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Pope John Paul II to become a Saint May 1 looks like -- (link) - Beaker Jan 14, 05:55 3
- Beatified. Not Canonized. Right? (i heard it this morning, haven't checked link.) -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 06:10 2
  - correct, only one bracket has been officially attributed to him so far. also, rules are that you have to be dead 50 years to be cannonised/sainted - zork Jan 14, 06:16
  - my bad, you are correct. Needs one more miracle for Sainthood -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 06:14
iPad failure. ABC app does not support TV out (even SD) and was choppy as all hell streaming last night - oblique Jan 14, 05:45
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  - What happened?! -- nm - James P. Cereal Jan 14, 06:14
- hilarious -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 05:52
Ok...come on people...who wins tomorrow? Green Bay or Atlanta? - Jim Jan 14, 05:38 4
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- pretty good handicapping of each team getting to the Super Bowl -- (link) - Beaker Jan 14, 05:51 1
  - I picked GB -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 05:52
Huge blue cock to be on 4th plinth in Trafalgar Square. -- (link) - LMS Jan 14, 05:20
da vinci's the last supper in dryer lint.... - x Jan 14, 05:19 1
- wow, pretty cool. -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 05:24
I think I've found a new pre-school tv show worth watching - Rastamouse! -- (link) - LMS Jan 14, 05:08
went to a protest today. thousands on the main street of Tunis. took a bunch of pics and videos. AND...!! - Hotkiss Jan 14, 04:48 12
- So the police aren't firing on the protesters any more, which is good. -- nm - LMS Jan 14, 05:06 9
  - as i am typing, the streets are literally flooded with people. people on top of moving vans with signs and flowers, chants, etc -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 14, 05:14 8
    - I'm watching the live footage -- (link) - LMS Jan 14, 05:16 7
      - Reuters are reporting gunshots heard near the interior ministry. -- nm - LMS Jan 14, 06:10 1
        
        yes, this is true. i was just there -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 14, 06:14
      - i just went to the main street and when the crowd started throwing at the govt bldgs, tear gas was thrown back. i got caught in the stampede. - Hotkiss Jan 14, 06:01 4
        
        I wouldn't be out on the streets from late afternoon onwards, things tend to get more violent the later on in the day you get. Did you ever hear from - LMS Jan 14, 06:09 1
        
        no answer from the embassy. im kinda pissed about that -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 14, 06:17
        
        Was that near the interior ministry, apparently they were on the roof so canisters were thrown. -- nm - LMS Jan 14, 06:04 1
        
        people were waving the flag and trespassing the "awning". -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 14, 06:15
- yikes. Glad that you got the photos, but be careful. You could be collateral damage. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 05:05
- you are alot braver than I. Be careful -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 04:51
No need for panic. Your astrological sign hasn't changed (as long as you follow the tropical zodiac). -- (link) - CovingtonCat Jan 14, 03:56 1
- breathes a big sigh of relief - JenBro Jan 14, 04:35
Thomas Cook to fly home UK tourists after Tunisia riots -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jan 14, 03:03 1
- Because we never riot here for political change. -- nm - LMS Jan 14, 05:07
Your "Is That Racist?" story of the day comes from hillbillies up in Appalachia, GA using MLK day to get kids back in school to make up for snow days. - Qale Jan 13, 23:26 6
- I don't know that outrage is called for here, but I have to wonder, why not use some other bogus holiday to make up a snow day? - Jim Jan 14, 05:53
- ofcourse snow is racist it all white after all -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 14, 02:35
- My employer is clearly racist. -- nm - psilotum Jan 13, 23:34 3
  - Yep, I don't think I ever worked for a company that got MLK day off. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 13, 23:58 2
    - my new firm is the first one (other than when i did a clerkship and was a state employee) that takes it off -- nm - lovesick ass Jan 14, 00:10
    - the timing of it is off, why couldn't he have been born in the summer, we're still suffering from post xmas duldrums and paying the bills - zeitgeist Jan 14, 00:09
I think tomorrow I'm seeing Green Hornet and Black Swan. I don't think I need to see Hornet in 3D. -- nm - Qale Jan 13, 23:16
People are dumb. I am reading the comment section to that ER article I posted earlier. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 13, 22:20 3
- That does sound dumb. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 13, 22:24 2
  - yeah. who reads comment sections? -- nm - mafic Jan 13, 22:51 1
    - Very true...I am dumb for reading them. But so addicting.. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 13, 22:59
heh, mordin, gilbert and sullivan. heh. -- nm - tRuMaN is not a monkey. Jan 13, 22:13
Hmm, one of our sinks has a leak. Based on prior experience, and the slow drainage, I think it's caused by a clog. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 13, 21:43 5
- *head tilt* a leak is caused by a clog? that doesn't make sense - don't clogs stop something up? -- nm - JenBro Jan 13, 22:25 1
  - Well, it could be a good old fashioned real leak, or it could be an issue with the spillover slots -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 13, 22:28
- Fascinating! -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 21:44 2
  - We've only been here a month. C'mon. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 13, 21:49 1
    - (and we had to replace the washer and dryer because they were lemons ... so, while likely minor, the leak is a bit annoying.) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 13, 21:59
Not a surprise - Cam Newton declares for NFL Draft -- (link) - amoxy Jan 13, 21:37 7
- he is prepared to take that pay cut -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 05:00
- Titans -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 21:41
- Niners! -- nm - lovesick ass Jan 13, 21:37 4
  - STFU -- nm - amoxy Jan 13, 21:40 3
    - you're going to let the next Vince Young fall to the Redskins? -- nm - lovesick ass Jan 13, 21:42 2
      - I'd rather take Alex Smith back -- nm - amoxy Jan 13, 21:44 1
        
        word -- nm - Go Ducks on a phone Jan 13, 21:51
"Just slow her down, I will get Hitler out the window" -- nm - amoxy Jan 13, 21:29 2
- "dang I hit Eleanor Roosevelt" -- nm - howie Jan 13, 21:36 1
  - "let us anoint our guests in oil without using our hands" -- nm - David Jan 13, 21:39
*refreshes tracking info pages again* ... still departing Toronto. Hrm. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 13, 21:26 1
- I'm going to require you to chill. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 21:27
Most talkative and Least Talkative NFL announcing booths -- (link) - amoxy Jan 13, 21:23
Do we know what Grease Monkey script was responsible for the Ikariam f*ck up? -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 21:21 9
- The CR Converter. nm - Dignan Jan 13, 21:34 6
  - No. -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 21:35 3
    - It says here that they narrowed down the code. -- (link) - Dignan Jan 13, 21:37 2
      - (Oh, you were replying to my IM. Screw yourself.) nm - Dignan Jan 13, 21:37 1
        
        It was a mixed message anyway. -- nm - David Jan 13, 21:39
  - (Or any script that incorporated it.) nm - Dignan Jan 13, 21:35 1
    - Sh*t. Ika Tools is compromised. -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 21:49
- what was the point of rejecting then accepting my treaty? -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 21:31 1
  - I thought I was out then realized it had all been rolled back. -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 21:34
Afghan Taliban 'end opposition to educating girls' -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jan 13, 21:19 4
- What's Afghan for "Tea Party"? -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 21:25 3
  - I enjoy the validity of Tealiban. -- nm - David Jan 13, 21:36 1
    - although now I'm imagining them having fights over whether their flag should be green or blue. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 21:42
  - Mujahadeen. -- nm - TWuG Jan 13, 21:27
'Tosh.0' Makes Record-Breaking Return -- (link) - Dano Jan 13, 21:18 2
- Did it always have a disclaimer? -- nm - Qale Jan 13, 21:44
- Troll! -- nm - David Jan 13, 21:23
TVPSA and SITWAP, yesterday's pre-emptied Human Target will air tomorrow at 8/7c - Stephen Jan 13, 21:11 6
- Nice. ABC listings were messed up last night. Recorded Private Practice and got a reairing of On the Map (which already recorded the night before) - oblique Jan 14, 05:53
- I hope my Pvr catches it -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 13, 21:44 4
  - Um, you can always just look it up and press the record button manually. - Trish Jan 13, 21:47 3
    - But what if the Fox listings are messed up, and I accidentally hit record on Glenn beck? - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 13, 21:51 2
      - Then just do a one time record of channel and time. - Trish Jan 13, 21:58 1
        
        Heh. My cable provider will probably do a listing update, but if not, I am capable of doing it manually. - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 13, 22:00
hey colin firth fans, webchat with him, Guy Pearce, HBC, and the director of King's Speech in half an hour -- (link) - lovesick ass Jan 13, 21:09
speaking of Christina...she was in Playboy in 1999.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 13, 21:06 11
- Where is the nudity? -- nm - Go Ducks on a phone Jan 13, 21:21
- um, I think we need to teach you about hair color. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 21:14 4
  - she's a bottle red. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 21:14 3
    - I know that, but she's not a platinum blonde either. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 21:15 2
      - true. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 21:17 1
        
        Do you have any Grey Poupon? nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 21:19
- You're like a reverse psychic. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 21:07 4
  - it -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 21:08 3
    - sfek, is a gift -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 21:08 2
      - I see that the Pixie Contagion is spreading. -- nm - David Jan 13, 21:10 1
        
        but what about the forensic boobology? -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 21:10
ugh, so I installed iTunes on my new computer and said "yes iTunes, you can organize my music library." and suddenly there're two or three copies of - mafic Jan 13, 21:01 5
- You've been Jobsed -- nm - Go Ducks on a phone Jan 13, 21:05
- the gift that keeps on giving -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 13, 21:04
- *nodding* - TFox Jan 13, 21:02 2
  - You need to turn on the move not copy option, then this doesn't happen -- nm - Karl_S Jan 13, 21:25
  - I think I found an easy way. I just selected everything and told it to consolidate it. - mafic Jan 13, 21:04
mmm . . . elizabeth mcgovern - lovesick ass Jan 13, 20:53
No Cougar Town yesterday? -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 20:48 8
- Nope, we got a repeat of the Mother Tucker episode of Modern Family -- nm - Stephen Jan 13, 21:08
- Must've aired somewhere since the torrent is out there. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 13, 20:54
- No, they ran the last 10 minutes of a random MF instead. -- nm - Ender Jan 13, 20:48 5
  - 10 minutes? Did something go overtime? -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 20:50 4
    - Obama. ABC did: New The Middle, Part of The Middle rerun, Obama, New Modern Family, part of Modern Family rerun, that Jungle Greys Anatomy show. -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 20:53 1
      - Ah... since moving to the Left Coast, these press conferences don't register with me any more. -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 20:57
    - The memorial service preempted most of network TV last night. Ended at like 20 after the hour. -- nm - Ender Jan 13, 20:53
    - Yes, quite. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 13, 20:51
Screw you, Rock Band 3. "Fly Like an Eagle" is *not* worthy of zero difficulty indicators on Expert Guitar. - JaxSean Jan 13, 20:42 20
- One of the worst songs ever written. nm - Dignan Jan 13, 20:43 19
  - I've been looking for Freedom -- nm - Hazelhoff Jan 13, 21:03 2
    - German hits don't count -- nm - Go Ducks on a phone Jan 13, 21:04 1
      - define "hit" -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 13, 21:13
  - someone left the cake out in the rain, and I don't think I can take it, cause it took so long to bake it, and I'll never have that recipe again... - zeitgeist Jan 13, 20:51 1
    - Richard Harris! -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 20:56
  - (Is it worse than Abracadabra? That's up for Satan to decide.) nm - Dignan Jan 13, 20:48 5
    - I was going to say, it's not even the worst Steve Miller song. (That would clearly be The Joker.) nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 20:52
    - what would happen if you did a mashup of Abracadabra and "You Can Do Magic" by America? -- nm - lovesick ass Jan 13, 20:51
    - Where do you stand on Take the Money and Run? -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 20:50 2
      - It's mostly tolerable. nm - Dignan Jan 13, 21:38 1
        
        He rhymes "Texas" with "taxes" and "facts is"! -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 22:35
  - Don't Worry Be Happy -- nm - Go Ducks on a phone Jan 13, 20:46
  - It's not worse than Red Red Wine. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 20:45 1
    - Oh, it totally is. nm - Dignan Jan 13, 20:47
  - *dedicates We Built This City to Dignan* -- nm - Starship Jan 13, 20:45 3
    - this song has my vote for Worst of All Time. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 21:16 2
      - Amusing timing: the Providence Groupon tonight is discount admission to Battleship Cove. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 21:17 1
        
        Ohcomeon! -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 21:22
  - Your hatred for USPS theme songs knows no bounds. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 13, 20:44
wiggie has penis! -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 20:39 3
- Watch how it jiggles when she falls on her back. nm - Dignan Jan 13, 20:44 2
  - Don't you have some old "I Dream of Weenie" videos you should be masturbating to right now? nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 20:50 1
    - *shrug* I can do it later. nm - Dignan Jan 13, 21:35
Forensic boobology should totally be a thing. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 20:39 9
- "back and to the left, exiting at the armpit." nm - Dignan Jan 13, 20:40 8
  - single boob theory -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 20:41 3
    - OMG. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 21:10
    - Magic Boobman Theory -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 13, 20:42 1
      - (wait, boobs made my brain weirdly mash up Lone Gunman and Magic Bullet) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 13, 20:42
  - Saw that on the brabooder film -- nm - Go Ducks on a phone Jan 13, 20:41 3
    - You were looking for zaboober. nm - Dignan Jan 13, 20:42 2
      - On the Booby Knoll? -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 13, 20:43
      - yep yep yep - Go Ducks on a phone Jan 13, 20:43

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