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*jealous* James Watson (the guy who discovered DNA) is giving a talk at my undergrad. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 24, 15:51 10
- He's a drunk misogynist asshole, if that makes you feel better. - loosilu Feb 24, 15:53 9
  - note: Even your post bears this out. Now that his partners are long dead, he has marketed himself as THE guy who discovered DNA. - loosilu Feb 24, 15:55 3
    - I just simplified it for ST. But yes I know he was part of a group. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 24, 15:57
    - *tries to remember last friday's Fringe* ... oh, right, the one before that. "Do you know the names Watson and Crick?" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:55 1
      - sure. Do you know Rosalind Franklin? -- nm - loosilu Feb 24, 15:57
  - But thanks to his research, now we know *why*. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:54 4
    - YSMM -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 24, 15:57
    - he wasn't even the idea guy. -- nm - loosilu Feb 24, 15:55 2
      - that's ... but ... I was making a nature versus nurture joke. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:56 1
        
        oooh. I'm naturally slow. -- nm - loosilu Feb 24, 15:57
Huh. My library has a 1938 hardcover edition of this: -- (link) - mara Feb 24, 15:51 3
- 1938... has to be worth something. That seems like standard Antiques Roadshow fodder. -- nm - con_carne Feb 24, 15:53
- lay it out in a prominent place on your desk with a bookmark in it. -- nm - Max Feb 24, 15:53 1
  - Heh. -- nm - mara Feb 24, 15:54
Defense attorney says putting semen in a co-worker's water bottle is "gross, but not illegal" -- (link) - MojaveMeg Feb 24, 15:47 5
- Same here - two counts of assault and battery. Attorney questions how that can be so if he didn't touch her. -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 24, 15:56 1
  - Meant in answer to Bery... -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 24, 15:57
- a.k.a. the groiny defense -- nm - con_carne Feb 24, 15:51
- Really? Oh, in that case, can I borrow your water bottle for a second? (nm) - Prosecutions Feb 24, 15:51
- I'm sure it varies by state, but it could be a felony-assault/battery charge here in BC ... - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:49
I like the Zatanna look. It's like the mullet of fashion: all business above the equator, bachelor party below. -- nm - David Feb 24, 15:47
Rex Ryan guranteed a Jets Super Bowl win at the combine today -- nm - Remlik Feb 24, 15:45
Looks like the "... dumbass" thing started around March of 2005 ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:39 12
- nice. found it. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:40 11
  - It's prompting me for a username and password, and saying Authorization Required -- nm - con_carne Feb 24, 15:42 10
    - oh, right. secret beta site, forgot about that. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:43 9
      - and that's broken too. Attempt 3. -- (link) -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:44 8
        
        (This also doesn't work for me ...) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:45 7
        
        okay, final attempt :) -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:46 5
        
        *headdesk* This is what happens to my brain when I am on support duties. - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:47 4
        
        my brutha. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 24, 15:51
        
        Yes. Okay, I remember that. :) -- nm - con_carne Feb 24, 15:49 2
        
        I don't remember who this Jimman07 character was, though -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:55 1
        
        *shrug* reads like the name of some Movies board dipshit - con_carne Feb 24, 15:56
        
        Me neither. C&P? :) -- nm - con_carne Feb 24, 15:46
Cory Stillman to the Carolina Hurricanes -- (link) - Beaker Feb 24, 15:39
Working class poll: If you're at work, what are you working on right this second? I'm ordering books on magic tricks. -- nm - mara Feb 24, 15:30 17
- editing a quote and checking someones motor vehicle record to make sure they didn't have amnesia when telling me no tickets :) -- nm - JenBro Feb 24, 16:18
- just got home, but right before I left, I was verifying latitude/longitude of a lot of emergency shelters. -- nm - loosilu Feb 24, 15:56
- A Stipulation to continue a trial date -- nm - Stephen, Enemy of the RNC Feb 24, 15:44
- Calculating the persistence of ESL students who took additional non-ESL classes vs only ESL students -- nm - ceregon Feb 24, 15:44
- filing and serving a motion to compel abandonment of estate property -- nm - moles Feb 24, 15:43
- Trying to work out a last minute construction staging problem. (nm) - musubi Feb 24, 15:39
- Turning on my "Out of Office". -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 24, 15:36
- Getting eblasts ready to send out tomorrow, printing posters and gift certificates. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 24, 15:36
- material costing data entry. laissez les bon temps roulez. -- nm - con_carne Feb 24, 15:34
- I just got off the phone with Amex. Their website sucks and if we weren't a captive audience for them I'd dump them in a heartbeat. -- nm - Max Feb 24, 15:33
- Oh, hey. I closed a hot tub on Tuesday.I was working dammit -- nm - CQ Feb 24, 15:33
- I am supposed to be drafting convertible preference share terms. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 24, 15:32
- Production Support issues. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 24, 15:32
- I am working on a bug entitled "[tablename] is a tumor". I am hoping against all hope that I can close it with the message ... - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:32 2
  - And imbed the audio file. -- nm - mara Feb 24, 15:34 1
    - Or should that be embed? Dumbass. -- nm - mara Feb 24, 15:34
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The Celtics are up to something. - Mel Profit Feb 24, 15:29 2
- Troy Murphy? -- nm - CQ Feb 24, 15:32 1
  - that's a rumour TSG just tweeted -- nm - Beaker Feb 24, 15:49
I asked that question about american food/menu items that surprise, shock etc foriegners at the McChord AFB commissary, basically no but... - zeitgeist Feb 24, 15:27
OK, show of hands. How may of you thought we would still have so many right-wingers from the generation that grew up listening to the - not2fast Feb 24, 15:21 9
- As many as it took to live through the 80's and all it's financial outcomes. - Will Hunting Feb 24, 15:43
- Should we start an argument about how conservative those bands really were, with songs like 'Taxman' and 'Sympathy for the Devil'? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 24, 15:31 3
  - I'll add that there were probably plenty of people who"listened" to them just to get along in life. - con_carne Feb 24, 15:40
  - I don't agree with a 95% top tax bracket, which is what George was complaining about in that song. It doesn't make me a conservative. -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 15:39 1
    - ~ Now my advice for those who die / Declare the pennies on your eyes. ~ - Dr.Vermin Feb 24, 15:49
- There's a reason the term, "Reagen Babies" is out there. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 24, 15:23 2
  - Wait, who told? -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 15:26 1
    - you look good for a 100 year old dead guy. - Mel Profit Feb 24, 15:33
- I guess they didn't get enough love -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 24, 15:22
I think the ST dads need to go on tour together -- nm - prayformojo Feb 24, 15:19 1
- (as in, fathers of STers) -- nm - prayformojo Feb 24, 15:19
Speaking of celeb gossip, this BI is supposed to be Elizabeth Moss and Fred Armisen - ralph wiggum Feb 24, 15:17 6
- I just thought they got along good cuz both of them had faces for radio. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 24, 15:30
- i might go scientologist for peggy olson. i'll give ya white picket fences, baby! -- nm - moles Feb 24, 15:29
- Poor Peggy. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 24, 15:20 3
  - "My name is Peggy Olson and I'd like to try some group sex." -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 15:27 2
    - Yeah, how bummed was pixie when he saw the phase "sex addict" and it turned out to be about Fred, not Elizabeth? nm - ralph wiggum Feb 24, 15:30 1
      - as somewhat of a Fred A. doppleganger, always nice to read that others recoil at the thought of him having sex with anyone -- nm - moles Feb 24, 15:46
why I shouldn't read backboards - because I'll post on them -- nm - crash davis Feb 24, 15:13 7
- for the record, I am just teasing Remlik about the cosplay stuff. - loosilu Feb 24, 15:15 4
  - YOU DIDNT POST A SMILEY SO YOU MEANT IT SERIOUSLY! - Remlik Feb 24, 15:26
  - yeah, but I didn't want him to feel all alone and nerdy -- nm - crash davis Feb 24, 15:18
  - I was going to ask if you found Halloween "disturbing" too... - Stephen, Enemy of the RNC Feb 24, 15:17 1
    - sure, if it's him. - loosilu Feb 24, 15:59
- Wet Paint board -- nm - Max Feb 24, 15:14 1
  - Bery needs to set some code for my username that'll say "hey dummy, the board rolled" -- nm - crash davis Feb 24, 15:15
5 Guys is opening a burger joint next door to my bank -- nm - peglegpete Feb 24, 15:12 5
- For me, this would be like opening a casino next to the Gambler's Anonymous meetings. -- nm - David Feb 24, 15:24 2
  - Exactly how much do you spend at Five Guys, Will? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 24, 15:29 1
    - Kim's Foursquare update last night: "Making my husband happy the clean way." -- nm - David Feb 24, 15:35
- your bank tellers are about to get fat. -- nm - loosilu Feb 24, 15:13 1
  - nah. the Chipolte and Buffalo Wild Wings also on the same block, has not done that yet :) -- nm - peglegpete Feb 24, 15:16
My father looks like the older, bearded version of Maximilian Schell - Mel Profit Feb 24, 15:08 5
- I'm sure I'm the only one who sees it, but I sometimes see similarities between my dad and W. - kelly Feb 24, 15:23 2
  - i can see that. nmbkelly - Diva Feb 24, 15:38 1
    - nmb Deevs - kelly Feb 24, 15:45
- like Black Hole style? -- nm - moles Feb 24, 15:10 1
  - Deep Impact. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 24, 15:12
for mara, re: the Dumbass thing. I am pretty sure it was because of the exasperated tone you sometimes take when dealing with stupidity. - loosilu Feb 24, 15:08
I could throw a rock at the Internet blindfolded and hit a more "disturbing" fetish than cosplay - con_carne Feb 24, 15:05 6
- Hell, 99% of "cosplay" isn't even sex related. Now furries on the other hand... -- nm - Ender Feb 24, 15:38
- Damn you Rule 34! -- nm - Ender Feb 24, 15:33
- /bounces off a Hanson groupie -- nm - rock Feb 24, 15:09 1
  - that's not entirely untrue. -- nm - loosilu Feb 24, 15:09
- I could swing a baby and ... no, wait, that one went viral on youtube already. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:06
- sure, but those people are pervs. -- nm - loosilu Feb 24, 15:06
"Nevermind" is 20? FUCK. ME. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 24, 15:04 28
- 20 years is the difference between WWII and Vietnam. -- nm - Max Feb 24, 15:09 2
  - or the 50s and the 70s. -- nm - loosilu Feb 24, 15:10 1
    - Actually it's just over 10 years difference. (nm) - musubi Feb 24, 15:56
- You think you got it bad? Tattoo You is 30, Gimme Shelter is 40. -- nm - not2fast Feb 24, 15:07
- Denise Richards is 40. nm - Dignan Feb 24, 15:07 20
  - I didn't know she and I were the same age. - Mel Profit Feb 24, 15:10 19
    - considering she dumped him, I suspect she's ok. -- nm - loosilu Feb 24, 15:10 18
      - and broke up Sambora's marrige. -- nm - Remlik Feb 24, 15:13 17
        
        I think Heather's fondness for coke didn't help either. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 24, 15:15 13
        
        oooo....really? -- nm - Remlik Feb 24, 15:17 12
        
        It's supposed to be the main reason why she and David Spade were "dating". nm - ralph wiggum Feb 24, 15:19 11
        
        Huh. I've heard nothing but good things about David Spade as a person. -- nm - David Feb 24, 15:26 9
        
        Plenty of people do coke who aren't irredeemable scumbags... -- nm - con_carne Feb 24, 15:37 6
        
        Whatever gets you through the day, PowderNose. -- nm - David Feb 24, 15:43 5
        
        Oh, but it does. It does! *SNIFF SNIFF* -- nm - con_carne Feb 24, 15:47 4
        
        *plays Jessie's Girl, throws firecracker* -- nm - David Feb 24, 15:50 3
        
        Dude, it was Sister Christian!! nm - ralph wiggum Feb 24, 15:54 1
        
        APOLOGIZE!!! -- (link) - David Feb 24, 15:57 [youtube]
        
        *utterly disturbed by this* -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 24, 15:52
        
        Don't know. The rumors about her were later bolstered in my mind when she got that DUI. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 24, 15:29
        
        now, Andy Dick, on the other hand ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:26
        
        I thought it was because "he makes me laugh" -- nm - Remlik Feb 24, 15:22
        
        do we know that's true? -- nm - loosilu Feb 24, 15:13 2
        
        not sure to be honest -- nm - Remlik Feb 24, 15:15 1
        
        sheesh, she was married to Sheen and you gotta dump on her some more! -- nm - loosilu Feb 24, 15:17
- the baby's in college. -- nm - loosilu Feb 24, 15:05 2
  - fuck. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 24, 15:06 1
    - here. -- (link) - loosilu Feb 24, 15:09
"I'll give you the muffin for $50. Otherwise STFU." -- nm - Beaker Feb 24, 15:03
I almost want to tron "the binky fairy" now. If weren't so busy, I would. -- nm - mara Feb 24, 15:02 1
- It might have been binky elf, as I think it was around Christmas. - Stephen, Enemy of the RNC Feb 24, 15:07
Did we see Kate Middleton performing her first royal duty - christening a lifeboat... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Feb 24, 14:59
Here's a slideshow of more of those print dresses from London. These are incredible (in a good way). -- (link) - loosilu Feb 24, 14:59 2
- million dollar boutique name: "Prints Charming" -- nm - moles Feb 24, 15:01 1
  - nice!!! but it looks like it has been taken multiple times (via google). -- nm - loosilu Feb 24, 15:03
Screw all that, Roll Up the Rim is 25? -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 14:59 3
- You know, McDonald's Monopoly has to be in that range 20-25 as well, eh? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 24, 15:09
- this is what I heard whilst watching a television commercial for the Tim Hortons Cafe and Bake Shop ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:01 1
  - (It's funny because it was an American ad. In Canada, it's just Tim Hortons. Like Cher.) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:05
also turning 20 this year ... the final season of My Secret Identity. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 14:56 3
- intro for Season 3 -- (link) - Remlik Feb 24, 15:07 [youtube]
- this performance at the Oscars -- (link) - Max Feb 24, 15:00 [youtube]
- How that kid ever parleyed his career into consistent banging of Rebecca Romijn, I'll never know. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 24, 14:58
How old? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 24, 14:56
Bill Polian says Colts could re-sign Bob Sanders.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 24, 14:56

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