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Daytime TV musings: Why do apartment/condo dwellers never win the Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes? -- nm - ty97 Dec 30, 12:43
So after my ex left her boyfriend at the hospital, she spent the night throwing up. - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 30, 12:23 8
- what was his diagnosis? -- nm - Andie Dec 30, 12:33 7
  - Stomach bug. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Dec 30, 12:55
  - abdominal pain -- nm - Diva Dec 30, 12:35
  - "pain" -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 12:34 4
    - Well, he is dating my ex. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Dec 30, 12:55
    - Going to see Dr. Clubber Lang was a poor choice. -- nm - Roger More Dec 30, 12:39
    - oh, i`ve heard that`s bad. -- nm - Andie Dec 30, 12:35 1
      - And it does not come with a free Gogurt. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 12:36
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- I can see it. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 12:14
- makes some sense. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 30, 12:14
Lebanon fires on Syrian aircraft for 1st time since Syria uprising -- (link) - Beaker Dec 30, 12:02 2
- Dominoes falling. Lebanon is hardly unified in their opposition (or support) of Assad. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 30, 12:22 1
  - Assad unbelievably may get out of this. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 30, 12:27
Year in review: The biggest tech flops of 2013 -- (link) - Beaker Dec 30, 12:01
More NFL HC Rumors: Lions going to consider Notre Dame HC Brian Kelly -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 11:54 8
- He's signed a contract extension, and just hired a new DC... - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Dec 30, 11:58 7
  - It is not like he was going to stop working and wait for it to happen. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 12:06 2
    - If he was interested in jumping ship he would have waited to make a hire. - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jock Strap) Dec 30, 12:21 1
      - You don't understand what I mean. He keeps working his job like he is going to stay because for all he knows, he is. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 12:25
  - Which means NOTHING - eag Dec 30, 12:04 1
    - If he was looking to leave he wouldn't have hired a DC who he has ties with. - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jock Strap) Dec 30, 12:19
  - Yeah I heard they got BVG. Good luck. - Strongbad Dec 30, 12:04 1
    - Dude looks like someone out of an Anchorman commercial. - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jock Strap) Dec 30, 12:24
Wow. Guess which NFL team has a perfect .500 record at 128 - 128. -- nm -- Spawn Dec 30, 10:56 - Spawn Dec 30, 11:39 2
- technically, you should have added "in the last 16 seasons" - Don Homer Dec 30, 11:55 1
  - Ah, sorry. Did not hear the number of years and was in too big a hurry to do the math. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 11:58
Boxoffice geekout: Reagen, Christmas break is huge for kids' films. No doubt. - Inigo Dec 30, 11:31 36
- I just whipped up a chart and put it in Google Drive - hopefully you all can see this - Reagen Dec 30, 12:07 9
  - But these things are cumulative. Legs are cumulative. Days with bigger numbers are just gonna bare that out. - Inigo Dec 30, 12:31 1
    - Except the point of multipliers is to get rid of that effect. - Reagen Dec 30, 12:44
  - To elaborate on what's in there - the effect is not limited to Christmas week. - Reagen Dec 30, 12:20 2
    - Put down the crazy on that second paragraph. -- nm - Inigo Dec 30, 12:37 1
      - I don't see how it's even arguable that Tangled paved the way for Frozen. That's how branding works, dude. -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 12:45
  - +10 Max Nerd Points -- nm - Max Dec 30, 12:09 3
    - can I borrow five max nerd points, please? I would like to give those to reagen as well. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Dec 30, 12:20 2
      - L3 -- nm - JenBro Dec 30, 12:43
      - You get +10 Hot Nerd Points for the viking photo, so you can give away five and still have five left over. -- nm - Max Dec 30, 12:24
- Boys like Frozen too. It's not just some girl power princess factor. -- nm - MDH Dec 30, 11:52 19
  - I'm not saying it's Sex and the City for kids as far as demographics go. - Inigo Dec 30, 12:36 1
    - I'm quite curious how you're defining Tangled as not as female focused. - Reagen Dec 30, 12:47
  - Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the princess movies (though I liked Brave) and there was enough other stuff there to keep - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jock Strap) Dec 30, 12:26 1
    - Jar Jar, I mean Olaf? -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 12:27
  - I got sick so I would not have to go see it. And I willing went to Brave. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 11:52 6
    - It's basically the female version of Beauty and the Beast. -- nm - Max Dec 30, 11:54 5
      - That was a good tv show, but I thought Disney already made the female version of it? -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 11:57 4
        
        BB is a cursed dude wrongly hunted by an evil dude and saved by a chick. Frozen is a cursed chick wrongly hunted by an evil dude and saved by a chick -- nm - Max Dec 30, 12:02 3
        
        um, spoiils???? -- nm - groiny Dec 30, 12:04 2
        
        It's a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale. The only element that changes in these stories is gender. -- nm - Max Dec 30, 12:06 1
        
        *smack* -- nm - groiny Dec 30, 12:06
  - I'm taking the kids to see it a 2nd time this afternoon. I don't recall ever having done that before. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 30, 11:52 7
    - Mop likes musicals? - Spawn Dec 30, 11:53 6
      - Frozen would have been a perfect movie for me if it took the musical parts out. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 30, 12:03 5
        
        But then you would have missed IN SUMMMMMMER~~~~ -- nm - Max Dec 30, 12:04 4
        
        um, spoils???? -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 12:05 1
        
        *smack* -- nm - groiny Dec 30, 12:06
        
        I would not say I missed it...... -- nm - groiny Dec 30, 12:04 1
        
        *smack* -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 12:07
- I admire your resilience but arguing box office #s with Reagen is like getting involved in a land war in Asia. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 30, 11:50 5
  - The last guy eventually begged Meg for death. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 30, 12:18 3
    - Now now. This is just polite disagreement. -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 12:22 2
      - *flinches* No more math! Not in the face! -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 30, 12:25 1
        
        Don't get ahead of yourself. - Spawn Dec 30, 12:26
  - Inconceivable! -- nm - TWuG Dec 30, 11:52
Beak... - Mel Profit Dec 30, 11:16 1
- And that went out as a circ apparently. - Mel Profit Dec 30, 11:21
Episode 1 of the Wolf Among Us, from Telltale Games, is free on Xbox. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 30, 11:05 1
- great game - Jovian Dec 30, 11:08
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- this is in celcius I am guessing? -- nm - Jovian Dec 30, 11:16 1
  - it has a F at the top, (i assumed C as well, initially) -- nm - Andie Dec 30, 11:31
- yeah, i'm calling shenanigans ... there's no way north TN and south central KY are going to drop to -20s ... - i'm not the New Year's Baby yet ! Dec 30, 11:13 5
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  - You mean '87 or '88, but yeah. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 11:16 3
    - no, i mean January of 1985 ... i was a freshman in high school. i remember it well :) - i'm not the New Year's Baby yet ! Dec 30, 11:33 2
      - Oh. 87 or 88 was the blizzard that dumped on the south. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 11:35 1
        
        Jan 82 was also a major snow event. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 11:37
- -20s in KY? Am I reading this correctly? -- nm - ty97 Dec 30, 11:04 27
  - My current weather forecast is far different than this map, with a low of 21 forecast for next Tuesday. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 30, 11:11 9
    - because this map isn't the forcast for Tuesday. -- nm - znufrii Dec 30, 11:14 8
      - Okay, Monday or Tuesday then. They look to be the coldest lows in the next 10 days, to me. Mine is currently forecast at 8; the map shows negatives. - mara Dec 30, 11:21
      - It says Tuesday (the 7th) at the top of the map and in the guy's tweet. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 30, 11:16 6
        
        But looking at other sites, that date *is* predicted to be the coldest day ahead. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 11:29 4
        
        coldest here on Friday, with another dip set for Tuesday night, but not as much. -- nm - znufrii Dec 30, 11:33 1
        
        (7F and 14F, respectively, according to weather.com) -- nm - znufrii Dec 30, 11:34
        
        Yes, Monday or Tuesday. -- nm - mara Dec 30, 11:30 1
        
        Yeah, for here, M/T/W high is 22/14/24. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 11:31
        
        It says 192 hours up until that date. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 11:17
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    - if that's true ... there's going to be some mighty nervous weed growers in KY -- nm - JenBro Dec 30, 11:29 1
      - ha! -- nm - Diva Dec 30, 11:34
    - DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!! -- nm - znufrii Dec 30, 11:14
    - global warming my ass! -- nm - groiny Dec 30, 11:12 1
      - more like global freezing! I blame Al Gore! -- nm - decline Dec 30, 11:13
    - How come every other weather site I've checked has temps vastly different (and higher) than this? -- nm - decline Dec 30, 11:12 6
      - My guess is that this is one possible model (predicting weather 8 days out is more than art than science) -- nm - ty97 Dec 30, 11:14 4
        
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        oh, ok. Then the question becomes: How accurate is that model? - decline Dec 30, 12:16 1
        
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        predicting anything more than 12 hours out is more art than science. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 30, 11:48
      - I am going to make a map that predicts temperatires 100 below and really freak ML out. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 11:13
  - At what point does the jelly become a solid? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 30, 11:08 1
    - After a month of situps -- nm - ty97 Dec 30, 11:14
  - I am hoping that is the temperature *shift*. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 11:06 1
    - If I understand it correctly, it's the lowest temperature predicted over the next 8 days. -- nm - znufrii Dec 30, 11:10
- not sure how it happened, but the INSIDE of my car windows were also iced this morning. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 30, 11:02 2
  - Someone got busy in it last night. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 11:06 1
    - Dirty Mike and the boys. -- nm - Roger More Dec 30, 11:07
- yikes. - znufrii Dec 30, 11:01
I love Bowler Hat Guy in Meet the Robinsons - prayformojo Dec 30, 10:54
LYC: I might be able to paint my cousin's bratty kid from photos, so I don't have to be around her. -- nm - loosilu Dec 30, 10:51 2
- just tell her that if she talks you will inadvertently paint her mouth weird and you wouldn`t want her to look bad... -- nm - Andie Dec 30, 10:53 1
  - the trick will be not painting the condescending look she always has. - loosilu Dec 30, 10:58
Dolphins use pufferfish to get high. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 30, 10:50 2
- this may be my favorite linked story today :) -- nm - JenBro Dec 30, 12:48
- damn that Incognito! -- nm - Diva Dec 30, 10:53
If there is a US government employee who is actually at work today, I have not found them. -- nm - loosilu Dec 30, 10:36 9
- plenty of people here. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 30, 10:47 4
  - Parking downtown feels like a regular work day. -- nm - Max Dec 30, 10:55 1
    - really? traffic was light in Alexandria, but not holiday light. -- nm - loosilu Dec 30, 10:57
  - maybe it is just DOD -- nm - loosilu Dec 30, 10:48 1
    - No wars today. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 30, 11:01
- aren't you a government employee? :) -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 30, 10:46 3
  - contractor. -- nm - loosilu Dec 30, 10:47 2
    - easier for them to disavow your actions if you get caught or accidentally blow up Denver or something -- nm - auld lang zeitgeist Dec 30, 10:51 1
      - tell it to Snowden. -- nm - loosilu Dec 30, 10:52
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- I take that to mean Bradford is coming back. -- nm - David Dec 30, 10:43 3
  - Trade it back to Washington for Kirk Cousins - eag Dec 30, 10:48 1
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- Curious about the Vikes future HC -- nm - budice Dec 30, 10:14 4
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  - I nominate Marty Schottenheimer - Strongbad Dec 30, 10:15 2
    - Norv Turner! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 30, 10:30 1
      - Jim Mora sr -- nm - eag Dec 30, 10:31
That Applebee's thing on New Year's Eve (B3) doesn't sound so bad given what it is. - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 30, 10:09 2
- many places in NYC have these parties. Even my local bar had a $125 NYE event with a buffet and all you can drink and it was located on 82nd and 2nd -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 30, 11:13
- Tron has this post as the only "Applebee's" mentioned in the last two weeks. -- nm - Spawn Dec 30, 11:11
I flew on a plane without going through security. It was amazing and no one died... -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 30, 10:02 12
- there used to be a few rifles and shotguns on local flights in Greenland -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Dec 30, 11:43
- there is no security when you fly 'uber' class (private or 'limo' jets...dang can't think of the word for when you hire a plane for a trip) -- nm - auld lang zeitgeist Dec 30, 10:50 1
  - charter? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 30, 10:50
- well, not *this* time -- nm - i'm not the New Year's Baby yet ! Dec 30, 10:48
- it's fine for a tiny plane, but I don't want to fly a jetliner with no security. -- nm - loosilu Dec 30, 10:46
- it's a ridiculous argument. - znufrii Dec 30, 10:43
- this dude is living in the 1960s. Airport security is a must. -- nm - Jovian Dec 30, 10:35 1
  - and he's likely flying in a plane from that time as well... -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 30, 10:51
- I'm fine with (tea?) bagging the TSA, but you can't just have no security. -- nm - Inigo Dec 30, 10:30
- He's bragging about flying Cape Air? -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 30, 10:23
- Relatedly, last night I heard an interview with the author of "The Skies Belong to Us" -- (link) - Max Dec 30, 10:11 1
  - Hijackings became rampant in the late 60's and early 70's. The airlines made a fiscal decision that security was less expensive than constant hijacks. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Dec 30, 10:52

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