From facebook:
<Brian> is once again somewhat astounded at the amount of
hardware we have on and orbiting Mars, operational or not.
<Porter> Well, where else you gonna put it?
<Darren> eBay
<Brian> AAAAA+++ WOULD LAUNCH AGAIN

<elric> You've seen the first part of Pirates of the Caribbean, right?
Where Jack Sparrow steps off the ship onto the dock just as the top of the
ship sinks?  That's me at IBM.  :)

<kris>i never thought of it until i was witness to a 3yr old
 that sneezed on a his cake and then people sliced the bitch up and ate it
<kris> bitch = cake...not the kid

< rippy> it is snowing here
< scromp> like a mofo
< scromp> they keep updating the snow projections to levels that have already fallen
< scromp> not helpful!
< scromp> i can look outside and see over six inches, try harder
< scromp> we went out and played at 9:30 and it was deep enough then...  it's filled in our tracks (twice!) since
< Xach> it's so cute when southerners get snow

20:01<ton> i mostly like to eat ppls asses

<dbday> i want to punch someone for pronouncing iterative as EYEterative
<dbday> is that bad?
<Xach> no
<Xach> it's the first thing you've said today that makes any damn sense

television: ... shortly afterwards it was announced that Charles Barkley's ...
*kris changes channel
nug: bald head exploded.

< steveny> god fucking dammit.  I call Company Inc. to change my address.  They have to ask me a series of questions that show I am who I am 'from public sources'.  They started asking shit like 'Where in Rivendell have you lived' 'Where does Marla Yelton live'
< steveny> I ask her to make sure she has the correct person
< steveny> she just keeps asking
< steveny> and then says I failed
< steveny> so I guess I am screwed

ON FURTHER REFLECTION...BALETION

<spamantha> maps, maps, maps.
<maps> *Where is the pattern maps works on*.
<spamantha> !
<The_Overmind> holy crap
<scromp> wow
* scromp blinks
<Hoot> ...
<Matt> meta
<scromp> maps, are you skynet?
<maps> Being a parent _would_ be cool.