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apparently baby is having a screaming fit ... bordering on nine hours long now ... and I'm at work and can't help -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 11:20
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- Seriously, I stole them out from you? - Will Hunting Aug 30, 11:20 5
  - Scoring defense is such an imperative in this league. -- nm - David Aug 30, 11:24 3
    - As an aside, I downloaded an iPad app, input our custom scoring rules and asked accuscore to rank available draft picks. - David Aug 30, 11:25
    - I think this is the first year I've really noticed an emphasis on it. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 11:25 1
      - It's a learning experience stat in that you don't fully appreciate it until you have a really good or really bad D. - David Aug 30, 11:26
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- maybe the occasional "Fool, You White Hot" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 11:20 1
  - i'd forgotten about that. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 11:20
Fantastic Mad Men last night. Success is not something Don Draper deals with well. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 11:18 1
- did anyone catch - milky Aug 30, 11:22
Holy @#)$&@#$....I'm ready to turn down the Colorado thing just becuase of the absurdity of the relocation. - Will Hunting Aug 30, 11:12 15
- how long are you in Colorado? what would you have to take with you that would require substantial relocation costs?? -- nm - milky Aug 30, 11:23 1
  - Flight, rental car, hotel stay for starters - Will Hunting Aug 30, 11:24
- That sounds pretty shitty -- nm - amoxy Aug 30, 11:14
- Yeah, I don't see how something like that could go horribly wrong at all... -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 11:14
- That sounds like a mixed message bordering on a dare for you to turn them down. -- nm - David Aug 30, 11:13
- Valued individuals have their expenses paid upfront. Anything short of that is nonsense from a company -- nm - budice Aug 30, 11:13 4
  - At the very least you should be reimbursed before the card bill is due. -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 11:17 1
    - exactly, 3 months interest on those expenses is not small. - Andie Aug 30, 11:18
  - This. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 30, 11:14
  - yep, or at least immediate reimbursement upon presentation of receipts. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 11:14
- that doesn't sound like a great deal -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 11:13 3
  - think of all the miles he will rack up!!!! nm -- nm - groiny Aug 30, 11:13 2
    - Think of all the gray hairs -- nm - budice Aug 30, 11:14 1
      - poor Kelly -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 11:14
- DRAFT! - Spawn Aug 30, 11:12
I'm sure ML has seen this but gov't loses appeal by citing Wikipedia -- (link) - oblique Aug 30, 11:10
"How many languages do you speak?" - Spawn Aug 30, 11:08
Running this draft has me really craving a Twix bar. -- nm - David Aug 30, 11:03 17
- I am thinking the same thing David is. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 11:09 2
  - That Spawn is so awesome? -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:10 1
    - Yes. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 11:18
- I literally just over microwaved a twix as less than 10mins ago. - Mel Profit Aug 30, 11:07 10
  - you are weird -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 11:08
  - Frozen candy bars are awesome. What is wrong with you? -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 11:08 8
    - a frozen twix is like chewing on two sticks. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 30, 11:14 7
      - Twix is the rare exception. Frozen peanut butter cups are the best. Things with caramel are better cool rather than frozen. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 11:17
      - ~ That's not how I get my kicks. That shit can hit the bricks! ~ -- nm - MC Short Stuf Aug 30, 11:15 5
        
        aren't you off somewhere trying to convince game wardens that you're not some hairy talking oddity? - Mel Profit Aug 30, 11:18 4
        
        I made it out of the Adirondacks alive. - TFox Aug 30, 11:20 3
        
        fun? - Mel Profit Aug 30, 11:21 2
        
        a great deal. and SheFox actually took a kayak out on Lake Minerva for an hour or so, which was shocking and wonderful. - TFox Aug 30, 11:22 1
        
        very good news. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 30, 11:26
- And what *would* you do for a Klondike bar?? -- nm - Don Homer Aug 30, 11:07
- huh. i would have thought Kit Kat. - TFox Aug 30, 11:06 1
  - /~ Break me off a piece of that Chrysler car ~/ -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 11:07
While I was out sick last week I watched a lot of crappy movie on Netflix. Good ones included King of California, Brick, and Sunshine Cleaning. -- nm - sycor Aug 30, 11:03 2
- Well, you should have watched those instead of the crappy ones. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:04 1
  - I did. But I also watched some bad ones because I wanted to make sure I could remember the good ones once I started feeling better. Brick was really - sycor Aug 30, 11:11
wow, in 1998 the largest Canadian Bank (Royal) was 30th in size in North America, today it is 7th. - Beaker Aug 30, 11:02 4
- A lot of our large ones have merged. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:03 3
  - If you invested $100 in the Royal in 1998 it would be worth $500 today. BOA would be worth $57 and Citibank $16 -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 11:05 2
    - the article is about the pitfalls of like-alike mergers in the US banking industry -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 11:07
    - I'm not saying they are good, just that when two merge, a ranking spot can jump. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:07
"The circle is broken, the Ood will sing again" -- nm - amoxy Aug 30, 11:00
Disney's goose is cooked. You're up TFaux. -- nm - samara Aug 30, 11:00 8
- "Le jeux son fait. Translation: Your ass is mine." -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 11:07
- Whoa, whoa. Slow down there, deer. -- nm - Inigo Aug 30, 11:04 2
  - oh, and yeah...real clever. ;) -- nm - samara Aug 30, 11:21
  - alright, alright...sorry. patience is not my strong suit. -- nm - samara Aug 30, 11:08
- No, he's not. We're giving it a bit. I have FB messages in to the managers in question. -- nm - David Aug 30, 11:01 2
  - that's mighty generous of you. -- nm - samara Aug 30, 11:03
  - *beams* -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:02
- no rushing! -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 11:00
Thirteen was waaaaaaaaay too good for Marissa Cooper. -- nm - David Aug 30, 10:59
I was thinking the same thing David was, that doesn't bode well for this season -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 10:57 12
- They wouldn't have made it past me with this pick. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 11:16 2
  - of course, them drafting a Bronco makes all the difference -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 11:17 1
    - I think we're finally coming around to valuing defenses here with the proper.....respect. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 11:22
- If I'd been better at RB, they would have gone #1 overall. -- nm - David Aug 30, 11:06 8
  - If not for Calvin Pace, I might have taken them. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:19 2
    - Pace missed the first four games last year for...different reasons. -- nm - David Aug 30, 11:21 1
      - But they were not missing someone else last year. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:22
  - I figure you were happy to get your top two targets with your first two picks. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 30, 11:09 2
    - Now let's go for three in a row! -- nm - David Aug 30, 11:11 1
      - Well, I'm probably no threat to take your third choice. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 30, 11:26
  - interesting -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 11:07 1
    - I keep wavering, as in there is yearly inconsistency, but on the other hand NYJ do have a BSU player on defense now -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 11:09
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- Did the Cavemen even start yet? -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 10:56 2
  - drafting, like making fire, is hard -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 10:56 1
    - It seems that just as soon as one draft is over, another starts. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 10:58
~baby we were born to run~ -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 10:54
I suppose reducing my taxable income is one benefit. decline, can you link me to charts telling me how much I need to reduce by to bump down my tax br - acket? nm mandy Aug 30, 10:44 2
- Some quick stuff - decline Aug 30, 10:50
- link to 2010 marginal tax rates -- (link) - znufrii Aug 30, 10:48
who has heard anything about the movie Catfish? apparently I am seeing it tonight and can't watch a trailer from here. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 10:43 12
- Catfish was the talk of Sundance, there was a blurb on EW about how everyone who has seen it refuses to give away the ending because it's that's good. -- nm - Buzz Aug 30, 10:52 1
  - oh, thanks. well, now i'm excited. The filmmakers are doing a Q&A afterwards too. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 10:59
- I have not. But has anyone heard about "A Serbian Film"? (google it and then read the summary on wiki... yikes!!) -- nm - Don Homer Aug 30, 10:44 9
  - maybe I'm jaded, but I don't have this kind of reaction to it. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 10:50
  - its bad enough that people really should not do this, unless they have a stomach of iron. -- nm - TFox Aug 30, 10:48 3
    - Yes, it's quite disturbing and not in an intellectually interesting way. -- nm - David Aug 30, 10:50 2
      - I never fully understood the depth of the vitriol for AICN around here, but after Harry's review and endorsement of this movie, I rarely go back. -- nm - TFox Aug 30, 10:53 1
        
        I just find him unreadable -- nm - Roger More Aug 30, 10:56
  - does some crazy Scientist try and sew 3 people into a catfish? -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 10:46
  - I wish I hadn't. -- nm - David Aug 30, 10:46 2
    - this. when i read about it months ago, it made me want to find those responsible and strike them with weapons. -- nm - TFox Aug 30, 10:47 1
      - This sounds about like my reaction to the plot summary on wikipedia. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 10:53
People With Kids: Can you recommend a backyard swingset? Doesn't have to be anything fancy or expensive. - prayformojo Aug 30, 10:40 6
- If it doesn't have to be fancy or expensive, just get whatever's cheapest at Walmart or K-mart. They may be on clearance now. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 10:44 2
  - check Home Depot as well. -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 11:00 1
    - Skip that, at least what I found. - Spawn Aug 30, 11:01
- we got a wooden one from Walmart, lasted about 3 years but will probably need to replace it next year (or the year after). - Beaker Aug 30, 10:43 1
  - it was a royal pain in the butt to put together too -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 11:06
- Find a neighbor that has older kids and offer to take theirs. Dig it out and move it. -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 10:43
I see the foreclosure mortgage modification jamboree is going on this week in Florida. -- (link) - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 10:39 5
- this really gets to me. - amanda at work Aug 30, 10:46 4
  - Yeah, I caught that too. Just because the line item value of your house is less doesn't mean your payments increased. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 10:48 3
    - could it trigger the bank to call in the loan, based on the declining value of the collateral? -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 11:04 2
      - No, but she may have to pay PMI now. -- nm - ceregon Aug 30, 11:23
      - also, obviously affects her abaility to refi on more favorable terms. -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 11:10
LYC - new band to me - Taddy Porter - very southern fried rock sounding -- (link) - Epiphany Aug 30, 10:37 1
- oh geesh - he sounds very Paul Rodgers on " whatever haunts you" -- nm - Epiphany Aug 30, 10:42
Jason Campbell has a wrist injury... -- (link) - Beaker Aug 30, 10:37
"Chew?" Hee hee hee. -- nm - nubby Aug 30, 10:35
LIR: xbox live price increase is super lame. Glad I'm paid up for 3 years. Maybe I should buy a few more xbox live cards before the price increase. -- nm - sycor Aug 30, 10:31 21
- I'm prepaid through 10/2011. I need to buy me some more cards. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 10:42 6
  - I'm paid through 5/11 plus I have another 12mo card at home. -- nm - sycor Aug 30, 10:50
  - I have a friend who is prepaid up to 12/22/2012. So ... he can play until the end of the world. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 10:46
  - I'm through 6/11. *curses* Should've bought those cards for $34 at Costco when I saw them. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 10:46
  - Me too, I'd like to lock in for three to four more years. I figure they'll come out with a new system by 2014. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 10:43 2
    - I assume you'll be able to carry over your account. -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 10:44 1
      - Good point, then I'd like to lock in for the next decade. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 10:46
- Has anyone found anything "official" from Microsoft yet, other than that one website? - JaxSean Aug 30, 10:37 13
  - Apparently, Xbox.com is offering a $39.99 price lock now, too. -- (link) - JaxSean Aug 30, 10:39 7
    - Like I said, this smacks of trying to get more purchases from existing customers. -- nm - David Aug 30, 10:40 6
      - I agree but there's no other option. We should all make sure we share any deals we find. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 10:42 4
        
        Amazon is $39.94 right now. Dell is $44. (Amazon link) -- (link) - JaxSean Aug 30, 10:44
        
        I'm sure there will be a ton in November. -- nm - David Aug 30, 10:44 2
        
        But based off of a $59.99 msrp. $39 or less should be a good deal, even for November onward, I'd think. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 10:47 1
        
        I'd say so. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 10:51
      - Well, yeah. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 10:42
  - Major Nelson is the official voice of XBox. -- nm - David Aug 30, 10:38
  - Major Nelson is the VOICE of XBox. :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 10:38 2
    - Random. -- nm - David Aug 30, 10:38 1
      - the all-caps make it official -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 10:39
  - The writer works for MS. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 30, 10:37
Kilbo, you'll appreciate this: The flow of rights and royalties (in music). It's a mind bending chart. -- (link) - Mop (220 lbs) Aug 30, 10:29 [Image] 1
- Indeed. Thanks. Are you sure that's not the explanation for Primer? -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 10:33
just in case it suddenly gets to me, going to lunch, - tRuMaN Aug 30, 10:29
Hey ML, without spoiling the end (still have 30 or so pages), what didnt you like about the last 100 pages or so? (book spoils) - Jovian Aug 30, 10:26 2
- I like how you did not spoil the name of the book. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 11:10
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amoxy, Brian is Brian. - Kim Pine Aug 30, 10:24
Hmmm, you'd never know it from last night's broadcast, but the program which received the most Emmy awards this year was The Pacific. -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 10:19 3
- Other notes from digging through the Creative Arts awards, Anne Hathaway now has an Emmy, and Neil Patrick Harris has two. -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 10:25
- "Better break the news to Spielberg, you're running out of wars." -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 10:25 1
  - He can still do the Russian front. And the Africa campaign. -- nm - Roger More Aug 30, 10:34
Tequila! -- (link) - marcel Aug 30, 10:18 [youtube]
Hmmm. Non-snake draft. This may take a minute. - Spawn Aug 30, 10:18 2
- It snakes after round two. -- nm - David Aug 30, 10:31 1
  - You are up. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 10:41

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