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Next-gen gamers here may want to take note that a fully reworked and remastered edition of Tomb Raider (2013) is coming out on the 28th. - Shaun Jan 9, 07:19 3
- "Hmmm... needs more jiggle." -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 9, 07:52
- probably one of the best games I played last year -- nm - decline Jan 9, 07:30
- Let's take a popular gaming franchise and make the cover look like a popular movie franchise. $$$$$ -- nm - Bacon Jan 9, 07:21
sitwap: WWE: Mae Young passed.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 9, 07:19 1
- RIP. Hope they do something on RAW for her Monday -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 07:23
did we see that Al Roker pwned Limbaugh yesterday? -- (link) - Reagen Jan 9, 07:15 3
- "Researchers argue that plunging temperatures could come from changes in the jet stream caused by global warming." - Strongbad Jan 9, 07:18 2
  - I don't have any issues with that statement. -- nm - Reagen Jan 9, 07:30
  - Shut up SB, everybody knows that only Deniers claim weather = climate. *NM* - Ender Jan 9, 07:20
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- Texans likely new OC just turned 35. - Strongbad Jan 9, 07:13
- I'm 9 months younger than him. What am I doing with my life. -- nm - MDH Jan 9, 07:12 1
  - Quit mocking us with your youth -- nm - ty97 Jan 9, 07:22
- is he friends with RG3? he would have to be the youngest NFL coordinator ever right? -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 07:12 1
  - Knows Gruden. Coached together at Tampa Bay and the FL Tuskers -- nm - MDH Jan 9, 07:13
Room service, mini-bars, free parking and toilletries on the chopping block as hotels look to cut back -- (link) - Beaker Jan 9, 07:08 2
- ""We think that a lot of hotel managers eliminated or reduced some types of services or amenities because customers simply don’t want them," - David Jan 9, 07:26 1
  - yeah, and who wants free parking? -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 07:30
US Senator in Colorado lobbied state agency to revise health care cancellation numbers, or revise their definition of what qualified as a cancellation -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 9, 07:08 6
- That article seems not at all biased. - David Jan 9, 07:24 4
  - The facts and emails are all provided. If you want to dismiss them, that's your decision. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 9, 07:27 3
    - The "fact" presented is summarized in the article as: - David Jan 9, 07:30 2
      - If you want to go line by line, let's start at the top. - Strongbad Jan 9, 07:36 1
        
        That is not even a story. That is a discussion of communication between offices. You do that every day at your job. - David Jan 9, 07:56
- I do like the sarcastic "Happy Friday!" -- nm - Ender Jan 9, 07:16
Outbreak of 'nightmare bacteria' in Illinois stirs worry, CDC calls it a "huge cluster" -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 9, 07:05 5
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  - Agreed, but 44 infections in 1 year vs. 97 since 2009 is a little bit alarming. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 9, 07:11
  - NIGHTMARE BACTERIA! -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 07:10
- uh, "spread via fecal matter" and "transmitted by casual contact" - decline Jan 9, 07:08 1
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Northern Lights possible over Chicago tonight -- (link) - oblique Jan 9, 07:03 3
- get your camera ready - will it be cloudy? -- nm - decline Jan 9, 07:06 1
  - We're forecast for snow. Probably :( -- nm - oblique Jan 9, 07:22
- that would be awesome. -- nm - Andie Jan 9, 07:05
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- I know. An entire 8 months until college football starts again. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 9, 07:00
- Don't worry. The NYR people will be gone in 2 weeks. -- nm - Shaun Jan 9, 06:57 1
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  - That's a little scary, on the recruiting end. - Strongbad Jan 9, 06:59 2
    - he'll last a year, two tops as he'd just be off to another HC position at his first opportunity -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 07:10 1
      - I would be surprised if any SEC teams get desperate enough to consider him. - Strongbad Jan 9, 07:19
Regulators Have Concerns About Lenders' Use of Facebook, Other Sites -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 9, 06:45 2
- Stupid FDA, they're just making bagels! -- nm - Ender Jan 9, 06:59
- Companies are tapping into other sources of data, including PayPal and eBay accounts, to determine not just whether to loan money or increase credit -- nm - Strongbad Jan 9, 06:46
"thought control headband" - the Muse. -- (link) - Andie Jan 9, 06:31
Trent Richardson wants to "make statement" vs. Pats -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 9, 06:25 2
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  - maybe he meant after he fumbled. -- nm - Reagen Jan 9, 06:34
For those asking last night about WWE's stock movement --- before the opening the bid prices are 1.5% above yesterday and the ask prices are 3% up. - Will Hunting Jan 9, 06:13
andrea, what's going on with your condo? did you move dates? -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 9, 06:07 4
- we said "no", but i asked if we had been given a reason. like, if she's having some actual personal crisis or something, i don't want to be a jerk - Andie Jan 9, 06:21 3
  - I kind of expect the place will be trashed when you get there -- nm - decline Jan 9, 06:32 2
    - i don't expect that. but i won't be shocked if her stuff is still in. -- nm - Andie Jan 9, 06:41
    - (but I hope it's not) -- nm - decline Jan 9, 06:36
have we talked about the people's choice awards? super fun night for best new comedy? honestly? -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 9, 06:06 4
- I think "People's Choice" = Random polling of brain dead teens. -- nm - Shaun Jan 9, 06:46 3
  - Adam Sandler won Best Comedic Actor for Grown Ups 2 - think brain dead people in fly over states. -- nm - MDH Jan 9, 06:49 2
    - That might be more accurate. -- nm - Shaun Jan 9, 06:50 1
      - (Just wait for Idiocracy to take root. I'm sure this is signs of the coming.) -- nm - JaxSean Jan 9, 07:08
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- I kept reading it as Jon and figured Red McCombs would choke a bitch -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 07:04
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- I like that hire for the Skins. -- nm - David Jan 9, 06:18
- I'll take him. He's pretty good at his job and is pretty well regarded without being coasting off glories in the 90's or some freak system in college - Will Hunting Jan 9, 06:15 3
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    - I think if I'm going re-tread, Whisenhunt is my guy....and looking back in a few years, Arizona will ahve made the best hire last year with Arians - Will Hunting Jan 9, 06:18 1
      - Selfishly, I hope nobody gives Whiz an NFL HC spot over the next 2 seasons - Strongbad Jan 9, 06:30
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Did the gray bar around new posts get removed or is it just me? -- nm - Krusty Jan 9, 05:57 3
- This can be due to LCD viewing angles - I didn't push any new code this week -- nm - Beryllium Jan 9, 07:33
- Oh, I do see it but it's very, very light for me. -- nm - Krusty Jan 9, 05:57
- I'm seeing it -- nm - prayformojo Jan 9, 05:57
huge local footy news: Toronto FC has signed Tottenham Hotspur striker, Jermain Defoe and is on the verge of signing American midfielder Michael Bradl -- (link) - zork Jan 9, 05:33 3
- $100 mil in contracts I heard on TSN last night I do believe... -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 05:50 2
  - yeah, big salary, two houses, and unlimited flights to/from England for his family. -- nm - zork Jan 9, 06:13 1
    - also, my neighbour saw that Gilberto guy a few times in Brazil and says he's good. De Rosario is coming back and the stadium will get $100M in improve - zork Jan 9, 06:14
Cherry picking years for random sports statements... -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 9, 04:40
sitwap: Penn State has offered Vanderbilt's James Franklin its head coaching position Wednesday -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 04:39 8
- University of Marylad - this is what happens when your AD sucks, and you hire Edsall. -- nm - MDH Jan 9, 06:43
- is that actual news? -- (link) - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 9, 05:20 3
  - according to the Scranton Times-Tribune - Strongbad Jan 9, 05:27 1
    - it's right next to the article about a pair of squirrels making a huge racket in Mrs. Anderson's tree on Monday night. -- nm - zork Jan 9, 05:34
  - just the offered part, his decision is supposed to be today I gather -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 05:25
- Now that UT has hired Strong, this would appear to be the best job out there if he was wanting to make a jump. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 9, 05:01
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- I'm cautiously optimistic. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 9, 04:46
Russian security forces on combat alert after 6 bodies found in 4 cars all rigged with bombs or with bombs nearby -- (link) - Beaker Jan 9, 04:31
My life will be getting very meta next week. Shooting starts on a sitcom about the BBC filming in my building from next week. - LMS Jan 9, 03:22 2
- Any chance you'll get to be on the show? Maybe in the background? :-) -- nm - Krusty Jan 9, 05:54 1
  - Probably not, but they're filming for a month here so you never know. -- nm - LMS Jan 9, 05:58
List of Oscar eligible movies for 2013 - Max Jan 9, 01:47 1
- Can't see 20 Feet from Stardom either on that list, sure documentaries are included on that list? -- nm - LMS Jan 9, 03:25
Two interesting things in the wire article about the WWE Network. CFO says about a million subscribers breaks even for them. - Tim Jan 8, 22:46 3
- has there been any explicit declaration that the ppv events would be available live or only after the event -- nm - zork Jan 8, 22:53 2
  - Live from every indication. Also notable....there won't be edits of the past so Chris Benoit will exist again in the WWE programming. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 9, 06:28
  - live as that seems to be the way they are playing it up -- (link) - Beaker Jan 9, 04:50
Coachella line-up. OutKast, Muse, Arcade Fire, Lana Del Rey, Queens of the Stone Age, Lorde, Pot Shop Boys, Chvrches... - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 8, 22:10 14
- I'd suggest Tom Odell, he was massive at Glastonbury last year. Laura Mvula has a great voice. I'd always see Beck and Girl Talk. -- nm - LMS Jan 9, 05:56
- The only one I'd want to see is The Outkast who I can tell you will blow the pants off those other acts - secretslacker Jan 9, 01:15 3
  - But the glory of Coachella is that choosing to see Outkast only prevents from one seeing 5 so of the other acts - JD Jan 9, 06:01
  - Queens of the Stone Age put on a hell of a show when I saw them this year. -- nm - Spawn Jan 9, 05:19
  - Like Andre 3000 Outkast? -- nm - Epiphany Jan 9, 04:10
- Trombone Shorty is a damn good jazz/blues act...John Spencer Blues Explosion must be 80? if its the guy I'm thinking off -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 23:24 2
  - No, not 80. They are a jokey noise band that doesn't actually play blues -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 23:40 1
    - I had to google around, I was thinking of Spenser Davis Group (Steven Winwood started with them) -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 23:49
- I get Bonobo a lot on my downtempo Pandora station. It's amazing -- nm - con_carne Jan 8, 22:51
- I would see Bryan Ferry again. the last time was 30 years ago with Roxy, and he has a Jazz orchestra now -- nm - peglegpete Jan 8, 22:26 2
  - *jealous* :) -- nm - JenBro Jan 9, 01:25
  - I found a 2013 concert. he still is great, and does a phenominal Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues. -- nm - peglegpete Jan 8, 23:22
- Right. So I might need to go to Cali. -- nm - ty97 Jan 8, 22:20
- Is that the Colorado based cover band of one of the original synth acts? -- nm - JD Jan 8, 22:19
Joseph Godon Levitt premieres his new web series, HITRECORD ON TV. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 8, 22:01 [youtube]
So that was horrible. Fucking horrible. - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 8, 21:58 2
- Oh God. My hands are mangled. I just realized. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 8, 22:03 1
  - So how long are you going to be stumpy for? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 23:09
Wiggie, what happened with your dad's employee? -- nm - David Jan 8, 21:24 3
- He fired her. Couldn't be talked into calling the cops. - ralph wiggum Jan 9, 03:12 2
  - Didn't you tell him that a bunch of strangers (me included) were totally invested in her getting a proper comeuppance? - Roger More Jan 9, 05:51 1
    - to quote miss jones... "our needs!" -- nm - Andie Jan 9, 05:56
Teaser for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, which is being called the best Iranian Vampire Western ever made. -- (link) - Dano Jan 8, 21:11 1
- That's effectively creepy. -- nm - Max Jan 8, 22:14
WWE Network is an easy sell for me, but I wish I could get it through my cable. Streaming through my Roku is fine, but it's not the same. - pmb Jan 8, 21:06 9
- Enjoy your brontosaurus burger, Fred! - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 8, 22:01
- Ill get it more for the classic stuff and for WM -- nm - eag Jan 8, 21:08 7
  - I wish they would do an updayed War Games PPV -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 04:28 6
    - That was always my favorite part of the NWA, plus the Crockett Cup. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 9, 04:38 5
      - Crockett Cup was for tag teams right? back when they were cool :) -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 04:51 3
        
        Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 9, 05:17 2
        
        They would regularly take two of their best singles wrestlers and make them a tag team just for the hell of it. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 9, 07:29 1
        
        (This is also back when wrestlers did both, singles and tag) -- nm - Strongbad Jan 9, 07:30
      - Honestly a HITC War Games would be epic -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 04:51
Sorry, JF. Totally my fault. -- nm - David Jan 8, 21:05
Mae Young has been removed from life support. - Will Hunting Jan 8, 21:03 4
- "because she kept trying to bodyslam it" -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 04:28 1
  - *laughing* -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 9, 05:17
- her wiki page is...something. wrestled on the boy's team at 15 in 1923 (I think that was make news if a highschool girl did that today in OK -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 22:10 1
  - I think that's a typo....shoudl be 1933...she's 'only' 94, not 104. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 9, 06:16
has anyone noticed any issues with the beta site recently? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 20:51 3
- I still need to bookmark it on my phone. -- nm - mara Jan 9, 06:51
- Nope. Working well for me. -- nm - mafic Jan 8, 21:02 1
  - Tempted to set its changes live for the main site, too ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 21:57
I wonder how long the delay will be to watch Raw via the Network, but otherwise it feels entirely worth it. PPVs plus NXT, their best show. -- nm - Tim Jan 8, 20:51 4
- in the faq they said Raw, Smackdown and the others will be availabe to watch on the network after broadcast immediately -- nm - Remlik Jan 8, 20:52 3
  - I can't imagine NBC/Universal being happy at all with that. -- nm - Qale Jan 8, 20:56 2
    - I may be wrong on this, but I the their relationship is unusual. I think wwe essentially buys the time on the network. WWE sells all the ads and keeps - pmb Jan 8, 21:19
    - will be interesting to see how that develops -- nm - Remlik Jan 8, 21:00
the most important status update you'll see tonight....from Dave Grohl -- (link) - Remlik Jan 8, 20:49 [youtube] 1
- It was a fascinating documentary. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 9, 05:19
it's one for the money, 2 for the show 3 to get ready now go cat go! -- nm - happy birthday Elvis Jan 8, 20:48 1
- I remember my grandparents singing this to me as we'd race to my bedroom. - Mel Profit Jan 9, 05:50

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