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so bored. and its like 85 in this conference roon -- nm - tRuBeRrY Aug 2, 12:42 3
- can you do CC on your phone? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 2, 12:47 2
  - i can try -- nm - tRuBeRrY Aug 2, 12:54
  - Hey now. Have the decency to buy me dinner first. -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 12:47
Mrs. CCC asked me for ideas for a gift for a friend who is moving to DC. Honestly, I have no clue. suggestons? -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 12:39 15
- is there a city-centric magazine:? (like, we have Toronto Life). A one year subscription. -- nm - Andie Aug 2, 13:12
- Bullet-proof vest -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 12:45 1
  - this ain't New Orleans, bud. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 12:49
- Condoms. -- nm - Loyola Aug 2, 12:44
- Dinner with Marion Barry. A small "campaign contribution" should be enough. -- nm - pmb Aug 2, 12:44 1
  - so, hookers and crack? -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 12:46
- Spa certificate! -- nm - mara Aug 2, 12:43
- Nothing special. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 12:41 1
  - there are a million guidebooks available, of course. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 12:42
- Lots of subway tokens and a guide? -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 2, 12:41 1
  - I don't think DC has used tokens, ever. dork. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 12:42
- A GC is called for, IMO. People who are moving already have too many things to pack/deal with, why add to it? -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 12:40
- Tickets to the Spy Museum, of course. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 2, 12:40
- Blue Dress and a Beret. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 2, 12:39
- glock 9mm -- nm - decline Aug 2, 12:39
"What are we going to do tomorrow night?" -- nm - David Aug 2, 12:37 2
- "The same thing we do every night." -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 12:38 1
  - Try to take over the world! -- nm - David Aug 2, 12:39
Free Albert Haynesworth! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 12:37 1
- and deevs! -- nm - David Aug 2, 12:39
Fox pushes Terra Nova to Fall 2011 with a preview show in May. -- (link) - HdnAgnda Aug 2, 12:36 1
- hope they all have their smallpox shots. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 12:38
Spotted on the beach: a sixtysomething woman halfway finished reading Glenn Beck's thriller. -- nm - Max Aug 2, 12:30 2
- So, what's your new GF's name? -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 12:31
- also: black sand, but I don't *think* it's oil. - Max Aug 2, 12:31
CC Players : I have some games set up...... - groiny Aug 2, 12:20
Is there a legal centralized source of free music downloads? -- nm - mara Aug 2, 12:19 9
- Myspace is the closest thing I can think of -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 12:42
- Not really. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 2, 12:24 7
  - Thanks! -- nm - mara Aug 2, 12:27 6
    - Here's the answer I gave my customer : "no, sorry, i haven't identified a source of free, legal music downloads. you can find many things indivudually - mara Aug 2, 12:29 3
      - well amazon mp3 (and I think itunes) have a list of all their free stuff, but it isn't very big obviously releative to their whole catalogs... -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 2, 12:31 1
        
        Great, thanks! -- nm - mara Aug 2, 12:35
      - The only places I know of are indie bands, etc. -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 12:30
    - Thamks for nothing? :) -- nm - Don Homer Aug 2, 12:27 1
      - m=n -- nm - Don Homer Aug 2, 12:27
Twenty films that make men cry -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Aug 2, 12:16 16
- How could the Italian Job make anybody cry. -- nm - Loyola Aug 2, 12:40
- Bridge to Terabithia?? I cried tears of Joy when this piece of s**T was over - amoxy Aug 2, 12:33 2
  - I liked BtT a lot -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 12:47
  - "My friends, you bow to no one." -- nm - Inigo Aug 2, 12:38
- Lame list. Maybe two of those should be on it. -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 12:28
- Rudy and of course Iron Giant -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 12:26
- The idea that they have them listed with numbers (like a ranking) is silly since this is just random people's entries. Also, the one guy lists Rocky - pmb Aug 2, 12:25
- Me: Braveheart, when he see's his wife walking through the crowd at the end -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 12:25 1
  - that whole scene makes me cry. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 2, 12:31
- Is United 93 too obvious? Also, Kramer vs. Kramer. -- nm - Inigo Aug 2, 12:21
- No Big Fish = list fail. -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 12:18 3
  - Wordy McWordness. - musubi Aug 2, 12:45
  - I hated this movie with a passion. -- nm - MDH Aug 2, 12:41
  - A Little Princess gets me. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 12:20
- Tom and Jerry? Really? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 12:18
- Hot Tub Time Machine - Will Hunting Aug 2, 12:17
the jerkass IT dude who bitches about apple at any opportunity is bragging about his "nook" book reader - chuckles Aug 2, 12:15
now here is someone i would have bet large sums of money was already dead: Mitch Miller passes at 99 -- (link) - chuckles Aug 2, 12:01 3
- Dead or Alive? Macaulay Culkin. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 12:13 2
  - Dead -- nm - Anna Chlumsky Aug 2, 12:15
  - Alive -- (link) - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 12:14
For the trickle-down file: -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 11:56 30
- I do love that the first economist they quote is from the International Council of Shopping Centers - znufrii Aug 2, 12:04 3
  - Worst. League of superheroes. Ever. -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 12:10 2
    - Do you dare challenge: The Mall Walker? -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 12:13 1
      - Even The Renter could whoop on that a-hole. -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 12:19
- So because they're spending less at Saks Fifth Avenue, the other 95% have stopped shopping at Walmart? - JaxSean Aug 2, 12:04 13
  - The theory of course goes that when they spend less at Saks then the employees of Saks and their suppliers have to spend less too. -- nm - Ender Aug 2, 12:08 12
    - So the guy that drives the truck that delivers the clothes to Saks spend less. So that's like .01% of the % that even shop at Saks. - JaxSean Aug 2, 12:13 10
      - I was talking about my buddy's sailboat down in Virginia on a backboard... - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 12:24 9
        
        Sure your exemple has an effect, but IMO it's nothing compared to 200 millions people buying peanut butter - Guigue Aug 2, 12:26 8
        
        Not the same, no... - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 12:31
        
        There's a reason that there's such a thing a the Big Mac index - Reagen Aug 2, 12:29 2
        
        hee -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 12:36
        
        We should start the yacht index - Guigue Aug 2, 12:30
        
        "30 years of history prove otherwise, but it'll work this time by golly!!" -- nm - Don Homer Aug 2, 12:27 3
        
        Yeah, those years under Reagan were horrible. If only we could've brought back Carter. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 2, 12:37 2
        
        If only the mindset had stopped with Reagan. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 12:40 1
        
        Sadly, you're right. - Strongbad Aug 2, 12:45
    - but that's countered, I think, by the proportion of money they put back into the economy through spending in the first place. - znufrii Aug 2, 12:09
- Good, so we should take their money away from them since they're not spending it and are therefore screwing the economy! --nm - Guigue Aug 2, 12:04 2
  - Heh! - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 12:07 1
    - Guigue for President! -- nm - Guigue Aug 2, 12:09
- oh please, rich people. don't leave the rest of us to starve! -- nm - chuckles Aug 2, 11:57 8
  - Even Reagan's budget director thinks extending the tax cuts for the wealthy is a bad idea... -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 2, 12:00 7
    - I think it's pretty clear at this point that "trickle down economics" was never about economics and all about pandering to the base. - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 12:02 5
      - How exactly is giving the fiscal benefits to the rich pandering to the base, ie the largest group of support? - Will Hunting Aug 2, 12:17 4
        
        the central thesis of trickle down is give the breaks at the top and they inure to the benefit of the rest of society - chuckles Aug 2, 12:21 3
        
        I know the tenet of trickle-down...I don't get how it's pandering to the base given the base isn't 1%-rich. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 12:24 2
        
        who donates the most? -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 2, 12:28 1
        
        1% of the vote = 1% of the vote. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 12:32
    - What does he think about him going on Jeopardy? -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 12:02
CY - is this where you guys shop? -- (link) - MojaveMeg Aug 2, 11:55
Jones Soda has a limited edition Buffy the Vampire Slayer sodas. Buffy's Blue Bubblegum, Willow's Green Apple Witches Brew, etc. -- (link) - JaxSean Aug 2, 11:55 9
- Those kind of things might sell better if they used retired flavors. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 2, 12:30
- Awesome, but I don't even spend that much on six packs of beer. -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 11:58 2
  - Joss Whedon never went broke underestimating the intelligence of his fanbase -- nm - chuckles Aug 2, 11:59 1
    - The best part is that a Star Wars fan posted this. -- nm - David Aug 2, 12:33
- and they all taste like suck -- nm - chuckles Aug 2, 11:55 4
  - Like the show? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 11:57 3
    - Kristi Swanson is the one, true Buffy -- nm - chuckles Aug 2, 11:58 2
      - I subscribe to this particular brand of crazy. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 12:04
      - You are like a compass of wrong. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 12:03
LAT: Zac Efron's (halting) reinvention -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 11:53
I've missed out on my career calling, apparently. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 2, 11:53 1
- But the benefits are lousy. 1 banana a day, and no bathroom break?? -- nm - Don Homer Aug 2, 11:54
New long-term deal between Comcast and CBS. Could this mean CBS on Hulu? - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 11:52
Ok. So the title says "gift boxed" but the description says the velvet box isn't included -- (link) - oblique Aug 2, 11:47 1
- *mailed in padded envelope* -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 11:48
kilbo: that's funny. - Mel Profit Aug 2, 11:44 12
- After he wipes the floor with the competition, he can wager so that his final Jeopardy total is $31,250. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 11:47 7
  - And it will be even better when he does that, like, 4 weeks in a row! -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 11:58 6
    - "Weeks"? I assumed that would be his total after just the 1st day. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 12:03 5
      - Oh, I meant daily totals of that amount. -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 12:04 4
        
        Good. You better. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 12:07 3
        
        Wow, I just looked. I figured thay had adjusted the show for inflation, but I guess not. -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 12:13 2
        
        They doubled the payouts a few years ago. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 12:33 1
        
        Ah. - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 12:37
- I'm sure if he's far enough in the lead to make that a feasible bet, he'll be too excited to remember to do it. -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 11:45
- Can you bet change? -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 11:45 2
  - whole dollars only. - Reagen Aug 2, 11:46 1
    - *massages your scalp like Bugs Bunny* -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 2, 11:48
No Mad Men talk this morning? (spoilers) - amoxy Aug 2, 11:42 7
- Speaking of...How about Joan's high school picture -- (link) - budice Aug 2, 11:55 2
  - frakin' websense. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 2, 11:55 1
    - grainy group picture. You ain't missing much. - Reagen Aug 2, 12:09
- All good points. - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 11:50
- it's pretty clear - chuckles Aug 2, 11:47 2
  - my thought..spoils - budice Aug 2, 11:53
  - That's a sobering assessment. - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 11:53
LIR: Jax. Was the laptop a new purchase or just "new to you"? -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 11:42 4
- aren't you supposed to drain the battery monthly and give it a full charge anyway? - chuckles Aug 2, 11:43 1
  - heh heh -- nm - Beavis Aug 2, 11:43
- Just new to me. Yeah, I'm sure it's not brand new. :) - JaxSean Aug 2, 11:43 1
  - Find someone else with the same model and slyly swap batteries -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 11:43
LIR: Spawn. Very low. Perhaps it's the audio format but I haven't been annoyed by the story yet. I actually felt that Under the Dome was worse in - oblique Aug 2, 11:40 4
- I mean the audio. - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 11:41 3
  - I just finished (spoiler) - oblique Aug 2, 11:42 2
    - Yeah, you are not there yet. -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 11:43 1
      - Actually, parts of it you have, though. - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 11:59
I hate when my old iPod decides that it won't power off at random, and saps the battery, so I don't have music for my ride home. - TFox Aug 2, 11:40 9
- my droid can have some things run in background. ..bluetooth is one -- nm - Zeitgeist Aug 2, 11:50
- I forgot to charge my phone last night, and the battery was lower than I thought, and no charger at work, so now it's dead. - Don Homer Aug 2, 11:47 1
  - that's why car chargers are essential ...i,m thinking of buying a second battery -- nm - Zeitgeist Aug 2, 12:05
- Zune. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 11:40 2
  - "I don't care" -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 11:41 1
    - heh -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 11:46
- Uh... but something non apple related and you won't have those kind of problems. -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 11:40 2
  - This iPod has worked like gangbusters for 5+ years. Its a workhorse and a beast and I love it. - TFox Aug 2, 11:44 1
    - remember who you are talking to - chuckles Aug 2, 11:48
312.50 = royalties! -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 11:39

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