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I don't get how the NFL sells tickets. - JaxSean Aug 31, 08:38 8
- season tickets -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 31, 08:45
- Demand vs Scarcity - JD Aug 31, 08:44 2
  - Yet we consistently get blacked-out games here because they don't sell enough tickets. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 31, 08:45 1
    - IIRC, you guys also have the largest stadium in the NFL. I hate the blackout rules. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 08:48
- Families don't go to games. Most pro sports are for corporations now. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 31, 08:44
- you take your family to MLB games, the genius of the NFL is that you leave your family at home -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 08:43 1
  - unless things changed you were Inactive on .com and probably .org too. Just a head sup -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 08:44
- I agree. I've wanted to go to a game with the family but can't get past the prices -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 08:43
For our book club at work, we've chosen to read "The Design of Everyday Things" - have you read it before? -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 31, 08:38
Reminder: Wii games all day in Amazon Gold Box. -- (link) - JaxSean Aug 31, 08:36
UVic researcher warns of radiation from wireless devices -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 31, 08:29
beaker: Could you post the BF link again so I can throw it up in the news? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 31, 08:26 1
- here you go -- (link) - Beaker Aug 31, 08:31
Any online Vamps wanting to trade up? I might want to move this pick and need to decide in the next fifteen minutes or so. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 31, 08:22 1
- Not happening. I'll be picking shortly... -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 31, 08:44
David x2, then me again and then Will -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 08:17 3
- David picked. -- nm - Jim Aug 31, 08:31 2
  - Grrrr. -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 08:32 1
    - On by me....... -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 08:41
LYC: I need a real job with steady hours! Ugh!!! - Krusty Aug 31, 08:13 13
- Thanks everyone. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 08:25
- keep your head up. -- nm - Remlik Aug 31, 08:18
- Arg. Really hope this turns around for you soon, Krusty. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 31, 08:17
- *good thoughts* -- nm - znufrii Aug 31, 08:16
- Have you tried changing up your resume to different formats? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 31, 08:16 5
  - I've had a few people look at it and make adjustments. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 08:18 4
    - Well, just keep plugging away. Sorry, man. :( -- nm - JaxSean Aug 31, 08:21 3
      - I am and thanks. Just one of those days where it gets to you. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 08:22 2
        
        i know those days. - tRuMaN Aug 31, 08:22 1
        
        I can't play video games during the day. - Krusty Aug 31, 08:24
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  - I just want one job with a regular schedule. I can't take not knowing if I'll have work week to week. - Krusty Aug 31, 08:17
- Ignore my post, I just needed to vent. Sorry to bring it here. Back to our regularly scheduled discussions. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 08:14
Cavemen: Sceire, Nudie, Amoxy -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 08:08
New series of Doctor Who to be split into two parts. -- (link) - LMS Aug 31, 07:53 8
- Any truth to the rumor? (SPOILERS) - amoxy Aug 31, 07:57 7
  - the other rumor is that... - Remlik Aug 31, 08:04 6
    - General series spoiler. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 31, 08:24
    - I haven't heard anything. - LMS Aug 31, 08:16
    - what i want to know is. - tRuMaN Aug 31, 08:04 3
      - who do you mean? -- nm - Remlik Aug 31, 08:18 2
        
        spoilers - tRuMaN Aug 31, 08:20 1
        
        oh...her.... - Remlik Aug 31, 08:25
Several days old, but Burn Notice season finale: C+ (spoiler) - prayformojo Aug 31, 07:52
Welcome to v4.0 Ikariam.org -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 07:47 2
- the search for Ambrosia. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 31, 08:12
- now I can finally upgrade my Gov Res again... -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 07:54
Since Pippy enjoyed it: The guys behind "California Gays" made a new parody to Katy Perry's "Peacock" -- (link) - MDH Aug 31, 07:44 [youtube]
Speaking of poop -- (link) - amoxy Aug 31, 07:41
Cool, us Caveman have discovered fire - amoxy Aug 31, 07:39
consumer confidence jumped last month -- (link) - znufrii Aug 31, 07:39 1
- Maybe something startled it. -- nm - mara Aug 31, 07:40
I'd post today's Love Letters entry but the LW sounds so close to boiling a bunny it just wouldn't be fair. -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 07:36 29
- do it -- nm - znufrii Aug 31, 07:40 20
  - You've been warned. And honestly, I think Meredith's advice to her is way off the mark. - Diva Aug 31, 07:43 19
    - Am I the only one who doesn't see the crazy in this? - JaxSean Aug 31, 08:23 1
      - According to what's in the letter I think they're both complicit in participating in a very toxic relationship. - Diva Aug 31, 08:47
    - Oh man. Bunny boiler. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 08:13
    - Seek profressional help. (nm) - Will Hunting Aug 31, 08:00
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      - I opened this thinking...nmbdawson - Diva Aug 31, 08:23 2
        
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        heh -- nm - znufrii Aug 31, 08:24
    - I need a new red pencil after having underlined all of the crazy in that - prayformojo Aug 31, 07:50
    - I mean, I'm not gonna be ignored, Dan! -- nm - amoxy Aug 31, 07:48
    - I'm impressed she figured out how to write a letter. -- nm - TFox Aug 31, 07:47 2
      - she wrote it in the bushes outside his apartment -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 07:48 1
        
        I bet he has a restraining order she forgot to mention. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 08:14
    - dayamn! - znufrii Aug 31, 07:46 5
      - and... - znufrii Aug 31, 07:54 4
        
        going by what she writes the relationship sounds pretty toxic. -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 08:27
        
        Crazy chicks are the best in bed. I'm sure he sees that just fine :) -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 07:55 1
        
        ah, that does explain a lot. -- nm - znufrii Aug 31, 07:55
        
        wild in the sack -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 07:55
- tease -- nm - Roger More Aug 31, 07:37 7
  - seriously. tru's nutty 'met her outside Subway' chick would be like 'that bitch is crazy'. -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 07:41 6
    - And this makes it unsuitable for ST how? -- nm - mara Aug 31, 07:43 1
      - It's like taking candy from a baby. Who's been dropped on his head and locked in a closet. -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 07:44
    - I already googled and read it :) -- nm - Roger More Aug 31, 07:42 2
      - of course you did. - Diva Aug 31, 07:45 1
        
        Glad you enjoyed it, since it was quite a random suggestion -- nm - Roger More Aug 31, 07:51
    - now you have to post it -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 07:41
Paging the Strongbad draft card to the Vamps draft. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 31, 07:36 3
- Pick on the way, I had sent a list a few hours ago. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 31, 07:48 2
  - Picked -- nm - Strongbad Aug 31, 07:52 1
    - No worries. Just nudging, not nagging. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 31, 07:58
tru you are up -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 07:35 5
- done -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 31, 07:46 3
  - griony up, shaun on deck, david still high on the pills. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 31, 07:47 2
    - No, it's me with pills today. But at least I actually have some. - Kim Pine Aug 31, 07:49 1
      - Oohh, I had those after I got out of the hospital last year - amoxy Aug 31, 07:50
- groiny shaun after -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 07:37
Sweet, I thought I'd missed our department's Annual Birthday Celebration for Everyone. Here's the invitation email - prayformojo Aug 31, 07:27 1
- Happy birthday! (for whenever it was) -- nm - Roger More Aug 31, 07:35
Remember the cheated-on student? Custody hearing is today. -- nm - nubby Aug 31, 07:23 4
- I thought he took her back? - amoxy Aug 31, 07:40 1
  - Well, it's gotten a lot more complicated. -- nm - nubby Aug 31, 07:45
- Does he CC you on all his correspondence now :) -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 07:25 1
  - No, but we're drinking buddies. -- nm - nubby Aug 31, 07:27
I was stalked yesterday. Sweet Kansas Jayhawks t-shirt and two very funny chocolate items. - Krusty Aug 31, 07:21 12
- Got my stalkee shirt and it will be mailed out today -- nm - amoxy Aug 31, 07:51
- Hee. Rabbit Poop. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 31, 07:29 1
  - Hraka chalk jayhawk? -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 31, 07:31
- sweet. i tried to find a shirt i didnt thing would be out in all the major markets. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 31, 07:29 5
  - I can't buy KU stuff here. I always have to order it online. I love it, thanks! -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 07:32 4
    - well that store, kansas sampler, has a carp ton of ku stuff. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 31, 07:49 3
      - I'll check it out. I can always use another site for my KU gear. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 08:00 2
        
        i just to let you know that - tRuMaN Aug 31, 08:21 1
        
        I bet it did but I appreciate it. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 08:22
- And I ordered my stalkers short yesterday. I had a tough time getting what I needed, I'll send it out as soon as it arrives. Sorry for the delay. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 07:24 2
  - I bought my stalkee's shirt over the weekend. Now I need to get it mailed. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 31, 07:26
  - *short = shirt* -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 07:24
good feel not does truman -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 31, 07:17 3
- don't know if you noticed, those building we were on top of last night.... - groiny Aug 31, 07:21 1
  - when we were up at the cliff face fort - tRuMaN Aug 31, 07:31
- need more Red Dead. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 31, 07:19
Glenn Beck has launched conservative news site theblaze.com. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 31, 07:15 4
- He's really cashing in on his popularity. -- nm - nubby Aug 31, 07:23 1
  - Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin holding a restoring honor in america rally is like Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan holding healthy lifestyle seminars -- nm - MDH Aug 31, 07:28
- That's the gayest sounding web site name ever. -- nm - MDH Aug 31, 07:20 1
  - Reminds me of BLAZEMONGER (caps required). If you don't shout it when you say it, you suck when you play it! -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 31, 07:23
How is everyone doing with the Henrietta Lacks book? It sounds fascinating, plus there's a neat documentary about her -- (link) - Hotkiss Aug 31, 07:12 1
- I skipped it and went to The Disappearing Spoon. - Krusty Aug 31, 07:14
Iced Decaf Mocha w/Cream. Order given 3x. To a person who works in a coffee shop. Still wrong. wtf. -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 07:12 9
- And then? -- nm - amoxy Aug 31, 07:25
- DD still fucks up my simple ass coffee order once a week. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 31, 07:22 4
  - this is why I drink black coffee - znufrii Aug 31, 07:31 1
    - I'm slowly transitioning over to green tea which doesn't need extras but it's hard sometimes. Today was the perfect day for iced decaf mocha. -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 07:35
  - Well duh. They're serving *you*. - JaxSean Aug 31, 07:25
  - yeah - i was at a DD as well. -- nm - Diva Aug 31, 07:23
- speaking of coffeeshops... - znufrii Aug 31, 07:14 2
  - We moved out of that office building to one down the corner. Every now and then I go by the old place and he's still there. - Diva Aug 31, 07:20 1
    - it's kind of sad that he's still there - znufrii Aug 31, 07:29
Don Homer you are up, Stacy was assigned someone -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 07:11 1
- DH has picked, I believe David has a list for Brian... -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 07:27
What's the status of the Astronauts clock? When did it start and when does it end? -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 07:10 7
- it never ends. the draft is an infinite corridor from which there is no exit....nm - xi Aug 31, 07:22
- I've assigned a person to Reagen. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 31, 07:17
- Technically, it should be up now. I don't know for sure who he'd get assigned so until Commish weighs in, I'm cool with waiting. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 07:11 3
  - Crap. (nm) - Will Hunting Aug 31, 07:17 2
    - I hope I never took your second choice. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 31, 07:27 1
      - Nope....you didn't take him. - Will Hunting Aug 31, 07:59
- paradoxically, it never ends. -- nm - decline Aug 31, 07:11
Posting for Berymandering. Kids broke my camera this weekend knocking it off the kitchen table. Need a replacement which has now become my birthday -- (link) - oblique Aug 31, 07:09 6
- T2i! T2i! (Just saying. :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 31, 08:25
- sweet. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 07:12
- very nice -- nm - decline Aug 31, 07:11 3
  - I first started looking at the XSi but it's only $40 cheaper. Totally not worth it -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 07:11 2
    - that's the one I have (they didn't have the t1i when I got mine). Such an amazing camera -- nm - decline Aug 31, 07:14 1
      - It will be interesting going from an XT to the T1i. I'm wondering how many of the features I'm going to notice going from DSLR to DSLR -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 07:15
Freedom! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 07:08

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