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So, did we like Newsroom? Is it on par with other Sorkin stuff? - spamlet Jun 25, 14:39 3
- loved it -- nm - Remlik Jun 25, 14:43
- Only seen the first few minutes, but I'm already hooked. -- nm - Dr.Vermin is jejune and vituperative. Jun 25, 14:41
- I thoroughly enjoyed it and I will watch the rest. -- nm - peglegpete Jun 25, 14:40
Debbie Does Florida -- nm - CrankYanker50 Jun 25, 14:37
Another article on Newsroom and Sorkin. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin is jejune and vituperative. Jun 25, 14:35
ladies...(and David) WWE/WCW guy Kevin "Big Sexy" Nash is in Magic Mike -- nm - Remlik Jun 25, 14:29 3
- Do not want. He may be big, but he is so not sexy. -- nm - Qale Jun 25, 14:34
- He was also in Rock of Ages. Is he done with WWE? -- nm - David Jun 25, 14:33 1
  - no. he's on a Legends contract...but he wants another run.... - Remlik Jun 25, 14:34
I was just cranked called, in the office, by a toddler. - Mel Profit Jun 25, 14:27 3
- can you get the number? should a 'welfare check' be made? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 15:07
- who is drunk? - groiny Jun 25, 14:29 1
  - you need to have your daughter call him and tell him that the Hulk sucks -- nm - Remlik Jun 25, 14:31
more Cena via Doane.... - Remlik Jun 25, 14:26 5
- This really comes off as just sour grapes to me. Standing on the outside, this makes me think he does, in fact, have a bad attitude and deserves what - pmb Jun 25, 14:41 1
  - oh absolutely -- nm - Remlik Jun 25, 14:42
- In a later tweet, he admonished - con_carne Jun 25, 14:31
- This isn't nearly as entertaining as the Edge/Lita/Matt story. #imjustsayin -- nm - Qale Jun 25, 14:30 1
  - oh totally. -- nm - Remlik Jun 25, 14:35
Prometheus review is up. "I guess the best way to sum up this movie is to borrow a line from the GBLT anti-bullying campaign... It gets better." -- (link) - Qale Jun 25, 14:26
Newsroom spoiler - nubby Jun 25, 14:24 3
- Spoilers - David Jun 25, 14:28 2
  - confirmed... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 25, 14:50
  - If it's not, that guy has a career right there. -- nm - nubby Jun 25, 14:29
pip, use some shoulder pads from an old jacket for the crutches, or tear a throw pillow in half, use a couple bennie babies -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 14:12 1
- okay thanks. -- nm - Epiphany Jun 25, 14:17
bb: how to fill a flask, first empty it, these damn things are soldered with lead, you don't want to leave alcohol in it long, b. use a cream pitchur, - zeitgeist Jun 25, 14:07 3
- I would not assume that all (or even many) are soldered with lead. -- nm - zork Jun 25, 14:14 1
  - *thats* why its important to note, remember they are made in china and unless its glass inside (like old ones used to be) then yeah -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 15:08
- How it's Made, had a segment on making flasks a few years back that they rerun a lot -- nm - peglegpete Jun 25, 14:08
Wait, Cyprus is in the EU? -- (link) - spamlet Jun 25, 14:05 11
- How about this ... Israel plays in FIF's European division and could qualify for the Euro championships - zork Jun 25, 14:19
- Majority of Republicans support most of the provisions of the ACA individually, just not under the name Obamacare. -- (link) - Reagen Jun 25, 14:07 8
  - Well sure, there were plenty of elements that were in both Obama's and the GOP plan back in 2009. - Dr.Vermin Jun 25, 14:18 5
    - It's like 99% the same as the GOP plan put forth during the HillaryCare debates, and that includes the parts that are so objectionable now. -- nm - pmb Jun 25, 14:29 3
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        It's unquestionably true and has been very effective. - pmb Jun 25, 14:38
        
        Then I am just as paranoid as you -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 14:35
    - Yes, it's exactly like Scientology. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 14:19
  - not surprising, it's essentially the same as what they proposed in response to Hillary care in 1993 -- nm - znufrii Jun 25, 14:09
  - Whoops, should have been its own thread. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 14:07
- *raises hand* -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 14:06
who wants a FREE Green Lantern UV code? -- nm - Remlik Jun 25, 14:02 9
- True story: Green Lantern was on when I woke up yesterday. I was irritable all day because of it. -- nm - David Jun 25, 14:17 3
  - so Green Lantern is on every day when you wake up? - Remlik Jun 25, 14:19 1
    - I call that Groundhog Day...in Hell. -- nm - David Jun 25, 14:22
  - the least they could have done was have Reynolds do Blake with a giant green dildo. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 14:18
- what does it do? - peglegpete Jun 25, 14:07
- It probably speaks volumes that I'm torn on this. -- nm - Will Hunting, Futbol Picking God Jun 25, 14:04 2
  - you want it? -- nm - Remlik Jun 25, 14:04 1
    - No...... - Will Hunting, Futbol Picking God Jun 25, 14:05
- Who indeed? -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 14:03
TNT's The Great Escape last night...spoiler - peglegpete Jun 25, 13:57 4
- I didn't think the night shooting was to make it moody or spooky. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 25, 14:42
- I didn't know about it, but came across the last part. The listing said debut but they already gave out the money. what happens next? - zork Jun 25, 14:16
- That's disappointing. But in some better news, The Glass House is on tonight! - Jovian Jun 25, 14:05 1
  - based on last weeks show, i'd rather have a Castle rerun. But I will watch hoping it improves -- nm - peglegpete Jun 25, 14:06
Eeek! They changed BOM's home page. - con_carne Jun 25, 13:53
Another cool thing about Netflix. All their conference rooms are named after movies. -- nm - ceregon Jun 25, 13:46 5
- we did that 15 years ago. The exec conf room was "The Big Sleep." - howie Jun 25, 13:57
- It's pretty common for dot coms to do this kind of stuff. Esp. startups. -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 13:54
- wonders if the HR hatchet man uses the Terminator room -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 13:53 1
  - Dead Man Walking -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 14:00
- "Meeting at 4pm in the Black Hole!" -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 13:50
Wait! Where are you going?... I was going to make espresso! -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 13:39
Back to the 'breastaurant' topic: they also have a uniform company that caters to them. -- (link) - GregW Jun 25, 13:27 5
- I am in the wrong line of work -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 13:49
- st should invest in a breasterant...based on cheerleaders - zeitgeist Jun 25, 13:33 3
  - Uh, did you see the recent Madonna pics? - Spawn Jun 25, 13:35
  - this is not the most horrible idea ever -- nm - Epiphany Jun 25, 13:34 1
    - not only would everything be deep fried...but fried in bacon (that does sound like tasty wings) -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 13:39
Two things. - Truman Jun 25, 13:26 11
- ac troubles again? -- nm - J Jun 25, 13:41
- a. hope! b. a 5 hour window? yuck. good luck! -- nm - b. Jun 25, 13:37
- Break a leg -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 13:36
- be cool -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 13:34
- good luck! -- nm - Epiphany Jun 25, 13:34
- Best of luck! I hope you get something better really soon. - Krusty Jun 25, 13:32 1
  - um - groiny Jun 25, 13:44
- Cant wait till you can kick your old boss to the curb -- nm - eag Jun 25, 13:30
- Good luck! To improve your karma, you should take a dive on that CC game. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 25, 13:28 2
  - No -- nm - Truman Jun 25, 13:30 1
    - Harumph. Fine, then! - Dr.Vermin Jun 25, 13:41
It's probably foolish to walk to Costco, but I guess I'll risk it :/ - MojaveMeg Jun 25, 13:24 5
- Don't buy more than you can carry -- that's why Costco in NYC doesn't get much foot traffic, even though... - Old Antarctic Explorer Jun 25, 14:18
- If I could walk to Costco, I'd have a bean bag chair made of chocolate covered pretzel bags -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 13:26 1
  - s/have/be the size of/ -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 13:26
- "One does not simply walk into Costco ..." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 13:26 1
  - Walking *into* is not the problem :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 25, 13:33
hmm, it occurs to me that "@facebook.com" addresses will make it easy to impersonate facebook employees ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 13:19 7
- harump! I turned my off so that it does not display. - Old Antarctic Explorer Jun 25, 14:19
- I refuse to say that Comcast does things properly, but see: comcast.com vs. comcast.net -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 13:30
- iirc, actual employees now have fb.com; but you'd have to know that. -- nm - b. Jun 25, 13:20 2
  - Exactly. And given that people still reply to Prince Al-Fayed bin Atwar scam emails ....... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 13:22
  - yah, employees went to fb when they rolled out the addresses for users. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 25, 13:21
- i thought they auto generated @facebook email years ago? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 13:20 1
  - 2010 -- nm - decline Jun 25, 13:23
Loosi, it looks to me that they've retconned Fi's past on Burn Notice, she was/is an Arms Dealer - Remlik Jun 25, 13:19 7
- that directly contradicts what they told us before. - loosilu Jun 25, 13:22 6
  - yeah, I'm sure she was always ex-IRA. - Kim Pine Jun 25, 13:23 5
    - oh yeah. but now for the past year or so they make a point of saying arms dealer and her character bio - Remlik Jun 25, 13:25 1
      - as if it's not cool to say you're ex-IRA anymore....geez -- nm - J Jun 25, 13:48
    - they did show that she had a lot of experience in illegal weapons trade. - loosilu Jun 25, 13:25 2
      - true. but it doesn't make her a 'terrorist' per se. -- nm - Remlik Jun 25, 14:01
      - That is her other line, when she isn't blowing things up. -- nm - GregW Jun 25, 13:29
Odd Story 'O the Day: Kid given haircut as legal punishment for doing the same to another kid. -- (link) - TWuG Jun 25, 13:14 1
- Classy kid... - znufrii Jun 25, 13:25
So I had my blood drawn at 8:20 this morning. The first results were posted to my medical record and email at 10:51. - MojaveMeg Jun 25, 13:14 3
- nice!! good blood! -- nm - Epiphany Jun 25, 13:33
- I've been impressed with speed recently, too. yay for good blood! :) - -- nm - b. Jun 25, 13:19 1
  - you should really stay off the drugs ya' know -- nm - decline Jun 25, 13:20
This is kind of neat. I'm finally getting paid $15.86 for my Amazon.uk sales from Nov 2011 through May 2012 as it reached the payout amount. Huzzah! -- nm - Qale Jun 25, 13:09 11
- That's like 2 burritos! -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 13:09 10
  - Like they have any food that tastes as good as burritos in the UK. -- nm - Qale Jun 25, 13:11 9
    - curry, oooh ethiopian nan...bangers n beans? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 13:14
    - Do you have to spend the money in the UK because that seems like a very strange restriction -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 13:12 7
      - No. That's actually converted to USD and is being deposited into my bank account. They just require you to make 15 bucks before they send it. This is - Qale Jun 25, 13:13 6
        
        So buy yourself some american burritos with your UK booty! -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 13:14 5
        
        Tickets to Magic Mike perhaps? -- nm - Qale Jun 25, 13:24 1
        
        Hell. Yes. -- nm - Epiphany Jun 25, 13:35
        
        transfer fees, international money exchange fees, service fees = $16 -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 13:17 2
        
        I imagine if my books were sold in Greece, I'd owe money for every one sold. -- nm - Qale Jun 25, 13:23 1
        
        in order not to risk any qale points I will not say anything about greek business -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 13:36
It was 3 years ago today that Michael Jackson died - amoxy Jun 25, 13:07 16
- Wow. -- nm - lileve Jun 25, 13:18
- Sandusky should have hired his lawyer. -- nm - Bacon Jun 25, 13:11
- I think he might have died 2 years before that, even. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 13:08 13
  - OT: the original offer is still out there. Any interest or do you want me to cancel? -- nm - spamlet Jun 25, 13:19 10
    - you can cancel it... - groiny Jun 25, 13:22 9
      - Mine weren't AAA burnouts! - spamlet Jun 25, 13:26 8
        
        mine was. - groiny Jun 25, 13:29 7
        
        I really don't want Alvarez. Davis is actually $2, not $7 if that makes a difference. - spamlet Jun 25, 13:46 6
        
        it is getting worse! nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 13:50
        
        plus, if I have to have a place for these bodies to play. - groiny Jun 25, 13:49 3
        
        I putting in Hosmer, de Aza, and a 22 year old C that's already starting! - spamlet Jun 25, 13:58 2
        
        who would you start DeAza ahead of in my outfield? - groiny Jun 25, 14:01 1
        
        I did straight position for position this time. - spamlet Jun 25, 14:11
        
        I understand that part. - groiny Jun 25, 13:47
  - There is a spot open in the 70's room if you are interested -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 13:09 1
    - For you. -- (link) - con_carne Jun 25, 13:14
Welcome to B1! Show me your papers!! -- nm - Max Jun 25, 13:07 1
- Rolling or News - amoxy Jun 25, 13:08
cinemagram is kind of interesting, if sometimes a little creepy. nm but: - b. Jun 25, 13:06 10
- moving pictures! AH! the devil! - oblique Jun 25, 13:14 1
  - heh, that's what I thought at first; but it looks more like an animation effect. -- nm - b. Jun 25, 13:18
- *porn waiting to happen.* -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 13:12 7
  - This was my first thought too. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 13:17 6
    - (not that there's anything wrong with that.) -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 13:22
    - groniy sent me photos of his junk last week. you think he's not going to animate the next batch? -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 13:20 4
      - Aww, it looks like a caterpillar! -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 13:26 1
        
        sure, one that is smoking a pipe and sitting on a giant mushroom. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 13:30
      - watch him jump! nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 13:23
      - oh dear. sorry for enabling. -- nm - b. Jun 25, 13:22

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