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ugh. so we're installing a new server, and apparently some software upgrades. IT guy messed with my computer last night, and now all my settings are - mafic Sep 9, 17:53
Breezy. -- nm - stewie Sep 9, 17:45 2
- too eazy. -- nm - samara Sep 9, 17:51
- spoils - Krusty Sep 9, 17:46
"Jared Allen: Culinary Academy" - bugsy Sep 9, 17:45
Are you ready for some football! -- nm - amoxy Sep 9, 17:40 3
- No -- nm - Jay Cutler Sep 9, 17:58
- No. -- nm - The Minnesota Vikings Sep 9, 17:45
- No. -- nm - the liioulu with chocolate cake recipes Sep 9, 17:43
Survivor Pool: Numbers remaining (I AM reserving 5 though, so pick away) - Beaker Sep 9, 17:38 34
- 9 -- nm - Dano Sep 9, 17:47
- 10 please -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 17:47 1
  - oops, missed the post below. -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 17:48
- 5 -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 9, 17:43 1
  - Me am read good. - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 9, 17:44
- 1 -- nm - Guigue Sep 9, 17:42 7
  - now I think people are just fucking with me... -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 17:43 6
    - Just wait til NWBR shows up and starts trading numbers with other people. -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 17:48 2
      - *laughing* -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 17:59
      - heh -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 17:53
    - you did say numbers remaining. -- nm - CQ Sep 9, 17:44 1
      - and then numbers gone. it twas confusing :) -- nm - CQ Sep 9, 17:45
    - You said "number remaining" in the subject, I assumed the numbers in the IM were still available! :) -- nm - Guigue Sep 9, 17:44
- con carne and amoxy get to repick and it is then closed till tomorrow. -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 17:42 7
  - Any idea when tomorrow? -- nm - Guigue Sep 9, 17:47 3
    - pick one -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 17:53 2
      - 14 15 or 20 -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 17:53 1
        
        Yay! 14! -- nm - Guigue Sep 9, 17:57
  - I read it as numbers available -- nm - amoxy Sep 9, 17:44
  - We need to tell Burnett that the game needs more players :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 9, 17:43
  - :( -- nm - Guigue Sep 9, 17:43
- sorry 20 -- nm - amoxy Sep 9, 17:42
- "w -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 9, 17:40 1
  - "what we have here is a failure to communicate" :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Sep 9, 17:41
- 19 -- nm - amoxy Sep 9, 17:40 1
  - gone -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 17:41
- 11 -- nm - con_carne Sep 9, 17:40 1
  - gone -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 17:41
- lucky 13. -- nm - mafic Sep 9, 17:39 2
  - dammit, I read bad. 17. -- nm - mafic Sep 9, 17:40 1
    - nice catch :) -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 17:42
- 6 -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 17:39
- 4 more numbers open for tonight and that is it dammit. -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 17:39 1
  - Ooh, I sorta made Beaker say dammit. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with chocolate cake recipes Sep 9, 17:40
Beaker, may I have No. 3 ? -- nm - BAD Sep 9, 17:35 6
- Do you have any numbers left? - amoxy Sep 9, 17:38 1
  - see above -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 17:39
- Sure, Roger, Jovian and Jen Bro get their numbers too. -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 17:37 1
  - REALLY???? So I get #8? oh this is GREAT!!! Thank you Thank you Thank you! -- nm - JenBro Sep 9, 17:57
- will you be around tomorrow? -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 17:36 1
  - Go ahead and give no. 3 to somebody else...Make them happy... -- nm - BAD Sep 9, 17:47
Book recommendations, please. I have just finished The Hunger Games series (verdict: pretty engaging even with the teen angst). nm - ralph wiggum Sep 9, 17:29 8
- Flicker by Theodore Roszak -- (link) - Dano Sep 9, 17:46
- did you read Never Let Me Go when it originally came out? - bugsy Sep 9, 17:32 5
  - I did. You might be better off reading it first though. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 9, 17:33 4
    - is Jonathan Franzen's "Freedom" out down there? - bugsy Sep 9, 17:36 1
      - Might be. I'm still a little mad at him from The Corrections. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 9, 17:37
    - i do know -- nm - bugsy Sep 9, 17:35 1
      - The book was still really good, but I think I would have enjoyed it more (minor spoiler) - ralph wiggum Sep 9, 17:36
- Plum Island by Nelson Demille -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 17:31
Way to ruin a good song DMB - Stephen Sep 9, 17:27 1
- I was just gonna say that it didn't suck nearly as much as I would have thought. -- nm - TFox Sep 9, 17:38
what, were Hootie & The Blowfish previously engaged? -- nm - bugsy Sep 9, 17:23 2
- I'm sayin'. -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 17:25 1
  - hasn't New Orleans suffered enough? -- nm - bugsy Sep 9, 17:26
TSG's Week 1 NFL picks -- (link) - Beaker Sep 9, 17:22 1
- "NFL owners: You give them credit. Stop with the "enhanced schedule" crap and man up. You're ripping off the CFL. Just admit it" -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 17:25
BREAKING NEWS: ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that Brett Favre will be on television tonight -- nm - CQ Sep 9, 17:18 1
- What time? tbd -- nm - Max Sep 9, 17:33
that new Pizza Pop ad (inside brain) is Best Ever -- nm - mud Sep 9, 17:13
Dr. Phil's topic tomorrow is called "Can't Get Over 9/11" -- nm - con_carne Sep 9, 17:05 2
- NINE ELEVEN! -- nm - Rudy Giuliani Sep 9, 17:12
- what about Macho Grande? -- nm - Ted Stryker Sep 9, 17:10
Big Brother spoil - prayformojo Sep 9, 17:03 1
- Yep, televised and everything. -- nm - not2fast Sep 9, 17:22
Iran's going to release one of the three US hikers. The girl. -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 9, 17:02 7
- doesn't she have cancer? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 9, 17:05 6
  - if I used this, I would need to eventually shave my head. I'm trying to *grow* my hair. ohwaitwrongthread. -- nm - chromanda Sep 9, 17:12 5
    - heh, did the story of the girl here who faked cancer make the news in the US? -- (link) - Andie Sep 9, 17:20 4
      - She's like a real life Charlie Kelly. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 9, 17:52
      - wait, she faked cancer to make her family *less* crazy? -- nm - mafic Sep 9, 17:36
      - There seem to have been several over the last few years. - Stephen Sep 9, 17:24 1
        
        oh, and the morning radio show I listen to just covered this story last week (or so) - Stephen Sep 9, 17:26
Dear stalkee: Your package is *finally* in the mail as of today. Sorry for tardiness - ty97 Sep 9, 16:59 1
- Dear mandy: Your pacakage is in the mail too. - ty97 Sep 9, 16:59
More evidence of 4chan doing nice things. -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 9, 16:55
What is it with the NFL network and opening night singers no NFL fans would care about? -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 16:54 3
- I plan to watch Wipeout till the game starts -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 17:05
- well, nfl fans are already watching, its a cheap ploy to get wives or other non fans to watch -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 9, 17:03 1
  - crappy sound -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 9, 17:09
Did anyone else spot this? Gail was clearly wearing a (hearing aid? some other type of earpiece?) during Top Chef last night. -- nm - prayformojo Sep 9, 16:52 3
- if you look closer, about half the reality show stars/hosts have them -- nm - peglegpete Sep 9, 16:59
- I noticed this on master chef and assumed it the producers directing traffic. -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 16:55
- I saw that too ... and wondered if someone was maybe "feeding her lines" or something? -- nm - JenBro Sep 9, 16:53
Looks like we just got some slapdick player they picked up . . . -- nm - Rex Ryan Sep 9, 16:47
*cancels B2* -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 9, 16:44
I have a rule that I don't talk about my personal life at work ever. ever. all anyone knows is that I have a sister, because, hello? what else do you - chromanda Sep 9, 16:44 48
- my work is like all personal things all the time. I spent much of yesterday afternoon judging men on eharmony. - mafic Sep 9, 17:46
- You could say that you're not marrying me. -- nm - Dano Sep 9, 17:25 1
  - Or she has to take you lingerie shopping. -- nm - the liioulu with chocolate cake recipes Sep 9, 17:28
- renaissance faire? -- nm - CQ Sep 9, 17:10
- Rehab. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 9, 17:02 13
  - not a bad idea, but would I *actually* have to stop drinking? because that could be rough. -- nm - chromanda Sep 9, 17:04 8
    - Carrotectomy -- nm - Max Sep 9, 17:25
    - Sex addiction, duh! nm - ralph wiggum Sep 9, 17:05 6
      - Cake addiction. - the liioulu with chocolate cake recipes Sep 9, 17:24
      - Curse your fast fingers! (Is what she'd say) -- nm - Reagen Sep 9, 17:06 4
        
        Even a blind squirrel makes the first slut joke once in a while. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 9, 17:07 3
        
        I have made this my gtalk status. I hope you're pleased. -- nm - chromanda Sep 9, 17:11 1
        
        Woo! Next goal, "Bartlett's Familar Quotations." nm - ralph wiggum Sep 9, 17:12
        
        oddly, this was my exact fortune cookie fortune last sunday. - prayformojo Sep 9, 17:10
  - Ooooh, or gender reassignment! nm - ralph wiggum Sep 9, 17:03 3
    - "Sorry, Halloween is the most important holiday in the pagan year. My coven would kill me if I missed the ritual sacrifice." nm - ralph wiggum Sep 9, 17:10 2
      - ahem, the ritual of sacrafice happens about now actually (ie:burning man, wickerman) -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 9, 17:19 1
        
        You know what else covens frown upon? Stepping on people's jokes. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 9, 17:21
- ~low interest rates and good health insurance...~ -- nm - Max Sep 9, 16:55
- I think you should be mysterious and just tell them you scheduled the time off well in advance because it requires advance - JenBro Sep 9, 16:51 1
  - I'd go with this. -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 17:36
- tell them you have a prior commitment to kill someone. say they wronged you 8 years ago and the time for cold revenge cannot be changed -- nm - dogbert Sep 9, 16:50 1
  - "....see, there was this woman named ashley..." -- nm - chromanda Sep 9, 16:52
- I'd suggest 'sister getting married' - ty97 Sep 9, 16:46 17
  - my sister got married last year. I'm my only hope, really. -- nm - chromanda Sep 9, 16:49 6
    - your *other* sister is getting married -- nm - ty97 Sep 9, 16:50 5
      - dude, ann is going to kick your ass. I'm so telling her you said this. -- nm - chromanda Sep 9, 16:52 4
        
        This is why I like your other sister more. -- nm - ty97 Sep 9, 16:54
        
        step-sister, - decline Sep 9, 16:53 2
        
        and you're in the wedding party. -- nm - mafic Sep 9, 17:38
        
        you are so on the good side of the joneses lately, decline. *sparkling in your general direction.* -- nm - chromanda Sep 9, 16:54
  - i'd say 'mother.' -- nm - Andie Sep 9, 16:47
  - this. no trail they can trace to your benefits or something -- nm - Beaker Sep 9, 16:47 8
    - but I don't have to have my husband on my benefits. and I can claim whatever I want on taxes. it's not relevant to my work life. is it? -- nm - chromanda Sep 9, 16:57 4
      - obviously you're going to need to take maternity leave within a year, so they won't promote you. - ty97 Sep 9, 16:57 3
        
        (today we were talking about a student scenario and we always do this in the first person. so I said to shaman and goody, "so I'm a military student, - chromanda Sep 9, 16:59 2
        
        You could claim to be starting weekend warrior training, but I think even an atheist might go to hell for that. -- nm - Max Sep 9, 17:01 1
        
        don't all atheists go to hell anyway? -- nm - mafic Sep 9, 17:43
    - see how I mentioned a sitcom-esque spiral? This is episode three. :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 16:49 2
      - it is pretty good. (I must say when I had personal things at work, I would print out random photos of dudes on the internet and hang them up. - chromanda Sep 9, 16:51 1
        
        that is hilarious - the truth when people will assume otherwise always cracks me up -- nm - JenBro Sep 9, 16:52
- I'll assume that the last line of your IM refers to concocting a white lie to keep the vacation time you deserve ... - Beryllium Sep 9, 16:46 1
  - Wait, doesn't she already have a fake husband, and maybe a fake divorce? -- nm - the liioulu with chocolate cake recipes Sep 9, 16:47
- *volunteers as mandy's fake husband* -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 9, 16:45 4
  - *or lesbian wife* I've got the haircut. Whatever. It's cool. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 9, 16:46 3
    - You're already far back in line. -- nm - the liioulu with chocolate cake recipes Sep 9, 16:46 2
      - F*CK! -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 9, 16:53 1
        
        Back of the line don't get no nookie -- nm - ty97 Sep 9, 16:55
Torontostravaganza! - ty97 Sep 9, 16:36
yesterday, at a random place that was not work (do you hear that hipaa people?), someone I may or may not know from work, just happened to be standing - dogbert Sep 9, 16:36 5
- someone just blindsided himself. -- nm - Max Sep 9, 16:58
- This is a true L5. -- nm - David Sep 9, 16:47
- Oopsy. - the liioulu with chocolate cake recipes Sep 9, 16:39
- That was sufficently cryptic -- nm - amoxy Sep 9, 16:38
- I hope that your friend stuck to his guns. Some things need to be said. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 16:38

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