student to me today: "I knew something was up when your crops were withering in Farmville." -- nm - nubby Feb 8, 06:03 7
- And he didn't water them? FAIL! - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 06:18 1
  - They wither even if you water. -- nm - nubby Feb 8, 07:18
- wpeaking of, send me some stable stuff. tia -- nm - CQ Feb 8, 06:09 4
  - I have everything but bricks. So anyone who has bricks, send. -- nm - nubby Feb 8, 06:11 3
    - i need everything. heh -- nm - CQ Feb 8, 06:24
    - I'll trade a brick for a wheat and an ore. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 06:17 1
      - Move the robber! -- nm - nubby Feb 8, 06:24
amazon now has 197 bluray titles for under $10 -- (link) - tRuMaN Feb 8, 05:47
Even under the old NHL rules; the Caps would have a 13game winning streak. - Will Hunting Feb 8, 05:45 3
- yesterdays game was the best hockey game i have seen since last years playoffs, and i only watched the 3rd quarter. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 8, 05:45 2
  - It was a great one to watch. The wrong team won, but still a super game. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 05:48 1
    - i would agree. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 8, 05:49
Are the federal govt buildings open in Alexandria today? - LMS Feb 8, 05:44
hmm, today I get to be interviewed/deposed? by a lawyer. this shall be awesome. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 8, 05:37 22
- hmm, i realize that might require more info, and I think i totally forgot to tell st about this. - tRuMaN Feb 8, 05:45 20
  - I think you focus on your boss' nipples far too much..... - Facto Feb 8, 07:23
  - This is hilarious. Let us know how it turns out. -- nm - mara Feb 8, 07:04
  - Oddly enough, no one seems to mind when I do this in meetings. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 8, 06:26
  - you have GOT to get another job. - Andie Feb 8, 06:23 6
    - This being your focus here, and considering your dream.. - Facto Feb 8, 07:31 5
      - (fwiw, this is another instance with backstory that you may have missed.) -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 07:33 4
        
        Thanks - Facto Feb 8, 07:40 3
        
        well, he does like to pick his nose and rub what he gets out on the bottom of anything nearby. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 8, 07:41 2
        
        if he'd done this to the manager lady, he'd be totally effed. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 07:42 1
        
        Like rub it out on her - Facto Feb 8, 07:49
  - *scrubs brain* -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 06:21
  - *feeling his chest* Really? Tell me more. -- nm - nubby Feb 8, 06:14 2
    - umm, i've said enough. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 8, 06:18 1
      - Did you say eunuch? *tweak* -- nm - nubble Feb 8, 06:35
  - Haven't you mentioned this before? How you thought it was odd. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 06:12 1
    - odd, and disturbing. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 8, 06:17
  - dear God, my eyes... -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 06:05
  - blank stare -- nm - CQ Feb 8, 06:03
  - less info! less! -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 06:01 1
    - i stand by my recomandation Especially in this case....... -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 8, 06:02
- don't say anything who knows what kind of Kafkaesqe stuff they com up with -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 8, 05:39
nice EU has approved the use of Thrombin - Danedukenuuk Feb 8, 05:32
Youngest World War II service casualty identified -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Feb 8, 05:26
yeasayer, guys. buy the CD! -- nm - sluttella Feb 8, 04:52 7
- Two tracks have come out on my "song of the day" podcasts. -- nm - nubby Feb 8, 05:41
- "recommended if you like Animal Collective or Dirty Projectors"? i'm going to need a ruling on this one. - TFox Feb 8, 05:15 5
  - me: blech. you: probably will love. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 05:59
  - their first cd? that'll sell you. (my guess? within 4 songs easily, maybe within two.) - sluttella Feb 8, 05:18 3
    - i am trying many variants, and getting lots of oops page not founds -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 05:22 2
      - sorry. still asleep. "storage.of.stuff" (it's automatic for me.) -- nm - sluttella Feb 8, 05:25 1
        
        (i had to leave for the office before i saw this, but i will investigafy today.) -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 06:17

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