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I've been watching a lot of movies with the baby ... so far he's seen Red October, Under Siege, and most of Hudsucker Proxy. - Beryllium Jul 22, 14:37 13
- you get time off for this? - groiny Jul 22, 14:38 5
  - Yeah, I had 3 weeks of vacation saved up. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 14:39 4
    - nice. enjoy it. - groiny Jul 22, 14:40
    - Nice. That is what I did. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 14:40 2
      - Better yet, there's a stat holiday right in the middle, so I have an extra day left - I'm thinking of using it to make a long weekend in my first week - Beryllium Jul 22, 14:41 1
        
        Yeah, when I came back I did 3 day weeks for the first two. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 14:42
- I'm sure "Under Seige" made him hungry at one point. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 22, 14:38 6
  - You betcha. (Although mommy will be upset if baby's first words are "Mmm, erika eleniak") -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 14:39 4
    - only time I ever had a taste for cake and a hard on at the same time. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 14:39 3
      - American Pie 5? -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 14:40
      - I totally expected the IM to be "Except for Vegas" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 14:40 1
        
        that was not me. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 14:40
  - she was hawtness personnified. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 14:38
Hey Jax! Did you get the Woot BOC you won yet? -- nm - JenBro Jul 22, 14:37
anyone xboxing tonight? - groiny Jul 22, 14:34 2
- Not I ... heheh -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 14:36 1
  - bah, slip some Benedryl into the bottle, and you got a few hours to kill. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 14:37
maybe Floyd Mayweather can talk to D-Wade and Chris Bosh about coming into the ring against Manny with him -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 14:33 1
- I'm sure "Money" would do it all by himself if he was allowed to bring a bat into the ring. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 22, 14:36
speaking of Chuck .. Yvonne loves her puppies -- (link) - marcel Jul 22, 14:29 1
- Those weren't the puppies I was hoping to see. -- nm - TWuG Jul 22, 14:31
That Bonnie track goes right over oily areas, doesn't it. - ty97 Jul 22, 14:26
If you are using Safari, better check your settings. You might be giving away info about yourself unknowingly. -- (link) - TWuG Jul 22, 14:26 1
- I sure wouldn't want anyone knowing if I used Safari. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 14:27
12 facts about the census through history......and not just Canada's(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Jul 22, 14:25
Sandra Bullock and Jesse James getting back together? -- (link) - Mop (218 lbs) Jul 22, 14:21 16
- Ignore 1. -- (link) - David Jul 24, 11:22 5
  - Ignore 2. -- (link) - David Jul 24, 11:22 4
    - Ignore 3. -- (link) - David Jul 24, 11:23 3
      - ignore 4. -- (link) - David Jul 24, 11:23 2
        
        Ignore 5. -- (link) - David Jul 24, 11:23 1
        
        Link. -- (link) - David Jul 24, 11:24
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- If Bristol and Levi can reconcile, I guess there's hope for anyone. Watch for a Mel-Oksana engagement announcement. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 14:22 1
  - Immediately followed by a Bravo reality series called "He So Crazy!" (with the exclamation mark) -- nm - Mop (218 lbs) Jul 22, 14:24
- aw fuck - groiny Jul 22, 14:22 5
  - For the sake of that little girl, I'd spend the rest of my life with a dirt bag adulterer. -- nm - Mop (218 lbs) Jul 22, 14:23 4
    - You can't be serious? - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 22, 14:32 2
      - Would you rather that Jesse raise her alone? -- nm - Mop (218 lbs) Jul 22, 14:39 1
        
        *snort* Like that guy is ever alone. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 14:41
    - she has all the money in the world, why would she have to do that? nm -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 14:24
- she is gay? - Danedukenuuk Jul 22, 14:22
So, the MLB initially rejected an offer for the Rangers from Mark Cuban? - groiny Jul 22, 14:20 13
- because Mark Cuban is a headache walking. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 14:21 12
  - is he any worse than any other owner?? - groiny Jul 22, 14:22 11
    - For the people who run the sport, he's worse. - Will Hunting Jul 22, 14:23
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      - would you want him to own your team? - groiny Jul 22, 14:23 8
        
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        If Cuban turned the Pirates into the Yankees, it would not be good for baseball? - groiny Jul 22, 14:25 6
        
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        Cuban wants a baseball team, he would bid on just about any team available. - groiny Jul 22, 14:27
        
        there isn't a shitty team in MLB I want to succeed more than the Pirates. -- nm - TFox Jul 22, 14:26 3
        
        maybe the Royals. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 14:30 1
        
        they are really 1a and 1b to me - groiny Jul 22, 14:32
        
        I can almost remember then being relevant. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 14:28
Hamels, J Johnson, Hudson and Valverde pitched for me today - groiny Jul 22, 14:15
Interesting article about meritocracy and its homogenizing effect. -- (link) - TWuG Jul 22, 14:15 7
- /proposes a Musical Career system. Every five years, you have to switch fields. - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 14:21 4
  - So the pilot flying your plane and the surgeon fixing your heart will never have more than 5 years experience. Swell. -- nm - mara Jul 22, 14:23 3
    - And will never get burnt out. Look on the bright side, Debbie! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 14:26 2
      - Captain Sullenberger didn't need all those years of experience, did he. -- nm - TWuG Jul 22, 14:30 1
        
        As an infant coming home from the hospital, Sully grabbed the wheel and kept his drowsy father from driving into the ditch. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 14:32
- *sees "Ross Douthat" and doesn't need to read any more* -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 14:16 1
  - Yeah, because the author couldn't possibly expand on or even disagree with Douthat's quote so why trouble yourself. - TWuG Jul 22, 14:18
I don't watch Chuck, but is Nicole Ricjie cast ironically, a la Britney on HIMYM? -- nm - con_carne Jul 22, 14:12 17
- Well, I believe her character was/is fairly smart and sophisticated. So... yes? - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 14:14
- -j, +h -- nm - con_carne Jul 22, 14:12 2
  - I thought you meant her Slovakian cousin. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 14:20 1
    - In Communist Slovakia, wrong side of freeway drives you! -- nm - Nicole Ricjie Jul 22, 14:23
- I can't even remember her character. -- nm - David Jul 22, 14:12 12
  - she played "light pole #2" nm -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 14:18 1
    - oh, that was *her*? - chuckles Jul 22, 14:18
  - I'm glad it was not just me. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 22, 14:15
  - i'm struggling as well. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 14:13
  - she was Sarah's high school friend that was an enemy agent. She was good in it. -- nm - Remlik Jul 22, 14:13 7
    - She was Sarah's nemesis! -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 14:17 6
      - stick Mel in the corner please. - Remlik Jul 22, 14:18 5
        
        throw a flowerpot on his head and you got you a nice little end table. - groiny Jul 22, 14:21 4
        
        *rings a little bell and watches you run around looking for dinner* -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 22, 14:25 3
        
        you can see with a fern over your eyes? nm -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 14:26 2
        
        you got anything else? Anything?...Anything? - Mel Profit Jul 22, 14:31 1
        
        *unzips* - groiny Jul 22, 14:33
LYC after I described Amoxy's bacon wrapped smokies dish - SM said - so you wrap meat with meat and sprinkle it with sugar? - Epiphany Jul 22, 14:03 1
- Makes it all the easier for it to slip directly into your favorite artery. - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 14:04
okay, i am supposed to stay till 5:30 daily. the only people who might even *remotely* be looking for me are all gone. how early do i leave? 5:15? -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 13:57 20
- "Are" gone? Why are you still there? :) -- nm - con_carne Jul 22, 14:04
- is your time more important to you than your honor? -- nm - TFox Jul 22, 14:00 18
  - I would stay till 5:30 as well. -- nm - workmanda Jul 22, 14:00 16
    - and, the boss just called - need a recommendation for a kids movie - i sent him to Despicable Me. God, i hope that works out! -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 14:03 13
      - It should work out. I liked it a lot. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 14:08 2
        
        is it okay for a 5 year old? i think that the age of the youngest going... -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 14:08 1
        
        Oh, I think so. (s)he will love the little yellow guys. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 14:09
      - I haven't seen it -- are there cookies in it? -- nm - mara Jul 22, 14:06 2
        
        Yes, actually, there are. :-) -- nm - TWuG Jul 22, 14:08
        
        me either! that's why i hope it works out. -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 14:06
      - I need to find a job doing movie recommendations -- nm - con_carne Jul 22, 14:05 5
        
        i actually had real work today. they've decided i can think and therefore can actually be of use. -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 14:06 4
        
        I'm laughing so hard at Mara and Amanda's posts below ... it's like the Yin and Yang of it all! -- nm - JenBro Jul 22, 14:34
        
        I think we all saw this coming. I predict this ends with them creating a position for you. -- nm - mara Jul 22, 14:09 1
        
        not sure if she wants to work for a company that took them this long to realize the inevitable -- nm - Epiphany Jul 22, 14:33
        
        now you're hosed. -- nm - workmanda Jul 22, 14:07
      - see? KARMA. -- nm - workmanda Jul 22, 14:04
    - i probably will. i'll just hang here. -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 14:01 1
      - I would keep my body there but let my mind and fingers wander. - Max Jul 22, 14:07
  - yes. -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 14:00
after some weeks of really hot weather (>86 deg fahrenheit) today thunder- and hailstorms hit switzerland -- (link) - marcel Jul 22, 13:54 4
- i think hail is pretty cool. (i get that is does terrible damage, but as a weather system it's pretty interesting.) -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 13:56 3
  - i agree, but it depends on your perspective - marcel Jul 22, 14:00 2
    - (the cockpit windows) -- nm - marcel Jul 22, 14:01
    - yeah, see, that's not so great. -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 14:00
Poll de Andie: What have you won lately, and what have you injured lately? - JaxSean Jul 22, 13:50 26
- I've won nothing, but with a wife in radio we get free tix to stuff regularly. Last injury: screwdriver intersected with thumb. -- nm - TWuG Jul 22, 14:09 1
  - oof. hate the screwdriver injuries. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 14:15
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- nothing won I can recall - bruise to knee from shower -- nm - Epiphany Jul 22, 13:58
- Nothing/I cut the sole of my foot on a sharp rock attempting to climb a sand dune barefoot. -- nm - con_carne Jul 22, 13:58
- opposite. stuff has been hurting my bank account this week. first the car, and today the AC unit -- nm - peglegpete Jul 22, 13:57
- I bought a $50 raffle ticket from NHPR to win a car. wish me luck! -- nm - workmanda Jul 22, 13:56 10
  - also, I have a very mild case of poison ivy (two spots -- behind my ear and on my clavicle. what??) -- nm - workmanda Jul 22, 14:08 1
    - NPR was just reporting on climate conditions being favorable to poison ivy growth. hmmm. -- nm - Max Jul 22, 14:12
  - *picture yourself driving the car*! -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 14:00 5
    - my friend adam entered a contest once where first prize was a sexy mountain bike and second prize was this crap laptop. - workmanda Jul 22, 14:04 1
      - see? -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 14:04
    - into a tree. nm - Dignan Jul 22, 14:03 2
      - I miss you too. (I may try to see it on saturday.) -- nm - workmanda Jul 22, 14:05
      - *snork* -- nm - TFox Jul 22, 14:04
  - good luck -- nm - Epiphany Jul 22, 13:59
  - good luck -- nm - chuckles Jul 22, 13:57
- nothing won, blisters from the Zurich Citiy Festival -- nm - marcel Jul 22, 13:55
- A stack of CDs from some online contest I don't remember entering, and I drew blood three times last night working on the deck. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 13:55
- $50 gift card to Regal Cinemas / I have a big long scratch on my leg from my evil/cute cat. -- nm - Callisto Jul 22, 13:52
- The adoration of millions, no injuries beyond a scrape in ages. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 13:52
- oooh, what concert? -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 13:51 4
  - "Any of our shows from now until Thursday, July 29th." Local club. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 13:53 3
    - What are some of the choices? -- nm - MDH Jul 22, 14:03 2
      - Probably nobody you've heard of. :) -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 22, 14:13 1
        
        Journey cover band may be fun -- nm - Epiphany Jul 22, 14:23
better than caffeine for weightloss is meth. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 13:47 7
- My grandmother and her sisters were all on speed aka diet pills in the 60s. - Mel Profit Jul 22, 13:50 4
  - Is that what Dexatrim was? Also, I saw Requiem for a Dream recently. - con_carne Jul 22, 13:57 3
    - Not sure but I'm pretty sure what was prescribed in the 50s and I think 60s was straight up amphetamine. - Mel Profit Jul 22, 14:06 2
      - quaaludes were originally a prescription sleep aide. - Reagen Jul 22, 14:09 1
        
        It must have been a fun few years. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 22, 14:16
- Worse for your teeth. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 13:49
- Too true. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 13:47
CY's bicycle -- (link) - marcel Jul 22, 13:46
Nicole Richie to return to Chuck... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 22, 13:45 8
- also...spoils.. - Remlik Jul 22, 13:46 2
  - excellent. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 22, 14:04
  - Better. - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 13:46
- This is all your fault by posting that crap yesterday. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 13:46 4
  - *beams* -- nm - Remlik Jul 22, 13:46 3
    - Did you see the Batman and Catwoman pic posted earlier today? - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 13:47 2
      - no. link me. - Remlik Jul 22, 13:59 1
        
        YGM -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 14:13
ST, Your mission, should you accept it: Determine if I, US citizen, require a visa to go to Colombia for business for one week. -- nm - ty97 Jul 22, 13:44 3
- Delta's visa center says :YES, a travel visa is required for travel to Colombia Colombia requires the traveler to appear in person at the consulate -- nm - mara Jul 22, 14:00
- i doubt it, but there is this: - Andie Jul 22, 13:47
- Worry no more. You do not. - Black Rabbit Jul 22, 13:45
Reminder: Biggest Loser weigh-in is tomorrow morning! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 22, 13:42 1
- my weekend binges are hurting my overall week loss - Epiphany Jul 22, 13:56

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