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i didn't know this - as same-sex couples celebrate 10th anniversary in Toronto, minister who married those first couples says he was wearing a bullet- - Andie Jan 14, 09:51 1
- 10 years? How has the institution of marriage and civilization itsefl not crumbled in Canada? - musubi Jan 14, 09:59
What's for lunch? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 14, 09:49 7
- chicken tortilla soup. blech. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 14, 09:56
- Ham sandwich made from the new year's hydra ham. I swear, it grows 2 slices for every one I eat. -- nm - Amy Jan 14, 09:54
- i don't know yet, and i'm starving. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 09:52
- leftover chili. It's nummy. - Kim Pine Jan 14, 09:51 2
  - same here. - decline Jan 14, 09:53 1
    - mine might even be too hot for me - and I like hot. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 14, 09:59
- It was fish and chips. -- nm - LMS Jan 14, 09:50
ST poll: what sort of freelance work is Amanda doing tonight? -- nm - zork Jan 14, 09:41 4
- I'm not sayin', cause her pimp will *not* be happy to learn about the moonlighting. (nm) - musubi Jan 14, 10:00
- DJing a Bat Mitzvah. nm - Dignan Jan 14, 09:59
- Corporate espionage. -- nm - pmb Jan 14, 09:52
- Dominatrix - decline Jan 14, 09:42
My coworker Charlie and his girlfriend Becky (I feel like I should put that in quotes for some reason) have what they call "poor month." - miss amanda phones Jan 14, 09:35 1
- heh. cowards. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 09:37
Nick Fairley declares for the draft. John Fox is excited to welcome him to Denver. -- nm - Jim Jan 14, 09:35 1
- Da'Quan Bowers! -- nm - David Jan 14, 09:50
A few days late, but a rebuttal to the Tiger Mother thing: Thoughts From the Daughter of a Chinese Mother - con_carne Jan 14, 09:29 2
- Oh i read this article! My mom raised me similarly though perhaps not so dictatorial. I turned out ok. - Hotkiss Jan 14, 09:36 1
  - And now you're cowering in Tunisia. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 09:48
Okay I love Dano for suggesting Pirahna - that was just good gory fun. - Epiphany Jan 14, 09:28
apparently in Turin Italy *Andrea* was rejected as a girl's name by the courts. -- (link) - Andie Jan 14, 09:24 1
- Shrouded in mystery. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 09:26
What can we do to help Hotkiss? - ceregon Jan 14, 09:22 25
- From the commentary it looks like it could very soon all be over. The President has left the country. -- nm - LMS Jan 14, 09:40 3
  - But even then it leaves a vacuum that can create chaos of its own. -- nm - pmb Jan 14, 09:53 1
    - Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi has taken over as interim president. -- nm - LMS Jan 14, 09:54
  - Meanwhile work has just classified all of Tunisia a hostile environment following a coup. -- nm - LMS Jan 14, 09:48
- I too would like to buy her phone credits but I don't know how. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 09:30
- Organize a special ops team to smuggle her out of the country? -- nm - Jim Jan 14, 09:27 5
  - "Lemme make some calls." -- nm - Sylvester Stallone Jan 14, 09:28 2
    - If the team could smuggle her to the Netherlands for a tearful and passionate reunion, that would be fantastic, Sly. -- nm - Jim Jan 14, 09:30 1
      - "hold me, i'm scared" -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 14, 09:51
  - aka the A-Team. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 09:27 1
    - Unless it's a "special" ops team, then it would be The B-Team -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 09:28
- ST chats are keeping me going :) -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 14, 09:26 11
  - do you have a webcam? i bet a bunch of us would love to see what the streets are like where you live (even if NOTHING is happening.) -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 09:30 8
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      - Lets hear more about her friends, first. Maybe it *is* the team for it. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 09:35
      - Does she have a hot british roommate? I'm all for the webcam then. -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 09:35 1
        
        Is the British roommate dirty?? -- nm - miss amanda phones Jan 14, 09:38
      - ruiner. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 09:32
    - Uh.... I would stay away from windows. - Spawn Jan 14, 09:31 2
      - that's what they say. snipers everywhere. but i'm not *that* deep downtown so i'm not worried -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 14, 09:42
      - if there was anything happening in front of her place, of course. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 09:32
  - I'm sure you will be fine. Just hunker down and be sure the embassy knows where you are. Make a pack ready to do. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 09:27 1
    - ...ready to go. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 09:27
- contact the ATeam -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 09:24
- good thoughts -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 09:23
I've got a 15 page Word 2007 doc with some graphics and tables that's over 11MB. Any suggestions on how to shrink it? - Subversive Jan 14, 09:21 13
- Ok I figured it out. I had one image which I must have inserted directly from Visio, rather than saving down to jpg and then inserting. - Subversive Jan 14, 09:32 1
  - nice. it's usually the images (or something else that's been "inserted.") -- nm - JaxSean Jan 14, 09:37
- Here's 5 helpful hints: -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 14, 09:25
- Open Windows Explorer, Create New Compressed (zip) Folder, put the Word file in the folder, attach the folder to email -- nm - Roger More Jan 14, 09:23
- what lileve said (I think you can right-click and change it), or zip the whole thing - Beryllium Jan 14, 09:23 1
  - It's word 2007. -- nm - Subversive Jan 14, 09:24
- reduce the resolution of the images. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 09:22 4
  - or move them to an Appendix that is a separate file. -- nm - decline Jan 14, 09:23
  - The largest image is only 158k, would they take up more space when I insert them? -- nm - Subversive Jan 14, 09:23 2
    - according to my link above, inserting them is smaller than cutting & pasting. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 14, 09:27
    - depending on how retarded it has decided to be, it might have converted them to a bitmap format -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 09:24
- remove every 3rd word -- nm - decline Jan 14, 09:22 1
  - L3. (I actually snorted a little) - Subversive Jan 14, 09:22
Great. Wanted to tear down a building in ikariam. This is what I got: - Spawn Jan 14, 09:18 1
- pheww -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 14, 09:19
of all NFL QBs with more than two playoff wins, the highest winning % is Bart Starr, then Sid Luckman, then Trent Dilfer and #4 is Big Ben -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 09:06 1
- where's Elvis Grbac!?!! -- nm - Trent Dilfer Jan 14, 09:34
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- Still good! I'll take it off your hands. -- nm - Tunisian looter si Jan 14, 09:11
- I wouldn't put it in my mouth, but you might have a different mindset. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 14, 09:02
- Hasn't it turned brown? -- nm - amoxy Jan 14, 09:00 1
  - even so that doesn't mean it's bad, just oxidized -- nm - zork Jan 14, 09:01
- likely still ok -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:59
BBC - 'A source at Tunis Carthage airport tells the AFP news agency that the army has taken control there and that the country's airspace has been - LMS Jan 14, 08:54 42
- I'm following the live text commentary. Personally I'd stay put, barricade the door and see what the situation is like in the morning. -- (link) - LMS Jan 14, 09:05 1
  - Yeah, I agree. Now sounds exactly the wrong time for a panicked run to the embassy -- nm - Roger More Jan 14, 09:08
- time to say goodbye -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 14, 09:02
- Hotkiss, get out of there somehow. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 08:58 1
  - But stay on the ground. No skipping. - Spawn Jan 14, 09:03
- 8pm curfew has been raised to 6pm. the metro stop outside my apt (100 meters?) was set on fire. looting everywhere. -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 14, 08:58 26
  - Do you have a phone with GPS or that you can be located? Turn that on. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 09:04
  - This is not a moment to take your time, call embassy and GET OUT -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 09:00 22
    - get out may not be an option at the moment, but i do think getting the embassy on the phone if at all possible would be prudent. - TFox Jan 14, 09:03 20
      - (At least get someone on the phone) I'd be at the embassy with my bags and sleeping there until they evacuated me. -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 09:05 17
        
        Nothing on their site yet (idiots). And I don't have much more $ credit on my phone so I'm kinda stuck. Holed up with a beer and friends right now. -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 14, 09:08 2
        
        Can you put mOre money on your phone online? -- nm - miss amanda phones Jan 14, 09:39 1
        
        pft, if only things here were so developed. - Hotkiss Jan 14, 09:42
        
        the only actual instruction she did get from the embassy was to not go out until things settled down. - TFox Jan 14, 09:08 13
        
        yup. stay put, keep your head down and let all the crazies tire themselves out -- nm - decline Jan 14, 09:16
        
        I agree. Stay put. But I would start packing up some bags in case you need to leave quickly. -- nm - pmb Jan 14, 09:16 3
        
        good idea. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 09:17
        
        Good advice. Have a crash bag ready by the door. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 09:17 1
        
        also, if you have candles, matches, flashlights, bottled water etc. get it ready. - Andie Jan 14, 09:18
        
        this -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 09:14
        
        This is good advice. - Mel Profit Jan 14, 09:13
        
        I was mainly joking. Definitely follow the embassy's advice, just be ready to do whatever they say. -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 09:11 3
        
        the embassy is located in the most coveted suburb of Tunis, obviously. the only way to get there is taxi. no taxis are running. -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 14, 09:13 2
        
        i would assume that if they want americans out they will arrange transportation for you. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 14, 09:26
        
        does your employer have a car/transport possibility? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 14, 09:20
        
        This is exactly my thoughts. Bunker down - like she's doing - and see what another 24 Hours brings. They know she's there. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 09:10
        
        At least call them and tell them where you are. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 09:10
      - Yeah, I'm bare minimum getting a human response. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 14, 09:04 1
        
        Everyone at the embassy probably already bugged out. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 09:05
    - Please for the love of god listen to MDH. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 09:01
  - Can you make it to the embassy? -- nm - amoxy Jan 14, 08:59
  - Have you contacted your parents? -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 08:59
- but everything is still honky dory -- nm - Hawtkiss Jan 14, 08:58 8
  - "I'm not sure if I should bone my roommate right now or later." - Mel Profit Jan 14, 09:02 7
    - "Emergency roommate boning is a common mistake in these situations. Extinguish all mood lighting and avoid tequila based drinks." - US Embassy Jan 14, 09:15 5
      - Laughing really hard. -- nm - miss amanda phones Jan 14, 09:31
      - question for the embassy: are Molotov cocktails considered mood lighting? -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 14, 09:16 3
        
        Yes, as are road flares and burning garbage barrels. -- nm - US Embassy Jan 14, 09:18 2
        
        follow up for the embassy:...will burning tires do? -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 14, 09:48 1
        
        yes, the smell of burning rubber is a known mood-killer. -- nm - US Embassy Jan 14, 09:58
    - *laughing* -- nm - zork Jan 14, 09:09
- ruh roh -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:55
'I'm French, f*** you!' French smoker creates commotion on plane. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 14, 08:53 3
- "After Lebrun was detained, the crew found a one-liter bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream liquor in his carry-on bag that was almost empty," -- nm - Roger More Jan 14, 08:55 2
  - Lebron james is just taking this heel turn too far -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 09:20
  - my first thought was that there would have been alcohol involved -- nm - zork Jan 14, 09:01
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- Office is closed on Monday, but I'll actually be working from home at least 1 day. I hate this time of year -- nm - decline Jan 14, 09:13
- tonight: freelance job. tomorrow: farm show? (dano??) tomorrow night: read book. sunday: freelance job. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 14, 09:06 2
  - I'm hinking about hiring a freelancer tonight myself. nm - Dignan Jan 14, 09:18 1
    - Marketing consulting, assy. -- nm - miss amanda phones Jan 14, 09:41
- Taking my talents to southbeach, drinking, eating, watching Tom Brady... -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 14, 09:03
- not that much. office party (giant things, hundreds of people, at a hotel, costumes!) on Saturday night. probably a movie on Sunday. working Monday -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 09:03
- Grandparents in MD tonight, Friend's birthday tomorrow, hopefully planning my London/Paris trip! And I work Monday. -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 09:01
- As for the rest, a trio birthday on Sat and Green Hornet on Sunday. The rest will fill itself in. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 08:58
- piranha, man u/tottenham, pats/jets, some reading, some cooking etc. no monday off....nm - x Jan 14, 08:56
- Movie tonight. Beach tomorrow. No day off on Mon. -- nm - con_carne Jan 14, 08:53
- studying, yes. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 14, 08:52
- Going to see The King's Speech, final episode of Zen (Callum Blue is in this one), a bit of shopping and cleaning. -- nm - LMS Jan 14, 08:50
- I was going to go to the dentist, but not if I catch this cold going around at home -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 08:50
- not sleeping, that's for sure. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 14, 08:49 2
  - (and yes, I'm off Monday, but I have to drive to Nashville for work on Monday afternoon/night). -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 14, 08:50 1
    - But I just found out I get to bank the whole day for future vacation. Woot! -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 14, 09:06
- Attending baby shower, flying to Toronto, no -- nm - JD Jan 14, 08:49 1
  - how long will you be in toronto? any thoughts of meeting up with anyone? -- nm - zork Jan 14, 09:12
- Cleaning up the house, very late christmas shopping (!!!), and lasertag saturday night! -- nm - Guigue Jan 14, 08:49
- watching playoffs, going to corgi meetup, watching some movies -- nm - ceregon Jan 14, 08:48
- football. skipping a party at the inlaws tomorrow! -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:47
- Steakhouse dinner tonight with best friend and his fiance, political policy meetings tomorrow afternoon, then FOOTBALL FOOTBALL FOOTBALL! -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 08:47
- 5K race tomorrow, maybe go out Saturday night to Shannon's Irish bar, 5 mile run on Sunday. Nope. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 14, 08:47
- What is Monday? -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 08:46 6
  - Observed MLK Day. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 14, 08:47 3
    - Ah. Doesn't count. Working. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 08:49 2
      - You'll be more aware of these things when Bub is in school. And they have it off, along with a teacher planning day the next day. - JaxSean Jan 14, 08:50 1
        
        Hmm. Bub's daycare usually goes by the school calendar. - Spawn Jan 14, 08:53
  - the day before tuesday -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 14, 08:47 1
    - see my IM -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 08:49
US Political Watchers: Is Huntsman getting any buzz outside of last week's Newsweek profile? - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 08:45 5
- Unelectable in the current climate. Tea Party types would hae a fit. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 09:16
- He would...if he hadn't taken the China Ambassador job. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 14, 09:02
- This is literally the first time I've heard of the man. -- nm - Ender Jan 14, 08:47 2
  - I figured it was a new horror movie. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 08:50
  - Former Utah Governor, current Ambassador to China. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 08:49
Let Get Ready to Ramble! -- nm - LMS Jan 14, 08:42
Sport Guy's NFL picks "I hope the Pats win by 40 and Danny Woodhead drop-kicks the last PAT" -- (link) - Beaker Jan 14, 08:42 1
- "How could you bet against the Seahawks [in Round 1]? Don't you know that when Pete Carroll is allowed to coach on a Saturday and pay his players, - Beaker Jan 14, 08:45

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