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I've fallen asleep to Dear John exactly 3 times so far, and I'm not even halfway through. Channing Tatum is not attractive, I don't get it. -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 14, 21:57
from bb - we have two newish/new sonics in the greater area. - b! Jun 14, 21:55 6
- do the carhops wear roller skates? - 'lia Jun 14, 21:59 1
  - they do, but we drove-through. it's weird that you can't walk up. -- nm - b! Jun 14, 22:05
- i hate you - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 21:57 3
  - if you visit my mom (not me, of course), it's ~15 minutes from her. - b! Jun 14, 22:02
  - aw, poor pixie - 'lia Jun 14, 22:00 1
    - it makes no sense. LA is the home of all crappity fast food chains. Sonic should be all over us -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 22:03
Earthquake interrupts Padres - Blue Jays game. -- (link) - CrankYanker Jun 14, 21:52
hmm, alias also has a lot of running through dimly-lit underground corridors with undefined pipe systems -- nm - Beryllium Jun 14, 21:50
And Twiiter is down due to over capacity - eag Jun 14, 21:40 3
- I think it started before the quake, but I'm sure the quake will worsen it. heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 14, 21:43 2
  - Im thinking maybe E3 has something to do with that -- nm - eag Jun 14, 21:45
  - psychics? -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 14, 21:45
i did not feel the earth move under my feet -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 21:30
Small tremor here. -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 14, 21:29
Earthquake! -- nm - eag Jun 14, 21:29 12
- 5.9 -- nm - Redmond Jun 14, 21:32 9
  - Near Ocotillo....... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jun 14, 21:33 8
    - Mexican Aftershock would make a good drink name. -- nm - Redmond Jun 14, 21:35 7
      - i think there is already a schnapps called aftershock and its likely not a good combo with cactus juice -- nm - zdroid Jun 14, 21:43
      - Heh, and now the Disneyland fireworks are going off :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 14, 21:38 1
        
        Wonder if they shut the rides down. -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 14, 21:42
      - Would have to start with tequila......what else? -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 14, 21:38 3
        
        a peppery/spicy tequila -- nm - peglegpete Jun 14, 21:50 1
        
        served in a cracked glass -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 14, 22:01
        
        Lime Juice, Triple Sec, -- nm - Redmond Jun 14, 21:39
- Ah, that 'spains it. Funny noise in the entry way had the dog all excited. I thought it was the neighbor's front door. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 14, 21:32
- Moderate shaker in Whittier. -- nm - BAD Jun 14, 21:30
heh. on "best thing I ever ate" on the food network, aida mollenkamp said her favorite regional food is.... - b! Jun 14, 21:24 2
- redundant -- nm - zdroid Jun 14, 21:44
- the FTC ought to fine them for false advertising -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 21:26
Because ST knows, and more importantly, cares ... if i'm talking about the West or East Coast in a story, article, etc .... - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 14, 21:13 3
- yes, if it refers to a recognized region. -- nm - Reagen Jun 14, 21:25
- yep. capitalize if location, not direction. -- nm - b! Jun 14, 21:16
- i think the rule is you cap it if discussing a rap feud, but lowercase most other instances. -- nm - TFox Jun 14, 21:15
Is it true? RC is back? YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - 'lia Jun 14, 21:06
I've realized two things this evening: 1) I like JJ Abrams productions. 2) The alias intro has a predictably Abrams-like number of lens flares ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 14, 20:57 1
- Fringe is getting pretty X-Filian with its use of flashlights. -- nm - Reagen Jun 14, 21:02
since this came up at lunch today. yes or no, a girl twirling her hair while talking to a boy - Truman Jun 14, 20:54 37 1
- i would say it depends on which finger...ie running middle finger around the rim of a wine glass is good news but first finger is bad -- nm - zdroid Jun 14, 21:40
- I would say it's general nervousness. - Reagen Jun 14, 21:01 5
  - hit that -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 14, 21:56 4
    - if only he was not married with a new child . . . -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 21:59 3
      - and she weren't also married and pregnant - Reagen Jun 14, 22:03 2
        
        well since you put it that way - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 22:04 1
        
        It's not like he's going to accidentally knock her up! nm - ralph wiggum Jun 14, 22:09
- you think women are going to tell you the truth about that? - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 20:59 27
  - what's the male equivalent? -- nm - b! Jun 14, 21:02 25
    - damn your IM beats me....guys scratch this and uh...that -- nm - zdroid Jun 14, 22:06 1
      - that was a nod to truman and a couple of his boss's, um, quirks. -- nm - b! Jun 14, 22:07
    - punching a girl in the arm -- nm - znufrii Jun 14, 21:08 4
      - and then running away -- nm - znufrii Jun 14, 21:09 3
        
        also: the bra-strap snap -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 21:11 2
        
        and how often has that worked for you? -- nm - 'lia Jun 14, 21:13 1
        
        as often as all my other "moves" -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 21:31
    - of vacantly getting distracted by one's own hair? we don't have an equivalent. our gender has our shit tight. -- nm - TFox Jun 14, 21:06
    - grabbing her boob -- nm - dogbert Jun 14, 21:05 1
      - Aaaah, The Dawson. That's a good move. -- nm - Redmond Jun 14, 21:08
    - erection -- nm - Dano Jun 14, 21:05 1
      - ,,, - b! Jun 14, 21:09
    - Breathing. -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 14, 21:05
    - we look at you -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 21:04 1
      - nah, most of you are at least somewhat selective. -- nm - b! Jun 14, 21:08
    - I'd say boob staring but that's not really indicative -- nm - Reagen Jun 14, 21:03 9
      - maybe the body-tilt/lean against something thing? -- nm - b! Jun 14, 21:05 7
        
        making you a mixtape. -- nm - Reagen Jun 14, 21:09 3
        
        sigh. so deprived. -- nm - b! Jun 14, 21:12 2
        
        call any of my old crushes. they've got plenty they could give you -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 21:13 1
        
        if I called them, that's not what I'd be after. -- nm - b! Jun 14, 21:15
        
        hmmm, i lean against doors all the time, regardless of who i am talking to -- nm - Truman Jun 14, 21:08 1
        
        with the turn towards the person with whom you're talking? -- nm - b! Jun 14, 21:10
        
        *broods* -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 21:08
      - "That just means he's awake." nm - ralph wiggum Jun 14, 21:04
  - they've got to defend their tell. - Reagen Jun 14, 21:01
- it's frequently on lists of body language/meanings. -- nm - b! Jun 14, 20:57 1
  - heh, there seems to be a split. nm but: -- (link) - b! Jun 14, 21:01
and (damn you people) I'm having Wendy's when I'm home -- nm - ty97 Jun 14, 20:51 3
- Wendy's what? -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 20:52 2
  - spicy chicken nuggets if they have them - ty97 Jun 14, 20:54
  - Wendy's frosty dessert -- nm - Beryllium Jun 14, 20:53
WhooHoo!! Free ticket on Alaskan home from Seattle.... - MojaveMeg Jun 14, 20:46 1
- neechay! -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 20:46
RDJ is unofficially attached as the Great and Terrible Oz. Sam Raimi to direct -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 20:32 2
- damn you! I thought you said he was "officially unattached" and you got my hopes up. -- nm - loosilu Jun 14, 20:33 1
  - well i assume it's just dotting i's and crossing t's in terms of the deal -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 20:34
Poll: smelliest animals. My top two are penguins and sloths, followed by dogfish. -- nm - loosilu Jun 14, 20:31 6
- My sister's kidrockboyfriend. -- nm - Qale Jun 14, 20:56
- The primate house at the zoo. -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 14, 20:40
- Elephants and monkey brains -- nm - Willie Scott Jun 14, 20:39
- Ferrets. I see you have now met Pippy's Sisnlaw -- nm - Redmond Jun 14, 20:36
- I'm only hearing this second-hand, but oiled fish and birds sound stinky -- nm - Beryllium Jun 14, 20:34
- amanda -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 20:32
I love how five seconds after Betty White says... (TDS spoilers) - nubby Jun 14, 20:28 1
- maybe she forgot cause she was stoned at the time -- nm - zdroid Jun 14, 20:58
Dear Red Sox: You could at least be playing at home when I want you to. - ty97 Jun 14, 20:22
I blame my mother's tape collection for keeping me glued to the tv for this James Taylor/Carole King PBS special. -- nm - TFox Jun 14, 20:11 14
- James Taylor is Thomas Kinkade for the ears. - loosilu Jun 14, 20:20 12
  - Clearly that's Michael Bolton. - Reagen Jun 14, 20:23 4
    - what??? there's a pic? -- nm - loosilu Jun 14, 20:28 3
      - - -- (link) - Reagen Jun 14, 20:30 [Image] 2
        
        what the crap is that shirt about? -- nm - loosilu Jun 14, 20:50 1
        
        maybe he cleans his brushes with it. -- nm - Reagen Jun 14, 21:02
  - i was about to light you up before the im. :) -- nm - TFox Jun 14, 20:21 6
    - James Taylor is feelgood music for summer nights. I don't care if it's a chick thing. -- nm - loosilu Jun 14, 20:27 5
      - I saw him in concert last year ... it was decent -- nm - Beryllium Jun 14, 20:29 4
        
        he may be the whitest music artist ever, but he's awesome. -- nm - TFox Jun 14, 20:32 3
        
        YM Jimmy Buffett. -- nm - loosilu Jun 14, 20:33
        
        Carole King is the killer app of that show -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 20:33 1
        
        the PBS show is 70% Taylor, and almost none of King's Mowtown songs :( -- nm - peglegpete Jun 14, 20:52
- i blame your vagina -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 20:12
My brother doesn't know what Tootsie is. -- nm - ty97 Jun 14, 20:05 10
- it's sort of hopelessly quaint at this point. -- nm - Reagen Jun 14, 20:07 9
  - it did not age well. -- nm - loosilu Jun 14, 20:32
  - It's one of the movies we watched for story structure when I took a screenwriting class. -- nm - Dano Jun 14, 20:18 3
    - I once read a screenwriting book that held up The Karate Kid as the perfect screenplay - Reagen Jun 14, 20:21 1
      - the 80s blockbusters were all very fine tuned stories - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 20:25
    - it's crazily well-constructed, plot, character and theme wise -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 20:20
  - i disagree - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 20:11 2
    - quaint from a gender politics aspect. -- nm - Reagen Jun 14, 20:20 1
      - i still disagree - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 20:23
  - (like Mr. Mom) -- nm - Reagen Jun 14, 20:07
put. that coffee. down. -- nm - glengarry glen rock Jun 14, 20:05
RC - LIR - see top of B2 -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 14, 20:05
google thinks that the hulu page for "chuck" is in malay. -- nm - b! Jun 14, 20:01 3
- hulu means "upstream" in Malay, per Google Translate - Reagen Jun 14, 20:30 1
  - I should have said that it was a toolbar prompt. - b! Jun 14, 20:39
- google sounds stupid -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 20:02
I'm waiting on my Qale points. -- nm - nubby Jun 14, 20:01 10
- -5 Qale Points for doing one of the lamest and easiest AP lines. -- nm - Qale Jun 14, 20:19 3
  - *kicks the dirt* - nubby Jun 14, 20:21 2
    - +16 actually. -- nm - Qale Jun 14, 20:30 1
      - Hooray! -- nm - nubby Jun 14, 20:38
- i'm just waiting on the man -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 20:01 5
  - what man? -- nm - nubby Jun 14, 20:02 4
    - you know the man i'm talking about -- nm - pixie x Jun 14, 20:03
    - the man with the power -- nm - Beryllium Jun 14, 20:02 2
      - I'm not waiting on a lady, I'm just waiting for a friend. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 14, 20:04
      - oh yeah i know him. -- nm - nubby Jun 14, 20:03
I can't stop...oh I can't stop, I just can't stop - zeitgeist Jun 14, 20:00
i hope they make a sitcom of the Swagger minivan family -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 19:59 3
- how about they make it a dramatic miniseries on HBO? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 14, 20:03 2
  - *endorses* - TFox Jun 14, 20:10 1
    - she could secretly be a mafia enforcer -- nm - Beryllium Jun 14, 20:14
Q! - b! Jun 14, 19:59 1
- Hehehe. -- nm - Qale Jun 14, 20:19
Shocking! -- nm - nubby Jun 14, 19:59
g'evening ST -- nm - JenBro Jun 14, 19:58
just go, RC -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 14, 19:58 1
- *aims pointy stick at your jingo* -- nm - b! Jun 14, 19:59

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