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Mop, - Truman Oct 1, 17:35
Good for you, Marlon Byrd. -- nm - Tim Oct 1, 17:33
I'm finding myself very exciting each week to see Brooklyn 99. -- nm - Max Oct 1, 17:33 2
- took excited to even type correctly. -- nm - Max Oct 1, 17:33 1
  - Obviously. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with less Oct 1, 17:37
The House's attempt to pass separate funding bills for parts of the federal government has failed (nmbl) - Brian Oct 1, 17:30 2
- Yeah, funding the troops overseas is so bad. They should just let them come home and send them back when they refund them. -- nm - the liioulu with less Oct 1, 17:36
- Good. Fund it all or fund none of it. Trying to pull the sting by funding the popular bits is stupid. -- nm - TWuG Oct 1, 17:35
Poor Dale Sveum and whoever takes his place. -- nm - the liioulu with less Oct 1, 17:28
The Saga of the Sea Lions of Pier 39 -- (link) - mara Oct 1, 17:22 1
- Way back when I saw a news story on this right before a trip to SF. Thought "I'll have to check that out!!!" - Cuzzin Todd Oct 1, 17:42
CNN headline: "73 kidnap victims rescued from house" I missed the lower case 'h' at first. -- nm - ty97 Oct 1, 17:18 2
- That explains Boehner's pained look: "Thank God you rescued us! Cruz is crazy! Crazy, I tell you!" -- nm - TWuG Oct 1, 17:22
- they all had Lupus! -- nm - Hugh Laurie Oct 1, 17:21
Study: It turns out CicLAvia, the LA cycling events modeled after similar events in other cities, is good for small businesses -- (link) - con_carne Oct 1, 17:16
Miley's SNL Promos -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 1, 17:15 [youtube]
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- If loving that is wrong I don't want to be right. -- nm - Diva Oct 1, 17:14
TBS should call "Ground Floor" by a more honest title: The Dr. Cox Show. -- nm - nubby Oct 1, 17:12
This Story About Bob Cousy Mourning His Wife Will Break Your Heart -- (link) - Beaker Oct 1, 17:11 2
- and now my earworm is Don't Go Breaking My Heart -- nm - zork Oct 1, 17:12 1
  - You couldn't if you tried. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 1, 17:17
con_carne's post at the bottom of B2 ("How do you compare something to nothing?") gave me this earworm -- (link) - zork Oct 1, 17:04 [youtube] 4
- You know what's something? That blown out seventies afro -- nm - con_carne Oct 1, 17:07 3
  - I remember some bigger ones than that, including a baseball pitcher (an Expo?) who couldn't wear a hat. - zork Oct 1, 17:09 2
    - Gary....can't remember the last name. -- nm - the liioulu with less Oct 1, 17:10 1
      - Found a few Oscar Gamble pics. -- nm - the liioulu with less Oct 1, 17:12
Revenge spoiler - - the liioulu with less Oct 1, 17:01
Another great Person of Interest tonight -- nm - Beaker Oct 1, 17:00
Speaking of Santorum, does ST know he's announced the first project of his movie studio? It stars recording artist Susan Boyle. -- (link) - mara Oct 1, 16:57 1
- attention Redmond's 2014 secret stalker! -- nm - Roger More Oct 1, 17:14
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- Go Leafs!! -- nm - peglegpete Oct 1, 16:46
- Canada has officially stopped paying attention to your shenanigans. -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 16:46 5
  - But this is the perfect time to invade! -- nm - Tim Oct 1, 16:47 4
    - Sadly, We cant fund an invasion right now - eag Oct 1, 16:54
    - But... but... damn your fiendish timing! - Reagen Oct 1, 16:50 2
      - "Funding to the NHL has been cut" ... "OK boys, LET'S MARCH." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 1, 16:57 1
        
        Well...only in Canada. -- nm - the liioulu with less Oct 1, 17:00
Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair starting production. -- nm - Beaker Oct 1, 16:45
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- I had a friend ask why the Grinch didn't have her ears pierced yet. Dude, she's not even 2 -- nm - CQ Oct 1, 16:46
- The most painful thing about getting my ears pierced was... - the liioulu with less Oct 1, 16:38 2
  - they went all the way thru your head? :) -- nm - peglegpete Oct 1, 16:45 1
    - shouldn't have used a 9mm -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 1, 19:37
Unexpectedly back in Vegas for a night. At the Excalibur this time - based on single point analysis it seems much better maintained than the Luxor. - Meg Oct 1, 16:34
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- "Find me a player named Dan Alibi!" -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 16:34
- I understand the move but I hate it from a team chemistry standpoint. -- nm - David Oct 1, 16:33
Unexpectedly back in Vegas for a night. -- nm - Meg Oct 1, 16:29 6
- Are you following the foreign tourists denied access to the Grand Canyon? - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Oct 1, 16:34
- and there is a discount mall 10 minutes from your hotel :) -- nm - peglegpete Oct 1, 16:32 4
  - Bah, stoopid netbook - was sure that hadn't posted. -- nm - Meg Oct 1, 16:34 3
    - YOu should at least visit that ice cream place you missed a few days ago. -- nm - the liioulu with less Oct 1, 16:39 2
      - it's at the other end of the strip half a mile or so past the Sahara. 1616 LVB south -- nm - peglegpete Oct 1, 16:44 1
        
        They have an excellent bus system. - the liioulu with less Oct 1, 16:51
‏@emptywheel Repeating from earlier: Every time an 85yo + WWII vet busts through a barricade, it's yet more proof of benefits of govt health care. -- nm - ty97 Oct 1, 16:28 1
- It's a valid point. There's already a government healthcare system, which despite its hiccups, is not all bad. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 1, 16:30
Final Fantasty: The Spirits Within still looks amazing. I know the movie was a bomb but the people who made it were waaaay ahead of the tech curve. - David Oct 1, 16:26 3
- Needed more Kupo! -- nm - Qale Oct 1, 16:29 1
  - Everything is better with moogles. -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 1, 16:35
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Short week in the city for Mrs. CQ. She get home tomorrow, late night. This is getting old fast. - CQ Oct 1, 16:25
Gravity: 96% at RT (54/2) -- nm - Beaker Oct 1, 16:24
I feel silly writing "major series spoiler" for the Simpsons, but here it is - con_carne Oct 1, 16:21 1
- 14 years? Wow didn't realize it was that long ago -- nm - amoxy Oct 1, 16:22
Peter King just took Obama's side over Ted Cruz on CNN. - David Oct 1, 16:18 10
- A surprising group of Rs have been against Cruz, including Santorum of all people. -- nm - GregW Oct 1, 16:37 1
  - Can't trust those Canadians. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 1, 16:47
- He's been doing that for a couple of days to the media, if not necessarily on national TV -- nm - ty97 Oct 1, 16:26
- If they want to hurt Cruz, they're going to have to aim at something vital, not his head. -- nm - TWuG Oct 1, 16:22
- And that is a microcosim of your 2013 Republican Party -- nm - eag Oct 1, 16:22
- good. -- nm - Diva Oct 1, 16:20
- "we're through the looking glass, people!" - Reagen Oct 1, 16:20 3
  - If he can engineer a Republican coup in the House that would be great. -- nm - Diva Oct 1, 16:24 2
    - a few of them tried yesterday but failed - Jovian Oct 1, 16:36 1
      - Boner wont let them - eag Oct 1, 16:57
Charlie Hunnam and Charlie Day should do more movies together -- nm - prayformojo Oct 1, 16:10 5
- Did they have even a single scene together? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 1, 16:30
- Day's voice is the very sound of evil. -- nm - David Oct 1, 16:18 2
  - This is why it works in a certain context. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 1, 16:30
  - so. very. true. -- nm - Diva Oct 1, 16:21
- though from a practical standpoint, they were basically in two different movies. -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 16:15
Breaking Bad fan art ... probably not a spoiler -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 1, 16:10 [Image]
*shakes fist at SRED* -- nm - Beryllium Oct 1, 16:05
I agree with Spawn that $2 would have been plenty. $5 is extremely kind. - David Oct 1, 16:05 6
- $36 + shipping. - kelly Oct 1, 16:11 5
  - Interesting. I have accidentally acquired about 200 DVDs I need to get rid of. -- nm - David Oct 1, 16:19 4
    - We sold most of ours in lots of 50-100 (however many I could shove into an empty diaper box). - kelly Oct 1, 16:46 2
      - So groups of 20 worked better on a per item basis? - David Oct 1, 16:50 1
        
        Yeah, we sold the ones we converted digitally. Um - I don't know that sets of 20 would have necessarily worked better. - kelly Oct 1, 17:05
    - Using the power of math, I predict you can get approximately ... - Beryllium Oct 1, 16:20
"Everyone knows the government has to be funded. But what this shutdown supposes is, what if it doesn't?" -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 16:04
I SURVIVED 10/1!!! - Cuzzin Todd Oct 1, 15:57
Poll: Do you have any bands/artists that you have not seen live that are on your "band bucket list?" - JaxSean Oct 1, 15:57 53
- Huey Lewis. Eric Clapton. Everyone else I'd want to see has died or is so estranged that the group will never tour. -- nm - TWuG Oct 1, 17:17
- way too many -- nm - zork Oct 1, 17:05
- merle haggard. lonnie holley. ralph stanley. roscoe mitchell. pig destroyer.....nm - x Oct 1, 17:04
- Dropkick Murphys in Boston on St. Patrick's day -- nm - J-Nexus Oct 1, 16:56
- ELP . . . again -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Oct 1, 16:35
- Jack White, Brody Dalle*, Howard Jones, Eminem - JD Oct 1, 16:30
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  - unless it is in a bar I tend to agree -- nm - Beaker Oct 1, 16:29
- Rage Against the Machine. I still hold out hope for a reunion tour. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 1, 16:26 1
  - They are one of the bands I've seen live the most times - con_carne Oct 1, 16:29
- Hall and Oats -- nm - eag Oct 1, 16:23
- Jack Johnson -- nm - CQ Oct 1, 16:21
- Springsteen and Prince -- nm - amoxy Oct 1, 16:21
- I just don't like most live performances. - David Oct 1, 16:20 1
  - I like big festivals versus clubs or arenas - Reagen Oct 1, 16:22
- Bjork was and still is due to a thunderstorm. -- nm - the liioulu with less Oct 1, 16:18 3
  - Mavis Staples, Cheap Trick... -- nm - the liioulu with less Oct 1, 16:26 2
    - (that would be an impressive triple bill) -- nm - con_carne Oct 1, 16:27 1
      - The last two would definitely work together. And Mavis might getBjork to do it. -- nm - the liioulu with less Oct 1, 16:59
- Springsteen. maybe The Eagles cause I've never seen them. I might go. -- nm - Remlik Oct 1, 16:16
- I don't really psyched about live shows for bands like I did when I was younger. Scissor Sisters perhaps? -- nm - Qale Oct 1, 16:16
- Genesis -- nm - peglegpete Oct 1, 16:16
- The Hives. I love their records. And if a band I've seen only as an opener counts, QOTSA - con_carne Oct 1, 16:15 1
  - (And if I saw everyone's answers without knowing what the poll question was, I would have a lot of stalky fun trying to guess what the question was) -- nm - con_carne Oct 1, 16:31
- Moody Blues, Rolling Stones, or the Boss -- nm - Jovian Oct 1, 16:15
- Peter Gabriel -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 1, 16:14
- Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton. - kelly Oct 1, 16:12 11
  - I went to a Dead show once. Just wanted to see what that was all about. -- nm - Diva Oct 1, 16:16 9
    - Saw The Who and The Dead opened for them. The Who were fantastic - amoxy Oct 1, 16:21 4
      - I've mentioned before seeing The Who and the opening acts were Heart and J. Geils Band (and Nash the Slash) - zork Oct 1, 17:12
      - how long ago was that if I may ask? -- nm - Diva Oct 1, 16:25 2
        
        1976, A Day on The Green? -- nm - peglegpete Oct 1, 16:29 1
        
        Yes. Only those two bands. Dead played for 4 hours, The Who for almost 3 -- nm - amoxy Oct 1, 16:30
    - I visited the parking lot twice. -- nm - the liioulu with less Oct 1, 16:18 1
      - I actually liked the parking lot scene more than the band. Lots of nice handcrafts. -- nm - Diva Oct 1, 17:19
    - Is Deadhead Diva something I want to imagine? -- nm - con_carne Oct 1, 16:18 1
      - It was mostly out of curiosity. And Sting opened for them so that was fun. - Diva Oct 1, 16:23
  - Phil & Bobby are at the Pearl in the Palms tonight & tomorrow night - peglegpete Oct 1, 16:14
- drat. I believe that Jefferson Airplane and the Byrds are only 1 man down -- nm - peglegpete Oct 1, 16:09 1
  - I've seen Jefferson Starship, does that count? -- nm - Qale Oct 1, 16:22
- Radiohead, but they never get anywhere near here. -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 16:07 2
  - Also, I would have liked to have seen The Police, but I'd have needed a time machine - Reagen Oct 1, 16:25 1
    - I worked at Exhibition Stadium for a lot of concerts including one or two "Police Picnic" festivals. I met Stewart - zork Oct 1, 17:07
- For me, I've never seen Springsteen or Billy Joel. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 1, 16:06 9
  - I've somehow managed to see Billy Joel 3 times. But 2 of those times is because he was with Elton. - Diva Oct 1, 16:15 6
    - Yeah, Joel puts on a *great* show. -- nm - kelly Oct 1, 17:05
    - "Uff. Again? I suppose." -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 16:17
    - I've seen Elton twice - mainly because Suzanne wanted to see him. (She also dragged me to Prince.) - JaxSean Oct 1, 16:17 3
      - I'm actually seeing Elton again next month. I'd *lurve* to see Prince again. -- nm - Diva Oct 1, 16:18 2
        
        I still get happy when I remember that residency he did at the Forum last year - con_carne Oct 1, 16:37 1
        
        I would have loved that. -- nm - Diva Oct 1, 17:02
  - you have to see him solo by your rules, with Clarence dead -- nm - peglegpete Oct 1, 16:10 1
    - Hmm. True. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 1, 16:18
This might not be visible to everyone, but it's a good read. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 1, 15:55
Do it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 1, 15:47 2
- 0-8-4 -- nm - eag Oct 1, 15:56
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