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Jay Cutler signs 7 year contract extension. -- nm - David Jan 2, 07:51 1
- *blinks* - oblique Jan 2, 07:54
Broadchurch was a big old pile of cheery. Awesome show, but a real kick in the jimmies. - TWuG Jan 2, 07:48 5
- still need to watch that. -- nm - znufrii Jan 2, 07:58 2
  - it's good. -- nm - Diva Jan 2, 07:59 1
    - so I've heard. - znufrii Jan 2, 08:02
- each episode towards the end was brutal. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 2, 07:54 1
  - and the ending creeped me out for days. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 2, 07:59
Oops. Identity Of Trayvon Martin's 'Cousin' Questioned -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 2, 07:41 1
- what an assh*le. -- nm - znufrii Jan 2, 07:44
11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014 -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 2, 07:40
do we have a go-to person for resume questions? -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 2, 07:39
Wild Turkey attacks Fed Ex driver -- (link) - Bacon Jan 2, 07:31 [youtube]
A couple of new shows are starting over here soon, Longmire and Played. Are they worth my time/did they get axed? -- nm - LMS Jan 2, 07:11 4
- Played is good, but like most cop shows, a little too compact. - GregW Jan 2, 07:54
- I've only seen a handful of episodes of Longmire but I really liked it. -- nm - David Jan 2, 07:22 2
  - he ain't got no cell phone - Mel Profit Jan 2, 07:24 1
    - and then he'd punch someone in the face just to punctuate his point. -- nm - Diva Jan 2, 07:31
This article is a fascinating description of how the 2014 American Hockey team was chosen. -- (link) - David Jan 2, 07:09 4
- One word: "Again" -- nm - prayformojo Jan 2, 07:12 2
  - I love the assistance coaches during that scene. -- nm - David Jan 2, 07:13 1
    - *assistant* - David Jan 2, 07:16
- I would've wagered it involved skating around the rink in skivvies. -- nm - Was Bar Was, Vampirates Primogen Jan 2, 07:11
JetBlue has a marketing campaign going with Budget to rent a car one-way between JFK and Manhattan. - ty97 Jan 2, 07:08
For those of you who'll have to wait to the 19th, but can't wait much longer than that... -- (link) - LMS Jan 2, 07:04
Bah bah bah nah bah bah nah nah bah baaaaah! -- nm - tRuMaN doth do thinkith Jan 2, 07:02
most fun toaster ever. -- (link) - Andie Jan 2, 06:56 5
- Not as fun as our Smiley Face toaster. -- (link) - Jim Jan 2, 07:03 4
  - that is fun (i can't believe they don't show a picture of the toast! marketing fail!) -- nm - Andie Jan 2, 07:10 3
    - It's cool. It's our "camper toaster". :) -- nm - Jim Jan 2, 07:31
    - I could have fun with no.5. -- (link) - LMS Jan 2, 07:13 1
      - nice. i love the one that toasts your note onto the bread, and the radio one looks great. -- nm - Andie Jan 2, 07:16
On this day in 1776, Congress published the Tory Act, which detailed how colonies should handle Americans who remained loyal to the British -- nm - Strongbad Jan 2, 06:56 1
- With suspicion? -- nm - LMS Jan 2, 07:01
Mel, all clear on the western front. - spamlet Jan 2, 06:55 7
- I'm looking for some help in the... - Mel Profit Jan 2, 07:24 6
  - .Com or .Org? - Bacon Jan 2, 07:29 1
    - .org -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 2, 07:32
  - I got navy, will that help? - spamlet Jan 2, 07:28 3
    - Navy is always welcomed. - Mel Profit Jan 2, 07:33 2
      - I'm good on gold. I have everything but wine, wood, and sulfur shut down so I'm not burning much gold when my ships are in port. - spamlet Jan 2, 07:50 1
        
        Very good. I'll talk to you tonight. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 2, 07:54
The Driving Test Nobody is Passing.....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Jan 2, 06:51
nobody really cares, but I unsubscribed from the nerdist podcast. it was the swearing that made me. there's no need to swear *that* much. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 2, 06:43
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- Yeah, who wants to watch the game in a nice, toasty home rather than wrapped in 10 layers of clothing/blankets in 0-degree temperatures? -- nm - GregW Jan 2, 07:49
- I don't think you understand how the scale works. -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 06:54
- yeah -- nm - prayformojo Jan 2, 06:53
Speaking of cold, lost antarctic photos recovered -- (link) - oblique Jan 2, 06:37
WLIR - Beaker' Polar Bear Poll: Yes. I was in a Polar Bear Club at camp once. We dipped every morning for a week. It was actually a lot of fun. -- nm - Diva Jan 2, 06:27 2
- Me too! Camp thing...wouldn't do it now though. - elf kelly Jan 2, 07:08 1
  - heh-heh... -- nm - Diva Jan 2, 07:11
Man kills son with axe, believed he was a demon. This headline not sponsored by the underrated movie Frailty. -- (link) - Was Bar Was, Vampirates Primogen Jan 2, 06:18 1
- It's pretty crazy how close Supernatural is to Frailty. - Inigo Jan 2, 06:45
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- Tomorrow is going to be freezing cold here. Not awful for the weekend. - Krusty Jan 2, 06:18
hi, guys. it's nice to be back at work so I can hang out with you all more regularly. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 2, 05:35 4
- is it snowing there yet? we're now supposed to get 6" -- nm - decline Jan 2, 06:35 1
  - it has not. I wish it would start so people would start bailing. I wouldn't mind another half day off. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 2, 06:57
- I guess since the festivities are over, I can go back to my regularly scheduled handle -- nm - oblique Jan 2, 05:43 1
  - I'm keeping mine until I PAMcK. maybe this month. it's kind of a slow time here. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 2, 05:48
The Cleveland Browns are scheduled to interview New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels on Saturday -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 05:25 12
- Ask him what he does on 3rd and Short...when the Pats don't have a viable down range threat. Ask.Him. - Mel Profit Jan 2, 07:26 10
  - It's because the defense is tight within a few yards of the play. That's the best time to throw deep. -- nm - David Jan 2, 07:46 2
    - provided they have someone who doesn't play like they have thalidomide arms. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 2, 07:55 1
      - damn. -- nm - Diva Jan 2, 08:00
  - Meanwhile, Josh Gordon is loving this idea. -- nm - Was Bar Was, Vampirates Primogen Jan 2, 07:29
  - 20 yards? More like 40 yards -- nm - Bacon Jan 2, 07:27 5
    - It's been years since I've regularly gotten so angry at a particular sports play... - Mel Profit Jan 2, 07:31 3
      - While I have no love for McHoody...one would think that a HOF QB like Brady would check off that play at the line and do what's right. nm - Jim Jan 2, 07:36 2
        
        I honestly have no idea how this team is ranked No. 2 in the AFC. - Diva Jan 2, 07:40
        
        I think sometimes Brady... - Mel Profit Jan 2, 07:40
    - No game can have less than 10 hail mary passes- Josh Mcdanials -- nm - Bacon Jan 2, 07:28
- Heh...why do the Browns hate winning? -- nm - Jim Jan 2, 06:22
nmb ML - Strongbad Jan 2, 05:24 5
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  - There are 2 FA's I am very anxious to see bidding for - Strongbad Jan 2, 06:29 3
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      - Agreed. - Strongbad Jan 2, 06:50 1
        
        and I won't be overly crushed if someone puts an offer on Romo - Strongbad Jan 2, 07:15
Fiat pays $3.65B to get full control of Chrysler -- (link) - Beaker Jan 2, 04:53 2
- *looks six posts lower* -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Jan 2, 07:23 1
  - Omitted from the article is the fact that Ferrari is 90% owned by Fiat. -- nm - Bacon Jan 2, 07:24
4.6M Snapchat usernames and cell numbers leaked online -- (link) - Beaker Jan 2, 04:52
Bortles screams Akili Smith to me - Strongbad Jan 2, 04:42
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- This has to favor SF, right? - Strongbad Jan 2, 05:24
- Go Pack Go! -- nm - budice Jan 2, 05:09
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  - But on Mars it's a dry cold -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Jan 2, 05:31
For The Greater Good. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 01:19 2
- The greater good. -- nm - LMS Jan 2, 02:50 1
  - yarp -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 05:24
OK, netflix canada had a bit of a title update. Should I watch Psych or Despicable Me? I've seen neither. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 22:35 3
- Yes. -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jock Strap) Jan 1, 23:00
- D.M. with your son. -- nm - Spawn Jan 1, 22:41 1
  - ok, maybe on the weekend then -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 22:43
Fiat completes their purchase of Chrysler -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 1, 21:23 1
- Omitted from the article is the fact that Ferrari is 90% owned by Fiat. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 1, 21:26
Gabe from Penny Arcade finally mans up and realizes he's been an asshole and a bully. -- (link) - Tim Jan 1, 21:20 3
- Good stuff. But we have to accept that Penny Arcade is what it is because of him. - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 1, 21:35
- Well. Hmm. Did he announce the winner for Dickerdoodles yet? - Beryllium Jan 1, 21:34
- I think this would be an excellent read for everybody. -- nm - David Jan 1, 21:28
Never heard of "Forever 16" before. Loosely seemed like In Plain Sight with vampires. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 21:20
Pippy, I would have guessed Ishtar also. At the time it was the biggest flop. -- nm - zork Jan 1, 21:14
I got final Jeopardy from "...intellectual forum..." -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 1, 20:54 1
- ST wasn't the answer? Bah! -- nm - Was Bar Was, Vampirates Primogen Jan 2, 06:00
Repost: The biggest box office bomb of all time is "Mars Needs Moms". - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 1, 20:43 22
- i saw that at a free preview and remember thinking "oh, this just sucks." -- nm - Andie Jan 2, 06:06
- "Always ask for a piece of the gross, not the net. The net is fantasy." -- nm - Freakazoid Jan 2, 06:02
- I also want to know what the 160 mil spent on The 13th Warrior, was actually spent on. -- nm - Jovian Jan 1, 21:18 16
  - I can see how period/specialty pieces can get expensive. What I'm rally curious about is $170 million on Evan almighty. -- nm - mafic Jan 1, 23:14
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    - Did you work on "Trapped"? It was filmed in the same area as 13th Warrior -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 22:08 1
      - 2002, Kevin Bacon, $6m USA total on $30m budget (sounds like a flop to me) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 22:12
    - So did my stepdad (which I think I've mentioned before) heheh -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 21:39 3
      - *gasp* Maybe dp3 *IS* your stepdad! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 1, 21:45 2
        
        No, my stepdad is dead. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 21:59
        
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  - For authenticity, a time machine was used to travel back to the 12th century. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 1, 21:24
  - Antonio Banderas's hair -- nm - eag Jan 1, 21:20
  - it was essentially shot twice. -- nm - Reagen Jan 1, 21:19 5
    - And watched once. nm - Dignan Jan 1, 21:21 4
      - It wasn't a bad movie. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 1, 21:24 3
        
        it was boring. -- nm - Andie Jan 2, 06:23
        
        I agree with this. It was perhaps a bit laughable at times, but it had good bits. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 22:00
        
        As I hace said, we saw it at a drive in with The Sixth Sense and we left wishing we only had seen 13th. -- nm - Spawn Jan 1, 21:51
- not to be confused with Yvonne Craig's classic film: Mars Needs Women -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 1, 21:15
- lol #9, Stealth. What a stinker that was -- nm - Jovian Jan 1, 21:11
- Also, the failure of this movie led to the collapse of Zemeckis's animation studio and the canning of their "Yellow Submarine" reboot. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 1, 20:49
Rod Marinelli new DC at Bucs per ESPN -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Jan 1, 20:33
Should we start a short story competition here on ST? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:05 22
- can it involve lots of women & alcohol? -- nm - Tryion Lannister Jan 1, 20:29 1
  - well, it would probably be best to avoid fanfic, if that's what you mean ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:34
- "For sale: baby shoes, lightly used (see photo)." nm - Dignan Jan 1, 20:22
- i'm in, if we're talking the next few weeks. i have some time before semester starts. and we can come up w/ a prompt ... - i'm finally the New Year's Baby ! Jan 1, 20:17 9
  - Yeah, I'm thinking like a three-week timeframe, 400-800 words, but it's all negotiable -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:19 8
    - well, i have a couple of ideas, the framework of which is borrowed from NPR "3 minute fiction" ... - i'm finally the New Year's Baby ! Jan 1, 20:26
    - Can I submit my next newsletter column...they generally run 500-750 words ;) - Meg Jan 1, 20:26
    - I think that word count is considerably low. -- nm - Qale Jan 1, 20:25 5
      - well, we are talking a short term thing ... unless enough interested folks want to do, say, 7500 - 10k words max in a 3 week period.... - i'm finally the New Year's Baby ! Jan 1, 20:27
      - See my post below for why I had that target in mind, you're welcome to suggest something more befitting that idea. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:27 3
        
        I like your idea. I'm just considering that my last movie review was 515 words. -- nm - Qale Jan 1, 20:42 2
        
        Yeah, many of my blog posts end up in that range too ... hmm. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:48 1
        
        There's a certain skill to working something into a shorter format. It takes a special kind of editing. I generally do a great deal of cutting before - Meg Jan 1, 20:51
- I mean, who would be in? Short in this case would be something like 400-800 words ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:10 8
  - That's incredibly short. That's shorter than most David posts. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 1, 20:50
  - In, but need a writing prompt. -- nm - colin Jan 1, 20:14 5
    - Like a genre idea, or a deadline, or a constant reminder? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:15 4
      - Ah, I see, more of a subject hint/inspiration. Hrm. What I'm thinking is, once we're done with the competition, we can vote on a winner and then... - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:26 3
        
        ST? published? ???? :) - i'm finally the New Year's Baby ! Jan 1, 20:28 2
        
        quite. I was just thinking of one of those self-pub things. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 1, 20:32 1
        
        yeah ... there are a number of websites we can go thru ... - i'm finally the New Year's Baby ! Jan 1, 20:38
  - Sure -- nm - JaxSean Jan 1, 20:13
Passed Out In A Led Zeppelin Shirt And Photobombed By John Paul Jones And Dave Grohl -- (link) - Remlik Jan 1, 19:57 1
- that is so &%$# great I can't stand it. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 2, 04:25
Zip.......................................... .........POW!!!!!! -- nm - Ignatz Mouse Jan 1, 19:57

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