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Happy Opening Day of the Rockefeller Center Ice Rink. -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 08:55
xfiles -- nm - decline Oct 14, 08:52 2
- oops. xfiles news : was it reported there will be a 3rd movie -- nm - decline Oct 14, 08:53 1
  - ugh -- nm - groiny Oct 14, 08:53
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Ben Wheatley to direct two upcoming Doctor Who episodes. - LMS Oct 14, 08:45
Gronk is reminding me of Derrick Rose -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 08:42 14
- I think it was CC made a good point this morning...you can't ever get a straight answer about anyone's health from the Patriots. Yet, all of a sudden - Jim Oct 14, 08:58
- not really even close IMO. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 14, 08:43 12
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    - Not even so much that, Gronk came back once too early, and re-broke it. - groiny Oct 14, 08:47 10
      - and he has not been medically cleared to play by his doctor. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 14, 08:49 9
        
        I thought the Team doctor cleared him to play already? -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 14, 08:51 8
        
        I'm pretty sure Dr. Andrews said over the weekend that he's not ready to play -- nm - decline Oct 14, 08:54 6
        
        yeah, I think there is disagreement between the team docs and his surgeon. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 14, 08:55 5
        
        team doc did the surgery... Andrews came in more recently after the team docs seemingly botched things -- nm - stewie Oct 14, 08:58
        
        When in doubt, listen to the guy who literally wrote the book on sports surgery. - Will Hunting Oct 14, 08:57 2
        
        exactly -- nm - decline Oct 14, 08:59
        
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        there is. - Mel Profit Oct 14, 08:57
        
        the team doctor who medically cleared him last time? - groiny Oct 14, 08:52
Now listening to - The First Time with David Lynch, already a bit freaked out. -- (link) - LMS Oct 14, 08:40
I rewound the video of Erin Andrews saying "I'm Drenched" several times last night in the Salty interview. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 14, 08:37
Happy 10th Anniversary Steve Bartman! -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 08:26
So, the reason for the six week extension of the CR is because of sequestration? -- (link) - spamlet Oct 14, 08:21 3
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  - Last week, we discussed why they were only discussing a 6 week CR. This is the answer. -- nm - spamlet Oct 14, 08:28 1
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You know who else defaulted on his country's sovreign debt? -- (link) - znufrii Oct 14, 08:18 1
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- fwiw...Kenny Britt trade talks also heating up -- nm - budice Oct 14, 08:16
Plastic Sugeons in San Diego for their annual convention -- (link) - budice Oct 14, 08:08
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- Similarly, can you name the 4 best undrafted QBs? -- nm - Inigo Oct 14, 08:10 9
  - Jeff Garcia. -- nm - mafic Oct 14, 08:16 2
    - Correct. ST rocked that little bit of trivia. -- nm - Inigo Oct 14, 08:17 1
      - this is probably about the only NFL trivia question I could answer. -- nm - mafic Oct 14, 08:25
  - Tony Romo? -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 08:14 1
    - Yes. He's the most recent. -- nm - Inigo Oct 14, 08:15
  - Kurt Warner -- nm - Was Bar Was Oct 14, 08:14 1
    - Yup. Right there with Moon. -- nm - Inigo Oct 14, 08:15
  - Warren Moon -- nm - budice Oct 14, 08:12 1
    - Arguably, the best of the 4. Yes. -- nm - Inigo Oct 14, 08:15
- Rod Smith -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 08:02 1
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- Welker -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 08:01 1
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gamers take 10 days to solve HIV-related protein folding problem that had eluded researchers for over a decade -- (link) - znufrii Oct 14, 07:52 1
- (from 2011, but still cool) -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 07:53
terms that cause irrational anger "before he died..." it keeps cropping up in procedurals. "before he died he made a phone call!" -- nm - mafic Oct 14, 07:52 1
- "His call records show that a call was placed after he died." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:02
Weekend Movie Poll: Machete B (spoilers) - amoxy Oct 14, 07:51 2
- Machete C.. - budice Oct 14, 07:58
- Bubkus - oblique Oct 14, 07:57
Report: Rory McIlroy breaks up with girlfriend, tennis star Caroline Wozniacki -- (link) - budice Oct 14, 07:47 1
- why, Rory, why? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Oct 14, 08:46
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- That TD pass in the 4th quarter was sweet -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 07:52
Sports PSA: STL@LAD 8pm Eastern, IND@SD 8:30pm Eastern (times approx) -- nm - budice Oct 14, 07:36 1
- I'll take STL and IND to win. -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 07:41
In case you all didn't know, I gave myself the day off. Kids in daycare and the wife in the city. Quiet around here. napper? -- nm - CQ Oct 14, 07:29 17
- I need to try to get into Costco - which may not happen, being Monday - then a late lunch with Mop and CY. -- nm - Meg Oct 14, 08:24
- i'm jealous ... especially if your nap is in front of a nice fire in a fireplace ... big pillow & blanket. -- nm - JenBro Oct 14, 07:40
- imma finish some laundry and go to the movies. since i won't be around to cook dinner - Diva Oct 14, 07:35 13
  - I'm considering a gravity matinee tomorrow. -- nm - mafic Oct 14, 07:52 1
    - we're going to try to see this later this week. -- nm - Diva Oct 14, 08:25
  - Hampton's Film Festival out here. Nothing good to see :) -- nm - CQ Oct 14, 07:51
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    - I'm way behind in my film watching so I'll either go watch 'Enough Said' or 'Prisoners' or both. -- nm - Diva Oct 14, 07:40 2
      - Do both - double features are so much fun :) -- nm - JenBro Oct 14, 07:49
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  - *metal fingers* - Mel Profit Oct 14, 07:37 5
    - head over to the Warren Tavern and foment another revolution. -- nm - Diva Oct 14, 07:39 4
      - Im gonna talk like that dude from Sleepy Hollow. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 14, 07:42 3
        
        love it. they'll either bring you a pulled pork sammich or they'll rue the day. -- nm - Diva Oct 14, 07:43 2
        
        just so you know: tim mie is going to start calling you, Lufftenent mom mie. - Mel Profit Oct 14, 07:53 1
        
        I like it. -- nm - Diva Oct 14, 07:58
- Im in San Diego, headed to the Monday Night game tonight. -- nm - budice Oct 14, 07:33
Dear PNC, I want to love you but if you keep insisting on not alerting me to bills that need to be paid, we're going to have to break up. - spamlet Oct 14, 07:20 14
- This is what a good to-do list is for. I have a 'bills' category and can customize alerts for certain things if I want. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 07:21 13
  - This is what Quicken is for :) -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 07:32
  - For those interested, this is what I use: "Priorities". It's really great, and easy to use... -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 14, 07:26
  - all my bills get paid automatically. I get an email when they go. -- nm - mafic Oct 14, 07:25 9
    - Mine should be, but this is what keeps failing. -- nm - spamlet Oct 14, 07:40
    - Curious: With your travels, what currency are your bills paid in? -- nm - budice Oct 14, 07:27 6
      - pretty much the only canadian thing left is my mortgage. everything else AUD. -- nm - mafic Oct 14, 07:46
      - diamonds -- nm - decline Oct 14, 07:40 3
        
        I'm starting to figure it out. He's the Station Chief/Handler for HK. - Mel Profit Oct 14, 08:13 2
        
        one of the other geos basically just quit to go travelling. first on her list: Iran. - mafic Oct 14, 08:21 1
        
        that's a brave person to go there. I hope she's friends with guys from Seal Team 6. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 14, 08:25
      - sweat and tears -- nm - CQ Oct 14, 07:28
    - most of mine do too, but not all. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 07:26
  - I have a detailed to-do list but haven't put bills on there because the banks have been reliable until now. - spamlet Oct 14, 07:24
I just got a brand new (still wrapped) copy of White Christmas for $1. I hope it's available on vudu D2D. - kelly Oct 14, 07:14 2
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  - Great. Thanks. -- nm - kelly Oct 14, 07:23
dear work, i have been here 40ish days, there is no way i could become an expert on your silly client interface in that time. - Truman Oct 14, 07:12
High court weighs Mich. ban on affirmative action -- (link) - budice Oct 14, 07:02
AP: Man with knife arrested trying to enter Buckingham Palace -- nm - budice Oct 14, 07:01
Looks like I'll go 3-1 this week with only my BF team laying an egg. - spamlet Oct 14, 07:01 2
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  - Actually...that's next week. -- nm - Jim Oct 14, 07:20
I still cannot believe he hit a grand slam. -- nm - CQ Oct 14, 06:58 18
- On Mike/Mike this morning they said at one point Sox were a 3% chance to win and Pats were a 5% chance. Both came through. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 14, 08:22
- I still can't believe Brady threw that touchdown. Much less even had a chance to. -- nm - Diva Oct 14, 07:03 8
  - and that it was caught. - Mel Profit Oct 14, 07:23 5
    - It's pretty amazing that the Pats are 5-1 with that rookie receiving crew. - Inigo Oct 14, 07:37 3
      - slllllowwwllly Thompkins and Dobson appear to be figuring it out. - Mel Profit Oct 14, 07:43 2
        
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        Also, there's someone named "collie" on our team. - Mel Profit Oct 14, 07:55
    - chawl. -- nm - Diva Oct 14, 07:33
  - I turned the game off with like 2:30 to go after the Saints stopped them. I figured that Saints offense was good enough to work the field and clock - Krusty Oct 14, 07:11
  - The Bills made a run too. Came up short, but your Bills! -- nm - CQ Oct 14, 07:04
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  - Haven't watched either of the ALCS games, but the NLCS has been fantastic. - Jim Oct 14, 07:18
  - It would be better if DET was up 2-0 and they had a no-no in game 1 in Boston. - Krusty Oct 14, 07:13 2
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      - Agreed, it's been exciting and fun to watch. Sort of. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 07:19
- Torii still reeling from the fact -- nm - budice Oct 14, 06:59 2
  - Max Scherzer is somewhere wondering wtf does he have to do. -- nm - Diva Oct 14, 07:03 1
    - He couldn't have done any better if he'd brought a gun to the mound. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 14, 07:21
Columbus discovers America: how it really happened. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 14, 06:55 [youtube]
I like stewie's idea of naming the Washington team after soldiers. - Inigo Oct 14, 06:54 10
- check out this online contest to design new team logos (linky) - stewie Oct 14, 06:58 5
  - and if they combined the soldier name with an eventual new stadium in DC... the possibilities are really awesome - stewie Oct 14, 07:03 3
    - a new stadium already??? -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 07:04 2
      - I'm thinking this is in the 5 year range, but yeah, half the NFL stadiums are newer than Fedex and it's a dump.. also it likely gets them the olympics -- nm - stewie Oct 14, 07:07 1
        
        It really is as bad people say. No walkways, hardly any bathrooms, cramped seating. - Inigo Oct 14, 07:21
  - Washington UFOs has a nice ring to it. Prolly fitting with the amount of space cadets in the vicinity -- nm - budice Oct 14, 07:00
- 11 -- nm - CQ Oct 14, 06:57
- Washington Veterans -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 06:57
- the most seamless suggestion would be the Skins or Pigskins, something like that. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 06:56
- Washington Schwarzkopfs -- nm - budice Oct 14, 06:56
Louie Gohmert: A Debt Default Is 'An Impeachable Offense By The President'... -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 14, 06:53 8
- More and more, I'm starting to think that "impeachable offense" means "something I don't agree with. nm - Jim Oct 14, 07:14 2
  - you're just now starting to think that? -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 07:18 1
    - Yeah, just now. Like...this exact second. -- nm - Jim Oct 14, 07:19
- Who? - Strongbad Oct 14, 06:54 4
  - he's the guy who said that John McCain supported Al-Qaeda. It was in the news. -- nm - Diva Oct 14, 06:57
  - Congressman from Texas. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 14, 06:55 2
    - I just looked up where his district is. I have a good friend that lived there. - ty97 Oct 14, 06:59
    - 's/Congressman/nutjob/g' -- nm - decline Oct 14, 06:58
Jaguars: Do we have more respect for them now? -- nm - budice Oct 14, 06:52 2
- I already did, but I have more -- nm - JaxSean Oct 14, 07:33
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Word. -- nm - Jim Oct 14, 06:50 3
- Monday -- nm - amoxy Oct 14, 06:51 2
  - Funday -- nm - decline Oct 14, 06:52 1
    - sunny-day -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Oct 14, 08:23

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