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speculation. completely unofficial and the record. based on what we know, my guess is domestic terrorist. - loosi on the Droid Apr 15, 19:31 7
- My guess also. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 16, 06:00
- It could be anything but I think speculation at this point is futile -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 19:42
- Somebody trying to start something by throwing suspicion on North Korea ? -- nm - Meg Apr 15, 19:34 1
  - False Flag! -- nm - znufrii Apr 15, 19:38
- Boston, April 15, "Patriot Day" - charlie Apr 15, 19:33 2
  - Throw in Tax Day for good measure and you're onto something. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 15, 19:38 1
    - So our profile is a patriotic extremist who hates taxes and REALLY hates exercise -- nm - con_carne Apr 15, 19:42
General Zod has issued an ultimatum to Earth -- (link) - charlie Apr 15, 19:28 [youtube]
Science FTW! Tiny sponges can soak up toxins from the bloodstream -- (link) - TWuG Apr 15, 19:21 2
- *thinks anout the "thirsty" mice in the living garden & the sponge trap charms*. Naaawwwwww ... Can't be ... Can it? - JenBro Apr 15, 19:43
- That's pretty cool. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 15, 19:26
Fun fact I learned yesterday: you can start a fire with an aluminum can and chocolate. - ralph wiggum Apr 15, 19:18 4
- "Don't eat the polish" is a good idea all around. -- nm - Max Apr 15, 19:22
- You need to watch more Survivorman. :-) -- nm - TWuG Apr 15, 19:21
- Nick Wiggums, Science Wizard -- nm - charlie Apr 15, 19:18 1
  - Yeah, I really need to introduce him to something that involves both Coke, chocolate and fire. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 15, 19:21
and i'll ask what everyone's thinking about Mad Men at this point - charlie Apr 15, 19:16 8
- I haven't watched either of the new eps from this season yet... I think I've lost interest. - Cuzzin Todd Apr 15, 19:35
- Hrm - JenBro Apr 15, 19:33 6
  - that's what i mean - charlie Apr 15, 19:34 5
    - Right ... - JenBro Apr 15, 19:40 4
      - your IM was my only thought as well -- nm - charlie Apr 15, 19:41 3
        
        Really??? - JenBro Apr 15, 19:45 2
        
        conspiracy theory - charlie Apr 15, 19:49 1
        
        Hmmm ... too much of a stretch I think -- nm - JenBro Apr 15, 20:13
SITWAP....wordpress users advised to change passwords, 'unprecidented' attacks the last couple days -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 15, 19:15 1
- If by unprecedented they mean 'has totally happened many many times to Wordpress before', then sure. -- nm - Qale Apr 15, 19:17
Oh DC: Mystics had a 44% chance of getting the #1 pick (aka Brittney Griner) 94% of Top 3, they got #4. -- nm - MDH Apr 15, 19:14 3
- i thought only lesbians cared about the WNBA -- nm - charlie Apr 15, 19:15 2
  - And this disproves that theory? -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 19:17 1
    - Gurl, you on the list. -- nm - MDH Apr 15, 19:17
mass general hospital messed conference now. injuries predominantly lower extremities -- nm - loosi on the Droid Apr 15, 19:04 2
- 8 patients in critical condition. a lot of small metal shrapnel. some shattered eardrums -- nm - loosi on the Droid Apr 15, 19:07
- PRESS conference -- nm - loosi on the Droid Apr 15, 19:04
so...I finally watched Sunshine....B? - spoilers - Beaker Apr 15, 18:59 3
- It was on pace to being one the best pure scifi flicks I had ever seen, (spoils) - Jovian Apr 15, 19:03 1
  - Yup. -- nm - David Apr 15, 19:08
- Yeah, Sunshine goes along all fine and dandy for most of its run and then... um, whut? Boyle being Boyle a bit too much I guess. -- nm - Qale Apr 15, 19:00
LYC. I've pretty much completely given up pop. So I'm trying to drink tea instead. Which would be easy to do if only... - Cuzzin Todd Apr 15, 18:58 18
- squeeze of lime in cold water, squeeze of lemon into hot water -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 15, 19:03
- me too (though i like tea). flavored perrier is not a bad subsitute either -- nm - charlie Apr 15, 19:01 16
  - Usually flavored anything is sweetened with sucralose or aspartame which I'm avoiding. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 15, 19:03 15
    - get a sodastream and a bunch of limes. this is what I drink. - amanda Apr 15, 19:39
    - flavored seltzer has no sucralose -- nm - loosi on the Droid Apr 15, 19:14
    - Yup, I was going to recommend Diet Snapple but that has aspartame. -- nm - Meg Apr 15, 19:11 4
      - Tangent, I saw Diet Chocolate in Argentina. It was made with skim milk. So it was 'Diet' -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 19:14 3
        
        Actual chocolate or drinking chocolate? -- nm - Meg Apr 15, 19:17 2
        
        Actual chocolate. May have been Nestle brand -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 19:21 1
        
        Ah well, we only eat dark chocolate....right? :) -- nm - Meg Apr 15, 19:24
    - perrier, crystal geyser, arrowhead waters, etc. don't have sweeteners, just the flavors. -- nm - b. Apr 15, 19:04 2
      - I'll have to check those out. Flat or carbonated? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 15, 19:17 1
        
        perrier is fizzy -- nm - charlie Apr 15, 19:18
    - i don't think so. at least it says no sugar on the bottle -- nm - charlie Apr 15, 19:04 4
      - Yep - there's no sugar & the carbonation is nice. I like Faygo & La Croix brands. -- nm - JenBro Apr 15, 19:11 3
        
        I'll have to get some La Croix, based on their site no artificial sweeteners either. - Cuzzin Todd Apr 15, 19:33 1
        
        So does Costco I think - an assorted pack of 12 with 3 flavors. It's good - even served on airlines IIRC -- nm - JenBro Apr 15, 19:38
        
        hear that, CT? -- nm - charlie Apr 15, 19:13
according to a good friend/marathon runner in Boston, the additional bombs were along the race route - loosi on the Droid Apr 15, 18:56 4
- See below, WSJ has updated // probably not bombs -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 18:57 3
  - what is the alternative? I'm drawing a blank -- nm - loosi on the Droid Apr 15, 18:59 2
    - lots of folks have weird shit in their packs and some was left behind, look at how often someone leaves a briefcase on the platform and the bombsquad - zeitgeist Apr 15, 19:02
    - They are probably objects that might/maybe/coulda contained explosives, and it turned out they didn't -- nm - con_carne Apr 15, 19:01
Whoa - "Warner Bros. is reporting that the audience ["42"] was 52 percent female and 59 percent over the age of 35." -- nm - MDH Apr 15, 18:55 1
- You're welcome. -- nm - Harrison Ford Apr 15, 18:56
What does everyone think about frequent eater cards? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 15, 18:54 18
- I only use one frequently. - kelly Apr 15, 19:01
- I have one but don't think it has saved me much money -- nm - loosi on the Droid Apr 15, 18:57
- i think if your establishment has one of those fucking cards, you might think about telling me after the 20th or so time i come in for lunch every day - charlie Apr 15, 18:57 8
  - Yep - Jimmy Johns did that to me & I was pissed! One day I stopped and noticed the stack of cards behind their counter and asked if it was a frequent - JenBro Apr 15, 19:19 3
    - this is pretty much how it happened for me too (though i didn't go full jenbro on him) - charlie Apr 15, 19:22 2
      - Actually! I forgot ... The reason I found out was we won free sammich's at Trivia!!! And the way they awarded it was a fullu punched card! - JenBro Apr 15, 19:37 1
        
        so at least you got a free sammich out of it. that's one more than i got -- nm - charlie Apr 15, 19:40
  - maybe you are just forgettable -- nm - loosi on the Droid Apr 15, 19:00
  - It is tantamount to dating a girl for a month and then she tells you she is gay. - Spawn Apr 15, 18:59 1
    - eh, that i could handle. losing free sammiches is a human rights violation -- nm - charlie Apr 15, 19:00
  - oh, that totally annoys me, too. it's happened multiple times. grr. -- nm - b. Apr 15, 18:59
- I have a bunch of them, but I never carry them with me. can I have it on my phone instead? no? then I will pay more and eat less. -- nm - amanda Apr 15, 18:57 2
  - you may be able to have some of them, most likely if they have bar codes or account numbers. (I just did Panera, for example). -- nm - b. Apr 15, 19:03
  - yup -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 18:58
- free food (eventually?) what's the problem...better than being a card carrying alcoholic (I have a couple cards from taverns) -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 15, 18:56 1
  - a couple isn't an issue, it's multiple stores/restaurants - I have so many. -- nm - b. Apr 15, 18:58
- ::searches you for a bar code to scan:: -- nm - b. Apr 15, 18:56
- I don't think my freezer has a plan :( -- nm - Meg Apr 15, 18:55
The Canadiens have secured a playoff spot two weeks before the end of the season. That's unusual for them. - Mop Apr 15, 18:54
SITWAP: The older man we all saw fall when the bomb exploded/the amazing photo has been interviewed -- (link) - MDH Apr 15, 18:54 1
- Awesome. Glad he was not hurt. -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 18:56
don't get me started on those effing frequent eater cards -- nm - charlie Apr 15, 18:51
@WSJ law enforcement source updates 5 more devices report: "investigators now doubt the devices were bombs." -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 18:51 2
- Paper shredders? - Spawn Apr 15, 18:52 1
  - Velociraptors!! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 19:41
A giant leap for the old dude...Don't have to jab my fingers anymore for blood sugar... - BAD Apr 15, 18:48 7
- you have a Batchelors in Eating D'oh and to think I wasted those years of college studying bs and crap -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 15, 19:09
- yay! -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 18:58
- Woot!! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 15, 18:56
- Good. Scientology is a crock, anyway. -- nm - Mop Apr 15, 18:56
- WTG!! - Meg Apr 15, 18:54
- *high five* yay! -- nm - b. Apr 15, 18:51
- Congrats! -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 18:50
~America, f*ck yeah!~ -- (link) - MIT Apr 15, 18:48 1
- meh. Ours kicks more ass. -- (link) - Spawn Apr 15, 18:49
per MSNBC, a third person has died -- nm - loosi on the Droid Apr 15, 18:44
I've already entered 10 cards, woo. -- nm - b. Apr 15, 18:44 8
- Loser. - Spawn Apr 15, 18:46 7
  - I had to manually enter numbers for a few, man. ;p -- nm - b. Apr 15, 18:47 6
    - Ah. Have been lucky. - Spawn Apr 15, 18:48 5
      - I'm going to have to keep an index card with notes that used to be on post-its on some of them. still one index card vs. all those cards, woo. -- nm - b. Apr 15, 18:50 4
        
        Do you know that you can add notes for each card? - kelly Apr 15, 18:59 1
        
        I saw that, thanks; but it won't help with keeping track of expiring offers and such. I need to be able to see them, you know? -- nm - b. Apr 15, 19:01
        
        I love that mine has already pulled up some offers. -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 18:50 1
        
        mine, too. -- nm - b. Apr 15, 18:52
Watching Zero Dark Thirty....guess my grade -- nm - Bacon Apr 15, 18:43 7
- Amy brought home a free code for this. - Spawn Apr 15, 18:51
- A or A+. It's hard not to admire the movie at a minimum. -- nm - David Apr 15, 18:43 5
  - If I didn't read the story about the woman, I'd think it was a B- movie...given reality, it's a B+ - Will Hunting Apr 15, 19:22
  - I rewatched over the weekend and bumped it up a half letter grade. -- nm - prayformojo Apr 15, 18:51 3
    - To what? And what was your Jack Burton grade? -- nm - David Apr 15, 18:51 2
      - A and......B? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 15, 18:52 1
        
        BTiLC fill a niche for me. Not enough movies are silly and well intended. -- nm - David Apr 15, 18:54
That is weird. I am in the flight path of the airport, but we get very little traffic. 1-2 planes a day - amoxy Apr 15, 18:39
That's cold, wiggie. *reads the IM of the parent* oh ... Never mind. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 18:36 4
- Heh. To clarify, I'm happy my beloved hyde is ok. I'm not as happy that he's looking for a new job. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 15, 18:44 3
  - sometimes I nm when I don't mean to - it's just habit. -- nm - b. Apr 15, 18:45 1
    - I wouldn't know anything about that. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 15, 18:46
  - yes to all of this -- nm - loosi on the Droid Apr 15, 18:44
If I hear one more person utter 'false flag' today, I am going to truly flag my fist into their throat. -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 18:36 19
- I must've missed something cause I have no idea what that means. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 15, 18:53 7
  - (spoilers) - b. Apr 15, 18:55
  - " @theblaze 4h With No Evidence, Alex Jones Calls Boston Marathon Explosions a �False Flag� Operation Conducted by the Gov't " -- (link) - ty97 Apr 15, 18:54 5
    - Heckler Interrupts Boston Bombing Presser With Accusations Of �False Flag Staged Attack� -- (link) - ty97 Apr 15, 18:56 4
      - I realize that everyone's definition of free speech is different but to me, intentionally incendiary BS comments like this exist beyond it. -- nm - David Apr 15, 19:07 2
        
        I think Gov. Patrick should have given him the death stare and said: "Shut your pie hole, you ignorant fuck." nm - ralph wiggum Apr 15, 19:14 1
        
        Governor Haslam will have less success with that this week. -- nm - David Apr 15, 19:33
      - offs -- nm - znufrii Apr 15, 19:00
- guy I work with. His first concern was what the spin on it will be -- nm - joshua Apr 15, 18:52
- huh? - znufrii Apr 15, 18:43
- It is my least favorite kind of flag -- nm - con_carne Apr 15, 18:40 1
  - You know what my favorite flag is? - Qale Apr 15, 18:46
- Did I hear it correctly, that the first question that male reporter asked at the most recent joint press conference was about whether it was a false - Stephen Apr 15, 18:40 2
  - I'm guessing by the post below me thst yes, thats what the first question was about. - Stephen Apr 15, 18:43 1
    - Info Wars, apparently. -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 18:46
- Credit to Gov. Patrick for not just murdering the guy. Although I suspect his eyes were trying to do just that. -- nm - Mop Apr 15, 18:39
- Maybe I'm not clear on FF, but how can it be FF when no one has claimed or been "proven" responsible? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 18:37 2
  - You have already applied a hundred times more logic than everyone else who has uttered 'false flag' -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 18:37 1
    - Indeed. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 18:39
Such is my patience for FB that when it changes how my groups send me messages (e.g. to send me them at all) I find it easier to just leave the group. -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 18:22 11
- You know what would be even easier? -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 18:43 4
  - ooh! ooh! I know! I know! -- nm - mud Apr 15, 18:44 3
    - ::calls on mud:: -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 18:46 2
      - "the only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?" -- nm - joshua Apr 15, 18:50 1
        
        *Perfect Score* -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 18:51
- I had a similar issue - even after turning off notifications for two groups, days later I was still getting notification basically EVERY post on them. - Cuzzin Todd Apr 15, 18:37
- You can turn off notifications from the groups -- nm - MDH Apr 15, 18:31 4
  - It sounds like he did, but FB turned them back on. -- nm - TWuG Apr 15, 18:31 3
    - I don't know, that doesn't sound like something Facebook would do -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 18:36 2
      - Results Inconclusive -- nm - sarcasm detector Apr 15, 18:42 1
        
        magic 8-ball says 'dripping' - ty97 Apr 15, 18:45

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