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Hey, does anyone know of a tool for Vista that makes it easy to copy fonts out of the fonts folder? - Beryllium Mar 1, 09:26
Terry O'Quinn is pitching a TNT series about him and Micheal Emerson as hitmen.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 1, 09:25 2
- "Locke & Keyes" - jingoist pixie Mar 1, 09:27
- they're a great duo. -- nm - loosilu Mar 1, 09:26
My wife is so damn cute. Our cruise is Saturday and today she is trying on clothes to make her belly look good. I think she's excited for the cruise -- nm - CQ Mar 1, 09:24
and your new Jim Rockford is . . . -- (link) - jingoist pixie Mar 1, 09:22
Do non-Catholics observe Good Friday? - musubi Mar 1, 09:14 34
- IME, the average Catholic doesn't observe Good Friday in a going to Church way, just in a fasting way. - ty97 Mar 1, 09:18 12
  - just because a lot of people *don't* go, doesn't mean they're not required... -- (link) - znufrii Mar 1, 09:20 6
    - If you read the GF description, you'll see that Mass is not required. -- nm - loosilu Mar 1, 09:23
    - Good Friday is not a Holy Day of Obligation. Read your link. -- nm - ty97 Mar 1, 09:23 4
      - you're right, I'm a bad Catholic... - znufrii Mar 1, 09:23 3
        
        Sometimes it seems as though there's no such thing as a good catholic ... - Beryllium Mar 1, 09:24 2
        
        If you think you're a good Catholic, you weren't paying attention to what you were taught. -- nm - loosilu Mar 1, 09:26
        
        correct, they're all born with the original sin over them -- nm - zork Mar 1, 09:25
  - Well, for Ash Wednesday, they do that creepy mark-on-the-forehead-thing. - musubi Mar 1, 09:20 1
    - It may vary by Church, but IME, there's normally a special service around 3pm (which is the time that is observed as Christ's death) - ty97 Mar 1, 09:22
  - they can't in a going to church way because there are no masses that day. - loosilu Mar 1, 09:20 2
    - There are Good Friday events at Church that day though -- nm - ty97 Mar 1, 09:21 1
      - that's sort of what I'm saying. :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 1, 09:22
- It's a statutory holiday here. Not sure that egg hunts is the best criterion plus those are not on G.F. -- nm - zork Mar 1, 09:18
- I always find that to be a funny phrase, like we're all Jane Goodall. -- nm - Reagen Mar 1, 09:17 2
  - Are you calling our Lord and Savior a monkey!?!? - musubi Mar 1, 09:19 1
    - L3 -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 1, 09:24
- Depends on what you mean by "observe" but yes, it is a Christian event so it would be recognized by all Christian faiths -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 09:16 7
  - I meant, like is there something specific that is done for the day? - musubi Mar 1, 09:17 6
    - yep and for Orthodox Christians too (although the Orthodox calendar usually doesn't have GF the same week as the Julian calendar) - zork Mar 1, 09:20 1
      - the GF service is basically a funeral. On Sunday people bring baskets with food, decorated eggs, candles, etc. to be blessed -- nm - zork Mar 1, 09:23
    - We have a service in our church (Evangelical Lutheran) that is lowkey and somber in it's attitude IIRC - oblique Mar 1, 09:19 3
      - I remember the GF services in the Lutheran church I grew up in -- they pulled a black shroud over the cross on the wall at the front of the church and - mara Mar 1, 09:26
      - us too -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 1, 09:25
      - Interesting. Thanks. (nm) - musubi Mar 1, 09:20
- i believe all christians do. -- nm - Andie Mar 1, 09:15
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  - No, because lots of people are non-Christuan -- nm - zork Mar 1, 09:16 1
    - err, non-Christian -- nm - zork Mar 1, 09:17
  - Huh. What do they do to observe it? (nm) - musubi Mar 1, 09:16 4
    - dice games. -- nm - Max Mar 1, 09:21
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    - keggers -- nm - Don Homer Mar 1, 09:18
    - *gets out the binoculars* -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 09:17
Olympic hockey final gets 17.6 rating -- in the US. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 1, 09:13 7
- That game was phenomenal. - musubi Mar 1, 09:16 5
  - other than losing to f'in Canada - jingoist pixie Mar 1, 09:18 4
    - You're getting this hockey thing down, I have to say. Pretty soon you might even be a threat. -- nm - Reagen Mar 1, 09:21 3
      - Don't go all pixie-crazy on us, ReyRey. (nm) - musubi Mar 1, 09:23 2
        
        is there anyone here who doesn't think he's owed some payback? -- nm - Reagen Mar 1, 09:24 1
        
        Is there anyone here who took him seriously in the beginning? - musubi Mar 1, 09:29
- SEE! I told you hockey will work in the good old US of A -- nm - Gary Bettman Mar 1, 09:15
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- here is what looks like the original blog post -- (link) - zork Mar 1, 09:13
- shamgar! -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 1, 09:06
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- who did Satan kill? -- nm - Max Mar 1, 09:02 1
  - Job's family? -- nm - Roger More Mar 1, 09:04
Glee in Concert Dates! NYC, Phoenix, LA, and Chicago -- (link) - MDH Mar 1, 08:54 1
- you mean Fame reloaded? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 1, 09:03
LYC Poll: ran out of sugar at the office. What did I put in my coffee that I'm now regretting? - SyrDragon Mar 1, 08:51 10
- a mint -- nm - zork Mar 1, 09:13
- answer - SyrDragon Mar 1, 09:05
- Maple syrup. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 1, 09:04
- Splenda or Equal. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 1, 09:02
- flavored fake creamer. -- nm - loosilu Mar 1, 08:56
- a peppermint -- nm - Qale Mar 1, 08:53
- Honey? -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 08:53 1
  - *ding* -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 1, 09:05
- a glazed doughnut. -- nm - Reagen Mar 1, 08:52
- so. many. choices! -- nm - TFox Mar 1, 08:52
Because I'm a giver: ESPN the Mag *with Insider* for a *year* for *four American dollars*. -- (link) - TFox Mar 1, 08:49 3
- of note because of who tends to ask for this, on first glance the subscription appears to be US-only. -- nm - Reagen Mar 1, 08:52 2
  - Moot at this point. He guilted me into it last month. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 1, 10:30
  - Damnit. If I find a deal on Insider at canuckapuck.com, I'll remember to post that too. -- nm - TFox Mar 1, 08:54
Does this remind us of anyone? "A Robbery of Three Liberal Arts Graduates: The Police Report" -- (link) - TFox Mar 1, 08:44 6
- Hee....that is just *so* ST :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 1, 09:11
- can't imagine who you would have in mind... -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 08:48 4
  - fedup. -- nm - TFox Mar 1, 08:49 3
    - ah, haven't seen him around much, so I didn't notice any similarities... -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 08:50 2
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        why would it be? -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 08:55
Yay gmail. Now if you have the text "I have attached" in your email and you don't attach anything it gives you a warning when you go to send it. -- nm - Dano Mar 1, 08:31 4
- I saw that in labs -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 1, 08:47
- Dang, how come nobody thought about that before? -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 1, 08:43
- "This is a photo of a pretty dirty man, are you sure?" -- nm - gNotice Mar 1, 08:34 1
  - "This is a photo of your genitals and the addressee is reportedly underage. Would you like to take a seat?" -- nm - gNotice Chris Hansen Mar 1, 08:47
your time waster of the day -- (link) - tRuMaN Mar 1, 08:26
If you haven't clicked today -- (link) - amoxy Mar 1, 08:26
its been awhile. What is your current desktop background picture? -- (link) - tRuMaN Mar 1, 08:24 14
- at work, river rocks. At home, a pic I took at The Devil's Golfcourse. -- nm - Reagen Mar 1, 08:44
- this -- (link) - znufrii Mar 1, 08:44
- Default Windows 7 background. -- nm - Shaun Mar 1, 08:43
- Just blue (some windows default). Can't change the background. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 1, 08:39
- This -- (link) - TWuG Mar 1, 08:35 [Image]
- At work it's whatever they make me have, but at home it's Scott Pilgrim and Ramona Flowers. -- nm - Callisto Mar 1, 08:34
- It changes every hour but currently it's a pair of escalators. -- (link) - Qale Mar 1, 08:33
- any chance to show off the fam -- (link) - SyrDragon Mar 1, 08:30 [Image] 1
  - Aww c'mon...cute ST kiddos^^^^^ -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 1, 09:25
- this Earth background at the ATP World Tour, thanks to Dano a couple years ago -- (link) - Max Mar 1, 08:26
- The same picture of my kids -- nm - amoxy Mar 1, 08:26
- been this for a while. due for a change. -- (link) - TFox Mar 1, 08:26 [flickr]
- Fireflies in Ontario -- (link) - King James the Bunny Mar 1, 08:25 1
  - mine too! -- nm - JaxSean Mar 1, 08:26
I forgot how much I hate setting up computers - oblique Mar 1, 08:19 5
- hmm, i totally understand that. also - tRuMaN Mar 1, 08:22 2
  - The rumblings I've heard are that they lack the range/power of other brands but are otherwise solid - oblique Mar 1, 08:42 1
    - yeah, the reviews have pionted out the range issue, but for a small office - tRuMaN Mar 1, 09:01
- Maybe you should ensure that they have similar interests first. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 1, 08:21 1
  - HEH -- nm - prayformojo Mar 1, 08:22
We have hit the hardest part of the day: when you pull an all-nighter to get ready for a meeting, and then you successfully rule at said meeting.... - TFox Mar 1, 08:18 2
- play online games. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 1, 08:20
- do a few victory laps. -- nm - loosilu Mar 1, 08:19
LIR: Jax: Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus. Not exactly a celebratory time in the church -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 08:06 27
- Like I'll ever get married, but if I do, maybe I'll push for Sept 11th. See if we can't make that day a bit better going forward. -- nm - Qale Mar 1, 08:09 2
  - There's a really bad "going down" joke in there but I refuse to go there -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 08:11 1
    - Kind of bizzaro story here that's not that offensive. - Qale Mar 1, 08:14
- Yeah, I'm not religious and I'd think twice on something like that. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 1, 08:07 3
  - Me too. it would never be ok in my family, It's supposed to be a solemn day. It's also a fast day for devout Catholics. -- nm - loosilu Mar 1, 08:15 1
    - But that'd be much cheaper to cater the reception if half the guests aren't going to eat. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 1, 08:19
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- They should rename it "Bad Friday" then. At least the church will be free that day, sounds like. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 1, 08:07 19
  - i seriously doubt any parish priest would perform a wedding ceremony on that day. -- nm - 'lia Mar 1, 08:10 2
    - agreed. -- nm - loosilu Mar 1, 08:16 1
      - yep, according to wiki "the only sacraments celebrated are Baptism (for those in danger of death), Penance and Anointing of the Sick." - 'lia Mar 1, 08:42
  - Yeah, it's a minomer. It's only "Good" because Christ died for all sins and the whole world now has redemption/hope -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 1, 08:09 12
    - Well they didn't think that *then*. I'm sure on Saturday they weren't "Hey, that was a Good Friday yesterday." -- nm - JaxSean Mar 1, 08:14 11
      - Actually, at the time, a lot of people probably did. "That was a sweet crucifiction yesterday! Best in a long time." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 1, 08:33 1
        
        "Spartacus's was better." -- nm - Reagen Mar 1, 08:35
      - They also didn't say, "aw, fuck, what's going on at the tomb? for real? we were just about to hunt for these here colored eggs." -- nm - TFox Mar 1, 08:19 5
        
        And the rabbit said unto thee, "Go forth and spread thyne eggs. And wo unto thee who doth chocolate ears eat first." -- nm - King James the Bunny Mar 1, 08:24
        
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        All that Roman persecution really put a damper on the celebrations :) -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 08:45 2
        
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        the first Nicene council was in 325 -- nm - 'lia Mar 1, 08:52
      - holy saturday is the blessing of the food -- (link) - 'lia Mar 1, 08:19
      - yeah, they were probably too busy freaking out and hiding from the Roman authorities to think much about it at the time... -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 08:18
      - I'm sure the holiday name/term came a long time after -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 1, 08:18
  - They're not having a religious service. -- nm - Roger More Mar 1, 08:09
  - quite the opposite. there is a special service to commemorate the crucifixion, at the end of which the altar and church are stripped bare. -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 08:08 1
    - Yes. In fact in most churches parishioners take shifts to hold vigil. -- nm - loosilu Mar 1, 08:16
How would I determine what amp my electric/lights are ` - Will Hunting Mar 1, 08:04 7
- Hunter brand dimmers are rated 1.6 -- nm - scorpion Mar 1, 09:08
- Use 1.25 and after installation, when you turn the power back on, if it sparks and shoots fire across the kitchen - decline Mar 1, 08:26 1
  - lol -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 1, 08:27
- what do you mean adjustable outlets? - tRuMaN Mar 1, 08:21 3
  - The wall switches that you can adjust. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 1, 08:22 2
    - dimming switches? -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 1, 08:23 1
      - Yes -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 1, 08:53
ST B1 Poll: What's the oldest unread mail in your Inbox? -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 08:03 4
- 7/27/07 -- nm - pmb Mar 1, 08:08
- 8/31/2009 -- nm - JaxSean Mar 1, 08:06
- None are unread. -- nm - MDH Mar 1, 08:04
- Work: 11/13/2009 - oblique Mar 1, 08:04
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- *perks* -- nm - Ringtailed Lemurs Mar 1, 08:03

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