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It's Snowing! -- nm - LMS Jan 18, 04:35 2
- yay! -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 04:48
- lucky you! we were supposed to get a little yesterday, but the storm was a dud. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 18, 04:37
Huge Canadiaqn Supreme Court case today: abused woman tried to hire a hit man to kill her husband...was acquitted. -- (link) - Beaker Jan 18, 04:30
There's some pretty good Amazon mp3 deals for $2.99. Latest from Train, Pink, Carrie Underwood, MJ's Thriller, Three Days Grace, lots more. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 18, 04:22 4
- The Jeremy single! - spamlet Jan 18, 04:36
- There's also a bunch of newer stuff for $3.99. Newest Ed Sheran, Muse, Fun., Zac Brown. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 18, 04:24 2
  - New Muse worth it? I like Madness but the can put out meh albums -- nm - ST. Epiphany Jan 18, 04:34 1
    - heh. I haven't bought it yet either. I used to *love* them - then they got too popular for their own good. - JaxSean Jan 18, 04:42
Happy Friday! 3 day weekend! -- nm - Don Homer Jan 18, 04:21
SITWAP: Patrick Stewart signed on as Professor X for "X-Men: Days of Future Past" -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 04:19 1
- very cool. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 18, 04:44
Wish I would have checked that the counter opens 3 hours before the flight prior to getting to the airport 5 before... -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Jan 18, 03:49 3
- Just you & the Security Dogs walking their handlers eh? :) -- nm - JenBro Jan 18, 04:03 2
  - Oh, plenty of people. Just none at the airline I need. -- nm - spamlet Jan 18, 04:31 1
    - well then - at least you get to people watch :) -- nm - JenBro Jan 18, 04:49
Jan 18, 1778 � James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands." -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 03:42 3
- 1788 � The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay. -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 03:42 2
  - 1958 � Willie O'Ree, the first African Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins. -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 03:43 1
    - 1993 � Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states. -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 03:44
the guys on TSN up here are ripping into Lance Armstrong, how has the response been on espn? -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 03:36 3
- On FOX radio this morning Andy Furman is defended him calling him a stand up guy for sitting down with Oprah - amoxy Jan 18, 04:32
- This reminds me, do you listen to the Jay and Dan podcast? -- nm - J Jan 18, 03:49 1
  - never have, I keep meaning to though, really enjoy them -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 04:24
the jump the shark episode of happy days is on right now. -- nm - mafic Jan 18, 01:12
That Dish ad where the dentist sneezes into the patients mouth, that alone would make me rip the gear out of the walls and make them come get it -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 00:19
Son of Barney co-creator arrested for shooting his neighbor... -- (link) - Meg Jan 17, 23:15 3
- sing it.ONE.more.time...I love you? You love me? love this mother**($#ker -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 00:13
- there are other Barney's -- nm - Betty Rubble Jan 17, 23:38 1
  - .... dary! -- nm - Stinson si Jan 17, 23:43
Ah, mma on Spike...all is well again in the world. -- nm - ceregon Jan 17, 22:59
you want to know how bad the local vegas paper is, read this review -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 17, 22:46 3
- wait, meatballs... and more? it probably is an ad. a lot of papers are effectively selling stories now. - mafic Jan 18, 01:46
- *gets distracted by porn convention gallery* -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 22:50 1
  - you're single. look, touch, do whatever you want to :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 18, 00:20
I love this! Battlestar/Portlandia -- (link) - Flavorize Jan 17, 22:41 [youtube]
Sony selling its Madison Ave HQ for a cool billion. But I'm sure the company is fine. -- (link) - Mop Jan 17, 22:32 1
- where are your tape decks now, Joe Takagi? -- nm - charlie Jan 17, 22:38
LYC: Britney Spears reportedly in final negotiations for Vegas residency deal, $100M/year. -- nm - MDH Jan 17, 22:31 4
- A cut of that should be taken for a Pay-It-Forward fund, which Lohan can use to rehab under supervision at the hotel (only). -- nm - Max Jan 18, 00:05
- Damn. Now I feel old. -- nm - Flavorize Jan 17, 23:55
- CY in final negotiations for my guest room for the next year :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 17, 22:35 1
  - Lol -- nm - ST. Epiphany Jan 18, 04:36
Dear Abby's first bit of advice: STOP Sleeping with the boss -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 17, 21:55 1
- Oh, the irony. Today she'd be advising her to START. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 21:59
Parks and Rec: Andy's look during Settlers of Catan was priceless. -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 21:48
Huh. The Clippers play in LA. -- nm - ty97 Jan 17, 21:27 4
- This may be the first time I have ever seen them *not* called "The LA Clippers". -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 21:35
- okay, i'll bite. where did you think the Los Angeles Clippers played? -- nm - charlie Jan 17, 21:29 2
  - I'm not sure I ever thought about it before but I thought the Lakers were on the only LA team. - ty97 Jan 17, 21:38 1
    - They were for a long time, in a manner of speaking -- nm - con_carne Jan 17, 23:24
finally, someone discovered a cat's true calling -- (link) - charlie Jan 17, 21:22 [youtube] 5
- Hahahha that's the best! -- nm - JenBro Jan 17, 21:41 4
  - all cats should live in hampers until called upon - charlie Jan 17, 21:42 3
    - I think YOU need a time out in a hamper! -- nm - JenBro Jan 17, 21:52 2
      - Oh, that's funny - I almost commented at the top of B2 that Barnaby Bear could find himself "accidentally" tossed in the hamper ;) -- nm - Meg Jan 17, 22:11 1
        
        not if she knows what's good for her - barnaby bear Jan 17, 22:22
Houston councilman - who is a doctor - votes against federal funding for childhood vaccines because "no one dies from the flu" -- (link) - Reagen Jan 17, 21:21 6
- Yea.. he is a chiropractor... -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 17, 21:27 3
  - so he's not a doctor then -- nm - charlie Jan 17, 21:30 2
    - yes -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 03:22
    - But... Does he play one on tv? -- nm - JenBro Jan 17, 21:42
- Doctor of Ancient Lithuanian Literature? -- nm - ty97 Jan 17, 21:25 1
  - "I read this book. The conclusions were all wrong." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 22:29
okay, how much blackmail material was in play to get Movie 43 made? -- nm - tl Jan 17, 21:05 1
- If by blackmail you mean booze and drug soaked sets where actors were given free reign to enjoy themselves, then hopefully lots! -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 21:52
Archer spoiler - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 17, 20:58 2
- I just watched the first bit. I like how it's both - Reagen Jan 17, 21:02 1
  - Spoils - TFox Jan 17, 21:04
When Sheryl Crow said that all she wanted to do was have some fun, was she lying too? -- nm - David Jan 17, 20:46 4
- well, she's not the only one -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 20:56
- Does she even exist? -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 17, 20:47 1
  - No, she was a composite of the real people behind Milli Vanilli. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 20:53
- No, she had a ball. -- nm - budice Jan 17, 20:46
If they want the Tour de France to be fair then everyone should have to ride big wheels. -- nm - Dano Jan 17, 20:30 5
- The All Drugs Olympics (one of the best old SNL skits ever) -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 20:36 1
  - "want a doughnut?...Belushi -- nm - peglegpete Jan 17, 20:38
- Penny farthings. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 20:31 2
  - the combination of woefully inadequate breaks and terrible steering would certainly make the descent stages interesting. -- nm - mafic Jan 17, 20:35
  - that would be kinda cool, technically, those are big wheels for adults -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 20:32
we were *this* close to a school shooting today, Police arrest neighbor of shooting at cars at school, dude has 6 assault rifles etc -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 17, 20:27
Top Chef spoilers - Dano Jan 17, 20:27 2
- I cannot WAIT until Trish posts about this week's episode! -- nm - JenBro Jan 17, 21:51
- spoils - peglegpete Jan 17, 20:37
Reagen: Were you complaining about Archer's animation, or Bob's? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 20:23 3
- Bob's. Archer has excellent animation. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 20:24 2
  - It has a particular style that some folks might be turned off by. Bob's characters look like shit, so the animation can't save it. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 20:32
  - (I don't see how that could have been unclear) -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 20:29
I would say that Ray Owens is the least likely character name for someone Arnold has played but then I look through his CV and see he played someone - Reagen Jan 17, 20:20 2
- douglas quaid? I mean come on, that's Irish. -- nm - mafic Jan 17, 20:24 1
  - It's the future! Lots of things could have happened! -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 20:25
This is 40 is already hitting the 2nd run theatre tomorrow. (Sadly I missed my chance at Perks of Wallflowers.) -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 20:13 1
- Also: Broken City and Mama had 10pm showings tonight apparently. -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 20:15
Thank you, Lance. Manti, wanna come over and have a seat? -- nm - Oprah Jan 17, 20:10 2
- Oprah catfish'd him! -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 17, 20:12
- interracial is her middle name -- nm - budice Jan 17, 20:11
I am so thankful -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 17, 20:06 1
- (SFEK) for Jon Stewart. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 17, 20:06
Million dollar idea: Fake ballcap brim stickers. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 20:03
Oprah: "Is it even physically possible to win the TDF seven times without doping?" Armstrong: "Not in my opinion." -- nm - Max Jan 17, 20:03 24
- Considering most of the guys his titles now go to have all tested positive. - tl Jan 17, 20:16 2
  - and no things are NOT different in Europe when it come to doping - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 17, 21:47
  - his titles won't go to anyone -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 17, 21:43
- "Y'all were suckers. I mean, really." -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 20:04 20
  - What I want to know is how he passed all the drug tests when he went back and finished third in 2009. -- nm - David Jan 17, 20:05 19
    - I see two possibilities.. a) using drugs they do not test for yet..b) taking masking drugs for the illegal ones he was using they do look for -- nm - peglegpete Jan 17, 20:10 2
      - wasn't he caught when they retested decade old samples with new technology -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 20:31 1
        
        Yes. They also had just a few months left on the statute of limitations to do that. - tl Jan 17, 20:36
    - He swears he was clean then. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 17, 20:09 15
      - "don't you think that if I was going to cheat, I would've at least won?" -- nm - mafic Jan 17, 22:12
      - of course he does, of course he does :))) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 17, 20:11
      - For a no holds barred interview, he held stuff back alright -- nm - budice Jan 17, 20:10 9
        
        I think he did so he has some bargaining chips -- nm - Remlik Fontaine Jan 17, 20:12 8
        
        That and some of his collaborators are still fighting the USADA sanctions -- nm - budice Jan 17, 20:13
        
        to bargain for what? -- nm - charlie Jan 17, 20:13 6
        
        to get back into the world of cycling to make money. -- nm - Remlik Fontaine Jan 17, 20:16 5
        
        yeah, that's never gonna happen -- nm - charlie Jan 17, 20:17 4
        
        It will. Or there's going to be a big problem about all those other guys who tested positive and are competing again. -- nm - tl Jan 17, 20:19 3
        
        Ban them for life, or the next gen will think they could try to get away with it whatever new stuff comes up in the future -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 20:34 2
        
        Too late, they've already taken their suspensions (if there were any) and paid their fines. They are competing again. -- nm - tl Jan 17, 20:38 1
        
        all of thoose "compeating again" have been judged by CAS and - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 17, 23:57
      - And Teo's girlfriend came back to life last Tuesday. -- nm - David Jan 17, 20:10 2
        
        Hey, I think he is still as phony as a three dollar bill, but that is what the habitual fraud says. - Will Hunting Jan 17, 20:13 1
        
        Sure, he was lying all those other times, but this time he's telling the truth! -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 20:16
Cross-dressing meth priest liked sex in rectory (but if any gays want to marry and live a normal life they can go to hell) -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 17, 19:56
*whispers* Mama -- nm - David Jan 17, 19:54 5
- I am looking forward to those commercials not being on anymore -- nm - prayformojo Jan 17, 19:56 4
  - That and Chris Pratt saying "Osama bin Laaaaaden." -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 17, 20:12
  - how much did they pay you to film in your attic? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 19:59
  - (sequel) -- nm - whispered Jan 17, 19:58 1
    - stepmama -- nm - charlie Jan 17, 20:06
Tim. Saturday is a GPQ for Charlotte, the actually GP I want to go to. - Qale Jan 17, 19:52 4
- What are you running at the moment? You're going to see a ton of the deck that finished 1st and 2nd at last weekend's GP. - timPhone Jan 17, 19:59 3
  - Descendant's Path Humans - Qale Jan 17, 20:04 2
    - Different and interesting. I need to crash but I'm probably playing mono red tomorrow. - timPhone Jan 17, 20:12 1
      - Mull the deck over if you can tomorrow. See if you don't have any suggestions either main deck or sideboard. - Qale Jan 17, 20:18
Are they just calling it "Silver Linings" in commercials now or did I just mis-hear it? -- nm - Dano Jan 17, 19:52 6
- there's still a playbook here. -- nm - mafic Jan 17, 20:25
- That would have been the better title in the first place. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 20:00 3
  - That is like saying, "Purple Monkey", without the "Dishwasher". -- nm - Spawn Jan 17, 20:15 1
    - But there was no playbook in the movie. Silver Linings Playbook is a Barney Stinson movie. -- nm - Max Jan 17, 20:18
  - ^this -- nm - ceregon Jan 17, 20:02
- Weinsteins are so smart. -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 19:54
Ribeye! Porterhouse! T-Bone! -- nm - Name Your Steaks! Jan 17, 19:50
plot details for the third "cycle" of American Horror Story released -- (link) - charlie Jan 17, 19:44 5
- A scary romance? What? -- nm - ST. Epiphany Jan 17, 19:58 4
  - "spare change"... - budice Jan 17, 19:59 2
    - Really? Did you like *spoils* - ST. Epiphany Jan 17, 20:03 1
      - spoils... - budice Jan 17, 20:07
  - "co-starring Liza Minelli and David Gest" -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 19:59
a 2nd naval attack on ika.com Darthreavan sends 1,000 navy to Tdoughman's mwc 60:56 most of us are tied up at lego13 -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 19:40

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