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33 of you have FB friended someone over the past few days. What is that person's ST nick? -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 07:39 4
- I feel like I should FB friend some of you. -- nm - sycor Jul 28, 07:43
- danke you two -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 07:42
- Dane -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 07:40
- That'd be Dane -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 07:40
Meg posted about this yesterday, but what the hell... guy buys negatives at garage sale for $45. Turns out to be early Ansel Adams work work $200mil. -- (link) - Mop Jul 28, 07:37 1
- *worth* -- nm - Mop Jul 28, 07:37
these shoes are not my style one bit, but I am so drawn to them. if they had my size, I might jump. -- (link) - workmanda Jul 28, 07:36 3
- They're cute. I clicked through to the brand, though, and oh my god the boots. - Callisto Jul 28, 07:43
- Nice - would like to see them in black/pearl -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 07:41
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Chrome is a go, Firefox off -- nm - budice Jul 28, 07:33 7
- I don't like the non-taskbar at the bottom, and the fact you can't see the whole url on a mouseover. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 07:37 1
  - *nods* One of only a few complaints I have with the product -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 07:41
- I picked it up around a year or so ago and haven't looked back. -- nm - TWuG Jul 28, 07:35 1
  - Word. -- nm - Jim Jul 28, 07:43
- I actually use all 3 (chrome, FF and IE) - decline Jul 28, 07:35 1
  - this -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 07:36
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TN gov candidate Ron Ramsey: Is Islam a cult - prayformojo Jul 28, 07:31 9
- hd he been a bit more artful and articulate he could have had some wiggle room with the very end of the quote. - Mel Profit Jul 28, 07:41 1
  - there are religius "cults" within Islam as there is within christianity - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 07:46
- yeah, we had some delightful comments on our newspaper site with this article. - Callisto Jul 28, 07:39
- it's a valid question i think - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 07:35 2
  - It is no at all valid to ask "Is Islam a cult?" It's no more a cult than Christianity or Buddhism or Judaism. - TWuG Jul 28, 07:38 1
    - who decides who is and who is not member of a religion? - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 07:44
- Lovely. -- nm - TWuG Jul 28, 07:34
- In as much as Christianity is, sure. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 07:32 1
  - or any other religion mostly -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 07:35
Baseball looking to start the season on a Friday rather than a Monday to get the World Series over earlier. -- (link) - Ender Jul 28, 07:11 18
- You mean in the 9 months they play they couldn't condense the season 4 days? - JaxSean Jul 28, 07:20
- Anyone know the latest date ever that a World Series finished; the year and the teams playing? -- nm - HdnAgnda Jul 28, 07:17 4
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    - I'd think it would have to be '01. -- nm - Ender Jul 28, 07:29 2
      - Actually, it looks like '09 started a day later but only went 6 games so it's tied with '01. Both ended 11/4. - Ender Jul 28, 07:32 1
        
        Yeah, they managed to add a week to the season in 8 years. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 07:34
- Or start scheduling double headers again - amoxy Jul 28, 07:15
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  - except that MLB always takes the day after opening day off so you'd have a Saturday with no games -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 07:27 7
    - Run em right on through the weekend, then give em off Monday (as that's NCAA night) -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 07:33 1
      - this is the way to go -- nm - prayformojo Jul 28, 07:34
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      - The Tuesday off day's there in case OD gets rained out, but I think I'd prefer just having a doubleheader the next day. -- nm - Ender Jul 28, 07:37 1
        
        Friday night rained out....move opening day to noon the next day in a day-night doubleheader. - Will Hunting Jul 28, 07:41
    - not always, but that's just another stupid MLB thing anyway. Plus, some teams don't even play on "opening day". -- nm - Don Homer Jul 28, 07:27 1
      - Yeah, the loser teams. -- nm - Ender Jul 28, 07:33
  - plus, i've always disliked how opening day coincides with the NCAA championship - prayformojo Jul 28, 07:22 1
    - oftentimes, yes. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 28, 07:27
Meyer has a huge noggin -- (link) - zork Jul 28, 07:07 [Image]
ST Poll: Do you review things on amazon, rate items? -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 07:00 3
- Sometimes. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 07:09
- nope. -- nm - decline Jul 28, 07:05
- sometimes. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 28, 07:03
Snippy e-mail received. Factually accurate smackdown delivered. Apology received and accepted. - TFox Jul 28, 06:54 4
- nuts removed from drumset? -- nm - znufrii Jul 28, 07:00
- Did you use "I repeat that with more anger"? -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 06:56
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- so Georgetown really is the bees knees? -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 06:55
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Hail storm chasers cash in on dents caused by storms -- (link) - Beaker Jul 28, 06:42 1
- $600k a year? wow. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 06:49
st poll - to what degree are you a hypocondriac? - Epiphany Jul 28, 06:38 19
- 6 -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 07:40
- when matt was sick, I was about a seven. I was constantly panicked that I was dying. bruises would keep me up at night. - workmanda Jul 28, 07:35
- When I was doing Medical Transcription I became a huge hypochondriac. - Mel Profit Jul 28, 07:24 1
  - that is tough -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 07:42
- 3.125 -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 07:07
- 6. -- nm - loosilu Jul 28, 06:54
- 2 -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 28, 06:49
- my worry level is probably a 6, my 'take action' level is probably a 4. - Andie Jul 28, 06:48
- Why?! What's wrong with me? What have you heard?! Who did you talk to? - HdnAgnda Jul 28, 06:48
- 2 -- nm - decline Jul 28, 06:41
- 3 -- nm - prayformojo Jul 28, 06:41
- Used to be about a 2. Would only go to the doctor if I felt I was dying. As I get older, the number has been slowly rising. - JaxSean Jul 28, 06:41 3
  - I am an 8 - I can convince myself I got all these crazy diseases and then manifest symptoms that I didn't have before - Epiphany Jul 28, 06:53 2
    - heh, i'd do that as a kid. i'd fake being sick for something then end up feeling sick because i was so into my 'acting.' -- nm - Andie Jul 28, 06:54 1
      - heh - that is awesome in a weird way -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 06:58
- 2 -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 06:41
- used to be a 1, now maybe a 3. -- nm - TFox Jul 28, 06:39
- 1.5 -- nm - znufrii Jul 28, 06:39
- 4 -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 06:39
Here goes nothing. Trying to restore our church server from a backup - oblique Jul 28, 06:36 3
- Is it time to say Alleluia yet? -- nm - HdnAgnda Jul 28, 06:50 1
  - 1 hour left on the file restore, then we seen if the server boots and if I need to do further AD/Exchange restores -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 06:53
- God is too old to understand computers. He's lucky to even understand how to use the ATM. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 06:38
90 year old who is 3rd on the Nazi most wanted list charged with the murder of 430,000 -- (link) - Beaker Jul 28, 06:21 1
- Good. Hunt this bastards until the day they die. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 28, 06:38
It seems that lately, searches in GMail are taking a lot longer to complete. -- nm - prayformojo Jul 28, 06:07
Catalonia bans bullfighting in landmark Spain vote -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 06:06 5
- PBR is better anyway. -- nm - TFox Jul 28, 06:44
- Good. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jul 28, 06:10 1
  - Agreed. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 06:44
- wow -- nm - Don Homer Jul 28, 06:07 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 06:42
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- I wonder what the Big 12 will become, if anything. Also, curious to see what further expansions happen in the next year. - Don Homer Jul 28, 05:56
Five-year-old boy wins defamation case against Lidl -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 05:54
Alex had his 9-month appt this morning. 30 inches long, and 23 lbs 4 oz. - Don Homer Jul 28, 05:54 [flickr] 5
- Weird post to scan first on a Hump Day. All I saw was "Alex" and "9-inches long" and immediately thought "whoa! Proud Papa indeed!" - JaxSean Jul 28, 05:57 4
  - Don Homer == Borat -- nm - zork Jul 28, 07:04
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  - We're gonna need a bigger diaper. -- nm - At the Homer household Jul 28, 06:01
  - Get your mind out of the gutter. :) -- nm - Don Homer Jul 28, 05:58
Interesting article on many levels. First, two articles on both sides of someone "stalked" and the stalkee on Foursquare, and second, I love all the - oblique Jul 28, 05:36 11
- I never got the idea behind Foursquare but then again I am not vain enough to think people actually care about where I am - Epiphany Jul 28, 06:21 4
  - I think most people use it for the "game" aspect or now for the rewards but fail to understand the implications of linking to Twitter -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 06:32
  - I care -- nm - Luke Skywalker, Jedi at stalking Jul 28, 06:23 1
    - *just arrived on ST via FourSith* -- nm - Count Dooku Jul 28, 06:32
  - Only if you have the more GBs and the Wifis. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 06:22
- "If I cared where you were checking in every fifteen minutes, I'd just stalk you like a normal person." hee - JaxSean Jul 28, 06:10 1
  - "i want to repeat that, with even more anger" is awesome. - TFox Jul 28, 06:16
- "I'm angry. I feel like someone violated an understanding that all of us generally nice people online have -� you don't cross the line." -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 05:40 3
  - cause no crazy serial killers/murders/rapists ever use the internet. -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 05:40 2
    - I think her point was that he *is* a generally nice person, not a rapist, yet he did that. -- nm - mara Jul 28, 05:47 1
      - right, but limiting this information to only the nice people you've vetted irl is precisely why not to post this stuff on the net. -- nm - TFox Jul 28, 05:58
WAR????? - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 05:32 2
- unless they have big friends, it is more likely a squashing -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 05:34 1
  - they must have real big frends then - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 05:42
good news, I get to work from home this morning. bad news, it's because I have to go in to get fitted for a crown at the dntist laer today. ugh. -- nm - znufrii Jul 28, 05:22
Obama's on The View today? -- nm - nubby Jul 28, 05:12 2
- are they doing a segment on men's fashions for fall? -- nm - loosilu Jul 28, 05:17
- ...."now watch this drive".... -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 05:14
YAY its a done deal Raul goes to Schalke 04 - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 05:11 1
- english link -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 05:56
The Panthers signed Clausen! Yay? -- nm - nubby Jul 28, 05:09
well, the big money NFL Survivor Pool I was in last year have gone ucking crazy. Not allowed to pick against the Rams this year, I am not joining - Beaker Jul 28, 05:08 2
- That's bullshit. -- nm - Jim Jul 28, 06:15 1
  - and the other League here at work (which I won last year) is considering the same damn thing -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 06:33
MSRP for Final Fantasy XIII was just lowered to $35 and change for both consoles. -- nm - Jelly Jul 28, 05:08 1
- I'm finally on Chapter 13, hooray! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 28, 06:10
that georgetown thread is hysterical. I wonder if loosi was hammered. -- nm - workmanda Jul 28, 05:06 9
- woah -- nm - Don Homer Jul 28, 05:57
- Absolutely hilarious. Good show, all around. -- nm - Jim Jul 28, 05:53
- relatedly, someone at Foreign Policy has clearly been reading ST -- (link) - Roger More Jul 28, 05:12 6
  - is the link a satire site or what? - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 05:18 5
    - The blog post is satirical, but FP is a serious magazine -- nm - Roger More Jul 28, 05:22 2
      - (to clarify, the quote is real, but the rest of the article is satirical) -- nm - Roger More Jul 28, 05:24 1
        
        you know who did not like jokes too? - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 05:33
    - not satire. -- nm - loosilu Jul 28, 05:20 1
      - *stunned gaze* - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 05:21
Baby is breast-fed by wrong woman at Virginia hospital center. -- (link) - Don Homer Jul 28, 04:34 8
- I saw that episode of The Office -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 07:08
- Was her name Salma? *gets in line* -- nm - zork Jul 28, 07:05
- there was clearly a security lapse from normal protocol, but i feel pretty shruggy about this. - TFox Jul 28, 06:01 1
  - seems like the parents are looking for a payout. -- nm - loosilu Jul 28, 06:06
- I bet the parents of that baby are gonna milk this for all it's worth. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jul 28, 05:58
- that's crazy. it's a really nice hospital. Several of my friends have had kids there. - loosilu Jul 28, 05:12 1
  - They were so strict about everything where we had our kids, can't afford to get lax on something like that. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 28, 05:58
- I'd get rid of that baby, it's tainted -- nm - Gwaahjo Jul 28, 05:02
�This has kept me up nights. I try to be fair. It�s very depressing.� -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 28, 04:32
151 dead in Pakistani plane crash -- (link) - Beaker Jul 28, 04:32 1
- 152. -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 05:43

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