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I'm a bit annoyed to hear on the radio that no Yankee players attended the funeral for Bob Sheppard. - Krusty Jul 16, 15:40 7
- heh, Angelos didn't show up when the O's longtime stadium announcer, Rex Barney, died -- (link) - chuckles Jul 16, 15:48
- That's really surprising -- nm - prayformojo Jul 16, 15:44 3
  - Some front office people and Cashman the GM were there but not a single current or former Yankee was there. I'm ashamed to be a Yankee fan right now -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 15:46 2
    - The a story (no idea if true) that a bunch of them were on their way, but didn't make it because of a huge traffic accident. - decline Jul 16, 15:50 1
      - there is a story... -- nm - decline Jul 16, 15:50
- that's just not right. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 15:44
- Steinbrenner never would have allowed that to happen. He would have had all of them on a bus going together. -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 15:43
Inception: A+ Wow! Just awesome stuff! -- nm - flavorize Jul 16, 15:33
ever have a day where you have this vague feeling of impending doom? - crash davis Jul 16, 15:30 5
- perhaps, or perhaps you are feeling that because - tRuMaN Jul 16, 15:31
- All the time. -- nm - Batman si Jul 16, 15:31 2
  - I'm glad you used the si, because the real Batman might have gotten mad otherwise -- nm - crash davis Jul 16, 15:33 1
    - I wouldn't want to make him angry. Oh, wait, that's the Hulk. - Beryllium Jul 16, 15:34
- are you hearing ominous music? I hate that. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 15:31
The proper speed of ecosystem change is glacial (with pockets of accelerated change in the midst of a shift). - Beryllium Jul 16, 15:27 10
- Where'd you get your climatology degree? -- nm - mara Jul 16, 15:37 1
  - the college of the cinema of the Caribbean. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 15:39
- I like this too. Doesn't *anyone* remember the Van Halen video??? - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 15:33 7
  - So you're opposed to Kyoto. I get that. It's a flawed solution. But I didn't say anything about it, you did. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 15:40 6
    - I know. We largely agree. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 15:43 5
      - ooh, here's a fun idea for debate: Would a War on Pollution be a better idea than the War on Drugs? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 15:47 4
        
        Infinitely. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 15:48 3
        
        I should email the president immediately. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 15:48 2
        
        I think he's on vacation. :) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 15:49 1
        
        He has a blackberry. He can do email. I'll get a response in minutes ... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 15:49
For anyone not playing Halo tonight, or before it starts, I'll be playing Red Dead. Please feel free to join me. - Krusty Jul 16, 15:26 8
- yeah, i would save the monies for Halo: Reach. - tRuMaN Jul 16, 15:28 7
  - Cool. Yeah, it's been on my mind to grab another copy but I always stop myself because I know Reach will be out soon. - Krusty Jul 16, 15:29 6
    - well, if you really wanted, i could send you my copy of halo3 to borrow - tRuMaN Jul 16, 15:31 1
      - Thanks but I'll wait until Reach is out. I just get a bit jealous seeing everyone playing together. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 15:37
    - Just get a used copy of ODST with all the maps -- nm - eag Jul 16, 15:30 3
      - That was the thought but used = $20+ and I'd rather save that money. I'm poor and have to be very selective in which games I buy. - Krusty Jul 16, 15:35 2
        
        I understand - eag Jul 16, 15:41 1
        
        I'm all about the trade in, without it I wouldn't be able to play half the games I do. I think you made a smart move with your trade in. -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 15:49
dml. do i drive home, hoping i can beat the huge slow moving hail producing thunderstorm - tRuMaN Jul 16, 15:25 3
- I've seen cars out there that were caught in hailstorms...let it pass -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 16, 15:33
- I say go home, drive quickly. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 16, 15:27
- all life is a gamble -- nm - chuckles Jul 16, 15:25
Blockbuster shares at 10 cents per -- (link) - budice Jul 16, 15:16
BAD, all new live Meachum car auction just started on HD Theatre -- nm - peglegpete Jul 16, 15:10 2
- Is it assume that some of the people watching this live are actually on the phone bidding? -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 16, 15:13 1
  - yes -- nm - peglegpete Jul 16, 15:24
sometimes its nice to just have a friend send you an email to prop you up on a bad day. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 16, 15:09
ugg, is it time to go home yet? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 16, 14:59
This might be a repost, but ... New Spice. Study like a scholar, scholar. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 16, 14:53 [youtube] 1
- Damn, that was awesome production value given the subject matter. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 16, 15:09
I'm actually a fan of NPR and Terry Gross, but am still tickled by this story. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 14:45 11
- don't give max any encouragement -- nm - chuckles Jul 16, 14:46 9
  - "Melissa Block was clearly sticking her nose up the ass of her interviewee on air. I want her off the air immediately." -- nm - Max Jul 16, 14:48 8
    - If they took Diane Rheam off the air - eag Jul 16, 15:13
    - what would you have NPR program? lute music? antique book talk?? -- nm - chuckles Jul 16, 14:50 6
      - don't give max any encouragement -- nm - nubby Jul 16, 14:51 4
        
        it's easy to be the party of "No" i wan't a plan, not obstructionism for obstruction's sake -- nm - chuckles Jul 16, 14:52 3
        
        Who Do You Think You Are radio version! This Day In History! -- nm - Max Jul 16, 14:54 2
        
        alright, that's one hour . . . -- nm - chuckles Jul 16, 14:54 1
        
        Aspiring Writer Table Reads! -- nm - Max Jul 16, 14:59
      - don't they already have that? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 14:50
- "...the station has a zero-tolerance policy for inappropriate conduct." - nubby Jul 16, 14:46
chuckles: Quick hollywood question. Would a showrunner ever be interest in hearing a crossover idea for two shows on the same network, from someone - Beryllium Jul 16, 14:43 8
- no - chuckles Jul 16, 14:46 7
  - (also, for protection against copyright infringement suits, tv shows do not take unsolicited pitches) -- nm - chuckles Jul 16, 15:12 6
    - there was one show that took unsolicited scripts, what was it called?.....oh yeah, Star Trek - crash davis Jul 16, 15:16 5
      - WGA rules are that every show has to produce two "freelance" episodes per season, ostensibly to give new writers a chance to break in - chuckles Jul 16, 15:24 4
        
        I didn't know that, interesting. -- nm - crash davis Jul 16, 15:29 3
        
        i wish i had been trying to break in while TNG was on the air. i would have given Riker a horrible, ignoble death -- nm - chuckles Jul 16, 15:39 2
        
        autoerotic asphyxiation accident on Risa -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 15:44 1
        
        more like Klingon battle rape -- nm - chuckles Jul 16, 15:44
resume : posted. - groiny Jul 16, 14:39 1
- do you have a college degree? check your local DHHS website. I work for DDS. all it requires is a college degree and the intelligence to do the job - sycor Jul 16, 14:42
was someone asking about finding deals for an mp3 player? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 16, 14:28 6
- me. For iPods. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 16, 14:31 4
  - hmm, i found a hot deal on amazon, via slickdeals, then 30secs later it was sold out. - tRuMaN Jul 16, 14:32 3
    - so really, just getting people's hopes up for nothing - chuckles Jul 16, 14:36 1
      - yes, sorry, do you want that job back? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 16, 14:37
    - gracias -- nm - JaxSean Jul 16, 14:33
- no, but that ad reminded me I need one. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 14:29
Its a slow news day when a major newspaper writes an article titled "Can a squirrel get heat stroke?".....(link) - Walt_Disney Jul 16, 14:23 1
- don't tease me! What's the answer? -- nm - sycor Jul 16, 14:25
Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. Excessive carbon dioxide is. There's no doubt the Earth has excessive amounts of CO2. -- nm - nubby Jul 16, 14:21 45
- /gives you the finger - Plants Jul 16, 14:23 42
  - Man-made CO2 pollution has been shown to have raised the pH of ocean water, causing a depletion of sea life population. - nubby Jul 16, 14:25 41
    - Ah! Well then, I concede. - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 14:29 39
      - Well, to be fair, I didn't call you a name. This time. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 14:41 1
        
        Very true. That wasn't intended to be regarding you specifically. :) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 14:43
      - Too late, I answered my own question. :) -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 14:38 35
        
        There are bacteria that eat oil, I'm sure they're having a heyday in the gulf. - Beryllium Jul 16, 14:47 34
        
        Earth finds a way to balance itself. - Danedukenuuk Jul 16, 15:17
        
        or they would be, if they had a bacteria news service to tell them where to go. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 14:56 2
        
        oh, do they not occur naturally in the ocean? Hrm. I have been gravely misinformed! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 14:57 1
        
        I'm very curious about it now. It seems the bacteria live in the oil itself (which makes sense). -- (link) - loosilu Jul 16, 14:59
        
        ~ it's the ciiiiiiiirrrrcle of liiiiife ~ - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 14:52 29
        
        So the strategy is to deny it's happening, until it's too late, and then say, well, there's nothing we can do about it? Cool. -- nm - mara Jul 16, 15:00 13
        
        Next time your car starts making funny noises, just pop the hood and start pulling wires and turning bolts based on your own intuition. - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 15:12 12
        
        How are we pulling wires blindly when it comes to the environment? It seems the concensus is let's try to pollute a little less - Guigue Jul 16, 15:29 6
        
        I'm all for cleaner cars. I'm as annoyed by 8mpg Hummers as anyone. - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 15:35 4
        
        when did anyone in this conversation say anything about cap-and-trade or kyoto? So far as I know, the only thing close to that was taxation. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 15:36 1
        
        (I said "taxation and de-incentivizing pollution" - cap and trade aims to incentivize non-pollution, which is different.) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 15:37
        
        so, you are happy to use intuition as a guideline. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 15:36 1
        
        Wrong again. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 15:44
        
        yeah, the logical point is that we're pulling wires by polluting, not by trying to stop polluting -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 15:32
        
        Yeah, that's an apt analogy. All our climate data is basically just intuition. -- nm - mara Jul 16, 15:14 2
        
        Considering the billions of years of planetary history it fails to encompass, yes. Pretty much. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 15:16 1
        
        climate research is a wider field then mere temperature gathering -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 16, 15:18
        
        Your strategy is to ignore the noises and act surprised when the car breaks down. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 15:14 1
        
        No. - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 15:29
        
        It depends what you mean by "balance" and "compensating." It might mean that entire ecosystems are changed forever. - loosilu Jul 16, 14:57 13
        
        I think it's the height of arrogance to pretend to know what's "too fast and too often". -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 15:01 12
        
        we can easily predict the mons position for the next million of years, and even all known objects in ouer own solar system - Danedukenuuk Jul 16, 15:22 1
        
        Okay, I concede. If the moon starts orbiting the Earth hourly, I will agree that's 'too fast'. :) - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 15:26
        
        There are many measurable effects we can easily observe, such as negative effects (or flat out extinction) of plants and animals. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 15:06 5
        
        What, pray tell, is the proper speed of ecosystem change? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 15:10 4
        
        one that does not cause permanent negative effects. - loosilu Jul 16, 15:12 3
        
        You'd better inform Mother Nature that she's not playing by your rules. - Dr.Vermin Jul 16, 15:15 2
        
        countless - Danedukenuuk Jul 16, 15:24
        
        this is what I'm not gonna play. -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 15:16
        
        Well, if *we* weren't pouring dioxins and CO2 into the environment, I doubt the antelope would be. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 15:02 3
        
        (Hmm, on second thought, they do fart a lot.) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 15:06 2
        
        They fart dioxins? -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 15:07 1
        
        well, *now* they do. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 15:07
        
        Yeah, but then again you're a complete nincompoop. -- nm - nubby Jul 16, 14:53
      - *triple take* -- nm - loosilu Jul 16, 14:30
    - Strong enough for a man, too strong for mermaids. -- nm - Max Jul 16, 14:25
- it's natural! -- nm - chuckles Jul 16, 14:22 1
  - "It's not illegal!" -- nm - Max Jul 16, 14:24
It is exactly 100 degrees right now and the pool felt so frickin good - amoxy Jul 16, 14:21 2
- Only 86 here, but humidity pushes it to 'feels like' 90 - MojaveMeg Jul 16, 14:36 1
  - 93 up here...have had a/c on since 11 -- nm - BAD Jul 16, 14:45
I think tonight is a night for some dang quesadillas. - kelly Jul 16, 14:21 5
- I settled on - lime-marinated steak with black bean and corn salsa, cheese and mushrooms. - kelly Jul 16, 15:50
- Peppers, Onions, Mushrooms, Olives, Avocado, cheese. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 16, 14:40
- mushrooms - 'lia Jul 16, 14:25
- Here is one I have been making lately - amoxy Jul 16, 14:24
- peanuts -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 16, 14:22
of course if andie would try her hand at Scramble, i'm sure we'd have a different outcome -- (link) - chuckles Jul 16, 14:20
"I Write Like" gets a score of 47% when tested with the authors it claims people write like. -- (link) - mara Jul 16, 14:19 1
- "Bill Simmons is like Stephen King." Oh, ouch for Stephen King. (nm) - musubi Jul 16, 14:22
st poll: What songs should be made into movies? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 16, 14:19 17
- Mexican Radio -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 15:08
- Voodoo - Godsmack, Insanity - Boingo. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 16, 14:38
- Copperhead Road by Steve Earle -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 16, 14:31
- Pearl Jam's "Jeremy." The Offspring's "The Kids Aren't Alright." -- nm - JaxSean Jul 16, 14:31
- all along the watch tower -- nm - Zeitgeist Jul 16, 14:31
- Jukebox Hero. nm - loosilu Jul 16, 14:28
- Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts -- nm - prayformojo Jul 16, 14:26
- YMCA. Fernando. A Boy Named Sue. Copacabana. -- nm - mara Jul 16, 14:25 1
  - they already did Copa (tv movie!) -- nm - chuckles Jul 16, 14:26
- Wipeout -- nm - amoxy Jul 16, 14:25
- Thunderstruck. Tea in the Sahara. -- nm - Max Jul 16, 14:23
- Unforgiven. - Beryllium Jul 16, 14:23
- Ethan Lipton -- Pirates of the Heart - znufrii Jul 16, 14:22
- Macarena -- nm - chuckles Jul 16, 14:22
- Lawyers, Guns and Money -- nm - David Jul 16, 14:22
- Escape - The Pina Colada Song -- nm - Roger More in the UK Jul 16, 14:21
- Desperado and Night Rider's Lament -- nm - President Vermin Jul 16, 14:21
the intersection of Mad Men with the history of America -- (link) - znufrii Jul 16, 14:18
everybody's workin for the weekend -- nm - chuckles Jul 16, 14:18

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