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One hour 25 minute call. My average call handle time is screwed for the day. -- nm - Dano Feb 16, 09:56
Take it from me, there is a way to gear yourself up for a painful class at school. - con_carne Feb 16, 09:56
Dawson: If someone is looking for a nice suit here then send them to Brooks Brothers and Bergdorf. But if he/she has money they should be getting it - Krusty Feb 16, 09:53
Ever hear that This American Life with the Circuit City employees who worked during the store closing? - Dr.Vermin Feb 16, 09:48 2
- I haven't. What did the customers do that was obnoxious? -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 09:53 1
  - "When's your Everyone's Getting Fired Sale?" -- nm - Roger More Feb 16, 09:56
SITWAP. Bloopers/deleted scenes from VW's The Force commercial -- (link) - HdnAgnda Feb 16, 09:43 1
- I like the dog ones. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 16, 09:48
best plum ever. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 09:42
Does NYC have those "Buy 3 suits for $299.99" like Hollyweird does? -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 09:37 7
- Not as far as a I know, doesn't sound familiar. -- nm - Krusty Feb 16, 09:44 5
  - Besides, how good could a suit be for $100. I'd avoid those suits. -- nm - Krusty Feb 16, 09:45 4
    - Well, a ton of them, but not all) will be polyester. You have to know how to shop/what to look for. - con_carne Feb 16, 09:51
    - I would guess that 70% of suits sold in this area cost $150 or less. -- nm - David Feb 16, 09:51
    - We're not all fancy pants ST lawyers, you know! -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 09:49 1
      - Hehe. I'm not either but I doubt you get any quality for $100. - Krusty Feb 16, 09:55
- *shops*, that is -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 09:38
LYC: OK, I think I need some actual encouragement here. I stopped taking art classes 2 years ago (wow) and I think it's time to go back. - loosilu Feb 16, 09:33 30
- do it. whichever one. The safe one might be good to restart the old juices in the brain -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 09:48
- Challenging. If you were going to go back to school and grades mattered, then maybe you ramp up, but you're just there to learn and get better, so - pmb Feb 16, 09:48
- challengs -- nm - peglegpete Feb 16, 09:46
- if I were you, I'd be thinking about how much bank I could be making selling paintings. that'd drive me. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 16, 09:43 8
  - lol! Take the "pet portraits" and the "inoffensive landscape" classes! -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 09:45 1
    - did someone say inoffensive landscapes? -- (link) - loosilu Feb 16, 09:47 [flickr]
  - that's a whole other ball of wax. that comes after the mental block. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 09:44 4
    - I thought you already sold stuff. if no, then no, don't waste your cash. paint alone. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 16, 09:50 3
      - Oh, sure. but i haven't done shows or anything. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 09:51 2
        
        is the tuition tax deductible? -- nm - amanda jones Feb 16, 09:54 1
        
        nah. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 10:02
  - Or participate in a show like Pam Beasley! -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 09:44
- In my shoes, if I was going back to college for computer science, my primary choice would be if I was interested in the subject matter (regardless of - Beryllium Feb 16, 09:39 7
  - More details: The safe one is a free-form advanced painting class where everyone does individual projects. I have taken it several times before. - loosilu Feb 16, 09:41 6
    - If it was me, I'd go for the portrait one, simply because I'd be interested in improving my skills in that area. - Beryllium Feb 16, 09:43
    - my opinion is you can't go wrong with live nude girls -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 09:42 4
      - on a more serious note, I've been trying to force myself to do challenging things in my hobbies and I do find the ultimate satisfaction higher, though - crash davis Feb 16, 09:45 2
        
        This is totally why I am going to take pole dancing. -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 09:46 1
        
        go for it - and I bet Remlik is going to need exercise when his foot heals, he should take that class too -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 09:48
      - sure, have done many of those. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 09:44
- Challenge -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 16, 09:37
- challenging! -- nm - lileve Feb 16, 09:37
- challenging, of course -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 09:36
- Safe class to get back in the flow. - Spawn Feb 16, 09:35 2
  - well, I did a fair amount of painting on my own already. the mental block is getting in the way. But yeah, getting into the flow would be the reason - loosilu Feb 16, 09:37 1
    - I can see you quickly getting bored/frustrated with the slower pace? Go for something that tests your limits. -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 16, 09:41
- We've seen your work on FB, etc. Why would we say anything but challenging class? -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 09:34
- definitely challenging for you -- nm - ceregon Feb 16, 09:33
- Challenging class. - Don Homer Feb 16, 09:33 1
  - yeah, I know. It's the one thing where I have a mental block. It's gonna hurt. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 09:34
sitwap - China row over synchronised goldfish magic trick -- (link) - crash davis Feb 16, 09:32 4
- Promiscuous apes make more sperm -- (link) - crash davis Feb 16, 09:34 3
  - Which would make Charlie Sheen a renewable energy source. -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 09:35 1
    - and a cogeneration plant if we could install a micro-turbine in his nose to power something when he starts snorting again.... -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 09:37
  - Alright groiny! -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 09:34
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- I got this for $639 + tax but now it's for $699. -- (link) - lileve Feb 16, 09:55
- the msoft store is have a sale on a lot of laptops today, a lot of them. - tRuMaN Feb 16, 09:37 5
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    - did you see the multitouch one, its more expensive, but still - tRuMaN Feb 16, 09:42 3
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        for $549 I absolutely love my Dell Inspiron Duo -- nm - decline Feb 16, 09:57
        
        hmm, i see lots of deals at $600, not too many at around $500. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 09:47
- 6.5, it should have a bluray drive at that price. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 09:33 2
  - I don't think I've ever seen an i5 at that price that has bluray -- nm - decline Feb 16, 09:47 1
    - I probably have, but the deal probably lasted a whole of 15mins. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 09:51
- 8. although I'll defer to Kilbo on the final verdict. Laptops are very difficult for me to gauge, price wise. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 09:31 5
  - It's Lenovo so it is automatically 5 or less :) -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 09:36 4
    - Huh? I thought Lenovos were quality. Finding them at a bargain is near impossible. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 09:42 3
      - I've never been a big fan of Thinkpads so Lenovo inherits my hatred -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 09:53
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      - that's my understanding. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 09:43
- 5.5 -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 09:29
- 8 -- nm - decline Feb 16, 09:25
A few numbers on verizon iphone sales... -- (link) - Don Homer Feb 16, 09:18
Couple claims $1M state lottery prize one day before it expires Oy. He waited a whole year and lost track of the tkt at one point. -- (link) - HdnAgnda Feb 16, 09:17 3
- Oh, that million dollars? Yeah, I will get around to it eventually. - not2fast Feb 16, 09:25 1
  - I mean a lot can happen to someone in a year. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 16, 09:26
- I never get the waiting. Cost themselves a years worth of interest -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 09:18
I wonder how long it'll be before we're pretty much left with only being able to get e-books. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 09:15 30
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  - Give TFox a break. He's a new daddy. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 09:30
- Not in our lifetimes. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 16, 09:27
- I honestly don't want to have to depend on battery life to be able to read sometimes. - HdnAgnda Feb 16, 09:26 4
  - It won't work for you in the event of an apocalypse, but these e-ink readers last incredibly long. -- nm - Ender Feb 16, 09:28 3
    - solar charging ereader :) -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 09:28 2
      - Oh sure and then when the sun burns out? Huh? Hmmm? -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 16, 09:29 1
        
        *turns the crank* -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 09:30
- *shrug* even if that happens eventually, it'll leave you with a vast number of cheap printed books available if you want to read that way....nm - x Feb 16, 09:22 1
  - Exactly, there's just more physical product than lps or cds. And this is the first "new" format. -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 09:29
- Decades. And there will always be print. -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 09:20 10
  - this. It's like CDs. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 09:21 9
    - They're two different issues. CDs are dead. -- nm - David Feb 16, 09:55 2
      - That's a surprise to the purveyors of CDs. -- nm - ty97 Feb 16, 09:56 1
        
        uh, then they haven't been paying attention to their yearly numbers ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 09:57
    - actually, I think vinyl will be a good comparison. - Kim Pine Feb 16, 09:24 1
      - Well, vinyl isn't being produced for all music today. I a large majority of music is still produced on CDs, and you can still find it if you want to, - JaxSean Feb 16, 09:27
    - It actually took some effort a year or two ago to find a CD player for Andrew (ended up finding one on Amazon that wasn't too bad). -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 09:22 1
      - I saw them at Target and CVS when I was looking for Logan. -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 09:34
    - You mean vinyl, right? :) -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 09:22 1
      - Vinyl sales are actually on the rise! - Don Homer Feb 16, 09:23
- I used to feel that way. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 16, 09:20
- I think it's going to be something like the way it's been with horses. Horses used to be essential, just about everybody used them. Now they're for - mara Feb 16, 09:19 2
  - No more librarians! Yes!! - steve114 si Feb 16, 09:21 1
    - Ha! Libraries already have more nonprint resources than print. -- nm - mara Feb 16, 09:23
- I don't think they will go away completely. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 09:17
- Amy and I were discussing this the other day. With Tablet and Reader prices plummeting it will increase.... - Remlik Feb 16, 09:17
- Kids books don't exactly lend themselves to ebooks... yet. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 09:15 2
  - *builds kindle with chewable corners* -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 09:17 1
    - heh -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 09:17
The list of Borders stores that will be closing. -- (link) - mara Feb 16, 09:13 16
- That's 30% of stores? I think that includes basically every Broders store I'm aware of. - ty97 Feb 16, 09:52 1
  - nuh-uh. -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 09:59
- The one closest to me is staying open. An alternative a little further away is closing and it's in a much better nabe than the one staying open. -- nm - Diva Feb 16, 09:35
- none are closing near me. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 09:33
- *laughs and points* -- nm - Indiana Feb 16, 09:33
- There goes my last remaining reason to visit the mall closest to me...The Block at Orange. -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 16, 09:31
- I'm frankly shocked - and altogether pleased - that my Borders store isn't closing. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 09:29
- The Borders by us, that Ashlee used to work for is closing. - Stephen, Most Miserable Poster in America Feb 16, 09:28
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  - starbucks -- nm - Epiphany Feb 16, 09:27
  - the liquor store and the bodega? -- nm - amanda jones Feb 16, 09:26
- Yikes. The one by us is closing. Oh well. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 09:20 1
  - Considering the education in Florida, I'm surprised there was one there to begin with. ;) -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 09:21
- Huh. Neither of ours (though both seem to do great business). -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 16, 09:19
- closest one to me is on the list. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 09:16
- Our local one is not; didn't think it would, it's usually quite busy. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 09:14
Confirming earlier expectations: Monday's "Jeopardy!" highest-rated in four years -- (link) - not2fast Feb 16, 09:11 2
- IBM squeals with glee. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 09:13 1
  - Hey, we still exist!!! -- nm - IBM Feb 16, 09:16
Scott Boras: "Hey LaRussa, STFU." (link) - musubi Feb 16, 09:11 1
- Good God...I don't think I can do a full season of this circus. -- nm - Jim Feb 16, 09:19
Pippy, I like Riptide and also White Balloons. Those along with Maybe are my favorites on that disc. - JaxSean Feb 16, 09:05 1
- heh - between us both we like the whole album. War is great, Odd One is my favorite, So what I lied is fantastic - Epiphany Feb 16, 09:11
"Oakland Raiders Pro Bowl defensive lineman Richard Seymour(notes) has been locked up with a two-year, $30 million contract extension" - David Feb 16, 09:04 4
- if I were a sports editor, I wouldn't be so free about using 'locked up' in NFL headlines - crash davis Feb 16, 09:06
- they put him in jail for signing a 2 year contract? -- nm - decline Feb 16, 09:05 2
  - it is the Raiders -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 09:10 1
    - maybe it isn't a contract extension that is an offense, but making the Pro Bowl? -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 09:12
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- But whatever you buy there will be timeless, and enjoy... - OAE Feb 16, 09:56
- Daffy's and Syms. -- nm - lileve Feb 16, 09:16
- Bloomingdales. Or online at Gilt. -- nm - pmb Feb 16, 09:16 3
  - Does Macy's have decent suits? With their strong discounts and couponing, this might be a place the young man may shop. - Diva Feb 16, 09:34
  - I think Bloomingdale's is the model for the Simpson's "Costington's" :) -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 09:26
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- tell him you do all your shopping at the liquor store. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 16, 09:05 1
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DDN: Thanks :) -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 09:02 1
- Brazilian music is underrated here -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 16, 09:10
Hello AdBlock Plus button in my Chrome button bar. You're new. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 09:01
Just added CBC News, BBC News, and BBC Breaking News to my Twitter feeds. I considered AFP, but their last update was Jan 30. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 09:01
3 Deputy U.S. Marshals Shot in West Virginia -- (link) - crash davis Feb 16, 08:58 5
- according to msnbc, the suspect was killed -- (link) - crash davis Feb 16, 09:02
- Dammit, Ava! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 09:01 1
  - ha! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 16, 09:03
- *sends in Raylan* -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 09:00
- I hope they get better. And I hope a real life Raylan gets unleashed -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 09:00

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