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mafic: All three are running now. It'll just be a matter of timing on the 25th. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:33
i love that gtown plays the modified princeton o. i still think the greatest college hoop game i ever saw was that 50-49, 1 vs 16 ncaa 1st rounder..nm - x, riding a unicorn of happiness over a rainbow Dec 8, 10:28
sitwap: today is the 40th birthday of the PC -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 8, 10:25 1
- Haw haw! *plays hackey sack* -- nm - Mac Dec 8, 10:26
Secret Invasion #8 spoilers - Mop Dec 8, 10:24 1
- yep. completely agreed. (spls) - Jovian Dec 8, 10:33
Integrated Marketing Communications sounds fun. What killed me was 'Analyzing Marketing Statistics" or some such thing. - Marketing Vermin Dec 8, 10:23
Any "Big Brothers or Sisters" here on ST? I'm thinking of volunteering and have a couple of questions... -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 10:20 15
- I have a low opinion of it because of an adult I knew in the past who was a Big, but I'm sure the majority are good. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 8, 10:36 1
  - "Don't say revenge. Don't say revenge." -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 10:38
- my best friend is a BB - it's a good excuse to go out paintballing and things like that. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 10:32
- I accept! nm - Dignan Dec 8, 10:28 1
  - Ah great. We'll go to the Goleyes in the spring and you can get your picture sitting on Goldie's knee. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 10:39
- part of me always thought that would be so fun and rewarding. the other part though, i think, wouldn't be up for the challenge - kare Dec 8, 10:26 6
  - Related: You need to see Role Models. nm - Dignan Dec 8, 10:29 2
    - i know! -- nm - kare Dec 8, 10:30 1
      - It's the first movie I've seen of Rudd's where his off-screen personality and wit (see: Daily Show appearances) is evident. nm - Dignan Dec 8, 10:32
  - It is fun and rewarding, and in all seriousness, it's not that challenging at all. - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 8, 10:29 2
    - i can be a flake. a kid in a program like that doesn't need to be let down by yet another adult. - kare Dec 8, 10:30 1
      - Yeah, that would be a big roadblock. -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 8, 10:32
- I was until lil miss ccc was born and we moved. -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 8, 10:22 2
  - What's the time commitment like? Is it once a week? Once a month? 2-3 a month? - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 10:23 1
    - At least once a month, but IIRC they prefer once every 2 weeks or so...and two hours or more...but it's flexible - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 8, 10:27
from backboards, would you guys like to hear the worst "accused of a hangover" story i'll probably ever hear? - kare Dec 8, 10:17 51
- Terrible... -- nm - Mazujingle Bells Dec 8, 10:31
- Jesus, not everybody is a drunk. -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 10:26
- Lawsuit. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:20
- *smells lawsuit* -- nm - mafic Dec 8, 10:19 4
  - it was one of those things where she was just thankful to be alive, and wanted to get on with her life. you know? -- nm - kare Dec 8, 10:20 3
    - I wouldn't even fault for suing here. And the hospital would be wise to settle. - ty97 Dec 8, 10:21 1
      - i think she gained a lot of perspective in those 2 years, though. (and who knows, maybe there was some sort of settlement that i wasn't - kare Dec 8, 10:22
    - If not for herself; for the next person who wasn't as fortunate. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:21
- gawd! -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:18 42
  - although to be fair ... in a person that young on NYD, what would you think? really really sucks for her, though. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:18 41
    - I think if they insisted repeatedly that they hand't been drinking, I might believe them. - ty97 Dec 8, 10:22 19
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        serious question: can an adult over 21 on parole be restricted from drinking?? -- nm - kare Dec 8, 10:32 10
        
        legally? yes, such conditions can be imposed by a judge. Physically? Good luck. People are idiots. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:34
        
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        yes. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:33
        
        I hear it all the time over the police scanner. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 10:33
        
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        dui cases?? (i had no idea) -- nm - kare Dec 8, 10:33 4
        
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        Right, motive or not, the underlying issue isn't being solved by my lie. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:39
        
        I've heard a lot of stories about strokes not being believed. I have no idea if it's actually common or not or just dramatic -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 10:37
        
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        you're not the norm, dear -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 10:28 1
        
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        their mom took them to the hospital and she's standing there and they don't want her to nkow? lots of reasons. people are weird. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:27
      - Everybody lies. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:23
      - don't you watch House? -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:23 2
        
        note: I'd really like to hear from Doggie about this, if he shows up today. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:23
        
        It wasn't lupus, lossi. -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 10:23
    - i had to take my mom to the same ER when she had her stroke. i kept saying, "i think it's a stroke!" and they were so la, la, la about it that it was - kare Dec 8, 10:21 2
      - ok, that's worse IMO. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:22 1
        
        meanwhile, my dad is on the phone with the staff every 10 minutes all, "i think it's the west nile!" - kare Dec 8, 10:23
    - Once they answer more than once, you hook em up to the machines and find out. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:20 15
      - oh come on, think how often people lie about the chemicals they take. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:21 14
        
        And those lies do what to the underlying condition? - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:23 13
        
        I love how we're all second guessing an ER doc. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:25 12
        
        I'm going on the information provided. They assumed a condition over patient denials and patient suffered needlessly. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:26 11
        
        it's completely effed up. -- nm - kare Dec 8, 10:29
        
        and if that happens all the time, then what? -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:28 9
        
        i have a hard time believing that someone completely ill from drinking too much the night before isn't going to admit to it. -- nm - kare Dec 8, 10:29 8
        
        (well, i'm sure some may lie, but a regular occurence? really? also, if they lie, rule it out. you know?) -- nm - kare Dec 8, 10:31 4
        
        I guess I don't have a sense of that. House would - loosilu Dec 8, 10:32 3
        
        how did you get from "i can't believe we're questioning an ER doc" to "Fictional TV Character would say..." ? -- nm - kare Dec 8, 10:34 2
        
        "Fictional jackass tv character", you mean. At least he has the jackass part in common with some real docs. :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:36
        
        I don't think I switched arguments at all... - loosilu Dec 8, 10:35
        
        is that even a usual presentation of a stroke? and how often do you see a stroke in a young person? - loosilu Dec 8, 10:30 2
        
        well, yes. my friend's story was how i knew my mom was having a stroke. -- nm - kare Dec 8, 10:32 1
        
        ah, did not know that. thanks. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:33
    - it would be a fair question, but you ask it, and believe the freaking answer. you know? -- nm - kare Dec 8, 10:20 1
      - what if patients frequently lie about that, though, you know? and I bet they do. I guess I tend to - loosilu Dec 8, 10:21
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- Totally agreed (spoilers) - con_carne Dec 8, 10:23 1
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- At this point I'd bet on Button or Milk to win the Best Picture Oscar. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 10:21 8
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    - Short summary: Legends of the Fall + Forrest Gump + Nicholas Sparks. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 10:25 6
      - (meaning, it's an epic romance that is a big crowd pleaser - mostly to women - that gives off the impression of being a fine film.) - Max Dec 8, 10:30 5
        
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        True, Atonement and Brokeback lost. But Gladiator, Braveheart, and English Patient, right? -- nm - Max Dec 8, 10:35 2
        
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        I agree with your IM, but I think too few people have seen Slumdog, Milk, and Nixon to get them enough votes. - Max Dec 8, 10:48
All I want for Christmas is for Barney Frank to talk like a normal person. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 10:13
if anyone here does do rips of their dvd's to servers, what do they use? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:13
Amazon also has College sweatshirts for 30% off. -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 8, 10:10 23
- Nice. I thought these were just going to be the John Belushi ones :-) -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 10:12
- Not even clicking; they won't have my school. - TFox Dec 8, 10:12 21
  - second tier? nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:13 20
    - For athletics, this is the golden age of Vanderbilt sports - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:14 16
      - *ding!* (Although I think we're in the top half AFA basketball is concerned.) -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 10:15
      - I've seen Georgetown insignia products in other countries for years, and they've sucked for about that long. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:15 14
        
        G-Town has been able to live off it's 1980's success through even the mediocre days. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:17 8
        
        maybe we're just intrinsically cooler than everyone else. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:17 7
        
        aka cheat and have refs forget how travelling works to advance in the NCAA tournament? -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 10:18 6
        
        totally. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:19 5
        
        (fucking Georgetown.) -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 10:19 4
        
        truth: I hate how they're playing street ball now. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:20 3
        
        Streetball? They're running the Princeton offense. -- nm - David, grim-eyed dude Dec 8, 10:23 1
        
        I think a lot of people who were big into basketball in the 82-96 timeframe think most basketball is "streetball" now. - TFox Dec 8, 10:28
        
        it's better than the rugby that passed for Big East basketball for most of the last 20 years. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:21
        
        G'town's height in basketball prominence is beyond anything Vandy ever accomplished, and it wasn't all that long ago. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 10:16 4
        
        mid 80s! -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:17 3
        
        Doesn't matter. Ewing begat Dikembe who begat Mourning who begat Iverson..... - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:19 2
        
        did I mention recently that Dikembe was in my French class? -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:19 1
        
        Not in the last 6 months, I don't believe. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:25
    - I welcomed you back with another ass-kicking. I thought that was nice of me. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 10:13 2
      - you can't kick my ass when I haven't even played yet. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:14 1
        
        Yes I can. - TFox Dec 8, 10:16
Is Barney the dinosaur still popular with kids? I'm not seeing any new Barney products this year. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 10:08 14
- Logan is the only kid at daycare who loves Barney. They play that DVD just for him. It so depends on the kids--and they are making new Barney DVDs - Amy Dec 8, 10:13
- SITWAP: No, but a judge in Colorado uses him as punishment for noise offenders -- (link) - con_carne Dec 8, 10:11
- dora the explorer and elmo seem to be popular. -- nm - kare Dec 8, 10:10
- Wasn't he declared gay by falwell? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 10:10 2
  - no, that was Tinky Winky. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:12 1
    - They both were, and Spongebob was their third. -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 8, 10:13
- I thought it was all about Thomas. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:09 6
  - I don't even think it's that simple anymore. Lots of options for the little guys, and they can't watch everything. - TFox Dec 8, 10:11 5
    - Logan is bored with Thomas after a few minutes (the show, not the toys). He only wants to see people/puppets sing and dance. No music, no watching. -- nm - Amy Dec 8, 10:14 4
      - We currently watch between 4-5 episodes of Blue's Clues a day. It is all homeboy wants to do. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 10:17
      - Hey! - Dignan Dec 8, 10:17 2
        
        Ellen Schrieber, P.C. and Kristen Cast, or Annette Curtis Klaus -- nm - Amy Dec 8, 10:19 1
        
        I'm totally nominating you for a 2008 Wicked In Awesome Award�. nm - Dignan Dec 8, 10:24
- I really don't think so. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 10:08
Just more than 1 year ago Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) paid $100bn for ABN Amro (80% cash). - Marcel Dec 8, 10:07 2
- "Royal Scank of Scotlank" -- nm - what con_carne read Dec 8, 10:14
- And how much is RBS's market capital now? -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 10:09
9 messages in my inbox!! YAY! -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 10:06
sitwap: Amazon has a buy-two-get-one-free Blu-Ray deal through 12/17. -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 8, 10:06 11
- 1 disc on that list I'd consider buying: Heathers. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 10:11 2
  - I'm so over Winona, I'm not sure I'd like Heathers any more. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 10:13 1
    - it's aged OK. - Reagen Dec 8, 10:15
- FWIW, they do these all the time. There will be better December deals. -- nm - David, grim-eyed dude Dec 8, 10:11 2
  - Thank you for informing me of the twitter feeds. I now have them RSS'd in my google reader! - JaxSean Dec 8, 10:15 1
    - It's pretty awesome, innit? -- nm - David, grim-eyed dude Dec 8, 10:16
- so what do you do with three BluRay players? -- nm - Marcel Dec 8, 10:07 1
  - If anyone does this, they should try and figure out how to Berymander to this page. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 10:11
- Free super-saver shipping on orders over $25! - Mop Dec 8, 10:07
- Ooh, ooh! *and* free shipping! -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 10:07 1
  - * submits order * -- nm - Mir Spacestation Dec 8, 10:50
With the economy the way it is, I was surprised at how much of a raise I got for social security -- nm - BAD Dec 8, 10:05 3
- nmb BAD -- (link) - con_carne Dec 8, 10:10 [Backboard] 2
  - Glad you had a good time there. It is one of the special places where to see a lot packed in one place. - BAD Dec 8, 10:20 1
    - Everything about it was great. I recommend visiting Joshua Tree to everyone, even if you think you're not outdoorsy -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 10:40
This is sure to disappoint some nuts out there. Supreme Court declines to hear Obama nationality case. -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 8, 10:02 4
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- *punches top out of old-timey straw hat* -- nm - john mccain Dec 8, 10:03 2
  - Nope, same guy was claiming you weren't native born either...which I found to be even worse - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 8, 10:08
  - Great visual! -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 10:06
Breaking: Stephane Dion to step down this afternoon. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 10:01 3
- Wow. They just keep pushing him harder and harder out the door. Maybe he already stepped down last month. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 10:06 1
  - Apparently, his true support in caucus declined to about two MPs over the last couple of months. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 10:08
- but his heart will go on. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 10:02
will do nudity for vanilla -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 10:01 3
- How you doin? -- nm - Vanilla Ice Dec 8, 10:02 2
  - Back in the day if you get rid of the silly hair, he wasn't bad looking. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 10:07 1
    - He *WAS* in that Madonna Sex Book -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 8, 10:14

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