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Michigan legislature passes bill declaring "financial martial law, which will allow managers to break public union contracts -- (link) - con_carne Mar 16, 15:59 3
- Wow. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 16, 16:01
- send in the financial ninjas -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 16, 16:00
- glory be, we're saved! -- nm - moles Mar 16, 15:59
No Mega Millions winner last night....Over $200 million on Friday!!! May just have to take a chance. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 16, 15:52 3
- I bought a ticket sunday with several advance plays on it. 35 miles to statline/Ca. and long lines are not fun - peglegpete Mar 16, 16:03 1
  - Heh, I was wondering if you'd be heading back down there. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 16, 16:18
- maybe I'll break down and buy a ticket as well -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 15:54
Frank Lloyd Wright homes for sale -- (link) - mara Mar 16, 15:51 2
- I love his Prairie-style houses. The later stuff is interesting sometimes, but mostly seems run-of-the-mill now. - CovingtonCat Mar 16, 15:58
- And that's just a selection, There's plenty more. -- nm - Mop (206 lbs) Mar 16, 15:54
One of the extremely rare times I have enjoyed hearing other people's conversations on the bus. - ralph wiggum Mar 16, 15:43 12
- That's top notch comedy writing. -- nm - Mop (206 lbs) Mar 16, 15:52
- 'Hey, do you want me to give you a homemade tattoo?" made me LMAO -- nm - Jovian Mar 16, 15:48
- I score that round 2 to 1 for Teen 2. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 15:45 8
  - I'm a little sad for how Teen #2 seems in the first -- nm - con_carne Mar 16, 15:49 5
    - how *jaded* he seems, that is -- nm - con_carne Mar 16, 15:49 4
      - It was more a reflection on Creed and 30 Seconds to Mars. There was a long discussion after than on - ralph wiggum Mar 16, 15:52 2
        
        Oh God. - con_carne Mar 16, 15:56 1
        
        No, I assumed you were sad that the teenager didn't automatically think a band tattoo was *bitchin*. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 16, 15:57
      - you mean how *awesome* he seems -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 15:50
  - Just the sentence: "My sister bought a tattoo gun off the internet" about made me spit coffee through my nose. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 16, 15:47 1
    - "no, it's a gun shaped like a tattoo" -- nm - moles Mar 16, 15:52
- I can't read this without hearing Beavis and Butthead doing the voices -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 15:45
lossi has gmail -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 15:36
Local police scanner: Be on the lookout for person in car talking on cell phone while driving. (Called in by another person on cell phone.) -- nm - mara Mar 16, 15:32
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- MW2. Awesome game....I'm a huge Spinter Cell fan and Conviction was....a little disappointing -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 15:48
- Be careful with MW:2. It spoiled me on all other FPS for awhile. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 16, 15:37
Warner Bros. has pulled the Clint Eastwood film Hereafter, which depicts the 2004 tsunami, from Japanese theaters -- (link) - con_carne Mar 16, 15:27 2
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  - sounds like it yes -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 16, 15:34
this would be pure comedy but it's just scary - even for me here, far away -- (link) - marcel Mar 16, 15:17 10
- I don't think that's true. I just read-up on the 2 operating plants the other day, and saw mentions of drills that included earthquakes. - b. Mar 16, 15:29 8
  - guess that's about the two ways to look at the same thing - marcel Mar 16, 15:42 1
    - I think that's different - while it may be true, they actually have misinformation -- - b. Mar 16, 15:49
  - and here's a piece from one of the plant's head folks, published in that same paper in december.. -- (link) - b. Mar 16, 15:34 5
    - i am sceptical of the operator - Danedukenuuk Mar 16, 15:39 4
      - I have big concerns about pg&e in other areas (see: san bruno-exposed weaknesses re: natural gas), but those have not had as much oversight. - b. Mar 16, 15:44 3
        
        i just don't like it when their layers won't drink their own drining water - Danedukenuuk Mar 16, 15:48 2
        
        I'm totally going to picture you dressed as erin brockovich from now on. heh. -- nm - b. Mar 16, 15:51 1
        
        boobs they're called boobs -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 16, 15:56
- The presumption is that in such an eventuality, we're screwed anyway. -- nm - Mop (206 lbs) Mar 16, 15:27
do we know Whitney Cummings? -- (link) - marcel Mar 16, 15:11 [youtube] 20
- Most of the comedy world probably 'knows her' Biblicaly at this point. -- nm - Qale Mar 16, 15:27 3
  - nothing wrong with that -- nm - marcel Mar 16, 15:31 2
    - I'm saying she's had more Ding Dongs in her than a Biggest Loser competitor. -- nm - Qale Mar 16, 15:39 1
      - like i said .. i am familiar with the term biblical knowing :-) -- nm - marcel Mar 16, 15:57
- I'm insulted that Youtube allows this kind of profanity, but nudity? No way! -- nm - Mop (206 lbs) Mar 16, 15:26 4
  - Just for you. -- (link) - Qale Mar 16, 15:29 [youtube] 3
    - wtf? he never cleans the skin. how does this not require a sterile procedure? that guy is a quack -- nm - dogbert Mar 16, 15:50 2
      - I love that you can find anything on YouTube. -- nm - Qale Mar 16, 16:06
      - you clicked "play" - Danedukenuuk Mar 16, 15:51
- She broke out last year on a Comedy Central roast of (I forget). Yeah, a rare combo of funny & hot. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 16, 15:21 3
  - wasn't it David Hasselhof last year? -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 15:36 2
    - Yep, just checked. She came on after Jerry Springer. Introduced by Seth Macfarlane as "the next rising star". - not2fast Mar 16, 16:09
    - That sounds correct. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 16, 15:37
- She's like Lisa Lampanelli comedy wise, but I've seen her special/seen her live, she's hysterical -- nm - MDH Mar 16, 15:20 2
  - except really funny -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 15:23 1
    - I saw Lisa, Whitney and Jeff Ross in one lineup. It was insane. -- nm - MDH Mar 16, 15:29
- i'm not sure how i feel about Whitneys in general. as a name, it seems dangerously close to Heather -- nm - moles Mar 16, 15:14 2
  - It makes me think of A. Whitney Brown, formerly of SNL, now a TDS writer. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 16, 15:20 1
    - I think you mean *The* Whitney Brown. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 15:22
- beautiful and smart -- (link) - marcel Mar 16, 15:11 [youtube]
I ate an entire medium Shamrock Shake today. That is too much shamrock, I must say. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 15:04 1
- I don't know how Loyola manages with these, every day of the year. -- nm - Mop (206 lbs) Mar 16, 15:30
so depsite what their website says and tivo's website. Tivo does not support Amazon Instant Video for Amazon Prime users. -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 15:01 8
- Yeah, this says "not currently available". -- (link) - not2fast Mar 16, 15:13
- Has this changed? I was told that it would be supported at first. -- nm - Mop (206 lbs) Mar 16, 15:07 5
  - That it would *NOT* be supported at first. -- nm - Mop (206 lbs) Mar 16, 15:07 4
    - Mop War! -- nm - moles Mar 16, 15:11 1
      - That guy's a fucker. -- nm - Mop (206 lbs) Mar 16, 15:24
    - *shrug* unless I'm totally reading it wrong (and it's possible) they say it should work. Ah well. I'll use the Xbox. -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 15:10 1
      - I can use Amazon Rentals (i.e. Unbox), but not the new Prime Streaming functionality. -- nm - Mop (206 lbs) Mar 16, 15:24
- Which TiVo model do you have? -- nm - not2fast Mar 16, 15:05
it just looks funny -- (link) - marcel Mar 16, 14:58 1
- I endorse t his. -- nm - Mop (206 lbs) Mar 16, 15:09
Argh - I just realized I have a meeting tomorrow night. I hate driving anywhere on amateur night. - MojaveMeg Mar 16, 14:56
Former Bulls player BJ Armstrong shares subleases some office space from us (he's a player agent now) and I just walked by his office. He has some - pmb Mar 16, 14:56 5
- Dude. BJ Armstrong. - TFox Mar 16, 15:00 3
  - Yeah. I know. - pmb Mar 16, 15:01 2
    - i know you know, but... BJ Armstrong! - TFox Mar 16, 15:03 1
      - Yeah it's pretty cool. Really you should see his office. He's got one whole wall that's just signed jerseys of Magic, MJ, Wilt, Bill Russell and a - pmb Mar 16, 15:06
- "That's pretty cool, BJ. I actually have the players themselves mounted in my tropy room at the mansion" -- nm - The Monocle Mar 16, 14:59
David Music News: Def Leppard....acoustic style.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 16, 14:54
Random rant #112. Politicans who want to save $50 but then use up a few hundred in staff time and creating a more complicated process... - Walt_Disney Mar 16, 14:51 9
- According to a news report I read, Oracle is planning to let its ownership of the sun.com domain lapse. - Beryllium Mar 16, 14:57 4
  - I was going to let my domains lapse, but then when push came to shove, I just didn't have it in me. - Qale Mar 16, 15:41 2
    - I will say that shotalicious.org tempts me, but I don't know if it's allowable for a commercial entity to run from a .org -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 15:46 1
      - (the one domain I let lapse was screenshots.ca ...) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 15:46
  - A travel agency or Caribbean nation should be ready to pounce. That's a great travel name. -- nm - TWuG Mar 16, 14:58
- If you spend too much, they'll audit you. If you spend too little, they'll cut your budget. -- nm - TWuG Mar 16, 14:54 1
  - So true!!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 16, 15:00
- Hey, I could win like $500 in the West Wing bracket pool! -- nm - Obama Mar 16, 14:54
- Not only are we closing the barn door after the horse has left, but we're rendering the barn uninhabitable while we're at it. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 16, 14:54
USA's first Guiness store to open in Vegas tomorrow, but it won't sell Guiness -- (link) - con_carne Mar 16, 14:46 1
- That Dolphin/Swan promo seems out of context. -- nm - Mop (206 lbs) Mar 16, 14:49
Cool applet, keyfreeze.com, locks your keyboard so you can playback stuff on your PC (such as movies) without your kids messing with the keyboard. -- (link) - Mop (206 lbs) Mar 16, 14:46
geez, board 10,000 should come up around the end of the week or not much after that. -- nm - zork Mar 16, 14:43
What's the lowest seed you have winning the first round? (Not the team, just the number.) -- nm - mara Mar 16, 14:42 6
- RNG says.....13 (nm) - musubi Mar 16, 14:47
- I have a pair of 12s in the second round, one of them in the sweet 16. -- nm - David Mar 16, 14:45
- Haven't done my brackets yet. -- nm - pmb Mar 16, 14:45 1
  - *taps foot impatiently* I'm waiting. -- nm - David Mar 16, 14:45
- 11 -- nm - Epiphany Mar 16, 14:43
- 12 -- nm - flavorize Mar 16, 14:43
why heartburn medicine Gaviscom shouldn't hire copywriters whose primary language isn't English -- (link) - crash davis Mar 16, 14:39
Silvio Berlusconi: sex with 33 women in two months? I'm 75! -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Mar 16, 14:36 5
- Well, to be fair, they all looked like this. -- (link) - Mop (206 lbs) Mar 16, 14:47 [Image]
- he's not bragging? -- nm - zork Mar 16, 14:46 1
  - Bragging would be 33 women in one month. -- nm - Mop (206 lbs) Mar 16, 14:46
- And don't they all feel special. -- nm - David Mar 16, 14:44
- At that age, he can easily handle twice as many! -- nm - Mop (206 lbs) Mar 16, 14:38
Should I go see The Beaver tonight? -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 14:35 1
- Ward, you were a little hard on the Beaver last night -- nm - June Cleaver Mar 16, 14:41
Cracked: If Old Wive's Tales Turned Out To Be True (I don't get no's 15, 14, 11, 10 and 3) -- (link) - con_carne Mar 16, 14:35 4
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  - If you look at the comments, 15 is supposed to be the opening an umbrella indoors thing. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 15:10
  - Thanks! -- nm - con_carne Mar 16, 14:40
- 14: if you swallow your gum, it will stay in you for years. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 16, 14:36
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- Bracket Cowardice is really in this year. -- nm - David Mar 16, 14:37 2
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    - For all of my smack talk, I only have 16. - David Mar 16, 14:44
- That was supposed to be closed to the press. >:( -- nm - Obama Mar 16, 14:35
I just spent the last 2 hours searching websites as to why I'm hooking my irons on the golf course. - Loyola Mar 16, 14:30 3
- your soul is twisted and the extension of the rod is devining it ever so slightly -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 14:53
- cause your clubface is completely shut at the point of impact - moles Mar 16, 14:31
- because you're a pimp golfer -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 14:30
This link makes me glad I don't do contracting. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 16, 14:25
What is amusing me today: how perfectly Pat Forte's best case/worst case column matches my dreams and fears for Vandy in the tournament. - TFox Mar 16, 14:24 21
- all I want to know is how many shots will we got of Frank Martin looking like he is gonna kill someone? - tRuMaN Mar 16, 14:41
- link, please? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 14:39 2
  - as you wish -- (link) - TFox Mar 16, 14:40 1
    - thanks! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 15:25
- I bet on Richmond on Monday, but flipped today. I'm taking Vandy Round One. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 16, 14:33 5
  - I am a huge gigantic nerd. I created a RNG spreadsheet to predict the tournament. (thanks for the suggestion TFox!) - musubi Mar 16, 14:36 3
    - i bet your random numbers picked Richmond too. -- nm - TFox Mar 16, 14:37 2
      - Indeed, the RNG doesn't think they can beat Louisville though. (nm) - musubi Mar 16, 14:38 1
        
        And yes, the RNG (at least this last run) picked Belmont to be the deepest TN run in the tourney. (nm) - musubi Mar 16, 14:41
  - The only game I flipped on was Gonzaga. I'm nervous how far I picked Purdue given today's dismissal, though. -- nm - David Mar 16, 14:34
- No matter what happens next, Belmont is the best team in the state of Tennessee. -- nm - David Mar 16, 14:25 10
  - Tennessee's is also pretty funny. - TFox Mar 16, 14:27 9
    - Yeah, that sounds about right. If we lose badly on Friday, I almost don't want to read local sports news for the next 6 months. -- nm - David Mar 16, 14:31 8
      - I feel bad for Lackluster if we lose tomorrow. I'll be damn miserable for days. - TFox Mar 16, 14:35 2
        
        With Illinois and UT both lined up to play one seeds by Sunday, well, you know... -- nm - David Mar 16, 14:38 1
        
        There's no shame in getting mowed down by a 1 seed. - TFox Mar 16, 14:39
      - like we would get that lucky -- nm - moles Mar 16, 14:35
      - But the predators need your love! They're 9th in the west, but only back by 1 point. They can do eet! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 14:32 3
        
        Their defense really let them down last night. - David Mar 16, 14:33 2
        
        They're playing the Bruins tomorrow night! It's on TV!... Wait, tomorrow? As in day 1 of the NCAAs? - TFox Mar 16, 14:36
        
        I saw it on the channel guide, but had other things to do ... kiddo still won't sleep. Spent about four hours rocking him last night. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 14:34
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- "you are at the north pole." ... wait, it wasn't a riddle? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 14:25

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