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I just saw a middle-aged woman riding a bike, wearing a helmet with a ContourHD-style camera on it. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 3, 08:46
ann guessed that suzanne s. was linda evans. she is 100% not recognizable. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 3, 08:44 2
- I just saw her on a talk show like, two weeks ago. She looked normal. nm - Dignan Feb 3, 08:45 1
  - How odd, I just remembered my dream from last night (you had a cameo). It came back to me all of a sudden in its entirety. Disconcerting. -- nm - Amy Feb 3, 08:48
Heard Rudy Guilliani doing on ad on the radio this morning for a leadership seminar with Colin Powell, Laura Bush, Steve Forbes and many others. - Mop (213 lbs) Feb 3, 08:43 3
- tickets for non groups are $500 per person. nm - sycor Feb 3, 08:45
- are you sure it wasn't $995? -- nm - znufrii Feb 3, 08:44 1
  - I remember vividly Rudy saying "Nine dollars and ninty-five cents". -- nm - Mop (213 lbs) Feb 3, 08:45
FMK Celebrity birthday edition: Isla Fisher, Maurey Tierney, Morgan Fairchild - Epiphany Feb 3, 08:42 4
- WWW - Danedukenuuk Feb 3, 08:44
- FMK. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:43 2
  - I like Morgan but I have to go with this too. -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 3, 08:46
  - Got it right on the first try. This poll needs to go no further. -- nm - Mop (213 lbs) Feb 3, 08:44
poor ol' whitey... - x Feb 3, 08:38 1
- "There are going to be a lot of additional Hispanic officials elected when redistricting is done," Shuh. As if. - TWuG Feb 3, 08:49
I'm getting really annoyed that netflix doesn't have an android app yet. especially since the site is blocked from work. -- nm - sycor Feb 3, 08:31
italian mp caught surfing escort site during berlusconi no confidence hooker debate.... - x Feb 3, 08:30 5
- why on earth did they pixelate his face??? - Danedukenuuk Feb 3, 08:40 1
  - yeah it seems stupid. probably it's about those really strict uk libel laws...nm - x Feb 3, 08:43
- It's a perfectly legal thing in Italy. Using a Windows tablet instead of an iPad, though? HANG HIM! -- nm - Mop (213 lbs) Feb 3, 08:39
- sometimes these pictures just pop up and hey, what can you do ? -- nm - decline Feb 3, 08:33 1
  - it does seem like a totally reasonable excuse.....nm - x Feb 3, 08:34
this post is for those Sters who buy diapers off amazon. -- (link) - tRuMAN is not a monkey, maybe Feb 3, 08:29
Machete: B, Monsters: C. Shipping Today: The American -- nm - MDH Feb 3, 08:28 8
- Primer: wtf?? -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 3, 08:35 4
  - bravo. -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 08:35 3
    - the crazy part is, she posted this one first. - TFox Feb 3, 08:39 2
      - The tachyon leaves the bar. The bartender says, "We don't serve your kind here." A tachyon goes into a bar. -- nm - nubby Feb 3, 08:41 1
        
        A guy walks into a bar, tells the bartender a physics joke. The bartender (justifiably) beats him within an inch of his life. That's it. No joke. nm - Dignan Feb 3, 08:43
- Primer: wtf?? -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 3, 08:33
- Monsters B-, not really sure what to make of the ending -- nm - ceregon Feb 3, 08:29 1
  - Totally dug the ending (spoils) - prayformojo Feb 3, 08:37
Maria Schneider, star of Last Tango in Paris, has died at 58. -- (link) - Andie Feb 3, 08:21 2
- Too much deker jetering. nm - Dignan Feb 3, 08:28
- i thought the star was the butter -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 3, 08:21
ML: They didn't break me yet - Reagen Feb 3, 08:15 16
- I don't get it. Did you lose a bet or something? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 08:21 3
  - it's for our movie awards - Reagen Feb 3, 08:23 2
    - S&TC2 wins, right? i mean, it has to, -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 08:26 1
      - I saw SATC2 and it sucked but not nearly as hard as Jonah Hex IMO. -- nm - MDH Feb 3, 08:28
- Did you see Jonah Hex? -- nm - MDH Feb 3, 08:20 7
  - This week it's been Alice in Wonderland (D) Jonah Hex (F) The Last Airbender (FF) The Runaways (C-) Secretariat (C) Sex and the City 2 (FFFFFFFFFF) -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 08:22 4
    - I don't understand why you subject yourself to this torture. -- nm - Mop (213 lbs) Feb 3, 08:37
    - Makes me feel really good about not watching many movies in 2011 so far. - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 3, 08:32
    - when does The Human Centipede happen? -- nm - TFox Feb 3, 08:31 1
      - *cries* -- nm - Diva Feb 3, 08:51
  - Because I loved that movie!!! -- nm - MDH si Feb 3, 08:21 1
    - That gets an F. Seriously, even I was stunned at how bad it was. -- nm - MDH Feb 3, 08:21
- heh -- nm - tRuMAN is not a monkey, maybe Feb 3, 08:18
- you're a stronger man than I - crash davis Feb 3, 08:16 2
  - hey - did you get my report (as per your request) from yesterday? -- nm - Diva Feb 3, 08:45
  - I've made it through Postal, House of the Dead, and Alone in the Dark. -- nm - sycor Feb 3, 08:19
Its already Thursday - eag Feb 3, 08:14
WTF New Mexico?! Is Arizona's stupid rubbing off? -- (link) - TWuG Feb 3, 08:12
LYC: I'd like to thank the UK (as always) for my new pop obsession. Ellie Goulding. - MDH Feb 3, 08:11 1
- She's so last year, it's all about Jessie J now. -- nm - LMS Feb 3, 08:23
Look up your high school on Wikipedia, and if it has an entry, tell me something about it - prayformojo Feb 3, 08:10 51
- Not mentioned: instead of cap and gown it has been a graduation ceremony tradition since 1910 for girls to wear white dresses, guys in white jackets. - Max Feb 3, 08:48
- It was founded in 1888 by Mabel Slade Vickery. Notable Alums include . . . (it's actually a pretty interesting list). - pmb Feb 3, 08:40
- Bishop Walsh Notable Alumni [include] Samuel Perlozzo - professional baseball player and MLB manager (class of 1969) -- nm - cupixie Feb 3, 08:40
- As of September 2008 it was decreed that all male students must wear a tie with the colours of their house. -- nm - LMS Feb 3, 08:28 2
  - holy crap, you went to Hogwarts?! -- nm - TFox Feb 3, 08:29 1
    - Slythern bitch -- nm - cupixie Feb 3, 08:44
- Guy I did theatre with (he was the year after me) is now the White House correspondent for NPR -- nm - znufrii Feb 3, 08:26
- 2010 NY State Champions in football (first time ever) -- nm - decline Feb 3, 08:26
- it lacks a single mention of the Debate Team. Effers. - Mel Profit Feb 3, 08:25 1
  - I just realized...Magnus was born during my last term of HS. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 3, 08:34
- Um, it's one of the state's most diverse schools, has a huge performing arts center (and curriculum), and the Teague brothers (basketball players) are -- nm - alums. Amy Feb 3, 08:25
- "The Mount Saint Charles Academy men's hockey team won twenty-six consecutive state titles from 1978�2003..." -- (link) - TFox Feb 3, 08:25
- Applewood is one of only 3 high schools in Mississauga that offers a French immersion program and used to have an executioner as a mascot... - Walt_Disney Feb 3, 08:24
- It was established in 1950. My dad and uncle also graduated from there. State Champs 4A in '08. Ranked in the top 500 schools by Newsweek. -- nm - sycor Feb 3, 08:22 7
  - hehe someone edited to page to say "Neelesh Dewan, Class of 2010: Currently attends UNC-Chapel Hill. He is the man." under notable alumni -- nm - sycor Feb 3, 08:23 4
    - Love it. Someone from my HS added himself (clearly) for having a personal sports blog. -- nm - MDH Feb 3, 08:27 3
      - I should add myself. but I'm not notable enough and have nothing clever to say. -- nm - sycor Feb 3, 08:30 2
        
        Because "he's the man" has already been taken? -- nm - Roger More Feb 3, 08:30 1
        
        basically. -- nm - sycor Feb 3, 08:31
  - My mom and i went to the same high school as well (she was there the year it opened.) we all went to the 50 anniversary reunion together. -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 08:23 1
    - nice. I haven't been back since graduation. I should go to a reunion. -- nm - sycor Feb 3, 08:25
- "In 2006, Brentwood High School was selected as a National Blue Ribbon School." -- nm - Jim Feb 3, 08:21
- Side Note: I just found out my ES no longer feeds into my MS, which no longer feeds into my HS. - MDH Feb 3, 08:20
- Normal Community High School is a public high school located in Normal, Illinois that was founded in 1905. - Kim Pine Feb 3, 08:18 7
  - I can totally visualize your IM -- nm - prayformojo Feb 3, 08:23
  - What was the school mascot? -- nm - Roger More Feb 3, 08:22 1
    - Ironmen! -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 3, 08:40
  - fix it! -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:21
  - How unusual. -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 08:21
  - Hey, that's the same year my HS was founded. - ceregon SI Feb 3, 08:21 1
    - SFAN -- nm - con_carne Feb 3, 08:23
- "The "Category V" dance team won the Cheersport National Championship in Atlanta, Georgia." -- nm - nubby Feb 3, 08:17
- hell no, too depressing -- nm - ceregon Feb 3, 08:16 4
  - Heh. (Maybe something else?) -- nm - nubby Feb 3, 08:19 3
    - No, that's really a quote. It's our school motto. -- nm - ceregon SI Feb 3, 08:20 2
      - First of all, Yeehaw Junction didn't even have a high school. - ceregon Feb 3, 08:25 1
        
        There's actually a town called Yeehaw Junction? - prayformojo Feb 3, 08:36
- Notable Alumni: Paul James (Calvin on Greek), rapper Wale (who's real name is Victor - I went to HS with him) - MDH Feb 3, 08:16
- Notable alumni: Sonny Bono (did not graduate) -- nm - con_carne Feb 3, 08:13 10
  - pssst. If he didn't graduate, he's not an alum. ;P -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:14 9
    - Not to start a geekfight, but the term *can* also be used to designate a former student. -- nm - nubby Feb 3, 08:20 2
      - well, I don't like that usage. (the "because I think so" defense). - loosilu Feb 3, 08:23 1
        
        ps. If Vonnegut doesn't get to be a Cornell alumnus, Sonny Bono doesn't get to be an alum of carne's school. :) -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:23
    - "Tell it to Wikipedia!" -- nm - con_carne Feb 3, 08:16 5
      - show me the page and I will. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:17 4
        
        nmbl -- (link) - con_carne Feb 3, 08:18 3
        
        done. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:21 2
        
        Heh. -- nm - ceregon SI Feb 3, 08:22 1
        
        SFAN x2 -- nm - con_carne Feb 3, 08:25
- Principal Hamlett is a loser and he sucks -- nm - Roger More Feb 3, 08:12
- been gone for 20 years, alas. (actually good riddance) -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:11
The Egyptian Hilton is currently confiscating journalist materials (notes, cameras, etc) on behalf of the gov't. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 08:07 24
- that would never happen at the paris hilton ....nm - x Feb 3, 08:18
- journalists everywhere in Cairo are being targeted now. -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 3, 08:08 6
  - just an fyi ... yesterday the US told all American citizens they should leave ASAP. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:09 5
    - Diva...you know who will be happy about this. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 3, 08:18 1
      - Oh yes i do. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ -- nm - Diva Feb 3, 08:47
    - yah i aw -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 3, 08:16 2
      - *saw -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 3, 08:17 1
        
        Given that plus the travel advisory, you may very well be able to cancel without paying any fee. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:18
- it sounds very rough for journalists right now. Have read multiple reports of journos being assaulted. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:08 15
  - Yes, a Spanish correspondent has been assaulted, he's just telling it in our telly via phone. Pretty terrifying story. -- nm - celedhring Feb 3, 08:23
  - I'm following three Canadian journo Twitter feeds where the last notice was that they were being detained two hours ago. No word since. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 08:09 13
    - Tweets just going out about these journolists. They were held in captivity for three hours. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 08:27
    - The Egyptians don't *get* world media, do they. -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 08:14 6
      - Well, all the old tropes are coming out as the grip of power is being clinged too. "Propaganda", Israeli spys, etc. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 08:18
      - apparently they are blaming media for fanning the flames, or something. - loosilu Feb 3, 08:18 4
        
        Which, there might be some fairness to that comment in a strange way. One Cdn journo commented yesteday that many people felt that as soon as the... - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 08:20 3
        
        PS: That said, I'm not sayng the attacks on journos is at all right. Or that the propaganda isn't exaggerating. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 08:22 2
        
        We can all agree that it's morally wrong. It's also really stupid, for PR reasons. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:24 1
        
        Well, if they think that the rest of the world isn't really going to do much about it, they don't rightly care about PR, right? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 08:26
    - a CBC cameraman was beaten and swarmed yesterday - heard he's in rough shape. -- (link) - Andie Feb 3, 08:13 3
      - says in the article he is very shaken but no major injuries (thank goodness). The article also lists many other attacks on journos. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:17 2
        
        well, on the news this morning, they reported him as taken to hospital later. *shrug* -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 08:18 1
        
        sounds terrifying, either way. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:19
    - A reporter on NPR said her group was attacked and beaten until soldiers intervened. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:10
btw...Access People...be on standby. After a break of many years I may be diving back in. - Mel Profit Feb 3, 08:06 6
- Nope, no record limit; but as a size issue...it starts to get all chokey from my experience in the 200mb range -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 3, 08:07 5
  - Good and thanks and that shouldn't be a problem. - Mel Profit Feb 3, 08:09 4
    - Bad time to tell you I'm on a plane home in 4 hours? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 3, 08:21 3
      - Yes. - kelly si Feb 3, 08:49
      - I'll be around; maybe my general DB/SQL knowledge will help -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 3, 08:35 1
        
        *holds onto your sleeve* Don't you leave. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 3, 08:43
dealing with a former employer on W@ issues is *painful.* -- nm - amanda jones Feb 3, 08:05
I' -- nm - sycor Feb 3, 08:03 3
- I'm kind of sad now. GMaps just showed me that my childhood pool and park are both gone. Just gone. The park almost looks like it was never there. -- nm - sycor Feb 3, 08:04 2
  - I found out last year that the apt building we first lived in in the States is now a swap meet parking lot -- nm - con_carne Feb 3, 08:06 1
    - wow. I think next time I'm down in Charlotte I'll have to go by the park and pool and see what happened to them. The pools looks filled in with dirty. - sycor Feb 3, 08:13
Dear god - Suzanne Somers, what have you done to yourself? -- (link) - Andie Feb 3, 08:03 11
- "America is built on freedoms � of speech, religion, press, assembly, AK-47s and your face." heh -- nm - Jovian Feb 3, 08:50
- holy jeebus. kill it with fire! -- nm - sycor Feb 3, 08:16
- Look how pretty she was in December! -- (link) - Amy Feb 3, 08:15 1
  - In the close up she looks a little rough, but not for 65. -- nm - Amy Feb 3, 08:18
- Ackkkkkk! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 3, 08:09
- I just sent this out to my newslist in a "name that celeb" email. I wouldn't have gotten it. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 3, 08:09
- Her Thighmaster had had enough and went rabid and attacked her face. -- nm - TWuG Feb 3, 08:08
- Holy crap. -- nm - mara Feb 3, 08:05
- it's all those millions of questionable vitamins she's been overdosing on, of course. - loosilu Feb 3, 08:04 2
  - Or it's the stem cell botox or whattheeffever that's referenced in the first paragraph -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 3, 08:06 1
    - (I know, I just wanted to make fun of her vitamin habit) -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:08
*checks out B2's ass as it walks away* -- nm - Steven Tyler Feb 3, 08:02

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