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lyc, PrincessCY started at Oakley yesterday. She said the employee discounts are crazy....$1000 watches for $200....$300 sunglasses for $90...and - CrankYanker50 Jun 21, 10:05
Texas bank sues to challenge constitutionality of Dodd/Frank -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 21, 10:00 2
- I hope the second Gilded Age is better than the first. -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 10:04
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"You darn kids better cut it out, or I'm gonna pull this bus over right now!" -- nm - Strongbad Jun 21, 09:55 1
- They should strap them all in like Silence of the Lambs. -- nm - CrankYanker50 Jun 21, 10:03
Dear Prudence, I have a 9-year-old son, "Jake," who is starting to ask questions about his deceased grandfather. - amoxy Jun 21, 09:55 2
- twas easy to get away with fibs in the past, now-a-days he can just check the internet and find out in around 5 minutes... -- nm - Beaker Jun 21, 10:01
- "He had an accident. Say, did I ever tell you about the time he took me to the ballpark..." -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 21, 09:57
Twitter's down. Not even a fail whale. -- nm - nubby Jun 21, 09:50 10
- OH NO! THE WORLD IS GOING TO EXPLOD... oh wait. It's just Twitter. Let us know when Facebook goes down -- nm - Mr. Havens Jun 21, 09:57 3
  - wait for it. -- nm - Spawn Jun 21, 10:17
  - heh. although, imagine if this board were not threaded. it would be the same as twitter. -- nm - zork Jun 21, 10:01 1
    - Cappy? Under 140 characters? -- nm - Mr. Havens Jun 21, 10:04
- maybe Bacon can share some of his happy pills -- nm - zork Jun 21, 09:54
- Thotter's up. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 21, 09:53
- ST Poll: What caused Twitter to collapse? -- nm - Beaker Jun 21, 09:51 3
  - LeBron announces he's leaving Miami and holding The Decision 2 this Summer. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 21, 09:56 1
    - I was thinking if Miami loses 3 in a row and Lebron chokes it could break Twitter. -- nm - Beaker Jun 21, 10:02
  - Chris Brown and Drake announced as in UFC on FX 4 tomorrow night -- nm - Beaker Jun 21, 09:52
ST Televisioning Poll: What are you watching this summer? What summertime series are you "giving a chance" to as of this moment? -- nm - con_carne Jun 21, 09:30 49
- Olympics, but I want to start Breaking Bad at some point soon. -- nm - kelly Jun 21, 10:05
- Trying to make it through Buffy. On the last episode of Season 2. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 10:04 3
  - Woot! Buffy! -- nm - miffed67 Jun 21, 10:05 2
    - You'll fit in well here. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 21, 10:07 1
      - HUGE fan of Buffy, and Joss Whedon! :) -- nm - miffed67 Jun 21, 10:08
- Olympics, Big Brother, not sure what else. Is Wipeout coming back? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 21, 10:03 1
  - Big Balls! hope so. -- nm - Beaker Jun 21, 10:03
- White Collar, Royal Pains, Longmire, The Glades. Pretty much all of my summer fare, right there. Gearing up for SOA in Sept! - miffed67 Jun 21, 09:47 2
  - SOA is back in Sept? I had not heard this - oh man, oh man, oh man. -- nm - Epiphany Jun 21, 09:48 1
    - That was the last I heard on it. Do you follow Kurt Sutter on Twitter? -- nm - miffed67 Jun 21, 10:05
- Olympics, duh -- nm - zork Jun 21, 09:46
- Royal Pains, Dallas, Newsroom (most anticipated). Other than that my wife and I started watching Mad Men from season 1. -- nm - pmb Jun 21, 09:40
- USA shows -- Common Law, Psych, White Collar....mostly everything but Burn Notice and Royal Pains. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 21, 09:35 5
  - More Jill Flint for me. -- nm - David Jun 21, 09:36 4
    - Did you watch yesterday? (spoils) - pmb Jun 21, 09:41 2
      - I've been watching only sporadically, but - Max Jun 21, 10:02
      - I haven't yet. I'm usually five or six days late on all of these. -- nm - David Jun 21, 09:43
    - Yes, but more Mark Fueruererrstein for you too. - Will Hunting Jun 21, 09:40
- Taken from a recent FB post: - David Jun 21, 09:35 4
  - The Newsroom is the only thing on that list I'm excited for. Though... - Dr.Vermin Jun 21, 09:40 1
    - Sorkin needs a good producer to ride him and grind down the rougher edges. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 21, 09:49
  - Oh crap, I forgot to record Futurama again! - musubi Jun 21, 09:38 1
    - Next showing is tomorrow at 9:27 PM. So sayeth my TiVo. -- nm - David Jun 21, 09:39
- Currently I'm slogging through Extras. I'll get back to Big Love soon. -- nm - nubby Jun 21, 09:34 3
  - Possibly my favorite series finale ever. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 21, 09:35 2
    - Extras, I'm assuming? -- nm - nubby Jun 21, 09:43 1
      - Correct. Sorry. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 21, 09:46
- dvr'ing Falling Skies. We'll see if I watch it. -- nm - decline Jun 21, 09:33 1
  - Yeah, Season 1 was so hit and miss, not sure if I want to invest time in Season 2 -- nm - amoxy Jun 21, 09:42
- Breaking Bad seasons 1-new stuff if the kidlet allows it. Otherwise, just Jays games and the CFL. - Name Withheld By Request Jun 21, 09:33 1
  - Oh yeah, and The Newsroom (pleasedontbebadpleasedontbebadpleasedontbe.. .) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 21, 09:33
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  - S2 was the worst. S3 was the best. -- nm - nubby Jun 21, 09:44
  - I'm also working on Season 2 of the wire, one disc left. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 09:34 5
    - You need to help me sell this show to the wife. She is not enthusiastic about checking it out. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 21, 09:36 4
      - for chicks ( I found) - it's a very, very slow start - it's almost *too* suble of character building -- nm - Epiphany Jun 21, 09:47
      - what's her stance on The Killing? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 09:47 2
        
        Never seen it. She likes Game of Thrones though, if that helps. - Dr.Vermin Jun 21, 09:52 1
        
        The Wire is a police drama with one case per season, essentially, but characters that remain consistent throughout the series -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 09:54
- season 2 of Suits, Dealiest Catch Opie season, White Collar season2 and Psych season 6 -- nm - Beaker Jun 21, 09:32
- Nothing new. Just lots of Food Network and MLB Network. (nm) - musubi Jun 21, 09:32
- I'm semi addicted to Game of Thrones right now. -- nm - Loyola Jun 21, 09:32
- Breaking Bad and a few other shows return soon. I don't know what "new" shows are coming up for summer. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 09:32 1
  - plus Breaking Bad for me. can't wait -- nm - Beaker Jun 21, 09:33
- Franklin/Bash, Tosh, Longmire, I'm going to try: Russell Brand and Anger Management -- nm - Epiphany Jun 21, 09:31
- I'm not sure I've turned on the TV since the finale of Awake. Maybe for baseball. Waiting for Project Runway. -- nm - mara Jun 21, 09:31
- CBS Sunday Morning -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Jun 21, 09:31 1
  - I do like that show a lot -- nm - con_carne Jun 21, 09:44
- Counting the hours to Louie and Wilfred. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 21, 09:30
so... - znufrii Jun 21, 09:28 22
- nice! welcome to the club! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 10:04
- That's cool. We still live in a van down by the river -- nm - Mr. Havens Jun 21, 09:58
- Congrats! -- nm - Strongbad Jun 21, 09:52
- nice! -- nm - Beaker Jun 21, 09:40
- congrats - groiny Jun 21, 09:38
- Awesome! -- nm - David Jun 21, 09:36
- Bittersweet huh? - CrankYanker50 Jun 21, 09:33
- Best of luck, make it a home ;) -- nm - Loyola Jun 21, 09:33
- Congrats. I expect at least one room to be decorated with unicorns and rainbows. - musubi Jun 21, 09:31 5
  - but of course. -- nm - znufrii Jun 21, 09:34 1
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  - ooh, theme rooms. "The home office is decorated as a shrine to Ayn Rand" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 09:33 2
    - "I'm sorry, I can't let you go in there, get your own damn office." - musubi Jun 21, 09:34 1
      - "The hallways are inspired by Kubrick." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 09:41
- fantastic! that was semi painless -- nm - Epiphany Jun 21, 09:31
- HUZZAH! - Dr.Vermin Jun 21, 09:29 1
  - nice. good luck! -- nm - znufrii Jun 21, 09:34
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- VN! -- nm - amoxy Jun 21, 09:29
- No. Way. -- nm - Spawn Jun 21, 09:28 2
  - yes. way. - znufrii Jun 21, 09:36 1
    - actually, we did. - Spawn Jun 21, 10:19
Walt_Disney: Honestly, it might be smartest to mention the dating profile. The guy clearly has no idea how the internet works. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 09:27
amoxy: if you saw the whole season, I don't think I'd bother with the book. - Dr.Vermin Jun 21, 09:26
lir pfm, I'm confused, why is the door to the attic *down* a half flight of stairs? -- nm - CrankYanker50 Jun 21, 09:22 5
- It's a split-level house - that attic stretches out over the half of the first level that doesn't have an upper floor above it. -- nm - prayformojo Jun 21, 09:28 4
  - this totally destroys my " Amityville" layout I had going in my head -- nm - Epiphany Jun 21, 09:32 2
    - I'm trying to decide if having the *thing* nextdoor is worse than over my head. -- nm - CrankYanker50 Jun 21, 09:35 1
      - It's a proven fact that ghosts can walk through walls far easier than drop through ceilings so it's much worse. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 21, 09:37
  - gotcha -- nm - CrankYanker50 Jun 21, 09:31
Shooting a quarter pounder with cheese... -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Jun 21, 09:22 [youtube] 1
- Funny accent alert! -- nm - nubby Jun 21, 09:25
Batman fans: Does this book sound as boring to you as it does to me? (Trying to decide whether to get it for the library.) -- (link) - mara Jun 21, 09:21 2
- *yawn* -- nm - Spawn Jun 21, 09:28
- I wouldn't read it. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 21, 09:22
"Wait, you killed a goat?" "I killed a *lot* of animals over there..." -- nm - office transcripts Jun 21, 09:20 1
- well, I tore up a couple beavers for sure. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 21, 09:21
Okay, let's assume Truman's phone interview leads to a job offer he accepts. How should he quit his current job? - Will Hunting Jun 21, 09:20 15
- grab two beers and jump -- nm - znufrii Jun 21, 09:26
- I think you do it super professionally *BUT* subliminally passive aggressive by playing this audibly in the background (link) - musubi Jun 21, 09:25 [youtube]
- this, this, this, and this to all of the below. -- nm - CrankYanker50 Jun 21, 09:23
- Like Ed Norton in Fight Club. - Dr.Vermin Jun 21, 09:23
- Rub his nipples while explaining that he's quitting. -- nm - pmb Jun 21, 09:22 2
  - rub his bosses nipples? nm -- nm - groiny Jun 21, 09:23 1
    - Either way. Whatever works best for Tru. -- nm - pmb Jun 21, 09:23
- he comes in: Black suit, mirrored aviators, with a stainless steel briefcase handcuffed to his hand. Wordless, he opens the case - Epiphany Jun 21, 09:21 2
  - Perfect! -- nm - miffed67 Jun 21, 09:43
  - I like it. -- nm - mara Jun 21, 09:24
- He needs to go all Milton...Burn the mother-f**king building down -- nm - amoxy Jun 21, 09:21
- I would be real tempted to just go all office space on him. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 21, 09:21
- Professionally. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 09:20 2
  - I'm with you. Tru on the high road will look better for him in 10 years. -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Jun 21, 09:32
  - Go sit in the corner and read the newspaper dad. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 21, 09:23
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- Wait. All (well, most) of the responses here are serious. Jack was being facetious, right? - musubi Jun 21, 09:23 21
  - I assumed he was, I just wanted to make a joke about The Simple Life being an entitlement whore's version of Undercover Boss -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 09:28
  - "Do I know what a rhetorical question is?" -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 09:27 1
    - Does an ursine mammal typically defecate in wooded area? (nm) - musubi Jun 21, 09:29
  - I assumed he meant the phrasing "a person named Nicole Richie" carried an implicit "Who the fuck is Nicole Richie?" -- nm - mara Jun 21, 09:25 1
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    - It wasn't you, it was the serious responses to your rhetorical Q that had be puzzled. - musubi Jun 21, 09:27
    - She is in that category, but like I said, she has had some acting gigs and is not bad - amoxy Jun 21, 09:26 10
      - Which she wouldn't have gotten if Americans were stupid. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 21, 09:28 9
        
        were = weren't. - Will Hunting Jun 21, 09:29 7
        
        Well, you are American. (nm) - musubi Jun 21, 09:30 6
        
        *screen prints whatever he discovers* - Will Hunting Jun 21, 09:34 5
        
        Sure, but it's an official record from the official office, but how can I be SURE? (nm) - The Donald Jun 21, 09:37 4
        
        Just remember -- the guy who's been bankrupt 3 times was running for attention on the platform of fiscal sanity. - Will Hunting Jun 21, 09:41 3
        
        Jefferson declared several times too. - Dr.Vermin Jun 21, 09:53 2
        
        How many of them "ran" on the idea of fiscal sanity? - Will Hunting Jun 21, 09:57 1
        
        I'm not saying Trump is/was a good candidate. Maybe not even better than you! (though, I think Trump votes) - Dr.Vermin Jun 21, 10:02
        
        weren't. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 09:29
    - Becuase Americans are stupid. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 21, 09:25 1
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- Lionel Richie's daughter. 'Nuf said. -- nm - GregW Jun 21, 09:21
- She has had some acting gigs. She was not bad in the two episodes of Chuck she was in -- nm - amoxy Jun 21, 09:21
- Heh. -- nm - Loyola Jun 21, 09:20
- Paris Hilton's friend. They had that stupid show on fox where they lived the lives of "normals" for a bit. I think it was called Undercover Bitches. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 09:19
- Fleeting expletives. Things you say while using a Fleet's product. -- nm - CrankYanker50 Jun 21, 09:18
Thought I saw Bacon on a Girls Gone Wild type show....the guy was a tshirt that read...... - CrankYanker50 Jun 21, 09:15

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