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Poll -- which of the following works best as a name for a ukulele-playing vaudeville performer? - znufrii May 26, 09:14 2
- Yook A. Lola -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 26, 09:16
- I like A best, and C would work but looks ungainly. B is terrible. -- nm - mara May 26, 09:16
Potential alt.history of Homer's The Odyssey -- (link) - Beryllium May 26, 09:12
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- likely but who really knows for sure? -- nm - Epiphany May 26, 09:32
- Not so far. But the day ain't over yet. -- nm - Jim May 26, 09:18
- Probably nay. :-( -- nm - Krusty May 26, 09:18
- I just did! -- nm - amoxy May 26, 09:15 1
  - TMI! -- nm - loosilu May 26, 09:16
- Sadly, not today. - nubby May 26, 09:13 1
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- As usual, probably nay. -- nm - JaxSean May 26, 09:12 1
  - ditto -- nm - Beaker May 26, 09:14
- Of course. -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 09:12
- Magic 8 ball says: Unlikely -- nm - oblique May 26, 09:11
Weird. "Haley Camp Confirms Texts To Blogger Are Real, But Still Denies Affair" -- (link) - mara May 26, 09:08 1
- Bad liars get it so much worse in the social media era. - David May 26, 09:10
B3 Will: I'm hoping a lot of the pros will be playing Event 4 - Strongbad May 26, 09:08 8
- Tell us the day and we'll all root our asses off for you. -- nm - David May 26, 09:10 4
  - Starts Sunday 5:00 PM Vegas time. I'll do my best to post updates at the breaks. -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 09:12 3
    - Smile at your opponents at odd moments in hands. It will make them paranoid. -- nm - David May 26, 09:12 2
      - I'm hoping it's one of the ones that ESPN televises, but I doubt it. -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 09:13 1
        
        If anything, just the Final Table. -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 09:13
- Yeah, Negreanu has the poker version of Phil Mickelson.....fans love him but his inside reputation is weak. -- nm - Will Hunting May 26, 09:09 2
  - My goal is to get Phil Gordon's autograph but he doesn't play as much anymore. -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 09:10 1
    - I think he said he's inteneding on playing more now. -- nm - Will Hunting May 26, 09:13
Has anyone seen BoredStiff lately? Wondering if he migrated to ST from TT, it's been a while -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 09:05 4
- Where has RC been? -- nm - Epiphany May 26, 09:13 2
  - He's an ST werewolf. Only allowed at night. -- nm - Mop May 26, 09:18
  - busy. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 09:17
- I miss Loyola. -- nm - Mop May 26, 09:07
Tru I totally agree with you, the Army Corps of Engineers should have been doing more stuff to stop the oil from hitting landfall.... - Remlik May 26, 09:05 2
- The government clearly hates the south. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 09:17
- They're busy building some levis. -- nm - Mop May 26, 09:08
Anyone seen the commercials for NBC's Unknown Persons? Looks interesting... -- nm - Beaker May 26, 09:02 1
- I have, but I had the opposite impression. :) -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 09:03
"Pacific northwest earthquake danger higher than previous estimates", says ... Goldfinger. -- (link) - Beryllium May 26, 09:01 4
- Golden words he will pour in your ear. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 26, 09:18
- I get to work with Prof. Goldfinger. -- nm - Mop May 26, 09:06
- Your evil plan won't work -- nm - James Bond May 26, 09:04 1
  - No, Mister Bond. I expect you to DIVE!! -- nm - Goldfinger, Marine Geologist si May 26, 09:04
Toyota acceleration issue tied to 89 deaths (over the last decade)...call my crazy but this seems like small potatoes in the grand scheme of things... -- (link) - Beaker May 26, 09:01 1
- Same as the 14 suicides at Foxconn, far less than the national average in China but... -- nm - oblique May 26, 09:04
Nice, Discovery channel's The Colony was renewed for a 2nd season. Did anyone else watch this? nm - Jovian May 26, 08:56 1
- MNight? -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 08:57
Pennsylvania's state tourism department uses Foursquare to promote travel in the state. -- (link) - mara May 26, 08:54 10
- "amanda jones just checked in at zeno's" -- nm - wheezy May 26, 09:22
- Is Foursquare the thing that Remlik was using that updated his twitter feed when he went somewhere? - JaxSean May 26, 09:07 4
  - Yes -- nm - oblique May 26, 09:08 3
    - That always seemed...dangerous to me. -- nm - JaxSean May 26, 09:13 2
      - You don't have to share your location with anyone (just like Facebook privacy, etc) but it has options to do so -- nm - oblique May 26, 09:20
      - You're not the only one. -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 09:15
- talk of foursquare always vaguely confuses me. it was also the name of my-boss-who-was-also-a-pastor's church. -- nm - mafic May 26, 09:00
- I'm not sure "Come visit and we'll make you the actual Mayor of Pittsburgh!" really counts as using Foursquare. -- nm - Ender May 26, 08:56 1
  - Eww... pass. -- nm - Mop May 26, 08:57
- Clever -- nm - Mop May 26, 08:55
FarmVille and MafiaWars coming to Yahoo -- (link) - oblique May 26, 08:53 1
- Genius move by Zynga. Thet get a commitment from Facebook, then spread out. -- nm - Mop May 26, 08:57
now my self shill: NCIS season 7 quiz is up at HWDYK, and it made it harder than my last one. -- (link) - loosilu May 26, 08:52 4
- As an aside, thanks to you and Mel for talking this show up for so long. I've really enjoyed the last two seasons. -- nm - David May 26, 09:12 3
  - you forgot remlik and tRuMaN. and then more recently, crash davis -- nm - tRuMaN May 26, 09:19 1
    - I can only remember two names at any given moment. -- nm - David May 26, 09:21
  - glad you like it. I thought season 6 was especially strong. This one ... I don't know. Started well then fizzled, IMO. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 09:15
Just wow. "Measure mints" -- (link) - Shaun May 26, 08:52
LIR: DonHomer, none in Canada -- (link) - zork May 26, 08:46
Is TFox around? - Nightcrawler May 26, 08:46 1
- I think he's more of a pear. (nm) - musubi May 26, 08:52
decide my lauIndry, please: do tonight, or take to PA with me and fly back with on tuesday? - workmanda May 26, 08:44 1
- Don't travel with your laundry, girl. That's exceptionally slacky. Do it tonight. -- nm - Mop May 26, 09:04
Wow. The perfect way to make a sculpture depicting Kirk and Bones beaming up -- beads. -- (link) - mara May 26, 08:42
I get to see the last episode of Damages tonight, if I'm lucky. Although is scheduled opposite Justified and Sons of Anarchy. -- nm - LMS May 26, 08:40 1
- the most recent season of damages? i liked the resolution - prayformojo May 26, 08:43
the reason BP hasn't tried this before is that if it doesn't work, it could easily make things worse. -- nm - mafic May 26, 08:37 1
- yep, the conservative estimate is 5-15% chance of making it worse. (Shoving mud and cement into the preventer could blow out chunks of it) -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 08:46
loosi, I am off to try that Mantu. Off to lunch with some co-workers. -- nm - HdnAgnda May 26, 08:35 1
- yum. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 08:54
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Self shill: How Well Do You Know: The Big Bang Theory - Season 3? - Krusty May 26, 08:34 3
- I ended up with 21 out of 25. Heather went 24/25 -- nm - prayformojo May 26, 08:41 2
  - I went 6 for 6 on the episodes I'd seen! - David May 26, 09:11
  - Nice. I hope it wasn't too easy. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 08:43
Trailer for one of our films - Made in Dagenham, for those that want to see Ray Winstone's daughter in hotpants. -- (link) - LMS May 26, 08:33 1
- Warning - it's a little bit sweary. -- nm - LMS May 26, 08:46
ModNation Racers is super fun but good gravy, they need to hurry up with the patch to help with load times. - Shaun May 26, 08:33 9
- Good to hear. My copy should be arriving this afternoon. -- nm - Jelly May 26, 08:52 2
  - P.S. Did you get the free Air Raid DLC from Gamespot? -- (link) - Jelly May 26, 08:53 1
    - Nope. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 08:55
- LIR - things are different after the 1st episode of Spartacus - same violence/blood but the story takes several turns *no spoils* - Epiphany May 26, 08:42 3
  - My type of show. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 08:43 2
    - It's great. We loved it. And the season finale...VERY awesome! -- nm - Jim May 26, 08:44 1
      - Sweet,. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 08:46
- i need to get this game -- nm - tRuMaN May 26, 08:34 1
  - This mod is awesome, from the official game site. -- (link) - Shaun May 26, 08:36
A wise person told me last night that I would be enjoying the LOST finale a bit more over time. It turns out that person was right - FabioParme May 26, 08:32 43
- I'm totally with you on the last sentence. Its specificity down the stretch makes other shows look that much worse by comparison. -- nm - David May 26, 09:14
- *pats self on back* -- nm - loosilu May 26, 08:56
- See! :) - Guigue May 26, 08:55 1
  - That's exactly what's happening to me. I'm having a different and broader vision of the finale -- nm - FabioParme May 26, 09:03
- I had the same feeling. I was very disappointed in the ending for hours after it ended. After coming here and reading the - Krusty May 26, 08:36 8
  - Do you still have the link? -- nm - FabioParme May 26, 08:50 6
    - nmbl -- (link) - mara May 26, 08:52 5
      - FWIW, there are more than a few of us who thought this was silly attempt to retcon what happened (spoils) - musubi May 26, 08:54 3
        
        As I thought about some more of what was in there (aside from the church thing) it made more and more sense. - pmb May 26, 09:09 1
        
        It's too bad that what you saw in the show didn't make it more clear, though. -- nm - mara May 26, 09:12
        
        spoils - Roger More May 26, 09:05
      - Thanks! -- nm - FabioParme May 26, 08:54
  - I had a similar, if not as strong, reaction. My initial reaction to the finale was lukewarm, but after digesting it, I found myself liking it more. - musubi May 26, 08:47
- And some other points: - nubby May 26, 08:35 22
  - I thought (spoils) - FabioParme May 26, 08:40 3
    - spoils - Gwaahjo May 26, 08:42 1
      - It was indeed my mistake (spoils) - FabioParme May 26, 08:45
    - well spoils - tRuMaN May 26, 08:41
  - And... *spoils* - Ender May 26, 08:40 17
    - One honest question (spoils) - FabioParme May 26, 08:47 15
      - *spoils* - Ender May 26, 08:55
      - (spoiler) - znufrii May 26, 08:51
      - That was in the (spoils) - Jim May 26, 08:50
      - My assumed answer (spoils) - musubi May 26, 08:50 11
        
        Yep (spoils) - Jim May 26, 08:51 10
        
        One other thing (spoils) - FabioParme May 26, 08:53 9
        
        Yes. (spoils) - musubi May 26, 08:56
        
        Yep (spoils) - Jim May 26, 08:56 2
        
        one of the more interesting thoughts on that I've read (spoilers) - znufrii May 26, 09:00 1
        
        yup, read that too -- nm - Beaker May 26, 09:02
        
        Of course. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 08:56 4
        
        spoil - Nightcrawler May 26, 08:56 3
        
        It's funny (spoils) - FabioParme May 26, 09:00 2
        
        yes spoil - Nightcrawler May 26, 09:02
        
        either that or (spoiler) - znufrii May 26, 09:01
    - Ya know....they could have knocked out some of the 87 million commercials and left that 20 minutes in. :) -- nm - Jim May 26, 08:41
- Well, I can answer one question. - nubby May 26, 08:33 6
  - I can answer another - Jim May 26, 08:37 5
    - True. My mistake (spoils) - FabioParme May 26, 08:42 2
      - ditto -- nm - Beaker May 26, 08:45 1
        
        also - spoils - Beaker May 26, 08:45
    - correct - znufrii May 26, 08:40
    - thank you, I had forgotten this and it was eating at me! -- nm - Beaker May 26, 08:38
Nissan sells out of its electric car, six months before it arrives. -- (link) - znufrii May 26, 08:32
Have we seen the guy who spent 24 hours in a Starbucks? -- (link) - amoxy May 26, 08:32 2
- heh -- nm - Andie May 26, 08:44
- "I'm glad I finished though, I made no one proud." heh. -- nm - JaxSean May 26, 08:39
hmm, does anyone have a recommendation for a color laser printer? - tRuMaN May 26, 08:32 3
- Dell has a number of color laser models well under $200 -- nm - oblique May 26, 08:36 2
  - I've had nothing but problems with Dell Printers - decline May 26, 08:40 1
    - I despise HP's color laser products. Awful awful printers. Super loud and noisy. We don't have too many of the Dell lasers - oblique May 26, 08:43
LIR: Don Homer. The article said $200/mo. For our business, that's nothing. I pay way more than that for much much less -- nm - oblique May 26, 08:30 2
- Ah, I assumed you meant for your home use. -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 08:40 1
  - I'm very much looking for a better home internet but everything with decent upload is far out of my price range -- nm - oblique May 26, 08:43
*caps B2* -- nm - znufrii May 26, 08:29
"I thought Ultimate Robot Fighting was real, like pro-wrestling, but it turns out it's fixed, like boxing." -- nm - David May 26, 08:29 2
- "I'm also an Ultimate Robot lover" -- nm - Roger More May 26, 08:29 1
  - "I'm gonna open a file of whoop-ass on you." -- nm - David May 26, 08:30

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