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Happy 10th anniversary of the Iraq invasion! -- nm - spamlet Mar 19, 06:43 1
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Nice trade Philly. Andrew Bynum done for the season (to have knee surgery) -- (link) - Beaker Mar 19, 06:29 2
- There only saving grace is that now the insurance kicks in and almost all of his salary is covered - decline Mar 19, 06:34 1
  - Dwight Howard won't go there. -- nm - Bacon Mar 19, 06:53
Worst Company in America bracket is out -- (link) - znufrii Mar 19, 06:27 8
- EA gets it this year. -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 06:44 1
  - They had a very strong run into the tournament. -- nm - Ender Mar 19, 06:54
- Are these companies picked randomly? - kelly Mar 19, 06:36 2
  - no, it's from a customer service / overall suckiness perspective. they are nominated by consumerist readers. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 19, 06:38
  - it's based on nominations by consumerist readers. -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 06:37
- I could see Carnival making a deep run this year. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 19, 06:32 2
  - definitely. -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 06:35 1
    - I'm going with EA, Ticketmaster, Comcast and BofA for my final four. -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 06:37
Amsterdams 2 oldest prostitutes retire (70 year old twin sisters, figure they've seen over 355,000 clients) -- (link) - Beaker Mar 19, 06:11 5
- Must have extended warranties on their naughty bits -- nm - Pope Bud I Mar 19, 06:14 4
  - Yeah no. Eff that. -- nm - Squaretrade si Mar 19, 06:15 3
    - No, please don't, -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 19, 06:21 2
      - but, but, but TWINS! -- nm - Beaker Mar 19, 06:27 1
        
        Hot dog. Hallway. Herpes. -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 19, 06:35
This is pretty clever: If Famous Websites Were People -- (link) - ty97 Mar 19, 06:02 [youtube] 2
- I like (spoiler) - nubby, Astro-lord Mar 19, 06:21 1
  - I liked - Mara Mar 19, 07:45
I know you shouldn't overthink your NCAA picks, but I currently have an 8 over a 1 and I am considering doing it for two of them. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 19, 05:44 6
- I think you could maybe make the case for it since it's almost an annual thing, but I'll pick chalk through to the S16 and then go from there. - Will Hunting Mar 19, 05:56
- It happened in, I believe, 2000 when both Wisconsin and North Carolina made the Final Four as 8 seeds. -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 19, 05:56
- With the number of losses within top 5 rankings...everyone picking chalk is in for surprises -- nm - Pope Bud I Mar 19, 05:51
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  - i always become a p*ssy in the sweet 16 round though. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 19, 05:50
- eh, screw it, I did it. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 19, 05:49
In a 2011 survey of veterans of post -9/11 wars, 44% said Iraq was worth fighting; 50% said it was not -- (link) - ty97 Mar 19, 05:43
U.S. housing rebound continues, as permits climb 4.6% and starts rise 0.8% in February, government says. -- nm - ty97 Mar 19, 05:39
Cyprus Set to Reject Tax on Bank Deposits -- (link) - ty97 Mar 19, 05:15 2
- So they're leaving the EU? -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Mar 19, 06:21
- woo hoo! -- nm - Russian Mobsters Mar 19, 05:39
Definitely liking NewsBlur more this week, as it's much more usable and feeds updating regularly etc. Almost ready to fully ditch G Reader. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 19, 05:15
Woot-off -- nm - CovingtonCat Mar 19, 02:40
Lie still...I've never done this before. and there will be blood. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 01:00
The Archer episode from Montreal is absurdly accurate. - Mop Mar 18, 23:23
I was going to write a blog post called "Good versus Weevil" about the AT&T hacking story. - Beryllium Mar 18, 22:53
"Sometimes I forget how old Buffy is, until I see a laptop." -- (link) - con_carne Mar 18, 22:28 [Image] 1
- Wow, is that a Commodore? -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 19, 06:22
Psych Season 6 spoilers - amoxy Mar 18, 22:20
This'll mean something to about 2 of you: Peter Murphy arrested for alleged DUI hit-and-run in Glendale -- (link) - Mop on Macbook Air Mar 18, 22:16 4
- What a gothdamn shame. -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 22:47
- drunk before noon?? he started his St. Patricks celebration a little early -- nm - peglegpete Mar 18, 22:26 1
  - or carries on till very very late -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 23:36
- *cuts you up* -- nm - charlie Mar 18, 22:17
I didn't start Parks & Rec til Season 3. Watching the first season now is weird. -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 22:15 10
- The first season of Parks and Rec is like the first season of Star Trek:The Next Generation -- nm - amoxy Mar 18, 22:16 9
  - I don't get this reference. -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 22:27 5
    - You mean you don't have a conversational knowledge of television shows from almost thirty years ago? -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 22:42
    - Leslie Knope had to grow her beard. -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 22:32
    - the first season of TNG they wore weird pajama uniforms and the characters hadn't found their voices yet - charlie Mar 18, 22:29 2
      - A more modern equivalent would be Fringe -- nm - Beryllium Mar 19, 00:03 1
        
        first year or two of Simpsons are weirder and relatively crudely drawn closer to his Life is Hell drawings -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 00:07
  - I suspect it is. I didn't start Parks and Rec until Rob Lowe and Adam Scott joined. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Mar 18, 22:22 2
    - I am not a big fan of Rob Lowe on this show, but he is so much better than Paul Schneider - amoxy Mar 18, 22:24 1
      - Screw you. Mark Mark Brendanawicz was a good enough character. But yes, the show got better once he left and Adam Scott came aboard -- nm - Mr. Havens Mar 18, 22:40
Where's JenBro? The American Pickers are on the U.P. They're panicking 'cause they've lost cell signal :) -- nm - Meg Mar 18, 22:07 1
- Not surprised one bit - luckily there's no shortage of "bars" (the important kind) up there! -- nm - JenBro Mar 19, 02:24
We finally have a desert trip scheduled for this weekend - and I'm not sure I can make it :( - Meg Mar 18, 21:57 1
- send mel in your place - charlie Mar 18, 21:58
If you order pizza delivery during a hailstorm, you might be an asshole. If you don't tip when it arrives, you definitely are an asshole. -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 21:40 5
- neither rain nor sleet, nor gloom of night shall keep the pizza man from his rounds -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 23:33
- Do you keep a list of people like that for future shenanigans? - Krusty Mar 18, 21:50 3
  - "No, you misunderstand. This is not your pizza. This is your pissa. Enjoy!" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 21:55 1
    - Enjoy your pizza, Miss Gulch! Me and Toto are getting the hell out of here. -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 22:00
  - I'd like to think God took care of that for me with well placed golf ball sized hailstones. -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 21:55
the Khardashian sisters have a good old vagina smell-off in London -- (link) - charlie Mar 18, 21:36 3
- What. The. F*ck. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Mar 18, 21:45 1
  - you know Lena Dunham will totally make an episode of Girls out of it -- nm - charlie Mar 18, 21:48
- Uh oh. How the fuck is The Onion going to top this? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 21:39
"Yeah, that's called shrink juice." heheh -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 21:27
tonight's Bones spoils - peglegpete Mar 18, 21:23 1
- I know, right? Loved it. -- nm - Jim Mar 19, 06:14
hmmm....do I stay up to watch Jenna Louise-Coleman on Craig Ferguson tonight, or go to bed because I need to go to NYC tomorrow morning. -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 21:15 1
- set the dvr? -- nm - peglegpete Mar 18, 21:24
March speaker notes...done. A week earlier than usual. Am I allowed to award a gold star to myself? -- nm - Meg Mar 18, 21:15 2
- *tosses you a Pounce* -- nm - charlie Mar 18, 21:17 1
  - *swats it back at you* -- nm - Meg Mar 18, 21:19
Spring Breakers is really going out on 1000 screens? Has there been any advertising? -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 21:09 9
- @lenadunham Spring Breakers will be in my head for a long time. It is beautifully made. It is the only art film ever to star a teen wizard. - ty97 Mar 18, 22:08
- YouPorn, RedTube... -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Mar 18, 21:53
- Very little advertising, and we're not opening it, even though we typically open movies when they hit the 600-800 screen range -- nm - Mr. Havens Mar 18, 21:47
- It seems to have a lot of awareness with the college crowd. -- nm - David Mar 18, 21:18
- it did 90k per theater in LA/NY last weekend -- nm - charlie Mar 18, 21:11 4
  - I know, and I want to see it and am a Harmony Korine fan. It's still a big difference on 1000 screens vs 3 well chosen NY/LA screens. -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 21:15 3
    - "Life is beautiful. Really, it is. Full of beauty and illusions. Life is great. Without it, you'd be dead." -- nm - Qale Mar 18, 21:41
    - anecdotally, someone posted on movies that tween girls were trying to sneak in a lot - charlie Mar 18, 21:23 1
      - I wonder if the ones that couldn't get in went home and watched Trash Humpers on Netflix. -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 21:27
I hate not being able to decide if I should report on stale cyber attack news ... heh. (This is fresh news about an incident in july of last year) -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 18, 21:06
You know what's weird? Jeremy Piven starring in a period drama -- (link) - con_carne Mar 18, 21:02 [youtube] 3
- I could get past 5 minutes of him waving his arms around and shouting. -- nm - LMS Mar 19, 04:43
- I'll allow it. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Mar 18, 21:55
- Miss Smuttah was mezzo-mezzo on it -- nm - charlie Mar 18, 21:03
Huge uproar (cancelled gigs) over alleged anti-gay remarks by MIchelle Shocked. - loosi at home Mar 18, 20:11 15
- whoa, she dropped that bomb in a San Fran nightclub, that area ain't totally gay, but its like ground central for Pelosi, Newsome, Brin, Sergei etc - zeitgeist Mar 19, 00:15
- I have -watched- her suck a woman's nipple. -- nm - David Mar 18, 21:07 2
  - That's an interesting show. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Mar 18, 21:56
  - Why the emphasis on watched? What's the alternative? Helped? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 21:14
- It sounds like she's had a fairly recent religious conversion. -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 20:47 5
  - to what? westboro baptist? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 20:53 1
    - It says on her wiki entry. - tl Mar 18, 20:57
  - Not so recent according to wikipedia, 2008. -- nm - tl Mar 18, 20:53
  - apparently so. that's whack. -- nm - loosi at home Mar 18, 20:50
  - ayup -- nm - charlie Mar 18, 20:47
- who? -- nm - Buzz Mar 18, 20:46
- you should hear what the Disney collectors think of her :(( -- nm - peglegpete Mar 18, 20:40
- Couple of interesting tweeks on her Twitter feed. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Mar 18, 20:36 1
  - yeah, that's weird. -- nm - loosi at home Mar 18, 20:43
- "And another thing. Bohemian Rhapsody stinks." -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 20:28
Ravens may end up opening the season on the road, due to schedule conflict with the Orioles. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 18, 20:07
where Mad Men is heading: NYC in the late 60s/early 70s -- (link) - charlie Mar 18, 19:51 4
- there are all of two people in those photos with a waist line over 30 inches -- nm - Max Mar 18, 20:22 2
  - tightly edited. -- nm - loosi at home Mar 18, 20:35
  - cause they didn't have super big gulps back then, pal -- nm - charlie Mar 18, 20:31
- aw, my birthplace and time. -- nm - loosi at home Mar 18, 19:56
PC gamer alert: Pre-order Bioshock Infinite from GMG and get Bioshock + one of 5 other games for free + $14 cashback or $15 credit. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 18, 19:49
LeBron is incredible tonight. - amoxy Mar 18, 19:45 3
- He's so good, he's like a mini Jeff Green. - TFox Mar 18, 19:46 2
  - half the fun of this game is wondering how this is twisting you in knots. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 18, 19:51 1
    - I'm glad our electricity is fucked up so I'm just refreshing box scores. -- nm - TFox Mar 18, 19:53
In news 1000x's more interesting to me than you, Abby successfully solved the "Six Dollar Problem" tonight - prayformojo Mar 18, 19:40 7
- That's phenomenal. Next up: box office depreciation! -- nm - David, Halo Legend Mar 18, 21:02
- Abby rocks. -- nm - kelly Mar 18, 21:01
- Next have her explain the difference between 720p and 1080i -- nm - Dano Mar 18, 20:27 2
  - Nôoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo -- nm - tl Mar 18, 20:58 1
    - Ooh, cool, I just found out how to get alternate letters on this. -- nm - tl Mar 18, 20:59
- Did she get to keep it? :) -- nm - Max Mar 18, 20:12
- Lil' Monocle! -- nm - charlie Mar 18, 19:42
Pixie, that wasn't Haley. That's his nephew. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 19:39 7
- Henry Barbour, a top GOP strategist and one of the authors of the Republican National Committee's detailed plan to help the party reboot - amoxy Mar 18, 19:43 3
  - I don't say a word about what he wrote. Just get the who wrote it right. It's not hard. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 19:48 2
    - Eh, they all look alike. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Mar 18, 20:11
    - Agreed -- nm - amoxy Mar 18, 19:50
- Tomato, tomahto - charlie Mar 18, 19:41 2
  - Come on. Next you are going to tell us Rand Paul and Ron Paul are almost the same person politically -- nm - Bacon via Droid Mar 18, 19:44 1
    - They can share monogrammed towels. I think that's enough. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 18, 19:54
Mel ALert - Spawn Mar 18, 19:38 1
- Saw that. Mop... - Mel Profit Mar 18, 19:40
For more information about Wayne's World, consult your local library - prayformojo Mar 18, 19:35 3
- "ingest a bolus of mercury..." -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 19:36 2
  - bwaha - there's one where you float gasoline on carbon-tet which is floating on mercury - Reagen Mar 18, 19:47 1
    - white phosphorous! - Reagen Mar 18, 20:00
I wish I had heeded Don't Read the Comments when reading too much crap about Steubenville today. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 18, 19:33 5
- I added about ten new filters on tumblr. -- nm - loosi at home Mar 18, 19:34
- but FOOTBALL! -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 19:34 3
  - But what dude wouldn't have done the same thing in that situation? Amiright? nm - ralph wiggum Mar 18, 19:35 2
    - it would have impolite not to! - Reagen Mar 18, 19:38 1
      - Not too far. Too far would be making the subtext text: - ralph wiggum Mar 18, 19:40
also, I had to talk down a student from demonstrating gas laws by exploding an aerosol can - Reagen Mar 18, 19:33 1
- he's just trying to make science fun! -- nm - mafic Mar 18, 19:52
mama, just killed a man -- nm - charlie Mar 18, 19:32

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