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The story of the first man to perform a super-sonic skydive. Except his involved an SR-71 disintegrating around him -- (link) - TWuG Oct 12, 16:02 1
- The epilogue from the pilot's original blog post is fantastic - JD Oct 12, 16:15
Spawn....JMS signed a deal to write the Valiant comics movie adaption of Shadowman -- (link) - Remlik Oct 12, 15:55
USA has ordered a 16-episode third season of its legal drama Suits -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 15:54 1
- nice. that might be my favorite USA show. -- nm - Remlik Oct 12, 15:58
LYC: My Argo showing is packed. -- nm - MDH Oct 12, 15:53 2
- I hope it does gangbusters and wins lots of awards. Although it breaks my heart that it dispels the myth of Canadian heroism in this event. -- nm - Mop Oct 12, 15:54 1
  - that's ok. you guys more than make up for it with Rush, Willian Shatner and Bret "The Hitman" Hart. -- nm - Remlik Oct 12, 16:07
I think 4chan and anonymous have some work to do. (sad story about bullying and suicide) -- (link) - Mop Oct 12, 15:51
Drat -- nm - JD Oct 12, 15:43
the mysterious giant eye was identified ... -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 12, 15:36 3
- I rather enjoy the interest in this story. - Dr. Vermin Oct 12, 15:46 2
  - indeed. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 12, 15:48 [youtube] 1
    - Simpsons did it! -- nm - Dr. Vermin Oct 12, 15:53
Y/N poll, please: Do you know what Good Luck Charlie is? - prayformojo Oct 12, 15:32 6
- Yes -- nm - MDH Oct 12, 15:52
- Yes and it's actually not bad. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Oct 12, 15:44
- Yes. It's not bad as far as these things go. -- nm - TWuG Oct 12, 15:38
- No, but now I have "Good-bye Charlie" in my head. -- nm - mara Oct 12, 15:37
- No. But this made me think of that Charlie Bartlett movie. Bleh. -- nm - Dr. Vermin Oct 12, 15:34 1
  - You got off lucky. It made me think of a Dane Cook movie. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 12, 15:47
Wait? Rodriguez isn't in the lineup? -- nm - Dano Oct 12, 15:17 2
- They must be trying to win. -- nm - Bacon Oct 12, 15:59 1
  - Jeter will hit 20 fouls in a row tonight -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 16:06
the drag queens in this place need to try harder. - diva Oct 12, 15:10 5
- Drag queen? I wear this every day! -- nm - Mop Oct 12, 15:29
- Are you at Jacques? -- nm - MDH Oct 12, 15:23 1
  - club cafe - friend in a show later. -- nm - diva Oct 12, 15:31
- Yeah Spamlet, try harder. Oh, you meant where you physically are. Nevermind. - pmb Oct 12, 15:15 1
  - ha! -- nm - diva Oct 12, 15:17
Jayson Werth cupcake, y'all -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 12, 15:09 4
- related. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 12, 15:45 [Image]
- It would be nice if someone mentioned what kind of cupcake it was. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 12, 15:18 1
  - It's a picture of a cupcake - it can be any kind you want it to be. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 15:39
- You know, I don't think I've ever seen a cupcake *worth* $5 until today. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 15:14
"What is this?" ... "The bigger picture." (person of interest rerun spoils) - Beryllium Oct 12, 14:50
Jon Hamm and Adam Scott reshoot the Simon and Simon title sequence. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Oct 12, 14:45 4
- "Thanks, Jeff!" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 15:46
- LOVE! -- nm - TWuG Oct 12, 15:44
- That's *epic*. Hollywood is now complete. -- nm - Mop Oct 12, 15:35
- loved Simon and Simon -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 15:23
Finally filing my 2011 Taxes. Because of a small investment in a partnership that has income in other states I have to file tax returns in CA, MA, NY - pmb Oct 12, 14:37 8
- Rookie! -- nm - Mitt Romney Oct 12, 16:00
- Is it truly a partnership? Can they file composite returns for the out of state shareholders. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Oct 12, 15:02 3
  - It is a partnership. I get a K-1 for it. -- nm - pmb Oct 12, 15:12 2
    - Some states allow the partnership to file what is called a composite return for the non-resident owners. - spamlet (iPhone) Oct 12, 15:17 1
      - Interesting. Well it's done for this year, but I'll look into that for next year. Thanks. -- nm - pmb Oct 12, 15:20
- Clearly, the solution is to have much bigger investments and much more income from those states. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 14:41
- That's interesting. Do you feel it's worth having the investment? -- nm - mara Oct 12, 14:38 1
  - Yeah, the investment is fine. It's just a bit of a pain. -- nm - pmb Oct 12, 15:00
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- I didn't give a crap about VP -- nm - Bacon Oct 12, 16:00
- So, you're saying 18.5 million people added cable within the past 4 years? - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 12, 14:50 2
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  - Doubtful, but DVR penetration has increased to 46%. Almost half of us watch what we want, not just what is on now. -- (link) - GregW Oct 12, 14:56
- This is my shocked face. -- nm - Roger More Oct 12, 14:28
- Well, Sarah Palin made guys feel funny in their pants. -- nm - mara Oct 12, 14:28 1
  - I can see russia from my pants. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 14:32
- Well..the last one was Palin versus Biden. A whole lot more chances of disaster than Biden versus Ryan. -- nm - the liioulu with Oct 12, 14:28
- 2008 had Palin. People were tuning in for a train wreck. -- nm - pmb Oct 12, 14:28 3
  - Really. Palin impressed by just not mumbling gibberish all night. -- nm - GregW Oct 12, 14:38 2
    - "O'Biden" -- nm - David Oct 12, 14:46 1
      - I did this last night I think for the first time... - Mel Profit Oct 12, 14:47
Please remind me: I have a very interesting (I'm sure you'll agree) question to ask on Monday -- nm - prayformojo Oct 12, 14:15 2
- How did my weekend go? Glad you (will have later) asked. Full of work! - Dr.Vermin Oct 12, 14:24
- Monday? You tease. -- nm - Andie Oct 12, 14:18
"Banking is mostly looking clever and wearing the right clothes ... and we've managed the second part." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 13:59 2
- also, my pvr said that this POI was new, but it appears to be a rerun. :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 14:00 1
  - "John Rooney". Oh my. An *excellent* rerun. :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 14:00
Dipping an egg salad sandwich into a bacon and clam chowder creates a confusing taste -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 13:56 3
- If I have any jewish blood in me, it just curdled. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 12, 14:22
- *throws up in his mouth a little bit* -- nm - znufrii Oct 12, 14:16
- but you went for it anyways :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 13:57
I think I figured out where groiny went to -- (link) - oblique Oct 12, 13:51 [Image]
well at least ML has one thing to look forward to -- (link) - tRuMaN Oct 12, 13:50 [youtube]
Because it's Friday and I love you people -- (link) - oblique Oct 12, 13:45 2 1
- gracias -- nm - Epiphany Oct 12, 13:55
- I would make love to her wangnam style. nm - Dignan Oct 12, 13:50
Borderlands 2 Sept sales: 1.5M. -- (link) - Reagen Oct 12, 13:40 13
- Hope Dishonored makes some money for those developers. Its sad when true quality games dont do well. -- nm - Jovian Oct 12, 14:01 5
  - sadly its a niche game though. its a game that makes you play stealthily, and not everyone will want that. - tRuMaN Oct 12, 14:07 4
    - Splinter Cell fans will. -- nm - Remlik Oct 12, 15:40
    - I almost switched at lunch today and grabbed this instead of XCOM. But I am happy with my choice now. - Jovian Oct 12, 14:13 2
      - though from what i read, there is a different kind of grind in xcom - tRuMaN Oct 12, 14:16 1
        
        yep read that too. But I do okay with micro-management, especially on turn-based games - Jovian Oct 12, 14:19
- i read that is like a 300% increase over sales of the original. - tRuMaN Oct 12, 13:43 6
  - I think it benefitted because it was like one of the first big titles of the season - eag Oct 12, 13:59 3
    - i think there also was no pc version when it launched the first time -- nm - SG3 Oct 12, 14:00 1
      - no, there was. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 12, 14:07
    - I almost thought I had typed an I where that L goes and would have gotten a whole different word -- nm - eag Oct 12, 14:00
  - by reading the story! -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 13:56 1
    - but i didnt read the story. - tRuMaN Oct 12, 13:59
bad election news for pixie - currently Team Cat has a 54% to 46% lead over Team Dog. Cat is leading in all states except Missouri -- (link) - crash davis Oct 12, 13:35 2
- *hides all stories from Team Pet Debate* -- nm - oblique Oct 12, 13:44
- We all know cats make good, if demanding, leaders. - the liioulu with Oct 12, 13:38
Where is Ryan's Wisconsin accent? -- nm - the liioulu with Oct 12, 13:34 6
- He's from Janesville not Ockonamowoc. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Oct 12, 15:03
- hanging out with David's TN accent -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 13:37 4
  - and my Boston accent. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 12, 13:40 3
    - Ryan's fifth generation cheesehead. He shouldn't sound like he's from Colorado. -- nm - the liioulu with Oct 12, 13:44 2
      - it's a swing state. - diva Oct 12, 15:05
      - He was born in Kenya. -- nm - Roger More Oct 12, 14:07
we have 1 negative senatorial ad that I love. Robin Leach is doing a voice over showing how the candidate overspent & overspent like the rich & famous -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 13:33
Jeez, Verlander. Could you leave some awesome for the rest of us. -- (link) - spamlet (iPhone) Oct 12, 13:31 2
- I like that this is in Business Insider. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 13:59
- Not fair! Not fair! -- nm - Stephen Oct 12, 13:51
FIFA suspends Canadian Soccer star Christine Sinclair for unsportsmanlike behaviour at the Olympics -- (link) - Andie Oct 12, 13:29 3
- why? - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 12, 14:17
- FIFA are a bunch of fuckers -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 13:30 1
  - you're out of order! the whole freaking system is out of order! -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 13:57
I redeemed my spa certificate (!!!) today; it turns out that the spa gave me the prepaid gratuity back as change, and I had to split it into separate - kelly Oct 12, 13:25 5
- glad you had a good day. -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 13:30
- nice. - znufrii Oct 12, 13:29
- :) glad you had a nice relaxing day - mothering is hard, you needed some pampering -- nm - Epiphany Oct 12, 13:28 2
  - Ohhhh, I loved it. The mani/pedi was okay but I don't think that's something I need to do often. - kelly Oct 12, 13:29 1
    - I hear ya. Something about seeing your toes throughout the day - looking all pretty - just brightens you up -- nm - Epiphany Oct 12, 13:30
god, slow news day. -- nm - amanda Oct 12, 13:20
~So so what/I'm still a rock star/I got my rock moves/and I don't need you~ -- nm - ML si Oct 12, 13:16 1
- ~ leave me alone, i'm lonely ...~ -- nm - i'm not a rock star yet ! Oct 12, 13:22
speaking of breaking up, my beer friends are doing the same crap as ever, even with the split. - loosilu Oct 12, 13:12 2
- I assume her talking to him on the is totally out of the question :( -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 13:16 1
  - he doesn't pick up. -- nm - loosilu Oct 12, 13:17
pfm...Runway usually has a 2 part finale. Part 1 was last night. I would think it would end next week. -- nm - Jim Oct 12, 13:11 8
- oh damn. thank you. -- nm - prayformojo Oct 12, 14:15
- and spoiler - peglegpete Oct 12, 13:15 6
  - Didn't watch last night, but from what I've seen (spoils) - Jim Oct 12, 13:19 2
    - spoiler. - loosilu Oct 12, 13:20 1
      - what she said..also see my comment below -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 13:21
  - spoiler. - loosilu Oct 12, 13:16 2
    - I know. it also is a huge boost to the..spoils - peglegpete Oct 12, 13:21 1
      - yep. -- nm - loosilu Oct 12, 13:21
LIR: truman: Brooks like like Robin Cook for me now. His books were so formulaic I eventually stopped reading. John Sanford is a great example - oblique Oct 12, 13:11 7
- not sure i have read anything by Sanford. maybe i should check that out. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 12, 13:30 3
  - sweet googley moogley. Rules of prey is his first prey book. Next to Dresden Files my favorite series of books -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 13:31 1
    - wow. i rated a sweet googley moogley. sweet! -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 12, 13:33
  - ooh, that's good stuff. I have Berry to thank for suggesting that -- nm - oblique Oct 12, 13:30
- love John Sandford. Hope he doesn't go the James Patterson route and farm out his writing though -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 13:27 1
  - its disgusting and I wish that practice would stop -- nm - Epiphany Oct 12, 13:29
- *blasts four shots at your head* - Lucas Davenport Oct 12, 13:13
Paul Ryan begging for the preciousssss has been my go to fun thought for the day. -- nm - Diva, LCM Oct 12, 13:08 1
- That's my Harborville. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 13:09
*looking at Diva sideways the way he does when something is not to his liking or doesn't seem right to him* [nm] - tim mie Oct 12, 13:08 7
- it's good - yo uspread it over toast points like a fluffier more ebullient version of pate. -- nm - Diva, LCM Oct 12, 13:09 6
  - +1 JenBro point for using ebullient in a sentence - JenBro Oct 12, 13:13 1
    - :) -- nm - Diva, LCM Oct 12, 13:14
  - *continuing to look at you funny* -- nm - tim mie Oct 12, 13:12 3
    - you're The Cutest. -- nm - Diva, LCM Oct 12, 13:14 2
      - this looks like something that came out of the last guy MiMi killed. -- nm - tim mie Oct 12, 13:15 1
        
        well yeah, it's...fluffy. - Diva, LCM Oct 12, 13:19
Goddam Ireland get a grip please!!! Spoils: - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 12, 13:07

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