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The daily thunderstorm has come early today, and my umbrella is in my car. -- nm - nubby Jul 29, 14:22 1
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"The howling wolf that appears in �Day & Night� is actually a modified version of Alpha from �Up�!" -- nm - David Jul 29, 14:16
Okay, what eats rats? NYC needs them, whatever they are. -- (link) - mara Jul 29, 14:10 [youtube] 21
- Why not the homeless? Slackers. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 29, 14:22
- Hookers? -- nm - Qale Jul 29, 14:22
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- nothing they are indestructable and will takeover the world -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 29, 14:17
- Immigrants -- (link) - znufrii Jul 29, 14:13
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- Sylvester Stallone. -- nm - TFox Jul 29, 14:12
- uh... cats? -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 14:12 12
  - Big cats? I'm not sure a housecat would tackle a rat the way they do mice. -- nm - mara Jul 29, 14:13 11
    - Tally would kick their collective asses. - znufrii Jul 29, 14:16
    - Tallulah would either fight it like another cat or befriend it like a dog. Harvey would hide. -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 14:15
    - Yes, NYC needs lions to wander the streets and subways killing rats. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 14:14 3
      - seriously, plague would kill the rats. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 14:16 2
        
        but only by cutting off their food supplies! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 14:18 1
        
        nuh uh. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 14:23
    - I've seen rats as big as cats. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 14:13 4
      - So we need lynx or servals or something. -- nm - mara Jul 29, 14:15 3
        
        hmmm, what are the exotic cats that are trendy pets? -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 14:16 2
        
        savannah cats -- (link) - znufrii Jul 29, 14:17 1
        
        see, everyone wins. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 14:20
- plague! -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 14:12
Good news for those of us who can't wait for 2012 for the end of the world. -- (link) - mara Jul 29, 14:07 1
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kare: I updated the hazelbloom U RL in the sidebar -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 13:57 1
- oh, thank you! :) -- nm - kare Jul 29, 14:21
I think the Yoda one of these could cause a car wreck. -- (link) - David Jul 29, 13:53 10
- I don't like any of those. I do like the Homer one. -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 29, 14:07
- Better than Vader. "I am altering the route. Pray I don't alter it any further" -- nm - Roger More Jul 29, 14:07
- "Main Street leads to Elm. Elm leads to Pine. Pine leads to... suffering." -- nm - nubby Jul 29, 14:05 1
  - Nice. -- nm - mara Jul 29, 14:08
- "The exit, you missed. But... there is another." -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 29, 14:02 1
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- also, you ain't kiddin'. I think that second just sent someone veering across a freeway. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 14:02 1
  - "This is why you fail" -- nm - Roger More Jul 29, 14:02
- "Turn, or turn not. There is no try." -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 13:57
- "Turn left" *CRASH* "in two miles, you must." (nm) - musubi Jul 29, 13:55
heh. @hootsuite posts "500k fan will win package". I check the page and their number of followers is going down - oblique Jul 29, 13:53
Citigroup is next. Settles SEC suit for $75 million. -- (link) - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 13:52
Kare I like the new Hazel Bloom - amoxy Jul 29, 13:51 1
- thank you! - kare Jul 29, 14:21
I still wish that the rumor about Amazon giving Kindle's to Prime Subscribers was true -- nm - oblique Jul 29, 13:51 1
- Word. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 13:52
Going to Vegas next week, anything great I should try or anything you heard about where I can play guinea pig? - ceregon Jul 29, 13:45 3
- Has the new Star Trek place opened? -- nm - nubby Jul 29, 13:49
- I hear they have gambling there now. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 13:46 1
  - Yep, that used to be why I went, but now I have to sneak off and play blackjack switch, cuz there's also so much else going on. -- nm - ceregon Jul 29, 13:51
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- I didn't realize that Podsednik got moved to the NL yesterday. - TFox Jul 29, 13:44 3
  - Also, Houston traded Anthony Gose for Brett Wallace. -- nm - TFox Jul 29, 13:47 2
    - Wha? They'd rather have Gose than Wallace? That seems.....confusing. (nm) - musubi Jul 29, 13:58 1
      - The Phillies gave Gose to the Astros who turned around and shipped him to Toronto. They got Wallace back from Toronto. -- nm - David Jul 29, 14:22
Oooh, Long Island Lolita! She's signed on to do 4 pornos. (sitwap) -- (link) - CQ Jul 29, 13:38
work continues on uncovering 18th-century sailing ship near ground zero -- (link) - znufrii Jul 29, 13:37 5
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  - Newt's "Mosque Free Zone" -- (link) - znufrii Jul 29, 13:49 1
    - He should lighten up. Mecca has both a McDonalds and a KFC -- nm - Roger More Jul 29, 13:59
  - Do New Yorkers get to say what gets built in Georgia now? -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 13:46
  - There's no such thing as a Muslim boat. Duh. -- nm - TFox Jul 29, 13:45
Video: The full Burn Notice panel at Comic-Con. -- (link) - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 13:36
Dear MLB: Could somebody please beat Tampa Friggin' Bay, please? Thx, Diva -- nm - Diva Jul 29, 13:34 8
- Word. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 14:05
- Since this is clearly more important for my team than yours, I appreciate your support. -- nm - TFox Jul 29, 13:40 1
  - agreed -- nm - CQ Jul 29, 13:40
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- I'm working on it. -- nm - Economy Jul 29, 13:35 1
  - That's not what I'm talking about and you know it!!! *runs into bedroom crying, throws self on top of bed* -- nm - Diva Jul 29, 13:38
rumor debunker....Hulk Hogan has not drowned. -- nm - Remlik Jul 29, 13:34 1
- (...yet.) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 13:34
ST Poll: When you open a soda/beer/can with a pop-top (think soda can), do you do anything with the tab? - JaxSean Jul 29, 13:26 16
- I take them off and keep them - then take them to the bank - they collect for a charity -- nm - Epiphany Jul 29, 14:05
- At the recycling center there are plastic cups filled with them. Something about getting money for them for charity. -- nm - lileve Jul 29, 13:38
- I usually fidget it until it breaks and falls off -- nm - JenBro Jul 29, 13:32 3
  - heh -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 13:33 2
    - hey.... so you're saying I have a pop top fidget soul mate somewhere? -- nm - JenBro Jul 29, 13:38 1
      - Yup. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 13:51
- Nope. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 13:31
- the Coors Light vent can is so sweet, I just pop the top and experience the joy -- nm - CQ Jul 29, 13:31
- no, that never occurred to me. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 13:30 4
  - I know some people rock it back and forth until it breaks off, too. - JaxSean Jul 29, 13:32 3
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      - When I'm Overlord, Hump Day will be *every* day. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 13:33 1
        
        *votes for Jax* -- nm - JenBro Jul 29, 13:39
- cans, schmans... -- nm - znufrii Jul 29, 13:29
- Clever. Now she can sneak your beers and you'll never be the wiser -- nm - Roger More Jul 29, 13:27 1
  - we need transparent aluminum -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 29, 13:28
I like nfl.com's decision to add video highlights to their fantasy football game. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 29, 13:22 3
- Yahoo has it on baseball now, and probably football too, but its a pay service. -- nm - TFox Jul 29, 13:39 2
  - So there is something that Yahoo still charges for? - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 29, 13:45 1
    - Yeah, they still have premium leagues too, but it's basically draft kits for all + bobblehead trophy for $20, which I think is smart of them. - TFox Jul 29, 13:46
Wes Welker, working out his robot knee. -- (link) - TFox Jul 29, 13:16 1
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Yogi Bear viral marketing has started. -- (link) - Dano Jul 29, 13:14 17
- another reason I hate camping aside from the nature stuff...there are things out there that can eat you. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 29, 13:37 6
  - how is that not part of nature? -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 13:39 5
    - flora? fauna? wtf is that shit? where's my room service? -- nm - Mel Profit si Jul 29, 13:43 4
      - all things green or with claws is nature. - Mel Profit Jul 29, 13:53 3
        
        how about earthworms? -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 13:54 2
        
        if it is ambulatory in some setting with plants...it's an animal...if it's an animal...it's nature. - Mel Profit Jul 29, 13:57 1
        
        what about sharks and mushrooms? -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 14:00
- or at least the Werner Herzog-directed sequel. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 13:20
- I don't understand it. -- nm - Average Bears Jul 29, 13:16 8
  - hee! -- nm - kelly Jul 29, 13:48
  - nice. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 13:45
  - well done. -- nm - b. Jul 29, 13:41
  - this is awesome. -- nm - TFox Jul 29, 13:39
  - heh. -- nm - Diva Jul 29, 13:24
  - : D -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 13:19
  - hey boo boo, the slacker has a pickanick basket -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 13:19
  - *golf clap* -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 13:18
so the comic "Largo Winch" is becomming a movie huh?...we it's is a beutifull comix series IMO -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jul 29, 13:13
Fascinating stuff zeitgeist, thanks! -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 13:12 4
- strange but true: I am the moderator of the PhotoHistory mailing list which has an astonishingly high list of pedigreed members, these are the folks.. - zeitgeist Jul 29, 13:18 1
  - Aside: One of the alleged Ansel Adams photographs is of a waterfront with buildings. You'd think we could easily date that one. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 13:25
- There's a first time for every post, I guess. -- nm - TFox Jul 29, 13:13 1
  - so you're saying the signal to noise ratio is degraded? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 13:16
For the first time, it looks like solar power can now be cheaper than nuclear. -- (link) - mara Jul 29, 13:11 2
- I wonder what's causing the "ballooning" of nuclear plant construction costs. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 29, 13:18 1
  - Demand, I think. There are a lot of nuclear plants being built, and plenty of bottlenecks where there are only a few companies capable of providing - Roger More Jul 29, 13:22
Dawson, I know you're feelings on those consular sheets, but that's still a hell of a write-up. -- nm - ty97 Jul 29, 13:11 10
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  - Either our government has made up a lot of shit (or exaggerated the hell out of it) or Caracas ain't very safe. -- nm - ty97 Jul 29, 13:17 7
    - as others have pointed out, consular sheets are meant to list the risks, not the probability that those things will happen. I have found them pretty - loosilu Jul 29, 13:32 1
      - and now that I have read the Caracas one, yeah, that's pretty dramatic. more than usual. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 13:35
    - peruse some of the expat blogs. Caracas ain't very safe. -- nm - decline Jul 29, 13:26 2
      - My manager asked if I was going to spend the weekend in Caracas or Bogata. - ty97 Jul 29, 13:44 1
        
        good thinking. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 13:46
    - Pixar sent its animators to Venezuela to learn how to draw jungles. How bad can it be? - Roger More Jul 29, 13:25
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ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 13:10
JenBro - did you see I got my Woot-off BOC? -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 29, 13:08 10
- I was JUST doing MH and saw it in the feed ... it is all very cool and I'm not all that jealous - if you had gotten the curious george bubble bath - JenBro Jul 29, 13:18 1
  - heh -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 13:19
- I don't do FB. What did you get? -- nm - pmb Jul 29, 13:10 7
  - I put it on Flickr: -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 29, 13:12 [flickr] 2
    - The robot's cool. -- nm - pmb Jul 29, 13:15 1
      - for a 5 year old -- nm - CQ Jul 29, 13:16
  - I saw what he got. It's basically a load of crap -- nm - CQ Jul 29, 13:11 3
    - it had a *robot* in it. -- nm - TFox Jul 29, 13:13 1
      - A $100 (on Amazon) joebot. I still say not bad for $8. :) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 13:14
    - (and a bag! every BOC comes with some sort of 'bag'.) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 13:12
Awesome. My $0.01 bid held up on eBay. - TFox Jul 29, 13:06 5
- I'm gonna guess that the Bucs also have some interest in him. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 29, 13:14
- Very cool. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 29, 13:13
- what about the shipping? -- nm - Don Homer Jul 29, 13:06 2
  - A very reasonable $1.49. -- nm - TFox Jul 29, 13:08 1
    - not bad. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 29, 13:09

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