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Are there LibraryThing users here? Do you think it would be cool if your public library incorporated LT into their catalog? -- (link) - mara Jul 7, 07:43 9
- I use Goodreads -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 07:51 3
  - That's the other one! And Anobii. -- nm - mara Jul 7, 07:52 2
    - The reason I settled on Goodreads is simply because of their Facebook integration. Anobii was the first but it sucked in that regard -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 07:52 1
      - Fuller FB integration is one of the big requests LT receives. - ty97 Jul 7, 07:55
- I use LT, but haven't paid much attention to LTFL - ty97 Jul 7, 07:47 2
  - oh, and the Virtual Shelf Browser (a recent addition, I think) is a very neat concept for a library. - ty97 Jul 7, 07:49 1
    - Excellent, thanks so much for the feedback! -- nm - mara Jul 7, 07:50
- Our library does not use it and I am not sure how they would look at it. There would have to be extensive discussions with the IT department..... - Walt_Disney Jul 7, 07:47
- Lawrence Taylor? -- nm - budice Jul 7, 07:45
I'm guessing our humidex will get up to 40C today, ie. fells like 104F. Rotten. -- nm - Shaun Jul 7, 07:42 1
- yup, heat warning being issued *pets his AC* -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 07:45
hot enough out there to fry an egg? -- (link) - znufrii Jul 7, 07:40 1
- Nice. I'm happy they linked to that LOC page. -- nm - mara Jul 7, 07:52
Swisher retakes the lead in AL All Star voting. Votto remains in first in the NL. - Ender Jul 7, 07:37
Crack the code in the Cyber Command logo -- (link) - oblique Jul 7, 07:37 1
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And if Redmond is around, he can now find joy in the creation of coloured bacon....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Jul 7, 07:37
B2: Mel his Twitter account is King James or something like that -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 07:37 2
- that's a big load of douchery right there. - Mel Profit Jul 7, 07:45
- kingjames -- nm - budice Jul 7, 07:38
Softball proves again why it's not Olympic-worthy - Will Hunting Jul 7, 07:32 7
- Always been more in favor of inclusion of sports than exclusion -- nm - budice Jul 7, 07:35 5
  - Playing softball in the Olympics is not far from playing American football - Will Hunting Jul 7, 07:39 4
    - women's hockey thinks you are speaking about them -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 07:43 3
      - Winter Games aren't overstuffed (yet) but if it ever comes to that point; if they're still this way...could wave bye bye. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 7, 07:56 1
        
        women's hockey is in as long as men's hockey is. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 07:57
      - Could also argue spots like Table Tennis, BMX, beach volleyball, Badminton -- nm - budice Jul 7, 07:49
- plus (spoilers) - znufrii Jul 7, 07:34
LYC: I "meh'ed" an item for the first time today. Chastity belt. Crazy night people. -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 07:30 2
- Are you gonna go to a purity ball? -- nm - Don Homer Jul 7, 07:31
- bleh'ed...whatever - oblique Jul 7, 07:30
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- Dumb. They should have "clarified" instead of reversing. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 7, 07:31
Texas rapist and killer asks to have death sentence thrown out because of Satanism discrimination...(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Jul 7, 07:28 28
- I like the argument that Satanism isn't a religion because it doesn't worship a god because Satan isn't a god. heh. -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 07:36 27
  - You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. -- nm - Satan Jul 7, 07:54
  - so Buddism is not a religion either? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 7, 07:47
  - He should probably switch to Hadesism then -- nm - hotkiss7348 Jul 7, 07:39
  - Things I learned yesterday... - Mel Profit Jul 7, 07:38 23
    - IIRC this story is about St Peter, not St Paul. -- nm - Roger More Jul 7, 07:58
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    - I think it's possible for a symbol to mean different things to different people. -- nm - mara Jul 7, 07:39 20
      - word -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 07:44 1
        
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      - As a child, I wore a Buddhism necklace with a swastika and kids at school always called me a Nazi worshiper. - hotkiss7348 Jul 7, 07:42 9
        
        and when I see you I see a Nazi Sympathizer? - Mel Profit Jul 7, 07:47 7
        
        I had no idea, until this thread, that the swastika had a non-Nazi meaning. - ty97 Jul 7, 07:48 5
        
        It was referenced in a recent movie - decline Jul 7, 07:54
        
        I didn't either. -- nm - kelly Jul 7, 07:51
        
        it's a fairly ancient symbol from what I remember. - Mel Profit Jul 7, 07:51 1
        
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        It's so universailly reviled now, you really can't wear it and expect people not to react. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 07:49
        
        To be fair, that particular symbol is impossible to take back now. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 07:48
        
        very very good point. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 07:44
      - Basically this. Satanists adopted it as an anti-Christ thing. But the Bible does talk about Paul and his reasoning. -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 07:41 3
        
        Um, Cracked talks about Paul and his reasoning, not the Bible. Two different things. (They cite Wikipedia, actually.) -- nm - mara Jul 7, 07:44
        
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        You sure about that? I remember learning it as a child in Church. -- nm - sycor Jul 7, 07:59
      - true but by the sounds of it...St Paul got there first. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 07:41 3
        
        Shotgun! -- nm - St Paul, seeing the upside down cross Jul 7, 07:41 2
        
        I don't know why but I just snarfed at this. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 07:43
        
        well shit, guess it's the baseball bat afterall -- nm - Satan Jul 7, 07:42
Real life demotivator -- (link) - nubby Jul 7, 07:22
My friend just told me that her office's A/C hasn't worked for the last 2 days. Yesterday it was 105 or so (?) here - today is supposed to be the same - kelly Jul 7, 07:22 25
- My friend just moved to a dorm in Vermont for 6 weeks - no AC - decline Jul 7, 07:35 1
  - We finally bought a standing fan last night and subsequently I had the best sleep I've had since I pulled an all-nighter. It is low-90s here -- nm - hotkiss7348 Jul 7, 07:37
- i am currently sitting in my non-airconditioned living room in front of a giant window (blinds are down though.) with a fan it's not unbearable. - Andie Jul 7, 07:34 3
  - I assume you are fully naked, yes? -- nm - Don Homer Jul 7, 07:35 2
    - That's my default with STers. - nubby Jul 7, 07:36
    - i am only wearing a sarong tied as a dress actually, -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 07:36
- We had Yuri replace our attic fan at home this morning. - prayformojo Jul 7, 07:25 2
  - Yuri is the ghost? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 7, 07:27 1
    - Alas, poor Yuri, I paid him well. -- nm - nubby Jul 7, 07:33
- that is a health risk. send them home. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 7, 07:23 15
  - I think it may be a labor violation. Pretty sure it would be in NYC. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 07:29 3
    - nah, I doubt it. -- nm - decline Jul 7, 07:37
    - OSHS doesn't seem to think so. "requires that employers provide employment and a place of employment that are free from recognized hazards that are ca - mara Jul 7, 07:37 1
      - That was supposed to be OSHA. -- nm - mara Jul 7, 07:38
  - Not really. It's not a health risk until you stop sweating or have other symtpoms. It's simply that it's unpleasant to do a lot of sweating, and we've - mara Jul 7, 07:28 1
    - this. -- nm - TFox Jul 7, 07:28
  - so no one with an outdoor job is working today either? -- nm - TFox Jul 7, 07:23 8
    - Not without some serious restrictions if the employers are halfway smart. - Will Hunting Jul 7, 07:28 6
      - The roads that surrounded Valley Mall/David's/Christmas Tree Shop were being paved yesterday - I felt bad for those folks stuck out there. -- nm - kelly Jul 7, 07:30 3
        
        this guy has the right idea -- (link) - znufrii Jul 7, 07:35
        
        working with hot paving materials would be HELL., -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 07:35
        
        When I worked as a landscaper I had to work in heat like this a couple of times. It's really not fun. -- nm - decline Jul 7, 07:34
      - well, you don't force them to do a nine hour day and if they stop for a water break, give them 20 lashes. - TFox Jul 7, 07:30 1
        
        the flogging will continue until morale improves -- nm - Epiphany Jul 7, 07:35
    - I'm sure many are. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 7, 07:27
Tomorrow evening is the deadline to nominate a non-fiction book for August -- (link) - ty97 Jul 7, 07:20
Just for Loosi.....Doctors failing to spot severe superbug infections in children: Survey.....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Jul 7, 07:17 1
- yikes! -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 07:27
Does anyone know if it's possible to cancel a Flickr Pro account early and get money back? -- nm - hotkiss7348 Jul 7, 07:17 5
- "....payment for subscriptions are non-refundable. If you cancel your subscription before the end of the term for which you paid, your cancellation - mara Jul 7, 07:21
- I don't believe so -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 07:20 3
  - Could you please tell me what Flickr's response is here? (I can't access it) -- (link) - hotkiss7348 Jul 7, 07:21 2
    - Can you access this? It's what I'm quoting above. -- (link) - mara Jul 7, 07:21 [flickr] 1
      - Nope, can't access any Flickr sites. But thanks for c/p -- nm - hotkiss7348 Jul 7, 07:23
ST Film Festival July Selection - The Vicious Kind (available on Netflix and Watch Instantly) -- (link) - Dano Jul 7, 07:13 24
- added. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 7, 07:25
- bery needs to add this to the box. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 7, 07:20
- Not available on Lovefilm in the UK. Actually not released at all in the UK. -- nm - LMS Jul 7, 07:19 2
  - Hmm, I have a feeling that most of what I pick is going to be difficult for foreigners to find. -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 07:23 1
    - Well, if it's available, I'll watch it. -- nm - LMS Jul 7, 07:26
- I added it to my queue. What is the criteria you are using to select the choices ? -- nm - decline Jul 7, 07:14 18
  - Festival films that I've seen and liked that didn't get much of a theatrical release and I doubt that anyone on ST has seen. - Dano Jul 7, 07:19 17
    - Cool. Maybe Four Lions can make the list once it's available? -- nm - LMS Jul 7, 07:33
    - This is really cool. I'm thinking you should post this on the Movies board too. -- nm - mara Jul 7, 07:29 10
      - We have a movies board? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 7, 07:30 9
        
        So, whenever you see the word "the" you read it as "our"? -- nm - mara Jul 7, 07:33 2
        
        All your boards are belong to us. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 7, 07:35
        
        There can be only one -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 07:34
        
        Sure. There are two links at the top. The one on the left is the Movies board. The one to the right of it is the Misc. -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 07:31
        
        Dammit! Where's the books board! Bery discriminates! -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 07:30 4
        
        *talks about ty97 on the Non-ty97 Board* -- nm - JaxSean Jul 7, 07:32
        
        It's next to the crickets chirping board -- nm - Bacon Jul 7, 07:31 2
        
        nmbRedmond - TFox Jul 7, 07:32 1
        
        I saw your post there, and was trying to think of a Eli Trade. - Bacon Jul 7, 07:34
    - awesome thanks -- nm - Epiphany Jul 7, 07:26
    - Everyone has pretty much seen Triangle now I guess. -- nm - LMS Jul 7, 07:23 1
      - Triangle was one of those "if not for TT..." things -- nm - hotkiss7348 Jul 7, 07:26
    - you rule. -- nm - TFox Jul 7, 07:21
    - cool. I like this idea :) -- nm - decline Jul 7, 07:21
Lohan had a secret message attached to one of her fingernails in court -- (link) - budice Jul 7, 07:12 1
- *intrigued* -- nm - Agent Dale Cooper Jul 7, 07:14
Psych's premiere next Wednesday at 10pm will be "super-sized"... don't know what that means yet. -- nm - nubby Jul 7, 07:11 2
- Their Twitter said it would be 6 minutes longer. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 07:28
- I think it means Shawn will be investigating the death of a documentary film maker after eating at McDonalds for a month. -- nm - Ender Jul 7, 07:13
LIR: Best Books of the Year. I've read one (Lacks). Will probably read two more (Passage and The Girl). I should read the Dragon Tattoo book now -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 07:09 8
- I watched GWTDT on Netflix streaming - subtitles are always a bitch but I liked the movie a lot - followed the book pretty much - Epiphany Jul 7, 07:17 2
  - I need to watch this. I'm behind in my movie watching. - JaxSean Jul 7, 07:37
  - Grade A- -- nm - Epiphany Jul 7, 07:18
- I've read the Passage and will read book 2 of the Dragon Tatoo series next. Was The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks good? -- nm - decline Jul 7, 07:16 2
  - "the girl who blew up the casle in the sky" - Danedukenuuk Jul 7, 07:22
  - Very. I found it fascinating. -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 07:17
- Did you see this yesterday? -- (link) - ty97 Jul 7, 07:10 1
  - I did and I started listening last night. It's short (2 hours) so I'll probably finish it today. It's OK so far but nothing has really happened -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 07:11
Jax snuck in the funniest post on B2. - Mel Profit Jul 7, 07:09 [Backboard] 6
- I would have given it to him for this one. -- (link) - TFox Jul 7, 07:17 [Backboard] 5
  - yeah that was a nice burn -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 07:35
  - *thhhaaappphhhfftttt* -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 7, 07:23 3
    - Ahhhh. Thanks! -- nm - JaxSean's Nutz Jul 7, 07:29 2
      - who switched Jax with groiny? - Mel Profit Jul 7, 07:33 1
        
        It's murky and I can't see! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 7, 07:34
Boy, this guy REALLY likes rainbows... -- (link) - Ender Jul 7, 07:08 [youtube]
I don't think Avril is so bad, anyway. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 07:05 2
- I don't think here music ages too well though -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 07:06 1
  - I think it looks a lot better now than 99% of today's autotuned stuff will look in 8 years. -- nm - Ender Jul 7, 07:10
*runs nude as a present to ST* -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 07:04 5
- *re-gifts to the Movies board* -- nm - Roger More Jul 7, 07:07 1
  - We have a Movies board? -- nm - JaxSean SI Jul 7, 07:33
- *ACK* Joke gift! Joke gift! - Will Hunting Jul 7, 07:07 1
  - laughing -- nm - ty97 Jul 7, 07:09
- ST streakers must first be voted on -- nm - hotkiss7348 Jul 7, 07:05

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