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SITWAP - 2 of Joe Miller's "bodyguards" are active US soliders - amoxy Oct 19, 21:17
ladies off ST, one of you must buy this, and ideally wear it for halloween. -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 21:11 9
- Needs underwire. -- nm - loosilu Oct 19, 21:18
- No, come back. Mafic doesn't have the authority to kick you off. - zork Oct 19, 21:12 1
  - I'm bad at posting today. -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 21:14
- and by "this" I mean... -- (link) - mafic Oct 19, 21:12 5
  - and by "Halloween", you mean, "in your bedroom". -- nm - loosilu Oct 19, 21:18
  - 2 observations on this .... - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 19, 21:13 3
    - where's his chrome dome? -- nm - loosilu Oct 19, 21:18
    - It looks like a Swedish health demonstration. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 21:15 1
      - Mr Goodbody for the robot set. -- nm - TWuG Oct 19, 21:16
does this series even go back to Texas? -- nm - hachiko Oct 19, 21:10 1
- I think CC will force game 6, but that will probably be it -- nm - amoxy Oct 19, 21:14
Obama on the Daily Show next week. -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 21:04 3
- He's doing Mythbusters later this year, too. -- nm - TWuG Oct 19, 21:06 2
  - I hear he's going to have a line on Laugh-In, as well. -- nm - nubby Oct 19, 21:10 1
    - Velly interesting... But stupid! -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 21:14
This is awesome. Someone already wrote a song about this year's ALCS: -- (link) - TFox Oct 19, 20:58 [youtube]
dear tbs, please get rid of the crowd mics. please. thanks. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 19, 20:57 1
- Word. - znufrii Oct 19, 20:59
If Mungo were a baseball player, she would be Josh Hamilton. -- nm - David Oct 19, 20:56 1
- Oh no, don't do that, don't do that. If you shoot him, you'll just make him mad. - zork Oct 19, 20:58
NOVA was simply awesome tonight -- nm - Bacon on a phone Oct 19, 20:55 4
- if it's the one about ... (spoilers?) ... - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 19, 21:17 1
  - I'm older than NOVA, and I think ours were on Tuesdays. -- nm - loosilu Oct 19, 21:19
- I've only read the description and I already know I'm gonna love it. -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 20:58 1
  - same here. -- nm - loosilu Oct 19, 21:07
that was quality fielding -- nm - hachiko Oct 19, 20:52
yeah sorry Velasquez....Brock is gonna destroy you. -- nm - Remlik Oct 19, 20:52
I sure did hit him -- nm - amoxy Oct 19, 20:48 1
- he needs to take acting lessons from Jeter... -- nm - znufrii Oct 19, 20:49
For the record: Gothic architecture is fantastic. I may hate "modern" architecture, but I love classical architecture. - TWuG Oct 19, 20:48 12
- I need to see Chartres and Cologne cathedrals some day. You should see the butchery they did on the museum here with a horrible addition - zork Oct 19, 20:56 11
  - The problem with all this "modern" stuff is that it ends up looking dated very quickly. - TWuG Oct 19, 21:04 10
    - yeah, they're having those problems, I believe. Here's a pic (warning: you can't un-see this) -- (link) - zork Oct 19, 21:08 [Image] 4
      - Is that The Crystaline Entity attacking it? -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 21:16
      - ugh. -- nm - znufrii Oct 19, 21:16
      - That's like a thumbtack enema. -- nm - TWuG Oct 19, 21:16
      - So wrong. I like both but together I don't. -- nm - lileve Oct 19, 21:10
    - every building is of its age - hachiko Oct 19, 21:07 4
      - Those two places aren't dated they are timeless. You see elements of each in buildings both pre-dating and post-dating them - TWuG Oct 19, 21:14
      - bull. some just don't fit in to their or any other age -- nm - zork Oct 19, 21:11 2
        
        nobody would build Notre Dame the way they did then if they were starting from scratch today - hachiko Oct 19, 21:15 1
        
        It isn't about someone deciding to build it from scratch *today*, it's that it has been incorporated into basic architecture from it's creation until - TWuG Oct 19, 21:21
Russian cop pulls over car and a pack of wolves show up -- (link) - zork Oct 19, 20:43 4
- In Russia Wolf Arrest you! -- nm - lileve Oct 19, 20:47
- again? - Stephen Oct 19, 20:44 2
  - yes. yes they -- nm - zork Oct 19, 20:45 1
    - SFEK. yes, they did it *again* - zork Oct 19, 20:46
~doctor, doctor ... can't you see i'm burning burning~ -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 20:42
(I miss you all so much when I am crazy at work. I hope you know this. I am saner when I can check in here. thanks for being you.) -- nm - miss amanda jones Oct 19, 20:32 11
- I sent you cake. -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 20:38
- I ditto this - ty97 Oct 19, 20:35 2
  - even if my crazy face is orange? (I'm orange! stress eating will either make me huge or orange. did I pick wrong??) -- nm - miss amanda jones Oct 19, 20:39 1
    - get some red celery for your peanut butter -- nm - hachiko Oct 19, 20:46
- You and Mel today. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 20:35
- This is a good place to blow off some steam. -- nm - lileve Oct 19, 20:34
- We miss you too, jones. -- nm - mara Oct 19, 20:34 3
  - god, I barely know what's funny when I am like ass-deep in HO BS. "hold on. let me get mara on the line." - miss amanda jones Oct 19, 20:37
  - what do you mean "we" mara? -- nm - hachiko Oct 19, 20:35 1
    - The cool kids. Not you. -- nm - mara Oct 19, 20:36
- Where are my cake pictures on facebook? -- nm - Bacon Oct 19, 20:33
LIR: mara. Obama is clueless about doctor's roles and physician reimbursement. - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 19, 20:21 55
- *snort* did someone really mark this site NSFW? -- nm - Stephen Oct 19, 21:10 2
  - *shrug* - znufrii Oct 19, 21:16
  - Someone must not have liked the idea of Obama playing doctor. -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 21:15
- ? didn't the healthcare proposal have a limit on mal practice claims? that would save soooo much on insurance costs - zeitgeist Oct 19, 20:37 18
  - I believe that got taken out. Trial lawyers are good. And yes, starts cutting their salaries. Shouldn't they work for free, they get to protect the - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 19, 20:40 17
    - they do work for free (unless they win the case) -- nm - hachiko Oct 19, 20:42 16
      - Maybe doctors should only get paid if they cure you. -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 20:44 1
        
        Do they have to pay less and less with each misdiagnosis, because that's going to be a problem for Dr. House. -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 21:16
      - I see a ton of them asking for retainers. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 19, 20:43 13
        
        that's not how contingent fee cases work - hachiko Oct 19, 20:45 12
        
        I don't know... but recently my mom sued her landlord over her lease. The lawyer wanted a check before he started anything. - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 19, 20:48 11
        
        That must have been a really bad lease. Did it say murdering the tenants was ok? -- nm - TFox Oct 19, 20:49
        
        breach of contract cases are not typically handled on a contingent basis -- nm - hachiko Oct 19, 20:49 9
        
        So you don't get payment up front if you represent a person in a criminal case? - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 19, 20:52 8
        
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        in criminal cases, absolutely - hachiko Oct 19, 20:53 6
        
        I see your point. I have two arguments to counter. But I really don't want to get into that now. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 19, 20:59 5
        
        (at least three more mansion and Bugatti catalogs to leaf through before bed.) -- nm - TFox Oct 19, 20:59 4
        
        Actually.. I have to read about Arterial Blood Gas so that I can save your life one day. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 19, 21:01 3
        
        like i said, blog. people would enjoy your perspective. -- nm - TFox Oct 19, 21:05
        
        (if you can pay, TFox) -- nm - hachiko Oct 19, 21:03
        
        Is there a special residency program for smugness? -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 21:03
- It must be nice. - nubby Oct 19, 20:33 8
  - It took you 9 years to finish your PhD? Sorry about that. - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 19, 20:36 7
    - it's not unusual at all. -- nm - loosilu Oct 19, 20:43 6
      - Well that really blows. From my understand most of the PhDs at my undergrad finished in 5 years. I would hate to be doing a PhD for 9 years. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 19, 20:49 5
        
        it varies wildly according to the field and the specific program, and it matters if you have your master's yet or not. -- nm - loosilu Oct 19, 21:08
        
        my dad got his masters in one (Toronto) and his phd in four (Cambridge) (in engineering science, geophysics option) -- nm - zork Oct 19, 21:04 3
        
        outside the US it tends to be much more structured. -- nm - loosilu Oct 19, 21:07 2
        
        he also started university at 16 at a time when we had grade 13 here (avg. was 19), so he had the phd at 23. -- nm - zork Oct 19, 21:15 1
        
        that's freakishly rare in the US. the first in my cohort of 25 PhD students was 28 when she finished. She was a year ahead of everyone else. - loosilu Oct 19, 21:21
- so am I -- nm - Sharron Engle Oct 19, 20:32
- you do realize that if all the doctors make all the money they used to make, then the cost of healthcare never drops, right? - TFox Oct 19, 20:27 5
  - You do realize that doctor's pay is not where the cost is. It is all the test/imaging and everything else. - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 19, 20:33 1
    - I realize that's not the *only* place the cost is, sure. Likely better than you do. -- nm - TFox Oct 19, 20:35
  - complaining that socialized medicine doesn't pay them enough is . . . something -- nm - hachiko Oct 19, 20:30
  - The Mayo Clinic simply has its doctors on salary -- they don't get paid for individual procedures. Seems to work fairly well. -- nm - mara Oct 19, 20:29 1
    - Oh, don't get me wrong, there's plenty of ways to do it effectively and its a complex issue. - TFox Oct 19, 20:34
- no bias at that site *at all* - hachiko Oct 19, 20:25 16
  - Implying that doctors ignore treating the disease so they can make the big bucks amputating instead is a special level of ignorant. - Stephen Oct 19, 20:38 4
    - ::opens st, skims, sees this:: I'm not reading anything else here; but if someone said that, it's idiotic. (share.) - b! Oct 19, 21:16 3
      - That's horrible, i'm very sorry to hear that. -- nm - Stephen Oct 19, 21:23
      - i'm really sorry to hear that. -- nm - TFox Oct 19, 21:18 1
        
        thank you. -- nm - b! Oct 19, 21:21
  - This is the first site that google showed with this video. I am not looking at the commentary. I am going - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 19, 20:30 8
    - i have no idea. i'm not a surgeon. if he meant only the surgeon him/herself gets the whole $30k reimbursement, maybe. how much does the entire - hachiko Oct 19, 20:33 7
      - My interpretation of that quote is that the surgeon gets $30-50k for the amputation. Which is extremely false. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 19, 20:38 6
        
        my interpretation of the American College of Surgeon's quote is that an amputation only costs the patient $740-$1,140. no fucking way that's true -- nm - hachiko Oct 19, 20:40 5
        
        I understand that you have better read comprehension skills than me. But where do you see anything about it costing the patient? - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 19, 20:45 3
        
        again, answer the question: how much does an entire hospital stay for an amputation cost, start to finish? -- nm - hachiko Oct 19, 20:47 2
        
        Don't know. I will tell you next year. I am assuming our interpretations of his statement are different. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 19, 20:56
        
        The patient should just do it himself like James Franco. -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 20:49
        
        but who gives a shit about them? -- nm - TFox Oct 19, 20:41
  - Are you suggesting they misquoted the American College of Surgeons statement? -- nm - Ender Oct 19, 20:30
  - Are you sure? I mean yah the subtitle for the site is "Exposing & Combating Liberal Media Bias" but that's probably just the WordPress template! -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 20:27
This link is full of joy. -- (link) - David Oct 19, 20:15 1
- "I'm dude-pregnant with the movie's baby." -- nm - Roger More Oct 19, 20:23
I had no idea "Men of a Certain Age" was still on. -- nm - mara Oct 19, 20:15 2
- starting soon I think -- nm - Remlik Oct 19, 20:17 1
  - Yeah, I just saw the promo. -- nm - mara Oct 19, 20:18
NCIS: Wow, it's not every day you see a series respond to syndication fans. - loosilu Oct 19, 20:12 1
- additinoal spoils. - loosilu Oct 19, 21:10
Colbert is on Letterman tonight! -- nm - loosilu Oct 19, 20:10 1
- Letterman is more of a top. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 20:11
I want a castle! -- nm - Bacon Oct 19, 20:10 1
- He really is ruggedly handsome. -- nm - TWuG Oct 19, 20:33
Damnit. Now even I have a reason to hate Glee. Their stupid Rocky Horror episode has them singing the Time Warp but (spoilers) - Qale Oct 19, 20:08 14
- and censoring "transsexual"? wtf, Glee? -- (link) - znufrii Oct 19, 20:11 1
  - That settles it. We're going to simply have to give the episode the audience participation treatment. -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 20:17
- i love how 13.5 million people will have no clue where the songs in that episode are from -- nm - hachiko Oct 19, 20:09 11
  - The fact that their version of Time Warp sounds terrible is not lost on me either. I mean, how do you screw up something that's terrible to begin with -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 20:11 8
    - DTM -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 20:14 7
      - Are you confused? Rocky Horror Picture Show is a terrible awful unreasonably agonizing film. - Qale Oct 19, 20:16 6
        
        I agree. I have seen it 25+ times, but some of the rhymes Richard O'Brien made - amoxy Oct 19, 20:23 1
        
        It is like nothing else. Even thought they've tried to make REPO! The Genetic Opera in the same mold. -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 20:28
        
        it's not really that bad, for a campy rock musical - hachiko Oct 19, 20:22
        
        With moments of sheer brilliance. - Spawn Oct 19, 20:17
        
        *blink* - znufrii Oct 19, 20:16 1
        
        I've gone like 70 times. -- nm - Qale Oct 19, 20:20
  - and half of those who do know will instantly go, "oh fuck. Rocky Horror? damnit." -- nm - TFox Oct 19, 20:10 1
    - . . . Janet -- nm - hachiko Oct 19, 20:11
does dave name all the dudes in his spots "dave"? -- nm - hachiko Oct 19, 20:08 1
- if he can. :) -- nm - Andie Oct 19, 20:12
The rent is too damn high! (nm) - Tim Oct 19, 20:08 [youtube] 1
- sounds like a job for Marshall Lucky -- nm - hachiko Oct 19, 20:09
Nice Rendition -- nm - Nelson Oct 19, 20:08
I had no idea Patrick Wilson came up through Broadway. -- nm - David Oct 19, 20:06 3
- best supporting actor nomination for the A-Team plz. -- nm - Buzz Oct 19, 20:08
- yeah, I saw him in the original Broadway cast of The Full Monty. -- nm - znufrii Oct 19, 20:07 1
  - The opera glasses got a workout that night -- nm - Roger More Oct 19, 20:21
chalupas, yo -- nm - hachiko Oct 19, 20:06

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