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I can see Lion King at Mandalay Bay or the Elvis Cirque de Soleil at Aria, which would be better? Anybody see both? -- nm - ceregon Mar 17, 12:10 1
- Lion King -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 12:10
Why is it so hard to find a local spinning class that doesn't involve me becoming a member of Lifetime Fitness? They can't be the only game in town? -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 12:08
LYC: but I just don't understand Buckyballs. What's the facination? They are just little sphere magnets. -- nm - sycor Mar 17, 12:08 7
- *drools* nm - captain america Mar 17, 12:10 1
  - L2 -- nm - sycor Mar 17, 12:11
- They're f*ckin' *magnets*. And they're *round*. -- nm - ICP Mar 17, 12:09
- I assume you mean the toys and not the molecules. They're malleable. "What's the deal with lego? It's just chunks of plastic." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:09 2
  - You take that back about Lego! -- nm - sycor Mar 17, 12:10
  - I think Mop just had a coronary -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 12:10
- they can KILL you! -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 12:08
New York State Senate comes up with another way to screw over NYC -- (link) - znufrii Mar 17, 12:07
With all the current interest in radioactivity you'all really need to read Yellow Dirt. - MojaveMeg Mar 17, 12:05 1
- I shall read it in my Reading Room, which is painted entirely with Radium Corporation Brand "Undark" Paint. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:08
Bleh. What a collapse in the last several minutes of the half. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 17, 11:58
Can you re-microwave popcorn? I think about 1/2 didn't pop. -- nm - Amy Mar 17, 11:56 1
- I know this one! if you have a brown paper lunchbag in which to put the unpopped, yes. -- nm - amanda "training day" jones Mar 17, 11:57
Where are my manners? I *completely* forgot to update you all on the status on this year's World Figure Skating Championships. - Diva Mar 17, 11:53 1
- crash, ya hear? -- nm - moles Mar 17, 11:58
I have now officially applied for a permanent position here. I am not sure whether I hope I get it or not. -- nm - Dano Mar 17, 11:53 13
- You don't have to stay if something better should come along - but in the meanwhile you get better pay and benefits.... - MojaveMeg Mar 17, 12:06
- I want you to move closer to here so we can have z more often. -- nm - amanda "training day" jones Mar 17, 12:03
- I didn't know ST was hiring -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 12:00 1
  - I can afford a salary of ... um ... $60 a year. That's sixty dollars. Take it or leave it. - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:01
- I hope you get it, and then make the proper decision about whether or not to accept! -- nm - TFox Mar 17, 11:56 1
  - ah, yes, this. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 11:56
- masochist - Epiphany Mar 17, 11:55
- yeah - that's a tough one. -- nm - Diva Mar 17, 11:55
- I hope you do or don't get it! -- nm - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 17, 11:55
- 50% Wishes! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 11:55
- well done -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 17, 11:55
- Best wishes! -- nm - Don Homer Mar 17, 11:54
- Good luck! - Stephen of Ireland Mar 17, 11:53
nuke poll #2: Ever worked with radioactive substances? I used isotopes when working in various bio labs. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 11:52 24
- we did cloud chambers in high school physics. can't remember what else I might have done. -- nm - zork Mar 17, 12:05
- i had a tritium glow stick key chain for years, does that count? -- nm - Andie Mar 17, 11:57 6
  - I was *devastated* when mine broke. ("no kids keychain.") it's in newton's glove compartment. -- nm - amanda "training day" jones Mar 17, 11:58 4
    - me too, one day i just realized that the plastic casing has cracking and no-more glow. :( maybe i need to ebay a new one. -- nm - Andie Mar 17, 12:01 3
      - can I still not get them here? -- nm - amanda "training day" jones Mar 17, 12:04 2
        
        no idea. i know at the time i ordered them from the UK cause we (US and Canada) were all 'uh, no way.' -- nm - Andie Mar 17, 12:05 1
        
        i just looked on ebay - sheesh! they are expensive now. -- nm - Andie Mar 17, 12:06
  - i say yes. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 11:58
- anyone who handled a smoke detector has been near radioactive substances -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 17, 11:57
- I fed bananas to my daughter just the other day. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 17, 11:56 1
  - ysmm! -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 12:00
- Glo sticks every Halloween. -- nm - Blinky the Three Eyed Fish Mar 17, 11:55 9
  - hmmm, don't think those are actually radioactive, are they? -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 11:55 8
    - Glo Sticks is a local hooker, I think. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 11:57
    - hmmm.... -- nm - TFox Mar 17, 11:56 6
      - some joke went over my head again, didn't it? -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 11:57 5
        
        over mine, too, if that's the case. (But I think most glow sticks these days are bio-luminescent, or at least just chemical ...) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 11:58 4
        
        there's zero chance they're bio-lum. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 12:02 3
        
        That's no fun. They cage brine shrimp, why not cage bio-lum algae? :) - Beryllium Mar 17, 12:08
        
        Chemiluminescence. -- nm - Blinky the Three Eyed Fish Mar 17, 12:06
        
        I was goign to guess chemical. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 12:05
- toxic financial securities don't count, do they... -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 11:55
- The details of Project Arcturus remain shrouded in mystery. -- nm - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 17, 11:53
- yes -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 17, 11:52
Unknown: B This one has a Nice Twist. - OAE Mar 17, 11:52 1
- agreed - and * major spoils* - Epiphany Mar 17, 11:53
First fantastic finish. -- nm - pmb Mar 17, 11:52 1
- Yup. (spoilers) - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 17, 11:53
I'm not sure which is worse: That whenever someone alleges a seizure disorder I automatically think they are a drug addict/alcoholic - sycor Mar 17, 11:47
shopping tip: converse-wearers, 6pm.com is apparently discontinuing them and has big discounts. nm but: -- (link) - b. Mar 17, 11:45 1
- OMG. sweaterchucks. -- (link) - amanda "training day" jones Mar 17, 11:51
but I *want* calico fantail goldfish... -- nm - amanda "training day" jones Mar 17, 11:41 13
- Minerva (RIP) was a calico fantail. She was the best. Maybe this weekend i finally get new fish. -- nm - Andie Mar 17, 11:56 8
  - is amy a lying liar who lies? was she overpoopy? -- nm - amanda "training day" jones Mar 17, 11:56 7
    - *gasp* Our stupid goldfish got so huge and poopy we had to get a giant tank with filters. -- nm - Amy Mar 17, 12:01 3
      - oh, i had to get a bigger tank and filters. this is true. -- nm - Andie Mar 17, 12:03 2
        
        *sigh.* I guess I will just get more bettas. -- nm - amanda "training day" jones Mar 17, 12:06 1
        
        You could get zebra danios if your room is warm, or white clouds. -- nm - Amy Mar 17, 12:13
    - goldfish in general are known to be poopy. -- nm - Andie Mar 17, 11:57 2
      - did you just have one? because petco is all like, get three so they have company! -- nm - amanda "training day" jones Mar 17, 11:59 1
        
        i had two for a long time. Then Euclid died. Then we had Minerva and Alexander the Loach. Then the water levels went totally wonky and they died. - Andie Mar 17, 12:02
- Just get yellow lady bettas. -- nm - Amy Mar 17, 11:47
- pooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop! -- nm - calico fantail goldfish Mar 17, 11:41 2
  - but I *want* some! -- nm - amanda "training day" jones Mar 17, 11:42 1
    - Then get a big pooper scooper while you're at it. :) -- nm - Jim Mar 17, 11:47
sitmop: Gardner will lead off; Jeter to the 2 hole. -- (link) - Diva Mar 17, 11:40 6
- nmb Diva - MDH Mar 17, 11:50 3
  - nmbmdh - Diva Mar 17, 12:07 1
    - I have heard of Club Cafe, so that makes it seem legit, thanks, I appreciate it! -- nm - MDH Mar 17, 12:09
  - I'm sorry - I have no idea. - Diva Mar 17, 11:58
- Is that a gay thing? -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 11:41 1
  - like you don't know -- nm - moles Mar 17, 11:42
looking at b2 ... you're discussing someone's armpit rash? -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 11:39 9
- Wait, that wasn't you in that thread? - Stephen of Ireland Mar 17, 11:45 1
  - 6 of one... -- nm - Jim Mar 17, 11:46
- They devoted like 3 minutes of the show to it... -- nm - Jim Mar 17, 11:41 5
  - that right there is reason not to watch. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 11:42 4
    - joke stealer -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 11:42
    - but if he had armpit rash while sitting in a pile of his own shit surrounded by 3,000 shoeboxes... - TFox Mar 17, 11:42 2
      - nice. -- nm - Jim Mar 17, 11:44
      - I'd say, "how's it going, dignan?" -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 11:43
- anything *and* everything!....nm - x Mar 17, 11:41
ST Poll -- have you ever been inside a nuclear power plant? - znufrii Mar 17, 11:38 20
- yep. my dad worked for Ontario Hydro (IT at head office) and arranged for my Cub pack to have a tour. -- nm - zork Mar 17, 12:04
- several times -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 11:55
- no, but I've near some nuclear weapons once -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 17, 11:55
- no -- nm - Epiphany Mar 17, 11:51
- Yes, field trip to Limerick (PA) sometime in grade school. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 17, 11:48
- There's a reactor on the U of Mo-Rolla campus and I've been in there. But no power plant. -- nm - Jim Mar 17, 11:45 1
  - close enough -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 11:54
- No, but I have been inside the particle accelerator at Fermilab -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 11:45
- yes. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 17, 11:44
- Nope. -- nm - Blinky the Three Eyed Fish Mar 17, 11:44
- nope, but my uncle helped build one (Nine mile point in upstate NY) -- nm - decline - Go Pitt Mar 17, 11:44
- yes, took a tour in one in high school. -- nm - Andie Mar 17, 11:43
- [lies on back] I... I can *feel* it! -- nm - Dr.Lemmon Mar 17, 11:43
- yes, I was a NUC in the navy -- nm - ceregon Mar 17, 11:42 2
  - submarine? -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 11:45 1
    - yes -- nm - ceregon Mar 17, 12:08
- no -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 17, 11:41
- no -- nm - peglegpete Mar 17, 11:41
- yes, Seabrook in NH. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 11:40
- I am not at liberty to discuss this. -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 11:39
Some surprises in the Red Sox starting rotation. - TFox Mar 17, 11:38 1
- I would switch Buchholz and Lackey but then again, I'm just an admin. -- nm - Diva Mar 17, 11:43
ODU/Butler is the game that could really shatter my bracket today. - TFox Mar 17, 11:36 15
- Spoilers - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 17, 11:46 11
  - (Do I need to do the spoilers header?) -- nm - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 17, 11:47 10
    - Spoilers - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 17, 11:50 5
      - spoils - TFox Mar 17, 11:51 3
        
        spoils - Spawn Mar 17, 11:59
        
        At least you're not a Bracket Coward. -- nm - David, Techno-Optimist Mar 17, 11:52 1
        
        I was, but then I remembered... - TFox Mar 17, 11:53
      - Darn. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 17, 11:50
    - not for me, but isn't Pete an alum? that's the only reason I was being cautious. -- nm - TFox Mar 17, 11:49 1
      - yep. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 11:50
    - I dont know. its a live sporting event, but some will probably not want to be spoiled on their fandom teams. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 17, 11:49 1
      - Yeah...makes me no difference, I just care about finals. but others may be recording, I s'pose. -- nm - Jim Mar 17, 11:50
- I've got quite a bit on the line with Butler. nm - Jim Mar 17, 11:43
- I will laugh and point. Big time. -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 11:38
- well, that was kinda silly :) -- nm - decline - Go Pitt Mar 17, 11:37
Nuclear boy has a stomach ache. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 17, 11:35 4
- "i'm afraid of poo flying right at me" -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 17, 11:40
- hilarious -- nm - decline - Go Pitt Mar 17, 11:39
- that's awesome -- nm - ceregon Mar 17, 11:37
- Getting sick of hearing about him. - Spawn Mar 17, 11:36
yes boss, I am sure that what you want me to work on is more important than me finishing my lunch - tRuMaN Mar 17, 11:34 5
- Moron Boss is out of state at a conference. She sends me an email, I reply, then she replies to my reply, *asking if I recieved the original email*. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 17, 11:38
- Time to let him know the federal regulations! -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 11:36 3
  - do they say that salaried employees have to get a continuous hour for lunch? - tRuMaN Mar 17, 11:43 2
    - 30 min. -- nm - spamlet Mar 17, 11:47 1
      - yeah, I am sure I wont win so I wont bother to argue. - tRuMaN Mar 17, 11:56
Remember when that one actor's agent got him recast off of heroes so that he wouldn't get typecast as being gay? - Beryllium Mar 17, 11:33 5
- No. which one was this? -- nm - sycor Mar 17, 11:46 3
  - the cheerleader's boytoy -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 11:51
  - The gay one. -- nm - Blinky the Three Eyed Fish Mar 17, 11:50 1
    - touche, salesman. -- nm - sycor Mar 17, 11:51
- heh -- nm - Epiphany Mar 17, 11:38
Word, -- nm - Jim Mar 17, 11:33

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