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congrats Kelly, and for Will ... - zork Jul 22, 12:35
Who wants to take part in the Jedi Census? - Walt_Disney Jul 22, 12:33 1
- Pfft. It's voluntary. -- nm - Mop (218 lbs) Jul 22, 12:36
More on census for NWBR........ - Walt_Disney Jul 22, 12:29 10
- I've missed all this. What is the dealio that's happening? -- nm - zork Jul 22, 12:39 1
  - The 2010 census is changed. Whereas 1/5 of people got the manditory 40-page "long form" before, now the 1/3rd will get it and it's voluntary. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 22, 12:46
- I know gov't agencies in the U.S. are prohibited from sharing records and informationn. Is it the same in Canada? -- nm - Mop (218 lbs) Jul 22, 12:38
- Well Stats Can can still be the collection and delivery vehicle for most of that gov't data. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 22, 12:33 2
  - Notice that the Swede example involves a national "identify card" for every interaction with the government and is housed by their tax department.... - Walt_Disney Jul 22, 12:37 1
    - I'm just saying, I'm pretty sure if Stats Can wanted to "make it work" which was the quote from their head last week, they could find a way. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 22, 12:41
- for me, the census is one of the easiest and most cost effective ways to show if government is actually being effective. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 12:32 3
  - Okay, you've got me curious...How so? The cost of the census isn't cheap itself. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 22, 12:34 2
    - All of the various metrics that come out of it, that provide a picture of how the country is actually progressing. - Reagen Jul 22, 12:39 1
      - Right, but the point is that most of those baseline metrics can easily be collected elsewhere by Stats Can. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 22, 12:43
DAMN! I mean... DAAAAMN!!! -- (link) - Mop (218 lbs) Jul 22, 12:28 1
- *swoon* -- nm - nubby Jul 22, 12:29
A German prof recommended this article (by Rick Steves): European nudes and American prudes -- (link) - Mop (218 lbs) Jul 22, 12:25
i'm shocked: Gen Y can't believe that they might have to start at the bottom of the ladder and not get paid at first! -- (link) - chuckles Jul 22, 12:23 25
- I think it's easy to mock and to a certain extent there's a point to it, BUT: times have changed and "climbing the ladder" doesn't always exist - Reagen Jul 22, 12:30 8
  - i don't think you do them out of loyalty. more because that's the way you get the experience needed to start a career in the field -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 12:33 7
    - If an employee provides valuable work to a business, he/she should be paid a comensurate wage. - musubi, adorable Jul 22, 12:35 2
      - i agree that every employer should always comply with any applicable labor laws -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 12:37
      - Word. -- nm - Jim Jul 22, 12:37
    - i think for the large majority of fields, this isn't true. i could be wrong, but i think its bs. -- nm - TFox Jul 22, 12:34 3
      - I would say it's true for the Marketing/Advertising and any kind of design field. - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 12:37
      - I work for literally one of the cheapest companies that exists, and even we pay our interns - Reagen Jul 22, 12:36 1
        
        Near as I can tell though, Canada has never had the unpaid internship mentality that the States does. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 22, 12:37
- Meh. Unpaid internships are often more about businesses trying to take advantage of a job market. - musubi, adorable Jul 22, 12:29 13
  - sure, but they've always been that way - chuckles Jul 22, 12:31 4
    - just because you were dumb enough to fall for it... -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 12:34 1
      - sure, i would have preferred to have been offered a summer associate position at $1000 a week - chuckles Jul 22, 12:36
    - Good for them for figuring it out. I'm all for mocking dumb kids, but unpaid internships are crap. - musubi, adorable Jul 22, 12:33
    - where they are effing up is that they don't *have* to take unpaid work... but they think the paid work is beneath them. - TFox Jul 22, 12:32
  - Ding. I don't know anyone that has done an unpaid internship. -- nm - MDH Jul 22, 12:29 7
    - me -- nm - Max Jul 22, 12:45
    - Mine wasn't a formal internship; just a volunteer stint for the experience. -- nm - mara Jul 22, 12:41
    - i did for a uple months at a PBS station KQED in early 80's - Zeitgeist Jul 22, 12:39
    - I did for a little while. Interned at a little Big Band AM station while finishing up broadcast school. - Jim Jul 22, 12:38
    - if i caveat "post-graduate unpaid internship", then right. for a summer, whatevs. -- nm - TFox Jul 22, 12:35
    - you know me -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 12:32
    - /raises hand -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 12:31
- This is what happens when a generation is baby'd. -- nm - lileve Jul 22, 12:24 1
  - SHHH! Do you want them to hear you??? Think of their self-esteem! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 12:25
cute couple applying for a marriage license. .. S t u m p...W o o d s -- nm - Zeitgeist Jul 22, 12:22
Dear Colombia: Please make your US Consulate pages available en Ingles. Muchos gracias. -- nm - ty97 Jul 22, 12:20 4
- Dear Gringo, you want to visit our country? learn spanish. -- nm - Columbia Jul 22, 12:24 3
  - "Honestly I with that little tart would go back to Columbia and take her weird little Brown friend with her." -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 12:32
  - damn, nubby! -- nm - ty97 Jul 22, 12:25 1
    - cookware -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 12:25
Disney once again turns to Pixar to spruce up a movie. In this case, a Muppet movie. -- (link) - Mop (218 lbs) Jul 22, 12:19 2
- B6. But also, I heard they helped/are helping polish up TRON: Legacy as well. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 12:21 1
  - That's where the "once again" comes from. -- nm - Mop (218 lbs) Jul 22, 12:24
In 14 trades a 17-year-old went from an old cell phone to a Porsche. -- (link) - Ender Jul 22, 12:13 9
- Fantasy sports is getting more and more weirdly specific -- nm - con_carne Jul 22, 12:18
- *wonders what he could get for Max* -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 12:17 1
  - Lebron, at the end of the season. Or maybe three interns. You could start your own Entourage. -- nm - Max Jul 22, 12:21
- heh. sweet. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 12:15 3
  - "...Steven traded that for a series of boring cars, ending up with a sweet 1975 Ford Bronco." -- nm - Max Jul 22, 12:19 2
    - Yeah, that is a trade down to the porshe. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 12:21 1
      - Yup. The Bronco is worth like $15k and that was a crappy Porsche worth $9k. -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 12:40
- it's no paper clip to a house, but not bad... -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 12:15 1
  - Sell the car and buy two houses in Detroit. -- nm - Max Jul 22, 12:17
I think it's possible to have character growth and still retain the humor. - TWuG Jul 22, 12:13 19
- Those last half dozen episodes of Chuck were brutal in quality. Psych hasn't had six bad episodes in its entire run. -- nm - David Jul 22, 12:28 2
  - Consistently "eh" is nothing to brag about. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 12:40
  - That had less to do with the character growth and more to do with those 6 being late pick-ups. - TWuG Jul 22, 12:38
- "They need to stop the dance and commit." Two words for you: Moonlighting. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 12:23 1
  - X-Files -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 12:23
- I would argue that Chuck is surviving in spite of its character growth, not because of it. -- nm - Ender Jul 22, 12:21 1
  - I'd argue they rewarded their fanbase at the right time with what they clearly were building to. - Will Hunting Jul 22, 12:25
- characters on TV shows, in general, do not grow or change - chuckles Jul 22, 12:17 11
  - Daytime TV disagrees with this. Though I don't watch them, these are the reasons why people watch soaps. -- nm - con_carne Jul 22, 12:32 5
    - and soaps are dead shows walking. nobody watches them anymore - chuckles Jul 22, 12:35 4
      - No one's saying.... you need to change the purest essence of a character here. - Will Hunting Jul 22, 12:40
      - You don't think that shows like Lost, BSG, Deadwood, etc. have much in common with soaps? - con_carne Jul 22, 12:39 1
        
        Babylon 5! -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 12:40
      - Plot twists are not the same as character growth. -- nm - Ender Jul 22, 12:38
  - Many characters are established people ..... - Will Hunting Jul 22, 12:28 2
    - JD and Turk became doctors but they never stopped being "JD & Turk" as characters - chuckles Jul 22, 12:30 1
      - Cox didn't change becuase he was Dr. Cox as Dr. Cox. - Will Hunting Jul 22, 12:32
  - House doesn't have to stop being an ass to grow. More to the point, the House of Season 1 is not the same House of the most recent - TWuG Jul 22, 12:26
  - You make a good point. In a serial TV show, too drastic a change/development risks what brings in the audience. - musubi, adorable Jul 22, 12:25
My biggest problem with Psych (I haven't watched this week yet)... - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 22, 12:07 4
- Wait, what about White Collar? -- nm - David Jul 22, 12:27 2
  - I don't know what the real story is. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 22, 12:39
  - found it - Todd Manning Jul 22, 12:38
- Is that why they got rid of Morales? I was wondering why they brought back the original chick. -- nm - sycor Jul 22, 12:19
NmbBacon.... - NWBR on iPhone Jul 22, 12:05 2
- Dan Gilbert is impressed by the efforts NWBR is undergoing to improve his franchise. -- nm - TFox Jul 22, 12:07 1
  - Like a shark. Always moving. Can't stop until the final cut-down day. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 22, 12:22
east coast snack news: Snyder's of Hanover to merge with Lance (they of the potato chips and crackers) -- (link) - chuckles Jul 22, 12:02 3
- Better not mess with the Nekot Cookies! -- nm - HdnAgnda Jul 22, 12:17 1
  - or Toast-Chee -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 12:18
- I tried snyder's new pumpernickel and onion pretzels yesterday. eh. - b. Jul 22, 12:07
Crazy Australians! There's a way to vote for Labour in the election and still may sure that Labour Senator Conroy (advocate of net filter) gets booted -- (link) - Mop (218 lbs) Jul 22, 12:02
I think you simply can't give Shawn the character growth some here seem to be looking for. - Ender Jul 22, 11:59 3
- I buy this. That's why character growth isn't really a problem for me. - musubi, adorable Jul 22, 12:03
- There's a difference between goofing off and willfully stupid. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 22, 12:02
- Seriously. -- nm - nubby Jul 22, 12:00
"Dude, we haven't learned *anything* all these years." -- nm - Max Jul 22, 11:55
~ I'm asking you, please no! It isn't right, it isn't fair. I think that hydrant wasn't there. Why can't you let it go? ~ - TFox Jul 22, 11:54 1
- Whedon's wife sang that one IIRC -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 11:55
Some of the Psych criticisms on B2 are similar to my Eureka problems (Eureka spoilers) - Beaker Jul 22, 11:54 9
- Well, compared to them, he is. My problem with the show is kind of the reverse. (spoilers) - JaxSean Jul 22, 11:59
- My biggest problem with Eureka is that it doesn't have half the charm of Psyche, while having the same glaringly thing plots. (nm) - musubi, professional artist Jul 22, 11:56 6
  - thing plots aside, Psych is just too *dumb*. - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 12:03 3
    - Pixie Jr. says what? - David Jul 22, 12:26
    - on the contrary, I think some of the dialogue is wickedly clever. -- nm - Max Jul 22, 12:04 1
      - Good dialogue does not alone, a good show make. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 12:04
  - Bad mouthing Psych and Eureka on the same day? Did pixie steal your soul? (nm) -- nm - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 22, 11:59 1
    - I like Psyche. How can anyone deny that the plots are nonsensically thin? - musubi, adorable Jul 22, 12:01
- Yes and no. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 11:54
~They got!/The mustard!/OUUUUUUTTTT!~ -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 11:53 30
- As much as I loved the concept, about half the music was just bad. - nubby Jul 22, 11:54 29
  - Alright. First abandoning Mad Men, now this. I'm putting in a directive to move you back to NC stat. SC is messing with your pop culture brain. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jul 22, 12:19
  - I wouldn't say it's great then I don't really care for musical-style songs either. - Reagen Jul 22, 11:58
  - you are a liar and it is only right that you be forced to live in an unbearably hot red state. -- nm - TFox Jul 22, 11:55 22
    - Really? The Willow/Tara song was vomit-worthy. -- nm - nubby Jul 22, 11:59 12
      - yes, that song was overly saccharine. second worst is... Rest In Peace? - TFox Jul 22, 12:03 11
        
        Rest in Peace rocks! -- nm - David Jul 22, 12:28
        
        Yes, I'd agree. - nubby Jul 22, 12:09 6
        
        hmmm. that's one of the best, imo. -- nm - TFox Jul 22, 12:11 5
        
        Your opinion sucks. -- nm - nubby Jul 22, 12:14 4
        
        *hits you with The Security Deposit* -- nm - TFox Jul 22, 12:17 3
        
        in the eye. -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 12:27 2
        
        from the windooooooows, to the *walls*! -- nm - TFox Jul 22, 12:30 1
        
        ACK! -- nm - Redmond SI Jul 22, 12:33
        
        but she says "complete" in a way that means lesbian sex! You don't get subtlety like that in most music. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 12:04 2
        
        "cum-pleat". now those would be some expensive fucking pants. -- nm - TFox Jul 22, 12:05 1
        
        Cum-pleat me! -- nm - znu Jul 22, 12:06
    - Look out nubby, the renter has you on the ropes! -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 11:56 8
      - When TFox eventually becomes a super-villian (and you know he will), he will will be The Renter. (nm) - musubi, adorable Jul 22, 11:58 7
        
        His evil sidekick-in-training will be The Subletter. - Diva Jul 22, 12:02 3
        
        His battles with The Homeowner and Credit Score are legendary. (nm) - musubi, adorable Jul 22, 12:04 1
        
        I distract The Homeowner with non-stop percussive bass sounds from above, and then inundate him with repair requests. -- nm - TFox Jul 22, 12:06
        
        "Sublette" -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 12:04
        
        *shoots TFox* "You've just been given....final notice." -- nm - nubby si Jul 22, 11:59 1
        
        aka The Evictor -- nm - nubby Jul 22, 12:10
        
        Perpare for terror on a month-to-month basis! -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 11:58
  - love the Buffy CD, still listen to it occasionally -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 11:54 3
    - That is the single episode of Buffy I have only watched once. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 11:55 2
      - that's one more than i've ever watched - chuckles Jul 22, 11:56 1
        
        "Ooh, an apathy contest..." -- nm - con_carne Jul 22, 11:58
When faced with rival Asian street gangs, the best idea is always to sneaking into their hideouts to confront them. (nm) - musubi, professional artist Jul 22, 11:52 2
- Episode 3...I could buy this. - Will Hunting Jul 22, 11:57 1
  - Dude, we've survived 70 episodes doing stunts like this, why would we suddenly get cautious? -- nm - Shaun Jul 22, 12:24
If it ain't broke...? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 11:50 9
- add a convoluted story arc to create water cooler buzz -- nm - con_carne Jul 22, 11:58
- break it -- nm - Epiphany Jul 22, 11:51
- eat bacon -- nm - Bacon on a phone Jul 22, 11:51 6
  - I am going to play Poker tonight and these are what I am bringing -- (link) - amoxy Jul 22, 11:52 5
    - My only question is why bother with the brown sugar? (nm) - musubi, adorable Jul 22, 12:06 2
      - I am going easy on the Brown sugar and add a dash of chili powder -- nm - amoxy Jul 22, 12:13 1
        
        That's officer thinking right there. *salutes* (nm) - musubi, adorable Jul 22, 12:19
    - taking these to a barbeque - great idea! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 22, 11:58
    - A chick bringing snacks to the poker game? -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 11:54

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