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"Sometimes you have to dance with the one that brung you." - Reagen Apr 16, 18:39
Have we seen this fun with Nielson ratings numbers thing? (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Apr 16, 18:25 5
- most interesting -- nm - Karl_S Apr 16, 18:39
- the info is great...but all the mini-gifs make me want to claw my eyes out -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 18:31 2
  - And being 77 out of 100 shows is not "Dead last" -- nm - Guigue Apr 16, 18:34
  - Yeah, well.....Uproxx. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 16, 18:32
- #2 is a fantastic bit of impossible trivia -- nm - prayformojo Apr 16, 18:27
Braves/Royals spoilers - David Apr 16, 18:20 2
- Braves/Royals spoilers - David Apr 16, 18:24 1
  - Braves/Royals spoilers - David Apr 16, 18:41
Zeets getting hit hard in the 3rd. - Stephen Apr 16, 18:18 3
- And that was before just giving up a grand slam... - Stephen Apr 16, 18:22 2
  - Went from a 0.00 ERA to a 4.68 ERA in two innings. -- nm - Stephen Apr 16, 18:24 1
    - oof. -- nm - b. Apr 16, 18:26
clearly this is not true...NBC Confirming Friends reunion season for 2014.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 16, 18:16 7
- It's been rumored before. Due to other commitments, it wouldn't be 22 episodes but 13 is possible. - David Apr 16, 18:19 6
  - Unrelated TV: I was thinking of you when I watched the Rear Window episode of POI yesterday. - ralph wiggum Apr 16, 18:23 1
    - YEAH! - David Apr 16, 18:24
  - It'd be the biggest show on NBC by about 50% is my guess. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 16, 18:21
  - Huffpo says no.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 16, 18:20 2
    - I've seen the denials as well. As long as they remain close and NBC is desperate for programming, it's in play. -- nm - David Apr 16, 18:26 1
      - fair enough. If they back the Brinks truck up and get it done. They will make a killing in advertising -- nm - Remlik Apr 16, 18:27
The Star Trek trailer rules but one question (spoils) - Will Hunting Apr 16, 18:12 4
- Spoilers - David Apr 16, 18:13 3
  - But spoilers - Roger More Apr 16, 18:17 1
    - Your IM is exactly why I doubt it. -- nm - David Apr 16, 18:21
  - I almost hope (spoils) - Reagen Apr 16, 18:17
Senator Dick Lugar knighted by the Queen... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 16, 18:12
Pat Summerall (R.I.P.) and John Madden were The Best -- nm - mud Apr 16, 17:57
Voice spoils from tonight's show Spoil - Will Hunting Apr 16, 17:53
ST Help request: I'm going to Hawaii for the honeymoon. Now looks like a 2 day layover in San Fran. Where should we stay? Details inside. - Volnelk Apr 16, 17:51 25
- Not spending a lot? (Viking.) Look into the Lombard Street strip - con_carne Apr 16, 18:16
- Beresford is an old euro style hotel that is a couple blocks up and out of the 'loin, the one on Sutter is perfect....or - zeitgeist Apr 16, 18:13 1
  - becareful of places that advertise they are a block or two from Union Square cause one side is $$$ and the other side is where crack and crime meet - zeitgeist Apr 16, 18:21
- We stayed at Hotel Union Square at the far end of one of the trolley lines - Will Hunting Apr 16, 17:58 17
  - Would we need to rent a car? -- nm - Volnelk Apr 16, 18:07 14
    - No. Like Manhattan, having an automobile is a burden. -- nm - con_carne Apr 16, 18:18
    - parking it could cost you as much as the hotel room -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 16, 18:15
    - for just a couple of days, not unless you plan to leave the city (I always recommend going to Muir Woods - hi Reagen - but that takes a fewish hours). - b. Apr 16, 18:12 6
      - I just looked at the actual nights, and eep!! I just remembered that's coinciding with pre-America's Cup events. - b. Apr 16, 18:21 5
        
        maybe not quite coinciding, per a prelim. calendar; but I'm sure people will pad their stays. also, your dates run into a couple of big trade - b. Apr 16, 18:25 4
        
        I just tried seeing what my corporate travel account can offer... - b. Apr 16, 18:39 1
        
        for comparison for you, here's the Hyatt in the Financial District in SF - b. Apr 16, 18:47
        
        Should we consider San Diego? The flights are similar. We just figured SF would contrast Hawaii better. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 16, 18:36 1
        
        SD can be very very nice; and, odds are, you can find something less expensive there for those dates. - b. Apr 16, 18:42
    - Taxi in, take the trolley down to the wharf, walk the piers, maybe alcatraz....it's not $$$ -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 16, 18:10
    - not really. Union square is a walking area, and the trollys take you straight to the wharf, which is also a big walking/shopping area -- nm - peglegpete Apr 16, 18:09 2
      - One note: the trolleys are surprisingly expensive as a single fair trip. -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 18:11 1
        
        Unfair! ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 18:12
    - BART from the airport worked fine for me. Only took a taxi once, iirc. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 18:09
  - I've stayed in that area a couple of times - it's a good mix of affordable (for SF) and access to transit/stuff to see. -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 18:03
  - Good location, though. I liked the hotel, even if the walls were a bit thin. - kelly Apr 16, 18:02
- My San Fran experience was rather limited. Uh. Avoid the tenderloin, though. - Beryllium Apr 16, 17:58
- july in san fran.....bring a jacket, not kidding -- nm - Bacon on Google Nexus 10 Apr 16, 17:56 1
  - I went in February. It was ... familiar. Like spring here. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 18:07
- Lemme talk to my SF peeps and I'll let you know. -- nm - Hitler Apr 16, 17:52
So I'm leaving for a few days in NY and 3 weeks in Costa Rica. What am I forgetting? -- nm - Guigue Apr 16, 17:48 15
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  - Yeah! -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 17:58 6
    - Didn't think you guys would want to meet! :) But I'm visiting my sister and bringing a friend with, don't think I'd have time... :( - Guigue Apr 16, 18:03 5
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      - Cool. I always want to meet up with STers. :-) - Krusty Apr 16, 18:05 2
        
        it is ridic that you and I haven't met. we should rectify this this summer or fall. - amanda Apr 16, 18:11 1
        
        Seriously! That would be awesome! It's fantastic and sucks here in the summer. - Krusty Apr 16, 18:25
      - (Not as in "You're not nice!" BTW, more cause like I feel like a lurker here... ;)) -- nm - Guigue Apr 16, 18:05
- sunscreen, snacks, some benadryl and pain relievers - just in case, a hat. -- nm - b. Apr 16, 17:52 3
  - Redhead so I have a huuuge bottle of sunscreen, no allergies, no snacks, and I have a hat! :) Thanks! -- nm - Guigue Apr 16, 18:02 2
    - benadryl in case you get bitten by something - oh, insect repellent! and some imodium. -- nm - b. Apr 16, 18:09 1
      - Got it and got it! -- nm - Guigue Apr 16, 18:20
- Chapstick. -- nm - David Apr 16, 17:52
- Your goatee. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 17:49 1
  - Maybe I'll have one by the time I get back! -- nm - Guigue Apr 16, 17:50
I just paid my car registration, and they include with the bill a flyer for special design plates - the plates with regular numbering - b. Apr 16, 17:42 2
- You're so pretty -- (link) - zork Apr 16, 17:46 1
  - those look like one-time fees? -- nm - b. Apr 16, 17:53
Huh, a little trouble brewing for Mark Sanford? -- (link) - mara Apr 16, 17:38
New Man of Steel trailer -- (link) - Ender Apr 16, 17:35 3
- If it wasn't Superman, that'd be a solid trailer, but he's just a weak character now. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 16, 18:05
- meh -- nm - Bacon on Google Nexus 10 Apr 16, 18:00
- Pretty Superman-Jesusy. -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 17:50
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- is that a Boston tradition? - zork Apr 16, 17:37 5
  - Yep, played it at our wedding and Kelly's family just ruled it...my family was "Wha?Wha??" -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 16, 18:11 3
    - I will *never* forget the look on Mel's face when he heard the first few notes of the song. - kelly Apr 16, 18:31
    - "What have we gotten ourselves int..." "Oh, don't even start." -- nm - How I imagine that conversation going Apr 16, 18:16 1
      - In zero world is my family the normal one; even with the odd stuff that happens - Will Hunting Apr 16, 18:21
  - Yeah - con_carne Apr 16, 17:40
- It's an incredibly classy gesture. -- nm - David Apr 16, 17:31 2
  - *tips cap to them* -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 16, 18:11
  - Strange to see the Yankees making it. -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 18:07
- Yeah! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 16, 17:29 2
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    - That's my issue. Damn song is stuck in my head now. -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 17:53
How meta: watching How It's Made with a segment about perogies while eating perogies -- nm - zork Apr 16, 17:18 2
- Unfortunately, you're having inner tubes for dessert. -- nm - Ender Apr 16, 17:24 1
  - chewy! - zork Apr 16, 17:33
But...I'm still getting fed the mobile sites for the MGM hotel group. Somebody load www.excalibur.com and tell me what you get? -- nm - Meg Apr 16, 17:12 4
- on my work notebook, the regular site is coming up. -- nm - b. Apr 16, 17:13 2
  - did you clear your cookies (or at least the one for there)? -- nm - b. Apr 16, 17:14 1
    - Cleared everything at least once - that was why I wondered if the slowdown was my problem...if I'd cleared or changed something I shouldn't. -- nm - Meg Apr 16, 17:18
- Oh, and *not* on a mobile device :) -- nm - Meg Apr 16, 17:13
If anyone updated their Facebook app on iOS and is looking for the most recent setting... - spamlet (iPhone) Apr 16, 17:07 1
- But the setting doesn't seem to stick. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Apr 16, 17:13
the packaging for Criterion's Repo Man release is pretty neat -- (link) - con_carne Apr 16, 17:05
"Can't wait for the Anne Frank hologram at #Coachella" -- nm - con_carne Apr 16, 17:02
Alleged Gambling Ring Busted In Manhattan; Athletes Possibly Involved -- (link) - Beaker Apr 16, 16:56 2
- Let me guess. Arod again. That guy is a career criminal these days -- nm - Bacon Apr 16, 16:56 1
  - (one if them is a Russian who allegedly fixed ice skating at an Olympics a few back) -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 16:57
So after after being limited to almost only ST for the last couple of days I was going to call my IP when I got home. Logged out and powered - Meg Apr 16, 16:54 9
- the little tubes inside the dohicky got clogged -- nm - decline Apr 16, 17:13 1
  - Dust bunnies!! -- nm - Meg Apr 16, 17:14
- I think if you would have called them, chances are there would have been a recording about what was going on. -- nm - con_carne Apr 16, 17:04
- After a morning without Internet yesterday, I called Comcast. Was on the phone with them for 20 minutes trying to troubleshoot when I figured out what - kelly Apr 16, 17:02 1
  - sneaky! -- nm - zork Apr 16, 17:30
- sometimes pulling the plug out and blowing on it really does work (rebooting does help now and then as well as resetting the modem/router box) -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 16, 17:00 2
  - I'd already rebooted a couple of times and reset the modem. Also switched out the PC for the netbook to rule out viruses, etc. - Meg Apr 16, 17:06 1
    - IOW, the internet is saying you are on the internet too much -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 16, 17:09
- sometimes my dsl has a mind of its own - fortunately, it's "spells" aren't often, but when they happen, so frustrating. -- nm - b. Apr 16, 16:56
Snopes runs down the various claims surrounding the Boston bombing -- (link) - TWuG Apr 16, 16:50 1
- I want to do physical harm to the people who came up with some of those. them and the insta-scammers. -- nm - b. Apr 16, 16:57
Great Coachella report JD -- nm - Epiphany Apr 16, 16:46
Chinese Consulate in New York says a Chinese national is the third person killed in the Boston marathon blasts -- (link) - con_carne Apr 16, 16:44 1
- I am not going to link to it, but I just saw that HuffPo actually named someone - who it turns out isn't dead. they regret the error. -- nm - b. Apr 16, 17:12
Stats Canada says: 4 out of 5 Canadians list their favourite NHL team as "whoever the Leafs are playing" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 16:43 1
- no surprise, really. it's well-known that 80% of canadians are anti-mick. -- nm - b. Apr 16, 16:44
new-to-me tea report: I'm drinking a cup of stash's peach cobbler guyasa tea. it's pretty tasty - I should have let it steep longer, but - b. Apr 16, 16:42
Hoo doggies, it's another windy day in LA - con_carne Apr 16, 16:38 15
- Just a light breeze down here. Pretty day.... -- nm - Meg Apr 16, 17:02 1
  - It has been nonstop windy in West LA since like noon -- nm - con_carne Apr 16, 17:07
- Up North as well. It was fun crossing the San Mateo Bridge yesterday, should be fun again today. - Stephen Apr 16, 16:52 6
  - I thought you worked in SSF? -- nm - b. Apr 16, 16:54 5
    - Burlingame, but live in Stockton. -- nm - Stephen Apr 16, 17:28 4
      - home I knew, but work I had wrong for some reason. I shall picture you correctly from now! -- nm - b. Apr 16, 17:33 3
        
        After my trip to Berkeley in March I have a very clear picture of a large part of his commute. -- nm - Meg Apr 16, 17:43
        
        heh! -- nm - Stephen Apr 16, 17:38 1
        
        if you're still there when I'm more free again, we should meet for lunch. I like the downtown there. :) - -- nm - b. Apr 16, 17:50
- it is windy here as well.... - Beaker Apr 16, 16:39 5
  - it was super windy here yesterday but not today - that can only mean one thing! -- nm - b. Apr 16, 16:43 4
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      - I bet they're still going at it. -- nm - David Apr 16, 17:31
    - HAARP? -- nm - mara Apr 16, 16:47
    - gas? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 16:44
Vigil going on at Boston Common right now -- (link) - con_carne Apr 16, 16:28 1
- Also at Garvey Park, and Dorchester, where the 8 year old boy is from -- nm - con_carne Apr 16, 17:12
Going to see the Mets Friday. Seeing a MLB games is something I always look forward to, it's a rare occasion since the Expos left -- nm - Guigue Apr 16, 16:26 5
- I know the Expos left....but were they ever really there in the first place? -- nm - Bacon Apr 16, 16:32 1
  - Ask Andre Dawson. -- nm - tl Apr 16, 16:50
- If everything holds, you get to see Harvey vs. Strasburg. All the sexay. -- nm - Tim Apr 16, 16:27 2
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    - ~ All the pretty Cy things ~ -- nm - Chris Brown Apr 16, 17:42
"You moved the headstones, but you left the bodies didnt ya?! YOU ONLY MOVED THE HEADSTONES!!! WHY? WHY!?!?!" -- nm - Jovian Apr 16, 16:15 2
- uhoh, jov.'s been possessed again. -- nm - b. Apr 16, 16:18 1
  - word. channeling me some classic Craig T Nelson. nm - Jovian Apr 16, 16:20

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