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LYC (does anyone anymore?) house update - ty97 Oct 18, 14:01 1
- Sounds good. Considering they're really not under any pressure to buy...they can afford to play tough. -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 18, 14:08
Come on USC, you can do better than this!!! - CrankYanker Oct 18, 13:57
When you turn on a box fan, how long would you say it takes to get "up to speed"? -- nm - nubby Oct 18, 13:55
LYC - with today's weigh-in I'm comfortably under 200lb. It's too bad the loss of the past 3 weeks is because I've been feeling too poorly to eat... - MojaveMeg Oct 18, 13:48 2
- Super Congrats! - ty97 Oct 18, 13:56
- Well done! -- nm - nubby Oct 18, 13:55
Interesting stat from Astronauts. - nubby Oct 18, 13:45 2
- Had I benched Addai last week, I would have more points than any of you. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 18, 14:03
- Stupid a. - nubby Oct 18, 13:48
get this: I'm actually going to watch the penn state game and I'm actually rooting for penn state to win. - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 18, 13:34 6
- Are you going to stop the game to sing a motivational duet with one of the players? -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 18, 13:40 5
  - also, I loaned twilight to patryk, who promises to finish it this weekend. then it's off to you. - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 18, 13:46 3
    - (I just referred to patryk by name. how odd.) (amanda, stop posting!) -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 18, 13:47 2
      - How do we feel about that spelling? - ty97 Oct 18, 14:02 1
        
        we hate it. it's forgivable some because it's the polish spelling, but we really hate it. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 18, 14:04
  - one of them is in my program. I could ring him to propose this course of action. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 18, 13:44
I'm thinking of adding "Hussein" as a middle name on Facebook for the next couple of weeks. -- nm - nubby Oct 18, 13:28 5
- I do not get this new trend one bit. -- nm - secretslacker Oct 18, 13:54 1
  - Oh, shadcretstalker, what's in a name? ;) -- nm - nubby Oct 18, 13:56
- my friend alice did that. it cracked me the eff up. maybe we should all do it and start a group called "my middle name is hussein." -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 18, 13:35 2
  - "We confirm all name changes before they take effect. This will take approximately 24 hours, so please be patient." - nubby Oct 18, 13:47
  - *becomes a fan* -- nm - chris Oct 18, 13:44
Peavy's short list: Braves, Astros, Cubs, Dodgers and Cardinals. He wants to stay in the NL. -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 13:06 4
- First time I haven't seen the Angels listed. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 18, 13:18 1
  - per Deadspin *shrug* -- (link) - Beaker Oct 18, 13:21
- I think we have a decent shot to land him. -- nm - nubby Oct 18, 13:07 1
  - The Braves and Dodgers have to be the front runners. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 18, 13:22
spoiler new item on the palinforpresident website.... - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 18, 12:57 3
- is a complete list of all the items on there yet? -- nm - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 18, 13:18
- when did they add (spoiler) - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 18, 13:02 1
  - Two days ago. Yesterday was "Palinized!" -- nm - TWuG Oct 18, 13:07
Finally did something I should have done a long time ago. Moved all our family photos to an external hard drive. -- nm - HdnAgnda Oct 18, 12:56
peglegpete: I don't think that Barrett-Jackson will be coming back to Vegas soon - BAD Oct 18, 12:51
The Brewers are going to make a contract offer to CC Sabathia. - Will Hunting Oct 18, 12:43
Hey, how's it going? You got $16 million? Wanna buy a house?? It's a cool house, man! -- (link) - Mark Wahlberg Oct 18, 12:29 14
- Wonder why. -- nm - nubby Oct 18, 12:35 13
  - he wants to buy a zoo -- nm - chris Oct 18, 13:10
  - It's just not Happening for him -- nm - Redmond Oct 18, 12:39 11
    - He's probably Maxed on his mortgage Paynement. -- nm - nubby Oct 18, 12:40 10
      - Maybe he needs to get a Job in an Italian movie. -- nm - secretslacker Oct 18, 12:41 9
        
        He's certainly had a lot of Boogie Nights in that house. -- nm - nubby Oct 18, 12:44 8
        
        I am sure his wallet has taken a Big Hit with the bad economy. -- nm - Redmond Oct 18, 12:46 7
        
        BUt surely he knows The Score. -- nm - secretslacker Oct 18, 12:48 6
        
        Course, it could probably use some redecorating from The Planet of The Drapes, am I right fellas? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 18, 12:51 5
        
        In any case, he'll soon be Departed from the premises. -- nm - nubby Oct 18, 13:08 4
        
        I think it's just Fear of the economy. -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 18, 13:09 3
        
        Or he just wants to move further DOwn in the Valley -- nm - secretslacker Oct 18, 13:18 2
        
        He's rooming with Edward Norton? -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 18, 13:24 1
        
        LOL! I was working on some Edward Norton stuff for next week's column and I got confused. :) -- nm - secretslacker Oct 18, 13:55
FYI, BBC-A is running Catherine Tate's [season 3 Dr. Who companion Donna] sketch comedy show on friday nights. it had moments of funny last night -- nm - peglegpete Oct 18, 12:24
Did we know that Lefty Rosenthal - the inspiration for Casino - died this week? -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Oct 18, 12:16 1
- I did. somehow it made the front page of the Las Vegas newspaper -- nm - peglegpete Oct 18, 12:20
in other news.. i just saw a pic of Jamie Lee Curtis and her daughter... aparrently she passed the nice breasts gene to her dau... -- nm - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 18, 12:15 3
- I think her kids are adopted. -- nm - sheba Oct 18, 12:16 1
  - well if that's the case, the girl takes after her anyways in that dept -- nm - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 18, 12:56
- her father lives 5 minutes from me -- nm - peglegpete Oct 18, 12:16
are we just having a slow day here on ST? -- nm - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 18, 12:06 3
- aka Saturday -- nm - mara Oct 18, 13:26
- It's Saturday...get off the computer -- nm - J Oct 18, 12:07
- Bery is gone sailing and it's a slow news day. -- nm - sheba Oct 18, 12:07
Rescued climber survived on centipedes -- (link) - crash davis Oct 18, 12:01 1
- amazing story. five days. unreal. nm - Jovian Oct 18, 12:05
"Usually the judge intervenes to stop prosecutors from badgering a witness; yesterday, Judge Emmet Sullivan asked the witness to stop badgering the -- (link) - chris Oct 18, 11:57
of the free Yale online courses that RC linked to, the only ones I'm not really interested in is the Milton course and the biomedical one -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 11:48 5
- Check out MIT's site, there are many more courses if your interested -- nm - J Oct 18, 12:06 4
  - UC Berkeley has a ton, too. -- nm - psilotum Oct 18, 12:10 1
    - thanks to you and J :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 12:20
  - good crash hunting? -- nm - chris Oct 18, 12:08 1
    - the one thing I'm not sure I could do anymore is that American Novel since 1945 course - 14 novels in a semester's time is now quite a bit of reading - crash davis Oct 18, 12:20
THOWA on the Rhodey Recast in IRNM2 -- (link) - secretslacker Oct 18, 11:31 6
- I really don't care to see Don Cheadle in that role....there is no need for the switch -- nm - J Oct 18, 12:08 3
  - I just saw Iron Man a few weeks ago and he seemed pretty much a non-factor in the movie. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 18, 12:35 2
    - To his benefit, the character didn't have much to do, looked like they just put him there for the sequels. -- nm - celedhrymandias Oct 18, 13:07 1
      - exactly, just setting the scene -- nm - J Oct 18, 13:08
- If any part of what he's saying is true, then not only is that terrible, but he has a lawsuit on his hands. $$$ -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 11:54 1
  - maybe. the contract probably gives the studio the option to continue with him or not at their discretion - peglegpete Oct 18, 12:19
um, holy crap. Obama rally in St. Louis draws 100k people -- (link) - chris Oct 18, 11:21 8
- You knew who else drew large crowds? - mara Oct 18, 13:26
- EEEBUS -- nm - TrUmAn Oct 18, 12:08
- WOW, it looks like WETA has taken the massive program to that crowd. LOL -- nm - sheba Oct 18, 11:58
- Jeebus. The man is a force of nature. Phenomenal. -- nm - TWuG Oct 18, 11:32 1
  - my favorite thing lately is watching Drudge trying to post anything that makes the outcome appear even slightly doubtful - chris Oct 18, 11:35
- that photo, wow -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 11:25 2
  - and in Missouri, this late in the game? - chris Oct 18, 11:31
  - another cool one -- (link) - Gwaahjo Oct 18, 11:28
Reagen's stag tonight! Sometimes I wish I had a pocket sized camera so I could capture this stuff. -- nm - Subversive Oct 18, 11:16 5
- He scheduled his bachelor party on a Halo night? That boy's not right. -- nm - David Oct 18, 11:26 2
  - He had no say in it! The bachelor does not schedule the bachelor party. - Subversive Oct 18, 11:44 1
    - now that is just cruel - crash davis Oct 18, 11:47
- have fun! -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 11:23
- *sniffle* - chris Oct 18, 11:18
I've never seen gas prices spread so much, from 2.82 to 3.20 but mostly around 3.00 -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 10:59 4
- What I am finding interesting is that oil prices are down to where they were in July 07, but gas prices are nowhere near similar prices -- nm - Mr. Havens Oct 18, 11:52 1
  - That depends where you are. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 18, 12:29
- I paid $2.99 yesterday. -- nm - psilotum Oct 18, 11:38
- I paid 2.65 for mid grade yesterday. -- nm - TWuG Oct 18, 11:18
Of course Maryland would be shutting out Wake Forest. - Will Hunting Oct 18, 10:40 3
- if they win they'd be 3-0 vs ranked teams and 2-2 vs unranked teams - Stewie Oct 18, 11:05 2
  - Michael Crabtree? - Will Hunting Oct 18, 11:26 1
    - Ofcourse there's a chance, who knows what any of the good receivers would have done against the cupcake competition that guy has played against -- nm - Stewie Oct 18, 12:27
who is the Lawrence Taylor t hat 17 of my mutual FB friends have friended? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 10:31 1
- Taurus II -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 10:34
Battlestar Galactica Download Seasons 1,2,3 for 5 bucks each... should I -- (link) - celedhrymandias Oct 18, 10:29 6
- I haven't checked out the link, but if you can actually get all 3 seasons for 15 bucks, do it now! -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 10:44 4
  - no cheaper cure for insomnia -- nm - chris Oct 18, 11:16
  - Yes you can. I'm podering on doing it as we speak. Loved Season 1, hated Season 2... will i like Season 3? (it's more the time than the money) -- nm - celedhrymandias Oct 18, 10:56 2
    - I enjoyed S3, but then again, I'm a fanboy -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 11:03 1
      - Ah well, I will want to see the whole thing eventually, so better secure the deal. -- nm - celedhrymandias Oct 18, 11:04
- Oh, the link has spoilers if you haven't seen Season 1. -- nm - celedhrymandias Oct 18, 10:31
"We're votin' for the n***er!" -- nm - Don Homer Oct 18, 10:21 5
- Joe Montana? -- nm - Redmond Oct 18, 12:27
- There is another story out right now... - David Oct 18, 11:20 1
  - I will cut your taxes before I cut your head off! -- nm - Osama Bin Laden, 2012 Oct 18, 11:22
- The Nubber! -- nm - chris Oct 18, 11:16
- See? Told you. -- nm - John Murtha Oct 18, 10:38
Man, I can't get into my port but I'm sure it's tanking... wonder if they'll keep comish free -- nm - secretslacker Oct 18, 10:07
LYC: There is a "Angelina Jolie & Drew Barrymore lovers" FB group....I dont think I have ever seen any two things so ever mismatched in my life.... - Walt_Disney Oct 18, 09:36 1
- I dislike both, maybe I could anti-fan the group? -- nm - celedhrymandias Oct 18, 09:57
Bonnie Bernstein's pink satin panties -- (link) - Beaker Oct 18, 09:24 2
- ur turn in our game :) -- nm - Gwaahjo Oct 18, 09:29 1
  - done. no way they break Africa on you now -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 09:56
Obama vs McCain...the cats -- (link) - Beaker Oct 18, 08:45
Just started a bunch of open CC games on various maps if anyone is interested -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 08:43 2
- you're such an escalating whore -- nm - J Oct 18, 08:59 1
  - it's the only true game -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 09:50
Well, leaving in a few minutes for my first day of sailing. The sky is clear, there's almost no wind (at home, at least; the water is another story) - Beryllium Oct 18, 08:01 14
- Hey there sailor! Enjoy. And when they do the dunk and recover class make sure to bring extra clothes. -- nm - the liioulu Oct 18, 11:38
- PDFTC - zeitgeist Oct 18, 10:06
- New board needed: Sinkertalk -- nm - Redmond Oct 18, 08:57 2
  - That's where we can overanalyze Joe the Plumber? -- nm - secretslacker Oct 18, 10:06
  - Titanitalk -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 18, 09:24
- lifejacktet on please -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 18, 08:49
- Have fun! -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 08:43
- Just remember one thing...don't spit into the wind. -- nm - BAD Oct 18, 08:17 1
  - Don't pee into it either. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 18, 08:25
- Have a great time!! -- nm - sheba Oct 18, 08:07
- I won't have my iPhone with me, so if something goes horribly awry with slackertalk, y'all will have to wait until 5pm pacific before I can fix it. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 08:02 3
  - Hee hee! Unless your iPhone functions as a sat phone, it's irrelevant if you take it or not. -- nm - Trish Oct 18, 09:31
  - Daddy, daddy, don't leave us! -- nm - ST si Oct 18, 08:03 1
    - You'd better be working when I get back, or that'll be a paddlin'! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 08:04
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I like Obama, Michelle, and Biden as much as the next guy, but they're addicted to sending emails. I think they need to get some help. -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 07:34 10
- We're getting two or three phone a day from different candidates and measures on the ballot. -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 18, 07:39 9
  - be nice to them. I may be one of them... - Mel Profit Oct 18, 08:32
  - It's quite a bit excessive to be sure. I already said I'd vote for you, please leave me alone! -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 07:41 7
    - If ruled the world I'd tax every email 2 cent. $100 billion right there to fight world hunger. -- nm - Loyola Oct 18, 07:48 6
      - Actually you'd generate $1 trillion from a global email use of 50 trillion emails. Math is hard. - Loyola Oct 18, 07:57 5
        
        but how much would enforcement cost? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 08:03 4
        
        The tax would have to be collected by the gateway mail servers, they would quickly shut off zombie machines if they got stuck with the bills from spam - zeitgeist Oct 18, 09:55
        
        It's an off the top of my head idea. Full costings and how to implement it not yet formulated. -- nm - Loyola Oct 18, 08:05 2
        
        Well, sell it as a way to increase employment (enforcement and software changes = job creation) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 08:06 1
        
        Good thinking, could market it as a spam reduction measure too. -- nm - Loyola Oct 18, 08:06

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