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So, I'm editing the NaNoWriMo I wrote back in November? I haven't even looked at it since, and I can't believe it actually comes together real nicely. - Qale Feb 8, 08:56 1
- Nicey! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 09:05
From B. Question to Andie about the dream: Have you ever seen the building your female friend lives in, or seen photos of it or heard it described? - Facto Feb 8, 08:48 2
- nope. -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 08:50
- "B2" -- nm - Facto Feb 8, 08:48
Sugary pop nearly doubles your chances of getting pancreatic cancer -- (link) - Beaker Feb 8, 08:43 2
- Be nice to see the study break out Suger vs High Fructose Corn Syrup - scorpion Feb 8, 09:12
- *bans Ke$ha from the airwaves* -- nm - CDC Feb 8, 08:58
In case you care, and missed it yesterday, here's the update on my painting/planting project... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Feb 8, 08:38 [flickr] 1
- Cool! I like that you took all those pics to show the progression. Very nice -- nm - flavorize Feb 8, 08:56
Ugh. Howard Stern 'confirms' he's considering the American Idol slot. -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 8, 08:36 32
- That's actually a great idea for Idol. You need someone people love or hate. -- nm - Redmond Feb 8, 08:38 30
  - I hate the idea.....Cowell, for all his blunt criticism, knows his stuff. His words matter. Stern's just a shock jock; his words mean nothing. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 08:48 4
    - This is correct. While interesting in terms of shock value it is possibly sowing the seed of AIs downfall. - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 08:51 2
      - No Simon leaving is sowing the seeds of AIs downfall. -- nm - Redmond Feb 8, 08:52 1
        
        Definitely plural on seeds. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 08:57
    - We fast forward through all the other judges (although we'll give Ellen a chance this year) just to see if Simon agrees with us. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 08:51
  - except Stern is a non factor anymore. -- nm - Remlik Feb 8, 08:40
  - I think the difference though is that people hate Simon but like to watch him, I think Stern is hated and won't get watched. -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 08:40 16
    - I haven't listened to him in 10 years but he had a way, then, of coming off as a loveable goofball with no filter. - Mel Profit Feb 8, 08:50
    - Right, I don't think "love or hate" is right, I think it's more "love TO hate". -- nm - Ender Feb 8, 08:43 14
      - Who could do it though? I couldn't be Simon, and give people the harsh truth & dash their dreams. What Ellen and Paula do/did is easy. - flavorize Feb 8, 08:45 13
        
        Personally, I think they've already failed. Kara was their Paula replacement, Ellen should have been their Simon replacement. -- nm - Ender Feb 8, 08:50
        
        the guys on Canadian Idol are good at it (except for Farley), the other two while unknown could fill the role easily -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 08:46 1
        
        Forgot about all the other Idol shows. Yeah, someone has to be able to jump from the minors to the big leagues. -- nm - flavorize Feb 8, 08:51
        
        But that only holds water if the person criticizing seems like they know what they are talking about. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:46 9
        
        P Diddy? Bono? Kanye? I can't think of any other people who could be dicks but back it up. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 08:50 7
        
        Pharrell. Timbaland. Friggin Posh Spice. I could list another dozen, I bet. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:53 6
        
        (Whitney Houston. Aretha.) -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:57 5
        
        Non of those people is a Simon type. Kanye maybe -- nm - Redmond Feb 8, 08:58 4
        
        Although Kanye says stupid things only because he's stupid -- nm - Redmond Feb 8, 08:58
        
        wholly disagree. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:58 2
        
        Posh Spice wasn't abrasive, and she was a guest host. -- nm - Redmond Feb 8, 08:59 1
        
        she would, of course, be exactly the same if given the fulltime job. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 09:00
        
        Yep. How about someone like, Phil Collins? -- nm - flavorize Feb 8, 08:47
  - That's actually a great idea for Idol. It will finally get rid of the show. -- nm - Qale Feb 8, 08:40 5
    - Simon leaving pretty much does that already. Why not throw a Hail Mary pass by hiring someone very polarizing. -- nm - Redmond Feb 8, 08:45 4
      - Why not close out the show on top with some dignity? -- nm - Qale Feb 8, 08:51 3
        
        I can't believe you're using 'dignity' in a sentence about American Idol -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 08:52 2
        
        Like it or not, American Idol has produced some really blockbuster pop stars with real talent. - Qale Feb 8, 09:00 1
        
        I know, but because I don't follow AI or pop generally, all AI means to me is embarrassing auditions -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 09:05
  - I maintain that without some sort of background in music, the caustic judging will go over like a lead balloon. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:40
- their immature males ratings would go through the roof! while the remainder would plummet -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 08:38
Get ready DVR, the Olympics are coming. A lot will be asked of you between this and regular programming. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 08:33 1
- and you know it. -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 08:35
boston.com Love Letter: He's Mr. Unreliable - Diva Feb 8, 08:32 8
- for me it is the same thing as at work when people are late for meetings regularily. pisses me right off. -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 08:45
- being an hour late for anything with anyone without notice is just inexcusably rude -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 8, 08:43
- move on, sister. - znufrii Feb 8, 08:38
- i think she's right on track. -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 08:35 1
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 08:36
- A rare letter where Meredith's reader is already doing the right thing. Dude sounds like he may have a depression problem with that last excuse... - TFox Feb 8, 08:34 1
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- she seems right on to me -- nm - CQ Feb 8, 08:34
Was anyone else surprised that the Colts didn't have a personal foul called against them during the onsides kick scrum? - TFox Feb 8, 08:28 17
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  - I will not be surprised if a fine gets handed down for some of that stuff eventually. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:55 2
    - It was a helluva play call, that hte ball went 13 yards before the first Colt touched it shows the unexpected nature. - Will Hunting Feb 8, 08:56 1
      - Had the Colts gotten it. Game over. Ball at the 40, to start the half. Probably get at least a FG. 10-14 point swing. -- nm - flavorize Feb 8, 08:59
- I thought a couple of things during that. First, I cannot imagine what it was like to be towards the bottom of that scrum. It looked absolutely - pmb Feb 8, 08:49
- I'm surprised they let that go without some flags in general....there was some absurd things they were letting go on. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 08:47 2
  - cry colts fan cry cry a river of tears wah wah -- nm - lafarrow Feb 8, 08:50 1
    - Good ol Lafarrow singling out a person out of 6 saying the same thing and being wrong about it. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 08:54
- True. Yet, there were a lot of Saints coaches, on the field, yelling at people in the pile & to the refs, WHILE the play was being sorted out. -- nm - flavorize Feb 8, 08:40 1
  - yeah, that was additionally horseshit, I agree. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:41
- honestly, I was suprised that they didnt call anything on the Saints, considering they had coaches on the field, right up agains the pile up - tRuMaN Feb 8, 08:40 1
  - yep. Just beat me to it. -- nm - flavorize Feb 8, 08:42
- I saw a Colts player holding a Saints defender so bad once it turned into a horsecollar. Ref was standing Right. There. -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 08:34 4
  - they didn't call holding on either side of the ball. At all. -- nm - Callisto Feb 8, 08:35 3
    - At that point both O lines probably knew they could do whatever. Both QBs' stats reflect that somewhat. -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 08:38 2
      - I wonder if it was a conscious decision by the league somewhat, given the talk about "getting to the QBs" before the game. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:39 1
        
        interesting... -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 08:40
so which online game of MW2 is best to start out with and level up in? -- nm - Remlik Feb 8, 08:28 2
- i tend to play a lot of large team matches (its called Ground war) since its 8 vs 8, gives you more options to kill. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 8, 08:41 1
  - its a mix of deathmatch and domination (slayer and ctf). - tRuMaN Feb 8, 08:42
The amazing thing about Brees' 32 for 39 is that there were two pretty bad drops in there. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 08:23 15
- There was also a ball thrown to Bush at the end of the first half that I was floored he caught, because it could have cost them that field goal. - TFox Feb 8, 08:24
- Yeah....with 1 glaring mistake, I can't imagine QB's playing much better than those 2 did last night. - Will Hunting Feb 8, 08:23 13
  - I'm still amazed by the pass he completed to Clark on the right side in quadruple coverage. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:36 3
    - that was incredible. He threw past a veritable sea of Saints defenders. -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 08:37 1
      - it looked like one of those volleyball plays, when the set pass floats past six decoy spikers. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:38
    - yeah, that was something, the pass and the catch -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 08:37
  - And you can't hang the INT on Manning. It was a great defensive play. -- nm - Jim Feb 8, 08:26 4
    - that was crazy - lafarrow Feb 8, 08:34 3
      - As a Saints fan that must have, however, been thrilling to watch. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 8, 08:37 2
        
        i punched my wife, kicked the kids and kissed the dog - lafarrow Feb 8, 08:52 1
        
        you should have done something unexpected and unusual however. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 8, 08:57
  - He badly overthrew .. I want to say Colston ... early, but that was about it. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 08:26 2
    - Meachem on the fly pattern was overthrown (Brees first down field pass) but other than that, he was on target just about every single time. (nm) - musubi Feb 8, 08:59
    - that one that Colston dropped hit him in the hands... - Mel Profit Feb 8, 08:27
  - It was a very high quality game on both sides. Only 1 turnover, not many penalties. Some good plays on both sides of the ball. -- nm - Dano Feb 8, 08:25
In a city known for its strip joints, it's tough titties for a lot of girls in this economy. -- (link) - Qale Feb 8, 08:22 1
- not for me -- nm - Truman's boss Feb 8, 08:23
i liked the Simpsons Coke ad up to the point that Burns didn't revert to his true self and steal all the yummy Coke from everyone else - dj roomba Feb 8, 08:15 4
- I'm waiting for news that the animators put little easter eggs in the spot. - JaxSean Feb 8, 08:32
- yeah, that ad was friggin weird. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:17
- the lesson here is that Diet Pepsi is better. -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 08:17
- Agreed. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 08:16
SAAIINNTSTSSSSS WIINNN THE SOOOPPPEeeeerrrrBBBoowlwlllalal -- nm - lafarrow Feb 8, 08:01 6
- Will Saints Nation actually know what to do with itself? -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 08:16
- I won 110 euro on them too! :) -- nm - Loyola Feb 8, 08:15
- there it is -- nm - dj roomba Feb 8, 08:12
- Congrats man! We were at a huge Saints party yesterday....good times!! nm - Jim Feb 8, 08:07
- And here we have an example of a wild lafarrow, who has just sobered up enough to attempt operating a computer keyboard. -- nm - National Geographic si Feb 8, 08:04
- Geaux Saints!!! -- nm - Facto Feb 8, 08:04
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- It's such a stupid argument that not getting political contributions from special interests means you're doing something wrong - stewie Feb 8, 08:22
- For the same reason it worked the opposite way 2 years ago. The party not in power is the party of reform. - Ender Feb 8, 08:16 3
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    - People are stupid. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 08:20
  - but you'd think politicians would at least pretend that their parties aren't for sale to the highest bidder. -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 08:18
- Because they see problems and are angry, the Democrats have been unable to articulate how they are addressing these problems, and the Republicans have - Roger More Feb 8, 08:06
- beat me to it.... -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 08:03 2
  - don't let him win. i'm sure that newspaper wrote other interesting things today. link those! -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:04 1
    - I might do that. - znufrii Feb 8, 08:05
- Because they're sheep, Dawson. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 08:01 1
  - And what do sheep say? -- nm - Fiona in About A Boy Feb 8, 08:06
- ~We are the angry mob, we read the papers everyday/We like who we like and we hate who we hate and we're all so easily swayed~ - Facto Feb 8, 08:00
I've put a reservation on Girl with the Dragon Tattoo at the library - I'm 7th in the queue. -- nm - LMS Feb 8, 07:52 16
- really, really liking it so far -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 08:06 5
  - on page 210 now. (spoils) - TFox Feb 8, 08:06 4
    - I'm on about 125. It has me semi-hooked. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 08:13 3
      - I'm quite enjoying it, it is just, thus far, not exactly as advertised. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:14
      - out of interest, how many pages in your copy? -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 08:14 1
        
        This is the one I ordered from Amazon, and it says 608. - JaxSean Feb 8, 08:34
- My library system has 150 copies, and 750 people in the queue. I ended up buying it -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 07:55 9
  - I found a copy at my local used book store. Haven't started reading it yet. - MojaveMeg Feb 8, 08:36
  - i just checked, i'm #645 out of 783. I put it on hold about 10 days ago, so, i'll get it by what? summer? : ) -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 08:04 7
    - You can borrow my copy once I'm done with it - I should have finished after this weekend -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 08:08 1
      - woo! -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 08:12
    - Seems some savvy studio should pick up the rights to remake it (the film trilogy, or whatever) in a US version.. -- nm - Facto Feb 8, 08:05 4
      - Music Box has the US rights to the Swedish movies and will release the 1st one in March. Sony has bought the English language remake rights. -- nm - Dano Feb 8, 08:09 2
        
        Here is the page for the Swedish film with US playdates. -- (link) - Dano Feb 8, 08:10 1
        
        *gives the film crappy subtitles for the DVD release* -- nm - Magnolia Pictures Feb 8, 08:14
      - i'm sure someone owns those rights. -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 08:06
As a result of finishing Chuck Klosterman's book Fargo Rock City I have pulled the following tapes/CDs from my collection to listen to again: - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 07:50 20
- AfD is obviously in a class by itself. - Mel Profit Feb 8, 08:26 3
  - Yeah, that is pretty much the case made in the book and Klosterman can't say enough good things about it and also lays the groundwork for discussing - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 08:30 2
    - People forget that UYI & II started selling at midnight and there were lines... - Mel Profit Feb 8, 08:33 1
      - Man, I friggin loved going to midnight CD sales. Tower Records in Nashville did them every single week. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:35
- It was too fast for love, so you discarded it. Right? -- nm - Facto Feb 8, 07:55 2
  - I think my sister absconded with a lot of my cassettes, leaving me with the cases. - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 08:04 1
    - Sisters get away with anything and everything - Facto Feb 8, 08:06
- I can -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 07:51 12
  - 't speak to Ratt and Cinderella, but Purple is awesome. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 07:51 11
    - He holds Interstate Love Song in very high regard. It's a good book, especially if the 80s glam, hairband rock was your thing. His knowledge of the - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 07:55 6
      - Same thing happened all over. And people went from silly haircuts to silly knitwear caps. -- nm - Facto Feb 8, 07:57
      - Purple came out well before 2001. And yes, Interstate Love Song is the best thing that band ever wrote. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 07:56 4
        
        No, the book was written in 2001. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 07:59 3
        
        ....right, so if the album came out before that, then that's how it got in there. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:00 2
        
        Yes, I was just elaborating on why this book, which focuses on the 80s bands led to me pulling STP out of my collection. I figured I should - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 08:03
        
        (oh, were you asking rhetorically and answering your own question? nevermind. -- nm - TFox Feb 8, 08:01
    - I can speak to Cinderella...easily one of the most underrated of the "hair"bands. - Jim Feb 8, 07:53 3
      - Whitesnake, for what it was, was a great band. - Mel Profit Feb 8, 08:22
      - Word -- nm - Stephen Feb 8, 08:01 1
        
        I think you'd enjoy this book. The one thing he and I don't really seem to see eye to eye on is Iron Maiden (Basically my - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 08:15
I don't want to live in a world where I can't tweak my nipples during a meeting with a client dammit. -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 07:46 1
- And by 'client' you mean... -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 8, 07:47

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