Forum: The Lounge

As per CRSP, A poll on the animated smilies .

Same problem, new board. Here's the issue http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/sho ... ght=slinky I hid it on him and it took him the better part of a year to find it. Now he has and it is as annoying as ever. It must be stopped. I'm...

Sticks brought Formspring.me to our attention and it's turned out to be sort of entertaining. My profile and all the nonny questions I've answered here. So far I've seen Sticks, Myrna, Marsilia, and Elyanna on there. Anybody else using it? What...

(not the dog that got loose, no, this is another dog story) So I'm giving my dog his afternoon walk and we see the dog he hates the most on this earth—an intact Schnauzer-type dog that is staying with someone who lives across the street. Now, the...

Today was my day off, and I recieved a call from work. Due to massive cutbacks, I have lost my job. I worked for American General in the customer service area. Our department was cut from 30 to 10 today. 2 of the 3 supervisors lost their jobs....

I'm going to change a few minor details to protect the guilty, but here's an utterly amazing "what the fuck were they thinking?" story involving my husband's co-workers. Tommy, an American, is working in Indonesia. He was doing some consulting...

My doctor put me on Cymbalta on Friday for anxiety and boy howdy is this drug weird. If you're on Cymbalta, or have ever taken it, did you have side effects? Did they wear off? Tell me your tales.

My husband claims that his parochial school always had Ash Wednesday off. I think he must be remembering incorrectly, but I went to public school, so I'm not sure. Can anyone remember if they had that day off or not?

Anyone here a fan of Inkscape? http://www.inkscape.org/ -If not, why not give it a try - it's a vector graphics drawing program - what that means: you build your drawing from discrete shapes that can be arranged and altered on the canvas (so...

According to this article, it'll open up a whole new world of controlability on your computer. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10423985-56.html?tag=rtcol;pop

Hah-hah, that was a joke - if you don't know what it means to be a "Codependent", it refers (generally) to someone who is overly concerned with others' well-being, to the point of not having any "being" of their own. ::waving:: Over here, Hi, I'm...

My Dad grew up bilingual (Spanish and English), so I picked up a lot of words growing up that I never heard the English word for. For example, chopos* for house-shoes, shortes for underwear, shante for shed, etc. There were even more that I was...

I've got no idea what I'm doing. Probably hang out with my kid, do the cryptic crossword, catch up on a few things. I'm good with that, but is anybody doing anything exciting?

What do you think of it? Pros? Cons?

He mentioned to me about traveling outside of the US near the end of November, and not only haven't I heard from him since then, but his email box is full and he's not shown up on AIM or here since then. I know that he was having some potentially...

Anybody reading this who is living in San Diego or has friends in the area? I have an internet friend who lives there and could use some meatspace friends. She's 30, ex-Navy, quite intelligent, and has trouble doing much of anything due to having to...

Some years back when I used to read Dan Savage religiously via the Seattle Times, I would occasionally also read "Dating Mating and Hating", a sex/love advice column that was by-lined "Tricunda Shiraz." Why I would do this I am not sure, since...

...an auto journalist http://www.carladynews.com/articles/Feb10/camaro.html (people I know are furious that this woman has access to test product. I am sure this happens across every media covered product field)

I haven't participated in many message boards, and this is my first one where you can see at the bottom of every page who is browsing that forum. I'm surprised to find that it makes me a bit uneasy. It's no big secret that I'm reading the...

Today is one of those stare at the wall kind of days. I tried to be all thoughtful in class and stuff, but it just fell flat. I feel like I should fake sick and just go back to bed and try again tomorrow.

Opera introduces a bunch of new features for its browser.You can use Opera Unite to share documents, music, photos, videos, or use it to run websites or even chat rooms without third-party requirements. The company extended the collaborative...

Seriously, I can't watch CNN or any news channel, or watch a news broadcast for more than a couple of minutes without hearing doom-and-gloom news about the economy, It's not that I don't want to hear about it, but when I've been trying to sell a...

That was me yesterday. We were driving back from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and got a little lost in the Central Park. I decided to take the Park to its north border and looked for the West Side Highway/Henry Hudson to return to the George...

I'm just so confused by this CL post. http://appleton.craigslist.org/fuo/1051661656.html

This one's not new, but for the uninitiated, it's super hilarious: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/ This one I just ran across. The premise is a pretty good one, I like what they're going for, but not sure the captions are as funny as...

As I've mentioned elsewhere, and current to the Cult of Personality theme on message boards, here is a clip of the guy who inspired my first message board experience. Anyone else heard of him and got an opinion? Do any Domeheads listen to talk...

I have chronic pain issues that are not always well-addressed by my doctors. I've been doing research on poppy tea ever since I read mention of it by someone on the other board, and think it may have some benefits for me, if for no other reason than...

If so, can you make one out of this song for me? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiTr6hZE ... re=related

I used to play poker online quite a lot, across lots of different sites (Poker Stars, Hollywood Poker, Titan Poker etc etc), but I haven't logged on for some time now. How is it these days? Has the recession had much effect on player numbers?

I haven't seen her for a while. I was just wondering if anyone else has seen her. Actually I was going to start a new Terry Pratchett book soon and so I was thinking of her.

There's a Raffer fest that day and I've already booked my hotel and I'd LOVE to see some Mello folks too! I'm staying right on the Inner Harbor (thanks to Priceline) for 2 nights and I have room. Let me know please.

I'm searching for a decent one. No clue which ones are clearest. Hand-fed is fine, of course eBay is useless since I cannot tell how the images will really turn out. Who is using one? Cartooniverse

I'm on Facebook - find me by my email address: winstonsmith1@gmail.com I signed up the Winston Smith ID, and got a friend request from another Winston Smith!!1! (obviously a fake). Anyways, I posted a link to Domebo there. Have at it. I'll be a...

Jim and I need company. :dumbo:

Mine is to be more patient with my children. Wish me luck. ;)

I'm not sure what my wife and kid are giving me, I'm sure it will be nice. We're going to Dave and Buster's for dinner. (My choice, family fun.)

Well, I figure since I'm moving in a few short weeks, I should really start looking for an apartment in Huntsville, so any input/advice/help you guys can give would be much appreciated. My mates in HSV have made a couple of suggestions -- namely...

if your parents didn't have any, chances are you won't either.

15 Sexist Vintage Ads. Even knowing they're old ads, some of them are still a little hard to take - yikes!

Steve Jobs has unveiled the latest, greatest object of desire form Apple. The i-Pad, a new tablet PC with touchscreen and is the latest gadget of desire. So, does anyone else think this is going to take off in a big way like the i-Phone or is...

While going over our annual negotiations for renewal of our friendship contract, Marsilia and I determined that it would be best if she outsourced her TMI Buddy needs to another local friend whose brand of TMI best matches hers. Now, lacking someone...

April fools! 50 cm of snow. An hour of plowing out to the street on Tuesday evening. Two hours plowing out to the street on Wednesday morning, and the city plow getting stuck for a few hours just up the street. Not the sort of thing one...

Would you let your kid play virtual slots/roulette/blackjack? Or do you think it's a chocolate cigarette attempt to get people into the real thing when old enough?

This just occurred to me... Might social media be sucking some of the life out of message boards? I don't have any evidence of this, I just see how it might be possible. Anyone? :hoj:

We had them on the house when I was growing up. I think they were the vinyl kind. After awhile the edges started to crack and warp, and they became highly popular shelters for the local yard lizards. Are there really any good arguments in favor...

from here Why isn't there a "who gives a shit?" answer? Raffers are notoriously biased in their polling. ARE Raffer's notoriously biased in their polling? Let's find out.

I just made a pretty sharp comment about Winston in another thread and now I'm really mixed up - is this an Apil Fools joke and did I just get punked?

I mean the people out by the road, waving signs for the local sandwich store or check-cashing service or whatever. Most of them just have the sign. A few have more elaborate costume accessories. Some engage in "antics.'' I seem to recall a time,...

I won't be posting THIS thread to the Dope for reasons left as an exercise for the class.

Great use of colour and music, just as I expected, giant dung beetles, and lingering camera shots on Brazilian beauties. What's there not to like? :)