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LYC: Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" debuted at #1 on the Billboard Charts (192K sold). Good for her. - MDH Sep 3, 11:10
any gamers ever play any of the recent MLB games? if so are they enjoyable -- nm - J Sep 3, 11:09 1
- Steven Strasberg's Fastball Fury was shorter than i expected -- nm - safety sam Sep 3, 11:10
2 words I've heard about 100 times today? "Storm surge" -- nm - CQ Sep 3, 11:02 3
- AH! AH! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!....nm - xi Sep 3, 11:05 2
  - it's getting ridiculous with the people out here. -- nm - CQ Sep 3, 11:08 1
    - i've heard about multiple stores with no bread around here and apparently the local wal mart has zero d batteries left....nm - xi Sep 3, 11:11
So aparently this bot or whatever that sends penis pills or whatever it wants to send from email accounts is getting crazy - eag Sep 3, 11:01
NFL: Broncos RB LenDale White out for season. Ruptured Achilles Tendon -- (link) - budice Sep 3, 11:01 3
- Suck it up! -- nm - Rob Dibble Sep 3, 11:03
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- dang. -- nm - b. Sep 3, 11:01
SITMOP: Nyger Morgan suspended 5 games for fighting, 3 for gesturing to the crowd, plus 7 from a previous unrelated incident. 15 total. -- nm - nubby Sep 3, 11:00 14
- Ha. He used to play hockey? That fits. -- nm - Reagen Sep 3, 11:06 1
  - *poops in your gatorade cup* -- nm - Beaker Sep 3, 11:06
- He should be gone for the rest of the year -- nm - eag Sep 3, 11:01 3
  - disagree -- nm - Beaker Sep 3, 11:05 1
    - he stole 2 bases after getting HBP, then they hit him again. I'd charge the mound too -- nm - Beaker Sep 3, 11:05
  - And Gabby Sanchez is my hero for that awesome clothesline he did -- nm - eag Sep 3, 11:04
- *Nyjer* -- nm - nubby Sep 3, 11:00 7
  - I just can't fathom what his parents were thinking other than some kind of "Boy Named Sue" thing. -- nm - Reagen Sep 3, 11:02 6
    - it's a nigerian name, a version of niger. anyway, this is amusing - from wiki, he has a "sasha fierce"-esque name for himself: - b. Sep 3, 11:08 2
      - Sure. But if there's a traditional family name that sounds like "Honky", I'll just skip it, you know? -- nm - Reagen Sep 3, 11:10 1
        
        I get what you're saying, but where is the line drawn? should niger and nigeria change their names because some people can't help themselves? -- nm - b. Sep 3, 11:13
    - I agree, Reagan. -- nm - nubby Sep 3, 11:03 2
      - what ethnic slur does my name sound like? -- nm - Reagen Sep 3, 11:05 1
        
        VEGAN! -- nm - Andie Sep 3, 11:42
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Hee. I just bought Mexican pastries at Albertson's supermarket and the receipt calls it "Ethnic Cookie." -- nm - con_carne Sep 3, 10:58
NYC gangs getting creative with their names... -- (link) - znufrii Sep 3, 10:56
This Epic Mickey trailer is seriously demented. -- (link) - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 10:56
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- Considering what couldve been , he'll take that -- nm - budice Sep 3, 10:56
Has anyone heard of Oh My God peaches? O.M.G - I've got peach juice running down both arms :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 3, 10:53 3
- this whole vacation thing has got you out of control. -- nm - safety sam Sep 3, 11:01
- the writer of a blog I read has mentioned buying them up there at pike's market and maybe a local farm, too. :) - -- nm - b. Sep 3, 11:00 1
  - That's exactly where I got them - Pike's Market. 2 Peaches and 2 nectarines came to about 2 1/2 lbs. Sooo ripe and yummy. -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 3, 11:07
King Kong gets a $7500 fine for that unreal personal foul on Jake Delhomme. - Will Hunting Sep 3, 10:50 9
- It's good to see the Lions Defense with some attitude. -- nm - budice Sep 3, 10:51 8
  - That's not the kind of attitude you need on the field. - Stephen Sep 3, 10:53 6
    - Yeah, if any thing in the Protect Our QBs league merited a suspension, that did. - Will Hunting Sep 3, 11:11
    - Joe Namath got his jaw broken by the Raiders and played out the rest of the game - safety sam Sep 3, 10:58 3
      - And there's a reason why the Raiders were regarded as a dirty team... - Stephen Sep 3, 11:12
      - later he tried to hit on Suzy Kolber on national TV. We all see the consequences. -- nm - Reagen Sep 3, 10:59 1
        
        She got prettier? -- nm - budice Sep 3, 11:01
    - I don't share the same opinion on that..Ive seen a lot worse. -- nm - budice Sep 3, 10:55
  - exactly. think of it as an investment -- nm - safety sam Sep 3, 10:53
So far I've checked a NZ newspaper and TV news station, and barely a mention of the earthquake. 7.3? Meh. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 10:42 5
- the underwater cable for internet got cut? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 3, 10:56
- maybe everyone's dead!.....nm - xi Sep 3, 10:47 3
  - you would like that, wouldn't you? -- nm - safety sam Sep 3, 10:50 1
    - there's no kiwi like a dead kiwi....nm - xi Sep 3, 11:04
  - The island sunk into the sea! -- nm - decline Sep 3, 10:49
Wow, the makers of Borderlands are really officially finishing Duke Nukem Forever. -- (link) - Ender Sep 3, 10:41 5
- Free ticket to PINK2 with purchase. -- nm - Cross-promotional Dr.Vermin Sep 3, 10:48
- Guns N Roses soundtrack. -- nm - Reagen Sep 3, 10:44 1
  - ~ foam-injected Axl Rose ~ -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 10:47
- That's awesome! -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 10:42
- good think i held onto my GameStop reservation slip! -- nm - safety sam Sep 3, 10:41
20 minutes... -- nm - znufrii Sep 3, 10:39
argh. The Top News stories are showing but the Most Recent aren't (the sidebars on each side of the feed show, but nothing else). - Stephen Sep 3, 10:32
They went to a tennis match and a hockey game broke out. -- (link) - Dano Sep 3, 10:32 [youtube] 7
- Assuming the guy sitting down is the kids friend, he's the best part of the video. Never gets up, never helps, just sits there and watches the game -- nm - oblique Sep 3, 10:51
- Wow. Old dude is lucky he didn't break his neck. (And *wow* they're high up in the stands.) -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 10:38 5
  - I wish I read lips. I really want to know what the kid said at the end to make the old guy lose it - decline Sep 3, 10:39 4
    - Nothing in particular -- (link) - Reagen Sep 3, 10:58 1
      - Yeah, that's pretty straightforward. Guy is a douche, but the old guy was totally in the wrong. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 11:03
    - It seemed to me the old guy was going to go after him as soon as he moved his wife to the other side of him - oblique Sep 3, 10:48
    - It was probably his fault anyway. Damn kids nowadays. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 10:47
Opened up Firefox 3.6 and tried to fix up the button bars and strip out some superfluous stuff and realized just how f-ed up it is compared to Chrome. - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 10:29 1
- I've been playing with FF4 beta for a couple of days now. It's pretty slick -- nm - decline Sep 3, 10:32
$25 late fee after day 5, since no renters would own up to Spawn's poll. - TFox Sep 3, 10:19 6
- I was looking at my lease for the move out. Mine was $150. -- nm - Dano Sep 3, 10:42 1
  - *wow*. i think the worst i've ever seen was like $50. -- nm - TFox Sep 3, 10:43
- In all my years of renting I've never been late so it never came up. There may have been a set late charge but I don't know what it is/was. -- nm - Diva Sep 3, 10:25 3
  - Considering the late fee is almost always less than an overdraft fee or something, I've been "strategically late" on multiple occasions. -- nm - TFox Sep 3, 10:39
  - A reliable renter? *scoff* -- nm - Reagen Sep 3, 10:36
  - yah. I'd have to look at my contract. -- nm - b. Sep 3, 10:28
Took this one for our resident IT guys :) -- (link) - MojaveMeg Sep 3, 10:11 [flickr] 2
- That's tempting. -- nm - lileve Sep 3, 10:13
- heh -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 10:11
Dane, are you feeling the earthquake? "7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes near Christchurch, New Zealand, USGS says." -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 10:07 15
- what, like through the Earth? -- nm - Reagen Sep 3, 10:10 2
  - me and Hillary Swank are regulary taking trips that wa -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 3, 10:26 1
    - way -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 3, 10:26
- me? - Danedukenuuk Sep 3, 10:09 10
  - You live near Zealand! Just not New Zealand ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 10:23 1
    - this -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 3, 10:25
  - Why did I think you were in New Zealand? Is someone else there? -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 10:10 7
    - there is an st who was there, yes. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 3, 10:11 6
      - I live in NZ. I come by ST occasionally but not sure if I've posted (just on the old TT). -- nm - BalancedKiwi Sep 3, 10:57 3
        
        Oh and I'm fine. Nothing major damaged at my place, and I'm still have power and water. -- nm - BalancedKiwi Sep 3, 10:59 2
        
        Nice! Thanks for checking in. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 11:05
        
        hello! and phew! -- nm - b. Sep 3, 11:01
      - *whew* -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 10:13 1
        
        Karl was from there when we first knew him but he's in Australia now. -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 3, 10:32
- *hands JaxSean a globe* -- nm - Dano Sep 3, 10:08
so if borderlands GOTY edition with all four dlc's will be available Oct. 12th, then the newest dlc has to be available bofore that right? - tRuMaN Sep 3, 10:02 4
- One of my goals for the weekend is to get to level 61 on my first play through character. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 10:04 2
  - you should start a second, I ran into problems when I did it all with my first play through -- nm - J Sep 3, 10:05 1
    - I have a second one, but I've been spending the (little) time trying to just get that guy to 61. - JaxSean Sep 3, 10:06
- yes....or it drops the same day -- nm - J Sep 3, 10:04
You know my Relay For Life? Apparently we ended up being 11th in the state for fundraising. That's pretty awesome. Thanks to everyone who helped! - JaxSean Sep 3, 10:02 1
- Awesome! -- nm - znufrii Sep 3, 10:14
I'm wondering how my dogs will react to having to share the backyard with a pony. -- nm - crash davis Sep 3, 09:58 3
- they will be fine as long as they are bulldogs and it's a mini horse -- nm - J Sep 3, 10:07
- depends on the type of dog... - znufrii Sep 3, 10:00
- as long as it doesn't bark ? :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 3, 09:59
US Open spoilers - Dano Sep 3, 09:56 1
- Yeah, but how's his tennis? -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 09:58
Your ST Film Festival September Movie: Twelve and Holding -- (link) - Dano Sep 3, 09:54
*shoots xkcd for getting the theme song to gilligan's island stuck in my head* -- (link) - znufrii Sep 3, 09:54
Inigo, thanks for the "There Will Be Brawl" link. I watched the whole thing yesterday. - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 09:52
ST Sucka Holiday Poll: Name one great just-for-fun movie that you would recommend we watch this weekend -- nm - oblique Sep 3, 09:51 25
- Piranha 3D -- nm - sycor Sep 3, 11:02
- Scott Pilgrim works, also ... Shoot 'em Up. :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 10:24 7
  - I'd rather cut off a finger than watch Shoot 'em Up ever again. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 10:26 6
    - I almost watched it twice in the same evening. I thought it was hilarious and awesome. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 10:39 2
      - It is hilarious and awesome. I am not sure I'd dig it quite as much on a subsequent viewing... - TFox Sep 3, 10:41 1
        
        I walked out of it thinking it was either the best or worst thing I'd seen. - Will Hunting Sep 3, 10:43
    - first time I watched it I did not like it, but it grew on me after a second viewing - decline Sep 3, 10:39
    - I'm pretty sure Kelly thought it was awful and it stars Clive. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 3, 10:35 1
      - I'm pretty sure I thought it was awful and it stars Monica -- nm - prayformojo Sep 3, 10:37
- Scott Pilgrim. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 09:58
- Raising Arizona -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 3, 09:58
- Quick Change! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 3, 09:58
- Fifth Element. nm - Jim Sep 3, 09:58
- Adventures in Babysitting -- nm - Dano Sep 3, 09:57
- Blazing Saddles -- nm - JD Sep 3, 09:56
- Napoleon Dynamite -- nm - Max Sep 3, 09:54 4
  - wtf? Black Dynamite. *Black* Dynamite. -- nm - Max Sep 3, 09:55 3
    - You gonna eat your tots, you jive muthafucka?! -- nm - Black Napoleon Dynamite Sep 3, 10:33
    - I thought I was going to have to fight you. -- nm - TFox Sep 3, 10:19
    - Though might make for helluva mashup if one were to move the title characters to the other's movie -- nm - JD Sep 3, 09:57
- The Rock -- nm - Beaker Sep 3, 09:53
- Joe vs. the Vulcano -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 3, 09:53
- forgetting sarah marshall. - kare Sep 3, 09:52 1
  - nope. i've seen it ten times. -- nm - TFox Sep 3, 10:20
- faster pussycat kill! kill!....nm - xi Sep 3, 09:52
Note to self (from a month ago): Netflix is hiring Android programmers. Note to Netflix: GET ON WITH IT!!! -- (link) - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 09:50
Does Mayweather currently hold any titles? Can he be stripped of them? -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 09:49 16
- Belts are pretty much useless.....you strip him...no problems for him becuase he's still "The Man".... - Will Hunting Sep 3, 10:24
- I absolutely going to enjoy watching him get destroyed... - Mel Profit Sep 3, 09:54 12
  - When we buy this ppv and watch it, we're serving sushi. -- nm - TFox Sep 3, 10:20 2
    - This is a great idea. - Mel Profit Sep 3, 10:23
    - nice -- nm - znufrii Sep 3, 10:22
  - He'll never agree. He'll just try to ride his fame until he's just bypassed. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 09:58 1
    - Up until Mayweather ducked the last time I would have thought it was a sure thing... - Mel Profit Sep 3, 10:03
  - I would seriously consider paying to see this... -- nm - znufrii Sep 3, 09:55 4
    - I actually am considering putting a bet down on it. - Mel Profit Sep 3, 10:01 3
      - I've had $100 on Paq-man to pay even if the fight takes place in 2010. Obviously, it won't now, but I'll probably re-up. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Sep 3, 11:20
      - well, first you'd have to put a bet on it actually happening... :) - znufrii Sep 3, 10:05 1
        
        He went through the toughest boxing divisions and destroyed everyone... - Mel Profit Sep 3, 10:15
  - I am... -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 3, 09:54 1
    - this if it's on free tv -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 3, 09:56
- it's boxing, so he must hold a title from one of those endless groups...nm - xi Sep 3, 09:52
- does Big Chickenshit count as a title? -- nm - Beaker Sep 3, 09:50

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