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Holy moly. Hanley to Dodgers and Hamels with the Mega-extension? - musubi Jul 25, 09:32 4
- Now I want the dodgers to go get Greinke or Dempster -- nm - eag Jul 25, 09:33 1
  - While that'd be pretty sweet, I don't think they want to give up prospects from a thin farm for rentals of Greinke or Dempster. (nm) - musubi Jul 25, 09:36
- I expect they will be moving some salary soon to compensate for it. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 09:32 1
  - Who? Cliff Lee looks like he's broken, Halladay has been shaky too. Rollins, Utley and Howard contracts are albatross. - musubi Jul 25, 09:35
Gay people shouldn't boycott Chik Fil A. Gay couples should go to Chik Fil A, order the cheapest thing and then be affectionate in the restaurant. -- nm - Dano Jul 25, 09:26 4
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- There has already been a call for gay couples to walk in and start making out. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 09:27 2
  - I would make out with a chick in chick fil a -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 25, 09:29 1
    - And I'll sell tickets! -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 09:35
ST poll: What are you reading? Have recently read? -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 09:26 26
- Nothing. But I'm gonna try the third Game of Thrones book when I'm on vacation - prayformojo Jul 25, 09:34
- Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets. I don't even know why, exactly. -- nm - Andie Jul 25, 09:33 1
  - ~snort~ - eag Jul 25, 09:35
- Thinking, Fast and Slow (nm) - musubi Jul 25, 09:33
- My english professor's book of Holocuast poetry - znufrii Jul 25, 09:31
- The Last Ship -- nm - ceregon Jul 25, 09:29
- Patrick Lee's The Breach and Ghost Country --- they are fantastic sci-fi / actions. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 25, 09:29
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- A Clash of Kings. -- nm - LMS Jul 25, 09:28
- The Labyrinth. (novelization of the movie) -- nm - sycor Jul 25, 09:28
- A Visit From the Goon Squad: A -- nm - the human tater tot Jul 25, 09:28 2
  - this is incorrect. it's a B+. -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 25, 09:29 1
    - i had some quibbles with a few chapters - the human tater tot Jul 25, 09:34
- Still re-reading The Hobbit and also reading Swamplandia! (by Karen Russell). -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 25, 09:28
- The Boys. nm - Dignan Jul 25, 09:28 5
  - Oh, and just finished Falling Glass by Adrian McKinty. Between B and B+. nm - Dignan Jul 25, 09:32
  - The Garth Ennis comic or something different? -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 09:28 3
    - Ennis. nm - Dignan Jul 25, 09:30 2
      - cool, post your thoughts when done if you would. The last chpater (going on now) has been awesome - Beaker Jul 25, 09:31 1
        
        It's very...Ennis. - Dignan Jul 25, 09:34
- just started re-reading Catching Fire. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 09:27
- Reading 'Gone Girl' and it's goooood. -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 09:27
- The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes -- nm - Dano Jul 25, 09:27 1
  - again? thought you finished it -- nm - ceregon Jul 25, 09:29
- Gideon's Corpse from the Library just now. Just finished Dead Zero by Stephen Hunter...easily my least favorite of his Swagger books. -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 09:27 1
  - That is what I just got from the library. I am about 30 pages in -- nm - amoxy Jul 25, 09:28
loosi, I thought your parents were buying. -- (link) - world's most beautiful creature Jul 25, 09:24 [Backboard] 6
- your ledgers are as accurate as ever. They are buying my plane ticket, I've got the rest. -- nm - loosilu Jul 25, 09:24 5
  - my apologies. I thought you were staying with family. I've been out of the loop some helping friends paint all weekend and week. - world's most beautiful creature Jul 25, 09:28 3
    - I am staying with my older brother, and I'm chipping in. Better add an asterisk to your spreadsheet. -- nm - loosilu Jul 25, 09:29 2
      - I'm walking away because I thought we'd agreed not take postshots and you're very obviously trying to get to me. have a great day! -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 25, 09:31 1
        
        I would like you to stop tracking my expenses. -- nm - loosilu Jul 25, 09:31
  - and they are definitely not 1% either. -- nm - loosilu Jul 25, 09:25
So I'm guessing "Bachelorette" will once again carry the burden of being "the female Hangover"? -- (link) - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 25, 09:23
To steal a we've-prolly-already-done-this-lots poll from Will's statement: Name the quintessential 80s movie - prayformojo Jul 25, 09:22 45
- The answers below are all good, plus I think Commando can be a contender. -- nm - Max Jul 25, 09:37 2
  - or, Predator, rather. -- nm - Max Jul 25, 09:37 1
    - and Top Gun, and... -- nm - Max Jul 25, 09:38
- The Breakfast Club period end of sentence -- nm - rollo Jul 25, 09:35
- Karate Kid -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 09:31 7
  - Elizabeth Shue at her best. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 09:33 5
    - And hottest -- nm - eag Jul 25, 09:34 1
      - That is implied, yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 09:35
    - her *only* as far as I'm concerned. -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 25, 09:34 2
      - I liked her in The Saint -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 09:35
      - Adventures in Babysittng? nm - Dignan Jul 25, 09:35
  - I think this might be correct. -- nm - world's most beautiful creature Jul 25, 09:33
- Raiders of the Lost Ark -- nm - ceregon Jul 25, 09:31 1
  - Too throwback -- nm - con_carne Jul 25, 09:46
- Less Than Zero -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 25, 09:29
- Not quintessential, but I always think of Wall Street. nm - Dignan Jul 25, 09:27 1
  - I think a strong case can be made for separating early 80s from late 80s. -- nm - Max Jul 25, 09:41
- I'll also nominate Karate Kid. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 09:26
- 3 O Clock High. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 25, 09:26
- Better Off Dead! -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 25, 09:25 1
  - FRANCH fries, FRANCH dressing, and peru! -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 09:26
- so what makes an 80's movie? montage? cheese? lameness? steroids? -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 09:25 5
  - View to a Kill has cheese, lameness, steroids and Duran Duran. I can't remember a montage though. -- nm - Roger More Jul 25, 09:33
  - Also, wealthy villains - con_carne Jul 25, 09:29
  - Honestly, music/soundtrack sets eighties films apart the most for me. - con_carne Jul 25, 09:28
  - John Hughes -- nm - Jim Jul 25, 09:26
  - just answer the poll -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 09:25
- Real Genius. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 25, 09:24
- Die Hard -- nm - Other David Jul 25, 09:24
- To many to choose from. I'll toss in Goonies. -- nm - sycor Jul 25, 09:24
- Rocky 4. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 25, 09:24 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 09:26
- I agree with Ferris. -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 09:24
- War Games ! -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 09:24 2
  - heh, just finished Ready Player One :) -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 09:24 1
    - so great. they cant turn this around into a film fast enough. -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 09:25
- Breakfast Club -- nm - con_carne Jul 25, 09:24 1
  - Beverly Hills Cop -- nm - con_carne Jul 25, 09:29
- Goonies -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 09:24
- Sixteen Candles. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 25, 09:23 2
  - hi - prayformojo Jul 25, 09:24 1
    - hey. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 25, 09:26
- I'll nominate Fast Times, just because you didn't - Strongbad Jul 25, 09:23
- Back to the Future -- nm - amoxy Jul 25, 09:22 1
  - Never mind, since half the movie is in the 50's -- nm - amoxy Jul 25, 09:23
Greek athlete kicked off their olympic team after anti-immigrant tweet. -- (link) - znufrii Jul 25, 09:21
I guess I don't understand nerd rage. - ceregon Jul 25, 09:21 14
- But X3 and Wolverine were both big gigantic piles of shit. -- nm - Jovian Jul 25, 09:25
- Wolverine and X3 are just awful awful movies in general. - Will Hunting Jul 25, 09:24
- And BTW, issues with Wolverine were on nearly every level. Awful effects being near the top. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 09:23 1
  - and butchering popular characters and misusing others and throwing continuity out the window -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 09:24
- Give me a major issue. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 09:22 9
  - spoil - ceregon Jul 25, 09:29 6
    - In our world? Sure. Show me Gotham City on a map. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 09:39 2
      - It looked a lot like Manhattan to me. -- nm - ceregon Jul 25, 09:41 1
        
        it's also Chicago and Pittsburgh. -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 09:42
    - Re issue 1 - Reagen Jul 25, 09:32 2
      - because everybody says Nolan's movies are gritty and realistic...you can't have magic xylophones in movies like that -- nm - ceregon Jul 25, 09:35 1
        
        there's not a single movie ever made set in the real world that doesn't have an issue like this. - Reagen Jul 25, 09:40
  - spoil - sycor Jul 25, 09:28 1
    - I don't think so. spoils - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 09:33
Okay, so the key lime pie is chilling in the fridge and the pork is in the slow cooker for our burrito bowls later. mmmm sweetened condensed milk -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 09:18
Have there been any other examples of famous families warring over an estate? - loosilu Jul 25, 09:18 13
- The Jackson stuff reminds me a lot of MLK Jr here in Atlanta - Strongbad Jul 25, 09:20
- here is a top 10 -- (link) - Beaker Jul 25, 09:20 1
  - was going to mention the Astor one... -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 09:24
- Ronnie Milsap -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 09:19 2
  - He's dead?!! - Epiphany Jul 25, 09:20 1
    - I don't think so. wait. I might be messing things up here, heh -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 09:22
- Chuck Berry's family was warring over his dead body. literally. If I remember correctly -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 09:18 6
  - don't think he has a dead body, yet. :) -- nm - loosilu Jul 25, 09:21
  - I'm dead?!?!?!?!? -- nm - Chuck Berry Jul 25, 09:20 4
    - sorry - you just made me laugh- I mean...who did I mean? " Good GOD!" -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 09:21 3
      - James Brown. -- nm - pmb Jul 25, 09:32
      - heh...Chuck is still playing the Blueberry Hill Duck Room every month. Mental note...I need to go see Chuck Berry in the Duck Room soon. -- nm - Jim Jul 25, 09:26
      - Ted Williams? -- nm - loosilu Jul 25, 09:23
The one thing I loved about the Nolan Batman trilogy is - eag Jul 25, 09:17 12
- Gary Oldman's gots to play a good guy sometimes. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 25, 09:18 3
  - Wasnt he a good guy in The Professional? - Jovian Jul 25, 09:20 2
    - You have to wonder what cops did to Luc Besson before he got into movies. -- nm - Max Jul 25, 09:43
    - *snort!* -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 25, 09:20
- I liked Alfred the most. -- nm - ceregon Jul 25, 09:18 7
  - Less in the last movie (spoilers) - eag Jul 25, 09:19 1
    - your IM was the entire point. (spoilers) - Mel Profit Jul 25, 09:21
  - Nolan using all the characters to their fullest is awesome. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 09:19 4
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      - correct. -- nm - Reagen Jul 25, 09:21
      - No. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 09:21
    - Yeah also loved Lucious Fox -- nm - eag Jul 25, 09:20
Gynkata beats all the Rocky movies -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 09:16 3
- No Retreat No Surrender > Gymkata -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 09:19
- Only in being the worst thing ever. - Will Hunting Jul 25, 09:18
- Gymkata -- nm - Beaker Jul 25, 09:16
Complaining Rocky 4's montages are lame is completely confirming the fact it's The 80's movie. - Will Hunting Jul 25, 09:15 2
- I'd give 4 a slight edge if it wasn't for Rocky's speech at the very end. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 09:16 1
  - Also verry 80's the symbolic speech -- nm - eag Jul 25, 09:18
Some one is moving my cheese. [nm] - Mel Profit Jul 25, 09:15 2
- par. course. -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 25, 09:18
- Must be the Whales -- nm - amoxy Jul 25, 09:16
Always loved Pearl Jam's cover of The Real Me at the Rock Honors. Not until today did I realize that they also played Love Reign Oer Me right before. - prayformojo Jul 25, 09:14
There's no easy way out. -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 09:13 1
- There's no shortcut home -- nm - eag Jul 25, 09:13
Spaced is a show STers would make if we had our own production company and were English -- nm - con_carne Jul 25, 09:12 2
- Babylon 5 is a big pile of shit! - The Dark Spawn Jul 25, 09:18 1
  - Some of the made-for-Americans commentary track is highly entertaining - con_carne Jul 25, 09:21
More Chick-Fil-A ouchies. Supposedly they created a fake FB account to fabricate more muppets lies. -- (link) - Kim Pine Jul 25, 09:12 16
- It's not clear that it's actually a CFA person. Could be just someone who is anti gay marriage, don't you think? -- nm - loosilu Jul 25, 09:19 1
  - Could easily be. The photo used to set up the account comes from a stock photo place, but to download it just costs $20. - Roger More Jul 25, 09:25
- holy cow - who is running the show over there? the Paterno Family? - Epiphany Jul 25, 09:16
- I endorse your gay-hating policies, but your lack of social media skills compel me to demand a change in management. -- nm - Chick-Fil-A Stockholding Bigot s.i. Jul 25, 09:16
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  - its possible its a stunt -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 09:18
  - Same here. -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 25, 09:17
- I guess fake FB accounts are a family value. - ceregon Jul 25, 09:15
- I'm surprised they were associated with the Muppets in the first place, what with Bert and Ernie being gay. -- nm - loosilu Jul 25, 09:15 3
  - "you tell me to get out of my own fuckin' town? You better get your own fuckin' private army, pal." -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 25, 09:17
  - See the "Supporting Nontraditional Marriage Since 1984" with Kermit and Piggy circulating Facebook? -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 25, 09:17 1
    - love it -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 09:19
- "overrun with bigots"? Yeah there's some truthful in-depth journalism. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 09:14 2
  - I don't think anyone goes to gizmodo for the objective journalism -- nm - Roger More Jul 25, 09:18
  - both sides are going " plaid" -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 09:17
- good grief -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 09:13

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