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Max, keep a template version of the letter with xmonthx for the search/replace and save as the working filename -- nm - zork Aug 22, 14:05
Vermin, I have to call you out on this transgression from B2. - Beryllium Aug 22, 14:03
No shit.....matthew Berry, ESPN's Roto wiz....was a writer on Married With Children and got credited with 4 episodes. -- (link) - Will Hunting Aug 22, 13:57 2
- And a credited screenwriter on Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles -- nm - JD Aug 22, 14:03 1
  - You can't win them all JD -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 22, 14:04
Don Homer, Kim, groiny, Nudie x 2 -- nm - Beaker Aug 22, 13:54 2
- The Baron and JF are up in their leagues. - David Aug 22, 14:00 1
  - I made my pick. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 22, 14:07
so I had an etsy seller contact my store asking if we would carry her stuff... - Remlik Aug 22, 13:54
registered for clases, whoohoo! -- nm - znufrii Aug 22, 13:52
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- Bobby Cox had a theory that resting starters once a week paid dividends during that game, not just the rest of the week. - David Aug 22, 14:02 2
  - I know one Brave who is happy Heyward is out for a bit. - groiny Aug 22, 14:05 1
    - It's nothing short of miraculous that the Braves have the best record in baseball given what they have overcome this year. - David Aug 22, 14:08
- Gardner has a .307 OBP vs LHP, which they are facing today - groiny Aug 22, 13:55 1
  - Ichiro has a .356 OBP vs lefties, and Granderson in limited time, has a .423 OBP vs L. - groiny Aug 22, 13:59
- because they are all old, they can only stand so long. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 22, 13:53 6
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    - got any more questions for me to refute? -- nm - groiny Aug 22, 14:00 2
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        very few players play 155 games a season. - groiny Aug 22, 14:04
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    - it appears that he has only not played in 2 games this entire season. - groiny Aug 22, 13:58
Wait, who took Hartline? - Will Hunting Aug 22, 13:47 3
- Noone, I don't think. David deleted his post and Crash has Hartline now. :) -- nm - Jim Aug 22, 13:48 2
  - OKay, I was all confused as hell. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 22, 13:49 1
    - So were we... - David Aug 22, 13:53
firey doritos tacos???? - groiny Aug 22, 13:43 2
- if only half the board didn't have me on killfile. -- nm - Tim Aug 22, 13:48
- or fiery. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 22, 13:43
Sitmop? new Pompeii Trailer with (a ripped) Jon Snow -- (link) - decline Aug 22, 13:23
Camp was pretty good last night... I'm mystified that this show is marketed to 40-somethings -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 13:11 2
- I can't quite figure the show out. It goes from raunchy to touching (and not in a raunchy way) all in the blink of an eye -- nm - oblique Aug 22, 13:12 1
  - The heartfelt stuff is nice, but it would seem to be a disappointment if there weren't a little raunch given the setting -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 13:17
hyster: EXPLICIT VID: Man filmed trying to bang brand new 'budget iPhone' -- (link) - amanda Aug 22, 13:09 5
- we'll just tell your mother that... we ate it all..... I mean we dropped it in the toilet -- nm - jim's dad Aug 22, 13:24
- *reads that again* bang? -- nm - oblique Aug 22, 13:11 3
  - right? and "explicit" -- what else am I supposed to think? -- nm - amanda Aug 22, 13:16
  - Hit it, Max!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 22, 13:12 1
    - I can't find the port. -- nm - Max Aug 22, 13:30
in other news, i can't find a link to it now, but wasn't there something about the girl who recently got kidnapped & rescued, & the guy was actually . - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 22, 13:04 6
- The deceased kidnapper's sister wants to assert that . . . - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Aug 22, 13:36 [youtube]
- Yes. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Aug 22, 13:05 [Backboard] 1
  - In this, I believe the sister is 'stirring the pot' -- she may . . . - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Aug 22, 13:39
- I read a snippet in the Metro paper on the way into work. - Mel Profit Aug 22, 13:05
- I didn't hear that. I did hear that they were texting each other, though. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 22, 13:05 1
  - she says he was supposed to pick her up from cheerleading practice and got lost -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 22, 13:52
Joss Whedon basicly says Star Wars ESB ending was crap and that Twilight revolved around a girl who was too passive -- (link) - eag Aug 22, 13:03 32
- That "article" is written specifically to cause my brain to want to seppuku. -- nm - nubby Aug 22, 13:33
- Bella is a dishrag. -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 13:32 5
  - the one movie I was marched into I enjoyed just to see how over the top they played this. [nm] - Mel Profit Aug 22, 13:35 4
    - you weren't marched in. and you enjoyed taking off your shirt. - Dress Aug 22, 13:37 3
      - Ok, I was plied with booze so I more slithered in but... - Mel Profit Aug 22, 13:44 2
        
        oh - 'Squatch... -- nm - Diva Aug 22, 13:46 1
        
        "he can't be within 500 Feet of 'Cons because kids mob him to take pictures with Chewie." - Mel Profit Aug 22, 13:48
- It sounds like he's objecting to the movie serial ending, not just Empire Strikes Back. -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 13:19 11
  - which if Whedon was honest, he'd admit that this is what Lucas intended. - Mel Profit Aug 22, 13:26 9
    - Honestly...when I see someone randomly come out and blast something as well regarded as Empire... - Jim Aug 22, 13:35 2
      - "he cited the fan-favorite entry in the Star Wars saga along with The Godfather Part II as sequels that got it right." -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Aug 22, 13:43 1
        
        He don't know so much! - Choosing Boyfriends: The Movie si Aug 22, 13:46
    - Right, Lucas wanted it to feel like a Flash Gordon trilogy of films. - Inigo Aug 22, 13:31
    - More mediocrity thrown on the pile. - David Aug 22, 13:30 3
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        It is a bit. - Spawn Aug 22, 13:38 1
        
        I can see behind the curtain. -- nm - David Aug 22, 13:58
    - Agreed. And it is a big part of why it is my favorite. -- nm - Spawn Aug 22, 13:28
  - It sounds like he's objecting to the movie serial ending, not the movie. -- nm - Spawn Aug 22, 13:23
- Opinions that start with "A movie has to..." are boring and useless. And they lead to formulaic movies like The Avengers and all the other superhero - Guigue Aug 22, 13:17 8
  - daaaamn. but yeah... -- nm - colin Aug 22, 13:59
  - as long as they end with "...to me." I'm pretty forgiving. - Dr.Vermin Aug 22, 13:21 6
    - And I don't hate the guy, but he's made 2 (maybe 3) movies, let's wait a little to give him all that cred -- nm - Guigue Aug 22, 13:26
    - This specific sentence does not... - Guigue Aug 22, 13:24 3
      - But his opinion does. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 22, 13:26 2
        
        Just like any opinion, no? - Guigue Aug 22, 13:28 1
        
        Fair enough. :) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 22, 13:34
    - Yeah, if there's one thing Joss Whedon is lacking, especially around here...it's cred for filmmaking. -- nm - Jim Aug 22, 13:23
- Duh. -- nm - David Aug 22, 13:15
- Well, he's not wrong. Particularly on the latter. - Dr.Vermin Aug 22, 13:09 1
  - As for the former, his understanding of what sells is strong. - Spawn Aug 22, 13:11
- fortunately, my movie world does not revolve around Joss Whedon's opinion of it ... -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 22, 13:05
Area man's Weather.com bookmark only clicked when it's raining -- nm - idea I'm going to pitch to The Onion Aug 22, 13:01 1
- I like. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 22, 13:18
Woo! The Monster cereals are coming back for Halloween! - TWuG Aug 22, 13:01
speaking of really white rappers.. has anybody heard Dan Bull? brit who raps about video games... -- (link) - colin Aug 22, 12:55
Diablo 3 expansion: Reaper of Souls announced with cinematic and gameplay videos -- (link) - oblique Aug 22, 12:54
Ooh, Nasdaq is back after only about 3 1/2 hours down. I figured they'd be down until closing. -- nm - Meg Aug 22, 12:53 3
- Start the draft! -- nm - JenBro Aug 22, 12:59
- They had a ton of orders queued up. I sure they wanted to execute them rather than have to cancel the lot -- nm - decline Aug 22, 12:54 1
  - True, and it looks like most of them were buy orders, I was almost expecting it to take a dive after the event. -- nm - Meg Aug 22, 12:59
How a small music agency is helping indie artists "sell out" -- (link) - con_carne Aug 22, 12:48
Yay! Upload done (after only 2 hours). Pretty much everything's titled but I'll probably go back for expanded descriptions over time.... - Meg Aug 22, 12:46 [flickr]
Breaking Bad Knock Knock Jokes (Spoilers) - amoxy Aug 22, 12:40 2
- I'll never get those 2 minutes back. -- nm - nubby Aug 22, 12:58 1
  - spoils - Beryllium Aug 22, 13:58
ST Pop Quiz -- nearly halfway through the 2013 atlantic hurricane season, how many named storms have there been? -- nm - znufrii Aug 22, 12:39 3
- and, bonus q, how many of them have been hurricanes? -- nm - znufrii Aug 22, 12:41 1
  - zero -- nm - decline Aug 22, 12:42
- 1 -- nm - decline Aug 22, 12:40
Our retriever mix has allergies so bad that he has scratched and chewed raw patches. He is now wearing the cone of shame and on 3 new meds. - TWuG Aug 22, 12:39 2
- food allergies? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 22, 12:55 1
  - His list of non-allergens is shorter than his list of allergens. -- nm - TWuG Aug 22, 12:57
hey Ikariam players ... i was just checking out Khan's island ... looks like that Yak-whatever jerk has gone into vacation mode... - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 22, 12:37 1
- Thanks, will call back. -- nm - Spawn Aug 22, 13:05
Egad, never look at a BSG profile on Wikipedia if you haven't finished the series. - Was Bar Was Aug 22, 12:36 4
- Final Five cylon? -- nm - David Aug 22, 12:40 3
  - I don't know that term, but it does involve the Cylonity of a character. (Giganto spoilers inside) - Was Bar Was Aug 22, 12:46 1
    - In the pilot (mini-series), they reveal that there are 12 cylon models. - David Aug 22, 12:58
  - I'd bet it's (spoilers) - Inigo Aug 22, 12:42
Ok...all drafts orders are updated as are all burn lists. Sorry, kids. I was in a demo. -- nm - Jim Aug 22, 12:35 2
- Also Caveman need to assign their players in Yahoo. I almost drafted 5 different guys for my last pick and they were already drafted. -- nm - Shaun Aug 22, 12:48
- And Reagen's pick is in...so nubbah..you're up -- nm - Jim Aug 22, 12:35
Okay, pick made. Sorry for the delay! -- nm - kelly Aug 22, 12:32
Don Homer, Kim, Groiny -- nm - amoxy Aug 22, 12:30
Before I clicked on znu's link on B2, I had no clue that... - Inigo Aug 22, 12:29 26
- he sounds... soooooo white though! -- nm - colin Aug 22, 12:51
- Same. I didn't know til I saw a snippet of a video of his. -- nm - Shaun Aug 22, 12:47
- geeze ... what's with all the "labels" - JenBro Aug 22, 12:38 2
  - Be careful, he might turn you sullen and crabby! -- nm - TWuG Aug 22, 12:40 1
    - No kidding! Not the con carne experience I rely on typically :) -- nm - JenBro Aug 22, 12:58
- I am totally confused by this post -- nm - amoxy Aug 22, 12:32 1
  - IM reworded: I'm not good at noticing things. -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 12:40
- Lets not rule out the possibility that you turned her lesbian, okay Costanza? - Will Hunting Aug 22, 12:30 1
  - If I truly had this power, I'd ask for a percentage of her future LPGA winnings for any relationship I'd get in. -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 12:49
- i was drinking iced tea when I read your IM. guess what happened? -- nm - Diva Aug 22, 12:30 16
  - Sweet. At least you understood it. -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 12:50
  - Inigo owes you a new keyboard? -- nm - amoxy Aug 22, 12:33 10
    - it almost came out of my nose. i almost drownded. -- nm - Diva Aug 22, 12:35 9
      - if your ST Husband gets the Spit Take before me...I will absolutely not be happy. - Mel Profit Aug 22, 12:36 5
        
        wtf to your IM kryptonite. -- nm - groiny Aug 22, 13:41 3
        
        like you'd pass up a "spit-take" reference. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 22, 13:50 2
        
        you got me twice today with the IM. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 22, 13:52 1
        
        you don't pass up many opportunities. just covering my bases. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 22, 13:54
        
        Close but not quite. - Diva Aug 22, 12:38
      - Tropical Storms at both ends! -- nm - TWuG Aug 22, 12:36 2
        
        It was iced tea, not milk!! -- nm - Diva Aug 22, 12:37 1
        
        it was like a DoubleF-5 tornado - zork Aug 22, 14:11
  - You were refreshed? - Spawn Aug 22, 12:31
  - You suddenly got married to Inigo? -- nm - Qale Aug 22, 12:31 2
    - And turned lesbian? -- nm - mara Aug 22, 12:32 1
      - I swear there are some words missin' in the original IM. -- nm - Qale Aug 22, 12:32
Chad Michael Murray is flop sweating at that b2 link. - Will Hunting Aug 22, 12:28 7
- Yes. Beast Pillow is powerful. -- nm - Diva Aug 22, 12:29 6
  - bring that thing home and see how much tim mie likes it... -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 22, 12:38 1
    - L4. -- nm - Diva Aug 22, 12:39
  - i am somewhat crushed to discover her etsy store is closed. -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 12:31 3
    - now we've been down this road before Andie... -- nm - Dress Aug 22, 12:32 2
      - *generally speaking* etsy and i get along great! -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 12:48 1
        
        mmm-hm. -- nm - Dress Aug 22, 12:51
I can't wait to see that "positive news" trend carry over to election season. Amiright? -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 12:25
Aparently they forgot to tell the crowd that there was one more performance. Brandy sings to 40 people -- (link) - eag Aug 22, 12:24
ML - you have Blood Feud related gmail... -- nm - Jim Aug 22, 12:24
Word. -- nm - Jim Aug 22, 12:23 1
- of -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Aug 22, 13:40

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