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Ack! Facebook is down! ACK! -- nm - mara Dec 16, 12:34 3
- ACK! -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 16, 12:35 2
  - thx for this. I thought FB and upromise were down for just me. -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 12:37
  - ?? I checked there first. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 12:36
Quelle Suprise : Spider-Man musical delays opening again. -- (link) - Diva Dec 16, 12:31 2
- A friend of mine is actually seeing it tonight. -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 12:32 1
  - I think Natalie Mendoza (Arachni) will be back tonight. -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 12:33
Following Layoffs, Yahoo Cuts Products: MyBlogLog, Delicious, Yahoo Buzz -- (link) - mara Dec 16, 12:28
It's like the Work Gods saw my post on B2. - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:19
LYC: Dang. Lunchtime always smells so good around here. - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:08
Survivor talk? *spoils* - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:08 17
- I also have never been sure of the original thesis that this is all based on. - Dano Dec 16, 12:25 2
  - I see it based on a couple of things *spoils* - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:29 1
    - And *spoils* - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:31
- spoils - Jim Dec 16, 12:10 4
  - spoilers - Dano Dec 16, 12:22 1
    - yeah but - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:24
  - I agree with this -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:11
  - Agreed. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:11
- spoilers - Dano Dec 16, 12:09 8
  - spoils - Roger More Dec 16, 12:18
  - further - 9 days to pixmas Dec 16, 12:11
  - *spoils* - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:10 5
    - I don't think he could have. (spoils) - Jim Dec 16, 12:14 4
      - I think last night boiled down to *spoil* - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:18 3
        
        Wouldn't it be great if (spoilers) - ceregon Dec 16, 12:30 2
        
        spoilers - Dano Dec 16, 12:32 1
        
        They do have a pretty consistent history of making the Final IC a physical endurance-type challenge. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:33
We all just got our Christmas bonus gift cards. My idiot coworker couldn't read hers. - Diva Dec 16, 12:06 15
- Our payroll person (who is getting fired because of this straw that broke the camels back) forgot to give us our Christmas bonus AND our commission - Bacon on a phone Dec 16, 12:12 9
  - With no mercy. That sucks, dude. -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:14
  - that's a pretty heavy straw... -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 12:14 4
    - Sounds like one of those novelty twisty straws. nm - Dignan Dec 16, 12:15 3
      - Crazy Straw! (i loved those when i was a kid) -- nm - 9 days to pixmas Dec 16, 12:18 2
        
        shhh, I put a crazy straw in the wife's stocking. They're eye glasses crazy straw! -- nm - CQ Dec 16, 12:34 1
        
        now who's going crazy for christmas, CQ? -- nm - 9 days to pixmas Dec 16, 12:35
  - oof. Can't checks be cut and/or directly deposited? -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 12:13
  - slipped her mind -- nm - 9 days to pixmas Dec 16, 12:13
  - Wow. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:12
- $200 -- nm - CQ Dec 16, 12:09 2
  - *giggle* -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 12:09 1
    - I'm so out of touch, me thinks :) -- nm - CQ Dec 16, 12:31
- "hhhmmm...i'm not sure either. but i tell you what -- i'll give you $10 for yours, i'm sure you'll come out better." -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Dec 16, 12:08
- heffa -- nm - 9 days to pixmas Dec 16, 12:06
I caught Jonathan Frakes's cameo on NCIS:LA. There must be a programming error in his replicator that slips extra carbohydrate molecules in everything -- nm - crash davis Dec 16, 12:03
Bobby Jenks to the Red Sox -- (link) - Will Hunting Dec 16, 12:01 3
- hmmm.... i think i like this. just don't suck. -- nm - TFox Dec 16, 12:03 2
  - He was on the Yankees radar so that's another positive. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 16, 12:04 1
    - I like that he's tubby and that I can debate with my friends who would win in a race to eat a bucket of corn, him or Joba? - TFox Dec 16, 12:05
Software users.....when you are learning how to do something, do you prefer to get dirty or learn it in an orderly manner? - Will Hunting Dec 16, 11:59 25
- I have had a very hard time following the Symfony framework's one-thing-a-day tutorial. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Dec 16, 12:07
- I need to (a) get dirty a little bit, then usually (b) go try and "learn", then (c) try and get something formal training if needed. -- nm - Bad Elf JaxSean Dec 16, 12:07
- I'm a dirty girl. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:05 7
  - and my most hated learning method EVER is a class. I can't stand doing computer classes. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:08 6
    - Mine have been really rewarding. I post about them here. -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:20
    - The QuickBooks class I took last year was horrendous...mostly because the instructor had very little accounting knowledge!! -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 16, 12:19 2
      - Our instructor at SMC was on the serious side, but definitely had accounting knowledge: He taught accounting classes as well. -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:22
      - Bad instructors are worse than no training at all, IMO. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:20
    - I really hated the undergrad CS class that was required - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:09 1
      - I really, really cannot stand learning how to use software by watching someone else use it. - loosilu Dec 16, 12:10
- Dive in head first. I'll struggle for a couple of days but I've always preferred self-teaching vs. a book -- nm - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:04 2
  - People like me always have to fix people like you's mistakes. :-P - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:10 1
    - I've never pretended to be good at code - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:15
- Orderly. Give me the manual. - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:04
- mostly learn by trial & error, aside from basic program commands -- nm - 9 days to pixmas Dec 16, 12:03
- It depends. Excel, let me at it. Something that requires code or query writing, I need to learn the building blocks first. -- nm - TFox Dec 16, 12:01
- Dirty. I'm self-taught on anything computer. -- nm - Dano Dec 16, 12:01 1
  - Well, self-taught with a little assist from ST. -- nm - Dano Dec 16, 12:01
- I need to have a specific task that needs to be done that I don't know how to do. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 16, 12:01
- dirty -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 12:01
- I'm pretty much all self-taught and all has been on the fly -- nm - decline Dec 16, 12:01
- I need to have a project. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 12:00 3
  - Books come with those! Usually on a CD-ROM. :) -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:13
  - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:04
  - *nods* - Will Hunting Dec 16, 12:02
Retirement savings? -- nm - Dano Dec 16, 11:56 8
- It should perhaps be mentioned that less than 15 years ago there was talk of bankruptcy in my life. I refused to consider it. Never think it's - MistletoeMeg Dec 16, 12:17 2
  - See what happens when you move to a town frequented by lonely, middle aged Biker Gangs? - Mel Profit Dec 16, 12:24 1
    - She lives in Charming? -- nm - crash davis Dec 16, 12:26
- damnit I was taught we were all gona vaporize in a thermov nuclear cloud...who figured peace was going to break out -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 16, 12:10
- to pay for all the sex. -- nm - Max Dec 16, 11:57 3
  - I plan on being my own personal death panel. -- nm - Dano Dec 16, 11:59 1
    - do not underrate the appeal of being a crazy ranting homeless guy. - Elf Andie Dec 16, 12:06
  - and Viagra -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 16, 11:58
Blake Edwards: Hollywood film director dies aged 88 -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Dec 16, 11:56
ST people are helpful. - Elf Andie Dec 16, 11:51 14
- *Helpful* ST people are helpful. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 12:01
- getting you to make the O face was not hard at all. - groiny Dec 16, 11:53
- If not for all the Excel help over the last few weeks I'd never have been able to do what I needed to do. Thanks ST. - Mel Profit Dec 16, 11:53 11
  - I've gotten a lot of help there as well. There are tutorials but sometimes you need help with a very specific thing. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:04
  - There's so may free tutorials online. Microsoft even has one online that's interactive and fairly decent. -- nm - Bad Elf JaxSean Dec 16, 11:56 9
    - The Microsoft website is great. I sometimes forget what a tremendous resource it is on MS products. -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:15
    - Yep. I started to find them because of you guys. Thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 16, 11:59
    - this is good to know. i know everything i need to know about excel, but some of the advanced stuff that's thrown around here makes me realize how - Elf Andie Dec 16, 11:57 5
      - I had basic knowledge, now I can do stuff I never dreamed of. - loosilu Dec 16, 12:05 2
        
        (and then people look at it and marvel.) -- nm - Bad Elf JaxSean Dec 16, 12:07 1
        
        yep. you should see some of these formulas! -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:09
      - *ding* -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 12:04
      - this is exactly what happened to me. - Mel Profit Dec 16, 11:58
    - (and free) -- nm - Bad Elf JaxSean Dec 16, 11:56
When was the last book poll? What are you freaks reading? nm - Dignan Dec 16, 11:49 37
- just finished girl who kicked the hornets nest -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 16, 12:15
- Dignan's Chicken Soup for the Soul -- nm - 9 days to pixmas Dec 16, 12:05 1
  - "Why does my soul feel like it's been groped?" -- nm - pixie after chapter 2 Dec 16, 12:09
- I'm reading a self-help book right now - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:05
- just finished dirty sweet by mcfetridge. now starting masters of doom....nm - x Dec 16, 12:03
- Just finished "Last Night at the Lobster" by Stewart O'Nan (B). Now "call me by your name" by Andre Aciman. - Dano Dec 16, 11:59
- finally starting Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson, now that there's a release date for the 10th and final book in the series -- nm - ceregon Dec 16, 11:58
- Finishing up Gates of Hades by Loomis -- nm - Stephen Dec 16, 11:56
- just finished a re-read of Soul Music, all the rest of my books are packed up, so that's it for the next few weeks at least. -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 11:54
- Just finished the newest Tom Clancy book (Live or Dead)....going to restart the latest Cussler book. - Will Hunting Dec 16, 11:53
- Infinite Jest, which I expect to still be reading until the day I die. -- nm - Max Dec 16, 11:52 3
  - do you have the poster of the character interactions? - x Dec 16, 12:06
  - Is that booking speeding the arrival of that day? -- nm - psilotum Dec 16, 11:54
  - On this note, I guess I'm still technically reading Ulysses as well. Or on hiatus. Or something. -- nm - TFox Dec 16, 11:53
- Wendell Berry's biography of Harlan Hubbard. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 11:52
- Packing for Mars, Side Jobs and God of the Hive are my latest. -- nm - Amy Dec 16, 11:52 14
  - Have you read Room by Emma Donoghue yet? -- nm - decline Dec 16, 12:00 4
    - I have picked up that preview copy and put it down a million times. -- nm - Amy Dec 16, 12:00 3
      - I keep looking at it and something is preventing me from pulling the trigger and buying it. - decline Dec 16, 12:02 2
        
        this has been stopping me as well. -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 12:18
        
        I felt better when I read the reviews and it's about *spoilers sorta* - Amy Dec 16, 12:03
  - Oh, and I might start blogging for Macmillan. I'm submitting stuff next week for a new site of theirs. -- nm - Amy Dec 16, 11:54 3
    - neechay! -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 12:15
    - Oh hell no -- nm - Jessamyn Dec 16, 11:57
    - Cool! -- nm - mara Dec 16, 11:55
  - i read Packing for Mars a few weeks ago. I didn't love it like i did Stiff or Spook. I haven't read Bonk. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 11:53 4
    - That was my first of hers. I plan on reading the others. -- nm - Amy Dec 16, 11:55 2
      - Stiff is the best. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 11:55 1
        
        cue the TFox joke in 3....2.....1..... -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 16, 11:56
    - but how about Bamf or Snikt? -- nm - TFox Dec 16, 11:54
- Plum Island is waiting for me at home. Will start tonight, -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 11:52
- Recently finished up Plum Island, would like to get the next one in the series. - Bad Elf JaxSean Dec 16, 11:51
- Still trying to finish Hornet's Nest so I can move onto The Hunger Games. -- nm - TFox Dec 16, 11:51 3
  - Book 2 was so awful that I don't think I'm going to try Hornet's Nest. nm - Dignan Dec 16, 12:04 2
    - If you feel that way, then don't. Book 3 doesn't really even start til pg 100. - TFox Dec 16, 12:06 1
      - i liked it better than 2 though, by a lot. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 12:07
- I just finished Fever Dream today. I need a new book. I'm tempted to start the Potter series on audiobook but I think I'd finish it before the last - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 16, 11:50
an open congrats to Sofia Vergara on the SAG Award nomination - good things come to those who stir -- nm - crash davis Dec 16, 11:48 2
- Charo called...she wants her shtick back. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 16, 11:56 1
  - Charo was never as funny as Sofia -- nm - crash davis Dec 16, 12:01
Found a golden egg in Angry Birds Seasons. Level 13, aim for the wreath. -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Dec 16, 11:47
Fedoperates drank the hemlock just because he thought it tasted good. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 11:43
I like the word moist a lot -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 11:43 9
- I don't know if you watch the Apprentice but the episode where they were selling on QVC was priceless -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 16, 11:46 1
  - Yeah, I would have thought he was doing it on purpose if he wasn't so earnest. nm - Dignan Dec 16, 11:48
- Carrie is with SheFox...can't stand this word. It's not her most hated, but it's top 5. -- nm - Jim Dec 16, 11:46 3
  - I think it's a weird word to have so many haters. - TFox Dec 16, 11:49 2
    - Someone posted here some time ago that it's a particularly hated word among females, which I find fascinating. -- (link) - Max Dec 16, 11:52 1
      - that's weird. It doesn't bother me at all. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:06
- It makes me think of mold. nm - Dignan Dec 16, 11:45
- My moist is my passport. Verify me. -- nm - Max Dec 16, 11:44 1
  - I'm ashamed of myself for laughing at this. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 11:49

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