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Well, it's come to a head. Had to pick up Katie at daycare after she threw up. - Mop Dec 17, 12:38 5
- *perks up* -- nm - TFox SI Dec 17, 12:40
- Drag. The daycare usually only calls us if she's running a fever. -- nm - Eight Vermin a-Vermining Dec 17, 12:40
- She went to daycare that sick? -- nm - Spawn Dec 17, 12:39 2
  - She was fine this morning. Keeping dad up at night is a hobby for her. -- nm - Mop Dec 17, 12:42
  - If you kept your kid home every time you suspected he might throw up, you'd run out of vacation days. -- nm - TFox Dec 17, 12:40
400 year old mystery of beheaded French king solved - video link -- (link) - crash davis Dec 17, 12:37 5
- "Onry Cat" -- nm - Mop Dec 17, 12:41
- You would think that in 400 years someone would have watched the video before now. -- nm - Spawn Dec 17, 12:39
- "yes, he was actually beheaded" -- nm - grilled cheese pixmas Dec 17, 12:38 2
  - the idea of private collectors passing back and forth a head is kind of creepy -- nm - crash davis Dec 17, 12:40
  - "and he's still dead" -- nm - loosilu Dec 17, 12:39
subdued rant. - ty97 Dec 17, 12:32 16
- ouch. I hope it goes smoother than expected. -- nm - loosilu Dec 17, 12:38
- I always wanted to spend the holidays in the English countryside. This probably isn't helpful to you now. -- nm - jnine Dec 17, 12:37
- subdued rant response: would you prefer to fly into dangerous weather that could possibly make your plane go down? -- nm - Trisha Dec 17, 12:35 7
  - i was thinkiing 'hey, if i had to get stuck someone at christmas time, london sounds *heavenly*" -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 17, 12:37 6
    - unless you're in a crappy richard curtis ensemble movie -- nm - grilled cheese pixmas Dec 17, 12:37 1
      - anytime i am stuck anywhere with Hugh Grant would be just tops. - Elf Andie Dec 17, 12:42
    - or, stuck *somewhere.* (maybe with *someone*?) -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 17, 12:37 3
      - He needs to start thinking more "Paris until sunrise" and less "stupid London I hate everybody". -- nm - Trisha Dec 17, 12:39 1
        
        yea, he needs to hang out with julie delpy all night -- nm - dogbert Dec 17, 12:43
      - Oh sure, rub in the fact that he's alone too - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 17, 12:37
- amazon.uk couldn't promise my order would get to my brother's by xmas because of all the weather delays - grilled cheese pixmas Dec 17, 12:34
- bummer, but I hope you make it home with not much more hassle -- nm - crash davis Dec 17, 12:33 4
  - Planes, Trains... -- nm - Spawn Dec 17, 12:35 3
    - he's looking for "pillows"? -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 17, 12:36
    - except ty is del griffith -- nm - grilled cheese pixmas Dec 17, 12:36 1
      - He's like a Chatty Cathy doll except we don't pull the string, he does. Ahhh! Ahhh! Ahhh! -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 17, 12:37
Local off-duty cop got annoyed that the driver behind him thought he was driving too slow.... -- (link) - TFox Dec 17, 12:31 2
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- (allegedly) -- nm - TFox Dec 17, 12:33
In a rare move, the taco truck is serving BFL. - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 17, 12:27 1
- bacon fried lasagna? -- nm - CQ Dec 17, 12:28
"The bones may belong to a human finger, although they could also be from a turtle" the fact this gets reported as solving the Earhart mystery - Beaker Dec 17, 12:12 3
- there was lots of other artifacts though. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 17, 12:16
- I'm a little surprised they made the press release before testing the bone. -- nm - loosilu Dec 17, 12:14
- They're covering their bases. All the other evidence found leads towards human remains. -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 12:14
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- what the future of our country look like with a fundy majority on the supreme court? - zeitgeist Dec 17, 12:35
- smooch -- (link) - decline Dec 17, 12:29
- considering the alternative, sure... -- nm - znufrii Dec 17, 12:29
- he saved us from having 'vice president palin.' That's something - ho-ho-howie Dec 17, 12:26 20
  - Or President Hilary. -- nm - David Dec 17, 12:40 2
    - psssst - Trisha Dec 17, 12:43
    - Okay, now you're talking. :) -- nm - Eight Vermin a-Vermining Dec 17, 12:41
  - Indeed. I can't imagine having a bumbling VP who says crazy stuff all the time. - Eight Vermin a-Vermining Dec 17, 12:31 16
    - You still owe me $20. I hadn't figured you for a welcher. -- nm - David Dec 17, 12:41
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      - In my google news block today, there was a headline about McCain mobilizing the "tea partiers" about DADT. - Trisha Dec 17, 12:42 1
        
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    - In that case, we would have had a bumbling President who says crazy stuff all the time. - JaxSean Dec 17, 12:36 1
      - Hey he managed to keep the $1.3 trillion budget from being funded because of $8 billion of earmarks (which will ultimately be funded anyway but not go - pmb Dec 17, 12:39
    - Careful. He has actually been a strong VP - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 17, 12:35 1
      - Shh... don't bring reality/details into this. -- nm - Spawn Dec 17, 12:36
    - Oh please. You've even admitted on here that she's basically an idiot. - Trisha Dec 17, 12:33
    - false equivalence friday came so fast this week -- nm - grilled cheese pixmas Dec 17, 12:32
    - you watched the debates, right? - Mel Profit Dec 17, 12:32 4
      - Hell, even her own party has gone on record saying she is not qualified in any way shape or form -- nm - decline Dec 17, 12:40
      - Did you know that she still won't appear with Katie Couric because of Katie's "attack questions"? - Trisha Dec 17, 12:37 2
        
        i read that, and i think it's hilarious. because when i think gotcha pseudo-journalism, i think Katie Couric. -- nm - TFox Dec 17, 12:38 1
        
        I think it's because they were both cheerleaders. It's like Buffy and Cordelia all over again. -- nm - Trisha Dec 17, 12:45
    - You betcha! -- nm - Spawn Dec 17, 12:31
- Has he been succeeding? Yes. - Spawn Dec 17, 12:24
- Sometimes I think you honestly want things as fucked up as possible in this country just so you can crow. - Trisha Dec 17, 12:22 9
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  - Like whom? - JaxSean Dec 17, 12:34 7
    - You really need to let Hiliarly go. It's over. -- nm - Trisha Dec 17, 12:48 1
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    - So, you'll support Palin or whatever other right there is instead? -- nm - Don Homer Dec 17, 12:38 4
      - there's a huge difference between "Palin" and "whatever other right there is". -- nm - TFox Dec 17, 12:39 2
        
        supposed to say "righty" -- nm - Don Homer Dec 17, 12:41 1
        
        Using Palin in this question is still unlike a real candidate - Will Hunting Dec 17, 12:43
      - No - I just won't vote. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 17, 12:39
- yes he has. yes he has....nm - x Dec 17, 12:21
- You're a glass half empty kind of guy, aren't you. -- nm - TWuG Dec 17, 12:16 3
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    - Was he wrong in saying failure to pass the extensions/cuts would have screwed him for the next two years? - TWuG Dec 17, 12:38 1
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- Mmm... I'm gonna go with yes. -- nm - Qale Dec 17, 12:12
My Google CHrome 8 beta channel just jumped to 9 -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 17, 12:12 2
- 9 has some good stuff. For instance, support for this: -- (link) - TWuG Dec 17, 12:21 1
  - Has Google Cloud print too -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 17, 12:26
I love the internet. I don't have to guess. I can just know. -- (link) - amanda jones Dec 17, 12:09 1
- How I WISHED I had that many options where I barfly. -- nm - Qale Dec 17, 12:11
MH kick in the pants ... alert! alert! SheFox is ahead of Nubby in the Festive Mice Hunt ... say it with me ... DANG!!! -- nm - JenBro Dec 17, 12:08 2
- what's wrong with that? everyone should beat the nub -- nm - grilled cheese pixmas Dec 17, 12:09 1
  - with a stick from a paralell dimension -- nm - crash davis Dec 17, 12:11
Fearless woman's brain provides key for phobias -- (link) - Beaker Dec 17, 12:07
LIR Poll correction, LYC: My days of work remaining in 2010 including today is not 10, but 8. - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 17, 12:00
Appparently my phone can't handle angry birds. -- nm - sycor Dec 17, 11:59 14
- Me neither mate. -- nm - Cockney customer service rep Dec 17, 12:32
- To be fair, they are pretty angry. -- nm - Qale Dec 17, 12:07 1
  - *giggle* -- nm - grilled cheese pixmas Dec 17, 12:08
- You have the Moment, too, right? Yeah, the last update killed it. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 17, 12:02 1
  - stupid updates. -- nm - sycor Dec 17, 12:05
- My phone has trouble with the ads. It plays ok for the non-Google ads, but when a Google ad is on the screen it slows to a halt. - Ender Dec 17, 12:02 3
  - Wow, doesn't seem like you should have to do that to use it properly. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 17, 12:13 1
    - Well, mine is one of the unsupported phones. -- nm - Ender Dec 17, 12:32
  - I was just about to suggest the airplane mode idea. -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 12:03
- They have a list of unsupported phones (as of Nov) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 17, 12:02 2
  - interesting. yep, my phone is on the list. -- nm - sycor Dec 17, 12:04 1
    - They're supposed to be working on a version of the game for less capable phones or phones that have issues with the game - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 17, 12:08
- I couldn't install it on my HTC Hero, but got it to work when I upgraded to the HTC Desire. -- nm - Eight Vermin a-Vermining Dec 17, 12:00 1
  - it's almost depressing. And I know my wife won't allow that to be justification for buying a new phone. -- nm - sycor Dec 17, 12:01
Also, the world needs moe Kaley Cuoco as Wonder Woman. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 17, 11:57
What do TNA/WWE Wrestler Kevin Nash and Anthony Hopkins have in common? Both are playing the part of Odin... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 17, 11:56
sitwap - Science magazine had listed the top 10 breakthroughs of 2010. Teleportation tops the list -- (link) - crash davis Dec 17, 11:54 3
- """"""""Teleportation"""""""" - nubby Dec 17, 12:03 2
  - they are both primarily orange -- nm - crash davis Dec 17, 12:08
  - Teleportation is basically jumping into and out of cat space. -- nm - Trisha Dec 17, 12:04
hands free sag -- (link) - Amy Dec 17, 11:54 2
- this is one trend that i am just *amazed* has lasted so long. i remember, a billion years ago, thinking 'oh it's awful, but it will be done in 6 - Elf Andie Dec 17, 12:36
- The best part of this idea is that no one who would actually need it can complain about how ridiculous it is. -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 11:56
The Mets season ticket pitch is....something... -- (link) - Beaker Dec 17, 11:54 1
- "Nice to know that Time editor landed on his feet." -- nm - Beaker Dec 17, 11:55
That's cold. Burglar posts photo of himself, inside home, with items he is stealing on victim's Facebook account -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 17, 11:51 7
- Wait, what is a 15 year old doing with that kind of bank? -- nm - Spawn Dec 17, 11:54 5
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  - It looked like only a couple hundred. My son saved up $150 (mostly in cash) himself at age 10 for his android device -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 17, 11:59 3
    - Hmm. By the time he has that kind of cash, the Bub will have a checking account with debit card. -- nm - Spawn Dec 17, 12:26
    - 10 year old me can't fathom wanting to save up to buy a device that will help my parents keep track of me. -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 17, 12:02 1
      - Android != phone - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 17, 12:04
- Evil. -- nm - Spawn Dec 17, 11:53
shocking news: Gov. Jindal's $360 million sand berm project to reduce effects of gulf oil spill a colossal waste of resources -- (link) - grilled cheese pixmas Dec 17, 11:51 2
- actually they needed the berm to replace damaged barrior islands, he used gulf spill as excuse to get bp to pay for it, brilliant -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 17, 12:42
- Oh course it was. Like so many of these rush projects - H1N1 programs were the 2009 version - they are act/spend first, critically think after. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 17, 12:10
I was planning to walk to the store, maybe get a haircut, but the rain is getting heavier *whine* - MistletoeMeg Dec 17, 11:50 2
- it always seems to get this yucky way in the week before xmas - grilled cheese pixmas Dec 17, 11:52 1
  - it's because LA is full of former northerners who think they can escape crappy winter weather by moving to California. - Elf Andie Dec 17, 12:17
WTF MEXICO!? Gunmen kill grieving mother in front of Governor's office -- (link) - Beaker Dec 17, 11:50
sitwap - Porn Company Creates Interactive Sex Game for Microsoft Kinect -- (link) - crash davis Dec 17, 11:50 18
- This is sort of sickening like 2 big blue dudes feeling you up while a third one glances over while he works. - Trisha Dec 17, 12:03 4
  - *doesn't see what the problem is* -- nm - TSA Dec 17, 12:05 1
    - Us neither. -- nm - Blue Man Group Dec 17, 12:08
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    - Hrmm, all I know is, if it's our xbox live avatars getting it on, some of you people need do some serious avatar makeovers - Trisha Dec 17, 12:25
- Creepy disembodied hand! Not sexy! -- nm - Amy Dec 17, 11:56 2
  - You don't have a fantasy about being seduced by Thing? -- nm - Reagen Dec 17, 11:57 1
    - Nor the Thing in Chun's fridge. -- nm - Amy Dec 17, 11:59
- again? -- nm - Spawn Dec 17, 11:56
- *sends a request to Will's xbox live* -- nm - TeeFox si Dec 17, 11:55
- Related? Adult Star Kirsten Price Tests Kinect's Nude Filter Read more: Adult Star Kirsten Price Tests Kinect's Nude Filter -- (link) - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 17, 11:53 6
  - I love sites that have filters that test whether kids are smart enough to subtract 18 from the current year -- nm - crash davis Dec 17, 11:57 3
    - The sad part is, somewhere a lawyer got paid to tell the site to do this -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 17, 12:07 2
      - it's not sad. it just covers them from liability. alchohol companies do it too...nm - x Dec 17, 12:17 1
        
        No, a lawyer getting paid is always sad. -- nm - Spawn Dec 17, 12:30
  - She was such a bitch on My Bare Lady. -- nm - David Dec 17, 11:55
  - Sorry for the double paste. Sorry for the double paste. -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 17, 11:54
- prediction: we'll be seeing a lot of funny cell cam videos of players doing humpty dances, mel gibson hip thrusts etc -- nm - double dose of zeitgeist Dec 17, 11:52
I never agree with Joe Lemire's power rankings. The MLB one today is just absurd. -- (link) - David Dec 17, 11:48 2
- He predicated it on a huge "if": the resurgence of both Lackey and Beckett. - TFox Dec 17, 12:32
- Philly -- Boston -- SF --- .... open for negotiation. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 17, 11:49
I feel for the Vikings and/or the Redskins. If I were Paul Allen, I'd offer them the services of Charlie Whitehurst. -- nm - crash davis Dec 17, 11:45 5
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- I'm sorry, we only take people who've clearly proven to be nearly the pinnacles of their profession at somepoint. - Hersheys Dec 17, 11:46 3
  - maybe he had a pinnacle at Syracuse? -- nm - crash davis Dec 17, 11:48 2
    - Psst...Clemson. (nm) - Will Hunting Dec 17, 11:48 1
      - heh, shows how much I care about Whitehurst that I can't even remember where he played :) -- nm - crash davis Dec 17, 11:51
Wouldn't the steamed rice be itchy on her girl parts? -- nm - David Dec 17, 11:44 2
- If she can deal with the moist, I'm sure Jax can as well. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 17, 11:45 1
  - Word -- nm - JaxSean Dec 17, 11:56
Chocolate bunnies are people too! -- nm - PETA Dec 17, 11:43 9
- this makes me wonder, why aren't there chocolate people? - kare Dec 17, 11:45 8
  - Oops - googled 'chocolate Santas' - wasn't quite prepared for 'chocolate Santa surprise ;-) -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 17, 11:49 3
    - This is like the time Crash's Mom googled "german dolls" with hilarious results -- nm - Trisha Dec 17, 12:00
    - that's why we love you so much, after all these years of ST you still have a bit of sweet innocense -- nm - double dose of zeitgeist Dec 17, 11:54 1
      - But only a very little bit.....I've been seriously corrupted :) -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 17, 11:58
  - "I have nougat in my *ear*!" -- nm - Apu Dec 17, 11:46
  - *sniff* -- nm - Santa Dec 17, 11:46 1
    - Me too. -- nm - Jesus Dec 17, 11:52
  - The 60's took care of that one. (nm) - Hersheys Dec 17, 11:45

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