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Interesting. Late Night with Seth Myers? I'd watch that. Fallon and then Myers? I'd watch them both. -- nm - volnelk Mar 22, 08:08
Shooting at Quantico... shooting at a pizza parlor in CO... shooting in... WAIT! Miley Cyrus twerking video! I love my Google newsfeed -- nm - Mr. Havens Mar 22, 08:05
Sad day for the history of television, BBC Television Centre closes today. -- (link) - LMS Mar 22, 08:03 3
- how much will they change the building? it should be a protected landmark - zork Mar 22, 08:10 1
  - The 'doughnut' part is a listed building so that will look the same. -- nm - LMS Mar 22, 08:13
- Capt. Peacock really didn't want to see this day - zork Mar 22, 08:07
So, the wife is headed into Manhattan this Saturday night until next Saturday. Next week is gonna be a grinder -- nm - CQ Mar 22, 07:56 12
- She's been so busy with work, I had to call off the London trip for myself a few weeks back. I think I might have some beers and darts tonight at the -- nm - CQ Mar 22, 07:58 11
  - did you do the job for that asshat yet? - Mel Profit Mar 22, 07:59 9
    - Here's the thing, kids sleeping in the idling car while I'm in the bottom of the pool getting everything - CQ Mar 22, 08:02 8
      - I usually would have my crew do this, but it's March so I have to do the grunt work. -- nm - CQ Mar 22, 08:03 6
        
        "Management Intervention Charge" = $125. - Mel Profit Mar 22, 08:04 5
        
        At least it's finished, so I can run it underneath the cover for a month and it'll be one less thing to worry about later. The twins weren't too mad -- nm - CQ Mar 22, 08:10 4
        
        Needless to say, it'll be $600 for the pool and $175 for the hot tub. -- nm - CQ Mar 22, 08:12 3
        
        "Mel is Pissed Fee" = $31.50 -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 22, 08:13 2
        
        I'll see if I can work that in somehow and send you a copy of the invoice, heh -- nm - CQ Mar 22, 08:15 1
        
        *metal fingers* -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 22, 08:16
      - make up a small Asshat Charge or something. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 22, 08:03
  - pub -- nm - CQ Mar 22, 07:58
Ok, dynasty league question again. Matt Harvey vs Dylan Bundy. - spamlet Mar 22, 07:56 1
- If that's all that matters, Bundy. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 22, 08:17
Spawn....Olympus tonight? -- nm - Remlik Mar 22, 07:46 15
- By "Olympus" you mean Spring Breakers, right? -- nm - Spawn Mar 22, 07:48 14
  - Oh wait, is that woman going? -- nm - Spawn Mar 22, 07:49 13
    - you afraid someone other than remlik will see you pitching a tent? nm -- nm - groiny Mar 22, 07:54 12
      - definatley a 3 seater kind of movie. -- nm - Remlik Mar 22, 08:07 2
        
        this is so very TMI. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:08 1
        
        gotta have space between! -- nm - Remlik Mar 22, 08:22
      - I just know she like movies where things blow up. -- nm - Spawn Mar 22, 07:59 8
        
        she's off at a gaming convention -- nm - Remlik Mar 22, 08:07 7
        
        Is she gone tomorrow night too? -- nm - Spawn Mar 22, 08:09 1
        
        If so, I could drive up and we could watch the Butler game somewhere near the store (7:45 tip-off) and maybe catch a late show? -- nm - Spawn Mar 22, 08:13
        
        Well shit. Seriously, have you read the Spring Breakers reviews? - Spawn Mar 22, 08:08 4
        
        I want to see it just to see James Franco in cornrows and grillz. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 22, 08:09 3
        
        Now that is a part I can totally see him in...OZ bad bad bad -- nm - Capstern Mar 22, 08:12
        
        After reading the reviews, totally. - Spawn Mar 22, 08:10 1
        
        I thought of that as well. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 22, 08:15
re: Returning those $98 yoga pants-�I went into my local store to return my Astro pants...I was asked to bend over in order to determine sheerness." -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 22, 07:37 7
- �You go to Wal-Mart, and you see people in sweatpants, and you kind of get a little judgy,� says Whitney Schwartz, 24, who runs the blog - amanda Mar 22, 08:20
- I call elves. - Spawn Mar 22, 07:40 5
  - this -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 07:42
  - maybe they made her change? -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:41 3
    - Then she is even dumber than the article makes her sound. -- nm - Spawn Mar 22, 07:43 2
      - trust me, if I returned pants, I wouldn't be demonstrating the butt. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:51 1
        
        Only if you were wearing your unicorn onesie. -- nm - Spawn Mar 22, 07:53
Beetlejuice-themed Minecraft rollercoaster -- (link) - con_carne Mar 22, 07:33 [youtube] 9
- That's awesome! -- nm - Krusty Mar 22, 07:46 3
  - it really is -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 22, 07:47 2
    - The planning and work involved in getting that made must have been very time consuming. That might be the best thing I've ever seen someone do in - Krusty Mar 22, 07:53 1
      - im more impressed that it was done on the xbox, not on the pc - tRuMaN Mar 22, 07:55
- still cool - Spawn Mar 22, 07:37
- still cool - tRuMaN Mar 22, 07:35 3
  - Sorry. - con_carne Mar 22, 07:44 2
    - heh. Pretty much the reason I did not post it when I saw it! -- nm - Spawn Mar 22, 07:45
    - i am glaring at you right now. - tRuMaN Mar 22, 07:45
"The Secret Gingrich-Santorum 'Unity Ticket' That Nearly Toppled Romney" -- (link) - MDH Mar 22, 07:28 13
- Shouldn't the fact that both of them would have to unite to have a chance at defeating Romney make them rethink. - Inigo Mar 22, 08:00 1
  - not really. They were both going after the same portion of the electorate. in the absence of the other, either would have been a much more formidable - znufrii Mar 22, 08:04
- "I'm not sure that word means what you think it means." -- nm - Reagen Mar 22, 07:41 1
  - "Really? hm, let me just look up "santorum"...gah!" -- nm - Max Mar 22, 07:54
- "But the negotiations collapsed in acrimony because Gingrich and Santorum could not agree on who would get to be president." -- nm - charlie Mar 22, 07:39 7
  - Co-Presidents! -- nm - amoxy Mar 22, 08:02
  - "My Fellow Americans......" "You son of a bitch." - Will Hunting Mar 22, 07:45 3
    - What movie/show is this? -- nm - con_carne Mar 22, 07:58 2
      - I'm guessing 'My Fellow Americans'. -- nm - Diva Mar 22, 07:59 1
        
        don't worry carne...I'll spank her later. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 22, 08:00
  - this is the best part. -- nm - Diva Mar 22, 07:44 1
    - Rock, Scissors, Paper could have saved us all! -- nm - Spawn Mar 22, 07:44
- 2016! -- nm - charlie Mar 22, 07:29
Yesterday broke/tied over a dozen record low highs for March 21st in Illinois -- (link) - oblique Mar 22, 07:20 4
- We're supposed to get 6-8" of snow this weekend. It's Spring! nmbmildswearing - spamlet Mar 22, 07:24 3
  - We're up for 2-4" it looks like. Although from this article it says it's not that unusual -- (link) - oblique Mar 22, 07:35
  - I'm starting to wonder what the soccer leagues around here are going to do - oblique Mar 22, 07:25 1
    - Our neighbor plays on a travelling team and they've been practicing for three weeks. - spamlet Mar 22, 07:32
Three marines dead in apparent murder/suicide at Quantico. Shooter was male, others are one male and one female. -- (link) - loosilu Mar 22, 07:20
Seeing that the DC affiliate is airing the 2 new Happy Endings episodes not on Fri. the 29th, but Sunday the 31st at 3PM makes me sad. - MDH Mar 22, 07:19
I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but my favorite malapropism of Abby's is "big underpants" - prayformojo Mar 22, 07:17 8
- heh -- nm - CQ Mar 22, 07:40 5
  - I made mel a big messy breakfast last weekend. guess what he did. - Diva Mar 22, 07:46 4
    - Awesome! -- nm - CQ Mar 22, 07:50 3
      - We're having baby back pork ribs with slaw and buttermilk biscuits tonight. Pinch is going in his high chair naked -- nm - CQ Mar 22, 07:54 2
        
        he'll need a hazmat suit. -- nm - Diva Mar 22, 07:55 1
        
        etching a pool will be nothing compared to the sand blasting that will be required in the kitchen after The Pinch gets done flinging dinner around. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 22, 07:58
- "Yep, honey, you keep wearing yours too, all the way through college." -- nm - Max Mar 22, 07:19
- she's adorable. :) -- nm - Diva Mar 22, 07:18
tumbleweave: an urban phenomenon -- nm - con_carne Mar 22, 07:16 2
- SFEK -- (link) - con_carne Mar 22, 07:16 [Image] 1
  - retty sure that picture was taken in the alley behind the Maury set. -- nm - colin Mar 22, 07:23
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- How many leagues are you in, junkie. -- nm - spamlet Mar 22, 07:18 1
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boston.com Love Letters - My Wife is Depressed - Diva Mar 22, 07:12 28
- She needs to buck up. Screw the damn meds. Enough with the damn meds people. -- nm - CQ Mar 22, 07:39 9
  - Bitches, am I right? -- nm - Spawn Mar 22, 07:44
  - joking, i hope? -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 07:40 7
    - heh, chick needs as much dope as they can give her. I'd be worried about the kids safety if I was the husband. -- nm - CQ Mar 22, 07:43 6
      - something is definitely up - a year without any progress is something, something. - Epiphany Mar 22, 07:48 5
        
        i think the poor husband is wondering this too. -- nm - Diva Mar 22, 07:56
        
        no one wants to be miserable. I vote for sickness here. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:53 3
        
        I've kept quiet about this so far, but I know I got to a point where my wife needed the swift kick to get going again. - spamlet Mar 22, 08:02 2
        
        he's already done that by getting her to go back to work which was a pretty big shake up from what she was doing before. - zork Mar 22, 08:06 1
        
        You're assuming spamlet's wife didn't have medication as well. - Inigo Mar 22, 08:13
- he should dump her ass and find a nice, perky 20 year old. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 22, 07:29
- She needs meds at this point; or better meds....until she gets her brain straight, all the talking therapy (my assumption) is just scratching at - Will Hunting Mar 22, 07:23
- It sounds like in addition to her depression she's gotten used to not having to parent often, and everything being about her needs. - Inigo Mar 22, 07:23
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  - I concur. -- nm - zork Mar 22, 07:48
  - yeah, drugs first or the counseling won't do much. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:29 5
    - I'd bet she's already on medication. He just didn't mention it. - Inigo Mar 22, 07:34 4
      - could be, but it is not working. about parenting, I defer to you completely. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:36 3
        
        I'm thinking "being treated" = medication. - Inigo Mar 22, 07:43 2
        
        therapy only can be classified as treament -- nm - zork Mar 22, 07:47 1
        
        He said she's being treated *and* going to therapy. - Inigo Mar 22, 07:50
- pushing her will not work, guaranteed. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:16
- She needs more than therapy, she needs medication (unless that is what "being treated" means in which case she needs different drugs. -- nm - Spawn Mar 22, 07:15 5
  - this. if she is taking meds they are not working. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:16 4
    - This is the least "Love Letter" of any I have read from there. -- nm - Spawn Mar 22, 07:17 3
      - I think part of it is that he's trying to find out if there is a chance to be with "the woman he loves" rather the one she is now -- nm - zork Mar 22, 07:53
      - Amour 2 -- nm - Max Mar 22, 07:22
      - I know right? -- nm - Epiphany Mar 22, 07:21
Andie, re: B2 - Will Hunting Mar 22, 07:09 20
- There's like - what? - a 20 year gap between DB and DBDG? -- nm - Mop Mar 22, 07:12 18
  - more i think. - Andie Mar 22, 07:13 17
    - If anything illustrates the perils of May/December, this is it. - Mop Mar 22, 07:15 11
      - Unless tehy've been together for 15 years, it's not so much the age thing; as much a maturity thing is my guess - Will Hunting Mar 22, 07:19 5
        
        yes, they are two of the same. an example of selfishness: - Andie Mar 22, 07:22 4
        
        They are remaking Endless Love: -- (link) - Andie Mar 22, 08:23
        
        that's awful. - Mel Profit Mar 22, 07:50
        
        That...sucks. - Will Hunting Mar 22, 07:26
        
        ugh. -- nm - Diva Mar 22, 07:25
      - she is almost 40. they got together when she was 35. she was married before, she's not a kid. -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 07:16 4
        
        so she's always been taken care of? -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:17 3
        
        i don't think so, i really don't. it's not a rich kid syndrome, it's weirder than that. -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 07:18 2
        
        (and alcohol plays a major role) -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 07:18 1
        
        ah, ok. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:29
    - (oh, and she is very good looking. no-one knows why she hooked up with DB in the first place) -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 07:14 4
      - She likes free stuff? -- nm - spamlet Mar 22, 07:23 3
        
        if she was a real gold digger she would NOT have picked DB. :) -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 07:23 2
        
        Eh, she seems to be doing okay :) -- nm - spamlet Mar 22, 07:25 1
        
        heh. - Andie Mar 22, 07:26
- oh, DB feels totally wronged too (he just wasn't on this call). - Andie Mar 22, 07:12
posted? Miley Cyrus twerks in a unicorn onesie -- (link) - amanda Mar 22, 07:09 10
- she's like a Will Ferrell SNL skit that used to run in the last 15mins. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 22, 07:24 9
  - There is nothing wrong with her having fun and doing this. Hell, DLR has been doing this shit for years. - Spawn Mar 22, 07:27 8
    - I absolutely agree. - Mel Profit Mar 22, 07:33 7
      - DLR rocks out a bunny suit. - Spawn Mar 22, 07:51 6
        
        (also points for no bra) -- nm - Max Mar 22, 07:53 4
        
        But she loses those points for video quality. -- nm - Spawn Mar 22, 07:54 3
        
        it goes it that twisted 70s basement porn feel. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 22, 08:01 2
        
        *waves hands before face* doodly ooh doodly ooo wayne's world fantasy sequence -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 22, 13:34
        
        goes = gives -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 22, 08:04
        
        I love that she made the video, but it's also one I imagine Ethan Hawke finding in Sinister. - Max Mar 22, 07:53
the Ender dragon is coming to the xbox minecraft edition. - tRuMaN Mar 22, 07:07
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- 8/16, 2 Sweet 16 gone -- nm - Strongbad Mar 22, 07:59
- 13/16 and two sweet 16 teams gone. -- nm - Krusty Mar 22, 07:14
- Yesterday's results seem to range from New Mexico hurt me a little to I hope Los Alamos blows up and leaves a crater the size of Mars in retribution. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 22, 07:11
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  - That VCU defense is oppressive. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 22, 07:12 1
    - Just on the press. Once you break you can score very easily. Breaking it seems to be very difficult. - Krusty Mar 22, 07:15
- 13/16, one sweet 16 team gone -- nm - Spawn Mar 22, 07:10 1
  - ha ha - charlie Mar 22, 07:43
- "We've all got it coming, kid." -- nm - Max Mar 22, 07:08
SITMOP: NBC bringing back Sing-Off for the holidays -- (link) - oblique Mar 22, 07:03 1
- AWESOME -- nm - TFox Mar 22, 08:11

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