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The Madrid train bomb plotter got only 20 years?? -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 06:00
Whomever didn't tell me that Jennifer Aniston was on Letterman last night is fired. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 19, 05:58 6
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- your stalking skills are weak!...nm - x Dec 19, 06:00 3
  - I honestly don't know why I don't add her to that thing on TiVo that will record anything she's on. - JaxSean Dec 19, 06:02 2
    - then you need to fire yourself! -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 06:06 1
      - *gives myself a severance package* -- nm - JaxSean Dec 19, 06:08
- tangent: Kate Winslet was on Leno the other night and looked *amazing*. -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 05:59
good morning! the US Government is a ghost town. -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 05:57
Bush: Automakers will get $13.4B from TARP plus an additional $4B later if they become 'viable.' -- nm - ty97 Dec 19, 05:53 1
- Bush is on TV (of course) announcing the packages for GM and Chrysler -- nm - secretslacker Dec 19, 06:04
Polaroid files for Chapter 11 -- (link) - Hotkiss Dec 19, 05:43 1
- *Bails them out with residuals from 'Hey Yaaaa'* -- nm - Outkast Dec 19, 05:48
I'm having a dilemma and I don't know what to do. What would ST do? - kelly Dec 19, 05:39 21
- My easy answer: your supervisor is on vacation. In her absence, you go to her supervisor (or whomever you're 'supposed' to go to in her absence). - JaxSean Dec 19, 05:55 4
  - *ding* You're not dumb, kelly. Don't give them a chance to say "why didn't the temp notice this or say something, what an idiot".... speak up and - CrankYanker Dec 19, 06:01 3
    - Plus, if your supervisor gets fired, maybe they'll give you her job! -- nm - JaxSean Dec 19, 06:03 2
      - From what a coworker just told me, she's close to that anyway. - kelly Dec 19, 06:04 1
        
        "Exhibit 43: late checks." -- nm - kelly the temp s.i. Dec 19, 06:07
- Depends on how long you've been there. - Jelly Dec 19, 05:47 6
  - I've been here since September. - kelly Dec 19, 05:48 5
    - not having anything to do with this, but there should be more convos between Jelly and kelly. --nm - prayformojo Dec 19, 05:50 4
      - Heh, sorry for having such a similar handle - I can easily get another one. - Jelly Dec 19, 05:53 3
        
        No, please don't. Your handle is fine. :) -- nm - kelly Dec 19, 06:03
        
        Then you're not ready for this, Jelly. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 19, 05:57 1
        
        *golf clap* -- nm - loosilu Dec 19, 06:17
- can you just ask someone about them in a way that makes it seem like you're just not sure about sending them out... - x Dec 19, 05:45 7
  - Not really. - kelly Dec 19, 05:47 6
    - We know. But you, as a temp, can't say that. You have to be coy and play dumb. -- nm - Amy Dec 19, 05:48 5
      - Yes, but if I ask that, they will *think* I am dumb. - kelly Dec 19, 05:50 4
        
        x has it exactly right. It's the whole, super polite, - Amy Dec 19, 05:55 3
        
        how in the organization has the responsibility for stopped checks? - truman Dec 19, 06:02 1
        
        100% sure, yes. - kelly Dec 19, 06:06
        
        yeah, i think if there's any way to inquire about it gently without a direct rat out, that's the way to go....nm - x Dec 19, 05:56
- Keep quiet. -- nm - Loyola Dec 19, 05:44
Flea to play bass on the The Faces reunion tour. -- nm - Remlik Dec 19, 05:23
*yawn*....nm - x Dec 19, 05:07 2
- Well, that tends to happen when you're up late at night watching Japanese porn. - Don Homer Dec 19, 05:10 1
  - if only that were true....nm - x Dec 19, 05:20
Just saw the Deep Throat news. RIP. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 19, 04:46 5
- do we know where G. Gordon Liddy was? -- nm - Remlik Dec 19, 05:23 1
  - Some wrestling guy died, too. Did you see? -- nm - Amy Dec 19, 05:49
- the pr0n or the watergate dude? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 19, 05:15 2
  - linda lovelace died in a car crash a couple years back, so i assume it's mark felt...nm - x Dec 19, 05:21
  - The Watergate dude. -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 19, 05:20
Music industry to stop suing music downloaders; will instead focus on the ISPs. -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 19, 04:13
Comic Book Resources reviews The Spirit....calls it a cheese-fest.... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 19, 03:52 1
- Newsarama gives it a mixed review..... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 19, 03:55
hmm...Kristen Chenworth to star in David Kelly's new lawyer show for NBC.... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 19, 03:40 2
- Pushing Paper? -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 19, 04:53 1
  - Legally Mad. -- nm - Remlik Dec 19, 04:54
Frank Miller to write/direct Buck Rogers. and Stephen Chow no longer to direct Green Hornet per AICN.... - Remlik Dec 19, 03:36 6
- God, man... doesn't anyone realize that Miller's writing these days *SUCKS*? -- nm - secretslacker Dec 19, 06:05
- I wish I had my Buck Rogers toy spaceship from way back when. The show was totally cheese but the ship was cool. -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 19, 05:26 4
  - Princess Ardalla or Col. Deering? -- nm - Remlik Dec 19, 05:34 3
    - Oh, Wilma Deering for me. -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 19, 05:40 2
      - Speaking of ships, this Star Wars Legacy series of very detailed ships is tempting if $$$ we no object. The Millennium Falcon looks really good. Have - HdnAgnda Dec 19, 05:41 1
        
        the Falcon was $250 at a show I went to on Sunday. -- nm - Remlik Dec 19, 06:07
so the Colts dodged one eh? -- nm - Remlik Dec 19, 03:07
We need to determine the physical and chemical properties of this new element, 'Nu.' -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 19, 01:46 3
- Unstable, easy to bond with both metals and non-metals, slightly toxic. -- nm - nubby Dec 19, 01:50 2
  - It says here "ambivalent valence" and "slightly gassy" too ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 19, 01:51 1
    - That needs to be changed. - nubby Dec 19, 01:55
Happy Birthday, Guigue!! -- nm - JaxSean Dec 19, 00:46 7
- Happy birthday! -- nm - kelly Dec 19, 05:18
- Alright alright! Enjoy! -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 19, 04:58
- Yay! Thanks all! - Guigue Dec 19, 04:50
- Happy birthday! (nm) - nubby Dec 19, 01:33 1
  - I'm trying to blow as much as I can - Guigue Dec 19, 04:52
- Happy Birthday :) -- nm - Stacy Dec 19, 01:22
- Happy Birthday! Hope it's a good one! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 19, 00:56
7 Images Too Badass To Be Real (That Totally Are) -- (link) - Reagen Dec 19, 00:34 1
- Wow! That thunder volcano is just awesome. -- nm - sheba Dec 19, 00:41
holiday set from Frank Sinatra, Pretenders greatest hits, Darius Rucker's country album, Hinder's newest, and Nightmare Before Xmas Revisited (pick!). -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 19, 00:33 5
- Anything by The Pretenders is automatically disqualified as anyting remotely close to 'greatest hits'. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 19, 00:35
- (Those are all the $5 Friday albums at Amazon. Too early...) -- nm - JaxSean Dec 19, 00:33 3
  - Pretenders is always a good choice. :) -- nm - sheba Dec 19, 00:35 2
    - I'd rather chew aluminum foil while listening to fingernails scratched on blackboards to the tune of pixie's latest 'screenplay' ... - ReluctantCynic Dec 19, 00:39 1
      - LOL Oh, be quiet. You listen to MGMT. :) -- nm - sheba Dec 19, 00:42
I'm almost ready to declare MGMT's Electric Feel the single of 2008. - Reagen Dec 19, 00:21 3
- I guess I'm officially old now. That was too slurry for me. I don't like songs where I need a decoder ring to figure out what they're saying. -- nm - sheba Dec 19, 00:34
- i would rate it like the 3rd best song i've heard from them. really, The Little Ones, "Morning Tide" - pigby Dec 19, 00:26
- The more I listen to MGMT, the better they sound. - ReluctantCynic Dec 19, 00:25
dear Museum of Modern Art - pigby Dec 19, 00:02 9
- This is true, wedding invite used to include a few extra overruns but stopped because people would complain they were shorted the other parts -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 19, 00:15 1
  - that should read 'wedding invite printers' -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 19, 00:16
- Dearest Pixie: Obviously, you are not skilled enough. - MOMA Dec 19, 00:04 6
  - some perfectionist, can't even spell! -- nm - Gwaahjo Dec 19, 00:09 5
    - Dearest Gwaajho: Do not mock us. - MOMA Dec 19, 00:14 4
      - Oh, would you look at the colonials, acting like they invented post-modernism - Tate Modern Dec 19, 00:20 1
        
        Dearest Tate 'Modern': Perhaps you should look up the definition of the 'moldy oldies.' - MOMA Dec 19, 00:23
      - the more you screw up, the more cards you need to buy -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 19, 00:17 1
        
        Dearest Zeitgeist: We appreciate your feedback. - MOMA Dec 19, 00:19
Joy to the world - Letterman's chorus Dec 18, 23:59
Wow. Gmail's Tree theme even does dense fog. -- nm - Qale Dec 18, 23:41 1
- I'm vacillating between the Phantasea and Contrast Black themes. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 19, 00:02
"transcendently, eye-poppingly, call-your-friend-ranting-in-the-middle-of-the -night-just-to-go-over-it-one-more-time crazily awful" -- (link) - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 23:40 6
- That's not quite the review I expected, but it's freakin' hilarious. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 23:53 1
  - I can't imagine how the things he considers spoilers could end up being that. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 23:54
- Well, at least Barry Pepper is working again, in something a few people might actually see. -- nm - sheba Dec 18, 23:51 2
  - This is his follow up to Battlefield Earth? -- nm - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 18, 23:57 1
    - The poor guy. It's heartbreaking to watch really talented people screw uo so badly. -- nm - sheba Dec 19, 00:32
- what did he think of The Happening? -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 23:50
How does one salute a Rear Admiral, anyway? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 23:38 1
- stiffly, i imagine -- nm - pigby Dec 18, 23:38
Tonight is a perfect night for cheesy Asian gay cinema. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 23:03 4
- Everynight is a perfect night for cheesy Asian gay cinema. -- fixed -- nm - Qale Dec 18, 23:25 3
  - Very true. But tonight, I'mm watching ... (spoilers) -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 23:34 2
    - It's too teasing for my tastes as was Taboo the Samurai boys love film. -- nm - Qale Dec 18, 23:41 1
      - It's interesting so far, but I'm waiting for the good parts to start. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 23:43
Did you know that there are sitcoms... PRODUCED IN CANADA?!?! - Cuzzin Toddnog Dec 18, 22:41 16
- i'd like to meet the creator of Red Green someday - pigby Dec 18, 23:05 3
  - For not paying you royalties on the Harold character? nm - Dignan Dec 18, 23:08 2
    - i can say with pride i have not seen it enough to get your shiv - pigby Dec 18, 23:10 1
      - Uh, have we met? nm - pride Dec 18, 23:16
- Go Leafs! -- nm - black peter Dec 18, 23:02
- Color me surprised that Small Wonder *wasn't* Canadian. nm - Dignan Dec 18, 22:54
- Whereada? -- nm - David Dec 18, 22:51
- Little Mosque on the Prairie? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 18, 22:48
- Corner Gas? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 22:46 6
  - Yup. And I will give them credit for this: fries and gravy DOES sound like a good combo. -- nm - Cuzzin Toddnog Dec 18, 23:05 1
    - fries and gravy are aces - pigby Dec 18, 23:11
  - Weren't they supposed to run that down here at some point? -- nm - NutMeg Dec 18, 22:48 3
    - It's running on Oregon Public Broadcasting once in a while, and I think it's supposed to be on WGN or TBS. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 23:03 2
      - Ah, I really need to get that new TV and my satellite back up and running. - NutMeg Dec 18, 23:08 1
        
        I caught some of the episodes from one of the early seasons on OPB. It was great. - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 23:16
- *fart on CT, giggle* -- nm - Terrence & Phillip Dec 18, 22:42
Okay, even the most diehard of Nickelback apologists have to feel something approaching shame when they hear Something in Your Mouth, right? nm - Dignan Dec 18, 22:38 5
- Haven't heard it, but I did listen to Saving Me a couple of times today. -- nm - David Dec 18, 22:51 2
  - I don't think it's melodramatic or even particularly elitist to suggest that Nickelback fans don't deserve good things. nm - Dignan Dec 18, 22:53 1
    - *drives off in Pope Mobile* -- nm - David Dec 18, 23:05
- is this a trick to make me listen to Nickelback? - Reagen Dec 18, 22:40 1
  - If I'd had to write a Nickelback parody song, I would have chosen that title. nm - Dignan Dec 18, 22:43
It's freezing raining. How am I supposed to open my car door tomorrow without breaking the handle? - Hotkiss Dec 18, 22:26 14
- can you pay to park in a covered garage tonight? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 18, 23:55
- Drunkie is back! - Spawn Dec 18, 23:05
- do you have a tarp you can put over the car? -- nm - black peter Dec 18, 22:57
- I generally find that taking a key and chipping the ice along the door cracks works pretty well if the ice isn't incredibly thick. -- nm - Ender Dec 18, 22:57
- NOT recommended - could freeze more and f up the lock so the door won't stay closed. -- nm - Cuzzin Toddnog Dec 18, 22:50 1
  - I suppose it depends on just how cold it still is outside. -- nm - Qale Dec 18, 22:52
- If you have a long enough extension cord, use a hair dryer. -- nm - BAD Dec 18, 22:43
- That's how I do it. A splash splash of warm/hot water. -- nm - Qale Dec 18, 22:37
- Do you have a rubber mallet? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 22:29 2
  - nope -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 18, 22:30 1
    - Next best option -- big fluffy towel and a hammer. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 22:31
- assuming you're not a Terminator, I don't see this being a problem. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 22:28 2
  - What, they don't have plastic doors in calgary? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 22:30
  - that's a pretty big assumption -- nm - pigby Dec 18, 22:29
now? -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 18, 22:25 2
- DQ -- nm - pigby Dec 18, 22:29
- own? -- nm - zork Dec 18, 22:27

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