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Acura is the official car of The Avengers (how do they all fit in there?) ad is pretty good.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 3, 08:54 1
- "How are you all going to ... oh. Right." -- nm - Mitchell si Apr 3, 08:57
Roll Poll: Titanic in 3D, Yea or Nay? -- nm - con_carne Apr 3, 08:53 4
- yea. Cameron oversaw the work on this so it will look terrific. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 09:02
- I've seen it too many times to bother with it again, in 3D or not. -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 09:00
- No. I'm not a 3D movie fan. And I don't need to see Titanic again. - ty97 Apr 3, 08:55
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Oddness from tonight: my friend's cousin is on the currently filming season of true blood, he's a huge fan. Me:"there's a fair bit of nudity in that, - mafic Apr 3, 08:42 3
- link? -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 08:46 2
  - I think you meant to do this: LINK?!?!?!?!? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 3, 08:47 1
    - Here, you can find your own boob shots. -- (link) - mafic Apr 3, 08:51
Nikki Haley is trending on Twitter. What has nubby wrought? -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 08:35 1
- it's his birthday he can get high if he wants to! - Epiphany Apr 3, 08:38
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- I agree. Comes off a little petulant. - Dr.Vermin Apr 3, 09:00
- eh, I don't get it. - znufrii Apr 3, 08:59
- more likely he's setting up the line of attack if it gets struck down. good. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 3, 08:46 1
  - More or less. I don't think it's at all designed to sway the Supes' ruling -- nm - con_carne Apr 3, 08:55
- one of my rellies posted this on FB yesterday - so yeah, it's making the right upset -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 08:38
Happy Bday nubby -- nm - Capstern Apr 3, 08:33
93 percent of the world�s patent applications are generated by inventors living in metropolitan areas that are home to less 23 percent of people -- (link) - ty97 Apr 3, 08:30 3
- "Even in an advanced nation like the United States, San Diego produces 135 times more patents per person than Aberdeen, SD." WTF, small towns? -- nm - con_carne Apr 3, 08:40 2
  - yeah get your shit tight Small Towns! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 08:41 1
    - You can't go on resting your laurels on a whale's vagina -- nm - con_carne Apr 3, 08:51
Brett Cecil to Double A. Jays rotation out the chute will be Romaro-Morrow-Carreno-Alverez-Drabek. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 3, 08:20
Politico eBook on the 2012 GOP campaign is out. $2.99 -- (link) - spamlet Apr 3, 08:16
Randy Orton removed from The Marine 3 movie due his being dishonorably discharged from the Marines - Remlik Apr 3, 08:02 5
- an after on the air report of what happened at Raw...crowd was hot all night... - Remlik Apr 3, 08:05 4
  - You'd probably know this fairly quick... How many years ago was it that Lesnar debuted on the day after a WM? - Name Withheld By Request Apr 3, 08:33 2
    - Day after WM 18 - ten years already -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:51
    - 10 years ago. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 08:49
  - That Si! Si! Si! chant is one of the funniest things I've ever heard on a show. - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:11
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- FYI, I read the neogaf boards pretty extensively. This rumor flies in the face of all the inside info they have there. I'd be shocked if it were true. -- nm - Inigo Apr 3, 08:27
- This news came out right after April 1st. Very dubious. -- nm - Inigo Apr 3, 08:03
- sounds doa. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 3, 07:59
- why would they make one less powerful??? - groiny Apr 3, 07:59 3
  - Well, I don't think anybody expected the U to be on par with the next gen PS or XBox, it was always going to be, at best, a PS3 or 360. -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 08:08
  - I remember the same thing being said about the wii. without more specs it's kind of hard to say. -- nm - mafic Apr 3, 08:04 1
    - yeah, could be something like the CPU is less powerful but the GPU is awesome - zork Apr 3, 08:44
spencer krug tuesday is *good.* it's very good. -- nm - iceberg jones Apr 3, 07:57
TO THE SLUTCAVE! -- (link) - con_carne Apr 3, 07:55 [Image] 6
- where's that from? -- nm - iceberg jones Apr 3, 07:58 4
  - it has to be shopped. - groiny Apr 3, 07:59 3
    - its not - its about 5 years old - they use to hang out for a grand total of like 5 min -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 08:02 1
      - yep, it was after Brit's divorce and before the head shaving. -- nm - loosilu Apr 3, 08:08
    - make sure you double-bag. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 3, 08:00
- sad to say that I would pick Lohan out of that trifecta to bang. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 07:57
I work at 4:00 on saturday. do you think we should see titanic or cabin in the woods before work? I work in men's, if that matters. -- nm - iceberg jones Apr 3, 07:52 2
- Cabin. - groiny Apr 3, 07:53 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 07:55
~It's 8 am, this hell I'm in, seems I've crossed a line again, for being nothing more than who I am~ - Epiphany Apr 3, 07:47 2
- I actually know a few people who liked early nickelback, but the friend I mentioned thinks they're about the best thing going. - mafic Apr 3, 07:53 1
  - I'm going to say this nicely cause SM is one of those people as well. - Epiphany Apr 3, 08:02
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- Hmm, only takes two clicks from there to get a story alleging to have NSFW photos of her. - Beryllium Apr 3, 08:15 5
  - many of those were widely published the day after she was arrested. -- nm - loosilu Apr 3, 08:17 4
    - Ah, I was busy in 2010. :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 08:18 3
      - 2006! -- nm - loosilu Apr 3, 08:20 2
        
        she was arrested in 2006? -- nm - TFox Apr 3, 08:21 1
        
        whoops! got confused with the britney thread. -- nm - loosilu Apr 3, 08:27
- Hillary. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:08
- yikes, I glanced at the comments -- nm - Don Homer Apr 3, 07:47 4
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    - Looking at the comments page always reminds me that no matter hoe heated political discussions get here, they're still saner than 99% of - Roger More Apr 3, 08:07
  - I'd have thought Wired's readership would be more balanced. -- nm - Roger More Apr 3, 07:52
  - Lesbian fantasies? -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 3, 07:51
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I don't know why I have not tried this before..... - groiny Apr 3, 07:44 2
- Huh. I didn't realize you were 87 years old. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 3, 07:45 1
  - I am a bit long in the.... - groiny Apr 3, 07:49
Out of context, this will not help Mitt. Ann Romey: "I guess we better unzip him and let the real Mitt Romney out because he is not". - ty97 Apr 3, 07:44 5
- Sweet. Can't wait to see the real Romney. Any time now would be good... -- nm - con_carne Apr 3, 08:13
- a zentai suit will do that... -- nm - znufrii Apr 3, 07:50
- unzip for the flaccid Mitt. -- nm - mafic Apr 3, 07:46
- Why? It's the context that makes it funny. Out of context it's fine. -- nm - mara Apr 3, 07:45 1
  - Out of context, it could be used to suggest that the Romney campaigning now is not the real Romney. - ty97 Apr 3, 08:47
for those keeping track (no doubt you all hang on the minutiae of my life), the call came in at 7:38. I could've stayed at the restaurant longer. -- nm - mafic Apr 3, 07:43
Wrestlemania Diary (from The Masked Man at Grantland) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 3, 07:35
i swear when i woke up this morning it felt like Saturday. - Andie Apr 3, 07:33 1
- Same -- nm - Guigue Apr 3, 07:36
no spring tuition accrual!! no spring tuition accrual!!! (I can leave on-time-ish!!) -- nm - iceberg jones Apr 3, 07:30
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- I think the heart says no as well. It doesn't want to stop. - spamlet Apr 3, 07:38
- That's a Mega Ball I could win at -- nm - Bacon Apr 3, 07:29
- hey, no carbs! -- nm - TFox Apr 3, 07:28
Poor West Germans question why they have to send money to sometimes thriving East Germans -- (link) - ty97 Apr 3, 07:26
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- You mean Thursday. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 3, 08:13 1
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So I just opened the FedEx envelope with my Bela Fleck tickets in Nashviell on 4-14, and found out they have somebody else's name on them. What to do? - mara Apr 3, 07:22 10
- Ugh, ugh, ugh. Found my confirmation email. I originally went through sme kind of secomdary market reseller or something. They say the name - mara Apr 3, 07:44 5
  - oh, then you're probably fine. the name is just of whoever bought the seats from TM originally. - TFox Apr 3, 07:46 4
    - Yeah, that's what they said. The price discrepency is worrisome, and my original confirmation doesn't give me a row, just a range of rows, so I can't - mara Apr 3, 07:53 3
      - There's always a price discrepancy when you buy tickets on the secondary market. - TFox Apr 3, 08:06 2
        
        TicketSlave! -- nm - con_carne Apr 3, 08:15
        
        Good to know, thanks. I'm chalking it up as an educational experience. :-) -- nm - mara Apr 3, 08:12
- Ticketfast is part of ticketmaster. -- nm - MDH Apr 3, 07:26
- I'd probably call, just in case they do something weird like reissue those tickets as lost and change the barcodes. -- nm - TFox Apr 3, 07:23 2
  - yep, then you'd get c*ckblocked at the gate for stolen or counterfeit tickets. -- nm - zork Apr 3, 07:41 1
    - Yep, and then you wouldn't be able to insist it was really you ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 07:44
Just youtubed that Han Solo dance thing. - Bacon Apr 3, 07:15 2
- Same, and yes. -- nm - MDH Apr 3, 07:25
- Dancing as slave Leia might be fun -- nm - flavorize Apr 3, 07:23
so our director just popped in to see me. enroute, she walked by crazy anita's office. paula, to me: who's anita? me: excuse me? - iceberg jones Apr 3, 07:15
Flipping back between morning shows. Couric is just magical. Palin is doing ok, but you can tell the regulars aren't 100% happy she's there. Seeing - flavorize Apr 3, 07:15 5
- I loved couric on today. I hate how much I loved her. -- nm - iceberg jones Apr 3, 07:15 4
  - I rarely watch morning shows, but I was totally cool with the way Couric charmed me. -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 07:20 3
    - did you watch today on ABC? -- nm - iceberg jones Apr 3, 07:21 2
      - Nope. I've actively avoided tuning into of them because of the hype this week - ty97 Apr 3, 07:24 1
        
        there is *no way* I would ever watch a palin-hosted program. I don't know, like diva, if I'd ever watch again after NBC put her on-air. - iceberg jones Apr 3, 07:44
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- He's guaranteed to go #2, probably barely get less money. Going to a better city (in D.C.), and a team with a better, current roster -- nm - flavorize Apr 3, 07:17 2
  - To an owner that has no clue how to build a team with good chemistry, wastes salary cap dollars, and has no clue how to win. -- nm - Bacon Apr 3, 07:40
  - I think it's more a case of RG3 not wanting to be a bargaining chip. -- nm - Inigo Apr 3, 07:39
- me thinks he thinks their interest is fishy -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 07:15
- bwhahahaha -- nm - prayformojo Apr 3, 07:15
While the economy is still lackluster, corporate profit margins are at a 65 year-high. The Economist muses whether they can be sustained -- (link) - ty97 Apr 3, 07:13 1
- and there's my economics article for extra credit drinking. -- nm - znufrii Apr 3, 07:18
oh. hello Mr. Window washer. this is awkward. -- nm - loosilu Apr 3, 07:13 16
- taking a meeting? -- nm - znufrii Apr 3, 07:13
- you could flash him, then it will be awkward for both of you - Epiphany Apr 3, 07:13 1
  - yarilly. -- nm - loosilu Apr 3, 07:19
- Any nudity? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 3, 07:13
- why, are you naked? -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 07:13 11
  - no, it's just odd when my monitor is right next to the window. -- nm - loosilu Apr 3, 07:19 10
    - Why are you looking at naked people?!? -- nm - con_carne Apr 3, 07:42
    - Flash him, make his day -- nm - Bacon Apr 3, 07:22 8
      - *falls to his death* nm -- nm - washer Apr 3, 07:24 7
        
        I'm only on the second floor. -- nm - loosilu Apr 3, 07:26 5
        
        Luka? -- nm - Inigo Apr 3, 07:44 3
        
        snort -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 08:16
        
        *clap* -- nm - loosilu Apr 3, 07:46
        
        nice. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 07:45
        
        *falls to his coma* -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 07:32
        
        *hits ground, shatters, as he was inexplicably turned to stone* -- nm - washer Apr 3, 07:25
Al Jazeera sees sporting chance of global media brand -- (link) - ty97 Apr 3, 07:11 1
- The article missed mentioning this ... -- (link) - zork Apr 3, 07:37 [Backboard]
Did we get an update from Max? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 07:09 3
- I am sorely missed. -- nm - Max Apr 3, 07:10 2
  - Happy Belated Birthday, and hope you feel better! -- nm - MDH Apr 3, 07:14
  - Hit it Max! - Epiphany Apr 3, 07:13
Perspective and wording in economic news matters. Two examples of the same breaking news: - ty97 Apr 3, 07:06
LYC: I think Raising Hope is giving Modern Family a run for it's money. This is all. -- nm - oblique Apr 3, 07:06
*vacates B2* -- nm - NCAA Apr 3, 07:05
sorry Sox fans. Andrew Bailey likely to undergo surgery on his thumb (I think the thumb injury has been posted about but not the severity) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 3, 07:04 3
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  - I'm not sure that's a lock. - TFox Apr 3, 07:07
- I was just reading that on boston.com. Ready your Melancons and Aceveses. -- nm - TFox Apr 3, 07:05
NYC gyms have developed "Hunger Games Workouts" -- (link) - MDH Apr 3, 07:04 1
- So... this is the level of Hunger Games hype that is finally too much for STers. *makes note* -- nm - con_carne Apr 3, 08:22

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