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Baby... tramps like us... baby, we were born to run -- nm - Mr. Havens May 12, 19:09
I can't not watch Happy Town. It boggles the mind that this mess makes it to air. -- nm - Dano May 12, 19:07 2
- Post Grad is on the way. is this so bad it's good? or just so bad? -- nm - Max May 12, 19:08 1
  - Just bad and offensive. -- nm - Dano May 12, 19:09
Is this you dancing on stage with Bruce Springsteen? - Remlik May 12, 19:07
Random thing I discovered from reading my college reunion report: our class president produced Harold and Kumar. nm - ralph wiggum May 12, 19:04 4
- the movie or the people? -- nm - sherlock homie May 12, 19:05
- I would hate to have to read your college reunion report. Mine is bad enough. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 19:04 2
  - We're mostly of the age where people write about their families, rather than their careers. nm - ralph wiggum May 12, 19:08 1
    - yeah, like I said. :) - loosilu May 12, 19:09
Feels like 93 -- (link) - Beaker May 12, 18:48 [youtube] 4
- I like how the Habs have essentially become the torch bearers for the Expos. Then again, why hitch your wagon to organization? - Mop May 12, 18:59 3
  - er, aren't those two different sports? - loosilu May 12, 19:02 2
    - They are. Which is why it's so absurd. The Expos mascot is now the Habs mascot. -- nm - Mop May 12, 19:04 1
      - we have the Expos now, and they suck. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 19:04
does anyone read Latin? Please to translate. "Ut vos es sic vos vadum exsisto" -- nm - loosilu May 12, 18:48 15
- It's something like "As you are, so shall you be." nm - ralph wiggum May 12, 18:55 14
  - I want to go gay for you. - loosilu May 12, 19:00
  - Oh, burn!! In Latin, no less. -- nm - Mop May 12, 18:59
  - nerd trap, poindexter! -- nm - prayformojo May 12, 18:56 5
    - Dammit! Now I feel like I need to go beat someone up to compensate. nm - ralph wiggum May 12, 18:59 4
      - *hangs around the water cooler for no apparent reason* -- nm - sherlock homie May 12, 19:02
      - RC reads Latin too. I would p ay money to see you talk Latin together. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 19:02 2
        
        God no. I'm not even remotely that skilled. nm - ralph wiggum May 12, 19:05 1
        
        It's not as if I'd know how correct it was. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 19:06
  - Poor pixie. nm - Dignan May 12, 18:56 5
    - it's so fatalistic. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 19:01 4
      - Imagine being sentenced to a lifetime of being pixie. nm - Dignan May 12, 19:03 3
        
        i'm still rooting for you to get the Jets back, hockey pal -- nm - sherlock homie May 12, 19:06 2
        
        It's not helping! nm - Dignan May 12, 19:08 1
        
        i'm just a walking jinx of bad luck :( -- nm - sherlock homie May 12, 19:09
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- Ok, you piqued my interest. - Stephen May 12, 19:04
Giant killers! Capitals. Penguins. We want Boston! -- nm - Mop May 12, 18:41 2
- And the riot police are out in force in Montreal. Rightfully so. -- nm - Mop May 12, 18:47
- WOO HOO! (and Boston/Philly spoilers) - Beaker May 12, 18:42
Lost spoils re: Allison Janney. - loosilu May 12, 18:40 1
- CJ -- nm - peglegpete May 12, 19:00
well fuck me sideways. -- nm - Gary Bettman May 12, 18:36 1
- I bet that in the short term, revenues from Canadian viewers are way up and more than accounting for the loss of US revenues. - Mop May 12, 18:42
Oh, and after finally seeing the trailer for the Expendables I have this to say: - Stephen May 12, 18:36 2
- Needs more Dolph. Singing. -- nm - Mop May 12, 18:45
- Stallone is already scripting a sequel. -- nm - Remlik May 12, 18:37
yall are a bunch of cootiequeens --nm - prayformojo May 12, 18:32 3
- PICKLE YOU CUMQUAT! -- nm - Remlik May 12, 18:37
- Mop was asking if you have more details on the abby thing from the doc ... -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 18:35
- Are not!! -- nm - the liioulu without briefcase May 12, 18:33
Clauida Black on NCIS this past week. -- nm - Remlik May 12, 18:31 9
- She was fantastic. Quite an episode, I thought. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 18:33 8
  - yep. 7 years of storyline touched in this one. -- nm - Remlik May 12, 18:50 7
    - dealing with that one storyline was long overdue. it has always bothered me. spoil. - loosilu May 12, 18:54 6
      - pfft. no way. -- nm - Beaker May 12, 18:55 5
        
        wanna bet? :) -- nm - loosilu May 12, 18:55 4
        
        my take was - spoils - Beaker May 12, 18:58 3
        
        I don't think she would EVER - loosilu May 12, 19:03
        
        She's going to find a way to do both. -- nm - the liioulu without briefcase May 12, 18:59 1
        
        I think... - loosilu May 12, 19:03
Red Riding 1983 (B). Grade for entire trilogy (B) -- nm - Dano May 12, 18:19
Finally saw Clash of the Titans, i'll give it a B (spoils) - Stephen May 12, 18:16
Update on FB privacy breach, I didn't know about this last week.... - CrankYanker May 12, 18:15
News report said apartment owners are starting to use FB as a reference tool to approve or disapprove potential tenants. -- nm - CrankYanker May 12, 18:00 34
- Makes sense. It's doubly bad. i) if the tenant has wild parties and ii) the tenant is stupid enough to post pictures. -- nm - Mop May 12, 18:45
- they'd be silly not to. my cop friends say it's the first thing they look at when they check people out, and I've done it for prospective employees. -- nm - mafic May 12, 18:16 28
  - question: Do you have ways to investigate profiles that have been set to private? -- nm - Hotkiss May 12, 18:32 15
    - i love that gen y people only want to know how to hide all evidence of their debauched behavior - sherlock homie May 12, 18:54 2
      - Look, we all did it. Just ... don't .. post about it. Seriously. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 18:56
      - Now shake your fist and tell her to get off your lawn! nm - ralph wiggum May 12, 18:55
    - rule of thumb: Don't post things on FB that you would not want a prospective employer to read. - loosilu May 12, 18:35 11
      - my Twitter isn't PG. my job and superior has tried to add me. so far they stand at pending.... -- nm - Hotkiss May 12, 18:40 4
        
        you might want to reassess what you twitter. What if some common acquaintance tells the boss things you've said? -- nm - loosilu May 12, 18:41 3
        
        and by the way, they can read what you tweet even if you don't add them. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 18:41 2
        
        protected tweets, but point taken from below -- nm - Hotkiss May 12, 18:42 1
        
        well, you better hope everyone you know can keep their mouth shut. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 18:44
      - Yes, updates like "my boss is a douche" tend to make prospective employers send your resume to the circular file - Stephen May 12, 18:38 3
        
        you don't even have to go that far. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 18:40
        
        And maybe fired from your current job... -- nm - Stephen May 12, 18:39
        
        And maybe fired fro -- nm - Stephen May 12, 18:39
      - Seriously, I'd like to start a light business doing Facebook checks for clients - Hotkiss May 12, 18:37
      - this. -- nm - Beaker May 12, 18:35
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    - Just for the record, I'd hate to be on the bad side of one of your cross examinations. -- nm - Mop May 12, 18:46 3
      - What for? Just pull out a picture of him in his Zubaz. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 18:49 2
        
        Gimme a break. I'm pandering. You never know why I might *allegedly* commit a crime in the land of 10,000 lakes. -- nm - Mop May 12, 19:03 1
        
        there *must* be other defense attorneys there. - loosilu May 12, 19:05
    - FB status is admissible in court now as evidence, I read. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 18:26 6
      - "Is it true Ms Lu that you had three handcrafted beers on May 5th? -- nm - the liioulu without briefcase May 12, 18:30 5
        
        "Why yes, it was while I was arguing with David on ST!" -- nm - loosilu May 12, 18:32 4
        
        "The prosecution rests." -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 18:33
        
        "and is it also true that you posted 'you're dead to me' on the late David's wall?" -- nm - CrankYanker May 12, 18:33 2
        
        "Yes, but taht does not constitute a threat on his life!" -- nm - loosilu May 12, 18:34 1
        
        but the jury consists of 8 old ladies who remember when they could get good gossip by listening in on the party line -- nm - zeitgeist May 12, 19:38
- If they're tagged in more than two photos containing JackDawson and a beer, they're rejected? :) -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 18:00 3
  - If JackDawson is in their friend list, they're rejected. ;-) -- nm - CrankYanker May 12, 18:02 2
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    - Or moves to the top of the list depending. -- nm - the liioulu without briefcase May 12, 18:04
*grumble* My mother seems to believe that our church treasurer believes women, and thus the women's group, can't handle money... never mind that the treasurer is a woman... -- nm - Ender May 12, 17:55 6
- Women are *financially irresponsible.* nm - Dignan May 12, 18:00
- clearly, she's met some women. -- nm - TFox May 12, 17:59
- Might be. Or she just doesn't believe that anyone but her can handle the church's money. -- nm - the liioulu without briefcase May 12, 17:58 2
  - Oh, don't get me wrong, my mother is completely in the wrong on this. - Ender May 12, 18:00 1
    - Ah, okay. -- nm - the liioulu without briefcase May 12, 18:03
- Some people do have a bit of an "I can't, therefore, *we* can't" belief system. -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 17:56
Tomorrowland suspicious bag "similar to a backpack" left at the entrance to Tomorrowland theater along with "other events" prompted the park to call - CrankYanker May 12, 17:48
BORDERLANDS! -- nm - lileve May 12, 17:47 2
- I was just on for a bit with my youngest, but I'm done for the night. What level are you at right now? -- nm - JaxSean May 12, 17:54 1
  - 26. I've been coat tailing though. -- nm - lileve May 12, 20:10
They just called me back. $150!!!!! - Subversive (221 lbs) May 12, 17:47 22
- sweet! -- nm - Hotkiss May 12, 18:32
- HOOAH! -- nm - Stephen May 12, 18:28
- sweet! I love selling stuff! -- nm - mafic May 12, 18:14
- Cool! -- nm - CrankYanker May 12, 17:59
- Nice! -- nm - JaxSean May 12, 17:54
- awesome job! so cool -- nm - CQ May 12, 17:54
- Congrats! -- nm - the liioulu without briefcase May 12, 17:53
- good job. -- nm - Reagen May 12, 17:52 8
  - which paper, BTW? -- nm - Reagen May 12, 17:57 7
    - Herald -- nm - Subversive May 12, 17:58 6
      - yeah, they probably pay better. -- nm - Reagen May 12, 18:00 5
        
        He said it was way more than they usually pay, but the photos were "really good" - Subversive May 12, 18:30 4
        
        Those are good shots and congrats! What lens did you use? - Fuzzy May 12, 19:03
        
        take that, reagen -- nm - sherlock homie May 12, 18:52 1
        
        Hey, I knew he knows how to work his camera. Lots of people that submit to us... don't. -- nm - Reagen May 12, 19:01
        
        double awesome! -- nm - loosilu May 12, 18:33
- You owe Reagen a beer. (congrats, dude.) -- nm - TFox May 12, 17:52
- Don Homer!!! -- nm - loosilu May 12, 17:50
- nice -- nm - Beaker May 12, 17:48
- nice! -- nm - znufrii May 12, 17:47
- Sweet! Congrats! -- nm - lileve May 12, 17:47
- omg. That's awesome! :) -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 17:47
Fishing line and nets cut free from a whale in Dana Point harbor... -- (link) - MojaveMeg May 12, 17:32 2
- Not quite as impressive as using a crossbow to cut line off. -- (link) - Beryllium May 12, 17:38
- mmm Matak -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 12, 17:34
wait, a 7am till midnight meeting? what. the. fuck. is up with that shit? -- nm - Beaker May 12, 17:28 2
- And how much work actually gets done during it? -- nm - the liioulu without briefcase May 12, 17:53
- that's insane. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 17:50
I just ordered my strawberry tee-shirt. I took a deep breath...and ordered a 'medium.' Wish me luck :) -- nm - MojaveMeg May 12, 17:28
"Lost" prop auction! -- (link) - sherlock homie May 12, 17:26
Tonight's ballgame text vote: who is better between Batman and Superman? -- nm - David May 12, 17:24
Subby, those are totally sellable (assuming they didn't get the same shot with one of their guys) - Reagen May 12, 17:22 9
- I called them, they have nothing at the moment. He asked me to send him a couple of my best shots and he would get back to me. - Subversive (221 lbs) May 12, 17:43 1
  - awesome. -- nm - Reagen May 12, 17:48
- How about this? I have exported one (not the best one, but a decent one) out of lightroom into a very small size (240 x 160 pixels) - Subversive (221 lbs) May 12, 17:30 3
  - this is a pretty good guide on pricing. it depends on how big and where in the paper. -- nm - mafic May 12, 17:39 1
    - and, I forgot the link -- (link) - mafic May 12, 17:40
  - I think that's OK, but I'd definitely try by phone. - Reagen May 12, 17:33
- (the straight on one is the most dramatic) -- nm - Reagen May 12, 17:27
- yep. whatever you do, don't just give them away. -- nm - mafic May 12, 17:27
- change your nick to Peter Parker :) -- nm - Beaker May 12, 17:27
Tomorrowland link - suspicious backpack. -- (link) - MojaveMeg May 12, 17:22 3
- Update.... - MojaveMeg May 12, 17:26 2
  - I'll let you know if I hear a ...........BOOM!! :) -- nm - MojaveMeg May 12, 17:27 1
    - All's well with us...My Daughter and Son-in-law are not working today... -- nm - BAD May 12, 17:47
click -- nm - sherlock homie May 12, 17:21

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