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If I had kids, I would totally buy Kidz Bop. You know it's clean and you don't have to do any homework on it -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 10:07 1
- say that after having to replay it in your car for the 100th time -- nm - decline Aug 26, 10:08
There's not really an adjective strong enough to describe Jose Fernandez's curve. -- (link) - nubby Aug 26, 10:03 8
- They play with wiffle balls now? -- nm - Max Aug 26, 10:47
- I like how Tulo thinks it's going to hit him and it ends up well over the plate. -- nm - spamlet Aug 26, 10:08 1
  - I'll take a great curveball strikeout over a grand slam any day. -- nm - nubby Aug 26, 10:11
- Comments from the Deadspin article - nubby Aug 26, 10:07
- putrescent -- nm - znufrii Aug 26, 10:06 2
  - the Dirty Sanchez of curveballs -- nm - znufrii Aug 26, 10:11 1
    - Cleveland Steamer Curve -- nm - znufrii Aug 26, 10:18
- curvalicious -- nm - decline Aug 26, 10:04
NASCAR: Kurt Busch signs multiyear deal with SHR, might be in the 00 car next year. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 26, 09:56
It's a good thing that the Chromecast is open unlike those evil, closed Apple devices.... -- (link) - spamlet Aug 26, 09:44 2
- Who said the Chromecast was open? -- nm - Ender Aug 26, 09:47 1
  - - -- (link) - Ender Aug 26, 09:49
Something I missed in last night's Breaking Bad (mild spoiler): - nubby Aug 26, 09:40 1
- car washes operate very much like that -- nm - budice Aug 26, 10:01
my two bosses whose children are married to each other both just became great-grandfathers. - Andie Aug 26, 09:38 1
- :) -- nm - Diva Aug 26, 09:40
Trish, you could sort players by position in the auction last night. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 26, 09:32
MTV wanted Katy Perry to perform on Brooklyn Bridge but the city denied the permit -- (link) - ty97 Aug 26, 09:25 6
- topless -- nm - budice Aug 26, 10:00
- That song's not as big as she thinks it is. It would have been better saved for the Olympics. -- nm - Max Aug 26, 09:29 4
  - I like this statement - Epiphany Aug 26, 09:48 3
    - Except it's her biggest selling single ever in its first week. - pmb Aug 26, 09:57 2
      - That's sad cuz it's probably my least favorite of hers in years. - Will Hunting Aug 26, 10:25
      - I don't mean big by numbers, I mean when you hear a song you can say "that's a big song." This song has a big title and big lyrics but no punch. -- nm - Max Aug 26, 10:21
ST Poll: How many concussions have you had? -- nm - colin Aug 26, 09:23 46
- Not diagnosed, but I think I was concussed in a car wreck. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 26, 10:16
- Plenty of injuries in life, but I don't think any. Somewhat surprisingly, I should add. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 26, 10:11
- None officially. In retrospect I think I might have had a mild one once. My daughter has 2 from riding, my ex-wife had a bunch. She's so - pmb Aug 26, 10:05
- only three. never serious. my friend's child (age 15) plays lacrosse and had one during the season this year whose effects lasted - amanda hk Aug 26, 10:01 2
  - My ex-wife has been dealing with the effects for close to 20 years. Car accident in her early 20's. Severe Post concussion syndrome -- nm - decline Aug 26, 10:06
  - Yeah, some of the effects can last a while. Post-concussion syndrome. -- (link) - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 26, 10:03
- 0...sometimes it pays not to have too many brains... - BAD Aug 26, 10:00
- 0 that I know of. -- nm - Ender Aug 26, 09:59
- Pretty sure 0, but I passed out from heat stroke once as a kid. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 26, 09:57
- only one -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Aug 26, 09:57
- 0 diagnosed --- but in hindsight regarding symptoms, at least 1. - Will Hunting Aug 26, 09:42 1
  - Right. I wasn't diagnosed, I went back out and played third base until the headache got so bad I couldn't concentrate -- nm - spamlet Aug 26, 09:46
- At least one when I got hit in the head in little league. Probably a couple more playing football. -- nm - spamlet Aug 26, 09:36
- 2. One as a kid at the YMCA (it was not fun to stay there). One while working for UPS. -- nm - Inigo Aug 26, 09:32
- at least one for sure. I left hockey before things got too serious in the hitting department. -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 09:31
- 0 but I saw stars when I sneezed once. -- nm - Diva Aug 26, 09:30 8
  - there was a report I read that said hard sneezers are sexually liberated - Epiphany Aug 26, 09:36 7
    - I hate sneezing. -- nm - amanda hk Aug 26, 10:04
    - I sneeze very loudly - oblique Aug 26, 09:44 2
      - I sneeze so hard I hurt my chest all the time. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 09:49 1
        
        Yeah, that sucks when it happens. -- nm - spamlet Aug 26, 10:07
    - I only hold it in when I'm scared it'll hurt my vocal cords or when I have a runny nose and am worried there could be 'extra ingredients'... - Diva Aug 26, 09:40 2
      - like mel has never gotten a wad of warm sticky shit shot on his face. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 09:50
      - I do. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 26, 09:42
- Only a couple that I can remember. -- nm - Stephen Aug 26, 09:29
- 3 that I know of. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 09:29 2
  - but 1987 is fuzzy? -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 09:36 1
    - 1987 is fuzzy, but I am not sure that was because of being concussed. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 09:49
- 1.....three days before finals, spring semester senior year of college -- nm - prayformojo Aug 26, 09:28 1
  - is there a story here? -- nm - colin Aug 26, 09:28
- 0 -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 09:27
- 2 as a kid. Had some hard hits to the head as an adult, but didn't get any from that. -- nm - colin Aug 26, 09:27
- One, maybe two. -- nm - Krusty Aug 26, 09:26
- 2. -- nm - Andie Aug 26, 09:25
- A lot. I was a climber as a child. - David Aug 26, 09:23 6
  - sounds like you were less of a climber and more of a "faller out of trees" -- nm - oblique Aug 26, 09:45 5
    - hitting his head on a branch as he walked under the tree. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 09:48 4
      - You're thinking of Reagen -- nm - oblique Aug 26, 09:49 3
        
        David and Reagen are like the ST twin towers. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 09:50 2
        
        I was 5-7 at 18. -- nm - David Aug 26, 09:50 1
        
        freak. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 09:51
- tuesday -- nm - decline Aug 26, 09:23
- 2. One when I was a toddler and one when we flipped the truck a few years back. -- nm - Jim Aug 26, 09:23
- 0 -- nm - Epiphany Aug 26, 09:23
- 0 -- nm - ty97 Aug 26, 09:23
- 0 -- nm - znufrii Aug 26, 09:23
Whoo! They can close on my re-financing this by tuesday next week. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 26, 09:18
Thanks ML, i've made my pick (in QV). -- nm - Stephen Aug 26, 09:17
Rugby is so much better than football. -- nm - znufrii Aug 26, 09:15
Elf Kelly has mail. -- nm - Andie Aug 26, 09:11
Did I miss the weekend movie poll? If so, The Sapphires (B) --- IT Crowd (B+) - Will Hunting Aug 26, 09:09 13
- The Raid: Redemption A- -- nm - JD Aug 26, 10:01
- I missed last weekend's, so Galaxy Quest, still an A. -- nm - mara Aug 26, 09:56
- I'd give The Sapphires a B+ but agree with the IT Crowd grade. - kelly Aug 26, 09:54
- We're the Millers: A-. No ragrets. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 26, 09:39
- The World's End: B-. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 26, 09:36 1
  - Agreed, just left feeling empty - amoxy Aug 26, 10:17
- Just the features: In A World: B+; The Mutilation Man: D-; Jack Jules Esther and Me: C+; Remote Area Medical: A-; Big Words: C; Short Term 12: A+ -- nm - Ender Aug 26, 09:24 1
  - A selection of shorts: Cold Turkey: A-; The Rose of Turaida: B-; Flicker: B+; Til Death: B+; Es geht nichts verloren (Nothing Lost): B+; The Legitimate Child: B-; The Things My Father Never Taught Me: B- -- nm - Ender Aug 26, 10:02
- Elysium - C-range. -- nm - colin Aug 26, 09:17
- The World's End: A. The first half was one long fantastic monologue. Scary Movie 5: I actually laughed because the editing was very quick. - Max Aug 26, 09:15
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- Epic B-. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 09:11
- 2 Guns C -- nm - Epiphany Aug 26, 09:11
I did not notice any performances being lip synced - ty97 Aug 26, 09:08
over the weekend, I got stalked..... - groiny Aug 26, 09:01 3
- Nice Stalking! -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 09:29
- Big Kisses back. I thought the name on the shirt - appropriate - Epiphany Aug 26, 09:11 1
  - oh, no worries, I will wear it. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 09:16
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- Joey and Kelly, eat here.^^^ -- nm - David Aug 26, 09:17 4
  - I like Family Meal better. -- nm - kelly Aug 26, 09:56
  - David and Kim -- come visit and we can all dine here. ^^^^ -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 26, 09:19 2
    - Three different members of BOP have gone to your town just to eat there. -- nm - David Aug 26, 09:23 1
      - So that makes 5 people who've eaten there; but not ya'll. See, visit! I'll show you around town! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 26, 09:43
- I'm going to the 'Cuse vs. PSU game this Saturday at Giant's Stadium (I don't really get these joke nicks) -- nm - decline Aug 26, 09:02 1
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so this was move in weekend here. five of my eight friends who live downtown saw chicks walking around without shirts on late friday night. - amanda hk Aug 26, 08:58 15
- ...and that's a problem? -- nm - Every straight male college student at Penn St. Aug 26, 09:46
- Reportedly happened here too -- nm - ty97 Aug 26, 09:21 1
  - Here you go: National Go Topless Day (CBS News site link, totally safe -- (link) - ty97 Aug 26, 09:23
- hey - that is how the law changed here - topless university student protesting... - Andie Aug 26, 09:15
- I don't get this at all. How is this a thing? I also don't get why Miley Cyrus is on the front page of CNN. - Epiphany Aug 26, 09:14
- Here you go -- (link) - decline Aug 26, 09:00 2
  - gotoplees.org is NSFW -- nm - Spawn Aug 26, 09:03 1
    - le*s*s -- nm - Spawn Aug 26, 09:03
- The lack of visual evidence in this thread is disappointing -- nm - oblique Aug 26, 08:59
- it happened around here near Beacon Hill and the Common this weekend as well. -- nm - Diva Aug 26, 08:59 4
  - interetsing. but context is everything here: doing it as a statement or protest vs. doing it at 1 a.m. drunk. -- nm - amanda hk Aug 26, 09:08 3
    - the Boston 'Go Topless Day' activity was a small organized protest which took place yesterday. -- (link) - Diva Aug 26, 09:20 2
      - i don't understand the protest.. it's legal. They would do this in Maine.. where it's legal as well. - colin Aug 26, 09:24 1
        
        It's legal in NYS, but I don't know if it's legal in MA according to the linked article. (i don't care.) -- nm - Diva Aug 26, 09:29
- Shirts are optional, unless it is a restaurant. -- nm - Spawn Aug 26, 08:59
Therapy llamas? -- (link) - oblique Aug 26, 08:57
Just saw the hit that possibly ended Kevin Kolb's career..... - Will Hunting Aug 26, 08:53 6
- at the end, Lindros could sneeze and get concussed. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 08:56 2
  - I don't seem to recall Kolb being Aikman/Young'ish with concussions though. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 26, 08:59 1
    - he probably doesn't either. -- nm - Diva Aug 26, 09:00
- I read about that on someone's BB post ... it said it was the 3rd time he'd had a "concussive" hit - *smh* yikes -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 08:55
- The knee to the back of the head? Yeah, but I think it is because he has a history of concussions - amoxy Aug 26, 08:54
- shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... -- nm - NFL Aug 26, 08:54
The Truth About Marissa Mayer: An Unauthorized Biography... -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 26, 08:41 2
- that was a good read.. a little boring at times, but good article. - colin Aug 26, 08:51
- *leans in to hear* -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 26, 08:44
Alright tRu, what are you doing on your first day off? And you are up in BF -- nm - amoxy Aug 26, 08:41 2
- building a deck! -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 09:31
- Stigmata, IIRC. -- nm - Spawn Aug 26, 08:43
Production on The Fault in Our Stars stars this morning. Expect me to be... edgy all day. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 26, 08:38
Bruno Mars has really become a favorite of mine -- he's probably as close to clean superstar 80's pop as we have - Will Hunting Aug 26, 08:32 13
- Seriously, boy has talent -- nm - ty97 Aug 26, 09:06
- His rendition of ' Valerie' at Amy Winehouse's tribute concert was spectacular -- nm - Epiphany Aug 26, 08:48
- Minus that coke bust a few years ago. -- nm - Tim Aug 26, 08:36 8
  - I mean clean in the idea of how the music sounds -- his coke bust was part of my hesitancy to really like him. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 26, 08:44
  - Coke is very 80s. -- nm - Spawn Aug 26, 08:37 6
    - ain't it though -- nm - Epiphany Aug 26, 08:49 5
      - I *heart* the 80s. -- nm - Spawn Aug 26, 08:49 4
        
        nmbSpawn can you smack the shit out of me for being a stupid beotch - Epiphany Aug 26, 08:57 3
        
        It is with heavy heart (and a lite hand).... *SMACK*. -- nm - Spawn Aug 26, 08:58 2
        
        thanx -- nm - Epiphany Aug 26, 09:13 1
        
        spanx. -- nm - spawn si Aug 26, 09:21
- I was bummed to learn that Locked Out was the exception, not the rule. -- nm - Spawn Aug 26, 08:35
- *unfriends Will* nm -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 08:34
TWERK IT!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 26, 08:32 4
- It sounds like an insult... - David Aug 26, 09:15
- You know, I was looking up twerking on YouTube last night and found the viedo for Busta Rhymes' "Twerk It'. Barely recognized Busta at first - Name Withheld By Request Aug 26, 08:43 2
  - Yeah, Busta is busting out of his jeans these days. -- nm - Krusty Aug 26, 08:44 1
    - It's a weird song. He sounds like an island dictator in a bad 90's action movie. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 26, 08:46

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