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Thanks to Peter King, I now know why Stallworth flashed his lights. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 5, 13:01
Here is the latest info on aftershocks and such from USGS -- (link) - eag Apr 5, 12:55
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- When will people learn the law of diminishing returns as applied to plastic surgery? -- nm - Dano Apr 5, 12:53 1
  - It all depends. He is not on camera so much as stage. This looks a lot better on stage. -- nm - Kick Ass Apr 5, 13:01
- *scary* -- nm - Andie Apr 5, 12:52
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- *nods head yes* -- nm - brad lidge Apr 5, 13:04
- depends on the game (world series) and when (9th inning)? - the 40 year old virgin Apr 5, 13:02
- No. I expect Pujols to beat me, but I don't want to send my pitcher the message that he's not good enough. - David Apr 5, 12:59 4
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    - Final inning, two outs, up by 3. - Kick Ass Apr 5, 13:03 1
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- No. -- nm - TFox Apr 5, 12:52
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- I blame myself. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 5, 12:57 1
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So, I saw Sherlock Holmes over the long weekend. I liked it, for the most part. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 5, 12:48 4
- I think my grade would be an "A". That's right, as much as I love Holmes stories, this one wasn't an A+. - Beryllium Apr 5, 12:53 3
  - I can agree with this. - Kick Ass Apr 5, 13:02
  - I loved it but the english accents were a bit too much sometimes - eag Apr 5, 12:57 1
    - i thought the effects were terrible. fun story though. -- nm - Andie Apr 5, 12:59
[sigh] Finally over my sinus infection, now I'm developing a sore throat. - Dr.Vermin Apr 5, 12:46 1
- i got a cold on thursday. i'm going home after lunch -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 5, 12:47
Oh, that Marvel app for the iPad is gorgeous -- nm - oblique Apr 5, 12:44 6
- We need a universal comic book reader, and so far the Longbox beta ain't doing it. -- nm - Mop (226 lbs) Apr 5, 12:47 2
  - Why do you hate Remlik? -- nm - Dano Apr 5, 12:48 1
    - he *is* a universal comic book reader. -- nm - loosilu Apr 5, 12:56
- The attention to every conceivable detail -- nm - Hans Gruber Apr 5, 12:45 2
  - Hans, you are a true afficianado of comics. That's one expensive habit I have avoided. -- nm - oblique Apr 5, 12:46 1
    - Downtown Comics. Indianapolis. I have two myself. - Hans Gruber Apr 5, 12:56
Japanses astronaut aboard ISS takes pic of northern lights -- (link) - oblique Apr 5, 12:41 2
- that sounds dirty -- nm - prayformojo Apr 5, 12:42 1
  - ...in bed. -- nm - Mop (226 lbs) Apr 5, 12:47
The future of health care: Insurers sue Mass. on double-digit rate hike denial. -- (link) - Mop (226 lbs) Apr 5, 12:40 1
- "Bring it on." -- nm - Obama Apr 5, 12:41
I'm having a Sun Drop soda I picked up in South Carolina. Yeah, not so good -- nm - CQ Apr 5, 12:38 6
- Is it as bad as Moxie? - amoxy Apr 5, 12:41 1
  - my irony meter just self destructed. -- nm - loosilu Apr 5, 12:42
- Lemon Oy! -- nm - Mop (226 lbs) Apr 5, 12:40
- it's like a bad Mellow Yellow -- nm - CQ Apr 5, 12:39 2
  - what I should have done was buy a case of Cherrywine cola. That stuff was awesome -- nm - CQ Apr 5, 12:39 1
    - Cheerwine -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 5, 12:41
Kid told he can't be a single lady -- (link) - marcel Apr 5, 12:33 4
- If only someone had done this to TFox when he was younger, imagine what could have been. -- nm - Mop (226 lbs) Apr 5, 12:37
- i love how the girl in the middle changes posture and gives him the eye :-) -- nm - marcel Apr 5, 12:37
- "I'm a terrible father" ["because I was filming *while driving with kids in the car*"] -- nm - Max Apr 5, 12:35
- shoulda put a ring on it -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 5, 12:34
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- Googles "opening day no hitter". -- (link) - TFox Apr 5, 12:30 1
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  - 1940. -- (link) - Mop (226 lbs) Apr 5, 12:31
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iReport video of dust clouds rising from hills after Baja earthquake. Pretty cool. -- (link) - Mop (226 lbs) Apr 5, 12:28 2
- Obviously these are so cal people - eag Apr 5, 12:46
- bah. we have cloud of pollen coming from the trees when there is a breeze. Like something out of a germ warfare movie -- nm - sycor Apr 5, 12:38
I wonder how common the fantasy of the mystery visiting CEO is... Somebody far up the corporate ladder who shows up to evaluate your department... - Dr.Vermin Apr 5, 12:22 15
- I wonder how much longer they can keep pulling this off without people catching on. -- nm - Mop (226 lbs) Apr 5, 12:29 3
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    - It's the #1 show on Sunday night. -- nm - Dano Apr 5, 12:32
  - as long as the minimum wage folks don't have time to watch TV. -- nm - loosilu Apr 5, 12:29
- I'd think it could only happen in very specific companies. - Callisto Apr 5, 12:28
- or at least gives me a van -- nm - Dano Apr 5, 12:25 2
  - i wonder if they are opening the company up to equal opportunity claims from the employees who don't get jack squat -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 5, 12:27 1
    - Why don't I get $5000 to pay towards my mortgage!? -- nm - Dano Apr 5, 12:29
- it wasn't a mystery per se, but we did get new computers after I pointed out to a visiting VP that we couldn't even bring up the company's website on - Reagen Apr 5, 12:24
- Sullivan's Travels - the 40 year old virgin Apr 5, 12:24
- You've been watching Undercover Boss again, haven't you? -- nm - znufrii Apr 5, 12:24 4
  - I actually haven't seen it since the 7-11 guy. - Dr.Vermin Apr 5, 12:40 1
    - it's always a fun prank to pull on new hires, too... - znufrii Apr 5, 12:43
  - wow, you really connected the dots on that mystery pretty quick, Encyclopedia Brown. -- nm - TFox Apr 5, 12:24 1
    - "The Case of the Posting Vermin" -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 5, 12:35
heh "Adams Appels" on TV -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 5, 12:21
I guess I'm just a luddite who has no interest in an iPad. I just don't see what I'd do with it. -- nm - Dano Apr 5, 12:18 21
- It's a convergence device for me. It is gaming (both solo and with others), portable TV, music, streaming video, reading, photos, web - oblique Apr 5, 12:30 1
  - I don't really do any of those things electronically other than music and web, and I've got those covered. -- nm - Dano Apr 5, 12:36
- I'm a tablet lover, but I don't like the iPad. -- nm - Mop (226 lbs) Apr 5, 12:30 2
  - oh, i get it, you love all the other ones? -- nm - TFox Apr 5, 12:31 1
    - I certainly love the one I own. -- nm - Mop (226 lbs) Apr 5, 12:33
- Stephen Colbert demonstrated its usefullness in making salsa - loosilu Apr 5, 12:21
- depending on the typability, i think i would love one for screenwriting - the 40 year old virgin Apr 5, 12:20 9
  - typing to load a web page or do a google search works. I don't think I'd want to type for long periods on it -- nm - oblique Apr 5, 12:28
  - I don't want to do substantial typing on anything that doesn't have physical keys. -- nm - loosilu Apr 5, 12:24 4
    - you can get a keyboard for it. -- nm - decline Apr 5, 12:25 3
      - *chaching* - loosilu Apr 5, 12:26
      - the iMonitor. -- nm - TFox Apr 5, 12:25 1
        
        ...that doesn't sit upright. -- nm - loosilu Apr 5, 12:28
  - You use a mac, right? One of the macheist apps last year was an editor that seized control of your screen (to avoid distraction) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 5, 12:24 1
    - yeah yeah, i know i can do it if i want to - the 40 year old virgin Apr 5, 12:26
  - that first one is awesome. "fewer features is good!" -- nm - b. Apr 5, 12:21
- porn. -- nm - b. Apr 5, 12:19
- I believe we have established that you should at least be able to play Parcheesi in a boat. -- nm - TFox Apr 5, 12:19
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- Though I bet that hotties of the day would look great on it. -- nm - Dano Apr 5, 12:18 1
  - there ya go. -- nm - b. Apr 5, 12:20
3 for 4, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 3 Runs nm - Jim Apr 5, 12:16
Nikki Finke says Marvel Comics The Runaways is getting the director from Nick and Nora's Playlist movie,.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 5, 12:15 3
- The first arc of this is as tight a comic script as can be imagined. -- nm - Reagen Apr 5, 12:20 1
  - I bet they chicken out on the ending. -- nm - David Apr 5, 12:44
- *likes this* -- nm - TFox Apr 5, 12:16
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- Enrico Polatzo! -- nm - Reagen Apr 5, 12:18
- poor Nationals. -- nm - decline Apr 5, 12:16
"would you be willing to show your naked rear end in the movie?" - amoxy Apr 5, 12:12
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- PUJOLS!!!! nm -- nm - groiny Apr 5, 12:31
- Clearly, you all suck. -- nm - Kick Ass Apr 5, 12:08
so yesterday i watched the first 3 eps of better off ted (which i hadnt seen). - tRuMaN Apr 5, 12:06 15
- It really is (was? *sob*) one of the funniest shows on TV that got crappy treatment. - JaxSean Apr 5, 12:12
- That's one of the funniest things I've ever seen on television. -- nm - David Apr 5, 12:10 1
  - "the bunny would then cuddle everyone in a 2 mile radius" - tRuMaN Apr 5, 12:11
- I love Netflix streaming -- nm - oblique Apr 5, 12:08 11
  - see, that is something i would use an iPad for. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 5, 12:09 10
    - This is a little bit of my issue with these kinds of devices. I already have way more media to consume than I know what to do with. -- nm - Reagen Apr 5, 12:10 9
      - i think the win with the iPad is that it makes the process a lot more intuitive. it's more like reading a book - the 40 year old virgin Apr 5, 12:11 7
        
        well, I keep my laptop on the coffee table and the TV is on almost from the moment I get home to the moment I go to bed. Any more media consumption - Reagen Apr 5, 12:20 2
        
        I'm intrigued by your coax idea and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. -- nm - David Apr 5, 12:43 1
        
        I'm definitely not against the idea. -- nm - Reagen Apr 5, 12:48
        
        yeah, i think it will be the trend setter for that interface, but I am willing to bet that others will be able - tRuMaN Apr 5, 12:12 3
        
        As long as they build it entirely for touch, it is doable. Windows 7 on a tablet isn't the same as using the iPhone OS on the iPad - oblique Apr 5, 12:14
        
        HP may have already done so with their new Slate tablet -- nm - decline Apr 5, 12:14 1
        
        is that the one running windows 7? some of the ones running android look - tRuMaN Apr 5, 12:16
      - I didn't realize how true this was until I cancelled most of it... and I'm still swamped. -- nm - TFox Apr 5, 12:11
Sacco's "miracle" speech last night was awesome. I love it when he says, "screw 'em!" -- nm - CQ Apr 5, 12:04 5
- here's the link -- (link) - CQ Apr 5, 12:09 [youtube]
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  - where were you sitting? -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 5, 12:24 1
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  - you're always gonna have your crazies. It's a sad fact. -- nm - CQ Apr 5, 12:10
LIR: twug. I dont' see any reason to use an iTouch or iPhone for what I would use the iPad for. It isn't something I walk around with - oblique Apr 5, 12:03 2
- as much as I like what i am reading about the iPad, i am going to wait until this summer to decide what i want to do. - tRuMaN Apr 5, 12:05 1
  - indeed. I won't pay $500 for it. $200-300, yes -- nm - oblique Apr 5, 12:08
"I'm getting a shovel for my cake!" -- nm - TFox Apr 5, 12:02 7
- "It's Go Time!" -- nm - Mop (226 lbs) Apr 5, 12:08
- bery needs to put a duplicate quote warning thingee on here. -- (link) - Kick Ass Apr 5, 12:06 [Backboard]
- "Why would I sacrifice my queen for your pawn?! ... Eh? ........ EH?!" -- nm - Reagen Apr 5, 12:04 4
  - "Not pretty?" "Maybe a little too pretty." -- nm - TFox Apr 5, 12:05 3
    - "It's OK. I don't feel things anymore." -- nm - Reagen Apr 5, 12:11 2
      - "Thanks, Little Phil." -- nm - TFox Apr 5, 12:14 1
        
        "I wish that tart would go back to Columbia and take her weird little Brown friends with her." -- nm - loosilu Apr 5, 12:23
PUJOLS!!!!!!!! nm - Jim Apr 5, 12:02 2
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again albert? -- nm - dogbert Apr 5, 12:02
as God as my witness I thought B2 could fly -- nm - Beaker Apr 5, 12:01 3
- "With God as" or "As God is," I think. -- nm - mara Apr 5, 12:12 1
  - I just Googled, half the hits come up with "as" and half with "is" :) -- nm - Beaker Apr 5, 12:30
- If it had an iPad it could. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 5, 12:02

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