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According to Sportsbook.com: Earlier in the week "Heads" has 65% of the Superbowl Coin-toss action. Today, "Tails" has 55%. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 12:23
Good news, everyone! - David Feb 3, 12:21
is it just a coincidence that all the big revolutions seem to happen in a "Square"? - cupixie Feb 3, 12:20 3
- i ask you. i mean, has the pentagon ever been the site of a revolution?....nm - x Feb 3, 12:25
- Only because cities tend to be built on a grid and open spaces where lots of people can gather ended up square shaped -- nm - TWuG Feb 3, 12:22
- The problem with that plan is that that's also where all the spontaneous/mandatory "we love the leader day" festivities happen. -- nm - Ender Feb 3, 12:22
I think I want to tredbox buried to watch while I to-do tonight. can I handle it? -- nm - amanda jones Feb 3, 12:19 3
- I think so. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 3, 12:22
- english amanda, speak english. -- nm - decline Feb 3, 12:21 1
  - sorry. I have an extensive home-based to-do list this evening. I think I would like to redbox buried to watch while I complete (ha!) items on said - amanda jones Feb 3, 12:23
Talk of my Town, a report on a web paper about rocket fuel chems "found in Lakewood Water" clammor, upset, ranting follows, date of the report? 2005 - zeitgeist Feb 3, 12:15 2
- "You're soaking in it." - Spawn Feb 3, 12:16 1
  - no kidding, (looks bailfully at my cup of coffee) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 12:17
LYC: Sold half my Apple & Netflix, bought Southern Copper - ceregon Feb 3, 12:12 6
- profit taking is *never* sad. never fall in love with your stocks...nm - x Feb 3, 12:20
- Southern Copper, sounds like a TV show about a couple small town sherrifs -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 12:19 1
  - Don'g give A&E any ideas. -- nm - MDH Feb 3, 12:19
- What do you like about SC? -- nm - Loyola Feb 3, 12:18 1
  - near 40% return on equity 6.6% dividend -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 12:22
- Blue Horseshoe loves Southern Copper. -- nm - MDH Feb 3, 12:16
Food Liberation Army kidnap Ronald MacDonald statue, plan to "execute" it Feb 11th if their demands are not met -- (link) - Beaker Feb 3, 12:10 4
- the url told me all I needed to know, Helsinki explains everything -- nm - crash davis Feb 3, 12:22
- The police have released a sketch of the suspect -- (link) - TWuG Feb 3, 12:12 [Image] 1
  - L4 -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:15
- hurry Officer Big Mac, hurry! -- nm - cupixie Feb 3, 12:11
Mubarak: "I want to leave but I can't!" -- (link) - cupixie Feb 3, 12:06 14
- i *love* neswpaper commenters.... - x Feb 3, 12:17 2
  - *laughing* -- nm - TFox Feb 3, 12:17 1
    - (it's like the street art of the internet.) -- nm - TFox Feb 3, 12:24
- He's begging to be assassinated. The public just want him gone. They'll take dead as an acceptable alternative. -- nm - TWuG Feb 3, 12:10 8
  - somehow I hadn't really thought of this possibility. That would be bad. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 12:11 7
    - you hadn't thought of the possiblity that two million people in the street might think about killing the guy if he didn't step down? -- nm - cupixie Feb 3, 12:13 5
      - you'd have to figure someone would have a b!tch of time getting close enough right now... -- nm - znufrii Feb 3, 12:22 1
        
        "Ah! General Enan, just the person I wanted to... Put down that gun! Guards!" *blam* *blam* -- nm - Hosni M Feb 3, 12:24
      - not really. I guess I figured he'd have the sense to leave. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 12:17
      - apparently he's shooting them before they can shoot him, lots of bullet hole patients in hospitals (I'll bet there are snipers aimed at the square) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 12:16
      - she doesn't read much news. -- nm - TFox Feb 3, 12:16
    - but every Egyptian gets a free frogurt -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 12:12
- I have to stop the newspaper delivery, forward my bills, I have redbox movies I have to return. I have doctor's appointment next week and who knows - Mubarak Feb 3, 12:09
- "every time I'm out, they pull me back in!" -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 12:07
hee. the "I've been mugged in London, send me money" scam hit the GMail account of the former Chief Justice of the RI Supreme Court. -- (link) - TFox Feb 3, 12:04 3
- send him some cabinets or carriages - cupixie Feb 3, 12:05 2
  - personally I've always preferred Fribbles to Awful Awfuls. - TFox Feb 3, 12:06 1
    - mmm hmmm -- nm - cupixie Feb 3, 12:09
hey, i'm now one degree of separation away from Prince Charles - cupixie Feb 3, 12:03 1
- Least surprising post of the day. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:08
"The Baliff from Night Court is correct" -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 11:56
thanks to amanda's B2 post, i'm actually filling out my passport application as mine expired a few months ago and i keep forgetting! -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 11:49 6
- Hmm, I should renew my British one. Never use it but it's nice to have :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 3, 11:58
- Mine expires later this year. -- nm - Dano Feb 3, 11:52 4
  - mine expired a year or two ago. i might go visit my brother in London next year during the Olympics -- nm - cupixie Feb 3, 12:00
  - me too. August 11th to be exact. -- nm - Diva Feb 3, 11:54
  - Mine expired a couple weeks ago. I need to get a new one soon. Not planning any trips, but don't like the idea of being without. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 3, 11:54 1
    - i *hate* not having one, can't believe it's taken me this long. -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 11:56
My last two thoughts, "Who is that ultra-hot chick in the Breakout Kings commercial?" followed by "Oh, right. Serinda Swan." - David Feb 3, 11:49 14
- I will watch it only because she is in it. -- nm - sycor Feb 3, 12:03 1
  - you will watch it because T-Bag returns!!! -- nm - Jovian Feb 3, 12:05
- heh. The *other* Tron chick. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:00
- The one where they're just talking at the camera? -- nm - mara Feb 3, 11:53 2
  - No, there is no dialogue. It's just five people walking toward the camera. -- nm - David Feb 3, 11:54 1
    - They finally made a TV show out of Gerry! -- nm - Dano Feb 3, 11:55
- I mean, it says swan right in her name. nm - Dignan Feb 3, 11:52
- Teh what commercial? -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 11:50 2
  - Breakout Kings. New drama series coming to A&E...TBag's back baby!! -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 11:52 1
    - It's a show from the Prison Break people that will feature T-Bag from Prison Break. -- nm - David Feb 3, 11:53
- Ehs si os gnikcuf toh! -- nm - TWuG Feb 3, 11:50 3
  - m'I 'niyas! -- nm - David Feb 3, 11:54 2
    - !!!yllA gnikaerf ydeehS -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 11:55 1
      - !heaY -- nm - David Feb 3, 12:07
redmond, I'm actually going to seattle, and then to vancouver from there. so I will super super close. not 4 hours. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 3, 11:42 5
- Oh? roadtrip to Seattle for the Portland Trio. - Bacon via The Droid Feb 3, 11:47 1
  - Punch Mop in the face and tell him it is from the Borg. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 11:49
- there's a few seattlites around...when are you coming? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 11:47 2
  - ask me tonight after I buy my ticket! - amanda jones Feb 3, 11:49 1
    - adds it to my to-do list -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 11:55
Another day, another impassioned defense of marriage equality. -- (link) - znufrii Feb 3, 11:42 2
- I caught some of this live (I think) on CNN at work. - Mel Profit Feb 3, 12:03
- good for him for standing up and speaking his beliefs. -- nm - sycor Feb 3, 11:48
Where should I pick for my earthquake assignment? I can request two top choices. - loosilu Feb 3, 11:41 16
- Clanton is a half hour from my uncle and aunt. There's more to do in that little area than you'd think. - Kim Pine Feb 3, 11:45 2
  - note: I really won't need things to do. I'll be working 16 hour days. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 11:48
  - i am now ashamed of my yankee prejudice....nm - x Feb 3, 11:47
- Pearl and Clanton just so I can say I knew of someone who went there -- nm - CQ Feb 3, 11:44
- jefferson city mo, so you can hit St Louis, KC, and maybe figure out a way to destroy branson. -- nm - tRuMAN is not a monkey, maybe Feb 3, 11:43 5
  - but other than that, I cannot say much about the city. sorry. -- nm - tRuMAN is not a monkey, maybe Feb 3, 11:44 1
    - it's not bad looking. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 11:59
  - oh, STL is getting hit hard. KC not hit at all. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 11:44 2
    - what crap is that. seriously, kc always get ignored. -- nm - tRuMAN is not a monkey, maybe Feb 3, 11:44 1
      - we're not ignoring them. They don't want ot play. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 11:48
- (I guess my question to ST is, do any of those jump out as being either really bad or really good?) -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 11:42
- Nashville food= awesome, so that'd be my choice. -- nm - MDH Feb 3, 11:42 1
  - Nashville everything = awesome. For God's sake, it's Predators season! - TFox Feb 3, 11:47
- how could you possibly resist the lure of clanton, alabama?....nm - x Feb 3, 11:42 2
  - from google images, it appears they have their very own peach water tower. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 11:43 1
    - i swear to god, the mayor's name is billy joe driver.... - x Feb 3, 11:45
With a rerun of Modern Family lead in, Cougar Town was up 35% over last week to a 2.7 18-49 Demo. -- (link) - MDH Feb 3, 11:40 5
- I don't think Modern Family had anything to do with it. - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 3, 11:59
- "Let me guess - you guys finally kissed and now one of you didn't love it as much as the other." -- nm - Max Feb 3, 11:41 3
  - Without fail I check your fb to see what quote you have at the end of the episode :-) -- nm - MDH Feb 3, 11:43 2
    - (I also forgot to put up Beef and Bubbles last week) -- nm - Max Feb 3, 11:45
    - I'll put that one up now but I think I got the end of the quote a little garbled. -- nm - Max Feb 3, 11:44
So are there going to be any ST bets about the Superbowl? -- nm - tRuMAN is not a monkey, maybe Feb 3, 11:39
Marty, you're a joker! -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Feb 3, 11:39 [youtube] 1
- And the original. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Feb 3, 11:39 [youtube]
Nothing for nothing, but how bad would your marriage have to be in order for you to quit your job, leave your wife, and be a ski bum? -- nm - CQ Feb 3, 11:39 8
- if your apparent life ambition is "ski bum" you probably shouldn't be married at all -- nm - cupixie Feb 3, 12:01 1
  - I dunno. Maybe marrying little rich girl is perfect. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 12:03
- i'm not saying i'd give up my family for it, but being a ski bum would be *fun*. -- nm - TFox Feb 3, 11:46 1
  - now if I were to say surf bum, I maybe might just have to rethink everything :) -- nm - CQ Feb 3, 11:47
- maybe it's his job that sucked. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 11:41 1
  - maybe it's his wife that didn't -- nm - CQ Feb 3, 11:42
- I'm richie rich an I've been working 16 hours a day since I was 22? yeah, I might need a break. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 3, 11:41
- er become -- nm - CQ Feb 3, 11:39
sitmop? kilbo should find this interesting. Verizon's iphone drops far fewer calls than AT&T -- (link) - decline Feb 3, 11:38 3
- the antenna setup has been changed in this model - tRuMAN is not a monkey, maybe Feb 3, 11:39 2
  - I'm really curious to see what kind of .... slip at&t sees. what's that called? sludge? I forget. oh oh. CHURN. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 3, 11:48
  - other sites say that they can still cause the death grip on the verizon phone, but that it hasn't caused calls to drop. - Beryllium Feb 3, 11:47
Tweet of the Day by Kenneth Cole: "Millions are in uproar in #Cairo. Rumor is they heard our new spring collection is now available online" -- nm - MDH Feb 3, 11:37 4
- L4 -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 11:48
- stay classy, kenneth -- nm - cupixie Feb 3, 11:38
- Obama insisted the internet be turned back on so they could stream the Super Bowl. -- nm - Max Feb 3, 11:38 1
  - seriously, think of all the bets that may never get made. -- nm - tRuMAN is not a monkey, maybe Feb 3, 11:38
My favorite movie motif is when someone gets beaten with their own severed limb. -- nm - Dano Feb 3, 11:35 4
- This happened in a Val Kilmer direct to video movie, though I think he was using his own prosthetic leg to beat someone off. -- nm - Max Feb 3, 11:37 1
  - beat someone off, eh? -- nm - sycor Feb 3, 11:40
- It ain't ripping their head off and sh!ting down their neck, but it works. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 11:36 1
  - Preacher represent! -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 11:37
Thanks pixie. And also. - con_carne Feb 3, 11:34 3
- they don't seem to capture every truck 100% but they at least show where most are clustered on a given day - cupixie Feb 3, 11:37 1
  - Don't think I won't. I totally will (just not today, though). -- nm - con_carne Feb 3, 11:39
- (Heh. There's also clustertruck.org) - con_carne Feb 3, 11:37
MH Tower story for TWuG: I finished my first tower run last night. - TFox Feb 3, 11:34 8
- Yeah, I've had epic fails and then my last run I think I caught the Chess Master with 80%+ left in my amp. - TWuG Feb 3, 11:39 7
  - a little? i probably ran a good 400k of SB+ on that run. i'd be floored if i got 100k back. - TFox Feb 3, 11:43 6
    - For about 4 hours yesterday when I was racking up Mystic catches pretty easily, I thought "I should aim for a silver crown - TWuG Feb 3, 11:49 5
      - it seems like it'd be far more profitable after crafting OAT/BP, because you could just use gouda with reasonable success. - TFox Feb 3, 11:58 4
        
        I have the Oat, I need the loot for the BP and two more pages for the Spellbook base. - TWuG Feb 3, 12:04 3
        
        I'm still 20M points short of those, so it's going to be a while before I craft them. - TFox Feb 3, 12:05 2
        
        Ouch. Time to find a high point area and farm for a bit. -- nm - TWuG Feb 3, 12:09 1
        
        I'm just going to keep hitting Garden/Tower on loop. I think RR/CCB is going to be fine in there most of the time. -- nm - TFox Feb 3, 12:10
LYC: I'm in the middle of the Taylor-Burton Cleopatra --- - OAE -- Old Antarctic Explorer Feb 3, 11:34
an economist explains why the marriage is an irrational choice -- (link) - cupixie Feb 3, 11:32 8
- oh crap, economists are always wrong about everything....nm - x Feb 3, 11:38 1
  - take that, hyde's beliefs! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 3, 11:40
- For all their PhDs, economists perennially make themselves look dumb each time they try to make people look rational. - Max Feb 3, 11:36 1
  - can we call this "the pixie effect"? -- nm - tRuMAN is not a monkey, maybe Feb 3, 11:37
- ~Oh Cupixie you foolish boy. You should take better aim with your brand new toy~ -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 11:34
- does it include the Marriage Penalty for taxes? -- nm - tRuMAN is not a monkey, maybe Feb 3, 11:33
- I'm pretty sure I can find another economist who can explain why it is rational -- nm - Roger More Feb 3, 11:33 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 11:36
Eat your fruit! -- nm - The Breakfast Bunny Feb 3, 11:31 2
- Drink your Ovaltine! -- nm - Little Orphan Annie Feb 3, 11:32 1
  - Get your own year, freaky eyes! -- nm - The Breakfast Bunny Feb 3, 11:32

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