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Pacific Rim: Latest bad-ass trailer (aka footage shown off at WonderCon) -- (link) - budice Apr 29, 13:32 [youtube] 1
- It looked better before they started revealing detail. Now it looks like Transformers. - TWuG Apr 29, 13:38
CNN can now confirm 60 Minutes anchor Anderson Cooper may not be fully heterosexual, possibly bisexual, but definitely metrosexual. Story developing -- nm - Wolf Blitzer Apr 29, 13:32
ESPN's Chris Broussard Says Being Gay Is "An Open Rebellion To God" -- (link) - Beaker Apr 29, 13:30 16
- Can't say I had much respect for man even beforehand, same for Skip Bayless. -- nm - budice Apr 29, 13:39
- who? - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 29, 13:39 2
  - God. he's kind of a big name -- nm - charlie Apr 29, 13:41 1
    - Season tickets to every team, yo. I'm the one they refer to before they thank their mommas. -- nm - God Apr 29, 13:43
- why would they have him on for any kind of intelligent discussion, when his views have already been out there? - b. Apr 29, 13:35 2
  - Ratings -- nm - TWuG Apr 29, 13:39
  - It's exceptionally stupid to put him on. -- nm - pmb Apr 29, 13:37
- man, he's in the wrong business to have an issue with that. -- nm - colin Apr 29, 13:35
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- See, that's a 10 on the homophobia scale. -- nm - David Apr 29, 13:32 6
  - This one goes to 11. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 29, 13:39
  - HAHA. How long until he's fired? Seriously, it's gonna be pretty quick, right? -- nm - MDH Apr 29, 13:36 4
    - Honestly he shouldn't be. His bosses should be for putting him on. His views are not new on the issue and if they put him on it was for him to do - pmb Apr 29, 13:39 1
      - exactly. -- nm - b. Apr 29, 13:45
    - He's fairly high profile so I suspect he'll only be reprimanded. - David Apr 29, 13:38 1
      - Gotcha. That would make sense. -- nm - MDH Apr 29, 13:40
not sure why they're having the Cape Town Film Festival in L.A. but there are a lot of great Q&A screenings at the Egyptian -- (link) - charlie Apr 29, 13:29
The bf's latest Pew write-up got picked up by drudge and they are getting huge (for them) traffic. If anyone is interested... -- (link) - MDH Apr 29, 13:28
who's that... gas station dude? FBI? sports team? you know? we mentioned him here? kim did. in the south. you know. that guy... - amanda Apr 29, 13:25 2
- jimmy haslam is the ceo of pilot flying j and the cleveland browns owner. -- nm - b. Apr 29, 13:29 1
  - I kiss you! -- nm - amanda Apr 29, 13:30
lookin' good today, cq....nm - x Apr 29, 13:23
here's a great idea: Same-Sex and Unmarried Parents' Assets and Income Will Be Considered on Fafsa - amanda Apr 29, 13:21 15
- If you want the good you take the bad.... you take 'em both and there you have... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 29, 13:23 2
  - It'd be fine with me if we had the good too. -- nm - MDH Apr 29, 13:24 1
    - Mostly I was just looking for a way to stick the Facts of Life theme song in people's head. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 29, 13:35
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  - exactly! and create even more barriers to education for the poor. -- nm - amanda Apr 29, 13:24 10
    - USA! USA! USA! -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 13:26
    - I know people who got screwed out of financial aid because their parents were divorced and one or the other refused to help pay for college -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 13:26 6
      - but their income was still counted for fin. aid purposes. -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 13:26 5
        
        Giving aid to kids whose parents refuse to help doesn't seem very fair... - Dr.Vermin Apr 29, 13:32 4
        
        sorry, kid, you have one or more sh!tty parents, so you can't go to college. *hands you a burger king apron* -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 13:33 3
        
        Otherwise it incentivizes shitty parenting. - Dr.Vermin Apr 29, 13:35 2
        
        I don't think anyone decides to be a sh!tty parent just because they want to get out of paying for their kid's college education. -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 13:37 1
        
        This clearly gives them an out. - Dr.Vermin Apr 29, 13:41
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      - and like, how many parents just walk out? never to be heard from again? so like, can a kid whose mom walked out and nobody's seen her in 15 years - amanda Apr 29, 13:27
"THIS IS A DAGGER I SEE BEFORE ME!" Michael Fassbender to star in new adaptation of Macbeth -- (link) - con_carne Apr 29, 13:21 3
- it's either a dagger or his big old peen. -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 14:04
- I'll tell you right now, I love Macbeth. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 29, 13:29 1
  - Indeed -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 13:38
Here's a compiled list of actors/teams etc tweeting about Jason Collins -- (link) - MDH Apr 29, 13:15 4
- Some very nice ones. Stupid dust. -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 13:29
- I look forward to Buzzfeed's compilation of the assholes. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 29, 13:23
- ah *no crying at work* gotta save that to look at later. (good stuff from what I've read so far, esp. from fellow NBAers.) -- nm - b. Apr 29, 13:20 1
  - I just hope that these athletes who have kids as role models see their acceptance. -- nm - MDH Apr 29, 13:27
I am reading Bartleby the Scrivener because of Archer and Reddit. And so far, I like it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 13:15 2
- I would prefer not to. -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 13:16 1
  - the real story about Melville's kid and the customs office isn't much happier -- nm - charlie Apr 29, 13:18
The Sox tweet on Jason Collins -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 29, 13:11 17
- c/p pls? -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 13:11 16
  - saluting him for his courage and an offer to throw out the first pitch whenever he likes. - Mel Profit Apr 29, 13:12
  - We salute you, @jasoncollins34 for your courage and leadership. Any time you want to throw out a first pitch at Fenway Park, let us know. -- nm - prayformojo Apr 29, 13:12 14
    - So... this doesn't sound like a huge euphemism to anyone else? -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 13:15 8
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        i think maybe we don't have to over-parse everything said in 140 characters....nm - x Apr 29, 13:21 5
        
        Oh well now that is just no fun -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 13:25
        
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        There will be more jokes coming. Might as well just be ready for them now. -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 13:28 1
        
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        exactly. geez. -- nm - b. Apr 29, 13:20
    - Is there a double entendre in there? - ceregon Apr 29, 13:14 2
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      - which one are you? -- nm - RC's mom Apr 29, 13:15
    - nice. -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 13:13
    - :) - -- nm - b. Apr 29, 13:13
hmm, that doctor who was utterly lacking, just last all the eps of this season. - tRuMaN Apr 29, 13:05 1
- this week's... - b. Apr 29, 13:15
Poll: Do you have will? - prayformojo Apr 29, 12:59 30
- No. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 29, 13:15
- yes -- nm - ceregon Apr 29, 13:15
- yes -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 13:14
- mine is so out of date, it lists an old friend as back up executor whom i haven't talked to in10 years, no phone/email -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 13:13
- yes. (I need to update it a bit, though.) -- nm - b. Apr 29, 13:12 3
  - *casually looks over your shoulder to see what's left to him* -- nm - barnaby bear Apr 29, 13:14 2
    - oops, I need to update it more than I thought. -- nm - b. Apr 29, 13:21 1
      - the George Foreman Grill is *MINE*! -- nm - barnaby bear Apr 29, 13:26
- sure enuf honey, wherever there's a will, there is a way. -- nm - Delaney & Bonnie and Friends Apr 29, 13:09
- Yes. After what my wife went through with her mother's estate ... we didn't want to leave anyone hanging on probate. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 13:08
- no - and I'm ashamed I don't. it would be messy without -- nm - Epiphany Apr 29, 13:05 12
  - you and I need to get our shit tight. -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 13:06 8
    - you and pippy? -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 29, 13:10
    - amen sistah. - Epiphany Apr 29, 13:09 6
      - chawl. -- nm - Diva Apr 29, 13:12
      - in most states, theoretically it is. your spouse would get everything if there was no will -- nm - peglegpete Apr 29, 13:12 3
        
        that is not a horrible option but I got certain things that go certain places - Epiphany Apr 29, 13:18 2
        
        *raises hand* "about that new gun with the Zombie Bullets ... -- nm - JenBro Apr 29, 13:44
        
        I have a list of will notes for the day I actually go get a will. -- nm - peglegpete Apr 29, 13:24
      - but you can leave instructions leading them all on a wild goose chase for where the buried treasure of gemstones is buried! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 29, 13:10
  - it's one of those things that we keep kicking ourselves about, but we never get around to it - prayformojo Apr 29, 13:06 2
    - 35 pages of jokes first. -- nm - colin Apr 29, 13:08 1
      - " Aunt Betty take off that ridiculous hat" -- nm - Epiphany Apr 29, 13:10
- no. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 29, 13:04
- no point.. -- nm - colin Apr 29, 13:03
- Yes -- nm - TWuG Apr 29, 13:02
- no, kelly has him today -- nm - ty97 Apr 29, 13:01
- no, but then i don't have anything of substance to bequeath -- nm - charlie Apr 29, 13:00
- no -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 13:00 1
  - but if I did, it would be something like this -- (link) - znufrii Apr 29, 13:09 [youtube]
Ripped Tongues, Ejected Birds and Assassin Penguins: 13 Surprising Mascot Facts -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 29, 12:52
pixie, you do realize Toronto's playing Boston, right? -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 12:47 1
- yes (i'm taking the leap of faith that the Habs can make it out of the first round) -- nm - charlie Apr 29, 12:50
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- If it wasn't mentioned in a Shool House Rock I don't know. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 29, 13:07
- preposition -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 12:49
- phrasal preposition -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 12:48
save the Vegas Enterprise bridge -- (link) - charlie Apr 29, 12:44 1
- it seems weird that hollywood treats its artifacts as worthless junk -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 13:10
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- That makes two of us -- nm - ty97 Apr 29, 12:45
sorry Max, i sound super nosy.... -- nm - colin Apr 29, 12:37 8
- No no, now I'm interested in finding out what happens to me next. -- nm - Max Apr 29, 12:40 6
  - apparently you'll have a brief appendicitis scare right before leaving, but find out it was just bad gas. -- nm - colin Apr 29, 12:41 5
    - . . . or was it? -- nm - charlie Apr 29, 12:54 4
      - but we'll have to wait until you wake up from a coma in Hong Kong 6 months from now with no idea how you got there - znufrii Apr 29, 12:56 3
        
        the only clue a ticket for a Carnival cruise dated 8 months in the future and the words "Lenore" written three times on the back. -- nm - colin Apr 29, 13:04 2
        
        upon further inspection the ticket had been written on what appeared to be a dip pen...some of the wording beginning with large in dots. It also - Mel Profit Apr 29, 13:09
        
        and that's when things *really* get weird... -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 13:06
- you know too much - charlie Apr 29, 12:39
Weimann! -- nm - CQ Apr 29, 12:37
effin crap -- nm - CQ Apr 29, 12:32
this only takes a few seconds - please help someone with ALS win a handicap-converted minivan? - b. Apr 29, 12:31 2
- the math problem was a stumper but i figured it out -- nm - charlie Apr 29, 12:34 1
  - ::hands over cookie:: :) - -- nm - b. Apr 29, 12:40
What a strike -- nm - CQ Apr 29, 12:30 1
- When you knock down all 10 pins with your first ball in a frame. Duh. -- nm - Jim Apr 29, 12:31
It's okay Mike Wallace, I can't imagine why any man would do *that* to a woman. -- nm - ty97 Apr 29, 12:30 3
- brian and his dudefriend are having issues lately and last night he said to me "sometimes I think it'd be easier to just date women." - amanda Apr 29, 12:33
- so they keep doing your laundry and cooking dinner - charlie Apr 29, 12:32
- *This* -- nm - MDH Apr 29, 12:31
that pic of mop's kid in the chipmunk costume is *gold* -- nm - charlie Apr 29, 12:28 3
- chipmunk? or cat that ate the canary? - Max Apr 29, 12:29 1
  - it's very Ralphie Parker -- nm - charlie Apr 29, 12:30
- yeah, good pic -- nm - CQ Apr 29, 12:29
I don't remember hearing any kind of broadcast that Living Social was breached -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 29, 12:28 7
- mixed in all the offers for a facial are penis pills? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 12:53
- It was all over my twitter feed and I got an email about it. I still haven't posted to gibsonindex about it. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 12:50 1
  - (Seriously - my time-to-burnout on hobby projects appears to be about 2 months) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 12:51
- They spam you so much, how could you tell? -- nm - Qale Apr 29, 12:30
- I got an email from them -- nm - decline Apr 29, 12:29 1
  - me too. I don't care. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 29, 12:45
- They sent me an e-mail, but that's all I saw. -- nm - MDH Apr 29, 12:28
the Miami Gay Dolphins -- nm - charlie Apr 29, 12:27 5
- Do you like fish sticks?! -- nm - Don Homer Apr 29, 12:30
- I'd hit it. -- nm - Gerald Broflovski Apr 29, 12:29
- Laces out. -- nm - Max Apr 29, 12:29
- Marino always *pinged* to me -- nm - Epiphany Apr 29, 12:27
- *signs up for season tickets* -- nm - Stacey si Apr 29, 12:27

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