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oh yes. Dante's Fried Chicken truck is at LACMA today (motto: Ride or Fry) -- (link) - wonderpixie Jan 21, 10:51
Google prepares to launch Google Offers to compete with Groupon/LivingSocial -- (link) - oblique Jan 21, 10:50 5
- probably won't fly here -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 21, 10:54
- And associated link: Angry Birds to become animated series! -- (link) - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:53
- Gotta cost them less than the absurd amounts of money they offered to buy Groupon. -- nm - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:51 1
  - word. Groupon were nuts not to jump all over that -- nm - Beaker Jan 21, 10:52
- I am loving this trend. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 21, 10:50
Can I apply my Amazon GC now, even though I'm not buying anything on Amazon today? -- nm - con_carne Jan 21, 10:47 3
- If it's like the Coinstar ones you just add it to your Amazon account - if you have an Amazon account... - MojaveMeg Jan 21, 10:49
- Yes. -- nm - Stephen Jan 21, 10:48 1
  - "The next time you place an order, you will be given the opportunity to use these gift card funds, and you will not have to re-enter your claim code." - con_carne Jan 21, 10:50
Speaking of fun names: a girl I know met a guy named Toosh. She even saw his driver's license. The best part was that his last name - sycor Jan 21, 10:46
Yay! They fixed my Amazon Living Social code. Now applied. - JaxSean Jan 21, 10:43 2
- I only got one item I want at this time but maybe I should hoard it? -- nm - Epiphany Jan 21, 10:45
- Fixed? What was wrong with it? (nm) - musubi Jan 21, 10:44
Ugh. Adding some of my 2009 tax info into the tax program, and after I entered child care expenses a message popped up that said - Don Homer Jan 21, 10:42 18
- my friend who moved to switzerland a couple years ago was all freaked out that if they still lived there when their kid was school age, that he'd have - mafic Jan 21, 10:49
- Ashlee and I were discussing this last week, trying to decide whether she should go back to work. - Stephen Jan 21, 10:45 4
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    - Depending on the job...absolutely. - Stephen Jan 21, 10:55
    - and NYC is uber-expensive. I believe my brother pays around $1500/month for his little one. -- nm - decline Jan 21, 10:54
    - god yes, I hear it all the time. You're paying someone to take care of your kid. You want a minimum wage worker? -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 10:53
- "It does seem large, maybe you can audit the blood sucking day care center?" -- nm - Epiphany Jan 21, 10:44
- Should we do this poll? Or is it too depressing? - Dr.Vermin Jan 21, 10:44 9
  - prices here 0-3 years olds - Danedukenuuk Jan 21, 10:51
  - $120 a week if we pay cash--which we do. It's cheaper now that it's preschool. -- nm - Amy Jan 21, 10:50
  - Jacen's is $750/month, and we run it through a childcare FSA (the first $5k, anyway). - TFox Jan 21, 10:47
  - $588.50/week for two kids. (was about $9 more than that until Andrew turned 3.) -- nm - Don Homer Jan 21, 10:45 4
    - Zowie! - Dr.Vermin Jan 21, 10:46 3
      - We're going to feel utterly rich when they finally go to kindergarten. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 21, 10:50 2
        
        We're both getting new cars on the first day of school, I swear. -- nm - Amy Jan 21, 10:53 1
        
        heh -- nm - Don Homer Jan 21, 10:55
  - Oh, yeah - prayformojo Jan 21, 10:45
- so now they have somputers tell us what is too much for children and what is not???? - Danedukenuuk Jan 21, 10:44
"Whatever they were doing it looked like Dad was winning" -- nm - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:38 10
- I loved the episode so much. I'd say the best one of the season. -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 10:40 9
  - This season's Emmy submission? -- nm - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:42
  - I'm noticing Ty Burrell's physical work more and more (spoiler) - crash davis Jan 21, 10:42 7
    - "I need to sit down." -- nm - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:42
    - Spoilers - David Jan 21, 10:42 5
      - Seriously. (spoiler) - Krusty Jan 21, 10:47 3
        
        He's growing on me this season. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 21, 10:49 2
        
        I'm glad to hear this since, iirc, he was one of your least favorite characters on the show. -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 10:50 1
        
        He was....he was the Bugs Life of Modern Family - Will Hunting Jan 21, 10:52
      - spoiler - prayformojo Jan 21, 10:44
Amy Chua's WSJ piece does explain something - Why Chinese music sucks -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 10:38
when I was growing up, a lot of the phone numbers just south of Calgary started 931. I once heard a girl I knew giving out her number as 911-[random] - mafic Jan 21, 10:34
SPARTACUS returns tonight on Starz -- nm - peglegpete Jan 21, 10:32 5
- Gonna have to wait for the dvd, or maybe they'll add it to Netflix Streaming like they did with S1. - Stephen Jan 21, 10:47
- *rushes to set the DVR from 1800 miles away* -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 21, 10:44
- thanks the heads up -- nm - Epiphany Jan 21, 10:40
- not sure how I feel about this. this and the news that they recast the part. - sycor Jan 21, 10:33 1
  - On the bright side, gratuitous sex, violence and nudity that your wife will let you watch under the auspices of "art". -- nm - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:38
I've got one for "Old or Undead?" -- (link) - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:29
LYC: I've been watching "Stephen Fry in America." I'm definitely not learning anything new but he's so great to watch and listen to. - Krusty Jan 21, 10:29 8
- I want another season of A Bit of Fry and Laurie, damnit! -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 10:35 2
  - I'm just getting into Stephen Fry's work. So much to catch up on. - Krusty Jan 21, 10:38 1
    - get your hands on ABOFL, for starters. -- (link) - znufrii Jan 21, 10:44 [youtube]
- Is this like Rick Mercer's Talking to Americans? -- nm - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:31 2
  - Don't know that one. In this one he drives throughout America visiting every state. -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 10:33 1
    - Man, you're so right. Just watching this promo is soothing. -- (link) - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:34
- I'd watch the Gordon Gordon show :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 21, 10:31
- it's a great series. he also did a good one on manic depression (he is one) -- nm - wonderpixie Jan 21, 10:30
an old high school friend's FB status: " sitting in the jury lounge waiting to go back into court room to determine selection for 2nd degree murder - Andie Jan 21, 10:27 7
- I know of only two people who ever got called for jury duty (out of literally hundreds of acquaintances). Only one actually served. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 21, 10:51
- We have a lot fewer jury trials in Canada than in the US. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 10:49
- I've recied four summons in my life. - musubi Jan 21, 10:42
- I have once but I got out of it because I was a student. -- nm - sycor Jan 21, 10:32
- Neither have I. -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 10:30
- you could move over to Detroit, that would increase your chances -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 10:29
- me either! -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 10:29
If I say "Tiger Mother", you all know what we're talking about, right? Apparently, it leaves "lifelong scars". -- (link) - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:25 24
- I think I need to be a little more Tiger. The bub is such a spoiled brat. -- nm - Amy Jan 21, 10:37 9
  - Exactly. - Dr.Vermin Jan 21, 10:43 3
    - We've learned a great deal from Supernanny (no joke). I take the kids out a lot and we often get comments about... - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:47 2
      - Yeah, I'm not a father yet, but there's a few tricks I'll be remembering from her show. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 21, 10:53
      - Hmm. Interesting! I guess there will always be a fine line to walk... -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 21, 10:48
  - like father, like son -- nm - wonderpixie Jan 21, 10:41
  - *nodding* - TFox Jan 21, 10:39 3
    - Logan was so well behaved that we never had any rules. Now, we have to start from scratch. He's still really good, but he backtalks and stalls - Amy Jan 21, 10:41 2
      - it all sounds very similar. and further complicating our decisions are his speech delays. - TFox Jan 21, 10:45 1
        
        We have the opposite problem with our chatterbox. We treat him too "old" and he doesn't always understand. -- nm - Amy Jan 21, 10:49
- I didn't know until I read your link just now -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 10:32
- Says the psychologist, business executive and published author. Yeah, they really screwed up! - Dr.Vermin Jan 21, 10:30 6
  - in spite of, or because of? -- nm - mafic Jan 21, 10:42
  - in any case, I'm surprised you'd want to emulate an approach that was designed to produce good, obedient communists. - loosilu Jan 21, 10:32 2
    - Well, they weren't always communists. They were once good, obedient peasants. -- nm - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:37 1
      - True. Peasants who never questioned authority. -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 10:38
  - the woman who wrote the book decided it wasn't good. (or so she says in her book) -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 10:31 1
    - That WSJ headline "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" wasn't written by her. It was editorial. -- nm - con_carne Jan 21, 10:33
- i didn't know there was anyone who agreed with Tiger Mother lady. -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 10:28 3
  - Only about a billion people. -- nm - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:28 2
    - You didn't even read your own links. -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 10:29 1
      - (Here's the companion piece to the one you linked. Make sure you read to the bottom.) -- (link) - TFox Jan 21, 10:30
- really? -- nm - wonderpixie Jan 21, 10:26 1
  - I know! Shocking, right? -- nm - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:28
heh. "Government approved" warning label for FourLoko - znufrii Jan 21, 10:24 1
- 18/40 -- nm - con_carne Jan 21, 10:27
Max, that's very interesting. I wonder what brought on the change from a predominantly male name to a predominantly female name. -- nm - Stephen Jan 21, 10:20 10
- Lindsey. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 21, 10:56
- my grammar might have been misleading; I don't have census info after 1930. But anecdotally I would say the balance among newborns shifted by the 60s -- nm - Max Jan 21, 10:23
- I could be wrong, but wasn't Tracy a man's name as well? -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 10:22 5
  - yeah, Tracy Spencer was a huge movie star - nm - crash davis Jan 21, 10:26
  - yes. Kim is really popular here too. -- nm - mafic Jan 21, 10:25 2
    - well i don't know about "really" -- nm - wonderpixie Jan 21, 10:26 1
      - anecdotally popular, at least. I've met several since I've been here. Lukes and Noels as well. - mafic Jan 21, 10:29
  - It still is. -- nm - Amy Jan 21, 10:23
- see also: Ashley. :) -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 10:21 1
  - heh - Stephen Jan 21, 10:37
I would have thought that the residential development in the last decade near Magic Mountain would have helped it out. - musubi Jan 21, 10:20
earth could get two suns next year if Betelgeuse goes supernova -- (link) - wonderpixie Jan 21, 10:20 10
- George Lucas was right -- nm - Bacon on a phone Jan 21, 10:30
- ~ The sun is in the east / Even though the day is done. / Two suns in the sunset / Could be the human race is run. ~ -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 21, 10:29
- if? - Danedukenuuk Jan 21, 10:28
- And of course they are pushing the 2012 nonsense -- nm - amoxy Jan 21, 10:24
- just the facts, maam -- (link) - oblique Jan 21, 10:23 2
  - i said "could" Tupperhulk -- nm - wonderpixie Jan 21, 10:24 1
    - And the moon is going to be as big as the sun next weekend! -- nm - oblique Jan 21, 10:25
- and if one of them is red, we'll be able to fly and be boring! -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 10:23 2
  - i'll fly to boise and crush your head like a grape -- nm - wonderpixie Jan 21, 10:26 1
    - when has Bizarro ever won? -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 10:31
poll: Have you ever had to call 911 (how many times and why?) - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:19 19
- A few times. - Stephen Jan 21, 10:26
- Once, when I was in a multi-vehicle accident. - musubi Jan 21, 10:23
- A few times but mostly for accidents. -- nm - Krusty Jan 21, 10:23
- My son called 911 once - amoxy Jan 21, 10:23 3
  - It also happens when people try to dial internationally from an office requiring 9 for an outside line. - MojaveMeg Jan 21, 10:44
  - My brother dialed 9-1 when my mother spanked him....she told him to go ahead, dial the other 1 and then go pack up - Will Hunting Jan 21, 10:27
  - Oh, my son's done that. -- nm - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:23
- twice. once when a lady collapsed in front of my house, once after a car crash. I also threatened to once when a guy was road raging a cyclist - mafic Jan 21, 10:23
- At work? Probably on a monthly basis at the branch. -- nm - Amy Jan 21, 10:22
- Once. A kid lost control of his car, drove across my front lawn and smashed into my neighbor's house. - decline Jan 21, 10:22
- see B2. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 21, 10:22
- twice i think. once when i got robbed at work. once when i witness a bicyclist get hit by a car. - Andie Jan 21, 10:22
- Saw a car on I-95 slide, hit the guard-rail and then come back under a semi.... - Will Hunting Jan 21, 10:20 1
  - It's the cops! Run! -- nm - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:21
- About 6 times and none of your business -- nm - Bacon on a phone Jan 21, 10:20 1
  - 4 Hour erection? -- nm - amoxy Jan 21, 10:55
- yup, homeless-looking customer had passed out at table at the Starbuck I was managing, couldn't wake him up. - znufrii Jan 21, 10:20 1
  - "Spawn, quit foolin" -- nm - wonderpixie Jan 21, 10:21
- yes, several times, various car accidents I saw. -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 10:20
Repost: Pokerstars Home game - amoxy Jan 21, 10:19 6 1
- Normally Fri night or Sat night at 9:00 or later would work for me, but possibly not tonight. -- nm - TFox Jan 21, 10:27 1
  - I can't do it tomorrow night (cause I will be playing real poker) - amoxy Jan 21, 10:28
- I like the idea of a weekly. Any time works for me; I'd think Saturdays is best option for the next few weeks given the football sundays. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 21, 10:22
- I'm signed up and i"m down for a tourney, depending on time. (nm) - musubi Jan 21, 10:21 2
  - I miss Pokerroom. It was so much better than PokerStars -- nm - amoxy Jan 21, 10:25 1
    - I read that as "Pokemon". -- nm - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:30
Of course Steve Martin trumps Halle Berry. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 21, 10:18
"Oh, you're great at the dunkers Mike. Give you 10 dunkers and you'll solve 6 or 7 of them" -- nm - Rawls Jan 21, 10:17
peglegpete: Nothing against Newmar or the original catwoman. Just that the Batman Returns version was crap. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 10:17 7
- Julie Newmar was the best catwoman, hands down -- nm - amoxy Jan 21, 10:19 1
  - Yeah, I liked her before she became a crazy old woman -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 10:24
- make that "the original catwomen". heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 10:18
- (perhaps I should say "Batman Returns *movie* was crap" :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 10:17 3
  - Pfeiffer was the best thing about that movie -- nm - crash davis Jan 21, 10:18 2
    - That's saying something. -- nm - Mop (216 lbs) Jan 21, 10:20
    - absolutely. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 21, 10:19
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Jan 21, 10:16

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