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Happy Birthday Trish! -- nm - amoxy Oct 21, 06:36 7
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 21, 06:51
- October babies rock! Happy happy joy joy, Trish! -- nm - Jim Oct 21, 06:44
- Happy birthday! -- nm - celedhring Oct 21, 06:42
- happy b-day! -- nm - decline Oct 21, 06:40
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 06:40
- hb!...nm - x Oct 21, 06:40
- happy birthday! -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 06:37
Ok...since I'm getting an ad for it, Dano - have you listened to any of Mark (Puck) Salling's CD? - Jim Oct 21, 06:26 3
- I really liked his Billy Joel cover a couple weeks ago -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 06:27 2
  - Yep and he did a great Sweet Caroline too. He's the best male singer on the show, IMO. -- nm - Jim Oct 21, 06:29 1
    - agreed (although Kurt's voice is good, just soooooooooo high/different style) -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 06:33
I love stuff like this. Our first weather station at a school jobsite we just started in New Orleans -- (link) - kilbooooo Oct 21, 06:20
Snapple fun fact #1: Did you know that armadillos have 4 babies at a time? And did you know they're always the same sex? - Jim Oct 21, 06:20 7
- *wants a baby armadillo.* -- nm - Andie Oct 21, 06:24 5
  - How about four? -- nm - Mama Armadillo Oct 21, 06:43
  - picture for you. -- (link) - loosilu Oct 21, 06:33 [Image] 3
    - That's both ugly and cute at the same time. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 06:43 1
      - this is true, but i stil think they are adorable. -- nm - Andie Oct 21, 06:46
    - ack! adorable! -- nm - Andie Oct 21, 06:43
- yes I did. -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 06:23
Women across nearly every income level gave significantly more to charity than men... -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 21, 06:15
Pentagon plans $60 billion weapons sale to Saudi Arabia... -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 21, 06:12 3
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  - I think they see it as, "if we don't the Chinese/Russians/etc will" -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 06:26 1
    - I think it's also a bit of "keep your friends close and your enemies even closer" -- nm - celedhring Oct 21, 06:30
The Phils odds aren't so hot to repeat as NL champs again, but can you name the last team (besides the 98-01 Yankees) to win their pennant 3 years in - Don Homer Oct 21, 05:57 11
- The A's in 88-90 -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 06:05 6
  - That's right. How about the last in the NL? -- nm - Don Homer Oct 21, 06:05 5
    - Dodgers in the 50's? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 06:06 1
      - 54 Giants tripped them up, otherwise they had 4 out of 5 (52-56). -- nm - Don Homer Oct 21, 06:09
    - The Cardinals 42-44 -- nm - amoxy Oct 21, 06:06 2
      - Chicken dinner! -- nm - Don Homer Oct 21, 06:08
      - That's just cuz they had the best injured players. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 06:07
- hint: it was an AL team - in fact this is quite a bit more common in the AL. Bonus for naming the last AL team and when. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 21, 06:04 1
  - *last NL team* -- nm - Don Homer Oct 21, 06:04
- Pretty sure the Braves won 2 in a row twice, but not 3 -- nm - Strongbad Oct 21, 05:59 1
  - Yes, twice (91-92, 95-96). -- nm - Don Homer Oct 21, 06:00
NPR fires Juan Williams -- (link) - nubby Oct 21, 05:54 4
- yeah, heard about this. all for saying he felt nervous on a plane if there were muslims aboard. -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 21, 05:58 3
  - that seems like a thin excuse to fire someone IMO -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 06:24
  - which is ridiculous to me because if you don't feel a little bit nervous or something you're not human -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 21, 06:03 1
    - If I'm nervous, it's about flying itself, not the fact that there are people dressed as muslims on board. -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 06:07
Dear user, how does "send someone to fix asap" result in - kilbooooo Oct 21, 05:53
WTF, England? -- (link) - kilbooooo Oct 21, 05:43 4
- I think they're saying you can't sell your images of Stonehenge without a licence. -- nm - LMS Oct 21, 06:09 3
  - I will concur that tarmac road is atrocious and invading the site. It wasn't there when I visited the place a few years ago. - celedhring Oct 21, 06:26
  - I'm sure the aliens that built it would say otherwise -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 21, 06:20 1
    - It's a total money grab once they found out their budget was being cut. -- nm - LMS Oct 21, 06:45
Birthday FMK: Kim Kardashian (30), Saffron Burrows (38), Carrie Fisher (54)? -- nm - nubby Oct 21, 05:43 16
- FMK -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 21, 05:56 1
  - I guess this. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 21, 06:06
- Kill with extreme prejudice, ?, M - znufrii Oct 21, 05:52 5
  - Lead actress in Deep Blue Sea. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 06:19 1
    - *shrug* -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 06:20
  - ? is a bi-sexual English actress. -- (link) - LMS Oct 21, 06:00
  - L&O:CI -- nm - nubby Oct 21, 05:57 1
    - that would explain it... -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 05:59
- FKM -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 05:49 2
  - this, but it's a horrible situation to find yourself in -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 21, 05:54 1
    - word -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 06:18
- i read a carrie fisher article the other day where she said during the 80's john belushi told her she was doing too much coke....nm - x Oct 21, 05:46 4
  - that's like Will Hunting telling you you're overeating. -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 06:24
  - "You might want to slow down on the crazy juice." -- nm - Glenn Beck Oct 21, 05:58
  - Wow. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 05:55
  - Yikes! -- nm - Don Homer Oct 21, 05:53
Magic Johnson wants the NFL back in LA -- (link) - Beaker Oct 21, 05:38
Looks like I'll be getting my first film credit which is nice. -- nm - LMS Oct 21, 05:33
Mel. I'm not sure if you were looking at Verizon, but the Samsung Fascinate is free this Friday at BB -- (link) - kilbooooo Oct 21, 05:32
I just got a $1 coin in change downstairs. Grr... -- nm - Don Homer Oct 21, 04:59 12
- meh... - znufrii Oct 21, 05:47
- It's standard change for the LIRR. -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 21, 05:34 2
  - well, standard change from purchasing tickets from the machines. I think the NYC subway does it too maybe. -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 21, 05:34 1
    - yup, and post office vending machines, iirc... -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 05:47
- we could cut government mint spending by a heckuva lot if people would just use 'em....nm - x Oct 21, 05:32 2
  - they are actually fantastically handy. -- nm - Andie Oct 21, 06:06
  - I love our Loonies and Twoonies in Canada. -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 05:35
- I hate those things. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 21, 05:25
- We had someone give us a bag filled with hundreds of these as a wedding gift. - kelly Oct 21, 05:09 1
  - It's still money. BTW, back when I worked at a bank, we always told people to never roll their coins. We always have to unroll it to verify the - kilbooooo Oct 21, 05:25
- Loonie? -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 05:05 1
  - No, this... -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 21, 05:06
Gene Wojciechowski of espn: Cubs should have chosen Ryno -- (link) - Beaker Oct 21, 04:45
Toyota recalling another 1.5 million vehicles -- (link) - Beaker Oct 21, 04:36
The new MacBook Air is probably going to be the first Apple product I'll ever buy for myself - celedhring Oct 21, 04:18 2
- Dropbox is first-rate. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 21, 04:28 1
  - Looks great, will check it out. -- nm - celedhring Oct 21, 04:36
Funny video mashup - Stephen Fry on Wagner -- (link) - LMS Oct 21, 04:18 [youtube]
Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today. -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 21, 03:44
LYC: Can't fold for a white, until a new power supply arrives. - Jelly Oct 21, 03:29
*presses play on the boombox for birthday girl trish* -- nm - pixie in a garrett dillahunt costume Oct 21, 00:49
tonight I've seen a couple ads for Disney's Tangled and it seems like Shrek without big ugly ogre -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 20, 23:50 1
- it's Rapunzel -- nm - hachiko Oct 20, 23:51
Whoever brags about Apple's products being user friendly gets kicked in the gonads. - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 20, 23:18 15
- I used to work with Mac Pros in my previous job, and for some reason I crashed them every time. - celedhring Oct 21, 04:21
- i've had two macs at work. one i had to have replaced because it crashed 2-3 times a day.... - x Oct 21, 03:03
- I've never actually had a problem with an apple product. my 8-year-old iPod still even works. - mafic Oct 20, 23:43 7
  - i have a *first gen* ipod shuffle that still works just great (i use it for jogging.) -- nm - Andie Oct 21, 06:09
  - I think you got me confused. :) This is my first ipod ever. It isn't connecting to my wifi. - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 20, 23:46 5
    - just take it to a Genius Bar at the Apple Store - hachiko Oct 20, 23:48 4
      - I had the same problem with mine, it turned out to be my router - Guigue Oct 21, 06:36
      - Annoying. It should just work. I will try it with the school's network. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 20, 23:53 2
        
        typical apple client who thinks that just because they paid several times more than us proletariates they are entitled to special treatment of product - zeitgeist Oct 20, 23:59 1
        
        ha! This is my first Apple product. I have no desire to buy any of their other stuff. As a whole, I expect any product I buy to work. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 21, 00:02
- i'm sure they made $20 billion last quarter by selling shit that doesn't work -- nm - hachiko Oct 20, 23:28 4
  - no, that they did by concentrating on rich, high margin customers.... - x Oct 21, 03:00
  - Indeed, quite the contrary. Their hardware has been extremely reliable, in my experience. - Beryllium (iPhone) Oct 20, 23:59
  - They just brainwash everyone. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 20, 23:45 1
    - you admitted the only reason you got an iPod was so you could jailbreak it to get med apps for free - hachiko Oct 20, 23:47
i guess this is about as good as it gets for cat honors: world's new longest cat, stewie -- (link) - hachiko Oct 20, 23:05 1
- so when they say "try for the record" do you suppose they meant "have him measured" or did they rack their cat? -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 23:40
Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there? -- nm - Spawn Oct 20, 22:43 2
- i should go see this when it comes to LA - hachiko Oct 20, 22:48
- "right here dude" -- nm - Spiccoli Oct 20, 22:46
Terrence Howard's voice is extremely annoying to me in Law & Order: Los Angeles. I've never gotten this impression from him in other movies/shows. -- nm - Mop Oct 20, 22:43
woo hooo ... MH lyc - done in the corn maze - on to the haunted manor! -- nm - JenBro Oct 20, 22:25 2
- now i can sleep tonight -- nm - hachiko Oct 20, 22:33 1
  - I was just finishing up that post you linked for me when I have insomnia :) -- nm - JenBro Oct 20, 22:45
Morality is herd instinct in the individual. -- nm - Facto Oct 20, 22:06
NFL Survivor Pool Week 7 - amoxy Oct 20, 21:49 2
- KC -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 20, 22:33
- KC -- nm - Bacon on a phone Oct 20, 21:51
‎"The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous toy." - Nietzsche -- nm - Facto Oct 20, 21:43 2
- Gord Is Dead - mud Oct 20, 21:47 1
  - "Just call me Gordon" -- nm - Facto Oct 20, 21:50
But in the town it was well known when they got home at nights, their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them within inches of their lives.. -- nm - Facto Oct 20, 21:37
Penthouse founder bob guccione died (everything looks pink and fuzzy from the tear in my eye) -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 20, 21:33
Ari Up of the punk/reggae band The Slits died... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 20, 21:22 6
- I'm confused. I preferred the Adverts. -- nm - mud Oct 20, 21:35
- "She was 14 when she formed the Slits in 1979" -I dont think so. -- nm - mud Oct 20, 21:31 4
  - wiki says 1976, which would indeed have made her 14. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 21:39 1
    - who cares. they sucked, we couldnt give away those records -- nm - mud Oct 20, 21:42
  - The math doesn't hold, if she died at 48. -- nm - TFox Oct 20, 21:33
  - I think the article said she was the singer's daughter -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 20, 21:32
How do I get a copy of a Russian Maxim Magazine? They sell it here someplace? -- nm - Bacon Oct 20, 21:21 4
- Here's a link to the video I think you're looking for. -- (link) - Mop Oct 20, 22:15 1
  - wow ... I'd nominate that clip for best editing - JenBro Oct 20, 22:22
- ebay? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 20, 21:31
- Anna Chapman?' -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 21:26
"Holy Crap. We've been Shawshanked" -- nm - Phil Oct 20, 21:21
Did you know that the medulla in the brain controls breathing? So if you cut the spinal cord right below the medulla breathing will stop. While if you - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 20, 21:20 9
- I thank you for that -- nm - The Waterboy Oct 21, 03:37
- What if you tickle the medulla? Does that cause heavy breathing? -- nm - Max Oct 20, 21:47 4
  - However, I also think you are just being funny. :) - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 20, 21:54 2
    - What if I had an apparatus long enough to reach it? -- nm - Max Oct 20, 21:57 1
      - I think you have to actually sever the connection. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 20, 21:59
  - I think the medulla is too far in for you to be able to put pressure on it. You may be referring to the carotid arteries in the neck which if you - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 20, 21:53
- Someone in Miami Vice, the movie, made a point to a perp about shooting him directly through the medulla in the brain -- nm - Facto Oct 20, 21:35
- I'll have to try that sometime. -- nm - psilotum Oct 20, 21:20 1
  - I am sure Pixie can volunteer. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 20, 21:22
So my ipod touch can't connect to the internet. It seems to connect fine to my home network but when you try to visit a website you get - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 20, 21:14
Mentos! -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 20, 21:14
Girl Please -- nm - JenBro Oct 20, 21:14 2
- That's your Halloween Costume? -- nm - Bacon Oct 20, 21:16 1
  - no - it's from Kare's recipe on Hazel Bloom - she's so funny! - JenBro Oct 20, 21:17

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