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Note to self: "uppity" is not an appropriate word to use when describing another group's attitude in a corporate turf battle. -- nm - znufrii Oct 11, 10:20 2
- Dead employee says what?! -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 10:21
- please tell me there were some black people present. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 10:21
long shot: anyone happen to know any super secret squirrel sources to find amazing last minute airfare deals? - kare Oct 11, 10:13 3
- go to boeing field and hang out by the coffee shop and see if you can hitch a ride on a corp jet going that way -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 11, 10:29
- You check Southwest.com? -- nm - Jim Oct 11, 10:19
- Priceline? -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 10:15
I hate trivia questions that are not clear. "What was the first state to allow women's sufferage" - sycor Oct 11, 10:12 2
- Misspelling "suffrage" certainly doesn't help. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 11, 10:15 1
  - yup, becuase that's making me think that the 1st "sufferage" state was Massachussetts with the Salem witch trials. -- nm - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 11, 10:17
This is nice. Warner Bros.' 11 censored cartoons to get a release. - TWuG Oct 11, 10:08 4
- *waits for znu to make a post about this that makes no sense* -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:10
- Even the titles make you shudder. - Reagen Oct 11, 10:10 2
  - Agreed. Not something I'll trot out for family gatherings, but the completist in me wants to see them -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 10:19
  - yeah, but the cartoon fan in me wants to buy this just to have them... and see what the hubbub is all albout -- nm - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 11, 10:16
2 pages in to Th Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and I think the author has lost me already. -- nm - LMS Oct 11, 10:02 2
- "Turn to page 27. Now back to page 1. Now page 27. Now page 1. I'm on a shelf." -- nm - Max Oct 11, 10:03 1
  - *moo* "Cow" -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 10:20
Head of Hungarian company responsible for red sludge catastrophe arrested, faces up to 10 years in jail. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 11, 10:01 3
- I'm interested in the timelines of all of this - Reagen Oct 11, 10:12
- Where is the CEO of BP now? :) -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 10:10
- but he said he was sorry. -- nm - CQ Oct 11, 10:01
The problem with rooting for a Braves victory tonight is that I would also be rooting for a Braves player to get injured. - David Oct 11, 10:00 8
- At this point...I don't see either team having a remote shot against the Phillies...but you have to root for the win yes? -- nm - Jim Oct 11, 10:07 1
  - Of course. Baseball playoffs are always about momentum. - David Oct 11, 10:10
- Like I said last night, it was a great victory for the Giants, but I really felt for Conrad - amoxy Oct 11, 10:02 1
  - He's one of the primary reasons we're here and I want so badly to give him a hug. -- nm - David Oct 11, 10:03
- It's sad that Hinske had his Francisco Cabrera-type moment taken away. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 10:02 1
  - I can't imagine how hard that would have been for Billy Wagner to watch. -- nm - David Oct 11, 10:04
- Well, I can say that I don't think anymore Braves will be injured this year, then. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:01 1
  - Woohoo! - David Oct 11, 10:02
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- They will probably lose two more games, go on a 6 game winning streak to hint that they are back in the hunt - amoxy Oct 11, 10:14 1
  - Just enough to save his job for 1 more year. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 10:20
- 8 wins takes it. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 10:05 2
  - Max Hall to the rescue! -- nm - David Oct 11, 10:05 1
    - More teams should light a fire under their defence by starting raw, undrafted rookie QBs. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 10:07
To be fair, the guy at the Philly rally was only naked because the Secret Service wouldn't allow him to wear the Green Man outfit. - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 11, 09:56 2
- I thought it was the "Naked Man" from HIMYM -- nm - amoxy Oct 11, 09:56 1
  - *superman pose* -- nm - znufrii Oct 11, 09:57
ST Good News Quiz: My wife was notified today that payroll was audited and her employer owes her money - Strongbad Oct 11, 09:55 28
- Next she'll win $50 in a beauty pageant! -- nm - Dano Oct 11, 10:07
- $13.13 -- nm - jnine Oct 11, 10:04
- $732 -- nm - mara Oct 11, 09:59
- $43.29 -- nm - CQ Oct 11, 09:58
- $731 -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 09:57 14
  - Your new "Think Like David" strategy will pay huge dividends in life. -- nm - David Oct 11, 09:59 13
    - Wheras he should be "Thinking like Amoxy" to win the prize -- nm - amoxy Oct 11, 10:04 12
      - BANHAMMER!!! -- nm - David Oct 11, 10:07 11
        
        Who? Me, you or Spawn? - amoxy Oct 11, 10:12 10
        
        Like David would *ever* have me banned. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:17 8
        
        Semi-related: groiny keeps sexually harassing me on Halo. -- nm - David Oct 11, 10:19 1
        
        Well, trying to. - Spawn Oct 11, 10:20
        
        You have dirty pictures of him and Reagen? -- nm - amoxy Oct 11, 10:19 5
        
        He hires a lookalike for those. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 10:20 2
        
        Well, you should have. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:21
        
        (Brendan Fraser) -- nm - David Oct 11, 10:21
        
        see also DBYAV6. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:19 1
        
        13 feet of sexual chemistry! -- nm - David Oct 11, 10:20
        
        BAN EVERYONE!!! - David Oct 11, 10:13
- OBAMA! -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 11, 09:56
- $730 -- nm - David Oct 11, 09:56
- $1240 -- nm - amoxy Oct 11, 09:56 1
  - **WINNER** - Strongbad Oct 11, 10:03
- $2.50 -- nm - decline Oct 11, 09:56
- $0.26 -- nm - Max Oct 11, 09:56
- One million dollars! -- nm - znufrii Oct 11, 09:55 1
  - and 37 cents. - znufrii Oct 11, 09:56
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Ika-dot-org players, check your inbox and see the monster I just discovered. Even I'm not crazy enough to take that on. -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 11, 09:51 4
- IF you had a forge it would be not much of a problem -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 11, 10:30
- I wish I was closer. Tempted to move a city out there for it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 09:53 2
  - Move troops to Mopolis. It's right there. If you want to try, I'll throw in some support. -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 11, 09:55 1
    - Spoils transport would take forever. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 09:57
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- BORING!!!!!!! -- nm - nubby Oct 11, 09:55
- Christina Hendricks' rack -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 09:48 22
  - This is why Redmond has never really been "one of us". -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 11, 09:51
  - I'm not a big fan. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 09:50 20
    - bullet boobs. -- nm - kare Oct 11, 10:14 1
      - Bullets? Try a-bombs. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:22
    - from the Firefly days, yes. Now, not so much. -- nm - decline Oct 11, 09:53 1
      - this -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 09:55
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    - nor am I. -- nm - CQ Oct 11, 09:52
    - I'd say you're brave for coming out, but even gay dudes appreciate it. - Reagen Oct 11, 09:52
    - I was but fear that if expansion continues the gravitational shift will endanger the tenuous stability of the tectonic plates. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 09:52
    - She just looks like the prettiest girl. The rack is bonus. -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 11, 09:51
    - Bery, I call for the banhammer on this. -- nm - David Oct 11, 09:51 10
      - I will not be rebuked by a shill for the brassiere industry. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 09:53 4
        
        Hurry up before he posts further nonsense, bery! -- nm - David Oct 11, 09:54 3
        
        Look, I watched Weird Science studiously. I know how to construct a woman, and Macy's Parade Balloon Character isn't it. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 09:59 2
        
        The next thing you know you'll be wearing a bra on your head. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 10:04
        
        She's why plastic surgery is a joke. Nature is so much better at getting the whole thing right. - David Oct 11, 10:02
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        I can't see anything for Christina Hendrick's breasts. They're like an eclipse. -- nm - David Oct 11, 09:54 2
        
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        BANHAMMER!!! -- nm - David Oct 11, 09:57
        
        preach it, brother! -- nm - wardrobe Oct 11, 09:54
Now we know what Big Mike was doing while they rebuilt the Buy More -- (link) - TWuG Oct 11, 09:43
Strongbad: If people like Paladino don't represent the Tea Party, then the Tea Party should do a better job of finding people who represent it. - Reagen Oct 11, 09:38 14
- If terrorists don't represent the Muslim community, than the Muslim community should do a better job of finding people who represent it. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 11, 09:44 9
  - The tea partiers voted for Paladino. They could have voted for the other guy or endorsed a better candidate. -- nm - pmb Oct 11, 09:47 6
    - I'll concede that they might not have know how big a douchebag he was initially. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 09:47 5
      - I haven't followed this, but I find it hard to believe that nobody had a clue about his level of douchebaggery at the time of the primary. -- nm - pmb Oct 11, 09:48 3
        
        see, but on a national level he is a king-level douchebag, but in Upstate NY? not so much - decline Oct 11, 09:50 2
        
        Is this like Chris Rock's but about Marion Berry being elected Mayor of Cracktown? -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 09:51 1
        
        What we're seeing now is that the areas where the crazies try to out-crazy one another are getting more national attention. -- nm - David Oct 11, 09:57
      - doubtful. he wasn't exactly an unknown in NY politics before announcing his run. -- nm - znufrii Oct 11, 09:48
  - But then numerous Muslim groups denounce, for example, OBL, terrorism and specific terror attacks. - Reagen Oct 11, 09:46
  - They have. But you all keep telling them they have to move their mosque further away from Ground Zero. -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 09:45
- There is no one "Tea Party," though. -- nm - mara Oct 11, 09:39 3
  - Which is the one that hates gays? -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 09:44
  - This. Tea Partiers are self-labeling wingnuts, not an actual party. Yet. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Oct 11, 09:40 1
    - Pfft. They're a wholly owned subsidiary of the GOP. -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 09:44
More ramblings on my blog: Something Minor This Way Blogs ... check it out! :) -- (link) - Beryllium.ca (Wordpress Auto-Blogger) Oct 11, 09:32 3
- I need more cool things to put on my blog. Too tired to deal with it though. -- nm - sycor Oct 11, 09:49
- Hah, I should turn that off :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Oct 11, 09:35 1
  - I was thinking "When did we get automatic blog importing"? :) -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 10:12
I've rediscovered one of my favorite CDs from the 90s. "Harmacy" by Sebadoh. -- nm - Dano Oct 11, 09:28
BTW, did I see a SheFox posting over the weekend? -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 09:27 6
- was it legit, though? - znufrii Oct 11, 09:40 4
  - The boxes say "Subject" and "Message." Why wouldn't she type her message in the IM? -- nm - mara Oct 11, 09:43 3
    - but would she know to put "-- nm" in the subject to disguise a message? -- (link) - znufrii Oct 11, 09:45 [Backboard] 2
      - She was just copying the subject heading of the previous post. -- nm - mara Oct 11, 09:46 1
        
        that would explain it, then. -- nm - znufrii Oct 11, 09:46
- Yup, we've been found out :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 11, 09:39
Rachel Maddow thinks Carl Paladino is really a performance art project. I think she may be on to something. - not2fast Oct 11, 09:27 2
- Agreed to a degree. What purpose could his speech this weekend possibly serve? He wasn't fringe enough? -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Oct 11, 09:52
- He's a piece of work. He's gonna lose, but it's almost kind of fun watching him do so in such an odd way -- nm - CQ Oct 11, 09:30
"shoot the hostage" doesn't work in real life -- (link) - znufrii Oct 11, 09:24 1
- It's *Shoot* the hostage, not *grenade* the hostage. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 09:25
If this meeting doesn't end soon, I'm going to run naked trough it. - ty97 Oct 11, 09:22 2
- Just get up and leave. -- nm - sycor Oct 11, 09:37
- throw a book -- nm - mara Oct 11, 09:25
Birthday FMK: Michelle Trachtenberg (25), Emily Deschanel (34), Jane Krakowski (42)? -- nm - nubby Oct 11, 09:22 5
- K (she doesn't exist anyway), FMFMFMFMFMFMF, K repeatedly for the monstrosity that is 30 Rock. -- nm - David Oct 11, 09:48
- if it was Zooey, this would be a no brainer, but FMK -- nm - Guy Oct 11, 09:45
- easiest FMK in a while. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 09:36
- Front desk girl at the hotel looks like black-haired cousin of Zoey D. - ty97 Oct 11, 09:22 1
  - Katy Perry's career fell off faster than I expected. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 09:24
So what are the chances that Sanchez and Harvin outscore Petersen by 37+? - oblique Oct 11, 09:17
I admit it...if I were a billionaire I'd be doing stuff just like that mentioned on B2. - Mel Profit Oct 11, 09:16 5
- You'd show up naked at an Obama rally? -- nm - Dano Oct 11, 09:21 1
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- also - znufrii Oct 11, 09:20
- If you're rich enough, it's not crazy, it's *eccentric*. :) -- nm - znufrii Oct 11, 09:20
- This is essentially the point of Peter Serafinowicz's character on Running WIlde. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 09:18
Film publicist recounts "the worst publicity experience of his career." Wonder what movie. Something from the early 80s based on info he gives. -- (link) - Dano Oct 11, 09:15 3
- Goldie Hawn movie, maybe? -- nm - flavorize Oct 11, 09:33 1
  - Has she ever been in a movie with a lot of stars? -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 09:41
- Just like that time Ben Affleck blew it with Will Smith. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 09:19
But Kohl's registers are up front. And the newer Sears and Penney's too. -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 09:12 2
- I think it's just that they're not discount stores. Target's the one I'm not sure about. -- nm - mara Oct 11, 09:16
- The times, they are a changin'. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 09:12
Dear Italian co-workers: Cell Phones have silent ringers. Try it. -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 09:11
Swamped at work, still took timeout to hang 150 on Red in BF -- nm - budice Oct 11, 09:09 1
- First week that Monday night won't matter for me. Which is great as I have Randy Moss playing tonight. - Spawn Oct 11, 09:16

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