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Heh. I was reading about the old Borscht Belt resorts on wikipedia, and I came across this - con_carne Jul 2, 22:17 1
- nice. almost all of the places are torn down now :(( -- nm - peglegpete Jul 2, 22:32
great local news..MGM to put solar power complex on top of their Mandalay Bay convention centre -- nm - peglegpete Jul 2, 22:03 1
- and 10 minutes later it melted -- nm - Bacon on Google Nexus 10 Jul 2, 22:17
"I'm Hank. Hank Evans...~for little girls~-" -- nm - Max Jul 2, 22:00
today's google doogle is for Kafka's 130th dirthday -- nm - zork Jul 2, 21:55 1
- oops, birthday, although dearth-day works -- nm - zork Jul 2, 21:56
LONER C.....Could be worse tho. -- nm - budice Jul 2, 21:43
Wait a minute. If I am old, Jenbro? You saw Deepthroat while you were in college. You have to be older than me. -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 21:24 5
- she is, and it doesn't mean shit. she's awesomely cool. -- nm - loosi at home Jul 2, 21:27 4
  - he keeps forgetting Rule #1 :))) - peglegpete Jul 2, 21:44
  - I never said she wasn't cool, just returning the old comment tweak that she gave me - Bacon on Google Nexus 10 Jul 2, 21:34 2
    - I want to be JenBro when I grow up. - loosi at home Jul 2, 21:44 1
      - We scared her away -- nm - Bacon on Google Nexus 10 Jul 2, 21:53
New update for Real Racing 3... - Stephen Jul 2, 21:18
David Duchovny will be at SDCC, along with ALL of the big names associated with XFiles (including Chris Carter and Vince Gilligan). - loosi at home Jul 2, 20:45 11
- duchovnycentral dot blogspot dot com. Heh. -- nm - con_carne Jul 2, 21:08 1
  - yeah I know. I believe this is legit. -- nm - loosi at home Jul 2, 21:26
- good news..the con re-arrainged the dealers room. comics will be with comics, art dealers with artist alley, etc. it will be much easier to get around -- nm - peglegpete Jul 2, 21:01 4
  - Except for the crush of people attending. ;) -- nm - the liioulu not playing with an iPad Jul 2, 21:06 3
    - that's one of the main reasons I no longer go. even wed. during dealer set up was becomming abominable with >10,000 fans getting in on dealer badges -- nm - peglegpete Jul 2, 21:15 2
      - my friend Charlotte McDuffie is doing a panel! -- nm - loosi at home Jul 2, 21:22 1
        
        um, Fullerton. -- nm - loosi at home Jul 2, 21:22
- she'll be there. She's been doing the cons this year for the 20th Anniversary -- nm - Remlik Jul 2, 20:53 1
  - I know. she's just not officially there yet. He wouldn't go if she wasn't there. - loosi at home Jul 2, 21:21
- The little blurb includes her -- nm - amoxy Jul 2, 20:48 1
  - oof, yes it does!!!!! thank you! it's buried. -- nm - loosi at home Jul 2, 21:28
Emm -- nm - ..the liioulu playing with an ipad Jul 2, 20:42
Just finished GOT book 1 audio (unabridged 34 hours). Very little difference between the book and the show. As far as I can tell, - GregW Jul 2, 20:38
is Ty still at the airport bar??? -- nm - peglegpete Jul 2, 20:23
For Dano -- (link) - Reagen Jul 2, 20:18
That Jason Everman story is a movie I would see -- nm - con_carne Jul 2, 20:08 1
- yep -- nm - Remlik Jul 2, 20:40
BB15: I'm not sure how David remembers to continue breathing on a daily basis. -- nm - Ender Jul 2, 20:07 2
- also, selat seems to agree, based on twitter ... (selat was an HSXer, right?) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 20:21
- autoidiotic asphyxiation -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 20:18
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- Roids -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 20:06
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- I'm not sure they're using that word correctly. -- nm - Mop on Chrome on iPad Jul 2, 22:32 1
  - Bart or Homer? -- nm - the liioulu not playing with an iPad Jul 2, 22:33
- Nice -- nm - amoxy Jul 2, 20:03
I wasn't knocking you Kelly. I just thought that's what the IM was going to say -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 19:58 7
- Sure you weren't, and of course you did. -- nm - kelly Jul 2, 20:02 6
  - This is the reply an old person would give - Bacon Jul 2, 20:04 5
    - She didn't say anything about getting off her lawn. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 2, 21:34 1
      - You, sir, are an old soul. You were probably telling kids to get off your lawn in college. Me and Jenbro are young souls. -- nm - loosi at home Jul 2, 21:45
    - If I'm old, what does that make you? - kelly Jul 2, 20:06 2
      - LOL -- nm - JenBro Jul 2, 21:20
      - Ancient -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 20:09
*looks in dictionary*... here it is... 'kemosabe: fatherly expression for a horse's rear end'... what the hey?! -- nm - nubby making an unpleasant discovery Jul 2, 19:57 1
- "Gary Larson on line 2..." -- nm - Reagen Jul 2, 20:00
Xfinity on demand has Newsroom season one for the next two weeks. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 2, 19:48
balls_thelick -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 19:22
The worst meal in America -- (link) - Reagen Jul 2, 19:21 34
- formerly fat ty97 (FFT) says yes. - ty97 Jul 2, 19:30 24
  - Yup, and now I have a real problem ordering anything like that. I like to order off the appetizer menu but most of the - Meg Jul 2, 19:46 22
    - i'm going to order Emerils parmaesan cheese/truffle potato chips thursday -- nm - peglegpete Jul 2, 20:11 21
      - I promise, when I'm up there, I'll eat what I want...I'll be hiking for a week afterwards :) - Meg Jul 2, 20:19 20
        
        Were you on the trip that we ate at that 50s mobster style steakhouse? -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 20:24 14
        
        You bet...twice :) -- nm - Meg Jul 2, 20:30 12
        
        I'm trying to recall if I actually suggested it on a friends recommendation. -- nm - Meg Jul 2, 20:31 11
        
        The time we went I think it was on Peglegs recommend, but I could be wrong. I made the mistake of walking the 2 blocks to meet you guys there and it - Bacon Jul 2, 20:57 10
        
        The first time we went we were all staying across the corner at the Sahara. Thinking back it may have been the concierge there that suggested it. - Meg Jul 2, 21:00 9
        
        That was the very first Vegastravaganza. -- nm - Meg Jul 2, 21:01 8
        
        I vaguely remember that night -- nm - amoxy Jul 2, 21:07 3
        
        Okay if you were there I don't think I was that time. I met you on my second Vegas -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 21:08 2
        
        You were not there for the first, nine and a half years ago. -- nm - Spawn Jul 2, 21:20 1
        
        Nope I missed the first few because, well, I was married to someone that couldn't stay at a job long enough to get a vacation week. -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 21:22
        
        I think you guys staying at the Sahara was my first. I was at the Hilton and monorailed over there and back -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 21:04 3
        
        Changed my flight when I found out everyone was leaving Monday and not Sunday and ended up in the Sahara for a night - Bacon Jul 2, 21:05 2
        
        'Cause you're old .) -- nm - JenBro Jul 2, 21:23 1
        
        Experienced -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 21:24
        
        the Golden Steer -- nm - peglegpete Jul 2, 20:28
        
        my scale for the first time in 40 years showed I was under 180 yesterday. my hi was 240. -- nm - peglegpete Jul 2, 20:22 4
        
        Best thing to do for the heart is lose weight if you need to. -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 20:56
        
        Good Job! -- nm - amoxy Jul 2, 20:34
        
        WTG...I've maintained my goal weight for 3 years now! -- nm - Meg Jul 2, 20:33 1
        
        i've been under 185 for 5 years. in the last 2 weeks a few pounds dropped and it feels permanent :) -- nm - peglegpete Jul 2, 20:43
  - can't type ty97 (CCT) says this should be in response to con_carne (CC) -- nm - ty97 Jul 2, 19:30
- There's a demand for that many deep fried foods in one meal? -- nm - con_carne Jul 2, 19:27 4
  - think about what you just said. -- nm - Reagen Jul 2, 19:28 3
    - When you've lived in the land of salad as long as I have, sometimes you lose perspective -- nm - con_carne Jul 2, 20:12 2
      - Fried Salad? -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 20:15 1
        
        I mean, you should fry the salad! -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 20:15
- yeesh -- nm - JaxSean Jul 2, 19:27
- "No exaggeration. No one here has ever seen this much trans fat in a meal." -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 2, 19:25
- Per local news - a LJS spokesman said "but it's a great value"!! -- nm - Meg Jul 2, 19:24
- Only $4.99! -- nm - Tim Jul 2, 19:23
It may be because I'm a bit tired. How do I vote at the link above? - con_carne Jul 2, 19:16 6
- You need to register and then it'll take your vote. I discovered I was already registered with them from a previous contest. -- nm - Meg Jul 2, 19:18 4
  - Can you do it more than once? like every 24 hours? -- nm - the liioulu with Jul 2, 19:35 3
    - Apparently not. One vote per person I believe. -- nm - Meg Jul 2, 19:43 2
      - I have already voted twice. It may be 24 hours. -- nm - loosi at home Jul 2, 21:57 1
        
        I voted under my google account and my yahoo account. I don't think you can more than once under the same account -- nm - zork Jul 2, 22:03
- word, same here -- nm - Beaker Jul 2, 19:18
More Baseball: Brian Runge, 3rd generation Umpire, has been fired -- (link) - amoxy Jul 2, 19:11
RIPD just looks DOA -- nm - budice Jul 2, 19:09 1
- It seems like it may be funny. LONER is the one I dread. -- nm - GregW Jul 2, 19:15
Postgame TV interview: "You didn't have time to relax between innings, did that have anything to do with it?" "No, I just fucking walked a guy, this game's pretty tough." -- nm - Johnny Vander Meer Jul 2, 19:06 4
- Just once: "Walk us through the first inning." "God, that was like three fucking hours ago," -- nm - Tim Jul 2, 19:09
- Is he normally on edge like that? He did not seem happy and was really terse with the interviewer -- nm - amoxy Jul 2, 19:08 1
  - I thin k he was just exhausted and covered in shaving cream. -- nm - Ender Jul 2, 19:18
- SFAN -- nm - Ender Jul 2, 19:07
Given the choice between Person of Interest and Entertainment Tonight, I'd rather have POI on the TV when kieran is in the room. - Beryllium Jul 2, 19:06 1
- off or the big band channel in the music channels -- nm - peglegpete Jul 2, 19:29
Ok kid, but can you do it again on your next outing? -- nm - Johnny Vander Meer Jul 2, 18:56 2
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  - Somebody posted on my other board that he is the 6th pitcher to do that - amoxy Jul 2, 19:04
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Damn...WTG Homer -- nm - amoxy Jul 2, 18:54 9
- The most ironically named pitcher ever. -- nm - Tim Jul 2, 18:59
- 1 walk away from a perfecto -- nm - budice Jul 2, 18:58
- His second. Amazing. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 2, 18:55
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  - I only caught the last inning, and he was dealing heat -- nm - amoxy Jul 2, 18:56 3
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      - That is what the Giants announcers were saying -- nm - amoxy Jul 2, 18:57 1
        
        Jon Miller was just saying how impressive it was. - i.b! Jul 2, 19:01
  - yep. good for him! - i.b! Jul 2, 18:56
7pm LONER screening...and theres 8 ppl in a 500seat theater...guess which movie was in here just prior to LONER? -- nm - budice Jul 2, 18:54 4
- MoS -- nm - Spawn Jul 2, 18:55 3
  - WHD -- nm - budice Jul 2, 18:59 2
    - SPOILERS! -- nm - Spawn Jul 2, 19:06 1
      - er, this is not supposed to go there -- nm - Spawn Jul 2, 19:07
Tasty testes? -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 2, 18:50
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- Who should I be rooting for? -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 19:49 3
  - Perfect Game!! No Hitter!!! Go Go Go whatever it is -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 19:49 2
    - Boooooooo! It was against the Giants. -- nm - Bacon Jul 2, 19:59 1
      - no flies on you -- nm - charlie Jul 2, 20:06
- I guess I should have waite a day before I clicked accept. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 2, 18:54
- Thanks for the heads up. -- nm - Ender Jul 2, 18:50
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LIR - Pete, didn't the burger come with the chips? -- nm - JenBro Jul 2, 18:45
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- statheads who often stress "regression to the mean" must be going bonkers. -- nm - Tim Jul 2, 18:43 4
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    - oh, yeah, it just usually happens by now. that's insane. -- nm - Tim Jul 2, 18:45 2
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        Hail Satin! -- nm - Tim Jul 2, 18:57
twirl -- nm - peglegpete Jul 2, 18:42 3
- not beimg braggy, but I can twirl almost my whole plate now without needing a spoon until the last bit :) -- nm - JenBro Jul 2, 18:47 2
  - Getting it onto the fork is only half the battle -- nm - JenBro's Shirt si Jul 2, 18:50 1
    - Surprisingly, given the cava, no spills today! -- nm - JenBro Jul 2, 19:11
Before and after VFX for The Great Gatsby -- (link) - Dano Jul 2, 18:42 [vimeo] 2
- what's the song in that clip? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 2, 20:57
- SPOILERS!!! -- nm - Spawn Jul 2, 19:07
sho nuff -- nm - charlie Jul 2, 18:39

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