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LYC: A vendor stopped by and left us flash drives of their marketing material. - Strongbad Aug 15, 10:50 1
- My gf's firm gave those out two years ago. We just broke the usb part off of the card. - Krusty Aug 15, 10:55
Wu, B.C.'s phony dentist, is on the run! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 15, 10:45 3
- Fiendish Dr. Wu! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 10:46 2
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    - Let the record show that I beat you to this by several days ..... :) -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 15, 10:48 [Backboard]
there's a campaign here to change the stadium name back to Skydome -- (link) - zork Aug 15, 10:45 3
- I hope it wins. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 10:45 2
  - if they did anything it would probably be to Rogers Skydome -- nm - zork Aug 15, 10:46 1
    - Even that I would be OK with -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 10:47
Someone stop me from buying one of these awesome minimalist baseball posters. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 15, 10:38 9
- I'm wondering what Turner Field would be. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 15, 10:45 1
  - The "A" of the Waffle House. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Aug 15, 11:18
- DL, print on color printer. -- nm - colin Aug 15, 10:44
- "minimalist Marlins Park" would be a challenge. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 10:42 3
  - Jeffrey Loria p**sing on a baseball. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 15, 10:44 1
    - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 10:46
  - Empty seats -- nm - spamlet Aug 15, 10:43
- Those are pretty sweet. Sorry, can't stop you from buying something that nice. -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 10:39
- STOP! -- nm - decline Aug 15, 10:39
Orson Scott Card is f*cking nuts. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 15, 10:36 9
- The writer seems to conveniently ignore the first half of the article where he repeatedly says he's not making serious predictions. - Ender Aug 15, 10:47 2
  - "But it sure sounds plausible, doesn't it? Because, like a good fiction writer, I made sure this scenario fit the facts we already have - TWuG Aug 15, 11:13
  - Just the fact that he has those thoughts and puts them down on paper/internet - amoxy Aug 15, 10:50
- it's getting to the point where I won't see this movie. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 15, 10:41 5
  - My point where I got to that was after reading the book. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 10:52 2
    - I haven't read it since HS so my memory is somewhat hazy on the details. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 15, 10:53 1
      - I have a feeling I read it too late. - Reagen Aug 15, 10:55
  - What I love about the internet era is that this sort of madness cannot be hidden. - David Aug 15, 10:44 1
    - the fact that feel entitled, almost bound, to demonstrate their madness is amazing. - Mel Profit Aug 15, 10:52
Looks like you "replay in baseball" freaks are going to get your wish. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 15, 10:35
ugh. my cat just farted on my lap. -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 10:32 1
- this is why I never go to mexican strip clubs. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 10:33
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- Curious: my experience has been exactly opposite. - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Aug 15, 11:15
- ML? -- (link) - spamlet Aug 15, 10:54
- Loving my Asus. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 15, 10:46 1
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- Hi, ML! -- nm - Apple SI Aug 15, 10:35
- macbook air. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 15, 10:34 8
  - or spend 2/3'rds less and get an HP that is just as good -- nm - decline Aug 15, 10:35 7
    - I loved my HP laptop. Great machine at a good price. -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 10:40 4
      - mine is nearly six years old. I've replaced the hinges twice now and the battery once (prob. will again) but it's doing well still. -- nm - zork Aug 15, 10:43 3
        
        Mine lasted for seven years and it crashed because of a hard drive issue that I made worse. - Krusty Aug 15, 10:49 2
        
        why didn't you just replace the drive? -- nm - zork Aug 15, 10:50 1
        
        btw, I like your team name -- nm - zork Aug 15, 10:51
    - Yeah, Windows 8. Good luck with that! -- nm - Apple SI Aug 15, 10:36 1
      - heh. you can still get win7 machines (but good point) :) -- nm - decline Aug 15, 10:37
nobody cares: I'm thinking of upgrading my cable. I only have like expanded basic now, but I would like itv, bbca, sundance -- all those delightful - amanda Aug 15, 10:29 1
- don't think of it as watching 'more' TV. Think of it as watching 'better' TV -- nm - decline Aug 15, 10:31
*Big Brother discussion from last night* - Strongbad Aug 15, 10:28 3
- The problem is that there's nothing she could do about it anyway without an agreeable HOH. - Ender Aug 15, 10:55
- That is Andy, not Adam. I thought the same thing. She fell for this too easily. - GregW Aug 15, 10:50 1
  - She seems to have lucked into the "I have the go-ahead to boot Amanda" delusion though. That's all she really needs. -- nm - Ender Aug 15, 10:56
nmb ML - Strongbad Aug 15, 10:26 6
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  - Basically what happened - Strongbad Aug 15, 10:41 4
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      - I didn't see the news from yesterday as a big deal. - Strongbad Aug 15, 10:44 2
        
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        From what I read - Strongbad Aug 15, 10:46
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- Jon Kitna! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 15, 10:25
- probably some lametard like Romo or Rivers. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 15, 10:24 6
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    - I talked myself out of saying him -- nm - zork Aug 15, 10:30 3
      - I never would have thought he made the completion % or the INT restriction -- nm - Jim Aug 15, 10:38 2
        
        They only have had half a dozen meaningful games in that time frame....that still left him with about 85 INTs left to throw and he just came up short. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 15, 10:40
        
        what screwed me up was that I thought some of his numbers were before 2006, except that he was only holding for kicks then. -- nm - zork Aug 15, 10:39
    - that's actually who I was going to go with, but decided to joke about Flacco instead. -- nm - spamlet Aug 15, 10:26
- Flacco! -- nm - spamlet Aug 15, 10:24 2
  - I don't think he's been in the league long enough to have 25k yards. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 15, 10:25
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- Rogers, Brady, Brees. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 10:22 1
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- Brees, Brady, Eli? -- nm - Jim Aug 15, 10:21 5
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    - Duh...Peyton -- nm - Jim Aug 15, 10:23 3
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        I cheated....and he was like my 8th guess...so I'd have been here a while guessing that one. -- nm - Jim Aug 15, 10:25 1
        
        Not on Peyton...on the hard one. :) -- nm - Jim Aug 15, 10:25
Ok, the little AHS teasers with House of the Rising Sun are quite effective. -- nm - Jim Aug 15, 10:17 3
- I haven't watched the 2nd season yet, but I heard it wasn't very good. -- nm - GregW Aug 15, 10:52
- link? -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 10:17 1
  - sorry... -- (link) - Jim Aug 15, 10:20
let's talk about doritos. I think wiki is probs right, but really? these are the current doritos flavors in the US? that's all? -- (link) - amanda Aug 15, 10:08 9
- This is the official list. No pickle listed. -- (link) - GregW Aug 15, 10:55
- spicy sweet chili is the best. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 15, 10:22 3
  - Cool Ranch is the worst. Bleah! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 15, 10:29 2
    - You've never been more wrong in your life. -- nm - spamlet Aug 15, 10:30 1
      - Even this is less wrong than you are right here. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 15, 10:31 [Backboard]
- Taco, Blazin Buffalo Wing & Ranch, Tapatio. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 10:15
- I'm more surprised there is only one zany Japanese flavor. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 10:14
- - -- (link) - Ender Aug 15, 10:12
- Toasted Corn? never saw that on any shelf -- nm - zork Aug 15, 10:11
Not the Booker Prize shortlist revealed -- (link) - znufrii Aug 15, 10:02
Rajai Davis hits a little league style home run off the Red Sox. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 15, 10:02 1
- nice - znufrii Aug 15, 10:04
Air show practicing outside, but not Thunderbirds or Blue Angels anymore. Damn sequester. -- nm - pmb Aug 15, 10:01
R, I heard 365 Days on XM a few minutes ago. - David Aug 15, 09:57 4
- Put the Gun Down is her showcase song - Reagen Aug 15, 10:03 3
  - Now, that's a single I think I can get behind. -- nm - spamlet Aug 15, 10:23
  - And I was going to google it *before* the IM! -- nm - David Aug 15, 10:04 1
    - Okay, I've heard that before. I'm not really a fan. - David Aug 15, 10:18
Seattle Police Department will distribute Doritos to stoners... -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 15, 09:56 3
- "while stoners have no problem ignoring a leaflet, police recognize that it's nearly impossible to turn down a bag of Doritos." -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 18:38
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- easiest way to get them to roll over their dealers' names ever. -- nm - zork Aug 15, 09:58
David, seen the new "Smokey" uniforms Tennessee unveiled today? -- (link) - Volnelk Aug 15, 09:54 4
- Needs more cheerleader. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 10:12
- Needs more jack boot. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 15, 10:11
- Yeah, I'm not big on the million different jerseys movement. -- nm - David Aug 15, 09:58 1
  - Same, but we also aren't high school seniors. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 15, 10:22
who's a cute little newly discovered carnivore? You are! Yes you are! -- (link) - Reagen Aug 15, 09:49 5
- New Marvel character in 3...2...1... -- nm - David Aug 15, 10:00
- "they are great jumpers." - Mel Profit Aug 15, 09:53 1
  - right? remind me to stay away from the andes. -- nm - amanda Aug 15, 09:59
- i want one! -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 09:53 1
  - appropriate considering they live in the Andies mountains - zork Aug 15, 09:56
Speaking of helmet cams -- (link) - Reagen Aug 15, 09:47 [vimeo] 1
- who says FPS games are unrealistic? -- nm - zork Aug 15, 09:53
Tropical Storm Erin Forms in Atlantic; Next May Brew in Gulf -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 15, 09:43
I'm planning on Starship Troopers tonight. The only problem is that I kind of irrationally love that movie. I'm hoping I'm ok with them mocking it... -- nm - Ender Aug 15, 09:40 2
- They successfully riffed Casablanca. -- (link) - Qale Aug 15, 09:50
- them? -- nm - zork Aug 15, 09:44
Why parents shouldn't pay for college -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 15, 09:40 4
- awesome. what other excuses can they come up with to give even less to following generations? -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 09:47 3
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  - Did you even read the article? -- nm - Stephen Aug 15, 10:21 1
    - I did, in fact. - znufrii Aug 15, 10:31
Heh. "Ohio State could wear the helmets backwards and go 5-3 in the Big 10 this season." -- nm - Strongbad Aug 15, 09:37 3
- I love the irony of that football league describing itself as The Big 10. - David Aug 15, 09:40 2
  - We joined for their academic standards. Apparently, those standards don't involve counting. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 15, 10:02
  - If the SEC ever gets greedy and goes after FSU and Clemson, - Strongbad Aug 15, 09:42
The population of Copper Hill, Tennessee in 2000 was 511. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 09:33 3
- I'm sorry for your family's loss. -- nm - David Aug 15, 09:42
- I was there last month. - Strongbad Aug 15, 09:34 1
  - Hey, that reminds me. There will probably at least be good homecooked meals! -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 09:38
this amateur video of a river rising from the Japan tsunami is crazy. it is long but what happens between minute 4 and minute 10 is nuts. -- (link) - Andie Aug 15, 09:31 9
- I literally can't imagine what it was like to be there. -- nm - amanda Aug 15, 10:15
- You keep thinking it can't get worse and it does. -- nm - pmb Aug 15, 10:00 2
  - did you get to the end? and the fires? -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 10:02 1
    - Not yet. I'm at about 12 minutes. -- nm - pmb Aug 15, 10:05
- What's interesting so far (around the 3:30 minute mark) is how it looks like just a little ripple, but the boats are being tossed around like paper -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 09:36 2
  - yep. -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 09:37 1
    - around minute 20 it starts to retreat. it is crazy. -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 09:40
- actually thinks get unreal around minute 11 -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 09:32 1
  - (things) -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 09:34
Owner of the Philadelphia 76ers has bought the NJ Devils for $320 million -- (link) - Beaker Aug 15, 09:30 5
- I would have believed it without that last word. -- nm - zork Aug 15, 09:38
- He is going to try and move the 76ers there as he has the rights. - Spawn Aug 15, 09:34
- ...so he can now ruin 2 professional teams... -- nm - decline Aug 15, 09:32 2
  - impossible - zork Aug 15, 09:37 1
    - right, the best he can do here is piss on the ashes. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 09:48
From now on, I demand that you all refer to me as Poppa Panda Sexy Pants... -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 15, 09:29 3
- in a Doofenschmirtz voice -- nm - zork Aug 15, 09:45
- Do you think the reporter thought this opening lede would get past the editor? - spamlet Aug 15, 09:34
- But Weiner said he was done sexting around! -- nm - TWuG Aug 15, 09:30

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