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Hints of Assassin's Creed 4 leaked last week. So the official trailer hits today. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 4, 11:12 [youtube] 3
- they are wasting no time with these releases. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 4, 11:13 2
  - Yep. That's 1 year? Development cycles are usually much longer. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 4, 11:14 1
    - Not for AC games. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 4, 11:32
A map of television show locations in America -- (link) - con_carne Mar 4, 11:08 9 1
- Homeland, West Wing, Bones, Corey in the House (?), Smart Guy, Not listed: Covert Affairs -- nm - MDH Mar 4, 11:39
- White Collar. not listed :( -- nm - CQ Mar 4, 11:14 2
  - er maybe if I looked for Royal Pains instead -- nm - CQ Mar 4, 11:14 1
    - nope, not listed -- nm - CQ Mar 4, 11:15
- I'm halfway between the Simpsons and Portlandia. - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 4, 11:14
- Not marked: Springfield -- nm - Roger More Mar 4, 11:13 1
  - Also, there are hardly any shows on the map from the South. -- nm - Roger More Mar 4, 11:17
- CSI. they do not have Pawn Stars, the fish tank people or the 'restorers' that destroy everything -- nm - peglegpete Mar 4, 11:13
- The Neighbors (though not on here!) -- nm - Jovian Mar 4, 11:10
FAIL! Only two of the top 20 Canadian Restaurants in this article are in Quebec. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 4, 11:06
Red Widow: 6.92M Viewers/1.4 Demo. That's essentially DOA. -- nm - MDH Mar 4, 11:05 5
- I lasted through the first hour and 10 minutes of the second, got bored, and switched to Walking Dead, which says something. -- nm - Max Mar 4, 11:07
- how did that cop show do last week? should I check it out, or is it DOA? -- nm - amanda Mar 4, 11:06 3
  - Golden Boy: 10.56M Viewers/ 1.8 Demo. That's a decent number of viewers, low-ish demo, but it'll be around at least a few weeks. -- nm - MDH Mar 4, 11:08 1
    - I watched the pilot online. Wanted to run a marathon of it after, but there's only one ep :( -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 11:12
  - doa -- nm - peglegpete Mar 4, 11:08
Aaron Sorkin has teased what Season 2 of The Newsroom will include -- (link) - MDH Mar 4, 10:57 18
- speaking of, no hbo go on roku via comcast is serious BS. *serious* bs. -- nm - amanda Mar 4, 11:03 13
  - I *love* HBO Go. It's wonderful, I'm sorry to hear you can't get it. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 4, 11:12 1
    - I stream to my computer and project to ATV. it works well enough, but it's not *perfect* and I can't do other things while I watch. -- nm - amanda Mar 4, 11:14
  - no hbo go on roku via directv also. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 4, 11:11
  - yup -- nm - decline Mar 4, 11:04
  - What about getting it via the xbox? -- nm - Max Mar 4, 11:04 8
    - oh, I hadn't thought of this. thanks! -- nm - amanda Mar 4, 11:05 7
      - That's how I've been watching Newsroom and Girls. -- nm - Max Mar 4, 11:06 6
        
        I never use my xbox to stream so it hadn't occurred to me at all. thanks so much. -- nm - amanda Mar 4, 11:07 5
        
        I had assumed it would have the same restriction, so please let me know if it works. -- nm - pmb Mar 4, 11:10 3
        
        here, link. max is correct. -- (link) - amanda Mar 4, 11:13
        
        I have comcast without pay stations and use the Xbox HBO Go app on my brother's login. I don't know if they have a Showtime one or not. -- nm - Max Mar 4, 11:12
        
        it doesnt for me. i can stream via the xbox, but not my roku. - tRuMaN Mar 4, 11:11
        
        This is good, because I thought I might be OAEing some advice. I watch all my sports on the xbox ESPN app too. -- nm - Max Mar 4, 11:09
- It's gonna have everything: Tweekers, Skivvies, Spud Webb, a child... and a Russian guy who runs on a treadmill in a Cosby sweater. -- nm - Max Mar 4, 11:00 1
  - Why is the treadmill wearing a sweater? -- nm - David Mar 4, 11:01
- More nudity. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 4, 10:58 1
  - They cast Lena Dunham? -- nm - ty97 Mar 4, 11:01
I am far to old to eat a Lunchable. - ty97 Mar 4, 10:56 14
- tell me you have a Capri Sun too -- nm - CQ Mar 4, 11:02 4
  - "Ooh, SunnyD!" -- nm - ty at the fridge Mar 4, 11:03 3
    - we saw an adult buying sunny D last week. it was so *weird.* -- nm - amanda Mar 4, 11:07 2
      - I saw a kid buying purple stuff the other day. Freaking bizarre. -- nm - CQ Mar 4, 11:12 1
        
        Royal Purple. For his car. -- nm - Max Mar 4, 11:13
- that's not even food. -- nm - loosilu Mar 4, 11:00
- Is this part of 'being a grown-up sucks'? -- nm - OAE -- aka OAE Mar 4, 10:59 1
  - Unrelated in fact, but I can see the theme. -- nm - ty97 Mar 4, 11:00
- Man, if I were standing there, I'd slap that thing right out of your hand the moment it touched your lips. - Max Mar 4, 10:58 5
  - Comparing the price and quality of a Lunchable to the price and quality of a Sandwich, the slap would be worth it. - ty97 Mar 4, 11:00 4
    - If we can do this in a public restaurant setting, that would be even better. -- nm - Max Mar 4, 11:01 3
      - Make a big deal out of it, have it taped, post on YouTube, ?????, GO VIRAL! -- nm - Qale Mar 4, 11:15 1
        
        I would dub in the wilhelm scream for that video. -- nm - Max Mar 4, 11:15
      - it needs to be something super messy, like ribs. -- nm - loosilu Mar 4, 11:02
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- Is this an official term, or just a recognition of a player's ability and a reflection in their financial/contractual compensation? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 4, 10:59 3
  - If you get tagged, in most cases, it's a 1yr contract offer at the average of the top 5 at your position. - Will Hunting Mar 4, 11:03 1
    - Who gets the spray paint honors? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 4, 11:07
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- Agreed. They were talking on Mike and Mike about the fact that if that Denver DB gets back and knocks that pass down, it probably costs Flacco tons. -- nm - volnelk Mar 4, 10:46 3
  - If that guys makes a competent NFL play and the Ravens lose that game, Flacco is possibly not even a Raven. - Will Hunting Mar 4, 11:00
  - Worst. Play. Ever. - Shaun Mar 4, 10:57 1
    - Rahim Moore gets too much blame for that. And Flacco and Jacoby don't get enough credit. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 4, 11:26
also, can we talk about my new bed? before I got my new bed, if I was like, involved in tv or whatever, I wouldn't hesitate to sleep on the couch. - amanda Mar 4, 10:39 7
- You can't really flop on them though, from what I felt at Macy's, right? There's a very slow give to the gel, not a bouncy give. No jumping. -- nm - Max Mar 4, 10:55 4
  - 100% true. it's a business bed. -- nm - amanda Mar 4, 11:08 1
    - a lady business bed? -- nm - Max Mar 4, 11:11
  - (this -may- be immature but I sometimes like to take a diving flop onto the bed from a few feet away. The gel would be like hitting water in a belly - Max Mar 4, 10:57 1
    - You need to incorporate the half twist into your dive then you land on your back. I do this. It's more advanced -- nm - CQ Mar 4, 11:01
- beds are great -- nm - CQ Mar 4, 10:40 1
  - New beds -- nm - con_carne Mar 4, 10:41
White House responds to phone unlocking petition: "Make Unlocking Cell Phones Legal." -- (link) - ty97 Mar 4, 10:37 4
- Presently, you cannot sell an unlocked phone on eBay unless it's been factory unlocked. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 4, 11:00
- appoints a Master of Unlocking -- nm - con_carne Mar 4, 10:57 1
  - Unlocking Czar. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 4, 11:01
- effing librarians! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 4, 10:55
I guess I'm going to MomoCon this weekend. What started out as a free anime convention at Ga Tech is now a three day paid anime/gaming extravaganza. -- nm - Qale Mar 4, 10:34 4
- Momo means Peach in Japanese! ^,.,^ -- nm - Qale Mar 4, 10:45
- I read this as mormoncon. -- nm - amanda Mar 4, 10:37 1
  - Either way, there's magic -- nm - con_carne Mar 4, 10:44
- There is a Ducky Momo convention? -- nm - David Mar 4, 10:35
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The Amazing Race spoilers - David Mar 4, 10:33 3
- The guy's kicking ass *despite* the injury. 90% of the contestants that have ever played should take a page from his playbook. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 4, 10:47
- I felt so bad for them. - volnelk Mar 4, 10:37 1
  - But if it didn't happen then, it would have happened eventually. There's a lot of running in that race. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 4, 10:47
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- thread jack: The Clone Wars cartoon ended this season strong. They're really hinting at Anakin's future turn really well. (mild spoilers) - Mel Profit Mar 4, 10:32 2
  - spoils - Shaun Mar 4, 10:56
  - you can't ride off into the sunset when the planet has 3 suns -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 4, 10:48
To elaborate... The university president was at a conference of university presidents, and that software vendor I've mentioned before had a display. - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 4, 10:25 1
- Wouldn't this be a time/event to spontaneously ask some lady to join you for a Happy Hour celebratory beer? -- nm - JenBro Mar 4, 10:44
ST Poll -- How many pieces of IKEA furniture do you own? - znufrii Mar 4, 10:24 41
- 0 -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 4, 11:13
- zero - OAE -- aka OAE Mar 4, 10:58 1
  - why? i mean, what is your moral objection to ikea? -- nm - Andie Mar 4, 11:15
- two chairs -- nm - Spawn Mar 4, 10:55
- A bookshelf. I don't own it so much as I ended up with it. It's queso's. -- nm - con_carne Mar 4, 10:55
- 4 bookcases and 1 dresser. -- nm - loosilu Mar 4, 10:53
- What do I win? -- nm - volnelk Mar 4, 10:48 3
  - horse meatballs -- nm - TFox Mar 4, 11:00
  - Golden allen wrench. -- nm - loosilu Mar 4, 10:54
  - You win a medal - con_carne Mar 4, 10:53
- 3- Desk, Dresser, and Bookshelf. -- nm - MDH Mar 4, 10:41
- 7. Couch, coffee and end tables, kitchen table set and 2 kitchen storage units. -- nm - kelly Mar 4, 10:39
- 0 -- nm - ceregon Mar 4, 10:37
- 0 -- nm - decline Mar 4, 10:35
- 0. They don't really carry it here. -- nm - David Mar 4, 10:34 3
  - It's not a brand name, it's a store -- nm - con_carne Mar 4, 10:40 2
    - I've seen the original store on TAR. Their merchandise is on Amazon. I presume Ikea licenses in areas where they don't have brick and mortar locations -- nm - David Mar 4, 10:57 1
      - Not exactly. Maybe in the US, but not in Canada. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 10:59
- No furniture. We have small things like garbage pails, picture frames, a blanket and a mortar and pestle. -- nm - Krusty Mar 4, 10:33 1
  - I have some small cabinets and bookcases that I got from the garbage of the rich people building next door that could be from Ikea. - Krusty Mar 4, 10:38
- 6 - two bookcases, two kitchen islands, one computer desk, one dresser. More if you count picture frames. -- nm - Roger More Mar 4, 10:33
- None -- nm - amoxy Mar 4, 10:33
- I used to own 1, although I also owned some bookshelves from Kmart that I had to assemble. Now, I own a mattress and a box spring. - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 4, 10:32
- 1. Metal shelving unit in pantry -- nm - ty97 Mar 4, 10:30 1
  - do you know its name? I was looking recently and couldn't find it (I used to have one in my kitchen). -- nm - amanda Mar 4, 10:32
- just 3 now (coffee table, and 2 kid's bookshelves) -- nm - Don Homer Mar 4, 10:30
- 0. There's no store within 250 miles. -- nm - spamlet Mar 4, 10:30
- 19 I think. It's probably more. Some of it is disassembled and in storage - volnelk Mar 4, 10:30 1
  - I already forgot 2 little side tables. -- nm - volnelk Mar 4, 10:31
- 2. these hold my folded clothing. -- (link) - amanda Mar 4, 10:29 [Image]
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- hm. 4, I think. -- nm - TFox Mar 4, 10:29
- I really don't think we have any "ikea" but lots from competitors from Office Depot, Bombay tables -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 4, 10:28
- hmm. - Beryllium Mar 4, 10:28
- furniture - i think 4 - three bookcases (all the same), and our long tv stand (which we didn't buy new, got it when a friend moved). - Andie Mar 4, 10:27
- 1 - Poag is my rocket ship chair. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 4, 10:26
- Furniture = none - but I did get some kitchen tools there. -- nm - JenBro Mar 4, 10:26
- 2. Entertainment center and bookshelf -- nm - Mr. Havens Mar 4, 10:26
- 1. My daughter's desk. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 4, 10:25
- 0 -- nm - CQ Mar 4, 10:25 1
  - ditto -- nm - Beaker Mar 4, 10:56
"cashuestration." -- nm - the new sniglets Mar 4, 10:24
Last night I had a pastrami on rye with pickles and whole mustard. That seemed pretty perfect. -- nm - con_carne Mar 4, 10:21 13
- hmmm...Katz's... -- nm - Diva Mar 4, 10:22 12
  - gawd I could go for one of thier sammy's right now -- nm - decline Mar 4, 10:37 1
    - chawl -- nm - Diva Mar 4, 10:37
  - I think I heard about that place on some PBS "America's greatest sandwiches" show -- nm - con_carne Mar 4, 10:34 6
    - It's real old school. I think you'd like it. -- nm - Diva Mar 4, 10:36
    - SAMMICH!!! -- nm - Diva Mar 4, 10:35 4
      - If you say so -- nm - con_carne Mar 4, 10:36 3
        
        just thinking about Katz's Delicatessen causes me to yell 'SAMMICH!!!'. -- nm - Diva Mar 4, 10:37 2
        
        So that's what you were really thinking about that one night. [nm] - Mel Profit Mar 4, 10:39 1
        
        oooh... -- nm - Diva Mar 4, 10:40
  - I have dreams about their pastrami. :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 4, 10:30 1
    - yep - the messier the better. -- nm - Diva Mar 4, 10:38
  - I'll have what she's having. -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 4, 10:23
being a grown-up *sucks* -- nm - ty97 Mar 4, 10:20
So playing plants vs zombies before bed after watching Walking/Talking Dead last night made for funny dreams! - JenBro Mar 4, 10:19 2
- Mrs. Havens told me about her dream last night, of how I left her for my believed-dead ex-wife. Not my ex-wife, who is still alive, mind you - Mr. Havens Mar 4, 10:23 1
  - Woah ... That's messed up! -- nm - JenBro Mar 4, 10:26

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