< carsonm> wow, I just saw the largest gift basket ever assembled on the desk of the vp here.
< carsonm> It was like someone saw the largest one that someone could make and then said "Now take that and put 3 of them into one basket and send it."
< carsonm> It had 3 of everything in it.
< carsonm> I'm talking pots and pans.
< carsonm> Plate sets.
< pretsel> what the shit
< carsonm> yeah
< carsonm> It is insane.
< pretsel> how about sausage and cheese?
< carsonm> I assume that is down in there somewhere.
< steveny> probably a goat and a pig instead

< rachel> one of my worst ever jobs in my early tech writing career was to comment other peoples' code
< rachel> i don't know anyone else who ever had to do that
< rachel> but holy shit that was horrid
< pretsel> rofl
< pretsel> that sounds like something that is done to people in gitmo, not a job

<archon> that's just like.. your opinion, man
<scromp> it's facts really
<scromp> proven science
<scromp> you probably think vaccines cause autism
<scromp> (lol)
<archon> no, being born in kentucky causes autism
<chime> oh snap
<chime> cause scromp was born in georgia
<chime> you probably didn't know that
<archon> son of a
<scromp> right
<scromp> see
<chime> i, however, was born in kentucky
<archon> oh yeah, i just continued reading this wikipedia article and georgia is also mentioned

<blaine> they really get to register .gov sites now? crazy.
<reamer_rick> Obama Transition
<reamer_rick> otrans
<reamer_rick> weblogic:weblogic, tomcat:tomcat, admin:<> unsuccessful
<blaine> registered via the General Services Administration
<blaine> how did you find this, scromp?
<reamer_rick> a network of spies in C.H.O.A.M.
<reamer_rick> maybe a Face Dancer or two
<blaine> if they pull my heartplug over this i am ratting you out
<reamer_rick> Maybe you'll just warrant an antidotecat.
<blaine> Antidocat is Watching You Milk
* blaine shudders

<pretsel> my daughter had a school assignment where she had to survey family members and then graph the results
<pretsel> she chose "Do you like cats?" as her question
<pretsel> cass and I were the only no votes
<nug> I think she rigged the survey
<dbday> cats are bottomless pits of unrewarding need
<pretsel> hah.  I should have had her call you, dbday
<Xach> it has to be a random sample
<nug> dbday can be pretty random 

<blaine> haha "Gov. Sarah Palin denounced wasteful expenditure on
 fruit-fly research, adding for good xenophobic and anti-elitist measure that
 some of this research took place "in Paris, France" and winding up with a
 folksy "I kid you not.""
<shimr> omg they don't even talk american over there
<pretsel> that shit makes my blood boil
<shimr> how can they possibly know what they're talkin' about?
<blaine> pretsel: does it ease your boiling blood to imagine the tinkling
 of a jazz piano behind her statements?
<pretsel> yes.  yes it does
<rachel> hee

< blaine> so ditch mitch, people
< blaine> i am serious
< blaine> that fucker has got to go
< nug> wow
< blaine> they were playing the Quantum of Solace trailer and one of his campaign ads interrupted it!
< nug> ok, back to normal programming

<scromp> the indian moon mission is apparently in search of "precious meats"
<scromp> did nobody tell them there are not going to be meats on the moon
<nug> I thought it would be funnier if we let them find the cow we put up there last week
<pretsel> surprise cow!

MIIIIINNNNE!!!

-Ben

<martel> kosher = gallery = baconhouse ?
<scromp> kosher is a jail running on baconhouse in which gallery resides
<martel> right
<martel> just wondering about space, i've been uploading quite a bit recently
<scromp> i have a job that deletes stuff from cheesy's gallery whenever it gets down to about 10%
<martel> heh
<hide> oh good
<cheesy> :-p