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Tomorrow I get to work with 125 fifth graders over a 4 hour period. Exhausting!! -- nm - MojaveMeg May 25, 21:44 4
- 31 an hour or all of them for the half day -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 21:50 1
  - A new group (of 8 -10) every 15 minutes. My lecture gets *very* old after 5 or 6 groups. -- nm - MojaveMeg May 25, 21:52
- you think you can take 125 5th graders in a fight? I think you're pushing it -- nm - dogbert May 25, 21:44 1
  - I've survived it for the last 3 or 4 years, but it's a loooong morning. -- nm - MojaveMeg May 25, 21:50
of the many things i love about Glee (including Idina Menzel) - wheezy May 25, 21:43
I don't often fly mid-week. Narita is sorta quiet on a Wednesday. -- nm - ty97 May 25, 21:40
bummer. amazon took away the only song I wanted out of the 24 free ones that were linked earlier. only 23 now, boo. -- nm - b! May 25, 21:37 3
- dignan's law -- nm - wheezy May 25, 21:38 2
  - Is that some statute against animal cruelty? (nm) - musubi May 25, 21:40 1
    - spoiler - wheezy May 25, 21:45
The more Party Down I watch, the funnier it gets. -- nm - TFox May 25, 21:32
hasn't ralph wiggum ever watched "Poison Ivy"? - wheezy May 25, 21:32
Everything Fabio wants to know -- (link) - Gwaahjo May 25, 21:32 [youtube] 1
- haha. That's too much even for me!! -- nm - FabioParme May 25, 21:38
NCIS spoiler. - loosilu May 25, 21:28
Long-haul travel days reek havoc on my calorie intake. - ty97 May 25, 21:25 7
- you need a stash of healthy power bars or something you can pack in your jacket pocket for times like these -- nm - JenBro May 25, 21:46
- And meanwhile....you're obsessing over a grill !?! ;-) -- nm - MojaveMeg May 25, 21:40 1
  - We have a balcony. We have meat. We need a grill to back the meat scrumptious! -- nm - ty97 May 25, 21:47
- hmm, wrinkle. - ty97 May 25, 21:29 2
  - GET THE DAMN LUNCH! -- nm - loosilu May 25, 21:33 1
    - I'm satiated now. - ty97 May 25, 21:34
- you just reek no matter what day it is -- nm - wheezy May 25, 21:26
Pleasant American Idol spoiler - Mop May 25, 21:17 2
- It is. -- nm - nubby May 25, 21:37
- maybe it'd help if you said what part of the show you're spoiling. ;p -- nm - b! May 25, 21:19
they never explained HOW the flux capacitor works. if they aren't gonna explain something as important as that, how could I enjoy back to the future? -- nm - dogbert May 25, 21:17 22
- god said let there be light and, well where the hell did it come from and how the hell did god see what he was doing without it before -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 21:49
- All I know is that it runs on banana peels and that's alright with me! -- nm - Qale May 25, 21:49
- You are taking it to literal. For example, in Heroes, they say Hiro can move through time and space - FabioParme May 25, 21:34 13
  - ok, the island CAN move through space and time. that explains it, right? -- nm - dogbert May 25, 21:43 3
    - That would fit well. But that doesn't explain why Jack, Kate, Hurley and Sayid travelled through time, while - FabioParme May 25, 21:45 2
      - that's simple: sun, lapidus and ben were all left handed. everyone knows left handed people can't time travel - dogbert May 25, 21:51 1
        
        That was good!!! - FabioParme May 25, 21:56
  - Heroes is the standard of good explanations to you? I suppose we just have to agree to (utterly and completely) disagree. (nm) - musubi May 25, 21:37 8
    - No. Heroes is a piece of garbage. I was just using an example to illustrate a time travel explanation - FabioParme May 25, 21:39 7
      - So you did want a scientific answer for time travel beyond "just cause"? So you'd be happier with if a flux capacitor showed up? - musubi May 25, 21:42 3
        
        I just wanted to know why some travelled through time and other didn't - FabioParme May 25, 21:46 2
        
        My point is this: If they said "Jacob made it so", does that change anything of substance? - musubi May 25, 21:48 1
        
        If at any point in the series Jacob said he did that for a reason, I would dig it - FabioParme May 25, 21:51
      - And trust me when I say, despite its flawless ending, I still love Lost - FabioParme May 25, 21:41 2
        
        Not flawless. I meant imperfect -- nm - FabioParme May 25, 21:42 1
        
        I don't deny it's flawed. The whole show was. We're in disagreement on what the nature of the flaw was. (nm) - musubi May 25, 21:45
- I'm pretty sure it was explained by Huey Lewis. -- nm - JaxSean May 25, 21:20
- Not to mention the Continuum Transfunctioner. nm - ralph wiggum May 25, 21:18 4
  - Dude. (nm) - musubi May 25, 21:33
  - All these are dwarfed by not knowing how the Three Seashells work -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 25, 21:19 2
    - I need to know what was in the Briefcase. nm - ralph wiggum May 25, 21:23 1
      - and Walt's wife? after the divorce?? - wheezy May 25, 21:26
love / hate moment concerning an IPO on HSX ... - i'm not dead yet ! May 25, 21:15 1
- I saw that when I was a kid. The effects where pretty damn good back then. The story? Not so much. -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 25, 21:17
MH - hell YEAH ... got the lich mouse ... woo woo -- nm - JenBro May 25, 21:11 1
- nice -- nm - TFox May 25, 21:14
I guess nobody else watched/is watching the Biggest Loser finale :) -- nm - MojaveMeg May 25, 21:09 5
- I watched. (spoilers) - Fuzzy May 25, 22:01
- it's recording. - b! May 25, 21:15 2
  - I watch, and wonder what I could have done in that kind of environment. - MojaveMeg May 25, 21:21 1
    - I totally think you have that advantage. - b! May 25, 21:23
- I'm watching Deadliest Catch -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 25, 21:10
the island was where all life began. be it the garden of eden or the first pond where a single celled organism began living. eventually through - dogbert May 25, 21:08 2
- "A wizard did it." (nm) - musubi May 25, 21:16
- or at least the spirtual center of mankind. -- nm - Remlik May 25, 21:11
The World Idol winner won with this song. -- nm - Mop May 25, 21:07 3
- mop errata service: - b! May 25, 21:12 2
  - Wikipedia: 1 (place) Kurt Nilsen Norway 106 (points) "Beautiful Day" U2 -- (link) - Mop May 25, 21:16 1
    - oh! I thought you meant... - b! May 25, 21:17
If I didn't have to learn all this muscle stuff I would provide a Hotkiss like story to ST. Well... maybe I will later on. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) May 25, 20:58 2
- You are a bigger tease than she is -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 25, 20:59 1
  - Her stories are better hence I have to make it up somehow. :P -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) May 25, 21:01
I refuse to accept that Dharma was brought to the island as candidates. - Mop May 25, 20:55 2
- Especially not without Greg. -- nm - Dano May 25, 21:29
- I think spoil - Gwaahjo May 25, 21:01
Wait. Am I to understand that a person who found BSG's finale to be satisfying, found LOST's ending not so? That's ludicrous. - musubi May 25, 20:49 5
- The Starbuck thing was crap. The space shoot-em-up stuff was DA BOMB. -- nm - Mop May 25, 21:09
- I just didn't liked the island part. I was frustrated by it. But I loved BSG finale - FabioParme May 25, 20:56 3
  - The whole Starbuck thing (minor spoils) - musubi May 25, 21:10 2
    - Sure they didn't, but the main confrontation between humans and cylons was fully completed - FabioParme May 25, 21:19 1
      - It *was* explained. Your interpretation of *key* questions is what baffles me. - musubi May 25, 21:35
Is there a good reason why The 700 Club comes on before Whose Line reruns at this hour on ABC Family? -- nm - Qale May 25, 20:42 4
- ABC Family used to be Christian Broadcast Network - wheezy May 25, 20:43 3
  - I wonder for how long. -- nm - Remlik May 25, 20:45 1
    - For all eternity, durr. -- nm - Qale May 25, 20:47
  - Talk about a deal with the devil. -- nm - Qale May 25, 20:44
Good article from Wired about how Facebook's looking for safe harbor from friendly media outlets. - Mop May 25, 20:37
american idol spoilery (half an hour in) - b! May 25, 20:32 17
- who else is in the final? -- nm - ty97 May 25, 20:35 4
  - it's... (is this still a spoiler? heh.) - b! May 25, 20:37 2
    - oh, sorry, I didn't think about that. Someone had posted it earlier ... I don't actually watch the show -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 20:37 1
      - I didn't see you say anything.. in any case, I don't think it is. a week after the final two were determined and a ton of media attention. content - b! May 25, 20:47
  - I gather the other competitor is Bruce Lee -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 20:35
- I'd suggest (spoils) - Jim May 25, 20:33 11
  - I wouldn't say that. - b! May 25, 20:35 10
    - It... gets worse. -- nm - nubby May 25, 20:37 9
      - omg. good grief. -- nm - b! May 25, 20:39
      - Word. She knocked it out of the park 3 times tonight. - Jim May 25, 20:38 7
        
        Once, really. - nubby May 25, 20:40 6
        
        I thought she was fantastic all night. Bobby Mcgee was same ol, same ol. - Jim May 25, 20:43
        
        her third is pending here, but this is unbelievable. (spoilery) - b! May 25, 20:42 4
        
        spoils - Gwaahjo May 25, 20:52 1
        
        spoils - b! May 25, 20:54
        
        I'd say her 3rd (spoils) - Jim May 25, 20:43 1
        
        no way. (spoilery) - b! May 25, 20:51
Extreme meals! This only makes me hungry. -- (link) - Mop May 25, 20:30
what the crap? something called Antispyware Soft has taken over my computer (a demo version) and I can't remove it. -- nm - loosilu May 25, 20:28 9
- try spybot - b! May 25, 20:30 6
  - specifically, Spybot Search and Destroy. Just plain old "spybot" is an old malware that SpybotS&D was made to, well, search and destroy :) -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 20:31 5
    - kthnx. -- nm - loosilu May 25, 20:35
    - right. -- nm - b! May 25, 20:33 3
      - looks like I'll have to run it in safe mode regardless. - loosilu May 25, 20:56 2
        
        good luck! oh, I'm sure I ran ccleaner first - I suggest that if you can, as it'll cut down what spybot has to wade through. -- nm - b! May 25, 20:59 1
        
        good plan. -- nm - loosilu May 25, 21:04
- never mind... I think I found the answer. what a pain in the ass. -- (link) - loosilu May 25, 20:29
- Try using windows system restore. Roll back a week. - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 25, 20:29
Loosi, did you see Nova Super Volcano? Spoil it if you did. Which volcano are they looking for? -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 25, 20:24 7
- it's a 2006 rerun, but still good -- nm - peglegpete May 25, 20:31 2
  - Yeah, this is the first time I have seen this. I saw a Super Volcano show on Discovery, but it focussed on Yellowstone. -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 25, 20:33 1
    - there are several good volcano shows out there between them & NatGeo -- nm - peglegpete May 25, 20:44
- it's on tivo. -- nm - loosilu May 25, 20:27
- I did (spoils) - Roger More May 25, 20:24 2
  - Aaah spoils - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 25, 20:27
  - Hopefully no supervolcano fans will click on my message by mistake -- nm - Roger More May 25, 20:26
Yeah...I'm pretty tired of having to explain the L O S T ending. For something that was so perfectly clear for me... - Jim May 25, 20:20 26
- You just have to do it until Aug 24th, when the DVD with extra material comes out. Then it all starts over. -- nm - Mop May 25, 20:39
- Is it too much to ask for a simple answer about the island? - FabioParme May 25, 20:27 21
  - It was as simple as it gets. (spoils) - Jim May 25, 20:33 20
    - A lot of thing doesn't make sense. If I remember correctly (spoils) - FabioParme May 25, 20:48 14
      - Seriously? That's your problem with it? *spoils* - Ender May 25, 21:06 4
        
        Again it makes no sense (spoils) - FabioParme May 25, 21:17 3
        
        *spoils* - Ender May 25, 21:56
        
        spoil. - loosilu May 25, 21:44
        
        This is starting to have a old-school Daneduuk thread feel to it. (nm) - musubi May 25, 21:39
      - And what about (spoils) - FabioParme May 25, 20:59 8
        
        Did you want a reasonable, understandable scientific explanation for time travel? Really? - musubi May 25, 21:15 2
        
        That's my main point of the whole discussion. It's too easy to create mysterys and - FabioParme May 25, 21:20 1
        
        Eff those guys in Primer for not explaining how the machine worked. Eff them in the ear. (nm) - musubi May 25, 21:32
        
        That would be the "electromagnetic anomaly" portion of things. -- nm - Ender May 25, 21:11 4
        
        So the "electromagnetic anomaly" affected just a few of the Ajira passengers? - FabioParme May 25, 21:22 3
        
        Yeah, that's why it's an anomaly. It acts in an anomalous manner. -- nm - Ender May 25, 21:51 1
        
        If Jacob or anyone said an anomaly caused that, I would be satisfied - FabioParme May 25, 21:54
        
        yes, cause that's what happened. if only there was an electromagnetic expert on the original flight it could have been explained. I don't think having - dogbert May 25, 21:48
    - I'm curious exactly what basic questions he thinks still need to be answered. -- nm - Ender May 25, 20:36 1
      - The only thing I can come up with is, "Why is the island?" - Jim May 25, 20:39
    - WHAT IS THE ISLAND?! -- nm - wheezy May 25, 20:34 2
      - You forgot the fabio p. si :) -- nm - FabioParme May 25, 20:35
      - THE ISLAND IS A HAM SANDWICH! -- nm - Beryllium May 25, 20:35
- i honestly thought the sentient smoke monster was created by a combination of gravity, weather systems, and magnetism. - TFox May 25, 20:24 1
  - *ahem* ELECTROmagnetism. Otherwise it wouldn't make sense. (nm) - musubi May 25, 20:43
- fade to black, roll credits. -- nm - peglegpete May 25, 20:22
b!, Meg, LIR - I was meaning more than just now - tonight - I mean - always - late night ST is the BEST -- nm - JenBro May 25, 20:18 4
- I was teasing you, silly. :) - -- nm - b! May 25, 20:26
- it's cause i'm here - wheezy May 25, 20:20 2
  - Dude...when AREN'T you here? -- nm - Jim May 25, 20:21 1
    - his cave gets steam cleaned fortnightly, then there's wendy's stops, weekly stalking of producers, daily drooling at apple stores... -- nm - b! May 25, 20:29
screw you island! screw you to hell!! -- nm - fabio p. si May 25, 20:16 1
- :) -- nm - FabioParme May 25, 20:30
Cold! -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 25, 20:15 1
- Cold, Cold. -- nm - Little Feat May 25, 20:20

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