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Next year, I wonder if there's going to be a bubble-ish team hoping to get in the play-in game. - Will Hunting Mar 27, 13:48
SHOW ME THE MONEY! -- nm - VCU Coach Mar 27, 13:42
honestly though, vcu played a great game, but I think kansas defeated itself again this year - tRuMaN Mar 27, 13:42 3
- I was just saying the opposite. I don't think they played bad; VCU was just better. - David Mar 27, 13:45 2
  - I just dont see that, kansas shot 36% from the field, vcu was shooting 3s in the first half like the ball was 1/10 the size of the hoop - tRuMaN Mar 27, 13:47 1
    - Greg Anthony made a great point about that at halftime. - David Mar 27, 13:50
CAA! CAA! -- nm - Dano Mar 27, 13:42
you might get past one team from Richmond, Kansas. but not two. NOT TWO! -- nm - moles Mar 27, 13:42
I'm going to go out on a limb and say there's been no 8 vs 11 in a Final Four before. -- nm - Reagen Mar 27, 13:41 5
- Raise your hand if you had VCU in your bracket! - Don Homer Mar 27, 13:48 4
  - Not even the players or coaches there. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 27, 13:49 3
    - I successfully chose 0 Final Four teams this year. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 27, 13:51 2
      - There went my champion but I couldn't be more pleased right now. -- nm - Tim Mar 27, 13:54
      - Same here. Completely unrelated: I just realized that your basketball coach used to be mine. - David Mar 27, 13:53
CBI Champions to the Final Four. -- nm - Tim Mar 27, 13:41
yup, crying -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 27, 13:40
Bill Packer has started making a noose for himself. -- nm - Reagen Mar 27, 13:40
Where does this rank in the March Madness upsets? -- nm - amoxy Mar 27, 13:37 9
- not very high.. the separation between top and bottom now is almost nonexistant -- nm - stewie Mar 27, 13:48
- It's no NC State over Houston. - Tim Mar 27, 13:41
- I think that it's the biggest upset this year but if we're talking ever, it's not in the top 20. -- nm - David Mar 27, 13:39 2
  - Coppin State! -- nm - Reagen Mar 27, 13:40 1
    - i tutored at Coppin State. it's community college plus -- nm - moles Mar 27, 13:44
- It's less shocking than George Mason over UConn, but only because there already was George Mason over UConn. -- nm - Dano Mar 27, 13:38 1
  - Mason vs four 1st Round picks....that's the most shocking in the last 10 years imo, but even then...it's no Hampton/ISU or Coppin State -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 27, 13:45
- 17th bestes ever -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 27, 13:38
- the parity in div. I is so much closer now than it was in the past it's hard to be shocked anymore -- nm - moles Mar 27, 13:38
Obama should have predicted this. -- nm - Dano Mar 27, 13:35 2
- I'm sayin! -- nm - Michelle Bachmann Mar 27, 13:37
- I bet Newt predicted this before he didnt predict it. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 27, 13:36
i wonder, if the score holds, will we see crying again this year. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 27, 13:33
Nice TO call -- nm - amoxy Mar 27, 13:31
Oh look, it's Charlie Sheen's coffee table -- (link) - Amy Mar 27, 13:26
I don't want to jinx it but... -- nm - David Mar 27, 13:23 16
- Regardless... does this mean that we have to declare the tournament expansion a resounding success? -- nm - Dano Mar 27, 13:30 10
  - Over the next 48 hours, every sports journalists is going to figure out they've won five games instead of everyone else's four. - David Mar 27, 13:38 2
    - One of Butler/VCU will play for the national championship. - David Mar 27, 13:41 1
      - I kinda wish it wasn't that way. I'd love the pundits to go crazy over a possible Butler/VCU title game. -- nm - Tim Mar 27, 13:42
  - Only if they stop calling it the first round. But I think its a fitting end to a season where there were no truly elite teams. -- nm - Tim Mar 27, 13:36
  - or they could just put teams like VCU in the regular 64 and not give the Big Fraud eleven bids every year -- nm - moles Mar 27, 13:31 5
    - Ding, ding! -- nm - Don Homer Mar 27, 13:50
    - this -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 13:35
    - Yeah, right. -- nm - Jay Bilas Mar 27, 13:33
    - but but but but but but, we said the big east would do good. -- nm - ESPN si Mar 27, 13:32
    - Screw the regular season, make it a year long Tourney -- nm - amoxy Mar 27, 13:32
- shut.your.mouth.now. - tRuMaN Mar 27, 13:24 4
  - Crash plays Halo? That doesn't sound right. -- nm - David Mar 27, 13:39 1
    - its possible that it was trish playing, but then she called me and - tRuMaN Mar 27, 13:45
  - you said you hate Kansas -- nm - Remlik Mar 27, 13:29 1
    - i dont want david to jinx anything. regardless of who he is trying to jinx of or against. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 27, 13:31
ST word help please .... 'defect' ... as in to leave the army ... is my spelling right? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 27, 13:16 2
- no, that's the other defect -- nm - moles Mar 27, 13:25
- yes. -- nm - mara Mar 27, 13:18
I'm going to goodwill (and petco) now. amy told me to. -- nm - amanda jones Mar 27, 13:06 1
- Did you see the ho dolls? I was DYING and only had Logan with me. He didn't seem to get why they were funny. -- nm - Amy Mar 27, 13:15
I just saw a unicorn! I had a cute patron at the Central library! -- nm - Amy Mar 27, 12:49
Uh-oh. -- nm - Tim Mar 27, 12:47
"When did you write that last part?" "In the car." "...Freak." - nubby Mar 27, 12:35
Did anyone get a 3DS? I'm intrigued but turned off by the lack of interesting launch titles. - Tim Mar 27, 12:29 3
- I'm totally in wait and see mode. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 27, 12:29 1
  - This. -- nm - Qale Mar 27, 12:34
- no but i did play a 3DO once -- nm - moles Mar 27, 12:29
is this the ugliest bedroom "suit" you've ever seen? -- (link) - amanda jones Mar 27, 12:25 32
- but, it's MODERN! -- nm - ty97 Mar 27, 13:24
- Craigslist Crap would be a fun Tumblr blog. Actually, it probably exists. -- nm - mara Mar 27, 13:11 3
  - Oh looky! -- (link) - Amy Mar 27, 13:18 2
    - I think I like that Throne Chair -- nm - Remlik Mar 27, 13:31
    - Ha! -- nm - mara Mar 27, 13:30
- what are those decals? inlay? painted? figurings/illustrations? can't tell if they are dragons, indians, just doodles? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 27, 12:31 10
  - Looks Asian. -- nm - mara Mar 27, 12:53 6
    - I think you're right. do you see the thing behind the dresser? is that the headboard? - amanda jones Mar 27, 12:59 5
      - Ah, yeah, that has to be the headboard or footboard. -- nm - mara Mar 27, 13:01 1
        
        another option: get it framed! it's art. -- nm - amanda jones Mar 27, 13:03
      - I think that's the headborad, yes. and it looks Asian to me as well. - loosilu Mar 27, 13:01 2
        
        the awesome antique shop we found near sashamart has tons of 70's porn set furniture. this is kind of like that - amanda jones Mar 27, 13:03
        
        I just don't like stuff that matches. (Your dishes are pretty cool, in that vein.) -- nm - mara Mar 27, 13:02
  - retarded furnaturemakers. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 27, 12:34 2
    - I was guessing that was aftermarket. -- nm - Amy Mar 27, 12:35 1
      - I wish I knew. this is the first time I have ever had half a mind to go look at a CL item just to be able to mock it better. -- nm - amanda jones Mar 27, 12:56
- *shudders*nm -- nm - groiny Mar 27, 12:29
- Someone older than 11 used this? -- nm - Reagen Mar 27, 12:29 2
  - you would be surprised at the taste of some rich Asian people. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 13:02 1
    - Oh, I don't think it's *authentic* Asian. Somebody just thought pagodas and kimonos was cute so put those graphics on. -- nm - mara Mar 27, 13:03
- "must sell" - moles Mar 27, 12:29 6
  - Must burn was too close to the mark. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 27, 12:31
  - right? I flipping *love* craigslist. -- nm - amanda jones Mar 27, 12:29 4
    - also, that's how it looked in 1999 when they took the pics -- nm - moles Mar 27, 12:32 3
      - You have to wonder about that. -- nm - Amy Mar 27, 13:00 2
        
        they were worried about their camera being impacted by y2k, so the date's permanently on 1999. -- nm - amanda jones Mar 27, 13:01 1
        
        or they really did take the photo in 1999, and now it's covered in junk so they can't get a good picture without doing work. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 13:04
- also completely awesome is this -- (link) - amanda jones Mar 27, 12:29 3
  - Oh, the sweet, sweet love I would make in the grape arbor bed. -- nm - Amy Mar 27, 12:32 1
    - *pays double to buy it* -- nm - moles Mar 27, 12:33
  - "he stopped public sales" - moles Mar 27, 12:30
- Wow. That's hideous. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 27, 12:27
This game needs more Gus Johnson. -- nm - Tim Mar 27, 12:09 4
- I can't even tell for sure who the announcer is because he's so sick. - David Mar 27, 12:18 2
  - It sounds like Marv. -- nm - Tim Mar 27, 12:29
  - It certainly sounds like one. -- nm - Reagen Mar 27, 12:28
- what game doesn't? -- nm - moles Mar 27, 12:12
my brother is quite possible going crazy watching this game. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 27, 12:01
question, i am sure st has discussed this, but what are the issues with buying a home via a short sale? - tRuMaN Mar 27, 11:46 21
- Based on my parent's househunting in Florida and mine in Chicago, I believe there are two different 'types' of short sale listings - ty97 Mar 27, 12:06 1
  - the one i loooked at is supposedly a bank approved short sale -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 27, 12:09
- Unless the banks have come to their senses and figured out it really is in their best interest to allow them to go through instead of hemming/hawing.. - zeitgeist Mar 27, 11:51 1
  - Apparently, they are coming to their senses more and more in this regard. - psilotum Mar 27, 11:58
- The time it takes is the major drawback. Even after a bank accept an offer, it might take months. -- nm - mara Mar 27, 11:48
- I found this -- (link) - Beaker Mar 27, 11:48 15
  - there seem to be potential tax ramifications and maybe legal... -- nm - Beaker Mar 27, 11:49 14
    - I think the tax ramifications relate to the seller. If the bank forgives a portion of the loan, that 'can' be considered income. - MojaveMeg Mar 27, 11:58 13
      - So, if you buy a car and you get a 'rebate' for several thousand in the mail later, is that income? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 27, 12:00 11
        
        you want theory or actually what happens? - tRuMaN Mar 27, 12:03 1
        
        how about a free flight for your airline miles? stay a few nights and get a free night? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 27, 12:08
        
        No, because that's a discount on the price of the car. The seller has reduced the price. But on a mortgage the bank is not the seller, they've only - MojaveMeg Mar 27, 12:03 5
        
        its still a post sale negotiation wherein the value of the house re-appraised based on new information, conditions -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 27, 12:11
        
        when you get a rebate on a car, you pay tax on the full amount, right? -- nm - amanda jones Mar 27, 12:06 3
        
        Not sure - but if you do, that's sales tax not income tax. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 27, 12:09 2
        
        right, that's my point. it's different taxation. -- nm - amanda jones Mar 27, 12:11 1
        
        and you're *paying* the full price -- you're just getting some back. -- nm - amanda jones Mar 27, 12:13
        
        I don't see why it would be considered income when they are just renegotiating the sale price which can happen in other contracts -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 27, 12:02 2
        
        because it's reducing your existing obligation to pay the full amount of the mortgage -- nm - moles Mar 27, 12:13 1
        
        I think I am actually ok with shortages being income. I don't think sellers should be able to walk away with no ... whatever. -- nm - amanda jones Mar 27, 12:14
      - OTOH, my friends are buying an avocado orchard via a short sale :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 27, 11:59
Oscar nominee Amy Adams is Lois Lane.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 27, 11:13 5
- She will look good dressed as a Japanese school girl with a sword. -- nm - Spawn Mar 27, 11:35 2
  - ...in bed -- nm - budice Mar 27, 11:38 1
    - with guns. -- nm - Remlik Mar 27, 13:15
- Coincidence: I just started the West Wing episode with her. -- nm - nubby Mar 27, 11:33
- crash davis is gonna have to update his spreadsheet -- nm - moles Mar 27, 11:15
Is there a particular reason that Community took the jokes at CougarTown? - Will Hunting Mar 27, 11:07 4
- producers of Community worked on Scrubs with Cougartown's creator. He knew about it and is planning to get back at them. -- nm - Remlik Mar 27, 11:15 2
  - Get back at makes it sound like he was unhappy with it. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 27, 11:24 1
    - just in a fun way he wants to get back....interview with the Cougartown producer -- (link) - Remlik Mar 27, 11:28
- I don't think it was the first reference. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 27, 11:11
A while back we had a discussion that touched on the Equity Funding scandal. I got sidetracked and didn't follow up at the time but... - MojaveMeg Mar 27, 10:52
my $6.95/m 'insurance' on my droid A. has a $99 deductable B. coverage damage, but if if the phone is damaged cause then you know the phone is damaged - zeitgeist Mar 27, 10:47 2
- wtf? crazyy -- nm - Epiphany Mar 27, 11:06 1
  - I'm wondering if i should just go ahead an upgrade for 150-200 to the next new phone -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 27, 11:14
Saw Sucker Punch and really need to discuss **SPOLIERS** - Capstern Mar 27, 10:40 13
- Holy cow, I can't believe you actually think there is some kind of deeper meaning in this movie. Spoiler: There so isn't. -- nm - Qale Mar 27, 12:23 3
  - This is what Kim said to me when I carefully laid out my interpretation, which I'm pretty sure is right. -- nm - David Mar 27, 12:29 2
    - I am curious as well...but - Capstern Mar 27, 14:42
    - oh what is it? -- nm - Remlik Mar 27, 13:18
- LYC: Sucker Punch says it all... [opinion follows] - OAE Mar 27, 11:25 8
  - yeah....no. I'm seeing a lot of reviews from younger women who love it. -- nm - Remlik Mar 27, 13:16
  - Considering how much the movie was about girl power, no. -- nm - Spawn Mar 27, 11:44 6
    - Well, I think it *wants* to be about girl power but fails miserably. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 27, 11:58 5
      - it fails, but not miserably, it just doesn't quite click enough. -- nm - Remlik Mar 27, 13:17 1
        
        Oh, it fails miserably at the girl power aspect. Make no doubt about it. - Kim Pine Mar 27, 13:25
      - no, the power to dress up in slutty costumes and give 50 year old virgins a hard on -- nm - moles Mar 27, 12:11 2
        
        Oh I think it was a little more dynamic than that..and hoenstly - Capstern Mar 27, 14:46
        
        oh well, that, absolutely. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 27, 12:18
[an error message occurred while processing this two days after Friday, Friday directive] -- nm - Qale Mar 27, 10:30
Like this -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 27, 10:06 1
- I see -- ta! -- nm - OAE Mar 27, 10:27

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