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I have lost the will to work. -- nm - Amy Jan 14, 10:58 1
- recently, as in starting around the time you came back here? -- nm - zork Jan 14, 11:00
Since I probably want to see this I should just go ahead and get the ticket, right? -- (link) - Diva Jan 14, 10:57 5
- CRASH! -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 14, 10:59 1
  - I'd probably go alone. -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 11:03
- what happened in 61? -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:58 2
  - The entire US Figure Skating team along w/their coaches and families died in a plane crash en route to the World Championships. -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 11:00 1
    - actually the entire team that was the contigent for Worlds that year. -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 11:00
forgot that Picard nailed Famke Jansen on Next Gen -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 10:51 10
- I thought he resisted due to duty and she imprinted on him anyways? -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 10:53 7
  - yeah. but he spent the night with her anyway -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 10:55 2
    - that was implied to the crew but I think he used her as an alibi because he thought Wesley's mom had it going on - crash davis Jan 14, 10:57 1
      - just watching it right now...night before her bethroal she got him to stay.... - Remlik Jan 14, 10:59
  - This. -- nm - TWuG Jan 14, 10:54 3
    - Picard was always a noble son of a bitch. Kirk would have kept the chick and let those two lesser planets continue their war. -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 10:56 2
      - or kept the chick and bullied the two planets into a peace agreement -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 10:56 1
        
        this -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 11:00
- was she green? -- nm - sycor Jan 14, 10:52 1
  - no, just had spots -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 10:53
ok I don't have cable and I'm too lazy to google. But why is there a revolt in Tunisia? Are they mad the Star Wars sets are still there? -- nm - sycor Jan 14, 10:43 21
- it all had to do with a certain pissed off Jedi in training who felt conflicted & then went postal on some Sand People,.. - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 14, 10:57
- Apparently Wikileaks had a part in it as well. The diplomatic cables provided details of the presidential family's "opulent:" lifestyle. -- nm - not2fast Jan 14, 10:51 2
  - It was the tiny giraffes that did it. -- nm - TWuG Jan 14, 10:55 1
    - or the DirecTV. -- nm - not2fast Jan 14, 10:56
- University Grad could not get a job, started up a fruit stand, government confiscated it because he did not have permit. Grad killed himself... - Walt_Disney Jan 14, 10:48 1
  - *googles immolation* HOLY CRAP! People still do this? -- nm - sycor Jan 14, 10:50
- It started with a guy who was harassed by the cops for no apparent reason, and he was reportedly so humiliated he set himself on fire -- nm - con_carne Jan 14, 10:46 2
  - Here -- (link) - con_carne Jan 14, 10:50
  - well, I think the reason was that he didn't have a "permit". Which, in Africa, usually means he didn't give out a bribe. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 10:50
- the president was a tin-horn dictator from the little i've read -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:45 11
  - There are so many little details... eg. *every* establishment must feature a pic of the pres (stores, schools, hotels, etc); Big Brother 4-story poste - Hotkiss Jan 14, 10:52
  - tin-horn = bad? -- nm - sycor Jan 14, 10:46 9
    - generally people don't use the word 'dictator' in a positive light. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 10:47 1
      - fair enough. but not being familiar with the phrase I didn't know if it meant he was a worse than usual dictator. -- nm - sycor Jan 14, 10:48
    - no, those are the good kind of dictators -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:47 6
      - You joke, but not all dictators are bad -- nm - con_carne Jan 14, 10:48 5
        
        mmm, pretty much they are -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:49 4
        
        I disagree. (nm) - musubi, benevolent dictator for life Jan 14, 10:58 3
        
        If you were that good, you'd win the election fair and square. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 14, 10:59 2
        
        I would never argue that a dictator is good, but sometimes they are necessary after an extended period of lawlessness. The hitch is - TWuG Jan 14, 11:03
        
        People don't know what they want. I'm here to tell them. - musubi, benevolent dictator for life Jan 14, 11:00
Complete cast announced for Bway Revival of 'How to Succeed in Business...' starring Daniel Radcliffe -- (link) - Diva Jan 14, 10:42 3
- The boy who lived also sings? -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 10:52 1
  - I think he can pull it off. The role requires charm and great timing. He won't have to be a technically great singer w/range or anything like that. -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 10:59
- This should be a great show. -- nm - Mop (217 lbs) Jan 14, 10:48
Heh. If you're bored, you can update the Tunisian news story on wikinews ... it's a real in-depth article right now, for all of one sentence. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 14, 10:40 1
- "Shit's going down in Tunisia." -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 10:45
Mint.com launches Mint Answer, a place to ask money-related questions -- (link) - con_carne Jan 14, 10:40 2
- "dear mint: can i have some money, please?" -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:42
- Mint *Answers*, that is -- nm - con_carne Jan 14, 10:41
sitmop: John Dye, actor who played Andrew on Touched By An Angel found dead. -- (link) - Diva Jan 14, 10:37
Anyone interested in a yrs subscription to The New Yorker for US$30? - OAE Jan 14, 10:37
Looking at the extended forecast for my vacation -- Weather.com says sunny & 71, Accuweather says rainy & 62. - mrfuzzy Jan 14, 10:32
the first event on Wipeout last night was about as brutal as I have ever seen. That skiing one was in.sane. -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 10:29 4
- how does this show work again? -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:30 3
  - People get beat to hell in all kinds of funny ways and one of them wins some money. -- nm - not2fast Jan 14, 10:32 2
    - Oh, I see somebody missed the "what are the rules of wipeout?" thread. - Beryllium Jan 14, 10:38 1
      - No, just summarizing. - not2fast Jan 14, 10:56
free pastry friday report: blueberry scones and some kind of loaf cake - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:24 3
- there is *no* food in this building. I feel like I'm in prison. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 14, 10:27 2
  - *bakes you a cake with a hidden cake inside* -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:29
  - Preach it, sister! - Hawtkiss Jan 14, 10:29
MH: holy hell, the Derr Dunes are kicking my ass -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 10:24 4
- Pay your dues like the rest of us! -- nm - JenBro Jan 14, 11:17
- What's your best physical trap? I feel like I have a great setup and I'm still getting red boxed like mad. - TFox Jan 14, 10:53 1
  - That's what she said! -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 10:54
- "This is why they should let everyone have the Chrome Drillbot! It's not fair that you have to struggle! Down with LE traps! ARRRRGGGGHH!" - D. Lucas Jan 14, 10:27
How sad. 5:40am, high winds trigger a transformer explosion, 44yr old father goes outside, steps on a 12,000 volt power line, wife tries to help, - Crankyanker Jan 14, 10:23 4
- From the L.A. Times... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jan 14, 10:27 1
  - ugh. horrible. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 14, 10:28
- jesus -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 10:24
- jeebus -- nm - JaxSean Jan 14, 10:24
Does anyone here have an orchid? I got one on clearance for 99 cents and against all odds it lived. - Amy Jan 14, 10:17 9
- Here -- (link) - TWuG Jan 14, 10:22 5
  - " When the blooms fade, cut off the spike � inch above where it projects from the foliage." -- nm - TWuG Jan 14, 10:24 4
    - i win! -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 10:33 3
      - Because you win *everything*. :-) -- nm - TWuG Jan 14, 10:37 2
        
        heh, but for the record I have won *nothing* in 2011 yet. - Andie Jan 14, 10:40 1
        
        I am *so* behind in contesting. Way too much sickness and crap going on to think of it. -- nm - zork, B.S.I. Jan 14, 10:53
- I don't think you cut it, but just leave it and after a while a new one will replace it. -- nm - zork, B.S.I. Jan 14, 10:19
- i think you cut it back, but not *all* the way. it will send up a new stem, eventually. - Andie Jan 14, 10:19
- No, though I had an amaryllis for several months. - Kim Pine Jan 14, 10:18
who's been ordering maces from amazon? -- nm - zork, B.S.I. Jan 14, 10:17
girl gossip reminder: Golden Globes on Sunday night -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:15 2
- oooh what time do they start? I was going to stay at z (my office for FL gigs) until 9:00 (wings. I am a wjore for PBHot) but I could skip. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 14, 10:16 1
  - 8 your time, i would think -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:17
"For the first time in the month of protests, the demonstration on Friday also included large numbers of women � almost none wearing veils" -- (link) - not2fast Jan 14, 10:12 4
- I think it's only in Saudi Arabia and Iran where Muslim women are required to wear veils. nm - Dignan Jan 14, 10:17
- I call bullshit on that. There were as many veiled and unveiled, same as every day. That was a stupid observation to make. -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 14, 10:14 2
  - Were there more women than usual today? -- nm - not2fast Jan 14, 10:21 1
    - first time and women and children participated -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 14, 10:25
*waits for more forensic boobology talk* -- nm - zork, B.S.I. Jan 14, 10:11
Timely excerpt from Matt Taibbi's annihilation of John Boehner - stewie Jan 14, 10:09 1
- I'm interested in reading more about Littleton (the tea party guy) - Will Hunting Jan 14, 10:42
According to Jacksonville television station News4Jax, Ernest Wilford was arrested on charges of resisting arrest without violence and trespassing. - David Jan 14, 10:07 1
- Yup. It's my news station. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 14, 10:17
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- It's all mythological plagues and dodging asteroids up here. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 10:47
- and european socialized health care. and reasonable gun control laws. - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:07 2
  - But you have to wait 12 hours to see a doctor in the ER and months to get a simple hip replacement. -- nm - Canadian Cynics Jan 14, 10:18 1
    - 12 hours in the ER here is called the express line -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:22
- Tunisia has nothing on us. Madness here, madness. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 10:04 5
  - It's a circle of hell! No morals! The sanctity of marriage is destroyed! -- nm - Amy Jan 14, 10:05 4
    - I hear the military became completely useless once gays were let in. -- nm - TWuG Jan 14, 10:08 3
      - They let the gays in in the early 1800's? -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 10:16 2
        
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        I did stop myself from doing that -- nm - zork, B.S.I. Jan 14, 10:20
Funny article on how recognisable are Hollywood's rising stars. -- (link) - LMS Jan 14, 10:03
lir: obviously she's a freelance assassin -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:03 4
- this guy hitting on me on wednesday night asked me what I did for a living that I traveled so much. I said I'd been a narcoterrorist. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 14, 10:09 1
  - it would fit with your rental car "friend's" trips across the mexican border -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:11
- in your twisted dreams -- nm - con_carne Jan 14, 10:04 1
  - like Alias, but with cake -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:06
Thanks for caring, everyone. STers sure do have strategically placed people. I'm honestly so surprised that anyone even cares. I mean, who cares about - Hotkiss Jan 14, 10:02 7
- Seen this Onion article? - con_carne Jan 14, 10:26 1
  - haha awesome and so true -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 14, 10:32
- Southern Sudan woulda been a higher profile if we didn't have a Congressperson shot the day before. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 14, 10:16 1
  - For what reason did you have the congressperson shot? -- nm - zork, B.S.I. Jan 14, 10:18
- *hugs* -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 10:15
- Hold on a sec. -- nm - George Clooney Jan 14, 10:02 1
  - *takes more pictures* -- nm - American media Jan 14, 10:07
why must baby cry so loudly when he's supposed to be eating? erph -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 10:01
I just got an email from a co-worker that had a footnote. -- nm - Amy Jan 14, 09:58 36
- ibid -- nm - not2fast Jan 14, 10:10
- but how many spaces after the periods? -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:08 7
  - I quit two-spacing years ago. I guess it's because I'm in digital media at work. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 14, 10:13
  - I am a proud two-spacer -- nm - zork Jan 14, 10:09 5
    - me too. it's automatic. Double spacing, I can't quit you! -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 10:10 4
      - Me, too. The number of places where it actually matters make me retain it. - TWuG Jan 14, 10:21
      - *nods* They'll take me dual-spaces from my cold dead non-texting hands. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 14, 10:16
      - I'm trying to quit so that I can keep lying about my age. But it's so leftover from typing class! -- nm - Amy Jan 14, 10:12 1
        
        not just that but I think it makes stuff easier to read. -- nm - zork, B.S.I. Jan 14, 10:13
- I do this all the time in long emails. my parenthesizing gets *way* out of hand, so I have to footnote. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 14, 10:08
- I do this all the time in long emails. my parenthesizing gets *way* out of hand, so I have to footnote. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 14, 10:07
- tell him that all footnotes going forward must have unique numbers from previous emails -- nm - zork Jan 14, 10:07
- Oh yeah. (nm) - Rex Ryan Jan 14, 10:01
- i like it. she's bringing it back. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 10:00 2
  - oddly I just assumed a footnoted email came from a woman. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 10:05 1
    - I did get flowery stationary-swirly font mail from a woman earlier today. -- nm - Amy Jan 14, 10:07
- The ghost of David Foster Wallace? -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 14, 10:00 8
  - pssst. - TFox Jan 14, 10:17 7
    - spoils (real Hunger Games spoilers - if you haven't read it, don't click) - Kim Pine Jan 14, 10:22 6
      - I was just e-mailing my brother about this (serious spoils, do not click, future Hunger Games readers) - TFox Jan 14, 10:28 4
        
        I can't wait for other people to read it, seriously. I think we'll have actual, like, real discussions and stuff. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 14, 10:30 3
        
        I'm floored that multiple people told me that Mockingjay was their least favorite of the three. - TFox Jan 14, 10:52 1
        
        I don't either! (spoils) - Kim Pine Jan 14, 11:00
        
        if we survive the bronchitis pandemic -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 10:38
      - (and I mean the whole series, not just the first book) -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 14, 10:23
- well ... was the footnote interesting? Or was it just interesting that the coworker put a footnote on it at all? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 10:00 8
  - It was from a dude who is notorious for using multilple fonts/sizes and bulleted lists in his mails. The footnotes are new. * - Amy Jan 14, 10:03 7
    - Oh, we have a dude who does that. Also, multiple colors for emphasis. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 14, 10:07 5
      - my friend mike honestly suggested that I use several different colored fonts *on my resume.* you know. to make it stand out. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 14, 10:17 3
        
        Silly. nm - Dignan Jan 14, 10:29
        
        ack. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 14, 10:24
        
        some years ago I did my name in a different colour and the rest in black for a while -- nm - zork, B.S.I. Jan 14, 10:22
      - tell him you're colourblind -- nm - zork Jan 14, 10:10
    - he probably just realised that he can do superscripts. tomorrow he'll find a reason to include a subscript. -- nm - zork Jan 14, 10:05
- *** -- nm - Amy Jan 14, 09:59 1
  - ***Worst first evah -- nm - Amy Jan 14, 09:59

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