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Just so you know, I'm planning to throw Reagen in a vat of acid for the Train comment. -- nm - David Jul 5, 19:42 1
- You know that just means that he will come back as The Joker, right? -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 19:44
Watching a DVD called 'The Business of Being Born' - have any STers seen it? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 19:35 6
- I feel like I saw it when I was a teen. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 19:42 2
  - I guess that hinges on how big of a Ricki Lake fan you are, and how recently you were a teen. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 19:42 1
    - It sounded vaguely familiar as a video we had to watch in sex ed, but apparently just similiarly sounding titled. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 19:55
- I did. - kelly Jul 5, 19:40 2
  - I'm not sure how you do it in the US, but here ... the midwife can go to the hospital with you and run the delivery there ... - Beryllium Jul 5, 19:42 1
    - Being a diabetic, I'm an automatic high-risk pregnancy. Diabetics tend to have ginormous babies due to the excess blood sugar issues, so I'm not sure - kelly Jul 5, 19:45
Craig on True Beauty is from Winnipeg. I wonder if he is really Dignan. -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 19:27 1
- "This cannot be Dignan. I'm prettier than this man!" -- nm - nubby Jul 5, 19:28
r u 2 sexay for this board? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 5, 19:16
START THE DRAFT. -- nm - Beaker Jul 5, 19:11 2
- You have been invited back to rejoin xxx's custom league in Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football. -- nm - Beaker Jul 5, 19:12 1
  - I'm sure It's Never Sunny in Buffalo will win Astronauts this year. -- nm - nubby Jul 5, 19:15
I know that Charlie St. Cloud is going to make me cry. -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 19:10 4
- ZE's abs make me cry. -- nm - nubby Jul 5, 19:12 3
  - They make me cry. - Dano Jul 5, 19:13 2
    - Sometimes, I don't even need to click to know what the IM says. -- nm - Jelly Jul 5, 19:30
    - *blink* -- nm - nubby Jul 5, 19:14
Pettite got added to the All-Star roster thanks to Buchholz going on the DL. Looks like Weaver or someone else - Krusty Jul 5, 19:07
True Beauty! -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 19:02 4
- Ooh, I've missed a few weeks. -- nm - nubby Jul 5, 19:04 3
  - spoilers - Dano Jul 5, 19:12 2
    - spoiler - nubby Jul 5, 19:15 1
      - spoilers - Dano Jul 5, 19:20
ooooh, sparkly. -- nm - kelly Jul 5, 18:58 2
- ugh, i have to trample you *again*? -- nm - TFox Jul 5, 19:01 1
  - you can certainly try. -- nm - kelly Jul 5, 19:19
What if this whole Russian spy thing is actually a massive promotional campaign for Salt. -- nm - Beaker Jul 5, 18:56 1
- You're like a week behind on that deep thought, Jack Handy. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 19:12
Evening reminder: Please vote for my Pepsi refresh group to build a program center for adults with autism. Every vote helps. -- (link) - Ender Jul 5, 18:43
I *so* do not want to be heading to the airport at 5AM tomorrow. - kelly Jul 5, 18:42
At least we won the Willy Taveras sweepstakes. -- nm - nubby Jul 5, 18:41
what'd I miss? -- nm - Obama Jul 5, 18:34 5
- you're probably missing your approval rating these days -- nm - zork Jul 5, 18:36 4
  - sfek -- nm - znufrii Jul 5, 18:55 3
    - errr, sfan -- nm - znufrii Jul 5, 18:55 2
      - user error -- nm - psilotum Jul 5, 18:56 1
        
        pbkac -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 5, 18:59
Nominate a book for August here -- (link) - ty97 Jul 5, 18:30
What I'm drinking right now: Dogfish Head Midas Touch. wow. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 18:28 10
- Craziest thing about that beer? - TFox Jul 5, 18:30 6
  - so out of curiosity, what is your favorite DFH beer? -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 18:33 4
    - The Red & White. Then the Burton Baton, then the Raison. -- nm - TFox Jul 5, 18:42 3
      - ooh, have not tried the first three. They're only in big bottles, right? -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 18:51 2
        
        Red & White is big bottles. The other two are 12 oz. -- nm - TFox Jul 5, 18:53 1
        
        cool, thanks -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 18:54
  - It's more strange than good, although it's certainly good. King Midas was a lush. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 18:32
- weird name -- nm - peglegpete Jul 5, 18:30 2
  - it's made from a recipe found in the tomb of King Midas. Very mead-like. -- (link) - loosilu Jul 5, 18:32 1
    - */Jay's like King Midas, as I was told, everything that he touched turned to gold. \* -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 18:37
Halladay is just amazing. spoilers - Krusty Jul 5, 18:26
How the crap did Joey Votto not make the All-Star team? -- nm - Tim Jul 5, 18:26 4
- The Reds and Red Sox have teamed up to promote a Votto-Youkilis ticket for the final vote. - Ender Jul 5, 18:40 1
  - Advantage: Votto -- nm - TFox Jul 5, 18:43
- Because I'm the greatest utility guy in MLB. - Omar Infante si Jul 5, 18:28
- Who the eff is Joey Votto? -- nm - 90% of the fans, who vote for the All-Star Game Jul 5, 18:27
Mmm, tilapia sauteed in butter - yes butter!! - with garlic mashed potatoes and parsley sauce. - MojaveMeg Jul 5, 18:24 9
- my main meal today was a pound of cherries. too bad I chased it with 3 chocolate chip cookies :) -- nm - peglegpete Jul 5, 18:27 8
  - I bought a carrot cake mix and plan to try making cookies, using applesauce in place of the oil. - MojaveMeg Jul 5, 18:38 6
    - my wife has done that with apple sauce before, can barelt tell the difference and so much healthier -- nm - Beaker Jul 5, 19:00
    - We have subbed applesauce for oil in pancakes to muffins with little ill effect. Also use wheat or flax flour subs as well -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 5, 18:59
    - re: IM - peglegpete Jul 5, 18:40 1
      - Bad PLP!! :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 5, 18:44
    - oh man, not to harp on this but ... I can tell the difference, and it's not good. - loosilu Jul 5, 18:39 1
      - You're probably right, but I have the need to experiment :) I do like my FiberOne applesauce muffins. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 5, 18:44
  - The cookies wont' be in your system long thanks to the cherries -- nm - Bacon Jul 5, 18:32
Shaquille O'Neal is seriously considering a two-year deal with the Hawks - stewie Jul 5, 18:22 1
- How much will he have to pay them? -- nm - Beaker Jul 5, 18:24
Speaking of Australian politics: a new slang word I've learned since the new PM took office--Ranga. Short for orangutan and refers to a redhead. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 5, 18:08 28
- Shes looks a little like the mum from Family Guys according to a guy on GNW -- nm - Karl_S Jul 5, 19:28 1
  - I think she looks like Tilda Swinton -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 19:29
- Non-milky white Australians call the British/Irish descendants "skippies" - facto Jul 5, 18:28 3
  - "spic" is really distasteful. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 18:35 1
    - how about wop? - zork Jul 5, 18:42
  - "Wog" is pretty offensive unless used by Greeks to describe each other. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 5, 18:31
- that's one of my favourites. I can't believe it hasn't come up before. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 18:23 5
  - I honestly had never heard it until I saw a story on women wanting to "go Ranga" like Julia. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 5, 18:25 4
    - Julia who? -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 18:40 3
      - Julia Gillard--first female prime minister of Australia. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 5, 18:44 2
        
        just googled her. she has roots. Bottle red!!! -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:10 1
        
        This is why your people are kicked. -- nm - TFox Jul 5, 19:13
- wow. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 18:22
- Is it supposed to be insulting? Or just ... weird? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 5, 18:22 12
  - it's really more of a descriptor. it can be used endearingly, derisively, or however else you want it. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 18:25 4
    - I think its a bit like ginger, in that it can be derisive, but don't have to be? nm - ralph wiggum Jul 5, 18:28 3
      - Or like "half-pint", to descibe a tiny, short person? - facto Jul 5, 18:30
      - yeah, without context it's pretty neutral. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 18:28
      - "doesn't". nm - ralph wiggum Jul 5, 18:28
  - calling someone an orangutan doesn't sound like a compliment to me. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 18:22 6
    - Fling your poo at him! nm - ralph wiggum Jul 5, 18:26 4
      - hey! that's monkeys! - loosilu Jul 5, 18:34 3
        
        I was shocked when my dad, unprompted, corrected my neice that an orangutan is an ape and not a monkey - Reagen Jul 5, 19:18
        
        meh, Redmond is a great ape and he flings poo -- nm - zork Jul 5, 18:35 1
        
        he's a lesser ape. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 18:38
    - but it's a step up for redheads. - ty97 Jul 5, 18:25
- can you only use it if the carpet matches? -- nm - zork Jul 5, 18:13 1
  - I.....don't want to know. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 5, 18:14
LYC: During the "oldest e-mail in your inbox" poll a week or so ago I found a report of said Ben Folds Five concert that I had sent to a friend. (nm) - Tim Jul 5, 18:05
Do want. -- (link) - TFox Jul 5, 18:01 1
- That kid and the A's need to move on. I guess with nothing else to bring fans to the park they have to try something. - Krusty Jul 5, 18:24
OFFS: I've been posting on B2 to Facto -- nm - zork Jul 5, 18:00 1
- You made me go back and see people dissing Train. - nubby Jul 5, 18:03
My son has discovered tha hitting '0' on the Tivo menu screen replays the boot video. - TFox Jul 5, 17:55
some Inception reviews have been added to RT... they are beyond positive - stewie Jul 5, 17:51 11
- I've been liking Leo's stuff. Shutter I., Blood Diamond, Departed were all very enjoyable. -- nm - zork Jul 5, 18:11
- the commercials just dont make sense to me, so if those are the commercials - tRuMaN Jul 5, 18:08 2
  - commercials are usually made by people other than the makers of the movie ... sometimes they mess it up something fierce. - Beryllium Jul 5, 18:33 1
    - I'm slowly starting to at least *think* I know what's going on. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 18:49
- Well, I guess that helped Star Trek (JJ Abrams), and that one was in part trippy as well.. -- nm - facto Jul 5, 17:57
- he bats 1.000 for me. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 17:54 5
  - I didn't like Insomnia -- nm - stewie Jul 5, 17:55 4
    - probably his weakest and inferior to the original but still a good movie. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 17:57 2
      - It's coming out in HD next week... I might give it another shot... I saw it the day it came out and was expecting a lot after Memento -- nm - stewie Jul 5, 18:13 1
        
        Memento is my least favorite of his movies. -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 19:43
    - although in fairness, that fourth word is basically the easiest game of Mad Libs ever. -- nm - TFox Jul 5, 17:57
*builds a prison out of celery sticks* -- nm - Beaker Jul 5, 17:50
one other true mw2 annoyance - tRuMaN Jul 5, 17:50
The work muzak has gotten over its Canadian obsession. Now I'm hearing non-single U2 songs. - Tim Jul 5, 17:50 1
- I'm now imagining muzak-versions of k-os and Broken Social Scene. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 17:51
I'm still confused. - TFox Jul 5, 17:49 3
- kurt corbain fans? --nm - tRuMaN Jul 5, 17:51
- Irredeemable perfectionists? -- nm - facto Jul 5, 17:50 1
  - If there's any song you've ever heard in your life and haven't memorized the lyrics, I suggest you're still insane. -- nm - TFox Jul 5, 17:52
Hey, Soul Sister Heeey, Heeeeey, Heeeeeey. Your lipstick stains, on the front lobe of my left side brains -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 17:47 20
- I'm not a fan of the song but it's my niece's favorite, so I have a soft spot for it. - David Jul 5, 19:43
- one word: lobotomy? - facto Jul 5, 17:49 2
  - have you heard what *you* listen to? I'd actually recommend Train for you. -- nm - TFox Jul 5, 17:50 1
    - After you've heard Africa about 500 times, you become immune to it - no ear worm anylonger -- nm - facto Jul 5, 17:51
- Don't make me get a posse and attack all your towns. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 5, 17:48 15
  - I live in a Train-free world. It's bliss. - Reagen Jul 5, 17:49 14
    - I wonder how bad chad kroeger feels about being voted uglier than slash. that has to hurt. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 18:28 1
      - The best sports heckling sign ever -- (link) - Reagen Jul 5, 19:26 [Image]
    - Fortunately, I don't listen to the radio much. Unfortunately, the evil is so pervasive and virulent, it doesn't take much to get the earworm. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 5, 17:52 10
      - or the gummi bears? -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 17:53 9
        
        I've heard the Gummi Bears so many times I've come around the other side of it. I now sing it willingly. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 5, 17:56 6
        
        I'm looking at you like Veronica Carwright looks at Donald Sutherland at the end of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 18:00 5
        
        It will happen to yoooooooouuuuuuu!! nm - ralph wiggum Jul 5, 18:01 4
        
        (also, don't they run Australia now? I'm a little confused on your line of succession) -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 18:03 2
        
        They are the Opposition Leaders. Skippy the Kangaroo is the current PM. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 5, 18:06 1
        
        no no no. Tilda Swinton staged a bloodless coup. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 18:34
        
        those guys look like the devil incarnate. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 18:02
        
        ~ bouncing here and there and.... motherfucker. -- nm - TFox Jul 5, 17:54 1
        
        I got a vision of my future this weekend. You're probably doing me a favour by killing me now. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 17:55
    - This reminds me of the station that used to have "Creed Free Days." -- nm - Tim Jul 5, 17:50
Dear Band of Brothers, I have watched you around 10 times, yet I can't turn the channel whenever you are on again. -- nm - Beaker Jul 5, 17:47 6
- Dear Band of Brothers, I have passed you at leased a dozen times, yet I can not bring myself to watch you. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 5, 17:47 4
  - why do you hate America? -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 17:49
  - this is what people should mock you over not your Avatar avoidance. -- nm - Beaker Jul 5, 17:49 2
    - I don't like historic war movies. - Black Rabbit Jul 5, 17:50 1
      - i don't either, and i *love* Brothers. it's fantastic. -- nm - Andie Jul 5, 18:25
- marathon on Spike. -- nm - Beaker Jul 5, 17:47

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