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- I'm going to reserve judgment on this deal for a week or so. - FoxtoFail Oct 6, 06:05 3
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    - I'm not a draftologist but, does the uncapped year/lockout impact that at all? -- nm - FoxtoFail Oct 6, 06:11 1
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Almost 23 Million American households are facing a tax increase unless Congress acts before December 31 -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 6, 06:01 9
- so by not changing the alternative minimum tax laws he's increasing taxes? -- nm - mafic Oct 6, 06:13 1
  - Congress has the power to change it, not Obama. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 06:14
- well, then he'd better get a fix in. - znufrii Oct 6, 06:11 1
  - They'll object regardless of what happens. - Strongbad Oct 6, 06:13
- Same as its been ever year for the past several years. And then Congress acts to put in a one year fix. Your link title is a bit disingenuous. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 6, 06:06 4
  - What's disingenuous about it? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 06:07 3
    - The Obama thing makes it seem like this is an issue that he alone has dealt with - Will Hunting Oct 6, 06:09 2
      - yep. comes up every year. the inevitable reprieve will put it off again until 2011....nm - xi Oct 6, 06:11
      - Granted... I guess. It's still a tax hike. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 06:10
Your 2010-11 Washington Wizards...give us your tired, your poor, your underwhelming draft picks..... - Will Hunting Oct 6, 06:00 3
- ... -- nm - marcel Oct 6, 09:43
- I keep waiting for Blatche's bubble to burst... but it looks like he's still making himself better all the time - stewie Oct 6, 06:12 1
  - When Blatche implodes, I imagine it'll involve the words arrest and potential jail time. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 06:30
Liverpool Agrees on $476 Million Sale of Club to Red Sox Owner -- (link) - CQ Oct 6, 05:57 6
- Jesus, missing the Champions League is like 30mil pounds of revenue? - Will Hunting Oct 6, 06:05 1
  - thoyes. those games are huge financially. even the europa league stuff brings good coin....nm - xi Oct 6, 06:10
- that's cool. rehabbing those clowns may actually be tougher than bringing a championship to the sox....nm - xi Oct 6, 06:04 2
  - How'd Tom Hicks manage to get like a billion dollars in approvals that he couldn't handle? - Will Hunting Oct 6, 06:07 1
    - There was a Panorama programme on this a few months back. As far as I remember it's tied up in shopping malls that have failed. -- nm - LMS Oct 6, 06:10
- *awesome*. -- nm - FoxtoFail Oct 6, 06:01
my last class is tonight. it feels like I started *yesterday.* -- nm - chromanda Oct 6, 05:53 2
- I didn't realize you were taking classes again. Dr. Amanda?? -- nm - Don Homer Oct 6, 05:54 1
  - GRE test prep. back to school in fall, I think. I'm also completing paperwork *right now* in another window to take online classes through my parent - chromanda Oct 6, 06:05
Huh....there's the nervousness. - Will Hunting Oct 6, 05:52 4
- you're worried about whether I'll wear my red dress or my blue, aren't you? I know, I know... - Diva Oct 6, 06:24
- Take a meeting. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 6, 05:54 1
  - *ahem* I think you mean: "choke yourself while jerking off." -- nm - mafic Oct 6, 06:00
- you need to eat some bacon and a stack of flapjacks. -- nm - CQ Oct 6, 05:53
What are your plans for 10-10-10? -- (link) - oblique Oct 6, 05:44
"Temba, his arms wide!" - Strongbad Oct 6, 05:31
The new blu-ray of The Exorcist is very nice, for those who like the movie. Contains both the theatrical (which I watched last night) plus the - Don Homer Oct 6, 05:02
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- any word on Moss' contract extension? -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 04:57 1
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- either the Pats really wanted to get rid of him or the SD GM is on crack... -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 04:40 12
  - Jackson is 27... Moss is 33... and now Jackson is being linked to the Patriots - stewie Oct 6, 05:07 8
    - true enough (the Pats have 2 firsts too don;t forget) -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 05:10 7
      - and also Carolina's second and Denver's fourth -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 05:15 6
        
        Of course all the picks in the world haven't stopped them from not drafting well the past 2-3 years. - Will Hunting Oct 6, 05:49 5
        
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        This has got to help him (and favre) fantasy-wise, right? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 06:09 2
        
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        and hurt Welker? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 06:09
        
        They've seen him quit on 2 teams already.....why be the hat trick when you can still do well this season? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 06:08
  - probably a little of both -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 04:40 2
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      - Now you're going to have to alternate Farve and Moss jerseys on game day!! - Don Homer Oct 6, 04:51
Dear Grilled Cheesus - CovingtonCat Oct 6, 02:31
FYI: Maybe not by coincidence, Randy Moss launched a fantasy football site, yesterday -- (link) - flavorize Oct 6, 00:02
Bery's search must not not like such simple terms as "Let Me In" but then again, I didn't much care for the movie, so it's all good. -- nm - Qale Oct 5, 23:59 1
- most of those are "stop words". did you try it in quotes? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 00:00
Go Marco Chiudinelli! -- nm - Dano Oct 5, 22:21
In before everyone else: Today's xkcd is...um, wow. - Tim Oct 5, 22:10 6
- Rick Rolling Hills. heh -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 05:41
- Kanye's Isle of Sadness. Heh. -- nm - Jelly Oct 6, 03:20
- Weird, there's something called Happy Farm that's bigger than Farmville? - Stephen Oct 5, 22:24 1
  - it's big in asia. -- nm - b! Oct 5, 22:41
- No ST? - amoxy (4-0 in Cavemen) Oct 5, 22:17 1
  - Down in the left, we have a tiny island. - nubby Oct 6, 05:04
*really* god damned frustrating when the ten free minutes between baby outbursts is spent dealing with non-reponsive http daemons. Grr. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 22:07
also, i think it's kinda cute the way my dad and his wife were all law-abiding this week when "hands-free" went into effect in Maryland - bugsy Oct 5, 22:05 4
- Texting-While-Driving Bans Increase Crashes, Study Says -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 6, 06:05
- :( - kelly Oct 6, 04:28
- smart. they like to set examples when new laws like that go into effect; best not to be a statistic -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 23:36 1
  - I was in new zealand the day the law came into effect there. they specifically stated they'd be hardasses about it for the first month. - mafic Oct 6, 02:14
where's JenBro? - bugsy Oct 5, 21:54 4
- *smack* but, really, phew. -- nm - b! Oct 5, 21:56 3
  - you're no pollyanna - bugsy Oct 5, 21:56 2
    - heh. - b! Oct 5, 22:04 1
      - *cuts up your pizza* -- nm - bugsy Oct 5, 22:06
Our local paper has the strangest headlines..... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Oct 5, 21:50 1
- Wow, a whole year... -- nm - Stephen Oct 5, 22:18
Anyone know what the facebook status mean today? They are all "dirty" about liking it in different locations. - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 5, 21:48 2
- Look down the page -- nm - amoxy (4-0 in Cavemen) Oct 5, 21:50 1
  - haha. ST is too quick. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 5, 21:53
Boy, Glee. This is one subtle and sophisticated discussion on religion. Heckuva job. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 5, 21:44 2
- cause that's Glee. deep, reasoned, and nuanced explorations of the issues of the day -- nm - bugsy Oct 5, 21:45 1
  - I didn't have a high bar set for them to begin with... - Dr.Vermin Oct 5, 21:47
i for one think it's great that mandy is considering Hamburger U for a management-level career -- nm - bugsy Oct 5, 21:43 6
- professor grimace already told me that I can sub extra pickles for onions on my app. -- nm - miss amanda jones Oct 5, 21:44 5
  - "Sandra Bullock is the world's bitchiest CEO whose job gets downsized in the Great Recession. now she's forced to take whatever job she can find" - bugsy Oct 5, 21:49
  - Just be careful if they try to tell you that you can transfer to Bovine University. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 5, 21:47 3
    - unrelated: super glad to hear everyone is back home at Casa del Wiggs -- nm - bugsy Oct 5, 21:50 2
      - Thanks. I very much appreciated all the support from my friends all over the world. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 5, 21:54
      - yah? yay! -- nm - b! Oct 5, 21:52
Just made plans for Christmas and July 4th. - psilotum Oct 5, 21:42 8
- And I thought I was planning too far ahead...Christmas, March, and August so far :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 5, 21:52 7
  - You have to book campgrounds far, far in advance. - psilotum Oct 5, 21:58 2
    - Nice! Where abouts? We rarely use improved sites, except at Chaco and Mesa Verde. My planning, right now, involves motel related trips. -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 5, 22:02 1
      - Grayland Beach, on the WA coast. -- nm - psilotum Oct 6, 06:45
  - did you decide on somewhere for Christmas? -- nm - bugsy Oct 5, 21:53 3
    - Pretty sure it'll be Laughlin. -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 5, 21:55 2
      - Viva Laughlin! -- nm - bugsy Oct 5, 21:56 1
        
        I've never been to Oatman. I'll probably spend some time there on Christmas Eve... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Oct 5, 22:00
LYC: my next door neighbors who argue a lot apparently now have a newborn baby. - loosilu Oct 5, 21:39 3
- Are those the ones you met drunkingly in the laundry room? -- nm - amoxy (4-0 in Cavemen) Oct 5, 21:42 1
  - no. -- nm - loosilu Oct 5, 21:43
- Nathan Jr! -- nm - bugsy Oct 5, 21:40
Today's "I can't believe this is playing in the store" song: The xx - VCR -- nm - Tim Oct 5, 21:32
omg!!! fb is down. -- nm - loosilu Oct 5, 21:27 8
- so much for "I'll play my scrabs before bed." -- nm - miss amanda jones Oct 5, 21:43 1
  - "scabs" -- nm - bugsy Oct 5, 21:43
- Down goes Facebook! Down goes Facebook!! -- nm - Howard Cosell Oct 5, 21:38 1
  - I AM the Greatest ! I AM the Greatest ! I"m the Greatest of All Time ! -- nm - Myspace Ali Oct 5, 21:41
- i'll refer you to the 4th chapter of Revelations now .. as this is one of the Seals being opened in the End Times -- nm - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 5, 21:37
- wtffb?! -- nm - psilotum Oct 5, 21:36
- so its not just me... -- nm - Stacy Oct 5, 21:32 1
  - check it. -- (link) - loosilu Oct 5, 21:38
sweet! looks like I;m actually going to get a date with the future wife. I rock! - dogbert Oct 5, 21:27 10
- You *do* rock, doggie. :-) -- nm - mara Oct 6, 05:16
- Be sure to give us some warning of Vegastravaganza :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 5, 21:51
- VNC! - Dano Oct 5, 21:33
- I told you stalking would eventually pay off. Congrats! -- nm - peglegpete Oct 5, 21:32
- *fires up the DeLorean again* -- nm - future dogbert Oct 5, 21:29 1
  - word... and bonus pts to you ! -- nm - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 5, 21:38
- Way to go Idaho! - amoxy (4-0 in Cavemen) Oct 5, 21:28
- awesome. -- nm - loosilu Oct 5, 21:28
- go you! :) - -- nm - b! Oct 5, 21:28
- :) -- nm - kare Oct 5, 21:27
There's a facebook status meme going around I just don't understand. - psilotum Oct 5, 21:22 6
- its an inside female joke and has abosilutely NOTHING to do with sex. -- nm - Stacy Oct 5, 21:33
- is it the "I like it" one or something newer? nm but: -- (link) - b! Oct 5, 21:27 2
  - *ding* - psilotum Oct 5, 21:32 1
    - I'm all for exposure of.. - b! Oct 5, 21:46
- something about favorite sexual position? -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 5, 21:27
- me neither, so far. -- nm - loosilu Oct 5, 21:25
Hurricane warning up for Survivor Island - bugsy Oct 5, 21:04
My daughter is in a bad mood and even though this scene makes me cry -- (link) - amoxy (4-0 in Cavemen) Oct 5, 20:51 [youtube]
The local historical society's presentation tonight was the city's water preservation video.... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Oct 5, 20:46
Fifteen minutes in and I'm experiencing a visceral hatred towards The Karate Kid. -- nm - Dano Oct 5, 20:05 8
- I swear this movie could be thirty minutes shorter if it didn't feel the need to also be a China travelogue. -- nm - Dano Oct 5, 21:32 1
  - And on your left you'll see the wonderous beauty that is mainland communist China. -- nm - Qale Oct 5, 23:57
- The new one? -- nm - Stephen Oct 5, 20:34 3
  - Yes. I am hating it. -- nm - Dano Oct 5, 20:45
  - who doesn't hate Danny LaRusso? - bugsy Oct 5, 20:35 1
    - Mrs. Blankenship. -- nm - Remlik Oct 5, 21:08
- are you one of the cool jock kids like Johnny? -- nm - bugsy Oct 5, 20:08 1
  - The acting is horrific. -- nm - Dano Oct 5, 20:21
I had a craving for some local mexican food...Little hole in the wall joint - amoxy (4-0 in Cavemen) Oct 5, 19:58 1
- oh, that sucks. -- nm - loosilu Oct 5, 19:59
Loosi, did you find me yet? -- nm - the checkbook Oct 5, 19:57 5
- nope. -- nm - loosilu Oct 5, 19:58 4
  - found it!!! stuck between sofa cushions. -- nm - loosilu Oct 5, 19:58 3
    - our turn to hide!! :) -- nm - the hearing aids Oct 5, 20:22 2
      - you're in my ears. HA! -- nm - loosilu Oct 5, 20:49 1
        
        Self destruct!! -- nm - the hearing aids Oct 5, 20:59
Cigar Guy (link) - Jovian Oct 5, 19:54 [Image]
"It sounds like this country is in dire need of better Christians." -- nm - David Cross Oct 5, 19:53
Fabio -- nm - amoxy (4-0 in Cavemen) Oct 5, 19:53

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