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- Too bad we don't have the Patriots schedule! -- nm - The other 5 NFC teams Sep 23, 08:30
- Alex Smith 3-0, Kaepernick 1-2. awesome. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 23, 08:30 2
  - Watched the game at The Colts Grille yesterday. There was *one* Niners fan there. - Spawn Sep 23, 08:31
  - boo! -- nm - Epiphany Sep 23, 08:30
I can honestly say I wasn't expecting to see any song off of Nirvana's Never used in a TV commercial - con_carne Sep 23, 08:24 3
- *Nevermind -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 23, 08:25 1
  - Yeah. Um, darn this tablet that I'm on! - con_carne Sep 23, 08:27
- ^^in my lifetime. Sigh. -- nm - con_carne Sep 23, 08:25
Reminder: 100% of all proceeds from Chilis go to St. Jude and the fight against cancer. -- nm - David Sep 23, 08:18 1
- Forever? Sweet! -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 08:20
Jesse should just have gotten into Robert Forester's minivan. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 23, 08:15 1
- Geez, as if today won't be stressful enough, I also have to avoid strangers in vans with candy. - Beryllium Sep 23, 08:18
4 quotes from NRA's Wayne LaPierre after Navy Yard shooting -- (link) - Beaker Sep 23, 08:14
Pretty interesting essay on the history of the "last meal" ritual in America's capital punishment -- (link) - con_carne Sep 23, 08:13
Model Sues Getty After Seeing Herself in an HIV-Positive Advertisement -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 23, 08:11 2
- this reminds me of a Friends episode... -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 08:12 1
  - "The One Where Everyone Thought..." -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 08:13
Kieran is practicing his "f" sounds, so I asked him "What does the fox say?" - Beryllium Sep 23, 08:06 3
- "obama sucks" "obama is tax and spending us back to communism" "obama is a socalist muslim from kenya' -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 23, 11:48
- ring-ding-ding-ding-dingaringading! -- nm - mara Sep 23, 08:14
- yip yip yip yip yip yip yip -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 08:07
Caught the last part of a story this morning of a football player that took off his glove to find the tip of his finger was... off. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 08:05
$270 million worth of cocaine found in Paris in unclaimed suitcases on flight from Venezuela -- (link) - znufrii Sep 23, 08:05 2
- *goes to claim* -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 08:28
- and France just found a way to quickly raise some much needed revenues -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 23, 08:12
ST Quiz: There are three industrialized democracies in the world that employ capital punishment. The US is one, name the other two. - con_carne Sep 23, 07:58 16
- BZZT Time's up. Spoilers - con_carne Sep 23, 08:08
- Hint: This country is known for its manufacturing and amazing cuisine -- nm - con_carne Sep 23, 08:05 3
  - Taiwan. -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 08:06
  - China! -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 08:06 1
    - Hot hot hot! -- nm - con_carne Sep 23, 08:07
- isn't there still one country in europe that allows it? (can;t remember which though...) -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 08:02 2
  - None of these three countries are in Europe -- nm - con_carne Sep 23, 08:03 1
    - i googled, it was Belarus. i would assume that wouldn't count. -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 08:05
- Japan -- nm - Roger More Sep 23, 07:59 7
  - maybe Turkey? Depending if it counts as industrialised or not -- nm - Roger More Sep 23, 08:00 5
    - Oh, Singapore. -- nm - Roger More Sep 23, 08:01 4
      - Getting warmer, but I don't think it's a democracy -- nm - con_carne Sep 23, 08:02 3
        
        Singapore's a democracy, but it's essentially a one party democracy. (Like how South Africa is a one-party democracy because of the dominance of the) - Roger More Sep 23, 08:12
        
        isn't the united states technically a republic? -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 08:04 1
        
        It's both -- nm - Roger More Sep 23, 08:13
  - That's one -- nm - con_carne Sep 23, 08:00
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- They're improving on hardware that was already very good. It's a shame the OS is poo. -- nm - Inigo Sep 23, 07:49 6
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    - Like Inigo said, what are they measuring. Playing Bioshock Infinite? No. No, it's not faster. Boot up? Yeah. Probably faster. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 23, 07:56
    - I doubt it. Who knows even what they're measuring when they say "fast". - Inigo Sep 23, 07:55 3
      - they compared which one fell down the stairwell faster -- nm - decline Sep 23, 07:58 2
        
        Microsoft: We defy gravity! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 23, 08:07 1
        
        Microsoft: We increase gravity! -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 08:29
ST Poll: When was the last time you received something from someone at work and wondered if they were in the middle of a cerebral hemorrhage when... - Mel Profit Sep 23, 07:40 7
- its been a long time - Epiphany Sep 23, 07:44 5
  - How is the new job? -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 23, 07:45 4
    - Challenging - Epiphany Sep 23, 07:52 3
      - you totally deserved this Pippy - so happy for you! -- nm - JenBro Sep 23, 09:04
      - nice -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 08:03
      - This is fantastic news. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 23, 07:56
- Last week. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 07:41
Did anyone else think a lot of the Emmy dresses were just ugly and weird? -- nm - loosilu Sep 23, 07:30 3
- I think Tina Fey's job should be to walk around in formal gowns at this point. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 23, 07:32 2
  - she was perfect. -- nm - loosilu Sep 23, 07:49
  - She's the one who speaks to average Americans and tells them you don't have to be a super model to look drop dead gorgeous in a dress. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 23, 07:34
Now my cars starting without any trouble at all. Problem solved, right? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 23, 07:27 4
- Keep your AAA card paid up and handy. . . just in case. -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Sep 23, 07:56
- speaking of weird car issues that are "problem solved," newton is so weird. - amanda hk Sep 23, 07:38 2
  - It could just be low coolant, like when you park your car on a slope then the gas indicator shows low gas. - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 23, 07:40 1
    - it's the hill and the curve. I just think it's super funny that it's the *only* place he starts blinking. like, the hill is *that* steep? -- nm - amanda hk Sep 23, 08:31
I haven't seen my TV PSA yet today. is nothing happening? -- nm - amanda hk Sep 23, 07:24 10
- calendar! -- (link) - Max Sep 23, 08:27
- HIMYM is on for an hour -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 07:50
- DWTS ,Castle,Hostages -- nm - eag Sep 23, 07:48 1
  - Memo to hostages - Beaker Sep 23, 07:50
- The Voice, Sleepy Hollow, The Blacklist -- nm - Jovian Sep 23, 07:44
- You are going to watch The Blacklist. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 07:39 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 07:49
- 2 Broke Girls, and Mom (blech) -- nm - groiny Sep 23, 07:38 1
  - chris and andy on grantland say that mom has some potential so I'm recording it. I have low expectations. -- nm - amanda hk Sep 23, 07:39
- I'm not an official or anything, but I believe The Voice and The Blacklist premiere tonight. -- nm - Jim Sep 23, 07:26
*points and laughs at ML* nm -- nm - groiny Sep 23, 07:23 12
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  - HE GONE!!!!!! - groiny Sep 23, 07:28 9
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      - didn't Ponder have a decent game though? -- nm - groiny Sep 23, 07:32 1
        
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    - Yeah, he warned us off all things Minn (which I listened to in two leagues), but then did that. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 07:29 5
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        What, you are winnig in the league you are the commish in? I see how this works. - Spawn Sep 23, 07:34
        
        I need 4 points from Welker and Janikowski tonight to go 4-0 for a second week. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 23, 07:33 2
        
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        It is nice to have some FF reason to watch MNF. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 07:45
  - Your zipper is down -- nm - amoxy Sep 23, 07:26
does anybody have The Last of Us for PS3 that they'd be willing to part with for a price? -- nm - colin Sep 23, 07:14 1
- ONE MILLION DOLLARS! -- nm - groiny Sep 23, 07:22
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- Thank you, sir! Got two for Bub and two for me (note, you have to do seperate orders). -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 07:29
Nine questions about the Federal Reserve you were too embarrassed to ask -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 23, 06:51 4
- Again they're confusing "too embarrassed to ask" with "don't care enough to ask" -- nm - Ender Sep 23, 08:33
- There are nine more? Someone tell spamlet! -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 07:39
- I find it comical that in an article about the Federal Reserve, they use a pictue of the $20 bill, with Andrew Jackson on it. - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 23, 07:33
- Where's Ender? I demand that Cracked-style headlines be technically corrected! -- nm - Roger More Sep 23, 07:31
Popular Bathroom Wipes Blamed for Sewer Clogs.....(link) - Walt_Disney Sep 23, 06:29 2
- I find those rather... luxurious -- nm - con_carne Sep 23, 07:54
- Solution: hot and cold running hydrochloric acis -- nm - Mop on a Nook running Android Sep 23, 06:45
drunken political arguments at 2am are all fun and good, until your counterpart mentions that he doesn't believe Obama is an American citizen. - znufrii Sep 23, 06:13 1
- f'ing birthers! -- nm - Epiphany Sep 23, 06:33
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- *flexes*...thank you..thank you -- nm - budice Sep 23, 06:10
I actually enjoyed Downton's opening episode last night -- nm - LMS Sep 23, 06:05 3
- rub it in, K? - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Sep 23, 06:20 2
  - Ouch. -- nm - LMS Sep 23, 06:52 1
    - the waiting. it's awful. -- nm - Diva Sep 23, 06:53
Apple sells nine million new iPhones in three days... -- (link) - Don Homer Sep 23, 05:57 11
- I wonder how many were sold to homeless people paid to stand in line. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 23, 07:23
- And based on my facebook feed, 90% of them are complaining about ios 7 -- nm - Strongbad Sep 23, 06:01 5
  - I actually *love* the way ios7 works. I just hate the way it looks. patryk and I both swear we've seen battery improvement since upgrading. -- nm - amanda hk Sep 23, 06:04 4
    - I agree with everything here. Charging seems faster too. - Inigo Sep 23, 06:24
    - I think my battery is much worse. But I don't mind the rest of it overall. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 23, 06:06 2
      - The "background app refresh" is a battery killer. When I turned it off, it improved. -- nm - volnelk Sep 23, 06:28 1
        
        I'll try that. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 23, 06:52
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- I wonder how much their stock will go down on this news. -- nm - amanda hk Sep 23, 05:58 2
  - hee -- nm - ty97 Sep 23, 06:18
  - up 6% pre-market -- nm - decline Sep 23, 06:16
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- people like to throw out all sorts of examples as to what typified the 70s... - Mel Profit Sep 23, 07:19 4
  - You have me googling to try to find out if he was really drunk or just seemed that way. -- nm - mara Sep 23, 07:27 1
    - I doubt it was a Dean Martin shtick... - Mel Profit Sep 23, 07:31
  - Another thing that wouldn't work: Match Game. All the fun was in them skirting around the edges of what was appropriate for TV. - TWuG Sep 23, 07:24 1
    - I was going to throw in a Gene Rayburn reference as well because you're right...no way Match Game, as played back then, would work. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 23, 07:25
I would pay a million dollars for a cup of coffee.* -- nm - amanda hk Sep 23, 05:52 2
- *bids million and one* -- nm - walter white Sep 23, 06:05
- ~If I had a million dollars~ -- nm - Strongbad Sep 23, 05:56
Take that Kickalicious! Rice's onside kick vs. Kansas on Saturday -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 23, 05:38
The Tea Party's take-no-prisoners, gut Obamacare budget showdown: Neil Macdonald -- (link) - Beaker Sep 23, 05:37
so, did the Emmy telecast get any better? The 3 memorials I saw were really nice, but other than that the show kinda sucked -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 05:28 4
- The song-and-dance numbers were good, but that's all NPH. The opening skit with the former presenters, not so much. - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 23, 07:29
- People on the radio this AM were calling it "the saddest and most boring Emmys ever". -- nm - Strongbad Sep 23, 06:55
- Every single thing they did seemed targeted to being funny which bothered me. - Will Hunting Sep 23, 06:49
- ditto (spoiler) - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Sep 23, 06:22
we met the pfm family yesterday... - Mel Profit Sep 23, 05:20 3
- They really are. -- nm - kelly Sep 23, 06:23
- a very good time was had. they are a family of sweethearts. -- nm - Diva Sep 23, 05:50
- nice! -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 05:27
brba speculation - zeitgeist Sep 22, 23:51 1
- wait a minute.... - zeitgeist Sep 22, 23:56
LYC - I just redeemed 10K myVegas reward points for a free margarita at the Luxor. I'll let you know how it works out. - Meg Sep 22, 23:15 2
- you think they *make* margies for tourists with coupons? its a spigot from a vat of industrial mix made like slushies or dairy queen 'freeze' -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 23:34 1
  - Ah, you have no romance and wonder in your soul..... -- nm - Meg Sep 23, 07:57
He didn't mean to kill anybody on FNL. - Trish Sep 22, 22:44
welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. we're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside. -- nm - peglegpete Sep 22, 22:23 2
- Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 22:37 1
  - Please take your seats, and notice who is sitting next to you, before we dim the lights... -- nm - BAD Sep 23, 00:49

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