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37-36? When does the second half start? -- nm - David Nov 30, 17:57 1
- I'm glad I didn't watch this. That must have been awesomely impressive in its awfulness -- nm - prayformojo Nov 30, 18:12
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Elf on the Shelf! -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 17:15
UC--LA....UC--LA -- nm - budice Nov 30, 17:03 1
- Fox wheels out Pia Toscano yet again for the anthem. -- nm - budice Nov 30, 17:14
For autism charity, for $299, get a-list celebs to recording a message for you. -- (link) - Mop (189 lbs) Nov 30, 16:46 12
- how old is that headshot of Hanks? It looks like it's from Dragnet or something. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 17:33 1
  - See that, Streebek? We�re just in time. We have stumbled onto a serious crime. -- nm - David Nov 30, 17:58
- the only problem is if I got one, I'd never answer my phone again. -- nm - mafic Nov 30, 17:09
- You know what, hold up. That site looks all too convenient. The generic headshots with the autism jigsaw is suspect. - Mop (189 lbs) Nov 30, 16:56 1
  - The fact that it is not active yet, is points in believing them, though. - Spawn Nov 30, 16:59
- messages can be up to 20 seconds long and each celeb has a limit of 50 messages -- nm - peglegpete Nov 30, 16:54
- Patrick Stewart, please. -- nm - nubby Nov 30, 16:49 1
  - should ST chip in and have Derek Jeter do Dawson? -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 16:52
- damnit...Nimoy, Shatner, Stewart, Hanks and Morgan Freeman all doing it among others -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 16:48 3
  - Pretty sure Downton needs a new voicemail message. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 16:53 2
    - oh fuck yeah -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 16:56 1
      - Make sure to keep a back-up in case Mike erases it, though. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 16:58
Led Zep on Letterman 12/3 -- (link) - Zirak Galeistur Nov 30, 16:40
Bazooka Joe fired -- (link) - CovingtonCat Nov 30, 16:35 4
- shit. that puts a cartoonist out of work :(( -- nm - peglegpete Nov 30, 16:42 2
  - Hadn't they been using the same comics for decades. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 17:02 1
    - this -- nm - zork Nov 30, 17:20
- now he's RPG Jerry -- nm - Zirak Galeistur Nov 30, 16:41
*now reading Cold Days* - Beaker Nov 30, 16:12
Silver Linings Playbook end of movie spoilers - David Nov 30, 16:12 2
- One thing I couldn't figure out (I probably missed something) - spoils - prayformojo Nov 30, 16:13 1
  - Spoilers - David Nov 30, 16:15
that escalated quickly. - Diva Nov 30, 16:04 8
- Without wading into those waters, I just had to fave that post. - nubby Nov 30, 16:21 2
  - no point in being half a heel, I suppose. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 17:24
  - Noted: balls are nubby's favourites -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 16:24
- Yea - Jovian Nov 30, 16:06 4
  - She came back for that? -- nm - amoxy Nov 30, 16:12 3
    - Who came back for what now? -- nm - Jovian Nov 30, 16:15 2
      - look who you were responding to. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 17:07 1
        
        Ahhh I see - Jovian Nov 30, 17:25
effing hell, of course works explodes at 5:30pm on Friday -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 15:46 16
- That is why you leave at 5pm and turn off your cellphone. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 16:35 3
  - When everyone else in the department does that, someone needs to be the grown up. -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 16:37 2
    - Are you the manager? If not... -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 30, 16:42
    - And you should hope that someone else is one. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 16:38
- one last lyc gripe piece - ty97 Nov 30, 16:35
- The worst part of this is: whenever I do put out this fire, there's the chance it could ignite again later tonight...which makes beer risky -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 16:08 1
  - dear Ty's work: his computer suddenly got a virus and will be offline for the next 36 hours -- nm - peglegpete Nov 30, 16:17
- I don't work in an office and every Friday my cell phone battery seems to die around 4pm. -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 16:03
- That's why you go home at 5pm. -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Nov 30, 15:53 6
  - I *am* home. -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 15:59 4
    - Then that's why you don't have a laptop. - Cuzzin Todd Nov 30, 18:02
    - "Meester ty not here." -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Nov 30, 16:01
    - Thats big ass explosion! -- nm - Jovian Nov 30, 16:00 1
      - Where was Spawn during and before the explosion -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 16:04
  - Or at least start drinking then. -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 15:59
- ruh-roh... -- nm - Diva Nov 30, 15:52
Is truman's toilet ordeal over? -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Nov 30, 15:44 1
- ::shakes head:: -- nm - Bear in the woods Nov 30, 16:36
The Nerdist gang with Chris Hardwick does All Star Bowling with the Mars Rover JPL crew including NASA Mohawk Guy. -- (link) - Mop (189 lbs) Nov 30, 15:40 [youtube]
Whoa. Stern fines the Spurs 250K for last nights action -- (link) - amoxy Nov 30, 15:30 15
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- Could you imagine if Selig did this shit? -- nm - nubby Nov 30, 15:55 1
  - Selig doesn't have any balls, so no I can't -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 16:04
- I would have understood a forced partial refund more than a fine. - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 30, 15:39
- He is out of his mind. No precedent what so ever -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 30, 15:39 7
  - The Lakers were fined 25K back in 1990 for not playing their stars in the season finale - amoxy Nov 30, 15:44 6
    - The next commish has said there is no rule against it. So they just got fined a quarter mil for not breaking a rule. - Will Hunting Nov 30, 15:52 5
      - Does Stern have a vendetta against the Spurs or Popovich? - amoxy Nov 30, 15:54 4
        
        A little. Popovich is the Belichek of the NBA. He doesn't care for the show that's the NBA or the press. His only concern is winning games. - Krusty Nov 30, 16:00
        
        No, he just is pissy that the Spurs don't see a need to run their team into the ground on his timetable. - Will Hunting Nov 30, 16:00 2
        
        I wonder what the fine would have been if the Spurs won? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 30, 16:08 1
        
        Right? He announced he was punishing them during the game and they were winning at the time. -- nm - Krusty Nov 30, 16:20
- unfreakingbelievable -- nm - prayformojo Nov 30, 15:34
- if I were the Spurs i'd tell him to poundfucking sand -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 15:33 1
  - They will as they cut that fat check. -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 16:07
Facebook and Zynga to end close relationship -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 30, 15:23
sitwap: The Killing has been resurrecred on AMC -- (link) - Remlik Nov 30, 15:18 13
- I'll be back. -- nm - nubby Nov 30, 16:19
- Dozens will be thrilled by this news. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 30, 16:11
- and Veena Sud still onboard. Yep, total pass. - Jovian Nov 30, 15:26 8
  - THIS. Acting was great showrunning was awful. -- nm - MDH Nov 30, 16:28
  - It was that bad? - tl Nov 30, 15:37 6
    - Oh no, it was pretty solid. Especially compared to dreck like Revolution or crap like that. And the acting is top notch. However... - Jovian Nov 30, 15:45 5
      - Yep, makes you a crybaby. Wasn't anything that hadn't been done before by a lot of shows. - tl Nov 30, 15:50 4
        
        The show runner flat out lied. That doesn't happen often. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 30, 15:59 1
        
        HIMYM does it almost every year. -- nm - tl Nov 30, 20:02
        
        hey, here's a concept. How bout you go fuck yourself? -- nm - Jovian Nov 30, 15:52 1 1
        
        *snork* -- nm - tl Nov 30, 20:02
- Did they ever find her killer? -- nm - amoxy Nov 30, 15:19 1
  - season 3 ended 5 days ago want the killer there???? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 30, 15:20
Newton the Gnu is actually Agent Silent G! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 30, 15:09 3
- Gary Gnu with the gnews? -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 15:33 1
  - no -- nm - prayformojo Nov 30, 15:33
- ~I'm a g-nu, I'm a g-nu, I'm the g-nicest piece of g-nature in the zoo~ -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 15:18
This is an obnoxious article. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Nov 30, 14:59 4
- the academics broke into the wine cellar again -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 15:13 3
  - And on a day when this happens!!! WTF, NPR??? -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Nov 30, 15:52 2
    - "Spaun". Heheh. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 16:31 1
      - Glad I patented my own genes. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 17:04
PSA: UCLA v Stanford for Pac12 Title tonight....T minus 2hours -- nm - budice Nov 30, 14:55 2
- ZzzzzzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzZZZZ wake me when it's over -- nm - Bacon Nov 30, 16:05
- Go Bruins! -- nm - jnine Nov 30, 15:00
The college talking dude on PTI has the WORST make-up job ever.\ -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 14:44
Phil Humber claimed by the Houston Astros. - groiny Nov 30, 14:35
Bombs away shot glasses -- (link) - zork Nov 30, 14:32 3
- and molds for water into shot glasses -- (link) - zork Nov 30, 14:33 2
  - that'll keep people from nursing a drink for half the night -- nm - Zirak Galeistur Nov 30, 18:18
  - Awesome. Those would be great for New Year's Eve parties. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 30, 14:54
I saw these at Target today. *love* -- (link) - kelly Nov 30, 14:26 3
- and these: -- (link) - kelly Nov 30, 14:27 2
  - I think Will should just buy stock in Target :) -- nm - budice Nov 30, 14:30 1
    - I didn't buy them! - kelly Nov 30, 14:31
Heh. Per the BBC podcast I'm listening to, the webcam was invented by geeks to see whether a coffee pot was full without getting up. -- nm - spamlet Nov 30, 14:21 7
- Yes, the MIT webcam and Netscape had a fish tank cam. -- nm - lileve Nov 30, 15:12
- now tell us what it was really used first for, geeks... -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 30, 14:23 2
  - This is geeks you're talking about. - spamlet Nov 30, 14:24
  - ..."nice nipples" -- nm - budice Nov 30, 14:24
- Uhm, wouldn't it be to see if it was empty? -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 14:22 1
  - Not if it was in another room. I mean, we're talking about the same people who made the HTTP418 status code. - Beryllium Nov 30, 15:16
- yes - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 30, 14:21
also, Straight No Chaser's 12 Days of Christmas slays me everytime. -- nm - Tim Nov 30, 14:19 1
- yeah, still funny. -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 14:19
It's been a very long week. There's Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA in my fridge. - ty97 Nov 30, 14:16 5
- Not a drinker, but what does the 90 minute mean? -- nm - spamlet Nov 30, 14:17 3
  - it's the length of the boil with the hops. longer boil = more hops. -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 14:19 2
    - I thought it was % alcohol as well. 60 is 6, 90 is 9. Am I crazy? Was I drunk? -- nm - Amanda Nov 30, 15:26
    - and as a matter of fact, I might brew this next - znufrii Nov 30, 14:23
- go you. you deserve it. -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 14:16
Indiana man collects $1M Powerball winnings, plans to take girlfriend to Red Lobster -- (link) - Remlik Nov 30, 14:15 4
- Not the Onion. -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Nov 30, 14:40
- Bank will place a 2-year hold on that kind of check -- nm - budice Nov 30, 14:23
- he is gonna be pissed when they do not accept that check there. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 30, 14:16
- *likes* -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 14:16
how Ralph was wrecked -- (link) - znufrii Nov 30, 14:14 2
- Oh, yawn. 'Nelly'? Really? - Dr.Vermin Nov 30, 14:28 1
  - or you can argue that it's much ado about nothing, I suppose -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 14:56
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- a is understand it, no, but that might only be Canada -- nm - zork Nov 30, 17:17
- What's novel about it? What's invented? -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 14:46 3
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    - how can they patent something they didn't create? - tl Nov 30, 15:26
    - So it would be the baseline gene that is patented? As part of the comparison method? -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 14:53
- Apparently the last jury case the judge had before us was a several week patent trial. - spamlet Nov 30, 14:36 1
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- My first instinct is to say no but I don't know enough right now to have a real educated opinion. -- nm - Krusty Nov 30, 14:28
- I don't think it should be able to, no. -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 14:17
- Gut reaction: I hope not. More complete answer: I'd need to understand details better. -- nm - ty97 Nov 30, 14:15 1
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- can yes should no - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 30, 14:14
- sure. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 30, 14:13
War! -- nm - WarMachine Nov 30, 14:12
Spain reveals shipwreck treasure -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 30, 14:12 2
- the back story is far more complicated than they indicate, and I believe Odyssey's side of it. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 30, 14:16 1
  - Odyssey salvages it, and Spain thinks they're gonna get it for free PLUS legal expenses paid? -- nm - Mop (189 lbs) Nov 30, 15:53

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