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People will protest anything. -- (link) - Reagen Oct 15, 09:35 3
- except free beer and steaks -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 09:38
- it is biased against bees. -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:37
- I protest quadruple betrayals. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 09:36
Just once, I want to see an irreverent politician. "I'm just like every other politician!" - Beryllium Oct 15, 09:29
the cutaway scenes on the live 30 Rock episode were great. - spoilers - Beaker Oct 15, 09:24 14
- I appreciated the fact that they did a live performance. That aspect aside, last night wasn't nearly as funny as the series standard -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 09:32 4
  - I agree. - Mel Profit Oct 15, 09:35 1
    - I'm still chuckling to myself about Queen Latifah's portrayal of a congressperson the previous week. -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 09:37
  - Agreed. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 15, 09:34
  - I will agree with this (I noticed Tracy's eyes shifting to the cameras alot when he was side on) -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:33
- Agreed. And, "Did you just knit that?" -- nm - JaxSean Oct 15, 09:31 1
  - "can I smell your breath?" -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:32
- Tracy was killing me with the sound alike words. -- nm - Trish Oct 15, 09:30 3
  - I wonder how different the West Coast feed was from the East Coast one. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 15, 09:33 2
    - They compare them over at MSNBC.com -- nm - pmb Oct 15, 09:43
    - I know the Canadian guy sang the opening song rather than the blond -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:34
- as was Jon Hamm -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:25 2
  - His was my favorite part, for some reason. - Lon_cHaneY Oct 15, 09:38 1
    - He's so serious and intense on Madmen, he comes off as ferocious. I love seeing him do lighter stuff, it always surprises me just how good he is. -- nm - Trish Oct 15, 09:39
~What would I do without a friend like you, to see me throooough~ -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 15, 09:23
My blood sugar will spike, but that sticky bun was sooo good -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 09:23 1
- I hate when I get blood in my sugarstream. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 09:24
CQ... - lileve Oct 15, 09:23 1
- yeah, I just read up on the latest article. sounds good -- nm - CQ Oct 15, 09:26
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- Europe pretty much has 2018 sewn up. This means that South America and Europe will be ineligible to host on 2022 leaving the US's only competition as - Roger More Oct 15, 09:26 1
  - (insignificant is probably too harsh - but extreme climate + few cities + security are all issues Qatar will have to overcome) -- nm - Roger More Oct 15, 09:28
- quitters! ... oh, wait, from *hosting*. OK, that's different. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 09:23
I love my boss's assistant, I really do... - znufrii Oct 15, 09:17
Pretty in Pink reunion video. Annie Potts looks awsome. Ringwald does not look like a cow -- (link) - oblique Oct 15, 09:16 2
- And Lea Thompson still looks hot -- (link) - amoxy Oct 15, 09:28
- "I've got a steady job on a top-rated show, bitches" -- nm - Jon Cryer Oct 15, 09:18
I'm making wings for lunch. so there -- nm - CQ Oct 15, 09:12
*dying laughing* I just got an e-mail containing documentation of a need for a staffing increase. - TFox Oct 15, 09:07 10
- You should take a cellphone picture of your butt and send it back to that person -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 09:24
- hire more they are greeaaat -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 09:18
- that's insane. -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 09:16
- I got something similar at our group meeting this week. - znufrii Oct 15, 09:10 3
  - at least thats a picture. this is just numbers and calculations. the kind of thing they built excel for. - TFox Oct 15, 09:17 1
    - Better yet, how does someone not fire them and hire someone who knows how to use Excel? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 15, 09:19
  - I am embarrased for both of you -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 15, 09:11
- is the person who sent it kidding? -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:08 2
  - not even a little bit. -- nm - TFox Oct 15, 09:08 1
    - Marketing people only know one program. It's like getting a note from someone in Accounting in Excel -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 09:09
a few ?'s and observations concerning B2's comment on the maybe not existance earth-like planet... - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 15, 09:04 25
- It's simply not possible to resolve something as small as a planet around a star several light years away. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 09:17 13
  - at this time -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 09:19 12
    - or ever, really. It's a consequence of optics. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 09:20 11
      - at this time, 100 years after Zefram Cochrane we'll be able to pop over there in about an hour snap a cell phone photo and be back in another hour -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 09:26 5
        
        Crash, I have something need to tell you about Star Trek... -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 09:28 4
        
        my point being, we'll have telescopes but they won't be stationary/orbital, they'll be on moving platforms - now what about Star Trek? -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 09:30 3
        
        According to Star Trek, Khan was supposed to be in power in 1996 - amoxy Oct 15, 09:35
        
        Also, I have some things to tell you about Santa. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 09:33 1
        
        You're confusing me, man. Santa isn't real. Where are you going with this? -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 09:34
      - the better hubble don't use optics :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 09:23 4
        
        that sort of defeats his initial request. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 09:23 3
        
        the real question is about funnyness - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 09:24 2
        
        OK, I guess Hubble 2.0 is going to use your ass as a gravitational lens, then. : ) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 09:25 1
        
        yep but hubble 3.9 is installed on the moon (about same size) after the atomic explotion there - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 09:27
- I wonder why they haven't thought of that?? -- nm - mara Oct 15, 09:11
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  - Angelina Jolie, star - Kathy Griffin, planet -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 09:16 3
    - Angelina Jolie, star - Lady at the deli counter at your local safeway, planet. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 09:21 2
      - It's a good thing D isn't working in the Deli anymore. - Trish Oct 15, 09:37
      - now we're getting into dwarf planets and asteroids -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 09:27
- Well, planets are quite small compared to suns/galaxies so they can't directly observe it. My understanding was that they detected extra-solar planets - oblique Oct 15, 09:08 2
  - all we need is significantly better Hubble - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 09:11 1
    - ...with a lens the size of the moon. -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 09:18
- Sons emit light...Huble registers light, planets don't have any light - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 09:06 1
  - Suns even -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 09:06
Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Antwan Odom has been suspended four games for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances - Beaker Oct 15, 09:01
MTV Real World / Road Rules host in coma after BMX Crash.... - groiny Oct 15, 08:55 2
- that is too bad. He had just done a podcast with TSG -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 09:00
- Watch his hands...they don't break his fall at all. He just faceplanted from 25ft up. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 08:57
hmmm, someone just called me saying "I heard today is your last day...." - groiny Oct 15, 08:50 1
- Surprise! -- nm - groiny's boss Oct 15, 09:00
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- Curation work-day for the arch. soc. tomorrow. Otherwise nothing. -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 15, 09:22
- if today's condo viewing goes well, hopefully the weekend will include closing on a deal to sell it. :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 09:20
- Sprinkles(Cupcakes), Soical Network, Birthday Party(theme is sluts) -- nm - Matrix_Mafia Oct 15, 09:18
- Picking up a Hummer tonight, driving Russians tomorrow, and Marilu Henner on Sunday! -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 15, 09:12 1
  - OK, now that I have a job again, you need to call me when you have some time to kill in Hollywood or Beverly Hills :-) -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 15, 09:14
- Going to tailgate at the 49er v. Raiders game, not actually going into the game, just tailgating. - Stephen Oct 15, 09:08 6
  - I've got friends who do this all the time -- nm - decline Oct 15, 09:12 5
    - It should be fun, my buddy is a Raiders fan, as are half the other people going. - Stephen Oct 15, 09:23 3
      - What is the cost for parking in the main lot these days? -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 09:26 2
        
        Not sure, I -- nm - Stephen Oct 15, 09:39 1
        
        sfek, I've learned my lesson, I always park in the lot by the office buildings, which was $30 last time I went to a game, so i'd guess main lot - Stephen Oct 15, 09:42
    - it makes the most sense. We're arriving at the meadowlands at 10am to start the tailgating and the bus from Danbury will have food and beer. - CQ Oct 15, 09:13
- splurging at the groceries market tomorrow morning, wander the city in the afternoon for adventures -- nm - Hotkiss Oct 15, 09:08 2
  - What city? - Lon_cHaneY Oct 15, 09:12 1
    - yes -- nm - Hotkiss Oct 15, 09:23
- Door knocking for civic election candidate tonight, same tomorrow afternoon for different candidate, dinner at friends, FOOTBALL FOOTBALL, FOOTBALL! -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 15, 09:06
- I'm thinking of seeing the Social Network a second time with momma. Might go clothes shopping. Want to hit up a bar at some point, too. - Lon_cHaneY Oct 15, 09:06
- Tomorrow, participating in a "yart" sale (yard sale for art); Sunday, on my own, so football, housework and shopping and stuff. -- nm - mara Oct 15, 09:03 3
  - what are you selling? your handmade papers? - Andie Oct 15, 09:05 1
    - Yes, I'm sharing a booth with my guy. I have framed papers, he does book art. -- nm - mara Oct 15, 09:13
  - Glad you explained YART. I was gonna ask if it was like a "shart". -- nm - sycor Oct 15, 09:04
- work tonight, errands tomorrow, work sunday. same as every weekend. - sycor Oct 15, 09:02
- Cooking demo tonight, Modern Art Museum and maybe Making Strides against Breast Cancer tomorrow, and yardwork/sleeping. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 15, 08:53
- Ushering in a wedding, church, retrieve kids from in-laws. In light of this - oblique Oct 15, 08:53 1
  - oh, and btw, prepare yourselves for the sexy. I look *awesome* in the tux :) -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 09:10
- watch some Netflix movies tonight, headed to CT tomorrow, and NJ on Sunday for the NY Giants game. -- nm - CQ Oct 15, 08:53 6
  - We've had Iron Man 2 at home for almost 2 weeks now. We do need to watch that and send it back. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 15, 09:00 1
    - that was our first ever Redbox rental. really liked it (both IM2 and Redbox). -- nm - TFox Oct 15, 09:03
  - CQ... - lileve Oct 15, 08:55 3
    - nmb lileve - CQ Oct 15, 09:06 2
      - Shake Shack sounds like the coolest thing Ever! This is right down our ally. -- nm - CQ Oct 15, 09:07 1
        
        also, how in the hell have I not heard of Shake Shack? -- nm - CQ Oct 15, 09:10
- Dinner at my friend's tonight (she's making sushi. Interesting). Aunt and Uncle's 40th Anniversary party tomorrow night. Nothing Sunday. - Andie Oct 15, 08:52
- Philly. - znufrii Oct 15, 08:52
- probably taking the kids to a play climber place and maybe some bowling. Plus yardwork Sunday -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 08:51
- Party Saturday night (which has recently become Glamour of bygone times themed), see Buried, clean. -- nm - LMS Oct 15, 08:51 3
  - That theme amuses me. For some reason, I am envisioning something English Empire related for you... ;-) -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 15, 09:08 2
    - *British* Empire -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 15, 09:08 1
      - I imagine Bright Young Things. -- nm - LMS Oct 15, 09:31
- For the first time in a while, I've got nothing. Maybe see the Social Network. -- nm - pmb Oct 15, 08:51
Was it from Americans for Lousy Firsts? -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 15, 08:44 3
- Sigh. -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 15, 08:44 2
  - *snicker* -- nm - mara Oct 15, 08:45 1
    - Hey, I'm still on my first coffee. :-) -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 15, 08:46
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- 3. - Danedukenuuk Oct 15, 08:47
- 7 -- nm - decline Oct 15, 08:46
- less than 16 -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 08:45
- 0. -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 08:45 3
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    - So, "typical." - JaxSean Oct 15, 08:49 1
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- 6 -- nm - mara Oct 15, 08:45
- 1 -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 08:45
- 12 -- nm - JaxSean Oct 15, 08:44
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- maybe he's getting some kind of promise from Bachmann to back off -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 08:45 10
  - I think MN just likes crazy and is willing to pay top dollar for it. - crash davis Oct 15, 08:47 6
    - *waves* -- nm - Jesse Ventura Oct 15, 08:50
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      - "one of the worst" - hah, you can't even do as well as Idaho - crash davis Oct 15, 08:56 3
        
        "With a name like Crapo, you know what you're getting." -- nm - Reagen Oct 15, 09:27
        
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        in a nation of 300 million people, there are only 50 Governors, yet the bar is set incredibly low -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 09:10
  - Nah, it's just Bachmann is highly visible and incidiniery and has been able to rustle up money from anyone wanting to 'fight the power'. - Will Hunting Oct 15, 08:46 1
    - ah -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 08:47
  - "You don't campaign, and I'll scratch your back" or something -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 08:46
- More and more, I can get behind the idea of limiting contributions to people only from the disctricts. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 08:45 1
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- sperm? nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 08:44 4
  - if you don't watch The League on FX, you might want to check it out - I think you might like it -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 08:45 2
    - I think I saw one eposode once. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 08:45 1
      - its not the greatest thing ever, but sometimes it hits a crude home run -- nm - crash davis Oct 15, 08:46
  - balloon? -- nm - mara Oct 15, 08:45

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