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Amazingly intrusive study about family life. -- (link) - mara May 26, 10:37
The "political stupidity is unbelievable," -- (link) - Strongbad May 26, 10:33 30
- He's one of the biggest blowhards in all of politics. -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 10:38
- takes one to know one, I guess... :) -- nm - znufrii May 26, 10:35 1
  - and short of Obama unveiling his secret stash of unicorn dust, I don't know how much more personally involved you can expect him to be in this. -- nm - znufrii May 26, 10:41
- I'm torn. why should we (the US) be doing anything / spending anyy money on this. - ty97 May 26, 10:35 26
  - BP should go bankrupt fixing it - Danedukenuuk May 26, 10:40 2
    - disagree. they need to keep revenue coming until for a good long time -- cleanup will take decades. -- nm - workmanda May 26, 10:42 1
      - and make billions in profit for it's shareholders -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 26, 10:43
  - We should do whatever we can to ensure we still have an ocean, and then bill BP after the fact. - TFox May 26, 10:38 7
    - I don't understand what we can do that BP can't. - ty97 May 26, 10:40 6
      - we can add additional resources. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:41 2
        
        My question wasn't if we can add resources (of course we can.) My question was what do those resources add? - ty97 May 26, 10:43 1
        
        we can add a lot more cleanup resources. a *lot*. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:45
      - nuke it from orbit???? -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 26, 10:41
      - BP has several patents in oil spill cleanup. - Beryllium May 26, 10:41 1
        
        and was the main contrasctor in cleaning up after Exxon Valdez - Danedukenuuk May 26, 10:42
  - I was reading something this morning that was posted here that said the government can't really get too involved. - Krusty May 26, 10:37 10
    - I have a hard time believing that. Has a state of emergency been declared? -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:41 1
      - I don't know. Again, I'm only speaking about the law that prevents then government from taking over from BP. - Krusty May 26, 10:44
    - If Obama wanted to federalize BP, he could. - Strongbad May 26, 10:39 7
      - I can't say, I don't know about that. Here's a clip from the article I was talking about. - Krusty May 26, 10:41 2
        
        Hmmm... here's my source. -- (link) - Strongbad May 26, 10:43 1
        
        To be fair, I was saying they're doing everything they can based on the law that is in place. - Krusty May 26, 10:48
      - Great idea! -- nm - Hugo Chavez May 26, 10:40 3
        
        Way to read the IM. -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 10:41 2
        
        I read it. Seriously, why have that header? -- nm - Roger More May 26, 10:42 1
        
        Because it's being talked about in the media? -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 10:44
  - because it will destroy the fishing industry, the wildlife, and tourism in the entire region. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:36
  - you mean other than the fact that it's the worst environmental disaster in our country's history? - wheezy May 26, 10:36 2
    - The Interior Department waived NEPA provisions for BP -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 10:38
    - and oh yeah, these happen to be states that don't have a lot of money. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:37
Whoo whoo! New vehicle arrives tomorrow! -- nm - Shaun May 26, 10:33 4
- What kind of car did you buy? Pics? -- nm - Krusty May 26, 10:38 1
  - We went with the Mitsubishi Outlander. -- (link) - Shaun May 26, 10:40
- what color? -- nm - workmanda May 26, 10:36 1
  - "Cosmic Blue Metallic." I kid you not. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 10:38
I've now heard 3 Lady GaGa songs, and though I probably shouldn't admit this to anyone, I have to say they don't suck. -- nm - crash davis May 26, 10:31 10
- I enjoy her songs on the radio, but watching her perform gives me nightmares -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 10:35 1
  - I can agree with this. -- nm - crash davis May 26, 10:37
- the way they did poker face only draws closer attention to just how stupid the lyrics are -- nm - wheezy May 26, 10:35 3
  - which one was that - my dvr cut out 20 minutes before the end -- nm - crash davis May 26, 10:40 2
    - last song, piano duet between Lea and Idina -- nm - wheezy May 26, 10:42 1
      - thanks - I didn't get to see that one -- nm - crash davis May 26, 10:43
- I will freely admit this: She makes some catchy ass pop songs. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 10:34
- Pop music can be done well. - ty97 May 26, 10:33 1
  - I heart britney. -- nm - workmanda May 26, 10:36
- some post are better left unposted - Danedukenuuk May 26, 10:33
so here's my RE question: why did phoenix have the biggest drop? - workmanda May 26, 10:31 14
- people were pouring out of california into nevada and arizona during the first half of the decade - wheezy May 26, 10:34 11
  - did CA have neg pop growth during that time? and really, why? what's the difference between "oppressive heat, bad for your skin" - workmanda May 26, 10:36 10
    - CA has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country and has the highest housing costs. The economy remains fragile, people have abandoned - jnine May 26, 18:33
    - cheaper housing, more jobs? -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:38 2
      - "but you'll still have bad pores and be hot!" -- nm - workmanda May 26, 10:39 1
        
        vegas was booming, drawing people to nevada. arizona also benfitted from the elderly shift from rust belt to sun belt -- nm - wheezy May 26, 10:41
    - no, pop still increasing there. -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 10:36 5
      - it's complicated. foreign immigration kept california's population increasing overall but existing residents were moving out -- (link) - wheezy May 26, 10:39
      - can mara google us up pop growth by market? I wonder who else besides FL is hurting. -- nm - workmanda May 26, 10:37 3
        
        in the real estate market? almost everyone. -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 10:38 2
        
        I know the RE market (but thanks for assuming I'm dim!). I asked specifically about pop growth. -- nm - workmanda May 26, 10:40 1
        
        Florida is still increasing; just not as much as before. -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 10:43
- So that it could rise from the ashes? (nm) - musubi May 26, 10:34 1
  - nice. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:35
bery, ST needs a laugh track. add that -- nm - wheezy May 26, 10:27 1
- L1 -- nm - Beaker May 26, 10:27
Shatner to record Bohemian Rhapsody asks Nimoy to come sing on it.... -- (link) - Remlik May 26, 10:25 7
- I love the idea of this. -- nm - crash davis May 26, 10:32
- Ok...I'm gonna go ahead and say it...I wish Shatner would just go away now. nm - Jim May 26, 10:26 3
  - 1970s Shatner would beat the ever lovin' crap out of Present Day Shatner. - Mel Profit May 26, 10:31
  - But... -- nm - CBS May 26, 10:29
  - Word. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 10:28
- *Now* we know why Nimoy retired. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 10:25 1
  - he finally got that hammer? -- nm - zork May 26, 10:26
OMG, that reminds me. Has anyone used a simple vegetable dressing made of mayo (Miracle Whip, whatever) and soy sauce? kare? bueller? anyone? -- nm - mara May 26, 10:21 16
- it's reportedly delicious on artichokes (and I actually mentioned that in my last blog post!) but I have yet to try it -- nm - kare May 26, 10:38
- Hmm! No, but will try tonight. What consistency am i going for? -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 26, 10:23 6
  - creamy soya is salty as hell -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 26, 10:31
  - This recipe says a splash of soy sauce per tablespoon of mayo. (Which is all they use for a pound of fresh green beans that they've boiled.) -- (link) - mara May 26, 10:30
  - This is what I want to know! -- nm - mara May 26, 10:25 2
    - yes, just a few drops from what i understand -- nm - kare May 26, 10:40
    - Whatever consistancy you desire. I liked it thicker, more thousand-isandish. (nm) - musubi May 26, 10:29
  - for you? concrete. :) -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:25
- Yes. In my youth that was all we ever used as a dressing. (nm) - musubi May 26, 10:23 7
  - Not Miracle Whip though. Never, ever, ever, ever Miracle Whip. Yuck. (nm) - musubi May 26, 10:28 6
    - Seconded. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 26, 10:34
    - people who worship spam have no room to slam miracle whip - wheezy May 26, 10:29 4
      - There are things in this world that are universal. Miracle Whip = evil is one of those things. (nm) - musubi May 26, 10:30 3
        
        Wrong. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 10:31
        
        and musubi = dumb -- nm - wheezy May 26, 10:31 1
        
        I can live with that. Doesn't change Miracle Whips evilocity. (nm) - musubi May 26, 10:33
I watched part of an episode of HIMYM on the plane, because ST raves about it. There was a laugh track. - ty97 May 26, 10:17 27
- having been to some tapings, they record extra laughter and augment some places but basically what you hear is real people laughing for that joke. -- nm - zork May 26, 10:25
- They still use it. They had some crappy excuse why they couldn't use a live audience. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 10:25
- Wikipedia says, " �Since the 2000s, shows with laugh track became a rarity in the dispute for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. In 2000, o - mara May 26, 10:24
- Of note: I'm not anti-laugh track. Sure, it's weird when the show/joke isn't funny, but then the laugh track isn't the problem. The show/joke was. -- nm - TFox May 26, 10:23 4
  - Tangent: Did you see my post to you a few boards back? -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 10:25 3
    - I did; we have a crew from work all planning to bring the kidlets. I need to check on the vip pricing. - TFox May 26, 10:26 2
      - Like 5x as much as a ticket. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 10:38 1
        
        eff that noise. -- nm - TFox May 26, 10:39
- Was it a laugh track, or a live studio audience? (Or was it an on-location episode rather than a soundstage episode?) -- nm - mara May 26, 10:20 5
  - It sounded canned, not like a live audience. -- nm - ty97 May 26, 10:20 4
    - even the live audience ones sound like that now. I'm convinced they're using augmented laughter, or some sort of autolaughtuner. -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 10:21 3
      - That's what I think. Or did think, back when I watched them. -- nm - mara May 26, 10:22 2
        
        This link says laugh track -- (link) - ty97 May 26, 10:25 1
        
        Actually it says it's a studio audience watching it after it's been edited. -- nm - Ender May 26, 10:45
- No, it was horribly noticeable in the super unfunny episode a week and a half ago. -- nm - Callisto May 26, 10:20
- BBT has one. - Nightcrawler May 26, 10:18 10
  - They don't. I posted about it a few days ago. - Krusty May 26, 10:24 8
    - There's little fundamental difference. I don't want other people to queue me when to laugh. I'll laugh when I'm good and ready. -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 10:25 7
      - So you want no laughter at all? It works for a show like AD but not usually for sitcoms. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 10:27 5
        
        I don't mind audience laughter, even if somewhat enhanced; but modern blatant laugh tracks are distracting and icky to me - b. May 26, 10:39 1
        
        I honestly can't remember the last time I noticed a laugh track. -- nm - Ender May 26, 10:42
        
        Cheers and Red Dwarf both have laughter (audience laughter), and they're excellent shows. - Beryllium May 26, 10:35
        
        Modern Family. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 10:29 1
        
        True and laugh track wouldn't work for that show. Too many jokes are under their breath or come to quickly. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 10:30
      - ... cue ... heh. -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 10:25
  - that's a studio audience -- nm - zork May 26, 10:23
- [insert laugh here] -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 10:18
Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) called the stimulus "incoherent" and "largely wasted," but still used it to fix one-third of his state's budget hole. -- (link) - mara May 26, 10:16 8
- I've brought home a few incoherent and largely wasted ladies in my single days. And yes, holes were filled. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 26, 10:25 2
  - And if you had done this after you vocally decried said act, you'd be a hypocrite. -- nm - ty97 May 26, 10:27 1
    - Calling something incoherent and *largely* wasted doesn't exactly equal "so I'll never ever use it myself" - Dr.Vermin May 26, 10:37
- of course he did. -- nm - znufrii May 26, 10:19
- the stimulus also created 250k more jobs than expected -- (link) - wheezy May 26, 10:18 2
  - "According to the CBO, the stimulus boosted employment by between 1.3 to 2.8 million jobs" - znufrii May 26, 10:21
  - f-ing socialists. -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 10:20
- And Rick Perry of Texas, of course. -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 10:18
grrr, new computer still has another 2 weeks to ship. can't wait. -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 10:16
"e.e. cummings" was very, very funny -- nm - prayformojo May 26, 10:14 1
- yes. -- nm - b. May 26, 10:16
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- woo! excellent! Now you can stock with your fridge with more than mayonnaise! -- nm - ty97 May 26, 10:20 1
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- yay! I wasn't part of that discussion, but proven good work tips the scale for me. -- nm - b. May 26, 10:15
- Sounds like a plan coming together. Love it. -- nm - mara May 26, 10:15
- awesome -- nm - znufrii May 26, 10:14
- Congrats and I hope it gets done quickly! -- nm - Krusty May 26, 10:14
- nice! -- nm - Andie May 26, 10:13
To complete the trio of quizzes written by STers that we published today, here's Qale's HWDYK: Avatar. It's....challenging. -- (link) - prayformojo May 26, 10:12 2
- 11/25 - Danedukenuuk May 26, 10:28
- 25/25 -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 10:17
Serena Williams and Common were a thing? i had no idea. -- nm - Andie May 26, 10:10 5
- guess it wasn't . . . common knowledge - wheezy May 26, 10:11 3
  - you need to put on or take off sunglasses during that pause. -- nm - Andie May 26, 10:12
  - *hands pixie some sunglasses* -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 10:12 1
    - :) -- nm - Andie May 26, 10:12
- Boston Common? -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 10:11
steve zahn is *not* playing me -- nm - wheezy May 26, 10:10 4
- him or Stifler. -- nm - Remlik May 26, 10:20
- and Alexis Arquette as the neighbour with the wiener - zork May 26, 10:13 1
  - *perfect* -- nm - Remlik May 26, 10:18
- That's right - he's playing ME. You will be played by Steve Buscemi. -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 10:10
loosilu...your NCIS gripe was exactly the one I had the problem with. - Mel Profit May 26, 10:09 4
- I think you're right about the IM. also, - loosilu May 26, 10:14 3
  - Tony and Ziva mine as well be named Sam and Diane or Maddy and David. - Mel Profit May 26, 10:28 2
    - at this point yes, because the writers are screwing around. - loosilu May 26, 10:33 1
      - They should be punished for the... - Mel Profit May 26, 10:47
This chair massage goes out to all the ladies of ST... -- nm - Long Distance Dedication May 26, 10:09 1
- '/~I'm picking up good vibrations..'/~ -- nm - b. May 26, 10:10
'/~and they called it puppy love...'/~ -- nm - b. May 26, 10:09 1
- Let's all go look at Pixie's FB friends and figure out which one it is. -- nm - David May 26, 10:11
great. now I want cake,,, -- nm - znufrii May 26, 10:08
Boneriffic. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 10:08 8
- L O S T -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 10:09 7
  - word -- nm - mara May 26, 10:10 6
    - toga -- nm - Jim May 26, 10:14 5
      - Belushi -- nm - zork May 26, 10:16 4
        
        Jim! -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 10:17 3
        
        Dandy -- nm - zork May 26, 10:27 2
        
        Nancy -- nm - znufrii May 26, 10:28 1
        
        Drew -- nm - mara May 26, 10:31

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