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Borders is still emailing me to upgrade my membership for $20. -- nm - Max Mar 10, 10:59 3
- Did they close your local store? I get these too, which is frustrating... because I already upgraded! -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) Mar 10, 11:01
- they're worse than NPR! -- nm - moles Mar 10, 10:59 1
  - they probably think Barnes & Noble were Nazi sympathizers. -- nm - Max Mar 10, 11:00
Daily Sheen (from Variety email) - Amy Mar 10, 10:55 3
- yep - and he just tweeted that he's sued those 'corporate trolls'. -- nm - Diva Mar 10, 10:59
- Niiiice. I hope he continues winning. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 10:57
- he should have gotten the "you're on notice, cocksuckers" lawyer to write his complaint -- nm - moles Mar 10, 10:57
Customer: "Do you have books on civics?" Me: "Do you mean how government works?" "No, civics." "What kind of information to you want to book to - mara Mar 10, 10:55 3
- The Car Maintenance section, woman! (nm) - confused patron with a broken Honda Mar 10, 10:58 1
  - pychics, there's something wrong with the car, she can't explain it to the service writer so she needs to communicate with her honda -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 10, 11:01
- take him to school, mara! -- nm - Max Mar 10, 10:57
What do you say to someone who considers both George W Bush *and* John Boehner to be "liberals"? -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 10:52 13
- "Hi, loosi's Dad." -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 10:59
- Ask them why they are racist. (nm) - Vivian Schiller Mar 10, 10:57
- Ask them about Alex Jones? -- nm - Amy Mar 10, 10:56
- Ask them who they heard that from. -- nm - mara Mar 10, 10:56
- Assume they mean "economic liberalization?" - con_carne Mar 10, 10:55 2
  - nope - znufrii Mar 10, 10:57 1
    - *makes tick on big list of Liberal Ideas* "...and jets." -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 10:58
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- realize they would be sending you (me) to the concentration camps on the first truck out -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 10, 10:54
- "hi vermin" -- nm - moles Mar 10, 10:54
- You ask them when their meds wore off. -- nm - Stephen, Winning Here, Winning There Mar 10, 10:53
- Nothing...Just back away slowly -- nm - amoxy Mar 10, 10:53
- "Do you have a permit to carry that?" -- nm - Max Mar 10, 10:52
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- I dont think that criminal charges are necessary but that type of hit should have had more disciplinary action to it. -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 10, 10:59
- About ten years ago, a little girl in Columbus was hit by a puck in the stands and killed. The next night, netting went up and never left. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 10, 10:58
- Honest question: if Chara played for a Canadian franchise, would anyone be this angry? My guess is no. -- nm - TFox Mar 10, 10:54 4
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    - Canadian media goes to 11 on hockey stories. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 10:59 1
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  - Bertuzzi played for Vancouver when he did his thing. People were kinda cranky. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 10:56
- Yeah. Charges would be ridiculous. -- nm - prayformojo Mar 10, 10:52
Serious question about the whys of a tax break for depreciating rental property. - ceregon Mar 10, 10:49 10
- most depreciations occur on the remaining value not the initial value so you never in theory get to zero. -- nm - zork Mar 10, 10:58
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  - but he's depreciating to zero. see how that makes no sense? -- nm - amanda "reduced service" jones Mar 10, 10:54 1
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- unlike victorians, colonials, or even art deco, suburban tract houses will be bulldozed in an effort to end suburban blight, so getchure %%% now - zeitgeist Mar 10, 10:53
- what? tax breaks for the rich? are you *joking*?? -- nm - amanda "reduced service" jones Mar 10, 10:53 4
  - I don't get why I can depreciate my rental homes, but not the home I live in. - ceregon Mar 10, 11:00 3
    - because its a business expense and they get all the breaks while us living people get screwed -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 10, 11:02 2
      - Well -- nm - ceregon Mar 10, 11:06 1
        
        oops, well I was hoping for something more logical than that -- nm - ceregon Mar 10, 11:06
It was the kind of afternoon that required Twix cookie bars. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 10, 10:49
Are we in record territory for gas prices yet? How high has it gotten in the past? -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) Mar 10, 10:46 11
- Needs about 20 cents a litre more here to hit the record in 2008. Actually was down a couple of cents yesterday. -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 10, 10:56
- $4.59 at costco ? something like that, which would have meant almost $5 at the retail stations -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 10, 10:55
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- We've hit $4+ in the Bay Area, and are hovering just below it where I live ($3.95 the day before yesterday). -- nm - Stephen, Winning Here, Winning There Mar 10, 10:52
- it was $4+ in 2008. We're well short of that. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 10, 10:49
- It was $5/gallon here after Katrina. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 10, 10:49 3
  - I don't think I recall higher than four, but I expect to see that in short order. last night we were talking about the fact - amanda "reduced service" jones Mar 10, 10:52 2
    - I started second guessing myself on the $5 thing, but I just went and checked old pictures and it was in fact $5. - Kim Pine Mar 10, 10:53 1
      - This is a good idea. I'll photo the sign when I refill in the next two weeks. -- nm - Max Mar 10, 10:55
- Not even close. didn't the national average top $4/gal last time? - znufrii Mar 10, 10:49
- No, it came down here this week. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 10:47
Would anyone be interested in an ST American Idol Pick 'em Pool? I created one at the same site we did the Oscar pool. - JaxSean Mar 10, 10:42 5
- Curious: did you try hard resetting the Moment? -- nm - TFox Mar 10, 10:51 3
  - Yep. Running great. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 10, 11:31
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    - Taymor gotta eat. -- nm - TFox Mar 10, 10:54
- (so if you registered for the Oscar pool, you can use the same login, just a different "group.") -- nm - JaxSean Mar 10, 10:43
Hmmm the autographs list for this year's WonderCon isn't nearly as impressive as last years... - Stephen, Winning Here, Winning There Mar 10, 10:41 7
- I was talking to Mark Waid last weekend and he said he is doing all the major cons, except that one. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 10:43 6
  - Did he say why? This will be my (our) first year going, and we're bringing Connor and my nephew Andrew. - Stephen, Winning Here, Winning There Mar 10, 10:48 1
    - He didn't say. He was just listing them out (six or seven) and someone asked about that one and he said no. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 10:52
  - where did you see him last weekend? The Ash show? -- nm - Remlik Mar 10, 10:48 3
    - Yeah. I didn't bother him at the auction but his gf was picking up some stuff from Stu, as well so we talked a bit. - Spawn Mar 10, 10:51 2
      - we're trying to arrange a signing with him in April. You should come up for that. -- nm - Remlik Mar 10, 10:54 1
        
        Will do. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 10:55
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- I shake my head at the amount of time kids spend trying to do that on their skateboards. it's not like it helps them get from A to B. - zork Mar 10, 10:46 2
  - More like A to F. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 10:46
  - rule of cool -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 10:46
Hmm. Adding a dollop of creme-brulee-flavored creamer and then adding a half-dozen MnMs have turned my coffee ___________ . -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 10, 10:37 24
- are you playing make believe drug addict, like a kid playing doctor? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 10, 10:57
- I do not judge coffee fixin's any more than I judge hot dog fixin's. -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) Mar 10, 10:47
- Green! -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Mar 10, 10:45 [flickr] 1
  - *throws up in his mouth a little bit* -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 10:52
- gay. -- nm - mara Mar 10, 10:44 1
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- angry. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 10:43
- "f*cking disgusting." -- nm - JaxSean Mar 10, 10:43
- chunky -- nm - Amy Mar 10, 10:42
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- blue -- nm - Don Homer Mar 10, 10:40
- What kind of M&M's? -- nm - amoxy Mar 10, 10:39 2
  - Regular. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 10, 10:40 1
    - The chocolate-coffee pudding -- nm - amoxy Mar 10, 10:41
- here's how real men drink coffee: black - moles Mar 10, 10:39 1
  - I did away with cream a couple months ago, but I still use sugar. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 10, 10:40
- into a laxative -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 10:38
- greasy. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 10:38
- radioactive -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 10:37 5
  - I deem you closest. Eleven Vermin points. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 10, 10:45 4
    - I nearly posted "toxic". -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 10:47
    - No, believe me. It's gay. -- nm - mara Mar 10, 10:46 1
      - duh -- nm - Charlie Harper Mar 10, 10:49
    - would "nucular" have been closer? :) -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 10:46
ap is reporting that saudi police have opened fire on demonstrators at a rally....nm - x Mar 10, 10:32 13
- You can see when the market heard about it in this graph....WTI jumped over $2 very quickly and with lots of volume....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Mar 10, 10:53 1
  - ah, yeah. there it is....nm - x Mar 10, 11:00
- meanwhile, Gaddafi is "showering" a strategic oil port with rockets. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 10:36 5
  - luckily today all the crappy global economic news seems to be counteracting any immediate panic over the saudis using live ammo on protesters....nm - x Mar 10, 10:41
  - aka "love" -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) Mar 10, 10:37 3
    - love rockets? -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 10:37 2
      - it's all a big ball of confusion -- nm - zork Mar 10, 10:41 1
        
        hey hey -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 10:44
- That's going to win over the protesters. -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) Mar 10, 10:34 1
  - "Things are better now. Anyone disagree? No? Our work here is done." -- nm - police Mar 10, 10:36
- And so, it... continues. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 10:34
- oh jeez. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 10:34
- dayamn... -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 10:33
LIR for Amy: Don't know her in person, and I can't swear under oath she's real. More like, I have never had a reason to think she's fake. - loosilu Mar 10, 10:32 5
- She says she's located on one of the islands in puget sound. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 10:33 4
  - yep, that was the postmark. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 10:33 3
    - (And geoIP location backs this up, fwiw) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 10:35 2
      - as I said, I never had a reason to doubt. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 10:36 1
        
        me, either -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 10:37
Survivor question (and spoiler of course) - Stephen, Winning Here, Winning There Mar 10, 10:32 6
- (spoils) - Jim Mar 10, 10:43 1
  - Spoilers - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 10, 11:00
- spoils - Mop (209 lbs) Mar 10, 10:40
- Spoilers - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 10, 10:35 1
  - what, Fool's Porn? What's that got to do with anything? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 10, 10:36
- spoils - Beryllium Mar 10, 10:34
"Lights Out" got interesting with the addition of Eammon Walker (No Spoilers) - Mel Profit Mar 10, 10:31
Here's the address of my gym! -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Mar 10, 10:31 9
- Uhm, it is more that a stranger posted it, out of the blue. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 10:33 7
  - I don't even like it when someone uses my last name here. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 10:37 6
    - But, you know we know it. - Spawn Mar 10, 10:38 5
      - oh, I realize that, I'm saying, it's much less and it still bothers me. -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 10:39 4
        
        I know what I'm saying! -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 10:46 3
        
        I know what *I'm* saying! -- nm - loosilu Mar 10, 10:51
        
        I'm violently agreeing with you! -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 10:47 1
        
        *screams my thanks at you* -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 10:53
- Pfft. Everyone knows Alaska is fake. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 10:33
NPR radio discussion: Kojo to caller: So are you saying there's a fundamental problem with Islam that results in all these problems? - Max Mar 10, 10:31
kill your 9-year-old brother's hamster, go to jail -- (link) - znufrii Mar 10, 10:31 4
- Human Law Enforcement officers? How odd. I guess to distinguish them from animal control officers? -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) Mar 10, 10:34 3
  - I've always wondered, do they even actually have any sort of police powers? - znufrii Mar 10, 10:38 2
    - I looked it up. Only in New York. Must be eligible for certification as a New York State Peace Officer. -- (link) - Mop (209 lbs) Mar 10, 10:43 1
      - interesting, thanks! -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 10:45
hoping the board rolls soon... i have an ST question -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 10, 10:30 11
- Another roll? You have a bit of a wait in front of you. -- nm - Spawn Mar 10, 10:32
- tada !! okay, so ... ST... the word "foil", used in a literary sense, as in character B is a foil to Character A ... - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 10, 10:31 9
  - an excuse to provide a narritive or explaination of a proceedure -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 10, 10:59
  - Seems to me in comedy, the foil seems to be a stand-in for the audience -- nm - con_carne Mar 10, 10:40 1
    - Bud Abbott to Costello, for example -- nm - con_carne Mar 10, 10:42
  - I'll be you hucklberry. Nemesis. - Spawn Mar 10, 10:32
  - usually the foil is the main antagonist, to me. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 10:32 4
    - But it makes me think it has a comic element to it. One upmanship or something. -- nm - Amy Mar 10, 10:34 3
      - It can take that connotation but doesn't have to, IMO. -- nm - Reagen Mar 10, 10:36 2
        
        Stop foiling me! -- nm - Amy Mar 10, 10:41 1
        
        Oh dammit. I mean "Curses, foiled again." -- nm - Amy Mar 10, 10:41

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