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- Taking "Gravity defying" to a whole new level. -- nm - volnelk Jan 14, 07:15
Walmart express check-out lines are serious business. -- (link) - znufrii Jan 14, 07:05 11
- in a moment of weakness, I yelled at an old man in Wal Mart this past weekend. - groiny Jan 14, 07:47
- The grumpy old man looks *exactly* like I thought he would. - Inigo Jan 14, 07:44
- More Serious: Texting in Movie Theaters or Too Many Items in the Express Lane? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 14, 07:34 1
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- Another over 70 year old man, and in Florida. -- nm - @babybean1128 Jan 14, 07:08
- Finally someone does what should be done about this -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 07:07 5
  - *right?* like, there is a sign, yes, it applies to you too. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 07:32 4
    - Eh, sometimes our cashiers at Kroger pull us into the Express line even when we have more items. - Kim Pine Jan 14, 07:45
    - OTOH, from a strict time management standpoint, the complainer lost big time. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 07:33 2
      - Sometimes you just have to take a stand on principle. -- nm - spamlet Jan 14, 07:39
      - yeah, that did not really work out for him. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 07:39
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nobody really cares, but our old ice rink was $4 for open skate. the new ice rink is $7. some dude paid $90 mill to fully pay for building it - peggy ann mcamanda, 778 Jan 14, 06:53 3
- Zamboni isn't going to upgradr itself -- nm - JenBro Jan 14, 07:19 2
  - be on *my* side! -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda, 778 Jan 14, 07:34 1
    - Oh RIGHT!!! What the heck was I thinking? Musta channeled Pixie there for a second. :) -- nm - JenBro Jan 14, 07:52
sitwap: "Just one week after being formally introduced as the defensive line coach at USC, Bo Davis has accepted the same position at Alabama" -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 06:49
SITWAP. Apparently they are considering filming Batman/Superman and Justice League back to back with a cliffhanger from the 1st leading into the 2nd. - volnelk Jan 14, 06:40 2
- Trainwreck scale: Justice League/All of the DC Universe Movies > Sochi > Brazil Olympics and World Cup > Chun - MDH Jan 14, 06:44
- oh, I so hope they don't screw this up -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 06:43
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- 1,400. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 14, 06:33
- 1 -- nm - decline Jan 14, 06:32
- 532 -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 06:31
- 312 -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 06:30
A Ke$ha only version of "Timber" has leaked online. Good riddance Pitbull. -- (link) - MDH Jan 14, 06:28 1
- I'm going to go out on a limb here without listening and say the song will still suck. - pmb Jan 14, 07:44
Yes! Fox confirms 'Glee' moving setting exclusively to NYC (no one cared about the Glee club anymore anyway) -- (link) - MDH Jan 14, 06:21 8
- My favorite part of the seasons that have had the NYC storyline is how the NYCers always seem to know what Schuster's theme for the week is. - Jim Jan 14, 06:39 2
  - telepathy -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 07:41
  - happy coincidence! (or else, they get secret texts from high school students...) -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 06:48
- can we have more TV news? I'm programming today so need frequent "quick read" breaks. thanks. (really, thanks.) -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda, 778 Jan 14, 06:30 1
  - Will post as I find stuff :-) For now: Netflix Original Series Based on the Epic Adventures of Marco Polo to Premiere in Late 2014 -- (link) - MDH Jan 14, 06:33
- that show hasn't been canceled yet? -- nm - decline Jan 14, 06:22 2
  - Already renewed for a 6th and final season. I watch while doing other things. The NYC stuff is fun, the rest, blah. -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 06:25 1
    - So, technically it HAS been cancelled. -- nm - Ender Jan 14, 07:15
Pizza Hut piloting by-the-slice pizza at a couple of their locations -- (link) - ty97 Jan 14, 05:52 1
- duh -- said this ny'r . . . -- nm - OAE -- Antarctica, Old Explorer Jan 14, 06:40
Twitter tells me that Valentine's Day is trending. -- nm - ty97 Jan 14, 05:50
The Weather Channel hyperbole has gone into overdrive -- nm - ty97 Jan 14, 05:39 5
- Cancelling the Weather Channel causes a butterfly to flap it's wings which causes a super storm! -- nm - The Weather Channel Effect Jan 14, 05:40
- does the overdrive have a name? -- nm - Don Homer Jan 14, 05:40 3
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    - Well played. -- nm - Ender Jan 14, 07:16
  - i *love* Weather Channel hysteria. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 06:06
Analysis: NJ's Chris Christie: big-tent Republican or vindictive bridge blocker? -- (link) - Beaker Jan 14, 05:36 4
- Why does that have to be or? -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 05:56
- yes? -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 05:51
- (I had heard about him being a bully but hadn't really paid much attention to it, the article points out alot of different instances) -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 05:41 1
  - local news/politicos have been labeling him a bully for years -- nm - decline Jan 14, 06:05
Glen Morgan is writing a series for BBCA starring John Simm based on Michael Marshall Smith’s novel The Intruders. I hope it gets picked up here. -- (link) - LMS Jan 14, 05:28
A Look Back At How The Content Industry Almost Killed Blockbuster And Netflix (And The VCR) -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 14, 05:26
Bioshock: Infinite joins the PS+ Instant Game Collection today! -- (link) - Shaun Jan 14, 05:19
Groundhog Day being adapted for the stage as a musical. -- (link) - LMS Jan 14, 05:17 1
- I think I would totally love this. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda, 778 Jan 14, 06:33
Huh. I didn't realize Vince Carter was still playing in the NBA. - Strongbad Jan 14, 04:49
Apparently there are 15 different types of ice that water can freeze into. -- (link) - spamlet Jan 14, 04:39 1
- And yes, there is Ice IX, but it's not going to kill everyone. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 05:45
A Trappist beer is coming to Massachusetts -- (link) - con_carne Jan 14, 03:10 2
- brewery, I should say -- nm - con_carne Jan 14, 03:12 1
  - plus the monks are brewing themselfs? - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 14, 06:14
JaxSean: "MacMahonver" ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 23:49
Coding song of the evening: Dann schlägt dein Herz - Olli Schulz & der Hund Marie -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 23:41
So now NYT is saying that texting should be banned from theatres? - Beryllium Jan 13, 23:00 1
- Problem Solved! -- nm - Elephant in the room Jan 14, 04:45
any one know who played the flight attendant on last night's Good Wife? - rollo Jan 13, 22:03 4
- does anyone know why my tivo didn't record the good wife this week? -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda, 778 Jan 14, 05:27
- Ashley Williams? -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 13, 22:07 2
  - Thank you. She played Ted's girlfriend early on in HIMYM -- nm - rollo Jan 13, 22:10 1
    - Ah, Victoria. She was an early front runner. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 13, 22:19
So my son's got some headgear now. He'll only have to wear it for 6-9 months. He's being very brave about it. - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 13, 21:48 4
- One highlight of my Kansas trip was grandson learning his braces would come off in about 6 weeks. -- nm - Meg Jan 13, 21:54 3
  - How old is he? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 13, 21:55 2
    - He's 15 now...you have a way to go :) -- nm - Meg Jan 13, 22:24 1
      - We started early. He should be out of his braces before his teens. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 13, 22:27
For an episode of basically nothing, that was a very funny HIMYM -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 21:37 3
- The slap bet is a great running gag for them though that was probably the worst of the arc -- nm - oblique Jan 14, 05:24
- "It's a show... about nothing." -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 13, 21:44 1
  - "...Not yet." -- nm - Max Jan 13, 21:51
OK, I'm hooked on this American Ninja Warrior: USA vs. Japan. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 13, 21:36 2
- And...we're done -- nm - JD Jan 13, 22:12 1
  - They need to do this again next year in Japan. This was absurdly lopsided. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 13, 22:18
Just saw an ad for Universal Studios parks ("Best vacation ever") that riffs off that iPhone Christmas ad. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 13, 21:23
Rumor: Johnny Depp has taken a meeting with Marvel about Dr. Strange...the movie.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 13, 21:20 10
- Every Hollywood production meeting goes like this: Can we get Johnny Depp or Robert Downey Jr.? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 13, 21:58 1
  - "Whaddya mean Val Kilmer?!" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 22:03
- "Yeah... We're gonna need you to sit this one out." - Disney Exec to Depp -- nm - TWuG Jan 13, 21:34
- NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..... give the role to Spock -- nm - peglegpete Jan 13, 21:27 5
  - That escalated quickly -- nm - con_carne Jan 13, 21:29 4
    - Depp is just wrong for the part, no matter what he does -- nm - peglegpete Jan 13, 21:54 2
      - He rocks the goatee. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 13, 21:55 1
        
        that does not make him the Master of the Mystic Arts -- nm - peglegpete Jan 13, 22:07
    - I sadly lament missing an opportunity for a "hyde s.i." post on B2. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 13, 21:45
- You owe us after the Lone Ranger. -- nm - Disney Jan 13, 21:26
If / When Savage gets into the WWE HoF, who you got to induct him? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 13, 20:57 2
- his brother (Leaping Lanny Poffo). -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 05:31
- either Hogan or Steamboat -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 21:02
Yes! Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk! KU! -- nm - Krusty Jan 13, 20:29
Archer (spoils - Jovian Jan 13, 20:29
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- Did you beat the ship? - spamlet (droid) Jan 14, 04:24 2
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    - Those effing spiders gave me nightmares. - spamlet Jan 14, 06:53
- NEXT! -- nm - Tim Jan 13, 21:00
- yep - Jovian Jan 13, 20:59
- *rises from the dead* - kelly Jan 13, 20:38 2
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  - It's a game. Jovian started naming his forces after STers and Ml and I followed. - spamlet (droid) Jan 14, 04:26
good lord, Daniel Bryan is still very much over. -- nm - Tim Jan 13, 20:12 2
- that is the loudest I've heard a Raw crowd in a LONG time -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 20:18
- as an attraction he just doesn't sell ppv's -- nm - Vinnie Mac Jan 13, 20:15
Just because I want to test it. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 13, 20:11 2
- whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat... -- nm - znufrii Jan 13, 20:19 1
  - note: does not work in IE 8 -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 06:16
Apologies to anyone whose tabbing I just messed up ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 20:07 5
- Your ignrent -- nm - @babybean1128 Jan 13, 20:37 3
  - Your nickname makes me laugh. - @hotfudge1218 Jan 13, 20:43 2
    - Is the kid into Muppets yet? -- nm - @babybean1128 Jan 13, 20:51 1
      - Nope. -- nm - @hotfudge1218 Jan 13, 21:06
- you *bastard*! -- nm - znufrii Jan 13, 20:09
Has AJ Lee always used the shining wizard? -- nm - David Jan 13, 20:04 2
- I think she did as a face, she still uses it as a heel but her primary move is that Black Widow submission. -- nm - Tim Jan 13, 20:09
- for awhile now. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 20:05
I'm reasonably sure that we're *supposed* to hate everyone in Frances Ha. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 19:54 3
- She's just a girl out of sync with the world! -- nm - Max Jan 13, 20:39
- We can like Benji, right? -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 20:23
- Terrible is terrible. -- nm - David Jan 13, 20:02
for you Hollywood Dance fans, sure you've seen this -- (link) - Remlik Jan 13, 19:51 [youtube] 1
- I prefer Rita Hayworth dancing to Stayin Alive -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 13, 19:56 [youtube]
Richard Linklater's Boyhood (filmed over 12 years so the characters/actors could age naturally) added to Sundance lineup. -- (link) - Dano Jan 13, 19:28
I really liked the premiere of True Detective last night -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 19:13 2
- riveting -- nm - mud Jan 13, 19:21
- Me too -- nm - prayformojo Jan 13, 19:14
Remlik is my hero for the day. Without him, I wouldn't have known about Bitten. And that starts with a naked Laura Vandervoot -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 19:05 2
- I try to keep an eye out for her work for you. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 19:06 1
  - you're a good dude -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 19:07
Archified 2014! -- nm - David Jan 13, 19:03
Has anyone read the Game of Thrones prequel Graphic Novel - The Hedge Knight? New one coming to called The Sworn Sword -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 18:58 3
- I'd be interested in that but I don't know anywhere to buy comics -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 19:30 1
  - [waves frantically] ooh! ooh! -- nm - remlic Jan 13, 19:38
- I've read the comic treatments, but not the short stories/novellas that they are based on. - TWuG Jan 13, 19:22
"How about you? Anal? You feel good?" "It's Aneal." -- nm - Max Jan 13, 18:58 1
- that made me laugh -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 18:59
Ladies and gentlemen, Boys II Men -- nm - David Jan 13, 18:56
your first inductee of the 2014 WWE Hall of Fame...Ultimate Warrior.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 13, 18:49 7
- Is this voted on by wrestling journalists? -- nm - crash davis Jan 13, 19:07 1
  - no. a small circle of Vinnie Mac and his buddie -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 19:12
- That'll be a fun acceptance speech. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 13, 19:04 1
  - right? I expect a train wreck of a rant. -- nm - Tim Jan 13, 19:06
- Huh, didn't expect that one. -- nm - Tim Jan 13, 18:55 2
  - They need to get Savage in - eag Jan 13, 18:56 1
    - I think next year. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 19:24

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