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WinAmp saved. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:10 2
- Bump app dead. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:10 1
  - I used this once ever. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 11:16
an old high school friend of mine just posted this on FB. Duck Dynasty bringing Christ to the people! -- (link) - Andie Jan 3, 11:02 13
- did we mention the recent comments about how girls should be married off at 15? - Reagen Jan 3, 11:07 8
  - Recent? Try several years ago. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 3, 11:17 2
    - recently brought to light then. does that make it less ignorant? -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 11:18 1
      - No. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 3, 11:20
  - I think that's from a few years ago now. But what does "they'll pick your ducks" mean? -- nm - Roger More Jan 3, 11:12 3
    - supposedly it's literal - picking feathers off ducks, which is horrible work. - Reagen Jan 3, 11:17 1
      - especially when followed by "20 year olds will just pick your pocket" -- nm - Roger More Jan 3, 11:26
    - Dude, if you've never had a 15 year old girl pick your ducks... - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:12
  - Any much older than that - they might be able to think for themselves. Can't have that. -- nm - Diva Jan 3, 11:10
- I now at least three people who have converted or returned to Christianity because of the show. -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 11:04 3
  - this is fascinating to me. i have also heard that the new Pope is bringing a lot of Catholics back with his moderate views. -- nm - Andie Jan 3, 11:10 2
    - He needs a beard. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:11 1
      - what's Kathy Griffin doing these days? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 11:12
Down 34%? Fire Dan Harmon and bring back the season 4 showrunner! -- nm - David Jan 3, 11:00 2
- Sixseasonsandamovie! -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 11:01
- Or don't premiere on January 2 (seriously, don't ever) -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 11:01
if you like Grand Theft Auto...Sleeping Dogs is free for Xbox Gold members...undercover Hong Kong cop rooting out Triad gangs... -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 10:54 5
- how long is it free? -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 10:55 4
  - 15th -- nm - eag Jan 3, 10:55 3
    - My thing is just like you - eag Jan 3, 11:00 2
      - I meant to load it yesterday, but ended up shoveling and didn't. - groiny Jan 3, 11:07 1
        
        Yeah me as well probably -- nm - eag Jan 3, 11:08
Now that the sale's over, holy crap was Civ 5 an insane deal. - Tim Jan 3, 10:51 7
- If this sale happens again can someone let me know? -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 3, 10:52 6
  - and I see it mentioned below previously. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 3, 10:53 5
    - The holiday sale ended...54 minutes ago. -- nm - Tim Jan 3, 10:54 4
      - darn. thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 3, 10:56 3
        
        Be glad, their huge summer and winter sales are the absolute worst thing for the bank account. -- nm - Tim Jan 3, 11:00
        
        They are always having sales though you can set up so you can be alerted next time there is a sale on a certain game -- nm - eag Jan 3, 10:57 1
        
        thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 3, 11:05
repost for the day crowd: Chris Hadfield covers the Beatles' Across The Universe -- (link) - zork Jan 3, 10:51 2
- doesn't beat his version of Space Oddity -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 11:03 1
  - no but I like the arrangement for the choir.He doesn't have a strong voice but that does fit this song. -- nm - zork Jan 3, 11:05
So, with all the benefits the Internet has given us... searching for a used car still boils down to browsing Craigslist? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 10:48
How did you become a fan of your favorite sport / team? Was it just surroundings? Essentially osmosis with regards to the rules / strategy / history - JD Jan 3, 10:44 14
- combo of geography plus the best player in the history of the game playing for them. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 11:09 1
  - You're a Dolphins fan too because of Marino? -- nm - CQ Jan 3, 11:11
- I became a Dolphins fan when I was three because I thought they were named the same as my last name. - Spawn Jan 3, 11:03
- I was born this way... - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jock Strap) Jan 3, 11:01
- My grandfather and I used to sit and watch White Sox games all the time. - groiny Jan 3, 10:54
- Yankees - location. Steelers - cause they were great in the late seventies when I was a child -- nm - Jovian Jan 3, 10:54
- there was a passing mention of West Bromwich Albion in a Fry & Laurie sketch I watched right about the same time I started paying attention to EPL - znufrii Jan 3, 10:52 2
  - and Everton is my EPL "second team" due to my admiration for Tim Howard from the US National Team. -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 10:59 1
    - Let's be honest, znu. You pretty much love every EPL team. They're all your favorites :) -- nm - CQ Jan 3, 11:10
- When I was younger I liked the Good Football teams... - Mel Profit Jan 3, 10:52
- Born and raised near Chicago. My grandfather (from Wisconsin) though was a Cubs fan so I got that from my mother - oblique Jan 3, 10:50
- Location. I grew up in NY so it's NY teams. Except my college. Which is decidedly not in NY. -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 10:48
- Mets: I live in NY, first memory of baseball is '86 World Series. - Tim Jan 3, 10:48
- Both my brothers were Habs fans, my father hated them. natural that I went with my brothers -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:45
Katy Perry is in talks to play Vegas when Britney isn't [ in the same venue, this is not a catfight] -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 3, 10:30
Lunch report: Burrito: Eaten -- nm - oblique Jan 3, 10:26 4
- I'm reading this as a joyless exercise, a la Albert Camus -- nm - con_carne Jan 3, 10:38
- (_____o_____) -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 10:28 2
  - That's one way to avoid consuming the calories -- nm - con_carne Jan 3, 10:37
  - (_____O_____) it's coming out now! -- nm - colin Jan 3, 10:36
I hate guessing on horror movies on the other site. I don't like them so I never know which ones are going to explode opening weekend. -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 10:26 2
- "Maybe this franchise is running out of gas." *opens in theaters* "Okay, maybe not." -- nm - con_carne Jan 3, 10:30
- you can never tell. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 10:26
The cafe is closed at work. I have a can of soup in my cube. The expiration date is... - Mel Profit Jan 3, 10:21 13
- We need a lifehack on how to open that can. Have you considered a can opener? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 10:50
- what do you use to make soup? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 3, 10:50
- Wheres Bear Grylls when u need him? -- nm - budice Jan 3, 10:26
- I just ate a can of chili with an expiration date of Sep 2011. We will see how long it stays in me. -- nm - GregW Jan 3, 10:23 1
  - They'll never be able to update Blast From The Past because of the expiry dates on canned foods now! -- nm - zork Jan 3, 10:53
- that can only mean *one thing*! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 10:22
- I'd call that a sign. -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 10:22 2
  - For some inexplicable reason, I now want to order Pizza Hut on-line. -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 10:23 1
    - David Brooks ain't the boss of you! -- nm - con_carne Jan 3, 10:26
- You should save that for when you guys get some cold weather -- nm - con_carne Jan 3, 10:22 1
  - I'm going to have to slit a ton-ton open to stay alive tonight. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 3, 10:33
- But it's European soup -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 10:22 1
  - +1. -- nm - Was Bar Was, Vampirates Primogen Jan 3, 10:38
official: Disney and Lucasfilm announce that Marvel will be runnning the Star Wars comics in 2015 -- (link) - Remlik Jan 3, 10:16 2
- Admiral Thrawn will not be pleased. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 3, 10:18
- more - Remlik Jan 3, 10:17
Hey, the hyperbole and a half book is out now -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 3, 10:10
Oh, it's up to 6-12 inches of snow before the cold per the NWS. They're just about to biblical terms with the latest notice. -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 10:10 4
- They're going to start giving snowfall amounts in cubits? -- nm - Was Bar Was, Vampirates Primogen Jan 3, 10:39
- build an igloo -- nm - peglegpete Jan 3, 10:16
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  - "Seriously, we'll personally kick your ass if you try to drive on Sunday" -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 10:15
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- Bobby Petrino, come on down! -- nm - Strongbad Jan 3, 10:22
- I am surprised how long it seems to be taking for them to find a coach. Unless they are planning to sign someone who was coaching a bowl still? -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 10:15
- How do you think I afforded the games down below? -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 10:09 3
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    - It's so good. I bought the Enemy Within to play again with different stuff. -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 10:11 1
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random poll - have you ever ridden a Segway? - Andie Jan 3, 10:01 11
- no :( -- nm - Jovian Jan 3, 10:55
- yup. -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 10:12
- Yep. They're fun. -- nm - Jim Jan 3, 10:10
- no -- nm - JenBro Jan 3, 10:08
- Like Taco Bell, I would prefer to be drunk off my ass to get over how I'd look -- nm - con_carne Jan 3, 10:06
- No -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 10:05
- No, but there's a guy in my neighborhood that uses one. -- nm - Meg Jan 3, 10:04
- no -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:02
- no but I have always wanted to, like on a city tour or something -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 10:02 2
  - We did a Segway Tour of New Orleans. It was pretty awesome. -- nm - Jim Jan 3, 10:22
  - exactly. -- nm - Andie Jan 3, 10:04
Happy Birthday Eli Manning! -- nm - Shaun Jan 3, 09:58
That Twitter guy (I won't post his handle) is just posting photos of car wrecks and trying to have news organizations retweet them. - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 3, 09:56
Well, duh. Premiering seasons on this off week for TV viewing seems to have been a bad choice for Community and The Taste -- (link) - con_carne Jan 3, 09:54 24
- (I apologize for the Croods For Your Consideration ad) -- nm - con_carne Jan 3, 10:15
- Community has some work to do to get people back after season 4. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 10:03 3
  - Having not seen last night's eps yet, I definitely agree -- nm - con_carne Jan 3, 10:05 2
    - it's not the inspired lunacy of season 2 yet, but it's getting there. -- nm - Reagen Jan 3, 10:09 1
      - episode 2 was damn good. -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 10:11
- Sean saves the World and MJK's show are both toast -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:00 1
  - MJFox -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:00
- "On CBS, The Big Bang Theory earned a 5.3, up two tenths from its last original's 5.1 adults 18-49 rating" - Beaker Jan 3, 09:56 16
  - This. If people wanted to watch it last night (or the previous several years) they would. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 3, 10:26
  - I am one of those dumbasses. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 09:57 14
    - you should, funny show -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 09:58 13
      - Im looking forward to next week - eag Jan 3, 09:59
      - I tried it, it was not for me. - groiny Jan 3, 09:59 11
        
        They go a tad too often to the "let's joke about this meme only nerds on the Internet will get" well. - con_carne Jan 3, 10:04
        
        Alison Brie. Plus it's funny. -- nm - Shaun Jan 3, 10:00 9
        
        Alison Brie on Community vs. Kaley Cuoco on BBT would be nice "are you a Ginger or Mary Ann" poll -- nm - con_carne Jan 3, 10:12 3
        
        Brie -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 10:42
        
        Brie. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 3, 10:41
        
        Brie -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:22
        
        there is a hot chick on every show on television. - groiny Jan 3, 10:02 4
        
        You stick to BBT then :) -- nm - Shaun Jan 3, 10:04 2
        
        oh, I will! -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 10:05 1
        
        Well. Good. Then. -- nm - Shaun Jan 3, 10:05
        
        They weren't talking about hot chicks, they were talking about Alison Brie -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 10:03
Speaking of Trek: David Waddell used the Klingon language to write his letter of resignation from town council in Indian Trail, North Carolina -- (link) - Beaker Jan 3, 09:52
Cincy-based Kroger buys hundreds of Bengals tickets, will give away free to local veterans and active duty members of the military. -- (link) - ty97 Jan 3, 09:50 2
- Fantastic! -- nm - David Jan 3, 10:41
- Fans and a group of Packers corporate partners, led by Green Bay-based Associated Bank, purchased the remaining available tickets Friday. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 3, 09:53
NYT's David Brooks, a high school pot smokers, writes judgey anti-pot column, calls out (anonymously) high school friend as full-on stoner. -- (link) - ty97 Jan 3, 09:40 6
- And, by the power of the wonderful Internet, his HS "full-on stoner" friend responds -- (link) - ty97 Jan 3, 09:41 5
  - I was born in the wrong decade to care what David Brooks thinks about marijuana -- nm - con_carne Jan 3, 09:55 1
    - just stay off his lawn. -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 10:22
  - Although: Brooks claims to never have heard of the guy so........ -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 09:47 1
    - riiiiiight. -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 09:48
  - hah! -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 09:46
Just a PSA steam sale is in its last 20 minutes so if you havent picked up a PC game you still have time -- nm - eag Jan 3, 09:40 3
- Also worth noting that GMG has a lot of similar sales, and you can usually stack their 20% off coupon with it. -- nm - Shaun Jan 3, 10:04
- Thanks. Just picked up Civ 5 and XCOM (plus expansions) for $40 total. -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 09:55
- Bioshock: Infinite for $10 is a nice deal. Far Cry 3 for $7.50 is also excellent. -- nm - Shaun Jan 3, 09:55
~I've been through the desert on a horse named Your Sister~ -- nm - Spawn Jan 3, 09:39
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine premiered on this day in 1993. -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 09:38 17
- Man, that first season was dreadful. - Strongbad Jan 3, 09:43 12
  - Move along home! -- nm - Was Bar Was, Vampirates Primogen Jan 3, 10:41
  - but the last few seasons may be some of the best of any series. - Mel Profit Jan 3, 09:46 6
    - The episode with Sisko, Garak and the Romulans is gold. -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 09:46 5
      - Sisko had the best monologue of any of the shows.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 3, 10:15 [youtube]
      - speaking of all out war... - Mel Profit Jan 3, 09:53 3
        
        I have almost 3k ships on 39:37 -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 09:55 2
        
        Hlevetian has 1k on the way there as well and Sam has ships enroute too -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 09:57 1
        
        Thanks, this is very helpful. - Mel Profit Jan 3, 10:12
  - Episode 19 is one of the best TV episodes ever (top 50 for sure) -- (link) - Beaker Jan 3, 09:45 3
    - you can watch it online here -- (link) - decline Jan 3, 10:08 1
      - I was about to hug you...but not available in canada -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:10
    - I didn't realize it was that early in the series. It's pretty much my favorite episode of ST. The ending is a gutpunch. - Mel Profit Jan 3, 09:47
- 1749 – The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published. -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 09:38 3
  - 1959 – Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 09:39 2
    - 1977 – Apple Computers is incorporated. -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 09:39 1
      - Births: 106 BC – Cicero, Roman politician and philosopher (d. 43 BC) -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 09:40

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