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I see it as one less jerk in the world. -- nm - David Jul 13, 09:42 1
- Hey, were you asking yesterday the price on LeSean? - Will Hunting Jul 13, 09:45
So, new job. All email is blocked, FB blocked, etc. But you guys are here! - Andie Jul 13, 09:39 7
- ooh, shred some documents and sleep with the boss on your first day. -- nm - Max Jul 13, 09:40
- *winks* -- nm - chuckles Jul 13, 09:40
- But also, that's what smartphones are for :) -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 09:40
- Not for long -- nm - Andie's new IT dept Jul 13, 09:40
- Can you get to logmein.com? -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 09:39 1
  - not going to try today. -- nm - Andie Jul 13, 09:40
- same here. - znufrii Jul 13, 09:39
Steinbrenner bought the Yankees in 1973 for 8.7 million - amoxy Jul 13, 09:35 15
- even better, they're worth about $1.6 billion today....nm - x Jul 13, 09:39 13
  - on paper. i wonder if they would actually command that price at market - chuckles Jul 13, 09:42 8
    - how much would you pay for the US Mint? -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 09:45 1
      - Nothing - if someone was trying to sell it to me, I'd be pretty suspicious that it was stolen. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 10:05
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    - If anything, they would sell for more. -- nm - David Jul 13, 09:43 1
      - yeah, seems low to me as well. but it's the number that's getting tossed around... - x Jul 13, 09:46
    - If the Yanks went on the market, I'm sure 1.6bil is the least it'd fetch - Will Hunting Jul 13, 09:43 2
      - I believe the value of YES is included in the 1.6B valuation. - musubi Jul 13, 09:45 1
        
        Yeah....they generate like 400mil in revenue a year. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 13, 09:46
  - 184x return on investment. -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 09:40
  - PPDM! (nm) - musubi Jul 13, 09:39 2
    - it does when you can cash in your chips like that....nm - x Jul 13, 09:40 1
      - but he's *dead* -- nm - Max Jul 13, 09:41
- Is it any coincidence that Jack Dawson returns and Steinbrenner dies? Hmmmm? -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 09:38
Deaths come in three. ST Poll: Name the other two to die near Steinbrenner -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 09:34 8
- Betty While and Lindsey Lohan -- nm - flavorize Jul 13, 09:41
- Cue ReyRey's killing spree in 5....4....3...2... (nm) - musubi Jul 13, 09:40
- Bruce Jenner and Hugh Hefner -- nm - Max Jul 13, 09:37 1
  - Hugh's days are numbered for sure - -- nm - Epiphany Jul 13, 09:38
- you! -- nm - stabby reagan Jul 13, 09:36
- could John Wooden be included here or too long ago? -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 09:35
- Bob Sheppard -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 09:35
- Al Davis -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 09:35
As much as I really disliked the man and his actions, I'm saddened by Steinbrenner's passing. -- nm - nubby Jul 13, 09:32 1
- I know very little about his actions and personality, except that he was a trump-like tyrant in his own pond ... but Seinfeld amused me. - Beryllium Jul 13, 09:33
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- *trades ML for the poo poo platter of Nick Fudge, Fraskal and steve112* -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 09:34
When I read the director name "Spike Jonze" ... I thought "Hey, I've heard that name, I wonder if I like his movies." - Beryllium Jul 13, 09:31 11
- i'm shocked -- nm - chuckles Jul 13, 09:36 7
  - Well, Being John Malkovich was super weird, but watchable and interesting. Adaptation was painful to watch. (I blame Nic Cage) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 09:36 6
    - adaptation is crazy brilliant -- nm - chuckles Jul 13, 09:37 4
      - This post is perfect. -- nm - David Jul 13, 09:45
      - right. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 13, 09:41
      - Agreeance! -- nm - flavorize Jul 13, 09:38
      - it can be two things. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 09:38
    - *punches you in the face wearing a bear suit* -- nm - Nic Cage SI Jul 13, 09:37
- Perusing his imbd page, I've never actually seen a movie he's directed, but he was awful good as an actor in Three Kings. (nm) - musubi Jul 13, 09:34 2
  - yeah, I was just going by directorial stuff. (He was in three kings? Did he play the fourth guy?) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 09:37 1
    - "We three kings be stealin' the gold... " - decline Jul 13, 09:39
As much as I appreciate Bloomberg's sentiment here, I have to disagree with the facts of the case... -- (link) - znufrii Jul 13, 09:31
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- I-tunes/I-pod -- nm - flavorize Jul 13, 09:40
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- Despicable Me -- nm - David Jul 13, 09:36
- Twilight -- nm - flavorize Jul 13, 09:33
- "Zac" and "Effron" (nm) - musubi Jul 13, 09:32 2
  - Justin and Bieber -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 09:32 1
    - wait, that would be Canada -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 09:33
- American -- nm - flavorize Jul 13, 09:31
- Oh. -- nm - Loyola Jul 13, 09:30
- "Sorry" or "Great" - Beryllium Jul 13, 09:29
- Soccer -- nm - flavorize Jul 13, 09:29
- 9/11 -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 09:28
- Obama/Yankees. Maybe McDonalds. -- nm - MDH Jul 13, 09:28 1
  - A co-worker from India is in Chicago working with us. He asked where we go for lunch. - ty97 Jul 13, 09:29
- Drunk. Gay. -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 09:28 1
  - that's when you tell them you are Mexican. -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 09:28
- hello. -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 09:27
- big mac -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 13, 09:27
- Madonna. Fat. -- nm - Max Jul 13, 09:27
- Israel. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 09:27
- Bush -- nm - Inibo Jul 13, 09:26 1
  - Hmmm... -- nm - Inigo Jul 13, 09:27
- Leave. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 13, 09:26
- Obama -- nm - oblique Jul 13, 09:26 1
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- 1. Welcome. 2. Terrorist -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 09:26
- Yankee -- nm - znufrii Jul 13, 09:26 3
  - Infidel! - znufrii Jul 13, 09:26 2
    - ...or sell you a trinket. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 13, 09:27 1
      - "Does not break! *tap, tap, sproing!* ...it broke..." -- nm - znufrii Jul 13, 09:27
- "Yes." -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 13, 09:25
- Cowboy -- nm - flavorize Jul 13, 09:25
Hi Andie at your new job! Are you slacking yet? -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 13, 09:23
I didn't realize that Out of Sight and Jackie Brown were related ... - Beryllium Jul 13, 09:23
There's an Australian visiting our office. He shook my hand and said "good man." He's self-evidently awesome. - Max Jul 13, 09:20 2
- I've yet to meet a boring Australian. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 09:21 1
  - I should buy one while prices are still affordable. -- nm - Max Jul 13, 09:25
Why people annoy me: Rush being sued be med student for postponing concert due to rain -- (link) - MDH Jul 13, 09:18 10
- a Ph.D student.. NOT med student. PhD.'s have plenty of time.. what is he complaining about. :) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 13, 09:29
- Remlik, you can't call yourself a med student just because you convinced that chick to play Doctor with you. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 09:20 1
  - you stick with what works. -- nm - Remlik Jul 13, 09:21
- ::kills him:: -- nm - remlick Jul 13, 09:19
- TFox should sue 311 for his face - oblique Jul 13, 09:19 5
  - I look like I've been storing acorns for the winter in my left cheek. - TFox Jul 13, 09:21 2
    - Really, the Mrs beats you up and the best story you can invent is you fell down at a 311 concert? - Will Hunting Jul 13, 09:24
    - Rhode Island has some strange types of acorns. -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 09:22
  - unfortunately, 311 cannot control genetics. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 09:19
  - Why would he sue 311 for his mom? -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 09:19
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hey david, since you have (or had) both the kindle and an ipad - tRuMaN Jul 13, 09:15 9
- it's great. So is the Apple books app, for that matter. -- nm - Callisto Jul 13, 09:19 7
  - hmm, is the ipad easy to read on? - tRuMaN Jul 13, 09:21 6
    - I think so. The only negative is when I'm either in sunlight or in a room where lights are reflecting on the iPad. - Callisto Jul 13, 09:22 5
      - wherein Kim's vampyric secret is inadvertently revealed. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 09:24 1
        
        My skin twinkles in the sunlight. -- nm - Callisto Jul 13, 09:44
      - hmm, well - tRuMaN Jul 13, 09:24 2
        
        I can vouch for the Kindle here. I used it under direct sunlight on Miami beach and had no problems reading. -- nm - decline Jul 13, 09:25 1
        
        Yep. It is fine in sunlight. -- nm - Callisto Jul 13, 09:34
- then if you read the Steve Jobs biography on the Kindle app on the iPad, the world swallows itself. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 09:16
Are you sitting by a window? What does it look out on? - amoxy Jul 13, 09:12 23
- See my post below - although I did have to go upstairs and out on the deck for that :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 13, 09:30
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- I have a view of the Chicago lakefront from about Navy Pier to the museum campus. It's truly one of the best views in the city. - pmb Jul 13, 09:22 3
  - Here's a picture of my view (it's the lakefront view). -- (link) - pmb Jul 13, 09:25 2
    - you had the stuff in front of you demolished for that, right? -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 09:26 1
      - It was in the way. - pmb Jul 13, 09:30
- this: -- (link) - TFox Jul 13, 09:22
- a tree blocking a parking lot and part of the Tyco building -- nm - decline Jul 13, 09:20
- Sunny. Green. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 13, 09:19
- My backyard, and the woods beyond it. -- nm - mara Jul 13, 09:18
- No, but from the window behind me I can just make out a bit of the Tardis as well as the tube station. -- nm - LMS Jul 13, 09:17 2
  - I think you win :) -- nm - decline Jul 13, 09:18 1
    - A couple of weeks ago there was someone by it dressed as a Cyberman and a Scarecrow who would jump out at the passing tour groups. -- nm - LMS Jul 13, 09:22
- yard with trees and grass outside the office and then the parking lot beyond -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 13, 09:16 1
  - LYC, it's nice to be able to answer these kinds of polls now -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 13, 09:17
- All walls here. White and minty green walls. -- nm - ty97 Jul 13, 09:14
- a Church -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 09:13
- no windows, but if I did, they'd look out on TriBeCa, the other side of the floor gets a great view of the Hudson River. -- nm - znufrii Jul 13, 09:13
- downtown kc -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 09:13
- parking lot of our building but I got a tree and bushes - I normally get hummingbirds, squirrels, dive bomber birds and a bunny -- nm - Epiphany Jul 13, 09:13 3
  - "and they were merry" -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 13, 09:15 1
    - I always thought it was "married" but that probably makes more sense. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 09:17
  - A bunny, cute. If I would go down the hall to my sons room - amoxy Jul 13, 09:14
ECW fans may want to watch the end of TNA this coming thursday...spoilers..... - Remlik Jul 13, 09:09 6
- question - tRuMaN Jul 13, 09:11 5
  - it's not Austin. we don't know yet who it is. -- nm - Remlik Jul 13, 09:13
  - They don't know yet.....they hinted at Rowdy Roddy last night. - Will Hunting Jul 13, 09:13 3
    - he got married and is on honeymoon. This was apparently planned. -- nm - Remlik Jul 13, 09:13 2
      - So....they made him the leader....for 2 weeks knowing he'd miss a month? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 13, 09:14 1
        
        I guess....I'm still not quite sure what is spin and isn't in Bret's case. -- nm - Remlik Jul 13, 09:21
I know I shouldn't laugh at the Onion article, but I can't help it -- (link) - amoxy Jul 13, 09:09
Nothing like jackhammers and heavy equipment in your driveway at 8:30am !! -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jul 13, 09:06 [flickr] 4
- but enough about your love life. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 13, 09:43 1
  - Don't you wish.....;) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 13, 09:46
- do they really need that big piece of equipment for that tiny little area? - Epiphany Jul 13, 09:12 1
  - They were using it to take the slabs out to their dump-truck in the street. Now it looks like they'll be digging deeper. Can't tell yet what they're - MojaveMeg Jul 13, 09:24
Don't forget: Tommy Hanson is first cousins with the band Hanson. (nm) - musubi Jul 13, 09:04 10
- Michael Keaton is secretly a disowned son of Kirk Douglas. -- nm - Max Jul 13, 09:14 2
  - I thought Diane Keaton was his mother? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 09:16 1
    - fathered by Buster Keaton -- nm - Beaker Jul 13, 09:18
- John Cusack and Joan Cusack are also related -- nm - amoxy Jul 13, 09:06 6
  - as are the jonas brothers - decline Jul 13, 09:09 1
    - and neither is the Partrige family - Danedukenuuk Jul 13, 09:11
  - Yes. It's exactly like that. Very factual. (nm) - musubi Jul 13, 09:09 1
    - But Tommy Lee and Tommy Lee Jones are not -- nm - amoxy Jul 13, 09:13
  - and Ann Cusack. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 09:07 1
    - and Grandpa Cusack? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 13, 09:08

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