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whoo hoo, dinner tonight at Alligator Loungue. Free pizza, ftw! -- nm - znufrii May 20, 11:26 (0)
As for the money side of Star Trek. Are we saying they should have opened it last Friday with Gatsby? One weekend after IM3? Maybe? -- nm - Qale May 20, 11:26 (5)
- No, later in the summer. Too close to IM3. -- nm - Spawn May 20, 11:28 (0)
- made a different movie - charlie May 20, 11:27 (3)
  - you misspelled "new exciting twist on an old favorite" -- nm - colin May 20, 11:28 (0)
  - make different posts instead of just reheating 30 year old leftovers. -- nm - Qale May 20, 11:28 (1)
    - you asked. it's why i didn't go -- nm - charlie May 20, 11:29 (0)
NFL and NFLPA are on verge of pushing back draft to May and moving up start of league year to before combine, per sources. -- nm - ML May 20, 11:22 (7)
- The benefit of this is... less summer offseason? -- nm - Strongbad May 20, 11:24 (5)
  - later draft, earlier free agency - ML May 20, 11:26 (1)
    - Nice. Watch them put the Combine or Draft on PPV or something. -- nm - Strongbad May 20, 11:27 (0)
  - They want NFL to be in the spotlight all year 365 days a year -- nm - amoxy May 20, 11:25 (0)
  - Will this pave the way for 18-game seasons keeping the Super Bowl at the same point? -- nm - Strongbad May 20, 11:25 (0)
  - like they need more time off. pssshhh. -- nm - colin May 20, 11:25 (0)
- (Schefter) -- nm - ML May 20, 11:23 (0)
WarMachine - pirate points. STAT. -- nm - Diva May 20, 11:22 (0)
TV PSA: That Mel Brooks American Masters is tonight on PBS. It's called - con_carne May 20, 11:16 (0)
Have we seen "Rappin for Jesus" (NSFW due to language) - amoxy May 20, 11:12 (6)
- Gotta be parody. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord, koozie aficionado May 20, 11:21 (0)
- "Raping For Jesus" -- nm - what i first read May 20, 11:12 (4)
  - "I like rape." -- nm - con_carne May 20, 11:14 (0)
  - Your Grammar Sucks -- Jacksfilms -- nm - Qale May 20, 11:14 (0)
  - you should put that on a t-shirt. -- nm - Don Homer May 20, 11:13 (1)
    - And on the back, "Pregnancy From Rape is God's Will". -- nm - Richard Murdock May 20, 11:15 (0)
Men diagnosed with ADHD as children have higher obesity rates, study finds... -- (link) - Don Homer May 20, 11:10 (2)
- this reminded me of something I read this weekend - in the u.s., 20% of children suffer from a mental disorder. nm but: -- (link) - b. May 20, 11:18 (0)
- how many were incorrectly diagnosed with ADHD? -- nm - colin May 20, 11:16 (0)
question for the ST'ers in the crowd w/ personal computers and printers at home ... how long does the color and b&w ink cartridges last at your house? - i'm not dead yet ! May 20, 11:08 (11)
- top em off with water, they'll last forever. -- nm - colin May 20, 11:17 (3)
  - maybe I should tell her to do that ... - i'm not dead yet ! May 20, 11:20 (2)
    - "If you *draw* his picture, he'll feel it." -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 20, 11:22 (1)
      - well that's the thing, Vermin .... she *DOES* draw his picture, *ALL* of the time ... and she *still* has this need for pics of this guy from .... - i'm not dead yet ! May 20, 11:27 (0)
- I just needed to replace the b&w cartridge this week after almost 2.5 years. - znufrii May 20, 11:13 (0)
- it depends on how much you print. takes me forever to go through them; but, when my sister was at my house a lot, they went fairly quickly. - b. May 20, 11:13 (2)
  - *prints out the entire back catalog of Life magazine from google books* - barnaby bear May 20, 11:14 (1)
    - good thing you can't get into the garage, where the extra paper is kept. no thumbs, haha. -- nm - b. May 20, 11:16 (0)
- LOL -- nm - con_carne May 20, 11:09 (0)
- I bought my printer in may 2009. I have yet to change its toner. -- nm - amanda May 20, 11:09 (1)
  - That's because you jerk off on the computer, like a normal person -- nm - con_carne May 20, 11:12 (0)
I'm a man! I'm 40! -- (link) - Strongbad May 20, 11:05 (0)
Jeez. I usually listen to whatever trashy punk/new wave bands on Spotify. As soon as I start playing Nirvana? Here come the ads. -- nm - con_carne May 20, 11:01 (0)
Rep. Michele Bachmann this morning: "The IRS will have the ability potentially" to deny or delay health care. -- (link) - zeitgeist May 20, 10:58 (1)
- Politifact: well, yes, but due to incompetence, not corruption! - Dr.Vermin May 20, 11:10 (0)
yeah, so i finally threw in the towel on my student loans - charlie May 20, 10:49 (27)
- How much did you graduate with? How many years will yo have left with income repayment? -- nm - James Bond (on phone) May 20, 11:06 (9)
  - it was about $54k upon graduation. IBR stretches the repayment out 25 years and then wipes any balance left at the end of it - charlie May 20, 11:07 (8)
    - What was your interest? -- nm - James Bond (on phone) May 20, 11:18 (2)
      - 4.25% after consolidating -- nm - charlie May 20, 11:22 (1)
        
        That is decent. You should get a job like CBSs The Guardian. -- nm - James Bond (on phone) May 20, 11:25 (0)
    - Are you sure? -- nm - Don Homer May 20, 11:08 (4)
      - yeah, it is some new stuff. If I work for a nonprofit my loans will be forgiven after 10 years. -- nm - James Bond (on phone) May 20, 11:11 (0)
      - "25-year forgiveness�If you repay under IBR and meet certain other requirements, any remaining balance will be forgiven after 25 years of qualifying - charlie May 20, 11:09 (2)
        
        ;) I was referring to your IM re: social security, you freeloader. -- nm - Don Homer May 20, 11:10 (1)
        
        moochacrats unite -- nm - charlie May 20, 11:10 (0)
- yeah I'm going to have to start paying those back soon... - znufrii May 20, 10:58 (0)
- do you know how much you'll save per month? -- nm - amanda May 20, 10:53 (15)
  - my monthly had gone up to $360 from $275 because (apparently) i had been paying mostly interest for the past 9 years after consolidating - charlie May 20, 10:54 (14)
    - but aside from that, just seeing that after paying on-and-off for the 15 years since i graduated, my total amount owed is $1000 higher than the day i - charlie May 20, 10:58 (13)
      - 99%er -- nm - Qale May 20, 11:03 (0)
      - I kind of feel like I should do it since I work here now. after 10 years in public service, all fed debt is forgiven, so I could IBR for the next - amanda May 20, 11:02 (0)
      - The American way. -- nm - Spawn May 20, 11:00 (0)
      - ugh, that's awful - the owing more, that is. from what people have shared here, the system seems so messed-up. -- nm - b. May 20, 11:00 (4)
        
        if your loan is unsubsidized and you're in deferment for whatever reason and don't make payments to keep up with the interest, it'll happen. - znufrii May 20, 11:03 (3)
        
        I understand how it can happen, I just wish there were more options for people. -- nm - b. May 20, 11:10 (0)
        half of mine are subsidized and half un-subbed. at best i've been just treading water - charlie May 20, 11:05 (1)
        
        word. - znufrii May 20, 11:08 (0)
      - damn -- nm - Don Homer May 20, 10:59 (4)
        
        i could have been smarter about some things, like not letting forebearance interest capitalize when a couple of those ran out, but it wouldn't have - charlie May 20, 11:02 (3)
        
        at least, iinm, capitalized interest counts towards your student loan interest deduction for that year. -- nm - znufrii May 20, 11:04 (2)
        
        $2500/year. so if i pay essentially interest-only @ $200/month, i'll at least get the full tax advantage of it -- nm - charlie May 20, 11:06 (1)
        
        yeah, no use in going over the limit. -- nm - znufrii May 20, 11:09 (0)
Star Trek: Into Darkness is looking to be around a B+ as it suffers too much structural problems to nail the the A landing. (no spoilers) - Qale May 20, 10:47 (9)
- Agreed! -- nm - colin May 20, 11:08 (0)
- The main probalem I have -spoil - Spawn May 20, 10:51 (6)
  - (spoiler) - Qale May 20, 10:53 (5)
    - I totally disagree... - Mel Profit May 20, 11:05 (3)
      - Agreed just (spoil) - Spawn May 20, 11:11 (1)
        
        I agree that had they dialed down the action just a bit it may have benefited the story... - Mel Profit May 20, 11:15 (0)
      - (spoiler) - Qale May 20, 11:10 (0)
    - spoil - Spawn May 20, 10:56 (0)
- There was the word "from" in that subject line, but I must have written over it to get the (no spoiler) tag to fit. -- nm - Qale May 20, 10:48 (0)
wedding officiant's mail list, convo about if anyone uses and has had someone object...someone said it actually happened and stopped a wedding - zeitgeist May 20, 10:46 (4)
- Maybe he knew and had been refusing to step up? -- nm - Spawn May 20, 11:01 (1)
  - exactly. he may well have known and wasn't responding to texts or messages. - b. May 20, 11:07 (0)
- not necessarily. without knowing the whole story, it's hard to say. - b. May 20, 10:57 (1)
  - phone call? text msg? -- nm - zeitgeist May 20, 11:00 (0)
odd coincidence - I opened this month's goodies.co box this morning, and sour power straws were in it. - b. May 20, 10:42 (12)
- Sour power straws are the best - con_carne May 20, 10:57 (0)
- those were mine! - barnaby bear May 20, 10:48 (3)
  - I kept the blue ones to share! -- nm - b. May 20, 10:54 (2)
    - what is this "share" of which you speak? -- nm - barnaby bear May 20, 10:55 (1)
      - no share, no treat! -- nm - b. May 20, 11:19 (0)
- I have never heard of this - only for make up. and someone was doing something for razors(?) - but food? heh. - Epiphany May 20, 10:43 (6)
  - there are so many now, a bunch just for food, natural food/beauty/home combos, and more. - b. May 20, 10:48 (1)
    - thanks for the info -- nm - Epiphany May 20, 10:54 (0)
  - Ipsy rocked this month btw. Birchbox sucked - I'm done with them. -- nm - Epiphany May 20, 10:46 (3)
    - I was on the verge of cancelling this month, if neither was good; but birch was actually ok, and my ipsy was really good value-wise. - b. May 20, 10:54 (0)
    - My wife loves the PopSugar one. -- nm - pmb May 20, 10:47 (1)
      - the price is higher on that one but 6-7 full size products - pretty nice. the reviews look good. -- nm - Epiphany May 20, 11:14 (0)
58 cm of snow in Gander Newfoundland yesterday (this is about an hour away from where I grew up)....ouch -- nm - Beaker May 20, 10:41 (0)
bonus prude chat q: she's been affairing with her best friend's hubby. her hubby found out but is willing to forgive. does she really have to end it? - charlie May 20, 10:31 (15)
- I love this -- nm - con_carne May 20, 10:54 (0)
- The simple answer? - Spawn May 20, 10:45 (0)
- your husband says he wants the marriage to be fixed; but with that question, you clearly do not. that's that. -- nm - b. May 20, 10:44 (0)
- you deserve all the consequences of this. -- nm - loosilu May 20, 10:39 (0)
- He is probably banging the other wife -- nm - amoxy May 20, 10:37 (1)
  - I think this nails it right here. Nah...don't tell the other wife...cause she might be tempted to tell you I'm banging her. The only problem with - Jim May 20, 10:55 (0)
- oh for the love of....nm - x May 20, 10:33 (4)
  - I think of it as a kind of "cry for help" in the stereotypical sense -- nm - con_carne May 20, 11:04 (0)
  - don't you think some of them might be trolls though? -- nm - colin May 20, 10:33 (2)
    - "And that makes it better?!" "Doesn't it?" -- nm - znufrii May 20, 10:35 (0)
    - it doesn't really matter....nm - x May 20, 10:34 (0)
- Yes, you are crazy. next? -- nm - znufrii May 20, 10:33 (0)
- "Crazy" isn't the word I'd use... -- nm - colin May 20, 10:32 (2)
  - " whorish" work for you? - Epiphany May 20, 10:36 (1)
    - a good start. -- nm - colin May 20, 11:03 (0)
In Focus: A Week of Tornadoes... -- (link) - Don Homer May 20, 10:28 (2)
- up until this week, we were actually on pace for a record low in #s of tornados - ML May 20, 11:10 (0)
- we aint' done yet -- nm - Epiphany May 20, 10:42 (0)
wat's that song competeitiopn that just happened? -- nm - amanda May 20, 10:28 (4)
- A Song for Europe! - colin May 20, 10:31 (0)
- eurovision...nm - x May 20, 10:29 (0)
- *what*; sorry. I think norway won? you know? -- nm - amanda May 20, 10:28 (1)
  - Demark won - DaneDukeNuuk May 20, 10:42 (0)
go O's! -- nm - charlie May 20, 10:25 (2)
- I honestly consider their uniforms to be among the worst in the league. - Spawn May 20, 10:57 (1)
  - I think I care about Superwholock more -- nm - con_carne May 20, 10:58 (0)

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