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heh. spice company. -- nm - kelly Dec 16, 13:30
ok, who broke facebook? -- nm - marcel Dec 16, 13:29 7
- Assange-friendly hacktivists who weren't happy about Time Magazine's Person of the Year. -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 13:32 2
  - Wasn't there a "What's the word of the year?" ST Poll recently? I think it's hacktivist. -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 13:34 1
    - Hacktivist ... Refudiate. Hard to decide which sounds more stupid. -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 13:35
- Zuckerberg. -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 13:32
- Time's Man of the Year. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 16, 13:32 1
  - 1 second! -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 13:32
- Zuma Mousehunt -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 13:31
Dress code for Swiss bank includes that "They should not wear ties that do not match the morphology of the face -- (link) - Elf Andie Dec 16, 13:28 2
- Pft, I bet the dress code book is like 43 pages long or something. :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Dec 16, 13:30 1
  - 52 -- (link) - marcel Dec 16, 13:34 [Backboard]
Rondo will be out for weeks. -- (link) - Diva Dec 16, 13:23 1
- I do enjoy watching him play. - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 13:28
You know what candy are unreasonably good? Wonka Exceptionals Chocolate Waterfall Pieces - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 13:22 1
- "The waterfall is most important. Mixes the chocolate. Churns it up, makes it light and frothy. - Qale Dec 16, 13:27
Assange's OK Cupid profile. -- (link) - Mop (214 lbs) Dec 16, 13:21 1
- So what, CNN? Every public figure has to have a wife and kids? Unfair! - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 13:24
I don't understand why Aubrey Plaza won't return my calls. nm - Dignan Dec 16, 13:20
Dear Mom, when you comment on my status thanking God for all the blessings in my life with - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 16, 13:16 7
- I'm pretty sure she's hinting at something here, and it's very important. -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Dec 16, 13:30
- Maybe she just watched the Crow? - decline Dec 16, 13:27 4
  - I think I'm more appalled at the spelling error -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 16, 13:29 3
    - I assumed that was your fault. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 13:36
    - I was going to mention that but didn't want to be talkin' about your moms. -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 13:30
    - heh. I do that so often here, I didn't even notice :) -- nm - decline Dec 16, 13:30
- You should reply by thanking her uterus. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Dec 16, 13:26
lyc: waiting for car vinspection to finish. so. BORED. -- nm - loosilu on BB Dec 16, 13:12
Just because you order a dipstick, doesn't mean it should be packed by one... -- (link) - znufrii Dec 16, 13:12
Also, due to school parties I was tremendously busy today and yet made a fraction of the money. Booo! Eat your crappy square pizzas kids! -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 13:11
Seattle Bus Station -- (link) - marcel Dec 16, 13:10 3
- why the surprise? I used to use that station all the time. The architecture contrasted nicely with the smell of bum pee outside it. -- nm - crash davis Dec 16, 13:11 2
  - Aw, be nice. There are several entrances to this station... - OAE, aka Old Antarctic Explorer Dec 16, 13:35
  - didn't know that Seattle does such cool things -- nm - marcel Dec 16, 13:23
Amazon's playing Big Brother again, deleting books purchased on folkses Kindles. - Qale Dec 16, 13:05 34
- They went big brother when they deleted copies of 1984. I'm glad they didn't take this new content as literally. -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Dec 16, 13:29 1
  - With that, the company that uploaded 1984 to sell through Amazon didn't have the rights to do so. Amazon ended up in a lawsuit - TWuG Dec 16, 13:31
- Can you copy them off the Kindle to a PC so they can't do this? -- nm - not2fast Dec 16, 13:26 1
  - Depends on whether you crack the DRM, if not, then no. -- nm - TWuG Dec 16, 13:27
- Eff them. I'd love to be the chick calling in to complain that my copy of "But Daddy Likes It That Way" was no longer there. - Diva Dec 16, 13:18 2
  - "You do know that title has extremely mature content. I'm really surprised someone would purchase that." -- nm - Amazon Agent Dec 16, 13:23 1
    - "F*ck you. Gimme my sh!t back." -- nm - Diva to Amazon Agent Dec 16, 13:24
- As a business they have the right to dictate what they will and won't sell. The part I'd take issue with is removing content already purchased, but - TWuG Dec 16, 13:13 18
  - It seems terribly inconsistant that they'd sell various motion pictures or professionally published books with similiar content. ALSO -- - Qale Dec 16, 13:16 12
    - I'm not familiar with the content of what Amazon took down. All we know is "incest" is what the authors are claiming - TWuG Dec 16, 13:18 5
      - I know. I'm kind of moving past the current story to an overall perception/case history of Amazon. If you recall they removed mine back in the day... - Qale Dec 16, 13:19 4
        
        Actually, I don't recall. What happened with your book and how was it resolved? -- nm - TWuG Dec 16, 13:22 3
        
        It, along with others with gay content, were removed for a time. It took a few weeks, Amazon eventually blamed it on a hacker that found a way to rig - Qale Dec 16, 13:26 2
        
        Ah, I recall that. I didn't remember you were caught up in it. - TWuG Dec 16, 13:29 1
        
        I certainly have made purchases from Amazon since. But I wouldn't buy a digital copy of a book via them, nor would I publish one again. - Qale Dec 16, 13:31
    - Finally: I've about had it with this whole "a couple of hundred of people flag something offensive" thanks to a social/political group, it gets banned - Qale Dec 16, 13:18
    - Or, you know, books. Like Flowers in the Attic, still available on their site. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 13:17 4
      - *ding* -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 13:19
      - You probably don't find it surprising V.C. Andrews is one of my influences do you. -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 13:19 2
        
        Ah! No, not really. :-) -- nm - mara Dec 16, 13:20 1
        
        Also, Anne Rice and Alex Sanchez. :P -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 13:21
  - I think it made it clear that it *did* happen. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 13:15
  - it would be like Chapters going to your house and taking away a book you bought. They can sell what they want but once I buy it they can fvck right of -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 13:14 3
    - Except, as this article saus at the end, that only happened briefly as a "glitch". Whether it *was* a glitch is moot since the material was returned. - TWuG Dec 16, 13:21
    - it would be more like iTunes deleting neo-Nazi punk rock off your computer... if it happened. - TFox Dec 16, 13:15 1
      - We never get enough neo-Nazi punk rock played on the radio. -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 13:20
- If for nothing else, this feature will mean I'll never buy a Kindle. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 13:06 7
  - If you think Sony, Kobo and Nook are immune, you are wrong.. - TWuG Dec 16, 13:16 1
    - Readers in general... I'm not enthused by the product yet. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 13:29
  - word -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 13:14
  - I noticed at the last second the update at the bottom says it was a "technical issue" and are back. More like an "oh shit we got caught" issue. -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 13:08 3
    - I'm wondering if they've had these "Technical Issues" with any Sesame Street books? -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 16, 13:15 2
      - My guess is the technical issues arise out of stricter guidelines for self-published or explicit material. Something Sesame Street books wouldn't - TWuG Dec 16, 13:24
      - Only the ones with Katy Perry's breasts in them. -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 13:16
Budweiser has it's own smartphone ap so you can call long distance free in Canada (major cities only). -- (link) - Elf Andie Dec 16, 13:01
Bob Feller, Blake Edwards, ...who's third? -- nm - mud Dec 16, 13:00 2
- Holbrook -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 13:05
- YOU! -- nm - Reagen si Dec 16, 13:04
Have we seen the Kardashian family Christmas photo? -- (link) - MDH Dec 16, 13:00 [Image] 8
- Kourtney is still the hot one, looks like she married Christan Bale from American Psycho -- nm - Remlik Dec 16, 13:23 2
  - I still want to be friends with Kim's hiney -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 13:26 1
    - oh I wouldn't say no. -- nm - Remlik Dec 16, 13:26
- It's like they're scared someone might actually be enjoying the holidays so they sent this out to stop it. -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 13:14
- It's kind of Dynasty meets The Addams Family... -- nm - Eight Vermin a-Vermining Dec 16, 13:10 2
  - someone totally needs to do a paranormal, 80s style, night soap. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 13:12
  - that woman on the left absolutely reminded me of Mortica -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 16, 13:11
- Did they draw lots to decide who would wear the only even vaguely Christmas-looking thing in the picture? -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 13:04
What does this stadium look like to you? -- (link) - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:58 7
- It looks like the place they're going to play next year's "Tidy Bowl." (nm) - ho-ho-howie Dec 16, 13:10 1
  - That is what I saw: a big ol' head -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 13:18
- A shed snake skin in the shape of Omega -- nm - TWuG Dec 16, 12:59 2
  - This. I like it, looks cool. Where is it con_carne? -- nm - Stephen Dec 16, 13:11 1
    - Lancaster -- (link) - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 13:17
- The Colts logo? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:59
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you know who has a plan to end the BCS? -- (link) - 9 days to pixmas Dec 16, 12:50 2
- The $$$ will end up killing the BCS - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:52
- We're saved! -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Dec 16, 12:51
NO! Not Altavista! Damn you, Yahoo! -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Dec 16, 12:50
Stargate Universe canceled. -- (link) - Mop (214 lbs) Dec 16, 12:49 5
- that sucks. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 16, 13:19
- dammit -- nm - ceregon Dec 16, 12:58
- fvckers. guess they have to save their money for Giant Douche vs Mega Wad. Assholes. -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 12:50 2
  - Sharktopus 2! -- nm - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:52
  - well, duh. that sounds *amazing*. -- nm - TFox Dec 16, 12:51
speaking of Oprah, I'm on Chef Ming Tsai's site and I went to look at the order page for his cool ceramic knife he uses. Its out of stock because it - crash davis Dec 16, 12:45 5
- LYC: We were watching the finale of Top Chef Season 2 yesterday - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:49 2
  - I've actually never watched Chopped. Is it good? -- nm - crash davis Dec 16, 12:50 1
    - It's a fun little show. - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:53
- Serves you right, bitch -- nm - Jacques Pepin Dec 16, 12:47 1
  - Jacques, you're still #1 to me, baby! -- nm - crash davis Dec 16, 12:48
Could use some good vibes this afternoon - amoxy Dec 16, 12:44 19
- get. that. gig. -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 13:06
- Let them know you're worth it!! -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 16, 12:54
- Git 'em big boy. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 16, 12:50
- break a leg -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 12:49
- tell them that you have the backing of an amazing resource -- nm - ceregon Dec 16, 12:48
- Whenever you're stuck, just think to yourself, "What would TFox do" - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 16, 12:47 5
  - somewhere Will just leaned back, put his hands behind his head, smiled and he doesn't know why. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 16, 12:51 1
    - Oh, I knew why. (nm) - Will Hunting Dec 16, 13:34
  - putting you nuts on the CEO's drumset is not the ideal way of landing a job... -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 12:48 2
    - Gonna have to agree with The Unicorn on this one. -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 13:15
    - dammit, I lol'ed right in the auto repair shop bwaiting room. -- nm - loosilu on BB Dec 16, 12:51
- you got it. knock em dead! -- nm - loosilu on BB Dec 16, 12:47
- good luck! -- nm - crash davis Dec 16, 12:46
- *sends good vibes in the Westerly direction* -- nm - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:46
- You're going to nail it like Veronica Corningstone. - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:46
- such a good vibration! -- nm - Loleatta Holloway Dec 16, 12:46 1
  - I don't have a clue on that nickname -- nm - amoxy Dec 16, 12:47
- *vibing* -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 12:45
- good luck!! -- nm - decline Dec 16, 12:45
who had dec 16 in the Yao Ming out for the season with another stress fracture poll? -- (link) - 9 days to pixmas Dec 16, 12:43 1
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Yikes. I just saw "Tale of Two Cities" come up on the Amazon recommendations -- nm - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:43 11
- You stupid monkey! -- nm - Mr. Burns Dec 16, 12:45
- you prefer a different dickens? a military dickens?? then name the system! -- nm - 9 days to pixmas Dec 16, 12:44 8
  - I would choose reading a 2000-page omnibus spending bill over Dickens. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:45 7
    - Talk about Great Expectations, like anyone is going to read that bill on either side of the asile. -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 13:07
    - tale of two cities is fantastic -- nm - pixmas Dec 16, 12:46 5
      - the gentleman is correct. -- nm - TFox Dec 16, 12:58
      - fantastically horrid. -- nm - loosilu on BB Dec 16, 12:52 2
        
        I'm assuming you're talking about the musical version of it I saw years ago... -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 12:56 1
        
        it must be hard to make a musical from a book that sucks. -- nm - loosilu on BB Dec 16, 12:57
      - I don't think I've ever heard a more wrong statement on ST. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:47
- Damn you, Oprah! -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Dec 16, 12:43
Buster Olney is saying that the Jenks signing has pushed Boston's payroll past the Yankees at the moment. - TFox Dec 16, 12:41 5
- As a Jays fan, I like it. (Now that I trust our management to improve the team.) - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 12:58 2
  - *awesomeness principle win* - TFox Dec 16, 12:58 1
    - Well, I remember that the Jays had the highest payrolls in the early 90's. We'll never be back there, but it's not unreasonable to believe $150M... - Name Withheld By Request Dec 16, 13:32
- ~Evil Empire~ -- nm - decline Dec 16, 12:44 1
  - I personally love the "Out-Yankee the Yankees" strategy - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:57
swimming classes begin the first week of January. So so psyched for Pinch. Once a week for 7 weeks. -- nm - CQ Dec 16, 12:37 2
- Then you can put him to work! -- nm - Dano Dec 16, 13:30
- awesome. -- nm - decline Dec 16, 12:38
ho ho ho -- nm - 9 days to pixmas Dec 16, 12:36

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