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MH: Longtail approaches. -- nm - TFox Jun 4, 17:06
please to meet and help name my new office fish. -- (link) - miss amanda jones Jun 4, 17:06 11
- Diamonds (are a girls best friend.) -- nm - Andie Jun 4, 17:22
- Gold Standard -- nm - the liioulu with hmmm Jun 4, 17:15
- SharkBoy -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 17:14
- ooh! get another, then call them billie joe and bobby sue. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 17:12 1
  - Then she runs the chance of losing both the fish *and* the treasure chest. -- nm - Inigo Jun 4, 17:14
- CREAM -- nm - TFox Jun 4, 17:10
- fi$h -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 17:10 1
  - (or fi$ha) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 17:10
- Stay gold, Pony Boy. nm - Dignan Jun 4, 17:10
- theodore sturgeon. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 17:09 1
  - ah, I did not read the link title. allow me a moment to ponder further. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 17:10
Two things about Yahoo fantasy football auctions. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 4, 16:59 1
- That sounds similar to the FBB auctions. I think they have AI with different "personalities" in the auction room. -- nm - TFox Jun 4, 17:01
Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore will miss the remainder of the season after microfracture surgery on his left knee. -- nm - David Jun 4, 16:43 3
- I shall nurse him back to health -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 16:50 1
  - "I thought you were good Grady, but you're not good. you're just another lying ol' dirty bird." -- nm - ty si Jun 4, 17:06
- Remember when he was gonna be great? - Will Hunting Jun 4, 16:50
Death of a Salesman is on the Oldie Goldie channel. -- nm - Dano Jun 4, 16:26
I am so disgusting... - znufrii Jun 4, 16:24 9
- I used to love adding ground beef to Mac and Cheese -- nm - amoxy Jun 4, 17:00
- do you have any shredded cheddar you can add? -- nm - peglegpete Jun 4, 16:52
- good man. hopefully you are drinking right out of the jug as well. -- nm - Remlik Jun 4, 16:47
- when I'm at home half the reason I don't eat out of the pot is so my roommates won't think I'm too much of a slob. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 16:34 1
  - minimalist thinking of dish use, is always a valid reason :) -- nm - peglegpete Jun 4, 16:55
- you're at least cooking it, right? - dogbert Jun 4, 16:25 3
  - (spoilers) - znufrii Jun 4, 16:26 2
    - then I don't see the problem - dogbert Jun 4, 16:26 1
      - *ding* -- nm - znufrii Jun 4, 16:26
oops, I lost my sanity for a moment....sorry -- nm - crash davis Jun 4, 16:18
The poker brat is in legitimate hunt for Bracelet #12. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 4, 16:17 1
- Linky and I'm so going to the casino tomorrow. -- (link) - Will Hunting Jun 4, 16:17
whoever this chase crawford gossip girl is, the story about her arrest includes a manly-looking photo -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 4, 16:16 2
- He is who *should* have played Edward in the Twilight films instead of fugly Pattinson. Seriously. - JaxSean Jun 4, 16:18 1
  - that wouldn't get me in the theater, though -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 16:19
guys, my nemesis at work is transferring to another campus! yay!!!!! -- nm - miss amanda jones Jun 4, 16:13 11
- amanda is *repellant* -- nm - wheezy Jun 4, 16:18 4
  - it's awesome, isn't it? today is a day full of win. apple gave me a free keyboard dock and $83 in store credit because fedex screwed up and mentos is - miss amanda jones Jun 4, 16:28 3
    - (*and* I'm home early with beer!) -- nm - miss amanda jones Jun 4, 16:30 2
      - Yes! -- nm - mara Jun 4, 16:41
      - parker jones can't lose -- nm - wheezy Jun 4, 16:33
- You can celebrate with your package. -- nm - Dano Jun 4, 16:16
- fabulous! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 16:15
- I wish I had a nemesis. - dogbert Jun 4, 16:14 3
  - that's the only good thing about it, in my experience. -- nm - b. Jun 4, 16:40
  - I have a nemesis. the logistics manager. his response every time I ask him to change something is "I've been in this industry since 1986, and this - mafic Jun 4, 16:22
  - there's a slot just opened up at amanda's job -- nm - wheezy Jun 4, 16:18
That A-Team TV spot was solid. -- nm - ty97 Jun 4, 16:09
Talk of "allowing" people to buy things and "allowing" private companies to make profits gives me full-body shudders. - Dr.Vermin Jun 4, 16:03 18
- Right on! Gimme some of that free-market yellowcake! - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Jun 4, 16:15 3
  - speaking of: *zero* cake on campus this week. (I will gladly take no mentos over cake, though.) -- nm - miss amanda jones Jun 4, 16:30 2
    - I'm not a big cake person, but I had some angel food with fresh raspberries and blackberries topping and home made whipped cream. I liked that. -- nm - crash davis Jun 4, 16:33 1
      - and you didn't share with the class? boo. -- nm - b. Jun 4, 16:41
- the entire economy happens because we collectively "allow" it to. there're plenty of things you're not allowed to buy, and no company is allowed to - mafic Jun 4, 16:11 2
  - I don't like your post. -- nm - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Jun 4, 16:16 1
    - just get back to lining your pockets, you corrupt third-world despot. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 16:20
- the fiction of the corporate entity only exists in the first place because we allow it - wheezy Jun 4, 16:11 1
  - Intellectual dissent post. I'd place you under house arrest if it didn't mean I'd have to buy you a house. -- nm - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Jun 4, 16:17
- Economic discussions where one side pretends necessity good don't exist are always fun - stewie Jun 4, 16:11 1
  - gas is necessary for the economy to function, mostly for transportation of goods, but not for most people's non-work lives. - mafic Jun 4, 16:18
- The US has been "allowing" countries to trade and "allowing" countries to become rich for years. - Beryllium Jun 4, 16:11
- There you go pulling a you again -- nm - con_carne Jun 4, 16:09
- talk is cheap - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 16:08 4
  - ... until we tax it and let private corporations control access to it. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 16:09 3
    - only action will show the real face of politics and cooporations -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 16:12 2
      - I was replying exclusively to your subject line, with a joke. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 16:14 1
        
        all uyou really needed to say was - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 16:17
*looking forward to SGU tonight* -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 15:58
This would be cool - I just entered a contest to be picked for something called a "Diamond Dig". The local A baseball team is inviting people on the - kelly Jun 4, 15:52 7
- I saw a story about one of these a few years ago. it was funny... kind of reminds me of one of those ads from yesterday in a way, though... - b. Jun 4, 16:45
- baby wants a gold diamond ring. wants it more than any old thing. well when I get those jelly roll blues i'd go & get anything in this world for you. -- nm - Dupree Jun 4, 16:19
- if you find it, prepare to. FEEL.THE.BANG! - Diamond Dallas Page Jun 4, 16:05
- *they call them the Diamond Dogs* -- nm - David Bowie Jun 4, 16:01
- Hello?! -- nm - Murphy Jun 4, 15:59
- even bill veeck thinks this has bad idea written all over it - dogbert Jun 4, 15:59
- good luck digging for carats :) -- nm - Bugs Bunny Jun 4, 15:56
"I was upstairs. He was downstairs. How am I going to push him?" nm - Gary Coleman's wife Jun 4, 15:33 8
- And then I didn't want him to be like Muhammed Ali. -- nm - Dano Jun 4, 16:39
- yea, this one is quite goofy. it's like she had her alibi all made up after pushing him and didn't realize that noone thought she did anything but - dogbert Jun 4, 15:43
- to be fair...a friend did fall and hit her head on a coffee table got hurt bad...though she was drunk and the house boat jolted at the time -- nm - zdroid Jun 4, 15:42 5
  - i sort of figured he had another seizure and fell and hit is head. i don't actually think she did anything, i just think she's really quite stupid. -- nm - Andie Jun 4, 16:16 1
    - and they say *he's* the one who would have exhibited brain damage symptoms ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 16:19
  - I also fell & cracked my head open & died while drunk. -- nm - William Holden Jun 4, 15:48 2
    - Were you in an abusive relationship? nm - Gary Coleman's wife Jun 4, 15:50 1
      - no. I was happily screwing the Girl From U.N.C.L.E. -- nm - William Holden Jun 4, 15:51
for thoose of you that are into the WC of football, both Rio Ferdinand and Didier Drogba are probably out -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 15:19 2
- not the end of the world for england, but probably is for cote d'ivoire. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 15:23 1
  - exactly (to bad i like Drogba a lot) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 15:24
Time to read 'Sirens of Titan' again... -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Jun 4, 15:18
mandy news network: what MBAs can expect to earn with their degrees -- (link) - wheezy Jun 4, 15:18
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket enjoys successful maiden flight -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 15:17
Happiness is Up permanently ensconced on the TiVo. -- nm - David Jun 4, 15:09
Tim Donaghy breaks down the officiating og Game 1 -- (link) - Beaker Jun 4, 15:05 1
- I thought he was in jail? -- nm - Gwaahjo Jun 4, 15:15
Obama : it's time to roll back tax breaks for oil companies and use the money for clean energy research -- (link) - mara Jun 4, 14:55 22
- It's a crisatunity. Strike while the iron is hot. Don't understand why oil companies get tax breaks, anyway. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Jun 4, 15:06
- at least -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 15:05
- Watch how fast people turn on that idea when the tax gets passed on at the pump. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 4, 15:03 18
  - check out the corrolation between oil price and oil profit - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 15:06 2
    - *ding* -- nm - Gwaahjo Jun 4, 15:13 1
      - all you achive is an arteficial bloating of the stock market - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 15:15
  - Because Big oil doesn't like taking any hit to their profits. - the liioulu who left the croquet balls at home Jun 4, 15:04 13
    - Strictly speaking, they shouldn't *have* to. If people are willing to pay it, they're entitled to the money. That's free enterprise. -- nm - mara Jun 4, 15:07 10
      - When you're selling necessities and booking record profits it's called gouging -- nm - stewie Jun 4, 15:32 4
        
        Yes. And if there was truly going to be some punishment leveraged against the companies, it would have to start at both ends. - Beryllium Jun 4, 15:43 3
        
        But continue to allow people to buy vehicles that get 14 miles to the gallon, and auto manufacturers to make them! -- nm - mara Jun 4, 15:48 2
        
        I said "start". :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 15:50
        
        There are benefits to higher gas prices, but you don't get there by allowing private companies to put the money in their pockets - stewie Jun 4, 15:50
      - the higher oil prices get the more profitable alternative sources of energy get - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 15:17
      - necessary goods is one of the places where the free market fails. and I mean the strict economic necessary, where price doesn't really change demand. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 15:14 3
        
        The price of gasoline does change demand. -- (link) - mara Jun 4, 15:32 1
        
        yeah, but it's still fairly inelastic. 2.6% drop for a 10% increase isn't much. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 15:54
        
        so differentiating our energy consumption and not becoming so reliable on oil would be better -- nm - Gwaahjo Jun 4, 15:14
    - Unlike all those other industries that choose to eat the cost of tax hikes and keep their prices exactly the same. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 4, 15:07 1
      - since when are tax breaks conservative "free enterprice loving" conservative policy? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 4, 15:08
  - Eh. Cheap gas is what got us into this mess in the first place. -- nm - mara Jun 4, 15:04
- raising the 15% tax on hedge fund profits, not so much -- nm - wheezy Jun 4, 14:56
Ahhhh!!! A SECOND guy wearing white face paint with black eye sockets!! -- nm - mara Jun 4, 14:52 8
- its time for gathering of the juggalos already? -- nm - TFox Jun 4, 16:04 1
  - I checked to see if her city was the location this year. -- nm - Remlik Jun 4, 16:12
- you don't need a spy camera for this. if you do something like this, you're doing it for the attention and should expect someone taking your picture -- nm - dogbert Jun 4, 15:08 1
  - I've often thought that, but it could still be a problem for me as a staff member. -- nm - mara Jun 4, 15:12
- my spidey sense would be tingling -- nm - wheezy Jun 4, 14:53
- flash mob? -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 14:53 2
  - serial killers? -- nm - Beaker Jun 4, 14:56 1
    - Story time? -- nm - the liioulu who left the croquet balls at home Jun 4, 14:58
Is Microsoft winding down Bing Cashback because they're about to score a huge chuck of the search engine market share? (ie. AOL) -- (link) - Mop (223 lbs) Jun 4, 14:52 1
- another is that they might become the default iphone search provider (which would probably be announced June 7th) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 14:58
I guess we are still expecting thunderstorms. The sun wasn't in yesterday's forecast. -- nm - the liioulu who left the croquet balls at home Jun 4, 14:51
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Was Pixie comparing Isreal to Russell Hantz on B2? -- nm - amoxy Jun 4, 14:47 3
- What am I, Sandra? -- nm - Oman Jun 4, 14:54
- more the people trying to defend Israel killing activists on the boat - wheezy Jun 4, 14:53
- Not at all sure. -- nm - the liioulu who left the croquet balls at home Jun 4, 14:48
would a gift certificate purchased at amazon.com be redeemable by someone in canada - prayformojo Jun 4, 14:45 3
- I've used amazon.com gift certificates before, you just have to redeem them on amazon.com, not .ca -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 15:02 1
  - but it basically limts you to books and music, since they won't ship much else to canada, which is fine since that's pretty much all .ca has anyway. -- nm - mafic Jun 4, 15:21
- Where's a Canadian when you need one? -- nm - the liioulu who left the croquet balls at home Jun 4, 14:46
Wow, I hadn't realized IGN gave Super Mario Galaxy 2 a perfect 10. -- nm - David Jun 4, 14:42 4
- It trails only Ocarina of Time at Gamerankings.com for the best title ever. nm - Dignan Jun 4, 15:27
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- that's totally impressive, for a magazine that rates games more generously than I rate movies. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 14:42 1
  - They give 9.5s and 9.7s, not 10.0s. -- nm - David Jun 4, 15:04
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- probably not...they are pretty much figured into the demo camp urban strong hold -- nm - zdroid Jun 4, 14:43
Oh goody, MH gave me a code I can't read. -- nm - the liioulu who left the croquet balls at home Jun 4, 14:39 1
- And they give me a link to change it. - the liioulu who left the croquet balls at home Jun 4, 14:40
Remlik: I hope that voiceover cuts to a fight scene where someone reaches for the book as a weapon and it's not in the right spot ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 14:37 2
- "In order to take out your adversary, you have to aim the book cart in the most vunerable pressure points available" -- nm - Remlik Jun 4, 14:44 1
  - "The Tao of Pooh? Basic Accupressure was supposed to be there!" -- nm - the liioulu who left the croquet balls at home Jun 4, 14:45
Pippy in regards to Eric in the books - (spoils) - the liioulu who left the croquet balls at home Jun 4, 14:36
B2 made me uncomfortable. -- nm - David Jun 4, 14:35 3
- Show us where it touched you." -- nm - TWuG Jun 4, 14:36 2
  - right there, next to the Star of... oh hey! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 4, 14:46
  - Show us on the Superman doll -- nm - Remlik Jun 4, 14:44
war is over, if you want it -- nm - wheezy Jun 4, 14:33

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