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VENT: God, I have had enough of various family members pressuring me to go stay with my sister and her newborns. - loosilu May 30, 12:35 33
- "You haven't seen the baby? You must come and see the baby!" -- nm - con_carne May 30, 12:47 1
  - I'll see them. I just can't move in for two weeks in the middle of the top critical hiring period. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 12:47
- Your Sister had them, so she can deal with them. - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 12:41 14
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker May 30, 12:43
  - tell that to everyone in my family. and I'm serious about them chewing me out for not having a job. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 12:42 12
    - I started failing in High School so my parents are used to it. Trick is to disappoint them early. Now there is no pressure - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 12:45 11
      - I've been disappointing them forever. I'm the bad kid. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 12:46 10
        
        You know what your problem is? You care what they think. - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 12:52 4
        
        thanks for that. Yeah, that's all true. - loosilu May 30, 12:56 3
        
        Know what I do when a parent loads guilt on me? Well, nice talking to you I have to go. - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 13:01 2
        
        you know, I was thinking of calling them this evening, but fuck it. - loosilu May 30, 13:02 1
        
        Ding!!! Don't call for that -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 13:07
        
        When I was a teenager my mom told me there must be something wrong with me, because - MojaveMeg May 30, 12:50 3
        
        well, you got married and had a kid, what else do you need to do in life? -- nm - loosilu May 30, 12:51 2
        
        the powerball maga winnings offcourse :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 30, 12:58
        
        And never went home again, apart from a short visit every 4 or 5 years :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg May 30, 12:57
        
        a kid can't choose it's parents - -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 30, 12:48
- You're single and childless. It's time for you to fulfill your womanly duties, even if only by proxy. -- nm - jnine May 30, 12:39 7
  - right. and the whole time I'm there, they'll be chewing me out for not finding a job yet. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 12:40 6
    - You should also be employed. -- nm - jnine May 30, 12:43 1
      - of course, if I was employed I think I would still be expected to drop everything. - loosilu May 30, 12:44
    - get pregnant then, it seems to be one heck of a job!!! -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 30, 12:43 3
      - by the way, I guarantee that if I gave birth to triplets, people would not drop everything and run to help me like they do for my sister. - loosilu May 30, 13:00 2
        
        she's "Shannon" and you're "Kate"? - Danedukenuuk May 30, 13:06 1
        
        it's the downside of being competent to handle your own life. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 13:07
- is the sister disabeld or something? - Danedukenuuk May 30, 12:37 7
  - no. she had two. I get that it's a lot of work. So do her dozens of local friends who keep offering help. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 12:39 6
    - well theyre much more fun in a year or so, now they probably only sleep, shit and eat - Danedukenuuk May 30, 12:41 5
      - if she was living in Nebraska with no family in the area, that would be another story. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 12:43 4
        
        not really -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 12:56 3
        
        If I thought she *needed* me, I would do it. But she does not. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 12:56 2
        
        I don't think living in a place without family is NEEDING you. Now if she is in a car accident that's needing you. -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 12:58 1
        
        it's my personal standard. your mileage may vary. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 12:59
My Dad wants to see Robin Hood. I have no desire to go, but I'm being a good Son. Is it as boring as I hear? - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 12:31 12
- It strives to be perfectly average and falls just short. nm - Dignan May 30, 12:41
- It has a few good battle scenes, but it is l o n g. -- nm - jnine May 30, 12:34 9
  - Master and Commander put me to sleep. Is it that kind of long? - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 12:37 8
    - I didn't see M&C so I can't compare. Other than the names and places, it really isn't the Robin Hood story. -- nm - jnine May 30, 12:42
    - It's probably not as intellectual. I don't know what that says about boredom potential, though. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) May 30, 12:39
    - Master and Commander is great...but then i'm also a Hornblower fan -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 30, 12:38 5
      - My Dad loved this movie as well. To me it's like paint drying. - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 12:42 4
        
        try the Hornblower series from back to back -- (link) - Danedukenuuk May 30, 12:45 2
        
        this was indeed some good TV. -- nm - Beaker May 30, 12:46 1
        
        it made Ioan Gruffudd more or less -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 30, 12:50
        
        I found it not as intellectual as a lot of people say. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 12:43
- I'm kind of having the same problem but with my mom. I figure it can't be a D or F so is it really that bad? -- nm - Qale May 30, 12:34
PAPI! -- nm - TFox May 30, 12:12
if it's the World Cup again, it must be time for players to bitch about the new Adidas ball -- (link) - wheezy May 30, 12:05 4
- we need more in the EsPN bracket group that Dano set up! -- (link) - mud May 30, 12:43 1
  - in related news: Germany's Westermann is out - Danedukenuuk May 30, 12:53
- *flops down writhing in pain aaaaaah aaaaaaah aaaaaah help I'm dying, then gets up to reenter the game* -- nm - World Cup Player May 30, 12:23
- have you used it? -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 30, 12:19
Well, it looks like a return to Northern California after a 12-year absence. Funny how I once said I'd never live in New York City or San Francisco - Mr. Havens May 30, 12:02 14
- Lucky you. -- nm - jnine May 30, 12:35
- SF counts as northern CA? -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) May 30, 12:07 12
  - North and south is more philosophical than geographic. Also, northern has the Sacramento delta water and wants to keep it. -- nm - MojaveMeg May 30, 12:42
  - why wouldn't it? -- nm - loosilu May 30, 12:24 8
    - It just seems central, not northern, from what I recall -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) May 30, 12:38 7
      - I lived there and it's considered Northern California. Central starts around Fresno and goes to about Bakersfield. - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 12:39 6
        
        Heh :) "why I would think that" is simple: I haven't been there yet. - Beryllium (iPhone) May 30, 12:41 5
        
        San Fran is a great place to visit. Living there is another story. - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 12:43 4
        
        Great public transportation. -- nm - jnine May 30, 12:47 3
        
        My friend from New York disagrees. She moved back to NY after a year in SF because she hated the transportation. - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 12:53 2
        
        Compared to east coast cities, it's not that good. you still need a car. In NYC most people don't need a car at all. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 12:57 1
        
        You don't need a car unless you want one for trips. -- nm - jnine May 30, 13:18
  - It at least does for the purpose of his post. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 30, 12:15
  - yes -- nm - wheezy May 30, 12:10
anyone esle getting The Moth's storytelling hour on their public radio? Awesome story this week from rapper DMC -- (link) - wheezy May 30, 12:01
Why watch the race? -- (link) - Nightcrawler May 30, 11:51 [flickr] 4
- The Bub is getting big. Growing fast -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 11:54 2
  - We got him a T Ball set yesterday. - Nightcrawler May 30, 11:59 1
    - the yellow sun gives him strength -- nm - wheezy May 30, 12:03
- ios this a stream of constant accidents? -- nm - Beaker May 30, 11:52
Okay another racing question. They have blocking penalty in this race. Does Nascar have that? - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 11:44
Pirates attacking Texas. Really. -- (link) - loosilu May 30, 11:29 2
- Remember the Alamo!!! -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 11:33
- But interleague play doesn't start back for another week.... oh. -- nm - nubby May 30, 11:31
Braves/Bucs spoiler - nubby May 30, 11:28 1
- We're caught up to live tv, thanks. -- nm - David May 30, 11:36
WordUp! a little app I have no my phone, where you have to find words in a grid - marcel May 30, 11:27 7
- 18/19 -- nm - Nightcrawler May 30, 12:14 1
  - Missed (spoil) - Nightcrawler May 30, 12:14
- poor David -- nm - wheezy May 30, 12:06
- spoiler - marcel May 30, 11:34
- I take it there is a 4 letter minimum? - psilotum May 30, 11:31 1
  - three letter minimum - marcel May 30, 11:33
- btw, I found only 11 :-( -- nm - marcel May 30, 11:27
Don't post anything on Facebook, but we have a baby boy! Oliver has made it into the world. All parties involved are doing great -- nm - CQ May 30, 11:13 26
- HOOAH! - Stephen May 30, 12:11
- Can he have some more, sir? -- nm - Mr. Havens May 30, 12:00
- Congrats!! -- nm - Fuzzy May 30, 11:59
- Don Homer!! -- nm - Beaker316 May 30, 11:51
- Congratulations! -- nm - Roger More May 30, 11:47
- very nice! -- nm - Remlik May 30, 11:43
- Outstanding! -- nm - Nightcrawler May 30, 11:40
- Congrats to all -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 30, 11:38
- Welcome to the world, Oliver! Do great things! -- nm - David May 30, 11:36 1
  - Let's be bad guys. -- nm - OQ May 30, 11:39
- Welcome to the world Oliver! -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 11:27
- Yay, congrats all round!! -- nm - MojaveMeg May 30, 11:19
- VNF! -- nm - nubby May 30, 11:17 3
  - (just so there's no confusion, F=Fathering) -- nm - nubby May 30, 11:18 2
    - i doubt he reached in there and grabbed the baby himse.... oh. right. haha. -- nm - TFox May 30, 11:19
    - *phew* -- nm - loosilu May 30, 11:18
- Mazel Tov! -- nm - con_carne May 30, 11:17
- Congrats! -- nm - TWuG May 30, 11:16
- happy birthday Oliver! -- nm - peglegpete May 30, 11:16
- Woo Hoo!!! Congratulations!!! -- nm - Krusty May 30, 11:16
- whpoo! -- nm - wheezy May 30, 11:15
- congrats! -- nm - marcel May 30, 11:15
- Don homer!!! -- nm - loosilu May 30, 11:15
- nice :) -- nm - Beryllium May 30, 11:14
- amazing!!! congratulations!!! -- nm - Andie May 30, 11:14
- huzzah! -- nm - TFox May 30, 11:14
Based loaded no outs, the expectation value of runs is a little over 2. - nubby May 30, 11:13
Could you become a US citizen? Try the naturalization test on PBS.org. -- (link) - loosilu May 30, 11:09 23
- 20/20 -- nm - Truman May 30, 13:07
- 20 for 20 ... and personally, i think the passing grade should be a little higher ... - i'm not dead yet ! May 30, 12:12 1
  - talk about a phrase pacrat hasn't said that often... -- nm - TFox May 30, 12:13
- 20/20 -- nm - Stephen May 30, 12:10
- 20/20 -- nm - Nightcrawler May 30, 12:00
- 17 out of 20 -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 30, 11:43
- 20/20 -- nm - CQ May 30, 11:35
- 20/20 -- nm - TWuG May 30, 11:19
- 20/20. -- nm - Qale May 30, 11:19
- 19/20 -- nm - TFox May 30, 11:16
- Ah, yes. Took it when I was 21. -- nm - con_carne May 30, 11:16
- 16 out of 20 -- nm - marcel May 30, 11:14
- teabaggers might have a problem with #9 -- nm - wheezy May 30, 11:13 5
  - When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 30, 11:44
  - Go figure it'd have a question about Woodrow Wilson! -- nm - Glenn Beck May 30, 11:20
  - the questions are generated every time you take it. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 11:15
  - 20/20 -- nm - wheezy May 30, 11:15
  - "Try the quiz again with a different set of questions." -- nm - marcel May 30, 11:14
- 20/20 -- nm - nubby May 30, 11:12 3
  - I messed up the year the Constitution was written. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 11:13 2
    - Questions are randomized, I didn't have that one. -- nm - nubby May 30, 11:13 1
      - tried it again and messed up on the authors of the Federalist Papers. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 11:16
- I got 19/20. Passing grade is 12/20 (although on a real test it would be 6/10). -- nm - loosilu May 30, 11:10
?? for the ladies - when can we expect to start seeing fall/winter fashions in the stores/on the websites? - MojaveMeg May 30, 11:06 4
- I think your IM is right. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 11:11
- magazines even sooner, early August is the back to school beginnings and all fall clothing starts arriving. -- nm - Andie May 30, 11:10 2
  - ps: how FUN to get to buy all new clothes! - Andie May 30, 11:12 1
    - I'm waiting to see if my new jeans will shrink any with the first wash.. - MojaveMeg May 30, 11:19
LIR: that you took the time to add all those tags to that picture is ... sumthin' sumthin' -- nm - zork May 30, 11:05 1
- it was part of my photo-a-day project. That day was a small batch, so I tagged the heck out of them. -- nm - Beryllium May 30, 11:14
The Ontario Liquor Commission has been taken over by paranoid fun-hating bureaucrats. -- (link) - Andie May 30, 11:02 3
- Ohio had similar rules and similar results. They either relaxed their rules ir they didn't enforce them - TWuG May 30, 11:16 2
  - the thing is you can ONLY buy alcohol through the LCBO here - Ontario govt owned. it will be enforced. -- nm - Andie May 30, 11:17 1
    - Ah. Bit different here. Easier to flout the rules, though the penalties are pretty strong for doing so. -- nm - TWuG May 30, 11:21
[an error occurred while processing this funny directive] -- nm - Qale May 30, 10:58 1
- Pixie is not at the bottom of the funny scale. Spawn is below him. -- nm - Redmond, Gemma fan! May 30, 11:02
Ben Murphy from Alias Smith and Jones was a hottie. -- nm - Dano May 30, 10:58

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