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I think 85% is the perfect cacao percentage for chocolate. I think I'd like to try 90% before I commit 100% to the 85%. (92%? no.) -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 16, 20:56
I'm betting that 1 - Joe the Plumber is already regretting being mentioned by McCain, and 2 - He's going to vote Obama. -- nm - Mop Oct 16, 20:53
This is the kind of game that can leave psychic damage on a team. -- nm - Reagen Oct 16, 20:48 4
- Scannerball is fun that way. -- nm - Mop Oct 16, 20:55
- it's like the game where Papi broke the yankees in the 04 ALCS with that 1am double -- nm - chris Oct 16, 20:54 1
  - aka...One of Mel's Favorite Moments in Life. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 16, 20:56
- "Did anyone here lose a baseball game to a team with a name with the initials R. S.?" -- nm - nubby Oct 16, 20:50
did gross just throw a ball to the cutoff man that bounced three times? - dogbert183 Oct 16, 20:48
Who was that pretty little blonde? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 16, 20:45 3
- Aw, shucks. But I haven't been blond in 8 years. -- nm - nubby Oct 16, 20:49
- Kristen Bell. - David Oct 16, 20:47 1
  - it's frankly where *my* mind went. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 16, 20:57
Oh No You Dinn't... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 16, 20:43 [Image] 3
- Three minutes after that picture was taken, she went down on Superman. -- nm - David Oct 16, 20:46 2
  - but only after Bats hit that all night in the Cave. -- nm - Remlik Oct 16, 20:52 1
    - You think Batman is doing Superman? You're all kinds of creepy. -- nm - David Oct 16, 20:54
Whither Max? -- nm - nubby Oct 16, 20:36 7
- brother wedding. how do I know that and not you? -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 16, 20:46 6
  - I forgot. - nubby Oct 16, 20:48 5
    - you're way hotter. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 16, 20:48 4
      - True. (nm) - nubby Oct 16, 20:49 3
        
        (proximity to fission.) -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 16, 20:55 2
        
        "Gone Fission" -- nm - Sign on Max's Door Oct 16, 20:57 1
        
        laughing out loud. (my classmate, ramkumar: what's funny? what's funny *now*? what's always so funny?) -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 16, 20:58
Die Free or Live Hard is surprisingly good. -- nm - celedhrymandias Oct 16, 20:35 4
- Gotta be better than Live Free or Die Hard. -- nm - Mop Oct 16, 20:49
- I *loved* it. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 16, 20:47
- I believe I gave it an A+ -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 20:38 1
  - B+ here, lack of McClane ranting prevents it from reaching higher heights. -- nm - celedhrymandias Oct 16, 20:56
DREW! -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 16, 20:33 2
- Those fans that left before the middle of the seventh? - Name Withheld By Request Oct 16, 20:34 1
  - those people should be hunted down like dogs. - Mel Profit Oct 16, 20:35
dayum -- nm - dogbert183 Oct 16, 20:33 1
- Heh. :) -- nm - nubby Oct 16, 20:34
*practices knot-tying* okay, I can do a figure-eight and a bowline and two half-hitches - Beryllium Oct 16, 20:32 1
- Let me know when you can tie a monkey fist blindfolded. -- nm - BAD Oct 16, 21:03
Dammit. I want to see W. -- nm - nubby Oct 16, 20:28 2
- Me too. I said it before, but it's popcorn right up my alley. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 16, 20:34
- How could something like that happen? Are you sure? - Cuzzin Todd Oct 16, 20:30
Bioshock 2 teaser -- (link) - Jovian Oct 16, 20:15 2
- Don't get it. -- nm - Mop Oct 16, 20:29
- interesting. can't wait. -- nm - Remlik Oct 16, 20:19
Drudge is reporting that Joe the Plummer is in fact merely Joe, a Plummer -- nm - rollo Oct 16, 20:13 9
- God, that website is ugly. I glance at it for 5 seconds, and I impulsively close the tab. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 20:20 6
  - Stunned to see a W. ad on Drudge's site. -- nm - Mop Oct 16, 20:45
  - It's actually pretty ingenious. It's super dial-up friendly even if the links aren't, which kinda forces those users to accept the headlines Drudge - Qale Oct 16, 20:28 4
    - Maybe 5 or 6 years ago being dial-up friendly mattered, but a majority of users now use highspeed not dial-up. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 16, 20:35 3
      - About 25-30% of Americans are still on dial-up. -- nm - Qale Oct 16, 20:45 2
        
        do they have electricity? -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 16, 20:47 1
        
        I think they use the same furry animals HSX servers use. -- nm - Qale Oct 16, 20:55
- *checks watch* Longest 15 minutes EVER! -- nm - Qale Oct 16, 20:18 1
  - That's my last one -- nm - rollo Oct 16, 20:24
ruh roh -- nm - Jovian Oct 16, 20:10
That makes it interesting. -- nm - David Oct 16, 20:10 2
- When Maddon is asked about his WS roster, I fully expect him to say "Grant who?". -- nm - nubby Oct 16, 20:12
- oh noes! they've used their closer already -- nm - dogbert183 Oct 16, 20:11
is anyone who's on the windows platform and who has word (any version) handy willing to help me for a minute? likely easiest to explain what's happen - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 16, 20:07 3
- I'm game. -- nm - mafic Oct 16, 20:11 2
  - ooooh. how international of us. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 16, 20:13 1
    - transhemispheric, even. -- nm - mafic Oct 16, 20:31
god that would suck to have to live to a super hot hippie gal in 1973. nm - Jovian Oct 16, 19:59 4
- *next to* nm - Jovian Oct 16, 19:59 3
  - no razors - chris Oct 16, 20:01 2
    - so that makes her like a german chick. -- nm - Remlik Oct 16, 20:04
    - boo-hoo! bring on the hairy free lovin women in groups of three -- nm - dogbert183 Oct 16, 20:03
So I can get the 80gb ps3 on ebay for 269 after everything... - Gwaahjo Oct 16, 19:59
in the mail today: cornelia wismer of ReMax realty wants to be my full service agent (sounds dirty) if I need to sell my house. to show that she's a - dogbert183 Oct 16, 19:58 2
- See! You know just how much she had to fool the buyer. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 16, 19:59 1
  - I was even able to unload this piece of crap - cornelia wismer Oct 16, 20:00
Survivor spoiler - Dano Oct 16, 19:57 2
- he certainly is god awful -- nm - Gwaahjo Oct 16, 20:31
- hmm. Second most useless, I think. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 20:15
Ouch. Burn. -- (link) - TWuG Oct 16, 19:50 1
- hah, nice. Maybe McCain should switch to him :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 16, 20:20
SITWAP: Palin as President -- (link) - celedhrymandias Oct 16, 19:50 8
- I love today's addition. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 16, 19:53 4
  - did they... - Mel Profit Oct 16, 20:09 3
    - no, still there -- nm - dogbert183 Oct 16, 20:11 2
      - maybe I missed it because I can't get it back... - Mel Profit Oct 16, 20:12 1
        
        I didn't get it today, but it was there yesterday. *shrug* -- nm - kelly Oct 16, 20:13
- ah-ha, they added a joe's plumbing -- nm - dogbert183 Oct 16, 19:53 2
  - Where? -- nm - kelly Oct 16, 19:56 1
    - never mind. -- nm - kelly Oct 16, 19:57
Want a free Rifftrax episode of Hulk? Sure you do! -- (link) - Qale Oct 16, 19:41
I can buy a slackertalk thong?!?!?!?! Wheeeee! -- nm - Subversive Oct 16, 19:40
paps in the 7th???? woo-hoo! -- nm - dogbert183 Oct 16, 19:37 8
- You're lucky it's your birthday, or else I'd be muttering mean and horrible things under my breath in response to this post. - kelly Oct 16, 19:39 7
  - I want to feel bad for all you red sox fans, but I rooted against the white sox and didn't feel bad so I obviously have no soul and can't feel remorse - dogbert183 Oct 16, 19:44 6
    - don't feel bad for us... - Mel Profit Oct 16, 20:15 2
      - heh. - kelly Oct 16, 20:18 1
        
        the thing about it for me is... - Mel Profit Oct 16, 20:29
    - :O - kelly Oct 16, 19:47 2
      - thanks, it still shocks me too. the mac and cheese was too funny. when I told them I wanted the tour of italy they both said "no, we are getting you - dogbert183 Oct 16, 19:51 1
        
        banded = bended -- nm - dogbert183 Oct 16, 19:54
Unimportant work-related whining (feel free to ignore the following:) - kelly Oct 16, 19:32 16
- Sorry it sucks - still looking for something else too? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 16, 20:17 2
  - oh yeah. - kelly Oct 16, 20:20 1
    - Good luck on the hunt - I'll be joining you soon. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 16, 20:36
- I'm so sorry, babe, it's pretty clear you have a good work ethic. - Trish Oct 16, 20:03 1
  - It better...temp pay and COBRA is not a very good combo! :) -- nm - kelly Oct 16, 20:06
- that sounds like it suck. - Mel Profit Oct 16, 19:41 2
  - I guess I am just amazed that a company like Wells Fargo has no training system in place. - kelly Oct 16, 19:46 1
    - that's crazy. - Mel Profit Oct 16, 20:08
- i'd kill for overtime pay -- nm - chris Oct 16, 19:39 2
  - be honest. the word "overtime" is extraneous. -- nm - nubby Oct 16, 19:49 1
    - somewhat -- nm - chris Oct 16, 19:56
- Are you getting paid overtime if you work extra? - Subversive Oct 16, 19:38 3
  - Yes, I get overtime (still not that much, when you consider I'm making temp pay.) - kelly Oct 16, 19:40 2
    - Well, hopefully it gets better. :) -- nm - Subversive Oct 16, 19:41 1
      - Danke. - kelly Oct 16, 19:59
- good luck catching up -- nm - Stacy Oct 16, 19:36
Anyone who has done research on blu-ray players... what have you found to be the best models? -- nm - Gwaahjo Oct 16, 19:25 10
- I have a BD/HD-DVD/DVD drive in my PC connected to my TV. - psilotum Oct 16, 20:48 1
  - LG makes some nice ones, and they're still making them. They now make a BD burner/HD-DVD/DVD reader. -- nm - Mop Oct 16, 20:50
- I'm waiting for my PS3 to arrive. Still the best Blu-ray player out there. -- nm - Mop Oct 16, 20:34
- I bought the PS3 80/80 and love it. I like the update software over the Internet. -- nm - Redmond Oct 16, 19:35 4
  - also, what does 80/80 mean... - Gwaahjo Oct 16, 19:38 1
    - It has the 80 gig hard drive vs the standard 40g. -- nm - Redmond Oct 16, 19:40
  - do you have to pay to update the software? -- nm - Gwaahjo Oct 16, 19:37 1
    - Nope -- nm - Redmond Oct 16, 19:38
- amazon had a great deal on a samsung a few days ago. -- nm - Remlik Oct 16, 19:28 1
  - i'm just looking to find out hte quality makes/models -- nm - Gwaahjo Oct 16, 19:28
ahem... go rays!!!!! -- nm - dogbert183 Oct 16, 19:24 2
- Yeah! -- nm - nubby Oct 16, 19:42 1
  - call me nostradogbert -- (link) - dogbert183 Oct 16, 19:46
CY and other LA area folks: I will NOT be going to LA now. sorry. :( -- nm - loosilu Oct 16, 19:24 2
- Awww...was looking forward to a fun evening :( -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 16, 20:22
- I was gonna drive in to meet you if you had come :( - peglegpete Oct 16, 19:38
9 more outs :) -- nm - Stacy Oct 16, 19:23
BAD, no. but I am watching it right now on the Speed channel. today was the general public preview, and it was a madhouse I wanted no part of. - peglegpete Oct 16, 19:19 1
- I've been watching it for about a hour now...no good cars yet...probably tomorrow they will start on the good cars. -- nm - BAD Oct 16, 19:28
Wait... Mop was betting against my marriage hitting 14 years? :-) -- nm - TWuG Oct 16, 19:11 8
- Congrats, man. -- nm - kelly Oct 16, 19:15 1
  - Thank you. And everyone else. -- nm - TWuG Oct 16, 19:30
- Just going with the odds. I mean, look at this crowd. -- nm - Mop Oct 16, 19:13 4
  - Did you make any money on my two divorces? Where is my cut? -- nm - Redmond Oct 16, 19:36 1
    - You're the Pete Rose of weddings. -- nm - Mop Oct 16, 20:32
  - ouch. -- nm - loosilu Oct 16, 19:24
  - Are you suggesting that people should take the *under* when betting on TTers? uhh STers? -- nm - sheba Oct 16, 19:15
- Congrats! Hope you have eternal happiness :) -- nm - Stacy Oct 16, 19:13
Microsoft Live Search's 30% off eBay offer now extended to a maximum of TWELVE items. -- (link) - Mop Oct 16, 19:11 8
- I want to do this but can't think of things to buy - Triumph Oct 16, 19:21 1
  - FatWallet loves it for Wiis and PS3s. I would also suggest a new PC, an MP3 player, or other electronics. -- nm - Mop Oct 16, 20:22
- I clicked through the guy's link but I don't see anywhere it says 30% off or anything. Is it just any link to ebay from live? - Subversive Oct 16, 19:21 3
  - sign in to your live.com account... search "cheap wii" - Triumph Oct 16, 19:22 2
    - Hmm, don't see anything. Maybe only for Americans? -- nm - Subversive Oct 16, 19:25 1
      - Live cashback only has USA listed. Stupid American only programs *grumble* - Subversive Oct 16, 19:39
- You can also buy several dutch items and they will count as one transaction. -- nm - Mop Oct 16, 19:15 1
  - Mine -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 16, 22:03
Lego Batman (PC) - $19.90 -- (link) - budice Oct 16, 19:09 5
- That's a good deal. About 10 bucks off MSRP. -- nm - Mop Oct 16, 19:12
- Horrible firsts on ST -- nm - Redmond Oct 16, 19:10 3
  - you prefer bunnys? -- nm - peglegpete Oct 16, 19:15
  - If we get too sexy, it will attract undesirables. :) -- nm - sheba Oct 16, 19:14
  - ST is nothing if not repetitive. -- nm - Qale Oct 16, 19:11

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