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I rewatched that Archer episode with Framboise last night. So, so wrong. nm - ralph wiggum Dec 15, 18:06 1
- "I like reek of her." -- nm - David Dec 15, 18:11
PSA: Two new Psych episodes right now. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 18:00
Survivor spoilers - Beaker Dec 15, 17:54 3
- spoilers - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 15, 18:02
- Nah - stewie Dec 15, 18:01 1
  - spoilers - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 15, 18:07
Update: pixie is still an awesome secret stalker. My AccaDacca horns are the bombdiggity. nm - ralph wiggum Dec 15, 17:45 12
- yay! (do they light up and everything like in the pictures?) -- nm - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 17:48 3
  - They do! Steady, plus two different flash patterns. All kinds of awesome. nm - ralph wiggum Dec 15, 17:50 2
    - cool. now just keep them away from the kids -- nm - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 17:52 1
      - Are you kidding? They aren't leaving my office. nm - ralph wiggum Dec 15, 18:00
- your wha? -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 17:45 7
  - strange, I knew exactly what she meant (though not before I'd worked with aussies). -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 17:55
  - i had to look it up too -- (link) - Guy Dec 15, 17:47 [Image] 5
    - Sweet, wear them shopping - Epiphany Dec 15, 18:01 3
      - I'm going to wear them to the next staff meeting. nm - ralph wiggum Dec 15, 18:02 2
        
        I love your style! -- nm - Epiphany Dec 15, 18:08
        
        Perfect. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 18:02
    - HA!! -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 17:47
Survivor spoilers - Beaker Dec 15, 17:44 1
- and (spoils) - Jovian Dec 15, 17:47
The Good Guys cancelled -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 17:42
SITWAP: Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein will skewer Portlanders in Lorne Michael's produced "Portlandia" - Guy Dec 15, 17:41
Repost: I think its time for my annual anti-Salvation Army bell ringers rant. - Guy Dec 15, 17:10 37
- As part of my wife's job she had to do that this year. -- nm - TWuG Dec 15, 18:00
- I just tune it out. - loosilu Dec 15, 17:44 4
  - i have difficulties tuning things out in general. im always very aware of everything around me -- nm - Guy Dec 15, 17:54 3
    - when you've had tinnitus for 35 years, you get a lot of practice. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 17:56 2
      - immovable object, meet the irresistable force -- nm - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 17:57 1
        
        am I irresistible or immovable? -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 18:01
- I just don't give them money because of their vague homophobia. - mafic Dec 15, 17:24 9
  - while their religious views are not my cup of tea, I think they do a lot of good. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 17:44 3
    - they certainly do, but so do a million other charities that won't spend my money on lobbying against gay rights. small though the proportion may be. -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 17:55 2
      - This is my feeling about the BSA (sorry, Jim). It irks me no end that the parent organization is so damn homophobic. - TWuG Dec 15, 18:03 1
        
        that really bothers me. OTOH, I know the organization does so much good. It leaves me torn. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 18:08
  - My mom always had a soft spot for the Sally Army - she said they were about the only organization that provided support to troops in - MistletoeMeg Dec 15, 17:42 1
    - yeah, that's what my mom's father said too. red cross and the salvos basically fed him during the war. -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 17:44
  - I don't because of their religious nature in general. - Spawn Dec 15, 17:27 1
    - yeah, that too. I prefer nodenominational charity. -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 17:42
  - The Harry Potter/Twilight thing that happened here has given them another black eye. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 17:26
- two of my fellow Rotarians were bell ringing down town last Friday night and two young adult boys eyed them cautiously - went into the store behind - JenBro Dec 15, 17:17 20
  - one of my favorite things as a kid was our dad taking us to the annual Rotary christmas party where Santa gave out presents - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 17:21 3
    - that's cool ... I'm betting the Rotarians in your town were the one's tagged for having "Santa appear" for all the young girls and boys - JenBro Dec 15, 17:24 2
      - i don't know. the town had a little t'giving or xmas parade where his sleigh would be the last float in line. but i don't know if any one of the - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 17:29 1
        
        Our volunteer fire dept used to load Santa on the back of the fire truck and drive around town throwing hard candy to the kids. -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 15, 17:43
  - i feel bad for the people who have to work inside the stores. - Guy Dec 15, 17:19 15
    - you really should learn to tune them out. It's not that hard. If you live in a big city it's a necessity. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 18:11
    - thankfully the shifts are only and hour each - and we set ours up to be down town - just down from the Mitchell St. Pub - and each group goes for a - JenBro Dec 15, 17:25
    - The Christmas muzak is just as bad. -- nm - Spawn Dec 15, 17:25 2
      - I'd rather listen to William Hung's version of Silent Night on repeat than the same constant, repetitive racket -- nm - Guy Dec 15, 17:27 1
        
        The two things you said are pretty much the same. -- nm - Spawn Dec 15, 17:27
    - jeezus dude, it's not like they're working in a chinese sweatshop for two cents an hour - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 17:22 9
      - a few hours each year? are you joking? - Guy Dec 15, 17:24 8
        
        *laughing so hard* ... they must ring it at your work place huh? that would be unbearable ... heh heh ... I never thought about the people who work - JenBro Dec 15, 17:28 2
        
        fortunately, not where i work, just everywhere else I go - Guy Dec 15, 17:29 1
        
        ok - you need to buy a flask and make a game of it - shot for every ring! -- nm - JenBro Dec 15, 17:31
        
        friendly tip: don't bring up your seething hatred of the Salvation Army bells until like the second or third date with Scarlett Johannsen -- nm - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 17:27 4
        
        you never know, maybe they share a common hatred of charity workers. -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 18:04
        
        Guy, friendly tip...Don't take dating advice from pixie -- nm - amoxy Dec 15, 17:31
        
        haha... probably a good idea, but then again - maybe its something we will bond over -- nm - Guy Dec 15, 17:28
        
        No, her hubbie's lack of hate was why she ditched him. -- nm - Spawn Dec 15, 17:28
MH last Elf Madness is live. "Biggest yet". -- nm - celedhring Dec 15, 17:10 8
- relatedly: I could use some gingerbread if anyone's willing to trade. 10 planks? -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 17:18 7
  - tfox was flapping his gums last week about how he felt like the gingerbread plank rockefeller. maybe he'll throw a few your way -- nm - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 17:31
  - I Will! -- nm - JenBro Dec 15, 17:31 5
    - thanks. I think I've received them. seems I have something, but it's not letting me claim it. -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 17:46 2
      - click on the gift button above - then go to the box area and click claim gifts -- nm - JenBro Dec 15, 17:55 1
        
        oh, I know how to claim them, but instead of giving me a message to click on, there's just a blank line in the box that says "Today - 9:32 am" - mafic Dec 15, 17:58
    - boy, i hope you don't end up giving so many planks away that there ain't none left for you to build your exploding toboggan clockapult -- nm - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 17:33 1
      - no silly you TRADE planks ... you really shold play the game ... it's so CUUUUTE -- nm - JenBro Dec 15, 17:36
Go Fabio! nm - Jovian Dec 15, 17:06
Former mayor who had food fight with a woman, then snatched her purse and drove off while she clung to his SUV will not be charged -- (link) - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 15, 16:55
anyone here in the boat with me? today Microsoft auto-sent updates to a buttload of people, and it screwed up their interet explorers.. - i'm not dead yet ! Dec 15, 16:30 15
- Thanks, that helped one of my friends that always calls me for tech support. -- nm - not2fast Dec 15, 19:28
- FYI, you can set your updates to not be automatic. Very easy to do. -- nm - Inigo Dec 15, 17:08
- If it's a computer where you can use whatever browser you want, I very highly recommend Chrome. - TWuG Dec 15, 16:49 1
  - i concur -- nm - Guy Dec 15, 16:51
- well that's just it ... i don't know how the yahoo toolbar got on there unless someone downloaded it when i wasn't around .. - i'm not dead yet ! Dec 15, 16:46 1
  - The yahoo toolbar is attached to a lot of programs from download.com, like ccleaner and adaware. You have to watch what you're doing when you install - Trisha Dec 15, 17:10
- Ah, that explains a lot :/ -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 15, 16:46
- Problem #1 - You're using IE. Problem #2 - You're using the Yahoo toolbar. -- nm - Mop (215 lbs) Dec 15, 16:35 7
  - My new laptop is Windows7 and I love IE8. The beta for IE9 is out, but I'll wait a month or 2 before I get it. - Trisha Dec 15, 16:45 4
    - IE9 sucks. I have it, and a list of things I am not happy about it -- nm - peglegpete Dec 15, 17:07 2
      - Do you actually know how to use it? IE8 is super customizeable both in useability and security. You just have to rtfm. I can't believe you installed - Trisha Dec 15, 17:21 1
        
        I downloaded it by mistake one day. no question I am still an idiot with most things computer. but every january I have geek squad clean everything up -- nm - peglegpete Dec 15, 17:41
    - Give Chrome a try. It's still beating IE on a number of criteria. -- nm - TWuG Dec 15, 16:51
  - I ditched the Yahoo Toolbar once I got the Google one. -- nm - Chip Kelly (not kelly) Dec 15, 16:37 1
    - I had to ditch that one after a previous update screwed everything up, gee do you think MS does this deliberately? -- nm - double dose of zeitgeist Dec 15, 16:43
was in Toys R Us today, tell me, who in their right mind would stand in check out line for 2 hours? - groiny Dec 15, 16:26 14
- screw that, I'd buy it all online. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 17:45
- People who suddenly realize they are screwed and have no presents? : ) -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 15, 17:09
- So did you stay in line for 2 hours or did you leave? -- nm - amoxy Dec 15, 16:37
- 25% OFF LEGO STAR WARS!!! -- nm - Mop (215 lbs) Dec 15, 16:29 2
  - best be a grand worth of Legos. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 15, 16:33 1
    - So... about 2 sets. -- nm - Mop (215 lbs) Dec 15, 16:34
- that is crazy -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 16:27
- Spawn -- nm - Remlik Dec 15, 16:27 5
  - No, I go to the video game area cash register where there is no waiting. -- nm - Spawn Dec 15, 17:14
  - for what?????? -- nm - groiny Dec 15, 16:27 3
    - Head -- nm - Budice Dec 15, 16:29 2
      - tfox works at Toys R Us? nm -- nm - groiny Dec 15, 16:30 1
        
        well he hangs around the corner right outside the doorway -- nm - Remlik Dec 15, 16:37
- Turbo Man is a hot toy -- nm - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 16:26
I may have to watch this again tonight.... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 15, 16:25 [youtube]
Still need to buy gifts? 20 quirky but cool ideas. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Dec 15, 16:23
Paul Young has since admitted, in a documentary, that he knew his opening lines were written for David Bowie, who was not able to make the recording -- (link) - amoxy Dec 15, 16:17 2
- wow, that's really a weight lifted off of my mind -- nm - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 16:18 1
  - I am always here to help - amoxy Dec 15, 16:21
Dammit, who was supposed to remind me to get eggs at the store - amoxy Dec 15, 16:06 15
- I believe that would be Mop. -- nm - Trisha Dec 15, 16:10 13
  - Actually it was nubby, but he is probably passed out somewhere in Vegas - amoxy Dec 15, 16:18 12
    - nothing about him on the local news [not counting the $1.5M Bellagio robbery] -- nm - peglegpete Dec 15, 16:19 6
      - there is ZERO chance that that was nubby...... - groiny Dec 15, 16:22 5
        
        you guys should have pointed max in the right direction when he was digging at his mattress in his sleep - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 16:23 4
        
        fuck that, I was the bed mate, I was concerned he was digging a hole for me...... - groiny Dec 15, 16:24 3
        
        when did you and mel share a bed? -- nm - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 16:25 2
        
        ohhhhh was this a crazy nekkid Mel story? -- nm - JenBro Dec 15, 16:26
        
        well, I would not call it "share" - groiny Dec 15, 16:26
    - The Nubover -- nm - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 16:19 4
      - Nubbing Las Vegas -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 15, 16:21 3
        
        Nubby's Eleven -- nm - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 16:22 1
        
        he tried showing me his 11 digits the first vegas trip. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 15, 16:23
        
        Nubbied in Vegas -- nm - Mop (215 lbs) Dec 15, 16:22
- *burp* - Spawn Dec 15, 16:10
For those who find subject-based targeted ads in your gmail intrusive, don't read this about your e-book reader. -- (link) - Eight Vermin a-Vermining Dec 15, 16:05
mandy news network: 4 new Teen Moms! -- (link) - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 15:57 1
- *whistles casually* -- nm - Eight Vermin a-Vermining Dec 15, 15:58
Ryan Reynolds in People Magazine: She was just insatiable. I just couldn't keep up. And then she started bringing her friends home... -- (link) - Mop (215 lbs) Dec 15, 15:57 4
- This is why celebrities end up pulling a David Carradine. - Eight Vermin a-Vermining Dec 15, 16:01 1
  - I believe her SNL monologue. - Spawn Dec 15, 16:11
- I actually clicked on that, Mop - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 15, 15:59 1
  - But now you've got that wonderful image in your mind. You're welcome! -- nm - Mop (215 lbs) Dec 15, 16:09
Have we seen actual video of the Metrodome roof collapsing? -- (link) - Mop (215 lbs) Dec 15, 15:52 3
- Now you are just messing with us -- nm - amoxy Dec 15, 16:09 1
  - You can never be sure. -- nm - Mop (215 lbs) Dec 15, 16:15
- You're bad at searching. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 15:55
Who wanted southerner ice horror stories? ": Cobb County police Sgt. Dana Pierce said more than 200 crashes have been reported during the past 2 hrs." -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 15:42 4
- Cobb salads are a cold food. They need to change their name to Beef Bourguignon County -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 15, 16:00
- you sure it's not them zombies? - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 15:44 2
  - Zombies hate the cold - Trisha Dec 15, 16:09
  - They're running over the writers as we speak. -- nm - Qale Dec 15, 15:45
MH LYC Speculation ... what IF ... the big mouse for the Festive mice CLAWED it's way out of the Egg Nog container?????? - JenBro Dec 15, 15:41 5
- Uh, yeah. They said as much when the even started. - TWuG Dec 15, 16:55 3
  - oh ... why do I suddenly feel like Emily Litella from weekend update back in the 70's? -- nm - JenBro Dec 15, 17:21
  - all hope is not lost, stalwart hunters! -- nm - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 17:00 1
    - I'm not sure which is more fun, her relentless enthusiasm for the game or your equally relentless teasing. :-) -- nm - TWuG Dec 15, 17:03
- good point! -- nm - pixmas, hot lawyer Dec 15, 15:42
"I know what Bill Murray said to Scarlett Johansson." -- nm - Alan Rickman Dec 15, 15:40 2
- "here's the key to my room, those are magnificent." - Will Hunting Dec 15, 15:52 1
  - the eyes or the bazoongas? - Guy Dec 15, 15:54
If Sheppard doesn't bring help soon... there won't be an Earth left to help. -- nm - Mop (215 lbs) Dec 15, 15:37
An error occurred while processing this holiday carol. -- nm - Guy Dec 15, 15:37
I'm going to get chastised for this even though I waited aren't I? -- nm - JenBro Dec 15, 15:36

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