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I'm meeting Voldemort on Wednesday. -- nm - LMS Jul 19, 07:50 2
- "Avada Kedavra!" Cause I'm sure no one's ever said that to him before. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 19, 07:52
- It was nice knowing you. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 19, 07:51
Hmm.. Maybe Wolfram-Alpha is useful after all: Use it to diagnose illnesses. -- (link) - TWuG Jul 19, 07:34 3
- Runny nose? Fever? Headaches? Lupus. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 19, 08:14
- If you to the original Wolfram Alpha blog entry, it actually has nothing to do with dianosis. -- nm - mara Jul 19, 07:41 1
  - Yoicks. "Go to," "diagnosis." -- nm - mara Jul 19, 07:41
There was a guy on the train wearing a baseball cap that said "TT Fan" and I smiled just a little :) -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 19, 07:30
If you could reverse 1 blown call in Sports History, what would it be? - amoxy Jul 19, 07:28 9
- I'm reminded of Ohio State vs. Miami. There was some crap call about that game that led the jackasses from Ohio St. to win -- nm - CQ Jul 19, 07:56
- Maybe Bartman, if only because the Sox/Cubs series would have been crazy pre-Sox World Series. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 19, 07:44 3
  - That wasn't a blown call, was it? -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 07:44 2
    - Nope, he didn't touch the ball until it was in the stands. -- nm - mara Jul 19, 07:46
    - Nope -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 07:45
- That dick who called me out at second in Little League. -- nm - Dano Jul 19, 07:37
- Colorado's 5th Down -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 07:33
- Denkinger. -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 07:32
- The Jeffrey Maier assisted HR. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 19, 07:31
its 9:30 (roughly) i have been at work 2 hours. - tRuMaN Jul 19, 07:26 2
- Move to Portland -- nm - Bacon Jul 19, 07:32
- Uh-oh. Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays. - amoxy Jul 19, 07:31
Eat Pray Love looks absolutely dreadful. -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 07:24 8
- I have a hard time generating sympathy for someone whose life is so bad they have to travel the world for a year to deal with it. -- nm - Dano Jul 19, 07:37
- "You will see this movie, not off your torrents, in a fucking theater. Where violence belongs." -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 07:31
- so did the book. -- nm - Diva Jul 19, 07:29 2
  - Did you notice the literalness of the trailer? First she eats, then she prays... -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 07:48 1
    - I thought that's what the book did, too. -- nm - mara Jul 19, 07:50
- did you read/like the book? - Andie Jul 19, 07:28 2
  - yes, and yes. Putting a huge star in the role ruins it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 07:47
  - can you spoil the basic story for me? -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 19, 07:44
Tiger Woods drops a few f-bombs during British Open -- (link) - budice Jul 19, 07:12 1
- "Feast your eyes on my five fingers you fuhrer-loving francophile." -- nm - Sir! Jul 19, 07:25
sitwap: Steve Jobs Says Only 0.55% of Americans Care about Oil Spill; Generously Offers Bumpers to Solve Problem -- (link) - tRuMaN Jul 19, 07:05
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- I have to say, I kind of like "refudiate" as a neologism... -- nm - znufrii Jul 19, 07:20 1
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- ain't he dead? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 19, 07:00
F*ucking Canadians need more DVD distribution outlets. Anyone know if there's any progress on this front? -- nm - Mop Jul 19, 06:51 3
- so the same service is $8.99 in the US...any bets on the Canadian price? Over/under starts at $15 per month -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 06:57 2
  - $13.99 -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 19, 07:07
  - $ 19.99 -- nm - Epiphany Jul 19, 07:06
Why your personal opinions and your job are now possibly in conflict......(link) - Walt_Disney Jul 19, 06:36 2
- F*ucking Canadians. This came up at The Trades. I was uncomfortable with some of the stuff that was being retweeted in our official account. -- nm - Mop Jul 19, 06:50 1
  - Maybe its because we are boring government but some businesses are tweeting stuff I would never think of.... - Walt_Disney Jul 19, 06:59
Has anyone seen any commercials/heard any word on AMC's new show called Rubicon? -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 06:36 5
- I watched the first ep about a month ago (after BB season finale). I liked it and will be tuning in when it starts in Aug. - HdnAgnda Jul 19, 06:41 1
  - I think you can watch first ep online now. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jul 19, 06:43
- yes, I PVR'd a sneak peak of it after Breaking Bad's finale - haven't watched it yet -- nm - Beryllium Jul 19, 06:40 2
  - (Sneak *peek*. But ... peak works, too) -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 19, 06:42 1
    - I have it On Demand, wanted advance word before I tried it out, thanks. will check it out probably tonight -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 06:53
Movies this Weekend: Inception A+, The Bounty Hunter B, The Slammin Salmon B- - MDH Jul 19, 06:25 26
- The Vicious Kind - C+, St Elmo's Fire - C, watched half of Malcolm X and Breakfast at Tiffany's. - kelly Jul 19, 07:55
- Inception B - could go either higher or lower on a repeated viewing. But I don't think I needed to see it on IMAX. -- nm - LMS Jul 19, 07:47 2
  - I loved the sound in the IMAX. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 19, 07:50 1
    - That was cool. -- nm - LMS Jul 19, 07:51
- Inception A+ -- nm - Bacon Jul 19, 07:28
- Inception (B-), Mystery Team (B-), Duplicity (B-) -- nm - Dano Jul 19, 06:51 1
  - I'm ok with that. :) (Inception spoilers) - JaxSean Jul 19, 06:59
- Inception - A++. -- nm - Jelly Jul 19, 06:41 1
  - It's definitely in my Top 10 (and probably a lot higher) all time -- nm - MDH Jul 19, 06:54
- Inception B, Terminal C+, Rainmaker C+, Miracle Mile B - ceregon Jul 19, 06:41
- Inception: A-, She's Out of My League: B/B+ -- nm - prayformojo Jul 19, 06:33
- Despicable Me A -- nm - amoxy Jul 19, 06:33
- None. Almost done with the second half of Flash Forward. Watched maybe 8 epiosdes this weekend -- nm - oblique Jul 19, 06:32
- not one, not even on dvd. how unusual. -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 06:31 1
  - The only movie I saw this weekend was Jaws (for the umpteenth time). - decline Jul 19, 06:32
- no movies, but: Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare in the Park) -- A - znufrii Jul 19, 06:30
- Inception: A. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 19, 06:30
- Toy Story 3 (A), The Princess and the Frog (B+), Below (C+), The Iron Giant (B+). -- nm - Don Homer Jul 19, 06:29
- Toy Story 3 ...B - Mel Profit Jul 19, 06:28 7
  - spoils - tRuMaN Jul 19, 06:39 6
    - It's almost as though... - Mel Profit Jul 19, 06:45 5
      - it was an early masterpiece (toy story 1/2) - tRuMaN Jul 19, 06:55 4
        
        if intentional...this is a good point. - Mel Profit Jul 19, 06:57 3
        
        Tron -- nm - TWuG Jul 19, 07:18 1
        
        hasnt come out yet to see how faithful they are. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 19, 07:22
        
        yeah, tis what i was trying to find an example of, and I couldnt. - tRuMaN Jul 19, 06:58
guess we're probably heading to the hospital soon ... peanut butter baby time! - Beryllium Jul 19, 06:14 21
- Hooray! Good luck! -- nm - kelly Jul 19, 07:52
- Remember to breathe. -- nm - LMS Jul 19, 07:44
- Best wishes! -- nm - HdnAgnda Jul 19, 07:41
- Have fun never sleeping again!! Yay! -- nm - Bacon Jul 19, 07:29
- Woo Hoo! -- nm - TWuG Jul 19, 06:56
- Awesome! Remain calm! DON'T PANIC!!! -- nm - Mop Jul 19, 06:53
- Good luck. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 19, 06:45
- awesome, good luck man (and Mrs Man)..... - groiny Jul 19, 06:42
- Awesome! Hope everything goes well. -- nm - ceregon Jul 19, 06:42
- Good Luck -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 19, 06:33
- Congrats! -- nm - amoxy Jul 19, 06:33
- hmm, good luck -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 19, 06:33
- Just remember...whatever she calls you...she doesn't mean it. :) - Jim Jul 19, 06:30
- Best wishes!! Have fun. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 19, 06:27
- good luck! -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 06:27
- Woo Hoo! -- nm - decline Jul 19, 06:26
- Yeah!! don't drop it. hee -- nm - Epiphany Jul 19, 06:22
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 06:21
- !!!!!! -- nm - Diva Jul 19, 06:20
- good luck! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 19, 06:15 1
  - thanks :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 19, 06:20
For loosilu, The Gulf's Great Turtle Relocation project -- (link) - oblique Jul 19, 06:12
Does anyone know if there is any Netflix news this morning? -- nm - decline Jul 19, 05:58 5
- I turned into Mop so slowly I hardly noticed -- nm - oblique Jul 19, 06:13 1
  - please remember to wash your keyboard to keep down the spread of mopitis. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 19, 06:56
- Netflix is coming to Mexico. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 19, 05:59 2
  - Yeah right. I'm not going to my mailbox. -- nm - Juarez citizen Jul 19, 06:10 1
    - heheh, it's a trap! *gets shot* -- nm - Beryllium Jul 19, 06:14
The Port of Montreal is closed due to the longshoreman union being locked out by management -- (link) - Beaker Jul 19, 05:50 1
- F*ucking Canadians. -- nm - Mop Jul 19, 06:50
Yo, Canadians! Netflix launching in Canada this fall. Go to www.netflix.ca to sign up to be notified -- (link) - oblique Jul 19, 05:24
Chateau Jiahu: Dogfish Head's beer aged 9,000 years! -- (link) - Don Homer Jul 19, 05:16 2
- *Adds an orange slice to it* -- nm - HdnAgnda Jul 19, 05:21 1
  - heh -- nm - Don Homer Jul 19, 05:23
Seepage detected near BP oil well... -- (link) - Don Homer Jul 19, 05:15 1
- Yeah, heard that this morning on NPR. The pressure levels were never what they expected them to be once the cap was fully set in place. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jul 19, 05:23
Happy 28th Jared Padalecki! -- nm - nubby Jul 19, 05:09 3
- Happy Birthday Puppy! - Epiphany Jul 19, 06:23
- I would've guessed he was older than that. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 05:12 1
  - being *spoils* tends to age one - Epiphany Jul 19, 06:24
At least 61 people dead after train crash in India (sabotage has not been ruled out) -- (link) - Beaker Jul 19, 05:06
Netflix to Canada in the fall -- (link) - nubby Jul 19, 05:05 2
- *hopes for windfall* -- nm - Atom Egoyan Jul 19, 05:27
- damnit, nubby -- nm - oblique Jul 19, 05:25
ff13 update: On to the Faultwarrens *spoilers* - Strongbad Jul 19, 05:04 4
- spoilers - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 19, 07:27 3
  - Yes, yes. Thanks! Can I kill the huge guys pre-endgame? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 07:34 2
    - I think so. I forget when you can learn Death. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 19, 07:57
    - I think I got the max items off the sidequest - Strongbad Jul 19, 07:46
I think groiny fell asleep listening to music on his xbox, per his XBL status. heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 19, 05:02
The ball's a-rolling here ... Heh -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jul 19, 05:00 1
- ^-- this means labour. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 19, 05:09
"There's no way, with hindsight, I would've ever called up Larry, called up Magic and said, 'Hey, look, let's get together and play on one team,'" -- (link) - Beaker Jul 19, 04:51
LYC: We're falling in love with a house we saw this weekend while driving around. Obvious foreclosure - Strongbad Jul 19, 04:47 6
- I am saddened by the stories I hear of how people who are getting foreclosed on trash the home. - HdnAgnda Jul 19, 06:10 3
  - To some extent, a property that's sat like that for over a year will go through some deterioration - Strongbad Jul 19, 06:49 1
    - the price sounds right on the one you are looking at - Epiphany Jul 19, 06:53
  - "only" trash their homes - Danedukenuuk Jul 19, 06:25
- best of luck. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 19, 04:50
- location location location -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 19, 04:48
Organic blueberries! -- nm - nubby Jul 19, 04:47
andie -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 04:30 5
- Don Homer! -- nm - Don Homer Jul 19, 05:16 1
  - *laughing* -- nm - landbeck Jul 19, 05:30
- errr, that was weird, that was meant to be "good morning!" :) -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 04:31 2
  - That was just the figurative punching in on the ST timeclock. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jul 19, 04:35
  - got the cookies? -- nm - Dano Jul 19, 04:31
"You may catch like Mays, but you hit like sh*t." Rest in peace, James Gammon. -- (link) - HdnAgnda Jul 19, 04:27
I'm awake at 4am ... -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jul 19, 04:12 1
- You must have been lonely an hour ago. -- nm - Dano Jul 19, 04:17
"A hidden world, growing beyond control"... Part 1 of a Washington Post investigative piece on America's national intelligence system since 9/11. -- (link) - Don Homer Jul 19, 04:11 3
- Scary.. an estimated 854k people have top-secret clearance, and 33 building complexes for intelligence work are under construction or have been built. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 19, 04:12 2
  - Too many secrets. -- nm - Dano Jul 19, 04:27 1
    - It's a really good article. Stuff like this is why newspapers are still very important. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 19, 04:44
wake up -- nm - prayformojo Jul 19, 03:24 2
- weak down -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 19, 04:02
- ok -- nm - Dano Jul 19, 03:53
"I got you some spackle." - David Jul 19, 00:10 1
- sometimes i don't get these joke nicks -- nm - chuckles Jul 19, 00:12
all mine -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 23:30

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