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stewie's bookmarks news network: SI's 2012 NFL Draft grades -- (link) - pixitude Apr 29, 14:18 1
- Denver should have let Manning help them with the draft. -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 29, 14:21
I'm always late, but loved the fan service on this past week's episode of South Park. -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 14:13
Oscars, MTV Music awards, Tonys, Emmys Golden Globes ...OR...White House Corespondents Dinner? choose one to be invited to - zeitgeist Apr 29, 13:52 8
- Golden Globes -- nm - JenBro Apr 29, 14:26 2
  - *makes the drinky drinky motion* -- nm - pixitude Apr 29, 14:26 1
    - You know it! I'm no dummy - I know a good time when I see one ;) -- nm - JenBro Apr 29, 14:38
- For celeb watching, Oscars. For entertainment, Tonys. For fun, Correspondents. -- nm - CovingtonCat Apr 29, 14:23
- Oscars -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 14:22
- Oscars -- nm - peglegpete Apr 29, 13:57
- Golden Globes. -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 13:55
- Oscars -- nm - Bacon Apr 29, 13:53
On Thursday, NFL.com's Jason Smith published his list of the 32 starting NFL quarterbacks, ranked from 1 to 32. -- (link) - Bacon Apr 29, 13:51 10
- April 5 was Thursday? How long have I been asleep? -- nm - David Apr 29, 14:24
- They put Mark Sanchez above Alex Smith? And Andrew Luck, who hasn't played a down, is #16 - amoxy Apr 29, 14:22 1
  - Luck barley making the top half? Agreed. - Iron Spawn Apr 29, 14:24
- Did he run over your dog or something? Jeebus. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 29, 13:53 6
  - He ruined my team. So worse. Sorry Rover -- nm - Bacon Apr 29, 13:55 2
    - Ruined what team? The Niners drafted #1 to get him for a reason. It's not like he was Brian Griese taking over for a departing legend....the Niners - Will Hunting Apr 29, 13:58 1
      - Well if I want to look at the bright side. His sucky suck has kept us high in the draft for years and years so our defense being good is because he - Bacon Apr 29, 14:01
  - Also, no Aaron Rodgers in the top 3.....much less behind Big Ben is the most ludicrous thing anyone paid to write about sports has said in a long time -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 29, 13:55 2
    - He projects players without NFL experience. Bacon could have written this garbage. -- nm - David Apr 29, 14:26
    - Yeah, full of flaws. -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 29, 14:13
Zynga posts an 85 million dollar loss in 2012's first quarter. -- (link) - Qale Apr 29, 13:48 5
- *not shocked* -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 14:15
- *asks 85 million friends to give us a dollar* -- nm - Zynga Apr 29, 13:54
- way to go, stacy -- nm - pixitude Apr 29, 13:53
- Good. I hate their business model. -- nm - TWuG Apr 29, 13:51 1
  - *you require 10 more doohickeys from friends in order to complain* -- nm - Zynga Apr 29, 14:23
I have DVD only Netflix. I think I would be more likely to add streaming if I could see what in my queue would be available to stream. - Dano Apr 29, 13:47 1
- You've got a higher probability of finding your queue on streaming, but for most people it's not a high probability. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 14:13
I swear the people doing this list are just effen with us -- (link) - amoxy Apr 29, 13:41 3
- Eric Clapton must be in there a half dozen times with various bands -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 14:26
- At least they got the correct Who song. I expected to see something else. - spamlet Apr 29, 14:14
- First I've looked at it, but Metallica's #31? - Will Hunting Apr 29, 13:52
I ate at Voltaggio's new lunch restaurant this afternoon. Holy cow, was my sandwich great. - kelly Apr 29, 13:24 3
- Oh my gawd, that sounds yum. - Epiphany Apr 29, 13:26 1
  - Hes one of the brothers who competed in Top Chef a few years ago. -- nm - kelly Apr 29, 13:34
- Awesome. That sounds so good. -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 13:26
Remlik lives up to the hype. - TWuG Apr 29, 13:20
Just spent three hours with the professional organizer, and cleared out the ENTIRE living room. Guess how many trash bags we filled? -- nm - loosi Apr 29, 13:02 9
- Cleaning the House? Learning wife skills, good, good. -- nm - Bacon Apr 29, 13:19
- any before & after pictures -- nm - peglegpete Apr 29, 13:18
- Two and a half. -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 13:07 4
  - I'll give it to you. 1.5 trash, 1 recycling. -- nm - loosi Apr 29, 13:08 3
    - Must feel like a whole new apartment now with all that neatness. -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 13:14 2
      - It does. it feels amazing. I hung up a lot of artwork too. -- nm - loosi Apr 29, 13:17 1
        
        Nice! Any chance you took before and after pics or would we not really notice the difference even if you did? - Krusty Apr 29, 13:22
- 31.250 -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 29, 13:06
- 4 -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 13:02
OMG! This wing coaster at Dollywood looks awesome! - CovingtonCat Apr 29, 12:51 1
- Looks awesome. But I agree, it's a very short ride. -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 12:58
"Professional curiosity: What are you on?" -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 12:51 2
- Go! -- nm - Dano Apr 29, 12:52 1
  - I have to say, even with it being extremely edited and the CW having some kind of tinny sound echo problem, it was still damn good. -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 12:57
I like grilling, but gas is so much easier than charcoal - Truman Apr 29, 12:49 3
- having ran out of gas, having to guess when it might, I just got a 2nd tank, swap them out and refill (DO NOT use those tank exchange except in emerg - zeitgeist Apr 29, 14:13
- 30 minutes? You need one of these. -- (link) - Roger More Apr 29, 13:49
- I have no issues with people that like gas better. I would rather cook inside the kitchen unless I am using charcoal. The taste is worth the effort. -- nm - Bacon Apr 29, 12:57
So I am wondering this because it has been coming up. Saying you go to the ER with appendicitis like symptoms. The surgeon says "it looks like you - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 29, 12:39 18
- aren't there other than surgical options appendicitis? - Beaker Apr 29, 12:51 3
  - You can do medical management (antibiotics) but it isn't really the standard of care. So in someone who you really don't want to take to surgery you - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 29, 13:11 1
    - cool (we've always kinda questions the cancer treatment my father received so it is good to know. Thanks.) -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 13:19
  - When I was 12 (and docs still made house-calls) I was diagnosed with appendicitis. The doc treated me at home and - MojaveMeg Apr 29, 12:58
- Surgery. And this actually already happened. Narrowly missed it asploding! -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 12:45
- what would the alternative diagnosis be? -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 12:44 2
  - Could be something simple like a GI bug (CT will be normal) or could be some inflammation of the bowels overall. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 29, 12:49
  - pay for the CT scan and find out! -- nm - pixitude Apr 29, 12:45
- CT scan. my appendix came out in 1978 -- nm - peglegpete Apr 29, 12:44
- I'd go for the surgery. -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 12:41
- if it's actually a 90% chance of appendicitis, surgery - pixitude Apr 29, 12:40 5
  - Historically it has been shown to be 10% false positive. They would even have a saying something like "if you don't get a false positive then you - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 29, 12:47 4
    - what are the odds of still developing appendicitis in the future? if it's more than 10%, still take the knife -- nm - pixitude Apr 29, 12:48 3
      - they think the appendix really does have a purpose, it is a resevoir of helpful bacteria, so when you get really bad food poisoning and your system.. - zeitgeist Apr 29, 13:39 1
        
        That's my understanding, too. - TWuG Apr 29, 13:54
      - The incidence of acute appendicitis has been declining steadily since the late 1940s, and the current annual incidence is 10 cases per 100,000 - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 29, 12:51
- Which did Monty Hall offer me? -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 12:40 1
  - Two Hookers and a jelly bean or Door #2 -- nm - Epiphany Apr 29, 13:09
Philly/Devils starting in about 5 minutes -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 12:20
Friends with Benefits the series that didn't make it on NBC s on Netflix Streaming. It's cute, better than some stuff that made it -- nm - Epiphany Apr 29, 12:12
B2 inspired poll - what was your first booze pirchase ' legal or not? Me - 151 Rum - legal - JenBro Apr 29, 12:03 30
- Nope. 12 of Bud at 16. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 29, 14:00
- oh lord, that was 25 years ago. I'm sure it was probably beer, but I honestly can't remember. It was freshman year at college. -- nm - loosi Apr 29, 13:00 3
  - and, I forgot. Bought a beer in France when I was 15. it was legal. -- nm - loosi Apr 29, 13:03 1
    - oh yeah....my first legal drink was beer in germany at 16...yeah europe -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 13:40
  - and it was legal. The drinking age was 18 in DC at the time. -- nm - loosi Apr 29, 13:00
- Maybe rum & coke (not legal) in a bar. Pretty sure my first legal purchase would have been vodka or rum. -- nm - CovingtonCat Apr 29, 12:55
- beer in germany, technically legal - znufrii Apr 29, 12:46
- I was going to say a German beer in Germany... - Stephen Apr 29, 12:39 1
  - I didn't count beer, I figured she meant liquor. Otherwise it was beer but not sure which brand. -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 12:40
- Same as Beaker. Vodka and not legal. -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 12:25
- vodka, very not legal age -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 12:18
- I was at some tourist trap phoney victorian village place and bought some apple wine (not boones farm, this was pricy piss in a bottle) and I'm sure - zeitgeist Apr 29, 12:17
- Mario and I split a 6 pk of O`Keefe Extra Old Stock malt beer for $1.45 and got plastered, circa 1969 -- nm - mud Apr 29, 12:16
- Likely Boones Farm Wine -- nm - Epiphany Apr 29, 12:10 4
  - nmbPip - Iron Spawn Apr 29, 12:11 3
    - Arghhh!! But it did *feel -- nm - Epiphany Apr 29, 12:12 2
      - Different, right. I don't know how to describe it, it changes lanes on the same highway - Epiphany Apr 29, 12:14 1
        
        Oh yeah. I am on for the ride. -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 29, 12:20
- Other than the drinks the night of? Corwn Royal. -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 29, 12:09
- Damned if I can remember :) Was underage when I left home so I drank whatever Dad had on hand :) - MojaveMeg Apr 29, 12:09 3
  - I can't wait to hear stories from you in person! -- nm - JenBro Apr 29, 12:24 2
    - Heh, be careful what you wish for ;) -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 29, 12:34 1
      - You can't be serious ... I love stories - there is never enough time for good stories anymore! -- nm - JenBro Apr 29, 12:41
- Killian's, legal. At the Ga Renn Fair! -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 12:09
- no idea what it was, and I was not legal -- nm - peglegpete Apr 29, 12:07
- more'n likely a mickey of vodka. -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 12:07 4
  - What's a mickey? -- nm - JenBro Apr 29, 12:11 3
    - here -- (link) - Reagen Apr 29, 12:13 2
      - What a useful little link! Thanks!!! -- nm - JenBro Apr 29, 12:25
      - We had Mickey's big mouth beer -- (link) - Epiphany Apr 29, 12:16 [Image]
James, are you still waiting for your date?? -- nm - peglegpete Apr 29, 11:54 1
- Lol!! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 29, 12:02
Okay, so my estimate for The Raven was mostly so I could make a really bad joke, but I almost nailed it. -- nm - Tim Apr 29, 11:45 1
- nevermore -- nm - peglegpete Apr 29, 11:52
EW on why the big spoiler at the end of this week's Community happened -- (link) - Reagen Apr 29, 11:40 1
- Also a sizable future spoiler in the article. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 29, 12:00
JR JR to attempt to break his world record for comic signing & personal appearance this coming weekend - peglegpete Apr 29, 11:39
Hurrah! Go is on the local CW network right now. -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 11:37 4
- It's heavily edited though. :( -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 11:41 3
  - Like INSANELY heavily edited. -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 11:52 2
    - I'm embarrassed I don't own this movie -- nm - Epiphany Apr 29, 12:02 1
      - I own like 14 movies. Owning DVDs just isn't something I'm into apparently. -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 12:07
New GEICO commercial pretty funny...lizard ventriloquism -- nm - budice Apr 29, 11:27
Question. If one wants to cook potstoes on the grill, you wrap them in aluminum foil, but totally closed or leave a hole to breathe? -- nm - tRu Pad Apr 29, 11:19 13
- par cook in the micro wave, coat with a bit of oil, grill, or wrap in alum and place them ON the coals, turn or do what my father loved to do - zeitgeist Apr 29, 12:20 1
  - the point of par cooking them first is that you can grill the steaks or whatever and have them done same time -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 12:22
- roll them every 10 minutes and try not to put them directly over the flames -- nm - peglegpete Apr 29, 11:26
- The way you describe it, I picture a spud with a trach ring -- nm - budice Apr 29, 11:23
- Totally closed -- nm - Stephen Apr 29, 11:20
- wrap in foil, poke holes through the foil with a fork -- nm - pixitude Apr 29, 11:20 7
  - also, coat in olive oil before you wrap them up -- nm - pixitude Apr 29, 11:21 6
    - (so long as it's not green olive oil) - JenBro Apr 29, 11:48 5
      - no, i like olive oil -- nm - pixitude Apr 29, 11:49 4
        
        *throws up hands* -- nm - JenBro Apr 29, 12:00 3
        
        that's ok he won't ever marry her. -- nm - Remlik Apr 29, 12:02 2
        
        Heh -- nm - JenBro Apr 29, 12:08 1
        
        but he has a good chance with her brother, Castor. -- nm - peglegpete Apr 29, 12:12
B2 is such a total Cisaster! -- nm - Bacon Apr 29, 11:07
SITWAP: The draft analyzed in animated .gifs. This is the best thing ever. -- (link) - Tim Apr 29, 10:53 12
- The running gags (NYJ, GB, etc) are great. -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 11:38 3
  - I like the Seahawks...Not the Momma! -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 11:44 1
    - I love that all the picks up to that point get "approve!" pics, and then we get to that one. -- nm - Tim Apr 29, 11:48
  - Chargers too -- nm - Tim Apr 29, 11:40
- This justifies the entire internet. -- nm - David Apr 29, 11:35
- *abstains from mopping you* -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 29, 10:54 6
  - it's ok he got stomped by 12 years in Magic. - Remlik Apr 29, 11:07 5
    - It's like the board is possessed by Musibiusi of the past -- nm - Epiphany Apr 29, 12:17
    - 12 year olds! -- nm - Remlik Apr 29, 11:11
    - HIV positive? -- nm - budice Apr 29, 11:10 2
      - huh? -- nm - Remlik Apr 29, 11:11 1
        
        Magic Johnson -- nm - Bacon Apr 29, 11:50

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