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Ravens sign Steve Smith -- nm - Broot Mar 14, 14:15 1
- Peanut Tillman re-signed with Bears -- nm - Broot Mar 14, 14:19
Today's NYT crossword referenced one of my college professors. - Was Bar Was Mar 14, 14:10
Cortland Finnegan! I have no idea who this is. David? -- nm - CQ Mar 14, 14:09 2
- He is the CB answer to Steve Smith, always angry and looking to fight. - David Mar 14, 14:12 1
  - cool, thanks -- nm - CQ Mar 14, 14:13
Spawn, maybe Facebook is to blame for the plane disappearing? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 14, 14:09 2
- vaccines did it. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 14, 14:09 1
  - Vlad! -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Mar 14, 14:15
Scott Brown finally announces he's running for Senate in NH. -- nm - Diva Mar 14, 14:07
When asked by police why he was in the Fort Myers Beach area, Denney, according to police, replied: "Partying and looking to get some pussy." -- (link) - Beaker Mar 14, 14:02 3
- "Hi I play for the Red Sox, wanna f*ck?" -- nm - Broot Mar 14, 14:25
- Hell yeah! Tell it like it is! -- nm - David Mar 14, 14:08 1
  - Red Sox! -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 14:12
applied for an IT consulting job.. up to 80% travel.. hmm. -- nm - colin Mar 14, 14:01
The Veronica Mars pilot is free on Vudu if any of you want to give it a shot. -- nm - David Mar 14, 13:54 1
- Done, because why not?! Thanks! -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Mar 14, 13:56
A 3 on 1 break up 5 pts and your'e giving the guy credit for getting fouled and not passing for a guaranteed 2 pts? - Will Hunting Mar 14, 13:44
who watches Scandal (i don't) ? is her character pregnant on the show or are they hiding? -- nm - Andie Mar 14, 13:32 3
- my friends who watch say they are 'hiding it' but not doing so very well. -- nm - Diva Mar 14, 13:34 2
  - Yup. They also cut the season short because it was becoming a problem. -- nm - David Mar 14, 13:51 1
    - ah, thanks. ( i have seen stills of her on set and she is not exactly un-pregnant looking...) -- nm - Andie Mar 14, 14:11
Lindsay Lohan’s Has-Done List … and Other Career Highlights From This Week’s Tabloids -- (link) - Beaker Mar 14, 13:26 5
- this Blind Item is Ben Affleck, right? With the big movie being pushed back is Batman/Superman, right? (bn: I always think these are Ben Affleck) - Diva Mar 14, 13:50 3
  - he's a hound so it wouldn't surprise me -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 14:00
  - I'd prefer if you didn't talk of Ben in this way. Thank you. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 14, 13:51 1
    - *giggling* -- nm - Diva Mar 14, 13:53
- Highlights From This Week’s Tabloids sounds wrong somehow -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Mar 14, 13:41
its sposed to be a gazillion:1 odds to get a perfect bracket, so not if but how many will get to the final 4 this year? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 13:24 4
- No one. I don't think anyone's ever gotten even the first round 100% correct. -- nm - Krusty Mar 14, 14:09 1
  - There's usually a handful who get the Sweet 16 correct.....and I mean a handful. - Will Hunting Mar 14, 14:10
- 4 -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 13:43 1
  - heh -- nm - JaxSean Mar 14, 13:50
Samuel L. Jackson made nice with the reporter who called him Laurence Fishburne the other day at a press junket -- (link) - con_carne Mar 14, 12:58 3
- What a chode. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 13:08 1
  - Not sure which of the two you could mean by this. But, I am actually quite comfortable with that -- nm - con_carne Mar 14, 14:15
- by shooting six shots at the guy but missing and hitting the wall. -- nm - Max Mar 14, 13:04
Saw Elton John last night. Pretty awesome. 2.75 hours of him performing all the songs we like plus some. - Capstern Mar 14, 12:57 10
- there are lots of vintage concert on YouTube -- nm - peglegpete Mar 14, 13:30
- hey groupon is having a sale on Queen tickets for $ 25 each in a special section - go check it out - Epiphany Mar 14, 13:24 3
  - I got these Queensryche tix for mel w/a Groupon. - Diva Mar 14, 13:27 2
    - "that lil guy who was singing with those old guys..." - Mel Profit Mar 14, 13:35 1
      - heh. -- nm - Diva Mar 14, 13:35
- Was it just him and the piano, or full band? - JaxSean Mar 14, 12:59 4
  - Up next will be seeing Mama Mia live first time - Capstern Mar 14, 13:04
  - If it's the same show I saw a couple months ago...full band. It was good, but nothing special, I didn't think. - Jim Mar 14, 13:03 1
    - He talked a lot and interacted between most songs - talked about his kids and did the signing thing before encore -- nm - Capstern Mar 14, 13:04
  - Was him and a band. Man drummer had been with him since beginning. I agree - Capstern Mar 14, 13:03
When does the March Madness tournaments start? - JaxSean Mar 14, 12:56 17
- Join the Madness! - J Mar 14, 13:52
- April -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Mar 14, 13:20
- RIght now, all of the conferences are playing their tourneys...the actual games that 'matter' will start next Thursday - Will Hunting Mar 14, 12:58 14
  - On a technicality, there's two days of those first four games to go from 68 on Sunday to 64 for Thursday -- nm - JD Mar 14, 13:16 8
    - Yeah, but those games don't count for bracket aspects which is why I ignore those -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 14, 13:17 7
      - Well...sort of. Teams participating in those games have had an impact on the overall tournament - JD Mar 14, 13:39 2
        
        I've not seen brackets ever close before the Play-In games before so they're just the last 2 games that get picked. - Will Hunting Mar 14, 13:42 1
        
        Agreed. You don't have to pick on paper who wins the 11/12 games but correctly picking those winners and continued success will impact the 63 games - JD Mar 14, 13:50
      - But that is the first round!!! -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 13:22 3
        
        Ah yes, the tournament where 60 of the 68 teams get first round byes. - timPhone Mar 14, 13:25 1
        
        Those 60 teams fought hard to earn their byes! -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 13:27
        
        Don't swallow the Kool-Aid!!!! - Will Hunting Mar 14, 13:23
  - So are bracket pickings closed? Or is that next Thursday? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 14, 13:00 4
    - They'll be open Sunday night/Monday morning and close probably about 11am Thursday. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 14, 13:01
    - Starts Selection Sunday -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 13:00 2
      - Ah. I figured I would have heard about it. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 14, 13:02 1
        
        It's really a meh season so far, and until we know the brackets, it'll be quiet. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 14, 13:03
Any STers willing to move to southern Colorado for work.....IT positions available at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center. -- (link) - Meg Mar 14, 12:56 3
- oooooo!!! -- nm - colin Mar 14, 13:31 1
  - awwww :( -- nm - colin Mar 14, 13:32
- The middle of nowhere is more populated than that area...(my cousin lives in Durango) -- nm - decline Mar 14, 13:03
The FCC complaints about the Super Bowl are in! -- (link) - spamlet Mar 14, 12:53 2
- Let's all take a moment to talk about breastes. -- nm - David Mar 14, 12:57
- Nakeds from the waste up! -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 12:53
ACC (spoil) - decline Mar 14, 12:52 1
- I'll have absolutely zero problem with this outcome -- nm - prayformojo Mar 14, 12:54
people in movies get sucker punched or beat down so bad it should cause brain damage and months of rehab, yet just pop up with a bandaide - zeitgeist Mar 14, 12:51 1
- the people that walk away from car accidents apparently walk among us. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 14, 12:54
lol. Sports Update ‏@MySportsUpdate 10m Pacers re-sign BJ Raji to a one year, $4M deal. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 12:47
this week has been freakishly long in a bad bad way. -- nm - Andie Mar 14, 12:38 1
- /signed -- nm - Capstern Mar 14, 12:46
Krusty, I just lit up your FB thread. I wont mind if you delete it. Its your wall. -- nm - Bacon Mar 14, 12:37 6
- I'm trying my best to hold back. -- nm - CQ Mar 14, 12:59 5
  - It's cool to say what you want. As long as people don't attack each other I'm fine with it all. My friend has a daughter that's autistic so I'm not - Krusty Mar 14, 13:05 4
    - I get pissed off parents wondering why their child is not "normal" and they want to play the blame game, but it's so frustrating -- nm - CQ Mar 14, 13:23 3
      - I agree. They don't understand why it happened to their kid and they want something or someone to blame for the cause. - Krusty Mar 14, 14:15
      - I fully understand them *wanting* to have something to blame, though. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 13:28 1
        
        For sure. -- nm - CQ Mar 14, 13:33
Quiznos follows Sbarro into chapter 11 bankruptcy. my best wishes to the employees, I never have had a great meal at either. -- nm - peglegpete Mar 14, 12:25 7
- Sbarro sucked. Quiznos was great, but others just do it better. - JaxSean Mar 14, 12:58
- i liked quizno grilled sandwich better, but godammit their ads where so deliberately annoying i refused to go there - zeitgeist Mar 14, 12:57
- WE LIKE THE MOON! -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 12:45
- ;( I liked the toasty. -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 14, 12:39
- I don't think I ever had to tell the people at Quiznos "no lettuce" less than twice. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 14, 12:37
- "Subway has nearly 20 times the number of stores, with about 40,000 locations in 100 countries." -- nm - ty97 Mar 14, 12:37 1
  - You're right - if anyone should fail, it's those guys -- nm - Roger More Mar 14, 12:43
lets play Pile of Bullets! -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 12:13 2
- Draw! -- nm - Flavorize Mar 14, 12:25 1
  - accidentally shoots self in the foot . . . -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 14, 13:18
Looks like the Colts have $19.561M cap space remaining. - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 12:10 8
- They should just keep the players they have and lower ticket prices by $19.561M -- nm - decline Mar 14, 12:28
- I like that they're waiting…the market will settle, and they will get better deals. BTW, Colts are 28-1 to win the super bowl..me likey that -- nm - Flavorize Mar 14, 12:19 2
  - The waiting is the hardest part. - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 12:20 1
    - Wait, I thought the winning was the hardest part. -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 14, 12:45
- I'm available -- nm - Marvin Harrison Mar 14, 12:14
- Spend half on hookers and blow, and waste the rest. -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 14, 12:13 2
  - silly me. I thought cloning Johnny Unitas would be their smart move -- nm - peglegpete Mar 14, 12:14 1
    - A happy player is one that can be re-signed later for less. #longtermthinking -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 14, 12:16
LIR Roger: I think one has to make exceptions when the trope is as dedicated and well done as that -- nm - con_carne Mar 14, 12:08 1
- That's definitely true - but generally, the spicy Latina trope is getting pretty tired. -- nm - Roger More Mar 14, 12:11
What $3,900/Month Can Rent You Around New York City -- (link) - ty97 Mar 14, 12:07 4
- less than 300 in Texas ;) -- (link) - Capstern Mar 14, 12:52 1
  - ^^^ 3000.00 sorry -- nm - Capstern Mar 14, 12:52
- i think i am a closet New Yorker, i am thinking "those are quite nice apartments for new york." -- nm - Andie Mar 14, 12:39
- Are you trying to give all us Midwesterners heart attacks? -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 14, 12:12
When your SO has you tied up, what is your safe word? -- nm - amoxy Mar 14, 12:07 4
- Red Sox -- nm - Krusty Mar 14, 13:07
- Ours was "Avacado" -- nm - amoxy Mar 14, 12:27
- purple monkey dishwasher -- nm - Epiphany Mar 14, 12:18
- Safe words are for wimps. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 12:08
Speaking of the 2 handguns and a shotgun always beating the automatic weapons...why is it the good guys NEVER have such a weapon? -- nm - Jim Mar 14, 12:06 21
- In Borderlands, they do. -- nm - David Mar 14, 12:30
- the TV trope I hate is that someone can pick up a handgun and with about 12mins of practice manage... - Mel Profit Mar 14, 12:11 17
  - Unless they're bad guys shooting at the hero, in which case they can't hit the side of a barn. -- nm - pmb Mar 14, 12:30 3
    - The A-Team had force fields apparently. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 14, 12:30 2
      - Bullets feared BA. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 12:56 1
        
        B.A. stood for Bullet Avoidance. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 14, 12:58
  - *stares at The Walking Dead* -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 12:12 11
    - come on, walkers are slow! -- nm - groiny Mar 14, 12:17 10
      - that's why I said "fast moving" but they're guilty of never missing a head shot either. - Mel Profit Mar 14, 12:20 3
        
        they just do not show you the misses. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 14, 12:21 2
        
        No, they never miss. - Mel Profit Mar 14, 12:30 1
        
        they don't shoot unless they are sure they will hit! - groiny Mar 14, 12:37
      - season 2 finale (I think it was) - spoilers - Beaker Mar 14, 12:19 5
        
        And Herschel (spoilers) - amoxy Mar 14, 12:36
        
        that was the one that drove me nuts. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 14, 12:32
        
        There are reasons these are among the few members of society to survive! -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 12:22
        
        yes, that was silly. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 14, 12:20 1
        
        but awesome -- nm - Remlik Mar 14, 12:54
  - It is easier than it looks. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 12:11
- What about when they have no weapons but defeat them with Martial Arts? - amoxy Mar 14, 12:08
- They do, but they usually pick them up from the bad guys. (I'd guess it's because the good guys don't start fights) -- nm - Roger More Mar 14, 12:07
I love the term "fan service," and I think its presence does not get acknowledged enough - con_carne Mar 14, 12:06
~a long time ago/we used to be friends~ -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 12:04 1
- / in a galaxy far far away -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Mar 14, 12:05
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- Army with Harmony? -- nm - groiny Mar 14, 12:05 1
  - Drop a load on 'em -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 12:06
- Blind me with science -- nm - Thomas Dolby Mar 14, 12:05 1
  - Take me home tonight. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 12:06
i'm still Jenny from the block. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 14, 12:03

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