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to encourage us not to come to school today, the heat is off campuswide. my god, it's fucking freezing in here. - santa claus loves mandy lane Nov 28, 13:17
i think Bride Wars passed Confession of a Shopaholic for most sexist movie of the year - pigby Nov 28, 13:10
I think that, next year, stores just need to determine the order of Black Friday entrants by gladitorial combat. - ReluctantCynic Nov 28, 13:08 2
- I have to admit, Best Buy and their line up / hand out vouchers at 4 am is about the most organized I've ever seen. - JaxSean Nov 28, 13:16
- naw, they should use a ratio of - truman Nov 28, 13:09
Amazon lightning deal: Katamari Damacy for Playstation 2 $4.95. -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 28, 13:01
reagen, re: an IM a few boards back, toronto doesn't always have the same SSG as calgary plus - zork Nov 28, 12:57
Lingerie Bowl model arrested in Hollywood last night for trying to beat up her boyfriend -- (link) - pigby Nov 28, 12:55 2
- Ms. Pac Man Jones? -- nm - Redmond Nov 28, 13:01
- shame on yo.....oh...(reads IM link) -- nm - Butcher Pete Nov 28, 12:59
repost: andie and mara, that contest is daily entry -- nm - zork Nov 28, 12:54 1
- hey, yggm. -- nm - kelly Nov 28, 13:00
do we have an accountant handy? -- nm - santa claus loves mandy lane Nov 28, 12:53 9
- whatcha need. -- nm - truman Nov 28, 13:03 7
  - it's just a policy question: are freddie mac and fannie mae subject to GAAP? are they subject to SOx? Or is SOx only for private companies - santa claus loves mandy lane Nov 28, 13:14 5
    - they should have been subject to sox before all of this - truman Nov 28, 13:19 1
      - sox is for sec listed companies, which both of them were before the takeover - truman Nov 28, 13:19
    - Fannie/Freddie now or before? - pigby Nov 28, 13:16 2
      - thanks, my little pixie. (I thought pixerella before was pretty good. thanks for not noticing.) -- nm - santa claus loves mandy lane Nov 28, 13:18
      - so they weren't SOxed before? are they SOxable now? -- nm - santa claus loves mandy lane Nov 28, 13:18
  - fwiw, accounting is my day job - truman Nov 28, 13:07
- (I have one quick general question. I don't need personal or extensive help.) -- nm - santa claus loves mandy lane Nov 28, 12:53
what is track 1 from Steely Dan's 'Katy Lied' album? I know it, and it is very appropriate today -- nm - peglegpete Nov 28, 12:45
Weeeeird ... a folding mouse. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 28, 12:43
gattaca poll: do you believe biology is destiny? - pigby Nov 28, 12:41 20
- I believe that Gattaca is the most boring and pretentious movie of the past decade. -- nm - David Nov 28, 13:20
- What's an example of "transcending genetic boundaries?" nm - Dignan Nov 28, 13:04 7
  - let's say, hypothetically, that procrastination is a genetic trait and you inherit it from one of your parents - pigby Nov 28, 13:08 6
    - I'll answer later. nm - Dignan Nov 28, 13:13 5
      - is this the "one secret per week" rule? what secret have you already told pixie? -- nm - santa claus loves mandy lane Nov 28, 13:15 4
        
        pixie subscribed to the three secrets/week plan. nm - Dignan Nov 28, 13:17 2
        
        I thought the only 3 offering was a three pack of scabies. damn contact lenses. -- nm - santa claus loves mandy lane Nov 28, 13:19
        
        one down, two to go! -- nm - pigby Nov 28, 13:18
        
        The "Mop Secret." -- nm - JaxSean Nov 28, 13:17
- Biology is a consideration, not a limitation. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 28, 13:01
- Can be overcome, but extremely difficult to do so and only the exceptional do. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 28, 12:57
- We have genetic constraints, but they are always to achieve above those limits. (nm) - musubi Nov 28, 12:49 1
  - except since your consciousness is a product of your genetics, how do you really know the full scope of those limits? - pigby Nov 28, 12:53
- No. -- nm - Amy Nov 28, 12:45 1
  - Your biology made you say, No. -- nm - Redmond Nov 28, 12:47
- It's all God's will. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 28, 12:43 3
  - this reminds me - i was watching one of those reality-wedding shows last week.... - El Fandie Nov 28, 12:47 2
    - *snork* to the last line -- nm - zork Nov 28, 12:53
    - "I sent a boat and a helicopter, what more did you want?" -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:52
- the latter, mostly. -- nm - El Fandie Nov 28, 12:42
And the non-confidence motion itself: - Name Withheld By Request Nov 28, 12:37 10
- I understand the first draft just said "You smell like an elephant -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:37 9
  - 's butt." -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:38 8
    - I have no idea how this is going to play out, but I'd still bet on Harper, not the Liberals or NDP, to come out ahead. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 28, 12:41 7
      - *shudder* I just received an email...."Get ready for Finance Minister Jack Layton." -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 28, 12:58 6
        
        what's funny about this whole situation is that it's playing out exactly like a high school civics program would. -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 13:00 5
        
        It's American thanksgiving weekend, so my business is D-E-A-D today and I've been able to spend all day thinking about this. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 28, 13:05 4
        
        the other thing it reminds me of is one of those CBC radio shows where a 45 year old housewife ends up as PM. -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 13:12 3
        
        Anything! As long as it's not Dion! -- nm - The Liberal Party Brass Nov 28, 13:16
        
        Now how in the hell did *that* happen? -- nm - Prime Minister Luba Goy Si Nov 28, 13:15 1
        
        She'd be Canada's answer to "M" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 13:16
G'day all, I'm going downtown. -- nm - the liioulu with nothing Nov 28, 12:35 2
- Is it hump day already? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 28, 12:36
- Euphemism? -- nm - Redmond Nov 28, 12:36
I want TT to know, I'm eating spam musubi right now. (nm) - musubi Nov 28, 12:32 11
- you made spam turkey yesterday didn't you? - pigby Nov 28, 12:35 3
  - *smacks forehead* I *do* have Turkey Spam! That's a great idea for next year. - musubi Nov 28, 12:37 2
    - good god man - pigby Nov 28, 12:38 1
      - Please, like you wouldn't sell half your cardboard box for a juicy slice of Turkey Spam. (nm) - musubi Nov 28, 12:50
- keep posting stuff like this and you just might make me ill enough to have to go home. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 28, 12:34 4
  - Last night, I ate about 3 pounds of raw fish. - musubi Nov 28, 12:36 3
    - was there rice invoved? tell me more. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 28, 12:37 2
      - Among other things yes. Pickled, fermented napa cabbage. Squid. - musubi Nov 28, 12:48 1
        
        listen, if you don't want me to steal your food, just say so. -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:51
- You made a self-portrait out of spam and now you're eating it? - secretslacker Nov 28, 12:32
- I didn't realize you were that flexible. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 12:32
you know, I have two hdtvs and I didnt pay a think for either of them. -- nm - truman Nov 28, 12:29 3
- Somali pirate? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 28, 12:30 2
  - one is a 720p set that my parents got a blackfriday sale a couple of years back - truman Nov 28, 12:31 1
    - I had one until 3 months ago. the store clerk screwed up the billing on a 65" mitsubishi diamond 7 years ago. it died this year and I replaced it -- nm - peglegpete Nov 28, 12:43
#21 for Georgetown, Sapp, is *fun*. - David Nov 28, 12:29
Australia - Old Antarctic Explorer Nov 28, 12:26 2
- It's no New Zealand... -- nm - secretslacker Nov 28, 12:32 1
  - HaHa and Ke-recto-mundo - Old Antarctic Explorer Nov 28, 12:36
Thanksgiving special: L.A. Auto Show's top 10 turkeys -- (link) - Loyola Nov 28, 12:19 2
- "Looking less like a sports car than a wall-socket adapter for an iPod" -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:27
- 2008 Hummer "Cornfields wither on the stalk when this thing drives by." -- nm - Loyola Nov 28, 12:24
today on pigby afternoon theater: Gattaca - pigby verrell Nov 28, 12:19
bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored - JaxSean Nov 28, 12:17 7
- I'm fighting the urge to fall asleep at my desk. - kelly Nov 28, 12:25 1
  - we are *dead*. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 28, 12:34
- I'm sensing you're bored. -- nm - the liioulu with nothing Nov 28, 12:19
- play a game. -- nm - truman Nov 28, 12:18 3
  - pretty much everything is blocked at work. should have brought a movie (a few people are watching movies.) - JaxSean Nov 28, 12:33
  - A bored game? -- nm - secretslacker Nov 28, 12:20 1
    - not sure why the game would have to be bored, but I guess jax could be an uninspired player -- nm - truman Nov 28, 12:21
Meteorites found from last weeks large meteor in western Canada.. -- (link) - El Fandie Nov 28, 12:16 4
- sounds like a mini Tungusta -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 12:31
- kryptonite? -- nm - truman Nov 28, 12:19
- oh pigby verrell, you've done it now you lunkhead! -- nm - pigby verrell Nov 28, 12:18
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This is a very easy to read and (I think) informative little piece on "How to Buy an HDTV." -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 28, 12:16 6
- Cool. I don't want to go all hqmeister, but it appears that I want a 720p, rather than 1080p. (nm0 - musubi Nov 28, 12:30 3
  - I don't think they actually make 1080ps at that size for exactly that reason. - Reagen Nov 28, 12:33 2
    - RE: your IM, I know, but I just wanted to make the joke. - musubi Nov 28, 12:39
    - I stand a little corrected - there are a few 32" 1080ps but most are 720. -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:37
- That was great. It extinguished my buyer's remorse. -- nm - Amy Nov 28, 12:22
- *head explodes* -- nm - aitch cue maestro Nov 28, 12:18
Hap[y Black Friday. -- nm - the liioulu with nothing Nov 28, 12:15
sitwap - Somali pirates take chemical tanker, British and Irish security guards abandon crew -- (link) - crash davis Nov 28, 12:05 5
- Couldn't blame them. You're not much good when you're unarmed. - Loyola Nov 28, 12:09 2
  - "We've seen Braveheart. We're not falling for that one." -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:10 1
    - heh -- nm - Loyola Nov 28, 12:12
- that's not likely to be good for business. -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:06 1
  - That's not gonna be good for *anybody.* -- nm - Seth Nov 28, 12:10
my stalker also take note: i need implants too - pigby Nov 28, 12:01 1
- the price depends on the quality of the place and your perscription -- nm - truman Nov 28, 12:18
did anyone see any good blackfriday deals on blank dvds/ -- nm - truman Nov 28, 11:59 3
- Staples has these for $4.98. -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 28, 12:02 2
  - would need to be online. hmm -- nm - truman Nov 28, 12:04
  - oops, make that "had." It was a 5 am - 10 am early bird deal. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 28, 12:03
hockey agent/coach David Frost not guillt of sexual exploitation -- (link) - Reagen Nov 28, 11:58 2
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  - it makes junior hockey seem like an outtake from Boogie Nights - Reagen Nov 28, 12:13
oh well it's not for christmas per se but i'm buying myself script coverage -- nm - pigby Nov 28, 11:58 3
- Great Idea - Old Antarctic Explorer Nov 28, 12:23 2
  - The Script Department - pigby Nov 28, 12:30 1
    - ta, I'll check them out -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Nov 28, 12:31
It's on like Donkey Kong! Liberals to move non-confidence on Monday. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Nov 28, 11:58 11
- Wait ... if that motion passes, Dion would become the PM? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 12:02 10
  - No. The rumours are that Dion's being told to quit (no one on the Liberal team even likes the guy anymore) and a "temporary leader would become PM". - Name Withheld By Request Nov 28, 12:04 3
    - Nevermind. Apparently Dion has been given the nod "according to opposition sources". -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 28, 12:07 1
      - Fricking hilarious, if it works. :) - Beryllium Nov 28, 12:09
    - Goodale would be funny. No one in SK outside the boundaries of his riding likes him. Dryden would be *hilarious*. -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:05
  - potentially. MIchaelle Jean could (but is unlikely to) say No way, Jose. -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:04 5
    - Ballsy. Stupid, but ballsy. I'd like to see that happen. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 12:05 4
      - look up the King/Byng affain. -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 12:05 3
        
        I think it was inevitable that we'd eventually end up in this place as soon as the minority cycle started again in 2004. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 28, 12:13 2
        
        "Mr. Chretien, what about this coalition?" "Je ne comprends pas anglais." -- (link) - Reagen Nov 28, 12:16 1
        
        If I were the journo, I would have asked again in French. And probably would have gotten a similar answer. -- nm - Roger More Nov 28, 12:27
Travis singing I Kissed a Girl is about as good as that song's ever gonna get -- nm - pigby Nov 28, 11:56 5
- thanks in advance for linking me, pixerella. -- nm - santa claus loves mandy lane Nov 28, 11:58 4
  - I was just listening to that on the car radio. - musubi Nov 28, 12:22 2
    - stop copying me, jerkface -- nm - pigby Nov 28, 12:23 1
      - B**ch please, were you driving a minivan while listening? - musubi Nov 28, 12:31
  - it's the next to last song in their set -- (link) - pigby Nov 28, 11:59
how do I find the live cashback on ebay, please? do I just enter from live.com? I can't seem to find ebay as a store. thanks. -- nm - santa claus loves mandy lane Nov 28, 11:56 2
- ebay has a 10% off 'coupon' good till the end of the month, but I think the cash deal is a 3rd party vendor trying to be a paypal type service or comp - zeitgeist Nov 28, 12:35 1
  - it's cashback vis live.com. I just can't find the ebay link on the live site. thanks anyway -- nm - santa claus loves mandy lane Nov 28, 12:49
ESPN has it now. "Tennessee has reached an agreement with former Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin to take over as the Volunteers' next coach." -- nm - David Nov 28, 11:56
banana -- nm - pigby Nov 28, 11:55 6
- also, a delicious pudding. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 28, 11:56
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  - i'm not falling for that again -- nm - pigby Nov 28, 11:56 2
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      - well duh -- nm - pigby Nov 28, 11:56
- monkey -- nm - truman Nov 28, 11:55

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